REV; A, WALLACE, Editor, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1875. VOL. 2, NO. 4,

T he O cean G rove R ecord.

b y w m . n . Cl a r k .

Who can th e w ondrous record keep,Of m ighty w orks th a t God lia th w rought,

H ere in tho Grove, beside th e deep,W here p u rest words o f tru th a re tau g h t?

F rom darkness in to rnarv’lous lig h t H o w m a n y souls huye h ere em erged?

W h at eves have here received th e ir sight, And h e av en w ard 'th e ir w ay have urged?

H ere sons o f th u n d e r too have stood A nd blown (he'Gospel tru m p e t loud,

■Until the listening m u ltitu d e Before th e Lord w ith rev.'renee b o w e d ? .

Wlio know s tlie h earts th a t w ent ironi Jieiiee W ith angu ish riveii because o f sin ?

The.tears o f godly penitence,T he yearnings Of the sou l-w ith in?

How often has tlie Master been - £ welcome guest beneath th e sh ade? -

Ho\v m any hearts have lot H im In ; •A nd tem ples o f .the Lord been m ade?

Who can recoun t th e shouts o f joy—Who h a th th e precious record kept.

Of blessings rich w ithout alloy,' 'W hen m en w ith hap p in ess have wept?

Not till th e reck ’n ing day sha ll conie,And .Tesus on His th ro n e appear,

Can m en or angels count the sain Of sinners born for glory here.

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The.poet’ goutiiey gave this, advice':Young readers, you , w hose hearts are

open, w hose Understandings are 'not.yet. hardened, and w hose feelings are n ei­ther exhausted nor encrusted with the world, take’- from m e a better rule than any professors of. criticism will teach you. .Would you know w hether the tendency o f a book is good or evil, e x ­am ine in-w hat state of m ind you lay it down. Has it induced you to suspect that w hat you have been' accustom ed to think .unlii.wful m ay after all be in n o­cent, ahd, that m ay be harm less which you have h itherto been taught to think, dangerous? Has it tended to m ake you dissatisfied and im p atien t under the control o f others, and disposed you to rules in that self-governm ent with-

‘ out which both the laws o f God and m an tell us there can be no virtue, and consequently no happiness? H as it at­tem pted to abate your adm iration and reverence for w hat is great and good, and^to d im inish in you the love ,of your country and your fellow-creatures? Has it addressed itse lf to your pride, your vanity, your selfishness,- or any o f . your evil propensities? Has it defiled the im agination' with what is loathsom e, and shocked the heart .w ith what is m onstrous? Has it disturbed the sense', o f righ i and wrong w hich the Creator has im planted - in tlie hum an soul ? IF, so, i f you have felt that such were. the. eflects that it was. in tended to .produce, throw the book in tlie fire, w hatever '

n am e it m ay bear on the title page! Throw it in the fire, young m an, though it should have been the gift of a friend; young lady, away with the whole set., though it. should be the pro°minent fur­n itu re in th e rosewood book-case!

- . Home Joys.

H e who has no hom e has n o t the sw eetest p leasure ofUife; lie feels no t the thousand endearm ents th a t cluster around tha t hallow ed spot to; fill the void, of his aching: heart, and while away his leisure m om ents in the sweetest of life’s 'joys, fs m isfortune your lot, you will find a friendly welcome from hearts

• beating true to your own. Tlie chosen .p a rtn er to your toil h;us a siniie of . ap­probation when o thers have deserted, a hand of hope when all others refuse, and a h e a r t to feel your sorrows' as your own1. P erhaps a sm iling cherub, with p ra ttling glee aud joyous laugh, will drive all sorrow fro m ''y o u r careworn brow, and inclose it in the w reaths of . dom estic bliss.

No .m a tte r how h u m b le th a t hom e m ay be, how destitu te its stores, or how poorly i t s . inm ates are c lad ; if true hearts dwell there, it is y e t a hom e— cheerful, p ru d en t wife, obedient and a f iectionate children, will give possessors m ore real joy than bags of . gold and •windy honors.' , ’ ...

