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Religious Reading.
CHILDHoODs LOVE.

Inc Saopath morn was fresh and cool.
And all along the quiet street
me cniiaSn came from Sunday-school,
hearu the pattering of their feet
saw theirf faces fair, ~
Their gravely happy air.
The sweetest sight in all the land
ltwas TO see them meet or part. tts
Eacn with Bible in her hand,
A holy lesson in her heart
One child more fair than all the rest
III wish that could sing her namel ef.i
In richest silk and velvet dressed,
When school was over, onward came.
Min ehildhood's beaming face,
-, And childhood's winsome grace
Holding her mothers hand: hereyes
We're Homes of holy love and PRAYER.
ana Kept the color of the skies,
Untroubled by a tear or care.
And as they trod the quiet street.
- Ihey met poor, toil-weary child;
And eaeS n SsSPP the o II slad t.
" Go0d-bye,p heard them say.
on come next Sabbath day?'' ~
''ph. yes. III come And on she WENT
Beguied of half her care and fear
The mother to her daughter bent: 'sii s'i
4How do You know that child, my dear.v.
"I Know her lately she coafessc1.
Just since this morning, when She came
To Sunday.school, so badly dressed s1-'-Fe
a do not think know her name- .'r
z But she booked tired aud shy.
And almost like 20 cry 5ElY
And half ashamed TO onward mass:
could not bear her face TO see.
And no one knew her in the class to-
ana SO made place by me.
- MI smiled to her: the place she took.
Ana then she smiled right back to me;
i let herrelid but OF my book 2 ~
And she wasglad rs she could be-, -
And when the school was DER,
= And we were NJ the door. ! :, f.. t.tt.
She smiled again as stood near,
A nd gIHiietl 'bank and Sn x.n,,' 500
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Europe Through aWoman' Eye
is the title of n new book. That beats
the Camel Through Needles Eye"
Hon. S. A. Davenport. of Erie. Pa.
has the cases out of which Horace Gree
ley set type when he worked on the
Erie Gazette. -
-Ex-Governor Stanford, Of Califor-
MIA, is n victim to attacks of melan-
cholia. He never goes out of doors
without an attendant.
Mr.. Charles G. Reynolds, the book
keeper in the Office of the Boston City
Treasurer, has held his position for
more than forty years. He is now
eighty-two years of sge.-BOstos Rost.
1t is stated that Charles O'ConOr.
the aged lawyer of New York, is an in
veterate and industrious collector of
literature relating ~ love and the fair
sex. Tt is said that he has several thou
sand yolunes-Of snch books. ,-.r-at :
"A Quartermaster in the Michigan
militia bears the proud name of William
Shakespeare. He has something Of a
literary turn, too, though instead of
writing plays he devotes his attention to
compiling militia manuals aud the ike.
On his way to Yellowstone Park re-
Gently with Generaly Shernan] Chief
Justice Waite, OF the United States SUI
premeI Court was thrown from his
horse in Montana and re :eived painful
but not alarming injuries. - Chicago
Journal 4 --'.f - - IL = ---- .
john EggleSton, aged, seventy-four
years,a Lifelong re idcnt Uf COrinth,
SarQfnna GAtnaxy ~ IL g.,
= days Since. The deceased never lived q
day out of that town. He possessed
considerable property, but never was
ilttY miles from home during his, long
ine.- Iiol on ~ T18ksJ - 9Ii.
General Alfred Awkward. who led
the South African Boers in tAsir war
with the British, is passing fond ymoon
at>Nantas kct- Beach. after winning the
bride by in clopement The bride was
Miss Carrie NanHoesen, an aristocratic
BROOKLYN belle, whose ypsrents did not
approve Of the snit AND ,c;irriodshcr to
Saratoga. The ardent Irishman followed
and eloped with her 10 Boston. where
they were married. The couple will
live in Australia.-M /. HcrakG az e
The Washington PjSt SAYS: "The
only diplomats left i'm WaShington-th
hot-weather diplomats, 50 To speak-ar
the, Chinese They-seem to l. ke the sun
they are like sunilOwcrs, whichever
way the sun is they tnFH tireir faces. In
their gay-colored smock-frocks, panta-
lets aud petticoats of windtangling sea-
grass material, they seud down the ave
nue. like feet of junks under full sail.
just in time to catchthe eleven, o click
sun in their faces. and return to catch il
on the other tack" tFEr
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A story is told of Lepaux, member
OF the French Directory, that with much
thought and study he had Invented a
new religion, to be called ''Theophilan-
thropy, kind of organized Rousseau
ism, and that, being disappointed in its
not being readily approved and
adopted, he complained to Tallevrand
of the difficulty he found in introduce
ing it.
