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Sabbath in the Country.
The creaking' wagon’s in the shed;
The busy flail is heard no more;
The horse is littered down and fed.
The harness hangs above his head,
The whip behind the door.
His leathern gloves and hooked bill
To-day the woodman throws aside ;
The blacksmith’s fiery forge is still.
The wooden wheel of the old mill
Sleeps in the mill-dam wide.
The miller’s boat is anchored where,
Far out, the water-lilies sleep;
You see their shadows mirrored there.
The broad white flowers reflected clear
Within the mill-pond deep.
The harrow’s in the garden shed;
Hoe, rake and spade are put away;
Unweeded stands the onion bed.
The gard’ner from his work hath fled,
’T is holy Sabbath day!
Upon the wall the white cat sleeps.
By which the churn and milk-pans lie;
A drowsy watch the house-dog keeps,
And scarcely from his dull eye peeps,
Upon the passer by.
And sweetly over hill and dale.
The silvery sounding church-bells ring;
Across the moor and down the dale.
They come and go, and on the gale
Their Sabbath tidings fling.
From where the whitewashed Sabbath school
Peeps out between the poplars dim,
Which ever throw their shadows cool
Far out upon the rushing pool.
You hear the Sabbath hymn.
From farm and field, and grange grown gray
From woodland walks and winding way,
The old and young, and grave and gay.
Unto the old church come to pray,
And sing God's holy praise. [ Delnwarian,
The Golden Text.
The minister of Isley sat in his study
late on Saturday night, a weary, disheart
ened man; he had just finished a week of
arduous duties, and harrassing cares, and
he had not expected to preach the next
day, as he was suffering from a severe cold ;
but his anticipated help had not come, and
his sermon was unwritten, and himself in
anything but a devotional frame of mind—
for ministers, after all, if they are ambas
sadors of Christ, are human. Theif physical
natures are often weak, and their spiritual
condition is not always perfect, even with
the divine help they constantly implore.
On this night Mr. Redmond leaned his
aching head on his study table, and almost
wished that he were not a minister, that he
might at least provide his family with the
comforts they so much needed, that so
much would not be expected of him, and
so little given in return. He was not even
sure that he had the sympathy and prayers
of his people, they were so distant toward
him, and he felt strongly tempted to have
no service on the next day in the church,
and so excuse himself altogether.
But was that doing his Master’s work ?
No. He could not prepare a written ser
mon at that late hour in his present de
pression of spirits, but he could talk to the
people affectionately from the pulpit, as a
father to his children.
He opened a Bible to select a text, and
chose the first his eye rested on: “Bear ye
one another’s burdens.”
Never had he spoken so impressively as
he did on that day; never had the relation
of pastor and people seemed nearer to him,
or his sacred office of more endearing
beauty. He spoke of the saintly fellow
ship of Christians upon the earth, and his
heart was in what he said.
His people had only repected him before ;
that day they loved him. There were some
narrow-minded men in the congregation;
one of these sat the next day in his com
fortable home and talked with his wife and
children over yesterday’s sermon.
“It seems to me Mr. Redmond felt
badly,” he said.
“I thought so too,” said his wife.
“Kitty, I have been thinking over that
text, and have about concluded to bear his
burden a little.”
“How can we do it?” she asked.
“I’ve got a sight more of that smooth
hickory wood than I can use in two years,
and I will give him a couple of cords. I
think that will help him a little.”
Kitty said, “Yes, do,” and mentally re
solved that when pork time came, a snug
ham and sausage meat should find its way
to the parsonage.
Somehow the wood was accompanied
with a barrel of flour, the gift of another
member, and shortly after a real donation
visit made the minister’s home a happy one
for that winter, so that he was able out of
his small salary to spare the means for a
few needed books.
But that was not>all that good text did.
John Collins was a night watchman at
the great warehouse of Baker & Cos. He
was a poor man and his wife sick, and do
what he would lie not make both
ends meet.