.The hom e o f ii tem perate, industrious, honest m a n will fie h is greatest , joy.. H e conies to it, “ Weary and worn,” but the n u isic "of tho m erry laugh and the-, happy- voices o f childhood c h e e r hini. A plain but' healthful m eal awaits him . E nvy, am bition and strife have no p lace there, and with a.'clear conscience h;e lays his weary lim tis down to rest in the , bosom of his fam ily and under the pro­tecting. care o f the poor m an ’s friend, and helper. * ,

— ^ .m ? ■— -v— ■— *.

‘ How to be Lost.T here are two ways of com ing down

from the tup of iv chureh-steeple—one is to' ju m p down, the o ther is to come down by th e steps; bu t both will lead to the bottom. So; also ,.there aro two ways of going to h e l l : one is to walk • in to it with your eyes open-—few people do ‘th a t—the o ther is to go'dow n by the steps of little .s in s; and th a t way,I fear, is only too. com m on. J Indulge in a few little sins ; you: will soon want

,a. few m ore, and your course will be regularly worse, an d worse every year. E ven a h ea th en could say,- “ W ho was ever con ten t w ith only one s in ? ’r W'eil did- Jerem y T aylor describe the p ro : gress of sin in a m an':-." F irst it startles h im , then i t beconies pleasing, then easy, then delightful, th en frequent,

then habitual, then confirm ed, Then the man is im penitent,'-then obstinate and then he is dam ned.1’

R eader! the devil 'o n ly w ants to get the wedge of a little allowed sin into your heart; and you will soon be all his o.Wn. N ever play with lire;; never trifle with little sins.— Gcmd Cheer. .

A pples of Gold.

T he best and su iest m eihod of advice ' Should spare tlie :persoii though it b rand the v ic e . ..

,-te w ise in tiin-e; a m om ent’s thought .inaj-.splmv W hole years of vain regret and'n.nxiou's care.

T he ways o f Got) are wa;-s o f m o rcy 's till;.Full m any a blessing springs froin scyniiug ill/

W ho lives;.tb n a tu re rarely can be poor-;. W ho.lives to fancy never cun be r i c h . ..'

W hen all tho b land ishm ents o f life a re gone,T he to w ard sneiiks to death , the brave live on.

One reckless act, one sm all- regret, m ay be The h idden spring o f years.of misery..

Crush in its germ th e evil Mower-.; l’ull.soon its grow th delies Uiy pow er!

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A Good Bargain.

•The following .prayer-was by a S crotch preacher nam ed Cowe, of whom it was said, “ To liear.h im the spiriiually-lm n- gry people.cam e from the m idst o f the w i 1 derh ess .o f p eat -11 los’si / wh e re the on'i y sign of life was th e blue sm oke curling to the sky, and from the lonely glen where the silence /was seldom b ro k en b u t by the cry :.of t lie :wild bird .” Thesl; caravans of broad-shouldered men, with blue bonnet and plaid, and thoughtful m atrons,' with Bible and l'salm -book, would pause by the way to rest, lift the song of praise, then kneel iii sim ple, pleading prayer. A hearer has recorded this o iie : ■

“ 0 God, oor. souls are jist as dry as' the h e a th e r ; oor herts tire as hard , as the. granite, s tan e ; but Thoo th a t gi-est

. the d rap's o’ dew to tlie heather,, g i’e tis the d rapp iii’s o’ Thy grace this day, and let T hy ain love Iicht- upon dor hard

lverts like the birdie s ittin ’ sing in’ on the rock y on’e r : an ’, till the souls o ’ thy fowk th is ;d ay . wi’ peace a n ’ joy, till they’re rinn iii o 'e r like the wafer-spoilt

/on tlie brae. Lord, it’ll be 11a loss to Thee, an ’ it’ll lie a grand bargain for us, a n ’ we’ll m ind ye 011’t ta a ’ e tern ity— Amen'.”

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Rev. A. B. Eaui.e, the evangelist, says th a t a noted gam bler once said to him : “ Air. Earle; w herever you go, tell .the world of m y eonversion. Tell them 1 could w ithstand the appeals of each de­nom ination , when they w orked sep'a-.

