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Year: 1871

Of baptism. The contemplation Of the personalitK
OF Satan brings 10 consideration OF onr deal,ngl
with ourSeveA just aS the voice OF God iS the law
Of hOhness. so 10 tho voice Of Satan the signal q
temptation. II we had only our own sinful nature
against us, what an easy struggle we should have
But the arch tempter IL going mp and down conf,
unually, as In the days OF old, and when We least
expect t ne comes To STIR passions and blind OUT
view Of God. We must realize, then, that satan n
the essence OF temptation. nut our divine Lord
Que. He let him come TO his only begotten Son. Nd
matter now closely we may live within the grace Of
God Satan viii come to attack US. II Is through
the


LUsTs OF THE FLESH,


the qualification or our sensual sppetites that he
plots destroy He took our Lord to the summit
OF the mountain and tried TO stir up his desire Ion
love OF wealth. He took Him TO the pinnacle OF thd
temple. so he tempts u.s. His voice Is 80 cons antly
dinning our ears that we KNOW not where we are.
AT Ills baptism the Son Of God received the ineiiabd
unclon OF the power OF God. IL Is alone IN the
power OF the Divine Spirit that we can hope ioJ
strength to overcome the temptations OF Satan,
which strike into the roots OF our corrupt
nature. II tnat shall continue in you which We
have heard from the beginning-if ye have
the great God has given us In revelation
these heavenly gifts which were entrusted 10 the
people OF the Jews splendid artillery for this
purpose-ye may have them continually within you.
Let Us to-day Try to Keep prominently before our
minds the great


let us at this holy season OF Lent turn our whole
hearts 10 God who Is all loves let us cling to God.
The more He sees you devoted and determined the
stronger VIII lie cling TO you. Fly to God. and
have been true, the promised reward yours. After
prayer the Rev. D.. Haughton. assisted by MIS-
nephew. administered tho communion TO some two
hundred Of his congregation.
Year: 1871




"The Little Church Around the Corner -
Sermon by Father Bcuson- The PersouaIity
OF satan.


The regular service at this church being finished
the Rev. Father Benson OF oxford, England ascend.
ed the pulpit aud taking his text from the gospel Of
the day. Matthew, w., 1-"Then was Jesus led up OF
the spirit INTO The wilderness to be tempted Of the
devD,'-sald we should never lose sight OF the


PERSONALITY OF SATAN.


That temptation, my beloved brethren, contains
within itself all the tenets OF our ancient
faith. The majesty Of eternal love seems
to stream the greatest fulness OF Its love
upon Us when the enemy comes near.
God, and the first thing that comes to our mind Is
the personality OF Satan. mt Is a truth We must
keep always In our mind. We must not think Of
him as an abstract or ideal being; we must he.
lleve hlln as among rs. dealing win US as he did
with our Lord. Many persons think OF him as an


IMAGINARY FORM OF SIN,
the shapes OF evil that he has being bnI il is only as
ception O! Satan. One reason why we iall INTO so
many temptations Is because we think we are deal
,ng VIII, an abstract Prince OF Evil We fal! into
thousana temptations because we hold Sin TO be an
abstraction. II Is because we lock upon Satan as
an ideal being that we all under the ban OF
his banciul power. Let us then consider the rela-
iiops III whicn He stand TO Satan lie Is creature,
ne IS not an eternal being (God only ~ ecina but
ms wings spread ont and around us shutting out



but not in The sight oil God as we are satan meets
our blessed Lord


IN THE WILDERNESS,
meets him as a prince, who stands In his own do
nlinlons-a territory OF large domain extending all
over the world. DO you want the things of the
WondY rake Them at the hands OF Satan; but be
sure You VIII have TO pay the penalty for them.
hthoagh ne IS the prince OF the world still he holds
ms uoMnlon not altogether unshaken. Our
Ioru Jesus christ, the son OF God, Is come among
us 10 take away the dominion or this world for the
sovereign, our Lord. But we must believe Wnlle we
are IN TINS world we are in the


