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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
BY Jas. Macdougall, Auclioneer,
No. 10 Governor Tor Thlrteentbl street

FURNITURE, PIANOS, SHOWCASES,
Iii CHINA, CARPETS, &C. &C, AT AUCTION.
THIS DAY at 1OH O'Clock will sell 1T my ware
rooms without reserve
g MAHOGANY-CASE PIANOS,
/ WALNUT PhRLOR SUIT, covered with reps;
WALNUT. MAHOGANY, and PARLOR CHAIRS
RRJJsSEI,S and THREE-PTY CARPETS,
WALNUT tmarhle-tOp) and other BUREAUS;
i OAK CHAMBER Su1T-new:
Q WALNUT-TRlMMtD CHAMBER SUITS: -,
MAHOGA ANY and other BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS,
- WARDROBES, and WASHSTANDS;
MAHOGANY SIDEBOARDS;
TIN SAFES:
/ CHINA TEA SET. A pieces-new;
SILVEk-PLATED SHOWCASES,
HAIR and SHUCk-MATTRESSES.
FEATHER REDS, holsters, and PII.LOWS;
CANE ana WOOD CHAIRS and ROCKERS,
CHINA PRESSES. CRIBS.
OAK EXTENSION and LEAF-TABLES,
CURTAIN.SHADES,
PICTURES,
CoOKINi- and HEATlNG-sToVES,& &C., &c.
ConsguInenis solicit ed and prompt re. urns maze.
JAS. MACDOUGALL, Auctioneer.
r. B. COOK, Salesman. NH TIT
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
BY Grubbs & Williams.
Auclionee1s and Real Estate Agents,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

TRUSTEES SALE OF a .SMA LII
FRAMED STORE AND lot mo. 202t ON
THE WEST SIDE OF SEyENTEENTH STREET
BEGINNING TWENTY-FIVE FEET NORTH OF'
GRACE STREET, AT AUCTION.-In execution
of deed OF trust from d. Francisco and wife 10 the
subscriber as trustee, dated LIST December, 1871
and duly recorded in Richmond Chancery Court
cured. will sell by auctap. upon the premises on
TUESDAY, l1th March, 1878, at ~ o'cieSk L. y. A.,
part of the property conveyed ny ,ald decd; the
same being situated as above, and adjoining d. T.:
Bal kius fronting feet on Seventeenth street. and
running back about 95 feet 10 Union street. lt mas
mon IL d sinai, FRAMED STORE on seyenteenth
Street, occupied by &. Kaufman, and TWC-STORf
FRAMED BUILDING on Union street.
TERMS By the deed, caEh but IL is prooapie tnat
By consent OF PARTIES credits may be allowed Tor
portion OF the purchass. money. ,,,,e, 80. I
p. ". GKUBBs, Trustee.
4 GBUDHa d WILLIAMS, AucsieneeEs. feas
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ANy THE 18th DAT OF MARCH, 1875
" the tUBLIC WAREHOUSE in The city OF
Richmond will be 5ss tisi ~ ssE II ss;, ;.4. ias
M III LEASED AT PUBLIC:AUGTIoN, 81
on the premises, AZ IL O'Clock, 10 the highest bd-
der, for a term OF Z &. " :. Sd Ss 8 i
TWO YEARS,
with the privilege OF FIyE-to nc kent open rs q
public warehouse for the storage and Inspection Of
to be governed by the inspection
Isen, bsgipning from the Is. day Of March. 1879.
Hy 0rdesas the Governor. q
s-23 DAVIS SIMPSON,, Il
NH b-1td&wls Inspectors s;
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
BY Robert 3. Lyme,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
1919 Main street.

