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DIRECTORY
Presbyterian Church in the United States.
VIE GENERAL AssEMRLY.


THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet at New Orleans La,
on the third Thursday of May, 1877, at II A M.
CLERKS
Ryv. JOSEPH r. WILSON, D. D., STATED C1EaK.
REv. WILLIAM BROWN. D. D, PERMANENT oLsaz.
The Stated Clerk is the Treasurer of the
General Assembly.
TRUSTEES.
HoS. JAMES HEErPHILL, President Chester, s. G.
REy JOHN DOUGLAS, VIoE-PREsIDEST, Charlotte
JESSE H. LINDSAY Esq, sEcsrTiRr and TREASURER,
sUsTENTATIoN
REy J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., SECRETARY,
REV. RICHARD MoILwAINE, Coordinate sEoRE.
TART and TREASURER, Box SSl, Baltimore, Nd.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, d. D., SECRETARY,
Box SSl, Baltimore, Md.
RLy. RICHARD MoILWAINE, Coordinate SEcEErA.
RY and TREAsURER, Box SSl, Baltimore, Nd
PUBLICATION.
REV. E. THOMPSON BAIRD, D. D.. SECRETARY, Rich
q. GENNET, Esq, TREASURER, Richmond, Va.
EDUCATION.
Rev. JNo. N. wADDELL, d. D., SECRETARY, Mem
A. F. DoD, TREASURER, Memphis, Tenn.
Applications 10 the Executive Committee for aid are
ars to be referred to the appropriate Presbyteria Exec
utive Committees for their approval be for
warded by them to the Assembly's Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly has appointed the following
lections TO be taken up annually in all the churches
For Sustentation On the first Sabbath in January.
For Publication On the first Sabbath in March.
For Foreign Missions: On the first Sabbath in May.
For the Relief of Disabled Ministers and the Widows
and Orphans of Deceased Ministers On the first Sabbath
in July.
For Evaugelistc Work: On the first Sabbath in Sep
TENDER.
For Education: On the first Sabbath in November
In where IL is highly nconvenent take up
ectons these days. they shall be taken mp
possible thereafter
adopt the apostolic plan OF taking up weekly collections
and that the amounts thus collected be appropriated 10
the above named Objects when necessary local
ects in such proportion the church session may decide
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The Grasshopper of 1877.

Respecting the next seasons grasshopper,
the Saline (Kanaas) Journal has this to say:
"Reports from all parts of the State are to
the effect that nearly all of the eggs deposited
by grasshoppers were Matched during the re-
cent warm weather, and that the storms end
cold weather since then have been the means
of destroying the young hoppers. The re-
ports are so we'll substantiated as to leave
little doubt that We will be relieved of much
of the trouble anticipated from these pests
next spring. We have talked with men from
all parts of Saline and from the adjoining
counties, who assured us that they have per-
sonally investigated the condition of the egg
deposits in their localities, and they had
found that in most cases the eyes, backs,
and legs Of young graeshoppers had formed,
but life was apparently extinct. The indi-
cations are that this section will be compare
lively free of the hoppers in the spring"
Another writer thinks that the prairies
should not be burned over until the young
graashoppers are Matched out next spring !;
then, if the old dry grass is set on fire, mil
lions Of these pests will be destroyed.
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neighbours heDs."
Susy always liked 60 hunt eggs, and she
ran out to the little garden, and searched
among the horse radish leaves, and there she
found snug nest with five eggs. How
pleased the old lady was.
"That will make me five good buildings,
or FIVE good breakfasts, just as please" she
said. Su8y filed up the basket with chips,
set the room to rights, made up the old lady s
bed as smooth and even as she could have
done it herself, and finally filed the broken
pitcher with Clump of late autumn flowers
she gathered in the r,yard. This made
her happiness complete.
81 am just as fine as a fiddle" said the de.
lighted old lady, who had her own peculiar
ways of expressing herself, and SuSy went on
her way to school that morning quite as hap
Ply aa if she had flushed her story-book.-
Making nice story, in real life, is pleas
anter than reading one any day.
Sassy found this little popularity about
most of her efforts to do good to others. 1t
required some self.denial on her part. But
that was the best part of the lesson, as far as
she was concerned. Another thing she OBJ.
aerved-that the greater the self.denial the
sweeter the peace aud pleasure that followed.
Read the best books, and follow the best
example you can find. Even the simples,
stOry-boOk may have az iofuence on all your
future life.
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Prosperity and Prayer.

