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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

| MADE MEET FOR IIEAvEN.-The dues-
tion has been asked, Can soul made
meet for Heaven remain on earth? Paul
says, Yesl but some who would love TO
go to the same Heaven that Paul is now
enJoying, say No! 1t WAS cause of
thanksgiving with Paul, that he and ILS.e
OF his brethren were made meet. Civ
ing thanks to God who hath made us meet
to be partnkers of the inheritance of the
saints in light"
What will one made meet for Heaven
do on earth, if permitted to remain? Why.
they will be doing the "wil of God on
earth, ms it is in Heaven" How do they
do the will of God in Heaven? With
readiness and willingness. If II mission
to earth were now proposed to the inhibi-
tants OF Heaven, involving all the ills and
pains, etc, that flesh is heir to-that is,
suppose 1t was required that the celestial
vlsl'ant should take upon him II human
FORM, with all the ailments and vicissitudes
and incidents of sojourn of seventy
years; would not thousands of upraised
wings want to prove the ar,lor of their
love? saying, Let me 90! let me go!
1t Is the fruit of holiness that those who
do not understand the doctrine must see,
in order to make the testimony convincing
when the spies went up to spy out the
land they returned with the rich fruits of
the land, exhibiting them of course to the
admlrlng gaze OF the people. 'Ine- IrttUi
of holiness is the conversion of the world.
" We are well able to go up, and possess
the good land " This was Calebs and
Joshua's testimony. The ten spies, al
though they said the land was good, vet
they uttered their belief that they were
not able. We are all giving in some kind
Of testimony. What is yours?-Rtabc
Palmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

needs one 10 stand hy and svmpathize.
lie has some hard battles to fight with
poverty, enemies, and with sin; and he
needs woman that, when lie puts his arm
around her, he feels he has something to
hght Tor; that will help him to fight; that
VIII put her lips to his eur and whisper
words of counsel, and her hand To his
heart and impart courage. All through
lie, through storm, through sunshine, con-
hlct and victory, through adverse and fa-
vorlnS winds, man needs womans love.
The heart yearns for it. A sisters or a
mothers love will hardly supply the need.
what blessing to a household is merry,
cheerful woman-one whose spirits are
not affected by wet days. or little disap-
pointments, or whose milk of human kind
ness does not sour in the sunshine of pros
perlty. Such woman in the darkest hours
brlghtens the house like little piece of
sunshiny weather The magnetism of her
smiles and electrical brightness of her
looks and movements infect every one.
The children go to school with a sense of
something great to be achieved; her hus-
band goes into the world in conqueror's
spirit. No matter how people annoy and
worry him all day, far off her presence
shines, and he whispers TO himself, AT
home shall find rest" So day by day she
literally renews his strength and energy,
and II you know q man with beaminy
lace, Kind heart, n prosperous business,
IN nine eases out of ten you will md he
has a wife of this kind.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

The Hon. John NJ Gregory, LID,
President of the Illinois Industrial Unver-
sity, man of large practical experience,
makes the statement that the chances of
the cducated man are ten TO one better than
those of the uneducated." He says
There are in the state of Illinois over
100000 young men and women between
the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. To
these our words are addressed. All of you
desire success. All wish happy and
prosperous life Some seek it in property,
some in social standing, some in public
offices, and others in professional or bust
ness distinction. A sound and liberal edu-
cation is the surest pathway to success in
all these persuits. Statistics show that the
well-educntcd man will. on the average,
be rs far advanced in his career ut thirty
five us the unelucated man ut forty-tve
or even fifty. His education is as good as
ten years start of his competitors. While
not one out of every ten educated men
makes comparative failure, not one out
Of every ten of uneducated men achieves
success. The ch nces of the educated
man are therefore Ten to one better than
those of the uneducaled. This is true in
every branch of business; in agriculture
and mechanic arts, us well as in law, med
iclne or trade. In the long run, then, ig-
costs more than education.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

