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Many good and strong things were said In be half of M ISSIONS During the Session of the Southern Baptist Convention. Subscribe to and read the Christian Index, if you would keep informed. ESTABLISHED 1821. ©Tic Christum index Published Every Thursday at B7 South Broad Street. Atlanta. Ga. j. c. McMichael, proprietor. Organ of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. Subscription Price: One copy, one year $ 2.00 Ono copy, six months < - 1.00 Obituaries.—One hundred words free of charge. For each extra word, one cent per word, cash with copy. To Correspondents.—Do not use abrajia tlons; be extra careful in writingproper nalhfts; write with ink, on one side of paper; Do not write copy intended for the editor and busi ness items on same sheet. Leav§ oil personal ities; condense. Business.—Write all names, and post offices distinctly. In ordering a change give the old as well as the new address. The dateof laber indicates the time your subscription expires. If you do not wish it continued, order it stop ped a week before. We consider each sub scriber permanent, until he orders bis paper discontinued. When you order it stopped pay up to date. Remittances by check preferred; or regis ered letter, money order, postal note. We give elsewhere some interesting facts and figures showing the work done for the colored people. The figures tell an interesting story, and the results are simply incalculable. It is an intersting scene to look upon either o£ the schools mentioned. Rev. J. B. Culpepper, the Methodist revivalist, in a recent sermon at Augus ta, Ga., expressed the opinion that “danc ing causes as ninny people to go to hell as anything else in the category of evils.** Without any wish to defend or excuse dancing, we must characterize this ion as extreme, since there are worse evils, and evils more wide spread, and evils not so much limited to special occa sions, and evils less restricted to particu lar stages of life. The church of England resorts more and more to evangelistic methods. Re cently simultaneous meetings were held in twenty-one out of its twenty-two churches and mission chapels in Edin burg, by thirty special “missioners” or revivalists, of whom twenty-six camo from England. When revivalism can thus work its way into a church wheije system is radically and incurably sacra mental, there seems abundant room for the remark of an exchange: “The day for great revivals has not gone by, it has just begun.” A New York religious paper states that last year, Northern Congregationa lists gave to foreign Missions at the.rato of $1.06 per member, and Northern Pres byterians at the rate of $1.02, while Nothern Methodists gave only at the rate of a trifle over 47 cents. This puts the MethodiSt coutribiftlons in rather an un flattering light. But what shall we say of Southern Baptists if they show any hesitancy or betray any difficulty in se curing the centennial permanent fund and enlarging their present operations, since these things might be done at a lower rate than the Methodist average? The “Christian Union,” New York, renews the statement that Rev. A. T. Pierson has “expressed himself as con vinced that he ought to submit to im mersion, and that neither smile nor frown shall influence him from the path of duty.” Should he be immersed and afterwards called as pastor of Spurgeon’s church, there are many Pedo Baptists who will believe that his course has been determined, consciously or unconscious ly, by the bias of that pastorate. Any thing with these narrow souls, anything no matter how uncharitable, rather than the supposition that men may be carried dow n into the water by the force of truth. Accident threw into our hands not long since, a work written during the “Know-Nothing” campaign of 1856, by the noted W. G. Brownlow, of Tennessee, with the title: “Americanism contrast ed with foreignism, Romanism and Bogus Democracy.” We were struck with a statement respecting Chas, A. Dana, one of the Writing Staff of the “N. Y. Tri bune” at that time and prominent at a gathering of Republicans that year in that city: “At a public meeting, on a former occasion, he toasted Horace Gree ly, Charles Fourier and Jesus Christ.” We wonder what Mr. Daua, the distin guished editor of the “N. Y. Sun” at present, would say in extenuation of the youthful indiscretion which led to “toast” our Lord Jesus Christ, as one of a trio, with Greely the American Aboli tionist and Fourier the French Socialist. Has not time taught him a more jeverent view of the Redeemer, in whom alone come together the name that is highest above us, the Son of God, and the name that is nearer to us, the Son of man. He writes vigorously on topics of theology and ecclesiasticism; but is it not in a better spirit than the spirit of the old toast?” A sermon on the evils of card-playing delivered recently in Birmingham, Ala., moved a merchant of that place to commit to the flames all the cards in his stock of goods, to the value of S2OO. We are glad to note this instance of the effect of the truth and power of the pulpit, “A good sermon,” all are prepared to say,echoing the somewhat shallow