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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30

TEMPERANCE IN KANsAs.-The temper
anc folks Of Kansas are beginning at last to
get the upper hand of the liquor-ssllers and
drinkers. For time it was impossible To
convict under the new laws, even in the
clearest cases and upon the plainest evil
dence; but the prohibitionists have sub
scribed money, held mass meetings, and
taken solemn resolutions not to rest until
the stringent statute relative to liquor-sell-
ing should be enforced; and now they have
succeeded in obtaining convictions and the
imposition of heavy fines in Topeka, Flor
ence and Ottawa.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30

To SAY that the native wine of vine
growing country is not promotive of intern
perance is to say that the Bible talks nom
sense when it tells of Noah's being stupidity
drunk on wine from his own vineyard.
Even if men were to deny the Bible story
about Noahs wine, could testify that
have seen men drunk on native wine, both
in Europe and in America, and that know
so much of the danger of wine-drinking as
leading to intemperance, that am afraid to
drink wine or beer at home or abroad, lest |
should become a drunkard myself, apart
from any question of my example before
others who are weaker than ami there
are such.-Sunday- School Times.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30
Select eMisreIianp.
For the Vermont Waterman.
IIFF's MOONLIGHT.

ny NJ. NIX.
In the twilight oft llnger
At the window Of my room,
And with folded hands ponder
While watch the deepening gloom.
Now each tree will seem to beckon
To the sunlight not TO go;
Then implorc the chasing shadows
Just to make their steps more slow;
But the daylight only hastens,
Like deer before the chase,
TIL at length the shadows reach II
And thus ends the solemn race.
Then the mountains in the distance,
Don their robes OF purple-gray,
Even mournfully look askance-
"why and where has passed the day2"
And Disconnected murmur
OF some strangely mournful tale
Comes from each blue winding river
Moving onward through the vale.
Then the shadows bring the moonlight,
Not the suns bright glded rays,
But pale, calm, golden quiet,
submission to Gods ways.
From each heart at times the sunlight
Is by sorrows chased away
And gray sadness hanging DER 1t
Grim and wilfully will stay.
But peace to all ia offered
Which from God doth take It's birth;
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30
Ismpqranre.


Hail. Kansas the bravei the pride Of the west,
The home Of the refugee torn and oppressed
The deeds OF thy heroes shall live evermore
A page Of renown in our patriot lore.
The eagle Of freedom swooped down on thy soil
when the oligarch hunted In fury his spoil;
And the outlaw turned with frown from thy gates
And thou vert enthroned in the arch of the states.
There's new sound Of battle and cry OF alarm,
For the llquor-ord stands with uplifted ARM
with his eye on the summit Of power he waits.
Enfranchised he sits in the capitol gates.
On the old trampng-grounds OF freedom they form,
And Kansas Is nrst In the heat OF the storm,
And gallant st. John leads onward the van
In the siege Of right for the nation and nan.
There's battle impendngl the struggle comes oni
What statesman will follow the lead Of st. John7
o northland and southlandl your valor combine,
And drive the new ollgarch far from the line
QaIaa gaI
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30
ABSOLUTE PRouIpITIoN.-The Herald

ABSOLUTE PRonIBITIoN.-The Herald Of
Gospel Liberty we'll says If the state must
have money let 1t tax the clothes we wear,
let it to- the bread we eat, let it tax the air
we breathe but let it not levy its revenues
upon the wreck OF our homes and ruins of
our families. Any attempt to deal with the
evils of the liquor traffic by any method less
radical than absolute prohibition will prove
failure"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-30

A NOVEL MONUMENTAL new temper
ance movement is reported from Berwick,
Pennsylvania. The jackson 4 Woodin Co.,
employing eleven hundred men in its car
shops and mills, met the saloon and hotel
keepers, and offered to pay them the profit
on their liquor sales for one year II they
would abstain from selling. This they have
agreed TO do, aud have received six thou
sand dollars. The company will doubtless
gain this much by the consequent good con-
duct and steadiness of their men.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
American Oysters Abroad.