9DENTING, AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
III ON TUESDAY THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH,
1870. AT I,O,gLoCk z. NJ, ON Thu PR 81 NJ
Mr.. RUSH BURGESS, ON THE BOWLING
GREEN ROAD ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF A
receive r. appointed by Chancery Court of Rich
mond In tie sud- of Burgess gs. BURGESS, VIII oner
for rent at The time and place above named the
FARM above described. IRE DWELLING Is a
large dob ble-brick, containing
about ten roons andhs I'm very good order Nice hot
house attached. besides large corn
house. and all other necessary ott-huildings. The
farm eountains FORTY FIVE ACRES OF LAND,
An high state OF cultivation, having been Inn,
proved by ,ihospha1es and other fertilizers. This
lar M Is one or te best truck -ars n uund the CITY,
and can be reached avy xtco good ROADS. There IS
also on the place good deal OF fruit.
TERMS Rent payable monthly or quarterly, as
desired,, aud TO be secIhed by good personal see
>curiiy ROBERT 3. LYME, =
NH Receiver. :
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By Paine, Royster s. Co., Auc,loneers'
No. l3 south Twelfth street.
90 600 WORTH OF VERY FINE
5S.UUU READY-MhDE CLOTHING,
GrNTI EafEN,S FURNISHING GOODS, &C., &C.,
AT AUCTION.

I'm FRIDAY, March TIL, at 10 o'clock. at the
store No. 1922 Main street. we will commence the
sale OF the large stock Of first: Class
READY-MADE CLOTHING. ,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
MEMS AND BOYS HATS, &C.. &c,
nj A, L., Jacobs, Esq, which was slightly uanasea
nv water al the late Gre At his store.
The stock comprises MEMS aad Boys Clothing OF Oh
every varitty-most Of Them very tine SooGs.in
R,acE. Cloth Frocks Black Doeskin and Iricot
pants, Cas>imfre suits, Cashmere Pants Black
Cloth and Cas- inere Vests Beaver OvcrcoaS Spring
ffvercoats &C. with full ue of desirabl" Furnish
ing Goods Mems and Boys Hats, &c; the sale to
continue until The entire stock ts>elosed. Many OF
the goods have been dried, and are In GOOD order
and parties in want Of clothing should avail them
selves of this opportunity to supply themselves
with good goods at auction prices. o
PAINE, ROYSTER CO.,
NH S Auct:oDeers.
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rae Brown. Rzue. aSsG Gray
By n C. PAasoSs.
sg,e watchers were weary. and vas naga,
Therc was protect and pleading, and feasiui Roou-
eye is;d ste three gently upon the white tsa. @
Ana 9eisdeffr ysiowsd each S0sroWfn OIL neau,
ss6e Hns were All salens. ard soft were We siS''
sss,s ;sshss syer, hiding the beanifai ey ,,
rSere lac Inc sak waves, tist sipp.ca WIZ sS'
And there flowed che silver tslat ~ w. "s
And file wing OF the raven was .uess' s8
The brown eyes said, cicsing--.ss hope yoa' % s
The ss siae eyes yet sremb,ed long can you
The VIZ, nav. DARK with pleading, were closing In
p Ssss 81 ris angel was s,illiur< Che air.
The brown hands lay crossed aud pressed IN tae'r
s.p yyf,tc hand lay lost In the fold 81 the lace
se Ss,,d With the dimpses aneonsctonsiy stirsea,
Tf,e breath Ne the sleerers WIS aii tnst neaiai
And The silrsek OF The incoming ira 'ns
twice kissed tie proud ruby Ups ,,ssi.s
Cha ifr,s thatwere poa,ing turned 70 tnsu
srler hurled forth bird an the pttiiess Iaih
Ard into the night oa the OUTGOING srau IL -
Rot think while bent over trsscs Az ~ sssorless
All nv hesYt.strsngs were caught by the
HANDS; ]. -, o~,cc ,,,.T yrssru Il iiG ss
Thev ara SirIsfng on, :hey are oIamns a. 1850
Sxs,1e dreasS OF tnc brown, blue. ann ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
BY Poindexter < Topper,
Real Estate Agents and Auctionees,
No. 1900 Main street,
(under Planters National Bank).
SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
AT
GooCHLAND COURTHOUSE,
KNOWN AS
6 GOOCHLAND COURTHOUSE PROPERTY

