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The Teaching of the Apostles.

We should like to group and print
We may, some day. -some of the queer
utterances touching the Bryennios MSS,
the Teaching of the Apostles, document
which the best German and American
scholars the Teaching has been critically
studied and examined the past eight
years IN Germany ascribe to A. D. 100
to I6O. One contemporary opposed to
fasting, rejects the document because fast
ing is enjoined-as if the fact that fasting
was voluntarily adopted as an inheritance
from the Jewish church could be wiped
out In this way, or as if because the early
Christians tasted, therefore the practice
becomes obligatory upon Christians to-
day-as assuredly it does not. And here
comes Baptist contemporary, and, evil
IDENTIFY dissatisfied with the rules as to
baptism contained in the Teaching,
declares that =" any minister with New
Testament and honesty and common sense
ought to be able to prepare better sum-
mary of the Teaching of the Apostles
than this much-vaunted fragment of unin-
spired antiquity" Now it goes without
saying that an historical account of the
ceremonies and customs observed at
White House receptions during the pre-
sldency of James Madison, written in
1884 and quoted, we will say by later
historical writers down the centuries
ought to be considered as supplying
strong presumptive proof of what trans
splred on those occasions. By most it
would be. Some, however, Judging from
the spirit of recent criticism, would
probably object that the record was not
divinely inspired This no doubt
would supply very convenient method
for wiping out all history. In this way
the Roman Church might obliterate the
st. Bartholomew massacre, the High
Anglicans might refuse the picture of
Claverhouse drawn by the historian, and
,the Puritans might declare that no witch
WAS ever burned, while the Pedobaptists
could safely affirm that Roger Williams
was never driven out of the colonies of
Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. Bad
image aside, it is only matter for regret
that any denominational party, justifying
its position historically by appeals to the
Fathers, should reject earlier historical
testimony on the same question on the
plea that it is wanting divine inspira-
ton" Such a confession of weakness
carries its own suggestive comment to
which no words of ours could add any
force whatever.-C Christian at Work.
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one of the children rushed into the room
all tears, because her brother had gone
without her. Never mind, my dear, -
said Gordon, calling her to him, all will
come right. You have your troubles,
and | have mine; we must both try to
bear them" And he took the child on
his knee, and talked to her till she had
forgotten her woes. His troubles then
were no small ones. His work was all
over, and he was leaving Egypt without
a word of gratitude from those he had
served so well. The Government have
even haggled over his arrears of pay.
They need not mind" he said; II have
told them all will make them a present
of everything they owe me"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-06-04

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May. Contents:
"Reconstruction" in South Carolina. by Prot.
F. A. Porcher
Story of the Arkansas, by Geo. W. Gift.
Letters from Fort Sumter, by Lit. I. Jones.
Diary of Rev. ]. G. Law.
Chckamauga-A reply to Maj. Sykes, by
James NJ. Goggin.
Report of Gen E. w Pettus of Operations at
Lookout Mountain.
Battle of Drewrys Bluff, May 16, 1S64-Re-
port of Gen. R. F. Hoke and Gen. ]. Hagood.
Wolsleys Tribute to Lee and Jackson.
The Burning of Columbia Affidavit of Mrs
Agnes Law.
THE Blue" and THE Gray"-A Poem by
Rev. ]. G. Walker.
Rev. ]. VIM. Jones, D. D., Secretary, Rich
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The AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN AND ORIENTAL
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The Bridges of Ancient Rome, by F. G. Rob
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Ancient Mexican and Central American Co.
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Lectures on Poly thesm, by F. G. Fleay.
TRANSACTIONS of the Obelisk in New York, by
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Sioux Folklore and Mythology, by ]. Owen
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Gambling in Washington.

