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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

Lord, what am 1. that with unceasing care
Thou didst seek after me, that Thou didst wait,
Wet with unhealthy dews, before my gate,
And pass the gloomy nights of winter there
o strange delusion that did not greet
Thy blest approach, and o to heaven how
lost,
If my ingratitude's unkindly frost
Has chilled the bleeding wounds upon Thy feet.
How oft my guardian angel gently cried
Soul. from thy easement look. and thou shalt
see
How He persists to knock and wait for thee -
And o how often to that voice of sorrow,
ITO morrow we will open" l replied.
And when the morrow came, l answered still,
TO morrow"
From the Spanish, By II. W. LonqtellO'O.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29
Sympathy.

You do not know how slight an express
sion of sympathy is source of strength
and relief. Go to your friend in his
trouble, even if you can say nothing
write to him, if you can only tell him
that you share his suffering. Ingenious
attempts to explain to him that he is
probably exaggerating the greatness of
the calamity that has fallen upon him,
and overlooking considerations that might
lessen his distress, will probably produce
resentment. He will feel that he knows
more about it than you do, and that you
are presumptuous, impertinent, sacrilegi-
GUS in your attempts to measure the exact
limits of his trouble and to determine
what ought to be the limits of his grief.
What he wants is not your ingenious
philosophy, but just touch Of your
heart. Some people have what may be
called the gift of sympathy, and charm
ing gift it is. Easily, naturally, without
effort, they respond to all the changing
circumstances and moods of those about
them. They have tears for the sorrows
of their friends and a food of sunlight for
their Joys.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29
Increased Faith, Increased Bless.
ing.

The smallest faith that unites a man s
heart with Jesus Christ makes him capa-
bic of receiving so much of salvation as
the bare entrance into the kingdom con-
stitutes; but every degree of faiths in
crease, and every degree of faiths enrich
ment makes him more capable of receiv-
ing more of God in Christ and he will get
all he can hold. So every deed here on
earth of Christian conduct, and every
grace here on earth of Christian charac-
ter, has its issue and its representative in
a new influx of the glory and more in
innate possession of the bliss, and more
abundant entrance into the everlasting
Kingdom. We all enter at the same gate,
but we are set at the banquet table in
due order. We all pass the frontier of
the land, but some of us may pass at
once further into its heart. Be sure,
then, of this, that as our faith is enriched
by conduct and character, SO our heaven
will be enlarged with raptures and bril-
liancies.-ALerander McLoren.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

Speculations that make no one better,
give no consolation in trouble, no strength
under trial, no hope for the future will
prove to be only temporary amusement.
Men will soon return to the true light
and life of the world
Some one weary with doubts. perplexed
by conjectures, by the oppositions of sci
ence, troubled by theological novelties,
may read these lines. He or she may
have found no support, no life, no purify
ing power, no comfort in the partial or
total unbeliet which has been listened to
and entertained. We entreat that soul
to read the Gospel, to accept the Gospel,
to look to Jesus, to cry to Him, to cast
itself upon Him. He can and will do all
that is needful for every one who trusts
in Him. He can and does save to the
uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
Give up, friend, every attempt to fix the
Bible to suit yourself, and submit your
self to it to be fixed by it for this life and
the life to constellation hateZliqencer.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29
For the Central Presbyterian.

"If science shall find that man came from
dust-inorganic,a all right my Bible Gays it was
dust; and If science shall finally conclude that
man came from dust-organic, still all right
my Bible says it was dust, without saying
whether that dust was organic or Inorganic -
e eU James L. Martin IN 81. Louis Presbyterian
Science long ago concluded" that the
specific gravity of the human body is
greater than that of water Jesus walked
upon water; my Bible tells me so. There
fore the specific gravity of his body was
less than that of water, or the water was
frozen All right. The Bible does not
say whether it was frozen or not. Is not
this the logic of the foregoing paragraph
1t is quietly assumed that natural laws
continued to operate in the creation of
the body of man. Well then, we may
also assume that natural laws continued
to operate when our Lord walked upon
the sea of Galilee Does science contra
diet miracles? Does it contradict a re-
su,vection ? No, says DR.. Woodrow, sci
ence and the Bible do not contradict each
other. So say we and therefore we Won
der that he or any body else should be
anxious to show that dust" mag mean
a GUing body Just as we'll insist that
the water on which Jesus walked may
mean ice. If there is no objection to a
miracle in the case, why not be satisfied
with inorganic dust as the material used ?
Science stands aside in the presence of
every miracle. j. A. W.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29
Bryennios on the Teaching
By Prof. E. A. GRosvENoR, Robert G
Constantinople

