Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1876, Page 10

W ] 10 , RELIGIOUS. Opening of the Camp-Mesting at Lake Bluff, Sermon by tho Methodist Ploneer, thy Rov. ]loopcq Crews. How the Grounds Are Laid Out— Tabernacles and Tents, Review of the Sunday~-School Lesson for To-Mox- row, Incidents Toward the Close of the Life of David. Solomon at Gilead-==Asking the £ Lord for Wisdom. CAMP-MEETING. TNE OPENING BEHVICES. ‘The camp-meeting on the new grounds at Lake Blufl began Thursday evening. In dedicate Ing the Tabernacle to Its uses that night, Elder Crews remarked upon the difference between the eamp-mectings of the anclent day and thoss of the present. The good Elder tried to pleture thoso of the younger time, when the Methodist ministers went forth Into the woods and vonse- trated cach leaf and branch to the worship of God, But be who never sawy the primitive amp, who never licard the sounding prayers \iat struck conviction through thefr fervor rath- er than through cholce metaphor, gains but Jit- tle knowledge of the primal cfforts In contetn- plating the later-day eundeavors, Experience wnd faith in the pronounted succcss of tho meetings have strongthened the elders and fmproved the grounds, and tho camp of this generation bears but litle resemblanco to that of the oldentime, when the clouds formed the roof of the Tabernacle, and the srauches’ the ridge-poles of the tents. The grove, well cared-for and trimmed; the improv- ed tenis, tho equipage, the tables sud viands, the couking, everything, in fact, that character- {zes the present system, would open the cyes of the old cireuit-rider, were he drogped without warnfug upon his vld fieldof laburs. Railroad trafus have taken the place of the saddle, and e mon- who must travel 50 or 60 miles to tell what God has done for Il docs it in a few houts, instead of In & wholt day, as before. And with the improvements have come o Qif- ferent class of worshipers. Tho stern, hard, fron face of the convert has given way to pleas- aut cuuntenances, und instead of the austerity that gove the camp the nspect of a funcral wo hisve now pleasant soclal armusements, aud the wrrove rings with shouts of joy ratiier than with ths groaus of stricken sinners. Not that thery is Jess religlou thun heretofore, but ft s muul- lested in o different way, DTlety lovks mora pleusant to the sinner when ho sces that it may not ultogether curtall his pleas. urcs, ond, while the direct shalt of vituperative condemnation which —in pld duys was scut stralzut Lo Lig guregencrale neart us though shot {ruin a cross-bow 18 really 1o be prulsed for the sdvancement of the work, yeb it fs true that the solter pleading of this nge will gurner more sheaves, as shicaves are now constituted, than the ancieat pletures of hell, with its foreground of sinners and plich- forka, Camp-micctings ure belng toned duwn, und even on Murthu'’s Viuyand, where the vx- horter onee mngled bis volee with the dash ot the sen, and denounced the scoffer na worse thinn_the devil, ho now attuues hls words to tho gentler murmur of the breeze, und tesches of w way and a life open to all, nd then the manifestationsare not soscevere. There are uo longer the Jerks thut Cariwright speaks of. The rolliug, ‘and pitching, and the agony thuat came with the innoculation of DI vine Urace huve pussed down the wind, and the Servor comes now on floods uf penitentinl tears and sighs of happiness in the glory found. As o llving {hustration of the beauty of the Iater dispunsation, the camp that upencd Thurs- duy muy be adducod. That religion is not en- rely beyond materlal’ things is testitled In the fetter and confession, that even yut claim more attention than the ealis of the sanctuary, ‘The eunp proper s ulinost finfshed, but “there is much 1o be dono on the outskirts, and the min- Isters have taken off their coats and veats nud turned In o help out. Everything will be (n readiness by Sunday, and services sre held daily. TIE GROUNDS 1re Jocated on the Northwestern Road, 80 miles Irons Chicsgo, aud 18 oue of the most. desirable Jitea that could be found, A few years ago the muungemont purchased slxty-one acres for $13,- 000, nnd afterwords fifsy ucres were donated, uking the tract 111 teres in extent. Upun ihila they have expended some 87,000 in impruve- aents, 10 which umount of expenditures they wleulste to add $25,000 more, which will pro- uce the finest camplng ground In the West. The tract extends froin the railroad on the west 0 the lake, und from a ravine on the south to ie southern Jine of Judgoe Blodgett's furm, It # heavily timbered with™ white und black oak, nd shell-bark hckory, and I8 rolling envugh to e pleasant, From tho Luke Blwi! platform diere 18 o windlug avenue, runniog hait a mile 0 Camp Park, which consists of eightcen acres. 4 spur runs from tho main track toa depot wullt on the ground, und unly two minutes' valk to the contre of the ring “of tents. This pur-track {8 now comploted, und the G:18 traln :ame {n on It night Leiore hu%, bringing Liders Urews and Jutkins, and acar full of frelghe. THE TABEUNACLE TENT itands an the castern edge of tho park, Itis a uge structurc ol canvus, open on all sldes, und s a scating-capecity of 5,000, Extending ‘rom {t in & circlo ure the * church tents,’ bulit i anew and {mproved style, They are floored wind boarded up at the sides, with a8 roo! of louble canvas, ‘The area within the clrcle has seen completely cleared of undergrowth,though she tall trees siand uxl:.-hly\ making a perfeet thade, The**church tents™ are for the ‘secom- mudation of lodgers, and when they sre a)l up ¥ill number ten. Quly four of these tents were somploted yesterday morning, but the rest will e up I_u-d:ly. hotel has been bullt and fttod ap, and will_accommodate 100 people without trowding, Meals ave scrved at the hotol for all xho do nat cook for themselyes, wnd for tran- tient visitors, Tho fumily tents are just out- du the circle of church tonts, and are guing u, mpldly, The oflics of the manager, & wpuclous ‘rume’ building, s just withoul the circo of ‘amily tents, anud easy of uceess from all parta of Lhe ground. #TIOLLING DOWN THE MAIN AVENUS, e scene s & fovely oue. from be- oud the trces the Jake shiows through. n the south, & deep and rumantis ruvine, all choked up with huge trees, winds around on twu sides of * the camp and down to the water, On the north, the cuuf woods stretch away, with acre and there uvenuesand foutpaths winding 2 and out. Furtler down the uvenuc aud be- yuud the bugs mucunEtuut the brauches meet overheaid, aud the path to which the aveuus hes narrowed down, runs to the edge o} the blufl, .Down the preciplious baok is the shore, nud the ripples wash lazlly upon the firm, hard beach, Awasy off to the north, Waukegau point runs out, und still farther 10 the southiward the low nmly peuiusula of Evanston stands vut in the lake,” ‘This puts the ground almost in the tentre of a bay, and when the rosd i mads down 0 wates aud the pler is bullt the ¢amp wll be even more uttractive than now, ~Ruslic seats and arbors abound along the bluil, und he who bas lcarned the mercy of his Maker at the foot of the pulplt In the park can retive for meditation where Sm only sound to disturb is the rustlo of the leavea aud the plash of the waters, INSIDE TUR PAKK PLOPED no little taste hus been bustowed upon beautify- fug the grounds, Huge chalrs have been carved out of stutnps, and rustic sofss are scattercd around. Flowers and rhuu- bloom i pro- iuntlun. Au griestan well furnishes clear, cool water, ‘Thursday night things wers protty well up- slde down, I.ku progrussing :‘; mly towards right alde up. ‘The tents of klhu Kllcgl an Ave- nue, Trinity, and Kufton Street Churches, sud the