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Children's Service in Free St. Cuthberts

During the Council in Edinburgh, an in
terestng service was held in Froe ST. Cu.h,
bert's Church rev. Sir H. Wildwood Mon
creif's.) 1t was especially arranged for chill
dren, and was conducted by Rev. DR.. James
Eells, San Francisco, whose Sunday Schools
have been managed with great success
There was large attendance of children,
and the young folks behaved with great pro-
priety. DR.. Eells, who spoke to the children
from the rostrum, interested them from the
beginning to the close of his address, and
showed how thoroughly he has qualified him
self for such meetings. He told them how
the Sabbath School children in San Francisco
get on, and he illustrated his story by appro-
pirate anecdotes. In connection with his
church at San Francisco is Sabbath School,
attended by 500 persons, some young and
some old, and the school.room is made as at
tractive as possible, being the finest part of
the church. The school, he mentioned, is
held in the morning before the church SER
vice, which enables the children to accom-
pany their parents and guardians to their
places of worship at the ordinary time. In
the afternoon number of the scholars are
entrusted with the work of teaching China
men, who being first taught the rudiments
are gradually instructed in divine truth, be-
ing told about the Saviour, and trained in
Bible knowledge. These Cinnamon, after
receiving elementary training from their
youthful teachers, are advanced to higher
classes, conducted by gentlemen with very
considerable success. Fourteen Cinnamon,
he added, had become members of his church,
and we're preparing to be missionaries, with
the view of teaching their brethren. The
reverend gentleman then offered several ex-
cellent advices to his young friends, telling
them that in order to do good they must first
resolve to be good. They all, moreover, had
power to serve the Lord; if they could do
nothing else they could pray, and that was
great deal What they were as boys and
girls they would be as men and women, and
it was in this respect that the Scotch people
had been specially wise in striving to give
their children good education both in the
Sunday and day schools.
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Will the Pillars Stand ?

Some years ago, according to story often
told, an insane man, in one of our New Eng
land towns once rose from his seat in the
midst of large assembly, and seizing with
great deal of energy one of the pillars
that sustained the gallery of the church, de-
clared aloud that he was going to pull it
down. Had another "Samson Agonistes "
suddenly appeared, and declared himself just
ready to bow between the pillars of another
of Dagon'S temples, there could hardly have
been greater CONSERVATION. If the people
had but stopped to consider, their good
sense, as well as their confidence in the archi-
tect of the edifce, would have assured them
of the mans utter impotence to execute his
threat. But amid the outcries, and faint
ings, and general confusion, they yielded to
the most foolish fears. Nor did they recover
their self possession, and quietly resume their
seats, until another man, significantly point
ing to the large and strong pillar which had
been threatened, calmly said, "Let him
try-let him try."
This proposition restored order and conf
dence at once the house did not fall, and
the services went on.
And 80, "to compare great things with
small" when men insanely threaten to pull
down the pillars that the skill of the Divine
Architect has reared and holds up, we are
too easily moved with alarm, and too slow to
consider the strength of the structure. When
God pleases, he can indeed make the pill
lars of heaven to trcmble, and to be aston
ished at His reproof." But SO long as it is
feeble mortal who undertakes to shake
them, our confidence in the Omnipotent Ru.
Ter would do well quietly to "let him try. u
This seems to be the very object of that
assurance of God to the trembling inhabi
tants of the earth in time of great fear =
"The earth, and all the inhabitants thereof
are dissolved" that is, melted with fear
trembling with dark fOrebOdings; but 81
bear up the pillars of it,"
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ABRAHAM.

1t seems to me that we have presented to
US in Genesis (the very first book of the Bi
ble) one of the most profitable characters for
US to study that the Old Scriptures contain
Abraham. And there was one popularity
about him which distinguished him. That
was his faith. 1t won for him the name Of
sfaithful Abraham" and he was also called
the "father of the faithful" And it is fur
ther stated of him in the New Testament
that his "faith was accounted uatO him for
Righteousness.
1t becomes matter Of great interest to US
to know what there was peculiar about Abra
hams faith, that it won for him SO great dis
tinction in the eyes of God; for surely such
faith as this our souls would long to have.
If we ponder carefully the sacred narra-
tive we find out what it was. Abraham S
faith was simple, cAildHke trust in GOd.-
And, my friends, if We would have our faith
accounted unto us for righteousness, it must
be like Abraham's faith-a simple, childlike
| trust in God.
1t has been beautifully said:
"The Shepherd does not ask of thee
Faith in thy faith but only faith in Him;
And this He meant in saying Come to me u
In light or darkness seek to do His will,
And leave the work of faith to Jesus still"
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FOE THE CENTRAL PREsBYrERIAS.
'' WHAT TIME I AM AFRAID, I WILL
TRUST IN THEE. Psalm lvi: 3.
JANET Hay.