sentiment flaunt ing Itself so often in our religious news papers, that the best sermon is the sermon that produces the desired effect.” Yes, we have said “somewhat shallow,” and we stand by the allegation. The sentiment builds, with no clear consciousness of building, on the assumption which is clearly false, that the visible and immediate effects of sermons are their chief or their only effects. The sentiment also denies, with no clear conscious ness of denying, the proposi tion which is clearly true, that the ser mon may produce the desired effect rath er through good qualities of the hearer than through its own,'while its own evil qualities may produce a very large over plus of uudesirod ami undesirable effects. A sermon that by ignorance, sophistry and bitterness makes a score or a half score of Infidels is not good because it makes one convert. A sermon is not good because it reforms one drunkard, if by extravgance intolerance, or inconsequence, it con firms a group of young men hopelessly in the use of strong drink. Surprising results may bo wrought by quite faulty sermons, we know: and the goodness of the Birmingham sermon depends ulti mately, not on what followed after it, but on what it was in itself. But we hope that many more eyes will open to the evils of card-playing and the impro priety of the sale of cards, fljristian Slnticr.' FEOM OUR NORTH CHINA MISSION- CHARACTER SKETCH NUMBER THREE. TSANG SEE KWOA. • About five weeks ago, Tsang See Kwoa, deacon of the Shang Tswang church, was called home by the Fa ther. He was among the first of the natives in this field to profess faith in Christ. Although si x t y-e ig h t years of age and much enfeebled, his loss is much felt both by foreigners and by native Christians. During 1866 Dr. Hartwell, then located at Tung Chow, opened a preaching hall here in Hwanghion. Tsang See Kwoa was then a servant in a wealthy family at this place. In this hall he heard something of the Gospel and became deeply im pressed. The great “rebel raid took place the next year; and then every body fled to his own home, be among the’ rest. His village was threatened by the rebels, which caused him to lead out all his family, including his brothers and aged mother, and flee to a mountain near by. There he had all to kneel down and offer up prayer to the true God. While they were in the act of prayer, they saw a band of rebels, in the distance, at tack and slay some of their neigh bors whom they had tried to induce to go with them; but who had refus ed, and had taken another mountain where they were elain. Their own salvation they attributed to the pow er of God in answer to their prayers. Soon after quiet was restored, he was baptized in the moat near the South gate of this city amid the jeers of a multitude of people. During the first moon of 1868 Tung Chow witnessed a novel eight. It was Tsang See Kwoa and hie whole family, including the old mo ther, then over eighty yeare of age, and all. walking except her, coming the city with the inquiry /‘Where s the worship Hall?” They brought their own provisions and staid some a month, and some several months, while Dr. and Mrs. Hartwell taught them concerning a Christian’s faith. Most of them were baptized at that time, and during that year there were revivals in both the churches in Tung Chow. (Dr. Hartwell bap tized twenty-two and Dr Crawford fourteen.) He was leader among his brethren and among the people of Shang Tswang He could not read, but had a retentive memory and became quite familiar with the main facts and doctrines of both the Old and New Teetemente. He was a man of fre quent and fervent prayer. During a recent visit to Shang Tswang, my compaion, who stopped in his home, told me of hearing him in the next room rise during the night and pray for hours 1 I recall his fervency of prayer during the services which I attended at his home, and how im pressed I was, that this man is ac quainted with God. His zeal knew no bounds. By day and by night he was preaching the Gospel to every body he met. lam told that, while travelling, when he met a man he would go out of his way to talk to him, and that he has been known more than a few times to talk to me all night and all day. He has never received a cash from the foreigner as a reward for such services. He did it all purely out of love for Christ and his fellow men. This is the kind of “native helpers” that your North China Mission believes in and ie seeking to produce. In 1871 he was ordained deacon of the “North Street” church in Tung Chow which was afterward moved to Shang tswang. They keep up three servi ces every Sunday and have prayer meeting every night. They are sep arate from the world. Os late years as he has grown old, many troubles have come upon hitn. lie has been ever ready to believe men, and has often been deceived and wronged. The little pile of money which he had accumulated during the years when he was a ser vant gradually dwindled away until it became a hard matter to make ends meet. This, together with his age, may account for his lack of activ ity in his later yeare an compared with what ho had been. When Bro. League made a visit to Shang tswang not long