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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-11-26

keep your patients alive, said an old
doctor to a gradaating class Z Dead men
don't pay bills"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-11-26

1t doesn't take a school boy long to evipce
a love for division, provided another boy owns
the apple. -t.s1l s.-1 ~ - -
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

DIR. HoGE took occasion at his last
Sunday morning service to remind his
congregation that the Synod Of Virginia
had, at its late meeting unanimously re-
commended the CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
to the patronage of all Presbyterians
within and beyond the bounds Of the
Synod. DR.. Hoge remarked that hem'o8t
cordially endorsed this recommendation,
and offered to receive any names that
might be left with him as subscribers
We have heard of similar recommends
tions from other pulpits in different parts
of the Synod, and for all of them we de-
sire to express our hearty appreciation
and thanks We have, moreover, re-
ceived from many quarters hattering
concentrations of the paper, and many
kind words of encouragement. We in
tend to succeed in this enterprise and
those who do not subscribe now we shall
gather in hereafter. But it is best for
them to come forward at once We want
big, live paper.
We hope that our friends in the minis
try, who have not already done so, at
this beginning Of the new year, will bring
the paper to the attention Of their con-
gregations.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

considered these matters, and at Is all
right" Are you sure my friend? There
Is about as little trihing in this matter OF
the salvation of the soul as in anything
YOU ever dreamed of. The standard is
by no means so low as many who call
themselves Christians put it. You have
got to be IN dead earnest there is to be
10 fooIng, and no foolery, God requires
yolu 1olole heart. Now, do you know
what that means? Not a part Of 1t, but
all Of it. You are, when you enlist, to
enlist for the war. and you are expected
to fight a good fight" You are required
to put everything else behind you that
may conflict with your new supreme pur-
pose-and that new purpose is to spend
and be spent in the service Of Him who
redeemed you from the jaws of hell
Have you gone as far as this? or have
you paused at some halfway house, to
refresh your carnal appetites, and take a
little sleep and little stumble, before
you move on with the main body Of the
sacramental host, Ifso, get up and push
on, Gor YOU know not the day nor the
hour when the Master will come-and
woe be to you, if when He shall come,
He shall not find you watching.
You cannot give too great diligence to
make your calling and election sure
for there are thousands in our churches.
there is no doubt, who are merely delud-
ing themselves, and who in anguish Of
spirit will one day wake up and find
themselves where they had no idea Of
ng;-saddest of all fates to have
persisted within sight of the celestial bat
tlementsl
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

DIR. HoGE is delivering a series of dis
courses to large audiences at his Sunday
afternoon service on the Evidences of
Christianity, which we regard as extreme
ly timely. We know no one better quail
fed to do this work than DR.. Hoge, and
the widespread scepticism which prevails
now in all classes and ranks Of society,
makes it important that cavils should be
met, and that the foundations on which
our Christianity rests should be presented
to the attention, especially, Of the young
The extent to which our old traditional
faiths have been sapped by our modern
literature and our textbooks on science,
is little known to the mass of our read
ers. There is a dark cloud spreading in
our sky, the fruit of the literary and sci
entifc scepticism Of the day-that cloud
which rose early in this century in Ger
many, and which has slowly drifted over
England and New England and all the
Northern and Western States of our
Union. It's shadows begin now to fall
upon us.
We wish that every young man in this
city could hear the entire series Of ser
mons to which we have referred at the
Second Presbyterian Church. There are
not many people who know how to han
die this class of topics before popular
audience, and DR.. H., we think, does it
with marked success.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

