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RoPOsED AMENDMENT TO THE


- p q q K ID AMENDMENT TO The
Constitution of the State Of Nevada passed at the
Eighth Session of the Legislature:
Resolrd That there shall be added to the present Con-
sttton Of this State Article be called and known
Article XVIII, and which snail be as follows:
ARTICLE AVII.The rights Of suffrage and office hold
ing shall not be withheld from any male citizen OF the
of servitude. ~
Passed February H. 1877.
Res0lDed by the Assembly the Senate concurrng That
Article Eleven an Of the Constitution Of the State OF Ne
vada be amended b. adding to said Article Eleven W
ton ten (lO) thereto which shall read as follows
Section Ten No public funds of any kind character
whatever, State county, or municipal shall be used for
sectaran purposes. g. Dr.: tF. E.a,. y 81
Passed February ~, 1877.
hereby certify the foregoing be copies from the
enrolled resolutions file in my office.
Witness my hand aud the Great Seal OF State August B.
1878. 49,. J. D. MINOR,
(sEAL.l Secretary OF State.
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A Heart Question.
Christian Weekly

To those who have been called upon to give
back their dear ones to the Lord, heart
question here presents itself. Your homeis,
O! so desolate. How you miss the gentle
girl, or the merry boy, whose play, and
work, and study, and advancement in life,
made large part of your own living and
thinking. How sad and vacant are the
rooms which we're theirs Their clothing
hanging idly on the pegs in the closet, their
baskets, their dolls, their tools, their fishing
rods, their school-books, and everything
which had to do with their bright youth, are
all sad reminders of what you have lost
Yet they are very sacred, and you 60 to
them again and again, as those who visit
hallowed relics. 1t is, you think, impossible
that you should ever part with these loved
possessions, and see them worn or rsed by
other children.
Well 1t is a question for each heart to
settle for itself. A stranger intermeddleth
not with the deep and tender grief of be-
reaved mother Bat-three doors off there
is bright boy, just Arthur's age, who can
not enter the Latin class because his father
cannot afford to buy him the necessary
books. Down the street there is % girl,
about as large as your darling Louise, who
cannot get pair of shoes. 1t is hard, but
it is beautiful, when it is beautiful. when out
of sore affections we emerge larger of heart,
more generous of nature, end capable Of
more loving self.abuegation.
And can there be q fairer monument
erected to the memory of any one who has
gone to heaven, than that which consists in
some good thing done for his sake?-Chris-
tian at Work.
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Don't Argue.

If you believe thing to be true, if you
think the utterance of your convictions will
do good, give expression to it, but don't en-
ter into arguments. Looking back on life
fruitful in experience, we recall with regret
all the heartburnings and bitterness, the es-
arrangements and self reproach resulting from
almost every war of words into which we had
allowed ourselves to be drawn. We may
have been, we often were, right in our opin-
ions, and if we had been contented with the
simple, humble statement of them, doubtless
good would have been done, for truth must
prevail; but in the heat and eagerness of
controversy, how often We remember slightly
overstepping the bounds Of strict veracity, or
expressing our views with such vehement de-
fisnce as to provoke either anger or contempt
in the hearts of our opponents. When the
tumut in our breast had subsided, and we
were alone, how keenly We have felt the
truth of the proverb, " In the multitude OF
words there wanteth not sim.
Perhaps you were born With combatiVe
disposition, or are daily brought in contact
with some such; then the task before you is
rendered doubly difficult; but as you value
peace of mind, the love of friends, and like
ness to your Master, We would say, avoid ar
gument.
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FoR THE CENTRAL PREsBYTERIAN.
TIE VINE AND THE BRANCHES.
JOHN XIV: IT.

