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C. H. Phinizy,
byCotton i'actor
Commission
MEIIC H A N T
{ 1
* yONTINL I-.S to Qfivo Lib attention to the*
STORAGE tin 1 SALE of COTTON, at his
FTLIEPrtOOF WAREHOUSE, on JACKSON
Street, AUGUSTA, Georgia. Consignments
Solicited* August sth, f869
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-“^t'OMMISS'N
jVUiE! feCMANTS,
(CORNER Reynolds, and Mclntosh 'Streets',
J Warcb-■ -o fmaerly occupied ly Messrs
11 lit TIN it WALKER,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
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for tIULLKTT’S Petrnt Tinpmv
e 1 Stec' Brush CqUyn Uins. Also for HALL’S
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Boeder, can get p.tnphlela ilc.'cribtng each, by
adl'easing, ISAAC T BEARD & Cos.
Aug sth 1869 Augusta, Ga
J. M, Btirdell,
JVE 33 IR, G X3I A TST T ,
AM. G, B arren Block,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.,
WILL continue to give hin strict porsonal
ai irntloq t > the sale of Cotton Consign
m.nts sol icited aug26’G9 6ms
M E. STOVALL,
WAREHOUSE
3R Commission
Tvl JEI fFt O ZE3I -A. TsT T
•JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA,GEORGIA,
(lONTINrES to "iv*t his person ni atteati?n
Jlo the storage and saie of COTIOM acd
other produce
orders tor Plantation nnd Family supplies
jMvunrtly and cirefully filled.
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July 22d iB6O §ms.
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'teu T-i A ijj WAREHO f: SE
ft If 4/ fSS/OX HER OH A*YT S.
" ner TDv 413- -n i Otwnpß**! Streets,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
fl’ljfi i il’.’L ADVANCES MADE, Or
j : I;<,'r'_ring arid Rope &<s., Itc.,-
prim pity fclteu. Oon .Iguntent. tarneMly so.
icited." augs’69
POLLARD, COX & CO
GrWJ.VI GROCERY
AV!>
\mer chants,
Nq 273 Broad Street,
Pl'tutors’ ar.d Globe ITotal,>
Gf-TOHE TLA., GA. ’
V"L v \VS OX TIAXD A FT LL AND com
t-D!* stock of GROCEvtIEA, LIQUORS
AVINLS, <ie. at lowest rates. Purchasers will
fiui it to tb.<j.r Lale-rcat ta call and examine be«
fore buying elsewhere, angs'69
Tdx Notice.
THE TaX-PAYERS of Greene
Coun v are hereby notified that I am now
tect the State and Countv Tax for
j ” j r, n TlIOill’SON, T C, G C
"ijcpt 9 1969 lm
THE GREENSBORO’ HERALD.
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AUGUSTA, GA.,
CONTINUE the Sale and Storage of COT
TON. Cash Advances made at any time
on Produce'in Store. Consignments so icited.
Septltr69 3ms
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Jas A SHIVERS
Roberts Morris & Shivers,
( Successors to J. T. Gardiner & Cos.)
Commiss’ii Merch’iits
AUGUSTA, GA.,
/I ASH advances made on Produce in Store
\J C O NOKTOiN Agent at
S*ptl6’69 Greenes boro’, Ga
M. W. LEwis )■ •( E. L. LEWIS.
!I, W. Lewis & Son,
ATTOKAUVS IT L4W,
OfFICE in ftreenesbiro’, Ga. where one
of Firm can to found at all business lours,
Oct 29 ’6B—ly
J ssmes JL. Brown,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Greenesboro,’ Georgia,
W [LL pr ictlco in .<ll the Courts in the Oc»
ni ulgce Circuit. A I business entrusted to his
care will receive prompt attention.
OFFICE—North" west corner of Public
Square.
April 1. 1869
T\V ROBINSON }> {W 1! BRANCH
RoMnson k Branch,
Attorneys at Law-
Clreensbovo. Ga..’
w ILL practice in all t!io Courts of thr
Ocinatg r e Circuit:
attention givn to Applications
for Homestead, and to all questions arising un
der too Homestead Law a
OFFICE same as formerly occur ied Ly P D
k T W Robinson. janT 1869
WM. A LOFTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
M'MfflW, «£•
W ILL practice in all the Courts in tin?
