I HAVE now been on this island seventeen days. I first held fifteen meetings at Bastia, a city of 25,000 inhabitants, where an evangelist was fully established in the truth, and ten other persons decided to walk in the light of the last merciful message to mankind. At the invitation of another evangelist, I then came to Ajaccio, by stage, a distance of one hundred and fifty kilometres—considerably over one hundred miles, and spoke five times in a hall to Roman Catholics. I also devoted from five to seven hours a day in teaching present truth to the evangelist and his wife for eight days in succession. They did all in their power to make my stay agreeable, and showed an interest in and gratitude for light and truth. May they press on with courage in the narrow way amid the moral darkness that surrounds them, and prove faithful and a blessing to others in reflecting the precious light they have received.
Corsica is, for the most part, a hilly, mountainous, and barren region. Traveling here is tedious. The fertile parts of the island are very lonely, and abound with tropical fruits. Beautiful olive orchards remind one of the Mount of Olives, where the Saviour resorted so often for prayer, and inspire a desire to follow his example.
Ajaccio is a beautiful city of 18,000 inhabitants. The people here are more than conscious that they occupy the birthplace of Napoleon, in whose memory they have erected two monuments, but they are unconscious of their great moral blindness and spiritual shame and poverty. Here the Catholic clergy have great sway. The people of Corsica were subject to the kingdom of Genoa, Italy, till about one hundred and twenty years ago, and are far behind the times in many respects. In an inland town the ancient Greek is still spoken.
D. T. BOURDEAU.
Nov. 3, 1884.
Withholding Christ’s Free Pardon
Colonel Patton, a leader of the Covenanters, was taken prisoner by the troops of Charles II., and doomed to execution at Edinburgh. He was met by a royalist officer, Dabsell, who had fought side by side with him in Germany. "I'm sorry to see you here, Patton," said his old friend. "I'll go to the king for a pardon." "It's of no use; you'll not get it." "If he doesn't grant it, I'll never lift my sword for him again." He applied for it, got it, hastened to Edinburgh with it; and the pitiless lords of the council held it back and left the brave soldier to go to the block. Do we detest them? What, then, shall be said of us if, when Christ has proclaimed a free pardon to men, we hold it back from their knowledge and leave them to perish in their sin?
The Simple Nature of Sin
In an article in the Sunday School Times, Charles S. Robinson, D. D., says:—
Here "we discover the simple nature of sin; it is disobedience of a divine command. What Saul was bidden to do, he refused to do, and in the end did not do; that was sin. There is no need of bewildering ourselves with any subtle analysis: 'Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.'"
An excellent definition, by the way, for the reason that it agrees exactly with 1 John 3:4: "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law."
The Coming of the Lord Draweth Nigh
"The coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
The Mistake of the Algebra Class.
By Religious Herald
THE last recitation hour of the morning was drawing to a close, and as there was to be no school that afternoon, the boys in Mr. Thomas' algebra class felt a little impatient at the delay of their teacher in assigning the lesson for the next day.
Finally he looked up and said, "The next problem is much more difficult than any you have yet worked; therefore, I shall give you only that one, and shall expect a perfect lesson from each of you; the class is excused."
No sooner were they outside the door than the boys began to talk of the game of ball for that afternoon.
"Now don't you fail of being on time," several of them said in concert to Will Manning, who was proverbially late.
"Do you hear?" they called, as he made no reply.
But he only said, "How about the problem? You know algebra comes first Thursday morning; if we don't get our lessons before we play, I'm afraid we shall be too tired."
"Now, Will," they all exclaimed, "don't you see, Mr. Thomas meant we should have the whole afternoon, so he only gave us this one?"
"I, for one, shall study first," said Will, resolutely, "and if there's time I'll come down to the play-ground."
But although the rest were, or pretended to be, always out of patience with Will, they felt that they could not play even a part of the afternoon without him, so they further urged.
"We'll all take hold together after tea and work that problem in much less time than we are using now in lingering here talking about it."
"I don't know about that," said Will, "and then there's Miss Marshall."
At this the boys laughed outright, and Dick Stanley said:—
"Who's going to be afraid of that little shadow? I'm not, and if you are, perhaps you'd better go over and get her to help you work the problem."
"I wish she were out of the class, she spoils its symmetrical appearance," said Harry Martin, who had a fancy for using long words, but often failed in his recitations.
"There isn't a bit of style to her," said Percy Evans, who thought it smart to be on Harry's side, "she has worn the same dress every day this term."
"And every day this term has had a perfect lesson," said Will Manning.
