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A UOPKFIL SIG.V OF THE TIMES.
In the midst of the gloom that sur
rounds us all these distressing times,
it is gratifying to look out and see
some tokens of the dawning of a
brighter future. One of the most in
spiring evidences of a return of spirit
ual prosperity to languishing Zion, is
the change in the style of most of the
preaching which we hear. Instead of
the superficial, rhetorical flourishes
that suited most congregations, when
they were in the hey-day of tomporal
prosperity, you will find ministers re
turning to those good old hard doctrines
of repentance and faith, holiness with
out which no man can see God, active
Christian duty as an evidence of in
ward spiritual grace, individual re
sponsibility alike to God and man, for
the success of the Gospel at home and
abroad, a portrayal of the Parables of
our Lord in their deep spiritual signifi
cance and a necessity for the observ
ance of the ordinances as once delivered
to the saints.*^
In consequence of this heartfelt,
practical preaching, there is a shaking
among th dry bones, they are begin
ning to come together and are mani
festing various symptoms of returning
vitality, such as a greater engagodness
in prayer, a more cordial support of the
ministry, and an increased interest in
the prosperity of Zion in all depart
ments of Christian labor. ###
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FKM ALE UNIVERSITY.
The question “ Shall wo have a Fe
male University ?” which is agitating
the ruiuds of tho most benevolent
and thoughtful of our denomina
tion, is one of more importance than
many of us think, Napoleon, when
asked how a country could bo saved,
replied, “ educate the mothers.” And
every person of wisdom, who gives the
subject mature thought, must fully
assent to the truthfulness of his reply.
If our country is ever saved from its
present demoralization, it is by her
daughters it will be accomplished.
They will be educated, and it only re
mains for us to decide whether their
education will be true or false; whether
they will exert an influence to elevate
and ennoble their country, or to sink
it lower in moral degradation. If feel
ings of patriotism fail to prompt us to
some action in this matter, surely, as
Christians and as Baptists, we should
feel the obligations resting upon us to
establish aud perpetuate a university
where the doctrines of our Saviour
will bo taught in their purity aud
truth.
Do we not need a Baptist Female
University to chock tho progress of
Roman Catholicism, which, with invid
ious but rapid power, is dissomiuating
its false teachings through our land ?
Wo sit idle in our Master’s vineyard,
while the wily emissaries of Rome are
strenuously laboring (and alas! too
often with success) to sow the seed of
error in the hearts of girls. The Cath
olics are “ wiser in their generation”
than wo who profess commiseration for
their ignorance and bigotry. Why a:e
their cheap sehools and convents for
girls only ? Is not woman more re
ligious than man ? Her heart won by
their kiudness, her fancy pleased with
their imposing rites and beautiful cer
emonies, and they have gained a zeal
ous devotee, whose future will be spent
in proselyting others to her belief.
Woman’s influence morally and re
ligiosly is unbounded. It is seldom
men who profess belief in any creed,
wander from that taught them by their
mothers. The religious lessons learned
in childhood, whether true or false, will
follow them through life. How many
daughters of Baptist parents return
from these Catholic schools untainted
with the moral poison breathed within
their sacred(?) walls ? It is true, Bap
tists ought not to send their daughters
to Catholic schools, yet, while it is the
universal belief, that pupils are more
“ thoroughly taught” and the expenses
less than those of our colleges, these
schools tvill bo patronized, and by Bap
tists. May our Heavenly Father arouse
us to a sense of duty, and abundantly
bless the efforts made to glorify aud
exalt his name. A Baptist.
For the Index aud Baptist.]
DIRECTORY FROSI EARTH TO HEAVEN.
Dear Index —Please insert in our
valuable paper the following directory
from earth to heaven, as found in an
old book in my library, tho author of
which is said to be the Lord Jesus Christ.
Its importance is to be estimated by
the valuation placed upon the soul. In
order, possibly, to better understand
it, we will designate way stations all
along the route, where travelers are re
quired to call in aud register their
names, for their own and the benfit of
others.
Station and Registry No. I—Repen
tance. Matthew iv: 17 ; Station and
Registry No. 2—Faith in Christ. John
iii: 15-16; Station and Registry No.
3 —Baptism. Matthew iii: 6 ; Station
and Registry No. 4—Mission House.
Matthew xxviii: 19. The above are
the more salient points and places in the
directory, where the names of all en
route for Heaven must be found. Then
the directory is full of duties required
of all registered persons. These du
ties are the evidences, as well as the re
wards of registration.
