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Standing in PRAYER.

Standing was the usual posture for
prayer in the East, the hands being out
stretched and open, as in Mussulman de-
votlon at the present day, and as is seen
IN the representations in the Catacombs.
This standing posture still prevails
throughout the East; but all traces of it
have disappeared throughout the West
ern Church except as Dean Stanley OBJ
served, in the attitude of the officiating
minister at the Eucharist, and in the
worship of the Presbyterian churches al
ways. What renders the general aban-
donment of this posture the more re-
markable is that, as he observes, it was
enjoined by the only Canon of the Coun-
Gil of Nice, which only related to public
worship. This Canon prescribed that
on every Sunday, and on every day be-
tween Easter and Pentecost, kneeling
should be forbidden and standing en-
Joined. Once more the Dean delights to
notice curious instance of cross-pur-
poses IN the contest between the church
and the Puritans in the seventeenth GEN.
fury, on the question whether kneeling
at the sacrament should be enforced. It
was the point, says the Dean, on which
the, church most passionately insisted,
and which the Puritans most passion
ately resisted. The church party in this
were resisting the usage of the ancient
Catholic Christendom, and disobeying the
Canon of the First Gcumenioal Council,
to which they professed the most COM
plete adhesion. The Puritans, who re-
jected the authority of either, were in
the most entire conformity with both,
Quarterly Review.
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He is Able.

Able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace. Dan. iii: II.
Able of these stones to raise up chill
dren unto Abraham. Matt. iii: 9.
Able to build you up, and to give you
an inheritance among all them which are
sanctifed. Acts Xxx: 80.
Able to make him stand. Romans
xiv: 4.
Able to make all grace abound toward
you, thatye always having all suficiency
IN all things, may abound to every good
work. 2 Cor. TX: s.
Able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think. Eph.
iii: 20.
Able to subdue all things unto Him
SELF Phil. iii: 81.
Able to keep that which have COM
mltted unto Him. Tim. i: II.
Able to succor them that are tempted.
Heb. ii: Is.
Able to save him from death. Heb.
v: Z.
Able to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by Him. Heb.
Able to raise him up even from the
dead. Heb. XII: 10.
Able to save. James v: IL.
Able to keep you from falling, and to
present you faultless before the presence
of His glory with exceeding joy. Jude "a.
Believe ye that I am able to do this ?
Jesus.
Dare you limit the Holy One of Israel
rs. xvii: 4l.-Egchange.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-06-07
Biblical Inspiration.

One modern view of Biblical inspira-
ton is to the effect, that while the
writers of Scripture are to be held as in
fallible guides in whatever relates to re-
ligion and morality, on all other matters
they are to be considered as simply on a
par with other men, equally limited in
their knowledge, equally liable to error.
not whit superior to their contempora-
ries, or in advance Of their age.
The accordance of the ethnolopy of
Genesis with the latest results of modern
autographed science, seems to the
present author to deal rude blow to
such theory, and he has therefore
thought it worth while to exhibit this &C
cordance at some length, in the hope oil
checking a view which he thinks dis
paraging to the divine word, and of lead
ing those who hold it (often devoutly re-
ligious mem to higher and, as he be-
lieves, a truer theory of inspiration the
theory most in accordance with the
Apostles words, All Scripture is given
by inspiration of God" ORIGINS argu-
ment has always seemed to him sound,
that if in the material world God has
wrought every minutest part to finish
and perfection the highest that is pos
sible to conceive, much more is it to be
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Living Epistles.

81 have read great many books on
the Evidences of Christianity, and most
of the arguments in them I can answer
satisfactorily to my own mind. But the
change | have seen in the life of my lit
tie daughter in the year or two past, 1
cannot explain. There is evidence of
some power working in her which l can
not understand" This was, in sub
stance, the expression of father con-
corning his daughter of fourteen or fifteen
years of age, who had recently made
confession of her faith in Christ The
father was not Christian, and was in
deed inclined to what is enormously
termed free thought" A man of more
than average mental ability, he could
meet arguments addressed to the intel
lect, but he did not know how to resist
the power of child's life of faith. May
that child's life lead him to the Saviour
But let us all ask urselves-Wnat are
men reading in our lives7 We are
=" living epistles" whether we will or no.
The important question is-What are
men reading in us? Is it of the power
OF Christ working in us?- Christian
Weeklu.
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An Illustration.

