Earlier text: GIVING A BAD NAMEMrs. Shephard lived in the large brick house on the hill; the one with the terraced grounds in front, the pretty fountain at the side, and all about such beautiful flowers, shubbery, and evergreens. Passers-by, in stopping to admire the beauty of the spot, would often notice a tall, fine-looking gentleman sitting on the veranda, with two bright and remarkably handsome boys by his side. Occasionally a lady would make her appearance, when the boys seemed to lose their freedom, would stop their noise and play, and sit quietly down, or slip away out of sight. The lady had a querulous, discontented and fretful look, and it was little wonder that the neighbors found her so unattractive that they seldom cared to visit her. Her conversation was one series of complaints; her servants furnishing her an unfailing supply in this line. No one, she was sure, ever had such trials as she; even her husband, in her opinion, fell far short of a model; in her boys she took little or no comfort, and it is very certain that with her constant fretting and worry they took but little in her. Mr. Shephard had spared neither time nor money in making their home a beautiful one, but to her it seemed to be only a constant anxiety and worry. One room was too large for comfort, another too small for convenience, another had a north window where she would prefer a west; some rooms were too cold, others too warm; and then if she threw open her windows, admitting air and sunlight, her carpets were faded and her rooms rendered untidy by dust. If her windows were closed and darkened, must and damp collected and moths reveled in the costly furniture. Thus all of her surroundings, which were capable of giving so much pleasure to a person possessed of a bright, cheerful spirit, were to her only sources of annoyance. For fourteen years she had searched the intelligence offices and scoured the country in the endeavor to secure a person who could cook a meal fit to be eaten; a second girl who could make a bed fit to be slept in, or tidy a room that would be even half-way respectable; or a woman who could laundry their clothes so that it would not be disgraceful to wear them, or who would not waste more soap, starch, and blueing than her wages came to. To her it was a perfect wonder that other ladies could find competent servants, and retain them year after year, while she was continually changing and hunting for others. She probably had never heard, or was an unbeliever in, the adage that "a good mistress makes a good servant." Her father, brothers, and various other gentlemen of her acquaintance were constantly being held up to her husband as persons far superior to him in their many good qualities. Mr. Shephard was a peaceable man, who never retaliated, never even held up his own sweet, loving mother as a contrast to this rasping woman whose scolding tongue was heard the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night; but he often sighed and grew sober as he thought that, with all his endeavors, he had not succeeded in making his wife happy. The children inherited their father's bright, happy disposition, and this with perfect health gave them such exuberance of spirits and unceasing activity as kept their mother in a constant turmoil. "John, come out of that tree, and never let me see you attempt to climb a tree again. I never in my life saw such an aggravating boy. You'll be the death of me yet; it does seem so strange that you can't sit down and be quiet! Henry, I should think you would have compassion on my poor head and walk more quietly through the house, and stop that everlasting whistling." Poor boys; why couldn't, or rather wouldn't, their mother see that it was as unnatural for Henry not to run, sing, or whistle, or for John to "sit down and be quiet," as for her to live without breathing! But for her everything was wrong. Even the weather was always at fault, either too cold or too warm, too dry or too wet. If a refreshing shower fell upon the parched earth, delighting the hearts of all—even to the little flowers of her garden—she saw in it only the mud that would ensue, and the dirt that would be tracked here and there. If the shower was wanting, then "the heat was so debilitating and the dust intolerable." And so she continued; ever fretting, complaining, and worrying, while the scowling furrows on her brow grew deeper and deeper, banishing every trace of beauty from her once fair face. At her husband's playful remark one day, that he intended trying the effect of a flat iron in pressing out those frowns from her forehead, he was met by such a shower of tears and volley of abuse as effectually closed his lips for the remainder of the day. As we saw that woman in the midst of comfort and luxury, with so many blessings unstintingly showered upon her, and she, ever thankless, peevish, and petulant, while others in the midst of poverty, sorrow, and affliction were praising God for his blessings, we were tempted to doubt the justice of the Almighty in the eternal fitness of things. But "we saw as through a glass, darkly;" the time came when his wisdom and mercy were manifest even in these seeming incongruities. A few years later, and on a bright summer day, as we were passing through the street, we noticed an excited crowd collected on one of the corners, and then a body reverently carried from their midst. It was the lifeless remains of John Shephard, who had been thrown from his horse and instantly killed. This was Mrs. Shephard's first real trouble, and her grief was wild and vehement. She