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2 period, according to more favor able conditions. The continuity of the Gospel and of God’s people through every age is indubitable; Christ has never been without true witnesses; but so far as his toric proof is concerned, the or derly and organized form of the Gospel or Baptist churches is not apparent through the dim mazes of those centuries which were dominated by Romanism and its subsequent modifications. The Jewish temple and its ser vice—God’s organized govern ment over Israel—was lost dur ing the seventy years captivity, and often seriously disturbed and broken before and since that pe riod; but a small remnant re turned and restored the temple service and the Theocratic gov ernment of Israel which, though often usurped, barely continued until the coming of Christ. What was true of the type seems to have proven true of the antitype. Objectively the gates of hell seem sometimes to have prevailed against the church of Christ, even for centuries; but subjectively, and among the hidden ones of God, there never was a time when the “seven thousand bowed the knee to Baal." This was true even when the organic ami or derly embodiment of Christ’s kingdom had been usurped or de stroyed. It is easy enough to see that Baptist churches, as now consti tuted, are identical with the apos tolic and post apostolic churches, including the first ami second centuries; but midway the second century the predicted anti Christ began to take shape; and by the seventh century Romanism domi nated the world witli its supersti tion and despotism. The apos tolic churches themselves had long since been swallowed up in the general apostasy; and noth ing was left of primitive Chris tianity but the revolting leaders and sects who protested against Rome, such as the Manichaeans, the Montanists, Novations, I)o --natists, Peterines, i’aulicians, Cathari, Albigenses and others who developed between the sec ond and twelfth centuries, ami some of whom extended their de pleted existence down to the Ref ormation. Through these sects there is a trace of Baptist princi ples and practices—of God’s true people—but such were their er rors and irregularities in doctrine and policy that they would not now be recognized as orderly or script orally organized Baptist churches. They were Anabap tists of whom the world was not worthy—with whom Baptists may be proud to claim kin; and through these sects the seeds of Baptist history were sown to come up in a later day in the pro duetion of the Baptist denomina tion. From the twelfth century to the Reformation other leaders and sects developed in new and fresh revolts against Rome, which were more distinctly Baptist; and Pe ter de Bruys and the Petrobras sians, Peter Waldo and the Wai denses, were substantially Bap tistic in their creeds and prac tices, bating the divisions which took place among the later Wal denses in which they seem to have become both Baptistic and pedobaptistic under the influence of the Genevan theology. From the Waldenses evidently sprung the Anabaptists of Germany, Switzerland and Holland; and from the Anabaptists of Holland sprang the English Anabaptists and finally the English Baptists, who, between 1500 and 1640, or ganized into regular churches and began the famous history of that denomination which won for the world religious liberty, put on foot the greatest missionary movement in history, and which to-day is the mightiest and only representative of New Testament doctrine and polity on the earth. Since 1644 we have been known by the name of Baptists—that is, baptized people—and Baptist churches —that is, baptized churches; and it is needless to say that up to that time or shortly before it, Baptist churches had no regularly organized succession from the days of the apostles. It is even in doubt as to whether their Anabaptist predecessors practiced immersion or affusion between the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries; and it is certain that some of them were affusion ists. Nevertheless, these Anabap tists, with all their errors and vagaries, held to the great lead ing Baptistic ideas of a converted and pure church membership—lo cal and independent in govern ment —and they held to believers’ baptism as opposed to infant bap tism. They protested against Rome; opposed the union of Church and State; and were the authors of the doctrine of relig ious liberty. They planted the seed of Baptist history which was a long continued and universally opposed development from the chaos of Romanism; and this evo lution was thus made permanent by the long suffering conflict through which the processes of our development lead to victory. Even since we have assumed the name of Baptist we have con tinued to evolve from whatever of error or malpractice we inher ited. We have, like a great ana conda, shed off Arminianism, and then anti-nomianism, anti missionism, foot-washing and the like; and as we have, by develop ment, taken on the Sunday-school and missionary enterprises, wo man’s