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Year: 1870

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The worst atrocities In the world have been com.
mitted under the guise OF conscience. The horrors
OF the lnqusition, the hacking OF men, women and
children, are due to 1t. Who does not remember the
history OF our ancestors, the Neherand wars, how
all these years the were burned at the stake.
their ashes dug up and then their wives and children
buried alive in the same graves2 And who will not
recall that while all these terrible atrocities were
being committed that the hearts of the body OF the
prosecutors were the long days saying their prayers
and counting their beads? And all this III The name
OF conscience. 1t is very falllble.


The reverend doctor then dlscoursed eloquently
upon the way TO OBTAIN a good conscience 1t was
pointed out that to do it one must lead good life;
that upon this point there could be no compromise
There was too little conscience in this degenerate
age. Many OF the professors OF religion want mere
anchorage, and conscience Is the only anchorage
that Is safe. Faith anu works must 60 together TO
make good Christian. There Will be troubles OF
conscience with us all In our lnfrmitic3 we need
the assistance OF Coo; we need 10 go to the cross
and at It's feet pray for "heart sprinkled from
every evl conscience" Cling 10 Christ; cling to
His cross, and His blood will wash US clean. walk
with God, do Justly and we snail be saved at last.
Year: 1870

Sermon by the Rev. Richard Meredith.


The Rev. Richard Meredith preached To large
congregation yesterday morning al the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal church. He read for the morn
ing lesson the fifth chapter OF the First Episte Of
john and took for his text the twelfth OF the
fourteenth chapter Of John, as foll0ws:-''Verily,
verify, say unto you, he that believeth me. the
works that do shall he do also, and greater works
than these shall no do because l go unto my
father.n This and other texts OF similar character,
which IN our serious moments would cause
to tremble, and in less serious moments seem
is rs if it was almost impossible to interpret truly,
made the Christian anxious to know the proper
meaning Of the startling enunciation OF our Saviour
Now what was 1t that Jesus Christ meant by this
language? 1t was said that 1t was


MEANT FOR TIE APOSTLES,


for they did miracles Our interest In tnese tnlilgs
interest. Christ himself indicated tnat the state
ment would have startling influence @ upon nose
who were TO bear the burden OF HIS cause. lie In
troduced the statement very solemnly, as they
would observe calling upon ali VINO ben believed IN Him
to do His work; but II the belief IN Him was merely
a historical belief Just in the Roman history We
assigned place for julius Caesar 1t would not have
that startling influence when Cnr.sl @ anaouotedly
multitude OF believers In Jesus; indeed the great
mass are in this sense believers in Jesus Christ.
we believed In Him we believed that He lived Tor
the great purpose set forth In His life. II we be-
eved in Him we were drawn closer 10 Him. The
sinner says =


JESUS DIED FOR HIN,


and that by Chrs1s work he may DO saved. This
was the beginning OF evangelical aiih and this faith
increased The man felt himself guilty ana ne sees
the saviour can give him peace; that God
can save him from the abyss OF rum
and he trusts In Him with all his faith. In Jesus
precious blood there was some mystic spirit and
foundation in which he might plunge and where
his sins might be washed away. he finds that in
Jesus Christ he has Saviour whose arms are strong
enough to snatch him from he'll. The sinner ac-
knowledges the claims OF Jesus Christ ana goes to
Him In his weakness, feeling That he might be taken
into the family OF those who are best. In his on
ward career he claims brotherhood In CnrisS,
acknowledging the blessing of the Gospel. and seek
ing an inheritance In heaven. The reverend gem
teman spoke OF the difference between ChrlstlanCy
In the first centuries and that OF the present day.
1t was sometimes said that


THE RELIGION OF TO-DAY


had not that deep. earnest piety OF tue lounuation.
but he thought it had, and said there were men even
I'm the congregation who had been tne means OF tla
conversion of many dear souls he spoke oi the ui.
belief OF the people In the times OF CHRIST anu tne
necesstv offurnisning them with evidence That hs
could do what lie clatmcd-that tie could 10 mo"
Year: 1870

herd who did not think it worth hts trouble 10 LOOK
aftcr the one sheep which strayed rom te nock OF
hundred He, on the contrary, would leave tho
ninety-nine who were safe and look after the one
strayed one.