Security and peace came with the morn:
A quietude sleeps in the nearing noon;
Not cen q handful of storm-eloud
In all the blue is born
Yet | know not what i'll
Turks in the shadow of the world,
Or broods above the eastern sea
Of great hushed waves, foam pearled.-
But "what time am afraid,
Then, al viii trust in Thee''
1 know no enemy within my bound:
No serpent's trail my garden blooms among,
Many TO love me, Loving back-hsve found.
Still know not how near the hon stalks;
What vampire broods its deadly Wings
Destruction wasteth' and the 'pestilencewslks'
So near my dearest earthly things
Yet, whate'er the future holds for me,
" What time l am afraid,
I'll trust in Thee"
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all his thoughts and records the utter vanity
of any and every thing, as source of true
peace and happiness which falls short of the
fear of God, which the beginning, middle
and end of wisdom. D. B. E.
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CovEToUsNEss is very evil thing in
family: it brings disquiet and uneasineSs into
it; he that is greedy of gain troubles his own
house; and what is worse, it brings the curse
of God upon it, and upon all the affairs Of it.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-08-22

TRUE religion is the best support of civil
government; it requires submission for the
Lords sake, and for conscience sake.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-08-22

THEY who are not saints on earth, will
never be saints in heaven.
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PROFICIENCY in religion is good sign of
sincerity in it.
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0We may make our lives sublime. y

In our families and before our neighbors,
with our words and by our deeds, we may all
achieve a greatness which may be un.
heralded, indeed, by human praise, but
shall live when monumental brass and mar.
bic are no more. M.
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FEMALE SMUGGLgRS.
SILK Uandkerehiefs aud Hose
6ilk Dress Pattern IN ~ Muff.

SILK Wand kerehtefs aud HOSEA
6ilk Dress Pattern IN n Muf.
DetrOit Free Prees
From noon last Saturday to noon
yesterday fourteen women were
and searched and had
smuggled goods taken from their
possession. The officers were very
quiet and obliging in the perform
ance Of their duties, never subject
ing the offenders to embarrassing
exposures upon the street and
handling the case in such a way
that probably not one in hundred
of the ever-passing pedestrians had
the slightest suspicion Of the very
interesting little scenes being en-
acted in the office on the wharf.
Most of the guilty parties, when
stopped, went quietly into inspec-
tion, but one of them assumed an
air of injured innocence, and was
led along, protesting against the
bold impudence of the officers.
Upon her person were found six
pairs of kid gloves, and in her hat
two ostrich plumes not yet stripped
Of the tags bearing the cost and
sale marks Of q prominent merchant
in Windsor. Another woman had
concealed in her knitted wool nit
tens about twenty yards of valuable
lace and a dozen or more packages
of needles.
The smugglers of this class are
usually women, who do not engage
in it for a livelihood, but merely to
get a few articles in the way of fur
nishing goods, laces or millinery
novelties, A fair young damsel,
with daintily kid covered hands,
held between her fingers a modest
looking roll of tissue paper, which
upon being unrolled, disclosed two
rich silk handkerchiefs and about q
dozen Spools of variegated silk
thread. Another young lady car.
ried a tiny valise with nickle- plated
mountings, which was found to con,
tain four pair of silk hose and two
bottles of perfume. Bushes were
seen on the face Of q female wear
ing a sealskin jacket, when in one
of the pockets Of her coat were
found four pieces-about thirty
yards--of velvet ribbon. In one
instance, however, concealment was
intended and was very cunningly
carried out. The lady, a matronly
person about forty years old, wal
seen carrying muff, the exterior
being of stitched black silk, while
the interior and edges were of seal
fur. When the officers took hold
of the muff to examine it the silken
outside was felt slipping around,
and, upon investigation, it was
found to be simply a cover with
rubber corded edges. When pulled
off the fur mnff was found wrapped
in a silk dress pattern, a lot OF laces
several pair Of kid gloves, several
yards of velvet ribbon and other
contraband trihes.
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MEMPHIS. TENN. TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER H. 1877.