and young people’s work, enlarged benevolence and educa tion, our progress is still con fronted with traditionalism as to history and mossbackism as to methods of work. Baptist his tory means progress—the master piece of the centuries —ami we shall have to shed again. It is possilde for us even to divide again, as in 1832 on the mission question, so upon progressive methods, but our history means progress. Thousands of our conn try churches have only once-a niontli preaching, without even a pastor, except as missionary sup ply; ami hence we have not yet reached the apostolic practice, in most of our churches, the local pastorate ami every Sabbath wor ship. We have not yet reached perfection. DR. WHIISIfT VS. BAPTIST HIS TORY. BY W. A. .IARREL, DI), AUTHOR OF BAPTIST CHURCH PERPETUITY. Reader? of Dr. Whitsitt's book, agreeing that tie makes the “Jessey Church Records'’ the main basis of his argument, I next notice the "Jes sey Church Records.” Others having so well anticipated my argument, and in one or two in stances having improved upon it for convenience, 1 reply in their words. Says The Central Baptist, of St. Louis: "What may be called the strategic point of his position and his chief ar gument is found in bis sixth chapter and is based upon two documents. He prints in p r llel columns the 'Jessey Church Records' and the so called ‘Kiflln Manuscript.’ The decla ration of the former is that in 1640 Richard Blunt was sent by Mr. Jes sey’s church over to Holland with let ters of commendation, as it is affirmed, to receive baptism, ‘none having then so practiced in England to professed believers.’ On this point the Kiflln Manuscript says, ‘they had not as they knew of revived the ancient custom of immersion.’ This was done because Mr. Blunt, and others were 'convinced of baptism yt also it ought to be by diping ye Body into ye Water resem bling Burial and riseing again.’ Os course the assumption is that immer sion was not practiced in England at this time, and that this was the intro duction of the practice upon which all Baptist churches in the island were founded. Upon this record Dr. Whit sitt relies with absolute certainty, and liis other proofs are to corroborate this statement or to show that it is consistent with the situation. The Kiflln Manuscript, which he places be side this, is regarded and treated as inferior in weight, and the two are ad mitted to contradict each other on a good many points. “We regret that more explicit in formation is not given concerning the •lessey Church Records. Dr. Whitsitt thinks they are still in existence, and he is surely right in thinking that it would be an important service to Bap tist history to have them brought out. The extracts he gives appear to be only ‘certain entries’ made by Mr. Gould, who professes to have copied them from the original. We protest that the structure built upon these vague records is rather a massive building for so narrow a base, espe cially since ‘certain entries’ are ex ceedingly brief, are taken out of their context and were made by a man who had another object in view. Particu larly is doubt thrown upon this record by the Kiflln Manuscript, which pro fesses to relate the same facts, but contradicts the ‘Records' on several important points. This Kiflln Manu script itself is out of existence, and only parts of it are preserved to us in limited quotations. Dr. Whitsitt is compelled to impeach his own witness and to reject the following statement of the Kiflln Manuscript: Tn the year 1639 another congregation of Baptists was formed whose place of meeting was in Crutched-Fryars; the chief pro moters of which were Mr. Green, Mr. Paul Hobson and Captain Spencer.' This quotation has a still further in terest in the use of the word ‘Baptist’ which Dr. Whitsitt elsewhere says was not used until some years later. Now, considering our limited informa tion about these documents and the fragmentary portions preserved to us. we suggest that it is unsafe to rely upon them with that certainty neces sary to build a theory and write a book. Moreover, it may be true that the facts occurred just as related, and the conclusions drawn therefrom still bt unwarranted. Mr. Jessey’s church was located in the south of London. It was a small body of people not very widely known. There were no rail roads. telegraphs, daily papers or re ligious weeklies to facilitate general information. There was not a print ing press in the land that dared print a book or pamphlet advocating Bap tist views. As Dr. Whitsitt's own wit nesses testify, those who held any thing like Baptist views were com pelled to meet by night in private houses or out on the green, and to conduct their services in secret. There may have been scores of little congre gations all over the kingdom banded together in secret, possibly unable to meet oftener than once or twice a year, and then limited in their gatherings to half a dozen people. An associa tion of Baptist churches or anything like a correspondence among them was impossible. Under these circumstances