coltsges of the Waukegan Church, und tho Centenury cotlage of the Western *Avenus Church,were up, and tha prople angaged in put- ‘-"‘L""“l’ cots and vther cowforts, ~The private tents of the Rev, Mr, Milne aud the Rev. Robert hepherd were standing and the canyas ready to go over them. The Tabernacly tenl bad beon cotupleted and the sests put in, On tho castern slde of this structure s the plut- Torw, with a cupacity of 200 ut least. The Gospel deslc and pulpll are solld stumps, smoothed off, warnished, sud olled, As works of urts they aro tusiositics attracted slmost as wuch at- aud iention lust night us the servicos. ‘The scena wua o Mitle marped by the liter of boxes, and barrels, and lumber, and_ shavings -&t!:'red nrmmdh:ul. this was a1l dleared \%y renleuhy. The barber's shop Is ncarly fin- shed, and TUN FRRAS TENT 18 n readinees. Thia press tent [s & foature, 1t is of whits and blua striped canras, with an awning over the entrance na*: and a rustic fence around to keep the hogs from falling ont of bed., Itis large and cool, and when the cots and chaira aro in will bo onc of the most com« fortablo abiding places on the grounds. The attendance 0 fAr bas not boen ln?;c, During Thursday the trains brought ina fes coplc, and yestorday mornjug wmore arrived, gll Yn. before last the opening servicos were heid, but the audience looked small In the vast tabernacle. Themeeting was fervent, and the scrmon of Elder Crews, one of the patriarchs of Methodism, was listencd to attentively and the responses were carniest, 1t was 9 o'clock heforo the opening hymn was given out. The lateness was oceasioned by the absence of lights, ‘The man who brought the 1amps had forgotten the ofl, und the man who brought the ofl had forgatten tocut holes in tho frames for the lompa to rest in. 8o there was verily a dii, rellgious fllumination contrlbuted by three ar tour atsps and e lantern. Al this Tiss been fixed now aud thero will beno further difiiculty. The_exercises opencd with the iymn, * Ght for a Thousand Tongues to Siug My Great Re- decmer's Pralse,! led by Elder Jutkins, follow~ ed by an carneat prayer from Dr. Tiituny, Elder Jutkins thes introduced ELDBIL 100Kl CREWS, 31is text was from the twenty-Lhird chapter of Leviticus, from the thirtieth to the forty-fourth verses, ‘Tho chapter Is that in which Uod com- manded the laraclites tu make unto IHim n seven days' offering, and dwell in booths for scven days, that tho gencrations might know that God led 1node the children of lsrael to dwell in booths when o brought them out of the land of Egypt. - The first usc o desired to make of tho sub. Ject wus tofmpress upon his hearcra that God meant that men should not forget that thero were certaln times when they should come to- gether to commemorate eertalnevents they werg to memorifalizo. The verses he hiad rendshowed that the commemoration demanded of the chil- dren of Israel was that God hod kopt them salo- 1y in the wildernces fur forty years. One cffect was not only to awaken thelf gratitude to God, but to attach them more fully to their rellgion, and to fnatruct them lu it, but also to give them reereatlon from thelr ordinary pursuits of life. Thero waa no thno In thelr future when this ar- rangement was Lo be lald aside, but it wns to last forever, and be hsnded down from genera- tlon to goncration. But b desired to apply thisthought jn anoth- crdirection. The comitugnd to the lsruclites was binding to-day, for the sorvice waus fn mom- ory of God'aud the death of Chivlat. It was to be continued in the Chuech thl Christ should come agaln. fldren of Isracl, while the: cient only ous memorfullzing feast, other occurrences traus- rlrenl and wore put on the list. There wero at ust threo, of these lcuw_l —the Passover, tho Pontecost, and that of the Tabernacle, of which he Jind read. Now, when God's special dealing in the Church waa thus to make impressions uf certain things, to show they were worthy to be kept in memory, they might know it was their duty and privilege to keep them in their hearts, 1t had pleased God to call futo lifs Method- lsts-to b His people. The Methodists were not a spllt from svine other church, but taken from the world, John Wesley went among the rand taught themn religion, and formed hem into clusses. When thut work resched the Colonles, before we were the United States of Amerles, they were still under his charge. The Methudists ‘were not intended to bo made of scceders, but to add converts to their num- bera taken from the ple. . When thiswork begun to revive in the Unlted States the people gatbered together, sud as they bad not come 1rom other chiurches, they hud uo churches, mind they met ju private houses, and in the strects, snd in the openalr, and the men who preached to them Jooked forward to the extensiun of their prenching, uud used all thelr loventive power to uring men together, and they met as they were mucting thun ju a grove, and there held their services 3 The Elder sald, when he waa called upon to opeu the exeruses, ho concluded to present this tuuught, but he hud not preserved any record of what'he bad secn at camp-meetings, But as God bnd commanded the children of Isracl to keop this ordinance of Iis, 50 the Methodlsts shoula utiifze _the camp-mecting to keep in memory bow God had carried ot His Church, withugt sny fuclitics, and in the face of every uhfl‘. Ho then reviowed camp-mectings, and eald the firat one wus held in Logan Cuun?, Rentucky, Ile was born and brought up with(n 25 miles of there, aud his earllest recollection wos hearing the camp-meeting spoken of. After he ha grown tu sonie years he beeame u’}nnlntud with some who had beon saved there. Two brothers, named MeGee, one & Presbyterfan and thoother o_Methodist, started the frst camp-mecting. Under tho Presbyterlan brother thero lad been some sirprising manifestations of Qud's work. The two cune together and held a sacramental mecting, and the Tand of God was mado so manifest that the kept It up for several days. It apread around, ns peoplo came fromn all parts of' the country, and some brought thelr shoiters, At the next sacramental service, which was held at soms distanco from the first place, the people went to their churches. 1t was called & camp-meeting, because It was held out-doors. This manifeata- tlun of God's work gave rise to camnp-reetings. People at last carricd tents, und the plan grew in grace and thrived. any years ngo & gentleman of means went off some distance, somu 40 miles, to attend o camp-tneoting. o was an {rrellgious man, and went out of curlosity. He had heard they were nolsy and diszracsfiil, while on the othet haud he lenrd thuy were full of religlous enthu- slasm. e ° looked on and made up his mind that the {m)pr« who talked ot hose _ who were dllpfmcc were ity of disgraceful conduct. He heard the Word and gave himeolf up to God. He wna conyerted, aud resunad himself to the minjster in charge, and sald ho wanted some minister to come to lify house that Chrlstinuity might be in- troduced among s nelghbors, His house be- came a point on the creuit, He became the leader of o clnss st his own home and another § miles distant. QGuing to aud fro on Sunday alternoons, he noticed congregations of white ond black men gathered for fightlvg chickens aud each other. One day he saw two of bis own nephews there pitching quoits, 1le told them he would provide for eo many a8 would sgreo to go to acamp-meeting to be held at some dis- tance. I ook the names of thirtoen persons between 14 aud 10 years of age. e took them to the weeting, and they were converted, Some ntl qulum were driven from homa for embrucdng rellgion, (fim of the nephews came toIllinols and was sent to Jacksouvillo to College. He then en- tered the ministry and becams one of the con- ference, In183)° ho sctticd o Chlcago and ilrunc)n:d with success, 1lis unme wos Petor R Joring, It was in thls way that God worked In matters that scemed o small, It wos sald that Inhis youth Poter went barefouted and conld not read, for schools were scuree und Incompe- tently taught. Yot in this way God converled young men of great natural talont, who pieked up Intormation somehow, and became wonder- ful lwork«:l’l in the miulstry aud the sulvation of suuls. 