A great deal has been written lately
about gambling in Washington on the
part OF Government clerks and employees.
There is good deal of excuse for what
has been said. Gambling in the old way
playing cards for money-is almost
completely out of fashion In place of it
we have spectators in oil, the free sale
and purchase of lottery tickets, and "pol-
icy" for Negroes. The clerks, with small
salaries, have been great buyers of lot
terry tickets and Of privileges" in oil.
Once In 800 times some lottery ticket
brings a small prize. The greatest at
traction in the OIL speculation has been a
broker, who protested to have informa-
ton that enabled him always to be on
" the right side Of market" The able
broker has Just decamped, leaving his
victims to mourn his loss to the extent Of
several hundred thousand dollars. It
turns out that he was another Ferdinand
Ward that he never bought anything at
all, and simply paid one mans deposit to
another man as "profts." He came to
the end Of his rope last Saturday night
when, having been called upon to pay
out $4,000, his bank account was ex-
hausted, and he was compelled to flee.
He has wasted the little savings of hun.
dreds of clerks, and has also victimized
a number of members Of Congress-one
of them to the tune Of 81 ,200.-Indepen-
dent.
Zone Of the most insidious and mischievous
forms which gambling has taken in our day is
Rafting at Fairs, sometimes under the counte-
nance and patronageof Christian women .-EDs.
CEN. PRES
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General Gordon.

Mr.. Justice Scott, who is regarded as
a competent authority, has written to the
Times of India memoir Of General Cor
don, from which we extract the follow
ing Thestory of General Gordon career
is now told. He is still in the prime of
life, and he has already accomplished
1t is hard to say where the secret lies of
his success. He is careless of danger,
but many other men hold their lives as
cheaply. He despises money, but he is
not singular in that indifference. He is
all frankness and sincerity, but these
qualities are fortunately not very rare.
He has an intense faith, but there are
other men who possess an equal trust and
belief. Self-reliance equal to his own has
ensured success to other leaders. 1t is,
perhaps, the rare combination of all these
qualities which goes to make him re-
markable. Few men have kinder
heart. His pensioners are many, and
are scattered over the world. But with
all his kindness he can be very stern.
He has shot evildoers with his own hand
and unhinchingly ordered men to execu-
ton by way Of example. His religion is
bu6 nOSO pOW6Ilul ldCJOI III HIS dCUlODS.
Whenever he is in doubt he turns to his
Bible With the English newspapers
that Book formed his whole library in
the Soudan. But shrewd commonsense
is mixed up with his almost mystical re-
ligion, and his constant reference to his
Bible, opening the book at random for
guidance in the practical working of life,
has never led him astray. The present
writer well remembers the first time he
saw Gordon. 1t was in Egypt, at Ram
leh, the desert suburb of Alexandria.
just at the close of the first chapter of his
Equatorial rule. A slight man, under
middle size, of erect military bearing,
with clear-cut face, small moustache,
and penetrating light blue eyes, walked
into the room from the back way, apollo
gising in shy, gentle voice for coming
In through the kitchen, because, you
see, l could not find your front door"
We sat that day for hours and over end
less cigarettes; he told me with eloquence
how he won over the hostile tribes by
justice and fair dealing. He paid, he
said, for all he took: carried everywhere
with him public petition box, and al
ways read the petitions, helped the weak
against the strong, and freed all captives
who were being carried away into slave
ry. He never went armed, not even
when the natives were creeping through
the long grass, spear in hand, ready to
attack whenever there was a chance
Later on he corrected himself about the
arms, and said" Yes, 1 did once sleep
with a revolver by me, but I was sorry
afterwards that l did" 1t was seldom
he would talk as he did that day. He
was generally rather silent man, low
voiced when he did speak, and gentle in
all his ways, especially gentle with wo-
men and children. We remember an
other occasion when, as we sat together,
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The Ody ssey.

As one that for weary space has lain
Lulled by the song of Gree and her wine
In gardens near the pale of Proserpine,
Where that E@an isle forgets the main,
And only the low lutes of love complain,
And only shadows of wan lovers pine,
As such an one were glad to know the brine
Salt on his lips, and the large air again
So gladly, from the songs of modern speech
Men turn. and see the stars and feel the free
Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy flowers
And through the music of the languid hours
They hear like ocean on western beach
The surge and thunder of the Odyssey.
Lana
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Keep on Praying.