IA am not surprised, said Talley-
rand, lat the difficulty You find in
your effort. 1t is no easy matter to
Introduce a new religion. But there
is one thing | would advise you to do,
and then, perhaps, YOU mightsuccced."
"What isita What Is ft?p asked the
other with eagerless.
r'.It is tliis,H said Talleyrand. go and
be crucified, and then, be buried, and
J then rise again ON the third day., and
then go on working miracles. raising
the dead, and healing all manner of dis
eases, and casting out .deyils, and then
IL Is possible that Won might accom-
piish your efidYs And the philosopher,
crestfalien and COMPOUNDED, went away
silent. -.,.4 t. 80, .-
The anecdote shows, in a fresh and
striking light, how firm the foundation
on which Christianity and the faith of
the Christian rest. ''Ransack all his
tory, says an able writer, land you
can not find n single event more salts
factorily and clearly proved than the
resurrection, of Christ from the dead. y
And says another, a distinguished
jurist: If human evidence ever has
mr.. nd
then the miracles Of Christ are proved
beyond a shadow of doubt" And yet
the miracles and resurrection of Christ
prove His, divinity; and, as Napoleon
said: +" His divinity once admitted, Chris
tianity appears with the precision and
clearness Of algebra; 1t has the connec-
ton and unity of a science.
And on this strong foundation it is
that Christianity and Christian faith
rest And how absolutely immoyable
that foundation is, how absolutely con-
vincing the evidence from this source,
we hardly realize until. like Talleyrand,
we call on the objector himself to be
Pcrucifed, himself to rise from the dead.
and himself to work miracles, as Christ
did, throughout Jerusalem, and all
Judea, in the presence OF thousands
and tens of thousands, both enemies and
friends. ~
1t is a most assuring as well as COM
forting thought that this. external evil
dence from without can never be shaken
while human testimony has value or
meaning. And whenlwe add to this the
internal evidence--the fact that thou
sands and millions of Christians have
felt in their oyyT exDerience. that the
Gospel is true. Just as the hungry man
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Gems OF Thought.

Whoever is sensible of his own
faults carps not at another's failiEgs.-
Persian. ''i'f, -
If there is any person whom you
dislike, that is the very person of
whom you ought never TO speak
cecil. ~ ,
The work an unknown good man
has done is like n vein of water flow
ing hidden underground, secretly max
ing the ground green Carlyle.
There no music in a ''rest" that /
know of, but there's the making of
music in it. And people are always
missing that part of the life melody, al
ways talking of perseverance, and
courage, and fortitude; but patience is
the finest and worthiest part of forti-
tude, and the 1arest, too.-RuSkin.
We all can set our daily deeds to
the music Of grateful heart, and seek
TO round our lives into hymnAtIe
melody of which will be recognized by
all who come in contact with us, and
the power of which shall not be evanes-
cent, like the voice Of the singer, last Z,
perennial, like the music of the spheres
m N. Taylor, d. ID.
Il do wish that all tired people did
but know the infinite rest there is I'm
fencing off the six days from the
sevcnth-jn anchoring the business
ships of our daily life as, the Saturday
draws to its close, leaving them toridc
peacefully upon the flow or the ebb I'm
til Monday morning comes again.
,A'and Warner. 10. .Ttr7r Z .psl..
g" - 1t is the duty of the poor to give as
NSal as the rich, they need the blessing
Of giving as much as the rich, and they
are not TO be excused or deferred from
giving by the necessary smallness of
their gifts. Nor are they TO wait I'M
til they get. rich orbccon,e better off
before they give. Thoy are to begin
giving, get The habit of giving while
they are yet poor. ReU. c. r. Sheldon.
spiritual things, are spiritually
discerned The horse and his rider
may both gaze upon the same beautiful
landscape, upon the same majestic sun
set, upon the same Observation-Disclosures.
On the eye of the brute there is no, APP
parent impression, while upon the eye
Of observation-disclosures of the soul which
is behind the eye-the expression is iu-
deseribably grand and delightful, And
so the Kingdom of Heaven may be
among us. as Christ declares that is is;
its most conspicuous features may be .
visible in the, lives of Christians, it.
most salient facts may be, apparent in
the history of the Church, but il will
only'be distinctly seen by such az have
that spiritual vision which comes from
spiritualrenewat-.-Ihe he WatctocoyH. -
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The TrueSstandard Of Utility.

