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The Useful and the Beautiful.

The tomb of Moses is unknown but the
traveller slakes his thirst at the well of .Ja-
cob. The gorgeous palaces of the wisest
and wealthiest Of monarchs, with cedar and
gold and ivory, and even that great temple
of Jerusalem, hallowed by visible glory of
the Deity himself, are gone; but Solomon's
reservoirs are as perfect as ever, OF the
ancient architecture of the Holy City not
one stone is left upon another, but the Pool
of Bethsaida commands the pilgrims reyer-
ence at the present day. The columns of
Persopolis are mouldering into dust but its
cistern and aqueduct remains to challenge
our admiration. The golden house of Nero
is mass of ruins, but the Aqua Claudia
still pours into Rome its limpid stream.
The temple of the Sun, at Tadmore, in the
wilderness, has fallen, but its fountain
sparkles in its rays as when thousands of
worshipers thronged its lofty colonnades.
1t may be that London will share the fate of
Babylon, and nothing be left to mark it save
mounds of crumbling brick-work. The
Thames will continue 10 flow as IL does
now. And il any work of art should rise
over the deep ocean, in time we may well
believe it will be neither palace nor a TEN.
pie, but some vast aqneduot or reservoir ;
and II any name should flash through the
mist OF antiquity, IL would probably be that
of man who, in his day, sought the happi-
ness OF his fellow-men rather than glory,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
Days Dropped Out.

Fortunate indeed are the people who know
nothing, by experience, of days dropped
like beads lost from string, out of the
swift activities of life. Some of AIS know
enough of them. The world wears the same
bright face IL had on yesterday. The bees
swing homeward heavily laden. The soft
wind signs through the leaves, and the
shadows chase each other over the grass.
All is full of grace and beauty. Summer
reigns, and the earth is robed in bridal gar
ments. But what is it all to her who feels
so weary and discouraged that she cannot
lift her heart up from the darkness of de-
spondency She finds herself wishing that
u gray sky and gusts Of rain were here, to
sympathize with her mood, which is Knocked
by so much bloom and brightness. In the
city, the long, panoramic streets are never
so attractive as at this season. The win
dows fairly simmer with the display of
rainbow-hued ribbons. Fabrics of every de-
scription hang in rich folds to tempt the
gazer's eye. Gayly-dressed ladies and ele-
CANT gentlemen pass you on the promenade.
Everybody is happy and busy, eager and
glad. Everybody but yourself, and you are
aware OF discordance you are out of har-
mony with the spirit of universal good-fel-
lowship which seems to be abroad All
1ou ioi 10 W ktb hsbicoo
days, and feel that night has brought you
release from care and the need OF being
agreeable. 1t is day dropped out Aud
yet, dear friend, conscious Of having nursed
and petted the dismal and dumpsh and un-
worthy temper of mind, of which such
gloomy thoughts are born, do not entertain
it any with oomplacency. There is moth
lug brave in being morbid. There is moth
ing heroic in seli-pity Rather come out of
yourself. Look about for what is to be
done, and take hold of the work which comes
first to your hand. If you can find no work,
If it seems to be your lot in life to stand
aside and wait, then try to wait with pa
tience on the Lord An hour of Joy you
know not may be wnging its way towards
you. Think of the happy days you have
already had. Hope for happy days TO come,
and trample on the evil mood which causes
you to lose day. There are droppedout
days which, however, are very different from
these. They are caused by sheer physical
exhaustion by the despotism of headache,
by worn-out nerves, and fever in the blood.
How courageous are some good women, who
every week or two are obliged TO lie by aud
let illness. do its will with them One or
two such we have known, whose voices were
always sweet, whose smiles were ever CHEEKY,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-07-09
Spiritual Palms.

Though the palm starts bolt up from the
burning sand, the sand is not its sustenance.
The dust may have swept hot and sitting
round its stem but clear that dust away.
The sand grows humid as you dig, and by
the time you reach the white fibers of the
tap the veins of water flow. And as, by-and-
by, you gaze on the fringy rootlets in the
well you discern the secret of its joyous
growth. No matter that the sky is brass
and the desert dust, when crystal life is throb
bling perennial and plentiful below. Doubt
less this is a dry and thirsty land but il is
the land where ever and anon the eye is
gladdened by some goodly palm. In strarge
and unexpected places you meet with fresh
and lofty Christians. You wonder how they
thrive. They do not grow as the lily; for
the lily is found in green pastures, and they
do not belong to lifesome communion.
Nor do they spring as the willow; for IL
springs by the water-courses, and they have
not the benefit of the purest ordinances and
the most refreshful ministrations. They are
trees of the desert, like Enoch among the
giant sinners of an early world; like Joseph
among the wizards and the best worshipers
of Egypt; like Daniel in voluptuous Baby
lon; like David Brainerd among Indian
savages like Henry Martyr in stony.hearted
Persia. Their life is hid. So pure amidst
depravity, so loyal to God amidst idolatry,
so devout and fervent amidst atheism and
blasphemy, their Observation-Disclosures is
miracle. But beneath the dusty surface of
this goddess world there is well of water
springiug up to everlasting life. There is
no spot so barren, and no soil so burning,
no place nor period so adverse but faith can
find the Holy Spirit there. 1t needs only
faiths penetrating root descending beneath
the things which do appear to bring up
spiritual refreshment and invigoration where
Others pine and die.-PreSbyterian
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Speak Short.