Not only is America supplying Europe
with such sheer necessaries of life as beef
and mutton, bread and cheese, hams and
picked pork, but her inexhaustible wealth
IN natural products enables her to. fur
nlsh the tables of British and Continental
governments with certain Injuries, the
sources OF which in the Old World have
been somewhat recklessly dealt with of
late Among these are oysters, an ever
increasing scarcity of which has made it
self apparent on the English and German
coasts tor some years past, as is too sig
nlticantly conveyed to the oyster-lover by
the melancholy fact that the price of ma
tives has vastly increased within the last
quarter of century. 1t is worthy of
notice that the Schleswig proprietors of
oyster-beds are laying down American
oysters IN immense numbers upon the
coast of the Little Belt, from Gravens-
hoved to Holkhoved, as we'll as to the
south of Aaroe Island A few DAYS ago
100000 small and 10000 large oys-
tiers, fished in Newark, Chesapeake, and
Princes Bays, were put down in the
aforementioned waters; and a company
has been formed with the object of LAYING
down from 100000 to Is, 900, 900 more
OF American oysters upon the Schleswig
and Holstein shores. The oysters Just
transferred to their new domicile will be
taken, up again in the autumn of 1881,
by which time their condition will de-
monstrate whether or not they are likely
to thrive and multiply in German waters.
London Zeleqropb.
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Rejoiceth not in Iniuu ity.

Among our most cherished memories is
that of Christian lady who would not
listen to an evil report; who would say
at once to the gossip that brought it,.
" You may be mistaken; there may be
some explanation of the matter; we had
better not talk about such things even if
we know that they are true. Hasn't that
person any noble or amiable traits of
character? Hasn't he done some good
that we can talk about? 1t is a great
deal better for US to converse about pure
things than about vile things. If there is
really any carrion in our community
talnting the air we had better bury it as
soon as possible. The sight and smell of
it will do no good. 1t may do us and
our children great deal of harm.
don't want anybody to talk about the
faults of others before my little ones.
don't wan5 them to be comforted in their
naughtiness by hearing how naughty
other people are. And now suppose, in
stead of talking about these folks and
getting our hearts set against them, we
60 into our closets and pray for them
The spirit of that lady would Danish Cos
sip. with all its blighting influence, from
society. Presbyterian
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

you have once got rid of the idea of pub
he punishment, then by degrees you will
also get rid of the idea of sin: where is
1t written in the Word of God that the
sword of His minister is to be borne in
vain? In this world of grooming and of
anguish, tell us where it is that the law
which links suffering to sin has ceased
to act? Nay, so long as there is evil so
long will there be penalty, and woe to
that man who attempts to contradict the
eternal system of God; so long as the
spirit of evil is in the world so long must
human punishment remain to bear its
testimony that the God of the universe is
a righteous God"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

STA, hated and in mortal fear of his life
or the President at Washington, who
has not known an hour of peace since he
entered the White House
In every walk of life there is some
compensation. The least of us can do
much for the world, for ourselves, for the
hereafter, if we dearly will it. The
world belongs to God and He can give
the riches of it to whom He pleases. If
He pass some by in this lower earth, His
face may shine the brighter in the world
beyond to those who bear His cross.
The gift of wealth is not essentially the
gift of happiness. 1t may, and often
does, come in conjunction with some
calamity that no money can compensate
for. TO be resigned to our lot, and trust
full In darkest hours to the Father who
was "a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief who had not often, as the
foxes had, a lair or resting place-this
is genuine opulence; this is the better
part; this the key that unlocks the gate
of Paradise-the noble mite that will
build the house "not made by hands,
eternal in the heavens. - Chronicle and
C0nStttutionaist.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
Learn About the Pulse.

