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passage and read it carefully—ll.
Timothy, 3:15.
If sinners cannot understand the
truths of the Gospel, why did Jesus
say to his disciples, “Go into all the
world and preach the Gospel to every
creature ?”
Paul says: “By the foolishness of
preaching it pt :sed God to save them
that believe.” —. Cor. 1:21.
Paul again reasons this matter in
this way —Rom. xx: 14—' How then
shall they call on Him in whom the)
have not believed ? And how shall
they believe in Him ot whom they
have not heard? How shall they hear
without a preacher ?” Now it people ,
cannot understand, why should the
Gospel be preached ? Does not the
apostle’s argument in this passage
prove that people are capable of un
derstanding, and also that God oper
ates upon the heart through the mind,
by His preached word and Holy
Spirit?
We might say much more in answer
to this objection, but we do not be
lieve any reasonable thinking man would
raise such an objection, and to the un
reasonable our arguments would prove
of no avail. We will now pass to the
next objection.
2. Objection—lt is wrong to tacit on
the Sabbath day.
I never would have thought that any
person would raise such an objection,
had I not heard it so repeatedly. But
the objection has been raised, and that,
too, by people that claim to be reli
gious. Yet those very people would,
no doubt, allow their children to roam
over the woods, or group together to
play and engage in wicked amusements
on the Sabbath day. A gentleman re
marked a short time ago, that he
would rather his children would rabbit
hunt, play or engage in frolic, or wick
edness of any kind, than attend the
Sabbath-school.
I have recently understood that two
noted preachers made a similar re
mark. My God! What is our world
coming to ; what kind of people have
we in this country? Is it ignorance,
or is it prejudice ? Surely they are of
the class described by Isaiah in chapter
ix. 15, 16 : “ The ancient and hon
orable, he is the head ; and the prophet
that teachclh lies, he is the tail. For
the leaders of this people cause them to
err-, and they that are led of them are
destroyed.” As an answer to this ob
jection, I can only refer you again to
the acts of our Saviour. He taught a
school on the Sabbath day, and I am
willing to try to follow in the footsteps
of my blessed Master.
3. Objection — IVe have unconverted
persons for teachers.
This is an objection more against
particular schools than against the in
stitution itself I will remark here,
that we never engage unconverted per
-soft* as|teachfy-s when ir£ can procure
the services of Christians. We some
times do have persons to take charge
of classes, and even to superintend
schools, that are not members of the
church. We do not do this as a mat
ter of choice, but of necessity. I
know one Sabbath-school Superintend
ent, and have heard of one, who were
not, at the time of receiving the ap
pointment, members of the church ;
and I have known several teachers
that were not members at the time of
taking charge of their classes. But I
never knew an unconverted Sabbath
school Superintendent or teacher to
remain unconverted long after begin
ning the duties of his office. Even
should some schools have unconverted
officers, that is no good argument
against the institution.
4. Objection — We do not teach the
truth.
This objection has been raised by
persons that I have no idea ever at
tended a Sabbath-school. How do
they know what we teach ? If they
have found out that we teach errors,
they should, in the spirit of meekness,
show us our errors. Come out, then,
objectors to our Sabbath-schools, and
learn us what to teach. Do not talk
so much behind our backs, for back
biting, you know, is not recommended
in the Bible. But come, let us reason
together about these things. I trust
we have honest hearts, and if you con
vince us we are in error, you will find
no people more ready to retract.
5. Objection — Children ought not to
be persuaded.
I will admit that children ought not
to be persuaded to join the church, es
pecially before they are converted.
Sabbath-schools are not intended to
persuade children or old people either,
to join the church, but the intention
is to teach the people, both old and
young, “ the fear of the Lord.” O. r
enemies pretend that all we wish is to
gain numbers —which is a lulse accu
sation. There is not a more particu
lar denomination in existence about
getting none but converted persons
into the the pale of the church than
Primitive Baptists. We love to
track right along in the footsteps of
those of our denomination that passed
away to their eternal reward hundreds
of years ago. And so far as the mor
als and religious standing of our mem
bership is concerned, 1 suppose we
can compare favorably with any de
nomination in Christendom. 1 hese
are all the objections I have ever heard
raised against the Sabbath-school
cause, and really, had I not had an
uninformed "and highly prejudiced
people to contend with, I should never
have noticed one of them For the
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objections are assuredly beneath the
dignity of any intelligent gentleman
or lady.
