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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
A Bible Within the Bible.

All parties need to grasp the fact, that we
have in the blessed book Bible within the
Bible, spiritual, everything Bible in the
visible, tangible, outward Bible-and both
of God-the one as really as the other, though
in different senses aud with different uses.
In both Gods thought is passed into the
human mould-he using the spirit, con-
ceptions, and inspirational faculty of man,
in lutting the inner Bible in the human in
telligence, in the first place, and then using
human language, human facts and personal.
ity, IN giving the inner Bible form, and SO
shaping the outer Bible. The former, the
ideal parts, however, were no more truly
chosen by him than the latter, the formal,
by which they were expressed. In every
portion of Scripture from Genesis TO Reye-
lation, we find time-marks, betraying its
human relationship; but none the less there
are God-marks there also, showing that in
| both elements, the formal and the vital, it
is the Book of God. lie chose TO give II
through man, and in way to put ii in liv'
ing union with man at the time. His thought
seemed to lay itself down on an elect mind
here aud there, now and then, during the in
spirational ages, grasp it, qualify it, co-worh
with it, enter into vital oneness with it ant
so these two agencies, the divine aud tn,
| human, toph boBclueI tio uooiicu otcp III dul
vance in giving that section OF revelation Il
mankind. Thus man is in the inner ant
outer Bible; God also is there, from cente
TO circumference Dual as the book is in ii
nature, its quality is not mechanical bu
VITAL like that of other vital things. Tn,
two portions are not joined together lik
dead branches and living tree, but more a
soul aud body. You cannot travel througl
it, and mechanically toss asunder the tw
interbended elements, any more than yo
can pass through it and say these portion
are put here by inspiration aud those with
out It. We like that view OF inspiration az
cording to which two spirits are regarded a
having been present and active when all tn
parts, all the sentences aud words too,
you please, were born into the record-God
aud man's-in dynamic union, each in il
freedom aud integrity, neither overlaid an
crushed nor crowded out by the other. 81
! in the blending of the formal aud the vita
in Scripture, each in a sense rests on til
other, yet neither oyercrowds the other, an
neither can be spared from the other. The
hold each other up, and so constitute the II
divisible and imperishable word to mankiu
the letter and the spirit. Such is the il
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
The Chlldren's Hour.

"All hours are my children's," says low
lug mother, whose eye happens to fall upon
the topic for this week. In sense they are,
but there is one hour which, whenever it is
practicable, should be set apart for the chill
dren, their entertainment, instruction, and
confidential talk with mother, and that the
hour before bedtime. An influential secular
paper, the other day, commented upon the
intractableness of American children as u
feature in our social economy which had
been observed by intelligent foreigners, aud
it added, with truth, that far too many par
ents aud children have very little intimAcy
with aud knowledge about each other. This,
at first sight, seems too sweeping an as
sertion but nobody can have watched the
family life of numbers in our cities aud vii
lagos without discovering that the young
people in their teens are quite independent
of their seniors as to the arrangement of
their engagements aud ayocations. In the
reaction from the old precision, formality,
and austerity which once characterized the
intercourse of parents and children, we have
bounded to the other extreme, and lost much
that is lovely and of good report This is
not true of large number of Christian
homes, while of another great number it is,
unfortunately, true. We plead for the chill
| uTtu nOult Whph Nhp hChHNi hi"J 6"e'Nf
them a little while under her wing, tell them
stories, ask them questions, teach them the
Bible, and hear their little account OF the
day, and how it has gone. Perhaps they
have had trouble ia the school-room. Per
haps they have had wrong thoughts, and
have been tempted to evil deeds. Maybe the
little feet have wandered from the straight
path. Satan is on the watch for unwary
children as well as for adults. The chill
dren's hour is the time Tor settling up the
day, its merits aud dement's, and who SO
friendly, SO sympathetic, aud SO wise in her
weighing aud directing of everything, as the
dear mother, who should know each Guilds
individuality, aud understand how best To
help aud comfort it, how TO establish it in
good principles, and to lead it to the good
Shepherd Nothingis more charm
ing than to see perfect accord between par
ents and their grown-up children. The tender
sympathy which often exists between IA
ther and daughter, and the almost worshipiul
affection which is so beautiful when extended
by son TO his mother, do not come by
chance, or grow, like .Ionahs gourd, in q
night. They grow slowly, through the sun
shine and the shadow of many watchful
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
A ChiId's Heart,