Two Items which we have lately read in
the papers We put together, that our readers
may judge whether there is any connection
between the facts stated therein. Here is
one:
"Tho Cunard Steamship Line, which for
many years has been leading transatlantic
passenger carrier, has had extraordinary sue
cess during i5s career. Since the organiza-
ton Of the company, the Cunard steamers
have made ever four thousand voyages, sail
ing more than twelve millions Of miles, and
carrying two millions Of passengers. They
have done this without losing single life,
or having any harm happen to single letter
in the mails which they have regularly car
ried."
Here is the other:
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You looked on the dark side to day, SO every
thing annoyed you, and the very things that
gave pleasure to the other girls made you
miserable. Now promise me, ere and all, to
take the blind lady's motto ard try to live
up to it."
They all promised readily, even JEANNE
and sac; for Uncle jacks talk had done
them good, and made them feel heartily
ashamed of their behaviour.
A few days after this talk package came
to each of the girls. They opened them
eagerly and found in each one prottily
framed illumination Is 1ss Uncle jacks
MOTTO: Look on the bright side. "-Pariah
Visitor.
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M0nsehula &nrds.
"MAYH'T I BIZ A BOY?"

"Mayn't I be boy?n said our Mary,
The tears in her great eyes blue;
"Tm only wee little lassie--
There's nothing woman can do
"'Tis so heard cousin Joe say So
He's home from great college, too
he said so just now in the parlor;
There's nothing woman can do
''AIy wee little lassie, my darling
Said putting back her soft hair,
&C. want you my dear little maiden
To smooth away ell mothers care.
Who is it, when pa comes home wary,
That runs for his slippers and gown?
What eye does he watch for at morning,
Looking out from their lashes of brown?
Can you do nothing, nay darling?
What was it that papa said last night?-
MY own little sunshine is coming,
know, for the room is SO bright
"Ard there is secret, my Mary
Perhaps you will learn it some day
The hand that is willing and loving
Win do the most work on the way.
And the work that is sweetest and dearest
The work that so many meier do
The great work of making folks happy,
Can be done by lassie like you"
Mothers Magazine.
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A Lothor's influence.

Another instance Of a mothers powerful
influence is given in what an American min
lister says Of his visit to Stockwell Orphan,
age, London. "T6ero were FIVE Surgeons
present, and ar said few words; the father,
John Spurgaon, and his two sons, J. A.
Spurgeon and Charles; then the Two sons Of
Charles, Masters Thomas aud Charles. It
was an interesting sight. After the meeting
Mr.. Spurgaon introduced me to his father,
and We conVersed together, as We walked
about the grounds, for some considerable
time. OF course 1 asked him of DIS family.
He is sixty-six years Of age. BE has eight
living children. Ho has spent his life in
the ministry. In the course of conversation
be said ] had been from homo great
deal, trying to build up weak congregations,
and felt that / was neglecting ,he religious
training Of ny own children while I toiled
fer the good eff others. I returned home
with these feelings. opened ghe door, and
vas surprised TO find none Of children about
the hall. Going quietly up stairs, I heard
my Wife's voice. She was engaged in prayer
with the children. [ heard 6er pray for
them one By one by name. She came to
Charles, and specially prayed for aim, for he
was Of high spirits and daring temper. I
listened, said the old gentleman 70 me, tear
fully, listened till sho had ended her prayer,
and I felt and said, Lord, win 90 on with
Thy work The children viii be cared for. 3"
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"PeOple ascribe the success Of the Cunard
line of steamers to business skill, and know
not the fact that when that line OF steamers
FIRST started, Mrs. Cunard, the wife OF the
proprietor, passed the whole Of each day.
when steamer sailed, in prayer to God for
the safety and success of the line. '--Prs8'
byeridp.
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Teaching the Baby.