This last the rest could not deny, and finding Will determined to secure the lesson first, they proposed to meet at the academy directly after dinner, and work the problem before going to the ball-ground.
So they made a grand attack upon it, but after two hours' hard work even Will Manning was ready to say it was out of the question to solve it, and there was nothing to fear from Miss Marshall.
So they hastened off to the play-ground, forgetting all about next day's lesson.
Having slept the sleep of thoroughly tired boys, they awoke late the next morning and went down to the academy with little thought about the problem except that the solving was impossible, at least for pupils no further advanced than they.
These seven lads were the sons of wealthy gentlemen who had felt annoyed all the term at having the 'looks of the class spoiled' by such an inferior-looking girl. Her mother took in washing and she never went into society.
The day before she too had considered the problem and resolved to ask her mother for a little extra time, for she thought, "I do hate to fail, and on such a short lesson, too," but when she got home she found an extra washing had been sent in, and she could not think of saying anything about her lesson, so, getting a general idea of the problem, she thought it out while helping her mother, and early next morning put it on paper.
The boys took their seats in the class with a confident air, and Sydney Ames whispered to Will Manning, "Just see how dull she looks, the idea of your being afraid of her."
Just then Mr. Thomas struck the bell, and looking up, said, "Let each one who has obtained the correct answer to the problem raise his hand."
The amused looks exchanged between the boys as their teacher spoke were quickly exchanged for those of surprise and mortification, as they saw him looking approvingly in the direction of Annie Marshall's seat, and saw that her hand was raised.
Then he fixed his large, pleasant eyes upon them, and it seemed to them it was a full half hour before he spoke. Then he slowly said, "Boys, I should think you would be quite ashamed to have the youngest member of your class, a young lady, too, show greater perseverance than you."
There was nothing left for the boys but to make the best of the matter, and they frankly confessed to each other that "Annie was a real lady, for she never showed a bit of triumphant feeling," and they well knew she had worked under difficulties, for she was hanging out clothes the afternoon before when they went by the house to their play-ground.
The secret of this was that Annie was trying to live a Christian life, and never went to school without asking for help to show the spirit of Christ in all she did.
Could the boys have looked into her heart they would have seen that she was by no means indifferent to the praise her teacher bestowed, and also that she felt a strong inclination to look down upon them; but in a moment she remembered how humble her social position was compared with theirs, and the thought of how mortified she should be if in any of their places, made her pity them; glad of her success indeed she was, for many years afterward, when fortune's wheel had turned in her favor and she had received many quite flattering tokens of esteem from persons of high social position, she told a friend that the proudest moment of her life was when she found her hand was the only one raised in that algebra class.
"I'll tell you what 'tis," said Charlie Hall, who was generally spokesman for the boys, "there's more to that meek-looking little girl than we imagined; but we might as well yield gracefully, and I propose that we wait on Mr. Thomas and ask him to invite her to put that work on the board and explain it to us tomorrow. I for one am sorry that I said what I did about her yesterday."
Mr. Thomas was very glad to comply with their request, and the next morning Miss Annie was surprised to be called on to explain her method to these lads, who politely questioned her about the difficult parts of the work.
She would have been not only surprised but very glad had she known that her gentle, lady-like manner through the whole had made them feel that there was something in her religion worth having.—Religious Herald.
The Home Circle.
THE LORD'S PRAYER.
[The following beautiful composition was found in Charleston, S. C., during the war. It is printed on very heavy yellow satin, and is quite a literary curiosity.]
THOU to the mercy-seat our souls dost gather,
To do our duty unto thee,......OUR FATHER,
To whom all praise, all honor should be given;
For thou art the great God......WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
Thou, by thy wisdom, rul'st the world's whole frame;
Forever, therefore,......HALLOWED BE THY NAME;
Let nevermore delays divide us from
Thy glorious grace, but let......THY KINGDOM COME;
Let thy commands opposed be by none,
But thy good pleasure and......THY WILL BE DONE;
And let our promptness to obey, be even
The very same......IN EARTH AS 'TIS IN HEAVEN.
Then for our souls, O Lord, we also pray,
Thou wouldst be pleased to......GIVE US THIS DAY
The food of life, wherewith our souls are fed,
Sufficient raiment, and......OUR DAILY BREAD;
With every needful thing do thou relieve us,
And of thy mercy, pity......AND FORGIVE US
All our misdeeds, for Him whom thou didst please
To make an offering, for......OUR TRESPASSES.
