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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-23
RAILROADS.

Chicago, MlVakBG&S Paul.
Railway.
The Great Through Line Between
CHICAGO,
NEW YORK,
NEW ENGLAND.
THE CANADAS,
All Eastern and Southern Points.
AND THE GREAT NORTHWEST
Connecting in Chicago with all Eastern and
Southern Lines.
Chicago Depot Corner Canal and West Mad
ison streets Horse Cars and Stage Lines for
all parts Of the ,,tv constantly passing.
Chicago City ttf 'es- 81 and 63 Clark-st.
The Only Through Line Between
Chicago, Milwaukee, s.. Paul aud MINNEAPOLIS.
It traverses . finer country, with grander
scenery, and passes through more business CEN
tres and pleasure resorts than any other North
western fine. And the only Railway line trav
ersing the valley Of
THE UrPER MISSISSIPPI RIVE,
And along the shores Of Lake Pepin. Also via
Madison, Prairie Du Chen, McGregor, Austin
and Owatonna.
Thus forming through lines between st. Paul
and Chicago.
Through Palace Coaches and Sleeping Cars
If the Rest and Track perfnct.
| Connecting at st. Paul and Minneapolis
| with the several lines centering at those points
st. Paul Depot-Cor. Of Jackson and Levee.
City Ofice-l18 East Jackson street, corner
Of Third street
A. =. II. CARPENTER,
Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agent, Milwaukee.
.Ar7iunl and Departure
Of Trains.
Explanation Of reference marks saturdays
| excepted Sundays excepted. Mondays
excepted.
Chicago. Milwaukee ( st. Paul R. R.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jackson street.
Ticket and Freight Office, southwest corner Of
Third and Jackson streets. ]. A. Chandler
| Agent, ST. Paul.
TRAINS LEAVE ARRIVE
i WlnOnaX La Crosse
Accommodation, 900 q m *l0:5O p N
Through Eastern and
Southern Express, t7:lO p mlt6:aO n
Prairie du Chen, Mil.
waukee & Chicago
Express, 400 a m *ll:3O p n
st. Paul, Austin & St.
Louis Express, 400 m 1000 p n
Austin Accommoda-
ton, .255 m sll:3O q n
st. Panl & Minneapo-
lis Trains, 1850 a mi*8:5O n
St Paul & Minnneapo-
lis Trains, ~ll.OOp mt7:OO p n
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-23

Hit cNcItttiS W sosSiS ehC
itulation with the emperor,
in bed. The room wherein
ght he who had been Caesar,
pIe chamber, with an alcove
led curtains. What must his
been thcree The room Of
|ianper,al was just next to it.
Md hear the father speak or
oeror was so much agitatcd
Dit Of that fatal day Of the
Member that having asked for
nd the servant having brought
! he said to her:
candle why have you not
lot understand what he meant.
bu to light the candle"
E."
|eived his mistake and said.
hademoiselle.' and retired to
nth the red curtains.
,rniny Of the battle, passing
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-23
ChiCag \ Northwestern RI,

PASSENGERS for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsbnrg,
Cincinnati, Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Mon
treal, Quebec, Portland, Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, SAINT
Louis. Cairo, San Francisco, Sac, amento, Og-
den, Salt Lake City, Denver, Council Bluffs,
Marquette, Escrnaba, Menasha, Madison, Chey
enne, Omaha, Yankton, Green Bay, Milwau-
kee and all points West, South and East should
buy their tickets via CHICAGO and the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Close connections are made at Chicago with
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Mich
igan Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago, Kankakee Line and
Pan Handle Routes, for all points East and
Southeast, and with the Chicago and alton
and Illinois Central for all points South
Close connections are also made with tn.
Union Pacific r. R. at Omaha for all far Wes
points
Close connections are made at jenction point,
NTH traYps of Ill crnSS roads
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1876-10-18
True Moral Courage.

