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Year: 1875

"The wind bloweth yhere it listeth.' mot 6l
might nor by power, But by my Spirit, saith th'
| Lord"


Ore of the brethren in China, an extrac
of whose letter is published in the Monthly
Review, has several times of late recurred tc
the subject of revival in that land. HIt
soul seems to be greatly in earnest about IT.
and he suggests that the Church shall be
called, on set day, to special prayer on this
behalf. This suggestion strikes US as neither
wonderful nor vain. 1t is not wonderful that
a servant of God, surrounded by hoary gu
perstitions, and teeming millions held in
bondage thereto, should look to God as his
helper; and it cannot be in vain that he
turns to his brethren on the other side of the
world in order to enlist their sympathies in
praying earnestly that the set time may soon
come to favor this benighted people. The
blessing of God has already accomplished
much in that land. Believers are numbered
by the thousands, and progress, and growth
mark the work as it is at present carried on.
But, oh, how small the results are in COM
parison with what faith longs for How
the teeming millions are crowding down to
the doors of the pit, while only individuals
are giving heed to the voice of salvation !
1t is natural, then, that brethren who are in
the midst of these desolations and whose
hearts are oppressed with anxiety for these
perishing ones, should earnestly desire the
presence and blessing of God and should ask
their brethren to unite with them in seeking
the 0utpouring of the Holy Ghost 1t is
surely an occasion which calls for prayer.
The Missionaries are there; the Gospel 10
preached; faithful instructions are given in
the schools, in the chapela, by the wayside;
the Word of God, and religious books and
tracts are scattered by the thousand what
now is needed? The means of grace are
faithfully used, and the quickening power Of
the Holy Ghost is wanted Let Christians,
then, in this land unite with their brethren
in China, in supplicating God to baptize
their labors with power from on high and to
bring hundreds and thousands of the benight-
ed heather to the light and comfort of the
Gospel. We propose, too, that the monthly
concert OF prayer, the present month, shall
be devoted in an especial manner to this pur-
pose, and in churches in which the monthly
concert is not held, we suggest that prayers
be specially offered for the outpouriDg of
Gods spirit upon China. Who can tell but
that the Lord may hear these requests, and
grant glorious refreshing from His pre-
sence which shall be blessing to that land
throughout all time! "Is anything too hard
for tie Lord ?"-Missionary.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Christian at Work
gives the following:


"While riding in the cars one day with
one hitherto chiefly known to me by his rep
utation as a benevolent Christian gentleman,
and of whom l had been conversiug with a
friend an Nour before concerning his unselish
nature, and quiet, watchful care for others
comfort, l was not surprised, though forcibly
impressed, with what seemed to me very
beautiful exhibition of one of these very
characteristics.


Near him he observed man sitting appa-
rently in very heavy sleep. In the band
of his hat was railroad ticket marked
Smithtown, station few miles beyond his
own destination. On rising to leave the
train, he tapped man on the shoulder who
sat near his sleeping fellow, and asked him
if he was going as far as Smithtown. lie
replied that he was. Then, said he, will
you wake this man when you get there? He
seems to be in very sound sleep, and is
likely to be carried by his station 'All
right was the response, and the good man
passed out, unconscious perhaps how beauti-
fully he had illustrated the spirit of true be-
nevolence. as well as leaving behind him the
sweet smelling fragrance of kind act which
cannot soon be forgotten by bis fellow
traveller, though all unknown to the sleeping
recipient.


All honor to the man who gives gifts of
money and influence. He has his reward.
But thousand-fold more to the man who,
neglecting not these, despises not small
things; verify, he shall have hia reward. In
many character there are records Of noble
deeds begotten of generous impulses, but
such frequently lack the fine touches which
are to it as light and shade are to picture,
thermometers and beauti6ers of the whole"
Year: 1875

