J I r; ! î al n
9
i
hand in his youthfhF^^
had suffered more from the rubs of
the world than the proprietor him
self.
“ What business ?”
“ None; I’m a traveler,”
“ A vagabond perhaps ?
“ You are not far wrong. “Trav
ellers and vagabonds are just about
the same thing. The difference is
that the latter travels without mon-
^URSaJŒiSJM
generous even with our
tiy^6; but no one likes to be plun
dered and defrauded. It is the
underlying principle of our neigh
bor’s action and conduct toward us
which makes us thankful or resent
ful when he conies to visit us.—
Atlantic Monthly.
. GnrrfìntRnligiQus-Neìu^
(Gleanings from, 'our Exchanges),
debt of. SââyQQq.. resting upon th»
Church, and it was his greatest de
sire that it should be wiped out.
Years ago he had resolved to set
aside a sum each year to purchase
a farm to, which he could retire in
lis old age, and this amount he
would now give toward cancelling
:he debt of the church. He
then
♦
called for further gifts, and in less
than an hour the entire $55,000
was subscribed.
The Doxology
Ifytv. Judson Smith, D. D., Pro:
fessor of Ecclesiastical History in
Oberlin Theological Seminary, has
accepted the Board. The friends
of the Board at home, both Easj|
and West, as well as the missionar
------------------ — * . -------— i- ----
ies abroad, will hail 'this appoint
Whittier’s Opinion of a Boiled ment as one eminently fit io . be
Dinner.
made.
,
""eld fashioned Ne wWgiinW
•Turkey is having a most unhap dismissed with the benediction.
beverage, cider, was mentioned; and
Mr. Whittier stated that he had py record in regard to the treat The amount of Mr. Millis’ gift has
once derived very much benefit ment of the resident Christian1 pop not been made public, f
when unwell, “ when nothing tasted ulation. The Porte makes^conces-
An ingenious story of the youth
good,” from the use ofcider. Hunt- sions on paper to his Christian sub-
■of G»rdin»h Maaaiag, is going th»
rounds of the religious papers just
we should not have vinegar. The Patriarch has threatened to re-
at present. It relates substantial-
“ Well,” said Whittier, “ vinegar is sigrphiB office and retire to Mount
y, though with considerable varia
not of much use, after all.” “ Ex Athos if the concessions are not en-
tions, that when Manning was ex-
r^plicU 11 h b H f I « jtoHj <i to ' '
^UxCu'J 1 a 1 pjuud idilli.
lunmedlbr 'hirdegre^bl¥e'xam1ner
on cabbage anti
cucumbers. »
Rev. Norman Harris, who died a propounded the question Quid est
"Neither of which are fit to be ea-
few days ago in Hamilton, N. Y., fades ? (What is faith ?) to which
ten,” remarked the poet “ I. think
was thirty-five years a ^missionary Manning rhymingly replied, Quod
it~w ouId bea gooû idea to start a
in Burmah, where his self-denying non rides (What you don’t see.)
prohibition party on these two ar
labors were rewarded with great The examiner went on: Quid est
ticles. As for cabbage, it isnot fit
success.
spes l (What is hope ?) which Man
to.be eaten; if you cook it in the
ning at once coupled with Nondum
house, you have got to burn your
Among the stained glass windows res (What is not yet reality.) The
house down afterwards to.get rid of that recently arrived. from.. France
examiner looked astonishedy - but-
-I ■■
"*
sac*
“ Where have you traveled ?”
“ All over the Continent.” .
“ For what purpose ?”
“ Observation.”
“ Wha.t have you observed ?”
censure, and a great deal to laugh
at.”
“ Hump • what do you command?”*
. ;T.
wixo will
stay at home ; an eloquent preacher
that will preach short sermons; a
good writer that will not write too
much ; and a fool that has senstT
enough to hold his tongue.”
“ What do you censure ?”.
“A man that marries a girl for
her fine clothes; A youth who stu
dies medicine while he has the use
--ofhhrhanffir * ■■•'-•gndJ"the"DebpTe'''~"whb
•■’Urerrdimnkw
2~
“ Whal do you laugh at ?”
“I laugh af a man who expects
his position to command that re-"
spect wh*ich his personal qualifica
tions and qualities do not merit.”
He was dismissed.— Mirror. ~
.
