Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1880 — Page 3

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WALKING WITH TIIK WOK LI.

The Church nJ the World a Iked fir apart, On the r hau gin ahure of time; The World wit in gin ei'M.v on. Abil the Charrli hjiuu auMuno. I'ouie, give nit your html,' cricl the nn-rrj World Aul walk with m itiix wjr;' But thegixxl Church liM ht r uowjf hand AuJ solemnly rgerel, Xy, I will not ive you my hand at a'l, and I will not walk with you. Yonrway in the way lu end !. death - Your words are all untrue. 'Say, walk with me ut a llulo tipact', Said the world with a kindly air: 'The road I walk In a pleasant road, And the mm thineealways there. Your path is thorny and rough an. I rude, And mine I broad and plain; The iky above me it alwayi blue, N want, no toil, I know; The sky ahoy yon is alwayn dark. Tour lot is a lot of woe. My path, yon are, is abroad fair one. And my gate is hih atid wide; There's roiu euongh for jou and me To tratel si le by side,' Half shyly theChnrch approached the World, And gave him her hand ol snow. The old World grasped it and walked along, Saying in accents low 'Tour dress is too simple to pUse my taste, I will give you pearls to wear, Rich veWe s and silk for your graceful form, And diamonds to deck your hair. The Chorch looked down at her plain white robes. And the a at the dazzling world. And hluhd ere she saw bis handsome lip With a smile contemptuous curled. I will changs my dress for- costlier one,' Said the Church with a smile of grace; Then her pure white garment drifted away. And the World gave in their place Beautiful saiint and sbiuing silks, And roe and gems and pearl; And ever her forehead her bright hair fell, Crieped in a thousand curia. 'Tour honte U too plain.1 aid th proud old World; 'I'll build you one like mine, Carpets of Brussels and curtains of lace, And furniture ever fine.' So he builds her a costly and beautiful house, Splendid it was to behold; Her sons and her beautiful daughters dwelt there, (learning in purple and gold. And fairs and shows in her halls were held, And the world and his children were there; And laughter and music and feast g were heard In the place that was meant for prayer. She bad cushioned pews for the rich atid great, To sit in their pomp and pride; While the poor folks, clad iu their shabby snita; Sat meekly down outride. The angtlof Mercy flew over the Church, Ami wtiinpered, 'I know t'.y sin;' Then the Church looked back with a sigh, and longed To gather her children in. But some were off to the miduight ball, .And some were off to the pity; And some were drinking at gay saloon, So quickly she went her way. Then the sly World gallantly said to her, ' Your children meat no h trm, Merely indulging in innocent sports,' So she leant on bis protlered arm: And einil d and chatted and gathered flowers As she walked along with the V orld. 'Your preachers are all too old and plain,' Said the gay World with a sneer; 'I will send yon sonieot another stamp. Brilliant and gay and fast. Who will tell them that people may live as they list And go to Heaven at last. The Father is merciful great and good. Tender and trne and kind; Ik you think that lie would takeo e child to Heaven, And leave the rest behind?' So he filled her hou.e with gay divine, Gifted and great aud learned, And the plain old men who preached the Cross, Were out of pulpits turned. 'Y'.ii give too much to the poor,' said the World, Tar more than yon ought to do; If the poor need shelter and food and t lothee, Why need it trouble yon? Go take your money and buy rich rohen, AM hon- and carriages tine, And pearls and jewels and dainty food. Aud the rarest and costlient wine My children, they dote on all such things. And if you their love would win, Too must do as they do, and walk in the ways That they are walking in.' Then the Church held tightly the strings of her purse, And gracefully lowered her head. And simpered, 'I've given too much away; I'll do, sir, as you have said.' So the poor were turned from her door in scorn, And she heard not the orphan's cry, And she drew her beautiful robes aside As the widows went weeping by. And the sons of the World and the sons of the Church Walked cloeely hand and heart; Aud only the master who knoweth all, Could tell the two apart. Then the Church sat down at her ease and said I am rich, and ia goods increased; I have need ol nothing and naught to do But to laugh aud dance and fea.t.' And the!y World heard ber and laughed in his sleeve, And mockingly said aside. 'The Church is fallen, the beautiful Church, And her shame is her boast and pride.' The angel drew near to the mercy seat, And whispered in sighs her name. And the saints their anthems of rapture hushed. And covered their heads with sham.. And a voice came down through ti e hush of Heaven, From Iliro who sat on the thron: 'I know thy works, ani how thou bast said, I am rich and hast not known That thon art naked and poor and blind, And wretched before My face. Therefore from My presence I cast thee out, And blot thy name from its place. OBEDS SUBSCRIPTION. MARY WAGER FISHER. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.' That was the parson's text this morning, and it recalled a circumstance in our early married life about which I sat thinking all through the service, and which, had I been moved by the spirit to arise and relate, would have been a novel illustration for the text." "Relate it to me," I urged. "It will do for a supplementary discourse." My friend, at whose house I was staying, led the way out on the back piazza, and after placing me in a shaker rocker, seated herself in another, and began: Obed and I have been married 10 years, ou know. He, at the time of our marriage, ad been at the bar but a year, and" in a great city lihe B it is no easy matter ior a young man to maive his way among the best lawyers in the country. It has been only within the last year or two that the receipts of his practice have allowed a deposit in the bank over and above our living expenses. But I had a little income, with which and my Yankee 'capacity' I managed to make both ends of the year meet. Obed had plenty of money in prospect, but none in pocket; so, upon the whole, we were extremely poor, pinched for money at every turn, but nobody suspected it. I had a handsome outfit when I was married, and it lasted me for five years without the actual purchase of a new article. I was my own child's nurse, seamstress, chamber-maid and house-maid, as we could only afford one domestic. It tires me now when 1 look back and live over those years of self sacrifice, of a most tiresome economy, in order that wo might keep out of debt. But we were young and hopeful. and we often had a little laugh at our own expense, as when dressed for a church or a visit, Obed would say, 'Nell, you are dressed like a princess, and I haven't a dollar in the world; one would think to see you that we rolled in wealth,' while I would gajly remind him that 'all that glitters is not gold.' I remember I had one costume of unusual beauty and richness which he never liked me to wear because it eeemeü tohiin like making a false impression and so it lay folded in my trunk until half runineu,in oruer,aa oueueum, iu vom hi appearance of 'evil.' He is always quoting St Paul, ybu know. One secret of my cheerfulness during those trvinr vears was that mv faith in Obed was as deep as the sea and firm as the ever lasting hills. I no more believed it possible for him to do what he thought to be wrong than it was for him to fly. lie is not a bril liant fellow, as you know, but for solid qual ties, as honesty, integrity, pureness of heart, 9 . 1 T a. 1 S 1 A. earnestness, cnariiaDieness i juugment, accuracy of knowledge and a high and , keen sense of justice, I have never known his equal. I never thought of his yielding to temptation, or abandoning any good cause ltAause it was weak. In mv estimation he was as a bulwark of strength. I suppose that I endowed him. m a way, with my own ' decision and firmness, which have always made it as easy for me toray no as yes in regard to anything about which my convictions were clear. "The greatest trial we had to contend with was our inability to be liberal and thorough ly . hospitable. This suburban town where we now live is much wealthier now than then, but even then it was aristocratic

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ery denomination must have its own church, and there were alwtyt fairs and festivals and subscriptions for tliisand for that; and Oled was a church meml-er, and very much looked up to because of hi abilities, fine seial position and high character, and you can imag ii.e how, with our miserly income, it was utterly impossible for us to buy tickets for ' everything, subscribe toward the preacher's salary, or contribute generously toward the church expenses in any way. The very best we could do was to cast in ou. 'widow's mite,' and whenever help was needed that entailed no expense, to render that. But when it came to money, mind you, we could go no further. We held it to be a crime to let our honest debts go unpaid for the sake of feeding the contributionbox. We knew men who did that way, but they were alway ia financial trouble, and I don't think they enjoyed their religion much, especially when they were sold out by the sherilT, their families reduced to penury, and various other families suffering loss because of their liberality in various ways. Now, don't misapprehend me! Nobody in the world loves to give better than I do; but I had rather be branded a monster of penuriousness than to be guilty of being liberal with money that rjrorerlv belongs to somebody else. No doubt but that we were criticised, but we had the couraije of our convictions. , We knew better than anybody else what we could aflWd to do, although as you know, there are persons in every neighbor uoh1 who thick they know more about your ability to give than vou do yourself. "Well ia the second or third year of our marriage the church-building mania seized upon the ambitious part of the cougregation of the church of which Obed is a member. The old church was old-fashioned, it is true, ivy-grown, but in most ways very comfort able, and so capacious as to hold a congregation three or four times as large as that which worshiped in it. But the town, it was argued, was growing rapidly in another direction, and in order for -our church' to hold its own, and to gather within its precincts the saints in costly array, there must be a new fold with all modern improvements for the accommodation of these fine-wooled sheep to Easture in; so subscriptions for the newchuch egan. "We had no sympathy with tne movement, which was entirely for the aggrandizement of the denomination, and not at all for the salvation of sinners. The church was in no sense needed, and Obed declared that if he were a millionaire he would not donate a sou toward its erection, for it would be but a useless and heavy burden upon the people a sort of ecclesiastical 'white elephant.' "But the aggrandizers carried theday, and the building of the church began with half of the required money pledged. Obed was elected one of the trustees, for the eclat of his name I suppose. He attended one or two of toe business meetings, when he lifted up his voice in opposition to me scneme, ana mat was all of his participation in the matter. "1? inaliy dedication day came. It was ap pointed for a Sunday in September, and ev erybody far and near, who was at all likely to donate anything toward the lifting of the debt on the enterprise, which amounted to $,000, was especially invited to attend the dedicatory services. The 'bishop was to ofuciaie, ana omer noieu men in me cnurcn vor tr Ho nroeent Tho SJnnrlnir nmrninw came, and I awoke with a headache which quite unfitted me for service. Obed announced his intention of going to hear the 'bishop, and added laughingly, 'to see the fun.' " What fun?' 1 asked, in surprise. " The fun of seeing $0,000 squeezed out of he people. If they are all as dry an orange as I am thev'll raise about 10 cents ' and he thrust his hands into his trousers' empty fockets. Then, kissing me, he walked away watched him as far as the gate, taking pride in his tall, manly figure and distinguished air, that asserted itself in spite of his somewhat seedy church suit. "Dinner hour came, but, Obed had not reurned. I remember I was sitting on the back porch of our cottage waiting for him when, like a flash, came the thought in my mind. 