Some time ago, 10 one Of our great ships
OF war, there was solitary sailor who was
not ashamed to own himself follower of
Christ. For long time he was alone, no
other sailor joined him. His place of prayer
was amid the noise and din of the sailors
One evening he perceived shadow by the
side of the gun. Another Jack Tar was
creeping along, and said, "May | come? ?"
Oh, the joy Of the young sailor to have a
comrade with him! They met for many
nights behind the gun, reading and praying.
They became the butt of the men in two or
three OF the messes, but still they continued
bearing and forbearing, 1t came to the ears
of the commander, who was Roman Catho-
lic-but mention this to his honor.
The moment he heard that two of his sail
ors we're meeting for reading and prayer be-
hind one of the guns, he sent for one Of them,
and instantly ordered portion of the lower
deck to be curtaned off, and gave orders
that no one should molest them.
For some nights they were the only occu-
pants, but by aud by the curtain was opened
and blue jacket said, MAY l come in?"
He was welcomed. Another came, and an
other, and the last account 1 heard from the
ship was this, that every night thirty-two
were meeting for prayer, and thirty of them
are believed to be converted charac.ers.-
And there, by " standing fire" by standing
firm, true to what was his duty. God has
blessed that solitary sailor, and made him q
spiritual father to at least thirty men on
board the ship.--Erchange.
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Failure and Success.

No true work since the world began was
ever wasted no true life since the world be-
gan has ever failed. Oh, understand, my
brethren, those two perverted words, failure
and success, and measure them by the eter.
nal, not by the earthly standard. What the
world has regarded as the bitterest failure
has often been in the sight of heaven the
most magnificent success. When the cap,
painted with devils, was placed on the brow
of John Huss, and he sank dying amid the
embers of the fame-was that failure p
When St. Francis Xavier died cold and
lonely on the bleak and desolate shore of a
heathen land-was that failure? When
the frail worn body of the Apostle of the
Gentiles was dragged by hook from the
arena, and the white sand scattered over the
crimson life. blood of the victim whom the
dense ampbitheatre despised as some obscure
and nameless Jew-was that failure And
when, after thirty obscure, toilsome, unre-
corded years in the shop of the village car
penter, One who came forth to be pre-emi-
nently the Man of Sorrows, to wander from
city to city in homeless labors, and to expire
in lonely agony upon the shameful CROSS
was that a failure? Nay, my brethren, it
was the life, it was the death, of Him who
lived that We might follow in His steps-it
was the life, it was the death, Of the Son Of
God. -Frederic ". Farar.
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4 After commissioners have been ap,

4. After commissioners have been ap
pointed to a General Assembly, "any four
teen (14) or more of these commissioners, ont
half (7) of whom shall be ministers, being
met on the day, and at the place appointed,
shall be a quorum for the transaction of bus
mess" Here there seem to be no necessity
for elders being present, provided fourteen
ministers are there. If, however, majority
of those present were elders, they could not
elect one of their number to moderate the
body. This is evident from Chap, Kill,
Sec. 7.
Such facts seem to me to show very
clearly, that equality between the two classes
of rulers in our Church is certainly not rec
ognized Theoretically.
On the practice in our Church courts, |
shall defer what l wish to say for another
communication which will be forth coming;
provided you or your readers do not in the
interval declare yourselves weary of what
has already been said. Let me close by ask
ing you to give your readers the following
pertinent questions from the Southern Pres
byterian
"The Assembly at Savannah ordered one
thousand copies to be printed of the new
Book of Church Order, " and the Committee
of Publication has issued an edition of the
Book, and sent copy to each minister whose
name is on our roll. We hope it will be at
tentively studied by every minister and rul-
ing elder, so that all will be able to vote in
with reference to it, before the
meeting of the New Orleans Assembly,"
The above quotation is from your paper
of the 31st of August, and is most excellent
aud timely advice; but suggests few ques-
tions, which, with your permission, / will ask
1. How are the ruling elders to study
Book which they have not got, and no pro-
visioi made for them to get :?
2. What was the reason for sending copy
to each minister, and none to the elders
g. Have the elders that much natural ad-
vantage, or are they expected to vote upon
the judgment Of the e-ministers2
4, Would it not be well to put off the
whole business until the Assembly can order
another edition for the use and enlighten-
nent of the eldership?
know some elders who would prefer vot-
ng upon their own judgment, and they cannot
10 it VsU without the Book.
TEXAS ELDER"
For my own part in this matter, 1 applied
'or copy of the Revised Book, as an elder,
,fering to pay for it. But two copies were
Ient, and no bill with them. So l suppose
hey are free, one for myself and one for the
session to which l belong. j. L. G.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
EXCUSES FOR NOT JOINING the CHURCH