There was a trifle of money coining to
him from a first employer, but it would not
be due till three months. If he could bor
row that, it would make him straight again.
But where could he borrow it ? His com
panions were as poor as he. The minister
might lend it, for he had been a good friend
to John, but he somehow thought Mr. Red
mond needed all the money he got. Mr.
Baker, his employer, was rich, and he
would never need it, but he was very close.
John knew that. However, for the sake of
his little Nellie at home sick, and his wife
a pale sufferer, he made bold to ask, stand
ing by the rich man’s desk, and twirling his
rimless hat, and telling his story plainly
and emphatically. Mr. Baker heard him
through, and then looked at him from head
to foot.
“I cannot help you,” was on his lips,
when like an inspiration came Sunday’s
text to the mind.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens.”
And he counted the money and gave it
to the man.
“You have been honest and faithful in
the past, John,” was all he said.
Mrs. Weston had never thought to in
quire into the circumstances of the woman
who did her washing, standing all day at
the weary work. But that Monday morn
ing, when she went into the kitchen, and
saw that bent form swaying to and fro over
the steaming suds, she thought of her as a
woman and a sister, and by a few questions
learned her whole history, a very common
one —a widow with four children. Mrs.
Weston gave her some warm clothes for
her children, and promised to call and see
her, and encouraged her by kind words.
And Mrs. Weston resolved to never be
guilty of such thoughtlessness again.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens,” yet
sang in her ears and softened her heart.
It had been a great wonder to the people
of Mr. Redmond’s church to see the old
miser, Thomas Fulton, come up the aisle
upon the Sabbath. It was still a greater
wonder when they heard he had sent to the
alms-house for his daughter Mary and her
crippled boy. Had the pastor’s sermon
touched that flinty heart?
Under God’s grace it had.
“Can I ever be discouraged again?”
thought Mr. Redmond, when he heard of
its influence.
“Surely the angel of deliverance was
near me on that night.”
There are other parishes in which that
text could be preached with good effect.
There are other hearts for it to reach and
touch.
It has a universal meaning ; for wherever
toiling, weary humanity is, there should be
learned the golden text —
“Bear ye one another’s burdens.”
General Sherman at Atlanta.
The following letter written by General Sher
man in reply to a communication received by
him from the Mayor and Common Council ol'
Atlanta, during the siege, explains itself. It
contains pertinent lessons for the present.
Gentlemen : I have your letter of the
11th, in the nature of a petition to revoke
my orders removing all the inhabitants
from Atlanta. I have read it carefully,
and give full credit to your statements of
the distress that will be occasioned by it,
and yet shall not revoke my order, simply
because my orders are not designed to meet
the humanities of the case, but to prepare
for the future struggles in which millions,
yea hundreds of millions, of good people
outside of Atlanta have a deep interest.
We must have Peace, not only at Atlanta,
but in all America. To secure this, we must
stop the war that now desolates our once
happy and favored country. To stop war,
we must defeat the rebel armies that are
arrayed against the laws and Constitution
which all must respect and obey. To de
feat these armies, we must prepare the way
to reach them in their recesses, provided
with the arms and instruments which enable
us to accomplish our purpose.
Now I know the vindictive nature of our
enemy, and that we may have many years
of military operations from this quarter,
and therefore deem it wise and prudent to
prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for
•warlike purposes is inconsistent with its
character as a home for families. There
will be no manufactures, commerce or ag
riculture here for the maintenance of fami
lies, and sooner or later want will compel
the inhabitants to go. Why not go now,
when all the arrangements are completed
for the transfer, instead of waiting till the
plunging shot of contending armies will
renew the scene of the past month? Os
course I do not apprehend any such thing
at this moment, but 3 011 do not suppose
that this army will be here till the war is
over. I can not discuss this subject with
you fairly, because I cannot impart to you
what I propose to do, but I assert that my
military plans make it necessary for the
inhabitants to go away, and I can only re
new my offer of services to make their
exodus in any direction as easy - and com
fortable as possible. You cannot qualify
war in harsher terms than I will.