, rately , but'w hen! th ey un ited iii a m eet­ing,- and .I saw the sp irit of love prevail­ing am ong theln,'’.! felt'-its'- power,- and gave m yself to-the Saviour.”

T h e death change cannot transform •moral character. ;. ’ /"... / . / ; ' .

■ Scintillations. ■;/-W e lessen ou r wants, bv lessen ing our

desires.T 1-1 !■: stonc that 1 ies in your.way- nectI

not .offend you. .To a great sou l the presence o f ; a su ­

perior is the greatest.o f all blessings.It is uncertain at w hat p lace cieath

.-awaits thee; wait thou for it at.every place. : . •/

To T t:i.r. a lie, thrice- the tim e, talent, and words are required as to tell the

■ truth.. .No men a re’ so often in the wrong as

those who pretend to be always in the r ig h t . .

XIex are som etim es accused o f pride merely- because they would be proud them selves, were they in their,p laces.

G r e a t m inds, lik e lieaveh. are pleased in doing good, though tlie ungrateful 'subjects of tlieir favors 'are • barren in return. :;

IT m a k es the in in d ; very free w hen we g iv e ’tip w ishiiig, and only think "of

'bearitig wliiit is laid up Oil us. and-doing what is g iven us to do. . . : ‘ "-v

• Th e golden m om ents in the/stream o f life rush piist us, ahd w e see nothing

. but sand; the angel.s'com c to visit us, and we only knpw them when they aro; gone.. - ., . ._.. .';■■■• • •'

A c t io n s speak more-' forcibly than words; they are the test, o f character, Like, fruit upon a . tree, they show tho nature;of-m an ;; w hile m otives, like sap', are hidden from our view.. ...

T hose born only oiice die twice-™--- they die;a tem poral aiul they die ail eternal death. But they who. are born tw ice d ie on ly once, for over them , the second death has no-power.

E v eu v fresh discovery of. C hrist is a security against tu rn in g aside. AVe .be­gin to backslide w henever we lot d im ­ness towards Christ cothe dv.er onr eyes. W e let H im ou t of sight, and we begin to draw back;

T he a c tiv ity .o f th e'you n g is like that . o f the rail cars in. m otion— they tear ; a lon g with noise and turm oil, and leave peace behind theni. T he q u iet­est nooks pervaded by them lose their

•quietude as they pass, aiid recover' it only on tlieir departure. T im e's best g ift,is scffniity. V

B icnevoi.ence is the m ost graceful and agreea_ble o f all affections. It einbriu cs all beings capable o f enjoying any pdr- tipn of: good— m anifests itse lf in being

’ pleased with tlie share o f good- every creature eiijoys; in a disposition to i’n- c.rease • it , _ in feeling an unoiisiiless at their, sufferings.

2 6 O C E A N G R O V E R E C O R D .

AGE.

As the barometer foretells the storm,' While still fhe skies are clear, the weather warm,

So something in us, as old age draws near, Betrays the pressure of the atmosphere. •The n im ble m ercury , ere we. a re aware,- . Descends th e elastic lad d e r of,the a i r ;T he tell-tale blood, in a rte ry an d vein Sinks from its h ig h er levels in tlie b ra in ; W hatever poet, orator, o r sage May say o f it, o ld age is still o ld age.

• I t is th e w aning, n o t th e crescent m oon, -% The dusk of evening, no t the.b laze o f noon.

.. I t is no t stfeng th , bu t w eakness; n o t desire B ut its su rcease ; no t the fierce h ea t o f fire,

;•" . T he b u rn in g a n d consum ing elem ent, .-.B u t th a t o f ashes a n d o f em bers spent,

■ In w h ich som e liv in g sparks we still discern-^-'' E nough to w arm , b u t no t enough to b u rn .W hat th en ? Shall we sit id ly down a n d say 'The n ig h t h a th come—it is no longer day?Tlie n ig h th a th no t yet co m e; Wc are no t quite Cut oflffrom lab o r by the fa iling light.Som ething rem ains for us to do an d dare—E ven th e oldest tree some fru it m ay bear. , ;F o r age is opportun ity no lessT h an you th itself, though iu an o th er dress;A n d as th e evening tw iligh t fades away,Til# Sky is Tilled w ith stars invisible by day.

