, 1875-02-10
FEBRUARY TO- 1871

sinco living III mpra important than diving.
1rlo. diving III bit ono net, while living may
1uean years Of Aetion, which arc 10 ahect III
greater or cHs degree tho happincHs ot scoreA
and even hundreds Of our follow -belngA- -ynt
MI Important tu humanity arc pnraly personal
combinations tllat It il unly wlian remembering
question OF death that nan learns to Shape llla
lifo Alright, Otherwise, lie might live, ar amore
creature and insect of q day, with 10 Thought
hcynntl tic lleaaIlrc that tho 7asang hour Elycs
ttla Thought OF tho beat advantage to Do soc,lro
10 t,i1nscif that man learns TO PIT from linn ali
thought Of self. and live for otiiors anno.
IN TIE ANGLICAN CHURCH,
formerly, tho mnlGt!iEttulIa agai;lHt tfoHapitcpt
hEt,uutn, tpao fr,gtltfuI old anatl.en,as framed
bY tho ereo oil llsatl,on- Christians Of ,nelryat
timeH, werc alwayn read upun AHls Wednesday.
Tiny aro htl read. to great extent, thotiglI
aonlo clnrgynen arc feailctn ono'ig!l to ignore
tle siatH.s that cornmaD.Ia their rcn,ng oil That
day. The uBe Of there baH snatIe All, We.ltca.
day 3 much neglected day, even by tic bcst of
English Cfiurclllnen. fur to sit AtiII and hcRr
people. oven in,pcn1tout ntuners, s,-Ellppca!ng you
Aro quite Rura TINT YOU arc not onu yonrActf -
CURSED IN their eyes, ears, ind hands, III teir
Aitt!ng, Rtandng and walking, aud every other
way in by no nleans pleasant task. III, since
tue Church commands that tile maedietioua be
read, aud tho minister ii hnn,p to obey t!,e
Church, the EnsliH!ltnan avoi5la al! unpteasa,t-
nrsa by simply declining To Iipten to what he
does not npi,spye Of or bclinye IL.
WHAT MAy he EATEN IL LENT
was once very important Incstlnn. In Fnman
Catholic countries the naluin of the food that
may and may not be aa.t' IL prescribed by rulr,
and eyeu tin liniltH AZ to quantity. Iu Irottrt-
ant countries euch 1nattcrn have alwaTB been left
to tile Individual conEccnec. The 1lnmisl Church
hhH always forbidden tnpat during tlis fast and
this hnA, OF course, led to q great consumption
Of isti nnonE members OF that faith, A story
IN toid Of we'll known merchant OF l3osto.,, WHO
laid tic Foundation. Of hiB immense fursune
laden aith cotfflsll to Brazil. In this way
n new aud very lucrative trade WIS upcrei.
Many years ago. the choicest kind OF fish were
gold at most cxtravasant rates III Europe during
Lent, hetng songlt tor by kingn and hainty cpl
cures. LanpreyB and fresh l,erringB uare among
t!,e favorlttH. III addition to these, tito cour-
fnahds of tho middle aGos used to give fabulous
prices fur certain hiyhiy-prxcd and delicio.ls
1norsela Of tue wilaie thu p0rDolae. the etampH.
mud tho Hcn-cow. Az tlesc animals liystl II, tho
wntor they wero supposed to bs fish, and were
permitted In Lent. 1t quite l,orrities ua 10 think
how much uneunsei0tls sillEtng p!ols 2aAurents
of tho faith were guilty of hstoTo they knew
that theac animals bnIongcd to she family OF
1naln1naIial
1SErrEE SENSE
in Inter times has prevented such incnan4te,,t
absnrt1itieH by refusing tn lay unusual Rtre.s
upun thu practice Ut fasting. OF tu oxatt i. INTO
ono OF the highest Of Christian virtuc4. 1t
leaves thu matter to to settled y individual cD!l-
seicnrca. Ht raui'H belief tint tic true Christian
emu servo tho Lord aud give Him t!la,lha whntl-
CT ho eats or refrai,,a ir1m eating, il doubtless
the correct oile. The trne fRHt like tho true CIR
cnciaiul is " not Of tho lfeeh but Of t!Ie Spirit
Whose praiEo in not Of NEIL but uf tibl."
Oue cannot better conclude thos0 desuitoIy
Hotos tluu by quoting
TIE QUA1:;T LESTEy rnEN
written by tho raro old poet, Robert Herrels.
Though written tnDro than 2DO years ago. tho
1ines point moral as yauabfe now a. it wnY
then:
Il this fast, to keep
Tho lar1cr tane,
Aud cItaue
From f4t Of vealo aud sloep7
Ia 1t to 1uit the dish
III tesh, yet sttll
tits platter high with nIh7
Ia It to fast an houre,
Orraggad to ~.
Uf Hlluw
1oWncast look and Apurat
No; Ills faat to dole
~- Thy Rcaf Ut wheat,
And meat,
Unto tho hungry Houle.
It is to fast from etrtfe
From oid debate,
And hatu;
To cit cumciso thy life;
To show & heari grief rent,
70 starVe thy sIu,
Not in;
And that's to keep thy Lent.