1t was sometines sald that, since the Method- lsts becanis rich aud got churcues, there was no of going out Into the woods. Thuy might as well sny when poopla got into the promlsed land thoy would ask wint wua the use of going out now and “"EE in tents and booths, Once necessity roquired i1, but what was the use now 1 1t served to commumarate what God had done for them, e wuldn’t fiul d of the fmpression that Uf, when hey had churchos, they had mb i thelr hearts the’ memory of what Qod done for them when they liad no churchivs, and had they gone into the woods then, they might have saved somo of the udvantuges they had lost. At the Passover ull the males were not re- quirced to stay, but at the Tubernacle feust they were obliged to stay eight days, and thus thu tribes became acquaintud, and muny Iriend- ahiips werg formed. Ho knew when lic used to go to camp-mecting hundreds of friondships wero formed. They would say, # One year ngo 1 wasconverted to Uod, and the mintster who hrought me out of darknens into lght will be there.” ' How auch social influsnce and power might have boen kept alive u Methodisn | ‘Thesw memories and recollections would have formed bonds of unlon never W be broken. Preclous mewmaories, as ho had thought of then iately, bad come out Jike Hok after link burfed in thy sand, He tnou¥lxl of naiucs he bad for- gotten, aud scencs ho had enjoyod. Methodlsmn now wos v umarvelous fn this country as the dulfverance of the [aruclites, Little ‘inuro then u century sgo Wesloy wos turned out of & church in Engliud; now " there were mifljous in the falth, Whaj hud God dous fua year, und how much they owe w0 camp- mectiugs, theycould not know untll lhfi' yeachod Heaven, sud saw what o weaus of pavivg grace llx%y Lad been. 5 L " v young men who wentto ecampmectings out u(vcumnuy or mischief, tha Splrurf»m mm%- Ou & niny fu oid thues it wes a baud-to-haudl Aght, for shucrs were driven into the tents to keep out of the rwiy, sud converts m_}: mzd& by the h;xlm;rud.m \ ey one well {o msking the prepars- tlons they had, and making v.htlm pcr‘a;uf:mu.. wud he urged all who approved of it te gu on In the work, To outward spj nevs thy camp-iucetiog of today wes very Mitiu like 4Loso 0f Liw youth. They hisd 5o such touts fu. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, those daya, and yot thoso old lents af the men Kiug's brow. Solumun promptly pun- branchien of trees eould keep fn thelr memories lied them, what God lsd done for them. A man Bolomon, conscfous that he was not the fegat who had mo fear of Guod of trever- | helr to the throne but was the cholee of God ence for rellglous things, asked what good thero | rather than of men, wished to acknowlvdge In was in a little npflnkfin of water, What d1d | rome public and Impresaive_way his alleglance the bread represent? VWhat tho littlo cup! | to the King of Kings. He “felt that God And yeb these represented all the Christian’s | had strengihened Thim —in his Kingdow life and character, He saked them agnin to | was with “bhim In all his wnys, and {mracvere x\d go forward, trusting in God, and hinking df the institution which God in His grace hind thrust upon them. It had been the means of covering all the land with Methodlsts, He asked that God blesa thein and make them & medlum of conversion, and of bringing men rrnnlmle In the recognition of theirsins and he powerful Tove of God. Altor the duxology, Elder J; utk(nn{zmnounccd benedictlon, and tho congregation dlsporsed. ‘They all Alept at the hotel, and put ur cheer- fully with tho slight inconveniences of the first liad magnificd him cxcecdmul‘y. Ho theres fare addrersed his wmilitary chiefs, his civil ’udfiu his governors, and the venerable fathers n the different sections ofshis realm, and ex- pressed his wish and his _resolution to have a grand natfonal religious festival, in order to im- press the people no less than himself that he was_King by the grace of God, and that he ought to %c’;(!l his relgn h{l recognizing Jehovahi as the Glver of all good things, and cspecinllyas the King of Kings, ‘The people were delighted to sco thelr young night. Early yeatorday morning they were un [ Ring so rclldf to follow in the ways of wlzdum, bettmea, and dre to-day as busy sa beos fn their | They thoughi they could sco, rapldly swelling, arrangements, the ‘germs of great usclulness, This willing- TRSTEHDAT. ness to lentn wisdom from the axsurlonm of his At 11 o'clock yesterday mornInF the | fathcr, and that of other frionds still living, ministers and membeia of tho congregation met | gave him great strength and influence amon; in confercnce gnd prayer. At 3 p. m. Elder { ail the people. Tney saw that God was witit Jutking preachied an earncst acrmon, and at 8 | him and made him great, as He did Joseph 700 o’clock tho Rev. M, M, Parkhurst preached in | years before, tho Tabernacle tent, The attendance was much In due time the military and cvil of- larger than the day before, and the prospect is | ficlals, and crowds of “people, asscm- for an interesting and {ustructive meeting, bled st Jerusalem. All the land wus Sunday survices will be held during the wholo | full of u{. They were proud of thelr young day, There will be no trains out, but visiturs | King. All the inhabitanta were anxious to unite ean lenve Chicogo at 8:15 Saturday night, re- turning by 8 o'clock Monday moruing. —— SUNDAY-SCIIOOL LESSON. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND SOLOMON'S FIUST AS KING OF 1SRARI. In our last paper we repeated David's fare- well address and his public exhortation to his son. At a private interview David gave advico | to Solomen regarding some influential men who Moses. A had opposed himself and would bo very likely | “Tq tiila sacred place the young King wished to to be hostllo to the son. Tho King transferred . The cullcu{‘un of Israclites was Lmmense. to hitm plans for bullding the temple, and gave | The proccssion was formed ufter much march- bim verbal directlons regarding its position and | 118 ‘,‘,‘.';‘,‘;15”‘1‘.".&?"}‘.‘{3'"{ i dwe bickn ‘tlicen cen A e furnishing. Ho then placed In Ms earennd | foiengii Egyptian charwer, riling slong IIB and keeplng the immense tressures which ho and | down the ranks with os much dignit; his wealthy friends had contributed for cone and fn his bearlng as If he were the Ki{nli. structing n splendid temple to Johovah. now and then he fssued arders to his in greeting hit on s way to Glbeon. Solomon was fond af tho old places of worship, He felt thatthey had beensanctified by the many prayers ond countiess sacrifices Of the t Gibeon, some fow miles from Jorusafem, wos the tabernacle, voustructed by Moses, whose laws hio was Atrlv(ug to obey, “The ark ftself had been removed to Jerusalem some years be- fore. Sume of the furniture stlll remained. Here was atill found n brazen altar, cast by the skill of Bezaleel, under the specal direction of By 2 alus, No doubt, tbhe old King was per- l‘rub'nbly you would have scen the young fectly consclous that the day of his, }f,m 5“"“"“‘:‘2““’;"‘1 ,,2},“"‘"’.