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The Tip-Top Apple.
There was a great jubilee at Col. Uordon s,
when he announced at the supper table that
he had accepted the invitation of his sister,
Mrs. Raymond, to spend several months with
her famijy. Dr. Raymond was a Southern
planter of wealth ; and now, in anticipation
of their trip, the tongue of the children flew
with astonishing rapidity, for they had never
been • South. They could scarcely realize
that a winter could pass by without a sight
of snow ; that birds would sing in the trees,
and flowers would blossom, in the coldest
weatherj' and that oftentimes a Christmas
could be*Apent without fires, with windows
and
happened in Georgia.
But the long anticipated journey was at
length made, and late one evening they
reached the depot which was nearest their un
cle's residence. A handsome carriage, drawn
by shining black horses, awaited them, a large
waggon stood ready for baggage. Soon they
were rolling up hill and down, and every
little head was tburst out of the carriage
as they wound through the dark, rich forests.
Exclamations of delight were upon every
lip at the novel scene around them. Now,
feathery pines towered up like forests senti
nels ; then like a majestic queen, the peerless
magnolia glided by with a crown of great
white flowers; then vines crept up tall trees,
whose gorgeous crimson flowers looked like
jets of flame, while honey-suckles and magno
lia loaded the air with fragrance and peeping at
them from the grass, were blossoms of every
hue aud size. The children were in ecstaeies ;
but when the driver stopped to water his
horses, and the noise of the carriage was
hushed; when they heard the forests vocal
with the liquid notes of the mocking-birds,
responding to each other far and near, in
sportive mimicry, through the grove, their
delight knew co bounds.
was just dropping her veil, when
the rail fence of their uncle’s plantation came
in sight, while great fields of white cotton
extended upon both sides of the long lane,
through which they were passing. Soon the
big gates were swung apart by unseen hands,
the carriage door thrown open, and a warm,
welcome kiss given each. Then came a boun
teous supper, after which the wearied travel*
lers retired to rest.
Robert Raymond could scarcely sleep that
night, so full of plans was he for the morrow.
He was the only child of Dr. Raymond, a
good boy generally, and yet he had one great
fault—one which caused his parents much
anxiety. It was a spirit ot boastfulness,
which evidently proceeded from vanity.—
When the morning dawned, and the children
proposed a stroll, in which Mrs. Gordon ac
companied then), Robert felt his importance,
since he must act as a guide; and when they
came to a great apple tree, he determined to
show his city cousins what a strong Southern
boy could do : so, turning to his cousin Fred,
h? said:
“Will you get that tip-top apple forme,
or shall I get it for you ?”
“No, sir,” said Fred, “I shall not break
my neck for a red apple, when there are
plenty of nice ones lower down.”
“ The tip-top ones are the best, and as*you
refuse to accommodate me; I will get it fur
you.”
So saying, he began to climb the tree. The
girls praised his activity, and called him a
squirrel, which brought a flush to Robert’s
cheek.
“ Don’t go any higher, dear,” said his aunt;
“you might tall and break one of your limbs.”
“ Why, auntie,” said Robert, with a gay
laugh, “ it’s only boys who break the Sab
bath by going up the apple trees, or who
steal (hem, that get their legs broken. As
for me, I’m ■ not afraid to climb the tallest
tree on our plantation. Here, Fred, here’s
your apple,” said he, tossing it to him care*
lessly.
Just as he threw it, a hornet flew at him,
and stung him severely. He struck it instinct
ively, and this enraged a whole nest full,
who flew about furiously, darting at him, and
inflicting so much pain, that, in attempting
to get down rapidity, he lost his foothold, and
fell to the ground. The girls screamed, and
Mrs. Raymond was greatly frightened, but
fortunately, Mr. Raymond had been an un
seen witness to the whole occurrence,“and
came quickly forward.
Robert’s fall had bruised him, though he
was not seriously injured ; but his face and
neck was greatly swollen by the stings of
the hornets : indeed, he was perfectly blind
for several days.
His father uttered no reproof, but when he
bent over the couch upon which Robert lay,
and applied a cooling liniment to his swollen
face, he merely repeated the words of the
wise man, “ W hen pride cometh, then cometh
shame,” and Robert felt in his heart that it
was true.— Mrs. Mallary, in Young Reaper.
“All Alone in This Big World.”
“ Wake up, little boy, wake up !”
“ The little fellow raised his head, rub
bed his eyes, and looked at the merry
face bending over him in astonishment.
“ What makes you look at me so strange?
Do you take me for a ghost 1” said she, with
a peal of laughter.
“ Oh, no,” said the little fellow, with a
blush, “only you supprised me.”
“ Well,” said she, “ I think you might
expect surprises in a grave-yard. You see,
papa is over yonder, looking at that grand
new monument, and I got tired, and wan
dered in this direction to look at that urn
with that marble sheet over it, and all at
once 1 looked over here, and,lo and behold,
there was a boy stretched out on a grave !
