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cMoral and Religinns.
the LuLL OF ETERNITY.

MANY voice has echoed the cry for "ull in life"
Painting under tho noontIde, falntng under the strife
Is II the wisest longing, Ia II the irnest gainY
Is not the Master Withholding possible loss and paln2
perhaps If he sent the u we might fail Of Our hearts desrc
Swift and sharp the concusson striking out living nrci
Mighty and long the friction resulting in living glow
Heat that is force the spirit, fruitful In fow
what II the blast should falter-iat II the fire he scdg
what II the molten metal cool ere the mould be nlledY
What Il the hands hang down when WORK Hano't uohe
What If the sword be dropped when bat,le almost won?
Past many macrom the strong wind drives the
skh,
when lull might drift II onward to fatal swirl or cn
Faithful guide who spurcth sernly orbdllng repose'
when reacherous sumbcr lureth to pause amid Alpine
SHOWS.
The lu OF time may bo darkness, falling in lonely night
But the iu of eternity neaeth rising in full calm light
The earthly lnl may be silence, desoate deep and cold
But the heavenly ul shall be music, sweeter thousand
fold.
Here is calling apart and heplace may be desert In
deed.
Leaving and losing the blessings linked with busy need
There why should say ~ Hath not the heart eaped up
swift and glad to teconas filling the iu full cup2
st shall thekcy ringing echo the same sweet "conc"
Come" with blessed myrads safe in the Fathers homei
Cone for the work over; Come" for feast spread
Comc Tor the glory waits for the weary head
when the rest Of faith ende and the hope past
The rest Of love rcmaineth Sabbath Of life at last.
No more neeting hours. hurrying down the day
But golden stiffness Of glory, never to pass away.
Time with lts pressure OF moments mocng they fell
with relentless beat Of footsep hour by hour the kncl
OF hope or an aspiration. then shall have passed away
Leaving grand calm lesureicsure of endless day
Leisure that cannot dmed by the touch Of time place
n only infinite
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Charitable Cant.

I" You preach your sermons and you sing
your songs and you talk your pious talk in
the prayer-meetings, but the poor all around
you are hungry and cold. Give us little
less theoretical and emotional religion, and
little more of the practical variety" We
hear good deal of this kind of talk and a
large share of it is simple cant. There is a
humanitarian cant that is just as meaning
less and as nauseating as the cant of the
prayer-meetngs. OF course the duty of car
ing for the poor is one of the first OF Chris
tian duties. When you find a starving fam
ily, you must feed them first and preach to
them afterwards. OF course the religion
that is merely theological or sentimental is
the worst sort of sham. But, in the first
place, the work of visiting the sick and feed
ing the hungry is mostly done by the people
who preach and sing in the churches and
who talk in the prayer-meetings. If the
folks who stand outside and snarl at them
did as much for the poor as they do, they
would fiud much less time for snarling. In
the second place, nine-tenths of these poor
need moral help more than they need mate
rial help. While they are in their present
condition of mind aims are more likely to
be curse than blessing to them. They
are poor and degraded only because their in
ner life was first impoverished ; if they could
be taught self-denial and self-respect and
the value of character, they would speedily
find way out of their pauperism. Inspire
them with higher motive, teach them to
postponepresent qualification for future good,
lift up before them a hope of better life and
the great majority of them would soon be
above the need of charity. In other words,
the ideas and sentiments which it is the
business of the churches to propagate are
what they are starving for. Those of them
that come into the churches, not after the
loaves and fishes, but after the Bread of Life,
do not remain in penury and dependence
very long.-Sunday A Afernoon
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Heayiness and Cheerfulness.