get cold and forgetful OF one, the Almighty VIII nos
cease to remember, love and care for hlm or ner.
There was another point contained In the text WHICH
he would explain. In saying HE calleth his own
sheep by namer the expression was not INTENDED u
convey the idea that God had only one ioid ana
knew not those outside OF 1t. Christ came 70 preaK
down the barriers between


JEWS AND GENrTLEs;


TO call back those who had strayed away ana tncu
unite all men In one great fold. Together win peng
guide TO the good, the Gospel was also call 70
men TO return from evil ways to everlasting right
and truth. God did not wish TO drive his people inc
right way, but by gentle means to lead them alter
Him, as the shepherds OF old did with their herds.
And that men would know how to follow God Jesus
came on earth and led the way. No man was asked
to do anything that the Saviour mad not done; 70
pass through any trouble or sorrow which he did
not pass through. II they then, made Christ their
model OF life they could die when the storm OF life
was past with the blessed assurance OF entering into
Paradise to dwell with God forever.
Year: 1870

Notwithstanding the fact that the en'tgrss at the
watering places are still enjoying the cooling
oreezes, the dashng surf and the questionable en-
joyment Of summer fashionable existence, the at.
tendance at the churches yesterday was by no
means small. SO many OF our sensational
preachers make 1t rule to 'point the
moral and adorn the tale' oil the Franco-Prusslan
struggle in their weekly manfestos from the pulpit.
that IN the absence OF "extra" editions OF morning
aud evening papers hundreds seek the excitement
of the churches, there TO hear authoritative
opinions expressed on the war and Its probable
consequences This may account for the fact that
even in the heat of yesterday all the places OF worship
were well attended. AS will be observed. however,
by the readers of the following reports of the SER
mons other topics OF higher interest than the war
were dwet on by the preachers and It is to be hoped
with good effect.
Year: 1870

Prophecies by n ROchcsterian-The Coming
Man Who Was HernIded BY Bishop
snOw--A Comfortable Faith.


Yesterday morning there was gathered a rare
audience OF men and women in one OF the srua
halls OF the Cooper Institute. There were men with
peculiar retreating foreheads. with long, lank
frames, with corkscrew ringets falling to their
shoulders IN studied disorder, and with long, care
fully combed locks OF the texture OF tow There
were women OF that class who regale themselves on
'hOrrible atrocities, mysterlous murders and vel
low covered novels rectIng the terrOrs Of the last
hours OF the condemned" and among them all there
was that general air which one notices as peculiar
to the frequenters OF policy shops and the propre
tors OF saddles and gigs. Immediately in
front OF the Elder were half a dozen or
more men, on the shady side or fifty
and an antiquated negress. all DOING


Punctually at half past ten the Elder mounted the
ros:rum and began discourse from Revelations
He stated that the most offensive OF all mundane
things TO Goa were


ROME AND NAPOLEON


There was great war prevailing In Europe In con-
the horned beast. Before the war God had chance
10 move the people by the dissemination oil His doc
trnes ana HIS works; but there was war and after
the Roman empire was divided Christ would come
IN his second advent to EARTH The rush OF armies
fearluly portenLous OF an impending struggle which
will probably result in conflicts, commotion and ex-
element in the crumbng OF crowns and the shat.
tering of thrones. Now


WHAT DID DANIEL SIZE?


Daniel saw an image with nve toes OF congIome-
rate iron and clay. The Iron and clay in the toes
represent strength and weakness. The prophet
says they do not cleavc together, che natlons
OF Europe cleave together In this struggle Daniel
says the nations shall rush together with rush
like the rushing OF mighty waters God will rebuke
them, and that is one point would like to impress
upon your minds. We are to look for an increased
state ofcommoton and Increased state OF conflict ana
an increased state of excitement; but we cannot look
for the millennium tlii Christ comes. am hoping
constantly that conflict and rushing OF the nations
Will soon take place hope for the casting down OF
thrones and hope to receive Christ at the time
and shine with Him In glory. When | say Aba,
Father, don't want him TO say


! KNOW YE NOT.