'What if Obed should be induced to subscribe I' The thought actually made me faint for a moment, but 1 quickly dismissed it as being unworthy of him. He knew our struggle with poverty, and especially appreci ated the sacrifices that 1 was constantly called upon to make, and, as you know, I had been reared in affluence. N o, Obed was not of that class of men who send money to he 'heathen while wife and children actualy suffer for the necessaries of existence. "That ignoble thousrht auite massed awav. and half an hour later I heard Obed's step on the walk, a little less eager than usual, it seemed to me, and the moment he reached the porch I knew something was wrong, for 1 can always tell from Obed s face the state of his feelings. " Well, back again, are you, Obed? 1 said, by way of greeting, as he threw his hat down with a boyish fling. " Yes; and what do you think 1 ve done, Nell?' he asked, vehemently. " 'I couldn't say, Obed, I replied, quietly. 'Subscribed $100 to that pesky church I I'm ashamed of myselfl I despise myselfl I never felt so mean in all my life! a hundred dollars! and you here slaving your fingers' ends on! I deserve to be shot for my ignominy!' " 'A hundred dollars,' I echoed, faintly, feeling the blood rushing to my heart. It may seem silly to you that for that paltry sum of money we should have been made so miserable; but to us at that time, it was like a million. "Obed," I cried, after some moments of si lence, " not for ten thousand, one hundred dollars would I have lost my faith in your strength to do right." Oh, Nell, tis just that which cuts me to the quick," he quickly retorted. "Nobody could have made me lelieve that I would do such a thing. I am as surprised and pained as you can possibly be, for I had no idea that I had such a streak öf weakness within me! St. Paul must have foreseen me, for sure, when he warned men to take heed hat they fall, while thinking that they stand." "Poor Obed! I had never seen him so mortified and humiliated, and all on account of what he so fitly termed that 'peskv church." "Then I asked him to tell mc how it hap pened, and he described the method employed by the 'bishop' and his officials to raise the $6,000. The officials each went among the congregation, soliciting subscriptions from the occupants of each pew; then, as the amount subscribed failed to reach the de sired sum, a new appeal was made, and persons who had refused to subscribe at the first round, were again besieged. There was much joking by the various persons brought there to 'talk' money out of the people, and one of them, in speaking of cer tain pews, said the 'swaths had not been mown clean. So the 'mowing' was done J over and over, and it was in the last mowing,' when the last thousand dollars was being raised, that Obed, after repeatedly saying he could not subscribe, was overcome by the combined persuasions of two parsons to allow his name to be put down for a hundred dollars surprised, the moment he yielded, and regretting it as you have heard. "But wo can't pay it, so what was the use?'" I argued in woman fashion. " Oh, I shall pay it, Nell,' he cried, desperately, if for no better reason than as a punishment for my weakness. But you shan't suffer from it,' headded stoutly. " 'Don't be too sure,' I said, quietly. "lie winced and replied: "True, Nell, I can never feel sure of anything.' "As a comforting rejoinder I quoted All things worked together for good to them who love the Lord and keep his commandments.' We concluded the talk by Obed's asking me to promise never to allude to the matter again until the subscription was paid, which I did, and then freeing himself of a final anathema against his own weakness and that pesky church,' we dropped the subject and

went to the dinner table, which we had for

the time being forgotten. "Well, within the following two years Obed paid that dreadful subscription. I remember well the night when he came homo, and, catching me up in his - . . j- i it arms as if he had gone dan, explained nis behavior by saying that the 'unmentionablw horror' was at last canceled, the $100 subscription was paid, and that if we only had a fatted calf we would kill it in honor of the occasion. "Although neither Obed nor I during these two years had mentioned the matter it was like a skeleton behind the door. My keen eyes detected his new economies; the retrenching screw had recived another turn, and it made my heart ache. Unknown to him I, too, made my new economies, in behalf of the same cause, until I felt mean and skimped to the furthest degree. I can't tell you how much we endured because ofthat $100 which went toward . paying for carpets and cushions and other luxuries that the worshipers in the old church had always done without. "Of course that pesky church' still stands, but from that day to this we have never entered it. The effort to make it aristocratic failed, and its entire history has been a series of struggles to pay the preacher and 'keep up style. "Tiwoycar8 ago, Obed almost entirely at his own expense, for he had come into posession of his patrimony then, refitted the old church, which, after all, has conic to be fashionable as well as useful. When the suggestion was made to have the old church repaired Obed made a little speech, in which he said that rather than have a single man or woman subscribe a farthing beyond what he or she was abundantly able to give, he much preferred to bear