War is cruelty*, and you can not refine it;
and those who brought war on the country
deserve all the curses and maledictions a
people can pour out. I know I had no
hand in making this war, and I know 1
will make more sacrifices to-day than any
of to secure peace. But you cannot
have peace and a division of our country.
If the United States submits to a division
now, it will not stop, but go on till we reap
the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war.
The United States does and must assert its
authority wherever it has power; if it re
laxes one bit to pressure, it is gone, and I
know that such is not the national feeling.
This feeling assumes various shapes, but
alwa3 r s comes back to that of Union. Once
more admit the Union, once more acknowl
edge the authority of the National Gov
ernment, and instead of devoting your
houses, and streets, and roads, to the dread
uses of war, I, and this army, become at
once your protectors and supporters,shield
ing you from danger, let it come from what
quarter it ma3 r . I know that a few indi
viduals cannot resist a torrent of error and
passion sugli as has swept the South into
rebellion; but you can point out, so that
we may know those who desire a govern
ment and those who insist on war and its
desolation.
You might as well appeal against the
thunder-storm as against these terrible
hardships of war. They are inevitable,
and the only way the people of Atlanta
can hope once more' to live in peace and
quiet at home is to stop this war, which
can alone be done by admitting that it be
gan in error and is perpetuated in pride!
We don’t want your negroes or your horses,
or your houses or your land, or any thing
you have ; but we do want and will have a
just obedience to the laws of the United
States. That we will have, and if it in
volves the destruction of your improve
ments, we can not help it. You have
heretofore read public sentiment in your
newspapers, that live by falsehood and ex
citement, and the quicker you seek for truth
in other quarters the better for you.
I repeat, then, that by the original com
pact of the Government, the United States
had certain rights in Georgia which have
never been relinquished, and never will be ;
that the South began the war by seizing
forts, arsenals, mints, cuslom-houses, etc.,
long before Mr. Lincoln was installed, and
before the South had one jot or tittle of
provocation. I, myself, have seen in Mis
souri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missis
sippi, hundreds and thousands of women
and children fleeing from your armies and
desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding
feet. In Memphis, Vicksburg, and Missis
THE METHODIST ADVOCATE, JUNE 30. 1869.
sippi, we fed thousands upon thousands of
the families of rebel soldiers left on our
hands, and whom we could not see starve.
Now that war comes home to you, you feel
very different—you deprecate its horrors,
but did not feel them when you sent car
loads of soldiers, and ammunition, and
moulded shell and shot to carry war into
Kentucky and Tennessee, and desolate the
homes of hundreds and thousands of good
people, who only asked to live in peace at
their old homes, and under the Government
of their inheritance. But these compari
sons are idle. I want peace, and believe it
can only be reached through Union and
war, and I will ever conduct war purely
with a view to perfect and early success.
But, my dear sirs, when that peace does
come, you may call on me for any thing.
Then will I share with you the last cracker,
and watch with you to shield your homes
and families against dangers from every
quarter. Now you must go, and take with
you the' old and feeble; feed and nurse
them, and build for them in more quiet
places proper habitations to shield them
against the weather, till the mad passions
of men cool down, and allow the Union
and peace once more to settle on your old
homes at Atlanta.
Yours, in haste, W. T. Sherman,
Major-General.
Swpwntitt.
Shall We Follow Your Example?
Beware of the character of your influ
ence, for “no man liveth to himself.”
A promising y-oung man, just on the
verge of life, was revolving the wine ques
tion in his mind. He half inclined to the
opinion that there was no harm in drinking
a little wine, especially domestic wine, in
the social circle. On the other hand, some
that loved him were trying to dissuade him
from so much as tasting it. Thus the con
test went on. He did not wish to incur
the ridicule of his young associates by re
fusing a little wine if it was harmless. At
the same time the animal to which his in
tellectual and moral natures had been uni
ted, craved whatever food or drink might
be agreeable to the appetite. Neither did
he wish to grieve his friends who would
pledge him to total abstinence.