Mr. Jessey’s church could hardly be expected to know of the existence of Baptist churches, especially since, ac cording to Dr. Whitsitt, Mr. Jessey’s church was of the Brownist persua sion. “The action of the Jessey church pro duced a division in the congregation with which it was associated and a heated controversy followed. Praise god Barebone, who became pastor of the anti-Jessey party, wrote a heated pamphlet, to which Mr. Blunt replied. The conditions were all local and the controversy was local. Very different conditions may have prevailed in THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1896. other parts of the kingdom with which Barebone was or was not acquainted. A cross-roads debate in one of our ru ral districts, where the people are en tirely cut off from communication with the rest of the world, will only poorly illustrate the situation in this excited little district. That a congre gation of pedobaptlsts should have adopted the idea of immersion, and that they should have sent to a foreign country for an administrator, either because they knew of no Baptists near them, or possibly because former enmi ties, would have made them too stout to humble themselves before the de spised adversary, was calculated to stir up the community. We grant that all this is not proof of the existence of immersion in the kingdom, but we contend that it is not conclusive as to its absence. “Dr. Whitsitt does not seem to us to have given sufficient regard to the situation throughout England with re gard to baptism. As he himself says, the queen, as late as 1584, sanctioned a book Insisting that Immersion be re tained and not be allowed to give place to sprinkling. Thus his favorite date is brought within a little over fifty years of the time when immersion was so prevalent and so popular that it received royal sanction as against sprinkling. There must have been great numbers of people still living who had been immersed in their in fancy, and it Is almost impossible to doubt that many English communities noted for conservatism were still in the practice of Immersion. This con dition of things would very materially alter the situation in 1641. Even later than this the Presbyterians were about evenly divided as to propriety of placing immersion on an equality with sprinkling. If there were Baptist con gregations practicing immersion se cretly here and there through the country their practice of the ordinance excited no surprise and called out no emphatic opposition.” Professor A. H. Newman, who is to follow me in this paper on this sub ject, writing The Western Recorder as to what it is doing on this controversy, says: "I appreciate very highly your services to denominational history in ringing within the reach of the masses of our people so much valuable docu mentary matter.” Replying to Dr. Whitsitt, The Western Recorder says: "The ‘Jessey Church Records’ do not say at all 'none having then so practiced in England to professed be lievers.’ The very language of the phrase contradicts Dr. Whitsitt’s claim. That ‘then’ gives the whole case away. A record of 1640, written at that time, would never have referred to 1640 as 'then.' internal evi dences could be given, but they are un necessary. Even if these ‘Records' were genuine, all they would prove would be that there were no immer sions in England within the knowl edge of that particular church. Such negative evidence could not set aside any positive evidence of the practice of immersion prior to 1641. “Dr. Whitsitt (pp. 81-82) quotes these ‘Jessey Cnurch Records’ from Gould’s 'Open Communion and the Baptists of Norwich’ as follows: “ ‘1633. There haveing been much discussing. These denying Truth of ye Parish Churches, and ye Church be ing now become so large yt it might be prejudicial. These following de sired dismission, that they might Be come an Entire Church, and further ye Communion of those churches, In Or der amongst themselves, wch at last was granted to them, aitd performed Sept. 12, 1633, viz.: Henry Parker Jo. Milburn, and wife, Arnold, Widd. Fearne, Mr. Wilson, (Green) Hatmaker, Tho. Allen, Mark Luker, Mary Milburn. “ 'To these Joyned Rich. Blunt, Tho. Hubert, Rich. Tredweli, and his wife, Kath., John Timber, Wm. Jennings and Sam Eaton, Mary Greenway. Mr Eaton with some others receiving a further baptism. “ ‘Others Joyned to them. “ ‘1638. These also being of ye same Judgment with Sam Eaton, and desir ing to depart and not to be censured, our interest in them was remitted, with Prayer made in their behalf, June 8, 1638. They haveing first forsaken Us, and Joyned with Mr. Spilsbury, viz.: Mr. Peti Ferrer, Wm. Batty, Hen Pen, Mrs. Allen (died 1639), Tho. Wilson, Mr. Norwood. “ ‘Gould Open Communion and the Baptists of Norwich.’ Intro, p. exxii. “ ‘1640, 3d Mo. (May). The Church [whereof Mr. Jacob and Mr. John Lathrop had been Pastors], became two by mutual consent, just half being with Mr. P. Barebone, and ye other halfe with Mr. H. Jessey. Mr. Rich'd. Blunt with him being convinced of Bapusm.ytalsoitoughttobeby dipping ye Body into ye Water, resembling Burial and riseing again, Col. 11., 12; Rom. VI., 4; had sober Conference about it in ye Church, and then with some of the forenamed, who also were so convinced. And after Prayer and Conference about their so enjoying it, none having then so practiced in Eng land to professed Believers, and hear ing that some in the Nether Lands had so practiced, they agreed and sent over Mr. Rich'd Blunt (who under stood Dutch with Letters of Commend ation. who was kindly accepted there, and returned with Letters from them, Jo Batten a tea. her there, and from that church to such as sent him. “‘1641. They proceed on therein, viz., Those persons yt ware perswaded baptism should be by dipping ye Body, had mett in two Companies, and did intend so to meet after this; all these agreed to proceed alike together; and then Manifesting (not by any formal Words) a Covenant (wch Word was Scrupled by some of them) but by mu tual desires and agreement each testi fied: These two Companyes did set apart one to Baptize the rest, so it was Solemnly performed by them. “ ‘Mr. Blunt baptized Mr. Blacklock, yt was a Teacher among them, and Mr. Blunt being baptized, he and Mr. Blacklock baptized ye rest of theii friends yt ware so minded, and many being added to them they increased much. “ ‘Gould Open Communion and the Baptists of America.’ Intro, pp. exxili, exxiv.' “Now, the part of this quotation be ginning with ‘1633’ and ending with ‘Mr. Norwood,’ is given by Gould as belonging to the ‘Jessey Church Rec ords;’ but the latter part, beginning with ‘1640’ and ending with ‘increased much,’ he gives, with considerable space between the two, as belonging to the so-called Kiflln Manuscript. Dr. Whitsitt has taken this second part and has used it as if it were a part of the ‘Jessey Church Records,’ while Gould quotes It from the ‘Kiflln’ Manu script. The language reiterated and dwelt on —‘none having then so prac ticed in England to -professed believ ers’ —is found in the second part, and therefore belongs to the ‘Kiffin’ docu ment, and not to the Records.’ Gould saya, as Is below given in full, that Crosby gave ‘the substance’ of this MS., and adds: ‘As I have the same document now lying before me, I shall allow the writer to tell his own story * Evidently Gould does not believe that Kiflln was the writer. Now Dr. Whit- Bitt uses this quotation from the Kif fln (?) MS. as part of the ‘Jessey Church Records.’ He gives Crosby's ‘substance’ as the original Kiflln (?) MS., and lays alongside it the quota tion of Gould from the copy of said MS lying before him, and concludes that the one is supported by the other. Os course, there is a resemblance be tween the two. There must always be a resemblance between a document and a statement of its ‘substance.’ So far, then, from having any testimony in regard to immersion from the ‘Jessey Church Records,' we have simply a double statement concerning the Kif fin (?) MS. Mr. Gould, who is the only witness Dr. Whitsitt has in the case, says this second part belongs m the Kiflln (?) MS. So this alleged testi mony of the ‘Jessey Church Recoids’ falls to the ground, and with it fails the whole superstructure erected upon it. “To make this perfectly apparent, we give what precedes each of these quotations in Mr. Gould's book, from which they are taken; a copy of the book now lying open before us. On pages exxi ff we read: “ ‘Among the MSS. of Mr. H. Jessey, who in -u37 became pastor of the church from which these persons had seceded, are, “The Records of an An tient Congregation of Dissenters, from wch many of ye Independent and Bap tist Churches in London took their first rise,” and there I find these en tries.' "Here follows the first part of Dr. Whitsitt’s quotation, beginning with ‘1633’ and ending with ‘Mr. Norwood.' ..ir. Gould then goes on: “From these minutes, I infer that Mr. Spils bury, believing chat baptizedness is not essential to the administrator,” felt no difficulty in administering the rite of baptism to “Sam Eaton with some others.” This would account for his vindication of such a course in tne following terms as quoted by Crosby: “ ‘ “And because some make It such an error, and so far from any rule or example for a man to baptize others, who is himself unbaptized, and so think thereby to shut up the ordi nance of God in such a strait, that none can come by it but thro’ the authority of the Popedom of Rome; let the reader consider who baptized John the Baptist, before he baptized others, and if no man did, then whether he aid not baptize others, he being himself (inbaptized. We are taught by this what to do upon the like occasions. “ ‘ “Further, says he, I fear that men put more than is of right due to it, that so prefer it above the church, and all other ordinances besides; take in and cast out members, elect and ordain officers, and administer the Sup per, and all a-new, without any look ing after succession, any further than the Scriptures. But as for baptism, they must have that successively from the