%,,,,;:,4,‘,{ w‘x‘xg death was ncar. As he revlewed his | gy “hgs checks twodeaved roscs, past Iife, he wust have experienced deep | At Jength the procession moved. No auch als- sorrow for his sins, and have sald * Wash me Ylny hud been seen ut suy former period of the thorouglly from my Iniquity, snd cleanse me =rn<|:l}ual| lfillnltulr{l. Tlllu lm’;‘l‘““" ?T‘ OUXX" from mysins. For I acknowledgo my trans. | Jfusidane filled the olr with tones of loy. As the young King passed from point to point, the gresstons, and my sn fs ever before me3 create | furmin Wero lgu’:lur than l.ln:p wero e!-cn when inme aclean heart, and rencw a right spirit | the people saluted the ol King but o fow within me.” No person can doubt the sincerity fi ot Div{ia repantnce, Whieh 1o cxpressti by 1y | Lo sesl it Thels bhatbanle sl ot ey C c: s 8 vied ofr husbanda ai ung’ many ways. l]Aml sl ho said, **Jly sin Is eyer e tlia T ven an s Lot e n augmenting the grand applaise, i us! Dbefore me.” in aug! & pplaiise, that must have reached heaven, where the angols were We now wish to refer toa few lsolated facta | gf in louder and Jouder atrains, ** 1’ In hla Bistory that show the character of bis 0ld | seihdl - Belomen e, agee o earth. ~Huloman was God's anolnted. age, After”sore hesltation, as if he had Jost | Would this grand ackuowledgment of God's that confidenca fn God that he formerly pos- | sovercigntly paes unnotiead by Him who lmx;'f:dl n!‘r: c;t,x;rtud for the Jordanon his Woy | reganle birdsof the alr, who counts the very 10 Infrs of our heads, who controls all and keeps all In being? Burely this applausc on earth was cchoed by applause in heaven, God's peculinr people inthe grandest procession the earth had eyer seen, golig to offer a sacrlfice, o prayer, o dedieation on ths altar that Moses bullt 700 years hefore, must have been peculiurly aceepts able to the God of Abraham, saae, and Jacob, wmaker of heaven and enrth. On the anclunt brazen altur thet stood before the tabernacle the ,vuu%tlz King offered in sues ritice 1,000 anfnals. Thelast member of the Anronfc family, Zadok, the chicf pricat, officla- ted. Our space will not nllow ua to describe the cvents at Gibeon, After the exciting scenea and labors of the dny, Bolomon retired to rest his weary llmbs and more weary mind, He wos deeply fin- pressed with thae solemn rellgious services of the oceaslon. . He rendered thanks to the Great King for His goodness to. him and his people, e The King had bardly reached the western shore when Bhime! and his 1,000 men of Benja. min, including Ziba with Iis fiftecn sons, pre- sented themsclves, Shimei threw Limself ot David’s fect, confesscd his rebellivus spirit in former days, and begged to be forgiven on the ground that he had slucerely and deeply repent- cd of his folly and had now cama with 1{ met to oid In_restoring him to his home and his thronie. Tho wise King forgave, but did not forzet him. Mephibosheth had lands to which he swas strangly attached. Ziba, by mlnrc{)reucmnuon hiad obtained possession of them, lcphlb«s}mtifl nuw came to the Jordun to apologize to David for his apparent dialoyalty, on the ground that David's steward had negledted to give him nicans of excope from_Jerusalem, and of going with his father's fricnd futo cxile; that hisgrea lameness bad_prevented his joluing Jitmy wud that during the King’s_abseice, he, Mephibo- | T1e find riches and honors: He had beaut, aheth, Lad fiot dreaséd s feut, trlianied bis | hoalthe 110 had nll the olements of perfecihan- beard, nor changed his clothes, 88 au indlcation | niness, He waa thoughtful. o reallzed his of deep affectiun for the King, aud of deeper | responsibility, e felt is need of wisdom, 1o mourning for his exile and his sufferings. | pondered his coming dutfes, As his oyes be- David replied, “Isce yonr_position, Me lllfi)— V) “ osheth, a‘:m of my beloved Jmal.hnnf I ,v.ruly caus ioayy he sud L lie mul] Al vl onough torulo this great peopled I need great wisdum, great discretion, and great decision of character,” o fell into o sound slecp. The thoughts of the day poascd swiftly through bl mind. Now snd tien, unconsclously to himself, he would utter fn indistinet and low tones s0 low that nonc could hear but that God ¢ whose cars are_alwnys tflun," “Inced wise dom, wisdom, wisdom.” Hiswords were heard, ns wore Bamuel’s in earlier days. A volce sald, “ Ask what you wish, and I will give it thee.” Bolomon iv his soul's deep recess replied, #*Thou has showed great mercy unto David, m father, and host made me to relgu iu his stead, Novw, b Lord God, let Thy promfsc unto David, my father, bo cstablished : for Thou bast made mu King overa great ‘ron‘ple, cven. as the dust of the carth in multitude.’ This reply was a very simple and true state- ment of facts, nud showed that the young King realized his position, and felt ~ that he wus under tho dircction of God, God surcly knew what S8olumon needed, but. Io wonld be inquired of no loss by the King thau by the house of Isracl. It Is an crror to say thiat God will glve us whiat we ask; as some re- ligloun teachers atlirm. He has encouraged us to nak, and e will give us what we need. Holomon sald to Gud, **Qive me now wisdom and knowledge, that I sy go out and come {n beforo this people: for who can judge this thy peoplo so greati” This was a wonderful prayer for a young King to offer to the hestower of all gifts and ull graces, Bolomon sought wisdom #o soon 08 he was crowned. This vory request shows his charactor, Wise men scek for wisdom., The mora they know, the mora they sce to know. Knowledgo is atopless Bir Isaac New- gave that land to Ziba, but under the circum- stances, you and Ziba must divide the Jamd." ‘The 1ame son of Jonathan replied, “let Ziln Tiave it all sluce my lord, David, tho firm fricnd of my father, has again come to his old liomo In peaco.”? avid had many rich friends, whose purses were wide open for his comfort, whila in exlle and in want, Among these was the good and venerablo Barzillal, ~ Iis very fuce Indicated his noble and generous character, Lis anowy hcad and his long, white beard hang- Ing dowti upon his breast, inade him look like 8L Johin of after years. Wihen he heard of the misfortuncs of his King, this rich old man of Gilead rushed to aid hiny, and now that David was returning froni hls sojourn on the east slde of the Jordan” he came down from the hard, rocky region of Gilead to the river to ald the King in pussing safcly over. Davld was very rateful forhis kindness, and urged the vencra- ls man to accompuny ‘llm to Jerusalem, that he might have ° the .opportunity of row arding him, Barzillad, vow B0 years of age, replied, *8hould Igo Ishould be a bur- den to my lord. Let me cross the Jor- dan with the King and then lot me roturn that I msy dis in my own vity, aud near the graves of my father and my mother.!” The old man com- mended his son to the eare and good will of the King, who took the son with bim to Jerusalem and expended upon the son, what ho richly awed thio father. ‘We must refer to the courage and prowess of David in his old age. They wers not a whit 1csa than those of his youth, * In tho last battle lie hiad with the Phillstines, they presented as their chaunplon, the giant, 1ahbi-benob. David, suountaln penctrating Meaven, TOW 67 years of i tldm ot heaitate to aceept | ton plledpup kuuwfidgq ond yet as he wont lis challenge. Butthe exertlon ho found nee- | guilhy,” higher up the gradual nscent, he essory to make waa too muchi for a man of his | gaw a0 much still to be known that cars, He faluted, and would have bgen slain iad niot his brave and trusty Ablshaf rushed to his rellef and killed the glant Philistine. 