By Prof. E. A. GRosvENoR Robert College
Constantinople.
have recently enjoyed two interviews
with Bishop Bryennios. The first inter
view lasted more than two hours, the Sec
ond not so long. Both were devoted al
most entirely to conversation concerning
the Teaching"
The Bishop expressed himself very
freely. With interesting minuteness, he
dwelt upon his discover of the manu-
script and upon its subsequent history in
his connection with it,
The subject which he evidently deemed
the most important, he discussed with
special emphasis This was concerning
the relative value of different portions OF
the Teaching" What he said concern
ing it will be of interest to the reader.
Everybody knows that the Teaching,
as published in the Constantinople edition
OF Bryennios, contains sixteen short chap
ters. The first six comprise enforcement
OF duties and prohibition of sins and
crimes. The last ten, commencing with
the seventh, consist mainly of liturgcal
and ecclesiastical prescriptions and ordi-
nances. Now t e Bishop says the
Teaching of the Twelve Apostles" is
limited entirely to those first six chap
tiers; and, inasmuch as it is derived
through them from the Lord, each word
therein is OF binding force. But, he says,
the last ten chapters are entirely distinct,
and have no authority whatever, except
so far as the writer happens to be correct
In his injunctions. How far he was cor
rect In these inlunctions the Bishop says
he cannot know Their only weight is
found in the fact that they are the expires.
sion Of opinion of one person who was
presumably good man. To quote as
exactly as l can the Bishops language
In the year 100, 40, 140-we are not
sure what year-a man says to himself,
l will write down Just what the apostles
have taught and what they learned from
the Lord. l will write down what they
said about special duties and sins. will
write down Just what they said about the
two ways of virtue and vice So he goes
to work and writes it down Just as well
as he can remember, and, doubtless, he
has in it the aid Of Gods Spirit. All he
has written down is from Christ it is
just what the apostles said it is adj
vi OooSu Ouly W CuIlSJldubJ anu Julb IL
what should bear the inscription Of
Teaching Of the Twelve Apostles All
this occupies Just six exceedingly brief
chapters. But when he has done that,
the writer is not satisfied. All he has
done is that he has been sort of amanu-
ensis in writing down teachings for the
practical guidance Of the saints. But the
heather are being converted and pouring
into the Church In the manner of re-
oeiving them vastly different customs ex.
ist. There is no manual Of direction on
the subject. In one place they do this
in another place they do that. The va.
riety Of procedure is becoming scandal
Christ did not formulate system. He
gave only faith; and the apostles did
hardly more. Now, says the man, whom
we will call the transcriber, inasmuch %
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

The church must grope her way into
the alleys and courts and purlieus Of the
city, and up the broken staircase, and into
the bare room, and beside the loathsome
sufferer she must 90 down into the pit
with the miner, into the forecastle with
the sailor, into the tent with the soldier,
into the shop with the mechanic, into the
factory with the operator, into the field
with the farmer, into the counting room
with the merchant Like the air, the
church must press equally on all sur
faces Of society; like the sea, flow into
every nook of the shore-line of humani-
ty and like the sun, shine on things
foul and low as well az fair and high, for
she was organized, commissioned and
equipped for the moral renovation Of the
whole world.-Bishop Simpson.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

The Joys Of the world bring sorrow,
but the sorrows of repentance are full of
10y. If it be bitter anguish to know
that we are sinners, is it not unspeaka-
BILE Joy to know that we are saved by
grace2
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

The present moment may be season
Of darkness. How shall we find the
light2 Draw nigh to God and he will
draw nigh to you" Draw nigh" for
God is light, and in him is no darkness
at all.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-10-29

We may expect that God will speak
to us, when we stand ready to do what
be commands us.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
Strange Scenes ON the Gauges.