nv authority vested In me as irustcec by deed Of
trust from 81. W. Sawyer, bearing date OF !Sth OF
FEBRUARY, 1873, VIII sell at pubic auction, in
front Of The custom. house, Richmond. Va. on
MONDAY.31st of March, 1879, az II o'co 1 , NJ
the GOOCHLAND COURTHOUSE PRoPERiI
SToREss LAWYERS OFFICES, DWELLING
HOUSES-indeed, nearly all 1he property at the
Courthouse, except that contained in The public
SQUARE living within quarter OF mile of the canal
at Cedar Point. - .ls--.
TERMS: Cash sufficient TO cover paylaent due by
II. W. SAWYER 9TH of February. 1879 (Sl,330) and
10 deray expenses of sale: terms as 10 balance made
known on day of sale. Title Understandable.
10 o5-3Ot JOHN s. FLEMING, Trustee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
aTgrTON sAE.Es-.-Trsis Day.
~ Roser. b. Taylor, Real Estate Agent,
Manchester, Va.

ry,RUsTEEs' SALE OF A TWO.sToRYa.
nieTrK DWELLING AND LOT in TIE
;s,Ty IN M MhSEHESTER AT AUCTIOE..By
virtue Of deed OF trust dated February i liz Hss
S.rs nrt nf the city OF Manchester, default having
bes, made in the payment OF certain note therein
secured and al The request of the beneficiary IN saI
se NO will, sell by auction. she premises. at 81
- n. on FRIDAY, Marcii z. a79 ali that ceria1p
IOT OF LAND, with TMQ-sIO ,R s,a n ni,x ~
Wanrhesfer ON the south side Of Perry street, pe-
ginning at point 81 feet from CoSardia a S
son i,c bs re I'm nsraeI lines 100 feet. The HOUSE
Is new and highly respectfully located; at present
rcenpied by William Ambers, Esqo,,>-
Ah"'" - FURMAN UPPER.
eoe Trustees.
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Bays.
BY Frank j. Sampson,
Real Estate Agent, Auctioneer, and Notary Public
corner of Ninth and Hull streets,
Manchester Va


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
L REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF CH nI$
TERFIELD. ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM The
cry OF MANCHESTER. ON THE MlDLO.
THAN TURNPlKE.-In pursuance Of deed OF
trust executed to us by W. q. Clarke and Wlle on
the I'D of April, 1878, we shall sell at PUBLIC auc-
tion-belng required SO to do by the beneficiary IN
said said deed-on the premises, on the 20TH DAY
OF MARCH, 1879, ats O'Clock r a., the Pr1psrEfEy
above located, containing ONE HUNDRED
ACRTS; twenty-five acres lies Immediately on the
turnpike, at Vatare's: the residue In rear of Inc
above. on Robertss road
TERMS The deed requires cash as TO 1925 aud
expenses Of sale; but more liberal terms Will prooa-
Div be announced on day OF sale.
WILLIAM AMBERS, lrrpcteos
JOHN G. ROBERTSON,}
Immediately after the above sale. iu pursuance OF
another deed of trust executed by same parties 10 me
ON the 10Th day of July, 1878, shall sell n f.
TY-SIX ACRES OF LAND adjoining the land
above described and near 10 said turnpike.
This land is partly In wood, and being near the
city on good road, should attract the attention OF
those wishing to invest In property that must IN
crease in value. - III,
TERMS: The deed requires cash; but more Ep-
eral terms may he announced at SALE r.o,,
,,, - "a Trustee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
BY W. GoddIn,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.
corner of Eleventh and Bank streets.