You must take your baby juss where ne
is now, not much more than little animal,
and educate his physical nature, SO rapidly
developing. For instance, he has Just
reached the climbing age: every chair and
stool is worry to you, and pair Of stairs
is perpetual terror. Now show him how
to get up and down the stairs, how to place
his feet in climbing up into chairs. Let him
tumble little; it will only make him more
careful. II is but foretaste of the hard
schooling which experience gives all our lives.
Better little fall with you close by to stop
it at the right place, than great one when
you are "Off guard |" some day. (Remem-
Der that too, when he is in ais teens.) But,
l beg of you, if you want to see him grow
up active, strong-limbed, and agile, do net
keep his white dresses too clean, nor tie his
sashes after the present uncomfortable fash.
ion, so that he isn't conscious Of any legs
above his knees Then, let him feed him
SELF He'll make miserable mess of it al
first, but protect him we'll with bib and tin
tray, and he'll soon teach his spoon the
way to his mouth. Let him burn his fingers
little some day when the stove is not very
hot; he wont touch it when it would be dan.
geroug.-" Letter to a Young Mother -
Scri5aer for Feb.
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dgested information upon the great events in con
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cisms all that is fresh and valuable in literature,
well as summary of the triumphs of science and
art. The wars likely to convuse all Europe will
form topics for discussion that will be treated with
thoroughness and ability nowhere else to be found
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CATECHISM.-2-4S. What are we especially
taught By these words before me, in the first
commandment?
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Orarge Farming.

1t will not be long before our markets de-
rive all their supplies of oranges and lemons
from trees grown on our soil, judging from
the following letter from Pilatka, in the At
lanta Constitution 1t is hard TO say how
much an orange grove is worth. Mr.. Bishop,
President of the Fruitgrowers' Association,
aaid -" am really afraid to say what
honestly believe an orange grove of 1000
bearing trees is worth" "One thousand
bearing trees is lifelong competency for
any man," says Captain Dummit. John
Robinson says that an orange grove may be
safely purchased on basis of 500 per
tree-thst ia $4,000 for one hundred trees,
or 100000 for a grove of 1000 trees. J.
L. Adams puts the lowest rate at $50 per
tree. Mrs. Harriet Boecher says that her
trees have averaged SIS per annum for each
tree for FIVE years. Mr.. Hart, the largest
grower in the State, puts the average yield
at $50 per tree. A tree will yield, after it's
fourth year of bearing, 1000 oranges a
year. These oranges can be sold at from
II to 8 cents apiece. A good quality will
command as much as 4 cents net--a great
deal depending on freight advantages. These
trees will bear for fifty years 1t is safe to
say then, that good grove of 1000 trees is
worth anywhere from $4,000 to $40 600.
The great question of Importance then is:
GLOW long does it take to establish grover"
The Sicily oranges, as we all know, produce
fruit in fourteen years from the time the seed
sprouts, and will bear for seventy years
thereafter. The Florida oranges will pro-
duce fruit much earier--in eight years. In
other words, man may plant 1000 trees
this year. In ten years ne will have an sv-
erage yield of 100 to the tree, or 100. 900
oranges to his grove, worth from $500 to
$4,000 on the trees. In FIVE years longer,
or in fifteen years from the planting, he will
have 500 oranges to the tree, or 500, or.
anges glimmering in the green foliage of his
grove-worth from $500 to $4,000 on
the trees. He will thus have, by an origi.
nal outlay of say 81, 900, in ten years an in
come of $4,000 year, increasing of itself
to $4,000 per anDum in the next FIVE years.
His property will be worth, at low est
mate, from $500 600 to $4,000.
WHEN AND How TO EAT FRUIT. When
fruit does harm it is because it is eaten at
improper times, in improper quantities, or
before it is ripened and fit for the human
stomach. A distinguished physician has said
that if his patients would make practice of
eating couple of good oranges before break
fast, from February to June, his practice
would be gone. The principal evil is that
we do not eat enough of fruit that we injure
its finer qualities with sugar; that we drown
them in cream. We need the medicinal &C.
ton of the pure fruit acids in our system,
and their cooling, corrective influence.
Medical Journal.
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GOLDEN TEXT.-THE GOD THAT An
SWERETH BY FIRE, LET HIM BE GOD.
Kings xviii: "a.
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Choice Periodicals for 1877.