Mr.. Editor,-Your correspondent "Zac-
cheus, in the paper of August 18th, charges
us with undertaking that part of the action
of the General Assembly in regard to Syste-
matte Benefcence, which urges the ministry
to inculeate with greater diligence and fdel-
ity the scriptursl doctrine of wOrshipping
God with our substance" But he is mis-
taken. 1t was no part of our aim to discuss
the whole paper, or to 90 over the whole sub
iect. One is not bound to include in his dis
course the whole chapter from which he takes
his text Nor Ito use an illustration suggest
ed by that Of "Zaccheus need the Vender
of reaping machine always preface his re-
concentrations With treatise on wheat cul-
ture. The due instruction of the people in
regard to benevolent giving is Of vast and
fundamental Importance; as the report well
states. But the incident which gave rise to
the article referred to by Zaccheus, led
us to try to vindicate and recommend the
regulations embraced in the latter part oi
the paper adopted by the Assembly. We
had an eye mainly to the reaping and saving
of those more than sir thousand ungathered
crops which have been yearly left to waste
on the fields, lost to the cause of Christ
Of what use is it to urge the duty of incul
eating the grace of giving upon those who dC
not afford their congregations the opportu


mites to give? But if induced to presen


all these causes to the people, asking then
for their contributions, they will feel con
strained to Justify themselves in this, by set
ting forth what the word of God says abou


this business, and what are the claims of th


objects presented upon the lberality of GOdi
people. One thing, however, we confess =
"We have for good while thought that TN
iniunctions of our ecclesiastical courts wer


aimed too exclusively at the people. VIII


are to blame, g. g. for the deplOrable fac
that last year from 865 of our 1862 cOngre
cations no collections were taken in behal
of Missions to the heathen? Not the people
certainly. Who are to blame that from 80


of our churches no contribution was receive
for the cause of Sustentation? Not the pee


pie, certainly. Who are accountable for tn


fact that "not exceeding One-third OF th


churches ever contributed one cent to th
Year: 1875

Don't scowl, it spoils faces. Before you
know it, your forehead will resemble small
railroad map. There is grand trunk line
now from your cow-lick to the bridge of your
nose, intersected by parallel lines running
east and west, with curves arching your eye.
brows; and 0, how much older you look for
it! Scowling is habit that steals upon US
unawares. We frown when the light is too
strong, and when it is too weak. We tie our
brows into knot when we are thinking, and
knit them even more tightly when we cannot
think. There is no denying there are plenty
of things to scowl about. The baby in the
cradle frowns when something fails to suit.
Constitution scowl," we say. The little
toddler who likes sugar On his bread and
butter tells his trouble in the same way when
you leave the sugar off "Cross," we say
about the children, and "worried to death,
about the grown folks, and as for ourselves,
we can't help it. But we must. Its reflex
influence makes others unhappy for face an
swereth unto face in life as well as in water.
1t bellies our religion. We should possess
our souls in such peace that it will reflect
itself in placid countenances. If your fore
head is ridged with wrinkles before forty,
what will it be at seventy? There is one
consoling thought about these marks of time
and trouble-the death angel almost always
erases them. Even the extremely aged, in
death, often wear smooth and peaceful
brow, thus leaving our last memories of them
calm and tranquil. But our business is with
life Scowling is a kind of silent sColding.
It shows that our souls need sweetening. For
PHYS sake, let us take sad iron, or glad
iron, or smoothing tool of some sort, and
stra ghten these creases out of our faces be-
fore they become indelibly engraved upon
our visage.-Christian at Work.
Year: 1875

Methought once more to my wishful eye


Ny lovely boy had come;


Ny sorrow was gone-my cheek was dry,


And gladness around my home
l saw the form Of my dear lost child,


All kindled with life he came,
And he spoke in his own sweet voice and smiled,


As soon as l called his name.
The raiment he wore looked heavenly white,


As the feathery snow comes down,
And warm, as it shone in the sottened light,


That fell from his dazzling crown.
His brow was bright with a JOY serene,


His cheek with the desthless bloom g
That only the eye of my soul hath seen


When looking beyond the tomb.
The odour Of flowers from that fair land


Where we deem that our blest ones are,
Seemed borne in his skirts and his small right hanC


Was holding radiant star.
His feet nnshod as cut the shroud,


Were pure as the opening bell
Of the lily, and set on a folding eloud


Of glory that round him fell.
asked him how he was clothed anew?