Just at this critical time, a “Wine Wed
ding” came off, to which our young man
was invited. As soon as the wine-glasses
were started round, the contest commenced
anew in his mind. Drink, or not drink,
was the question. Said he at last, “ I will
do as my pastor does.” He watched his
minister. (How ministers are watched as
much as listened to!) When the waiter
offered the wine to the man of God, (so
called,) he took the glass without hesita
tion, and drained it dry perhaps, or it may
be, only touched his lips to its contents.
But in either case enough was done. The
young man’s scruples were swept away;
he followed his pastor’s example; drank
until he was merry ; drank after that until
an appetite for something stronger was
awakened; and then drank something
stronger, until he became a drunkard.
Those who made the wine-wedding, and
the wine-drinking minister, must in the
judgment share the responsibility of de
stroying a man.
Reader, which way does your example
point? Not what is the import of your
words, but which way do your deeds point?
You live on a hill, a small one, perhaps—
all the world does not see you, but some
body does, and somebody will follow in
your wake to heaven or hell. One act of
yours, one in which yon may mean no harm,
may start a soul on a career whose end is
eternal death. How careful should teach
ers, college presidents and professors, and
ministers, upon whom the eyes of the young
so constantly rest, be in respect to the di
rection in which their examples point.—
M. Home Journal.
Moderate Drinking.
I know that much is said about the pru
dent use of ardent spirits; but we might
as well speak of the prudent use of the
plague, of fire handled prudently around
among powder, of poison taken prudently
every day, or of vipers and serpents intro
duced into our dwelling to glide
about as a matter of curiosity to visitors,
and amusement to our children.
First or last, in spite of your prudence,
the contagion will take, the fatal spark will
fall upon the train, the deleterious poison
will fall upon the system, and the fangs of
the serpent will inflict death. There is no
prudent use of ardent spirits but when it is
used as a medicine. All who receive it
into the system are not destroyed by it.
But if an3 r vegetable were poisonous to as
many as the use of ardent spirits proves
destructive, it would be banished from the
table—it would not be prudent to use it all.
If in attempting to cross a river upon an
elastic beam, as many should fall in and be
drowned as al tempted to use ardent spirits
prudently and fail, the attempt to cross it
that way would be abandoned—there would
be no prudent use of that mode of cross
ing. The effect of attempting to use ar
dent spirits prudently is destructive to
such multitudes as precludes the possibility
of prudence in the use of it. When we
consider the deceitful nature of this sin
and its irresistible power when it has ob
tained an ascendancy, no man can use it
prudently, or without mocking God can
pray while he uses it, “ lead us not into
temptation.” There is no necessity for
using it, and it is presumptuous to do so.
In a Nut Shell. —The right to pass a
law prohibiting the sale of liquor is con
densed into the smallest possible compass,
by Rev. Albert Barnes, in a sermon de
livered before the Legislature of Pennsyl
vahia. The amount of it was :
Ist. Society has a right to protect itself.
2nd. Society should not legislate to pro
tect evil.
3d. Societ3 T should not legislate to regu
late evil.
4th. Society has a right to take efficient
means to prevent and remove evil.
sth. Society has a right to remove a pub
lic evil by destro3 7 ing private property if
necessary.
Clover.
From various persons we learn that in
different sections of the country around
Atlanta they have beautiful lots and fields
of clover. We have read several Jeremiah
spirited letters from politicians relative to
the future of the State, and we find some
men hanging around our city, who are of
the same character. Well politicians, or to
interfere with them, is no part of our busi
ness. Laborers, mechanics, and planters,
are the men who are now doing, and can do
something for us and our State. Men who
will develop Georgia are what we want;
men who will cause two blades of grass to
grow where we now find one ; who will cut
down our forests or make green our fields ;
cause villages and towns to spring up ; stud
the country with railways, and dot the
landscapes with churches and school-houses.
Providence has committed a great trust to
us, and we should approach that trust de
termined to be faithful, making it the ob
ject of our pride, and also of our jealous
affection.