l. There are so many IN 1t noV who arr
not real Christians. 1t is sad to say the al
legation is true in point of fact. But Christ
never promised that the Church was to be a
perfect body. There will be found tareS
growing with the wheat until the final har-
vest. This is what the Saviour declared
would be. Your objection, then, demands
more than the Head of the Church ever
promised, and is reflection on His wisdom.
but, moreover, the fact that another en-
ters the church in the spirit of hypocrite,
is no reason why you should neglect your
duty. In that great day when Jesus will
deny before His Father and the holy angels
those who denied Him here, that will give no
comfort to your troubled soul. 1t will only
make your doom the more intolerable to
think that it must be shared with men who
were all along false at heart. Others say
2. l can liue a good life outside of the
Church. If you can, you can lead better
within it. But if you may disregard the
plain command of Christ, so may all; and
then what becomes of "the Church of God,
which he hath purchased with his precious
blood?" Can you safely, innocently thus
pass it by? 0 what sorrowful end will
one day come to such vain excuses, "when
once the Master is risen up, and hath shut to
the door" ECCLEsIA,
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On Commentators.

In recently published volume entitled
Commenting on Commentators" Mr.. Spur.
geon, in bis own original way, dashes off sopoe
thoughts which may be found of value, es-
pecially to young ministers. He reckons
Matthew Henry ' first among the mighty"
"He is most pious and pithy, sound and SEN
sible, suggestive and sober, terse snd trust
worthy; glittering in metaphors, rich in an
alogies, overfowing with illustrations, super
abundant in reflections; he sees right through
a text directly; apparently he is not critical,
but he quietly gives the result of an accurate
critical knowledge of the original fully up to
the best critics of his time"
He thinks almost equally we'll of John
Calvin. Even Arminius himself is quoted as
saying:
"Next to the perusal of the Scriptures, l
exhort my pupils to peruse Calsin's Com
mentaries for affirm that he excels beyond
comparison in the Interpretation of the Scrip
ture, and that bis commentaries ought to be
more highly valued than all that is handed
down to US by the Library of the Fathers"
Poole's "Annotstiona' are highly praiaed:
"Poole is not 80 pithy and Witty by far as
Matthew Henry, but he is perhaps more &C.
curate, less commentator, and more an ex-
positor, SO profoundly learned as to be able
to give results without display of his intel
lectual crockery."
Of Bishop Halls C,ntemplation,.' Spur
geon exclaims:
"What wit what sound seuse what con-
cealed learning! His stvle is as pithy aud
witty as that of Thomas Fuller, and it has
sacred unction about it to which Fuller has
no pretension.
Thomas Scott is spoken Of as the exposi-
tor Of Evangelical Episcopalians, even as
Adam Clarke is the prophet of the Wesley
ans, "but to me be has seldom given
thought"
Bengel's "Gnomon of the New Testa
ment is the scholars delight, unrivalled in
felicitous brevity, combined with what sci.
dom accompanies that excellence, namely,
perspicuity, ."terse, weighty, and suggestive,
he condenses more matter into line than
can be extracted from pages of other writer's"
Afford is praised for scholarship, judgment,
and candor, but you will not look here for
any spirituality of thought or tenderness of
feeling" "Fail not" be says, "to be ex-
pert in the use of your Concordance. Every
day live thank God more and more for
that poor half-crszy Alexander Cruden. -
On the subject of commenting" be
urges bis students among other things to
avoid prosiness; to use their judgment more
than their fancy; no. to be carried away
with "new meanings;" and not needlessly to
amend our authorized version, and above all,
give the sense" For the general run of
preachers, "Barnes on the Psalms is proba.
bly, the best commentary extant." Cowles'
" Psalms" might be reprinted in England
" with the probability of a large sale.
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A NEW missionary enterprise has been pro.
posed recently by the "Coumittee on Chris
tian Life and Work" of the General Assem-
bly, of the Church Of Scotland. The object
of it's promoters is not the evangelization of
the heather, nor is it intended to interfere
with that most important and most necessary
work but their aim is to advance the moral,
intellectual, and physical welfare of the poor
and ignorant among their own countrymen
and in their own congregations. The COM
mittee above named reported this year to the
General Assembly, "that there is great need
10 Scotland of a literature dealing with the
practical wants Of life, to instruct men and
women in household and domestic duties, and
in the laws of health and cleanliness" And
they further added that "there is almost re.
ally no public literature in circulation on the
subiact of household thrift aud economy"
but that, Gin all parts of Scotland, town and
country alike, there is woful amount of ig
norance about the commonest details Of
housekeeping" The report goes on to Ia
ment the intellectual and moral darkness Of
large bodies of the people in agricultural dis
tricts, and attributes ir in large degree to
the fact that they do not read books calcu-
lated to remedy their deficiencies, simply be
cause, either that such books do not exist, or
that books treating on the needed subjects
have never been brought down to the level
of their needs. And the committee proposes
to set at work earnestly and industriously to
remedy the evil. 1t is sensible project;
and has its application in America as we'll as
Scotland. We believe it would save thou
sands from the temptations of the saloon and
the corner grocery, if wives and daughters
could be taught to make home comfortable;
and it would be good work to circulate
along with the excellent gOdly tracts of our
noble tract societies, similar brief tracts con-
veying in plain language instruction in house
hold duties, in the laws of health and clean.
illness, in the art of good cookery and pro.
per selection of food; and in the principles
of thrift and economy.-C Intelligencer.
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WAS READING the other day that on the
shores of the Adristic Sea, the wives of fish
ermen whose husbands have gone far out
upon the deep are in the habit at eventide Of
going down to the seashore aud singing, as
female voices only can, the first stapza of q
beautiful hymn. After they have sung it
they listen till they hear, borne by the wind
across the desert sea, the second stauza sung
by their gallant husbands as they are tossed
by the gale upon the waves, and both are
happy. Perhaps, if We listen, We too, might
hear on this desert world of ours some sound,
some whisper, borne from afar, to remind US
that there is heaven and home; and when
we sing the hymn upon the shores of earth,
perhaps We shall hear its sweet echo break
log in music upon the sands of time, and
cheering the hearts of them that are pilgrims
and strangers, and look for city that hath
foundations.-Dr. Cumming.
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Rainy Sundays.