Why, 1 was skeered almost to death, for I
was sure you were dead ; but just then you
spoke in your sleep, and so I came around to
wake you. How came you to fall asleep?
It’s the last place 1 should have thought of
taking a nap in.”
“1 often come here,” the boy replied, “for
this is my mother’s grave. It does me good
to come here, 1 think ; and to day my head
ached so that 1 lay down, and l suppose that
is how I came to fail asleep.”
“ Please'tell mfeliow coming to the grave
yard does you good. I -ean’fc understand
that, for it don’t do me one bit of good ; it
only makes me gloomy. The world don’t look
half so beautiful after I go away, the sun
does not shine so gloriously, nor the flowers
look so sweet, for something seems whisper
ing to me, and saying, 4 Liiy May, one of
these days you must leave all of these things,
and be shut up in the cold, damp ground,
with a big piece of marble over .you,!. I
wish there were no grave-yards-—no, ?■ mfean
I wish people didn’t have to die. But please
tell me how coming here does you good.”
“ Well, you see 1 am all alone in this big
world, without a friend to care for me. My
father took to drink long years ago, but my
mother worked hard, and we had enough to
eat and wear, and was happy together. But
she grew sick, and God took her away, and
now lam left all alone. I sell flowers, aud
so manage to live; but sometimes I am
tempted to c(o wrong, for I often get very an
gry and tired, and theu I come here and think
of my mother’s words. Oh, not for anything
would I do an act that would make her sorry
if she were alive. Then, when <4| begin 10
murmur, I remember how she always re
peated, ‘All things work together
whenever she was in trouble; and then,' af
ter I pray to God for strength, 1 go away
feeling more cheerful and better. Sometimes
THE CHRISTIAN INIiEX'AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: 'ATLANTA. HIT THURSDAY, NOVEIBEBXOT.
1 want to die so much that 1 have to beg God
to make me willing to live.”
“ Well, if you ain’t a curiosity,” exclamed
the girl. “Want to die, indeed! Why, I
mean to live just as long as ever I can. Par
pa, papa,” she called, “come here, papa.—b
Here is the funniest boy you ever saw; for
he prays to God to make him willing to live,
while I’m not going to die at all, if I can
help it.”
Col. May came forward, and laid his hand
upon the boy’s bare head. The little fellow’s
face was crimson, and his eyes downcast, for
he feared he had spoken too freely, since he
was but a poor little ragged boy, and Lilly
May the only child of a rich man.
“My boy,” said Col. May, gently, “'I have
listened to all you have said,—you and my
thoughtless Lily here. A boy who loves the
memory of his mother so much, and who
tries to do what would please her were she
living, is a boy that can be trusted. Come
to my office to-morrow, and I will see what
I can "do for you. God knows 1 would be
glad to sweeten the bitter cup of life which
you have already tasted, for it must be bitter
indeed. Come to morrow, my good fellow.
Lily, tell your little friend good bye, and
let us go.”
Lily held out her hand, which the boy
shook silently, and after she and her father
had gone some distance, she looked back.—
The boy was kneeling by the grave, his
head buried in his hands, and his whole frame
convulsed with feeling. She whispered,
“ See, papa, how he weeps!”
“ Poor boy,” said her father, “a little
kindness has overcome him. Lily, he has
to-day taught you and me a lesson of con
tentment, of submission to God’s will, and
implicit trust in his wisdom. 1 feel that my
walk has done rne good, and I thank God
that he directed my steps here. Child, life
is sweet to you, but you must not forget to
speak kindly to, and help those who have to
drain- the bitter dregs.”—Mrs. Mallary, in
Young Reaper.
Keep to tbe Right.
“Keep to the right,” as the law directs
For such is the rule of the road ;
Keep to the right, whoever expects
Securely to carry life’s load.
Keep to the right with God and r Jis truth,
Nor wander, ihougb folly allure;
Keep to the right, from the day of thy youth,
Nor turn from what’s faithful and pure.
Keep to the right within and without,
With stranger and kindred and friend;
Keep to the right, and you need have uo doubt
That all will he well in the end.
Keep to tho right in whatever you do,
Nor claim but your own on the way;
Keep to the right and hold on to the true,
From the morn to the close of life’s day.
The Miller’s Story.
“ When I was fourteen years of age, my un
cle, with whom I lived, had hired a man
who took my part, so that I had a very
comfortable summer. He was a very strong
young man, and could do more work than
any man I ever saw. My uncle was glad to
hire him. I heard my uncle say, ‘ 1 expect
to get as much work out of him as I could
get out of any two men I could hire.’ Mr.
Paddock, for that was his name, was a Chris
tian man. Once we were in the field at work,
and something went wrong, and my uncle be
gan to swear —a very common thing with
him. Mr. Paddock stopped working and
said:
“ 1 sav, I’m getting more than I bargained
for. 1 agreed to work for you for sixteen
dollars a month. 1 was hired to work for
you—not to hear you swear. Now either
the working or the swearing has got to be
stopped.”