The country around our city could be
beautified, and also be made much more
profitable. Streams are near enough to us
to be brought to our city and their waters
be chained to machinery, and mines are
sufficiently near to make them profitable.
We should be proud of the productiveness
of our country, of our people, our climate
and natural advantages.
On the gold coast of Africa the shade*
tree is their house, and their chief toil is to
gather perennial fruit, while gold enough
may be washed out in an hour to live on a
month. Yet there man is a barbarian, op
posed to improvement, and but little above
the brute. We may not have such fruit, or
as much gold, but our citizens and the peo
ple around Atlanta are not fully alive to
their advantages and the roads to prosperity
open to them.—Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.
The Farm.
Farming is a profession, not to say a
science. If any one doubts’this statement
let him leave his city home—for no one
bred in the country will doubt it—and un
dertake to cultivate even a garden of half an
acre for the summer. He will then find
that knowledge is as essential to the right
use of the spade as of the pen, and that
there is as great a difference between the
scientific farming of Flanders, * where lit
erally- not a weed is to be seen, and that of
many of our farmers, the wealth of whose
soil is about equally- divided between fruits
and weeds, as between the trade of a mod
ern commercial city and the barter of a
backwoods settlement. It is true that ag
riculture has been the last to receive the
impetus of modern science. It is true that
many agriculturists are content to go on in
the ways of their fathers, because experi
ments are costly. But it is also true that
they are unable to compete with those who
understand the use of new instruments,
methods, and fertilizers. Agriculture is
also becoming in this country a popular
recreation. Many a gentleman is content
to* spend on his country-seat money which
he makes in the counting-room. The prac
tical farmer is thus able to get the benefit
of experiments without paying for them.
This change in agriculture, which has con
verted it from drudgery to an art, has cre
ated a demand for a corresponding litera
ture. “Fifty years ago a stable agricul
tural periodical did not exist on the Ameri
can continent.” Now every considerable
district has one, while almost every weekly
paper, secular or religious, has its agricul
tural department; and it will not be long
before something of a library will be a part
of the furniture of every well-ordered farm.
—Book Table, Harper’s Magazine for July
How to Make Bread. —The following
directions we find in an exchange, given by
a lad3 r sevent3 r -seven 3'ears old, who still
bakes her own bread :
I take a large earthen pan, put in about
two quarts of flour, and if I have cold po
tatoes, I grate them, if not I boil sa3 r eight
or ten, mash and strain them through the
cullender, put lukewarm water to them and
add one cup of yeast, then beat it till it looks
quite light, then cover it and stand it away
until morning, when I take a tablespoon
ful of alum and as much salt, put them in
a half pint of hot water, stand it on the
stove till it dissolves, then pour it in the
pan of rising, then put more flour in it till
it gets very thick and beat it a great deal;
then I put some flour, say five quarts, in
the dough tray, and pour the rising in ; I
then knead it until it does not stick to my
fingers, then cover it until it rises very
light; then I work it up considerably and
add a very little more flour and make it
into loaves, about six, then cover it and
let it stand until it gets very light, when I
have the stove hot, and it will bake in forty
minutes.
I think all who use this recipe will agree
with me that they will not require either
milk, lime water or butter, and will always
have good bread. I use the best red wheat
flour. I make my yeast in this wa3': Take
a handful of hops, boil them about ten
minutes in a quart of water, then strain,
add a quart of flour, have it boiled when
the flour is put in, stir it well and stand it
away; when partly cooled I add a teacup
of 3 T east.
With the thought of a farm garden we
always conjure up visions of luscious ber
ries, fragrant celery, delicious lettuce, juicy
asparagus, appetizing rhubarb, and many
other luxuries in the wa3’ of vegetables
and small fruits, which any farmer can
have in their appropriate season if he will
take a little pains to cultivate them. We
hope our readers will improve upon our
hint, and take immediate measures for
making their gardens what they should be.
The effect of forests in producing rain
has been shown by experiment in Egypt.