KINGDOM OF SATAN,
ana u - only by forcing our minds 10 constantly
owen on lh's personality Of Satan that We can hope
10 conoat, In some measure, his constant attacks
upon us. When we come into this world we come
under hls control By baptism we shake or his in-
nuence, ont we meet him again aa revolted subjects
VINO nave gwen themselves up TO one mlgntier than
nm. We meets US as lord, prince meeting
people belonging TO him, having entire and constant
contloi over ua But We should say TO him:--"I did
peloaa 70 hoe, s;s belong TO thee no longer;
gave myself up to one


GREATER THAN TnoUr


We must meet him openly and properly until we
have removed ourselves from him at the noy altar
Year: 1871

The Chinese are gradually making progress, and will in time, no doubt, overcome the complicated difficulties of the English language. Choy Awah is a promising pupil in a Sunday school at Washington, and has lately exercised his talents by making a translation of we'll known parable, to be found in the twen- ty-ffth chapter of Matthew. The story is Englished after the following fashion :

 ''The kingdom like ten girls ; never marry they bring some lanterns come out till some new married man come that way. Have got five wise and five foolish. Five hold lanterns with no oil. Smart five all have oil inside. The new mar ried man come late ; they sleep. By and by they all say, New married man come All go out to him. Five makey nice lanterns. Five foolish say, You give my oil my lamp no oil, you give my some The smart say, I no give you Inot enough; you go market buy. Foolish go market to buy. The new married man come All come in to din- ner Shut the door. By and by the foolish come and say Boss. Boss, open door, He say, I no likey you ; you nc my Must be smart, no understand the day."
Year: 1871

The managers of the China Submarine Telegraph Company have solved the somewhat difficult problem of how to transmit telegraphic messages in Chi nese. At first sight the difficulty of tele- graphing in language which is destitute of an alphabet, and is made up of about fifty thousand distinct characters, ap- pears almost insurmountable, but the obstacle has been overcome, and A-fat at Hong Kong encounters no more difficult ty in communicating by telegraph with A-chum at Shanghai than does Brown and Jones under similar circumstances. The plan adopted is this: Some few thousand of the more common Chinese characters are cut on wooden blocks after the manner of type, and on the reverse end of each is number cut in the same way. Now A-fat having handed in his message written in Chinese, the native clerk selects in order the corresponding blocks from the case and prints off the numbers on their reverse. This he hands to his English colleague, who telegraphs the numbers to the destination desired. Here the reverse process is gone through, and the numbers, having been taken from the cases the characters are stamp ed on paper, and thus A-chum is put in possession of the cherished wishes of A-fat through the medium of his native language.
Year: 1871

HEALTHY CHILDREN raise healthy children give them an abundance of out door exercise, fun and frOlic make them regular in their habits, and feed them on plain, nourishing food. But keep them overtasked in school, confined closely to the house the rest of the time, drowning down every attempt at play feed them upon rich or high seasoned food, can- dies, nuts, &c., allow them to eat be- tween meals and late in the evening, and you need not expect them to be healthy. Don't cram them with food when they don't want, or have no appetite for it such course is slow murder. If they have no appetites, encourage, and, if need be, command them to take exercise in the open air. Do not allow them to study too much, and especially keep them from reading the exciting light lit

 erature which so much abounds in our book stores and circulating libraries.
Year: 1871

be, and all Carleton Mansion knew it by luncheon time.

 Aunt Bonwick laughed at first, and then got very angry. She called me an idiotic cub, and was very rude to Clara. The. next day had to go home to my guardian, who was very satirical; and all this scold- ing and ssneering made me stick up for Clara the more heartily. But was glad when the time came for me to go back to my private tutor, and escape from the per petual unpleasantness. l have only seen Clara once since, at the Royal Academy; but she writes to me every week, and I answer her letters, though not quite regu- larly, I am afraid. I thought she looked rather older when I saw her at the Acade- my not that that has anything to do with it, butt am only nineteen now, and it seems so absurd, you know.
Year: 1871

A CORNER. of Police Savage, of Boston, invited the proprietors of all the noted gambling-houses in the city to call at his office, few days ago. When they assembled he told them that he doubted the expediency of breaking into their establishments and seizing and destroying property :; that he want ed to treat them fairly, and that he re- quested them to close their places and give up the business. Finally, he as- sured them that he would use all means at his command to aid them in the ac- compishment of an object so much to be desired. It it asserted that on, the following evening there was not a gam bling house open in the city.
Year: 1871

