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the labOrious years of this mans noble,
self-sacrifcing life.
Our people and ministers at the
North have no conception of the vast
labors wrought, and the meagre returns
received by our faithful ministers in
the South. They have discourage
ments we know nothing of, and receive
very little of that which encourages
us. Such men as DR.. Clayton will be
remembered when the Lord makes up
his jewels.
DR.. Clayton has just completed an
autobiography, which will include his
almost fifty years of gospel labor, and
which must possess great interest He
will probably soon print it. lie is now
past seventy, ''but his eye is not dim
nor his natural force abated." He is
clear, vigorous, powerful, persuasive in
the pulpit, and the soul of generosity
in private, and is respected by oppon-
ents and beloved and venerated by our
people throughout the South. God
spare his strength, bless MS labors,
prolong his years, and may the pleasure
of the Lord prosper in his hands.
The Return.
There must always come reaction
after enjoyment, and at this writing, in
the train, we are approaching Chicago
under grey skies, amidst chilly airs,
and with the prospect of waiting at
least a month for such an atmosphere
as that of Henderson, and even then,
at its best, it will be minus the mocking
bird
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PERSONAL RELIGION IL
BY THE LATE DIR. A. C. BARRY.

1t is important to inquire, seeing
that the test of personal religion is
growth, what there is among Christian
instrumentalitie that chiefly and es-
sentially shall quicken the germs of
growth, and in all subsequent develop
ment and culture We have not to
look far for an answer. In the letter
to the Ephesians we find this statement
"And he gave some to be apostles, and
some prophets, and some evangelists,
and some pastors and teachers for the
perfecting of the saints, to labor in
their appointed service, to build up the
body of Christ; till we all attain the
same faith and knowledge of the Son
of God, and reach the same stature of
manhood, and be of ripe age to receive
the fullness of Christ" The obvious
meaning of st. Paul is, that the minis
try Of Gods word, in the preaching of
the Gospel, is the great appointed
means for developing the sanity or
Christ-like character in man. For the
possession of religion, and for at
tainment in spiritual knowledge, it
is required that men be not only
aroused and quickened, but that they
be instructed in the highest truth,
helped to the mastery of eternal prin-
ciples, and cultured into all nobleness
and divineness of character and life
If, now, this work of education and
guidance is to be done, in no small part,
by what is called preaching, the next
proper question would seem to be, Is
the appointed instrumentality so en-
plOyed as that its purpose is accom-
plished in the birth of souls into the
higher life, and their growth in all that
is essential TO Christian perfection
We everywhere hear complaints of
the decline of religious interest, of the
eclipse of faith, of the weakening of
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viOus to his death Cranmer gave utter
ance publicly to the following Ian
guage: 80 son of God, Redeemer of
the world-O God the Father whose
property it is always to have mercy,
thou didst not give thy Son to die for
our smaller crimes only, but for the
greatest sins of the whole world.n The
fact that though the church of Eng
land once admitted an article into her
creed, expressly condemning the doc
trine of the restoration as heretical, yet
upon mature deliberation she afterward
expuDged that article, gave Douglas
great satisfaction, because it led him
to the conclusion that she would not
have SO acted had she not been of
opinion that the former judgment was
unfOunded, and that there was nothing
in the doctrine of universal restoration
that deserves to be called beretical.
He also observed with unfeigned joy
that many passages of the paraphrases
as authorized by the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland, clearly
taught the same doctrine. For ex-
ample, in the 9th paraphase we read
as follows:
with me dwells no relentless wrath
Against the human race:
The souls which have formed shall find
refuge in my grace"
Take also the following passage in
the 67th paraphase:
His gracious hand shall wipe the tears
From every weeping eye
And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,
And death itself shall de-
These are only a few out of many
similar passages, which might be quot
ed from the same source but these must
suffice.
But though filled with joy himself
on account of his belief in the doctrine
of the restoration, there were very
many who were of opinion that he had
lost his senses altogether, and others
did not hesitate to say that he was an
agent of the devil for the PRONUNCIATION
of his hellish doctrines.
The news of his having become be-
lever in the restitution was, as 1 have
already said, most industriously spread
abroad during his absence on preach
ing excursion, by the person who con-
suited him in the guise of an inquirer
into truth and a professed admirer of
the meTciful doctrine and the result
was that the whole town of Greenock,
on the Clyde, in which town he was
then located as minister of one of the
Presbyterian churches, was in state
of the greatest possible commotion.
On coming back to his duties in the
town one of the people said to him,
"Your return, sir, to Greenock is like
man going into garden full of bees,
or putting his head into a bee hive
Such is the odd ferment among the
people. Their mode of procedure,
however, has less honey than poison in
it. If men are conscious they are de-
Tending good cause, why have recourse
to such despicable means as they are
at present resorting to? Truth must
reject their aid. We read in the BIZ
BILE, sir, that Michael the archangel,
when contending with the devil about
the body of Moses, dlrst not bring
against him railing accusation, and
surely you deserve no worse treatment
from your fellow-men.
May we not apply to them the ex-
clamation of the Latin poet.
I'm heavenly minds can such fierce passions
dwell
Does truth divine once need the aid of hell ?"
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Never wait for a thing to turn up. Go ana
turn it up yourself 1t takes less time, and
S surer to be done.
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ByRry. R. s. BOWIE, OF SCOTLAND.
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Methodist ministers, who attended my
meeting at South Creek. 1t was ever
my custom at every meeting to silence
every objection, and put up all the
bars,' and to be assured that there was
but one opinion in the house, and yet
such results are an agreeable surprise.
But at nearly every preaching station
the accommodations were quite primi-
tive. A candle in the mouth of
porter bottle as candle stick, furnish
ed all the light, except that brought by
the preacher, and if shutting was
desired, he had his fingers. With but
one hymn book he could give out the
hymns by lines, and sing them himself
with the occasional help Of his audi
ence.
In such life, to ''lay up for rainy
day." is out of the question. "Ye can
not serve God and Mammon." And
the service to be rendered by the true
missionary circuit rider is SO exacting
and SO exhaustive as to leave all other
cares to the charities Of the world, or
trust them to the loving providence of
the Great Father, who will surely take
care of his own.
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THE CANAANITES.