Now, says Christ, all who thus re
pent, believe and are baptized shall be
saved, or shall go to heaven; and all
who thus deny themselves, take up the
cross and follow Christ, accepting and
discharging all the duties required,
have the unmistakable evidence of
proper registry, and that the route will
terminate with them in Heaven.
I haYe to say, to all whom it may
concerfl, that this directory is divinely
inspired, and cost the Author His life.
Let us not mutilate it, therefore, for
fear of incurring His displeasure.
There can be no difficulty in under
standing the directory, as I think, un
less it be the third station house or
registry. If any are troubled here I
will say for their benefit, the Author
locates it in the Jordan, having regis
tered there Himself, in the presence of
John the Baptist, God the Father and
God the Holy Spirit.
R. S. Ross.
Fort Yalley, March 12, 1876.
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A REVIEW OF AUNT EDITH.
In a late number of The Index we
find the conclusion of a series of arti
cles from “Aunt Edith,” on the ques
tion : “ Shall wo send our girls from
home to be educated ?” As I under
stand them, her chief points are as fol
lows : The daughter, being torn from
the endearing influences of home to
attend school, returns “an adept in vice,
and so utterly changed as hardly to
know herself.” Base deceptions on
commencement day are taught her.
She is a graduate, disappointing all ex
pectations. “To the average girl col
leges and boarding-schools are a posi
tive evil.”
These are grave charges, but there
are doubtless many graduates in our
own beloved Georgia, who are able to
defend themselves from the charge, not
only by a noble, worthy life, but by ar
gument. I wonder they have not done
so ero now.
It may be that the daughter returns
from college “an adept in vice,” but
not, I ween, in this manner, “so utterly
changed as hardly to know herself.”
Hold a moment. What were the facts
concerning the vices of that daughter
before she left home for school ? If I
mistake not, she must have been some
thing of a “rara avis,” haviug a temper
and a strong self-will of her own. The
parental eye, however, did not discern
it, or, at least, dffl not then notice it.
The professors are not so careless
about sowing good seed as Aunt Edith
would have us suppose. I know some
thing about it myself. Allow me to
help her memory by saying that good
seed do not immediately spring up on
fallow ground. Some others have not
forgotten, if Aunt Edith has, the en
dearing words of counsel falling from
the lips of our beloved preceptors,
warning us, while seeking earthly wis
dom, to forget not that wisdom of
which “the fear of the Lord is the be
ginning.” To some they will prove
oases in life’s desert. Suffice it to say
when our girls return from college
“adepts in vice,” humanly speaking, it
does not, we must say, look well for the
parents. As someone says, the “bad”
must have been in them before. And
in that event, though she might return
“an adept in vice,” she would, at least,
be very apt to recognize the same self
she carried away with her.
“Base deceptions on commencement
day.” Ido not seek, or wish to defend
from this charge when it is true, but
deplore it. as deeply as anyone. I don’t
believe in girls ascending the rostrum,
and blushiugly giving to “an admiring
audience,” as her own, thoughts which
belong to another. It is, indeed, a base
deception wlkui it is done. But who
is to blam ■ ior it? the faculty, the
pupil hosolf, or her friends? The
faeulv all concur in heartily wishing
the pupils to present only strictly orig.
itial compositions, and use every in
ducement in their power to have them
do so. Do they question the young
graduate, she avers it her own. What
more would you have them do ? True,
they have their suspicions, but you
would not have them question tho ve
racity of your daughter. They are then
released from all blame. The daugh
ter, herself? No, you do not believe
it her fault. Then on the paronts, or
inconsiderate friends alone, does the
responsibility rest. Who, it may be
asked, taught this daughter her first
lessons in simple honor and truth ?
Were the simple principles of these
great attributes instituted into her
young mind ? If that mind has culled
the sweet flowers of truth and honor
from the parent lips, she would have
scorned to give, “as her oron, thoughts
which belong to another," prefering rath
er to read her own “crude, illegible
effusion." But there are those, nor is
the number small, who do themselves
credit by reading essays upon subjects
“not of which the mind seems in total
iguorance,” but with which the mind
is perfectly conversant. One would
suppose these were taught lessons of
honor and truth in their youth. The
former class owe their failure to the
lack of proper home training, and their
own dispositions. The latter their suc
cess to the combined training of home
and school life, and to their wn de
termined perseverance and laborious
efforts. There’s a difference, where
does it lie ?