The Leonard scott Publishing Company,
Al Barclay Street, Kew York,
Continue their authorized Reprints of the
FOUR LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS
The Edinburgh Review Whig),
The London Quarterly Rsvisw, (Conseruatire)
Westminster Review Liberal,
Tho British Quarterly Review, (ErangelicaI,
Containing mastery criticisms and summaries of all
that is fresh and valuable in Literature,
Science, and Art; and
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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.

FIRST QUABTER-LEssON VII
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Elijah and his Sacrifice.
I Kings xviii: S6-46.
, 1877-02-17

surprised nor defeated" Lcvy-"What
have we to hope tor now" McMahon--
"Thciudicnl character of the commission
is in our favor when Louisiana is reached" ="
Senator Jones, of Florida-"Result is
not what expected. and | don't know
what to say about it," Harrison-"IIope
is the mainspring of life; why should we
mourn" Sparks-'It looks like the re.
port that this court is governed by parti-
san sentiment is true." Mills-"This
changing of the leader of the tune never
suited me. voted against the bill"
Durham-"My vote against the bill is
the best ,indication of my action"
WASHINGTON, Feb 9.--The Electoral Com.
mission, this evening" by vote Of to I, de.
cidcd that the four electoral votes of Florida
should be counted for Hayes and Wheeler. A
! formal report to this effect was signed at $40
p. NJ. by Bradley, Edmunds, Frcinghuysen,
Carried, Hoar Miller, Morton and Strong,
and will be sent to the President orthe Senate
tomorrow morning.
New YORK, Feb. lO-li ilden said yesterday
evening to personal friends whom he had re.
quested to 20 to Washington, to say to our
friends they have reason to be depressed in case
the commission decides against the Democracy
in the Florida case. | expect the decision
' will be adverse but do not encourage despOn.
dency. The loss Of Florida will not surprise
me ; but there Hrc other points which | am
is represented as talking rs uncOncernedly a.
bout the final result as though it was a case OF
John Doe against Richard Roc, yet he said,
am fataist, IN so far US believe, us the rep.
rescntative of the Democrats, that the final
decision will be IN our favor.
DEADwooD, Feb. o On Tuesday Mcssrs.
Dean II Young departed from Speartsh in Il
wagon for hunt When four miles from town
they were fired ON by band of twenty Indians.
At the first vollcy, Dean, who wis driving, re.
ceiyed two wounds, but managed to keep his
seat, and control the horses, giving his com.
panlon an opportunity to use his rifle. BY their
great GOODNESS and courage the men made this
point. Deans wounds are severe though not
fatal
Last night the Indians made dash on hem
a short distance from Crook City, killing
Thomas Waldron, ofMontana, and woundlng
another man severely, They succeeded in run.
ming away about 5Ohorses. The nan who was
wounded killed one Indian.
Another rich strike was made to-day Just at
the lower end ofth city Is cents was taken
from one pan of surface earth, The claim is
| known as the "New Discovery"
, 1877-02-17

