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Praise in Death.

A few years ago there was o terrible storm
one winter night on the coast of Fife, in
Scotland. All the boats had got in from the
herring fishing but one, which struck on q
rock just as she was entering the hsrbor, and
upset. AS the six men who manned her
hung clinging to her keel, amid the roar of
the wind and the wild dashing of the waves,
that threatened every moment to sweep them
to the bottom, the captain The was Chris
tiau young many cried, snow is the time to
sing praise to God, and his voice rose above
the bowling storm:
"My God, am thine
What comfort divine,
What blessing to know
That the Saviour is minep'
And then came great wave and dashed
him away from the boat, straight home. And
then another young man, Christian too,
spoke up, "Mates, our Shippers finishing
the hymn in heaven; let US finish it here,
and he went on
"And this shall prove
Till fad it above,
In the heaven of heavens,
In Jesus own love-
And then another great wave swept them,
and he too fell from the boat, and went te
join his captain on Canaan's happy shore.
That is what being in the light can do fol
US. The Christian can sing, even in pros
pect of death.
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Sentiment and Railroads.

Sentiment is not apt to entWine itself about
a railroad, though engineers and firemen do
become attached to their engines. Wander
bilt once made mistake in not recognizing
this fact. When he first took control of the
New York Central Railroad, he ordered all
the brass work to be stripped from the loco
motives 1t was useless expense, he said,
to put it on at all, as it added neither to the
strength or speed of the engine. Then, too,
it was expensive to keep polished, consuming
time, oil, rottenstone and rags. The eco:
nomical manager soon found out that senti
ment played no slight part in running rail
road. The engineers, vexed at the disrobiDg
of their handsome engines, ceased to care for
them. The fremen also neglected them
They looked dingy, grew dirty and greasy,
and the number laid up for repairs greatly
increased. Vanderbilt saw his mistake, and
the brass was restored to the locomotives,
which again became as tidy in their appear
ance as the engineers wives. On the Great
Western Railway, of England, there is a
broad gauge and narrow gauge. The
broad, being the original gauge, has the favor
of the old employees, who, like all English
men, are averse to change. An ancient
guard was recently knocked down and run
over by an engine on this line. He asked to
see the companys doctor, who was sent for,
though the injured man was beyond the rem
edial skill of physician. I" l am glad you
came to see me start, doctor, as [ hope, by
the up-train, said the poor fellow. 81 am
only sorry 1 can do nothing for you, my good
fellow" answered the sympathetic physician.
" | know that; it is all over with me. But
there, I'm glad it was not one of them mar
row gauge engines as did it,
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There never was time when students OF
theology and youthful preachers, and for
that matter, the older ones, had so much in
struction in respect to the methods they
ought to adopt in study and preaching. If
it be needed and profted by, there ought to
be great increase in pulpit and pastoral eff
cheney, and the work of the Church ought to
20 on with renewed momentum. And the
lessons taught in the papers, books and lee
lures are good ones, being the result OF the
experience and observation of men who have
passed through what they inculcate and Ia
ment. After all, it takes something more
than lectures to make useful minister
There must be the consecrated soul, which
living under the baptism Of the Holy Spirit,
devotes itself with earnest pathos to the Mas.
ter whom it loves and honors.-,. United Pres
6yteraan.
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FOR TEACHERS.
OLD NOTES FOR THE NEW YEAR.