The climate is dry and rain scarcely ever
fell in the upper province, and not more
than five or six days a 3’ear in the Delta.
But Mahomet Ali having planted twenty
millions of trees in these districts, the an
nual average has increased to forty days.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
Works of Eev. Leonidas L. Hamline, D. D.,
late one of the Bishops of the Methodist Epis
copal Church. Edited byF.G.Hibbard, D.D.
We have now in press, and will issue in a few
weeks, this volume of Bishop Hamline's ser
mons. They will be printed in the style and
size of Bishop Clark’s sermons, and will be sold
at the same price. We need write no words of
commendation; they are among the best efforts
of the author, and good judges have pronounced
him one of the greatest pulpit orators in America
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Cincinnati, June, 1869.
We have just received a fresh supply of new’
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A few of the
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for cash. The money or post-office draft must
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Hymn-Books, of various sizes and styles of
binding, - - from 65 cents to $2 25
Disciplines, - 50
Hymn and Tune Books, - - - $1 75 to $2 50
Porter’s Compendium, - - 1 75
Watson’s Institutes, 2 vols., - - 7 00
Wesley’s Sermons, 2 vols., - - - 600
Kidder’s Homiletics, - - - - 175
Rater’s Church History, 2 50
Covel’s Bible Dictionary, - - - 100
Life of John Wesley, - - - - 125
Reasons for Becoming a Methodist, - - 50
Wesley’s Christian Perfection, - - 45
The TvVo Sabbaths, by J£. Q. Fuller, - - GO
Seed Thought, - - - 1 00
True’s Logie, - - - - 80
Hibbard on Baptism, - * - 175
Watson’s Theological Dictionary, - - 500
Bishop Clark’s Sermons, - - 2 00
Defense of Our Fathers, - - t 00
Apostolic Succession, - - 1 lo
Barr’s Bible Index, - - - - 100
Stevens’ Church Polity, - - - 100
Fletcher’s Appeal, ----- 55
Rudiments of Public Speaking, - - - 150
Life of Rev Benjamin Abbott - - 55
Admonitory Counsels to a Methodist - 50
Advice to one who meets in class - - 25
Companion for the Afflicted - - 110
Alleilie's Alarm and Baxter’s Cali - - 55
Analogy of Natural and Revealed Religion 1 50
Analysis of Watson’s Institutes - - 55
Anecdotes for the Fireside - 75
Anecdotes for the Young - - - - 75
Ladies’ Book of Anecdotes 75
Anecdotes of the Christian Ministry - - 75
Nature aud Ministry of Angels - - 35
Curiosities of Animal Life - - - 75
Annals of Christian Martyrdom - - 1 25
Annals of the Christian Church - - GO
Appeal to matter of fact and common sense 55
Asbury arid his coadjutors - - 225
Asbury's Journals, 3 vols - - - 500
Life and Times of Asbury - - 1 75
Grandeur and Decay of Athens 75
A Visit to Aunt Agnes. Illustrated 100
Antidote to Backsliding 40
Baker on the Discipline 1 25
Life and Times of Dr Nathan Bangs 1 75
Hibbard on Baptism 1 75
Subjects,Mode,and Obligations of Baptism 55
Lectures on the Beatitudes 1 00
Beginning Life 1 25
Benson’s Commentary. 5 vols., sheep 25 00
Clarke’s Comineinary. 6 vols., sheep 30 00
Life of Benson 80
Bible and Slavery 1 25
The Bible and Modern Thought 1 75
Illustrations of Biblieal Literature. 2 vols G 00
Manual of Biblical Literature 1 75
Boehm's Reminiscences 1 75
Boys' anil Girls’ Illustrated Bird-Book 1 00
Brand of Dominic * 1 25