We come now to our last proposi
tion :
IV. Notice the efleet of Sabbath
school teaching.
When I get to talking upon this sub
ject I do not know when to stop.
There is so much that may be said that
would interest every lover of the cause
of the blessed Master, I am sorry my
time is so near out. I need not stop
to show you that the Sabbath-scho 1
sets something definite before the peo
ple, both o'd and young, that it gives
them profitable employment for the
Sabbath, both in the study of 1 heir les
sons and the meeting to recite them,
and hear the lecture on them—all of
which is very profitable, and takes the
place of visiting and conversing about
worldly matters among the old folks,
and the roving, romping, playing and
annoying of the people by childish,and,
perhaps, wicked talk and practice
among the children. But I will hast
en to remark:
Ist. The Sabbath-school is the best
place to teach morals.
You may talk of morals as much as
you please, but I care but little for
anything you may call morals that is
not found in the Bible. The Bible is
the very best code of morals in exist
ence. 1 want my children to learn
them, and practice them. We only
have to show the difference between
those communities that are blessed
with Sabbath-school instruction, and
those that do not have those benefits.
Where Sabbath-schools are taught
properly, the old and young taking an
interest, ministers find that they have
better congregations, better order, and
better attention, than where the people
are deprived of such instruction. This
is because the attention of the people
is elicited by the Sabbath-school, and
they feel an interest in the services, be
came their Sabbath school training
has taught them much about the Bible,
and they can understand the preacher
better and appreciate his sermon more.
In communities where Sabbath-schools
are taught there is less swearing, drink
ing, and other acts of immorality, than
where theie are none. Travel the
world over, if you will, and notice the
difference, and then tell me if the Sab
bath-school scholars are not more
moral in their lives, as a whole, than
those who have never had such privi
leges.
I have taken some trouble upon my
self to learn this fact, that I have not
found out a single attentive Sabbath
school scholar who ever came to a bad
end. I knew one who was landed in
jail for a theft, but he never attended
punctually upon the duties of a Sab
bath-school scholar, even for the little
whilejte was a member
A singular incident was related to
me a few days ago, and as it illustrates
the effect of Sabbath-school teaching,
I will relate it 1 ere. There is living
in Liberty county an aged sister, who
some time back had a birthday cele
bration, and all her family were in at
tendance. She has raised ten children,
and all of them, became consistent
members of the Baptist church in early
life ; two of them died in full triumphs
of a living faith in Jesus; the remain
ing eight are still consistent members.
There are in the family about fifty
four grandchildren, the most of them
are consistent members of the Baptist
church. Two little granddaughters,
children of the two deceased daugh
ters, were partly raised in the Orphan
asylum, at Savannah, under Sabbath
scoool instruction, are now candidates
for baptism. This family is noted for
their morality in the communities
where they reside, and it is all attribu
ted to the fact that they were early
taught to tear the Lord by their devo
ted mother, and also in the Sabbath
school.
Another family lives in another sec
tion of our country. This family, of
the dead and living, numbers one hun
dred and seventy-two. All but two
have been inmates of some prison for
crime. This family, from the first,
would not have anything to do with
Sabbath-schools or other religious in
struction.
And thus you will find it the world
over. Those who attend Sabbath
school instruction aright are noted for
their morals, while those that do not
often come to a bad end.
I once attended a Sabbath-school
that was started in a very immoral
community. It was but a little while
before everybody that was acquainted
with the community noticed the won
derful change for the better.
I will relate one circmmstance that
transpired there. Two wicked young
lads lived near the school —they were
repeatedly urged to become members,
at length they did so. One of them
stuck to the school, and is now a very
moral young man, and leading a pious
life. The other attended two or three
Sabbaths, then quit. He grew more
and more immoral, until he committed
an act that caused him to be sent to
the penitentiary, where he still is.