repulsed every attempt at consolation and considered herself the most afflicted of mortals, on whom the Almighty seemed to delight in dispensing evil. A year more of grumbling discontent, and word came that Henry, who was then a college student at a neighboring city, had been stricken with fever and was lying dangerously ill. A few days later and all that was left of the bright and promising boy was laid in the grave. Mrs. Shephard was almost frantic under this second affliction, and it was with a rebellious and complaining heart that she drank of the bitter cup. Sympathizing friends again tried to comfort her, but she was inconsolable, and full of bitter mourning concerning her hard fate. For many years after this we lost all trace of her as business called us away to a distant city. A few months ago, however, on returning to our former home, we entered a small millinery store, and were kindly waited on by a middle-aged lady upon whose face were lines of care and sorrow, but who wore an expression of peace, content, and hopefulness. Before I left the store we recognized each other. To find Mrs. Shephard in her present capacity as shopkeeper surprised me much; but her transformation from a scold—the cheerful and attractive person, simply amazed me. It was in a few words that she told me her story. Two years after the sad death of her second son, Mr. Shephard, in the financial crisis of that year, lost heavily. Their beautiful home was sold, and for the first time in her life Mrs. Shephard was brought face to face with poverty. Her husband struggled hard to rise once more to the surface; perhaps with a cheerful, helpful wife he might have succeeded; as it was, however, he utterly failed, and a few months later died of disease of the heart, leaving his wife penniless and alone. This last blow was to her the most severe of all; for with all her complaining, she had dearly loved her husband. But now from the depths of a sorrow-stricken heart, and not until now, was she enabled to say, "Thy will be done." The lesson was learned at last, and her rebellious, repining heart was filled with love and trust and sweet submission to the will of her heavenly Father. "For years I repined without a cause," she said, "and murmured over imaginary troubles; so the Lord gave me cause for repining, and sent me real instead of imaginary trouble. He showered untold blessings upon me, and I was unthankful, unappreciative, and complaining; so one by one he has taken them all away from me; and now, after being stricken nigh unto death, I have a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto my God." —Clara Knapp, in Christian Union. A TRAVELER in Norway last summer came to a village early one morning, and was struck by the air of gloom which pervaded the streets. Unable to speak a word of the language, he could not ask the cause of this, and concluded that some sickness or financial trouble had fallen upon the community. As the day wore on toward noon, however, the houses were closed, shop windows were covered, all trade and business ceased. It was death, then. Presently he saw the people gathering for the funeral. There were the village official, the noble-man from the neighboring chateau, and apparently every man, woman, and child in the village. It must be some dignitary of the church who is dead, or some other country official. As he stood watching the crowds passing down the little, rocky street, he caught sight of the face of a German known to him. He beckoned to him. "The town has lost some great man, apparently." "Ah, no. It is only a young maiden who is dead. No. She was not beautiful nor rich. But oh, such a pleasant girl, monsieur. All the world seems darker now that she is dead." It is a singular fact that when we reach middle life and look back, it is not the beautiful, nor the brilliant, nor the famous people whom we have359 known, that we remember with the keenest regret, but some simple, sincere, "pleasant" soul, whom we treated as an every-day matter while she was with us. Go into a family or social circle, or even into a ball-room, and the woman who has the most friends there, as a rule, is not the belle, nor the wit, nor the heiress, nor the beauty, but some homely, charming little body, whose fine tact and warm heart never allow her to say the wrong word in the wrong place. The "pleasant women" are the attraction that everywhere holds society and homes together. Any woman, however poor and ugly, may be one of them; but she must first be candid, honorable, unselfish, and loving. If she is this, the world will be happier and better for every day of her life, and as in the case of this poor Norwegian, it will seem darker when she is dead.—Sel. Two boats rocked on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree;
One was in love with the harbor,
One was in love with the sea. The one that loved the harbor
The winds of fate outbore,
But held the other, longing,
Forever against the shore. The one that rests on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree,
With wistful eyes looks ever
To the one far out at sea. The one that rides the billow,
Though sailing fair and fleet,
Looks back to the peaceful river,
To the harbor safe and sweet. One frets against the quiet
Of the moss-grown shaded shore;
One sighs that it may enter
That harbor nevermore. One wearies of the dangers,
Of the tempest's rage and wail;
One dreams, amid the lilies,