Madam, your ma iesty is too much sad
You promised when you parted with the king
To lay aside ife-harming heaviness,
And entertain cheerful disposition"
Shakespeare has here expressed some
deep principles lying in human nature the
power to lay aside life-harmng heaviness
and to entertain a cheerful disposition. We
stand related TO our thoughts very much as
we do to our companions; ii the thoughts
be heavy or cheerful, the disposition will be-
come heavy or cheerful. If our companions
be heavy, always looking on the dark side
(for everything has dark side), then, if pos
sible, we must lay aside their companion
ship, and seek the company of the cheerful,
and get into the sunshine. There are in this
life many things which cause heaviness for
the time being in the most cheerful heart,
but their contemplation must not be contin-
ued. They are only designed of God to make
the other side the more cheerful. When we
pass through dark days, when neither sun nor
stars appear we still hope for the coming sun
shine, which when it does come is brighter by
virtue of previous darkness. So it is with
our dark days of aflliction the bright days
will again come. The dark days will most
aSsuredly pass away; for they are the ex-
ception, and not the general rule Our
comforts are much more numerous than our
aictions; for the Lord remembereth that
we are dust 1t shows a weak faith to get
heavy under atlliction; for the Lord is only
by these aiilictions seeking an occasion the
more to bless MS, and to bring us into a
higher sphere of Christian life. Without an
exercise of faith this cannot be done. In
our extremites the Lord finds the occasion
to lit us up higher in the divine life. Hence,
the admonition: "My son, despise not thou
the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him; for whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.' by this
means we are made partakers of the divine
holiness, in which there is no heaviness; for
heaviness belongs to the nature of sin. A
cheerful disposition can be entertained, and
should be entertained, by Christians. Heavi-
ness is lie to the Christian profession. The
best way to entertain a cheerful disposition
is to live in the consciousness of Christ's
constant fellowship. "Lo am with you
always" Jesus is with us in our pulpits, in
our pews, in our fields, in our workshops, in
our counting-rooms, in sickness and in
health, at home and abroad, on the land and
on the sea, III poverty and in wealth for in
all situations of life we need him. He is
also with us on the last day, when we pass
over Jordan, and enter with him into the
Compromised land.-Luherdn Observer.
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Christian Grace.

Christians are to "rejoice all the day."
Each day brings its own trials, its own dan
gers, its own necessities, its own tempta-
tions; and there must be a daily feeding
upon Christ if we would daily rejoice in him.
The food we ate yesterday is not the food of
to-day. And so the grace given yesterday is
not the grace for to-day We need daily
supply of spiritual strength for our souls, as
we do food for our bodies, therefore the
prayer, Give us this day our daily bread,
applies to both. And we may depend upon
it God will give strength for the day. If we
are called to suffer, he will give us suffering
grace if we are called TO die, he will give
us dying grace. lie will give us grace when
it is needed why should he give it before
Have we not found it so in our past expert
ence The trials we most feared have come
upon u.s. and yet we have been sustained
we have been wonder to ourselves. AnC
while we pass the days OF our soiurning her,
in this fear, we shall see enough of Godi
goodness to cause us to rejoice evermore.
Canon BedrdSiey
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MONTPELIER VT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1873.

have a bad pulse--feeble, fitful or feverish
The other style of Christian character Is de
scribed best by that clause of the text which
is under consideration, "Looking unto
Jesus" Self is surrendered; Christ is rec
ognized as the only hope, the only help, the
only motive, the only end the source of
comfort, of light, of Joy, of peace. The soul
turns its gaze away from itself TO behold the
beauty of the Lord st. Paul wrote to the
Colossians these very significant words,
" As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk ye in him" Brethren,
you received Christ Jesus the Lord by look
ing away from self, and beholding him as
"the Lamb of God which taketh away the
sin of the world" then why not " so walk in
him ?" In despair of self-help, you looked
away from self to look unto him; therefore,
the only true method of Christian living for
you is that outliving of your soul which is
thus expressed Looking unto Jesus" The
continuance of the Christian life must cor
respond thus with its beginning. This is
the only consistency, and this is the only
gospel method. Self surrendered and Christ
supreme, Christ filling the horizon of the
soul, that is true evangelical piety.-T. S.
Hastings, u. ID.
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The Loss Of a Wife.

In comparison with the loss of wife, all
other bereavements are trihing. The wife !
she who fills so large a space in the domestic
heaven she who busted herself so unwearily
for the precious ones around her, bitter is
the tear which falls ON her clay. You stand
beside her coffin and think of the past 1t
seems an ambercolored pathway, where the
sun shone upon the beautiful flowers, or the
stars hung glittering overhead. Fain would
the soul linger there. No thorns are re-
membered save those your own hands have
unwillingly planted. Her noble, tender
heart lies open to your inmost sight. You
think of her now as all genteness, all purity,
all beauty, But she is dead. The hands
are laid upon pillow of clay. The hands
that have ministered so untiringly are folded
beneath the gloomy portal. The heart whose
every beat measured an eternity of love lies
under your feet. The flowers she bent over
with smiles bend now over her with tears,
shaking the dew from their petals that YER
dure around her may be kept green and
beautiful. There is no white arm over your
shoulder, no speaking face to look up into
the eye of love, no trembling lips to murmur
" Oh it is too sad !" There is so strange a
hush in every room no light footsteps pass
ing around; no smile to greet you at night
tall. And the old clock ticks and strikes
it was such music when she could hear it,
Now it seems to knel on the hours through
which you watched the shadow of death
gathering on her sweet face. And every day
the clock repeats that old story. Many
another tale it telleth of beautiful words aud
deeds that are registered above. You feel
oh, how often-that the grave cannot keel
her-that she will live again.-Seiected.
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MeditatiOn.

