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The Christian Index. Vol. 57- -No 49. Table of Contents. First Page—Alabama Department: Sacred Biography; A Sad History; Alabama News; Spirit of the Religious Press. Second Page— Correspondence: Tbe Koran ami Mohammedanism—B. W. Whilden, ibird paper; The Cultivation of Christian Benevolence in the Sunday-school; From St. Mary’s; Proceedings of the Columbia Union; The Sunday-school; The Infant Messiah; Lesson for January 4. 1880; Re ceipts Georgia Mission Board—J. H. De- Votie. Third Page.—Children’s Corner: There shall be no Night There—poetry, Miss Susie .1. Cole; Golden Words to Yonng Men; The •Sister, etc ; New Advertisements. Sixth Page.—Our Pulpit: Sermon by Rev. G. W. Colquitt; Obituaries. Fourth Page.—Editorials: Whom Is It Easiest to Please? Lost—Saved; Is Chris tianity a failure? The Value of Unhistoric Lives; Rev. Jos. S. Bauer; Rev. J.B Hart well; Home Missions; Georgia Baptist News. Fifth Page —Secular Editorials; News Para graphs; Literary Notes and Comments; Colored Baptist Seminary; Work for Je sus—poetry —Chas. W.' Hubner; Georgia News. Seventh Page—The Farmer’s Index: Im proved Farming; The Value of Water for Cows; Care of Stock in Winter, etc. Eighth Page—Florida Department: Weekly Correspondence; Brief Notes; State News. BY SAMUEL HENDERSON. CHANGE OF POST-OFFICE. From and after the Ist day of De cember, 1879, my correspondents will please address me at Faybttevii.le, Talladega County, Alabama. Be sure to insert the name of the coun ty, to prevent confusion, as there are other post-offices in Alabama quite similar in name. The Baptist Courier, Religious Herald, Alabama Baptist, the Memphis Baptist, Western Recorder. Texas Baptist, and Examiner and Chronicle, will all take due notice of this, and accommodate nte accordingly. Sam’l Henderson. Alpine, Nov. 21. 1879. SA CRED BI OCR APH Y. One of the most important uses of sacred biography is, that it consecrates the names of ancient worthies with the known possession of heaven. It is encouraging and comforting for us to know that, men who were compass ed with . our infirmities —who wept, and [frayed, and labored as we do— who endured like temptation, atllic tion, and distresses with us —who left their footprints on the very path that we are treading whose seasons of spiritual depression and exultation were just such as are common to us—whose experience of the “exceeding sinful ness of sin” and the rapture of par don were, in all essential points, such as are our heritage—all this, we say, is not a little consoling and cheering to us. Many years ago, we remember to have heard one of our ablest and best ministers deliver a discourse upon the sin and recovery of Peter; and among other things he said, that whatever might be the preference of others, to him, Peter was the most ineresting of the twelve, for the reason that | his great sin in denying his Lord [ furnished the occasion of a sub- I sequent ingenuous repentance, and an as er career of supreme de votion to his divine master, that placed him among the chief of an cient heroes, thus showing that di vine grace once imparted can and will overmaster the sins and infirmities of every recipient. It brings the very Apostle to whom Christ committed "the keys of the kingdom of heaven” down to the level of our common hu manity in t'.ie weaknesses and frailties of a common nature. We feel that the apostles of the Lamb are but men of “like passions with us,” and that they struggled with the same “corrup tions that are in the flesh” which we so often deplore. Many a Christian has thanked God from the depth of his soul that this incident in the life of Peter—his denial and reclamation has been so minutely recorded. It has rescued many an erring believer from the very jaws of despair, and given him “a song in the night.” But then, let us not misconstrue the purport of all this. Why has the Holy Spirit directed holy men of old to record so faithfully the sins and in firmities, as well as the virtues of good men? Not certainly to induce us to commit like offences so that we might ] illustrate the like virtues. Rather are 1 they recorded to warn us of the rock on which they split. Their language ' is, “Beware of those sins that entailed upon us such grief and suffering.” Think of what the indulgence of a single lust brought upon David and his family! “The sword shall never depart from thy house.” The fearfulness with which this divine threatening was ful filled is found in his subsequent his tory, as well as in the wailings and lamentations of many of his peneten tial Psalms. There they stand, eter nized as a perpetual warning to all who are compassed with like infirmity. They are the hoarse mutterings of the divine luw to deter the rash and SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST. of Alabama. thoughtless from incurring the like, or even heavier,penalties upon themselves. Such is the lesson whicr. the sins of God’s people, as recorded in His word, I is intended to impart. i Again, instead of depreciating, we | ought to thank God for what