Every intelligent person should know
how to ascertain the state of the pulse
in health then, by comparing it with
what it is when he is ailing, he NAV
have some idea of the urgency of his
case. Parents should know the healthy
pulse of each child-as now and then a
person is born with peculiarly slow or
fast pulse, and the case in hand NAV be
Of that popularity. An infants pulse is
14O a child Of 7, about 80; and, from
~ to 60 years, it is 70 beats minute,
declining to 60 at four score. A health
full grown persons pulse beats 70 times
minute; there may be good health
down to 60; but, if the pulse always ex-
ceeds 70, there is disease; the machine
is working itself out, there is fever or
inflammation somewhere, and the BODY
is feeding on itself as in consumption,
when the pulse is quick, that is, over 70,
gradually increasing, with decreased
chances of cure, until it reaches 10 or
100, when death comes before many
days. When the pulse is over 70 for
months, and there is a slight cough
the lungs are affected.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
An Incident.

Phillips Brooks, in his memorial sermon
OF DIR. Vinton, gives an account of the
latter conversion. He was driving about
the ;Pomphret hills, a young raw-boned,
big. lmbed, sceptical physician, when a
Judicious physician persuaded him to read
= Buffers Analogy" This book satisfied
his reason. Intellectually he was no
longer sceptic. He was called to attend
little girl dying of consumption. She
whispered she had something to say to
him, but was afraid. When encouraged
to say it she confessed that it related to
his being at peace with God, and added,
" Tomorrow morning, when 1 am strong
er, will tell you" Tomorrow morning
she was dead. The interest he felt in
knowing what the little girl would have
SAID to him led him to that thinking that
terrain.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
Gods Severity.

Is there not some danger in the pre-
sent day, Of Gods love being presented
to sinners to the exclusion altogether of
His justice The late Rev. F. w. Rob,
ertson speaks well on this subject:
Here is an eternal truth with which
we would not part: God must hate sin
and be forever sin s enemy. Because He
is the Lord of love, therefore must He
be a consuming fire to evil; God is
against us; in SHINING we identify our
selves with evil, therefore we must en-
dure the consuming fire. O brethren.
in this soft age in which we live it is
good to fall back on the first principles
of everlasting truth. We have come to
think that education may be maintained
by mere laws of love instead of discipline.
and that public punishment may be
abolished. We say that these things
are contrary to the gospel; and here,
doubtless, there is an underlying truth :
it is true that there may be severity in
education which defeats itself; it is true
that love and tenderness nav do more
than severity but yet under system
OF mere love and tenderness no character
can acquire manliness or frmness. When
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
Recent Publications.

GoDET's COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF ST.
LUXE With Preface and Notes by John Hall
d. D. 2vols. Paper. Second Edition. New
York: l. x. Funk & Co. No. 81 of the Stan
dard Series. 1881.
Prof, Godet is already widely and favorably
known by his commentary on John. The mere
fact that DIR. John Hall is the editor of the
American edition of the late work on Luke is a
sufficient guarantee of its general soundness and
value. Among the Protestant churches of
France and Switzerland no name is more revered
than that of Prof. Godet, name, which, as DIR.
Hall remarks, 4" is now possession of all the
churches, This commentary is not addressed
to protested theologians, nor does it aim to en-
body the devout reflections which characterize
Matthew Henry and Scott The author under
takes to give the connection and meaning of the
narrative, and aims specially at brushing away
the cobwebs which Rationalists or mythical in
terpreters place on the inspired page "If it be
true" says Dr. Hall. that our authors argu-
ments are often subtitle especially when dealing
with the class of questions belonging to the har
mony OF the gospels, and the assumption of one
original document from which the synoptics
culled at pleasure, it is also true that they are
convincing"
1t Is" says the distinguished editor, with
great satisfaction that the present writer wishes
God-speed to volume, which is at once learned
and reverent, distinct in its exhibition of the
positive truth, and vigorously controversial; in
which the clearest estimate of the several Cos
pes is complemented by just views of Him of
whose many sided excellency and glory they
are the four fold presentation"
There are expressions in the work as that of
chronological error" on page l16, which are
unfortunate but there is latitude on this sub
ject among all the continental divlnes which we
have to allow for
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
The Travellers Psalm.