■ ; —Lonafellow.

.' Alone by-the Sea.; v- "•' • • • ■ AN Ol.D WOMAN’S STORY.

- .v'v;-'-G / ' CHAPTER' T,

I an i an old w om an now, yet .1 love tp sp e n d th e s O f t tw ilight hours by tlie ' comfortable, fireside, recalling the days

' tha t are past and gone. ■ I t is a long vista, of nearly seventy years th a t I have to look through, and a t the end of it I d im ly see myself, a fair-haired, happy, willful child. ' The . first, day which ,stands d iit clearly in my m em ory as one of the gol.dQn days of niy . exist-

. ence.is m y fifth b irthday. I rem em ber ■ my first thought.—the ferv.cn th 'ppe th a t I m ight find m yself visibly taller than the n igh t b efo re .. T hen cam e the sh o c k . and d isappo in tm ent of the discovery that, by draw ing m yself erect, and

• stretch ing m y neck' to its u tm ostlim its ,--1 could still only with difficulty reach ..my last m easurem ent, on the wall. I t was hard, I thought,, th a t with so m uch adm iration a n d respect for tall people rsh d u ld h iyscff be so sh o r t... My m other often coiriforted m e by calling m e her fairy, , aiid say ing she liked me. best to be s m a ll; b u t even this assurance did

.'not quite reconcile m e to m y fate,' and m any a pou t and even, cry I had in p rivate when Some of m y com panions, in v irtue of th e ir superio r 's ize , ta lked condescendingly o f . m y little stature. B ut a b irthday was 110 tim e for gloom y, thoughts, and I soon lost sight o f child­ish troubles in the delight of birthday

: joys. ;- ' '' :;v - -••" ^;-:“ Oli! m ake haste, Jane, and do n ’t

pu ll,’’’ was m y perem ptory com m and to m y n u rs e , . as the m uch-disliked operation of hair-dressing began, and for the tliird tim e a refractory cu rl was arranged, which the im p atien t je rk s of niy head h ad displaced,

“ There, th a t’ll do, Jan e ; I. Wish I h ad no h a ir. Now p u t on m y frock. Quick—‘oh, q u ic k e r! Y ou are so slow, and I w an t to go to pap a and m am m a.”

. X often th in k even now, w ith a. pang of self-yeproaeh, o f the u n q u ie t life I led tlyv t-na tien t wom an, and m arvel hovTtiTtafagn it all she loved m e. Per- h a p s iF w as m y genu ine affection th a t won upon her, for m y m ost passionate outbreaks were generally succeeded by a hearty , kiss and a burst of tears. On th e m orn ing in question, in spite of m y haste, ; and th e angry stam p w hich

■ ' b ro u g h tfo u ro r f iv e Kooks o u t o f th e ir . several holes, I stopped to fling n i y

arm s a ro u n d h e r neck before breaking- . loose an d ru sh ing from th e room .

“ P ap a! M a m m a !” I cried, and , before m y k n o ck could be answ ered, I , bounded in to m y paren ts’ room and

sp rung upon th e bed. My fa ther was in h is dressing room —m y m o th er n o t y e t up. Forgetfu l of. m y Clean starched frock and curls, I tossed m yself dow n beside m y m other, an d as she mux1- n iu red h e r b irthday blessings, I h a lf strangled h e r w ith kisses. M y n ex t visit was to th e dressing-room , where, m y fa ther was shaving, and w ith an im perious com m and th a t h is razor should be la id aside, I inflicted m y ordeal b f kisses. H e patien tly subm it­ted, and even When, th e tw en tieth was effected, still he ld m e a m om en t ten ­derly in his arm s and sa id ;- “ God bless m y child! ” th en placed m e on the floor. Thoughtless as I was, I lo v ed - those blessings from m y father.