Do you think, asked that the
Lord will let me see in this life that sal
walton of the souls for whom 1 pray2"
" cannot say as to that. When / was a
child in the Sabbath School in the old
country" she continued, my faithful
teacher used to say have prayed
TOO much for my class for one Of them to
be lost 1 was thoughtless girl at the
time, and remember wondering at it,
and thinking it very self-confdent re-
mark. She was so sure. ] shall have
them all, she would say / shall say to
Christ at the judgment: Here am and
the class thou hast given me-. "And
were they all converted ?" I asked.
" Yes, she did not live to see it, but my
eyes have seen 1.-THE last of the sixteen
gathered into the fold Witnessing for
Jesus.
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Many years ago, when some of us we're
mere boys, we listened to the gospel
of Jesus, and our hearts leaped as we
embraced it; it was the life and 10Y OF
1t; now after day, after having ad-
vanced far in the divine life, if we hear
one of those simple sermons that first
brought US to Christ, concerning the pre-
cious blood of Jesus and child-lke faith
in him, it suits US quite as well as in
those early days. have noticed with
regard to well grown Christian people,
that when L have given a purely evan
gelical DISCOURSE meant only for sinners,
and not at all designed for the edifying
and comforting of full-aged saints, they
have sucked it in with as much delight
as If they were themselves newly convert
ed. After all, though you and l are not
now fed upon milk, yet draught of milk
is still most refreshing. Though we can
now digest the solid meat of the king
dom, yet the children's bread has lost
none of itsrelish in our esteem. The ele-
mentary truths are still sweet to our
hearts aye, sweeter than ever they were.
SplIrGeon.
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1t is comparatively rarely, we are con-
strained to believe, that in individual
churches or in the Church at large there
is any great need for the multiplication
of machinery. For the most part we
have machinery enough. 1t may be, to
be sure, that now and then it is wise to
adopt new methods. But as rule we
think the wiser course will be to use ex-
listing methods for all that there is in
them. This certainly is true that energy
is often spent in mere organization that
might be better spent in the work itself.
If method is conspicuously bad, of
course a good one should be put in its
place. If you see clearly how a method
can be bettered, and at the same time see
how others can be brought to your view
of the matter, then it is your duty to
better it. But because particular
method may not be the best, we should
not refuse to work along its lines. Nor
should we make the mistake of multiply
ing machinery without the strong war-
rant of necessity. Machinery in the
Church, as in mechanics, requires power.
The more machinery beyond the point of
absolute necessity there is, the greater
the loss of power for effective work.
Christian Weekly.
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Extempore Listening.

In the late discussion before the Uni
tartan Club as to the relative merits of
extempore and written sermons, Rev.
Brook HEREFORD touched upon thought
that deserves emphasis. He says: ut
occurred to me that there might be some
thing said, distinctly IN. connection with
the value and power of sermons, upon
extempore listening. am inclined to
think that great deal of this present
craving for special vivacity of manner
arises from the listening of the present
day being SO largely extemporaneous.
Did it ever occur to you that listening, in
order to be worth much, needs preparing
Tor, as much as speaking, and that there
are great many persons who listen ex-
tempore, who never think upon these
great topics upon which they expect the
preacher to speak, up to the last moment
of entering the church -?
A good deal is written and said in
these days about hoaO to preach. In the
days of Christ and Paul aUhat to preach
seemed of vastly more importance. How
to listen, what preparation of mind and
heart is needful, what attitude toward
the truth, what appreciation of the
truth-these are more important ques-
tons than extempore or written preach
ing. Take heed how We hear, is d.
vine injun. ton Take heed how ye
preach, Is a human command. When
the sower went forth to SOW, he was as
faithful to one kind of soil as to another.
The seed was as good, the action as grace
ful, but much of the labor Of the sower
and the vitality of the seed was wasted
because of the birds and the soil. Soil
pressed by busy feet and laden wagons
SIX days in the week, is well fitted to be
table in the wilderness for unclean
birds the seventh day soil that is thin
by reason of an under-stratum of rock is
Just the place to destroy seed. Soil that
Is already mortgaged to weeds has moth
ing left for seed. The soil needs prepa-
ration quite as much as the sower and
the seed
The family altar at each end of the
daily furrow will keep the birds away.
An hoHr day Of Bible study and pray
er will bar out the traffic Of the world
A practical application Of truth already
accepted will break up the fallow ground,
deepen the soil Of the stony ground, and
kill out the weeds that spring up and
choke the harvest that is unto life.
Peter on the day Of Pentecost preached
to prepared hearers, "devout men, out of
every nation under heaven" Paul on
Mars Hill preached to extempore listen
ers. For all the Athenians and strang-
ers which were there spent their time in
nothing else but either to tell or to hear
some new thing When Peters audi
ence heard the truth, they were pricked
in their heart and said unto Peter and
to the rest of the Apostles, Men and
brethren, what shall we do2 In Athens
" when they heard Of the resurrection of
the dead some Knocked and others said
We will hear thee again Of this matter.
Brethren in the pew, the graduate Of
a fishing boat can succeed with devout
but graduate Of Gamaliel's
school will fail with an Athenian audi
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Warming.
Ezekiel iii, lS).