apostles, though it comes thro’ the hands of Pope Joan. What is the cause of this, that men can do all from the Word but only baptism?” “ ‘lt is evident, therefore, that some persons scrupled the correctness of Mr. Spilsbury’s conduct. Edward Hutchinson, In his "Treatise Concern ing the Baptism,” inci dentally confirilM»s conclusion, for he says that, -.Wui several persons resolved to practice the baptism of be lievers according to their light, ‘ "The groat objection was the want of an administrator, which, as I have heard, was removed by sending cer tain messengers to Holland, whence they were supplied." “ ‘Crosby appeals for confirmation of Hutchinson’s account to “an ancient manuscript, said to have been written by Mr. William Kiffin,” of which he proceeds to give the substance. As I have the same document now lying before me, I shall allow the writer to tell his own tale.’ “Now, Dr. Whitsitt avowedly makes his quotations from this book of Gould, who wrote in 1860. Dr. Whit sitt does not claim to have ever seen those ‘Records,’ or that he knows of any one else who ever saw them, ex cept Mr. Gould. Thus the only witness says that the second, and the impor tant part of the quotation is from the so-called Kiffin MS.; and he gives it some distance away (with other quo tations between) from the entries of the 'Jessey Church Records.’ Yet Dr. Whitsitt, omitting all that lies between these two quotations, sets aside the positive statement of his only witness, and boldly presents to his readers this quotation from the ‘Kiflln MS.’ ” by reference to Armitage, pp. 967, 441, that Armitage takes the view that Dr. Eaton takes of it is apparent. In truth, Dr. Eaton's position is so self evident that Dr. Whitsitt’s blunder here is equaled only by his strange and desperate effort to sustain his plainly indefensible assault on Baptist his tory. but, as The Central Baptist has so clearly shown, Dr. Whitsitt’s confu sion of this Jessey Church Record, admitted as a basis of argument, his conclusion from it is utterly inadmissi ble. The “Kiffin MS.” is neither authentic nor authoritative. As Armitage says, “Although this MS. is signed by fifty three persons, it is evident that its authorship was only guessed at from the beginning. It may not have been written by Kiffin.” Armitage, p. 440. Crosby and others take the same view that .Armitage takes. But admitting all that is claimed for the so-called Kiffin MS., the reply of The Central Baptist is sufficient as to its statement that immersion was not practiced in Eng land before loti. As to the argument that Dr. Whitsitt makes on the state ment that they sent out of England for immersion, as Edward Hutchinson said: “The great objection was the want of an administrator, which, as I have heard, was removed by sending certain messengers to Holland, whence they were supplied.” So also says Neal: “They w’ere at a loss for an administrator to begin with.”—Neal’s Hist. Puritans, vol. 2, p. 361. I close this argument by reminding the reader that its purpose has not been to prove anything, but only to show that the “Jessey Church Rec ords” afford Dr. Whitsitt no proof of his position. Inasmuch as Dr. Whit sitt refers to these Records over twenty times and Dr. Robertson, of the Seminary, says, this “is his strongest argument and strikes rock bottom,” we are justified in concluding Dr. Whit sitt has no foundation for his posi tion. Hot Springs, Ark. With but little care and no trouble, the beard and mustache can be kept a uni form brown or black color by using Buckingham’s Dye for the Whiskers. the Any publication mentioned in this de partment may be obtained of the American Baptist Publication So ciety. 98 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. When prices are named they include postage. The Editors of the Christian Index desire to make this column of service to their readers. They will gladly answer, or have answered, any qnee tions regarding books. If you desire books for certain lines of reading, or desire to find out the worth or pub lisher of any book, write to them. The Forum. October. The Forum Publishing Co., New York. Price |3 00 a year 25c. a copy. The Forum also presents unusually fine articles on the money question. Under the general head of What Free Coinage Means, are grouped four strong articles. The first is by ex President Harrison, on Compulsory Dishonesty. Free Coinage and Life Insurance, Free Coinage and Trust Companies, Free Coinage and Farmers, are the titles of other articles, all by men of ability and information Other articles of great val neare, The Creed of the Sultan: Its Fut tnre.KingOs l ar of Sweden and|Norway, Princeton College and Patriotism, and The American Ballot. The last con trasts our systems of balloting with the genuine Australian. It will be surpris ing tomost to see how the game of pol itics has influenced our modification for the worse of this admirable system The whole table of contents is attrac tive. The Atlantic Monthly. October. Houghton, Mifllin& Co , Boston,Mass. Price |4.00 a year, 