we some | times call the heartless criticisms of j the ungodly, called out by the imper i lections of Christians. These criticisms are often the means of arousing a I slumbering conscience, as did the mes- I sage of Nathan to David. A worthy : minister in our hearing recently, quot ing the passage, “Beware of dogs,” com pared those critics to dogs--tlie dogs ot the “Good Shepherd.” As the sheep go astray, those “dogs” take ! their track, and follow them until they bring them back, often not a little worried by the chase. So erring Chris tians are often hunted down by these critics, and driven back into the fold, back to “the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls.” Is it not well that even bad men can serve in the place of dogs to the “Shepherd of Israel?” How cheering to know that “where sin abounds, grace does much more I abound!” How consoling the fact | that every contingency is foreseen and ; provided for, and that there are no ini- ’ pediments of guilt but what grace en gages to remove! For while God’s, covenanted mercies do not exempt his children from imperfections, afflictions, enemies, the bidings of his face, and the deepest gloom, they are neverthe- j less “ordered in all things and sure.” Where are those ancient worthies to day? “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in bis'temple.” And what is that to us? Much, every way. We believe that the same grace that gave them the victory over all their foes, and planted their feet upon glassy sea, will give us the like victory, and bring j us to join the blood-washed throng. I 0, how sweet to think as we read the I sad story of many of their lives on ' earth, that from their heart-strings in glory no wail of distress is ever heard, i but that “ ‘Tis strung, and tuned for endless years, And formed by power divine To sound in God the Father’s ears No ocher name blit Thine.” A SAD HISTORY. More than a quarter of a century ago, we knew a very worthy gentle man, whose wife was a most excellent Christian woman. He was accounted wealthy, and was prospering in all his worldly enterprises. Though strictly | moral in all his deportment, and great- | gratly attached to the church of I which his wife was a member,! contributing liberally to its support, i he never allowed the subject of reli- 1 gion to disturb his mind. He ! could not be drawn into close personal ! conversation on the subject. He had | set his heart upon the world so fully as ; to exclude all concern about his soul, I or the great hereafter. Although he I attended church regularly, yet, under the most searching and impassioned I appeals from the ablest ministers, and > under the deepest and broadest influ ence of God’s spirit upon the church ; and community, his face was always ! as calm and expressionless as marble, j He was never known to betray the slightest interest as to his personal sal- , vation. And yet, with all this, henev- ] er threw a straw in the way of any I friend who betrayed any desires on the ' subject. And what was still more sin gular, his association was confined | mostly to the best Christian men in the community where he resided. His respect for ministers, too, was really ; profound. He was always delighted to j have them in his family, for no man ! surpassed him in genial hospitality, j But, as we have suggested, he was . wedded to the world,and nothing could | divorce him from his idol. We once i witnessed an appeal his wife made to ' him from a sick bed from which she did not expect to rise, that we have i scarcely ever heard surpassed from , mortal lips; but it made no more ini- , pression on him, that we could discov er, than an arrow darted against a granite wall. There he stood, passion less and emotionless as a statue of bronze. Years rolled on ; the children—one daughter and two sons —were placed in the best schools, and trained with every care. At about eighteen years of age the daughter graduated with every accomplishment that could be acquired at one of the best female in stitutions of the country. And she was i a gem of which any family might be proud. But, alas! in a year or two she sickened and died. The mother wept and mourned as a mother only can weep and mourn ; but bowed sub 1 missively to the bereavement as it be came a godly woman. The father; was defiant and rebellious, wondering “what quarrel God had with him to take away an only daughter!” The same Providence that brought the mother nearer to God, repelled the father to a greater distance from him. Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, December 18, 1879. ' He never seemed to have had a thought in regard to himself or his family be- ‘ j yond this present life. In a conversa , . lion with a friend on one occasion, he made a remark to this effect; That he ‘'had rather acquire a fortune for his children in this world, if it sent him to '; perdition, than to raise them in poverty j and go to Heaven!'’ Now, reader, i mark the results, as we detail them in 1 sadness. The death of an only daugh i ter, just mentioned, was the beginning lof his calamities. His worldly affairs, in spite of all his care and labor, took j a downward tendency. Loss succeed led loss, until thousands were swept away; and in the midst of these mis fortunes he fell a victim to disease, and died leaving no evidence of any change for the better. A few years after, one of his two sons was killed by a most worthy man as a sad necessity, super induced by dissipation. The other one was unfortunate in business, in volved his mother in his liabilities, and Stripped her of everything she had left for her old age; and, if she is now liv ing, she is earning her food and raiment j by her daily toil. We suppress locality 'and names; for we would not give I pain to a living soul. The lessons derived from this sad his-' j tory are too obvious to be mentioned ! here. How sadly true that “they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurt ful lusts, which drown men in destruc- | tion and perdition.” The Alabama Baptist.—Without in the slightest degree disparaging the ability of Dr. Winkler, we must be al lowed to say, that the accession of brother Renfroe once more to its edi torial department has given this organ of the Baptists of Alabama just that kind of interest essential to its most desired success. Brother R. knows 1 the Baptists of this State—has been 1 reared among them—is loved, honored, I and trusted by them. He embodies I just those instincts—those broad sym [ pathies—which can touch at will the ! heartsof nis brethren, and inspire them [ with something of his own impas [ sioned zeal. The readers of that paper I may well promise themselves a rich ; weekly entertainment in the broad 1 range of practical subjects that shall be discussed iu its editorial columns With brother West in supreme com mand, with Dr. Winkler's classical pen on the one side, and brother Renfroe’s varied and effective capacities on the other, the paper certainly deserves the j most enlarged success. We tender to ' these brethren our best wishes. ALABAMA NEWS. —Typhoid fever is more prevalent than 1 usual at Eufaula. —Evergreen has a negro woman as preach j er for a colored church. —Clayton has a public school with 180 | pupils and four teachers. —The government intends to greatly ini- j prove the harbor of Mobile. —Mr. F. A. B, Smith has become the pub lisher of the Wetumpka Alabamian. . —Twenty-five negroes left Greene county i the other day for the Mississippi bottoms. —A special train recently ran over the New Orleans and Mobile roadat tbe speed of , I about one mile per minute. —By being accidentally shot in the leg. ■ Mrs. George Martin, near Huntsville, had I her speech restored to her. —Gen. Alpheus Baker has removed to the j city of Louisville and has formed a partner ship with Sterling B. Tony, Esq., formerly a citizen of this State. —Laborers are scarce and in big demand i throughout Pike county. Wages are two or 1 three dollars in advance for farm work by the month of what was paid in the spring. i —II. P. Sibley, of Augusta. Ga-, has leased I tlie Round Mountain Furnace, audit will be ] in lull blast, making iron, by the first of ! February next. W. H. Stocks, manager. I —When the Selma and Peesacola road is I i finished, it will beb t a picnic excursion to j ! the shining waters of the gulf. Fish and | I oysters will then be as cheap in Selma as in i . Pensacola. —The Mtdwav church has called Rev. W. | S. Rogers for two Sundays in each month 1 I during tho ensuing year. He will also serve 1 Hartville one Sunday and Mt. Zion one Sun- I 1 day in each month. —Tbe venerable Bishop, Robert Paine, ; who presided over the session of North Al abama Con farence at Tuscaloosa, is eighty years of age. He rode the circuit from Huntsville to Demopolis in 1819, sixty years ago. —The Alabama Law Journal, heretofore published at Tuscaloosa and the Nashville Law Journal have consolidated. The com bination will hereafter have its headquarters in Mongomery. _ —Tiic Eutaw Whigsays five wagons, con taining as many or more families, passed through Eutaw last Mondav morning mov 1 ing from Western Texas back to Talladega, j Ala. They say that Alabama is a fur better i country than 'Texas. —The finances of Alabama are improving. The exhibit just made by the Auditor Isen- I | couraging. It n fleets great credit upon the j energy ami ability of tbedistinguished And 1 i itorin making collection of current and de linquent lines totheState, It must be home ■ in mind thut the revenue of 1879 was freight- ! I ed with Legislative expenses which did not occur in 1878. During the fiscal year 1880 there will tie no Le.-lslative expenses, and , the Auditor therefore expects a surplus of $50,000 for the current year This sum add ed to the balance in the Treasury October Ist, 1879. will give us not less than $280,- OUO surplus in the Treasury when the Gener- I al Assembly of 1880, convenes. rhe Religious Press. A writer in The Presbyterian Ban ner,'•speaking of the ordinances says : “We should keep them pure ami en tire 1. Pure, i. e., free from any admix tore of human inventions or devices ‘ God would newer allow the will or « is dotn of any of.iiiscreatures should be the rise, ride or memure of his worship. This honor ID hath reserved to Himself, neither will he part with it unto any oilier. The Scriptures abound wi'h se vere interdict <i: s against those who shall I pr--snme tiTvflF..: appo-nt anything in His worship besides ilisown institution ’ To introduce anything of man’s device into religious worship is to pollute God s holy ordinam-i's. Pent, xii: 32. 