since, he said to him, speak ing of the people of Shang tswang and those of neighboring villages: “They all know it. I have told it to every one of them until I don’t know . what else to say. Their responsibili- ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. APRIL 6,1893.. ty is upon their own heads.” And I have no‘doubt that he has told every lost person in those villages of his hope in Jesus. When the fruit did not ripen, he lost heart, and could not keep up the old energy. He has never faltered in the least in his faith in God. To the last he was known far and wide for his consecration to God. His kindness of heart is illustrated by the fact that, after his wife died, he married a woman who had been cast out from two husbands on ac count of her paralyzed condition. He felt that he was doing a good deed to keep and take care of her. He has suffered much for Christ and has done much for Christ. He died in the faith. I merely give the facts of his life as I am able to gather them, and leave them to preach their own ser mon. Wm. D. King Hwang Hien, P. O. Chefoo, China. THE DOMINION OF THE SAINTS- BY S. G. HILL YER. “He that overcometh and keepeth my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron,— and as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers; even as I have received of my Father; and I will give him the morning Star- Rev. 2: 26-28. The three promises, already con sidered, refer to the saint’s personal relation to Christ, as the subject of his saving grace. And their fulfil ment is found in the subjective ex perience of the saint, both in the present life and in that which is to come. But the promise, now before us, presents the saint in his relation to mankind and we shall find its fulfil ment in objective facts, of singular importance. The key winci. will open to us the the meaning of the above promise, is the clause: “Even as I have re ceived of my Father.” The words, “even as” evidently denote a com parison. What the Son has received from the Father is compared, with what the saint shall receive from the Son, and is made to illustrate it. To make this view of the text perfectly clear, let us transpose this explana tory clause to the beginning of the promise, and paraphrase it thus: “Even as I have received, of my Father, power over the nations, to rule them as with an iron rod, and to break them to pieces as the potter’s vessels are broken, so my saints who overcome and keep my works until the end, shall receive from me like power over the nations, to rule them as with a rod of iron, etc.” This version of the text adheres strictly to its meaning, and brings it into harmony with many scriptures- See Psalms, 2:6-9, 72:8-10,110 1-3* Also, Dan. 7 : 13, 14. All these passages foretell that the Messiah shall have power over the nations. In the New Testament, we learn that Jesus said : “All power in Hea ven and in earth is given unto me.” This includes, of course, power over the nations. This is the thing which Jesus had received from his Father> and which he promises to give to his faithful servants. If space allowed, it would be interesting to cite the numerous passages in the New Tes talnent which affirm the Supremacy of Christ But I hope that it is not necessary; and that the reader will call to mind enough of them to con vince him that the supremacy of Christ, by the gift of the Father, in the administration of the affairs of this world is an established fact. Upon this fact, the promise of the text is founded. Being himself poss essed of all power in Heaven and in the earth, he has a divine right to share it with his own faithful people. And this is precisely the meaning of the promise,—he will share his power with his people. True he will ever be supreme, and they must ever be subordinate. Still he will give to them in some way, and to some ex tent, power over the nations. And here we find the DOMINION OF THE SAINTS. This dominion is not unknown to prophecy. At the 110 Psalm we read: “The Lord said unto my Lord, ‘sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-stoc I.’” This shows that it was, (and is still,) the divine nurpose*to bring, ultimate- ly, the whole world to the feet of Jesus. But by what forces shall this purpose be accomplished? The next verse informs us: “The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; ” [with this force] “rule thou in the midst of thino enemies.” Zion is here used to represent the King dom of God on earth. If so, “the rod of thy strength must, by a like figure, denote the people who dwell in Zion”, —the cilflfeps of the king dom. By their instfumentahty, then, the world must be subdued to Christ. And this means that they should be clothed with son’- Measure of power over the nation Another vUre is found in Daniel to the same affect. The pas sage is too long to Let the reader turn to Dan. 5 : 13-27, and note especially, verges 18 and 27, and he will find that the taunts of God were expected to be associated with the Messiah in his Kingdom. In perfect harmony with the fore going prophecy, stands the great “commission : ” “Go, disciple all na tions, baptizing them * * * and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” To