Who eireled his head with light,
And whence he returned to meet my view,


So calm and heavenly b ight?
l asked where he had been so long,


Away from his mothers care?
Again to sing me his infant song,


And kneel by my side in prayer
He said, "Sweet mother, the song sing


Is not for an ear bly, ear;
touch the harp with golden string,


For the hosts of Heaven to hear.
1t was but a gently aeeting breath


That severed thy child from thee;
The fearful shadow, in time called Death,
Hath ministered life to me.
"My voice in an sngel choir lift,


And high are the notes raise,
| hold the sign of priceless gift,


And the Giver who bath our praise
The bright and the Morning Star is He,
Who bringeth eternal day.
And, mother he giveth himself to thee,
To tighten thine earthly way"
"The way is short to a peaceful goal,


And He is never afar
Who saith to the wise untiring soul


Il will give him the Morning Star.
Thy measure of care for me was filed,
And pure to its crystal top,
For Faith from his silver urn distilled
And numbered every drop.
"While thou vast teaching my lips to move,
And my heart to rise in prayer,
learned the way to world above,
And the home of thy child is there.
The secret prayer thou hast made for me,
That only thy God hath known,
Arose as an incense holy aud free,


And gathered around His throne.
90 j filled my robes with the perfumes sweet


To shed them on this worlds air
AS held my brow by my Saviour's seat
For the glorious crown wear.
By this remember thine offering made
When holding thine infant
At the sacred font, as thine hand was laid,
In the name Of the Holy One.
{" For now in that blissful world of ours
The waters of Lite l drink;
Behold my feet as they've pressed the flowers
That grow by the fountains brink.
No thorn is hidden to wound me there,
There's nothing like chill or blight,
Or sighing, to blend with the balmy air,
No sorrow, no pain, no nightP
No psrting2 asked, in a burst Of joy
And the lovely illusion broke
My rapture had banished my beautiful boy
To zhsdowy void | spoke.
But oh that star of the morn still beams
With light to direct my feet,
Where, when have done with earthly dreams,
The mother and child may meet
Year: 1875

HOME is next to heaven. And the home
that is we'll ordered, comely, pure and bright
is thus heavenly by the agency of woman'i
heart and woman's hand. No school car
teach the science of housekeeping.
Year: 1875

ALAS how many sorrows, sharp thorns
of trouble that we think the pierced hands
or bleeding feet can never be accustomed to,
have to be accepted as part Of our daily
lives.-Grace Wyatt.
Year: 1875

THE DEEP unaIterable feeling that truth
has a supreme claim over all things else, and
that nothing can justify, not merely the ut
terance of falsehood but silent conniyance
with it,-this feeling is engraven in mans
soul by Him who is the Father of lights. If
we did not believe in the Interchangeable nature
and claims of truth, we could not believe in
Him.-Ker.
Year: 1875

A colored cardinal in the future, was the
subject Of lecture in the Congregational
yestry of Rockland, on Sunday, BY Colonel
c. G Baylor, formerly of Georgia He said
that Brazil was an empire, and would in
due time absorb the other states of the
southern continent; and that the United
States was a republic, and would absorb
the other states of the northern continent ;
that the one was Catholic and the other
Protestant; and that when the Catholic
empire of South America and the Protest
ant republic of North America are fully de-
velOped there must come q struggle be-
tween the two. Right between these lies
the negro, numbering $4,000, 900 on the two
continents, and holding the balance of pow
or. The destinies of the new world turn on
the negro. If New England, the brain of
the United States, is false to the negro, then
will be the opportunity of the Roman Cath
olic Church. She will offer him within her
pale what Professionalism has failed to give
him, and to show this she will elevate one
Of his number to the highest place bat one
in hergift. Colonel Baylor predicted that
the next cardinal appointed in this country
would be . negro and that be should be
installed IN the Cathedral Of New OrIesus.
He thea proceeded to point out some Of the
enects which would f3llow.-Bostoa Trav-
kler.
Year: 1875

We have been informed that additional
steamers will be put on the Cromwell line,
running between this port and New York.
Under the new arrangement the George
Washington will be ready to leave here
about next Wednesday. This is an evidence
OF increasing business, with cheap freight
rates, which is q pleasing prospect.
Year: 1875

Lact evening q supper was given i'll tho
basement Of the Union NJ. Z. Church, Fifth
and Washington Streets, which was well at
tended.


