Year: 1871

TnE BETTER CoUNTRY.-The man Of
-arere toll. accustomed to fatigue, whether
Of the brain or of the muscles, thinks of
heaven as place of rest. The man whose


lot Is east among vicious associates looks
10 heaven as the place Of pure society.
Tae poor man IS Interested in heaven as
,ae place of satisfied rant. The mourn
er .0r departed kindred attaches great i'm
pertance to the ideas Of reunion and rec
5gli.iou. Analyze the conceptions which
any Christian forms of heaven, and they


viii be found 10 have been shaped by
something special IN his personal expert
eHce. Tle prominent points IN his hope
are In contrast with certain prominent
points in his earthly condition. lie thinks
Of some present discomfort or annoyance,
aad anticipates its opposite in another
world. WHAT troubles him most in this


life, he IS delighted to believe viii be absent
ir3mthe life 20 come. Hence the value to
So many ot the various negatives by which
heaven is described in the Book Of books
1t Is refreshing to know that certain evils
are 3st there. and never viii be there
Nacu Robert Hall, who was for years q
physical sufferer, was asked what idea Of
heaven wa most constant in his mind, he
replied. In an interval Of parOxvsms Of
piercing anguish. Neither shall there be
any more pain Another, in different
circumstances. would nave answered No
sorrow. or No death. or No tears. or


No disappointed hopes or No sin


Take the single idea, No pain, and
sec how comforting it must be to millions.
What else DO most men So earnestly de-
precate2 For the removal Of what else
DO they more devoutly pray, or more per
sistently labor Wen, God says there
shall be no pain in heaven. Whatever
may be the nature Of the spiritual body,
one thing is certain, it will never be sub
iect TO suffering. No tevered blood, no
infamed tissues, no broken bones, no twing-
ing nerves, no obstructed respiration
none OF the thousand casualties and forms
Of disease viii be there which here atfiict
humanity All inheaven is perfect health.


In this world how often does pain which
ne medical skill, no curative agent, 10
tender assiduity Of friends, can relieve,
make life a burden and prompt the desire
for its termination, In eternal life there
will be no evil TO render existence tedious,
or excite a wish for its discontinuance.
Here some sufferer every hour is exclaim-
ing, Why would you detain me- Let
me 60 To die Is gain There, moth
ing will diminish the enjoyment of the
whole being or make the perpetuity of its
condition distasteful or undesirable
IFatc5mqR md Reflector


MINaLING WITH SrRANGERs.-Thee effect
OF minging with new people, who have
new ideas and new methods of thought, is
very salutary. Always to see the same
people, DO the same things, feel the same
way, produces q stagnant condition of mind
and heart that is very distressing to be-
hold There are thousands of invalids
who might be greatly benefited by getting
away from home, if only for a short time
to mingle with strangers, and be touched
with the magnetism of the great world
as it courses in its accustomed rounds.
And there are mental and moral invalids
who need the same change, to get their
minds and hearts enlarged and let in
little more Of the great light Of life. Out
side Influences are very valuable 20 those
who 1T home have been well trained by
hoalthful influences IL early youth, 50 that
they can avoid the znares and pitfalls into
which those who 60 bIindly often fall