Make yourself acquainted as far as posi-
bic with the parents of your pupils; alaOay,
when you are troubled by one.
Report promptly to the superintendent eS
pecial cases of excellent scholarship or extra
ordinary ability.
Parents rights are paramount to all 9th
ers. The schools belong to them, and not tt
the teachers.
Treat all school property as though prr-
chased with your own money. Maps, appa
ratus, aud furniture Of all kinds should be
carefully preserved. Not even one ink mark
on desk or floor is excussble.
Talk often to and with your pupils about
proper department on the street, hanging OF
20 passing vehicles, vulgarity, etc.
Do not answer questions asked you by
pupils other than your own, if there is reason
to suspect that the pupil is seeking to crit
else his own teacher.
The room should be left at night with q
floor free from debris the desks free from
pencils, books, or rubbish.
The excusing of hardness is an impossi'
bility. The punishment can, and should be
RENTED, hut the fact of hardness is part
of history, and the record must show it.
Do not permit pupils to leave the room fol-
trivial reasons. Allow but one to be out
during the same time. Few pupils should
ask permi8siou-none in the higher grades.
Study to know how to act in case of q
manic caused by an alarm.
Frequent written Rotations should be
held in the grammar grades, and the pupils
held for capital letters and spelling.
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Monitorial and self-repOrting systems are
condemned.
Ten minutes is ample time for opening
exercises.
Sit not upon desks or window stills, nor
permit pupils to do so.
Every expressed idea on the printed page
of the reading book should be understood,
and every word spelled.
Written reviews should be held IN the
form of monthly examinations, apd the pa
pers marked and reckoned with the scholar.
ship standing for the month.
Recesses are not for teachers; their SD
pervisory work is then increased. 1t IS M
time for visiting.
See that every textbook has the owner
name written legibly therein.
Ventilate the room well at recess.
Stick persistently and Conscientiously Il
the daily programme.
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DIREC o 3 Y
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Presbyterian Church in the United States.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The General Assembly will meet Knoxville Tenn,
on the third Thursday of May, 1878, at II A. NJ
CLERKS.
Rev. JOSEPH R. WILSON, d. D., STATED CLERK,
W Ra1. William BROWN D. D. PERMANENT oIr.r,
General Assembly.
Hos. JAMES HEMPHIL!, President, Chester, sc
REV. JOHN DOUGLAS, VIos-PREsIDssr, Charlotte
JESSE H. LINDSAY, Esq, SECRETARY and TREASURER,
Greensboro, N. O.
SUSTENTATIoN.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.
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PUBLICATION.
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q. GENNET, Esq, TREASURER, Richmond. Va.
EDUCATION
Rev. JOHN N. wADDEL, D. D., SECRETARY, Mem.
Pc q. W. MACRAE, TnxAsuRnl, Memphis, Tenn.
Applications the Executive Committee for aid
be referred to the appropriate Pesbyterai Exec
Committees for their approval and are 70 be for
warded by them to the Assembly's Committees.
COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly has appointed the following COL
lections to be taken up annually in all the churches
For Sustentation On the first Sabbath In January
For Publication On the first Sabbath in March.
For Foreign Missions On the first Sabbath in May.
For the Relief Of Disabled Ministers and the Widows
Orphans of Deceased Minister'S On the first Sabbath
in July.
TENDER.
For Education: On the first Sabbath in November.
In where it is highly inconvenient TO take up col
ections these days. they shall be taken up
| possible thereafter.
The Assembly recommends to the churches that they
adopt the apostolic plan Of taking weekly collections
that the amounts thus collected be appropriated TO
the above Objects when necessary 70 local OBJ
ecs In such proportion the church session may decide
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The
Southern Presbyterian Review
A CARD,

A
THE present Editors of the SOUTHERN PRFsBYTE.
RAN REVIEW having invited certain brethren in
Virginia to full and equal share with themselves
in the conduct of the same and certain other breth-
rem in various parts of the Church to become specia
pledged collaborators and these invitations having
been accepted and these pledges made, it is now
hereby announced that the Association of Minis
ters' responsible for the work will henceforth con.
sist Of
GEORGE HOWE, HENRY g. ALEXANDER,
JOHN B. ADGER, j. M. P. ATKINSON,
JAMES WOODROW, JNO. l.. GIRARDEAU,
JOSEPH R. WILSON, CHARLES A. STILLMAS,
R. l.. DABNEY, B. M. PALM,
B. NJ. SMITH. j. W. PRATT,
THOMAS E. PECK, s. s. LAWS,
STUART ROBINSON.
The REVIEW will continue to be to certain ex.
tent an open Journal favoring free discussion within
limits but 1t is the desire OF all who have 1t IN
charge to make it more than ever q representative
of our whole Church, as its name imports, and Q
faithful exponent of the Calvinstic Theology and
/ the Presbyterian Polty.
There will be no change in the terms of publica-
tion nor in the general principles OF the conduct OF
the work.
Communications may be addressed to the publish
ers, James Woodrow, Columbia, s. c., or to Rob't
L. Dabney, Hampden Sidney, Va, or to John B.
Adger, Pendleton s. G,
The friends of the enterprise are requested to
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only of the one page at a time; then she
got along better, and Grandpa Bogardus was
not a little pleased in February when ne
wrote her name in the first book.
So Clarice examined Grandpa BogarduS 5
parcel to the end, and found it pretty hard
work sometimes; but who could guess how
much wiser and brighter she grew by the
process, how much easier she found 1t to
finish the last books than it was to finish the
first; how much easier it was to understand
the last pages than the first pages, and how
much she had really gained not only in actual
information, but by forming good habit, in
consequence of her New Year resolve to use
up the odd minutes.
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Saving in the Wrong Place.