The ladies of the Unitarian Church gave
supper in the house 500 Market Street.
Many Of the friends of the church were
present and quite q sum was realized, al
though the tickets for supper were only so
cents.
Year: 1875

Yesterday afternoon temperance meet
ing was held in the City Hall. Quite large
number OF PERSONS were present, in fact
more than could be comfortably seated. The
exercises were opened with singing hymn
in which all present joined. A prayer was
then offered by one of the speakers, after
which the hymn, " Need Thee" was sung,
when the speaking began, which was listen
cd to with attention by those present.
Year: 1875

FELL FROM a TREE.-Ssveral boys
yesterday afternoon got up tree near
Eighth and Monroe streets to observe
the progress of the Quickstep- Shibc
game, when one of them fell to the
ground and was severely injured.
Year: 1875

PETER EALING and another gentleman arrived here yesterday with 5000 fine wool sheep, from San Bernardino, Cal. Owing to some misunderstanding about the pur chase of a ranch near the Sonora line, they are willing to sell the whole flock.
Year: 1875

Is always supplied with an ample variety of well-coOked food No eXaggeratiOn ir this Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all m acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information.
Year: 1875

One morning the porter Of the store Of
Messrs. Root. Anthony & Co. New York,
on opening the front door found every
thing in confusion the floor was litter
ed with tools. oil bottles. steel and iron
wedges, and black muslin BY the piece.
Further examination justified the first
suspicion that burglars had been at
work. Keys had been fitted to the out
side locks. on the eve of holiday. so
that the robbers had an entire day, Sun.
day and two nights in which to work.
Once inside the building they were met
with the unexpected difficulty of decid.
ing which of the five safes before them
contained the prize. Fortunately, the
burglars began operations on safe
which probably never contained cent
of money. being evidently attracted by
its grim appearance and the fact tina. it
was hidden away in a dark corner of the
store. A vast amount of labor was
wasted upon this old safe, and the rage
and disappointment of the robbers, when
they found out their mistake, were vent
cd upon the harmless books and papers
which it contained. They then began
work on another safe, which contained
in the days of revenue stamps what was
equivalent to $4,000 in greenbanks.


Adjoining the store lives, in his bach
elor rooms. a restaurant keeper Mr.
Switzerland, who at the time had a pet
jackdaw that was more than usually
amusing by his antics. He was ever
ready to catch pennies, pick up brilliant
trifes, or indulge in mischief of any
kind. For some cause, either sudden
CLEAN of intelligence or his chronic de.
sire to meddle in every ones business.
early in the morning the jackdaw, with
loud screams and cries, dartcd out the
window into the back yard Of Root, An
thony, & Co. The easiest way for Mr..
Switzerland to obtain his pet was thro'
the store in which the burglars were
still at work, and as he thought he had
heard noises on the premises, which he
presumed were made by the porter, he
stepped into the street and tried the
store door. At the same time he saw
man few yards off move uneasily away.
After vigorously shaking the door and
hearing no response, he returned to his
own premises and sent o man to climb
over the wall into the rear of the ad.
joining premises and capture the jack
daw that 50 provokingly kept beyond
reach. The burglars, now satisfied that
they were discovered, precipitately fed,
locking the door after them and thus
the $1,000 of revenue stamps we're
saved to their owners.
Year: 1875

/ keep gentcel clearinghouse in a
thriving country village 1t is far away
from any city among the New England
hills. My house is much sought after
1t is the resort Of people who are neith-
er fastidious wOrshipers of fashion. nor
of that lower class whose character and
company are not desirable In fact, l
keep quiet transformations home for
plain, honest people. who like to be we'll
served and treated with civility. One
spring day the mail brought me letter
1t ran as follows:-
Year: 1875

Reports from the north of Ireland state
that the autumn never approached with
fairer and iuller promise for the north
ern farmer than at present. Crops on
all sides are rich and fiourishing. Fears
were entertained, owing to the dryness
OF the spring. that the hay crop would be
exceptionally light, but though the crop
of upland hay has not been as good as
could be wished, the timely rains in the
early summer produced an excellent
growth in the meadows. As set-off
against the deficiency of upland hay,
oat straw, and indeed the straw of all the
cereals viii be very abundant. Beans.
which are kind of staple along the sea
coast G. Antrim, did remarkably well. but
are somewhat lighter in pods than might
be expected from the luxuriance OF the
stalk. Up TO the present, the condition
of the potato crop has beel in general
way satisfactory. the yeild being abun-
dant. though little soft in quality By


reason of the rains, and no symptoms ol


disease to any extent being visible. RU-


mors were afoat some time ago that the
disease had manifested itself 70 IN alarm


ing extent in The neighborhood Of An
Year: 1875

Recorder Hackett says:-'If there exists an Office
which than any other should bo utterly di-
vorced from political considerations it is that OF
clerk deputy clerk Of a criminal COURT
Year: 1875