God took Abraham out. y He took him
out and told him to look cast then 20 look west
and then TO look south, and then 70 look NORTH ana
then TO go home TO his mothers tent. On this occa-
SION God promised Abraham great riches and great
lands, an inheritance In this world | expect
beritance here also. When Christ comes | shall
meet him and tell Him have been waiting for Him.
We are all waiting for Him and the inheritance
Which we are told we cannot get till He comes
after this con1icr. commotiOn excitement and
rushing OF armies and breaking or crowns and shat
tering of thrones. now pray for these things 10
come soon, that we may receive our inheritance
quickly and shine with Him In glory.
Year: 1870

reir sins by putting them In right relations TO God
Every man Is serving Jesus when ne II framing MS
own heart and life under the thoughts OF tne fatner-
hood OF God and by such living relationship ne IL
drawn away from SIN, and there Is no other way.
Men must come TO love God more than they 90 sm
or else they win never quit SHINING Ana


WE ARE SERVING JESUS
when help this view oil the case ana assist
them IN being thus delivered from their sins. Then
III the second place. Jesus - served by US when we
influence other men to trust the claims which Jesus
put forth. He claimed 10 be the life of men and
the light OF the world and the holder OF
all spiritual power. These are claims which
can scarcely prove logically TO our fellow men;
but we demonstrate IN lives that these claims
valid lar as we are concerned others will be
induced TO trust. II we submit our intellects and
hearts to His guidance and control and these cause
o TRANSFORMATION and an elevation, a spirituality, q
moral force, persistence against and triumph
over great moral Odds we make Others feel tho
paramount importance and truth OF the claims OF
Jesus.


The honor which comes to such men from Cod was
exhibited IN three ways:-Flrst, i'll the upbuilding


NOBLE CHARACTER


The devotion or ones life TO Jesus develops strength
ana tenderness, truthlclness, neroism, chivalry-
whatever great men most admire and pure women
most love. Ii Is the loftest independence. The
man Is sure OF his reward, which circumstances
cannot touch, because 1t is In him. Second the con-
ndence OF ones fellow men Is won. Let banker or
mechanic, lawyer or a bootblack, philosopher or
lowest menial, . man In any condition, sincerely
serve Jesus III the way described, and their fellow
from serving Jesus WIN admire 1t and connde in him.
Every man serves his country, his city. his social
circle, bis family better by being


TRUE SERVANT OF JESUS,
and men generally believe this Third, way Is
opened to the fields where such man can oe most
and do most That Is the nobest ambition, TO nave
the grandest development OF One's self and TO DO
The most for One's fellow men. You may caucus
and wire-work for grand place and iaii. But II
you devote yourself wholly to Jesus you will make q
little place grand, and when you grow too large and
noble for the little place 1.-THE Father will honor you
putting you into the larger place. Therein is the
difference between wicked ana holy ambition
II was shown, In conclusion, that this honor was
open TO any man, and how gloriously II had been
III some Of the simplest men.
Year: 1870

by prayer. But all those things were merely types
OF the spiritual effects which follow earnest trusting
prayer. Prayer Ii a tremendous power, which COM
pels God TO listen TO man. He has promised that II
we ask We shall receive. and II We seek we shall
avail ourselves OF the great boon which is ours We
lack faith, and when we do not see the immediate
results we grow lnd0lent and neglect this great
duty. Christians, then, should pray with conii
dence. and for little things and the good God
Will fulfil his promises and viii pour forth his
graces on those who ask for them as children ask
their father for bread.
Year: 1870

To the Editor Of the Press:


AGRICULTURAL.


Since the powerful rain of week before last
and the showers of Thursday, vegetation is
coming forward finely and the fields and for
ests are as far advanced as at twenty days later
last year. The prospect of an early spring and
a bountiful harvest, is encouraging to farmers
and they are busily engaged in preparing the
ground and putting in the seed. The valley
of the Kennebec is found to be capable Of pro-
ducing as much of anything to which the soil
and climate are adapted, as any part of the
country and the farmers are not wanting ID
skill and industry, or disposition to introduce
the various kinds of machinery that YANKEE
ingenuity has brought into use; fotatoes are
selling at 35 to 40 cents Dushei-nay from
$14 to SIG a ton-eggs IS cents a dozen and
butter 80 cents pound.


MANUFACTURING.