And forasmuch, O Lord, as we believe
That thou wilt pardon us......AS WE FORGIVE,
Let that love teach, wherewith thou dost acquaint us,
To pardon all......THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US;
And though, sometimes, thou find'st we have forgot
This love for thee, yet help......AND LEAD US NOT,
Through soul or body's want, to desperation,
Nor let earth's gain drive us......INTO TEMPTATION;
Let not the soul of any true believer
Fall in the time of trial,......BUT DELIVER,
Yea, save them from the malice of the devil,
And both in life and death, keep......US FROM EVIL.
Thus pray we, Lord, for that of thee, from whom
This may be had......FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM.
This world is of thy work its wond'rous story,
To thee belongs......THE POWER AND THE GLORY;
And all thy wondrous works have ended never,
But will remain forever, and......FOREVER.
Thus we poor creatures would confess again,
And thus would say eternally......AMEN.
Unconscious Hypocrisy.
THERE is such a thing as unconscious influence—an influence undesigned and unsuspected. Is there such a thing as unconscious hypocrisy? Does not hypocrisy consist in a design to conceal what one is doing, or a design to appear different from what he really is; and can one have such designs without being conscious of them? He must take into account the influence of habit. When one begins to practice on a piano, he is conscious of an act in connection with every key that is struck. When he becomes an expert, he is conscious of only a general purpose to play the tune. There are other acts which become habitual, and their performers do not seem conscious of their moral character.
A lady called on Mrs. Alston. "I am very happy to see you," said Mrs. A. "It is a long time since I saw you."
"I was sorry I was not at home when you called," said the lady; "I was attending a sick friend."
Mrs. A. seemed very glad to see her visitor, and pressed her to spend the afternoon with her. Her manner was so cordial that the lady would have stayed if it had been possible. She prolonged her call in accordance with what she supposed to be Mrs. A.'s wishes.
"Dear me!" said Mrs. A., "I thought she would never go."
"Didn't you want her to stay?" said her little daughter Mary.
"Mother is very busy to-day."
"Don't you love her very much?"
"She is a very pleasant woman."
The conversation was not pleasant to Mrs. A. Till her daughter put those home questions, Mrs. A. had not thought that she was playing the hypocrite. She wished to be agreeable, and her efforts took the form above mentioned. What is the true epithet to be applied to her conduct, the reader must decide.
There is a great deal of unconscious hypocrisy among men. It is thought to be necessary in order to get along with men. It is never necessary to do wrong. It is never wise to do wrong. What is necessary in order to get along well with men is kindness and a real interest in their welfare, and not a showy pretense. A thoroughly sincere character is as estimable as it is rare.—Christian at Work.
The Peacock Throne.
THE finest and most costly piece of furniture ever conceived was the famous "peacock throne" of Delhi. Tavernier, a skillful French jeweler, saw it, and made a computation as to its intrinsic value. He calmly estimated that its nominal worth, aside from its claims in an artistic way, was $30,000,000. It was six feet high and four feet broad, but it was composed of solid gold inlaid with rare Oriental gems. It received its name from the jeweled images of peacocks which adorned its canopy. This canopy was also of gold, supported on twelve gold pillars, and hung all around with a fringe of pearls. On each side of the throne stood two chuttahs, or umbrellas, symbolical of royalty. They were made of crimson velvet, embroidered with gold threads and pearls, and were equipped with solid gold handles and diamonds. The throne was constructed by order of the Eperor Shah Jehan.—Sel.
The Men Who Are Promoted.
THE Manufacturers' Gazette in a recent editorial, made the following statements regarding young men and their advancement, which others than the class to whom it is addressed will do well to heed: "The young men who receive promotion are the men who do not drink on the sly. They are not the men who are always at the front whenever there is any strike, nor are they the men who watch for the clock to strike twelve, and leave their picks hanging in the air. They are not the men who growl if they are required to attend to some duty a few minutes after the whistle has sounded. They are the men usually who pay the closest attention to the details of their business, who act as if they were trying to work for their employer's interest instead of to beat him at every crook and turn. They are the men who give the closest attention to every practical detail, and who look continually to see whether they can do any better or not. This class of men are never out of a job. They are scarce. They never strike, they never loaf, and they do not ask for their pay two or three weeks before pay day."
"WE cannot all perform great acts; nor is it necessary that we should. The world needs more humble, silent workers than it does great ones. Some one has said that 'one Niagara may be enough for the whole world, while the same world requires thousands and tens of thousands of silver fountains and gently flowing rivulets which flow on every day and night with their gentle, quiet beauty, watering every farm and meadow.' So it is with the acts of our lives. It is not always by great deeds that good is to be done, but by the quiet, gentle virtue of every-day life."