3 The Pwplc foved mors than ever the vener- { hae felt his ignorance,—* ho felt as if ho weron child, plcking up shells on the seashore of cternity,” Solomon must havebeen wioe at the outset, or he would nat have asked for more sble Ring, whose spirit was 5o willlng Lo serve | wigdom. The wise nian seeks ald of Him wh L countey, butwhose flah waa 50 weh Thoy | 1 ‘uble’ to teach. Bolomon asked nothing for declared that tho King sliould no louger In per- | himself, but wisdom und knowledge for the fon go to Lattle, “lest he should quench tho | benefls of bis people, - Vgcht of Isracl” 'Thus David fought his first God replied to the young Khmg: ¢ Bocause and hls last battle with a (L. Chron, ou have not uked richies, nar hunors, nor the xzlz) David now addressed the people, and | Yo of thine cenemies, nor o) sald, * My son Bolomon {8 yet youngand tender, lite for thyaslh but hast aincercly asked for wisdom an snd the work Is great; for the temple I8 nob for | knowledge, that thon mayest judge Justl :1‘1“:::‘0:::&. m;he‘mlhlfifi;l l?\:d'}.hfln :-”clgg my peop! e‘:' ozur whom Ilmvg mmi’e Lfiud{lu‘;{ rting fob mahy voare I 'wili give thes wisdom, knowledge, wealtl, old, silver, brass, {ron, wood, and” “diyerscly-volored stones. ‘Then the chivf men and privees, captaing and rulers willingly offered and gave for the service of the temple large quantitics of gfi!d, sllver, brass, iron, and preclous stones, The people g‘fnfiy rejoiced that those who poseessed theso ngs so willingly gave them to the Lord; and % David, the Kiig, rejolced with great joy,” Wherefore David thianked the Lord {n the pres- ence of all the people, and sald. * Tlhine s the rreatness, the ’;{"“’r‘ the §!nry, the victory, and he miojesty. Riches and honors come’ from and honor, such a8 nons who have been befare thes ever had, nor shall thoss who follow thes ever have." Salomon flrst uou;im. the kh;fidum of Hceaven, and so all other things wero added, and God gave him carthiy blesslngs In great abundance. They all catio as a result of obedi- ence. Heavenly™ grace is alwaya bettor thun gold, Qold Is needod asa sonrce of comfort and "usefulness in this short 1ife, but it s very poor curreucy fn the 1ife to come. ———ep—— THE DEATH OF S, S, GATES, e, and in Thy hand fs power and might. The Trustees of Wheaton Collegu took the Wa thank Thee, and pralse Thy glorious | followlng sction on the death of Deacon 8, 8. lame. ng.l .Th e lg' Arsng Nua’-‘AH Gates, of Crystal Lake, [IL: nge coih coi what we have waa Thinoown. We aro strangera beforo Thee, c.,‘nv)';;;,' -L‘\‘i-%'ng'lyo;:::'nf:lq wa‘hml;ul:n?s:r?u:: 08 wers our fathers, Qur days onearthnreansa shadow, Thou knowest gur bearts, As for me, 1 have gladly offergd all theso things, I sco with joy thyl Th’ people, here present, have the snine spirit, and Ireely offer thelr goods to Thee, Enabls my son Solomon to keep Thy com- maudients, Thy testimonivs and statutes, and ta bulld the temple for which I and Thy peoplo have made provisions, sympathies 1o hle family, Church, and nolghbor- huad, 1 the bereavement, In the death of our Drotlior, Wheaton Collego bas loat a judicloua and cxcollent Trustea; the cauve of Heform, » frm aud conelatent fele; ur country, an u';.rlfhl cltizens and thio Charch of Chalat, a sincers Chrlutlan. We hope his luss will be made up by the manifgld Ulcaatng of God to his surviving friends, By onder of the Hoa . F. Luxnr, Becretary Tr Wh eaton College, Lo e 0 A D etopte. Hiesees = e : our $il o ople J tha Lird Uod of ‘thelr futhiels, ad bowed LOVE'S QUESTIONINGS, down thelr heads aud worshiped, ~ The psople offered sacritices unto the Lord, even 8,000 anl- mals, und ate and drank before the Lord with &z(mn gladness. The people then made Solomon ing uf Israel for the yecond time. The Lord muguified bim in the sight of all Isracl. uvid reigned oyer lsracl forty years, and hie dicd In s good old age, {ull of duys, riches, and honors, and Bolomon refgned in his stead, we would, scelng s We can pot help, moral sublimity “about the last days of the eweet pealmist of laracl. The plety expressed u this thanksgivivg pray- ¥ry the devotlonal fervor in Its ascriptions of greatness to God, the pruyer for the continu- ance of the |l>eapln in the right way, aud then the King of lerucl solemnly and caruestly com- mending the beloved young Kiug to the care and blmiufi of (ud. 11, Chronlcles, L—We do _not know much about Bulomon's boyhood, s mothicr had an carly promnfse that hie should succeed his father on the Thrope of Jsrael, 1lu I8 sald to bave had Think of thee, dearcat? Thore's not a nuflng hone 0f day or dreaming night but 1 am with theos There's not a wind but whivoers salt of thee, Nor flower that slecpa heneath the witchery Of moonbeniu pale, but telly a tale to me,— A tals of the * O Sweet ultet Think of theo, dearest? With thoughta that live and gln Tha which the panslone of the go \With warmth of lovee's amll Calling together all Lhe Lieart's sweet tromblingy Iuto une perfect kuot of happincss,— This wuch, Bot e, Bweot Thllel. Whynear lhu\:cuu-n 3 cannot be away, For e'en thy apirit's ever round me wreathing such chalns of woft, delirious witchery, And (0 10y soul such fond desires bequesthing, ‘That heart and soul bold coguizauce of thee,—~ 0f none but thes, the beauty and tbe intelloct of David, No Bweot Tlllle) ¥ doubt hllll pnx::ul;l kt;;‘ c:;‘mll?‘mydln \'lcfir hlll Why with the, desreat? rospectiva standing ‘ln tho Kingdom. ifoin : idiood mnnllvnfid . rvllzluug dispoaition, ] cantiol be away. No joy au dear in u! Aufn thy velled snd molsteued eyo to o Hathsheba must have instructed® him in these Lhings that ftted him to be the snointed of the D And in thy cheek with flurh unusual glowing, Lord. e bad now scon not 20 yeurs, and had T D G, vory el actuia) eaperiones, D16 o b his | T ] sug, hoLshia Fan ot unvurthy Wee, futlier's wiss counsels, uud_was resolved by the grace of God to obserye them, Ho soon’gave {:ruul of cnergywnd declsion of charncter. “Iis rothor Aduuqnh bad beyn actiyely cogaged in_ s pebellion ageinst hix fatber, aud bad been pardoned on the express comdl- tlou that hy would not agein be guilty of dis- loyalty, But AuquL»u could not kecp quict. He, Joab, wnd Abisthar were found to bu en- Kuged lu g plot to snakch the zuwa fram Bweet Tkl \ Think of thec, dearest? N can bul thin of thee, Aud feel wy cvery pulse plead for u mosting, I'o ever fanguich in thy low, suft tone, And clasp thy form, sud boating ¥ With \ul\-n w tlelictons throbs agalnst my owa, alony OrUORUIn gweatTilllel CusunyJanss. vel thy wara beart IANNAM ARNETI'S FALTIL Jlenrtetta 11, Ioldich in the New Fork Odrerrer. Tho daya were at their darkeat, nnd the hoarta of our grandfathers wero welghed down with doubt and despondency. Defeat had followed defeat for the Ameriean Ltroops, until the army had become demoralized, and discouragement hai well nigh hecome despalr, Lord Cornwaills, after his victory nt Fort Leo, hnd marched his army to Elizabethtown (December, 1770), where they were now encamped. On the 80th Novem- ber the brothers Howe had fssucd thelr cetobrat- ed proclamation, which offered protection to all who within sixty daysshould declare them- sclvea peaceable British subjects, and Dbind themaclves nelther to take up arms agalnat thelr Boverelgn nor to oncourage others to doso, 1t was to discuss tho advissbility of sccepting this proffeved protection that a group of men had et fn ons of tho large old houscs of which Elizabethtown was, at that time, full. ‘Weare apt to think of those old times as days of unmitigated loyalty and courage; of our an- cestors ns unfaltering herocs, awerving never in the darkest hours from the narrow and thorny path which conscienee bade them treaa. Yot buman nature s human nature fn all ages and. If ot times tho * old-fashiuned fire " burned low even in manly hicarts, and protound discourngement palgied for atimo tho ardent courage, what are we that we should