A great many persons, to maintain aS fal
as possible certain style of living, have de
MED themselves books, magazines and papers
When the pressure of the times came upon
them they decided that mental food was q
luxury that could be dispensed with without
injury; that q certain amount and kind Of
food and clothing for the body to which they
had become accustomed, were necessities to
be obtained as far as possible. Beefsteak OF
chops, and rolls for breakfast; liberal lunch
at midday, and substantial array of meat
and vegetables for dinner, have been consid.
cred indispensable to the maintenance Of
health and vigor of body and social position
A certain quality and variety of clothing has
been regarded as equally indispensable. We
are tempted to tell che results of our obser,
walton.
We have witnessed some domestic mansge
ment that would be amusing if one could for
get the very sad side of it. These persons
Have no hesitation in reducing their gifts tc
Christian charities, and seem to think it g
praiseworthy economy to refuse to buy 6
book, to stop newspaper or magazine. Ii
our judgment they are very much mistaken
A mans mind is quite as important as biz
body. Every man and woman has place
to fill in the world, and ought to know how
to do it. Every family has need of books
magazines and newspapers, as well as foot
and clothing.
We have just been reading the life of thu
famous and useful Rev. William Arnot. HI
made his breakfast of oat meal and milk, BIZ
dinner of bread and milk, that he might save
money to be expended in informing and cul
tivating the mind. For doing so he wa
pralseworthy. Oatmeal and milk is by nc
means to be despised as nutritious food Fol
year past, on many days, such has beer
our principal neal And we have the re
commendation of no less man than William
Cullen Bryant in favor of bread and milk
Far too much attention is paid by the people
Of these States to what they will eat, ant
drink and wear. There is needless anG
unwholesome expenditure for these things
There is no virtue in turning away from 6
good book, or in stopping a newspaper in or
der to crafty carnal appetite, or to main
tain fair and vain chow in the flesh.
Christian Intelkgencer.
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The CHRISTIAN HOME that is without q
religious newspaper is not likely to be one
that will contribute much to Church work
1t will indeed know but little about the work,
for preach as pastors may, they cannot 60
fix details and statistics in the minds Of peo'
pie that they will not forget them before they
get home. And in addition to this, there il
stimulus needed by most Christians to push
them forward to the work they know to be
right and necessary. This is what the fsmi'
ly paper gives them, as week by week ii
forces upon their attention the objects claim.
ing their thought and benevolence.-O United
PRESBYTERIAN.
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mThera remaineth a rest. -

"There remaineth rest"
The day dies slowly in the western sky;
The sunset splendor fades, and wan and cold
The far peaks wait the sunrise; eheeriy
The goat,herd calls his wanderers to the fold.
My weary soul, that fsin would cease to roam,
Take comfort; evening bringeth all things home.
Homeward the swift-winged seagull takes her flight
The ebbing tide breaks softer on the sand;
The red-saied boats draw shoreward for the night,
The shadows deepen over sea and land.
Be still, my soul, thine hour shall also come;
Behold, bne evening, God shall lead thee home,
H. n, IN Sunday Magazine.
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o God of Bethel by whose land
Thy people still are fed.
Who through this weary pi grimage
Hast all our fathers led.