An aged minister said TO young brother,
"Speak short. The brethren will tell you
if you don't speak long enough" The coun-
sci is good, good for speakers and good for
hearers, good for writer's and good for read
ers. Length without breadth and thickness
is very poor recommendation in sermon, a
prayer or a newspaper article. The power
of condensation, abridgment and elimination
OF useless matter is greatly to be coveted.
When man has five minutes in which to
speak he will usually consume one or two of
them in telling the people what he is going
to say, or in informing them that he has
:" been thinking" of something which he
proposes TO relate, If men who have some
thing to say would say it, If those who have
had thoughts would speak them, and those
who had something to write would write it,
omitting prefaces, introductions and useless
and unmeaning remarks, much time and
space would be saved with no loss TO any
one. But how hard it is to be brief. 1t
takes gallons of sap TO make a single pound
OF sugar, but the sweetness pays for the
condensing. A little word said and remem-
bered is better than any amount of weary,
casual talk, which men endure and gladly
forget.-The Christian.
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A Word In Season.

kilstein, pious German minister, once
heard a laboring man use the most awful
curses and imprecations in a fit of passion,
without reproving him for it. This so
troubled him that he could scarcely sleep
the following night. In the morning he
arose early, soon saw the man coming along,
and addressed him as follows My friend,
it is you ] am waiting to see." "You are
mistaken" replied the man; "You have
never seen Inc before" "Yes, | saw YOU
yesterday" said Kilstein, whilst returning
from your work, and heard you praying
What heard me pray 2" said the man.
am sure now that you are mistaken, for
never prayed in my life" And yet,
calmly but earnestly replied the minister,
"if God had heard your prayer, you would
not be here, but in hell; for heard you
beseeching God that he might strike You
with blindness and condemn you to hell
fire." The man turned pale and tremblingly
said Dear sir, do you call this prayer ?
Yes, it is true; did this very thing
Now, my FRIEND" continued Kilstein, as
you acknowledge it, it is my duty to be-
seech yop to seek with the same earnestness
the salvation of your soul as you have hth
erto its damnation, and will pray to God
that he will have mercy upon you" From
this time the man regularly attended upon
the ministry of Klstein, and ere long was
brought in humble repentance TO Christ as
a believer. "A word in season, how good
it is !" 81 Be instant in season and out OF
season rebuke, reprove, exhort with long.
suffering and patience"
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The Sense Of Sin and Mercy.

In the progress Of the sense of sin within
the mind, simple pain comes first, the con-
ISOLATION next; first comes self-revenge, then
hope; first severity, then relief first abase-
ment, and then ascent. When the heart is
first under the sense of its own wickedness,
and is fresh stung by the recollection of
past sin, it thinks OF its sin, and OF that
only. II is fit that it should do so. Guilt
is fastened on its feelings as if it were ir-
radicable and eternal, Conscience strikes
on the same spot with continuous and un-
varying force the evil carries seDse of
perpetuity with it; and the guilt of an act
seems an essential and immovable conse-
quence of it, to follow us with illimitable
power and force of adherence through all
time. With the first sense of sin, the sense
of pardon does not mix the soul is weighed
down and simply oppressed. We do not
say there is an absolute and definite feeling
of unpardonableness in the mind, or that
the soul with conscious intention excludes
the idea of Gods mercy from itself. For
that would be an heretical feeling, and no
heretical feeling is natural to us. But neg.
atively it does this. 1t does not think OF
Gods mercy, because it thinks only of its
own guilt 1t is under dark cloud, a
vague, oppressive weight of pure grief. But
out of this cloud, and this oppression, the
sense of the divine mercy proceeds, and
then arises that other aspect of truth and
that other side of the spiritual world
Canon Mozley
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Conservation the Price of Comfort.