2. En tire is wc should not add anything to the divine ordinances of worship, so we should not de'racl from them. Every ordinsnee of > htis the same au thority for iqtsrfss'rvance. If we should observe one became Go 1 has appointed it, we should oh serve all for the same reas >n.” Admirably ut, Brother Presbyte rian. This i-‘,jnst what we have al ways contend, d for ; and for this we have often been denounced as bigots. Perhaps, howeter, this is because we practice wliSlVepreach. “Hie city of Cincinnati has become con spiettous for the open desecration of th Sabba h allowe ! by the authorities, and indulged in by a great number of the citizens. The saloons are all thrown oi-en, 1 quor suf-1 in abundance, and to these w< re s on added tluatres, some of the wry lowest ami vilest description. Into these tlieyoutlis of the city poured themselves :mlay evening. Tbe ruinous consequences have begun to de velop thetns li-es, and last Sunday the police intervened and closed the then ties, dispersing the audiences which had gathered, as usual The affair has made some excitement, but the law is with the police, and cerjlunly the effort to re strain vice and shield the young people < f the city from rhe gross temptation, is commendable.” ■: We are sorry that this state of things should exist in Cincinnati, or anywhere else, but we cannot help thinking that if the same thing could be said of this our city of Atlanta,political capital would be made of it by some of the religious papers, and that capi tal would he brought to bear on the next Presidential election! All that we have to say about it is that we sym pathize with the people of God in Cin cinnati, wl|o he deeply grieved by iDy' «f?j'ob'iged to witness, and w< trust that' in answer to their prayers, and as the result of their la bors, it may please God to send them speedy and full deliverance. We may add that we have more faith in the Gospel than we have in the law. If the people are determined to desecrate the Lord’s day, no legislative enact ments can prevent it. We make no opposition to law, we only say that it will not be eflectual. The way to stop people from doing such things, is to so operate on them that they will not desire to do them. The Gospel of Christ and tlie grace of God are the only complete remedies that we know of. More prayer, more faith, and more Christian activity are needed in Cincinnati. Brethren, we join our prayers to yours. “Thy kingdom come.” In a manufacturing town in Connecti cut a clergyman preached last Sunday on the Apostle Peter, selecting for his text, that pastage which speaks of him as Ce phas, a rock or a stone For flfte- n min utes the preacher split hairs on the nice ties of difference in the meaning of the words rock and stone. Then he plunged into the dead languages, and gave his hearers the benefit of the passage first in Greek, then in Latin and la-tly, in He brew. When it is considered that a large majorit y of his congregation is composed of factory hands, it. is easy to see exactly how edifying this gentleman’s discourse was to the occupants of the pews. After he had finished all he had to say in in, Greek, snd Hebrew, he commenced quoting poetry, and finished with impas sioned appeals to his audience to em brace the opportunity now offered them of setting out for heaven. We don’t know where this story comes from ; it may or may not be true ; but we have often beard sermons of which the above is n pret y good description, though somewhat exaggerated. But, with rare exceptions, it is certainly best in preaching, to say but little about Greek or Hebrew, or about poetry, phi losophy, or history. ’ A plain, straight forward exposition of Scripture truth is what is wanted. The Baptist Courier, speaking of in telligent piety, says pithily: “Really, we fear that if religion were a matter of dollats and cents, nine tenths of the ChristianH of our day would he bankrupt within twelve months, simply for lack of information essential to pros perity. How few, comparatively, will even go to the cost of subscribing for a religious newspaper, or take the time and trouble to read it carefully when they have got it, content to remain as ig norant oi what is going on in the reli gious world as a child of six years of age is of international politics. Yes, and what is worse tliun that, a good nmtiy of our so-called “baptized believers” know very little of what was “going on in the religious world” eigh teen hundred years ago. Some of our THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, preachers are very “successful,” how ever. Dean Stanley has said : “The best in- I . stitmions he found in America were