JOHN XIV. IL,
I. 81 am the true vine and my Father is the
husbandmsn.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he
taketh away, (haiei and every branch that beareth
fruit, he purgeth lkdthdlrel cleanseth 1t, that IL
may bring forth more fruit
Now (already) ye are clean (katharoil through
the word which have spoken unto you.
Abide in me, and | in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of ITSELF except it abide in the
vine no more can ye except ye abide Ia me.
s. | am the vine, ye are the branches. He that
sbideth in me and | in him, the same brlngeth
forth much fruit; for without me Severed from
me) ye can do nothing.
6 If a man It's, any one) abide not in me, he is
cast forth as as branch, and is withered; and men
gather them, and cast them into the fire they are
gathered and cast into the fre,l and they are
burned.
7. II We abide in me and my words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you.
This precious passage of Gods word is
extremely simple and clear as to its form,
but as to its depth of meaning much of it is
unfathomed in ordinary Christian experience.
We offer some suggestions towards its expo
sition in the hope of benefit to some of the
children of God.
When the Lord says 81 am the true vine, :"
we suppose He has reference to the failure
of Israel, which is called Gods vine. In
every place of privilege and responsibility
that God has placed man, man has failed
The 80:h Psalm tells US how God brought
Israel, His vine, out of Egypt and planted
it, aud prepared room before it, and caused
it to take deep root and to fill the land, and
how God laid his vine waste because of IN
faithfulness. Isaiah 5;h tells the same
story, where God says, "Whst could have
been done more to my vineyard that l have
not done in it? Wherefore, when. | looked
that it should bring forth grapes, brOugh int il
forth wild grapes?" And then He declares
His purpose to lay it utterly waste. Jere
miah, too, takes up the same strain (chap
ii: 81 "Yet l had planted thee noble
vine, wholly right seed how then art thOr
turned into the degenerate plant of strang
vine unto me ?" Israel is the false, unfaith
full vine Christ is the true. So also in thi
dispensatiOn. Gods children, once " differ
ing nothing from servants" are now no NOR
servants, but sons. Gal. iv: 7. New priv
ileges are revealed, bringing new RESPONSE
r bilities to US as Gods witnesses, who are
f shine as lights in the world. Pail. ii: IL
t But when the Lord gives US His mind abou
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.