-------------------- • »♦—.........................
—----- -—-f-pttgr
It may be eight o’clock when the
guest comes; it may be nine, and
he may be kind-hearted and unob
jectionable ; he-may even be profita
ble aridjenteitaining, but he stays
until after ten; everybody thinks
that he never means to go, and in
wardly regret his presence. For
half an hour he could have felt sure
of welcome’; in that time he cer
tainly Could have said and done all
that was worth doing and have
been asked, to stay longer/or to
come again soon, when he took
leave. There is no greater compli
ment and tribute to one’s integrity
than to be faiyly entreated to sit
down "for ten minutes longer. Of
course we treat each other civilly
in an evening visit, but it is a great
t deal better to come away too soon
•J than to stay too late. In a busy,
■ overworked and overhurried city
life nothing is so precious as a quiet
evening to one’s self, or even a part
of one. We all wish—or ought to
wish—-to make ¿life pleasant for
diabolical smell that was ever in
vented;” and Whittier,. wh.o was
sitting near the open stove grate,
upon the-tep ef which he had de
posited his tall hat, folded his hands
and laughed a hearty silent laugh.1*
“ What do you think of onions, Mr.
Wliittier?” asked I. “ Well ” he
replied,“onions are not quTie so
bad, for you
can J ° get rid of the
smell
* •
J»
•.
of those in three or four days.’
“Then,” said Huntington, “you
would not approve of the old-fash
ioned ‘ boiled dinner?”’ “No. 1
think that is a detestable dish. I
remember that my father used to
have it, in which cabbage, onions,
beets, potatoes, turnips, and carrots
were boiled together, and turned
out into a great dish all in a heap,
with a great greasy piece of meat in
the middle. I think that is the rea
son why the present generation is
not so strong as the former. It is
owing to the way the parents lived,
eating so much pork and pota’oes.
Our last war showed that. The
farmers were not nearly as strong
as the men recruited in the cities—
Portland, Portsmouth, and Boston.”
“ But the people in the cities do
not have the free air we get in the
country,” said Huntington. , “T
know that,” replied * Whittier;
“butthey live better, and that
makes a great ditfahmee.”—
[O jeorge M. W hite , in Harpers
Magazine for February.
Washington, was one ordered by question Quid est caritas I (What
Ppesident Arthur as a memorial to is charity ?) brought the immediate
his deceased wife.
answer in rhyme Magna raritas (A
New Jersey has a thousand more great rarity.) It is sad to have to
Sunday-schools than it had twenty mask so ingenious a story with -the
years ago, and the. total enrollment stamp of untruth ; but if Cardinal
of Sunday-school scholars and teach Manning were as old as this popu-
ers is three times what itwai then. T£f my tK; "he Wffid" Raw some
There are in all 227,645 persons chance of yet rivaling Methuselah
connected with the Sunday-schools in point of age. As it is, the same
story has been told about almost
of the stato.
every great English theologian who
Professor Maspero, the eminent has lived within two or three cen
Egy ptologist, lias, not been frighten turies ; and from present indications
ed .from his post by the present dis it will continue to be told of the
turbances in Egypt. He is now* at theologians who may come to the
some point near Luxor, whither he front in future centuries. In the
had hastened in the endeavor to shape in which this story was told
prevent the wholesale destruction about Dr. Barrows, who lived two
of antiquities that was going on. hundred years ago, the examiner,
Part of M. Maspero’s good work has 1 so far from losing his temper, cried
been to organize a staff of police, > out in admiration: Aut Erasmus
consisting of six retired military est aut Diabolus (It is either Eras
officers and twenty-seven local guar- mus or the Devil;) which involved
dians for the protection of the mon a slight historical blunder on the
uments.
part of the examiner, seeing that
At the first Baptist Church on Erasmus had been dead and buried
Columbus avenue, Boston, on Sun for more than a century. But pop
day last, the pastor, Rev. C. B. ular stories are not to be overthrown
Crane, announced that he woulc by such slight anachronisms as that.
____________ L__________________ f
omit the regular sermon, as there
was a more important duty to be
attended to. He then called Dea
con Lansing Millis to the platform.
Mr. Millis said that there was a
Affectation is a certain deformity ;
by forming themselves on fantastic
models the young begin with being
ridiculous, and often end with be-
ing vicious.—BZ«rr.