The trouble with people who set up a
unitarian standard and subject every
thing to that, 'geherally is that they
leave out of their calculations the most
important aim and attainment of life
character. Anything that fits person
to do the immediate work in hand is
placed under the head of utility, and
commended. Anything other is placed
under the head of fti,flity, and CON
demned. The work in hand. moreover.
is almost invariably that which tends TO
tho getting of. bread and butter, and
after that to the accumulation of wealth.
To minister to the material wants is
utility. TO minister to the spiritual
wants is-well, perhaps it would not be
called futility: but these wants would
be supposed to provide for themselves.
The effects of work. and thought upon
the forming characteristics is the thing
overlooked. :.
1t is dangerous thing to set up n
standard of utility. II is likely TO be
fatal when the standayd is fixed in mate
'rlailsm. There is much greater need to
see tolt to-day that the rising generation
shall not be imbued with the idea that
the end-all is to get-all, than there is to
revise tariff or build navy. A false
view of utility and futilitywill DESTROY a
nation far sooner than oppression or
hostile fleets. When character is lost
sight of in the greed for gain; when the
parents decide everything for their chill
dren on the simple ground of whether
1t will or will not better.enable them 10
get on y In the world; when the cult
walton of the mind and heart are made
of no account beside the equipment for
trade; when to be prosperous. is made
to stand for being good; when individual
wealth is everything and individual
character matter of indifference. then
manhood and the nation are in peril.
Character can never rightly be made
secondary. Whatever conduces direct
~ or indirectly to the formation of
good character is useful in the highest
and truest sense. Whatever conduces
to anything else is worse Than futile,
and IN tendency is fatal. christianity
Is the only sun that can penetrate the
log covering the question of utility and
utility. When the standard of utility
is fixed according to the Christian
standard, that rates man by what he
-~f ~ ~ iiON ihuSu luOlCN Cdf1
make-that measures him by spiritual
not material. possessions, and that
measures human activities and pursuits
by the effects they will produce upon
the character that must eternally en-
dure rather than upon the accumula-
ton OF riches that must soon be left
then and then only can it be safe
standard to live by and educate chill
dren by. The true utilitarian view is
that nothing is useful that does not
tend to develop high, noble, pure and
Christian character; nothing is useless
that does. The lie that is sordid and
selfish is fntilitarian; the true utilitarian
is the life that develops character along
the lines laid down by Him who, seeing
the end from the beginning. said: .'The
life is more than meat and the BODY
than raiment;'' and ga mans life CON
sisteth not in the abundance of the
things which he, possesseth. ~ Y.
Examiner
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Tried by Prosperity.

We may be tried, by riches as well
as by poverty; by health, and strength
prolonged through many years as well
as by sickness; by public honor as well
as by SANDER and unmerited censure:
by appointment TO an Office of high re-
sponsibility, and carving withjit public
distinction, rs we'll as by unmerited dis
missal from it; by the fulfillment of our
brightest hopes as well as by the catas-
trophies which quench them; by the ease
of our life as well az its hardships, by
its unbroken peace and untroubled, Sc
curity as we'll as by the perils which
shake the heart with fear. Many a man
who has molly stood the test of sorrow
and loss has failed when the dark and
evil days have passed by and his,lifecis
bright with joy-~-------
We are, not accustomed to describe
our successes, our prosperous fortunes,
the, sources of our flowing happiness, Us
trials" but by these, too. God may
"prove thee, to know what is in thine
heart, y and whether thou wilt keep His
commandments or no. These too, nl;iy
bring us discoveries of moral weakness
and defect which -tre-had never
charged ourselves. These, too. may be
necessary to provoke intsf activity ele-
ments of righteousness which are want
ing in alertness and vigor. They are
among the .'manifolda trials which con-
tribute to Christian perfeetion. That
we never think of them Us trials may
suggest to US the exceptional danger To
which they expose us. They do not
alarm us, and therefore do not excite MS
to vigilance and compel us to invoke
that Divine defense and support which.
even in times apparently most free"
from peril, can alone give US perfect
safety.