The only way of gaining Christian com.
fort is through Christian conservation. He
who would have rest in Christ must be I'M
reservedly in the service of Christ. Christ
is never the truest helper until he is recog-
nized as a master. The failure to perceive
this truth is the cause of much vain seeking
after rest and comfort and peace. "Come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden" says Jesus, "and will give you
rest" How the multitudes would flock at
that call to share the benefits Of that prom
Use, il there were no qualifying clause to its
provisions. All have their burdens. Ali
want rest. All would turn to Jesus to tell
him of their troubles and to ask his help if
nothing more were required of them than
this. But he adds, as showing the method
of obtaining the desired blessing, Take my
yoke upon you, assume the livery of my
service" and learn of me; for am meek
and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest
unto your souls" All that puts another
face on the matter. Everybody would be
glad to have Christ as a servant; but not
everybody wants TO be a servant of Christ.
Christ is a servant. He came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister. But his
highest service is TO those who count them
selves his servants. His choicest ministry
is 10 those whose greatest joy is found in
doing anything for him. This is but one
among many of the Christian paradoxes.
Contradictory as it seems it is in accord
ance with the principle which underlies all
successful pursuit of enjoyment and eff
cheney in any sphere or relation of life. lie
who wants the joys of Christs service must
first be in Christ's service. Conservation
must precede comfort in the believers life
| lie must look TO Jesus for direction, before
he calls on Jesus for assistance. His first
thought in the morning must be, What car
! do for my Master not, What can my
Helper do for me So long as he is look
ing at Jesus merely as one TO give him helI
and comfort and peace, he will fail to fine
what he looks for. But when he looks a
Jesus as one whom he loves. and lives for
and is ready to die for; as one whose badg,
of service he is proud of, aud whom he en-
joys doing anything and everything for
then he will have help and comfort anC
peace, according 10 the order of nature il
all devoted service, and according to tn,
specific and unfaiing word of Jesus in thi
particular sphere. re.-Sunday-Scho Times.
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Activity.

The doctors will tell you and your own
observations will confirm it, that the health.
lest men in the world are men most actively
employed. The child's hymn has it that
Satan finds mischief for idle hands; and
the ghastly goddess of ill.heatb and disease
inds mischief for sluggish blood and indo-
lent muscles. Even the mountain lake. for
all the cool fresh wind that continually
crisps its dark surface into tiny waves,
grows dull and stagnates in its inactivity
and that Christian life which is only pool,
shut into its own broodings, must Of neces.
sity stagnate also. How different the dull
surface of the standing water with its mat
ting of heavy weeds, from the clear musical
tide OF the streamlet that rnshes by field
and wood, with song and blessing where
ever it goes. Activity is essential to healthy
life, and especially TO healthy Christian life.
The Christian life is like the bicycle that
hurries along our roads-while IL is in mo.
tion you are borne onward safe and upright,
but when it pauses you fall helpless TO the
earth.-Goiden Hours.
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HumOrsOme Waits.

An Arabian proverb says, /" The idle are
peculiar kind of dead, who cannot be buried"
THE man with no reputation to lose is he
who eats raw onions and edges his way
among men on the same day.
"WHAT, children playing soldiers on
Sunday 2" Yes, mamma, but we are sing
ing Onward, Christian soldierl'"
SMILE when you can," is the latest
thing we are asked to do by those gratuit-
ously admonitory beings, the poets. No
one can smile when he can't.
A GERMAN farmer disputed his tax bill.
He said, 81 pays the state tax, the county
tax. Use got no total tax and never had
any"
"WHo was the first man 2" asked Sun
day-school teacher of her prodigy, adam"
And who was the first woman ?" He
hesitated but moment, and then shouted
" Madam !"
An exchange says: "If the man who
gave us by mistake the lead quarter he was
saving to put in the contribution box Sun.
day, will call, we will cheerfully allow him to
rectify his error"
The other day, as two friends were talk
ing together in the street, donkey began
to bray and wheeze and cough in a distress
ing manner. "What cold that donkey
has" said one of the men. "And, by the
way that puts me in mind-how is your
cough 2"
A GENTLEMAN, having occasion to praise
kind-hearted Irishwoman for her good
deeds, said to her; swell, well, Kate, If
;a In
will get TO it," As quick as lightning came
the reply, with all the heartiness of the race;
God bless We, Mr. p. An sure, if
do, III lave the gate open for YOU"
A STORE was broken into one night, but,
strange to say, nothing was carried off. The
proprietor was making his boast of it, at the
same time expressing his surprise at losing
nothing. "Not at all surprising" said his
neighbor; the robbers lighted lamp,
didn't they I" "Yes," was the reply.
Well" continued the neighbor, " they
found your goods marked up so high that
they couldn't afford to take them"
JusT after the close Of the war, a public
meeting of the citizens of Concord, N. H.,
was called to decide upon proper reception
of the returning veterans. A subcommittee
on collation. was appointed, the chairman be-
ing then mayor Of the city, a gentleman
more widely known for the excellence of the
mackerel kits manufactured by him than
for the extent of his book-learniug Upon
the question as to what should constitute the
menu at the collation., the mayor named sar-
dimes among other things. Aheated debate
arose, during which a member of the com.
mittee mildly suggested that perhaps his
honor did not know what sardines were
This brought Mayor h to his feet, and
he angrily retorted al think | know what a
sardine is as well as any member of this
committee 1t is ttco pieces Of bread and a
piece Of meat"
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!Ghe yume Grrle.
OVER THE RIVER.