“ 1 never heard my uncle swear after that
when Paddock was present. At another time
when my uncle had been treating me unkindly,
he said, looking him full it} the eye, ‘you
don’t treat that boy right, you don’t do as
you would be done by.’
“ He don’t belong to you,” said my uncle,
who was very angry.
“That is true, but he belongs to the Lord,
and as I am in the Lord’s service, I must see
that his property is not abused God says,
‘ All souls are mine.’ ”
“ My uncle didn’t say anything, for he was
afraid Paddock would leave him.
“That evening as we were on our way
home, he said to me, ‘ You need to have a
father to take care of you.’ He spoke so
kindly and I felt the need of one to take care
of me so keenly, that I burst out crying. ‘ 1
wish I had a father to take care of me,’ said I.
“You might havfrhad Qneall along, if you
hadn’t run away from him.”
“ [ never ran away from my father,’ said I,
‘ my father died when I was young.’
“ One father died then. The other is still
living.”
“ 1 knew then what he meant, but I didn’t
say anything.
“ You have a Father in heaven from whoqi
you have wandered, who loves you more than
your earthly father did, and is more able to
help you than he was. You bad better go
to Him and let Him help you.’
“ How shall 1 go to Him ?”
“Go away by yourself and pray to Him.
Tell Him that you are a poor, friendless
boy, and that you want Him to take care of
you! Tell Him that you aie a great sinner,
and that you want Him to forgive you, and
to »ive you a heart to love and serve Him.
Be & in earnest, and He will hear you.’
“ That night I went to the barn and tried
to do as Paddock told me to. I wasn’t used
to praying, and didn’t succeed very well at
first. 'Paddock continued to tell me what to
do, and was the means of bringing me back
to my Father. I came just as the prodigal
son came, and I was received in pretty much
the same manner. You have a kind earthly
father, but you still need the care of your
Heavenly Father.” —Bright Side.
Never Answered Back.
The words might be sharp, harsh, censo
rious, or even bitter, it mattered not, she
threw nothing back, bat met them ail with
the same sweet spirit of calm endurance.
She was often placed in very trying circum
stances, but her never left her;
her patient kindness remained'Unchanged.
When a mere child, her mother gave, as it
were, the care of the entire family into her
tender hands, and kissed her & last/are well.
Tender, delicate child that she was, and yet
so strong, so firm iu goodness! "Her father,
hasty, irritable, atf" times■,Reasonable, was
most exacting in his requirements; but she
met his various moods with patient, forgiving
- . e'tasTtel
Her brothel's and sisters were passionate,
fitful and trying; but their misdemeanors
were never visited with sharp rebuke. She
never answered back to their peevish and
complaining words.
I have seen sadness cotne over her counte
nance like a heavy cloud, and large tear-drops
roll slowly down hefeiaiiygheeka; but no
temper-flashes quiet beauty
of her free, no violent etop&ftsfifc&r unlovely
accents broke the melody of her *wet t voice.
I have seen her slowly leave the room to
avoid a conflict, and once, wheft through some
misunderstanding she received a painfully
upbraiding letter, she stole Itway Softly to her
chamber, and afterward she told me “ that
she hastened to God to get right feelings
quickly.”
One day she was telling me of a particular
trjal with one of the wayward children, and I
asked, “ Well, what did, you say ?” -
She answered, “Oh nothing, i obi s kept
still. You know it does not stfcipgg
better to answer back.”
“ But what did you do?” I again asked.
“I just waited, as patiently as I could uh*
ill chA ant over it.”
‘ til * *' ", - ’ ?;
J ‘‘ Kept stilf. llow wise, how heroic, how
beautiful, to keep still and bear in silence
sharp, passionate words. “Just waited.”
How admirable the grace of patience, to wait
until the furious of anger is over, and never
increase it by the uttreance of*a single word.
How sweet to see little children turn si
leniy away from contention ; and how beauti
ful for young people to abstain from answer
ing back. How admirable for older ones to
meet with quiet dignity unmerited censure,
and how magnanimous for public individuals
to bear abuse without retaliating.— Congrega
tionalht.
An Old Minister.