I have heard that in the deserts, when
the caravans are in want Of water, they
are accustomed to send on a camel with
its rider some distance in advance then
after little space, follows another and
then at short interval another. AS
soon as the first man finds water, almost
before he stoops down to drink, he shouts
aloud, Come" The next, hearing his
voice, repeats the word, Come !" while
the nearest again takes up the cry,
" Come T. until the whole wilderness
echoes with the word Come r. So in
that verse Of the Scripture, the Spirit and
the bride say, first to all, Come /" and
then let him that heareth say, Come r.
and whosoever is athirst let him take Of
the water Of life freely.-Spurgeon.
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For the Central Presby terrain.
LOOKOUT, May Doth,

LOOKOUT, May Goth, 1882.
My Dear Doctors, -Can you learned
Thebans" of the Central tell one where,
in rhymed English verse, the word
s-h-o-n-e rhymes to any such sound as
John, ON, or upon? My most esteem
ed pastor has imported the pronunciation
shon, and displaced the old-fashioned
Shone, of our fathers, as many others are
doing. This sounds rather amusing in
most cases; but when he reads in Luke,
Z" the glory of the Lord Shon round about
them, it is more.
Some people. pronounce STONE, stun
with stunning effect on unfamiliar ears.
By this example, shone n1iqh become
SHIN, which sound most people would
shun. Why not shun more the miserable
afectation, ShonP Try it:
Let me tell you, my dear John,
How the light around her shon.
When she put her diamonds;on
That settles it.
Our fathers used to speak of the route
they travelled, or travelled but our chill
dren are now learning to take root.
Can our modern schools uproot all the
old pronunciations? Can you, Messrs.
Editors, or any other learned Doctors
find route rhyming to such a sound as
boot d? Nowhere but here, viz:
On the man that sounds it root
Fly at once, aud use your boot
Jam salts est example,.
CARL ME1NHARTs.
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For the Central Presbyterian
In the Name of the Lord Jesus

Most persons are ready enough to sub
scribe for themselves to Solomons opin-
ion that I" a good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches" but we do not
realize the concern and care that God
shows for His holy name, till we take a
concordance and search it with reference
to this point. Not only is this truth held
up before US in those wonderful compen-
diums granted for our guidance, the ten
commandments and the Lords prayer,
but again and again in His word, God
proclalms His regard for the honor OF
His name, and the refrain is caught up
and echoed by His inspired servants in
songs of praise, in words of warning, en-
enlargement and prayer, in miracles OF
healing. What is His name but that by
which He makes himself known, and
therefore identical with himself, the man:
Hesitation of glory, which is at once an
act of grace, and the necessary outflow Of
infinite perfection?
What an honor then is put upon us
when we are baptized into Gas Matthew
xviii: 10, is now translated) the name
of the Father and of the Son and OF the
Holy Ghost" How it consecrates and
exalts US When the Lord appeared to
Solomon after the dedication of the tenn
pie, He spoke of "my people which are
called by my name, or as the margin
gives it, upon whom my name is called,
and several times, in later revelations,
does He intimate that this fact endears
them specially to Him. The reward
promised to him that overcometh, is, {"
will write upon him my new name" and
one of the glories of the redeemed in
heaven is that His name shall be writ
ten on their foreheads." The retaining
begun on earth, will be finished then, the
possession and ownership will be entire,
the sanctifcation complete and manifest
to all.
Well, though unconsoiously, did the
people OF Antioch carry out the designs
OF God In fastening on the followers OF
Christ name identifying them so closely
with Him. The early Christians must
have rejoiced in it, and we who are so
careful to keep our family name free from
stain, should live by still higher rule,
since we bear about with us the honor of
Christ in our keeping, and every one OF
our wrong-doings drags His dear name
into the dust. Whatsoever ye do in
Woru or ueed 90 all In the name or the
Lord Jesus, is Paul's exhortation We
are to act for Him and like Him then,
on the earth as His servants doing His
will; not only saying in outward profes-
sion, In the name of our God, will we
set up our banners" but sealing every
thought, and feeling, every word and
deed, with the image and superscription
of our King. Conformity to Him and
conservation let these be our watch
words So shall the beauty of the Lord
be upon us" and the King shall take
pleasure in His people: so shall we help
to hasten the day when even upon the
bells of the horses there shall be holiness
unto the Lord" IRIS.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-06-07