We are glad to learn that DR.. READ
has in progress a course Of lectures every
Sunday evening" on Remarkable Places,
Scenes, and Events, spoken Of in the
Old Testament Scriptures. His first lee
ture was on the location Of the Garden Of
Eden; another was on the Flood; and on
Sunday last his theme was the Tower OF
Babel The next will be on the times of
Abraham and Lot, with some reference to
Melchizedek and Sodom and Gomorrah.
The lectures have been well attended
These topics are all full of interest, and
we hope the attention which they have
attracted will not abate. Discourses Of
this sort, in the hands of such a man as
DR.. Read, awaken curiosity, impart much
information, and lead to the study of the
Scriptures.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Eaamj,oer and Chronicle (Baptist), writ
ing from Iowa, says
Spirituality is at a low ebb in the churches,
witness the unusually large number of our
largest bodies without pastors; Cedar Rapids
torn in two). Usage, Vinton, De Witt Harlan,
Washington, Glenwocd Cedar Falls, Anamosa
This appalling restitution comes in this way.
Religion moves forward spirally. We are now
on the off-turn. The pendulum has swung away
from the forward reach of the revival times of
three or four years ago The temperance work
struck in to stay its return swing. Public
thought has not been Christward, at least as he
is represented in the churches Many old
staunch church-workers have turned away to
Reform Clubs, Tribes &c, &c The churches
have weakened Pastors have been discouraged
and resigned. Churches have not had life to
rally and keep them, or fill their places with
others
am persuaded that herein lies the trouble,
rather than in hard times Indeed, the sup
position that the return of material prosperity
is of itself going to usher in better times in reli
gous matters either spiritually or financially,
is delusion and snare. Times of trial in
the world are the Church's time for prosperity.
think the history OF the TWO decades past II
clearly written, would abundantly show these
two facts the portion of that period most char
aGtersed by apparent material prosperity was
also characterised by the greatest church er-
traUGgance, resulting in the creation of enor-
nous ecclesiastical debts, mortgages, etc, ETC.;
and the portion that will be known as the hard
times years by the greatest amount of conse-
Grated giving, in which church debts were lifted,
new churches built, and the largest sums raised
for Missions abroad And this ought to teach
us to not expect naturally increase Of giving
with the return of good q times. Other things
being equal, gifts into the Lords treasury will
diminish in exact ratio to the increase in mate
rial prosperity. How hardly shall they that
have riches enter into the kingdom'-of benevo-
lence The duty is upon us as pastors, agents
missionaries, to make our countervailing efforts
more than keep pace with the temptation tc
withhold more than is meet"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

The Central Presbyterian, of this city in an
able article has called the attention of its readers
to the fact that Presbyterianism exerts but little
influence upon the masses in Virginia and the
South. One of its correspondents makes several
points in the same direction. He says: If the
Presbyterian Church is not fitted for reach
ing the masses it has accomplished its mission, if
it ever had one and ought to die as a useless
cumberer of the ground" There are very few
Presbyterans outside of the towns and cities but
when you do find one, you are very apt to find
a first class gentleman or lady, with brains in
the head and the love of God in the heart-Re
hqious Herald,
We are much gratifed at our friends
good opinion Of Presbyterians, but we
must correct one little error He seems
to have received the impression that there
are few Presbyterians. We must there
fore tell him that there are 10000 COM
municants in the Southern Presbyterian
Church There are 575, 900 in the North
ern Presbyterian Church. There are,
perhaps, $4,000 Cumberland Presbyte-
rians. There are besides, in the Dutch
Reformed Church (Presbyterian,) and
other Presbyterial bodies perhaps, l00,-
900 more, making, in all, very nearly l.
100000 communicates We think it
probable that in white membership the
Presbyterians of the United States do
not fall far short of the Baptists.
And then if our friends think that
there are not many Presbyterians out
side of the cities and towns" we beg them
to take trip to the Great Valley of Vir-
GINA.
All that we meant to convey in the re-
marks alluded to by the Herald, was that
the Presbyterian Church was not doing
all that we thought ought to be done, and
that it ought to bestir itself We enter
tain the opinion that none of the church
es, especially in the large cities, efectu-
ally reaches the masses.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

