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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-03
From the Vermont Chronicle
"a Good Man."

How many persons put all the stress on
the adjective, in this sentence, and entirely
neglect the noun. Our churches are full of
"good people nice, amiable statues, sleep
ers, dead-heads-but as for any of the quail
tiles that make one manly, they are all
ignored. "If we do not do any harm, that
is enough" say they, and so, in their super
abundant goodness, they fold their innocent
hands, close their peaceful eyes, and leave
others to take up the burdens scale the
ramparts and beat down the dragons. If
ever there was time when the church
needed men," with the strong, fearless, un-
hinching courage and energy of men, to
fight iniquity, skepticism false teachings,
Sabbath breaking, corruption and Satan
himself, it is the present. Felow-Chris-
tians, the time is coming, we trust, when
we shall walk by the peaceful rivers, with
palms in our hands and crowns on our
heads, but that day has not yet arrived
We are now on the battlefield, and the con
test with sin RACES fercely. A good soldier
is one who, having girded on his armor does
not stand quietly furnishing his shield, oil
admiring the fitness of his military regala
but who grasps his sword in his hand, and
hastens forth to meet the enemy. BE
strong, and shew thyself man. EGoMET.
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Appeal to Business Men.

In the evening of Friday of last week,
Mr.. Moody preached to business men, and,
although the night was cold and stormy.
about three thousand assembled in the tab
ernacle, mostly business men. The subject
of the sermon was the rich man, who said
TO his soul "Thou hast much goods laid
up for many years. Take thine ease. Eat,
drink, and be merry" Mr.. Moody first
showed that he made his money by lawful
means and by diligent labor. :" lie was not
a drinking man" Z" lie did not get his
money by getting up 'corners on grain or
gold, nor by shaving notes, or compromising
with his creditors by paying fifty cents on
the dollar and covering up part of his
property" =" lie had the best barns and the
best stock in all the region, and so busy was
he that he had not time to give any atten-
tion to eternal realities. Perhaps John the
Baptist preached near his farm; but, of
course, he had not the time to 90 and hear
him. Very likely Jesus and His apostles
passed often by his estate; but he was too
much engaged in cutivating his land to
give any thought to what the Nazarene said,
And so to-day, the business men of Chicago
haven't time to become Christians haven't
time to escape from hell and secure heaven" "
"Men called him shrewd; but oh how
short-sighted he was !" I" He had had many
warnings, had attended many funerals, but
had never once entertained the thought that
he too must die" Death came at last, un-
expectedly. In nine cases out of ten it
comes unexpectedly. The rich man was
sitting in his library, one night, looking
over his plans for a new and elegant barn.
The architect has been with him all the
evening, and has just gone. There were the
plans and drawings before him; and as he
looks them over, he says to his soul Soul
thou hast much goods laid up for many
years But, hark There is knock at the
door, and some one enters, without waiting
for the door to open. 1t is DEATH He walk,
up to the rich man, and lays his cold hand
on the pulse, and says You must comt
with me-, SO with you? Why, it is i'm
possible. have only just got ready to en-
| joy life. Oh death, let me live little
longer NO! You must come with M
now And suddenly the pulse ceases il
beating, and the soul of the sinner wh'
lived without God is in the presence of TIN
Judge of quick and dead" There are thre'
steps down to hell Neglect, refusal, de
spising." 81 wish | could get this who'll
audience to wake up for five minutes, AM
ask themselves Where am going ? -
| Cor. IudeDendenL
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Tho Power OF Love.