I would advise all people to organ
ize Sabbath-schools, and get every one
to attend they possibly can, for noth
ing can contribute any more towards
giving us a moral community than the
Sabbath-school. But the promotion of
morality is not the only, or even the
best, results of Sabbath-school instruc
tion ; but _ . „
2d. The Sabbath-school is the best
place to teaeh religion.
I am apprised of the general oppo
sition to early religious impressions.
Some have a perfect horror of early
piety, and would keep the young away
from Jesus if they could. Jesus
“ Suffer little children to come unto
me, and forbid them not.” I have,
during my short ministerial career,
baptized a great many young folks—
some quite young—yet I never bap
tized one that I did not have the ut
most confidence in ; and I have never,
so far as my knowledge extends, bap
tized a single child who afterwards
brought reproach upon the cause;
neither have I ever known one who
was received upon a profession of his
faith in Jesus, and baptized while
young, that was afterwards expelled
from the church. I have known some
quite young children that would cause
some of you old Christians to blush
were they to question you upon relig
ious subjects in public. There are
many Samuels and Timothvs, and
Marys, too, in our Sahbath-schools
that can converse fluently upon relig
ious subjects, because they have been
taught the letter of the Scriptures in
the Sabbath-school, and God has
taught them by the Spirit also. Let
us not conclude that children cannot
be converted. As soon as they are
capable of being lost, they are capa
ble of being saved.
He who can, by the hurricane,
sweep down the stately oak or the tall
pine, can make the little sapplingbend
to the ground. He, who can change
the course of a river, when it has
rolled onward and become a mighty
flood, can control a new-born rivulet,
leaping from its cradle fountains, and
make it run in the channel he desires.
He, who,in Divine soveteingty,reclairn
eth the gray-haired sinner from the
error of his ways, can turn a little
child from its youthful folly. He, who,
at the eleventh hour, finds some stand
ing idle, and gives them employment,
can call men at the dawn of day to la
bor for him. He can do all things; he
can work upon children’s hearts as he
pleases, for all are under his control.
Do not be afraid, then, to teach your
children “ the Jear of the Lord,” either
at home or in the Sabbath-school.
Some people cause their children a
great deal of suffering on account of
their opposition to their children’s
piety. I once read about a dear little
girl who had been educated in the
Sabbath-school, and God had applied
what she had learned there to the be
getting of faith in her tender heart.
She told her mother of her hope,and ex
pressed a desire to follow her Saviour
in baptism. Her mother told her she
was too young to join the church, but
she would, nevertheless, send for the
minuter, and abide by what he might
say upon the subject. The minister
was accordingly sent for. He inter
rogated the little girl until he was sat
isfied, and remarked to the mother, “ I
am satisfied that your little daughter
is converted, but she is to young to be
received into the church.” Upon
hearing this, she went away to her lit
tle bed for the night. Next morning
she remained in bed so late her mother
went up to call, but when she came to
her side she found her cold and life
less. Two little pearly tear-drops
were in her eyes to show that she
died of grief —her poor little heart
was broken. I would not have mur
dered that precious little lamb for the
world. Be careful, brethren, how you
meddle with childish piety —do not
grieve or murder your children. Time
would fail us to speak of all the good
that results from Sabbath-schools.
Our churches, our pulpits, our Con
gressional halls, in fact our world is
being filled with Sabbath-school schol
ars. Thousands are now blessing the
Sabbath-school cause in this world,
and thousands upon thousands are
praising God in Heaven, who have
been saved by Sabbath-school teach
ers, as a means, in God’s hands. May
God bless us all, and save us, for
Christ’s sake. Amen.
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WHAT SIHLL 1 DO FOR A LIVING ?
There are multitudes of young men
who are asking to-day, with much so
licitude and anxiety, “ What shall I do
for a living ? ” We do not think that
there has ever been a time when it was
more difficult to answer'this question.
Society is divided into two classes—
the workers and the non-workers. The
workers are, again, divided into two
classes—those who work with their
hands, and those who work with their
brains. The latter distinction is not
as clearly marked as the former, for
manual toil is generally supplemented
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labor by a certain amount of bodily ex
ercise. Ihe man who hammers stone
must use his judgment in order to
strike in the light place; and the man
who hammers his brains must use his
hands in order to record his thoughts.