Christopher North never said truer
or wiser thing than this in his Soliloquy
on the Seasons -" Turn from the ora
cles Of man-still dim even in their
clearest responses-to the oracles of God
which are never dark. Bury all your
books, when you feel the might of scep-
ticism gathering around you-bury them
all, powerful though you may have
deemed their spells to illuminate the un-
fathomable open your Bible, and all
the spiritual world will be as bright as
day"
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believed that, in the far more important
treasure of this word he has left nothing
incomplete, but has given to every lot
and title his full care, the utmost perfec-
ton of which it was capable, so that the
whole is designed, and is the utterance
to man of absolute Canon
RaapLinson.
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The Rev. DR.. r. w. Dale says ="
have the conviction that the individ-
ualism so largely developed amongst
Congregationalists during the last fifty
years is altogether hostile to the true
traditions Of the Congregational church,
and is one Of the great sources Of the
evils Of which they had to complain"
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Kindness meekly, not ostentstiously,
rendered, will soften any heart in which
a spark Of humanity yet fingers.
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The Heart Must Speak.

Thou must be true myself,
If thou the truth wouldst teach
Thy soul must overa:w, if thou
Anothers soul would reach
1t needs the overflow of heart
To give the lips full speech.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed;
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be fruitful seed
Live truly. and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
~. Bonar.
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Justice to the writer of the report requires
the statement that the abruptness with which
this topic closes is owing to the fact that Pres
byterY struck out few lines here which it was
thought animadverted too strongly upon the In
sufiiciency of the excuse alleged. S. CLERK.
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DIR. Farris said that he was ready to
make report in reference to the Park
case. The report was read as follows
Your committee appointed to bring
in minute expressive of the Judgment
of the court in the matter of the com
plant of the Presbytery of Memphis
against the action of the Synod of Mem
phis in the Park case, would recommend
the adoption OF the following"
Whereas, perfect ministerial parity is an es
sentlal and fundamental principle of Presbyte-
rian polity; and whereas, it is in evidence that
the Rev. Sam. Park was only ordained by the
Presbytery of Memphis according to the pro.
visions of our constitution, and whereas. said
Presbytery several by their formal act
recognize him as a duly ordained minister un.
der their care therefore, it is the judgment CT
this court that Rev. Sam Park was in full min
isterial connection with said Presbytery. and
consequently entitled to vote, and that this
court do not sustain the complaint of said Pres
bytery. We take occasion to declare our full
persuasion that the Presbytery of Memphis in
denying Rev. Sam. Park the exercise of his right
as Presbyter was not at all influenced by race
prejudice, but simply desired TO carry ont
strictly the recommendation Of the General
Assembly Of 1869. ROBERT P. FARR1s,
ROGER MARTIN
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06
Hop Bitters are :he Purest and Bes;
Bifters Ever Made.