IT is high time parents, sending their
children off to College, or to high schools,
were enquiring as to the textbooks used.
AS set forth in an article published else
where from the New York Journal Of
Commerce, this question may not arise in
the primary schools where the elements
(Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic are
taught; but when we come to historical
and scientific studies, we are confronted
at once with the standpoint from which
the History, the Physiology, the Mental
Philosophy, the Geology, the Chemistry,
is written.
We would not put a history of the
American Revolution by an Englishman
in the hands of our boys. A Frenchman
would not put work written by Prus-
sian into the hands of his child, if he
wanted him to learn about the Franco
Prussian war. Now, are works in the
department of Moral or Physical Sci
ence written by men who do not believe
in God, or which practically exclude him
from the universe, to be tolerated by
Christian parents? A Protestant parent
would be very much shocked if his son
were taught the history of Europe from
work written by Jesuit and yet our
sons and daughters are this day using as
textbooks works which teach that the
doctrines of Christianity are mere fables,
worth no more than the fables of Greek
or Egyptian mythology,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31
THE OLD YEAR and THE We "

THE OLD YEAR and THE Ne ".
READER, how many of your comrades
have fallen by the way during the past
years march? On the 31st of ne6t De
oember, perhaps your eyes will be closed
(ike theirs on all earthly scenes. Have
you been benefited by the past year E?
Are you a better man than you were in
December, 1878,-we mean a better Chris
tian? Have you drawn nearer to the
Cross? Have you consecrated yourself
more fully?
With what temper do you commence
the new year? Do you realize that the
time allotted you here is rapidly passing
away? that, perhaps you have but few
more years left? How long does is seem
to you since last Christmas? Not long,
if the gray hairs are beginning to start
out among your raven locks. The wheel
will turn thus rapidly a few more times,
and that will be the end of yot. They
will take you and screw you down in a
box, and carry you out to the graveyard,
and put you in the ground, and pat the
earth down over you with spade, and
then the people Will come back to town,
and the busy world will 90 on as before
very little disturbed by your withdrawal.
We said that would be the end of you:
we referred only to your relations to this
world. Fortunately or unfortunately, as
the case may be, it will not be the end of
you in any absolute sense. If you are
quite ready, the transaction we have re
ferred to will bring no dismay upon you;
you viii but enter upon a far more
splendid scene than you ever mingled in
here-and toreve7-FoREvER, all tears
Will be wiped away from your eyes; you
shall have no more pain, no more anx-
iety, no more anguish, nor doubt, nor
fear, nor grief; your mind will be clear;
your soul will be in perfect health; your
affections will be exercised on objects that
will move them more deeply than all
earthly love. Oh, unutterable bliss
who would not deny himself and suffer
a whole lifetime here, to win this prize
If, however, on the other hand, like, alas !
so many who move into that undiscovered
country, you are not quite ready, Oh, the
mistake that yon will have made! the
folly that you will have committed 1t
IS certainly very strange with what levity
men play at this game. If the issue were
a "Tchborne' estate, or some large ware
house in one of our large cities, they
would play it with intense earnestness.
But when the damnation or salvation of
the soul is the issue, the player hardly
notes what cards are outA Nine men in
ten play the game like madmen, and
leap into eternity with far less inquisi-
ton than they would send their bonds
and household plumber around by sea to
India or China.
The close of the year is the time to
pause in our career, and look over our
books, and see how we stand
There are many who say they have
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

WE would remark to our esteemed con-
temporary, the Christian Hatelhgencer,
that the attempt to ignore the infdelity
of the day, or papers like the New York
Independent, will not answer We have
got to meet both infdelity and heresy-
Ought Col. Ingersoll to roam over the
country unnoticed? Apart from down
right attacks on Christianity, the extent
to which pernicious theological doctrine
has spread in nearly all the churches, is
fearful. If we cannot answer, we had
better be quiet; but if we can, it is time
to speak out. We tell the Intelligence
that there are thousands of young men
and women (and old ones too) that need
help.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

