Year: 1876

In many OF iaSh:onaOle churches we get The I'm
preston thai children taught hat "s1 days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work, and the seventh
thou shalt thy best go the morning service
distribute the sharp criticisms tho among thy
neighbors and then 60 home with feeling that FROM
chair will ba reserved for thee in the New Jerusalem"


People delight In everything that is new. Perhaps
that is why the Hippodromc is so crowded
every night. But there Is thing you will
probably get there, If you 90 damp day, that Is
not SO agreeable. and that is new ralgia


1t quite impossible account for the tastes which
different people exhibit When a missionary was once
dscoursing his dusky flock some OF the absirus
tics of religion, Of them, the swarthest cannba
OF the lot and evidently unconvertsd quietly re
marked that all he wanted was TO live and
and-have his being" Whether at any subsequent
period the missionary himself became that ''being'
that wanted and would be rcshed cannot tell.


II is great thing TO know one's own power but
greater 10 know ones Of H. and 10 take n seat
down by tho door gracously. We apt TO ovcrratc
ourselves enemies apt to underrate us but the
people at large generally take calibrc pretty
curately may deceive tho world for while
but always Truo merit nnds its level at last Lit
teDess may sit the high place and greatness may DO
hidden by its poverty for ito but when the convu
and things shaken to their foundations
the lteness changes places with the greatness almost





always takes tho wheel.


Perc Arrus tells this delicious little bit about him.
self He must have had sweet soul or he would have
kept II a secret lie says that when Bourdalouo
preached at Rouen the tradcsmen all left their shops
the smiths their orges and the physicians their sick
and 1ockcd TO hear the silver -tongued orator "But"
he says with the most charming ndrete "when
preached there the following year set everything to
rights again--every minded his own business"
Not every preacher could expose his own unpopularty
In that way and smile n defeat


The effectiveness of story depends almost wholly
the man who tolls it. Mr. Moody is very happy in tho
anecdotes with which he illustrates his ideas When
he fails in logical statement he makes for lost time
by little bit OF everyday life, which has. perhaps,
both a smile and a tear hidden in It, It Is said
o, Whitehed that no could produce every
emotion OF which the human heart is ca
pablo by pronouncing the word ''Mesopotamia "
One day Or. Lathrop related to him scene through
which he had just passed, but showed no particular
feeling in the recital II struck the fancy OF white
field, who its salient points at once, and deter
mined to utilize them. The next day he told tho story
ia a Sermon and DR.. Lathrop, who there, wept
profusely. A master hand take the commonest
events and magnify them into powerful influences


Mr. Beccher's friends, who both sanguine and,
so far as Mr. Bowen is concerned, somewhat
sanguinary insist that he has "a case" 1t is hoped
this will prove true for in the heart OF the people
there is loyal affection for the great preacher His
enemies insist, however, that his lease, " like that OF
the clam, is very shard." The bottom facts are
so far down that all the legal drilling
and all the ecclesiastical powder that have
been expended fail TO stir them inch Mr. Beecher
has himself affirmed in private, that they shall never
be known. Ifths be So there is great wrong some
where and great name will 60 down to the grave
clouded by sad suspicion.


Chang the Chinese giant, has been converted, and
proposes to join the BaptistA This involves a
serious difficulty than tho heresy OF open communion.
Before he can become affiliated he must be immersed.
But who can immerse man who is the rival OF Anak
in stature? Here arises theological difficulty of the
gravcst kind At least four ordinary ministers would
have to be rolled into one in order to properly manip
ulae the amount avordupos he carries round. Tho
question will probably be settled by bnptizng him in
sections OF 100 pounds each.


When we hear from all quarters OF the globe that
clerks and partners a.d attorneys and any one else
who has a chance, have away with all the funds
they could lay their hands on, than half
inclined to put huge interrogation point against that
sentence of Scripture which suggests that the way OF
the transgressor is not exactly macadamiZcd. IT.
however take pains to follow the meteoric
of these defaulters, shall be surprised al the
ber the proportion that get pinned by justice at last
On looking the matter over very carefully we have
come TO the conclusion that, even under the most
favorable conditions the actual chances against
the wrongdoer. The two lines which follow, only ono
OF which We are familiar with, have good deal Of
theology and larger amount OF common sense:-
Though the mills Of God grind slowly, yet they grind
Though With patience lie stands waiting with exactness


grinds He all


Mr. Moody told his immense audience that religion
increases by being given away II you try to keep it
all for yourself It evsporaes but II you give with
open hand that which you give, though you may give
never largely but the accumulated the
principal Byron, who not evangelist, has put
the same idea into two beautiful lines


All who Joy would win


Must share it-happiness was born twin.


Dr. Tamage says no is perfectly willing TO prRy for
the inmates of Raymond Jail but he won't waste
his time in praying for old politician. This is hardly
fair Ought we not TO lend helping hand TO any man
who is doing his bestlo make his calling and election
sureYr


II your religion fails TO mako you cheerful you may
be sure there base metal In 1t. The pure gold OF
faith lights up the cold face Of death with smlle
as though the soul when It caught glimpse OF eternal
gores tried to express its happiness with the lips,
but falling left them with the smile of recognition
still on them


The great evangelist says that self is the great
stumbling block Of Christianity. 'I never got on" he
said, 'so long trusted TO dear Moody; but when
found ont that Moody wasn't much and that Jesus
was a great deal, then made progress"


Religion is undoubtedly very important thing 10
have. We will almost venture the assertion that
man can't have too much of Il. But when an ordinary
human being tries persuade that he lives In tho
seventh heaven of 'rhe higher lifcr and has COM
mted sin for twenty years prefer to appeal to
those with whom he does business in proof OF the
assertion. The Pharisce the only man in Scripture
who boosted OF his righteousness and OF him the Lord
said. ''Do as he tells you, but not as he docs"


There is kind OF religious icrvor in the feeling OF
the English people toward their Queen. The cntIro
route by which she reached the Parliament the other
day lined by dense crowd, which showed not only
s admiration for the ruler but its love for tho wife
and mother yictorias has been happy home
marked by the absence OF intrigue and the presence of