I Stood looking a t h im as lie shaved, for a few m om ents dem ure and still, bu t presently uncom fortable and rest­less. M y fidgets betrayed me. .

“ W ell, Miss, and w hat m ore do you w ant? ” asked m y father. A sham ed at m y thoughts being, in terpreted , the ho t blood rose and tingled in m y cheeks; bu t curiosity conquered sham e, and in a low.voice I answered, “ My presen t.”

I t was a custom in our. fam ily to m ake birthday p re se n ts ; so I . was no t over-bold in m y expectations, though I 'should 111 ore -properly have-lcft them unexpressed. M y fa ther was no tan g ry ;, he only laughed, and patting m y head; told me. to follow him . H e w ent into the bedroom w here .m y. in p th cr w a s . now sitting in a w hite dressing-gown trim m ed with p in k ,' looking, as I thought, th e p re ttiest p er­s o n i n the-w orld . I stood beside lier chair, sh ivering witli excitem ent;'w hen a brow n-paper parcel was placed in m y hands-.. f t Was nearly square, and ra th e r heavy, and as m y trem bling fingers u n tie d ' the string, visions of beautiful boxes and every k in d of toy- passed rapid I}'- th rough my/brain . Im ­patien tly I threw aside the brown paper, and .to re off the in n er covering of white. No box or toy m et m y gaze, b u t I held

. in m y hands a m orocco-bound Bible,' with a g ilt rim and clasp. 1 cannot deny th a t m y first feeling was one of b lank d isappo in tm ent, and I fear th a t m y looks m ust too clearly liave betrayed •my thoughts. N a tu re h ad no t m ade m e. a studious child, and -iny reading, and spelling lessons l as yet considered the toil and to rm e n t’of m y life. I h ad form ed so b lin d a prejudice against, books, th a t I stou tly declined believing th a t the stories I loved to listen-, tp by,

.'the h o u r were in any. way connected with th e m .. I insisted th a t they should be told, and no t read to me, and thus I allowed my, im agination to convince m y reason th a t the m any histories

. abou t n augh ty children, in w hich I especially gloried, Were eriianations from the brain of the retailer.. Such were m y opinions abou t books in g e n e ra l; and. for tlie. Bible in p a r­ticu lar I had no avowed or secret p a r­tiality. : Its. pages, ab o v e , all others, appeared to m e black with h ard words and: crooked letters, w hilst m any of its Old T estam ent h istories I knew b y : heart. My favorite was D aniel and .the lio n s ; b u t even of this I h a d grown weary; and the last Sunday m y m other repeated it to m e , I h ad rudely in te r­rup ted h e r by saying I was tired of the lions.

, • M ost .certainly I 'w as po, ch ild 'o f p re - ; cocious piety. I Oftfen w onder if m y light-hearted waywardness aiid uricon- cerh ab o u t b e tte r th ings w ere an anx iety and g rie f to m y paren ts. T hey nevpr told m e s o ; and- though some* tim es they spoke a few grave words of w arn ing and reproof,- th ese : did no t

develop in to w ha t w ould be called a lecture. I fancy th ey tru s ted less in words th an in h eartfe lt p rayers to God, an d 'th is was th e wisest way o f trea tin g a child like m e.

L ittle did I dream , in th a t m o m en t w hen I stood ho ld ing th e sacred book- so carelessly in m y hands, th a t the day w ould com e w hen i t should b e m y joy an d com fort. L ittle I th o u g h t.th a t the characters so b lack aiid crabbed to m y child ish eyes w ould hereafte r be p on­dered over w ith p rayers and tears.

P erhaps m y paren ts h ad som e such thoughts,, for w hen th ey saw m y look o f d isappo in tm en t th ey did rio treprpve, they only sm iled, arid m y fa ther said gently— ■’ '

“ This is th e best gift we can offer you, m y little K ate, though perhaps the day has no t pom e when you will th in k so. B u t we have still som eth ing else.” .