love is spontaneous. It's mp rises r.
from within. This dominant Christian
virtue acts from no outward co lstraints,
but from the pleasure of doing. 1t is
Fever self-contained; but, like the wing
spring, bursts forth to refresh, gu cken
and beautify the desert around. By we
are lifted above the law. If the law com-
mands obedience, love performs il from Il
sense of delight. The obedience of love is
not only cheerful, but steady and reliable.
Legal religion is like sail vessel on the
Atlantic. subject to the outer tides and
lempests; that of love. like the Cunard
steamer, is moved from within and makes
way direct. in spite of waves and storms,
along the line Of duty. If God has set us
out on The boisterous sea of life, He has
given us the geuus of love to neulrallze
and control the most adverse elements.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm has heard il
whispered that, on u certain day, known
only to the oath-b and the initiated
every locomotive engineer in the United
States and Canada is to stop work, keep
the engine committed TO his care Just
wherever it may happen to be at that par
ticuar moment, and prevent, by all means
in his power. any other person from using
it. Whereupon, through the medium of
the Chicago Tribune, she respectfully calls
the attention of the guild to the fact thai
thousands of men of moderate means
have invt sted their savings in railroad
stock; thousands of widows and orphans
depend upon it for bread; and all these
must be robbed that Mr.. Engineer may
get ten cents day more wages 1t
country like this, any considerable number
of men could be reduced to such straits
that they could do, or contemplate doing,
acts which would have been scorned bv
Robin Hood and his men. Every railroad
running on IL train must daily
pass thousands of acres lying idle fol
want of hands to till them; and one
would think that II man with spark of
manhood would build him hut out of
grass and clay anl raise his bread with no
other implement than IL hoe, rather than
be the shutllecock of railroad company
and trades union, to be tossed from hand
to hand and tumbIed into the mud ut every
second throw. If man does not like his
place and his wages, why not go to his
employer and give him warning that he
IS going to quit, have some cabin and field
looked out, 60 TO them, get his living out
)f the ground, an call no man or combi-
nation of men master?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

CHRISTIANITY AND IGNoRANCE.-Iet
men understand that Jesus Christ has no
part in,this world with ignorance There
are among philosophers those who delight
to call themselves agnostics, or, as we used
to call them in political parlance, know
nothings; but in the school and the church
of Jesus Christ ignorance is ut u fearful
discount. His disciples are stimulated by
every precept of the gospel to the attain
ment of every sort of knowledge. q" If
there be any truth. if there be any virtue"
the apostle bids US think on these things"
So soon as anything is proven to be truth,
it becomes part of the message of Jesus
Christ to us. 1t is not our business TO
enter into limited, local and partial con-
troversies of men but when either scien-
tist or philosopher has eliminated positive
truth we receive it, and are bound and
pledged to receive it by the very character
of our relationship in The common wealth
of faith. Christendom is the name for
civiliz ition. 1t would be impossible to
picture tho actual condition OF this world
should the forces that have been set at
work by Christianity be with drawn from
society. What would be the laws, what
the tastes, what the usages of the world,
in even its most cultivated portions, if the
influence of the gospel oil the Galilean
should be annihilated2 The name truth,
which the Lord Jesus assumed. itself sug-
gesIs the thought that q stimulus is given
to the mind by the acceptance of His SER
vice. And we have grounds for believing
that He is not content with that disciple
who does not make The most of his facul-
ties.-Reu. s. II. Tyng.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

The THINGS Nor SEEN No man is
great in any deoartment who does not See
the things that are invisible. The States
man, only when he looks above the mater
ial and grasps great principles, has breadth
and depth of observation. lie sees when
others see not. The poet, thus inspired,
beholds what others do not see, as he looks
upon the storm that seems TO tear and
split the very azure overhead. What II
grasp this insight gives the philosopher!
1t makes the Master everywhere. So, if
we look upon the church. When sorrow
surges against us, when difficulties spring
up rs mountains before us, and we are
able to smile at them all because we know
they are short lived, and we have a vision
Of the things that never perish, then can
we strike hands with Paul over the centu
res, and say, Yes, we look not ut things
which are seen. but at things which are
not seen; for the things which are seen
IRE transilory, but the things which are
net seen are eternal. ."-Dr. StorrS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31
That's fair isn't it, wifey? Anyway tha's
what | DrODosen -