But again. “She is a graduate at
home, disappointing all expectations.”
Not able, it seems, to write letters for
father, or keep his accounts; no music;
a note to a friend, “a miserable speci
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST.
men of penmanship and spelling.”
This must be bad. We can only hope
that this is only one example—the ex
ception always accompanying general
rules. But if it be true in other cases
that she is utterly useless, discontented,
averse to any and all kind of work, ex
cept sleeping late, reading light litera
ture, etc., then something else must
have occupied her brain during these
many years. Someone mentions
“boys, sweethearts.” Well, perhaps
that is it. They say such things will
meddle with girls, and text-books,
sometimes. No matter what may be
said about it, all know that the stern
gallantry laws of colleges of the pres
ent day exclude all probability of such
intermeddlers among “our gi-ls” while
there.
But after all, admitting that diplo
mas are given to undeserving ones,
that some do go from our colleges un
worthy the name of graduates, a fact
owing to circumstances not under the
control of the colleges, the number is
far greater who are now proving them
selves worthy of the time and money
spent in their behalf. Scores of young
ladies teaching school, supporting aged
parents. Many writing for literary
papers and journals, making them
selves bright and shining lights in the
literary world—greater and better than
all proving themselves worthy the title
of woman.
“To the average girl, colleges and
boarding-schools are a positive evil.”
How many hundreds of graduates
could rise up and refute this assertion?
How many, looking back, would bear
witness with joy to the good arising for
them from their beloved Alma Mater.
They would proclaim another law. To
the greater number of girls, colleges
are a positive good. Apart from other
benefits, the college is but a ininature
world. It has its battles to be fought,
its temptations to be overcome. Let
the youth enter this world, view the
accomplishments and achievements of
others, and with a generous spirit of
emulation enter the contest. These
contests, mental and otherwise, will fit
them for the contests of the real world.
It Kay prove to them a lasting, invalu
able benefit. It may aid them in mak
ing life a success. To whom are they
accountable who, through misguided
reason, refuse to bestow this priceless
legacy ? Ela.
“ Stmuy Home.”
For the Index and Baptist.]
SUCH IS LIFE.
What a mystery is life! When xve
meditate upon our existence, and the
responsibilities which rest upon us, we
are filled with a feeling of awe. For
what were wo created? To glorify
God. How many fall short of this
great motive ? Where is the consola
tion for that bereft mother when she is
robbed of her first born ? Where is
her solace ? In the thought, “ The
Lord’s will be done.” Where is there
one among us, that does not make plans
for the future? Yes, in our blindness
and imagination we picture the days of
tho future so bright and happy. But
Time sweeps them away, and sorrow is
placed in their stead. Such is life.
Some people spend the greater portion
of their lives in accumulating wealth.
Days, weeks, months and years, are
spent on that one thought—“ How
shall I get rich ?” This subject en
grosses their whole time. And just as
they begin to term themselves rich,
some financial crisis .comes, and all is
swept away. Such is life. What is
there more lovely to our sight than the
works of Nature ? When we wander
in the groves, amid Nature’s graud dis
plays, we cannot but think of Him who
made everything so beautiful. The
lovely flowers seem strown along like a
carpet for our feet, while the merry
birds carol their sweet, praises in the
budding trees. But when winter comes
all this is passed. The flowers give
way to brown leaves, aud the birds to
snow flakes, and such is life. How
often are we called upon to give up that
which is dearest to us in this life ? Our
friends, ono by one, are passing over to
the other shore. Scarcely do we sigh
for the loss of one, ’ere another wan
ders off into eternity. There is no one
that has not parted, for the last time,
with some beloved friend. Sadly we
say “ Such is life.” But, after all these
disappointments are over, thank God,
we, too, shall rest secure; we will join
our loved ones gone on before, and in
the joy of that meeting we will exclaim:
Such is eternal life —this is Heaven.
Ethel.
Calhoun, Tennessee.
For the Index and Baptist.]
RF.Y. U. J. HOt;IF. INDIAN MISSIONARY.
Editors Christian Index —At the
last meeting of the Bethel Association,
held with Summer Hill church, Stew
art county, the amounts contributed by
the churches and collected during the
meeting, for Bro. R. J. Hogue, Indian
Missionary, added up in all about two
hundred and forty dollars. And this is
all he has to look to for a support
while preaching among the Indians.