A LARGE FARM.-We give in detail,
says the Ndpa Reporter, description Of
what Mr. Ahram Clark, of Bcrryessa, has
done and egpccts to do. Daring the
pnst season Nr. Clark cultivated $500
acres of land in wheat, barley and hay,
from which was produced $4,000 sacks
of wheat, OF f3j pounds each; 1000
sacks OF barley, OF no pounds each and
800 tons of lny. The wheat produced
this year has been sold, and the proceeds
amount to the sumof $4,000 coin. To
carry on these vast operations Mr. Clark
employs about Is men and 140 mules
and horses. He has "a gang pows, three
plows to each gang. and in harvesting
he has eight headers and threshcrs. lie
b s IS cattle and s. o hOgs on his place.
In June last Mr.. Clark purchased proper.
ty in Berryessa valley for which he gave
81 80, ,OO0-.Ss0, 900 for real estate and
$4,000 for growing crops and personal
property. His crops tor 1867 will
uet him more than enough to pay for this
purchase. His crops for 1877 will he
II, 900 acres Of wheat, with the proper
proportion Of barley and hay. Eight
thousand acres of wheat has already been
sown, much of it being up and growing
finely. On Tuesday last, Messrs james
II. Goodman & Co., bankers of this city,
sold Mr.. Clark's crop and other small
lots they had on hand, which made an
aggregate sale of 100000, the largest
single transaction which has ever oc.
Cured in Napa county.
, 1877-02-17
Failing, in Love.

There is nothing-no moral or intel
lectual phenOmGnOn-more strange than
falling in love. What it is; whence il
originates; how it is brought about :
these things are among the hid,,en mys-
teries of our nature.
A girl has reached the age of eighteen
young man that of twenty one; they
have lived Mt home; travelled a little
pursued their studies; attended parties.
and been good deal in the society OF
other young people; yet they never took
a very deep interest in anything in par
tcular; neither of them cared very much
for any other person.
They meet, and 10 of A. sudden all has
changed! Each sees the othc. in diff
ferent light from what any other was
ever seen in; tue whole world seems
changed. Life in itself is changed theil
whole being is changed, to be like what
it was, again, nevcrmore
Love is often as sudden as this, but
not always.
Sometimes it is of very slow growth.
Persons have known each other for
years. and have been much III each others
society, and been intimate all this time.
but never think of tie stronger than
friendship; when some incident or event,
temporary parting or the Intervention
Of a third person, friend or stranger re-
veaIcs to them Tor the first time, the great
truth that they are mutually in love.
Yet this love, springing up gradually
unperceptibly, is no less mysterious and
uniathomable than that which is sudden
and Mt first sight.
1t is not mere friendship grIwn strong;
it is more absorbing, more violent, and
more uncomfortable sentiment
"
Some people appear to fall in love
many times.
1t is not unusual to see widows, who
have been very devoted wives, marry
again and seem to love the second hus
band just ms well as the first.
-.- s-
, 1877-02-17


The sermon trade in England, old MS
it is, is continually presenting new de.
velopments. A recent advertisement in
the Church Times runs thus: "Srrmons
on church defense, National Church Sun.
day, can now be had, post free, on re
ceipt of thirty stamps. Address" etc.
This is economy OF labor IN defense OF
the establishment carried tn its extreme
point. A circular sent to clergy announ
nOunces Sermons plain, striking and
original. Circulation strictly confined
to the clergy. These sermons are writ
ten in clear, manuscript lithography,
and have been most highly commended
by eminent clergymen.' The price is
reasonable. Harvest sermons can be had
tor Is I'd each 4; sermons for November
30, the day OF intercession tor missions
same price. Farewell discourses are
dearer-in fact, cannot be had for less
than 2s Cd. 1t is curious to read of pa
tnos RECALLED by the shillings worth.
The advertiser puts in n caution at the
end ot the circular: ~ You write for
sermons, let me know where they will he
used, to avoid sending to the same To-
culity.
, 1877-02-17

a Georgia exchange announces the marriage
OF Miss Mary Moore TO Mr.. Patrick Icegan. 1t
Is not at all Improbable that they are the hast of
the MOore-llccgans.
All flesh doth failty breed Spencer
Negro, the image Of God cut in ebony-Ful-
lpr
, 1877-02-17

Reason i an historian, but the passions are
aclors-RiyarOl.
There islittlc hope " equity where rebellion
ryi,n-.--Sir T. Sidney.