The other day curious old woman, hav-
ing bundle in her hand and walking with
painful effort, sat down on a curb-stone
up Woodward Avenue, to rest. She was
curious because her garments were neat and
clean, though threadbare, and curious be-
cause smile crossed her wrinkled face as
children passed her. 1t might have been
this smile that attracted a group of three
little ones, the oldest about nine. They all
stood in row in front of the old woman,
saying never word, but watching her face.
The smile frightened, fingered, and then
suddenly faded away, and corner of the
old calico apron went up to wipe away a
tear. Then the eldest child stepped for.
ward and asked: Are you sorry because
you haven't got any children 2" "I-I had
children once, but they are all dead !" whis
pered the WON IN, sob in her throat. /" I'm
awful sorry" said the little girl as her own
chin quivered. aid give you one of my
little brothers here, but you see | haven't
got but two, aud | don't believe I'd like to
spare one" "God bless you, child-bless
you forever !" sobbed the old woman, and
for full minute her face was buried in her
apron. "But I'll tell you what I'll do
seriously continued the child. "You may
kiss us all once, and if little Ben ism
afraid, you may kiss him four times, for he'
Just as sweet as candyl" Pedestrians who
saw the welldressed children put their arm
around that strange old woman's neck anC
kiss her were greatly puzzled. They didn'
know the hearts Of children, aud they didn'
hear the woman's words as she rose to 60
"Oh children, I'm only poor old won an
believing I'd nothing to live for, but you'vt
given me lighter heart than I've had fo
ten long years l"-Dsiroi Free Press.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
The Old Bachelor.

Let us glance at the latter scenes. Even
he has his day. When people find that he
will not marry, and that he is getting on in
years, they gradually "drop him." He
ceases to be asked to parties, aud naughty
beauties turn up their noses when he sup
plcates for their favor lie may not lose
caste at the same time that the bloom of
youth is robbed from him; but when he be-
gins to enter upon the regions of the sere
and yellow leaf his hatterers drop away. He
sees younger rivals upon his heels, and has
to make room for them. The old ties that
rendered life dear to him snap one by one
and none form to take their place. Not
being engaged in any work of usefulness, he
has to fly to his club for companionship,
and he has no difficulty in discovering that
the " friends whom he makes there do not
care straw about him. People feel that
he is, in some respects, social failure; and
they feel, further, that it is his own fault.
They laugh at him because he is vain and
selfish, and continues to banker after admi-
ration they hold his little foibles up to ridi.
cule they use him when it suits them, aud
forsake him when it suits them. Perhaps
there is no man more hopelessly alone in the
world than the gallant old bachelor who has
outlived the pleasures of youth, and turned
fifty Welcome Guest.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
A Modern Ruth.

A pretty story was told some time ago in
an exchange; A young lady from the
South was wooed aud won by young Cali
fornian physician. About the time the wed.
ding was to come off, the young man lost
his entire fortune. He wrote the lady let
ter releasing her from her engagement.
Aud what does that dear, good girl do ?
Why, she takes lump of gold which her
lover had sent her in his prosperity as a
keepsake, and, having il manufactured into
ring, forwards it TO him with the following
inscription Entreat me not to leave thee
or to return from following after thee for
whittier thou goest, will go aud where
thou lodgest will lodge; thy people shall
be my people, aud thy God my God where
thou diest, will die, and there viii be
buried the Lord do so TO me, and more
also, il aught but death part thee and me.
We may add that fortune again smiled on
the young physician, and that he subse
quently returned to the South to wed tn,
sweet girl he loved, aud who loved him witt
such undying affection. Readers, this is al
true. Young ladies who read the Bible a
closely as the heroine of this incident SEEM
to have done are pretty sure to make good
sweetheaTts, and better wives.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
Mid-Autumn.