It is now generally believed in Augusta.
that Senator Sprasue will put on large force
as soon as the water will permit, to repair the
dam in a thorough and substantial manner,
The work on the mills will be continued and
the machinery is being put into the mill al
ready completed. The mason work for the
railroad bridge is going on vigorously and will
be ready for the iron which is expected to ar
rive in about forty days. The Messrs. Milli-
ken have made arrangements to put up
large steam saw mill at Hallowell the present
season. Messrs. Lang and Son will commence
putting in dam across the Kennebec, nearly
opposite their residence, near Getchell's Cor
ner, in Vassalboro, this summer; saw mill
will be erected, to be run by steam until the
dam is completed. The woolen mills at North
VasSalbOrO have susDendpd Oneratiops for so,,
eral weeks for the purpose of effectipg some
Improvement, changes and repairs. As at
present advised there can be no doubt about
the building OF a free bridge across the Kenne-
bee at Waterville, nolens uoiens. A ferry has
been established short distance below the
location Of the old bridge for present accom-
mediation.
Year: 1870

Will certainly effect cure.


The universal success which has at
tended the administration of this prepar-
alton has been such as to warrant US in
Pledgirg ourselves to the public to


RETURN THE MONEY
in every instance where it should prove inef
fectual: "providing the symptoms attending
the sickness of the child or adult should
warrant the suPPosition of worms being the
cause" In all cases the Medicine to be given
IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS.
We pledge ourselves to TIE public, that
Year: 1870

We do not offer single altlcle of merehan- dise that can be sold by regular delaers at our price We do not ask you to buy goods of us unless we can sell them cheaper than you can obtain them in any other way,-while the graater part of our goods arc sold at about
Year: 1870

tE- The popular YEnKEs of the steamer r
c. Gray. gave a social entertainment to ouI
young folks on Thursday night last on his
boat. After music and dancing until II o.
clock, supper was announced which was q
credit to the liberal and polite officer of the
boat.
Year: 1870

DEATH TO BUGs.-A correspondent sends the following recipe, which he has success fully used for years. It is certainly worth trying:

 Bugs on squash and cucumber vines how to destroy them-dissolve tablespoon ful of saltpetre in pailful of water, put one pint of this around each hill, shaping the earth so it will not spread much, and the thing Is done. Use more saltpetre if you can afford it-it is good for vegetable but death to ami nal life. The bugs burrow in the earth at night, and fail to rise in the morning It is also good to kill the grub in peach trees, only use twice as much, say quart or two to each tree. There was not yellow or bstered leaf on twelve or fifteen trees to which it was applied last season No danger of killing any vegetable with it. A concentrated solution applied to young beans made them grow won derfully.
Year: 1870

There afc many friends of summer, Who are kind while flowers bloom; But when winter chills the blossoms They depart with the perfume. On the broad highway of action,

 Friends of worth are far and few So wheh one has proved bis friendship, Cling to him who clmgs to you. Do not harshly judge your neighbor, Do not deem his life untrue, fine makes DO great pretensions-

 Deeds are great though words are lew. Those who stand amid the tempest, Firm as when the skies are blue, Will be friends while life endureth, Cling to those who cling to you When you see a worthy brother

 Buffeting the stormy main, Lend helping hand iraternal,

 Till he reach the shore again. Don't desert the old and tried friend,

 When misfortunes come in view, For he needs friendships comforts;

 Cling to those who cling to you.
Year: 1870

The American Odd Fellow has the


following very true reflections:


OF all the evils prevalent upon


young men, We know of none more


blighting in its moral effects than to
speak slightingly of the virtue of wo-
man. Nor is there anything i'm which
young men are so thoroughly mis-
taken, as the low estimate they form
of the integrity of wOmen-not of
their own mothers and sisters, but of
Others, who, they forget, are some
body else's mothers and sisters. As a
rule, no person who surrenders to this
debasing habit is to be trusted with
any enterprise requiring integrity of
character. Plain words should be
spoken on this point, for the evil is
general one, and deep-rOOted. If
young men are sometimes thrown in
to society of thoughtless or leWd wo-
men, they have no more right to
measure all OtherwOmen by what they
see OF these, than they would have to
estimate the character of honest and
respectable citizens by the develop
meDts of crime in our Police Courts.
Let our young men remember that
their chief happiness in life depends
upon their utter faith in women. No
worldly wisdom, no misanthrOpic phi
lOsOphy, no generalization can cover
or weaken this fundamental truth
1t stands like the record of God itself
for il is not less than this-and
should put an everlasting seal upon
lips that are wont tospeak slightingly
of women.
Year: 1870