The following is an extract from SER
mon by Mr.. Moody ." DIR. Arnot, of Edin-
burgh, once pointed out to me family in
his congregation which he said were to be
received, all seven of them, into his church
the next Sunday, and who, he said, had been
won by smile. lie was passing house
on his way to church one Sunday morning,
and saw little girl standing at the win
dow. lie looked at her with smile on his
face and passed on. The next Sunday she
was at the window again, and this time he
smiled and bowed, and the little girl bowed
in return. The next time there were some
other children at the window watching for
him, and they bowed and smiled, and the
little girl clapped her hands as he took off
his hat to her. The next time there was a
lady at the window with the children, and
he did not know just what to do, but he
bowed ard the lady bowed in return. Then
she said TO the children Il think that man
must be ministers he has book under
his arm, and has such happy looking face
-NHhI bbou tHiHH ~ "Sui' w a. ~"
could always tell minister by his happy
looking face and 50 she sent the children
to follow him. They found his church, and
heard him preach, and came back and
brought so good report that presently the
whole family came to hear him, and were
at last brought to Christ just through the
effect of smile Love is great power
When your heart is all aglow with love
when you are red-hot with the love of Christ
and get down close to some poor lost sinnel
to have him, you are pretty sure to bring
him to Christ. A poor preacher can preaci
well " hen his heart is all on fire with love
People come to me sometimes to complain
of their minister and always say to them
How many minutes each day do you pra,
for your minister That spikes their gun
as quick as anything. People who love thei
ministers and who pray for them goo,
deal, always find a great deal of help iron
their ministry"
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Judging Others by Ourselves.

a few days before Christmas lady had
purchased several things she did not wish
to be seen by the family till the proper time.
SO she went quietly into spare room aud
laid them in bureau drawer. To her sur
prise, OH turning to leave the room, she saw
her little boy-the pet of the housewife,
having heard her come in at the front door,
had followed her, and seen what she wished
to keep private. Then she showed him the
articles and charged him to say nothing of
them, as she wanted TO surprise his father
and sister. lie prided himself greatly on
his power of keeping secret, which was so
wonderful for a little fellow of six years, that
he was often made the confdant of others,
who felt sure that anything was safe with
him. AS he turned to leave the chamber
with his mother, he said, "You had better
lock the drawer, mamma" 90 no." she
replied, "no one uses this bureau but my
self" "But the chamber girl will look in
and see them," he said. 40 no, my dear,
Katy wouldn't look into my drawers unless
she were told to do So" :" But know she
would, mamma" replied the little fellow,
very confidently. "Did you ever see her
prying into the drawers or trunks, my SOM"
asked the mother. mo, mamma, but |
know she does alt is a very mean act
you charge Katy with, my dear" said the
lady, "and if false, it is very wrong in you.
Now tell me how you knOw that she does
such things" al know she does" replied
the young gentleman, hanging down his
head, "because I poud if rds chamber
gri' Now this is very natural way of
judging other people, but it is not always
Just. When, therefore, you hear person
accusing another of meanness or of acting
from wrong motives, unless the charges are
we'll proved, you may safely decide that the
aCcuser has come to his decision from look
ing into his own heart. But one heart is not
true mirror of all others. Some are as clear
as crystal, having nothing to hide and nothing
they need be ashamed Of This is the
character every child should try to culti-
vate. A really noble nature is rare, but
not impossible of attainment. Every one
should guard against the little steps called
meannesses," which so surely lead to open
sin. The child who will peep into secret
drawer, or read another's letter, or listen at
door, to crafty idle curiosity, is in a dan
gerous place. A person once remarked,
al would as soon dare to steal money from
a mans purse, as secret from his letter"
Our little friend, who made this honest con-
fession-that he would peep into drawers if
he were a chambermaid-only revealed what
is in the human heart. The lessons he re-
ceived then will be as guard set over him,
and lead him to overcome that nature. II
our own hearts were pure, how much more
generous and forbearing should we be to-
wards Others. Judging them by ourselves, we
should see the temptations against which
they had struggled, and their efforts to over.
come; and then if they were not perfect in
all things, we should sympathze with and
strive to help them on in the right way
Reiigious Uerdh.
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more in strength" Straightway |" and you
will have ended no small part of the lesser
misery of life For indeed, not little of
that misery is the result of duty undone. A
word unspoken, an action postponed, a visit
unmade, a letter unwritten, n sacrifice de-
clined-how do such things as these shadow
our days sometimes How do they drink
up our joys, or hinder them from flowing
We never can have retrospect perfectly
clear, even for day; there is always some
thing to checker, something to make us
thankful with the old thankfulness for the
open fountain. But straightway" will
make that misery as little as it well can be.
1t will fill us, much as anything else can,
with the "ioy of the Lord" which is our
strength. Straightway." Let us remem-
Der, that the word is not for the beginning
alone although it is most significant then,
but for the whole of the course. 1t should
run along the life like golden thread, bind
ing and holding all together. It is found in
every great and benefcent life, invisible
sometimes for awhile amid the uniformity
of circumstances, then breaking out again
like a sun-flash when occasion comes, but
steadily gathering in fullness and force all
the WHILE and on to the end. The end of
such a life is grand in the highest degree,
and yet the mode of reaching it is as sim
plicity itself 1t is putting Straightway
at the beginning, holding by it through the
course, ando to the end.-Sunddy Magazine.
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Paid Ii All.