That's fair isn't it, wifey? Anyway thai
what l propose"
And as the colonel proposed, so he dl
A happy prosperous year of toll WI.
crowned by IN abundant harvest, and t,e
next great feast day of the nation was
celebrated at The Oaks bya wedding and
house warming after the heartsome us
tom OF the southwest, us the weddnu
guests accompanied the newly madu bria
TO her husbands house, and spent he
evening of the glad day in Joyous festivities
lighting the hearthstone with Il fr,sh
household fire, and warming with cordial
hearlsOmeness the entrance to II new hone
centre.
just on the spot where the week lm0
campers of the last year halted on their
journey for work of love, the new hone
WAS built. With the beautiful world OF
nature around them, with healthful, re-
wardful work for their hands to do, with
earnest hearts made tender by life's dsci-
pline, and strong by brave and patient en-
durance, the twain made one begin to-
gether lifes loving labor. Begin, too on
Thanksgiving day.
Lima takes cheer and comfort in what
she feels to be happy omen. And wien
the last of the wedding guests has taken
his departure, leaving the lovely briie
with her fond and happy husband, as sh
hngers ON the Threshold The midnigki
moon bathing the quiet landscape in lis
olrur, calm radiance, Tears tremble on her
iashes, and fall upon the flowers in ier
hand. Her husband takes the Or, cous
blossom from her willing fingers, and
kisses the tears away lie knows that they
are tears OF thankful joy bedewins the
sweet blossoms of memory and love For
the flowers are white rysanthemms.-
Christidn Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

LAW AND CHARACTER-The discipline
by which character is perfected is dsci-
pline under law. God requires man pa
tiently 10 study the laws which He has
impressed upon nature,-to investigate
physical laws and social laws. and eco
nomical laws. and mental laws and moral
laws, and to conform to them in all his
conduct. In getting gain, and not less in
doing good, he must study and obey Gods
laws. 1t is only thus that he learns fore
sight, patience, self-control Ii he could
get everything he wanted by simply ask
ing for it he would be moral weakling;
it is vastly better for him that he should
be obliged to study and labor and wait for
ito work out his own fortune and his
own salvation. If his livelihood or his
gam came to him as the result of asking
md believing, rather than us the result of
and planning and striving and
denying himself, there would be no such
chance rs now exists for the cultivation of
his manhood. The man who makes the
- faith principle " his reliance in conduct
ing his business, is simply as ling G d TO
set aside the conditions which lie himself
hns ordained for the development of char
tcter. Nobody doubts that Col can do
this but it is not reasonable to suppose
mat He will.--Eaitor's Tf5le, Sunday
afternoon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31


The entire amount of gold in the world
ut the present is estimated ut nearly seven
billions (S7. .000 000. .000) of value in United
St,ies coinage. A billion is such big
number that the average mind scarcely
takes it in, A thousand million is more
readily comprehended; consequently seven
Thousand millions means more, verbally
and financially, than seven billions. How
much solid gold would that make? Pure
gold is more than 10 times as heavy MS
water, and II cubic foot of water weighs
900 ounces avoirdupois cubic foot of
gold would weigh. therefore, over 10 900
ounces avoirdupois, and each such ounce
of fine gold is worth, as we reckon. rather
more than Sl8; so that n cubic foot of the
precious metal would have value OF
about S333.3S3. A cubic yard of gold,
being 27 times as much, would be worth
over S9,000,0O0, and 700 cubic yards
would contain considerably more than the
whole sum of gold Oh the globe. All of
il might be contained in a nlock some II
feet high, 27 feet wide, and Sc feet long.
This is pretty considerable" rs the rus
tics Say but if it were all in the treasury
at Washington, most of the democrats
would not think it half enough for the re-
sumption of specie payments.-M y
Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