Don't make them an occasion of SHINING
by neglect of duty. Go to church at the
time for the appointed services. Your pas
tor will be there, why not you? His person
al comfort in reaching the place will be as
much impaired as yours he has no better
over-coat, over shoes, or umbrella than your
self. His health is as delicate as your OVID,
and he is as likely to take cold from expo
sure to damp weather as you are. It is, too,
exceedingly depressing to him to see small
audience. When the congregation dwindles
to small dimensions for triAing season, he
is forced to believe that either his ministra-
ton of the gospel il unacceptable, or that the
ordinances of the sanctuary themselves are
unattractive. Either inference is painful,
and cripples his usefulness. Then again, if
you stay away from church, your absence
will exert an unfavorable influence. Those
persons who are present will come to the con-
clusion that they have as good right and as
strong reason to remain at home as you
have. Your neigbbors will call you, or re-
gard you, as fair. weather Christian. Per-
sons in your employment will think that,
after all your talk about the Importance of
religion, you are willing to make but little
sacrifice for the cultivation and diffusion of
it. If you were certain Of fading 500 bill
in your pew on rainy Sunday, would you
not be found in your place in it 1t is far
better to please God, and prepare for heaven,
by obeying His command, than it would be
to come into possession weekly Of any such
amount. God is said to make the rain, hail,
and snow to praise Him. But what kind of
praising Him is it when men make these
agencies an excuse for moi assembling at the
appointed place and tips Tor His worship ?
Go to church on the rainy Sabbath, and 60
with reverence, faith and hope, for it may be
your last Lords day on earth.
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CALLED ASIDE.
81 Aars something to say unto thee