Why not mid-autumn as well as midsum-
mer The grand clmacteric of the season
occurs in these magnificent October days,
when there is glimmer OF gold and a glory
| Of crimson on maple and elm, when the oak
lushes to deep wine-red, and through the
branches growing thinner Of leaves as the
wind sifts the loose ones TO the ground, one
| sees such sky as canopies no other month
in the year. Now is the time for gathering
autumn leaves. Gay parties Of girls go mer
| rily to the forests, or thread the may wind
ings of the parks, bringing home their
splendid spoils to make the walls brighter
and wrcathe around favorite pictures. How
sad, when on so innocent an errand a swift
death overtakes one full of youth, beauty,
high hopes and health, as at Englewood the
other day Now is the time for autumn
sheaves. What have you reaped from the
fields this summer What did you SOW in
the spring-time What have been your
aims, your endeavors, your attainments and
your rewards in the harvest of life }? Is it
OF you that Nothing but leaves" shall be
written when the Master asks for your ac-
count at the end of the day2 Or have you
toiled so bravely, and prayed so faithfully,
and lived so lovingly, that glad psalm is
in your heart and thought of praise on
your tongue as the time wears on 2 Mid
autumn in the year holds the pulses Of sum
mer in its rich noontide, and, to some of us,
in the mellow autumn of experience there
ought to be summer-light and love, though
we are growing older. Winter is coming,
but winter is still far away. Still the winds
fan us tenderly, and the flowers linger, and
the hills are yelled with delicate slvery
haze, aud the rivers sparkle in the sunshine.
We cannot realize that only few weeks
later and we will be thinking Of furs and
overcoats, of stoves and weather-strips and
bending all our energies to keeping warm.
At the present moment there is wonderful
preparation going on among the inferior or
ders of creation for the winter days. The
Wild geese in great hocks are turning to the
south. Tribes of smaller birds go down
the waves of the air, aud the waves of the
seas are alive with multitudinous armies.
All sorts OF burrowng creatures are getting
ready for winter quarters. Mid-autumn
days are busy ones. One duty Of the season
is enjoyment Not in vain are the nectar
and ambrosa OF nature offered for the daily
banquet. Another duty is hopefuness.
There are signs of better times. The grind
ing grasp of poverty is not to oppress so
many as in former days. Let us be done
with croaking and complaining in this beau
tiful old world Like dear Ella, let us not
be ashamed TO confess that we are in love
with this green earth, the face OF tows and
country, the unspeakable rural solitudes,
and the sweet security of streets. Never
more in love with all than in October. And
never more devoutly loving and superlatively
thankful to the God who gives us all things
richly to enjoy.--Seiected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
The Society Young Man.

young man, against whom there is moth
ing notorious, has several ways at the present
day of entering society, should his kith and
kin be unable to command the ordinary mode
of ingress. A good tenor voice will open
the doors of houses which otherwise would
be closed. A marked capacity for private
theatricals is in itself an introduction to the
highest. An amusing talker will generally
end by finding his legs under the mahogany
in most desirable dining-rooms. Music,
comic songs, talent for getting up cotil-
lions, mimiory, ventriloquism, conjuring, are
all means to an end. | know one man who
was asked out good deal, simply and solely
because he had name as being clever de-
signer of monograms, in the days when
monograms were the rage. Where he dined
he had to design; as another man, where he
dimes, has to sing, play, amuse, or talk. So
ciety conducts its hospitalities on very
commercial basis. You are welcome because
you are noble, illustrious, famous or wealthy
and thus by your presence reflect credit on
your host and hostess. II you are none OF
these things, you are invited because you
take the place of the professional singer,
musician, or entertainer. There is no OBJ
legation on either side. You get your din
ners out of society, and society gets its
equivalent out of you. But to the man who
has no equivalent to offer, society is the cold
est of hosts.-Londoa Society.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
The Presence of Christ.