Of a far-off snowy sail. THE habit of speaking in pleasant tones to the sensitive hearts within our care, is of the utmost importance. If we would have them learn to speak gently and kindly to all, we must teach by precept and example in their early years, while their minds are so elastic as to be led to pattern after the influence which surrounds them. I will relate a little incident of my own experience. I was unusually busy one morning preparing for company to dinner. My little son of four years was amusing himself with his playthings about the room. He, too, seemed hard at work, building bridges, block houses, and churches. He was continually coming to me asking questions, and requiring assistance. After a little time I noticed he had left his play, and was under the table, sobbing as though his heart would break. I said, “Georgie dear, what is the matter?” No reply. When I repeated the question, the answer came between broken sobs, “You didn’t speak pleasant to me.” “Well,” said I, “don’t cry; come and tell me about it.” So he came to me; I took him upon my lap and asked him to tell me just what I had said. Years have passed since then and I have forgotten all but the impression it made. A few pleasant words, the tears kissed away, and he was comforted and happy, and soon at play again, but I had learned a lesson never to be forgotten. He is now grown up, and I would no more think of speaking unpleasantly or unkindly to him than I would to company who might be visiting me. On the other hand, a rude, selfish, or unkind word never passes his lips. His attentions toward me are always most respectful, kind, and loving. If we would gain respect and esteem from our children, we must also speak to them in a kind and courteous manner. As we teach, so they will learn.—Sabbath Recorder. —During the last fiscal year there were 567,386,982 cigarettes taxed. —Bishop Haven died in Salem, Oregon, August 2. He was sixty years of age. —The national debt was reduced ten million dollars during the month of July. —Deadwood, D. T., was damaged to the amount of $100,000, by fire, August 3. —The corn crop in Illinois is liable to be much reduced on account of the drought. —The Nihilists have decided not to attempt to murder the Czar until after his coronation. —There are 45,000 post-offices in the United States, furnishing employment to 65,000 persons. —In a recent actual canvass of 80 towns in Connecticut 50,000 people were found who never attend church. —The Colorado Iron Works at Denver were recently destroyed by fire. Loss a quarter of a million dollars. —It is reported that in the North Carolina election the anti-prohibitionists gained by a heavy majority. —Postmaster-General James has reduced the expenditures of the post-office department about $2,000,000 a year. —Wm. G. Fargo, President of the American Express Company and Mayor of Buffalo, died August 3, at the age of 63 years. —A brewers’ war has begun in St. Louis, but unfortunately nothing will be destroyed but the rates. Beer will be more plentiful than ever. —The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors have granted the Southern Pacific Railroad a wharf franchise for 3,000 feet front, at Wilmington harbor. —The intense heat in the East continues. August 5 there were 39 cases of sunstroke in New York city. A proportionate number in other places. —The strike among the driver boys and slate pickers of the Susquehanna coal company, has thrown two thousand miners and laborers out of employment. —One of the two men who recently attempted to blow up the Liverpool Town Hall was sentenced to penal servitude for fifteen years, and the other for life. —For offensive language, and for disregarding the authority of the Chair, Parnell was suspended from the House of Commons Aug. 1, by a vote of 112 to 14. —Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., late pastor of the church of the Holy Trinity, N. Y., is now resident director in Paris of the Equitable Life Insurance Company. —During a severe storm along the Hudson river the evening of the second, the new Capitol at Albany, N. Y., was struck by lightning and several workmen were injured. —The American ship Calcutta with a cargo of sugar and hemp valued at $200,000, was totally wrecked off the coast of Kaffraria, South Africa, June 3. Only three of the crew escaped. —A Temperance Congress, under the auspices of the New York State Temperance Society, was held at Saratoga Aug. 4–8. Senator Blair, Neal Dow, and other speakers were present. —Topeka, Kansas, with a population of 20,000 has had but one case of drunkenness since the prohibitory law went into effect. And yet some people say that prohibition is a failure. —A railroad war in the East has been the means of furnishing many persons with cheap transportation. August 6, tickets from Indianapolis to New York were sold for ninety-five cents. —Two steamers recently sailed from Yokohama, Japan, on the same day, each anxious to get its cargo of tea into New York first. So close was the calculation that both arrived in New York the same day. —A dispatch from Newport R. I., Aug. 6, says: “The dense fog in this vicinity is doing great damage to shipping. Nine vessels have gone ashore at Block Island. Two came off this morning and sank immediately.” —It is found that it costs the State of California $431 for each student instructed in the University, and $5000 for each graduate. The institution has doubtless been more profitable to the regents than to the State. —Bradlaugh made an attempt recently to take his seat in the House of Commons, and was forcibly ejected, receiving some injury. The members have doubtless over-stepped their rights. Bradlaugh intends to make another attempt. —A Peoria, Ill., man named