The debt which | owe is great indeed
and | cannot pay any part thereof, but my
trust is in the riches and bounty of Him
that hath undertaken the payment. Let
Him discharge me who hath made Himself
suretie for me. Let Him pay for me who
took my debt upon Himself. I have sinned
o Lord, and my shines are many and grev
Gus but this horrible sin will not commit
to make thee lyar, who, by thy words
works and oath, doth testify that satisfac
tion is made for my iniquities. am moi
afraid by reason of my shines, for thou arr
my righteousness. | am not afraid by
reason of my ignorance, for thou art my
wisdom. am not afraid of death, for thor
art my life, | am not afraid of my errors
for thou art my truth. am not afraid o.
corruption, for thou art my resurrection.
am not afraid of the sorrows of death, fo
thou art my joy. | am not afraid of thu
severitie of judgment, for thou art my right
ousnesse.-Gerdrd, 1887,
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What Love Has Done.

In certain district in Russia there is to
be seen, in a solitary place, pillar with this
inscription "Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friend" That pillar tells a touching
tale which many of you must have heard,
1t was wild region, infested with wolves,
and as a little party travelled along it soon
became plain that these were on their track,
The pistols were fired one horse after
another was left to the ravenous wolves, till,
as they came nearer and nearer and nothing
else remained TO he tried the faithful SER
want, in spite of the expostulations of his
MASTER threw himself into the midst of them,
and by his own death saved his master
That pillar marks the spot where his bones
were found; that inscription records the
noble instance of attachment. But there is
another nobler still. There is another pillar
and on it read, Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that lie loved us, and
sent His Son to be the propitiation for oul
sins" That pillar is the Bible-the noble
pillar of Scripture-written all over with
loving words and telling of salvaton,-Neu
York Observer.
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A Mothers Song.

A few years ago a company of Indians
were captured on the Western frontier.
Among them were number of stolen chill
dren. They had been with the savages for
years. Word was sent throughout the re-
gion, inviting all who had lost children to
see if among the little captives they could
recognize their own, A long way off was a
woman who had been robbed of her darlings
"a boy and agirl. With mingled hope and
fear she came nearer, and with eyes filed
with mother-love and earnt stness peered into
their faces, one after another, but there was
nothing in any that she could claim. NoI
was there anything in her to light up theil
cold faces. With the dull pain of despair in
her heart she was turning away, when sht
paused, choked back the tears, and in soft
clear notes began simple song she used tC
sing to her little ones of Jesus and heaven
Not line was completed, before boy and I
girl sprang from the group, exclaiming
" Mamma mamma and she folded her los
ones to her bosom. So lives mothers early
influence in the hearts of her children.
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Straightway.