One of the oddest of the old school of cler
gymen was the’ Rev. William Lfslie, laird
of Balnageitb, and minister of St. Andrews,
Lhanbryde." During the war with France,
he received his weekly newspaper one Sun
day morning just as he was leaving the manse
for his duties in church. While the precen
tor was singing -the first psalm, Mr. Leslie
was busy vvith bis newspaper; and when the
precentor ceased, he said, “Just sing another
verse, John, till 1 have finished this* para
graph.” During the discourse, he gave the
news of a recent battle, so that his procedure
at the commencement of the service, was
more readily excused! On another occasion
Mr. Leslie remarked, during his discourse,
“You must excuse me, brethren, not enter
ing so fully into the subject to-day, since 1
have an appointment to dine at Ardivit.” He
referred to the country seat of an hospitable
landowrer in the vicinity. Mr. Leslie was
celebrated for the readiness with which he
granted certificates, and for tho eccentric
manner in which these were written. Here
is one : “To all his Majesty’s loyal subjects
who can feel for a fellow sinner in distress, 1
beg to certify that the bearer, William Jack,
is a son of my old bellman’s, a man well
known in this neighborhood for his honest
poverty and his successive indolence. The
bearer, William Jack, has fallen heir on all
his father’s poverty, and a double share of
his improvidence. I cannot say that the
bearer, William Jack, has many actice vir
tures to boast of, but he has not been alto
gether unmindful of Scriptural injunctions,
and has labored with no small success to
replenish the earth, although he has done but
little to subdue the same. ’Twas his rnisfor
tune to lose a cow, by too little care and too
much bare chaff, likewise that walking skel
eton which he calls his horse, having ceased
to hear the oppressor’s voice, or to dread
the tyrant’s rod, now the poor man has no
thing to look to, but the skins of the defunct,
and the generosity of a benevolent public,
by whom he hopes to bo stimulated, through
these testimonials, with reeept.”
Building for Eternity.
You think that one hour hurries another ‘
but it is not so. You think that you have
parted forever from things which have, passed
by you; no, you have not. There is much
in your life that you think has gone which
you never shall part from. It has stepped
behind you; and there it waits. That which
you have done is with you to-day ; and that
which you are doing will be with you to
morrow* When the mason carries up the
wall, the course o f brick which he laid yes
terday is the foundation on which he is laying
another course to-day. And all that you do
to-day on the structure which you are build
ing will remain as a basis fur that which you
do to morrow’. The work proceeds without
intermission; and all that has been done is
the under structure for that which is to be
done.
Young man and maiden, take heed how you
build. That which you are doing, the work
which you are performing, you do not leave
behind you because you forget it. It passes
away from you apparently, but it does not
pass away from you in'reaiity. Every stroke,
every single element, abides. And there is
nothing that is so enduring as character.—
There is nothing that men think so little of
as character, although there is nothing that so
belongs to their ini mortality, and that is so
incomparable in importance as character.
The Last Time.
There will be, dear readers, a last time to
us with all things earthly. A last tihie we
shall have of enjoying the privilege of at
tending the house of God. A last sermon
we shall hear. A last time we shall have the
privilege of attending the social praying cir
cle—of inviting the thoughtless to come to
Jesus, and be forgiven.
A last time to speak of the goodness of
God, urging sinners to come to this fountain
of life.
A last time we shall have of speaking to
a beloved brother or sister, or kind father or
mother it may be, w'ho know not as yet
the blessedness of religion.
A last time the Sabbath school teacher will
have, appearing before his class.
A last prayer the Christian will offer—a
last hymn of praise he will sing.
There will be, too, to the sinner, a last
time; a last time of attending a prayer
meeting, a last prayer he will hear offered
for his salvation. A last sermon, a last
Sabbath will ever dawn upon him.
There is to be, there must be, a last time
to all these privileges which we now enjoy.
Do we rightly consider these blessings'?
The present is ours, it may be our last. Let
us wisely improve each day and moment, as
though indeed it were our last, then shall
we be prepared for the unknown future.
Troth.
Boy, at all times tell the truth;
Let no lie defile thy youth.
If thou’rt wrong, be thine the shame :
Speak the truth aud bear the blame.
Truth is honest, truth is sure ;
Truth is strong, and must endure;
Falsehood lasts a single day,
Then it vanishes away.
Boy, at all times tell the truth ;
Let no lie defile thy youth.
Truth is steadfast, sure, and fast—
Certain to prevail at last.
—The Nursery.
* An Adroit Reproof.
,A correspondent of the Herald and Pres
byter, writing from Minnesota, tells the fol
lowing “ I have picked up ‘a little story,’
which I think too good a reproof for dis
turbers of the peace in the churches to be
lojst. A presiding elder of the United Breth
ren Church was preaching in this neighbor
hood, and was much annoyed by persons
tanking and laughing. He paused, looked at
the disturbed, and said, 4 I am always afraid
to reprove those who misbehave in church,
inj the early part of my ministry 1 made a
gi*eat tiiisfake. As I w.as preaching, a young
man who sat before me was constantly laugh
ing, talking and making uncouth grimaces.
I paused, and administered a severe rebuke.
After the close of the service one of the offi
cial members came and said to me, “ Brother,
ydu have made a great mistake. That young
man yuu reproved is an idiot.” Since then 1
have always been afraid to reprove those
who misbehave in church, lest I should re
peat that mistake, and reprove another idoit.”
During the rest of that service, at least, there
was good order.”
{Hitting the Truth. —Bishop Meade once
** Our girls are poorly educated, but our
-bojys will never find it out.”
—
Hitting the Poy?iT.—ln his sermon on
* Church Membership,” Mr. Murray says,
yrnist pithily, “ Some people are like snails ;
they carry their ■ spiritual home around with
them on their backs. You never see them
twjce in the same church. They are religous
vagaftbnds.”