Ocmulgee Circuit. Will appear on cither
side in state casus. Special attention paid
to applications lor th» benefit of the Bank
rupt Law. octß’6B
Afotice.
I [IE undersigned renews the tender of hi’
erviecs to the citizens < f Creencsbru’ and vi
cinity, in all the branches of his profession By
attention to duty and success in hisofforU, ho
idtoeds ts merit, and hopes to receive a liberal
share of patror.ago
Office at the Store of Walker. Torbert &
Cos JOHN E WALKER, M I)
Greenosbor©’, Ga, Feb Bth, 1869
and rT jn67 r 7 g 6dkTn
Ij ESPECTFrLLY Offers bis Services to the
\i citizens of Greensboro and vicinity in the
practico of
Medicine, Surgery and Cbstetries
lie may be found when not piofe«s ion ally en
"aged at his Office, north of the Court House
Square during the day. and at the residence of
J W Godkin north of R K Depot at night
novl6tdec2ld
Hurrah & Ilowdeii,
DEALE S IN
General I -rchandise,
AND
COUNTRY PRODUCE
ONION POINT , GA.
WILL keep constant- r on hand, a full and
well assorted stock o‘ DPY GOODS, Groceries,
Crookery, llarJware, Cutlery Plantation tools,
&c , which they will sell at low prices for Cash,
rr exchan :c for Country Produce at Augusta
prices, less the freight
Union Point. Ga , July 8 1839 —3ms
T. MARKVVALTER.
MARBLE WORKS,
13toad Street. AUGUSTA GA
HAI BL K MSSUME NT 8,
rfxOMB Stone?- Marble Mantles, and Furniture
I Marble of ail kinds from the Plainest to
the most labor*’©, designed and furnuhelto
order »t short notiee.
All work for the Country carefully
Boxed _____
Notice
I T HEREBY forewarn all persons,
-S- white or black, from tresspassing,
passing through my plantat on for any purpose
whatever, without my permission- Persons V},-
Utingphi'- warning after duo notice, will he
punished to the extent of the law
Sept 23 ’99 Its M H ARNOLD
GREENESBORO’, GA., TIII'HSD.VV OCTOBER 7, 18(59.
WM. MORGAN,
•• «!|! **'. : i ir .L- I '
pain to thopatient. Unless professionally
absent, he may be found at his office one
door north of Murray & Dawson’s, on Main
Street, Feb G, 1868
CITY BAR
-
JOHN DUNN,
First Door Wist of his Old Stand
GREENESBORO', GA..
HAS on band the best
'' ’■ M,l ’cteil stock of pure
WmSBLIHJS
! IMPORT!!!) and DOMESTIC, "
I Ever brought to this m irket. fFhiskiti* u
Jail brand? and grades. Also, a fine assor
j ment of
11 av anna Cigars,
TOBACCO,
SMOKING,
and CHEWING.
A fine assortment of Pipes, ■Lc.. & c. My
prices I guarantee to be as cheap as the
quality will admit. Call and examine for
yourself,
JOHN DUNN.
May 26, 1869.*
CARRIAGE
l
Jflan ufactory!
BOWEN & SITIR\ ?
(1 reencslioro, La.
I If. OULD respectfully announce to tie public'
! that we have on hanl and are constantly mant
j fsc’uring first class
Buggies, witli or without top?,
Carry Alls,
Rockawuys,
!
Wagons, Ac., 1
Special atte- tion paid to Repairin'- and T’air.t 1
ing bouse and kitchen furniture
J. V. DO WEN’.
J. A. SUTTON, j
■fan. 81 Ii 1869
The Georgia
_/\.RE now prepared to fill all Orders for
Marble, and to furnish Monttftn iite. ,Slabs,
Toombs. &,c.. finished in the best style and
ot LOWER PRICES than the same work
done with Northern Marble
Otiv Mtuble is equal to the best
AMERICAN-
Dealers can be upplied with Blocks and)
Slat's of any dimensions, )
jgy-For any information or designs ad- ■
dress, J. A. BISSJfER. Agent.
Georgia Marble Works, !
JASPER, Pickens Cos .fit.-
Planters’ Hotel,
AUGUSTA, GA.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Proprietor.
This hotel has been re-opened
and furnished complete in every
Department, and is
strictly a First Class SfotrJ-
E. B. SASSESS, II J- WILSON
G'.orgia Virginia.