In recent issue of the Observer it
is stated that Carthage derived it's name
from Kattair or K athair, city of
Northern Palestine. If this fact can
be es 5ablished it may furnish hint for
the solution of the question, "What be-
came of the inhabitants of Canaan ex-
PEELED by Joshuap" Undoubtedly many
were driven to the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon, and crowded into narrow and
denssly peopled tract, the Tyrians were
glad to get rid of them and employ
them in founding colonies. And it
seems probable that numbers of them
were employed in founding the colony
of Carthage. If its name is derived
from Canaanitish city we can only ac-
count for such derivation by the sup
position that its founders came from the
older city or from its vicinage.
Human sacrifices Of the most cruel
kind prevailed in Carthage. The priests
demanded in large numbers the choic-
est youths of the best families by
means of ingenious machinery these
were cast inside of huge braz an statue
with a furnace beneath, horrid offer
ings to the great Fire God. AS similar
customs prevailed amongst the pagans
of Palestine, and were even at times
adopted by the idolatrous Jews, we
may infer for the Carthagenians des-
cent from race especially condemned
by God himself for its horrid practices.
We have had our sympathies deeply
moved by the story of the destruction
of Carthage, but the decree of the Ro-
man Senate Carthage Delenda Est"
may have been previously registered in
heavens high court against a more
than usually wicked people-whom
neither the long suffering or the judg
ments of mercifal Father could bring
to repentance.
The writer, Trocoheus, who -four
ished about the fifth century, states
there then existed near Tangiers, On
the northern coast of Africa, monu-
ment on which was inscribed, THAT it
was erected by inhabitants of Canaan,
who had been expelled from their Gu N
try by the robber, Joshua, the son of
Nun, and who had met with h0spitable
reception and had secured comfortable
homes in that section"
1t is, therefore, highly probable that
the Phoenician mariners took many
Canaanite refugees to the northern
coast of Africa, and as they had posses
sions in Spain and large commerce
with its people, doubtless many emf
grants were carried there and settled
upon it's sparsely peopled lands. Per-
haps the dark traits of the Spanish
character may be traced to the infusion
of Canaanitish blood. DIDO did not
found Carthage, as was supposed by
some; 1t was an d city when she went
there. She built the Byrza or Cisade.
the name is a corruption OF the Biblical
word Bosrah, which means fortress),
doubtless with the treasure of her de-
ceased husband, Sichaus, and as a de-
fence against her brother, Pygmalion.
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by Paul, who say, 1.-THE will is pres
ent with me, but how to perform that
which will l find not" These are
they who make good resolutions only
to break them; who serve God with
their mind and heart, and love what is
good ana pure, but who find a law in
their members bringing them into cap
tivity to the evil within them. The
lower nature rebels against the higher
and they live in a hell of inward war
fare. If they only could do right
always they would be happy; if they
only did wrong, and forgot all about
right, they would have some sort T
blind content. But they live now in a
perpetual war with themselves, and so
have no rest, no hope. Beneath the
smooth surface of society how many
such tragedies are being actedl The
world knows nothing of them; all
seems fair and bright to the superficial
observer.
Every man has his peculiar tempta-
ton, according to his special tastes,
habits, qualities. He should therefore
know himself. Self knowledge alone
can make US watch against our beset-
ting sin. The strong man is tempted
to be imperious, over-bearing, self-will-
ed, tyrant in his home; to be petty
despot wherever he goes. If he yields
to this he gro us more hard, self-con-
fident, self-relying; and then, perhaps,
thers comes some sudden disaster to
make him see his fault, and to find how
he has alienat I'd his friends by his
pride and self-esteem, so as to be left
alone when calamity comes on him.
His prayer every day should have been
LEAD me not into the temptation of
pride, arrogance, and sslf-suffi ciency!''
Such prayer might have aved him
And another may be tempted in just
the opposite way. His temptation is
good nature. III cannot refuse re-
quest. He cannot say "No." He
promises everything to every one, and
then cannot keep his promises. He
grows insincere. He loses sight of
truth, and, perhaps, at last finds him
self INDUCING in falsehoods, all because
he did not pray against this tempta-
tion born of his good nature. Anon.
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TEMPTATION.