GALE AT AUCTION OF THATLARGE
y AND ELEGANT RESIDENCE AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GRACE AND SIXTH
STR EETS, IN THE CITY.OF RICHMOND.-At
the request of the devsees Of the late Alfred Penn.
shall offer for sale at public auction, on TUESDAY
the 18th February, 1879. at AZ O'Clock I. NJ, on
DENCE, located as above. now In the occupancy Of
the Hon. james Lyons The LOT has front OF "a
feet. and = depth Of 1872 feet to an alley. The
accommodation for large family usually found in
such an establishment. AS IL is so well known,
further description Is deemed unnecessary.
TERMS: One fourth cash; balance ut SIX, twelve,
and eighteen months, for negotiable notes, interest
added, secured by Il d. ed OF trust.
Possession about the 1st Of May next.
w. GODDIN,
Real Estate Auctioneer
POSTPONEMENT.
The above sale is postponed till WEDNESDAY,
18th March, 1879, at sIme hour.
In 1a-law3w&tdtds Auctoneer.
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rwaUrs
saT On sssraTy 2s asss
sTsrsRsEmRa sAyTNas AND INSURANCE COMPANY
ssss THOMAS 1t SON. AGENTS
49,, nm TEsrH RIcHHosD VA.
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sbEs yHE oE hA
Emp hsS N is APPRoTED 22 1878.
!, n comuany AND INSURANCE
iaactI
president
VhePr1 Is
s ssfssrYbb Il T. y bu se ra 900
1850.
Comunc = ..k .
su
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owand
ateomned
9
CITE IN
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MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOC O''I
Nl OF VIRGINIA.
CHARTERED 1921.
OFFICE. CORNER TENTH ANp BASH >.'' .'''
Insures BUILDINGS by u,rr,uIt anI ....'
n1licIrs against FIRE aud LlGiil NM.
HERBERT \. tLAIH'"N.-
l'rucip' 81.
FRANK y. STEGER. Secretary.
THOMAS ROLLING. Jr., Assistant >ecr'' .',
JOHN BLAIR. Collector. Hi' ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Bays.

AUCTION SALEs-.Future lays.
BY Jno. E. Laughton, Jr.. Auctioneer,
9I6 Man street.
MANUFACTURERS
SPECIAL SALE OF
RICH TRIPLE slLvER-PLATED-wAR AND
RoGERs's TABLE-CUTLERY,
designed and manufacturedby
MERlDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY, 81
TAUNTON sILyER-PLATE COMPANY,
ROGERS BROTHERS,
and others.
shall sell Mt auction an immense and elegant as
sortment of the above goods at my store, 9l6 Main
street, commencing on SATURDAY. March 9Th, at
10 A. NJ, and 7:S0 P. NJ, and continuing every
day until the entire stock Is sold.
The stock consists In part of
EPERGNES GENTRE-PIECES,
TEA and CoFFEE-SETs, URNs,
WATERS, BERRY-DISHES,
ICE PITCHERS, PORCELAIN-LINED AND IN
SWING SETS,
TUaEENS, TOILET-SETS,
VASES, RICH GOODS, In cases.
DINNER, BREAKFAST, and PICKLE-CAS-
TORS, &C., sc.
ALSO,
RoGERs's CELEBRATED
gII,yER-PLATED KNIVES, FORKS, TABLE
TEASPOONS, LADIES; CARVERS-, PIE
and FISH-kNTVES; MUSTARD, SALT, and
SUGAR-SPOONS.
These goods arc all of frstclass In every respect
bearing the trademark Of the celebrated manuiac-
furers, and viii be warranted represented, and be
4 sy. POSITIVELY WITHOUT RESERVE.
Tho goods are ROW on exhithtion.
JNO. L. LAUGATON, JR.,
nah5.2t Auconeer.
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corporation
Hi untof aidca alsock pldl
osdcon statement OF no" and
eownedby less g. the
being di liens on oac
which not more than one year 5,.q
nRnxn N
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$500. INsuRANCE sTATEMENrs.
AcT " sMsY
rsEoRaTA HOME INSURANCE COMPANY
ss=Issf.S. MONTAGUE AGENTS
No. 1909 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND
coNl5N aE1keN DE
REGULATING THE REPORTS
oMceo fsadco
81 Pxdent
Secreary
W
Organized
Comuen
ftheGen al Aeentin vrefnn
sIdnceo Gene
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SECURITIES XcEPT MORT
OF Ill "a
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Riekmoaa Bazaar,
ss No. 1893 asil lao Franklin street.