wonder at or condetnn them? Of this period Dr. Ashbel Green wrote: 4 ] heard o man of some shrewdness once sny that when the Britlsh troops overruu the 8tate of Now Jereey, in the closing part of the year 1736, the whole population could have buen bought for 18 pence a head." The debato was long and grave. Some were for aceepting the offered terius at oncoj others hung back a little, but ull bad ot length agreed thut it was tho unfy thing 1o be done. Hope, cournge, loyalty, faith, honor—all scemed swep[ away uponthe Hood of panle which had over- apread the Jand, There was one listener, how- ever, of whom the cager disputants wero ignor- ant, one to whose heart thicir wise reasoning was very far from carrying conviction, Mrs, Arnett, the wife of the liost, was in tho next ruoin, and the sound of the debate had reached her where sho sate 8he bad Mstencd in sllence, untily carried away by her feellugs, siis could bear no more, and springing to "hor feel she pushed open the parlor-door and confronted the ngsembled group, Can you fancy the scene? A large, low room, with the dark, heavlly carved luraiture of the pertod, dimly flirhted by the tall wax candles and the woud tirs which lazed fn the huge fire-place, Around the table, the %roup of men,—pallid, gloomy, dejucted, disheurtened. In the door- way tha figuro of the woman, in the antiquy cus- tuie witl whiely, {h theso latter days, we have Lecome so familiar, Can you not fancy tho proud potse of her head, the” indignant light of Ater biug eycs, the crisp, clear tones of hor volee, tho majesty, und duflanee, and scorn which clothed lier as o garmentd The wen all started up at her entrance; the slght of n ghost could hardly haye causwl more perturbation thun did that of this little woman. Her husband advanced hesttly, 8ke had no busincss hiere; a woninn should know her place und keep . Questions of polities and political expedieney wore not for then; but he would shicld Ler as fur a5 possible, und polut out the Impropricty of her conduct aftewards, when they snould be alone. 8o ho went quickly to her with & wurnlug whisper: “ Hannal! Hannah! this Is no pluce for you. We do nob want you here just nowi “und would have taken hiet hand to léad ber from the oo, 8he was a docile little woman and obeyed his wishes in general without a word{ but ‘now it seemed us 1f she searcely saw hitn, 8 with one haud she pushed him goutly back and turned to “thu sturtled group. “ Hauyo you mite your deelsion, gentlemen?” sho asked, * Iluve you chosen the part of men ar of traitara?* 1t was putting tho question too broadly,—so 1llks & womnn seelng only the bare, ugly acts, and qulte forgetting the delieate drapery whicn was intended to veli thom. It was ub awkwurd position to qut them v, and thew stammered and bungled over their snswer, a8 men n o false position will, The reply came st last mingled with explanations, and exciiscs, and apologies. % Qolto hopeless; absurd for o atarving, half- clothed, undisclplined urmy lke ours to ntrempt to compote with England's unthnited resources. Rupulss everywhere,~rulnedi—throwing away iife and fortune for s shadow.” You know the old arguwents with which men try to prop a stugrgeriag consclence. o Mrs. Arnétt listanied In aflence until the last ubject word was spoken, Tuen she fuquired nhln‘xly: “But what if we should live after ully g I'he men lookedat cach other, but no one spoke. p‘({llmunml Tlannah!” urged her husband, “Do you do not sec that these aro no guestions for you? We are discussing whal is best for you, fur all. Women huve 1o ahare In these wples, o to your spinuing-wheel and leave us to settle ailatrs, My goodiittle wife, you are making yourselt ridiculouns. Do not expose yourself (’n this way before our Iriends.’ 1118 words passed her ear like the idle wind; not even the quiver of an syulash showed thal she heard them, “ Can you not tell me?” ghe said in the eamo strangely quiet voice, “If, aftor all, God does not let the right perish—if Amerlea should win {u the conflict, aiter you have thrown yoursclt upon Britlsh clomency, where will yoube then . WThenl” spoke ono hesitating volee, ** Why, then, i€ it ever could be, we should be rulned. We must leave the country forever. But it 1a absurd to think ot aucha thing. The strugule {s an utterly hopeless one. We have nu men, no uuuul:y, o wrs, 1O food, and Englaud bas everyihing’ “No,» l’uuld Mrs, Arnett; *“you have forgot~ ten one thing which Englund has not and waich we haye,—one thing which outweigha all En- gland’s treasurcs, und that is the Right, God Js on our side, and every volley from our mus- ketals oo echo of Ilis Volee. “Wa aro puor and wealk and few; but God s tghting for us, Weo entered into thia struggle with pure hearts and prayerful lips. We hud counted the cost and wero willlng to pay the prico, wore It our heart's blood, And now—nuw, beenuse for ntime the day I8 golng sguinst us, you wonld give up all and sueak Dack, like cravens, to kiss thic feet that have trampled upon usl And you eall yourselves men—thio sous of thuse who gave up {mmu and fortuue and fatherlund to muke for themaetves and for dear. Uberty w resting pluce n thmu "’,:fldurue.ul Oh, shaie upon you, cowurds 1ler words had rushed out Ina fiery food, which her husbuud had vaiuly steiveu Lo check, I do not know how Mrs. Arnett looked, but 1 faney her a fittlo foir woman, with kindly bius eycs and delicate features—n tender and loving Jttle soul, whose scorntul, bluzing words musi have secmed to her ainazed hearers, ks the In- spired fury of a pythouces, Are we uotail prophets n{ times—jirophets of good ur evil, e cording to our bent, and with niore power thay we ourselves suspeet, to work out the fulflll- ment of our own prophesicat Who shall suy low far this frugile woman alded to stay tha \;u\'r o{l ;lcunlmun which was spreading over the fan “ Gentlemen,” sald good Mr, Arnett uneaally, “ 1 heg you Lo excuse thi moat unsecint { Inter- ruption’to our _council. My wife id beslde her- u.-h. 1think, You all know her, and know 1t is Tot ber wont to meddle with pol{tics, or o brawl und biuster. To-morrow she will sve her folly, but now 1 pray your patience.’ Alreudy nér words had begun to stir the slumbering manhood inthe bosoius of thuse who hfinm her, Enthustusin makes its own fitting thnes. No one repliod; each felt too kecnly his own Bmmu" in the NHght cast upon then by this rfl'f ‘;mnnn‘swunml.l it AL ahe et Take your protection ou will," she wen! on, after %unnfl; n valu for K reply, ¢ Proclalin vourselves traltors aud cowardy, false to your iiml. but horrible will be the udt'mun! ou will hring upon your hieads and the hewda of thuse um.lfuvc yoi, [ toil you thmt Englund will- never conquer, 1 know it and fesl (Ui every tibre of my hourt, Hus God led uw so for todc- sertus now! Wil Howho led our 1athers neross the stormy winter sea forsake thelrehildren who haye put thelr trust in bim¢ For me, § stay with 1y country, sud my bund shall never toucl the Luind nor ‘my heart cleave to the beart of Lim who shames ber.” he gashed upon her husband a gaxe which duzzled him like sudden lightoing, “lsaac, we have lived together for twent; rears, aud for all of them I have beena trus and oving wife o you, But I sm the child of God und of my country, and if you do this shameful thing, 1 wiil nover agalu own you for uy hustand,” My dear wife!" cried the busband aghest, “you do not know what auu uro saylug. Leave me for such a thing as thiz (" W ¥or such u thing as this " she cried scorn- fully. ¢ What greater causs could thers bet 1 warrded 8 good man aud: trug, & faithtul friend, and it nevds no divoree to syver me fruin u traitur aud w cowyrd, 1f you tuke your pro- tectfon you luse your wife, and 1—1lvss my husband ‘and iy home (! With the Just'words the thrilling volca broke suddenty with a puthetic fall amd a film crept over the proud Llue cyes, Porhups this Hitly wuch of wonanly weakuess moved her hearers s decly wo hwr brave scorsdul wosds. They ‘| Some had utmlev.