[Benare's Letter in New York Tribune.I
Life and death stand hand in hand on
this consecrated ground. Close by the
most crowded CHAT is funeral pyre, so
near that the bathers might reach out
their hands to warm them at It's flame.
This fire is always burning, night and
day, fresh fuel being brought hourly
from the city, which never seems to
have one less in the bazars because of
these vacancies in households. When
the bodies are burned out the ashes are
thrown on the Ganges, and the stream
running In shore mingles portions of
them with the bathers. From some of
the CHATS wooden stages are built out
over the river, thus multiplying the &C
comm odation for the worshipers Here
is an old man, his wrinkled face aglow
with devotional feeling, on his knees at
the edge of the stage, ladling up the
water with his hands and muttering in
cessant prayer: Close by is fine, stall
wart young Brahmin going through the
ritual with rapid ease that betokens
long practice and no Discrimination to
get through with it as quickly as posi-
BILE. Here is another Brahmin up to
his waist in water working his fists in
an energetic fashion, which at short
distance looks as if he were wanting
some one on the opposite bank to 'come
on and have it out" in good old English
fashion. On closer inspection it is seen
that he has piece of string around his
neck, and that. holding it first with one
hand and then with the other, he is
vigorously washing it. Here is woman
whose matronly figure is boldly out
lined under the cotton drapery that
clngs to her as she comes up, wholly
unlike Venus, from her third dip a man
close by scoops up the water in the
palms of his joined hands and pours it
out as if offering ibation, thrice re-
peating the ceremony and crying aloud
his petition to the preserver
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

out both beds. They returned him an
annual profit for twenty-five years.
For the first few years the bed on the
SHALLOW soil gave much the earlier
crops. After four Or five years there
was no difference in the beds, and they
continued of equal value for a quarter
of a century
How to apply manure was decided at
meeting of the New York State Ag-
rlcultural Society as follows: First,
manure which consists chiefly of the
dropp1ngs of animals should be applied
as soon as practicable to the soil. Sec
ond, manure consisting largely OF straw,
cornstalks or other fbrous matter should
be first rotted to become fine. Third,
manure should be applied at or near
the surface of the soil or should be
slightly buried. Fourth, for hoed
crops, and especially for corn crops, it
may be buried deeper than for corn
crops.
THE Grocer and Country Merchant
refers to the damage done to wool by
the careless marking with tar or paint,
which will not wash off, and give this
recipe, which is said to resist the
weather, but yields to warm water and
soap: "Take lampblack or Spanish red
and mix with strong vinegar; mix it
well to the thickness of paint. The
sheep should be marked Oh some part
OF the back; by this means the name is
not SO likely to become obliterated by
the animals rubbing together. By ap-
plying the above mixture, instead of
the wool being deprecated in value as
1t is by the use of tar and paint, it will
bring it's full value"
How to protect harness from rats is
teld by the Germantown Telegraph as
follows: "Rats, when they are hungry
which they always are-wiH eat har-
ness. A correspondent informs us that
If, after greasing the harness, it is dust
ed with cayenne pepper they will not
disturb it. Another correspondent
says that coat of carbolic acid follow
ing the greasing is sure protection.
Either or both may be, for all we per-
sonally know; but we have a method
that we never found to fail, to wit {:
Hangss the harness carefully up; and
high enough to be out of the reach of
this destructive rodent and off from
anything that may offer assistance to
get at the harness, and you need have
no fear of injury from them"
RYE is usually sown on the poorest
land, given the least care and the least
manure of any crop on the farm. This
is at least true In sections where wheat
is grown, as the wheat is considered
most valuable. No wonder that with
such treatment rye should have bad
reputation and be called the poor farm
er's crop. But with good treatment,
rye will respond as favorably as any
other grain. Some who have MANFRED
rye very heavily for ensilage, and al
lowed the portion not eaten to ripen
its seed, have found surprising results
One such farmer last year grew thirty
eight bushels per acre. Notwithstand-
ing the heavy manuring, the rye stood
up till harvest, while wheat growing so
heavy straw would be broken down and
the grain failure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
Toe Great a Sacrifice.
lFrom the somerville Journal

