The news., 1885-07-21
Hawke the person l was most anxious
to have q good look at was the youth.
her father wanted her to marry.
To be continued.
Old Uncle Samuel Writes Letter ta his
Young Nephew who has just Gradu-
atad from a theological Seminary.

NINcENTowN, June 30th, 1885.
My DEAR NEPHEW
| can no longer address you as child
as | used to do, for you have now ar.
rived at that dignity of age, when most
young people have more than they
ever will afterward if they live to be
even 100,
And with a few exceptions, among
which | include your beloved self, they
are as full of conceit as the celebrated
II. w. b., or any other "egg that is full
of meat"
now look upon you as a young
rooster expecting and hoping soon to
perch in some pulpit. And will pro-
eeed to give you some advice that will
as | hope, be to your practical advan
tage.
Remember, nowadays when minis
ter is called to preach on trial, he is
put up in the pulpit as the slave on the
auction block, that his points may be
criticised.
When John the Baptist went around
preaching, he received no call except
a call to prison and to execution.
Therefore take warning from his fate.
The former Methodists builded bet
ter than they knew, providing against
the vagaries of the present time, when
they Stationed" ministers.
1t will not do to preach without de-
nouncing sin, for the motive would be
too apparent. But reprove sins in
general, or, if any particular sins must
be aimed at, censure those of persons
who are not members of your con sre-
cation.
Some ministers suppose that men
and women are such fools as to 90 to
church to be scolded at for their pee
cadifloes, and then pay for it besides.
Notmuchly-there they fail-notet this.
/ can remember when it was very
unpopular to preach against slavery
and many ministers, who were lovers
of peace and their salaries kept quiet
on this subject. Now they may blaze
away at it, as it exists in Central Africa
or anywhere else, with impunity. |
recollect when Mr.. Aaron, former
pastor Of the Mount Holly Baptist
church made himself and the pulpit in
which he was lecturing against slavery,
target for eggs-whether they were
good ones or not | do not know
When William Lloyd Garrison was
dragged about street in Boston, with
a rope around his neck. till he was
nearly dead. When Methodist min
lister, praying on his knees in pulpit
in Concord, \. H., was seized by the
nape of the neck and dragged ont OF
the pulpit and out of the church. But
all this has passed away. 7cmporo
ntutdpttp Il nos mutdmur Ia Ills.
The subject of temperance must vel
be handled somewhat gingerly. II
there should be no liquor sellers in
your congregation, prohibition or high
license may be advocated without any
qua ms Of conscience. But you are
not to quarrel with your dread and
butter.n See LIST Tim. sch Sv. Ifany
provide not for his own, and especially
for those of his own housed old, he has
denied the faith and is worse than an
intidel. AS the politicians talk "tur.
key" to the soldiers to gain their votes
so oil will be better than vinegar tc
keep the machinery of your church
moving smoothly on.
knew a minister in W, Conn
who carried around sugar plums in his
pockets to give to the children. But
with some persons, this experiment
is MOTTO betried as they will too readily
see through it. The road to parents,
hearts is through their children.
Another adopted Sam Sticks plan OF
telling some of the girls how good
looking they were and then of how
much they resembled their mothers
but trying this plan one day, the
matron of the house confused the
young minister by saying, "that is a
neighbor's child" hence confidence
was lost.
When | was youth Abner Jones
died at Exeter, n. H., very old min.
lister. He was young physician when
he courted his wife, before marriage,
he told her that sometimes he had
felt itmight become his duty to preach
and if this should be the case, per-
haps she might have children in rags
and crying around her for bread
A while after his marriage he would
sometimes 90 several miles to preach
in destitute places, in school houses
and was sometimes away all night
When he went home his wife would
say they prefer you but, in some in.
stance they can not wait and mus
employ another doctor, he then re,
minded her of what he had previously
told her. As it happened he died
"Well Off" this however was an ex'
ceptional case; you have no right tc
presume upon providence. Remem-
Der your first duty is to yourself, next
to your family should you have one
and then to the community in which
your lot may be cast.
Never quote this text, if you can il
any way avoid it-Ist Cor. VI, 10.
1t will not do for you to preach
againt the spirit of "Caste," until the
churches are elevated to a higher plan
of Christianity.
1t would render you too unpopular
and thus, in a great measure, destroy
your influence. 1t might suit a few
who 90 in for the simplicity of thC
Gospel, but what are they among 81
many?
A lady famous for her muslin the
ology," talking to Carlyle, was be
wailing the wickedness of the Jews il
not receiving our Saviour, and ended
her diatrlbe against them by expires
sing her regret that he had not ap
peared in our times. "How delighted,
said she, 1--WE should all be to throw
our doors open to them and listen t,
his divine precepts"l Don't you thinl
so, Mr.. Carlyle? The sturdy philoso
pher, thus appealed to, said, il
broad Scotch: Madam, | don't"
think that, had he come very fashiona
bly, dressed, with plenty ofmoney, ant