A poor mailman in an asylum was al
ways repeating the same words " Oh, if
l only had !" He had been signal man
at railway bridge which opened over a
river. When the bridge was swung open
it was his duty to show the danger signal
and stop any train that was approaching.
One night he forgot to show the red sig.
nal, the bridge was open, and train full
OF people was hurled into the river.
The shock drove the poor man out Of
his senses, and he always said the, same
sad words. If we neglect to look
for the signal which God shows to
us, or if we fail to warn others, we may
be forced to think and say forever: "Oh
if l only had !"
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Tribulation cannot separate you from
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord. But the love of God will, in
the end separate you from tribulation,
and bring you out Of it, and give you
tulness Of JOY. HeiOHson.
There is but one way to get up a re-.
vival and that is to get down in the dust
Of humility and prayer. There is no
royal road to revival but the Kings
highway, and that leads to his feet and
the mercy seat.-THe Evangelist.
When faith and hope fail, as they do
sometimes, we must try charity, which is
love in action. We must speculate no
more on our duty, but simply do it,
however blindly, perhaps heaven will
show us the reason why.-Dinah M,l-
lock.
God never cast off any one that had
true grace, though he were but weak in
it never broke the bruised reed strong
believers, and weak believers, those that
eat, and those that eat not, if they be
true believers, are accepted Of God.
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Recent Publications.

Our prompt acknowledgment every week of
the books sent to us we consider as ordinarily a
sufficient compensation for the same. We re
serve to ourselves the privilege of giving more
or less extended notice of the same, which is for
the benefit of our readers. 1t would be impos-
sible for us to examine all the books sent to us,
and especially the innumerable little volumes
written for children.
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My Needs.

| need thy light;
For here It's night.
| need thy thought
With mercy fraught.
l need thy blood
a cleansing food.
| need thy voice
To help my choice.
| need thy power
In each dark hour.
l need thine arm
To shield from harm.
l need thy care
To foil each snare.
1 need thy love
On earth-above
need thy joy
My tongues employ.
need thy hand,
To make me stand.
For these my needs
My faith e'er pleads
Thy light impart
To cheer my heart.
Thy pardon give,
And bid me live
This love from thee
Gives life to me
Mohave County miner., 1884-11-30
LEMAS. BRAND CASE.

Chicago. .Ncy.26- The federal grand
Jury renewed it's investigation Of the
alleged frauds in the Second precinct,
Eighteenth ward, this city, this
morning. According to the fsca Of
the returns Brand, dOmo-
crat. received aplurality over Leman.
republican, for state senator of 2U0
votes. The jury called before il u
large number Of voters, all Of whom
declared positively that they voted
the republican ticket with Leman
printed on them, implying that the
republican tickets found in the box
had been placed there after the
closing of the polls. Nearly 800
persons have been summoned who
claim TO have voted the republican
ticket, while the ballots show that
Leman received less than 200 votes.
The Daily News Springfield dis
patch says: The Brand Leman case
was reached by the state board Of
can Vassers this morning. The at
torney for Leman asked that mem
bers Of the county canyassing board
be directed 10 give testimony as to
the condition. Of the tally sheets and
and poll books canyassed by them.
The board decided to bear tins testi
'uony, subject to the legel rights OF
the bosrd TO consider this stimony
hereafter. Affidavits were read in
the endeavor to show fraud. One
expert declared that the name OF
Srausser, the republican judge, was
nJt signed by the same person "a
both the pol book and tally sheet
The afiidavits Of $50 persons were al
so read. who declared they voted 10
Leman. The affidavits OF the snys r
visors OF election were also res d
showing that Leman received 40
votes. Mr. Obefly, chairman of tb
democratic state committee, saId b,
would present the affidavit of Str aus
ser, showing that he hsd signed bot
poll book and tally sheet. Adjou rne,
to 2:30 p. m.
Mohave County miner., 1884-11-30