'Ethelinda Jane" he said, in deep
passionate tones, "will you be mine p
"f-if [ thought you loved me-" she
faltered,
"Love you?' he exclaimed wildly.
Il would wander this wide world over
for your sake"
"Then I will be yours" said the
maiden: "but only on one condition"
what is the condition ?" he said in
a paroxysm of joy; name it, name il.
and if it is to snatch the burning SIM
from the ceruiean armament I Would
agree to it,"
"It is not SO difficult as that" she
said calmly; it is simply this-that you
will solemnly swear you will never say
after we are married that I can't cook
as well as your mother"
The young man shook his head and
departed very sorrowfully. The sacri-
fee was too great.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
The Mistake that Made it Rich.
From the Rochester Union.l

[From the Rochester Union.1
Very few newspapers have gained
large circulation and become popular
advertising mediums through mistake,
but there is at least one in the country,
and that is the San Francisco Alta. It
was number of years ago, while San
Francisco was yet small town and
while the lawless element had control
of all departments of the city govern
ment that the blunder happened to the
Alta. One paper in town, the Bulletin,
the editor of which had the courage of
his convictions made war upon the
clique of gamblers and cut-throats who
had taken possession of the political
machinery of the city and endeavored
to wrest control of the city from their
hands and place it in the hands of the
honest and law abiding citizens. The law
less gang, seeing that they could not in
duce him to support them, dete rmined
to put him out of the way. The result
was that he was waylaid on the street
and shot down before he could draw a
weapon in self-defense. A vigilance
committee captured his murderer and
lynched him on the day and hour of
his victims funeral. The friends of the
murderer Denounced this as high
handed outrage, and of course the other
papers took sides on the matter.
Among then was the Herald, which
sought safety in a multitude of coun-
sellers, and which came out on the
morning after the hanging with
strong Header" denouncing the work
of the committee as lawless usurp-
alton of the province of the courts
The other local paper was the Alta, a
small and struggling aspirant for pop
ular favor. This came out with "lead-
er" praising the work of the committee,
and declaring that it would receive the
support of all reputable citizens. The
Herald, on the morning after the hang
ing was large blanket sheet, with one
entire page given to the advertisements
of auctioneers, which was a source of
great profit to the paper. The next
morning, however, saw the position of
the two papers changed. The merchants
had transferred their patronage from
the paper which cham pioned the cause
of the gamblers to that which stood up
for right. In three days the Herald fell
from the position of leading newspaper
on the coast to that which no one would
buy. But the cause of the Atlas pros
perity was luck rather than strong con-
victions and the courage to print them.
On the night of the lynching a council
of proprietors and editors was held, and
the proofs of two editorials -one strong
~ denouncing the work ofthe Vigilance
Committee and the other approving it,
were submitted. A majority decided
that the former should be printed, and
orders to that effect were given to the
foreman. The two editorials had SINH
lar heads, and in the hurry of making
up the foreman lifted the wrong article
into the form. The mistake was not
discovered until the papers were in the
hands of the public. The owners rushed
to the Office and prepared to meet a
storm of Indignation, but were surprised
that the rejected article had made hit
and that they we're on the food tide to
fortune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
WRITE OFTEN TO THE OLD FOLKS.
BY LEON MEAD.


s'Write often to the old folks,''
Said sister Kate to me,
'You're going off to college, Will,
'Mong strangers you will be.
1 know you'll work as well as play,
But whatsoe' er you do,
Please don't forget that we, at home,
Will long to hear from you.
Now, Will. don't think me foolish,
But mother is not strong,
And she will surely worry
If you put off writing long;
l know her eyes would sparkle,
And bloom would t1uge her cheek,
If you could only write her
A letter once week.
s'Write often to the old folks,
Their hair is growing gray
Not very many years, alas!
Have they on earth to stay;
Oh, promise me this favor,
And never will you rue
The hours you write the old folks,
Who will long to hear from you.
"Dear sister, this promise,
And my tears began to How
s'I'n write often to the old folks,
If you think twill please them
And ] write a weekly letter.
In my snug and cheerful room
And sister Kate informs me
Mothers cheeks are full OF bloom.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
BESIDE A LITTLE GRAVE.
BY WALTER C. SPENs.