Do you know that one of the Psalms is
called THE Travellers Psalm?" VIXEN
you are going to take long journey,
when you 90 by the railroad or sea, /
advise you to think of the travellers
Psalm-the one hundred and twenty
first. Let us all look at it, 1t is beau
tiful. All about taking journey. If
any visitor were leaving your house, and
you have family prayers before they went
away in the morning, you should read
this Psalm or if any friends Of yours are
going to take journey, give them or
read them this Psalm. The Lord is thy
keeper the Lord is thy shade upon thy
right hand. The sun shall not srnite
thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil; He shall preserve thy soul. The
Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in, from this time forth and even
torevermore. This Psalm shall be called
the Travellers Psalm, because it was
written for those who are taking a Jour
ney.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

There are thousands of professedly
Christian homes in this country where
the father has said nothing to his child
about confessing Christ; there are thou
sands Of mothers guilty of the same
neglect; there are thousands of Sunday
school teachers who neither visit their
scholars, nor talk with them about CON
Tossing the Master, and who DISCHARGE
their duties in a perfunctory manner
coming and going at pleasure there are
thousands OF protesting Christians who
yield to a whim to which they give the
name Of sickness, as a reason for not
attending upon their duties in the church
the Sunday school, the home. Then
there are thousands Of Christian men and
women, fathers, mothers, uncles or aunts
cousins, Sunday school teachers, men and
women in the church, here, there, every
where, who are always on hand, ALWAYS
to de depended upon, always at work heart
and soul for the Master. To which Of
these classes do you belong?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
The Little Boy that Died.

Dr Chalmers is said to be the author of the
following beautiful lines, written the occasion
of the death of young son whom he greatly
loved:
am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near;
And the faggots crack and the clocks dull tick
Are the only sounds 1 hear;
And over my soul, in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide
For my heart and my eyes are full when think
Of the little boy that died.
went one night to my fathers house,
Went home to the dear ones ALL
And softly 1 opened the garden gate,
And softly the door of the hall.
Nv mother came out to meet her som
She kissed me, and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For the little boy that died.
| shall miss him when the flowers come,
In the garden where he played;
shall miss him more by the fireside
When the flowers have all decayed
1 shall see his toys and his empty chair,
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will speak with a silent speech,
Of the little boy that died.
We shall go home to our Fathers house
To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hope of our souls Shall have no blight,
Our love no broken ties.
We shall roam on the banks of the river of peace,
. And battle in its blisstul tide;
And one of the joys of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died
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THE FIELD.

missionary effort
THE FIELD.
The population of the globe is esti-
mated at l ,439, 1853 The following
is probably the nearest approximation
ever made to the number of believers in
the various faiths of the world: Jews,
1881 $50; Roman Catholics, 1S6, S6O,O96;
Greek Church, S2,926,O49; Protestants,
l3l ,O91 ,941; Mohammedans, 1O3, 453 ,594;
Majians and Parsees, 1,007, 100; Budd-
hists, religions of the East, and Pagans,
493,015,475.
Another estimate, apparently founded
on the same premises, gives it thus :
Jews, 100000; Christians, 81 100000;
Mohammedans, 103, 100000; Hindoos,
100000; Buddhists, 493 100000; and
believers in aboriginal fetichism 199, OOO,-
OOO-thus making total of 1924, OOO,-
900.
THE LABoRERs.
There are three human agencies at
work in the world for the conversion of
men-the spoken Word, the lives of
Christians, and the printed Bible. These
three, made effective by the Divine Spirit
will yet subdue the kingdoms of darkness
to the rule of Christ. And how vast is
the power they already exert A few
facts show how enormous the demand for
Bibles has been Of recent years A care
tul estimate OF the circulation of the Bible
during the past century places the num-
Der at the enormous amount of nearly
100000 copies. The British and
Foreign Society was founded in 1904, and
has circulated upwards of 100000
copies. The American Society, founded
thirteen years later, has caused circula-
ton of 100000. These two organiza-
tons are far in advance of all others.
Next IN respect to copies circulated are
the German societies, which, together,
have issued 100000. Then comes the
National Society ofScotland, with nearly
4,760, 900; then the Hibernian with, A.
$4,000; the Swiss with 100000, and
the French with 100000. The Ma
tlonal Society of Scotland has circulated
It's 4, 76S,OOO copies since 1861, the year
IN which it was founded. These figures
show the Bible was never so widely
sought after and read as now; for these
figures represent, in large part, editions
that have been bought and paid for, and
not given away. Many of these Bibles,
1t may be, are thrown aside or destroyed;
but an immensely greater number are
undoubtedly cherished and read by their
owners, and directly influence not only
their own but others lives. Against
such a force as this, constantly augment
ing, the resistance of superstition and the
assaults OF lntidelity are utterly vain.
EUan0ehst,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