A Story of Tithes.
MANY years ago a lad of sixteen years left home to seek his fortune. All his worldly possessions were tied up in a bundle, which he carried in his hand. As he trudged along he met an old neighbor, the captain of a canal-boat, and the following conversation took place, which changed the whole current of the boy's life: "Well, William, where are you going?" "I hardly know, sir," he answered. "Father's too poor to keep me at home any longer, and says I must now make a living for myself." "There's no trouble about that," said the captain. "Be sure that you start right, and you'll get along finely." William told his friend that the only trade he knew anything about was soap and candle-making, at which he had helped his father while at home. "Well," said the old man, "let me pray with you once more, and give you a little advice, and then I will let you go." They both kneeled upon the tow-path (the path along which the horses which drew the canal-boat walked); the dear old man prayed earnestly for William, and then his advice was given: "Some one will soon be the leading soap-maker in New York. It can be you as well as any one. I hope it may. Be a good man; give your heart to Christ; give the Lord all that belongs to him of every dollar you earn; make an honest soap; give a full pound, and I am certain you will yet be a great, good, and rich man."
When the boy arrived in the city he found it hard to get work. Lonesome and far from home, he remembered his mother's words and the last words of the canal-boat captain. He was then and there led to "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness." He united with the church. He remembered his promise to the old captain. The very first dollar he earned brought up the question of the Lord's part. He looked into his Bible, and found the Jews were commanded to give one-tenth; so he said, "If the Lord will take one-tenth, I will give that," and so he did. Ten cents of every dollar was sacred to the Lord. After a few years both partners died, and William came to be the sole owner of the business. He now resolved to keep his promise to the old captain; he made an honest soap, gave a full pound, and instructed his book-keeper to open an account with the Lord, and carry one-tenth of his income to that account. He was prospered; his business grew; his family was blessed; his soap sold, and he grew rich faster than he had ever hoped. He then decided to give the Lord two-tenths; he prospered more than ever; then three-tenths, then four-tenths, then five-tenths. He then educated his family, settled all his plans for life, and told the Lord he would give him all his income. He prospered more than ever. This is the true story of Mr. Colgate, who has given millions of dollars to the Lord's cause, and left a name that will never die. Are there not boys and girls who will now begin to give to the Lord one-tenth of all the money they receive, and continue to do so throughout life?—Sel.
Memphis.
MEMPHIS was one of the oldest of the world's great cities. It was built on the banks of the Nile when all Europe was a savage wilderness, and its inhabitants barbarians living in huts and caves. The great city grew up under the rule of the Pharaohs, to be a scene of busy trade, almost as thickly peopled as London or New York. To-day its site can scarcely be traced. But four thousand years ago Memphis was a city of palaces and temples. Pharaoh was lodged more splendidly than Louis XIV., and Cheops provided himself with the most magnificent of tombs. One of the Memphian temples is thus described: "He seemed to be in Memphis, his native city; and entering the temple of Isis, saw it shining with the splendor of a thousand lighted lamps; all the avenues of the temple were crowded with people, and resounded with the noise of the passing throngs." The inner shrine was supposed to be the residence of the goddess. To Memphis, perhaps, came Joseph, the gentle Jew, to become the ruler of the land. There came his brethren and the Israelites to buy corn. Here the Jews passed their two centuries of captivity; from its palaces they bore off the jewels and gold of the Egyptians; from its memorable shore they set out on their march; from the gates of Memphis the furious Pharaoh followed with chariot and horse, to perish in the treacherous sea.
Nowhere can be found more striking incidents than are connected with this desolate, narrow part of the shore of the Nile. Moses, perhaps, floated in his basket near by, and won his life with the smile of infancy, always irresistible. It was the scene of the plagues, of the terrible darkness, of the years of plenty, and the years of want. It flourished in splendor and wealth for a period that makes the age of most cities seem trivial. New York is more than two hundred and fifty years old. London about nineteen hundred; Memphis flourished for more than three thousand years. It has passed away, but one of its labors can never apparently perish. Cheops, one of the Memphian kings, built the largest of the Pyramids, and near it are several others not much less in size. A pyramid was no doubt a royal tomb. Various explanations have been given of the origin and purpose of those wonderful buildings. But history and tradition assert that they were the tombs of the Memphian kings.—Harper's Young People.
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—Siberia, with a population of 4,000,000, has only two newspapers.
—Siam has signified its wish to be admitted to the Universal Postal Union.
—Lapland and Northern Sweden are soon to be opened up by a line of railway.