A ValI no one happy till he dies,"-the old
Armenian saying has Stamp of tr11tb.
ana on how many bright and glowing vorth
III LII with the mornings sunshine and its Gold
as years swept on has darkened with the mould
How many fond and fearful mothers nrayer
HAD been uttered if she could have told
his MS future lie whom she sought God to spare
In all the purity of childhood drest; 0'-A
ana stand1ng Ger my frst-born's little grave.
l can but humbly murmur, God knew beet
stainless lie took the precious flower he gave.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

proving a genial companion for Bob
Garter in his drinking frolics and idle
life, became his guest, and the two, un-
der the influence of liquor, resolved to
rob the parson.
"He's bound to have pocket full of
money" Bob said, "and we're half
starvedl Well make it more equal
Iikei'
Soft befell that one August night.
when there was no moon, Joe, faithful
~ trudging upon his self appointed task
of seeing Susy's lover safe in his own
home, saw two men spring upon him as
he passed high hedge.
Taken entirely by surprise, Cyrus
Portman turned to his assailants and
fought for his possessions with the cour-
age of a truly brave man. But thew
were two to one, and had thrown him
down, when Bob Garter, lifting form
liable club of wood, ordered him to
give up his money and watch. Instead
of complying he struggled more fierce
ly to free himself from the grasp of the
other ruffian.
'You will have it, then" growled Bob.
lifting the club, and surely there would
have been an end of all Susy's dreams
of happiness, had not Joe, with a cry
utterly indescribable, flung himself be-
tween the heavy murderous weapon and
| Cyrus Portman. $50
| Down came the wood with q sicken-
ing crash upon the idiots back and
head, and Cyrus Portman, with a sud-
den wrench, freed himself as the tramp
| Hnnnnd RI Al
this moment the voices of a party of
village merry-makers were heard COM
ing up the road, and the would-be rob-
bers and assassins turned and fed.
| The calls of the clergyman hurried
the steps of the farmer lads coming
home, and the well-known voices of the
Colhngwood boys were soon heard in
eager ordinations.
In hurried words the young clergy
man explained the situation.
Poor Joe!' he said, looking up as he
knelt to examine the PROSTATE body.
81 afraid his devotion has cost him his
life. 1 cannot feel his heart beat."s
"Well carry him home" Charlie Col
lingwood said. Come, boys, it is not
half mile to the farm"
w u1uS3 SbTOuB uaQQS u1GoQ the In
sensible figure, and tenderly poor Joe
was carried to the farm again. Susy
sitting still upon the wide porch, think
ing of her lover, saw the procession en-
ter the gate, and ran quickly down the
path. Her tears fell fast as Cyrus told
his sad tale, but she opened the door of
the spare room on the lower floor,
awakened Mrs. Collingwood, brought
lights, water and bandages, while James
saddled horse and rode book to the
village for a doctor.
But doctors could not help poor
Joe; the blow was death blow, and be-
fore morning there was only cold, still
form where the poor idiots life had ex-
listed. But before he died he was
brought back to consciousness, to know
Susy was bending over him, her tears
dropping fast upon his white, death
stricken face.
Don't cry" he whispered family. cit
was because you love him. [ didn't
forget" he said, while smile frightened
his poor face. "Joe didn't forget when
you took the lash for him. And he put
his head under Bob Carter's club to
save the parson. Is the parson here ?"
Eyes, Joe, 1 am here"
Cali alive, and Joe did it Joe did it
for Susyp
And SO, with Susy's name upon his
lips, poor Joe died.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24

CEDAR wind-breaks are recommended
by the Kansas Horticultural Society.