Once m ore iny eyes sparkled, and I stood 011 the tip-toe o f expectation. T here was a" m o m en t’s pause,- in w hich : m y h ea rt b ea t th ick and last, and then , w ith a-‘sh riek o f delight, I received in to my.‘a r m s 'b e a u t i f u l w axen baby doll.’ A s.I held it, its long w hite robe: alm ost sw ept the g ro u n d ; ■' its ', p la ited .cap sa t sweetly ro u n d . its fa ce ;■ its b lue eyes, w ide open, looked up to m in e ; its rosy, lips alm ost parted in a sm ile. A t first I could, not speak, but w hen a t length words cam e, I cried—

■ “ This is best, papa. Ob'! this is ,the best.”

No m other could have nursed lier first-born child m ore tenderly th an I . d id .m y doll. M y.beautiful baby was to m e flesli and blood. I talked- and cooed to h e r w hen she was aw ake, and when h u sh iu g ' h e r to sleep was quite angry if any one m ade a noise. I t is

.-with strange p leasure th a t now- in niy old age, I look back u p o n those days of childish innocence, and glee.

A birthday was a tim e w hen I w a s . allowed to cliose m y own treats. Of course i t was a ho liday , w hich in itself was to .m e a treat, though I canno t p re­tend th a t I was burdened w ith m any lessons. I had, m oreover, on such

•occasions, meals. With m y paren ts instead of w ith m y nurse , and. a long rambling- Walk w ith m y fa ther -alone,: who, w lieh I 'w as tired ,:w ould carry \m e th rough th e fields upon h is back. Some little friends took 'tea w ith m e in the a f t e r n o o n ‘ In the evening . we played blind m an ’s bulf^ w hen th e crbwriing pleasure was to have p ap a blindfold, because he was so terrib ly active in the dark . My last, th o u g h ,b y no- m eans least privilege,.w as th e h o n o r of s itting up an h o u r beyond m y usual bed-tim e. Th e g randeur of rem a in in g downstairs till half-past, e igh t seem ed a t once to elevate m e to the, d ignity of a grown-up .person, 1 could n o t sleep w ithou t m y doll, so she was carefully^ laid beside m e, and I crep t to an uncom fortable position, a t th e ex trem e edge of my little bed, th a t Miss Josephine, as I n am ed h er, m igh t hav e room , an d no t be crushed. My Bible was n o t forgot­ten, b u t was. placed beneath m y pillow. I t increased in value in m y estim ation w hen I.found i t was n o t m y only p res­ent, and I began to th in k th e re was., som eth ing im p o rtan t in h av ing One,“ like p a p a arid m am m a, ' o f m y very ow n,” ; I looked forw ard to carrying, it to c h u rc h ,'a n d on ... Sunday, .a lthough the effect m ade m y arm ache, I insisted' on ho ld ing it corispicidusly before m y face th ro u g h o u t th e lessons, an d Was

• grieviously d isappointed, • on tak in g a few furtive glances ro u n d m e; to find th a t th e eyes of th e congregation were

not fixed in admiration of my new possession. •

(To be continued.) •.: -

Prayer and Personal Effort...

A youpg lady whose h ea rt longed to do som e good in th e world, Whose one desire was ; to glorify h e r F a th e r in heaven, n o t long since werit to \visit a friend fo rw h o m m an y earnest p rayers had been offered; an d in whose salva­tion she was deeply in terested .

I t was th e regu lar m onth ly com m u­n io n season a t th e C hurch of w hich

• th is friend was a m em ber—though she was n o t enjoying m ucli of the love of God in h e r heart, arid had n o t com ­m u n ed for som e tim e. Oh, how th e tem p te r com es to such a soul, and tries with all' liis subtle argum ents to per-: suade th em .to stay away, from the com ­m un io n table, from class and prayer- • m e e tin g ! . I f a soul, when i t feels it-has w andered from Cnrist, w ould im m edi­ately. tu rn away from S atan and his sug­gestions, an d fly rig h t back to th e open Wounds of Jesus, th ere w ould n o t be many, backsliders in the Church. • I t is - When they get ou t of the fold th a t Satan conies and discourages th em --te llin g ;.. th em i t is, no use to try any longer.; L et ' us give th is word o f en co u rag em en t. tp

•all su&h—dear reader; if you have a t all w andered froni the fold of Christ; suffer th is loving appeal from your Saviour just-now : “ R eturn u n to m e, for I am m arried un to you.”