No trait of character is more valuable
in a wife than the possession of a sweet
temper. Home can never be made hap
DIV without it. 1t is like the flowers that
Spring up in our pathway, reviving and
cheering US. Let a man so home al
night, wearied and worn out by the tolls
of the day, and how soothing is the
word dictated by a sweet disposition
1t is sunshine falling on the heart.
He is happy, and the cares of life
are forgotten. A sweet temper has
a soothing influence over the mind OF
the whole family. When it is found in
the wife and mother, you observe kind
ness and love predominating ever the
natural feelings ofa bad heart. Smiles,
kind words and looks characterize the
and peace and love have their
dwelling there. Study then to acquire
and retain a sweet temper. 1t is more
valuable than gold. 1t captivates more
than beauty, and to the close of life re-
tains all its freshness and power.
Year: 1870

The Akron Board of Education, in
their annual report, just published,
state that school hours there have
been reduced-thOse of the primary
department to two sessions of two
hours each, divided by recess, and
those in the other schools to two ses-
sions of two and a half instead of three
hours each, as heretofore. The Board
saw: "Full-grown and robust adults
who measure a child's power OF brain
and bone and muscle by their own
tough tissues, may feel distressed az
this seeming waste Of time by the lit
tie folks, but it is alike the teaching
of observation and physiology that in
many cases irretrievsble mischief to
both the mind and body Of the child
comes from too long Continued re-
straint and brain work In the school
room.n
Year: 1870

]


A writer in the Manufacturer and


Builder pertinently asks: "Why is il


that there is such a repugnanee on the


part of parents to putting their sons to
a trader"


A skilled mechanic is an independ-
ent man. Go where he will, his craft
will bring him support. He need ask
favors of none. He has, literally, his
fortune in his own hands, Yet fool
ish parents, ambitious that their "sOns
should rise in the world, as they say,
are more willing that they should
study for profession, with the chan
ces of even moderate success heavily
against them, or run the risk of spend
ing their manhood in the ignOble task
of retailing dry goods or of toiling Ia
boriOusly at the accountants desk,
than learn trade which would bring
them manly strength, health and in
dependence. In point of fact, the
method they choose is the one least
likely to achieve the advancement
aimed at; for the supply of candidates
for positions as "errand boys" dry
goods clerks, and kindred occupations,
is DOtOriously overstOcked, while, on
the other hand, the demand for really
skilled mechanics of every description
is as nOtoriOusly beyond the supply
The crying need of this country to-
day is for skilled labor; and that faith
er who neglects to provide his son
with useful trade, and to see that he
thoroughly masters it, does him a
grievous wrong, and runs the risk of
helping, by so much, to increase the
stock of idle and dependent, if not
vicious, members of society.


1t is stated in the report of the Pris-
on Association, lately issued. that of
fourteen thonsand five hundred and
ninety-six prisoners confined in the
penitentiaries of thirty States, in 1867,
seventy-seven per cent, or over ten
thousand of the number, had never
learned a trade. The fact conveys
lesson of profound interest to those
who have in charge the training of
boys, and girls too, for the active du-
ties of life.
Year: 1870

Mr.. Spinner, of the United States
Treasury Department, Washington, is a
curiosity. He believes in wOmanly
beauty, and will employ no lady whose
features are not perfectly regular and
handsome. His doctrine Is, that home
" or ill-favOred woman can not do her
work so well as handsome one, where
as we all know that, as a rule, the best,
and truest and warmest hearts often look
through features that have no cut of the
regular or artistically beautiful about
them. The handsome faces are too much
taken up with the consideration of my
own pretty face" Moreover, cultivated
brains make fascinating faces.
Year: 1870

The women are already disputing
the claim that men do the work. At
meeting of the SOrOsis, Mrs. Robert
Dale Owen said that more than half
of the work of the world was done by
women. Even in the case of a shirt,
with the cotton or flax that is picked
for it; nay, even in the mines whence
the ore that furnishes the iron work of
the looms that weave it is taken, her
work begins, and with the making,
the washing, the ironing, the starch
ing, the mending, the sewing on Of
buttons, it continues as long as the
garment lasts. Mrs. Owen then said
that for every thousand dollars in
money that comes into a house, wo-
man adds two thousand to it by her
labor. She then made the startling
statement that $50 long as women
have the providing of man s food they
can govern him as they choose.