the entire expense himself; and that all subscriptions to the fund must be voluntary. He afterward said to me that rather than have any person subjected to the pain and humiliation that we had undergone because of that dreadful subscription,' he would worship in a barn to the end ot his days. I often think if people who solicit subscriptions with a persistence that amounts to insolence would but consider the possible harm they commit that they would ply their business with more consideration, remembr" ing that overcoming a good man's sense ot right and duty is leading him into the temptation from which he daily prays to be delivered. And now I'm through," concluded my friend, with a bright laugh, "only that I wish to suggest to you that, if ever you have an 'Obed bound for a church dedication, you had better go with him, unless you happily more abound in filthy lucre than we diu 10 years ago; for Obed said afterward that if I only had been with him we hhould have been spared the history of that 'dreadful subscription.' " A Colored Mother's rief. . "Is dis heah de place whar folks gits dar complaints 'tended to?'' asked a wrinkled and bent-over old negress of Ben. Finney, in the office of Clerk Clabby, in 'St. Louis, as she supported herself on a cane as big as a sawlog. That depends upon the nature of the complaint," replied the Shaksperian jester. "Well, I'se got some dischawges fer to make agin de House of de Refugees." "Well, auntie, go on, we'll hear you." "You knowse, Mistah Clabbah, dat I'se bin heah fore dis heah time; but I was nevah heah 'ceptin'as a witnus, so help my good Lawd. But I'm gwine to tell you de trufs." "Well, go on." I'se de mudder ob tree pickaninnies, an' honey, de done tink dis heah ole woman want no good any moh, don't ye see, an dey tuckt dem brats away from me an brunged 'em to de House od Refugees. I went out dah fer to see 'em, don ye 3ee, and dar dey was I tuckt de leetlest one on my breast, honey," an I neber knowd afore she was so brack an' so dirty, 'pon my soul. I sat dar an' cried, honey, like an ole mudder, for a long time ober dat chile. Den I put her down an' tuckt up de odder one; she was drest in de home spundest dress, an' her little feet was on de ground, sho' ye bawn, an' dis was de one, mine ye, dat dey said was gwine to school. Foh God, I rudder see dat niggar ign'rant like its mudder dan to git edificated in dat way. Den de oder one she was pury like; her head was all swellin' up like dat, n' her eyes were lookin' like as ef she'd bin hit by somebody. I tuckt her down town an' I got Dr. Slinglebun, or some such name, to feel ob dat niggar. He said dat her head was so leetle in front, ye know, dat der was no place fer de brains to regelate 'emselves, don' yer see. Oh, it's awful fer a mudder to tink about bringin' up sich a chile. An' den he sed as how it hed de salt rum in its nose, an' I don' know what else. .Now a policeman he tell me to come up heah, an git out a 'junction agin de refugees' house." She was referred to the west end of the building, and hobbled away. The Benefits of a Home. General George Barstow gave good advice in a speech on the subject of "Home." He said every man should own his home if he can. That philosophy which tells a man to drift over the uncertain life without a home is like a ship out in the open sea, at the hazard of the storm. A man who owns his home is like a ship that has arrived in port, and is moored in a safe harbor. One man should be no more content to live in a home that is not his own, if he can build one, than one bird should take the risk of hatching in another one's nest; and, for my own part, I would rather bo able to own a cottage than to hire a palace. I would say to every man, buy a home if you can, and own it. If a windfall has come to you, buy a home. Do not let anybody tempt you to put all your earnings back into the pool. Take out enough to buy a home, and buy it. Put the rest back if you will; gamble on it if you must, but buy the home first. Buy it, and sell it not. lhen the roses that bloom there are yours; the clematis and jasmine that climb upon the porch boltmg to you. You have planted them, and seen them grow. When you are at work upon them, you are not working for others. If there are children, there are flowers within the house and without. Buy a home. Truthstretchera In Convention. The most eminent liars of Ueno collected a few days ago, and the result is as below: Beck said he had seen it so cold in Ohio that it froze babies in the cradle. Tom Hymers said he had seen it in Thomas canon freeze the mercury, and said you could not go within six feet of a spirit thermometer without running it up five or six degrees with the heat of the body, so he couldn't tell how cold it was. Ben Bacon said a cold snap came along when he lived at Green Bay and froze the waves standing right up on end and the air full of spray, and Finley Cook said it was so cold the winter he lived in Minnesota that when he throw a basin of water out of the door it turned into little balls of ice before it siruck the ground. s s m The Women to Blame. Troy Times. Woman, woman, what crimes are committed because of thy fascinations! Here are three of the latest: Bogert, the New York Produce Exchange defaulter, took his life in a house of doubtful character, the proprietor of which claimed to be an old friend of hid. J. Lloyd Haigh, the great forger, whose transactions were exposed last week, had wasted a fortune on a belle of the variety stage, Miss Jennie Hughes; and now Lissau, the absconding secretary ot the Uerman in Burance company of Philadelphia, it is dis covered, ran away not bo much because of his peculations as because or a woman. Tho man who marries under the imDres sion that his wife gives up everything for him ftfthar. moth at. brothers, sisters and homo finds out sometimes that, however much the wire may nave given up, tne iatner, . i . . - mower, Dromer, sisters, etc., nave not givn i . - tier up.

A CALIFORNIA ROMANCE.