This word is almost obsolete in the Chris
tian church. Our religious life is active,
outward. Few of us give such prominence
to secret prayer, study of the word, and
meditation upon it, as did the saints of
former ages. Yet how emphatic are our
Saviour's directions on this point in Mat
thew vi 6; Enter thy closet" " Shut the
door," Pray to thy Father which is in Sc
cret !" Englands greatest engineer was said
be a man of no great natural talent, yet he
performed wonders, bridged torrents, pierced
mountains, etc. When he came TO a diff
Guilty that seemed insurmountable, he would
shut himself in his room, and neither eat
nor drink, that he might concentrate all his
mind on that difficulty. At the end of two
or three days he came out of the room with
the look and step of conqueror, and gave
orders which seemed to his men like inspira-
ton. So it would be with Christians if they
spent more time alone with God. They
would come from their closets, as Moses
came from the Mount, with shining faces
and having power with God, they would also
have power with men. Presbyterian.
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in the Mississippi bottom there are thou
sands of acres of virgin growth awaiting the
stroke of the hardy axe-man, and thousands
of tillable land that need only the work of
the sturdy plowman to yield its treasures,
richer far than the mines of the Black
Hills and yet you say you don't know what
to do Go to work--go to the woods-go
TO the feds-and make an honest living (;
for we have in our minds eye numbers of
you whose talents are better suited to pick
ing cotton than measuring calico to cut
ting cordwood than weighing sugar; to
keeping up fences than keeping books, and
to mauling rails than dshing out whiskey
by the drink and we can assure you that
the occupations you are better adapted for
are much more honorable in the eyes of
persons whose respect is worth having
SeIocgs4
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"NO Drunkard Wanted Here"

A few days ago, while passing the door of
a saloon, we saw hanging over the counter,
in large and elegant frame, the following
sign printed in green and gold "No Drunk
ard wanted here" Indeed Where then is
he wanted Z" The authorities do not want
him on the street His employer does not
want him in the shop. His family do not
want him at home unless it is to shut him
up from sight or hearing. II is sad but
true statement that the drunkdd is not
wanted anywhere, nor by any person ON
earth, nor in heaven. But while this is
true, the last man in the universe to warn
the drunkard off his premises is the saloon
keeper or whiskey dealer, without whom
there would be no drunkard TO obtrude his
unwelcome presence. Facts however, war
rant US in saying that he is the FIRST to close
his door to the inebriate ii Iilched OF his last
penny. On the other hand, those who want
none OF his money and care only for his soul
give him room and sympathy and in every
possible way help him back to respectable
manhood at the first trace of repentance.
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Go to Work, Young Man.

The present age seems to be very prolific
in the production of numbers of young men
who have, somehow or other, educated them
selves up TO the belief that they were created
to make their living by doing nothing
Every city, town and village in the land is
filed to oyerAowing with young men who are
idle-hunting for clerkships or some place
where they hope to obtain living without
work. Numbers are hanging around, living
from hand to mouth, sponging upon some
friend, waiting for a vacancy in some over
crowded store and when vacancy occurs,
offering TO work for salary that would
cause shrewd business man to suspect
their honesty; and when demonstrated with
by friends, and advised TO go to work, they
invariably answer 81 don't know what TO
do" We would say to those who want to
know what to do, go TO work There is
work enough TO do by which you can earn
an honest living aud gain the respect OF all
those whose respect is worth seeking. Quit
loafng about waiting and looking for a
clerkship in some store with a wheelbarrow-
load of goods. Get out into the country on a
farm, and go to work, What to do ? Why,
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A Fathers Tenderness.

will give a notion of my fathers tender
ness if set down just one tiniest instance
of his attention to me- The forenoon was
oppressive. was sitting under a tree try
ing to read, when he came up to me- There
was a wooden gate, with open bars, near.
He went, and set it wide open, saying, There,
my love, you will fancy yourself cooler
if leave the gate open !" win you laugh
at me for mentioning such a trifle | think
not; for it went deep to my heart, and
seem to know God better for it ever after
A father is a great and marvellous truth, one
you can never get at the depth of, try how
you may.-7he Years Daughter.
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Little Stars.

1t is not so much the large stars shining
on a dark night that make the sky luminous,
but the multitude of little ones, all doing
their best in their separate places There
are comparatively few of the large ones
not enough by any means to light up the in-
finite reaches of space between us and them
and so here is the need of the little ones.
Are you pining in your place for the honor
of a large star 7 Be coutent your mission
is just as high one as that of the largest
orb that shines. Though not equal in size
you may yet be in brightness. Keep steadily
to your appointed place, making all the light
you can, and you are the largest star in the
eyes of the great God who rueth over all,
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Ghe Dome GnrIe.
For the Vermont watchman.
THE CUP OF COLD WATER.