The presence of Christ can turn dark
night into night much to be remembered.
Perhaps it is time to be sleeping; but the
November wind is out, and as il riots over
the misty hills, and dashes the rain-drift on
the rafting easement and howls like spirit
distracted in the fireless chimney, it has
awakened the young sleeper in the upper
room. And when his mother enters, she
finds him sobbing out his infant tears, or
with beating heart hiding from the noisy
danger in the depths of his downy pillow
But she puts the candle on the table, and
sits down beside the bed, and as he hears
her assuring voice, and espies the gay CON-
fort in her smiling face and as she puts her
hand over his, the tear stands still upon his
cheek till it gets time to dry and the smooth
ing down of the panic furrows on his brow
and the Frightening of his eye announce
that he is ready for whatever a mother has
got to tell. And she goes on to explain the
mysterious sources of his terror. Now for
the parallel. GAS one whom his mother
comforteth, so the Lord comforteth his peo
ple." 1t is in the dark and boisterous night
of sorrow or apprehension that the Saviour
reveals himself nigh. And one of the first
things he does is to explain the subject mat
ter Of the grief, to show its real nature and
amount. at is but light affection. 1t
lasts but for moment. 1t is false alarm.
1t is only the raindrift on the window; wait
till the day dawns and shadows fee away.
Wait till morning and you will see the whole
extent of it," Aud then the next thing thai
he does is to teach some useful lessons. And
during these quiet hours, when the heart is
soft, the Saviour's lessons sink deep. Aud
last of all, besides consolation under the
trial and peaceful fruits that follow it, by
this comforter-visit, the Saviour unspeak
ably endears himself to that soul. Paul ant
Silas never knew Christ so well nor loved
him so much as after that night which h'
and they passed together in the Macedonian
prison. Aud the souls on which the Lore
Jesus has taken the deepest hold are thos'
whose great tribulations have thrown then
most frequently and most entirely into hi
own society.-EdrneSt Thoughts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
The Atheists Solitude.

al am appalled," said David Hume. "at
the forlorn solitude in which am placed by
my philosophy and begin to fancy my
self in the most deplorable condition imag.
Unable, envroned in the deepest darkness"
Any man who, like Hume, regards himself
as nothing but a bundle of natural forces
and impressions that is to be Unbound and
scattered to the winds by death-who de-
nies that there is any evidence for the con-
tinuance of the soul after death, or for the
existence OF God-must abide in solitude
which is indeed forlorn. Some OF the mod
ern atheists are trying to argue that men
ought TO be happy in the pro ipect OF extinc-
ton, and in the belief that there is nothing
behind nature that can love us or care for
us but the simple fact is, that men are not
happy when they bring themselves to be-
lieve these doctrines. As the author OF
"a Candid Examination of Theism "-an
avowed atheist-has lately written :" am
not ashamed to confess that with this vir
tual negation of God the universe to me has
lost its soul of loveliness." Moreover" he
adds, -" when at times think, as think al
times | must, of the appalling contrast
between the hallowed glory of that creet
which once was mine, and the lonely mystery
of existence as now | find it-at such time
I shall ever feel it impossible to avoid the
sharpest pang of which my nature is sus
ceptible." II is quite useless to tell this
man that he ought to be happy; he knows
that he cannot be. If all men believe wha
he believes all men would suffer the agon,
that h. is suffering. And it is not easy TO
some of us to adopt view OF the univers
which would reduce the whole race to thi
extremity Of despair-Suaday afternoon
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
In the Mountains.