Crowe has been arrested for manufacturing the infernal machines that were recently shipped to England. The manufacture of infernal machines is said to be quite a business at Peoria, and is still going on. —The 100th anniversary of the San Louis Rey mission, San Diego Co., is to be celebrated the latter part of this month. Among the exercises there will be horse and foot races, bull and bear fights, Indian dances, and minstrel and circus entertainments. —Quite recently some desperadoes, supposed to be burglars who had been concealed in the vicinity of McKeesport, N. Y., and had become starved out, visited that place and demanded food. This was refused, when they commenced firing on the citizens, killing several. —Latest advices from Honolulu say that the volcano Mauna Loa still continues active. The destruction of the town of Hilo is considered inevitable. The stream of lava is from one-fourth to one-half a mile wide, and is steadily progressing toward the town, devastating the country in its track. —The town of Truckee, Cal, was nearly destroyed by fire on the 3rd, nearly every business house being burned. The total loss of property is estimated at $50,000. The work of rebuilding has commenced vigorously, and it is thought that the damage will be fully repaired before winter. —The Pope is uneasy over the recent disturbances in Rome over the remains of Pius IX. He says that he must now more than ever consider himself a prisoner in the Vatican. In a recent council he declared that the disturbances proved that the “Vicar of Christ” enjoyed neither liberty nor safety in Rome. —Fresh outrages are reported of the Apaches in New Mexico. Government scouts report that Indians, supposed to be under the leadership of Nam, are coming north, killing everything in their way. A large number of defenseless whites are reported as killed already, and there can be no mercy expected for those yet to be encountered. —August 1, an explosion occurred in a Government magazine at Mazatlan, Mexico. The explosion completely razed the magazine and destroyed many houses in the immediate vicinity, besides doing considerable damage to several others. The official report shows twenty-five deaths, thirty wounded, and twelve missing. The explosion was caused by sparks from the pipe of a guard. —There is great excitement over the discovery of carbonates ten miles from Deadwood, D. T. Ore was brought in full of native silver and assayed $2,600 to the ton. Big strikes have been made in the Lawrence, Utica, Amsterdam, Greenland and Jefferson mines. Miners are flocking thither from all parts of the Hills. A thousand people are already in a new city, which has been named West Virginia. —Judge Belden, of San Jose, has filed an opinion denying the motion for a new trial in the case of Bland against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The case was tried a few months ago and a verdict was then rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $7500 damages, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by being ejected from the cars of the defendants for refusing to pay 20 cents in addition to the regular fare, no ticket having been purchased. —The investigation of the State prison at San Quentin reveals facts anything but flattering. It is testified that “gambling was going on among the prisoners; that they could always procure liquor; that gross favors from the outside were permitted to those criminals who possessed money; that some employes made as much as $300 or $400 a month in catering to those practices.” The same witness agreed with Judge Freelon that the State, through the existing prison system, was responsible in a great measure for the large criminal element in this State. “I BELIEVE in a chaotic nebula, self-existent evolver of heaven and earth; and in the differentiation of this original homogeneous mass. Its first begotten product which was self-formed into separate worlds, divided into land and water, self-organized into plants and animals, reproduced in like species, further developed into higher orders; and finally refined, rationalized, and perfected in man. He descended from the monkey, ascended to the philosopher, and sitteth down in the rights and customs of civilization under the laws of a developing sociology. From thence he shall come again, by the disintegration of the culminated heterogeneousness, back into the original homogeneousness of chaos. “I believe in the wholly impersonal absolute, the wholly un-Catholic church, the disunion of the saints, the survival of the fittest, the persistence of force, the dispersion of the body, and in death everlasting.”—The Independent. SONG ANCHOR. By J. E. WHITE. For the Sabbath-school, Praise Service, and Fireside. 164 pages, on heavy, tinted paper. Price in board covers, 35 cents; $3.60 per dozen. 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It will be seen by our list of appointments, that the California camp-meeting is appointed to commence the third day after that of Michigan would close. We suppose the sudden death of Elder White will make it necessary for Elder Haskell to remain in Michigan through all the meetings held in connection with the camp-meeting in Battle Creek. All will agree with us that Elder Haskell ought to be here at, and even before the commencement of our meeting. We presume that the California meeting will be postponed one week, and commence the 13th. We do not say it will be so. We only call attention to the circumstances that our brethren may not be taken by surprise if such change shall be made. ALABAMA CAMP-MEETING.