A STRONG LAw.-According to the De troit Tribune, the liquor law of Michi- gan is the most stringent state law on that subject which has yet been enacted. The Tribune says s' It should be borne in mind, by those who drink, that under the amended iquor-law of the state, now in force, any person who is found drink ing in any saloon, tavern or public place, or in the streets, is liable to fine of $5 and costs, or imprisonment for not more than twenty days"
Year: 1871



 To aid such as desire information on this point we insert the following from an article written by one of our most successful culturists: t..

 "Take out the trout in the race with net, and place them in baskets stand ing in the water in some convenient place to handle them. Take pan or a pail with three or four inches of water in it from the spring, and place it near the baskets containing the trout. The eggs must be quickly extruded and the trout feplaced in the water. This oper- ation must not consume more than one minute, if possible. All things being ready, female trout is taken out of the basket with one hand, with the other gently rub the abdomen from the gills downward, and the spawn will flow in 8 continuous stream into the vessel Con- tinue the rubbing until the spawn is wholly extruded, then quickly replace the trout in the race, or in a separate basket. One side of the egg has small, white speck here is where the impreg nation takes place, This side of the egg being the ightest it always falls this side up, ready to receive the milt. Now, take a male trout from the basket, and, in like manner, or by the thumb and fingers on each side of the abdomen, which requires rather more pressure, exrlde the milt. The milt falls upon the water and settles upon the eggs. It usually takes from two to four males to impregnate from 2,OOO to 5000 spawn. In like manner serve all the trout in the baskets, I then place the spawn and nni1t in shallow vessels and mt these in the spring water, where I allow them to remain from one to twenty-four hours. Probably one hour is sufficient to insure impregnation. l took from 300 to 1O,- 900 spawn daily from November 3 tc January 10, making in all about 130, 900 spawn, attended with perfect success.
Year: 1871

Do daily and hourly your duty do it patiently and thoroughly. Do it as it presents itself do it at the moment, and let it be its own reward. Never mind whether it is known and acknowl- edged or not. but do not fail to do it.
Year: 1871

gave her a rose and gave her ring and
asked her to marry me then; but she sent
them all back, insensible thing and said she'd
had no notion of men. told her I'd oceans
of money and goods, tried to frighten her with
a growl; but she answered that she wasn't
brought up in the woods to be scared by the
screech of an owl. | called her beggar, and
everything bad; | sighted her features and
form till at length succeeded in getting her
mad, and she ragged like sea in a storm. And
then, in moment turned and smiled and
called her my angel and all she fell in my arms
like wearysome child and exclaimed: I'VE
will marry this fall. "
Year: 1871

Two KINDs.-There are two kinds of girls (;
one is the kind that appears best abroad, the
girls that are good for parties, rides visits,
things; the other is the kind that appears
best at home, the girls that are useful and
cheerful in the dinning room, the sick room, and
all the precincts of home. They differ widely
in character One is often torment at
home; the other is a blessing. One is moth,
consuming everything about her, the other is
sunbeam inspiring life and gadaess all along
the pathway. Now it does not necessarily
follow that there shall be two classes of girls.
The right modification would modify both a
little, and unite their characters in one.
Year: 1871

A magazine writer gets off the following:


When young girl reaches the age of Is or
l6 years, she begins to think of the mysterious
subject OF matrimOny a state the delights of
which her youthful imagination shadows forth
in the most captivating forms. 1t is made the
topic oflight, incidental discourse among her
companions, and it is recurred to with increas-
ing interest every time it is brought upon the
tapis. When she grows little older she ceas
es to smatter about matrimony, and thinks
more intently upon the all important subject.
1t engrosses her thoughts by day, her dreams
by night; and she pictures to herself the felici-
ty of being welded to the youth for whom she
cheriShes secret but consuming flame. She
surveys herself in the mirror, and, as it gener-
ally "tells fattering tale" she turns from it
with pleasing conviction, that her beauty will
enable her to conquer the heart of the most
Obdurate, and that whoever else may die in a
state of " single bessedness, she is destined
to become, ere maRy years roll by, happy
bride.