Temptations are different to different
men; in different situations in life, in
different ages, stations, characters.
Men may be tempted by their virtues
as well as by their vices. The temp
tation of Jesus, so far as we can under
stand It, seems to have been his desire
to do good; that he so loDged to have
Gods kingdom come; he saw so plainly
that by little concession to the Scrlbes
and Pharisees, to Herod or Plate, he
could accomplish such vast good, that
he was tempted to be impatient of the
slow process of bearing witness to the
truth and leaving the result to the
distant future.
/ suppose that good men are tempted
by their very goodness. ViruuOus peo-
pie are tempted by their virtue to be
hard to the sinner. Just people are
tempted to be inflexible in their judg-
ments on those who were never taught
the difference between right and wrong.
The strong, who should bear the bur
dens of the weak, look on the weak
with contempt. They say, "We have
done our work; why cannot they do
theirs?" They cannot understand the
temptations of those who yield to every
new influence, change with each change
of circumstance, and in whom the flesh
is weak-Ohl how very weak! These
weak persons are they who are described
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The religion of Jesus imparts such
worth and dignity to life as nothing else
can, because it reveals to man two things
Gods nature and his own; teaches him
the relationship between man and his
maker; and discloses to him the fact
that he may have divinity thrilling and
dominating his humanity if he will. This
religion alone opens to man the possibil-
tiles of his own nature, when wrought
upon by his divine Redeemer and Friend.
The realization of being God built gives
wonderful dignity and power TO any life,
however humble its sphere.
Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has many; not on
your past misfortune, of which all men
have some.
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There are, within the range of
every ones life, processes OF life which
must be solitary; passages of duty which
throw. one absolutely upon his individual
moral forces and admit of no aid what
ever from another. Alone we must stand
sometimes; and if our better nature is
not to shrink into weakness, we must
take with us the thought which was the
strength Of Christ: "Yet am not alone,
because the Father is with me-" The
sense of right can more readily indurate
the tender than nselt the rocky soul, and
that is the most finished character which
begins in beauty and ends in power; that
leans on the love Of kindred while it
may, and when it may not can stand erect
in the love of God; that shelters itself
amid the domesticitieso of life while duty
willie, and when it forbids can go forth
under the expanse of Immortality, and
face any storm that beats, and traverse
any wilderness that lies beneath that
canopy.-James Martineau.
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Rosa Bonheur has been elected a
member OF the institute of Antwerp.
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a young woman at Beloit, Kan,
was recently paid the bounty on the
scalps OF nine young wolves which she
had captured while herding cattle.
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-MissMildred Lee, daughter of the
late Gen. Robert E. Lee, was to sail for
home from Liverpool Sat urday, July 7.
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Jesse Fl. Lippincoit, of New York
has recently purchased all the rights of
the monograph for million dollars. 1t
will now be controlled by the same COM
pany that owns the graphophone, SINH
lar invention.
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The Critic notes the fact that "On
the same day, in which we hear from across
the water that M. lola has been made
Knight OF the Legion Of Honor, the re-
port comes from the West that the SELL
ers OF his works in Tennessee have been
arrested by the Wholesale and are under
trial, as purveyors of mde sent literature"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08