Over the river they beckon 10 me,
Loved ones who've passed to the other side;
The CLEAN Of their snowy robes see,
But their voices are lost In the dnshing tide.
There's one with ringlets Of sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection Of heavens own blne;
lie crossed in the twilight, gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view;
We saw not the angel who met him there,
The gates Of the city we could not see;
Over the river-over the river,
My brother stands waiting to welcome me-
Over the river the boatman pale
Carried another, the household pet;
Her brown curls waved In the gentle gale
Darling Minniel | see her yet
She crossed on her bosom her dmpled hands,
And fearlessiy entered the phantom bark;
We felt II glide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
Weknow she Ia safe on the further side
Where all the rhnsomed and angels be,
over the river--the mystic river
My chldhood's idol ia waiting for me.
All. none return to these shores Of Time,
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale;
We hear the dip Of the golden oars,
And catch gleam Of the snowy sail;
AMI lol they have passed from our yearning hearts
They have crossed the stream and are gone for ny,
We may not sunder the veil apart
That hides from our vision the gates Of day;
We only know that their barks no more
May sail with us Ger lifes stormy sea;
Yet somewhere, know. on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beclton. and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
! shall some day stand by the water cold,
And list for the sound Of the boatman's oar.
I shall watch for CLEAN OF the Tapping sail,
shall hear the boat as Il gains the strand.
Ispa pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the better shore Of the spirt-landi
I shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfuly sweet will the welcome be
When over the river-the peaceful river
The Angel Of Death shall carry me.
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Seleqf sMisqeHany.
WHAT is LIFE7

When the tolls Of day are ended,
And we pause from all la strife.
Looking DER the way we've wended,
Comes the lueston-what Ia llfe7
And the answer comes as surely.
To the simple, trusting soul,
Life Ia time for living purely,
Writing truth upon its scroll;
Time for strong and honest labor,
Time for kindly word and deed.
Time for love to every nelghbor.
Time to give to every need.
Bread to hungry mouths and famished,
Water clear 10 thlstlng lips,
And TO him whose hopes are vanished,
Who the dregs Of sorrow sips
PHYS tears, heari-hunger nning
Sympathy's sweet cup OF balm.
Cheering faith. and service willing,
Stretching out the helpful palm.
Life is losing self in duty.
Loving best Ia lowliness;
Life Is finding self In beauty,
Following most la holiness.
Life ls growing each day stronger
For its conflicts stern and rude;
Life Is finding each day longer
For its larger stores Of good.
Life Is not the greedy grasplng
OF the pleasures Of day,
But the firm and thankful ciaspng
OF the Joys that ever stay.
Life in youth is aspiration
After high and noble aims;
Manhood's life IA conservation
To the work that honor claims.
Life for age Ia recollection,
Frightening still with hopes above;
Life for all Is clear reflection
'-'-'' iofiisiFs.sisstfsraes alsyetigR =. o.
Let us then 1ll out life's story
with our noblest faith and strength,
Work for God, and not for glory,
Make this earth heaven at length.
-ChristiaR Register.
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and whose Christian character was empha-
sized by rare unselfishness and generous
love. Yet, every few days, they had to
spend long hours in darke1ed rooms, fight
ing with pain, and coming forth after the
conflict with pale faces and hollow eyes.
How thankful should we be who have no
such record Of dropped-out days Christian
al Work
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A CAISDy

j. A. Clifford desires to thank the people OF Montpelier
and vicinity for their liberal patronage extended TO- and
high appreciation Of. the work his new Photograph Gal
iery in Montpelier No effort will be spared the future to
merit continuance OF your fayors. and shall
lax our Efforts TO maintain the reputation Of twenty
years growth in producing Photographic Portraits of the
highest artistic merit All who appreciate and admire fRe
cork are most cordially invited to call examine our
specimens, Ny Mr.. Meinerth especially fond of cdren
and has great tact In managing them, when you can
not get them at other places bring them M Copying of
every description. Bring old pictures be copied
Prices lower for the charged for ordinary
work at other places. Faci, surpassed In this or
any other state, for proof of which visit gallery In Wal
toms New Block, state Street, Montpelier Vermont.
June 2ith, 1879. Da-gs
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BLESSED is the man who has found his
work let him ask no other blessedness
Know thy work and do it, and work at it
like Hercules. One monster there is in the
world, the idle man.
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A CHILD thinks the stars blossom on the
Ireesi when he climbs 10 the tree-top he
fancies they cluster on the spire; he fluids to
reach them he must leave the earth and &c
TO heaven.
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