Bridal Greetings, with marriage certificate 50
Bunting’s Sermons. 2 vols. Each 300
Calvinism as it is 1 25
Campbellism Exposed 70
Histoiy of Camp Meetings 25
Autobiography of Peter Cartwright • 175
Life of Carvosso 75
The Martyr of the Catacombs 90
Pictorial Catechism 1 00
Biographies of Celebrated Women 28 cng’s,2o 00
Centenary of American Methodism 1 50
Life of Julius Cesar 40
Chart of Life 1 00
Ministering Children l 50
Childhood; or, Little Alice GO
Government of Children 35
Children and the Lion. Illustrated 125
Children of Lake Huron 1 25
Life among (he Choctaw Indians 1 75
Christ and Christianity l 00
Christ Crucified 60
The Christ of the Gospels 1 25
, Christian Biography. 5 vols. Each 35
1 H.story of the Ciiristian church 250
Christian Effort 55
Christian Exertion Explained and Enforced 40
An Introduction to Christianity 55
Aspects of Christianity 05
Christianity Tested by Eminent Men 60
Christian Laborer 30
The Christian Lawyer 1 50
Christian Love 40
Christian Maiden I 25
Fletcher’s Christian Perfectiou 40
Wesley's “ Perfection 45
Peck’s “ Perfection 40
Dick's “ Philosopher 55
Olio’s “ Principle and Culture 30
Foster’s “ Purity 1 25
Mudge’s “ Statesman 125
Merritt’s “ Manual 40
Kempis’s “ Pattern 45
Otheman’s “ Student . 55
Clarke’s “ Theology 125
Bishop Morris’s Church Polity 40
Stevens’s “ Polity 1 00
Life of Dr. Adam Clarke l 50
Hall’s Life of Rev John Clark 1 25
Bishop Janes' Address to Class Leaders 20
Class Leader’s Manual 50
Miley’s Class Meetings 70
On the Composition of a Sermon 55
Life and Labors of Dr. Coke 1 00
Fallacies of Colenso Reviewed 75
M’Lean’s Sketch of Rev. John Collins 45
Commentary on the Lord’s Prayer l 00
Whedon’s Commentary on Mat. and Mark 1 75
Whedon’s Commentary on Luke aud John 1 75
Porter’s Compendium of Methodism 1 75
Cole’s Scripture Concordance 1 50
Watson’s Conversations for the Young 1 25
Conversion of the World 40
The Converted Colder 40
The Converted Infidel 60
Convert’s Guide and Preacher's Assistant 55
Cookman’s Speeches 45
Memoir of Mr?. Mary Cooper 50
Counsels to Converts 1 50
Adams’ Life of Cromwell 1 50
Daily Monitor 30
Crane’s Essay on Dancing 35
Daniel verified in History and Chronology SO
Autobiography of Daniel Young 1 75
Bishop Clark’s Death-Bed Scenes 1 75
Cobden’s Defense of Jesus 1 00
Bishop Emory’s Defense of Our Fathers 100
Short Method w’ith Deists 7
Devout Exercises of the Heart 35
Mrs. Gardner's Diary of a Country Pastor 1 00
Memoirs of Rev. Peard Dickinson 40
Covel’s Dictionary of the Bible 1 00
Emory’s History of the Discipline 1 50
Wesley’s Doctrinal Tracts. Revised 75
An Incentive to Doing Good 35
Domestic Piety and Family Government 40
Dora Hamilton; or, Sunshine and Shadow’ 00
Dowming’s Remains 90
The Early Choice. Illustrated 150
Early Crowned i 25
Life and Work of Earnest Men 1 75
Earnest Christian's Library. 4 vols 500
Edith Vernon’s Life-work ' 1 25
Edwards on the Holy Spirit 40
The Principles of Eloquence 55
Life and Works of Bishop Emory 3 00
Life of Bishop Emory ' 1 75
Episcopacy and Slavery 35
Emory’s Episcopal Controversy and Defensel 20
Bishop Thomson’s Educational Essays 1 50
Bishop Thomson's Moral andßelig. Essays 1 50
Nature and Design of the Eucharist 35
Bishop Thomson’s Letters from Europe 150
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LESSON BOOKS for Sunday Schools and Re
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