The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
CHAT BY THE WAY.

baby says a French writer is an angel whose wings
decrease as It's logs increase.
The worst OF FOOLS says Walter Savage Lander, are
Mose who once had wisdom Not to possess what Is
good is u misfortune; to throw It away is Jolly.
Swearing on the Bible first introduced into ju-
d'clal proceedings BY the Saxons about A. D. 600 II
called corpdfea oath because the witness with
bis hand touched some part OF tho Holy Scripture.
There have been great improvements swearing within
The last 1916 years
The great cry with everybody Ia, sect on I" sect
oni" How astonished those 60 ahead people will be
when they get to heaven they reach that place.
to find the angels who are greater In wisdom and
power than men, laying no schemes to become arch
angels or aspiring TO higher and lucrative posi-.
tions IN lie.
thick-headed squire, being worsted by Sydney
smith In an argument, took his revenge by excaim-
ing, "If had who was an idiot would make
him parson." The great VIII was equal to the occa-
sion and promptly replied Every likely but see your
father was oil a different opinion"
Time passes proportionatey to the value we place
upon It, To the little child the days pass az years and
the years as ages, while with man labor deGes the
shortness OF years. and he ms mat ne can but
look around when eternity is at hand. So 1t Is that
Heaven eives our years of fading strength
lndcmnifyng fieetuess
Aud those OF youth seeming length
Proportoned 70 its sweetness
Robert Burns once observed that he could not
Apour out his whole soul without reserve any hu-
man being without one day repenting the confidence ;,
fhis peril OF betrayal is that is nseparao,e from
sarthly friendship But there Friend into whose
ear the whole hearts secrets may be poured and tho
ronndence secure from assalment Of any kind. That
Is the Friend that s:icketh closer than a brother
The lack Of enthusiasm in the pulpit is often
iamentcd, and various substitutes for arc tried from
q of an cort hat d,
spoke what they knew TO be false II they believed IL
true while ministers spoke they knew to be true
rs II they did not believe IT, has been quoted as
giving an explanation for the crowded condition of
theatres and the emptiness Of churches But this Is
only partially true, II true at ALL There In beautiful
legend told OF the Venerable Bedo, that pous and
learned divine OF Saxon England. When he was very
old and his eyesight almost gono one Of his
scholars led him TO heap ofsLoncs told him they
were people II was enough Tor the agod servant OF
Christ With tory zeal he preached the Gospel he
loved. as "a dying man to dying men," When he had
finished his discourse voice from the stones.
"Amem, cerab1is Bcda." Tho legend may not be
true, but 1t contains lesson which ministers
could study with great profit TO themselves and their
congregations. Wst yc not, said the Master "that
mus, be about my Fathers business Faith and energy
are necessary 10 success in business and the
less 80 In the ministry OF the Gospel
He was Presbyteria minister. with church not a
thousand miles IRON New York. He was receiving
some new converts into the church, aud asked, "Do
you believe IN the forgiveness OF saints and The CON-
munion OF snnersf ~ A smile went round the con.
gregation the blunder was noticed. The question
was little mixed, but there was common sense the
mixture Don't saints need forgivensssy II Judgment
beg at the house OF Cod what shall the DO OF
Them that know not God? The communion of sim
ners-is there any doubt that II Christians were
thoroughly united in the Lords work sinners
Tue deviVs the millennium would be hasencd forward
several agess Tpat minister spoke better than he
Knew, and many true has been spoken In Jest
or uncoasciously
We remarked last week the with which pous
lies are made and passed around and inslauccd tue
circulation OF a couple OF religious journas The
Ch,iStian Union bcIng Of the plous journals re-
ported by correspondents OF Portland, Me-, paper
party 10 the raud conuemned. hasiens To deny tho
charge II does 80, however In very bad spirit,
floating that tbero Is -nuch more truth than poetry
In the original charge The dog days evidently
affecting Tho and digestion Of the publisher
recommend = lew baths al Coney Island or
Rockaway TO restore both their normal condition.
IL ne surprising sometimes alarming how rapidly
ecclesiastical property accumuates tho hands Of