The PERSIAN QUEEN and Other Pictures of
Truth. BY Rev. Edward Payson Thwing.
The Standard Series No So. New York I.
K. Funk q Co, publishes, 10 and II Dey
street. Price, 10 cents
HE SALON OF MADAME NEcKER. Taken from
Documents among the Archives of Comet.
Collected and edited by her great-grandson,
Othenin D'Haussonville The Standard Sc
ries, No. Ga. New York: l. K Funk e. Co,
publishers, 10 and II Dey street. Price, Is
cents
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G oGRIBEERs MAGAZINE for July. Charles
Scrlbner's Sons, publishers, New York.
n LIE POPULAR science MoNrHLY for July.
~ Appleton q Co., publishers, New York
VIE NtNETEESTH CENTURY for July. New
York George Munro, publisher.
r. CONTEMPORARY REVIEW for June. N. York
George Munro publisher.
=, lHE FoRTE1GHTLY REVIEW for June. New
iorki George Munro, publisher.
r,N MIPE AWAKE for July. D. Lothrop & Co.,
publishers, Boston, Mass
June 25th. won 'n'iis
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-, TIE CENTURY Co., formerly Scribner & Coz
Inc name Of the corporation formerly known as
Scribner & Co., publishers of Scri51;er's Month.
~ ~. Nicholas (" The Spiritual Songs Series" of
hymn and tune books, "Songs for the Sanctua-
Ty'' etc. has now been changed to The Century
20. Inc title Scrbner's Monthly will be-
N!cholas is slightly changed as to its sub title,
being now st. Nicholas, an Illustrated ILn1n.
1'"e for Young FOLKS. The July numbers of
these magazines are the first to bear the new
corporate imprint
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

When God would educate a man, he
compels him to learn bitter lessons. He
sends him to school to the necessities
rather than to the graces, that, by know
ing all suferings, he may know also the
eternal consolation.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29
The CATHOLIC PRESBYTERIAN for June has the
following articles

IVIIUWIHB dIIICItS
The Revised New Testament, by Rev. Philip
schaff, D. D. New York; The General Presby.
terrain Council-Its Position and Prospects, by
Romanism in Belgium, by Pastor l.. Anet, Brus-
sells; Japanese Shrines and Pilgrimages, by Will
liam G. Dixon, Esq, NJ. A, late Professor in the
Imperial College Of Engineering, Tokyo; Lead
ing Features of First Corinthians, by Rev. A..
Cusin, NJ A., Edinburgh Presbyterian Services
at Cambridge, England, by an Undergraduate ;
Agnow, Wigtown; Recent Books; Notes Of the
Day; American Notes; General Survey; Open
Council; A Personal Word from the Editor.
publishers.
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The comfort Of the Scriptures, the
source OF its inspiration to man in all
ages OF his pilgrimage, is that in the midst
OF the system Of things it reveals an in
telligent will, living God.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-06-29

Christian charity is a calm, wise thing.
1t will sometimes appear to the superb
eial observer q very hard thing-for it
has the courage to refuse.
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The Spread of the Gospel.

The following information, the most of
it is CLEANED from the Christian hteIh-
gencer, gives an interesting resume of the
field, the laborers, and the harvest of
missionary effort:
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GoDETs COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF ST
LUXE. With Preface and Notes by John Hall
ID. D. 2vols. Paper. Second Edition New
York: 1. K. Funk & Co. No. 81 of the Stan
dard Series 1881