ferred to make his temperance in
society as a political criminal rather
than a forger. He subsequently
confessed that he never dreamt Of
attacking the emperor or the chan
cellor. lie is thirty-two years old,
and remains in the prison hospital.
He admitted that his name is not
Lyskovski, but Lubovski. When
arrested Lubovski, who had a load
ed revolver in his pocket, represent
ed himself as natural son of
Archbishop Ledochovski, and an
ardent Pole and Ultramontane. His
last employment was that of law
yer's clerk at Schonlank, in which
position he embezzled several thou
sand marks, for which he was long
g wanted" by the police.
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money, as you may say-when all
went to smash in an instant"
"Burn out ?" asked listener.
"Burn out! No, worse than
that-blowed upY'
" Blowed?"
eyes, blowed up! 1t was the
most terrific explosion and one Of
the most curious you ever heard of.
Some fellows come in one morning
to roll a game for the drinks, my
first customers that morning.
"My Chinaman, Hop Sun, set
up the pins for 'em. One of the
men took up a ball--one of the
biggest-he took a short run and
let drive-I can see him now. The
ball no sooner struck the alley than
there was a report that shook the
whole building, tore up the planks,
and shattered the glass in the
windows. Each bound made by
the ball down along the alley was
followed by the same kind of wreck
and ruin. The ball reached the
pins and made a ten-strike," but
at the same time there came sich
an explosion as shook the whole
town. All the pins were shiyered
to pieces and splinters from them
filled the walls and the roof. Moth
ing was left of my Chinaman but
the soles of his shoes and few
strips of his blue cotton blouse.
Not enough of him could be found
for the coroner to set on; he was
literally exterminated by the show
er of splinters from the alley and
the pins"
" "What caused the explosion "
asked some one.
Well, they had certain kind
Of club in my town that they want
ed me to jine. l refused, tellin 'em
wasn't qualified, and could not
conscientiously become a member.
This got the club down on me, and
some of 'em slipped into my place
at night and creased my alley and
all the balls and pins with nitro
glycerine. Blast sich a town a!
Austin and sich an organization al
the Sazelec Lynn Club, anyhow
BY their doin's I'm again a poo
man-again a wanderer, roamin
the wide world without dime
Will any gentleman please let m
have the price of a square meal an,
a nights lodgin'?"
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HympR!hY.

When a juryman acquits a wo-
man who has had the misfortune
to murder a man, he does all that
can reasonably be expected of him.
Mortimer E. Durkee, a susceptible
gentleman residing in village near
Auburn, not only joined his eleven
colleagues in rendering a verdict of
"not guilty." in the case of Cora
Youngs, but in the warmth of his
sympathy for the handsome prison.
er, has gone SO far as to elope with
her. His wife, strange to say, was
one of the girls kindest and most
earnest friends, and had been doing
her utmost to lit her out of the
mire, and to enable her to lead a
yirtuous and respectable life. Her
husband, however, fancied that he
had not done all be ought for the
girl, in saving her from the gallows
and opening for her the prison
doors and accordingly he has dis
appeared with her, and well-nigh
driven his wife crazy.
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WHY HE WAS BLOWN UP.
Because he COuIdB' COnsclentIeu
~ Join the Buzelec Lying Club.


Because he COuIdn't Conscientious.
~ Join the buzelsc Lying Club.
Virginia City Enterprise.l
He was a little old man with a
restless black eye and an equally
restless jaw, the latter being con-
stantly employed in the mastication
of " fine.cut," while the former
found business in more directions
than there were points to the COM
pass. Iron-gray locks projected
from under his slOuched wool hat,
and a beard of the same color strag-
gled far down over the front of his
blue wooden shirt. His voice was
shrill and piercing, and all his as
sertions were of the most positive
description.
He carried a small bundle in a
handkerchief, and shortly after tax
ing his seat in the cars at Reno, for
this city, he turned to the pasSen-
gers nearest to him, and said /:
" "Boys, there are some curious ups
and downs in this country. One
day you see a mans breeches half
soled with a flour sack, and the
next he is a millionaire, rolling in
his coach-and-four, lolling back and
smoking a Havana cigar u foot long.
There is a flip, a flap and flop,
and he is back in his old breeches,
driving a bull team.
"Three days ago / was not only
well to do, but fixed for life, as ]
thought; but bang she went, and
/ was fiat on my back again. Not
my fault-not a thing | could fore
see and guard against-jist a reg
lar dispensation Of providence, as
you may say. Never heard of sich
a thing before in all my life"
Bottom drop out oil yer mine|
asked a passenger.
"Mine, be blowed No. ! had
a ten pin alley, and was doing a
land office business-jist a coming
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EMPEROR wILLIAm.