35c a copy. As usual, the Atlantic is fall of good things along almost every line. It is hard to make a selection for mention. Five American Contributions to Civili zation, by President Eliot, will easily be singled out, however. The Political Menace of the Discontented, leads to thoughtfulness. Bunday in New Neth erland and Old New York is quaintly interesting. Marn Lieaby Kate Doug las Wiggin, develops interest as it goes along. The other fiction in the number is of great excellence. The depart ments are fully up to the standard. The Arena. October. The Arena Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. Price $3.00 a year. 25c a copy. This magazine has its own peculiar character as the medium through which all sorts of ideas get into circu lation. It is worth reading to keep up with the special tendencies of our day. Free silver has long been one of its objects and this number contains articles on that line. The most no ticeable is Senator Jones’ “What the Remonetization of Silver Would Do for the Republic.” There is a little more attention to orthodox Christian ity than usual in this present num ber. “Are Our Christian Missionaries in India Friends?” is really most com mendable. An unusual article is en titled "Japanesque Elements in the Last Days of Pompeii.” This draws various parallels between the life pic tured by Bulwer and the life in Japan to-uay. The Holy spirit in the New Testa ment Scriptures. W. C. Scofield. Fleming H. Revell Co., Chicago and New York. Another boo., on the general subject of the Holy Spirit must have some special thing to recommend it, or it will not be received when we have so many standard books. Gordon’s “Min istry of the Spir..’ and Cumming's “Through the Eternal Spirit” are the Lest we have seen. We give the above volume a place, however. It only claims to be a recapitulation in Scrip ture order of the texts bearing on the Holy Spoil. All others that we have seen make a classification. Here the texts are put by themselves and very briefly commented on. The book will be tounu most useful for reference and to use with the others we have men tioned. Official Report of the Fifteenth Chris tian Endeavor Convention, 1896. Publishers’ Department United So ciety of Christian Endeavor, Bos ton, Mass. Price 50c. We have here most of the speeches, addresses, papers and sermons deliv ered at the great Christian Endeavor meeting in Washington last May. It is a wonderful array of themes and familiar names. Judging from the hurried reading we could give to such a large volume, we should say it must have been a convention of unusual power. There are sermons by great evangelists, notable among them by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. Tne ad dresses touch largely on the subject of citizenship. Many papers bearing on the actual practical work of a young people’s society are given. Al together, it is an unusually stimulat ing and suggestive volume. We regret the address of Dr. P. S. Henson was omitted. The description only aroused us to a greater desire to have it. McClure’s Magazine. October. The S. S. McClure Co., New York. Price SI.OO a year. 10c a copy. This is one of the cheap magazines, but it is no. cheap in its contents. It is a compliment, we think, to say that in the midst of so many magazines we always read everything in Mc- Clure’s. The Lincoln papers deal with the famous debate between Lincoln and Douglas. There is an illustrated arti cle on Dr. John Watson (lan Macla ren) that will interest all in the per sonality of the now famous writer. Rudyard Kipling contributes a story. "Cholera Camp.” “Phroso,” by Anthony Hope, ends with interest unabated. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps continues her reminiscences. Some other fiction, an article on Li Hung Chang, and the contribution of “A Century of Paint ing” complete the number. Mother, Home, Jesus. H. M. Wharton, D.D. Wharton & Barron, Baltimore, Md. Price 75c. This is by far the best thing Dr. Wharton has given us on the literary side of his life. It can haruiy be class ified. It has twenty chapters. The earlier deal with the general subject of home and the home-makers. Then follow a few chapters of personal al lusions. The closing chapters again are of a sermonic character. Through out the book is interesting, and always pure, clean and helpful. We wish it the widest circulation. 