The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-02
CHAT BY THE WAY.

The best prayers thosc which you Try 10 answer
yourself after you have uttered them
Never trust TO genius. but put your confidence IN
hard work When Giardini asked h0w long u
would take to learn % play the vios he replied.
Twelve hours day for twenty years" Determined
toll 10 SURE to tell when nothing else ~ill
There is an Arabic proverb 10 the effect that n you
pitch lucky man into the Nile be viii ~ With
hsh in his mouth. while tho unlucky wli come up
In q nsh's mouth
swift says very quantity TIA, the reason Why 80 fsw
marriages are happy 10 because young ladies' spend
their time In making nets. no, IN making cages
Christianity 10 the only material out Of which 10
mako the true gentleman. Religion and poiiseness
more nearly allied than We think To be loving In
heart 10 TO DO courteous in manner.
IL is curious fact that the materials out Of which
the Reformed mission church In japan recently
built taken IRON demolished Buddhist temples
These temples had fallen ruins through dsus and
whom the Christian missionaries looking about
TO find the whcrcwithal TO church they the
ruins and determined utilize them That reformed
mission church is thus made very significant mile
stone In the pathway Of the worlds progress
The editor Of heather paper In Bengal says in an
article which will pass for sort OF review Of the
Scriptures EFF person studies the English language
with view to gain wisdom there Is not book more
worthy Of being read than the Bible. /"
The head OF a gang OF thieves went into the inquiry
room after one Of Mr.. Moody's sermons, and ~as %
troubled about himself that he resolved on new .iie
Kindly hands extended TO him and he went about
10 several church prayer meetings, making very
ELECTIVE talks and, without doubt dong good But
his old gang got hold OF him, partly laughed and partly
coaxed HIS religion all out Of him. and he went back
TO his old ways again. He sent letter 10 one Of the
uptown ministers who had bcfriendcd him, bidding
HIM goodby, and declaring that hope was gone and
nothing lett but the vortex of crime. The poor
wrechcd soul was lifted up for moment, but dropped
into the mud again.
Here is q very common experience oil the converted
apo you think, Sammy that you have been born
again ~ IL do think 1 have, minister" "weil
Sammy whose work was itfu "Oh, minister God did
a part aud did q part" "Ah indeed what part did
you do, sammy "wcll sir, opposed God All
could and lie did tho rest"
1t is possible to ind suggestion IN this OIL OF
story. AIS the sermon donef" some one asked as no
met member OF tho church. mo, no, man, not
YET It is preached, but il still remains to be done"
This legend has the ring OF true music about IT,
certain pacha, dead i've thousand years.
Once from his harem fled in sudden tears,
And had this sentence on the city's gate
Deeply engraved :-'.Only God is great"
So these four words, above the city noise,
Hung like the accents OF an angels voice,
And evormore from the high barbcan
Saluted each returning caravan.
Lost Is that city's glory Every gust
Lifts with crisp leaves the unknown pacha's DUST
And all is ruin, save wrinklcd gate,
Whereon IS written, 'Only God 10 great"
very interesting Evangelical Alliance meeting
recently held In Japan. The missionaries Of Yokohama
and Toxic Of all denominations, met to shake hands and
pray The effect sautary, not only on the clergy
and delegates who convened but the olive colorcd
but intelligent population OF the two great cities II is
best TO carry secaran quarrels together with tho
Christian religion, 70 tho hcathen. The exhibition OF
unity of purpose and fratcrnal regard Will produce AZ
great effects extra missionary. The rule should
be- III our missionaries disagree and quarrel with each
other instead OF doing their work brethren, have
them eaten on the spot
What delightful place some parts OF Africa must DO
for q mau who wants to preach the Gospel recent
letter from OF missionaries III that favored
locality pictures the homo and work OF clergyman in
such golden tints that We wonder the whole ministry
does not make application for foreign work. While
tho family were busy In other parts OF the house
huge boa constructor nlled with natural and sudabe
curiosity iaxily wound his way into the paror and lay
down on the rug for nap. Hc seems to have been
entirely satisfied with the arrangements OF things IN
side the house. for after while he wriggled out again
10 garnish his inside with dog or baby, rs
chance might offer Instead OF little, buzzing
au,toes, huge spiders drop down suddenly from the
ceiling .take a bite and then hurry back to their
hiding places. Altogether this portion Of Africa has
ssc,natons which do OBTAIN In many other ocal-
ties.
The chief charm about Saukey that he really sings
IN Eughsh. Some people, whom they sing, say. "Ro
Lov gest Gle TURN O." but Mr.. Sankcy translates as
he goes on and sings Crock of ages, cleft for me-"
and the people be pleased with his renderings
from an unknown tongue. The svangelistic songster
saws he has copies Of his book in twenty-five or
thirty languages but he always takes the English copy
to tho Hppodrome.
The Liberal Christian, with becoming modcsty, de-
clares that all the honest statesmen OF the present
generation Unitarans. This sufficiently accounts
for the fact that the denomination growing smaller
every day and In imminent peril Of being altogether
extinguished There will soon be absolutely nothing
loft but unassuming modesty, and that can never,
never die.
The scientific definition OF what peculiarly consti-
tutcs man is certainly suggestive Plato says that
man is simply "a twocgged animal without feathers"
Socrates ridcucd the master by bringing into his
school plucked rooster and saying "Bohold the man
of Platoin Man sometimes called "a laughing
aniu,ai.v sometimes ian animal with thumbs, - and
sometimes "a lazy animal" But Adam Smith was
not lar wrong when no called him ian animal that
makes bargains. No other animal does this No dog
exchanges bones with another These definitions are
not adapted feed concet however valuable they
may be in other respects.
We have always heard vast deal about "blue blood"
and have looked upon the happy possessor Of this
cerucAn nuid OF life with considerable envy But like
great many other idols this also is destined to pail
some wise ". D. makes satisfied with our own ruby
curren, by declaring that red blood aones feeds tho
tissues nourishes tho brain and makes man Of us,
while the blue blood Is loaded with carbonc acid gas
and tue cstc OF the system So, goodby to an
osncr hobby horse upon which We have been prancng
these many years
To most people this world IL solid reality. while the
other world has only the dim outlines OF dream.
Hat the time TO come in every mans existence
when this world will fade away in the distant past of
memory. and seem ike very Dream whae the other
world will loom up before as grand or terrible
reality.
A grocer who had been at the Hippodrome and who
shn