Life, from first to last,.isa perpetual
trial" and the .sffiaf'is perpetualiy
varied. In the school of God there are
no vacations. His "mercies are new
every morning., on our part there
should be a new depth of trust and "A
new rapture of praise. We have more
to thank Him for to-day than we had
yesterday; our thankfuincss should he
inspired with more intense passion We
are nearer Heaven to-day than we were
yesterday; our hope should rise TO d-
viner heights, and there should be
more exultinc Joy in theprosPect of GO
inc to the blessed home of God. lfsour
environment remains the same, we oir-
selyes have changed and. with, the
chtnge in ourselves, orr environment
becomes new test of our fidelity to
God. We should. therefore. be thank
full for long life. and for the discipline
painful As it must sometimes be.-which
extends from youth to manhood, and
from manhood to old age. We should
count il all JOY that the temptations,
the trials" of fife are manifold" for
every one of them may add to as some
new element of force, some new touch
of grace and beauty. The develop
mcnt of Christian righteousness is the
Divine end of human life: when we ac-
cept that end, its sorrows and its joys
alike will have a new aspect and new
meaning. The transitory delights and
the transitory suil'crings of this mortal
condition will then alike contribute Ia
the wealth of our eternal blessedness, and
the splendor of our eternal glory.-R.
w Dale, IN ETpoSitor.
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ri.it berorc ,he took Ftereh leave here

visit before she took French leave here
last night?
Las: nightr' repeated Dana. with
sudden consciousness dawning in her
face. The lawyer saw il.
"Ah. there IS something to tell he
said. "Come into the library. please"
lie led the way and Dana followed
mechanically. There was not much To
tell. Her mother had come into her
room for few moments before retir-
ing. but hal. certainly said nothing TO
prepare the girl for her act of flight.
Didn't say anything about your own
mother, for instance?' asked Mr..
Quest. '.
Nothing. cxcept-I hardly know
how 10 came about nOw--but she asked
me il cared for her as much as If L had
really been her own child. 1 said, more;
that / could never have been 50 sensi-
bile Of her Kindness. hers and papa's s."
with n guivcr. chad | been their own.
oh, remember now. she did say Some
thing about sorrow coming To him, and
asked me To remember how much /
Owedr-him when that time came. /
thought she meant that Oyan vet he was
not quite reconGled toto my marriage;
but il may have been this. Mr.. Quest,
what Is il you knaY7r l,s.f al1.r
There were no tears in the ewes with
which she regarded him now Deep
and solemn, they seemed tO pierce
through his craft aud cunning. and read
the disippointOent Which was ranking
IN his sOrlid Soul.
What do you know?" she repeated.
why arc Won so bitter against mann
ma? Why should she not come back?"
Curse, not loud but deep quivered on
Harmon Quests tongue, but he had the
grace 10 give them no audible utter
ancc.
why? Because ladies If her ilk,
who have murder To answer for. aren't
apt To come back when they've been
scared into running away. It's rather
rough 10 tell YOU that yojlr mother was
guilty Of the murder which her husband
was hung for. but its only the truth.
and it's bound TO come OUT O.
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Our Young Readers.
LITTLE CHARLEY


ny baby boy, DER whose golden head
2 u' .wo snort years had their brightness
nad cropped his playthings, and climbed
M ne stood erect in neighboring chair.
w I'm MS dainty ankles and bare white feet
Hah MD IN the depths of the cushioned
ne poised himself as he caught a view
~ ~ tne pleasant picture the mirror drew
NJ MS own sweet face. The violet eyes
we're lifted moment in glad surprise
As, with smile as sweet as my baby,s own
;. Inc Inc other Charley looked kindly down.
Uot poo eyes. too? dot my pritty dessY
, lou re the other farley boy. guess"
Anen his face was grave and he nearer
- bent, IS =
Stroking his check with a look intent:
ne touched his chin, and the ripe red lips
8. sweet as the bloom the honey-bee sips.
nat Is 1t. Charley? what do you see?"
", w I'm an air of conscious dignity
ms man in miniature turned TO speak,
ana said. still stroking his rosy cheek,
Anu touching his chin with his small pink
: 4 m leelein 10 see has my listers tome"
-Ais' Harry X. Taylor, in Jumpers Young
PcOple.
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HUMOROUS.

"A continued story in an amateur
journal opens as follows; OWN YOU. tell
me where my coilar-buttoif ts?'