IT WILL SELL BYAUCTION on SAT-
j. DRDAY MORNING Zine sth instant. at IL
s j. ca-load OF ssIriceaose MARES and HORSES.
u G.. c. BURTON,
NIB .Gt ,7s-sst * Il N Aucttoneer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07

STUt EOUNS dft IUH Oh SAIIitI7UuVH'
JNO. L. LAUGATON, JR.,
NH 5.2t Aucioneer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-07
O,IpT-PCU SpIINT coal,

A NTuRAClrE CoAL,-ii , 15I~H, IEs;
4sn f faG. s SE9 and clESIN,! ,rL>t.
on hand full supply ofwE>I E'E ~ ua r ND,
and CUMBERLAND CuALIrr'.. Ter lst s'-s.
sold III lowest market rates. i,'' rLr, V'-
win please seud uieir ordrr' |" Wy or.
Seventeenth ard Cary strtcIs' WITT E"Os"'
ia 2S.3m -~---
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RoGERs,s CELEBRATED

sILyER-PLATED KNIVES, FORKS, TABLE
TEASPOONS, LADIES; CARVERS-, PIE,
and FISH-KNTVES; MUSTARD, SALT, and
SUGAR.SPOONS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
Extravaganza Of Funerals.

It was very sensible clergyman at Pitts.
burgh who recently read paper upon the
expensiveness of funerals and they were
sensible colleagues who adopted his views
as their opinion. Mere fashion is nowhere
more hateful than in the burying of the
dead, and none the less hateful because it
imposes enormous expenses upon those who
cannot afford them. The savings of year
are often squandered in the idle ostentation
OF a funeral. IL is not unnatural feeling
among the poor that the last service they
can render TO a beloved friend shall not fail
in any usual direction, and the result is that
a living family is often Strengthened that
dead member of it may lie in mahogany
coffin and be followed by long train Of
carriages to his grave. Reform must come
from those who "set the fashion," and a
modest simplicity in funerals can be at
tained only by the example of those who
can afford to be extravagant. The worthy
undertaken who lives by the death of his
fellow creatures, is naturally desirous that
grief shall be lavishly manifested, and he
encourages to the utmost this somber splen-
dor. The young American used to be
shocked as he read in English studies of
mutes and mourning carriages, of men hired
to wear the garb of sorrow, and of grief
measured by artraiaaof emptiness. Two OF
three years ago the movement against the
extravagauce began in England, and it has
the public sympathy and support of very
eminent persons. 1t has shown itself in this
country by the common request, with the an
nouncement of a death, that no flowers be sent.
A simple and beautiful tribute of affection
has grown into an oppressive fashion, and
certain flowers have become odious to many
persons from their constant association with
funerals.-Harper's Monthly.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09

A writer in an English magazine stud
les from birth to death the march of an
English generation through life, basing his
remarks on the annual report of the regis
rgeneral. The author singles out, in
i'm gination, a generation of one million
souls, and finds that of these more that one
fourth die before they reach five years of
age. During the next five years the deaths
number less than one-seventh of those in the
first quinquennium. From ten to fifteen,
the average mortality is lower than at any
other period. From fifteen to twenty the
deaths increase again, especially among
women. At this period the influence Of
dangerous occupations begins to be seen in
the death-rate. Fully eight times as many
men as women die violent deaths. The
number of such deaths continues to rise
from twenty to twenty-five, and keeps high
for several years. Consumption is preva.
lent and fatal from twenty to forty and is
responsible for nearly half the deaths.
From thirty-five to forty-fve the effects of
wear and tear begin to appear, and many
persons succumb to diseases of the import
ant internal organs. BY fifty-fve the
imagined million has dwindled down to less
than one-hali, 42l ,ll5. After this the death.
rate increases more rapidly. At seventy-five
there remain l6l, ,l24 aud at eighty-five
1856. Only two hundred and two reach
the age of one hundred. At fifty-three the
number Of men and women surviving is
about equal, but from tifty-ive onward the
women exceed the men.-Popular Science
1fonfhlu
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
How Some People are Rude.