- T•' -
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The Best Teacher.
He teaches best who best doth learn ;
We give what we receive;
We cannot give unless we get,
Let none their hearts deceive.
He teaches best who best doth pray ;
Enriched by prayer we give;
Our cries and tears bring down tbe rain
Which makes the seedAO live.
He teaches best who be3t doth live:
’Tis thus the truth we know ;
The power which living Ijearts doth win,
From earnest lives must flow.
He teaches best who best doth love;
This quickens, yet controls ;
This grace must live and reign in those
Whose aim is to win souls.
He teaches best who best doth show
The merits ol Christ’s death;
Through whose kind words ti ue love doth glow
And breathe in every breath.
—Sunday School Times.
Lip-Teaching and Lite-Teacaing.
Not long siuce I was on the point of hear
ing an eminent preach.vpind I had reached
the place of worship where I had seen an an
nounce that he wotiid minister. Yet, no
sooner did he enter the sacred edifice than
I quitted it. And why? Well, if the truth
must be told, there came into my mind
when 1 caught the first glimpse of him, sun
dry little traits of character which I had lately
heard to his discredit. Among other things,
a female servant had requested permission to
purchase for him some new window curtains,
in-the place of others which had been spoiled
through age or use. His reply was, “1 never
allow a servaut to speak to me.”
The story of the curtains was only one of
several, all* tending t<> mow unusual infirm
ity of temper, and graving that the angel in
the pulpit was the pewSfciespot out of it.
1 have been in the habit until lately of es
teeming very highly for his works’ sake an emi
nentscholar whose writ-f.;*s are in the possession
of nearly every clergyro*?-, aud whose pow
ers of research and criticism are almost un
surpassed. How rudely the crown was
knocked oft' my idol the other day on learn
ing Irorn one who knew him that he was one
of the silliest and vainest of men, seeking
for admiration in every circle ; amidst pious
people adopting a tone of piety, and amidst
worldly and fashionable people dilating on
his skill in fishing, in dredging, and in playing
at croquet! My informant knew him pretty
well; he did not speak in a spirit of fault
finding, but he quoted him as a singular inst ance
of the* union of vast powers with prominent
weaknesses —of the possession of learning
and acuteness which would make one remark
able, with a tendency to a littleness which
would equally make any one contemptible.
As Sunday school teachers, it is well to re
mind you that everybody speaks by his life
as bv his tongue. Your life will make itself
known. In these times men are rated at
their real value. A moral police is abroad,
and it tracks you with its hundred eyes every
where. Your scholars cross your path at most
unlocked for moments. Here one as a page
waits upon you at an evening party ; there
another serves you as a waiter at an eating
house ; a third, who is an errand-boy at a
bookseller’s, brings you your periodicals; a
fourth distributes programmes at a lecture or
concert room.
Now’, I do not say to you that Jyou should
study appearances, and carefully guard against
being accounted as a hypocrite. I say rather
that you should study realities, and seek to
he everywhere and at all times a real and at
tractive disciple. If you are addicted to the
pleasures of the table, or are irritable and
cantankerous at your home, or if you are
vain in dress or person, or hard and unfair
in vour money dealings, or vindictive and
fierce ivi your to friends, it will come
out, and every scbfflar connected with you
will quietly apply to you the proverb, “ Phy
sician, heal thyself.”
I knew a teacher, wealthy and talented.—
His fault was that he was too eager for money,
and it was the less excusable as he had no
family for whom he needed to lay by. A
blight seemed to rest upon his work, and
when at last lie invested a considerable sum
in purchasing a public l ouse—property which
was a very low character morally, but) which
yielded a good return for his money —his in
fluence sank down to an utter cipher. 1 shall
never forget the contempt with which one
of his scholars spoke to me about him. Had
he been an avowed mail ot the w’orld there
would have been nothing in him to be despised.
But his professed aims £tnd hopes were high
er than those of the worldling, and it was
humbling to him to be looking for an increase
to his gains in the gutters of excess and vice.
“Perhaps lie meant to improve the public
houses by introducing teller tenants, and
checking all bad language and bad habits.”
Thank you, dear reader, for that kindly sur
mise. Perhaps he did; but perhaps he
didn't. I dare say, however, he meant it.—
The devil will not in the least object to a
man meaning well if he will stop there.
I know tins much, that we respect of a cir
cle of intelligent lads who gather around us
to listen to what vve can tell them of God
and righteousness, is worth more than inter
est at ten per cent, upon our money invest
ments. Pity that this good man did not
know’ it, too.
If, however, evil example tells, so does
good. The fragrance of the ointment will
make itself known. An upright, loving, gen
erous man speaks in his every action. — Rev.
G. F. Sergeant, in London S. S. Teacher.
Teachers’ Gossip, Meeting.