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It contains six reproductions from paintings by the famous artist, Paul De Longpre, of celebrated types of the chrysanthemum. The reproduction is on heavy toned paper and Is superbly done. The whole is bound in an orna mented cover and comes in a box. For a gift book to one interested in art or in flowers it is exceptionally appro priate. The chrysanthemum is a pop ular favorite and great exhibitions alone let us see the more famous types. Here we have them brought to us. Adolph—And How He Found the Beau tiful Lady. Fannie J. Taylor. Fleming H. Revell Co., New York and Chicago. Price 50c. This is a most delightful story of an emigrant family from North Germany. Owing to cholera the passengers of the snip get separated and a little girl of rich parents loses her mother and is supposed to be the girl from the peas ant family. She is cared for by the poor famay, and the plot of the book turns round the search for the “beau tiful lady.” It is a simple story, but touchingly told. It makes the heart lighter for a reading. Kindness and helpfulness are emphasized rather than the trials of such a stranger life. Five Lumps of Su?ar. When Ethel May waked Monday morning, her mind was filled with an idea given by her teacher in Sunday school the day before. She had that rare style of a teacher who managed to interest her class in the lesson, and who gave, in a bright, cheerful manner, many hints which lodged firmly in the minds and hearts of her young hearers. Yesterday she had said to them: “I think almost everybody in this world is either sugar or lemon. They sweeten things for other people, or make them sharp and sour. Now' I want every girl in this class to make up her mind to be sugar; and when ever she sees any one in trouble, or cross, or tired, or in any way wrong, just pop a great, big lump into that person’s mouth, and see what will hap pen.” The girls had laughed, but the im pression remained; and Ethel May. waking that dismal, cold Monday morning, had quite made up her mind to try the plan. Being an imaginative child, she improved upon the idea to her mind, and, by the time she was dressed, had decided to take five lumps of sugar with her that day, and, if success warranted it, to double the number to-morrow. She soon used her first lump. Tom, her younger brother, was grumbling away like an ill-natured bear. It was hard to go to school In this sleety rain, and, somehow, things always seemed harder for Tom than for any one else; at least., he thought so. Just now it was his bboks he could not find, and he was dashing about in that help less masculine manner which develops so early. 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Beautiful women will lie glad to be . reminded that falling or fading hair is unknown to those who use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. you so”—that slice of lemon we slip so often into the mouth of our neigh bor. His looks of relief and gruff thanks were her only rewards; but she did not mind that, and started off with a cheery "good-by” to mother, who stood watching her from the window. It was not pleasant out of doors; for the sleety rain beat against her face, and she had a long walk before her. So she scarcely heeded a little child who was timidly trying to cross a swollen drain, and the “Please help me over" struck her as rather an unpleas ant interruption. Suddenly she re membered the sugar, and took out an other lump. With ready hand and strong arm she jumped the little girl over the gut ter and helped her to cross the slip pery pavement, landing her safely on her own doorstep; then, not waiting for thanks, hurried off to school. vve all know how many opportuni ties of sweetening are given there. A kind word, a lesson helped, a lunch shared, and you will not be surprised to find mat when Ethel started for home she had but one lump left of the five she had taken with her in the morning. Thinking of this as she walked slowly along, determining to save it up for some great occasion, she was startled by such a prodigious roar near by that she nearly dropped her books in the street. The explana tion was ludicrous. In the middle of a sloppy, half-frozen pool a little boy was seated; and it was wonderful to see how much noise could come from sucu a small cause. Farther up the street ran a larger boy, dragging a sled, and prancing in imitation of half a dozen wild horses, apparently unconscious of the fact that there was a "passenger aboard who had been left behind.” “Oh, dear: ’ Ethel thought, half re gretfully; “must my last lump go to comfort that little rascal?” Her hesitation was but momentary; then, stooping down, she lifted the small traveler to his feet and sent a call after the runaway steed which brought him to a full stop. But It was not easy to comfort the little feuow: he was completely under way and his mouth opened again for another roar, which closed abruptly, for into the yawning cavern was pushed something soft and sweet, and th. yell could be postponed until that was settled. The other boy now joined them, and to him Ethel delivered a little lec tme, sweetened with another choco late drop, then started the pair off again, seemingly on the best of terms. “Now, I am out of sugar,” she said to herself, “and I must hurry home as fast as I can. for fear of seeing some one I cannot help.” That night, while talking things over with her mother, she told her of the teacher’s idea, and her own man ner of carrying it out. "But, dear me, mother,” she added, with a merry laugh, “it will never do to limit one’s self to five, or ten, or twenty lumps. One must just carry the whole sugar bowl along.”—Sun day-School Times.