How Maa and Wife Met After 20 Yrar Separat lou. I Ywllrju ChronUle, Dev-mber 'M. Oneofthoe strange episodes in human' life which makes us hometimes wonder ut "the eternal fitness of things," occurred last night at the Vallejo j unction. The tide being low, on the arrival of the Contra Costa passengers for Vallejo were compelled to make quite a descent irom the wharf to the boat, and the ladies required the assistance of the gentlemen present. A Mr. G., a grain speculator, was doing the agreeable in this respect, and one of the last ladies to descend was overburdened with a few bundles, which he took charge of, and accompanied the lady to the cabin, where they sat and engaged in conversation. The subject finally touched upon the nativity of each,when it was found they were both from the same town in Kentucky. This fact made each more communicative, when he enquired her name, which was given as Mrs. G. Immediately the gentleman grew pale and excited, and asked : "You had a daughter, did you not?" "1 did," she responded. ''Pray how did you know that?" "Is that daughter living?" 'She is, and at present on a visit to friends at Vallejo, where I am now going." "Merciful heavens, he gaped. "M child!' Sir," taid the lad), rising, ''what do you mean "Mean?" ho crazily replied. "Mean? Why, I mean that that daughter is my owl child and you are my wife!"' Almost overpowered at this confession she plied him with questions, to every one of which he returned a correct answer, when she was convinced that tne man was really her husband, from whom she had been separated 20 years. It seems the twain were married in Pari3, Kyn in 1858, and 13 months afterward he went to Liverpool on business. The vessel on which he tok passage was wrecked and all on board were suppciM-d to have perished. The news coming to the young wife's ears, she was utterly prostrated and was ordered to California by her physicians. Arriving here she took up her rsidence in Los Angeles. The husband was picked up from the wreck by a fishing smack and taken to some remote foreign port, where he was thrown upon a bed of sickness, which lasted some 15 months. In the meantime he had written repeatedly to his wife, but received no answer. In his despair he con cluded to risk a journey across the Atlantic. Feeble as he was he shipped before the mast, on a sailing vessel, and in due time arrived in New York. From there he wrote three times to his wife, but received no ans wer. Almost frenzied at tho thought that she might be dead, and being without funds, and no friends, he "faced" his fare clear to Kentucky, ard shortly after arrived at Paris. Inquiries throughout the town assured him that his wife had disappeared a year or so before, no one knew whither. Some said she had gone in search of her husband.others that she might be dead, and others that she had gone to California. He sought the old family physician, but he had left the town sonic time In-fore Mr. C. then went to work at Louisville and made enough to bring him to California a )car after his arrival in Kentucky. He searched everywhere for bis absent wile, but without success, and finally gave her up as dead, and she had also mourned for his death. Neither, however, had married again, and last evening on board the Contra Costa was the first intimation either had that the other was in existence. The now happy couple arrived here last night, and to the surprise of the friends of the lady she introduced her husband, from whom she had been separated 20 years. But imagine his unutterable surprise and joy when the mother led into the parlor a beautiful young lady, his own daughter, whom he had not 6een since she was a babe, lather, mother and child will leave to-morrow for San Francisco, where Mr. G., who is now a comparatively wealthy man, has his business and where they will hereafter reside. GOLD. Sil I I Manner is one of the grandest engines of influence ever given to man. A good resolution may come like a flash, but it takes a year to keep it. Flattery is a false coin which has circula tion only through our vanity. Hidden virture i3 often despised, inasmuch as nothing extols it in our eyes. Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body. The veil which covers the hand of futuri ty is woven by the hand of mercy. You can not dream yourselves into a char acter; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Modesty is to worth what shadows are in a painting; she gives to it strength and relief. The preservation of life should be only a secondary concern; the direction of it our principal. It is easy to run down the accomplish ments of your neighbor, but harder to run ahead of them. A conscience is like a corner lot. Every body would like to have it, but few are willing to pay the price. "Nothing succeeds like success," unless it be an irate bull in pursuit of a small boy with a red flannel patch on the circumierence of his trowsen. Energy will do anything that can be done in the world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged animal a man without it. The man' who acts on impulse will find himself when near the goal just three paces behind