"NeverH' Then Gu must dic!"-N.
j. Journal - q = 10 = 9
--.'Please to give me something, sir?"
says an old woman. Il had n blind
child; he was my only means of subsist-
ence. and the poor boy has recovered
his sight"
why must we mourn for vanished
Iight?' Is u poet. 1t may be owing
To the fact that it has been cut off at
the meter, because of the failure to paw
an old gas bill. 1t sometimes happens
that way.-Norrist2'c,, HeraLI-
"A 'sas;ety" gusher, in telling
where she was going for the summer.
said: I'm going TO Newport, and I'm
going to take my maid, my nurse, my
two dogs, my children, and-and. oh.
yes, my husband. ~ y. Ne,c$..-
Will WASH
She married me for my-wit,
That got the best of the bargain
I'm candid enough to irImit.
Wit often subsidies into drvel.
Thai beauty soon fades Is all boSh:
NV wlfe Is to-day vt the washtub,
so I'm certain that beauty will wash.
80 -B'tfaIo NerS.
Plantation Philosophy Honesty is
gettln' scarcer cherry year case dare is
more people ter pervide. Pleasures
decrease rs da come near us. De fish
Is heap bigger fore yer gifts it outen
de water. De injurious in dis worl' is
alters tie fanciest. DE brandy-bottle is
fixed up finer den de bread-tray. A
well-fed Niger is de happiest man in de
worl. 1t doan make no differ bout
clothes. but gin him some hog. an den
take care,--ArkGnSdW TrdrcHer.
A New York schoolma' am COM
plains that too much favoritism is
shown by the school trustees. She SAYS
pretty teachers are promoted to the
exclusion of their palmer sisters. al
though the latter NAV be more intelli-
gent. Twas ever thus The pretty
teacher IS also frequently promoted to
the position of wife to-the. exclusion of
the homely teachcrSssan and about wear
after marriage she wishes she were sim
gle and teaching the fourth class in the
primary department. -Norristo,en Her
add, - GS 49,
"A friend of mine, Axhe dabblcs con-
siderably in stocks, walked into we'll
known clearinghouse the other dav.
and created considerable excitement by
remar&ing: Il got n pretty good thing
when | bought that. last winter. Ii
was ut thirty-fOur then, and to-day il
stands ut nincty-live." well, | should
say so, exclaimed the senior partner
?" But what stock wasjt!' 1t was a
thermometer" coolly replied S nv
friend. II didn't cost the bows s,mv.
thing for lemonade that day Boston
Times h.. b =
Mrs. W is character i'm n
certain, country village, "A few claws
ago she media lad driving u line had of
hay to market She stopped him, in.
qHiretl the quality and price of the hay.
and, after nnInh deliberation, ordered
the boy To drive his horse into her
yard. The place was rather, stra for
the wagon. TO enter, but he finally
managed to drive in. and prepared 10
unload. Looking up to the lad, who.
pitchfork in hand, was about 10 toss O!
the hay she sad. with great simplicity,
. You may give me about enough ifoi
a hen 5 nest; I've been wanting it fc,
some time 'TDerJit-t'ost.
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knows that heis, fed. or the tAirstysthen
he has drank, Just as we know the ex-
istence of the sun because we see its
light and feelits healthier the founda-
ton on which, as Christians, we rest
stands doubly sure to the, soul Heaven
and earth may pass away, but Ged's
word and all that rests upon il shall
abide foreyer.--duerica,s McSsenQer.
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THE OLD cHURCHrARD.

breathe soft and low. n whispering wind
Above the tRngesi Hrassss deep,
Nhorr those who owed INC lstiV AFRO
Forgot The world and fell asleep.
No towering shaft, or scupturCd urn.
Or mausoloum's empty pride.
Tolls tO the curious passcr-by
Thor virtues. tho time hey died.
Oh. Icount the old, familiar names.
H. OorErOwn With moss and lichcn rr1y
where tangled bricr and creeping vine
Across the Crumhling tablets stray
Tho summer sky o. softly blue:
The hirtls still sling the sweet. old strain :
hut something from the sutumer.tima
lsgonc, that vii not coma again.
20 many voices have boon hushed-
so many Hungs have ceased for ave-
so many hands usc1 tO touch
Are folded over hearts OF clny.
Tho mOssy world rrCcdcs from NO
cease To- hear H. praise or blame:
The NOISY marbles echo back
No hollow sound 81 empty fario.
ONLY know that calm and stnL
ThCy-slcrp beyond ltfc's wossnnd wall
heyofrl the fies' 0f satlinH C0usik 7
UcyOud the shallow ~ thoVilr: r. Y
only feel that. tired aud wOru..
halt upon the highwuy -harN
Aud gHkc With ycdrniuK eyes beyond
Nrotnced fhift shiuc .uPrruFly fisr'
~ --sps'J1f ndip 'riik