-(l o, D were not all cowardn at heart, only touched by the dread flnger of ‘panic, which, now and then, will parnlyre the bravest. againat it and only nlf ylelded at Inst. And’ suma thero wers to whom old traditions had naver quite loat thelir power, whoss superstitfous consclousucss had tiever beeome quite reconctled to the stign of Nebel, though their reason and judginent bhoth tpld them ‘that, borne for the cause for which L e'Y bore it, it was o Litle of nnhulll. Tho wonts of the little womdn ind gone straight to each heart, be fts malnspring what it might. Gradualiy the drooping iicads were ralscd, and the oyes grew bright with manliness and resolution. Belore they left the houso that night, they had aworn a solemn oath to atand by the catisc they had adopted and the land of thefr birth, throtigh good or _evil, and to spurn the oftera of their tyrants and foes as tho dead- 1est insults, Bome ol tho names of those who met In that seeret council were known afterwards amon (lhiose who fought their country’s battles mosf nably, who dfed upon the field” of honor, or re- Joleed with pure hearts when tho day of tri- wmph came. Tha name of the littld woman flgurlcd ?n 1o herole roll, but was she tho less a eroine ‘This story {3 a true one, and in this Centen- nial year, when every crumb of information in regard to the old days of struggle and herolsin ;s‘ungegy gatliered up, it may not be without loleres g . | "THE S0RROWS OF WERTHER.” The Originala of Albert and Chnrlotte, and Qoothe's Acqunintance with Them, Temple Rar. It was at thelittle Town of Wetzlar, in the Duchy of 8olws, the very pearl of thecharming valley of the Lukes, that Goethe met with the otiginala of the story which found so many dis- nstrous copies, Beaut!fuily situated in the midst of woode, flelds, and richpustura lauds, its ro- mantfe solltudes were well fitted to fnsptre poetle reverle and the dreamy langour of sen- timental fdleness. Tho perfectealm of village-life afforded mple lelsure for the Indulgencs of the dreams, of tho doubts, the Imaginary suilerings, alhnp:un of ntpmlmuyhy u8 deep na it (s bitter, ho product of o diseused miud whose yecords become only too palutable to o taste ready to be stimulateid by wordsof unnaturnd andushenlthy excitement, "It wns in 1773 that Jolann Woll- ganiz Goethe arrived at Wetzlar, ‘The narpative of his mecting with Charlotte— Charlotte Butl, who, ‘to ‘Juuue from her p Lralt," snys Lowls, “must fn her waghave bren o charming creature, not intellectually culti- vated, not poetieal; aboye all, not the sentimen- tal girl wo "have fn ¢Werther,! but o serene, iy, joyous, vpen-hearted Germun mafden, an excellent housewife, aud a pricoless munager® —Is told by himsell in the fivet puges of “"The Sorraws”? I walked across the conrt (o o weil-hnift honwe, and, aacending the Hight of stops in front, vpened tha door and enw before me the most charming spectacle | had ever witnensed, 8ix children from 11 to 2 yeurs old were running aboat the hull and rurrounding a lady of_middlo ickght, with a lovely m"urc, dresned In a robe of simple white, trimmed with pink ribbone, She hetd a brown loaf in her hand, and_waa cutting slices for the little onen all round i propartiaa o thelr ugy and apputite, Sie perforined her task in & graceful and aftectionuty wanner. Each claimant awalting histurn with onte haud, ond boisterously shouting his That Goethe should fall inlovewith Charlotte whidle aware from the first of licr engugement to Kestner, is only in kncrlng with tho romantic folly which was tho fushlon of the day; in all probability he consldered himeell renarkably ortunate, while e“i“*“"; the cultivated lolsure of asolitude fuli of ¢harm, that he was able to tisnd wn uppataaity of cashing headlong futo o pussion whichcoulil onlyend in disaster. Kest- ner appears to have been \vlmlle- undlsturbed by the situntion. His own honorable und contiding churacter (s displayed in his description of it: Lottlo 1s not strictly a beanty according to the comuion opinlon, tome sho is one, She I8, not. withstandfng, the fuscluating mulden who might hiave hosts of admirors, old and K‘"mg‘ frave nnd gay, clever and Mupld, But sho knows how to con- vinco them quickly that therr unly safcty must bo gought in fight of in friondship. * One of thcso as the most remarkable, 1 will mention, because ho retalus an uilnence over us, A youth in yeurs (23), but In knowledge and In thi tevelopmunt of hia mental powers and charncts wriulready o man, an oxiraordinary genins und o man of character, wia hiore, na his fumily bellovud, for tho sake of stadyingthelaw, butin fact to track the footsteps of nature uml truth, and fo study 1jomerond Pindar. 1o had no need to study for the rake of & mnintennnce, Quito by chance, after he hnd beon hero some tinie, he beeamo acquainted with Lottehen and saw in her his ideal: e waw her in her joyuus uspect, ut was youn aware thut this won not Tier best aldv} ho lenrnt to kuow hor also In herdoustic posltion, and, ina word, became her adorer, o Tt'conld not fong_remagn unknown to him tHat shie could give him nothing but friendship, and hor conduct toward Iim was admimble, Our cofnclidence of taste, and a closer acquaintanco witl ona anoflier, formod between him and me the closoat hond of friendship, Meunwhile, althongh he was forced 1o ronounce all hope In rolation to Lottchen, und dld renounce it, yet he could not, with ail his hilosophy aud putural pride, #o for master himself ua completely to repress his inclis nation. And he has qualities which might male him dangorous to n woman, especially to oue of :nlcnplllhllly and taste. ut Lottchen know how to trent him 80 08 not to encouraga vain lope, m\;l yot muke hlm admire Lur manner toward him, 11l peace of mind wuffered; there werv many romarke ablo scones, Jn whichi Lotichen's boliavior helghte cned my regard for her; and ho also became more precions to mo an n friend, butIwas often in- wardly astonlshed that love can moke auch utrfln‘u craaturen cven of the strongestand otherwlase the moat scif-snstained men. 1 pltied him, snd had muny inward strugglos; for on the one hand 1 thought that I might not be in a punition to make Latichen so bapsy te he would make her, but un the othier hand 1 could not endure the thought of 1“""‘1 hor, The latter feeling cunquercd, and in Lottchen T have never once been able to percelvo & shadow of the same conttict, . The summer_passcd away, and then Kestuer agaiu writes in his diary: 8epl, 10, 1772,~To-day Dr, Goethe dined Flth me In tho garden. 1 dld not know thnt it wna the inat time, ~ In the evening Dr. tiuethe came to the Yentsche Haus. He, Lottchen, and 1 had a romark- able canversation abont the futuro atate; about going sway and returning, ete., which wis not bes Zun by him but by Lottchen, -We sgreed that the one who died first should, if he could, give infor- wmatfon to the living about tho canditions of the ullier life. Qocthe was quite cast duwn, for ho knew that the next morning he wus te go. This {s {dentical with Goethe’s nurrative of Werther's departure In *‘The Borrowa! The lovely (dyl bud come to an end—the * partles de, promenade en volture,” the petit bal sans apprels, the long bright days, the radiant evenigs where the theee fricnds conversed In Charlotte's gar- den on every topic under unid above the stars, Hnt o tragic end to all 18 fndlspensable, and for thils Guetlie hud to borrow from anothier eplsode which, oceurring at_the time, fitiod Wetzlar.sod RADWAY'S REMEDIES, RADWAY’S READY RELIEF Quros tho Worst Paina in ’ From Ono to Twenty Mimuteg NOT ONE HOUR Aftor Readlng this Advertisomont Need Ay : Ono Buffor with Pain,« RADWAY'’S READY " RELIEF bure for Every Pail Only Pain Remedy ‘That tnstantly stops the most excruet Inflanmations, and curcs uung’cl‘ilu‘r.::,'n:llre’flfl!lfi;lll:‘l" Lungs. Stomach, Jowe! Lungs, stomach 1%, O otlicr gluads OF ordany by LY FROM ONE T0 TWENTY MINUTES, o malter how violent Bn-unmfm Wedurinth, toiem Sinkatho faln. e enralgic, or prostrated with discase may suftor. RADWAY'S READY RELITF Afford Instant Ease. Inflammntion of the Xidneys, Inflam tion of the Dinddor, Inflammation of the. Dowels, Mumps, Congestion of the Luugs, Bore Thront, Diffoult Breathing, Palpitation of the Hoart, lysterios, Oroup, Diphthoria, Catarrh, N:nfl?:‘nm;.