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WE are pleased to be able to give the appointment this week for a camp-meeting in Alabama. It rejoices our heart to see the work enlarging in the southern States. We invite the prayers of all that this one may be well attended and that its influence may be such that the cause of truth may be greatly advanced, and an effectual door be opened for its more extended proclamation. DR. R. H. MCDONALD, President of the Pacific Bank of San Francisco, has placed at the disposal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of San Francisco the sum of one thousand dollars, to be disposed of as follows: eight hundred dollars to be distributed in the public schools of the city as prizes for the best essays on the subject of the "Twin Evils, Intemperance and Tobacco;" two hundred to be awarded in the high schools of the State as State prizes for essays on the same subject. The Union prescribes the rules under which the essays must be prepared, and suggests the following schedule of topics concerning the "twin evils:"- "1. Brief historical sketch of each evil.
- "2. How do they affect the wealth of individuals and nations?
- "3. How are they enemies to health and cleanness?
- "4. How do they affect the intellect?
- "5. How are they related to crime?
- "6. How do they affect home-life?
- "7. Illustrate the above as much as possible by facts from history and observation."
This will come before not less than 32,000 children in the city, beside all the high schools of the State, and their study into the nature and effects of these "twin evils" cannot fail to be productive of good. The Temperance Union recommend that a similar plan be adopted in every town in the State. And we recommend that it be adopted in every city in the United States. Temperance Societies generally ignore the subject of the evil of tobacco. We are highly pleased that this execrable nuisance is to have its demerits so thoroughly examined. SOME may have wondered why this name ever came to be applied to a church or people. A writer in the Baptist Banner makes the following statement which may go far toward solving the mystery:— "The Enon Association, out here in Indiana, has a law which is as unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and Persians. The essence is this: ‘We are opposed to the missionary spirit, in giving the gospel to the heathen; this article shall not be annulled!’ I can produce it entire from the constitution of said association." The distinction of Baptists in the South is mainly of "Mission" and "Anti-mission Baptists." Our Publications in England.
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ANY of the books, pamphlets and tracts issued at this Office may be obtained of Eld. J. N. Loughborough, Ravenswood, Shirley Road, Southampton, England, who will furnish catalogues and prices in English money, and receive subscriptions for all our periodicals. COMPANION TO THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT,
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Which contains the Changes Suggested by the American Committee but were not assented to by the English Committee. Paper covers, 8vo., 25 cents. Cloth, 16mo., 75 cents. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. THERE will be a camp-meeting in Choctaw Co., Ala., eight miles west of Bladen Springs, commencing Wednesday, Sept. 7, and continuing till Monday the 12th. No PROVIDENCE preventing we expect to visit and hold meetings with the brethren at the following named churches, and request that all be present who can be. Meetings to commence on Friday evenings, at 7:30. Sabbath at 11 and at 2 P. M., and two meetings on Sunday if desired. Woodland, Sabbath and Sunday, Aug. 13, 14.
Vacaville, " " 20, 21.
Napa, " " 27, 28.
St. Helena, " " Sept. 3, 4. I. D. VAN HORN,
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