■ ,JI, CALD YELL
Alabama
The o|d
TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA
United States Hotel. |
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
SASSEEN WILSON <t- <'. !1, It-
WELL Proprietor*.
J W F, B&vson, Cl’k.
Sept. 2 1869
VALUABLE
ileal Estate for Sale
WILL be sold, at public outcry, on
the let Tu 'sday in, November mat
all th Real Estate in the City of Oretnes
boro’. Ga. belonging to the late Firm ol
Howell A Neary eonsi'stmg of Two Stores
and vacant lot. in raid city, and formerly
known as the CuDiiinghaj.-j stores Terms of
sale. Cash Win J NEARY,
July 29tb, 18G9 Surviving Partner
Pilotographs!
ALL kinds of work done in tho Art, at
Town Halij by X II JONES
Sort 9 1359
“ VIAt lT A 310 It PATRI E,”
J!SfiKUJNEOI|
The J-ioves of «Jolm II c?-
LEY.
Narnthcof a Remarkable Trans
action in the Early life oj John
Wesley. From an Original Man
uscript in his own handwriting. ”
Those who havo read “John
Wesley's Journal” are aware that
his missionary work in Georgia was
cut short by a series of petty annoy
ances in which a woman’s name was
curiously mixed up. In fact,; the
first two bills in which he was pre
sented by the grand jury', charged
him with having “broken the jaws
of the realm,” first, “by speaking
and writing to Mrs. Wiiliathson
against her husband's consent]”
and secondly, “by repelliqgtther
from the Holy Communion.” The
lady herself had already sworti to
and signed an affidavit, “insinua
ting much more than it asserted”
I (wo ijuoto Wesley's own words.)
■‘but asserting that Mr. Wesley had
many times proposed marriage to
her, all which proposals she had re
jected.” Wesley himself notices
ihe matter with the reserve es a
gentle - an. and attempts no exphi
! nation , his cdonee is the best argu
ment in his favor. But his IVes
leyan biographers, writing when all
the actors in the scene were dead,
profess to explain it from antiian
tic sources. Mis. Williamson, it
seems, was a Miss Caustou, the
neice of General Oglethorpe, who
planted Georgia. Her uncle is
'said to have ‘encouraged her inti
macy with Wesley, in the hofie that
a man whom he respect and admit--
led might be induced to settle in
| the colony, and give up his plans
!of evangelizing the Indians. For
a time everything seemed to favor
I his plans. The young lady went
I to wesley for assistance in Pi .rich
1 and spiritual counsel: consult 3 hfs*
| taste in her dress ; and; it ,if stud,*
.■■watched fi~ d-v *> KfcigK dw'- 1 '
; ring a fever. But an eminent min
ister—and Wesley was even then
eminent-—is the property of his
party ; his most sacred as well as
Hie commonest 1 actions are public;
and a heavy penalty awaits Ifhn if
|he makes love without leave from
! !iis .congregation. J. isru; bed by a
| i■emoustranee from a clergical c*d
-1 league, who professed to think that
j the lady was too artful in her love,
Wesley submitted his case to the
Elders' of the Moravian Church as
sembled in solemn conclave under
Bishop Nitrchuiau. If a touch of
comedy were wanting to the whole
transaction it may be found in the
fact that ..they had already sat in
judgment against him, assisted by
his officious friend) and at once ad
vised him to proceed no further.—
Tic replied briefly. “The will of the
Lord be done,” and abruptly broke
off his intimacy with Miss Causton.
What concern it might give her
seems not to have occurred to him
as matter worthy consideration, but
although there had been already
some misunderstandings between
them, we may perhaps infer from
her affidavit afterwards, that she
looked upon him as distinctly
pledged to" her. The phraseology
of spiritual philandering is no doubt
a little vague, and words which
were only meant as a pastoral
blessing may have sounded in the
mouth of a young man more like a
carnal declaration of love. It is
easy to conjecture the sequel. The
lady accepts a more business-like
lover, retains a little pique against
her first, and in the belief that he
will not dare to push matters to ex
tremity, perhaps in the wish to see
if she retains any power, violates
the new discipline he has introduce
ed. Wesley seems to have warned
her fairly before lie enforced the
rale of admitting no one to the Com
munion who had not given previous
notice. revhaps a man of more
(act would have avoided such a rup
ture under such circumstances, but
Wesley would never have done the
| work he did -ip life if he had been
j fastidiously delicate. Little faults
: of taste may fairly be forgiven to a
j man, whose one object on earth is to
! save souls.