the man who acts on conviction. We are sewing seeds of truth or error, of dishonesty or integrity, every day we live and everywhere we go, that will take root in somebody a life. Our system of thought is often only the history of our heart. Men do not will so much according to their reason, as reason according to their will. The man who at the end of thU life has a receiDt in full of all demands from men will have more than an ordinary amount of credit to begin the next life with. Men say they can leave off this habit or that any time they bring to bear the pressura of their will against it; but would it not be better to apply force against the formation of bad habits? Good intentions are at least tho seed of ttnrJ flpt'ona und everv man oilirht to SOW V1 J " " ------ them, and leave it to the soil and seasons whether they came up or not, or whether ne or any other gathers the fruit. Counterfeiting coin never succeeds in spoiling the character of gold; it only compels one to ring every piece on the counter. So pretense never harms religion; it only makes a man a little more watchful. We will not accomplish much withoutzeal and enterprise. But the mistake is often made of supposing that zeal is hurry, l.oish, recklessness and indiffeience. It is not so; steady momentum is often more effective than unrestrained vigor. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men ; they make the earth wholesome. Life is sweet and tolerable in our belief in such society; and actually or ideally we manage to live without superiors. There is a great deal of religion which it would never do to incubate people with, because it hasn't strength enough to "take." It is the kind that ia always ready to teach

others what to do, but never has time to follow its own teaching. It is not a loO-cents-on-the dollar religion, with its books all open lor inspection, but a kind of 10 cents-tothe-dollar atiair, which is teetotal on the platform and then takes a private nightcap" when the public is not peeping through the. window. The only religion which is worth the having is well described by a colored philosopher, who once said: "A half a ton ob coal, dumped right in front ob a poor man's door, will tend to gib him more 'coiiragement dan a mile an' a half ob promises dat

has a worm in de bud an' nebber comes to apples." No man has a right to complain of his lot or of the times, or to call upon society to help him, until he has done all he can to help himself by industry and fidelity in the Slace and calling where he is. And he who oes this will seldom have cause to complain The world needs discretion as much as zeal, and although the latter generally usurps all the honors and glories of heroism, i the former does a great deal the most towards carrying on the daily affairs of society and states. Zeal, tempered and guided by discretion, or discretion, warmed and energized by zeal, is the true temperament for safe and successful conduct. Harry J. Raymond. There is something very tender and touching in tho sorrow of a true mother, whatever the language iu which it expresses itself. . A good old "aunty," who had lost her youngest child, pours out her soul in a lament to which many a white mother's heart will respond in sympathy. Sho says: Yoo see he is so little, sor, he'll miss his msmmy so An' Hebbon's such a great big place, he won't know whar to go. I thought if I Could die to-day it wouldu't be too Ute. To ober take his little soul, aud tote it to the gate An oh, it breaks my heart to think dat maybe he will cry, An'liaug about outside de gate, widout a bite or sup, A waitio' and a longln' for his mammy to ketch up. "The Lord's Pot." Brooklyn Eagle. A few years ago a poor but God-fearing clergyman went to the town of Bismarck, a frontier village in the wilds of Dakota, and announced his intention of establishing a branch Vineyard. There were no Christians there, and for a time he did well. His meetings were held in a faro bank, and the subscriptions were paid in faro chrcks, which hc cashed in" solemnly, and employed the proceeds toward the establishment of a church m a log shanty. Another minister, equally poor, but also God-fearing, went out there, and the rugged frontiersmen, appreciating tho business value of competition, started him in good shape, and he too was soon flourishing. A rule was established at the various gambling saloons that any man winning $20 should give one to the Cause, and he dropped a red check into a hole in the table called, reverentially, the "Lord's Pot," "pot" being the vernacular for "pile." But it came to pass that these clergymen disagreed on some theological point, and did revile each other, not only in the pulpit, but on the highways and in the waste places, whereat the gamblers marveled and grew wroth. It was finally proposed that the ministers play a game of seven-up, in settlement of their difficulties, but this not meeting with their favor, the gamblers repealed the charitable act, therefere, in solemn council enacted, and pieces of tin were nailed over the holes, reverentially designated the "Lord's Pot." And lol.the clouds broke away; the disputed theological