-'Ohrist on Calvary" in some
sense companion piece to the "Christ
before Plate" and by some considered
superior to it, has been purchased by
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, who
now owns these two famous works
by the great Hungarian. 1t is stated
that 100000 was paid also for this pict-
ure.
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-Miss Mary Tillinghast, who re ceived
s3o,OOO for inventing the tapestry hang
ings in the Vanderbilt mansion, has been
recently engaged in the work of design
ing window for Grace church, New
York. 1t is copy of Jacobs Dream"
by Murillo.
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Two SONS of famous novelist are
engaged in the lucrative business of
"stock and station agents" in Victoria.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens manages
the Melbourne branch of the busin ess,
while Alfred Tennyson Dickens repre-
sents the firm in the important pastoral
center OF Hamilton. A son of Anthony
Trollope has a sheep station in the
northern colony of @ aeensland.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-08

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie carried an
instantaneous detective camera on the
memorable trip just completed by the
Carnegie coach, taking Photographs of
principal objects of interest along the
road. She has also taken pictures of the.
distinguished party in all sorts of atti-
tudes, and has already enough photo
graphs to fill large-sizsd album.
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1t was with love akin to reverence
that the son regarded his parents during
their lifetime, and the earthly paradise
which figures SO largely in all of MIR.
Roe's works was but reflection of the
home of his childhood. In "Nature's
Serial Story" Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff ord are
faithful ikenesses OF his father and
mother, and "little John nis" was the pet
name of one of his own4s5saaghters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23
popu1ar AmnaeuAnts and Games.

I remember, in my youth, when be-
came fond of books and of study, used
to look upon balls, games and prize
matches as foolish and senseless things,
fit only for silly people who could not APP
preciate the delights of literature. When
became older saw the folly of this no.
ton, and entered into the common games
and amusements of life like other people.
For the customs, games and amusements
of people are the outcome of long years
of experience, the means whereby people
come to relax themselves, and to throw
off the cares of business. Nay, more;
they are the means of forming acquaint-
ances, of learning the habits, character
and thoughts of each other, and of becom-
ing skilled in social ways, in the power of
amusing and entertaining others. "
Besides, any man that has an eye to see
and an ear to hear can read whole
volume in some fcte ohampetre or in some
open air match of two contending parrles.i
1t is here that character is exhibited, that
wit, humor and raillery are apt to find
free play; that DISCUSSES are thrown of,
and people show themselves as they are;
and it is here that thousand things
worth knowing may be learned when one
has the art to learn them. A man who
can enjoy the literature of people should
be broad enough to enjoy their amuse-
ments, for without this breadth of char
acter he will never be able to produce
anything that the people will enjoy
Home Journal. #. ''s."
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THE FISHERIES TREATY.

A Brief Synopsis of the Main Provisions
y -'--s of the Document.
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-The senate
this afternoon made public the text OF
the fisheries treaty. The principal pro
visions are as follows:
The contracting parties agree to ap
point two commissioners each whose
duties shall be to define the
three mile limit of the Canadian
coast mentioned in the treaty of 1918
All bays and inlets less than ten marine
miles wide ut the mouth are infant
waters. The United States is given the
right Of free navigation of the Straits OF
Canso. Fishing vessels may enter any
harbors or land on the coast for shelter
or repair, and in cases of necessity may
purchase wood, provisions Or, supplies,
excepting bait and fishing tackle. The
vessels of Canada are given the same
privileges in American waters as de-
fined above. The penalties for
violating. the treaty is forfeit
ure of vessel and cargo. When
ever the United States removes the duty
on Canadian fish like products will be
entered free in the Dominion, and also
American vessels will be given the priv
lege to land in Canadian waters for the
purchase of provisions, seines, lines and
bait; for the shipment of their catch OF
for the shipping of men.
The latter clause is by temporary agree
ment put in force Immediately for a
period not exceeding two years, or until
the ratification Of the treaty by all con-
cerned.
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A Very Dangerous Experiment,

Some time ago, in my readings, I
learned of a test made among some mm-
Der men In the far north. One had given
an account, sitting around the camp fire,
of how companion had committed sui
eide in an ingenious way. He had taken
a board, probably six inches wide, and,
lying fiat, face downward, had placed it
upright under his throat, then stretching
his arms straight alongside his body, had
borne down with his neck. Unconscious
ness followed in a few seconds, and he
died an apparently painless death. The
story was received by the lumbermen
with incredulity, and suggested it be
tried. One of the party volunteered, and
the arrangements were made and carried
ont as had mentioned in relating the
suicide. The man had remained in the
position only very few seconds when we
huyriedly raised him and let the plank
fall, He was unconscious, and it was
some little time before he responded to
ol1r labors to. revive him and opened his
eyes. We were greatly relieved, can
tell you. In describing his feelings, he
said he had experienced rush of blood to
the head and a suffocating sensation, but
was powerless to move any of his limbs
or release himself. Enquirer.