Even the sacredness of its object does not
always secure to Sunday school teacher’s
immunity from peculiar emptations. The
teachers who are not ypersons so old
and staid as to have mirthful appre
ciation of the ludicrous, nor are they ever,
we hope, so dry and withered as to have no
real love for social enjoyment And some
times, coming to this weekly gathering with
out having specially sought the spirit of the
Master, and conseqently having no abiding
sense of the importance and solemnity of
the service for which they are together, they
make the meeting one more remarkable for
pleasantry and sociality than for real spiritu
ality and i a nest, thoughtful study.
It is a very tempting place to tell a good
story hero where there are so many congen
ial spirits to enjoy it. Yjjiir fellow teachers
keenly appreciate the laughable side of the
funny blunder that little girl made last Sun
day, and one play upon Scripture texts sug
gests another, until sometimes, in the enjoy
ment of ill-timed wit and repartee, all present
forget that sacred words are being perverted,
and that, instead of being prepared to teach
Jesus in his love and earnestness, they are
only being unfitted for such employment.
The meeting is also sometimes made more
for the retail and exchange Irade in neighbor
hood gossip than even the historic ladies’ sew
ing machine society has ever been accused
of being. At these gatherings, members of
the same church are often “handled without
gloves” by their brethren and sisters of
the Sunday school, while those of other
churches are almost flayed alive.
A confessed neglect of all preparation of
the lesson, and the trifling, fun-loving and gos
sipping spirit sometimes shown afford a sorry
exponent of the religious life and spirit of
some of those who try to teach God’s word
to children. Perhaps no great proportion
of such meetings are thus perverted and pro
fitless, but many are. A superintendent has
told.me that he was so tired because he was
unable to control this undue tendency to gay*
ety and mirth, and because the young^gen
tlemen and young lady teachers seemed to
attend only for the sake of one another’s
.company here and on the way home, that he
really thought it a question whether it was
wise for him to hold a teachers’meeting at
all.
It is a maxim with a very successful and
much-loved teacher of my acquaintance, that
“a man ish’f good for much after the boy is
all out of him.” And Sunday school teadhers
certaintly are not worth much to the cause
after they have lost all interest in social
amusement and enjoyment. It is no spirit
of over-nice propriety that we deplore the
unseemly and unwise levity of some of these
meetings. We are not afraid of a laugh, and
believe more in the i ight influenceof unrestrain
ed Christian good feeling than iuall the strait
laced properness than was ever assumed.—
But we think the hour devoted to the weekly
study of the Bible lesson, in company with
fellow teachers should depend altogether fol
ks interest upon an earnest and pleasant
search after truth, and & near and dear com
munion with the Source of all truth. Neigh
borhood gossip, social converse, and funny
School stories, should there have no place,
but should naturally, and without any con
strained effort, be superceded by earnest
prayer and enquiring study.— S. S. Workman.
Arranging S, S. Lessons.
Os course every man likes his own child
ren best, and because they are his own. Per
haps, too, we are apt to talk about them
more than we ought. Yet it is good to com
pare notes, and learn from the experience of
others. When we took charge of the Sun
day school at Ilammonton,* N. J., four years
ago, the Chicago was the only series of les
sons before the public, as we did not care to
begin in the middle of the series and in the
middle of the year, so we got a course of our
own. We had several things in view. First
we wanted to study the Old Testament,
yet did not wish entirely to neglect the New.
Then, we wanted to go regularly through the
Old Testament. We adopted the plan of
studying the Old and New Testaments o i
alternate Sundays. From the Old Testament
we selected for immediate lessons those pas
sages which are most striking and profitable,
and were at the same time the keys to a
chapter, subject, or life, thus taking into view
the whole ground. It took two years in this
way to go through the Pentateuch. In the
New Testament we selected some passages
corresponding or relating to that of the former
in the Old Testament, taking care that it
should not be a repetition of it —for example,
Gen 1 ; 1 and John 1 : 1. This we found very
interesting, and the harmony between the Old
and New was wonderfully apparent.
There was, however, an objection to this
plan, that it did not secure a systematic and
thorough study ot the New Testament. For
the third year, we continued in the Old Tes
tament alternately with the Acts, and com
pleted that book. In this way the interest
in the New Testament was better sustained.
For the fourth year, we finished the histori
cal and prophetical parts of the Old Testa
ment, alternating with Romans. It costs
much labor to arrange the course connecting
the history with the Prophets, but to our
surprise we find it very interesting and pro
fitable, as much so as any other part of the
Old Testament.
Nor did we find Romans too difficult, as
many feared. The harder the shell, the
sweeter the meat when the nut is cracked.—
Very seldom through the whole course did
any teacher complain of a lesson. Three
years more in this manner would complete
the poetical books, making a course of six
years, or three solid years for the Old Tes
tament. Were we to arrange the course
over again we would keep up the alternation,
for we found practically that this did not at
all break the continuity of the lessons. But
we would take up the life of Christ, or the
Gospels in harmony, for study in the New
Testament. We trust the powers that be in
our Sunday school magazine aud newspapers
will unite on some course of lessons which
shall include tbe whole Bible in their plan,
thus giving every one the advantage of the
elaborate preparation of all or the same les
sons, and by tim means also ensuring the
circulation of all Sunday school papers and
among all denominations. — S. S. Workman.