I It is clear that liking, apprecia
j tion, gratitude, perhaps vanity, but
in no proper sense love, had deter -
i mined Wesley s relations with Miss
Causton. His first and only genu-
I ine passion belongs to a later part
|of his life ; its history, written by
! himself in pages that were never
meant for the world, was unknown
to his biographers, and has only
lately been retrieved. Mrs. Wes
ley, when she left hor husband; car
ried ii away among other papers,
no doubt partly in excuse of her
miserable jealousy and misconduct.
I Apart from the fact that its inci
| dents are confirmed by all the co
temporary dates in the journal, that
a part of the document is in Wes
ley’s handwriting, and that such an
antiquary as the lute Mr. Hunter
convinced himself of its authenti
city, every page carries in it its
own evidence. The deep passion
ate love, which almost confounds it
self with the man’s habitual relig
ion, the strong sentiment of author
ity natural to the head of a sect,
the vigorous common sense that
justifies the feeling it cannot sub
due, are all unmistakable signs of
reality. It was not a wise love
this attachment of Wesley to his
own servant, Grace Murray, it was
thwarted iu its working out, and its
ir ue was and all the
more does the man dilate and invest
his vulgar surroundings with a tra
gic dignity. His whole narrative
is like a chapter of Jobe, a rever
ent pleading with God, “What
I'hou dost, 1 know not now, but I
shall kno.v hereafter.” IVhnt bad
been unwise or harsh in his own
conduct he had evidently not felt I
when he wrote , perhaps he lacked
moral insight ever to discover. It i
is clear that iu all his dealings with
women lie treated them as he treat
ed himself,, as instruments for a
great end without personality or
feeling. Even when his own love
was strongest, lie seemingly deman
ded its return as a duty to the
' cause of religion, quite as much as
he desired to he loved for himself.
But he probably felt all the more
Unit the devotion to a prophet’s
work, which ennobled him in his
own eyes, ought to be his title of
nobility, with women, his excuse for
short-con.it.gs.and weak sympathies
.whore vulgar natures would have
. been fiVy .use. That lie, beir.<? >ybat
he v, r ‘ should have lov*.hen,-
a Tuirtgi Above
all, having tra in pedutuicr uiofoth
er obstacles, being in sight of hnp
piness, he had been betrayed by a
brother, and bis promised wife
cheated into marriage with an
other. “If these things are so,”
he might well say, “hardly has such
a case been from the beginning of
the woild.”
Grace Murray does not seem
quite worthy of her part in history,
The daughter of a respectable
tradesman, sbelrtd probably re
'ceived a hetier education than the
term “set vant,” which is commonl
- used ot her, would imply in the
las' century ; and Ikes ley lolls us
that she bad good sense and some
knowlelge both of men and books.
We may easily accept tLa praises
he bestows on her ‘‘engaging be
havkir,” and ‘mild, sprightly,
cheeriul, and yet serious temper,”
with no greater discount than the
world commonly gives to lovers'
praises. I’rolmbly, too, (Lesley
was a competent judge of her
“ready utterance” and good ao
quaintuaco “with our method of
winning souls,” as well as of her
“quick discernment of spirits, and
no small insight iuto the devices of
Satan.” But her helplessness and
sympathies with himself, tested as
they had been in journeys togeth
er, and in the nursing him through
a severe illness, naturally weighed
most with the teacher, whoso very
greatness shut him out from fellow
ship with ordinary associates. Un
happily, sbn seems to have Lccd
wanting in all strength of charac
ter and in real delicacy of feeling.
When Wesley first spoke of mar
riage to her—apparently in hi3 pe
culiar phraseology as she profess
ed afterwards not fullv to have un
derstood him—she begged permis
sion to attend Jiim on his next cir
cuit. But being left in Cheshire
in the house of one John Bennet,
one of Wesley's subordinates, she
engaged herself not long after to
him. From that time forward her
life distracted by tho rival ]
claims of her lovers. Bonnet evi- ;
(iently believed to the last that, he j
was the first contracted, and Wes-j
ley’s brothers and the Society sided i
with him; tho brothers disliking j
the proposed sister-in-law, and tne
Methodist women, perhaps, a little
jealous of Grace Murray s fortune.