Rev, DR.. BowMAN.-The many friends
Of the Rev, Dr. John Rice Bowman, o.
Harrisonburg, will be glad tolearn that
he will remain in Virginia. He was, as
we have previously published, invited to
church near st. Louis, and had the sub
ject under consideration. A private let
ter from one of his elders informs us that
DR.. Bowman stated at his Wednesday
evening lecture that he felt it to be his
duty, under all the circumstances, to re-
main in Harrisonburg. DR.. Bowman has
been very successful in building up the
Harrisonburg church, and is greatly be-
loved by his people. He is one of the
ablest preachers in the Synod.
Since the foregoing was written, we
have received the following:
A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
It is so pleasant to tell agreeable things that
l cannot refrain from writing to let the Central
know, and the many friends of DR.. Bowman to
whom it carries the news, and who are interest
ed in his decision, that after celebrating for sew
eral weeks he has concluded that it is his duty
as he assures us it is also his pleasure to remain
in Harrisonburg. This decision was announced
to the congregation on Wednesday, Christmas
eve, at the weekly lecture. Judging by the cor
diality with which they gathered round him at
the close of service and expressed their pleasure
at the happy termination Of a season of painful
suspense no other Christmas present would have
been half so acceptable as this pledge of con-
tinued service on the part of their beloved pastor
DR.. Bowmans people certainly desire no new
relation, for they say, unanimously and en-
phatically, the old is better Il. S. C.
HdrriSonburg, Dec. 25th.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

had the impression that there was probably
some mistake here also, and we dropped
a note to Prof Gray He replies as fol-
lows:
HERBARIUM HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
Cambridge, Mass, Dec. %, 1879.
Editors Of the Central Presbyterian:
Dear Sirs,-I have your favor of the Goth, in
which you ask me to answer FIVE questions, none
of which, except the first, can be answered yes
or no. The first can be so answered do not
hold it to be an ascertained fact of science that
man, so far as his physical structure is con-
cerned, was evolved from the lower animals"
As to the four following questions, consider
ing the value of time, and the chance Of misap-
prehenson, | think you will excuse me from re
plying to them at present-the more so as | shall
have to discuss some of these questions in two lee
lures which have engaged to deliver to the New
Haven Theological School in a month or two.
Believe me te be very respectfully yours
ASA GRAY.
We hope in future the Independent
will be more careful in its assertions as to
the views of scientific men. 1t is posi-
bic that Prof Gray teaches the doctrine
in question as a theory-nothing more !;
but as to Prof. Dana, the Independent
missed with both barrels. And it has in
fact blundered in this whole controversy,
and it ought to have the manliness to
say so.
AS to Professor Marsh, he believes that
man manufactured granite mortars and
dishes, Of fine workmanship, in the PHO
Gene Epoch. We recognize Prof. Marsh
as one of the most distinguished scientific
men in the country; but where credulity
of this sort is INDUCED in, what is the
opinion of such savant worth? Prof.
Marsh had better confne himself to pal
eontology; it is evident he has not been
a profound student of archaeology.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

The Rev DR.. Bunting has been COM
PEELED to resign the editorship of that
excellent paper, the Texas Presbyterian.
1t will be conducted in future by Rev. L.
Tenney, whom we most cordially welcome
to the editorial ranks wishing him the
most abundant success. He has a splen-
did field in Texas.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

Our thanks are due to that model pa
per, the Charlottesville Chronicle, for pub
fishing that notice The Chronicle is re-
ally one of the very best weekHes we ever
saw. And we can say the same for the
Stanton papers, and the Lexington Ga
zetts.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

A word to our present subscribers. We must
remind some of them that their subscriptions are
due, and that we have been waiting to hear
from them. VIII not every one remit to US the
amount due at as early day as pOssible' We
hope that by February at least, no one will be in
arrears, as we wish at that time to settle all &C
counts with the former proprietor of this paper
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

If the interest and Christian sympathy
of our friends continues to manifest itself
in such a practical and pleasing way 1
hope we shall be able to commence our
church building in the Spring.
W. M. MCPHEETERs.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31
Special Proposition !:

We viii send the paper for one gear to any
acw subscriber for S225, who shall subscribe
between now and the first of February, 1880
We can afford to make this special offer only
as a premium to pe,c subscribers for the first
year, being confident that after reading the pa
per one year they will continue to subscribe on
the footing of our old subscribers. In this effort
to widen the field of our usefulness, we conf
IDENTIFY ask the aid of our ministers, elders, and
all the present patrons of the paper, and we ur-
gently request ministers especially to make
known this proposition to their congregations.
From every quarter we have evidence that the
paper is doing good service in the Church, and
Is ranked among the most useful religious jour
mails of the country.
We are anxious to reach our yo,ug men, espe-
cially those who have gone from their homes.
A number Of them are now receiving our paper
and testify that they read it with profit. One
has written that a single article was worth to
him more than the price of years subscription.
We call the attention of parents, who have sons
or daughters at our institutions Of learning, to
this means of doing them good
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31
a. Central Presbyterian for 1880. "a

As the basis of an effort to extend the circu-
Iation of the CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN the Synod
Of Virginia, at its late meeting in Danville,
unanimously passed a resolution heartily re-
commenting it to the favor and support of all
the churches
In furtherance of this object, at the approach
Of the new year, we make this
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

had the impression that there was probably
some mistake here also, and we dropped
a note to Prof Gray He replies as fol-
lows:
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-12-31

Rocky MOUNT CHURcH.-Please make
the following acknowledgment for our
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-01
Chapter I9O.

AN ACT 20 amend chapter any. section twelve 81
the Public Laws OF eighteen hundred md seventy
eight. for the protection Of Game and Bird.
BE IL enacted DC. a. follows
Section twelve, OF chapter hity Of the public laws
Of eighteen hundred and seventy. eight. is hereby
amended by striking out the words cor ployer.' in
the third line said section so that said section a.
amended shall read a. follows
'SEcr. II No person shall kin or have In his
possession except alive, or expose for sale any wood
duck, dusky duck, commonly called black duck or
other duck. between the rst day 81 May and the
first day OF September; XIII sell have IN pos
session. except alive, any rufied grouse, commonly
called partridge woodcock. between the irst day
cf December aud the first day Of September follow
Ing; kill, sell or have In possession, except alive,
any quail or plnnated grouse, commonly called
prairie chicken, between the hrst day Of January
and the hrst day OF september, or plover between
the first day of May and the first day OF August,
following, under penalty Of not less than five nor
more thin ten dollars for each bird .o killed or
had iu possession or exposed tor sale
Approved February 90. l.-''
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-04-01
Chapter I23.

AN ACT 20 amend chapter two hundred and nine
OF the Public Laws of the year one thousand eight
hundred and seycnty-seyen, entitled, An Act %
amend chapter six. section tty-thrce of the Re
vised Statutes. relating 20 Repair Of Ways In
unincorpOrated Township
Re 70 enacted. DC. as follows;
Chapter two hundred and nine Of the public laws
OF the year one thousand eight hundred and seven.
ty-seven, Is hereby amended by adding after the
word thereof ut the end OF said chapter. tho
words when such assessment will be unreasonably
burdensome 90 such owners, they shall Rssess an
equitable sum on the county, and the balance only
on such lands 50 that sad chapter amended
shall read as follows:
=. Scot. ~. said county commissioners. in Sep.
tember, annually. by one or moro OF their board
rfal make annual inspection OF all county roads
I'm the unincorpOrated townships aud tracts Of land
In their counties. and theroupon make an estimate
OF the amount needed 60 put them In repair 10 A.
20 be safe and convenient for public travel and A..
sess such amount thereon; and they shall make as
many divisions as are equitable conforming AZ
nearly il convenient TO known divisions and
separate ownership and assess upon each n sum
prOportionate TO the value thereof; and cause so
much thereof they deem necessary for the pu rpoe
aforesaid, TO be expended on said roads within one
year thereafter, and such assessment shall create
lien thereon for the payment thereof; when such
assessment will be unreasonably burdensome TO
such owners. they shall assess an equitable sum on
the county and the balance only on such lands
Improved February p, 1871