Straightway |" do what the hand iindeth
to do II may be less or more. 1t may be
a thing or course that will be commented
on, or passed over in silence by others, No
matter; when the light comes, it is TO be fol-
lowed When the sense of duty is produced,
it is as sacred to the soul as the Bible itself,
the sense of duty is the Bible of the soul
it is produced only to be obeyed. =" Straight
wayP and you will be giving your soul the
first and one of the most indispensable OF
all the conditions of growth. Children
would not grow if they were laid all day on
couches-they would sicken and die, A man
might be born organically Sampson, but
if he never used his muscles, il he never
event out and shook himself" any Delilah
could bind him, any Philstine could lead
him away. Work and grow. Struggle and
grow strong, "But Saul increased the
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torment of the year. lie and his assistants,
as well as the soldiers have all to be lodged
and fed free of charge. lAorder to get rid
of this swarm of locusts, the poor taxpayer
is willing to make almost any sacrifice. lie
is perfectly helpless; he cannot appeal to
the government, for the government has
long since received its money and spent it,
There is no issue but TO let things take their
own course Examined from an econom-
ical point of view, the tax grievance is the
greatest, since no man knows beforehand
how great proportion of the results OF his
years labor will remain in his possession.
Another capital grievance is that all JUS
tice is dispensed by Mohammedans, and no
Christian is allowed to testify before a
Turkish court of justice, so that Christian
can have no redress from wrongs, as prop
erty, honor and life are without any pro-
lection whatever. lie is not even allowed
the possibility of self-defense which even
the wild beasts of the forest enjoy. Nature
has provided every wild animal with the
means of protecting itself Man must de-
fend himself with weapons of his own in
vention, and these weapons the Christians
of Turkey may not use, for no man but a
Mussulman is allowed to bear arms. The
Christian in Turkey is the most utterly
helpless man in the world; he has nothing
which he can call his own, neither the re-
suits OF his labor, nor the honor of his family,
nor his own life. lie cannot raise hand in
defence of what is most dear to men in this
world, nor can he even speak word, for his
word is no more recognized than the bark
ing of mongrel cur, for is he not, in Mus
sulman language, "A Christian dog :" Nay,
more, not only is his word of no avail, but
it is dangerous for him to speak in his de-
fence, or in defence of Christian neighbor,
for any charge against Mussulman brings
a speedy retaliation. In investigating the
recent massacres in Bulgaria, the commits
sioners found a continual difficulty in OBJ
tanning testimony from Christians who were
afraid that the Turks would kill them after
the commission had departed. Such, in
brief and in faint colors, is the position of
the Christians in Turkey, and this is the po-
sition which Russia is now striving to
change, and which England, for a whole
year, has strained every nerve to maintain,
and because, forsooth, she thinks that Turk
ish rule favors her imperial interest. BY
such policy as this, England tacitly con-
fesses that instead of being civilizing ma.
tion, she is barbarizing one. If her impe-
rial power can only be strengthened by keep
ing many millions of white men in a state
of slavery far worse than was ever known by
the negroes of our Southern states, then /
must say that England should forever re-
nounce all claim to be called civilized and
Christian nation, and she had better state
once for all, that power and pels are the only
deity she worshipS, and that the tears and
blood of oppressed people are the offerings
which she lays upon the altar of her God.
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prepare Ye the Way.

You cannot well build house on top of
brush.heap, nor can you lay good foun-
dation upon rolling stones, rotting logs or
loose lumber. And it is Just as difficult to
have real revival of Gods work on top of
the world, the flesh, and the devil, even
though they are baptized and in good and
regular standing in the church. If you
would build a house, you must lay foun-
dation and If you would have it safe when
the storm comes, you must dig deep and
build it on a rock. Many people are wait
ing for God to come and bless them in their
churches and in their families, and they ex-
pect lie will do it on top of all their pride,
covetousness, worldliness, strife and sim
They expect him to- overlook unsettled quar-.
rels that have been smoudering for years
wrongs that date back to the time the very
foundations of the church were laid; hypoc.
risies that have never been confessed and
put away; sins that are hidden, but not re-
pented of; Babylonish garments and wedges
of gold which ungodly Achans have secreted
in their tents; and pride and sectarianism
which have been fostered, nursed and cher
ished, until God cannot bless or revive such
church without dishonoring His own truth
approving wrong, and justifying them in sir
and ungodliness. If you want a revival Of
Gods work, go to the bottom of things
Break up the fallow ground. Let the gospe
plow so deep into the SOUL no matter what
it turns up. Repent of sin. Humble your
selves under the mighty hand of God. Con
fess your faults. Settle your old quarrels
Lay good foundation Purge out the old
leaven. Stone the Achans. lIew the Agag:
in pieces before the Lord. Make straight
paths for your feet. Take away the stun
bling-blocks. Prepare ye the way of tn,
Lord, make His paths straight. DO this
and you shall not wait long for His coming
His blessing and His salvaton.-1he Chris
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TuRPENTINE FoR WouSDs.-We copy
the following from a late exchange "for
all ordinary burns, spirits of turpentine
will be found to give great relief from pain.
Turpentne is also an excellent application
in cases of punctured wounds. 1t relieves
the pain at once promotes rapid healing,
and tends to prevent the sad consequences
which often follow, of lockjaw. We have
known of very ugly wounds made with a
pitchfork in hand, being filled up immedi-
ately with turpentne, greatly TO the comfort
of the patient, People have an idea that it
must irritate and sting, which is not the
fact -