Wesley acted characteristically.—
He wrote to Bennet, upbraiding j
| him severely for trying to rob a
! brother and a friend “of his faith- i
ful servant, of the fellow-laborer in
■ the gospel whom he had been form
j ing to hi? hand for ton years.”— '
! The letter through the carelessness
| or treachery of its hearer, was nev
ler delivered. Rut not satisfied with
his position, although tho lady had
lately given him “all the assurances
which words could give of the most
intense and invioiablo affection,”
Wesley commenced talking “at
large with all those who were dis
gusted with her.” Os course he
soon collectod a curious mass of
scandal. “Mr. William accused
hor ‘of not lending his wife her sad
dlo' (being just going to take horse \
herself.) Mrs. Williams, of buying
a Holland shut, (which was not
true.) Nancy and Peggy Watson,
of buying a Joseph before she wan
ted it. Ann MatteiSon, of being
proud and insolent.” The lover,
thus informed, sat down and drew
up a statement of the grounds on ,
which he had proceeded, justify ing (
every unwise step with rare method t
and good sense, and summing up: ]
“The short is this: (1) 1 have scrip- *
tural reason to marry, (2) I know *
no person so proper as this.” Thus ,
fKrtified, ho set out on anew cir-
cuit, in a somewhat dangerous se
curity only questioning bis own
conscience for inordinate affection, j
Mrs Murray was not a woman to I j
he left aloue. Bhe seeins, as for us .
we can judge, to have rospocted ;
Wesley most, but to have liked .
i Rennet best. Throughout her In-
I tercourse with her old master, the
j predominant feeling seems to be
compounded of ambitiou and fear,
the natural wish to be Mrs. Wesley,
and a not unnatural awe of the stern
man who has condescended to her
love. “When she teceived a let
ter from me,” says Wesley, “she
resolved to live and die with mo,
i and wrote to me just what she felt.
! When she heard from him, her af
! section for him revived, and she
j wrote to him in the tenderest tuan
j ner.” Once she was confronted
with both, and escaped giving a de
| cisive answer by being “sorrowful
almost unto death.” Mr. Bennet
was disgusted by this indecision,
and gave her up. Wesley, writ:tig
%hen Re had lost, her irrevocable,
"seems to treat It as a fnysten’dus
fate, perhaps a backsliding, but one
in which the woman was without
blame. lie has no words, even in ,
his grief, to condemu hcr. In fact,
if her own story may be believed,
she was betrayed into a decision
which she could apparently never
have made for herself. Charles
Wesley suddenly came to Hiticlay
j Hill, near Newcastle, where she
| was staying, persuaded her, by
means of a forged letter, that his
! brother had decided to give her up,
! and told her that her character was
1 lost if she did not marrp Mr. Ben
net instantly. Mr. Bennet, who is
nol accused of any share in the
fraud, was easily persuaded that
“the fault lay all in” John Wesley,
and within a week was married to
the uncertain lady. It is just to
add that this account rests upon
Mrs. Rennet’s unsupported evi
dence, and is more than a little sus
-picious against such a man as Chas,
Wesley, especially as we know that
he assumed a high moral tone when
he next met his brother, and threat
ened to renounce all intercourse
with him. John Wesley was for
the time thoroughly broken. 11c
had a last interview with Mrs. Ben
net, in which she throw the blame
of what had happened upon his
brother, and declared with tears
how great her love had been.—
Whether her protestations were true
or false, it is scarcely wonderful
that her husband soon separated
from the Methodist connection.
The verses in which John Wes
ley has described his feelings—reli
gious doggerel as they are, in a lit
erary point of view—are among the
most touching over penned by man.
