The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-10

present he took them back because the money gave
him too much trouble !, gives also vast dca OF
trouble 10 keep money, but We are willing 70 endure
patiently.
The owl vas something more than an owl who tod
the butterfly that Il he would keep rom being sinsed
musas evea 20 The smoke. much less the
fame
Your enemies can tell you more truth about your
self than your friends
Men are apt 10 nunt more patiently 10 discover
hercsy than TO 6nc al opportunity TO DO good
great many men who think Il important to DC e.
acly right in their creed are solicous 10 be
right their ie And yet religion is religion I'M
less II compcs a TO pay his honest debts
lie never quite safe Tor tie parson TO indulge In
pleasures entirely th.s-wordly. He Is generally sup
posed be absorbed in thoughts which are other
worldly thai he canr pay attention 10 the little jo'
htes Of this life. We have just heard OF another
minister. however, the nrst being Dr. Lyman
Beccher. who had passion tor AN extremely worldly
.psirument--vz.. the fiddle He had tine corner
room in the village nm and oaco IN while the young
people called on him and induced him TO touch tho
..riuss Tor .heir amusement. While no was Playing
the latest gsops watzes the people III the parior
thought II good opportunity, aud Immediately
entered into tho mazcs Of the co.lop and round
dance Imagine The clerical surprise and chagrin
when he learned that he HAD been Adding Tor
dancer aud round Al that. against which the
synod had pronounced their decree, ana against
which he had ninsel. preached The whole village IS
stil smiling, and the minister is looking Tor larger
neid OF usefulness.
Tho dlibcntes OF tho English language are irwin
cioe the reutontc brain II would have been better
II he had put the following inscription In an unknown
tongue :-"Mine wife Is det II she had ~ uil next
Friday She ID been dot shust two weeks. as a Teo
alI, she stand All things is impossible init
Got,.n
Mr. Moody is generally fun OF tact, but he made
mistake when ne told the ministers Of Boston that
they ought not 10 preach for the Christian Mon.
Unitarian institution IL is where, oui what, min
!ster breaches that Goes harm 81 Paul delivered a
DISCOURSE by invation on Mars Hill, 10 sceptics ana
scoiors Ho was careful on one point, however. an
the preparation Of his sermon he did not hunt round
Tor peculiartcs OF his audience and AVOID every
thing that might offend, but said plainly and fatty what
he regarded important When the orthodox clergy
invited 10 preach in Unitarian pulpts they think
II necessary .'the milk OF the Word as mat
ter OF courtesy II they would preach just what they
believe and preach just as they oeeve u tnis niue
problem would settle ITSELF
II was certainly very candid little boy who told his
mother that some folks didn't like bad company but
that he did OF course we all say that such prefer
ence very wrong but still, Ia quiet way. VIC nave
great deal OF sympathy for that over truthful child
We can't get the act account for u how We WALL
that under the present regime good things apt 10
be u little ms pid while there IS pquancy about Tor
hidden pleasures that makes them attractive For
example, the Prcsbyterians have just decided that
Christian can't dance can't 80 to the opera, can't
nave billiard table for the boys in the attic, and CAN'T
wear train or a handsome spring bonnet. There is
nothing lett except to listen to the sermon and repeat
the Ten Commaudm cnts until you wish that whom
Moses broke the tables oil the law he had never found
them again. We have often wanted to ask why re-
hgion should have such strict monopoly OF dulness
and why Satan should have undsputed possession of
almost everything that young people want TO do.
profound question OF physics settled the other
day by colored philosopher. The assertion WAS
made and OF denied, thar man could be hurt
by u hole more than by a solid substance The ad-
vanccd thinker said "Whon yer nassa used to paddle
yer with fiat board had holes in 1t didn't the
holes raise blister every ,me!" He reflected a
moment, as though memory were struggling with
certain personal experiences OF the past, and Then
added Friends, I've been hit with most every thing,
but hut most OF oil WAS the hole In that paddle
1t is utterly impossible for some people to get ccir
idea OF any great moral or spiritual TACT You may
put il as plainly possible, yet they just miss IT.
"You have both a soul and body, my son." said a
fond mother. "rh,s Is your body, dear, do you IN
derstand, but underneath this you have something
and said as be laid his hand his broad chest "Un
der this, mother?" .Yes, my SOD, what have you
under ,hatsn bright thought struck the youth and
he at once replied, "Ah, yes IT'S my nanncl shirt
mother" That boy needs to BIO put through rigid
course OF theology before he become missionary.
We havo often wondered whether the car driver,
who said that in theology no was "a limited Uni
versalst,n wasn't right after all He was naturally so
tender hearted that he wanted every one saved but
when q insisted stopping his car on steep UP
CRATE, and then stopping again because he had
taken the wrong car he that certain number Of
exceptions to tho general rule were inevitable
The good old doctrine OF the perscveI ance Of the
saints has been set TO music by coored genius The
meter may little irregular, but the 'peth oat is
certainly orthodox
Methods Methods was born,
Methods gwire 70 die; .
Use rwine de Methods ia!tH,
An eat o. the Methods PIE
Trials
Great LrDulatons
Amt dat hardg
Cnmbiu' up Zion's hill
But, faint TO matter now long II takes,
I'm som Tor To elm der nil.
Il seems that there are times aud seasons when
the introduction OF religion into is map
propratc A barber had been converted, aud thought
1t his duty 10 sinners. lie had just athered the
face OF customer, had given his liner edge.
and was about TO commence operations on the throat
OF his SITTER when ho put his mouth close to the
OF his VICTIM aId said, in Loarse Whisper, Sir,
YOU prepared 10 der" The effect was electric The
audience was iset in instant and with loud
yell OF alarm. bounded into tho street Tho barber
has lately studying Solonions proverbs, and says
that there Is not only time whom things should DO
DONE but also u time when they should aot DO done.
Beauty Is M important an element Of success as
money A woman- we'll We dare not mention her ex.
act age but sho was going down the other side Of tho
hii--gol into y crowded lately. To say she
handsome would be too complimentary. Her nose and
chin had divided about degree OF longitude between
them, and there expression her face which
made our thoughts Instantly revert 10 her husband
with pity. That woman stood all the way. She hung