Then the procession to the grave formed.
Immediately after the coffin came grandpapa
(Dr. Moffatt) and my two frOthers, Thomas
and Oswell. Next came my sister and my
self, and behind US my auntS, and then
friends. When the coffin was set down at
the grave, which was all draped in black,
Agnes, my sister, and I had to lay our
wreaths on the cofi', and then my aunts
laid theirs. One of my aunts from the south
of England laid wreath of vioets and prlm-
roses from lane hat papa liked to walk in
very much. We were ranged round close
to the grave, and beautiful anthem was
sung, called ellis Body was Buried in
Peace" Then the dean read the funeral
service and all was over. The abbey was
crowded, and the vergers of the abbey said
they had never seen such number of people
in Westminster Abbey since the death of the
prince consert. There was funeral service
preached in the abbey the next Sunday
The picture of me which send you is taken
just as 1 stood at papa's grave. 1t was my
first visit to London. Papa'S two coloreo
servants were here seeing us last week.
They were telling us great many interest
ing things about papa, and one of them
called Chumsh, made little model of the
grass hut in which papa died, and showed u'
the position of papas bed in it. 1t is very
interesting to us. l was very sorry to heal
you had been i'll; hope you are better now
I forgot to tell you that our beloved queer
sent most lovely white wreath, and she ant
the Prince of Wales had their carriages a
the abbey.
have told you all l know, so with much
love, am your ever loving
ANNA MARY LIVINGSTONE.
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Westmins Abbey. Both my aunts were
there, an my brothers and sister. We
had all v is of pure white fl werS to put
on his CO. At one o'clock II g procession,
entered Il bbey, and the coffin was placed
on velvet Bsels. 1t was Gov ered with a
black velv pail, edged with vhite silk, and
the top of lac coffin was covered with white
wreat6s and pslm-leaves While the process.
sion was moving along the organ played
most beautifully. Then We all sang that
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THERE is more of power to sanctify. ele-
vate, strengthen and cheer in the word Jesus
(Jehovah-Saviour) than in all the utterances
of man since the world began.-Dr. Charles
Hodge.
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BE HUMP -Do not be troubled because
you have nc BAT virtues. God made mil
lion spires q ass where he made one tree.
The earth pged and carpeted, not with
forests, but 3. Only have enough of lit
tie virtues d common facilities, and you
need not mod because you are neither q
saint nor aAero.
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This remark escaped the lips of young
man not long ago, in our hearing, and it re-
ferred to a Jealous member of the church.
The novelty of the expression, and on con-
sideration the vividness of it, has led US into
an effort to construct diagram Of the life
included u1 er the words. The term as it
came to u.s. IS not used in strain of irony
or ill hum but half in good nature, and
we believe Gas not thoughtless utterance,
but an act conviction from facts IS they
existed. yes he is tormentingly good. !"
Do we notVll recognize at least one such
character in our acquaintance The men
are above reproach, for they seem naturally
to be nicely balanced in all the proprieties.
They do not insult you, but they are always
nibbling at ones tender spot. If you are
enjoying a moments mirthfulness they take
hold of it, and carry you and it into the
Holy of holieS. In a word, they are spirit
uaI switch tenders, to switch off everybody
into their spiritual warehouses. They are
always bringing you up taut on some new
spiritual tack, Shrusting their dry-cured SEN
timents morosey into the circulation of your
happier life. They also seek to bring in and
tie up to the curb of consistency your wan
deriug thoughts. If you admire a flower,
and it gives moments JOY, they bring you
back, and tie you to the body of death by
gravely say g, "The grass withereth; the
They ar' Ways in the most innocent and
reverent M er clipping your wings; rub
bing off tht st bloom of life's hopes. They
are piou', ody doubt, I'll that in many re,
pious, made SO by doing good things and
saying better in the wrong time and place.
Their spiritual life has no consciousness in
it of the relations and prOprieties of time or
place. To the truly pious they are necessary
bores, to the young they are spiritual scare
crows. They always remind one of jeremiah
Gun, the life insurance bore, who is reported
to have driven man mad by always salutng
him with fresh news of some man that had
lust died without cents worth of insurance,
and then adding, in his avfulest tones, "What
do you think will become of his widow and
helpless children ?"-Phild. Presbyterian.
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September 9th, 1874.

My Dear Hans Aadersen,-I have often
thought of you since you wrote to me last,
and wished to write to you, but could not
do so before. You would see from the
newspapers the great sorrow we have had
this year. l did so expect to have had papa
take me to see you in Denmark. Instead of
going to the different places fully intended
to with papa, was obliged to take the sad
Journey to London to see him buried in