7. The latter-day glory of the Church will
begin at the time of Christ's second coming
This proposition may be considered as proved,
if the preceding one has been proved. But
desire to present additional srgumente.-
The name Millennium has not been given to
ann condition of the Church By any of the
sacred a0riters. The word means thousand
years aud that phrase is used in but two
places in the New Testament; viz: in Rev.
Xxx, where it markes tie interval Of time be-
tween two resurrections, (Sbatever those re
surrections may be,) and in II Peter iii f: 8,
where it is said, "One day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, etc. It is therefore
from other passages of the Word of God that
we must learn what will be the future condi-
tion of the Church. Acts iii: 1921, Re-
pent ye therefore and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of
the Lord and He shall send Jesus Christ
which before was preached unto you; whom
the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath
spoken by the mouth of all His holy pro
phets, since the world began.
On this passage, Bloomfield says, "What
particular period is here designated, expOsi-
tors are not agreed. It must, of course, be
at the coming of the Messiah but some re-
fer that to His coming at the destruction OF
Jerusalem others, to His coming at the end
of the world; and others again, to His CON-
ing in the Millennial reign" am surprised
that any one should have doubt as to what
particular thing God has here promised to
send to the earth. Certainly it is that which
the heaven had received, and would continue
20 hold until the time here specified The
heaven received the human soul and body Of
tbe Lord Jesus. "He shall send Jesus Chris
whom the heaven must receive until, etc
The Church on earth had already received
Christs spiritual presence, and would retair
it until the end of the world; according tc
His promise "LO am with you always, ever
unto the end of the world"
The peculiar phrasaOlogy "He shall senC
Jesus Christ, would seem to indicate tina
. God the Father would send bis Son inPersOn
/ This must be the meaning unless 1t contra
D diets the manifest meaning of some other par
= of the sentence. The coming of that whic
g is to be sent must be either a spiritual o
personal coming. Suppose it is sPiritua
s coming, either at the time Of the destructiO
r of Jerusalem or at some period before hi
r personal coming. Then the meaning Of tn
passage would be; God the Father shall sen
e Cbrist's spiritual presence, which Spiritu'
"a presence the heaven must receive until tn
IS times of the restitution of all things, that
! either until the destruction of Jerusalem,
At until the beginning of universal revival
le religion continuing thousand years. II
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"Contrast of DR.. Ely. The contrast Is
given in different columns of the book to
which the reader is referred. One would
suppose him to have been an iIfexible Cal
Whist, and yet in the division of 1887, ne
went over to the New School, and no doubt
he approved of the marriage that took place
in Pittsburg, where Dr. Jacobs tied the nup-
tial knot, assisted by DR.. Fowler, who did
not take a good aim on that ridiculous Oc-.
casion.
DR.. Ely was a man Of commanding ap-
pearsnce, benevolent feelings, generous emo
tions, and possessed of mind habituslly
active. He was fond of using his pen, though
we believe his discourses were for the most
part extemporaneous. He was neat in his
attire, and cheerful in his manner. His hos
pitahty was worthy of all praise. During
the meetings of the General Assemblies in
Philadelphia, he entertained angels or mes
seDgers to that body. Successive groups
dined at his manss He had some peculiar
ities. L was said that before bSptizing one
S of mis- children his text was, 2 and thSy
brought the child to Eli" But this is in-
credible. This would have been as bad as
some of the puerile puns of Lamb. More
than half the anecdotes about John Ran
dOlph are spocryphal. In his second mar
riage, which was to Miss Caroline Holmes,
daughter to the gentleman after whom the
church at either Drummondtown or Eastville
is named, it is said the ceremony took place
at the grave of the brides mother. This In
cident is probably true. 1t was the effect of
mis- impulsive and sudden notions.
DR.. Ely was an sffactionste pastor, and
delightfully."- situated in Philadelphia. He
was in the midst of an intelligent people,
Philadelphia was the city of Rugh, Ritten-
house, Franklin, Dennie, Wilson, Brown,
Say and other celebrities. He was abundant
in the means of living. But he resigned his
charge and hurried to Missouri, having great
schemes in view. But it is not we'll to be q
busy body in the affairs of other men. His
schemes were visionary, and yet he was sim
cere in all his undertakings, and honorable
in all his transactions. But the tide of what
men call fortune had turned against man
of great benevoence. 1t ebbed, and with
all his ability for business, its fow would not
return to its accustomed current. We know
all the particulars, but will not state any of
he details. He returned to Philadelphia,
but his people, to whom he was tenderly at
tached, had settled another pastor. But
wishing to be useful, he took congregation
on the suburbs of the city. His brethren
everywhere sympsthised in his losses. Like
the French king after the battle of Pavia, he
could say all is lost save honor. The cloud
was dark which impended over him, bat bis
faith was mighty enough to discern its silver
lining.
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In the Name of Christ.