They are compounded from Hops,
Malt, Buchu, Mandrake and Dande-
lion,-the Oldest. best and most val
liable medicines in the world and
contain all the best and most cura-
tive properties Of all other remedies,
being the greatest Blood Purifier,
Liver Regulator, and Life and
Health Restoring Agent on earth.
No disease or i'll health can possibly
long exist where these Bitters are
used, so varied and perfect are thei:
operations.
They give new life and vigor to the
aged and infirm. To all whose en-
ployments cause irregularitv of the
bowels, or urinary organs, or VINO
require the Appetizer, Tonic and
mid Stimulant, Hop Bitters are In
valuable, being highly curative, ton
ic and stimulating, without into&i-
eating.
No matter what your feelings or
symptoms are, what the disease OF
ailment is, use Hop BitterS. Don't
wait untii you are sick, but If YOU
only feel bad or miserable. use Hop
BiJters at once. 1t NAV save Your
life. Hundreds have been saved by
so doing. 500 will be PAID for "a
case they viii not cure or help.
Do not suffer or let your friends
suffer, but use and urge them to U.s.
Hop Bitters.
Remember, Hop Biitcrs is ne
vile, drugged, drunken nostrum, but
the Purest and Best Medicine ever
made; the 'lnvalid's Friend and
Hope and no person or family
should be without them Try IN,
Bitters TODAY.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06
The Pole HAT.

They are beautiful being bGu oh!
how deceptive
Their habits are phcw Tat unique.
They buiii their iausrS out Of
earth, and their houses have bat one
door to them and that IL front
door.
They are called pole ka,s because
1T j. not convenient lew Kill them
with 4 klub, nut wiki pole, and
the longer the pole the more couve
ment.
Writers on natural history ai-a-
gree about the right length oy the
pole used, but | would sugges: that
the pole b he about 365 feet. ospesh-
~ If the wind Is in favor Of tie kat.
The pole kat viii remove tic ill.,
ing from hen : egg from mole 10
bigger than marrowiat pea
This IL vuIgarly called ''surkin
eggs
a pole kat travels under an alias
which is called a skunk. There IL
a great many aliases that there is
one of them.
One pole kat in n township is
enuff, espeshily il the wind changes
once in a while. A pole kat's skin
is wurth . dollars in the market af-
ter it IL skinned, bat it j. wurth 3
dollars and fifty cents 10 skin him.
This Is one way tew make II
shillings in a wet day.-Josi BIZ
l0Ds
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06
Some Things I Have Noticed.

/ have noticed that a horse gets
up first and Jerks his hind parts af-
ter him. while COW viii get her
rear half up all right and draw her
forward half up in place, also, when
drinking, a horse will draw in wa
ter rapidly with every breath, the
COW, on the contrary, viii suck in
one continuous draught as long rs
she can hold her breath.
| have noticed that sheep and
goats are both buffers, yet a sheep
hes TO run a few steps backward be-
fore he can butt, while a goat has to
raise himself on his hind legs 20 ex-
ecute the same movement. One Is
called buck sheep, the other a
battering ram. They are the only
two animals l know of whose butt
ends are in front.
4 squirrel can run down q tree
head first. The cat and the bear
must get down tail first if left 10
Themselves.
If your dog finds his way into
your cellar and sees q nice steak he
will steal il and run out. but If your
cat gets In and finds steak. she
viii sit right down by il aud eat
what She wants If not surprised be-
forei.
! have noticed that a leather strap
buckled about the height of your
self around a young tree in a few
year Will he away beyond your
reach, bat il nailed at the same dis
tance viii never get any higher (on-
lv the outer shell runs up.
Although turkeys are much more
swift OF foot than geese, vet III a
weeks drive q flock of geese viii
come ia ahead for geese you can
drive at night, especially moonlight
but when evening approaches tur-
KEYS will roost.
\ man can stand on one foot in
the middle OF q room and pull on
his shoe while woman must lean
up against something % accomplish
the same thing.
A man holds the needle IN his
left hand TO thread Il, has "a woman
holds it in her right.
In one thing J think every one
viii agree vi "a me; Dress a man as
woman dresses and you viii freezc
him to death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06
Wholesale Farming.