We extract the following from the
annual report Of General Crook to
the Department.
s,rhs starvation which last winter
threatened the Huslpsis in the NV.
part OF the Territory has been proyi-
asd against by the Issues Of fsupplies.
under the special appropriation
made for the purpose. Cap. T. h
Pierce, 1st Infsniry, has labored
hard with these people aud bar
managed their affairs iudiciouSly
and economically
They number between seven and
eight hundred, and although small
tribe are distinguished for iDdivId-
nal courage, as we'll as for the fesr-
fully rough country--that III the
vicinity OF the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado which they retreat
when pressed. When On the war.
path they occupied the sonstanI
attention Of full regiment Of cav
airy.
In my opinion Suitable reserva'
ton should be provided for them a.
soon as possible. To issue ratioGS
and not place the Hualpai at work
is no great favor. Life may be pro
longed bat the debauchery Of mer
and women is increasing not ayerted.'
Mohave County miner., 1884-11-30
PRIGHTYUL DISEASE.

Louisville, Ky, Nov. 26.-Tbe Cour-
ier- journal sent a staff correspondent
to investigate :he reported ravages
OF the dreau disease in eastern Ken.
tucky and West Virginia, and the
correspondent tels graphs from
Williamsburg, Kentucky that W. G.
Lester, a prominent attorney OF that
place, had just arrived from Mount
Pleasant, the county seat OF Harlan
county and has information of the
prevailing plague, principally from
Harlan, Letcher. Peray, Leslie and
Bell counties, and says that 10 Har-
Ian ii appeared to be worst aud most
fatal, and it prevails to a great ex
tent 10 the mountains about twenty
five miles from Mount Pleasant. A
large territory is being terribly
afflicted, and the people are dying
fast. In one nejghborhood twelve
persons died IN a single day, and
there were scarcely we'll people
enough to bury them. On Browns
creeF, in Bell county, the disease is
raging with frightful fatality and
there IS no way to keep record OF
the deaths. On all the banks OF the
streams tho people are sick and
physicians and medicines, except
herbs and roots. are unobtainable.
The epidsmic is rapidly spreading.
In a portion of Letcher county, the
whole Of Leslie and the northeast
portion of Bell, the plague has OBJ
tanned foothold, but repor.s as to
its violence are very conflicting. MIR
Lester thinks the deaths hav rur
up into hundreds, while the numbers
of those attacked cannot be esti
mated. No ono seems to know th'
exact cause Of the pestilence. Mos
people called it fux and it is prob
ably q very aggravatipg form o
that disease.
Mohave County miner., 1884-11-30
UTAH ITEMS.

SAT- Take L. T., November 20
John Ard. late city jailer, who was
arrested yesterday fer unlawful co
habitation, spent the night behind
the bars he bad SO long and SO often
closed on others. At his examina-
ton to-day it transpired that he left
"a wife in Scotland IN 1879 or 1880,
and married another in June 1882.
He was held for polygamy in $1,000
bonds. Failing to obtain surcties,
he was saken TO the penitentiary to-
night by the United States Marshal
Mohave County miner., 1884-11-30
For Presid. mt of the Council.

On behalf Of the people Of the
Territory at large, whose welfare he
has assiduously guarded, on behalf
OF the citizens Of Apache, Yavapai,
Mohsve. Yuma and MarIcopa, who
have endorsed bis ability and integ-
rity through the ballot box, on be-
half Of the citizens Of Ysyapai county,
of whom be Is one Of the most
honored, we nominate for President
of the Council. Hon. +. X. Aims
worth. We do so because OF the
irreproaohable character be bears in
private and public life, because he
has shown himself to be uninfuenced
By fear, favor or affection, when the
interests Of the Territory are in
solved. and because hs has the
ability to recognize the right and
courage aud manhood to MAINTAIN
it.-Prescott Miner.