Year: 1876




church 70 have voice in their ecclesiastical judica-
tories II 10 not matter OF courtesy but Of right


'what would be your notion Of absent mindedncss" b
asked Rufus Choate Of witness whom he was cross
examining ''wsll." said the witness. with strong
Yankee sccent al should say that who thought
he'd left his watch 10 hum and took outn's pocket
10 see II he'd time TO 60 hum and GIT Il leetis
absent minded" We should think too


Homo s the place OF the highest joys; religion
should sancify It. Home Is the sphere Of the deepest
sorrows; tho highest consolation of religion should
assuass its grsf Home Is the place Of the greatest
intimacy OF heart with heart religion should swcsssn
II with tho Joy OF confidence. Home discovers all
aulss religion should bless It with abundance char
hy. Homo 10 the place for impressions for nstruc-
ton and culture; there should religion open her
ures OF wisdom and pronounce her heavenly benedic
ton. May all our readers seek ana secure such .
home


Are you not what you would be,


Then be what you can,


For the measure OF use


Is the measure OF man;


And God Al last will reward every one


Who the best with his talents his duty has done.


We should judge men by their actions rather than
by their theories mans ACTIONS tho best inter-
prefers of his thoughts and ieelnga Comparatively
few able express words, fully and JUSTLY
the state of their hearts; but every act In
harmony with his feelings II he will Men frequently
act hypocritcay, It Is true They find It easier, how
ever to bend their speech into deceptive forms than
to bend their actions thus Hence when there is dis
position TO deceive mans actions not 80 apt to he
fully variance with real feelings his words are


This is in many respects . novel year. But one OF
the most novel methods OF removing church debt is
that adopted by tho Plymouth Congregational church
of Chicago II has q membership Of 600 and debt OF
$4,000 It has divided this debt into shares. which it
an Oh "a
certificate OF "Cencnnial membership" In this way
n hopes the debt be paid OF that at least tho
church property shall not pass into the hands OF the
Sheriff. Tho money thus received forms sinking
fund which will reduce tho debt and In time remove u
altogether II might be help to Of our heavily
burdenod metropolitan churches to try this method.


Every false religion distinguished by the stress II
lays upoh tho necessity the invisible powers that are
supposed rule the universe thought to be under
TO promote nrst OF al, the welfare OF mankind And
every departure from Christianity the part OF
those who profess to embrace IT, is measurable by the
space which is given to the glory Of man as the supe-
ror object 10 be dvtney regarded Tho natural hearth
herein plainly msnifested-the heart which is able
only discern, in It's conceptions OF God, Being the
great purpose Of whose government Is to make His
creatures contcnted with the world In which He has
placed them and who when He falls to do this, 10 80
far faultworthy, far unlovable, thus tending
toward q reversal Of the answer in the eatechism
touching tho chief end OF and making It read
Goods chief end is to glorify and to enjoy him
forever"


The proposition Of the English bishop 10 the wes-
cyans allow themselves, for tho sake OF peace, TO bo
swallowed up by the Establishment attracts . large
share OF attention this side, whore, but for tho
size Of the Jonah and the inferior capacity OF tho
Episcopal nsh, similar proposition would be made.
L. of sltho
notably tho CAurchnon says would be hard to tell
what the Methodist raison d'etrc is. Its remaining
peculiaritiss, after failing In those In which 1t orgi
nally started, simply those which established
In order secure it, separate existence. The spirit
has evaporassd, leaving a residuum of sectarianism.
And this residuum is too great TO be swallowed d.
gestsd II swallowed, by the Mother Church And 70
for this very excellent reason II for other, the
Methodist Episcopal Church exists to-day.