point was set tied amicably, and the laborers in the cause" were Oen together on the street, hand in band. And the pieces of tin were cast aside, and exceeding greiit peace and happiness settled on the town, and the cause prospered and grew apace. And they who furnished the sinews, even the gamblers, winked respectfully at the clergymen and at each other, as they observed that "a minister may go forth without purse and without scrip; but he can not fight without funds." And it is even so in Christian communities, a fact upon which we will do well to ponder. RAILB04D TIME TABUB On and after Sunday, Dec. 14, 1876 Vleveland, tolnmba, Cincinnati cUM Ind lanapol la. (BEX UDX.) Depart.! Arriva S.Y.A Bo.Exj- 4:15 am iL. A 8t. L. Ext- 725 an D. & 8. Ext. 4:15 am E.,G.,M.AI.Ex 12 5 on Onion Aoo....... 6:45 am Day UC. Exll -50 am Ft W., J. A 8...11S0 am N. Y. A B. Exf- MO pm K.Ft.W.Ext- 6:40 pm Union Ace....... 8:45 pn Ool. A Ind. Ex- 8 35 pnr N.Y.JrS.L.Kxt-10 pm Col.. 8. A I. Ex10 M pa J.. Ft. W. A 1.-10:55 die BKI3HTWOOD DIVISION C. 0.. O. AND I. De Dart. Arrive. 8 8S am 8 45 pn. 7 -25 am.. . 6 10 pm 11 20 am 6 25 pno 1155 pm - 10:55pn 4 U5 am l ao pm 5 J5 am ......... 8 :45 pm 7:5 am. 6:49 pm 11 50 am.. 11 ao pm Plttabuiff, Cincinnati and St. Loula. t . . . . Depart. Arriva N.T. AB.r, x.f. 4 du am Balk Was. r.Lf 4 30 am Daytk Hp. Ex 4 30 am Dayt. A'X. Ex. ll aJO am Hprlngf. A CoL.ll -00 am Rich. A D. Ao- 3:45 pm Xen.A Ool. Ac 3:45 pm N. Y. A B. r.Kit 5 Pm BaL AW. T.KJtf 6:45 pm Richmond Ao. B-55am St. I A Li. F.x.fU2 :40 pm i ex.AHAn.rj.TU :vj pm Col. A tip. Ao.- 6:40 pm X. A Dayt. Ao- 6:40 pm 8UL.A Tx .IMf-lO -45 pm nan. a r . r.L.iu :ta pm Tcrre Haute, Tandalla and St Loula. Depart. Mall . 700 am Day Express p 1 -00 pm T. Haute Ac-... 4 -00 pm Paolno Exf 11 -00 pm Arrive Fast LLaef .. 4 -00 am Mall and Ao 10 :00 am Day Expressf.. 685 pro Mall and Ao-.- B:40 pm Indianapolis and St. Lonia. Depart. Arriva. Day Express P 8-uuam N. Y. Exf 4 -05 am Indlanap. Ao11 :45 am Day Expreaa... 6:45 pm Local Express 8:30 pm N. Y. Ex .-LI -JO pm Indianapolis, Cincinnati and curcnnffATX DryiHiow. Lalajett Depart. Arriva U. A Bt.L. TXT- :15 am Cinctn. Ao....... 6-05 am C. A MvllleAo. 2:10 pm C-t8t.L.Mall p 6-55 pm CL A M'vllleAo Jl -05 an: C.St.L.MaU p 12:35 pm Clncln. Ao 7-60 pno Ca 8t. U r.i,t-10 5 pir LAFATimC DIVISION. Peo.A Keo.Ex- 7:85 am Chicago r. Lf-. 860 ait Chi. Mail p 12:55 pm Western Ex 4 :15 pm 0. A B. r.i4rc-ll :15 pm LAiayette Ao.ll aw an Chicago Mall. 6 -85 "pm Lafayette Ao... V:10 pn Indiana Bloomlngton and Western. Pacific Ex.... 7:45 am East A 8. Ex. 4 d0 am Crawford svllle Accom 325 pm Cham paignAe.ll -00 am Day ExMall. 6 :40 pm K. A T. Bpec 8 .-00 pml K.I.AW.ExtRCll 00 pm I I., C. and I. and L ke Erie and Hestern Sail road. I mined lace connections at Lafayette. Depart. Arrive lZ&dpm 3:30 pm 4:48 pm 5:42 pm 0:21 pm 7 -50 pm -Indianapolis....... -.Lafayette Hoopes ton -Paxton... .Olbaon 6:40 pm 8:10 pm 132 pm 12-37 pm 10 -37 am 11:30 am 12.116 pm li-uopm 10-60 am lSAipm; Bloomlngton .. U. W. ttmith, oen. Pass. Agt., Lafayette, Ind. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis. Depart. Arrive. MallM.........MM..12:l5 pm Weitere Ex.., 36pns Mall A ClnEx. 4:15 am Accom e 4:35 pm Indianapolis and Ylneenn Depart. ML A Cairo Ex. 8:15 am öpenoer Aec..- 320 pm Arrive Spencer Aco 9 :40 am Ml. A CairoEx- 6 :40 pm Indianapolis, 1'eru and Chlcauro. M C.FtW.AT 73am C. A M. C. Ex.f 4 -00 am Peru Ac... .Jl -00 am T. A Ft.W. Ex. 535 pm O.AM.O.Mall. 8Ä0 par U. AT. Ex. re -12 .-25pm P. A M. C. Ex.- 0:10 pm D.,T.ACEx.t.Ol:10 pm Jefferson Tille, Uadlson and Indlanapo 1. Denart, Arriva. L.A M.Ex. 4:10 am L. A 8. Exf 7:50 am Ool. A Mad. Ao- 2:50 pm 8At. Ex. KC 6:26 pm Madison MalLLl -00 am MaUAN.Ex.-12.-00 n Day Express... 0:10 pn Night Kxf .10:50 pa Cairo and Tlncennea Ballread. Depart. I , Arrlv Cairo Mall 3:30 pm Vino. Mall 1230 pa Trains marked thus indicate sleeper,' Thus, p, parlor car. Thna, bo, reclining chair ear. Trains marked t are dally CHUECH DIRECTOEY. Betbel A. M. Chnrrh, Corner Vermont and Columbia streets. Rev W. C. Trevan, pastor. Residence, 214 West Vermont street. Hours of service: 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. ru Allen A. M. E. Church, Broadway. Rev. R. Titus, pastor. Resi dence, 113 Oak street. Iloura of service: 10:30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school at school i p.m.

A. 9f. K. Zion Chnreli. Corner Illackford and North streets. RoJ.' Holiday, pa-stor. Residence Missouri street. Hours of service, 11 a. m. ' p. in. and 8. p. m. Sunday school at 1 a .m. and 2. p. in. Coke Chap! tt . II. linrtli. Sixth street, between Mississippi and Tennessee. Rev. S. G. Turner, pastor. Residence, Hol West Fifth street. Hours of services, 10:30 a. m. and 7:''0 p. in. Sunday at 2 p. m. Urn it oil Bf. E. I linrrh, Blackford street, between North and Michigan streets. Rev. James Ca rut hers, pastor. Residence, Massachusetts avenue. Hours of service, 11a. ni. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at i a. a. in. Second Baptist Church, Michigan street, between Indiana avenue and West street. Uev. Moses Broyles, pastor.