In the choice of a vocation there are
five great mistakes to bo avoided. The
first is crowding into what arc called
“ tho professions,” or mercantile life,
or some other employment where there
is but little manual labor, on the sup
position that this must promise to the
young man a comparatively easy life.
There are none who work harder than
some who are supposed not to work at
all. An aehing brain may be more
trying than a weary arm.
The second mistake into which
young men are liable to fall —and this
is worse than the first —is that of try
ing for a place in some of those
branches of business where there is the
possibility of achieving a great fortune
at a stroke, with the strong probability
of not making a cent. This is simply
“ running for luck,” with the prospect
of breaking your neck in the race. The
few, who succeed, every one hears of;
the multitude, who fail, pass out of
.sight and are forgotten.
The third mistake is that of rushing
from the country co the large cities
without any reasonable prospect ol
finding remunerative occupation. If
all the groans and sighs which come
from the stores and offices, whore our
clerks, and salesmen, aud bookkeepers
congregate, could be heard through
our country towns and villages, there
would not be the same eagerness to
join the cri wd who haunt the city
streets. If there be a fair chance of
your attaining a comfortable living in
any honest way, stay near home, and
build upon a sure foundation, even
though the structure rise somewhat
slowly. Wherever aud however they
may begin life, as a general rule, men
will gravitate to their true level. If it
bo in you to burst tho narrow bounds
which at first restrict your steps, you'
will be quite certain to do it, sooner or
later.
The fourth mistake to be noticed is
the prevalent notion that to work with
the bands can never be as honorable
as it is to work with the brain. If in
deed a man is nothing but a tool or a
part of a machine, he cannot expect to
take an elevated place in society. But
suppose the hand and the head to work
together—as they always will, to some
extent, just as soon as you rise out of
the region of mere servile toil—how
does the matter stand then ? Here is
a practical farmer, who is also a stu
dent of scientific agriculture, and
brings his knowledge to bear upon the
improvement of land, the increase of
crops, the perfecting of seeds, economy
is labor—under his skillful hand bar
ren wastes are redeemed, so that the
girth will always he more fruitful be
cause be has lived and labored, and bis
culture makes the human race richer as
well as his own household —could any
one ask for more honorable employ
ment? Here is a young mechanic, who
has learned his trade thoroughly and
well, and starting in life as a skilled,
accomplished workman, he brings his
min i to the watchful study of every
progress in his work —contriving, ex
perimenting, inventing, and gradually
ft' oln his inferior position till be
a master workman, a con-
Ijmetor, the head of a grand establish ■
my/it, “ saying to this man, go, and he
goeth, and to that man come, and he
cometh,” is this not better and more
honorable than to be a feeble advocate
at the bar, or an impecunious, half
starved member of any other learned
profession ?
And lastly, it is very sad when one
finds that he has chosen a line of life
to which he is not adapted. It works
badly, whether the peg is too large or
too small for the hole. —Saturday Eve
ning Pott.
NIGHT IN THE MOON.
At last, however, night set in.
Gratefully it comes after the sun has
gathered up his smiting rays and gone
down to his rest. All at once we are
plunged into comparative obscurity,
for again there is no twilight to stay
the steps of departing day. At one
stride comes the dark. But, look
ing up into the sky, we behold a vast
orb, which pours down a milder and
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is not less than thirteen.times as id
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majestically on its axis, presents its
oceans and continents in grand suc
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BBltl W jEayllgMMp VESPER, GRAND and
PSPhTlgjSP’wPj®/ VIAI.ESTE ORGANS,
• rifiSi'..: LiKin" * ‘in Unique French Cases,
combine PURITY of
VOICING with great volume if tone ; suitable
(jr PA It 1,(111 "T CHURCH.