fulfill this command the Saviour knew that they would require some power over mankind. Accordingly he instructed them “to abide at Je rusalem till they should be endoweu I with power from on High.” Then, afterwards, in harmony with all the prophecies that had gone before, and in harmony with the great commis. sion, comes the promise of the text to the church at Thyatira: “Ho that covercometh, and keepeth my works to the end,” —i. e. that regulates his life according to my Vtfc—“to him will I give power over -he nations.” It is now time to Consider the nature of this power. Surely it was not intended to be political power, with its standing armies and its bloody battles. ej would ■ have fashioned ije olina fur of Christ 'alter the siAxiiltude of ' 1 ytrthly king doms. But Christ’s Kingdom is not of this world. It is a spiritual king, dom. Its domain is over the hearts —the affections of its subjects- Therefore, the power which it exerts over men, is a moral power. And such is the power which Jesus has promised to confer upon his saints. Moral power sways its sceptre over voluntary agents. It employs no force coercion to accomplish its ends; but appeals only to reason, to conscience, and to self-love. Through these, it brings the subject to a will ing obedience to its demands. Now, keeping the nature of this moral power in view, we can under, stand the second clause of the sent ence. “He shall rule them with a rod of iron,— ag the vessels of the potter they shall be broken to shivers.” The terms employed here, are borrowed from the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. But we must not take them literally. For if we do, we shall place the prophets and the apostles in conflict with the sermon on the mount, and with the spiritual nature of Christ’s Kingdom, as explained by himself. The terms, then, must be taken figur atively. Between the effects pro duced upon men by literal war and weapons of iron, and the effects pro duced by the Gospel, there is a striking analogy ; and upon this re. semblance, the metaphors are found, ed. This will appear much more plainly under the next topic. History illustrates the views above set forth. Let us notice the day of Pentecost. Ou that day the little church of only 120 poor people, had met together for their usual service of prayer and praise. Suddenly they heard a mighty sound, they saw what seemed to them, lambent flames float ing in the air, and settling on their heads. These outward signs were but the symbols of what was taking place within them. They were filled with the Holy Spirit. At once the room was too small to hold them- They felt the presence of a power that required a wider field of action. They rushed into the streets. And then and there, the church became an aggressive power in the world. Before the sun went down, three thousand souls were added to the little flock. They represented many sections of the known world. Verily on that day, Jesus began, even be-. fore he had made it, to fulfil his promise to give to his faithful dis ciples, “power oyer the nations.” But mark the nature of that power- They were not armed with carnal weapons, they shed no blood, they did no violence; yet they swayed that vast multitude, as the wind-storm sways the giants of the forest. As the people listened to the words of Peter, they were cut to the heart, as with a sharp sword,they were pierced in conscience with a conviction of guilt, as with an iron spear, and their self-love was shattered with the fear of impending ruin, even as a “pot ter’s vessel is broken” with a “rod of iron.” Thus we see how appropriate were the metaphors of the text to describe their condition. No wonder they cried out: “Men and brethren, what shall we do ?’’ And.no wonder,when they heard Pe ter’s consoling answer, “they gladly received the word,” and were at once baptized. Such was the power over men, which Jesus gave to his saints at Je rusalem; and such is the power which, in his message to the church at Thyatira, he promises shall be the common heritage of all “who over come and keep his works unto the end.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) OUTLINES OF A SERMON BY REV- F. 0. JOHNSON. BRUNSWICK, GA. W lien Jesus hung upon the cross, there was the most wonderful sight that has yet been shown to the eyes of man. For then he that made the world was put to death in the world he had made, by the men he had made, being by them fastened to the cross made of wood that comes from those trees that sprout from the ground at his command, and with nails which a wisdom and art given by him had taught mon to fashion from metals which he had created. Now, then, they are taking away life from him who gives life to all. They are heaping disgrace upon him who is the fountain of glory, they are in- upon him wha is, thq author of all their pleasu. h. How hard the treatment ho receives from the world he came to save. He is born in a stable, and cradled in a manger. Among beasts we received him. We have made gods to our selves of beasts, and now we would give the entertainment of a beast to our God. He lived a life of poverty and toil, sleepless nights and laborious