He has been the missionary of the
Bethel Association for many years, and
when recalled a few years past by the
Association on account of its poverty,
(?) he refused to leave his work, feel
ing, as he expressed himself, that it
was his duty to stay.
Upon this refusal to forsake his post,
the Association agreed to do what she
could to support him there, but refus
ed to become again responsible for his
salary. And since that time, he has
had only what was sent up by the
churches expressly for him, and what
a few individuals have given. In this
manner he has worked on, and often in
what straights we can only imagine,
for R; J. Hogue does not complain at
hardships and deprivations.
For such a scanty allowance to be
all he has to look to from us, it would
seem he should be placed in possession
of that. But though the Association
met November sth, 1875, brother
Hogue writes under date February 14,
1876, over three months between, that
he has not yet heard anything from
our Treasurer nor the Board. We
sent him a minute of the Association,
and from that, and what we wrote to
him, he has learned what he was to
get, otherwise he would have been yet
in profound ignorance of anyth’ng
having been contributed.
This amount is a very scanty allow
ance for one in his situation, and such
delay on the part of those whose duty
it is to forward it to him, seems almost
unpardonable —at least, we hope this
will call their attention to it, and if the
delay is not theirs, but is the fault of
the mail or express, they may look after
the matter immediately. D. B. F.
Florence, Stewart co., Ga., Feb. 29, 1876.
For the Index and Baptist. I
MR. HARD TIMES.
While passing the hotel the other
day, 1 noticed a man sitting on the
piazza as well contented as if he had
just enjoyed a good dinner; but his
peculiar appearance caused me to con
clude who he was, and to ask, “How
are you, Mr. Hardtimes?”
“Very well, indeed, sir; how are
you ?”
After giving him the desired in
formation, “Have you been in this
country very long?”
“Only since last July, sir.”
“ Had you visited our land before
then ?”
“Yes, sir, about ten years ago I
traveled over nearly all the States of
your Union.”
“ Is this your native country ?’’
“Not exclusively, sir.”
“ Enough, I trust, for that saying to
be verified in your case also. A pr phet
is not without honor save ir his own
country and among his own kindred ;
for, are you aware that some of our
people speak, by no means, in the
highest terms of you ?”
“ Don’t say some people; say every
body, even the darkies; and now and
then a white man who has never done
anything, (right here he stepped on my
toes, but I did’t let him know it) or
some ignoramus who has failed in
business, or some rustic chap who,
through negligence, has let his farm
bring him into debt, all charge their
failures to my account.”
“ But some are striving to do and
have something in life; what say you
for them ?”
“That much said does very well, but
you must say more; they worship
Baal, (spelled in AmericafoHe.) Among
farmers, all have bowed the knee to
him, nor are they satisfied with one or
a dozen ; the man who has one hun
dred and seventy is envied of his
neighbor. In order to check this,
therefore, the weather being fair as
well as dry, I came along here and or
dered everybody to bring their Baals,
not to be sacrificed to, but, half-stuffed
and puny as they were, to be sacrificed
for whatever they were current.”
My time being out, I bade him good
day. My opinion of the old man is,
he is more than a gentleman, acting
from the purest of motives, and is far
from depriving any of their rights.
He will, perhaps, do well about here,
for men have been laying up something
for Hardtimes ever since I was a boy
If he comes to see you, don’t put on
a long face; he is tired of seeing people
down in the mouth ; be cheerful if you
would entertain him. I stole away
from him, but he says he never stays
long with those whom he finds dili
gent jin business, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord, for fear he will
hinder them from usefulness.
G. J. Thompson.
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WANTED—A PREACHER.
We are very much in need of a
preacher, and trust every one who
reads this will do all he can to supply
us. We are willing to subscribe very
largely toward his salary, notwith
standing we are all very poor, and
most of us over head and ears in debt,
and nothing to pay our debfs with ;
indeed, we don’t want anything more
than the law allows us, for then we
would be liable to be sued, and the
Bible forbids us going to law. We
have a fine house to worship in, but
most of it is not paid for, and there is
a mortgage on it. We want a very
wealthy preacher who would be willing
to pay the church debt, and then lend
us money occasionally, about every
week or two, to swap horses with. Our
horses are poor, and we have to give
boot when we trade, and we don’t have
it. We want a preacher who has
plenty of money. A poor man would
not suit us. We have a weakly prayer
meeting, but as none of us pray in pub
lic, we don’t attend. We want a
preacher who is willing to be at pray
er-meeting regularly by himself. By
unanimous vote we have combined all
the offices in the church into one. We
require our pastor to be sexton, clerk,
deacon and bishop. It is the pastor’s
duty to sweep the house, light the
lamps, ring the bell, and when the con
gregation comes, preach to them. We
want a preacher who can siag well, as
none of us knows anything about
music. We never sing at church. It
is the pastor’s duty also to collect his
own salary, see after the poor, visit the
sick and the well, supply his own wants
and those of his family and friends.