breach of politeness, and one which is
most annoying to refined and sensitive peo-
pie, is the very general practice of interrupt
ing ones conversation. The impunity with
which this is done has degraded rational
conversation, which ought TO be the greatest
charm of social intercourse, into farce. A
man or woman who has anything to say that
is worth saying desires TO say it in his or her
own way and those who have brains to ap-
preciate it, will be equally desirous of hear
ing 1t without interruption. Yet it is com
mon thing for parlor conversation TO par
take more of the babble of Babel than a con-
versation among rational beings who are
supposed TO know and appreciate what each
other says. One begins to relate an incident
and before he has finished two sentences
some parrot in fine clothes chimes in with
her senseless gabble, breaking the thread of
discourse and compelling the narrator to
begin again or abandon the attempt to in
struct or entertain. This is the grossest i'm
politeness but it is as common an occur.
renee as conversation itself. 1t is hardly
too much to say that nine out of every ten
people who indulge in this habit are incapa-
BILE of carrying on rational conversation on
any useful topic, and they indulge in these
breaches of etiquette by way of covering
their retreat and hiding their ignorance.
Never interrupt conversation by interject-
ing remarks, however appropriate and witty
they may seem. All sensible people will
respect you, and conclude that you have
good sense and know how TO use it TO the
best advantage.-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
Keeping the Eye on Jesus.

Even at this moment, large painting of
the majestic face of my Saviour hangs be.
fore me on my study wall But that is mere
pigment. Ten thousand-fold more real, more
inspiring, more soul.rousing is the image to
my eye of him who ever says "Look at me
learn of me-" Yes, and how earnestly he
says to all of us "Live for mel |" That
face meets all of us who profess TO be his
followers, in all the multiplied places, scenes,
and emergencies of our brief lives. Some
times we recoil from a disagreeable duty or
painful load. How promptly those lips of
our Lord seem to be speaking to us "Who-
soever will not take up his cross and come
after me is not worthy of me-" At another
time, we are cast down with disappointment
perhaps chill of despair is settling over our
hearts. Just then the dear divine face
draws very close to us, and we hear the
warm words: "Let not your heart be
troubled neither let it be afraid. Lo ]
am with you alway. My grace is sufficient
for thee" When we are tempted to resent
full word or dishonest deed, the countenance
rebukes us with the admonition, Wound
me not in the house of my friends" As
Peters tears were started by single look Of
his grieved master, so ours may well be STIR
red by every act of disloyalty to him. And
when we have come back, ashamed and dis
graced, from a cowardly desertion of the
right in an hour of sharp trial, oh, how that
face upbraids us, as Jesus seems to say
Gould ye not watch with me one hour 7"
Evermore is that divine monitor and model
before our eyes, teaching. rebuking, inspr
ing, encouraging, comforting, and guiding
us. Let me fasten my gaze on him Let
me open my ears to him Let me be ever
clinging to his garments and treading in his
footsteps, that wherever he is may be also
DR.. Cuyler in independent
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
The Two Books.

| have heard or read of a man who,
brought before grave tribunal, neverthe-
less answered carelessly at first but pres
emily he heard the writing of one screened
from his view. He suspected that what he
said was recorded; then he weighed his
words and spoke deliberately for he knew
that "what is written remains" and might
serve for his condemnation. We always
stand in the presence of the Judge of the
whole earth. Our trial is even now pro-
ceeding; and yet, how careless Our ac-
tions, our words, our thoughts are all writ
ten down ; and yet SO silently that the re-
cording pen does not awaken us to consid.
Grafton. More than this, all is twice writ
ten--once in Gods book of remembrance,
and once on the pages of memory and
these suffer no erasure. What is inscribed
on them may indeed grow dim and even H.
legible, but one day it shall be renovated,
and stand forth in clearest characters.
When the trial is ended, at the last day, at
the judgment, there two books shall be
opened. If from his book God shall read
our condemnation, memory will Justify
him. But if in Gods book it shall be found
that we feared the Lord, and spoke often to
one another of his glory, that we kept his
commandments and remembered the poor,
then we shall stand in the judgment, and
have confidence in that day, though ascrib-
ing all our works to grace. Then at his
bidding, we shall enter and share in the Joy
of our Lord forevermore. If such are the
issues Of our earthly probation, the path of
our feet should be pondered, aud our heart
kept with all diligence.-Selecied.