A Scotch physician who has lived in
Rome for many years has lately paid vis-
it to the Vatican. In regard to the Pope
he says: Never have | seen such q
change in any human being unless pro-
duced by some physical illness. Cardinal
Pecci was a tall, erect, well-knit figure;
his presence was imposing, his gestures
commanding, his voice sonorouS and vi
braing Leo XIII is II bent old man. his
hand shakes As with palsy, his voice is
hoarse. and the glance of his eye uncrr-
tain and suspicious And is this The
effect of his ecclesiastical promotion. this
the result of his avowed determination to
oppose the U tramontanes? Does his
vaunted reform so prey upon his mind rs
10 reck his physical constitutions? AL
ready lie has contemplated, nay threatened,
abdcaion because forsooth his radical ad-
visers insist upon his reassumng the tenn
poral power of the Vatican. He says if
he does this he will do it to avoid the es-
tabishment of " schsms. '-Erchpngc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

Bishop Merrill on the Mexicans: Ia
studying these Mexican people, and max
ing inquiries concerning their religious
feelings, | have endenvored to ascertain
whether they ever associate with their no.
tlons of piety any sense of moral obliga-
tion, or have any conception whatever Of
the relation of morality to kind of faith,
and | have been unable to discover any,
thing of the kind. do not See that they
have any thought that immoral practices
have anything to do with Christian char
acter They see no improprety in passing
Immediately from the church to the bull
pen, or in going from the mass to the low
est hauntS of vice. Moral sensiblity is not
cultivated by their religion, if it be 50
much as recognized
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

Infdelity has become bold and defiant.
1t boasts OF its scientific facts, which, it is
claimed, do not hlrmonize with Christian
teaching The boast is easily made. The
proud dsbeliever may haunt his opinions
into the very face of Christianity. The
nosest antagonist is not always the most
formidable. The intidelity that boasts.
and sneers, and SCOTS, is usually of the
weakest type. Aud 50, too, is the religion
which INDUCES in epthets, analhemas and
denunciations of skepticisms. That is the
feebest type. Christianity has reason for
reasoning men; philosophy for thinkers
experience and faith for those who Can ap-
preciate such elements of truth. 1t can
answer the hardest questions ever pro-
pounded. There is no far off prodigal that
the gospel does not call there is no infu-
rated blasphemer that Jesus cannot save ;
there is no outbreaking infdel whom di.
vine love is not competent to overcome.
We claim that the church owes a
duty to the most notorious antagonist to
the truth. There is u way by which the
oucast and the lost may be rescued. 1t is
an evidence of the soundest evangelical
belief when methods are set in operation
to reach lheso desperate cases. If the
Savior has love for His bitterest foes, shall
not we who profess His name, exercise
some real, potent influence in seeking to
save the lost? We must run and speak to
that young man who is most defiant, and
whose course is downward and rapid to-
ward destruction Recorder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

DR.. largreaves a stulions and careful
statstician, in his work, "Our Wasted
Resources" computes the annual sales in
Pennsylvania, of retail liquor dealers uec-
essary to maintain their business and sup
port their families at $7S,725,0OO. This
estimate embraces only the sales or direct
costs 10 consumers and does not include
The indirect costs occasioned by crime.
poverty, idleuess, accidents. bad debts,
sickness, taxation, maintaining police,
courts. jails, poor houses and asylums
which comes from the trade in liquors and,
defying exact computation, is equ.l TO the
direct cost. Annually, in one form or
another. the liquor business costs the peo-
pie in Pennsylvania $3.50, 100000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