It is evident that Ins very heart
strings were wrung. Ten years’
habit and a contract of nfteen
months were indeed ties which
might have bound a harder man.—
Three years later, ho made what
may fairly be called a “marriage
do convenance’' with a rich widow,
Mrs. Vizelle. He had stipulated
that he should never neglect work,
but his wife seems to havo been
jealous of his absences, and more
naturally jealous of his friendships i
with other women. It is curious to j
find her on one occasion surrepti
tiously opening a letter of her hus
band’s to ODe Sarah Ryan, a house
keeper, an intrigante, and with a
certain littleness of understanding
in fact, much such a woman as
Grace Murray had been, and like
her, on terms of spiritual intimacy
with Mr. Wesley. Frenzied by dis
coveries of this sort, and little
causeless suspicions, Mrs. Wesley
at last left her husband’s roof nev-
|T, If. MORGAN, Printer.
NO. 2(5
or to return. His famous entry in
his diary, “I did not leave her. I
did not send her away, and I will
never recall her,” was perhaps jus
tified by her conduct. Y’et it is
difficult not to feel that John Wes
ley, like Mr. Frou le’s Henry VIII.,
ought to have lived in a world where
there were no women.-- The Spec
tator.
The fitist Invitation.
“And whosoever will, let him
take the water of life freely.”
These are Jesus -worts. He is a
Friend who has something He wish
cs you to enjoy, lie says, “Come”
Why ? 110 loves U3. lie will save
us from a wrong life now, and from
tho suTering which would follow
such a life. Ho will mako us liko
Mimself, gentle, loving, obedient,
pure. lie will bring us to the New
Jerusalem by and by, and give us
“right ro the tree of life,” and all
the joys of heaven.
How can we come to Him? If
your father or a friend whom you
know loves you says, “Gome, 1
have something for you,” what do ■
you do; You take them at their
word, you go to them, are willing
to do as they wish, thgn you do it,
and take the gift. In tho same way
you may come to'Jesus and receive
a much greater gift. But you ask,
“Where is he, that I may go to
Him? Heis a spirit. But when
you want Him tie is always near,
though you do not see Him. Hri
Spirit puts the thoughts about Him
self into your heart, and shows you
that you need Him, and by this
you may always know that He is at
your side. lie asks, “Will you
love Me ? * Are you willing to for
sake your sins and do My work ?
Then do it, and I will stay with
you, and teach you the right way
to live for Me.”
H ; /to invites us come?
The Spirit. It invites us in all
the precious promises we find in
tko Jlihla. It says, “Coma,” Ly
putting good thoughts, feelings,
and wishes into our hearts. It
ra3’s, “Como,” by the teachers,
friends, and strangers, whom it
moves to tell about Jesus, and show
the need of a Savoiuv.
The bride says, “Come.” Who
is the Lrido ? The Bible call Chris
tians the bride ? All who love the
Saviour ate His bride. They be
long to Him. True Christians in
vito other to share their blessings
by the beauty of their Christlike*
lives, by their good examples, and
by their kink words and acts. Tn
this way you are leading others to
Jesus. There are also fathers,
mothers, brothers and sisters in
heaven, who are saying, “Cotne.”
Any one who ha- heard about Je
sits may tell Ills love to others, for
the text says, “Lot him that hear
eth say, Come.”
Family Worship.
Fainily religion is of unspeaka
ble importance. Its effect will
greatly depend on the sincerity of
the head of the family, and on his
mode of conducting the worship of
his house-hold. If his children
and servants do not see his prayer
exemplified in his temper and man
ners, they will be disgusted with
religion. Tediousness will weary
{them. Fine language vill shoot
I above them. Formality ofoonnec
jtion or composition they will not
comprehend. Gloominess or aus
terity of devotion will make them
dread religion as a hard service.^—
Let them be met with smiles. Let
them ho met as for the most delight
ft l service in which they can be en
gaged. Let them fiud it short, sa
vory, simple, plain, tenderly, heav
enly. Worship, thus conducted,
may bo used as an engine of vast
power in a family. It diffuses a
sympathy through the members.—j
It calls off the mind from tho dead
dening effect worldly affairs. It
arrests every member, with a morn
ing and evening sermon, in tho
midst of all the hurries and care of
life. It says, “There is a God!”
“Thefc is a spiritual world?”
“There is a life to eome!” It fixes
'the idea of responsibility in the
! mind. It furnishes a tender and
judicious father or master with an
opportunity of gently glancing at
faults, where a direct admonition
might he inexpedient. It enables
him to relieve the weight with
which subordination or service often
sits on the minds of inferiors.
The New York Sun predicts that
Mr. Seward will be the next Pres*,
dent, and Horace Greeley fib
rotary.