About 'Growling.
A great evil is “growling,’ Sunday school
“growling.” Under the plea of “elevating
the standard of Sunday school instruction,”
magazines are often filled with diatribes against
teachers. “Too superficial,” “too unspiritual,”
“ too lazy,” <Szc., ad libitum, until the poor
teacher, whose humility and felt unworthiness
only too quickly leads him to apply all these
to himself, shrinks back appalled, and often
gives up his class for fear ho may be filling
a place which should be occupied by an abler
man.
« I intend to give up my class,” said a faith
ful teacher once just after a session of a
county Sunday school convention, in which
one of these “ self-constituted censors” had
unboltled the /ial3 of his wrath, and poured
their contents upon the devoted Sunday school
workers, especially teachers. “ Yes, 1 will
give up my class, I can never come up to
that standard.” “Softly, my friend,” said
one who knew, “don’t you know that that fel
low is not now a Sunday school teacher any
where, and has nothing to do with them, save
when he can have an opportunity to speak and
maul them, at a Sunday school or convention.
He had a class once, but desiring to be su
perintendent, and officers, and all the teachers
too, his career was a short one.” “ He’s a
beauty, then, to talk to us that way,” was
the indignant respose. — Rev. W. P. Puxson,
in S. S. World.
iTlie Stupid Sunday School.
In this school of about 50 persons, a full
half-hour before church time, the teachers were
requsted to close the lesson. The pastor then
asked three questions from a catechism, which
were answered by a few of the girls, not one
boy answering. He then asked a few simple
questions from another book, and was an
swered by one small boy only. The questions
were interesting and of rich Gospel truth,
but not a word of explanation or instruction
accompanied them (rom the preacher. Not a
teacher took any interest or part in the reci
tation, and the school was closed and dismiss
ed fifteen minutes before church time, in the
upper room of the same building. I felt
ashamed and thought it was dull, stupid work,
and great neglect of opportunity to instruct
and inform tho most important part of the
congregation. As far as related to myself,
I ventured to say to the oldest teacher pres
ent “ that I had known preachers to make
friends and money, too, by noticing strangers.”
I never desire to take the time of the teachers,
nor the place and time of the pastor or su
perintendent ; yet, in a case like this, it seemed
a waste of the Sabbath morning hour, and
that possibly the scholars and teachers might
have been pleased and profited with a tew
suggestions from a stranger. (1 am aware
that sometimes strangers do not profit a
school.) In thousands of visits thus made,
I do not remember a cooler treatment; yet
that preacher is considered quite a good one,
and I hope he is. But my experience and
observation for twenty years and more in
the Sunday school work have taught me that
very many of the preachers of Christ’s Gos
pel do not obey his injunction : “Go teach”—
and do wo not experience now on every hand
the sad fruits of neglecting solid, constant
religious teacing of the young.— S. S. Work~
man.
The End.— -Where shall my scholars spend
eternity'?
Methodical Teaching.
Every lesson should have, to the teaoher,
a distinot and well defined propose. There
should be some one truth or lesson intenaed
to be fixed on the minds and hearts of the
scholars. There may be many important
secondary lessons drawn and enforced during
the oourse of the lesson, but there should be
always one main purpose or end airtied atin
every lesson.
But this oneness of aim, this purpose to
roach some distinct end, implies also a pro
gression of the lesson from point to point.
It necessitates a starting point, and the cut
ting of a road from it to tho end. It puts
the’learner on a path, every step of which is
a gain, and brings him nearer to the end aim
ed*at. That this may be so, the end must be
held distinctly in view by the teacher. ITis
eye must be fixed upon it. It is not neces
sary that the scholar should see exactly
where he is going, but it is necessary that
the teacher should see clearly where he is
leading the scholar, and that when the scholar
has reached the truth aimed at, he should
know what it is, and how he arrived at it.
The fifth general principle; therefore, is,
that the teacher should not only have a well
defined purpose in each lesson, but that he
should see clearly the steps by which he in
tends to lead his scholars to it. From want
of this many teachers flounder about in their
lessons, backwards aud forwards, up anddoivn,
in and out, %iny scholar being able to lead
them away on by paths, never knowing ex
actly where they are, or whither they are
going. Always then begin at the beginniag,
master the first step before proceeding to the
next, and you will certainly arrive in time at
a well understood end or result.
Why Keep Open.
1. The Sunday school is too beneficial in
its influence to be dipensed with for half the
year.
2. The sessions of our secular schools are
not suspended in winter.
3. These months afforded both teacher and
scholar the best opportunities for study.
4. Library books and papers may then be
more faithfully and satisfactorily read.
5. Unfavorable weather a portion of the
time, renders it more necessary to improve
that which is favorable.