II is not strange that men love the noun
tains, and that so many seek in their heights
and shades, and by their streams, rest from
the WEAKNESS of busy life. Their elevation
gives repose Standing where the great
hills are far below, and to the eye are merged
into one vast plain, rich mosaic OF harvest
field and meadow, wood and water where
clouds hover lovingly near, aud sometimes
STOPPING down wrap all in their gray mantle
we have peculiar feeling of separation
from the busy world Of daily life These
vast ranges, where rocks were riven and
heaped by an Almighty haud, quiet us by
their grandeur and awaken feeling akin
TO reverence, and yet their deep shades and
tangled thickets aud clear streams entrance
us, and constrain us to linger and share the
Joys they keep in store for those who love
them. The light, clear atmosphere, the un-
broken hemisphere of sky, the wide-reach-
ing views, give sense of immensity that
dwarfs the things of a lower planet the
works Of men sink into littleness in the pres
ence of these great works of God.
Standing under the great pines, in whose
tops the "sound of the going" is ever heard
climbing the great rocks, gray with unnum-
bered ages, or walking under their shadow,
as beneath the walls of castle we may not
enter; creeping among the large-leaied lail'
rel, gathering the blue and scarlet berries /;
sitting on banks of moss and arbutus; ram
bling by the stream as it laughs and leaps
over the boulders, or scatters into spray as
it dashes in widest gee over the rocks in
charming cascades, or in thoughtful mood
flows in a quiet course where the cardinal
flower bends to kiss its image, every nerve
returns to its proper tension, and the mind
weary of thought and care revels in rest
Every summit, every opening in the road
every walk in the wood, gives a new scene
every morning and every evening has its in
dividuality, and each rivals the other in its
minstration Of strength and Joy. In the
mountains we can understand why the
"high places were chosen for the affairs in
the days of greater simplicity, when nature
spake to the heart more directly of God
Without superstition, the devont heart here
still feels the nearness of God, and adores
him as the Father of our Lord Jesus. who
created all this and redeemed us.-United
| u.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-10-22
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Wealth OF the Presidents.

Washington left an estate worth sSO0,000
John Adams died moderately well off. JET
ierson died so poor that, II congress had not
given $4,000 for his library, he would have
been bankrupt. Madison was economical
aud died rich. Monroe died SO poor that he
was buried at the expense of his relatives in
this city. John Quincy Adams left $4,000
the result OF prudence. His son, Charles
Francis Adams, gained large fortune by
marriage. jackson died tolerably well off
Van Buren died worth some 100000
Polk left something like Sl50,000. Tyler
married lady of wealth and accomplish
ments aud died rich. Taylor left about
Sl50,0O0, Fillmore was always an econom
ical man, and added to his wealth by his last
marriage. Pierce saved about $4,000. Bu
chanan left about 100000. Lincoln about
$4,000 johnson, about D,00O.-Bahi
more GaEetie.
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As We Forgive.

There Is another of the short petitions OF
the Lords Prayer which we have all re-
paated countless times, but which, when we
stop TO weigh the words, we may not al
ways be able to utter. We are taught to
pray, " Forgive us our debts as zoe forgive
our debtors" That is, the measure and
kind of forgiveness we ask from our God for
ourselves are the same that we extend to
those who may have wronged or injured us.
A story is told of nobleman in Alexan-
dria, in the olden days, who complained bit
terly TO the bishop OF those who had wronged
him. In the very midst OF his recital the
bell sounded for prayers, and bishop aud
nobleman fell on their knees. The former
began TO repeat the Lords Prayer, and the
latter, leaving for the time his story unfn.
ished, Joined in the liturgy. When they
came to the words, Forgive us our tres
passes," the bishop suddenly stopped, leaving
the nobleman TO go on alone. lie attempted
10 continue, but startled by the sound of hi:
own voice unaccompanied and recalled by
the bishops silence to the significance Of
the words he was uttering, he stammerec
and broke down, and rose from his knees {
hopeless man, until he had learned to cherisl
the forgiving spirit toward his neighbor
and TO say from his heart, " Forgive us oul
trespasses as zoe forgiue them who trespas
against u.s." Thus words that flow easily
from the lips sometimes choke in the heart
The saying may not be hard, but the doing
may seem well-nigh impossible -Chrisiia'
| Weekly.
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MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1879.

patient years. The love which is lavished
on the baby, on the little boy and girl, on
the lad in his teens, and the lass in her bloom,
is paid back with interest when the man aud
the woman have reached maturity, and the
father and mother are descending the even
ing slopes of life.--Christidn al Work.