‘ e’omh%){lc,'reulhnuhn. uralgia, Rhoumatism, Qold Chik Ague Chills, Ohiiblains, nd Frost Dites, Tho application of the Jiead parta wnum e patn or n”l"‘ comfort. 20 Aifeq Tellct Lo th ty extaia will aftard éa Spraina. Sour Stomach, Tiear. K Hea )| ' G “{_r;l} in th Bowelr, l-l)"frrxrc’c'f-?nlixgarl’fi gy e Jern shouild dlwaya carry o buttle 4 REEADY TRLELF with thein: - oo drops 1 WAt sl {revent siciiens r pains troin elitngn. 6f wnicr. [t etter than French frdady or Biiters as n stimulant, FEVER AND AGUE | ‘evor and Agiia cured for At . semiilal SKCNE i (1 worid (AL Wil enrs Tevar arue, and ail other malarjous, billous, scarlet, typhold, yeliow whd othur lflevanl(‘n(llllfl;l oy Jisdway’s plito o clean I way's Hon ot : VO Dy Drigra. Y ieliet Flfty conts per botis DR. RADWAY'S REGOLATING PILIS | Tertectly tastelem, clegantly coted wi R A R G v ey s tor ihp eursor at difolomtof o Somach, LIver, Dowels, Kidpeys, Bindder, N s 11mlncnohuum:lpmuz."!:amvcnun, x‘.fa'.".?u'.\{i'.:,‘fiifi pepala, Dilfousnesa, Blitnus Fover, Infammat] ‘\5‘.’.'53?: Tilon, and all Doranuemenia o ihb Tuaria Watranted to offoct s ; egetable, canlaining 2o TRk, Shinersh or el Obserye the following symptomy Dwirdersof the Digestine Drgang: ® Ferulting from Compslon taverd Pies Fullaon of b Biood tn A ach, Nan Diianes ot F 500, Fa1kbaa of Fcl I (ha. Serooamy Bour Frunt{ons, 8 In the Pt of thhe Btomach, Swimming of the Tead, Hurred and Dif: ficult Breathing, Flutterings at the Iteart, Choking of Sullocatlng Konéation when (0 & Lylng Fosture, bim nim OF Vislon, 10ta or Walia lotcre the sIKNL Fec s utl st the ltowd, Befieicasy of Rerapirai | 'Alng in Hide, Gliestr Liiba, s Suidnd Flushea ot Toat Huratng cehts per bux. Bold by Drugglsts, o o Ovarian Timor Of ten years' growth oured BY DR, RADWAY'S REMEDIES T UAVE HAD AN OVARIAN TUMOR 1] A TLES AND T WELS FOIETEN YEANR: o ANX Ansor, Dec. 27, 1875, —Dn. ltanw. That oth erh iy Do eRUALER, T IAKE T Htomenys To o 1 have had an Oyarlan ‘Tuimnor, ‘,Il 1he uval elafor ten yoars, '} tried the est phyel the nelghborhood with compassion sud horror. A young man named Jerusalem, Scerotury to the Brunswick Legation, committed suicide, Kestuer sent Goethe full detoila of the catus- t-ophe, and he tronsferred them to the loat pozes of Werther When Goethe had printed lnln book ho sent a copy of it to the Kestuers, and wus astonished Lo fiud that fnstead of folls o futo raptures over it lhn{' wers uucud(n‘gly angry, and it must be admitted thut they hud full right to be Indignant ut inding themselves drageed into puhllull{ and their story falsifed, 1ni Tater years Goethe bmacl( turned from the work of bis youth with regret and ayerslon) when years it cloared s fusight and wettled his ainie, ho sativized the authors who had sitn. ply follawed in his lnnulelm. culling them “pro. cystonal sentimentulists,” and ridienling that brotherly love and apiritual communion from which ufose, asdean Paul Riciter wittily -re- marked, “n unfversal fove for all men aud beaste—except reviewers!’ . FRATERNITY, How good 'twould acem, how nable ft would be, 1, in'thle the of gen'ral ublice, All hoarta feot ev'ry sectlon wonld nnite To swhll thé joy and share tn the dellght; 1 every ono, i wpite of hate and pride, Would cast thelr whims and fancied wronge aside, nd, a3 no one had erred, united live, T bless, ba blessed, scak pardon, and forgive. Oh! how 1 wish t such might really bel liow swoatta live such iy deys (o sacl One lv our station, kindre: ngue, and alm, One commuon llllmr{ aud Une CUMMUN NIMO, Then why embitter this too-tecting life With aenscless bickering sud domestic atrife? Al tho dark past presents the same sod scene, — A world of fruits and Sowers laid waste by warring mon. Nature is laviah, God and Hesven are kind; But aloth and euvy sway thy humau mind, And banda destgncd for usofuluors sud good Arestecped In crime and schooled u shedding l00d, — The fool's snd madman's part, for wise men know Tiu hates bimself wno hates an honeat foe, Tuen let ve seek with earnuatnuss and xzeal Our country's hunor and our comnton weal, Vound funo_party, btats, or aclfish ends, Tiut one great brotherkodd of Chrlstisy frlends, Whers atrife and woshall be alike unknown, All have their rights, yet ho marethan their own, Each cachone's peer, und bound with egual bands, Our ski) our glory, snd unr wealth our fands, An ago shall comce—fur Chirlat has paved the way, And all the angels haaton on the day— When wocial luve, descending from the skies, Suall make this teli of Earti s Farudisc, Whre ev'ry suct aud ov'ry party, Joined, Fursue the gou'ral good of il wankind; Juatice and uiercy qw diatinctions kuow, Allke tosl} in equal ncasure flow; Maturing time complete the grand deaign, And bunian laws couform to the divine, Whllo Poaco snd Plenty crown the golden years, And appy man forgets this age of lears. Cutaun, July & Gosiuw Nicuors, ish the 3 of o lace without any benatit. 12 wi Bty T Cn Rot v Need e Aomeer. 14 riend of mine Indneed mie totry Ladway's Jiemedie ut Onally, aficr muck 1ind notmach 1aIth 0 them, Lut O rousncd b1x Sotkien o€ the Resol two bazesol nurchased 1 botiiea of the Resolvent, two bazed o eV it Wod WO HOILICS Of LHE Tt L acd thest wiihout uny apvarent benent, I deiermiined to penes vere. | uscd (welve more butties of the ltosolyout, tvs of tie Relief, abd two bozes of tho Pille. Hafore 1bey wert gone |l Igrctwenty_iye pounda, Leantinued U8 w¥e 1he medicine nn‘ul wes st Lwsseuirely cured, 1 ook tne miediclne ottt ¢ TIoM ot hres dotu: Vorkies of. tha Hesaivout, s 20 ] yeut, # botties lleliof, snd aix Lozea of the Plils. 1teel pertecily weil, and iny bioart {s full of gratitudt to ol far this heln i my decp afliction. o you, it and your wonderful meafcine, | feel deeply ndebied, an 1y rayer s AL iL iy bo ax Wiuch uf & bicasing Lo oh° crana ({ has be en W me, Sigued MUS. E. C. BINS. {375 5 0ina, wha makea tho wiove cerjioato. b the rioh for whom I reguesiod you to send medioine (8 sfmn. 78, ‘The medlc bought o ! e, with o hor by you. I may ior statsment §a correct without 8 guaiifcaitun, (Bikhe L. #. LERCIL, Drugglit and Chemiat. Aln Arbor, Ml This may certify that Mra. Bijubina, wiio ninkes 12 above certificate, 18 aud ias becn for tnany yeurs w known to us, snd tha facta tierain statad are uidoabt- {17 an wouleniatly correct. Any uae who knows Nk 18) ina will belleya her statement 1 BEN.L 1). COCKEI K 8. TOND, DR, RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvant, THR GREAT BLOOD PURTFIER, For the cure of all Chronfo Diseases, Reroful Syphilitie, Hereditary or Contsglous seated b the L v Slomach, B Hones, Fleah ar Nervea, Corrupting the Solids snd Yitlatlug the Fluids, L Y o ity Badder, Liver Complaiot, 8¢ Eamrutiytior, Kiiidy, Wiaader, Liver Comiplaio, Bold by Drugkiu. DroRADWAY &€0,, 32 Warrensst,,NoJi _——— i Reand “¥alse and True.” [ letter . ., No. 11 W R AP S AR T with by seut you-