tbe , public libraries, and the worst were the I newspapers.” He did not mean to sav, of course', that all the new-p ipers are bad, but that he found enough of the uu ' worthy in them as a class to deserve his ’ criticism and condemnation. Itisoneof • tbe inevitable tnii-fortunes, perhaps, of ’ our D-mocratic civilization, that while we ha>e the best of certain tilings, we ' shall have also that which reaches tbe other extreme. Whatever we may say ! of -ocular journals, we will all agree tnat it ought t<> be the aim of the religious ’ ones to set the example of dignity, truth ’ fulness, earm stness and thorough devo tion to every good cause. Ami it is a ’ qtte tion whether they can all rightly i ' claim that in this respect they are true to their mission. And as these remarks are made by i The Presbyterian Banner, published in Pittsburg, we hope they are not to be considered “puerile.” Pius IX. has had a remarkably speedy delivetance from purgatorial fires if the following account of his reception in heaven, given by Le Pelerin, a French Papistical i aper of large circulation, be true: “Upon entering Paradise, he (Pius IX.) received a crown from the hands oi the Immaculate Virgin Mary, as a reward for the crown he had con ferred on her while on earth.” St. Jo -1 seph, whom he had made the patron and protector of the Church, did not fail to ! shake him cordially by the hand and thank him. On seeing him enter, St. Peter instantly gave the pitch, and the | heavenly choir struck up, while Francis ‘ de Sales and Alfonso de Liguori, whom ‘ he had proclaimed doctors of the Church, ‘ extollid each in turn the exploits at d achievements of his pontificate. “And fifty two saints, and twenty six blessed, who owe to Pius IX. their existing pusi : tion, regaled him with melodious con , certs.” We have some curiosity to know the ! way in which Le Pelerin professes to 1 have obtained its information, and are 1 reminded of a saying of Mr. J. Billings 1 that “It is better not to know so much, than it is to know so many things that 1 ain’t true.” 1 Here is a shot from the Christian . Advocate: , “He who slitters himself that he has , deep feeling without ever showing any, ' may be a very correct sort of a man. but he is scarcely more useful to a church than a mass of “lox-fiie” in a fireplace. ' Theglitterof conventional blatnelei-sness is not the love that bm ns in a Christ like . heart and works in a Christ like life. | ( And here is a shell : “Many of the enterprises for raising mo’.ey for Christ’s Church are of such a character that he would not attend them if he were now on ti e earth in the < flesh. Then his followers should not at tend them. When our Lord’s body was taken from the cross, doubtless the women who loved him,ran all about the streets of Jerusalem with weary feet, collect ing the money wherewith to buy the fine linen and spices for his burial. Would they not have saved trouble, and at the same time have furnished to their friends a little “innocent a tnuse ment,” if they had gotten up a supper, , ot a pic-nic or entertainment of any ; kind, with a small fee for admittance? : The "modern improvements” had not been intorduced at that time. i “The chaplain of the Massachusetts penitentiary says that in sixty yeatsthere has not been a preacher, lawyer or do tor ! in that prison, nor a preacher’s son, and 1 only two church members.’’ We have heard a great deal about ( the extraordinary wickedness of preach- j er’s sons, but so far as our observation extends—and it extends a good long way- the facts are just the opposite of what seems to be the popular belief. , Taken as a class, wc believe that i preacher’s sons are the very best peo- ' pie in the community. A Swedcnborgian minister, who was ] recently denied the use of the hall of | the Young Men’s Christian Associa- 1 tion in Philadelphia, was afterwards j invited to the pulpit of the Baptist ’ church in that city, of which Dr. E. L j , Magoon is pastor. At a conference of! - the Baptist ministers afterwards held, j the following preamble and resolutions ! were adopted: , “Whereas, The public mind has been charged with knowlidge of the fact that the pulpit of a Baptist chinch of this city lias, by invitation and acceptance, been mode the vehicle of publishing , grievous. and dangerous error; and Whereas, The silence of a representa- I live body of Bap'ist ministers may be construed ns an endorsement of such pro- ( ceedings and utterances, therefore Resolved, That, while we rightfully | continue to disclaim any assumi tmn of , ecclesiastical authority, yet we feel call , ed upon to express public dis-ent from , proceedings thus publicly announced,and that as a conference, we hereby enter upon record our fraternal protest against the employing the appointments of any Baptist meetinghouse to aid in dissemi nating opinions that we, as Baptists, be* lieveare contrary to the teachings of the Word of God. Good for Philadelphia! The minis- 1 isters of St. Louis took similar action in u similar case. The sooner we are rid of the preachers who give us so much