From the age of IS to 20 is 1.-THE very
witehing time of female life. During that
period the female heart is more susceptible to
the soft and tender influence of love than at
any other; and we appeal to our fair readers to
say whether, it inclination alone was consulted
in the business, more marriages would not take
place during that ticklish season than in any
by which it is proceeded or followed.


1t is the grand climax of love and she who
passes it, without entering into the state o
matrimOny, may chance to pass several years
of her life ere she is caught in the meshes Of
Hymen. The truth is, that the majority o.
women begin to be more thoughtful at the age
of twenty. The giddiness of the girl gives
place to the sobriety of the woman. FrivoIity
is succeeded by reflection; and reason reign
where passion previously held undsputed
sway. The care and the anxieties of life pres
themselves more palpably; they tend 10 weak
en- the effect Of the sanguins anticipations o
which the mind had formed in its youthful day
dreams. In short, to use a common phrase
women after 20 look before they leap.
Year: 1871

THE SULTAN AND THE POPE-Who would
have believed, few years ago, the Command
er of the Faithful would be Defender of the
Faith as received at Rome2 Yet the Sultan of
Turkey has actually suppressed Constantine
pie newspaper for daring to speak unkindly of
the Pope.
Year: 1871

The ways of the divorce laws of Indiana ere
in indianapolis recently had dying man di-
vorced from his wife in order to cut the lady
out of a third of the estate. The dying man
had never had any suspicious of the case pend
ing, and the woman, not fully understanding it,
had consented to let it go by default on receipt
of eight thousand dollars. Such eccentric ras-
calty as this deserves to be remembered.
Year: 1871

The Democrats declare that the afro
cious villains of the Ku-Klux Klan are not
a recognized part of the Democratic party,
doing its work. If not, then why do Dem :
ocrats rush so eagerly and contend 20
strenuously for their defence Why do
they not help suppress the scoundrels !?
When they do that people may believe
that they are not in league with the mur-
derous crew--and not till then.


A Western sibyl, one Mrs. Klebert,
while In a trance state, has made some
awful revelations of what is to come.
Among other tribulations we are TO have
a wet spring hot, dry summer a dread
full epidemic of new and horrible type,
which will carry eff all who are attacked
and fresh and most frightful European
war in 1872, to which the late contest will
be mere flea bite.


A once reputable German poet scholar
and philosopher, for many years the asso-
ciate and friend of distinguished men both
in this country and Europe, is now serv-
ing as porter in one Of the suburban hotels
near Detroit. His fondness for liquor
brought him to his present condition. lie
ran through fortune in about eleven
years.
Year: 1871

GOVERNOR ALooRN AND THE KU-KLUx
A special from Jackson to the Memphis
Acalanche says: Governor Alcorn, in his
message to the Legislature, says rewards
for the detection of men engaged in out
RACES perpetrated by what is called the
Ku-Klux, in any county, shall, when paid
by the Executive, be made special tax of
that county, with right to change the
venue on the part of the State.


He asks authority to organize and call
into the field cavalry regiment of picked
men to operate wherever masked assassius
shall be seen. The cost of the subsistence
of such regiment to be levied on the coun-
ty to which they have been called by the
appearance of masked assassins. With
this power the taxpayers who should dare
to tolerate, by their sympathies, the per-
formances Of the ku-Klux will soon find
out that such liberation will cost them
heavily in penal taxes. While leaving
nothing undone to repress violence, it is
our duty to sec that we leave nothing un-
done to remove all possible grounds for
provocation.
Year: 1871

as fidelity to principle. The latter is
proved by the former, as faith by works.
Of course, as a rule, the obligation is sa-
credly binding upon every member of a
party to yield his individual preferences to
the majority. The man whose indi-
viduality is SO pronounced that he will not
be bound by caucus fairly called, is of
no use in party. Party discipline is the
prime condition of success, and this can
only be maintained by generous, self
sacrificing devotion, which sinks all per-
sonal aims and ambitions to secure unity.
An army contains men widely different in
development and education but by disci-
pline the united force of many men follow
the standard to victory. No good soldier
falters because he does not like his NESS
mate, or refuses to follow the colers be-
cause they are carried by personal enemy.
We need the same spirit. When was a
more glorious cause placed in the keeping
of men Let us dismiss all personal diff
ferences, and closing sternly around our
great leader, press on with unfaltering step
to certain triumph.
Year: 1871




