Year: 1876


secondary formation. kind OF afterthought and which
informs US that she male out OF very small piece
OF the man. is regarded the world over by all
line scholars as the only authentic account Of vexed
problem.


The morality OF the money market Is seriously ques
toned and its and confirmed habit OF getting
'.tight" is regarded a misfortune


Dr. cuyler recently recommended everybody TO lie
in bed until cup OF coffee had been prepared There
Is consequently, very serious discussion going in
Brooklyn as to who shall prepare the coffee
Religious advertisements sometimes very origi-
nal Here is from Western paper:-" Free seats,
free Gospel free salvation New Christians made and
old ones mended every night Come and welcome"


An Old School Presbyterian paper says, in speaking
OF the Hppodrome meetings that 1t never sees per-
rise for prayers without feeling OF nifty. Pity for
the poor fellow who rises That hardly be,
the Scriptures say that the prayer OF the righteous
avaeth much. Pity for Satan, that by this means
he is to be circunvented, and will lose a
soul he had counted on Say, King, pity
for whomH II il is not wrong to pray,
1t can't be wrong ask be prayed for II may be
innovation certain conservative customs, and it
be somewhat novel to substitute the 'Ninety and
Nne' for The old time 'Psalm OF David" 1t may be
startling to have an organ 10 lead and accompany the
singing, but 1t will hardly pay to pity any man who
asks Christian worker to pray that wretched soul
may be freed from its bondage. great many things
worse and more to be ptied than that


Bismarck made a very tender and conciliatory
speech the other day He said that he did
propose to interfere with any ones
science; that his desire to smooth the
troubled of religion and politics with the oil
of mutual concession. This OF kindness is,
however regarded as the precursor OF a tempest.
Sometimes in chess ono moves pawn just to cover
the intended move of knight or bishop Bismarck is
old that his blood runs quietly There a vast
deal OF boil and bubble in him yet Smooth words and
rough acts have marked his thus far There Is
no reason to expect change just now.


The initials Of Moody and Sankey would serve for
Mighty Soldiers Many Souls


The father OF Sara Alexander ought to live under
the shadow of Mount Sinai He writes to his son that
he is seventy years old but that he die until
Rubenstein is punished He desires that the entire
patrimony be used, if necessary to the
ton of the sentence of death. The faintest glimmer
of Christianity not to have entered the heart of
any OF that afflicted family. The whole story Is
bit of the darkest period of tho darkest ages.


Theological truth from strange sources some
times. We have heard many a sermon and read many
dlsquistion Gods patience, but the exclamation
OF poor little bootblack 81 tell you what If God
quick tempered some folks would get hurt" brings it
more vividy TO minds than either books or SER
mons could.


The greatness OF God is discovered not more in tho
sublime mechanism OF solar systems than the
cacies Of microscopic exstences Only He who is in
1nitely great make anything infinitely small
Science reveals in single drop Of sagnant water spec
mems of large variety of Species each swimming
about with as much liberty tho whales enjoy the
Arctic Every green leaf has a colony of in
sects grazing 1t like many a meadow
Insects have been discovered small that they
hide themselves in The In
grain of sand. Common mould when
looked at with powerful glass becomes
forest of beautiful trees with branches leaves bios
and fruit. As the telescope fails to the
grandeur of creation, the microscope leads only
short distance IN the pilgrimage toward Gods power
in little things


Those revivals which people get up como from the
wrong direction and be expected last long
or DO much good. II you want Holy Ghost revival,
as Moody delights to call it, you must get 1t, not up
but down from hoaven which is its source
There is reform movement among tho Jews the
object Of which is to adapt the ancient usages OF the
synagogue to the necessities OF modern times 1t is
only partially successful however for ancient
tom, that has extended through all the centuries
between and Egypt in the time OF the Pharaohs has
very tenacious hold on our respect and
1t is well known that the men and women sepa-
rated in the Hebrew service, and that the
their hats while the synagogue. The younger Jews
seem anxious to obliterate these customs and to SO
change tho that the contrast with religious
worship generally will not be great. We hope the
reform will not be successful for 10 modcrnize an
ancient institution is to spoil It, 1t is delight to
step of the present century in while and by
simply crossing tho threshold OF Of those magnia
cent Hebrew structures step back couple OF thousand
years The Hebrew worship is a curiosity in
structon and we are just conservative enough to adj
wise nj tho heau hc he
parts of the house usual and that every popularity
of the ancient worship be kept from the invading
spirit Of our modern times.


How easy IL is TO believe yourself right and every
body wrong. The is also true-that it is
hard believe any else right and to acknowledge
that you wrong. 'orthodoxy, My Lord" said
Bishop warburton, ''orthodoxy is my doxy. Hetero-
doxy is another mans doxy."


Mr.. Moody insists that lazy Christian will never
get heaven before the doors Shut s there
fore, practically better than pubican sinner.
1t well enough to pray, but the prayer must DO the
impulse TO work. coleridgo Says


lie prayeth we'll who loveth we'll


Both man and bird and beast;


All things both great and small


The Working womcn's Protective Union is an nstitu-
tion in which the Quakers greatly interested. 1t
purpors to be, and in many instances has proved to
be, the only friend Of working women. Struggling
get living law OF the survival Of the nttest seems
TO be against hem and they just manage TO keep body
and soul unwillngly together They buy a sewing
machine Of some financial trapper some human spider
who catches more flies than know anything about
and pay for it in instalmcnts. When the last install
ment is presented and the receipt in full demanded,
the woman Is quietly told that she has simply been
paying for the machine This regarded by many
shrewd business operation; but certain Quakers in
the city look upon IL as fraud, and in than
OF instances have compelled these dis
gorge. This is terrible world, present con-
troIled, for any woman who is compelled her
living and to II honestly. We are reminded
of two lines OF Hood addressed TO society largc:


II isnot linen your wearing out,


Bet human creatures lives.


Nevada has always had reputation which is not ex