Residence, itv IJIake street. Hours of service, 10:30 a. m., 3 p. m. and 7:C0 p. in. Sunday-school at 9 a. m. Olive Itn pilot Church, Hosbrook street, near Grove street. Rev. A Summons, pastor. Residence, 100 Linden street. Hours of service, 11 a. in., 3 p. in and 7:30 p. ni. Sunday-school at 2 p. in. Calvary Itnp lt Church, Corner Maple and Marrs streets. Rev. Tho Smith, pastor. Residence, . Hours of service, 1 1 a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p.m. Sun-uay-tftnool at 'J a. in. Mow Itethel llaptttl Church, Beeler clrect. Kev. J. I :. Ray nor, pallor. Residence, 123 West Fourth street. Hours of service, 11a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. ni. Sunday-school at 9 a. ra. Ml. Zlon BafMlMf Jhurch, Corner Second street and Lafayette railroad. Rev. Wm. Singleton, pastor. Residence, JJngiit street. Hours ol service, 11 a.m., 3 p. in. and 8 p. ro. Sunday-school at ft a. m. Christian Church, Corner Fifth and Illinois streets, Elder J. M. Marshall, pastor. Residence Hours of service, 11 a. m. and 8 p. ni. Sunday-school at 9 a. m. - Tabernacle Raptial Church, Corner Rhode Island and Maxwell streets. Rev. C. C. Wilson, pastor. Residence, 122 Minerva street. Hours of service, 11 a.m. 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 8 a. m SOCIETY DIBECTOEY. Masonic. Gethsemane Commaxdry. K.T. No. 9 Regular communication second Tuesday of each month; hall in Judahs Block, opposite court house. J. W. Sweknky, K. C. H. A. Rogan, Recorder. Ali'UA Chapter No. 10. Regula communication first Tuesday jn each month; hall in Judah's Block. W. F. Martin, Sec. C E. Bailky, H. P Central Lodge No. l.F. A. Y.M. Regular communication first Thursday of each month; hall in Judah's Block. C. H. Lamer, W. M. Andrew Locklear, Sec. Trinity Lodge No. 18. F. A. Y. M. Regular communications first Wednesday of each month; hall in Judah's Block. W. M. Hill, Sec. Scott Turner, W. M. Ladies Court. Union Court No. 1. Regular communi cation first and third Monday evenings of each month; hall m Judah s Block. Mrs. Cornelia Townsend, M. A.. 31 Mrs. Sarau Hart, Sec. Leah Court No. 11. Regular communication second and fourth Monday of each month; hall in Judah's Block. Mrs. Ocsley, Sec. Mrs. James, R. A. M ludependent'Sons of Honor. Loikjk No. 2. Regular communication first Monday night of each mouth; hall in Grifiitirs Block. Thos. Rudd, Tres. John Preston, Sec. Lodge No. 15. Regular communication first Tuesday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. John Wilson. Tres. Mr. Walker, Sec.

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lud pendent lHaiiRblrrN of Honor. LoiKiK No. 2. Regular communication first Wednesday evening of each month; hall in Griffiths Block. Ki. Ellis, Sec- .Kli.km SiMXDixa, Pres. United Bröthen or Friendship. Gibson Lodge No. 2 of U. B. of F. Reg. ular communication second Monday evening, Call meeting, fourth Monday evening in each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Washington Sts. Tuos Pool, V.. M. Master. Henry DeIIorney, Sec. . Friendship Lodge No' 3. Regulax communication first and third Mondays in each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Wathington. , " Sr. John's Lodge io 10. First and third Fridays in each month; hall f. R. cor. Meridian and Washington FtS.

Ih-.T.N.. Watson, Pi s. M. L. Van Buken, Sec. United Slater of Friendship. St. Mary's Temple. Regular communicaton first Monday evening of each month; hall N. E. corner of Meridian and Washington streets. Mrs. Patsey Hart, W P Mrs. Maria Ousley, Sec. Deborah Temple, No. 3 of U.S. of F. Regular communication second SVednesday ana fourth Wednesday evenings in each month; hall N. E. corner of Washington and Mcridan htrcct. . Miss Sallik Galliton, M . W. Pri n co. Mus. Fannie Johnson, W. Scc'y, for lb80. Odd Fellows. Gerritt Smith Lodge No. 1707. Rgular communication second and fourth Mondays of each month; hall 85 and 87 Eat Washington street. Cuas. Lamer, N. U. Horace II es ton', 1. Sec. Lincoln Union Lodge No. I486. Regular communication first and third Mondays of each month; hall 83 and 87 East Washington street. - . .Edward Proctor, N. Ü. Samuel Spencer, P. Sec. O. P. Morton Lodge, No. 1981. Regular communication firrt and third Tueedaya of each month ; hall 83 and 87 East Washington street. John Purn ell, N. G. Wm. Chsisty, P. Sec. Household of Ruin. No. 34. Regular communication first and third Wednesdays of each month; hall 85 and 87 East V ashington street. Cuas. Thomas, Sec. Mrs. J. Minor. Pres. American Sons. Regular communication first and third Monday? each month; at American Hall. Wm. Dunnington, Pres. William Barber, Sec. American Doves. . Regular communication first Tuesday even ing of each month, at American hall. Mrs. Kitty Sinuleton, Pres. Mrs. Maria Ousley, Sec. Baten of Charily. Regular communication first Tuesday ol each month, at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Mrs. Nellie Mann, Pres. Miss Ruth Bkasly, Sec. Clood Samaritans. Jericho Lodge No. 5. G. (). G. S. Regular communication, pecoad and fourth Thursdays cf each month; hall No. 30 J W. Washington St. Bazil Ewing, W. P. C. S. J. Blaylock; W. F. S. ' Majcnolla JLodjre. ; No. 4, D. of S. Regular communication first and third Thursdays of each month, hall No. 36 W. Wa shington St. Mrs. Saint Clare, W P. D. Miss Kate Johnson, D. of R. Sons and Daughters or Morning Star. Lodge No. 7. Regular communications first and third Fridays in each month, at American hall, "West Michigan st. M rs. Lucy Ann Martin, Pre. Mrs. Mattie "Wells, Sec. 8 ftlU, rs Losof Yolee. Awthnia. Lame Itark. Crl rk canes of Piles and Hlflnev Troultlrs. M Veen completely cured by the use of Dr. Thomas' I have also pleasure in recommending it as an "Your Eclectric Oil cured a bally swelled procured a bottle, and it -did me so much1 good was well. My son was cured of a bad cold bv and makes cures wherever it is used " writes Mav 16 1878: "T unset . t.oTtttlA -f Bronchitis, Lame Back, Dysentery, etc., ' bT. .Margaret s Hope, Orkney, Scotland.

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