Hon. w. II. II. STowELL, of the Fourth
District of Virginia, has introduced bill
in Congress to extend the exemptions un-
der the bankrupt act, so as to agree
with the exemptions under the State law.
We believe this humane and excellent
provision. Certainly, if we are not to
strip the debtor utterly, two thousand dol
lars in home, or as capital to start any
business, is little enough. The Republi-
cans have initiated the policy of saving
tho unfortunate debtors of the South from
utter ruin, by. giving them fair chance
to start life anew. Every possible encour-
agement should be given to men who, by
circumstances beyond their control and
incidental to the civil war, have been
crushed beneath the burden of debt.
Thousands of such men there are, who
have lost heart and hope, and who, cling
ing to the wreck of their fortunes, float
helplessly along. Whatever will rouse
them to hope and helpfulness, and lead
them once more to take hold Of life with
a hearty grasp and pull manfully against
a downward tide, is to be welcomed. Mr..
Stowell deserves the thanks of that large
class, now suffering from debts that they
feel they can never pay, as well as the
of all humane and philan-
thropic men.
Year: 1871

msnt has given them to the present
time" ..-.r..... ...-


Said Mr.. Pool: do you believe
the people of the South would be loyal
to the Government in the event that
they had an opportunity to relieve
themselves OF Federal management


Judge Wright IF the people o.
the South can be made to believe that
the people of the North will never re
trace their steps on negro suffrage, and
will perpetuate their efforts to make
the black man dominate the white
race, l would not stand security for the
people of the South if they ever
should have q chance to free them.
selves from such q state Of things. But
there need be no fear Of further rebel
lion. The Southern people believe the
present state Of things grows out Of the
excitements and animosities engender-
ed by the war, aud have an abiding
faith in the return Of reason, which
time will serve to produce, and that
the calm sense Of the country will at
such time be exerted to bring about q
state OF feeling and fraternity Of sen
timent between all the people Of the
country, which nothing else will ever
produce, and 10 which the present
management can never contribute.
Year: 1871

A large meeting Of Influential busi'
pess men was held in Richmond, Va,
on Wednesday last. in favor Of making
that city the terminus Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. After hearing the
report of the committee which had
been sent to New York to confer with
the President and Directors OF the road,
and which made q favorable report, a
resolution was adopted appointing q
committee Of ten citizens TO confer with
the City Council, and impress upon them
the importance Of afording the railroad
company such facilities a. may be in
their power for efecting An easy pas
sage OF their trains seross the city Il
the vharyes at or near Rockets.
Year: 1871

The political condition of affairs in
North Carolina is a source of much un-
easiness to the members of the National
Republican Executive Committee and
they are now endeavoring to perfect q
plan to redeem the State from Dem
ocratic influences. The purpose of the
visit of Attorney General Akerman to
North Carolina is to oppose the Assem-.
bling of the Constitutional Convention,
which it is intended shall meet in
August next, to prepare amendments to
the State constitution, adopted on the
basis OF the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. in accordance with the
reconstruction acts of Congress, Mr..
Akerman will speak at Weldon to
morrow, and will Immediately return
to Washington and revise his speech
for a campaign document in that State,
where it is proposed to have them gen.
orally distributed. Warrington Di.
pateA.
Year: 1871

To ALTER our present system OF
county government in the way proposed
by Radical newspapers and orators
viz: by an amendment to be proposed
by the Legislature, is to indict the
present extravagant system upon us for
two years longer, at . cost Of $S5O'OOo
per aunum, in excess Of the old system
"a sum larger than the most reckless
estimate which can be made OF the COST
OF Convention. The people will save
thus sum by sustaining the call for .
Convention. II Courier.