WATERS’ NEW SCALE PIANOS
hive ureat power and a fine Hinging tone, icith nil
modern improvements, and arc the BUST PI
ANOS 3IADE. These Orpniis and l’iunos arc
warranted for six years. ntICES EXTRB.IIE
LY ItOW for cash or part cash atul balance in
monthly payments. Second-Hand instruments
at great bargains. Pianos and Organs to rent
until paid for as per contract* ACCENTS WAN
TED Special inducements to the trade. A lib
eral discount to Teachers. Ministers,
Lodges, etc. 1 [.LUST IIA TED CAIA LOGUFS MAILED.
HORACE WATERS Si SONS, ,
4SI Broadway, New York. 1* O. Box 35C7.
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NO MIDDLEMEN
Til ii IMPROVED U. 3.
Sewing; Macli in e!
US, A PERFECT WORKING 1 AV ILY MACHINE
POXS. JQ33LO.
We claim for this machine, Ist, simplicity com
bined with durability.
2d. It will not skip Ktitcl.es, but is as sure as.
the high priced machines.
3d. Its great, simplicity makes if the cheapest
machine iu the market that, will do GOOD work.
4th. The parts are all made by machinery, and
are therefore interchangeable.
stli. It makes less noise in • n*> .and works
easier than anv machine in the market.
6th. Unlike ullother cheap machines the needle
enters nearly perpendicular, thus preventing
the breaking of needles.
7th. It will work mi any material, from the
tliinest lawn to the thickest cloth.
Bth. It has no machii err undei the table to
need oiling, all the working parts being on top
and in sight. gW- I^
9th. It is a splendid Embroidering machine,
the peculiar construction of the needle allowing
the use of coarse silk for that purpose.
Send stamp for Circular.
FAIRCHILD & CO..*Jt
176 Bleecker street, New York City.
P.O. address, b0x4785. novlß.ly
Gardener and Florist. Address, j
and. m. ferry & CO.,
r Seedsmen and Florists, DETROIT, Mich.
dec23.4t(B
mailed Free
IVIjgLORAL-. GUIDE
Contains over 1,200 varieties Vegetable and
Flower Seeds. COLORED PLATES. Elegant
wood-cuts of vegetables and flowers. Handaomeat
Guide Published! ©*>* Send for it.
DETROIT SEED CO., Detroit, mlob
dec22.4toe
ri 1 ,1 |7> |\ Cl Garden, Flower and Grass
lOX-J Is 6 /lid . Seeds. Seed Corn, Potatoes,
and other Field Seeds; Tree and Hedge Seeds
etc.; also Bulbs for Spring planting, Grapes and
Small Fruits, and a general assortment of Stand
ard and Dwarf Fruit Trees. Seeds, Bulbs, and
Small Fruits sent bv mail. Kudos, stamp for
Price List. EDWAIU) J. EVANS & CO.,
janC.4ui York, Penn.
THE 100 DAYS 1 OMATO.
ACTUALLY ripens in one bundled days.
Earliest good Tomato ever ofTored. Free
from rot; ships well; remarkably prolilio.
$419.50 Hold from One-fourth Acre.
Positive proof of these claims in Free Circular.
25 cents per packet; 5 for rl, post paid.
Address J. A. FOOTE, Herdsman,
512 Main street, Terre lluute, lud.
janfi eow2t
/•♦II r>( \\ 5 /'\U HEADQUARTERS
v Is 111 Ij i \ *U . for Foreign and
American Clironi ■* Dealers. Agents, Trunk
an t Bux-mskers. Newspaper Publishers and Tea
Stores, will tind a eimpleto supply. Our now
and brilliant spoomlties are unequalled. Our 9
xll Mounted Chromes outsell anything in the
market. Twenty samples by Express for sl.
Illustrated Catalogue free. J. Latham & Cos.,
419 'Va ihiug.ou street, 80-ton, Mass. P. O.
box 2154. janG.tdV'
Amsdcn Pencil—Earliest and Best,
\TERY out West Peach in the world. Recom
mended by Downing, Barry, llusman, Dr.
Warder, I bos. Bercknniu. amt other leading
fruit growers. For full history of tho Peach,
and price of trees, root grafts and scions, address
JOHN WAMPLER,
janfi,tf© Carthago, Missouri.
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