'ARE OF THE LUNGS BY all means
nave children taught to sing This exer-
else properly cultivated. is one of the
hest means of strengthening the lungs
That can be devised. Many persons with
deficient development of chest by sing
lig and vocal training, have enlarged
the capacity of the respiratory organ fifty
and even 100 per cent. As soon as cnii-
dren are old enough, reading and speak
ing may be added to their exercises. The
diffusion of air in the lungs, and demand
Tor larger supply of it, are greatly en-
hanced hy zeal culture, and besides, if
properly taken. they are valuable means
OF Improvement. As the lungs depend
for their nouriShment on the blood, and
AS this is good or bad, or well or mper
iectly digested, it is very important that
the stomach be kept healthy, and an
abundance of good food be supplied to all
children. Thousands of children's lungs
are made weak by improper food. Too
much food clogs them, causing colds and
inflammation, resulting perhaps in SOW
ing the seeds of consumption; too little
food. or of poor quality, starves the lungs.
and they become weakened for want of
sufficient nourishment.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

A correspondent of the New York Times
in commenting upon the statement pub
lished in several papers that Mr.. Bryant
was not religious man in the church
going sense, States that he was one of the
most regular church goers in New York.
lie was almost always to be seen on Sun
day mornings in his Seat at DR. Bellows's
church, and when at his country seat at
Roslyn, l.. L he regularly attended the
Presbyterian church-though himself a
Unitaran-and participated in the COM
munion. As it is well known. he vas
for many oe the later years of his life IL
vice-presdent of the American Unitarian
Association.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

A SCENE OF RETRIBUTIoN.-Af few wears
since an eminent artist ut Lyons while
passing through the Rue des Terrsaux zap.
prohched number of persons who were
gathered together Witnessing tn. sale Of
the furniture of poor workman. A
woman was seated on the pavement with
child in her arms. The painter spoke
to her, and was told that the furniture
which was being sold belonged 10 her !:
that her husband hal lately died, leaving
her with the child in her arms; that she
had struggled hard TO maintain herself by
working day and night, and submitting TO
every prlvation, but that her landlord had
at length seized her furniture for some
months rent which was due to him. The
artist was affected by this simple recital
and inquired who was her landlord
There he is, replied the poor woman,
pointing to man who was watching the
progress of the sale; and he was recog.
nlzed by the painter as person who was
suspected of having ama>sed II considera.
ble fortune by usury, so that to make any
appeal TO his feelings on behalf of the
poor widow would be useless. The artist
was considering within himself what 9th
er plan he could adopt to benefit her, when
the crler announced IL picture for sale. 1t
Was ~ miserable daub, which.in summer
the poor woman had used to hide the hole
in the wall through which the pipe of the
stove passed during the winter. 1t was
put up at one franc. The artist at once
conceived plan for taking revenge of the
landlord. He went over, examining the
picture with great attention, and then call
ed out with Il loud voice:
One hundred francs!"
The landlord was astounded at the bid.
but, conceiving that picture for which So
eminent AN artist could offer that sum was
worth more than double, boldly offered
Two hundred francs.
Five hundredn' said the painter, and
the contest between the two bidders be-
came so animated that the prize was at
Iength knocked down to the landlord at
Two thousand two hundred francs! The
purchaser, then addressing the painter
said:
In seeing an artist of your merit bid
so eagerly for the picture, | suppose that
it must be valuable. Now, tell me, sir, at
what do you estimate it's valuep"
About three francs and half" re-
piled the painter; " but | would not give
that for it,"
" You are surely jesting, for you bid as
high us two thousand one hundred francs. "
True, and l will tell you why did so.
You, who are in possession of an income
of twenty five thousand francs a year,
have seized on the furniture of poor
widow for debt of two hundred francs.
wished 10 give you II lesson, and you fell
into my trap. Instead of the poor wo-
man being your debtor. she is now your
creditor, and | iltter myself you will not
compel her to seize on your furniture for
her debt" The artist then politely saluted
the landlord, and having announced her
good fortune to the poor woman, walked
away.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-31

FOUR PEMLs.-Rev. John Hall warns
the yourg men Of America that they are
threatened by four perils. which are,
Shnllo"ness in business training, dislike
OF trade, lack of any settled purpose in
life and enervating pursuits. -Four dan
gers also confront the community in grn-
nral. These are, in his opinion. a defec-
i've public spirit, weak com uercial con-
science. an exaggerated idea of perso o al
h eedom and feebleness of tho prevailing
religion.