Newspaper correspondents writing
from the new Northwest grow very
enthusiastic over the mammoth
farms of Dakota. There are single
farms there of tens of thousands of
acres. One called the Bonanza farm,
and owned by Oliver Dalrymple,
embraces fifty square miles of con-
tiguous territory. la Cass county
there are four farms with a combined
extent of 5000 acres. These big
farms are owned in almost every
instance by non-residents, often by
a syndicate OF capitalists. whose sole
object is to get as much money out
OF their investment as possible.
Everything is done as far as 1t can
be by machinery and by wholesale.
The laborers employed are often I'M
ported for the purpose, and leave
again after harvest. The wheat is
suwn, ripens and is harvested and
sent East; the railroads receive
some benefit III freight, but, as far as
the Territory is concerned, the crop
might almost Us well have been car
ried off by the grasshoppers or never
have been planted.
It is doubtless very interesting to
ride through these big farmlands
and see the fields of ripening wheat
extending without interruption as
far as the eve cab reach in every di-
reciion. It were better, however, II
/ these vast expenses of cereal wealth
were broken by fences, hedges, and
mere and there home There are
no clustering villages where bonanza
farms abound-on churches, school
houses or other incidents ot clvlllza-
ton. Tie soil is worked fur all
THEN is in it. without any attempt
at rotation o. crops or ANY regard ior
the future. The profits "il each crop
are spent elsewhere Toy tlie non iesl-
dent owners, and the idea j. growing
that the system u not conducive 10
j the permanent Interests ui ,iie lcrri-
tory. Tie NUitl.s-rn Pac.iir Railroad
I * mainly Responsible in thIs state
OF things, as Is adopted the policy Of
selling iis lands Ia a> big iGis rs Il
could iind purchasers ior. /,
new pereeives that actual set
tiers are more profitable as pur-
chaSers of land along it, line. as they
not only ship their grain by the
railroad, but give the road return
freigh;s as well Unquestionably
/ the big-iarm business will eventually
become an issue in Dakota. H. il al
ready has, with far les cause. in
California The mammoth farms
are bad enough in themselves. but
when there is added to this non
residenr ownership we have con-
dition of things which ro State can
afford to have become a prominent
and permanent feature-Nc Press.
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KALAMAZOO. Eel . ISSn

l know Hop Bittefs will bear
recommendation honestly. All who
use them confer upon them the
highest encomiums, and give them
credit for making cures-all the
proprietors claim for them. | have
kept them since they were first of
fered to the public. They took high
rank from the first, and maintained
it, and are more called for than all
others combined. So long as they
keep up their reputation for purity
and usefulness, | shall continue to
recommend them something have
never before done with any other
patent medicine.
J. ]. Babcock, NJ. D.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

''Do | believe in a woman 5 inhu-
enceT said a man on Twenty y-sec-
ond street last Sunday. Wei, YOU
see that young fellow trundling a
baby carriage along the street with
a look of angelic resignation on his
face an inch and a half thick; |
knew that fellow when he would
swell around the Tivoli as big as a
circus advance agent, and order
beer around for the crowd. He
don't do il any more. Chicago
Cheek.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

1t Is the common observation that
the standard of natural health and
normal activity. among American
women. is heing lowered by the IN
6uence Of false ideas and habits
of life, engenGered by fashionable
ignorance and luxurious living. Il
is igncr nee and luxurious living.
II is a happy circumstance that Mrs.
Lydia T. Pinkham has come 10 the
front 10 instruct and cure tie suffer
ers of her sex.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

BY test OF the closest average
work, it requires four bushels and
Az pounds of wheat to make bar
rel of -four.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

Almost ANYBODY can run into
debt. but nearly everybody has l.
crawl out of Il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

3 A secrets too little for one, enough
for two. and too much for three.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

AT theseaslore. as usual, one wave
from q womans handkerchief viii
continue to attract more attention
than hundreds Of waves from the
n .4rn
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

II good cake be passed around
it is apt todiminish in size. II is
not so with a lie, but is just the OPP
{ posite. 81 f
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

No man wearies Of the cares of
state quicker than he who serves in
the state prison.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

Happy Is the tramp-the book
agent Will not buttonhole him.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-09-06

leading features--a living Nondescript,
and Drumedaries, Zebra. White Llama.
tara, Lions and Lionesses, Abysinian
Leopard, spotted and striped Hyenas,
Crocodilcs from the River Nile, Python
80 dcns Of other rare and valuable
Monstrosities.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES.


SOMERSET & CAMBRIA RAILROAD.
On and after June u, trains will run as follows