St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-02-27


made the means of turning aside from
the love of God, from the privilege of
faith, thus diminishing our hope. From
such thraldom it WAS his desire to de-
liver us.
To the question, what is self-examin-
alton ? The common idea is, that it is a
review of what is good or bad in our
actions or deeds, either for the purpose
of condemnation or appreciation. Some
regularly bring all their actions to this
test, and when this has been done, Ell
ther peace of mind follows, if the de-
mands of conscience are satisfied, or
grief because of wrong doing; if grief
ensues after this inspection, the heart
betakes itself to God in confession,
when either faith takes forgivness for
granted, OF waits long for some speci-
| fic, direct, special token of it's assurance.
Others wrestle long, like Jacob, until
sunlight brings relief, or perhaps have
select, stated times and make the mat
| ter one of painful, fearful contempla-
ton, and have settlement with them
selves before going to the Lords table.
then seal up the book and begin anew.
You may be surprised not to find in the
scriptures any warrant for any such
method. The only two eXhOrtatiOns are
familiar to all. Self is the centre of
| life. We must look to our motives and
desires and learn the underlying princi-
pies of our lives. As a man thinketh,
so is he. Take time 10y the fore-lock,
not the dfter-lock. Do not wait until sin
is committed, then follow by a season
of repentance,-butit is sometimes use
full to examine ourselves, for we must
repent. Repentance consists first of
conviction of some sin, and secondly,
some determination to turn from it; the
first relative in value, the second, absO-
lutte. Many indulge in sorrow as tonic.
There are many papists outside the
Romanist church think to purchase sal
walton rather than accept the one great
sacrifice once offered. This dwelling
on self leads to morbidness, spiritual de-
preston, and destroys peace of mind
and our usefulness. When a boy, an
other boy, a friend, had IL garden in
which he planted corn, and one hill was
called the "test hip; he kept digging
up the corn in it to see if there were
any signs of life or growth. 1t never
f1ourished like the others. SO often is
spiritual life.
Rev. j. o. Means delivered an ad-
dress in Emanuel church in the even
ing, ON "The Dark Continent" in which
he gave his audience the benefit of his
late travels and researches. A very large
map of Africa, containing all the mod
ern discoveries, brought wildly before
the nearer the places designated, and
enabled him to comprehend the magni-
tude of the country, its remarkable re-
sources, and the projected missions in
Central Africa by the A. B. F. NJ. We
are apt to call all the inhabitants ne
groes, but learn that it is as incorrect
as to term all Europeans, ScOtchmen, fol
the negroes are only found in a small
portion of the country near or in Cen
trail Africa. He showed from facts that
the people are not only debased by
heathenism and polygamy, but its wors
feature was witchcraft, us it enters into
the most trivial as well as most impor
tant events of everyday life.
Many regret to learn that the old anC
well-known firm of Hallett, Davis &
Co., Piano Manufacturing Company
has been closed on the death of Mr.
Davis, senior, few months since, his
estate was found to be insolvent, and q
short time since his beautiful mansion
located upon Newton street, next to the
st. James hotel, was sold with all the
furniture, library and oil paintings, a
trustees sale. The auction of his valu
able paintings drew together some o
the lovers of art, as a picture by Bier
stadt and some other artists, is not al
everyday occurrence. Within the pas
few people have had unusually gOo(
facilities for selecting and purchasing
oil paintings, engravings or etchings
! A collection of paintings, mostly 0
sacred subjects, belonging to the estate
of Hon. Caleb Cushing, was sold Feb
, 13. 1t seemed to be mostly saintet
e collection. Sullivan Brothers also hat
quite a large quantity of engravings
copies of the old masters, for sale las
week. Some of the European ant
American engravings placed near to
gether showed one marked characters
tic between them: the sharpness ant
. clearness of outline of the latter. Noye
o & Blakeslie have au auction this weel
! of some choice pictures, of which W,
f may speak at some other time.
q Upon last week Wednesday, the 18th
the WOman's Suffrage Convention ha,
4 a hearing in the State House, wheI
Lucy Stone Blackwell and Others mad
p addresses. Upon Thursday morning
the Woman's Christian Temperate
f Union had their annual hearing in til
4 State House. The meeting has usual
been held in the "Green ROOM bu
7 the Representatives Hall with all it
galleries was found this year too small
O. 1t was filed to overlooking ut an earl
: hour. q.
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