An illterate country-man sold lot of fire.
wood to a gentleman in the city. When the
wood was delivered the gentleman gave him
check upon a certain bank. The country.
man looked at it for while aud then said:
" This is not money" "But if you take it
to the bank it will get you the money" 81
have no money in the bank, remarked the
country-man. every true," answered the
gentleman; "but go with that piece of paper
to the bank, hand it to the man behind the
counter, and when be sees my name upon it
he will instantly give you the money" When
the country.man went to the bank, author
lied to use the name of the gentleman, it was
the same as if the gentleman himself had
gone, for the name stood for the person, and
the two were, for the time and the purpose
to be accomplished, but one. If it had not
been for the name, the country-man might
have begged, and entreated, and prayed for
the money, until handed over to the poiSn :
but the name, the name alone, securea1ZS--
audience and acceptance. When we pray in
the name of Jesus, we go to God conscious
of the fact that we deserve nothing on cur
own account, that we have no personal wor-
thiness to plead, that our applications for the
sake of anything in US, or anything done by
us, would be utterly unavaling; but equally
conscious of the fact that through the infinite
riches of grace we are one with Christ.
Christian Weekly.
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secret thing, whether it be good, or whether
it be evil" Eccl. xii: IA. Why then
would He try to ascertain what He already
knew? John xxi: II, Col. ii: 3. 1t IS
important, however, when an individual ls
about to be punished, that he should know
for what, and why is inflicted his punish
ment. When, therefore, all the sins of each
individual shall be laid before Him, =" every
mouth will be stopped, and all the world will
become guilty before God" Rom. iii: IL.
The apostle Jude accordingly, referring to
that occasion, says" Behold the Lord
cometh with ten thousand of his saints to
judge all, and to convince ell that are un-
godly among them of all their ungodly deeds,
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken against him." Jude IA.
Another design of the judgment will be to
satisfy all intelligent beings of the justice of
the divine proceedings.
If men were tried in secret only, and con
demned no matter now justly, IL Would occa
sion very grest and very general dissatisfac-
ton. But when a righteous trial is had in
open court, fond parents even are compelled
to approve of the sentence that follows, no
matter how serious. The Psalmist says &C.
cordingly, {" Our God shall come and shall
not keep silence: fire shall devour before
him, and shall be very tempestuous round
about Him. He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth from beneath,
that He may judge His people, and the
heavens shall declare His righteousness. -
Psalm l.S, 6. And the apostle Paul called
the transaction referred to ga revelation of
the righteous judgment of God" Rom. ii s..
Fl. B.
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RRAuTIFUL THINGS.

Sc Beautiful faces are those that wear
Il matters but little if dark or fair
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show
Like crystal panes where heartb-hres gloW'
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart ike songs Of birds,
Yet whose utterancs prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest, brave and true,
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God wills 1t so.
Beau'iful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care,
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless,
Silent rivers Of happiness
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess
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THE LESSER SERMoNs:-Itis is not the great
sermons that accomplish the most benefcence
for the world. They are good in their places,
but for practical effect the earnest heart-in-
struction that is given in a more familiar
ministry is that which, in the long run, pro-
duces the beat result. 1t is good thing to
have trees large enough for maSts that shall
bear the flags of the nations, but more tim
ber is needed for fences and 6rewood than
for the navies of the world. The forests that
bring US comfort for our homes are the real
benefactors. United Presbyterian.
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DIR. JAMES HAMILTON says: "AuoDg the
forms of insect life there is little creature
known TO naturalists which can gather around
itself sufficiency Of atmospheric air, and SO
clothed, it descends into the bottom Of the
pool; and you may see the diver moving
about dry aud at his case, protected by his
crystal vesture, though the water all around
be stagnant and bitter. Prayer is such a
protector; transparent vesture-the world
sees it not a real defence-it keeps out the
world. By means Ct it the believer can
gather so much of heavenly atmosphere
around him, and with it descend into the
putrid depths of this contaminatiDg world,
that for season no evil will touch him; and
he knows when TO ascend for new supply.
Communion with God kept Daniel pure in
Babylon"
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DIR. FLEMING STEvENsoN's S address at the
dedication of the Presbyterian church, Pc
king, China, CONCLUDED thus: =" TOere is q
grave in Hanover. A lady dying left direc-
tlons that her resting place should never be
disturbed and they had huge blocks of
granite hewn out and fastened with mighty
iron clasps. But tiny seed was borne by
the wind and dropped between the stones,
till it sank down and found earth, aud as it
grew, it pushed the stones aside and rose up
high above them to cast it's green shade all
round. There are heavy, weary stones of
unbelief resting on the heart of China; the
customs of centuries are bound around it like
iron. But the seed of the gospel has been
sown; it has found here the soil to grow in
it will push these stones asunder and burst
these bands of iron; and it will become a
tree with branches stretching over all your
land. Jesus shall reign. He shall have
dominion from sea to sea; all nations shall
call him blessed and blessed be His glorious
name forever; and let the whole Garth be
filled with His glory "
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WOULD you know the secret Of domestic
peace and tranquility the charm which can
harmonize the most dissimiar natures or the
most conflicting prejudices, when they are
gathered under one roof? 1t may be
summed up in two words. AvOid argument.
To argue is seldom to convince, but it is
often to excite. Besides, the defeat of an
argument leads to loss Of temper, ard
sometimes the victor and the vanquished are
equal sufferers in the end. And how few
things are worth an argument after all!
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Fos rHE CENTRAL PREsBYTERIAN.