We want a pastor with a small family,
and a stout, robust wife that can do
her own washing and cooking. The
pastor must keep the church books,
and do all the correspondence, the
greater part of which will be to reply
to duns. We want a preacher who
will be popular with the other denomi
nations here. He must know exactly
what would offend what would
please, and say nothing but what
pleases all. If our pastor says any
thing displeasing, we do not propose
to tell him of it, but our plan has been
to quit going to church, and keep every
body away we can ; refuse to pay our
subscriptions, and try to starve him
out. We generally succeed, and never
fail to receive the applause of the
other denominations. We have had
several preachers, but none of them
having the necessary qualifications, we
have run them off. We are now with
out a pastor, and should any preacher
who reads this possess the herein men
tioned necessary qualifications, if he
will write to us enclosing a stamped
envelop and blank sheet ot foolscap
raper, we will subscribe a sa ary equal
to that of Beecher, or any other man.
Address the Insubmissionary Bap
tist church, Pacific City, 0. K.
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OUR FIRST NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
It is not generally known that the
archieves of the State of Georgia con
tain many of the oldest and most in
teresting original papers connected with
American history. They consist of
public documents, civil and military,
letters with the autographs of nearly
every man of national or state impor
tance, etc. In the collection we were
shown a most rare and interesting doc
ument, being the original manuscript
of Washington’s Proclamation appoint
ing a day of national thanksgiving up
on the successful inauguration of the
new government under the Constitution
of 1787. It was issued under a recom
mendation of the First Congress, and
bears the genuine signature of Wash
ington. We have been furnished with
a copy of this* Proclamation, which,
whether in spirit elegant diction, may
be said to stand unrivaled in the polit
ical literature of the country. It reads
as follows:
[Copied from the Original.]
BY THB PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
a PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations
to acknowledge the providence of Al
mighty God, to obey His will, to be
grateful for his benefits, and humblv
to implore his protection and favor—
and Whereas both Houses of Congress
have by their joint committee request
ed me “to recommend to the People of
“the United States a day of public
“thanksgiving and prayer to beobserv
“ed by acknowledging with grateful
“hearts the many signal favors of Al
“mighty God especially by affording
“them an opportunity peaceably to es
tablish a form of government for
“their safety and happiness.”
Now therefore I do recommend and
assign Thursday the 26th day of No
vember next to be devoted by the Peo
ple of these States to the service of that
great and glorious Being, who is the
beneficent author of all the good that
was, that is, or that will be—That we
may then all unite in rendering unto
him our sincere and humble thanks
for his kind care and protection of the
People of this country previous to their
becoming a Nation—for the signal and
manifold mercies, and the favorable in
terpositions of his Providence which
we experienced in the course and con
clusion of the late war—for the great
degree of tranquility, union, and plenty,
which we have since enjoyed—for the
peaceable aad rational manner in which
we have been enabled to establish con
stitutions of government for our safety
and happiness, and particularly for the
national one now lately instituted—for
the civil and religious liberty with
which we are blessed ; and the means
we have of acquiring and diffusing
useful knowledge ; and in general for
all the great and various favors which
he hath been pleased to confer upon
us.
And also that we may then unite in
most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to tile great Lord and
Ruler of Nations and beseech him to
pardon our national and other trans
gressions—to enable us all, whether in
public or private stations, to perform
our several and relative duties properly
and punctually—to render our national
government a blessing to all the peo
ple, by constantly being a Government
of wise, just, and constitutional laws,
discree*ly and faithfully executed and
obeyed—to protect and gu ; de all Sov
ereings and Nations (especially such as
have shown kindness unto us) and to
help them with good government, peace,
and concord—to promote the knowledge
and practice of true religion and virtue,
and the increase of science among them
and us—and generally to grant unto
all mankind such a degree of temporal
prosperity as he alone knows to be
best.