—The St. Louis Grand Opera House was burned on the afternoon of the 23d ult. Loss, about $150,000.
—The latest reports from the plague-stricken districts of Virginia, place the number of deaths at 2,000.
—A storm, accompanied by heavy wind, visited the region of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 23. The rain was so severe that dwellings on the low lands were flooded, and the occupants were forced to flee.
—It is estimated that 100,000 persons left Paris during the cholera epidemic. The danger is now thought to be past.
—Shocks of earthquake were felt in various parts of New Hampshire on the 23d ult. At Concord, buildings were quite perceptibly shaken.
—A lump of coal weighing nine tons has been sent from Birmingham, Ala., to the New Orleans exposition. It is claimed to be the largest single piece ever mined.
—A cyclone passed over the parish of St. John, La., about forty miles from New Orleans, Nov. 23. The village of Edgard was destroyed, and several persons were killed.
—Forty years ago there was only one daguerreotype gallery in New York City. Now within three miles of Union Square there is not less than 500 photograph galleries.
—A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph Company says the French Government has resolved to send two more cruisers to the west coast of Africa in view of possible results from the Congo Conference.
—The engineers of the International Bell Telephone Company lately carried on a conversation between St. Petersburg and Boulogne, a distance of over 2,400 miles. The experiments were carried on in the night, when the telegraph wires were not at work.
—Peter J. Christofferson, one of the most prominent Mormons of Arizona, has been convicted on a charge of polygamy. The verdict gives general satisfaction, except among the Mormons, who threaten vengeance against the court.
—A daily paper says: "A curious fact in relation to the Greely Arctic expedition is not generally known. According to Lieut. Greely's account, of the nineteen men who perished, all but one were smokers, and the one was the last to die. The seven survivors were non-smoking men. This is an important argument for the anti-tobacconists."
—A "magnetic healer," in Cleveland, O., is under trial for the murder of one of his patients. On the stand he testified that his "spirit control" was an Indian chief, and that he himself knew nothing of disease, unless it was very simple. Said he: "I am not responsible for what I do when under the control of the spirit of this chief; I could not be responsible."
—At a demonstration of workingmen and socialists, in Paris, on the 23d ult., several advocated massacre and robbery of the rich. Two speakers who advocated moderation were kicked into the street. Shopkeepers in the vicinity of the meeting closed their places, fearing violence and pillage. The police were unable to disperse the assemblage and were obliged to call on the military.
—Four hundred and fourteen thousand immigrants arrived in the United States during the ten months ending October 31. Of these 48,000 were from England, 55,000 from Austria, 141,000 from Germany, 12,000 from Italy, 35,000 from Norway and Sweden, 40,000 from Canada, and 62,000 from miscellaneous localities. Five hundred and one thousand arrived during the same period last year.
—New Zealand, with 532,000 population, exclusive of aborigines, reports about 87,000 pupils enrolled, and 66,000 in average attendance, under about 2,000 teachers, and about 1,000 children in industrial schools. Provision is made for normal instruction in four schools, with 147 students; for secondary instruction, in twenty schools; and for superior instruction in four colleges, the last established in 1882.
—A little over two weeks ago a party of Harvard students daubed the bronze statue of John Harvard, which was recently presented to the University, with tar paint, thus doing it more injury than would result from many years exposure to the weather. It was an act of vandalism that one would scarcely expect of savages, and proves that the East has nothing whereof to boast over the West, in the line of civilization.
—The man who attempted to kill Mr. De Young, in San Francisco, was required by the judge to furnish $5,000 bail. Just one week later, a man who was captured with two hams in his possession, which he had stolen, was required to furnish $2,000 bail. It was no idle fancy of the ancients to represent Justice as blind. According to our calculation, five hams are considered in court as equal in value to a man. We dare not contemplate the awful fate that would have befallen the poor fellow if he had stolen a whole hog.
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PREMIUMS.
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The premium for new six-months subscribers at $1.20, is "The Golden Grains," ten little books, in paper covers, containing instructive stories for children and youth. Price, 50 cents.
New subscribers for one year, at $2.25, can have their choice of either one of the following excellent works:—
"The History of the Waldenses," illustrated.
"Sketches from the Life of Paul," by Mrs. E. G. White.
"The Life of Christ," by Cunningham Geikie, D. D.
CANVASSER'S OUTFIT.
By Editor
Canvasser's outfit, comprising a premium book, circulars, blank receipt book, order sheets, and suggestions on canvassing, will be furnished by mail, post-paid, for one dollar.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.