From the glad working of thy busy life,
From the worlds esaseless stir of and strife,
Into the shade and stiffness by the Heavenly Guide
For brief space thou hast been called aside.
Lonely hours
Thou hast spent, weary on q couch ofpain,
Watching the golden sunshine and the falling rain
Hours, whose sad length only to Him was known,
Who trOd sadder pathway, dark and lone.
Laid aside =
May not the little cup Of suffering be
A loving one of blessing given to thee?
The cross of Christening sent thee from above
By Him who bore the cross, whose name is Love.
Called aside;-
Hast thou no memories of that "httle whileT
No sweet remembrance of thy Fathers smile2
No hidden thoughts that wrapped thee in their hold,
Of Him who did such light and grace unfOldP
Called aside;-
Perhaps into desert garden dim,
And yet not lone, when thou hast been with Him, !.
Andshesrd H.s voice in sweetest accents say,
"Chld wilt thou not with Me this still hour stay ~
Called aside;-
In hidden paths with Christ thy Lord to tread,
Deeper to drink at the sweet Fountain Head;
Closer in fellowship with Him to roam,
Nearer, perchance, to feel thy heavenly home.
Called sside;- -
o, knowledge deeper grows with Him alone,
In secret oft His deeper love is shown,
And learnt in many an hour of dark distress
Some rare, sweet lesson of His tenderness.
Called aside;-
We thank Thee for the stiffness and the shade;
We thank Thee for the hidden paths Thy love hath
made,
And, so that we have wspt and watched lCitb Thee,
We thank thee tor our dark Gethsenane.
Called aside;-
o, restful thought,-He doeth all things well,-
o, blessed sense, with Christ alone to DWELL
So, il the shadow of Thy cross to hide,
We thank Thee, Lord, to have been called aside.
London Friend.
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FoR THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Lexington Presbytery, No. 3.

In the table below is given the relative
standing of the churches of Lexington Pres
bytery in reference to strictly congregation
al work, including the three items of pastors
salaries, congregational expenses and Pres
byterial tax. 1t should be remarked that
PendletOn, WsynesborO, StauntOn 1st, Mas
ssnutton, Lebanon, Hsrrisonburg, Warm
Springs, and Broadway have been engaged
in extra efforts in building or paying for new
churches or msnses and hence have a posi-.
ton they would not have under ordinary cir
cumstauces. The first column shows the
total number of members-the second the
rate per member of al money paid for con-
gregstiOnal purposes for 1875; the third the
rate per member for same purposes for 1876,
and the fourth the relative standing for 1876.
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are doing;) but do not depend upon US for
motive, nor for the measure of your zeal
and conservation. No motive but loving
obedience to Christ will sustain either you or
US to the end of this mighty work. May the
whole church, in all lands, be soon brought
up to the requisite degree of faith and conse-
Grafton u
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Lost Opportunities.

One of the saddest chapters of Chris.
tian's biography is the unwritten chapter Of
his lost opportunities; privileges and helps
and inspirations and comforts he might have
enjoyed, and through some delinquency fail
ed Of. He fails, in his late and hurried ris
ing, of morning portion of Gods Word,
some faithful warning, some comforting pro
mise, some helpful truth, he might have car
ried with him through the day. Through the
same eagerness to get to bis worldly tasks
he misses of visit to the closet of prayer
and his Saviour 8 beuediction of peace and
JOY in the Holy Ghost. He misses during
the day, by timidity or pre- occupation, occa
sions for witnessing for Christ, and of th'
reacting strength and comfort. He misses
the prayer meeting through WEAKNESS, or tht
call Of friend, or the charm of some fasci
mating book, or the attraction of some bill O.
fare in earthly entertainments; and so doeI
not enter with his brethren under the porta
over which is written, there am l in th'
midst of you" So he misses on the Sab
bath of instruction and all it's quickening in
fuence; so he misses Of the feast, the Mas
ter of which testiGes, "My flesh is meat in
deed"
Oh, these lost opportunities; charge,
against US on the remembering book, weak
enirg all our spiritual forces, and robbing u
of treasures inestimable for our spiritual life
Watch and pray against such losses B
avaricious of these sacred and priceless priv
ilegea. Let no reproach stand against you
name of such woeful deliuquency.-We Pa
! cifc
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TAKE notice that during the last century
the development of the Christian Church in
this country has been so much moro rapid
than the growth in population, that whereas
there was in 1776 but one Evangelical min
ister to every 2,4OO souls, there is to-day
one for every seven hundred.
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How wonderful the sympathy of Jesus !!
He says, "He that toucheth yOu, toucheth
the apple of my eye."
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PERSEVERANCE in faith is the best evidence
of the sincerity of our faith.
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TRUE grace hates monopcles, and loves
not to eat it's morsels alone.
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That's, preferring rural peace to political liberty
I Ps. xvii IS. Not "received gifts for men"
but "receved gifts as a man."