THE CUP OF GOLD WATER.
ny O. AS.
II was only little service,
II you counted up the whole;
only cup Of cold water
Held out to a thirsty soul.
II was all had TO offer.
And gave II as TO the Lord
II was such trining service
10 gain such n rich reward
only cup Of cold water,
But the need was very sore,
For soul was ready to perish,
As many had persisted before
For the lack Of living water.
Flowing on every side,
But for want Of cup or bearer,
To the needy unsupplled.
My hand was weak and trembling.
And over-full Of carei
The cup offered was common,
Instead OF costly and rare;
But the mater was clear ~ crystal,
Sparkling and pure and cold
The udier QfIJe-morc precious
Than pearls and diamonds and gold.
And so my weak cndeavor
Was prospercd Of the Lord;
Who join in his royal service
In nowise lose their reward"
His payments are sure and royal,
And rich as his boundlcss love
"An hundred-fold" In the present,
And life in the world aboyel
The hundred-fold In this life
Already his bounty sends,
In the growing power Of service,
In the added joy Of fricnds,-
In seeing the cup Of the tcmrtcr
with strong hand forever dashed down.
In watching the Frightening luster
OF the star | have won for my crown. .
And when, In that day of rejoicing,
Before the throne we stand,
hope, mid the hosts Of the ransomed.
To take my friend by the hand,
And say TO the dear. loving Saviour,
Whose grace was so full and so free,
=" Here, through thy rich mercy, am /,
And the friend thou hast given to me"
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simple method is said to be used in Ger
many A mixture of two parts OF wei
bruised common squills and three parts OF
finely chopped bacon is made into a stiff
mass, with as much meal as may be re
quired, and then baked into small cakes
which are put down for the rats TO eat
Several correspondents OF the German Agri
cultural Gd,eHe write TO announce the com
plete extirpation of rats and mice from theil
cow-stalls and piggeries since the adoption
of this simple plan.
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0empfrdnrf.
WHERE ARE you GOING, YOUNG MAN ?"

Where are You going fast, young MANI
Where are you going so fast
with cup In your hand q flush on your brow?
Though pleasure and mrth may accompany you now,
II tells of a sorrow to come by-and-by;
II tells Of pang that is sealed with q sigh;
II tells of a shame at last. young man
whitening shame that will last.
Where are You going fast, young MANI
Where are you going so fast2
The flush Of that wine there Is only bait.
curse lies beneath that you'll find when too latei
A serpent sleeps down in the depths Of that cup
A monster is there that viii swallow youup;
A sorrow you'll find at last young man
In wine there is sorrow at last.
There's n reckoning day to come, young mani
A reckoning day to come;
4 life yet to live, and death yet TO die,
4 sad, parting tear, and parting sigh,
A journey TO take, and q famishng heart,
A sharp pnng to feel from deaths chilling dart,
A curse IT you drink that rum, young man
The hitierest curse In that rum.
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Consent TO Grow Old.

Age cannot be repelled, and it should not
be concealed, denied, or disguised We can
not, in these middle years of life, apprehend
its peculiar peace and joy. Spring blossoms
with flowers and summer blooms with ripen-
ing fruits, but neither season reveals the Joy
and pride of harvest. So early life gives lit
tie token of happiness of age, yet reason as
sures us it must have "a happiness of its own
in store for those who are in it in harmony
with its conditions. Remember when we
were children the labors, the studies, even
the pleasures of grown men and women were
repellent, or incomprehensible we could
not feel the robust vigorous happiness with
which adult life assumes its responsibilities
performs its labors, aud bears its burdens
But when, in due growth, we came to these,
we took the same Joy in them which puzzled
MS children so much in the lives of our fa-
theirs and mothers. So we can demonstrate
as surely as an astronomer computes an
eclipse-that age is not less happy than
youth, if it is met and borne Alright. And
observation confirms what reason alleges :
for who does not know some among the old
appearing happier than the young? But
age must be met somewhat cheerfully. To
shrink from it, to contrive evasions and dis
guises of its approach, TO conceal it TO our
selves and deny it to others, is no way to en-
ter happily within its restful shade. 1t
must come. 1t is coming. Away, then,
with the devices and DISCUSSES, the fictions
and pretenses, which falsify advancing years.
Let the white hairs bloom, accept the glasses
or the cane, yield up willingly whatever of
faculty or power age withdraws, and look
for the compensation which it brings, for
some such assuredly there are. Consent to
grow DID, Christian Union.