trouble, the better it will be for us and them. of Tennessee. The Evangelist, tin entertaining and ably edited Campbellite paper, f irmer ly called the Record and Evangelist, has removed from Oskaloosa, lowa, to Chi -1 cago, and comes to us in a new and i beautiful dress. A correspondent of this valued exchange says : Our nation has been comparatively free from pestilence, and no plague has come nigh our dwellings, with the excep tion of one or two cities in the South, and these have only furnished cause for a most unselfish manifestation of benevo lence on the partof the North. Scheming politicians may try to keep alive the ani inosir.y between these two great sections of our nation, but the mo’al sense and Christian philanthropy of the people will overleap sectional lines, and bind all , parts of our country into one indissoluble union. [Amen! says The Index.] Let us thank God tor the Christian sentiment of the people which thus thwarts the cruel designs of demagogues and unscrupulous political leaders. [Amen!] Each Christian man must help heal up the wound left by the civil war, instead of making the breach wider. [Amen! again shouts The Index.] Universal peace reigns throughout our borders. We cannot too highly appre ciate this heavenly boon. Europe is one vast rendezvous for her armies, and a pent-up volcano of war and carnage may burst forth at any time, but our country is at peace with all the nations of earth. All right minded men may well thank God for this. The financial cloud that has so long brooded over our country : fast, vanishing away, and there is a gen eral revival of busimss. Ah! why cannot all our Northern brethren write in the same strain! Let tbis same spirit pervade the whole religious press, (we care nothing about the politicians,) and it would not be long before the bitterness and wrath engendered by war would be forgotten, and we should remember it not for the evil, but for the virtues not seldom ex hibited by each party; wc should ac cord purity of motive to each, and should unite in our admiration of a heroism that has never been surpassed since the world began. But, alas! alas! if called on to say what more than anything else keeps alive the animosi ties of war, we should be obliged to ex press our belief that it is the influence of that portion of the Northern religious press which takes pleasure in trying to make it appear that, with the exception of the negroes, who are held up as models of all the virtues, the popula tion of all the Southern States, as a whole, is the worst population in the civilized world. The “unscrupulous political leaders,” of whom the Evange list speaks, would lose their power for evil, if all the religious journals would throw their influence against them. Nothing can be true love to God which does not shape itself into obedience.—F. W. Robertson. If you bate your enemies, you will con tract such a vicious habit of mind as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indif ferent to you. Probably not a single truth of much religious importance is taught in the Bible which is not repeated several times. Doubt and uncertainty in reference to a truth may be removed by looking atii in its varied relations and aspects. What may not stand outclearly in one passage, from being stated incidentally or in a condensed form, may be explained more fully in another place.—J. T. M. Curry. A youth by the name of John Owen went to London to reside. He wanted to hear the pulpit celebrities of that day. He Bought Dr. Calamy’s church, but he was absent. He hastened then to the church of the eloquent Mr. Jackson, and a plain, obscure preacher from the coun try occupied the pulpit that day. But that preacher, weak compared with what lie expecied to hear, was the [rower of God unto Owen’s salvation. Little did be think, as lie wandered about tliat Sabbath day, seeking celebrities, that his soul’s need would be supplied by an humble instrument compared with those whom he sought. It is al ways pleasing to notice an increase of tenderness with advancing years. Dr.S. I. Prime, of the New York Observer, lias never shown any lack of tenderness, so fur as we are aware, and yet he says: “If 1 had another life to live anfftwo thou sand letters to write again, with God’s help, I would not hurt the feelings of the humblest of all God’s creatures honestly trying to do good. He might be as big as Daniel Lambert, and 1 would not call him fat and unctuous; he might be as lean as Calvin Edson, and I would not cull bima bag of bones. 1 would count each day lost on which 1 had not made some hearts gladder than thev were in in the morning; on which I had not plucked up some thorns, or planted some flowers on the path of human life. No man can so live without enjoying life. Dogs will snarl at him, but angels are around him’ He may never have riches or fume, but better than both are friends and God." The Cuban senators, and members of the chamber of deputies, have re solved to support the bill for the abo lition of slavery in Cuba, which was proponed by the Spanish government. Whole No. 2399