Given under my hand at the city of
New York the third day of October
in the year of our Lord 1789.
G’o. Washington.
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AS appeal from brother r. l. j grast.
Atlanta, Ga., March 10, 1876.
We have this day examined Riv. R.
L. J. Grant’s crippled limb, and think,
from our experience in such cases, that
the limb can be straightened by the
use of proper surgical appliances, arid
made so that he could use it in walk
ing. -
In view of Mr. Grant’s profession,
and limited means, we propose to give
him the benefit of our professional
services free of charge, and require
from him only *he cost of the appliances
necessary in his case, which would be
($75) seventy-five dollars. He will
require the use of these appliances for
a period of from ten to twelve months.’
R. H. Roland,
Secretary National Surgical Institute.
The above charges de not include
board. They have reduced their board
to $25 per month in my case. It will
be necessary for me to stay here about
two months. I know, brethren, you
will pardon my boldness, when you
know how anxious I am to lay down
these crutches, and walk, and labor like
you. Need I tell you that I have not
the means ? I appeal to the brother
hood to assist me. Will not some
“good Samaritan” see this ? Some of
the brethren have promised to help.
All contributions will be sent to
brethren James P. Harrison & Cos., of
The Index, and everything acknowl
edged through that paper.
I have left my field of labor and have
come up here to attend to this. Shall
I return, walking, leaping and prais*
ing God ? Shall I make myself bur
densome ? “ God forbid 1”
R. L. J. Grant.
C|ilhtit’s Corner.
THE LITTLE BIRD.
A little bird, with feathers brown
Site singing in a tree;
The song was very soft and low,
But sweet as could be.
And all the people passing by
Looked up to see the bird,
That made the sweetes melody
That ever they had heard.
But all the bright eyes looked in vain,
. For birdie was so small,
And with a modest, dark-brown coat,
He made no show at all.
“Why, Papa,” little Gracie said,
Where can this little birdie be ?
If I could smg a song like that,
I’d sit where folks could see.”
“ I hope my little girl will learn
A lesson from that bird,
And try to do what she can,
Not to be seen or heard.
“This birdie is content to sit
Unnoticed by the wav,
And sweetly sing his Maker's praise
From dawn to close of day.
“So live, My child, all through your life.
That be it short or long,
Though others may forget you looks,
They'll not forget your song.”
“GOD KXOIVS ME AWHOW.”
Frank had beautiful long hair hang
ing over his shoulders, and his parents
were proud of his appearance. One
day he got his mother’s scissors, went
to a looking glass, and cut off all his
fair locks.
His father and mother were much
displeased at him for so doing, and re
solved to punish him in this way:
When they were at the dinner table,
his father, pointing to him, said to his
mother, “What little boy is that?”
“ I’m your little Franky, papa,” he at
once said, not giving his mother time
to reply.
“Nonsense,” was the father’s answer,
“my little Franky has beautiful long
hair; I would not give my Franky for
a dozen boys such as you.”
Franky now turned to his mother
and said, “Ain’t I your little Franky?”
but mamma only shook her head. Mat
ters were now looking serious, and
Franky becoming alarmed, could not
make auv progress with his dinner.
He now appealed to his brother, and
asked if he was not little Franky, but
his brother only shook his head.
He was becoming very unhappy at
ths thought that father, mother and
brother no longer racognized him, and
at last he burst into tears, saying as he
did so, “ Well, God knows me, any
how/’
Tears were now in other eyes as well
as Franky’s. Those who are near and
dear to us may no longer own us, but
if we are his children, “God knows us
anyhow”
In speaking of the incompetent
teachers in the primary class and how
to get rid of them, Alice W. Knox says
in the Sunday-School World :
It sometimes strangely seems as though the
most incompetent and undesirable were the
most persistent. Tael is needed here as much
as in the management of scholars; but rather
than permit a class to suffer or leave, let the
unprofitable teacher be kindly but plainly re
3uested to resign. Sometimes a person who
esires to do good has no talent for teaching,
but might do acceptable work in some other
department. In one instance such a teacher
became a famous school treasurer. There is a
niche for every worker, to which they are just
fitted; and it is best (or them, as well as others,
that each should be in the proper place. It !b
delicate business telling people their faults
and short-comings, but Sunday-school teachers
should be willing to hear and accept the truth.
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growth of the Reformed (Dutch) church in
twenty years. In 1856 there were 380
churches in the entire body; in 1875 there
were 490.