6. Overcoming difficulties incident to t’ e
season will develop true character.
7- The evils of disorganization every fall
will be avoided.
8 Scholars will be impressed that teachers
are thoroughly in earnest in seeking their
eternal welfare.
9. The avenues of Christian usefulness and
sympathy will thus be kept open all the time
between teacher and scholar.
10. The winter months furnish special op
portunities for the growth of Adult Classes in
numbers and proficiency.
11. Satan does not suspend operations for
six months in the year. Gan Christian teach
era afford to do so ?
11. Death is busy all the year round, and
so should those be who are preparing for
death.
SHARP & FLOYD,
(SUCCESSORS TO GEO. SHARP, Jr.,)
WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.,
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JL TO
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TRAVELERS’ GUIDE.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD CO
E. W. Cole, Superintendent, Atlanta.
Night Passenger Train — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 10 30 P M
Arrive at Chattanooga 6.16 A M
Day Passenger Tiain — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 6.00 A.M
Arrive at Chattanooga 1.21 P.M
Fast Lene to New York — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 2.45 P.M
Arrive at Dalton 7.53 P.M
Night Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 5.20 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta 1.42 A.M
Day Passenger Train — lnward.
Leave Chattanooga 530 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 2.20 P.M
A ccom modatton Train lnwa rd.
Leave Dalton 2.25 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 9.10 A.M
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
S. K. Johnson, Superintendent,'Augusta.
Day Passnger Train.
Leave Augusta 8.00 A.M
Leave Atlanta 7 10 A.M
Arrive at Augusta • • • • 5.40 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta 6.20 P.M
Night Passenger and Mail 'Plain.
Leave Augusta 8.15 P.M
Leave Atlanta 5.30 P.M
Arrive at Augusta 3.45 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 6.40 A.M
Athens Branch Tbain leaves Union Point daily,
Sunday excepted, at 1.15 P.M., arriving at Alliens at
4.35 P.M. Leave Alhens at 9.15 A.M., arriving at
Union Point 12.50 P.M. Oil Monday and Tuesday
nights, a train leaves Union Point at 2 20 A.M , arrives
at Athens 5.15 A.M.; leaves Athens, b P.M., arriving
at Union Point, 11 P.M.
Washington Branch.— Traiu leaves Washington
at 10 A.M.. arrives at Barnett, 11.30 A.M.; leaves
Barnett 2.15 P.M., arriving at Washington at 4.10
P.M. On Monday and Tuesday nights, leaves Wash
ington at 10.20 P.M., arriving at Barnett. 12 at night.
Leaves Barnett, 1.50 A.M., arrives at Washington,
3 30 A.M.
Macon and Augusta Railroad. — Train leaves
Camak. 12.40 P.M., arriving at Milledgevilio Junction
4.20 P.M.; leaves Junction at 6.15 A.M, nrrtving at
Camak, 9.25 A.M. Conuects Augusta with 'South
Carolina, Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta, and
Augusta with Savannah Railroad.
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD.
L. P. Grant, Superintendent , Atlanta.
Day Passenger Train— Outward.
Leave Atlanta 7.10 A.M
Arrive at West Point 11.40 A.M
Day Passenger Train — lt ward.
Leave West Point 12.46 P.M
Arrive at Atlanta 5.00 P.M
Night Freight and Passenger — Outward.
Leave Atlanta 7.00 P.M
Arrive at West Point 10.45 P.M
Night Freight and Passenger—lnward.
Leave West Point 3.00 A.M
Arrive at Atlanta 10.07 A.M
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD
J. W. Thomas, Superintendent, Nashville.
Day Paeeenger I rain.
Leave Nashville 9.30 A.M
Arrive at Chattanooga 4.20 P.M
Leave Chattauooga 3.45 A.M
Arrive at Nushville 1.30 P.M
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Nashville .6.15 P.M
Arrive at CbaUanooga. 4.30 A.M
Leave Chattanooga 8.00 P.M
Arrive at Nashville 0 00 AM
Night trains run daily; day trains run daily, Sun
days excepted.
Both trains connect at Chattanooga for Rome, At
lanta, and all principal Southern cities.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad.
DAT PASSBNOBB THAIM—SOUTH.
Leave Seltr*...'. • •'. 10:05 a. m
Arrive at Roioa.., j... 8:85 p.m
Arrive at Dalton... »■•-. 11:26 p.W
NIOnT PASSENGER TRAIN—SOUTH.
Leave Da1t0n,.;...-....: 8:10 p.m
Arrive at Komo„.. 1w ... «i,« 11:26 p.m
Arrive at Selma , . 10:80 a.m
AOCOBMOBATION TRAIN,
Leave Rome:... 1:45p.m
Arrive at R0we........,.,,..,. 1:45 p.m.
The aooommodatlon train runs from Romo to Jacksonville
dolly, Sundays excepted. Tbe through passenger train only
will bo run on Sunday, * (
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