EmIEISCENCEs CT PRESBYTERIAN
MINISTERS.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-04-27

The DEFENSES OF TIE BOSPHo-
RUs.-The Bospherus is national
channel about seventeen miles in
length, and at it's narreWeSt part
about six hundred years across. Its
general breadth varies from seven
hundred to one thousand yards, but
opposite the seraglio gate, at Con-
stantinople, it attains a breadth of
one thousand six hundred and fortv-'
six yards. The strait is divided into
seven reaches the promOntories on
one side having corresponding in-
dentationS on the other. The navi-'
cation is somewhat difficult, at the
current takes different direction in
each,Ofthe seven reaches. Both shores
are studded with forts and batteries,
especially where the channel becomes
narrow. Some of these, as Fort
Karibtche, mount as many as sixty
guns! The principal defenseS of the
Bosphorus are the Kavals, at about
two thirds of the distance from Con-
stantinople to the Black sea. Here
the channel is very narrow, and IS
defended on the Asiatic side by-0ne
hundred and seven and on the Eu-
ropean side by siXty-one guns, most
of which are sheltered by stone forts.
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Now that Fitz John Porter has OBJ
tained from the President an order
for the rehearing of his case the de-
cision by the new court of inquiry
ought to be final. He was cashiered
on the complaint of General Pope for
his behavior at the second battle of
Bull Run, where he commanded the
Fifth Army Corps, and was accused
of failing to obey orders to attack the
Confederates and of causing the loss
of the field by a. precipirate retreat.
His original trial was before a court
of eight officers, who unanimously
found him guilty. The sentence
carried with it a penalty that he be
forever prohibited from holding Office
under the Government Of the United
States. Porter appealed to Presidents
Lincoln, Johnson and Grant to give
hirf rehearing, but they were so
fully satisfied of his culpability that
he met with nothing but refuSals.
He now claims that Ire has evidence
from the Confederate side which will
vindicate him. If the new court
brings in q verdict against him there
will be absolutely no cause for fur
ther complaint ON his part that he
was made victim of the malevo-
lence of General Pope.
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The tax laws adopted by the Mary
land Legislature at its last session,
made number Of changes in the
form of taxation. The list of proper
ty exempt from taxation is consider
ably enlarged, and the enumeration
of the several descriptions of taxable
property is much more precise.
Mortgages wholly upon property in
the State are exempt from taxation.
Bonds ofother states are exempt only
when madeso by the laws of the State
under which they are issued. All
other bonds. except bonds of the gov
ernment of the United States, are ex-
preSsly declared to be taxable. So
with all descriptions of stock of cor
porations in Maryland, no matter
where owned, and of corporations, no
matter where situated, owned by re-
sidents of the State. Express provi-
sion is made for the taxation of Prop
erty ofcOrpOrations,th stock of which
is wholly or in part exempt from
taxation, and which does not fall
within the exemption. The exemp-
ton of church property, instead of
being confined to church buildings
and the ground actually covered by
them, is extended TO parsonages and
to the ground appurtenant to both
churches and parsonages which may
be necessary for the use thereof. The
exemption of hospitals and benevo-
lent institutions, instead Of being con-
fined to those which are intended
exclusively for the INDECENT sick, is
made to embrace all institutions of
the kind, and Il similar exemption is
added in favor of educational and
literary institutions, their buildings
and appurtenant grounds, furniture,
libaries and equipment.