days. Lavishing upon us words of wisdom and deeds of beneficence, giving us. health, and life, and light to guide our life to immortal bliss; we repay him with curses and scourgings, with buffetings and spittings in his face, — we strike him upon the mouth who calls us to God, and crown him with thorns who sought to crown us with glory—we strip him naked, who would clothe us with righteousness— we nail to the cross him who would seat us upon a heavenly throne, —we cast him under the ground, who would raise us above the stars to Paradise—we banish him to the land of the shadow of death, who would lead us -‘to those blessed climes wher 0 seraphs gather immortels.” In Christ crucified the wrath of God against sin is revealed—the wrath that darkens the sky and shakes the earth—the wrath that af frights our souls and drives us from God. In Christ crucified the Love of God to the sinner is revealed—the love that releaseth us from death, and opens the way into the holiest of all —the love that draws us to God. Oh, wondrous death! Showing the demerit and doom of the sinner, as bell revealed could not do it—and the torments of darkness chained devils awaking with fear the judge ments of the great day—and at the same time ransoming the sinner, and assuring him of eternal life. Sin’s penalty and the forgiveness of sin mixed and displayed in the same moment and at the same place, and in one person—one wondrous person —uniting both divine and human na ture. In the cross of Christi see display ed God’s wrath against sin. I learn that it is immutable, eternal, umniti gable, unappeasable, inextinguisha ble, uncompromising, unpardoning, all-searching and destroying—that there is not in all the reach of thought anything so fearful, so nppaling. For, behold 1 Ho that hangs there in agony is God manifest in the flesh. Holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners in nature —this is the spotless Lamb of God. Infinitely holy, Ho is head of whole creation of God—the captain of Jehovah’s host—king of kings and lord of lords—the most august per son in the universe. This is the Son of the Father in love and truth. But now, he hath taken flesh from a vir gin daughter of the seed of Abraham and assumed the liabilities of Adam —now with sin imputed to him—See I the sin-penalty resting upon him, vi olently assaulting him. See the sword of Jehovah unsheathed. Upon him now is not one sin, as upon Cain the murderer of his broth er; on two sins, as upon David, the sin of adultery, and the sin of mur der, combined with treachery and hypocrisy—nor js the sins of one man; biu upon him rests all sins of all men—all the violations of the ten commandments—atheism and idola try, perjury and Sabbath-breaking, dishonoring of parents and the slay ing of brothers, adultery and theft, slander and covetousness, —all rush simultaneously upon him. To him, the ten commandments are clouds charged with lightining and of murkiest hue, coming from all the points of compass and with thunder peals greeting us, they join above him and blot out heaven, and discharge their collected wrath, bolt following bolt; then the terrors of God rank themselves against him and the arrow of the almighty within him—poisoned arrows that drink up the fountain of life. Oh, thou unparelled sufferer, thou Son of God—from whom hell and earth combined could not rirug one groan, nor extort one tear, dost thou now cry out? Hath the sin entered thy soul? Hast thou felt the stroke of that dread sword, given with all the force of the arm Omnipotent? Could not thy dignity defend thee, could not that infinite love where with the eternal Father loved thee from eternity, save ther from this hour? Could not the glory which thou hadst, with the Father before the w orld was, gild with its i ays oin imputed to thee, and protect thy sacred and dear person from the sin avenging sword of justice? Art not thou He whom Jehovah begat the beginning of his way, Before his works of old, Thou wast anointed from everlasting, Feom the beginning or ever theearth was When there were no depths thou wast brought forth, When there Swere no fountains abounding with water, Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills thou wast born- While as yet he had not made theearth or the fields. Nor the least particle of the dust of the world Wheu He reared heaven’s stately dome, thou wast there; When He set a compass o£ the deep’s broad surface— When He established the clounds above. When He made the secret fountains. That fed the stream of earth-encircling ocean, When he gave to the sea his decree, That its restless billows should not pass his commandments; When He cast earth’s fountains, dark and deep. Then wast thou at His side, as one brought up with Hi>n< Aud thou wast daily His delight. Rejoicing always before Him, Finale. THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS. Calamities come like storms bless ings like showers. Ezekiel after chapters and pages of just denuncia tion against the people that fell as tho bursting of an angry cloud s brings out this assurance as the gen. tie springtime shower. Rebelious Isra el often needed scything rebuke and they often got it. They sometime