-Four Congressional Committees are
at work one at New York, one at
Vicksburg, one In Alabama and one in
New Orleans. IF their labors do not
accomplish something for the public
good, the public will conclude that
Congress is unequal to the task Of pur-
flying the body polite.
Year: 1875

p


WHATEVER the enemies of GEORGE
G. GoRHAM may say of him as pol
itician they cannot deny him great
executive ability in the work of de-
molishing his opponents. SAMPSON
with only such weapons as he could
pick up in donkey graveyard, laid
many thousand Philistines-we for
get just how many-with their faces
to the sun, but GoRHAM is greater
thanthe lover of DELILAH, for with
only the words from their own mouths
he has slain the leaders of the Inde-
pendent party and buried the organ
ization SO deep that it will never hear
the sound of the resurrection horn. At
the opening of the fight the odds
against GEORGE were great. To any
other man they would have been dis
couraging. But he went in to win
and DAVID with his little sling and
brook pebble did not more effectually
settle Ithe pretentious GoLIAH than
GEORGE with their own record has
carved to pieces the great "reform par
ty." BOOTH has retired sick and
discomfited; BIDwELL goes down al
every sound and the rank and file are
discouraged, dismayed and mutinous.
Yet little while and the Independent
party of California will have gone
where the "woodbine twineth."
Year: 1875

zen'' neversaw a Park nearer to large
city than the place we designated
When we get an avenue well graded
from the city to that place, fifteen
minutes drive will take us to it. IA
Citizen" thinks it is too low and wet


There are some spots on that Rancho
that are always wet, but. the part
that we speak of is never too wet to
travel over on a common road, and
ten months in each yearit is dry and
beautiful. And with a little gravel
spread over the roads it would make
the finest drive in the State. Never
dusty, always green and not subject to
the depredations of gophers and squir-
rels. If we undertake to make Park
on any mesa lands around the city,
we shall be under the necessity of
flooding it artificially once a month
in order to keep the trees alive. Ma
ture only floods the Cienega Ranch
once year. SO If floods are an OBJ
lection the Cienega has the advantage.
What we want is beautiful shady
ground where trees, flowers and grass
will grow the year round, and which
can be kept in order at very little ex-
pense. A place that will be inviting
and pleasant every fair day in the
year for women, children and men.
OF course no one will visit a Park when
the rain is falling. If we had a Park
in quarter Of a mile from the centre
of the city, no one would visit it except
in good weather, and we have about
three hundred and forty days good
weather each year. We can afford to
stay in doors the few rainy days we
have. We are perfectly willing to
have Park anywhere that the wis
dom of our Council may be inclined
to place it. But we are satisfied that
there is not another place in reach of
the city that possesses the advanta-
ges that this one does.
Year: 1875




THE Democratic county ticket has
now been before the people sufficient
ly long to enable all to form an Opin-
ion of the merits and qualifications of
the nominees for the different offices.
We are pleased to know that the gen.
eral expression is one of satisfaction
and endorsement. The candidates are
all good men and in every way quail
fled for full and thorough discharge
ofthe duties of the positions to which
they aspire. They are gentlemen in
whom the people have confidence, and
there seems to be no doubt but that
the entire ticket will be elected by a
handsome majority. The county. is
conceded to be largely Democratic,
and as the Democrats have placed a
good ticket in the field-good and true
as to principle and unexceptionable as
to men-the people are satisfied and
will endorse their action.
Year: 1875

.


Our remarks on the City Park have
called out one or two articles on that
subject, all are in favor of the Park,
put IA Citizen'' is not in favor of the
location which We prefer. He says
the distance is too great from the city,
that Mr.. FREEMAN would give 300
acres If 1t was not so far away. Let
Mr.. FREEMAN give, and We will guar
antee that the Council will accept it,
and improve 1t as a Park. We have
not spoken to member of the Coun-
ell on that subject, but we know them
all to be men of good common sense
and ready to do any good deed to ben
eft the City. In regard to the dis
tance we are quite certain that "Citi-