The correspondent of the London
Times, writing from Berlin, says
When questioned by the judge of
inquiry respecting his journey to
Berlin, Herr Lyskovski, the Pole
arrested on the charge Of conspir-
ing against the emperor's life, stated
that he had come to the capital to
murder the Emperor and Prince
Bismarck, Something, however, in
the readiness Of his confession and
in the manner Of the self.allegcd
cnlprit seems to have aroused the
suspicion Of the Judge. Inquiries
were set on foot, and speedily
yielded a surprising result LyS-
koyski is q clerk from Lobau, in the
province of West Prussia, and had
been arraignod for forgery, but had
hitherto eluded the vigilance Of the
police.
1t would seem that, finding it i'm
possible to hide any longer, he pre-
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RAILROADS.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.

ccHEDULE ON AND AFTER SEPT. le,
Leavs7. Arrives.
Mail and Express, daily-ll 25p.m 5.45 pm
Somerville accem' dat'u
daily lex. Sundayl.... 500 pm S.lS am
Time Twenty Minutes Faster than
Oily R.me.
Bonneville train will stop at reg
uler and fIag stations.
The II. 80 p. an. Train makes the quick
ent time ever made to Chattanooga, Knox
Vile. Lynchburg Washington, and the East,
and will stop at all Regular Stationg, and at
Flag Stations when tagged, except tlag Sta
tions between CollieIville and Memphis,
Ticket sfhce 27S BiaIn street and Depot
Memphis and Charleston railroad.
JOHN A, GRANT,
Chief Engineer and General Sup't.
7. S. DAVANI,
xgf Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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Neutral vessels still in the Sea Of Azov
have been authorized by Turkey to leave
Russian ports aud pass through the
Black Sea, provided they sell their car.
gees Of wheat at Constantinople.
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MISS SS!PPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD
RCHEDUIH.

ON and after Wednesday, November IA,
Y 1877, trains will run as follows:
- ''' Leave. Arrive
Main Tr, in daily............ $500 pm. 1.C5 pm
Sardis Accommodation
daily lex. sundays ..~ll;5O am. S;l5 am
Freight Train daily (ox. %
All NJ. BUkKE, Sup't.
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IMEMpHIs q LITTLE ROCK R.R.
sh,0t Llne to Arkansas and Texas.
TINE CARD;
Taaunp A vrt,roo
Mail train, daily........;,...5.SO pm u'SO pm.
freight train daily lex.

Leaves. Arrives.
Maia train, daily.....";....5.SO pm. u.SO pm.
freight train daily lex.
sunday) .........~ ............7, 90 am. $40 m.
Passengers going on this road will take
traine af the depot Of the Louisville. Nash
viIIe aud Great Southerp railroad. Mail
,;rains make close connection at Argenta fol
I oints on the title Rock and Fort Saith
70 ilread and at Little Rock with the Cairo
m, Fulton railroad for points in Southwest
Ars anshs and Texas. :,
Fer tickets and information apply at Ticke
offices a and 2S7 Main street. aud at depo
foot of Washington street, or at Louisville
Nashville and Great Southern railroad depot
or to the undersigned.
M.S,JAY a. P. AID I. Ag't, Little Rock
WE. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
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Mothers, do rot let your darlings suffer
with the whooping cough il you have
remedy SO near at hand. Use Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup, and the little sufferers will
soon find relief. Price, 25c.
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louisville and Great Southern R.R.

1850 pm. Night Expression Saturday
this train runs only to Milan.( Connects at
Milan for st. Louis and Chicago; at Nc
an 1 the Southeast; at9uthrie for Hopkins
viii =, Henderson ard Evansville; at Louis
Vile for all points North and East.
HOO an. Day Express-oonnects for st.
Louis and Chicago. at Leuisville for all
points North and East.
4.4O u.m. Brownsville Accommodation
Daily excNpt Sunday.
M arrival Of Trains.
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70 Pm.
Mail ......,.'''.o! 10 a. IN
ss,Ilman Palace Cars on either train to Louis
vile. and on Night train to Nashville.
Nor tickets or reformation, apply at Ticket
once. 2S7 Main. Northwest corner Madison
street ,u,,o,,r,nx e.,.nS.,...n M.
JAMES SPEED, Ticket Agent.
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President Grant D;ned by MRS
1RckRy = a bali at Aladdin's
Palace A Magnillcent Affair.
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Five Thousand Copies
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old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
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RAILKOAp TIME TABLE.

MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-02-21

New York, January l2.-Some months
ago number of the papers in the country
criticised, generally with some degree of
righteousness, a book written by General
A. J. Pleasonton, of Philadelphia, entitled
Blue and Sun Lights; their Influence
upon Life, Disease, ETC." Some of the
ideas set forth by General Pleasonton are
calculated to startle reading and thought
full persons, and, falling to comprehend his
theories, it is no wonder that the critics
poked considerable fun at them. My at
tention was recently directed to the " blue
glass" treatment by an old friend, who re-
commended It's use in a case of sickness in
my family. Having confidence in my
friend, wrote to General Pleasonton re-
garding it, and in reply received copy of
his book and instructions regarding the
application of the blue light in the case
recited to him. Having practical evidence
before me of the benefits to be derived from
the application of the "blue light" l pro-
pose in this letter to give some general idea
of General Pleasonton's theories regarding
the