were ready to appreciate the gentle’ ness of God’s loving assurances and when they were, they always receiv. ed them. We may not find a type of everything in Israel, but certainly they were intensely human, and every phase of human nature that one will likely meet has its counter part in this people by whom God made himself known to the world- Like the un sanctified Israelites we have oftener occasion to see tho wrathful face of our Father than his smile. And still we do have tho happy consciousness; of having pleased Him sometimes as we recog nize his approving acceptance and the blessing of his grace upon tho work of our hands. We may have gtorms of sorrow but there are show ers of comfort. There do come cy clones of temptation but (there also come showers of grace. May wo not hope to be near the good time when it shall please the Heavenly Father to repeat the fulfillment of Ezekiels prophecy! There have been peculiarly favorable circum. stances lately that should have put us in readiness to receive showers of blessings. Brother Minister, Working Layman, Zealous Sister We are striving to make Tlio Index the best of its kind* Help us by securing a new subscriber. VOL. 70—NO. 14. We have had the duty and privil ige of doing much for the poor dur ing the severe winter, and we have thus been drawn very close to our Master. The intense excitement about the political condition of the country sent thousands of earnest men and women to God in prayer and enabled them to realize their dependence. More than all other things we have been making an extra effort to carry out the will of the Master. Our centennial movement is the greatest undertaking within the memory of living men. If the Baptists carry out as they have projected this great work “God will open the windows of heaven and pour them out a blessing that there will not be room to con tain it.” All these duties performed and sacrifices made do not of course bring God under obligation to bless us. We do not expect the “showerg of blessings” as remuneration. But according to the well established laws of grace, the blessings of God come upon his beople when they are ready to receive them. Healthfulness of body, fruitfulness of harvest and plentifulness of money are some of the good results to be expected as blessings from God this year. And in addition to them all, the mighty outpouring of the spirit on the people. This is to be the year of real revivals. I do not prophesy, I merely write in faith- We are now trying as we have never done to fulfill our mission in the world and we are thus getting in an attitude to be blessed. For every effort we make to save the world there is a corresponding blessing upon our unworthy heads. Let Pastors make humble efforts in their charges in the blessed assur ance of the immutable promise of God to give effacacy to his word. Let the State Mission Boards lay wide plans. This is going to be a year of prosperity. In our -own State we have been hampered by lack of means to carry forward the work in destitute localities as we felt it ought to be done. God will open the hearts of his people this year as he has not done before, and as they rejoice in the prosperity of their respective churches they will remember those struggling to sustain the cause in destitute localities. The hearts of many of God’s dear children have been enlarged- They are more than double their former size. When they are filled with faith and that faith lays hold on the promise of God we shall be astonish ed ourselves at the abundant favor of God to his people. Not only in the numbers of new converts but in the growth of piety may we expect to rejoice. There are two ways in which the Lord af fects the growth of his children. Like the oak in the forest he allows them to be shaken and twisted by howling storms, afterward he bathes them in the flood of golden sun light, then start out from every pore new life and beauty. How many hearts have writhed under afflictions and temptations not to speak of tho vexations of the wicked! The Spring' time of God’s gracious presence is nigh. Pastors and parents who have carried the unconverted on their aching hearts through months and in some instances years of anx ious waiting, laid the burden aside comparatively speaking and became absorbed in the centennial move ment. They will find that they laid their hearts burden not “aside’’ but on the blessed burden bearer and now when they come for their former burden they shall find with joy how gracious a privilege it is to recognize the Saviour bearing their burdens. This year of extra effort will bring blessings in the development of the ministry. Some well worn nervous fellow-laborer sinks down under exacting engagements possibly never to-rise again. But the great army of the Lord’s servants will gain immeasurably more thnn the few will lose. Tho Baptiste need something to do. The Pastor’s need some great end toward which to load their people. When there was bitter conflict over doctrine we were prosperous. Now that no disturb ance can be raised with respect to beliefs, we have been needing some thing to arrouse us. In a few in stances there has been a little pettish gulling W