Tliis young lady referred to above was very anxious th a t h e r friend should go - w ith her to p artak e of the em blem s of the' Saviour’s' dying love, and du ring the day m ade it a subject of special .prayer. Before en tering th e church , she spoke

• to h e r friend abou t it ; b u t slie answ ered th a t i t would be im possible for h e r to

. take up tliis cross, feeling as .she did, be­sides fearing the opinion of some Worldly friends :who were visiting, the church; Luring the service, the young lady prayed fervently, that Go,cl .would in-flu- - ence the heart of her friend to yield obedience in this respect; for she. was certain that it would do her much good, and: probably be the means of bringing ..

• her back to Jesus. She felt i t w ould be a victory over th e enem y; and as she continued praying , these prom ises were g iven : “ I f ye abide in m e, a n d m y words abide in you, ye shall- aslc w hat

. y e will,” and th e one given a t th e head of tliis—“ Call upon, m e, and I.wiUshow thee great and mighiy thihgs th o u know- , est no t.” . These precious Words encour-

• aged: her, an d she p rayed 'on in faith .until, tlie m om ent arrived lor.her to p a r­take o f tlie com m union. ’As she arose ;: she tu rn ed to h e r friend and said “ Com e,” an d h e r h ea rt was u n sp eak a­bly happy when h e r friend followed h e r to the a l t a r ! As they k n e lt side by sid e th e congregation sang :

“ F or I 've touched th e hem o f H is garm en t,A nd His pow er do th m ake m e whole."

Im m ediate ly , as th is friend told m e af­terw ards, slie felt she h a d “ touched the h em o f H is g arm en t,” and sa lv a tio n ,' love; jo y and peace cam e in to h e r soul. God filled h e r h e a rt so full of joy she could scarcely sleep th a t n ig h t ; and a precious joy filled th e h e a rt^ o f h e r whose prayers God h a d so w onderfully answered. Surely “ H e is faithful th a t prom ised.” L et us have m o re faith in God.-—Af. C. C.y in Gospel Beacon.'-.

I t is easy ; to say th a t in scholarship th ere is no th ing ' that, is n o t im portan t.It may be so; but one thing is.most important, and that is, never to< lose sight of the, true object of all schoiar-

• ship—the diffusion of useful knowledge.

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Who is my Neighbor?W ho is m y ne ighbor? Is i t h e w ho th o u

- H as pow er to a id a n d bless;W hose a ch in g h e a rt o r buriiirig brow

T hy .soo th ing h a n d m ay p ress?

T hy ne ighbor? ’Tis*the fa in tin g poor • W hoso eye w ith w a n t is d im ;

W hom h u n g e r sends from door to door— Go th o u a n d succor h im I

T hy ne ighbor ? T is tlia t w eary m an Whose years are a t th e ir -b r im :

B ent low w ith sickness, earcs a n d p a in — Go th o u a n d com fort h im I

T hy ne ighbor? T is the h e a r t bereft Of every cajrtlvly g e m ;

W idow aiid o rphan helpless left—Go tliou an il com fort th e m !

W hene’e r thou me.et’st a h u m a n form Less favored th an th in e own, .

R em em b er,’tis th y ne ighbor w orn,T hy b ro th e r o r th y son. ■ .

01), pass not, pass n o t heedless by; P erhaps th o u caiist redeem

T he ach in g h e art from m isery—Go sh are th y .lot w ith h im . •

Tinker Tim.

BY MBS. E . E . BOYD.

I t was in the days w hen the world m oved on m ore quietly th an now. W h en little birds could tw itter, chirp,, and sing to th e ir h e a rt’s conten t, w ith­ou t hav ing .those sam e h ea rts leap in to th e ir m ou ths,.strang ling th e ir song a t its b irth by the noisy scream of the locom otive, as, pan tin g arid.pufthig, it sought th e city th rough waving fields and q u ie t country roads, th a tT im lived and tried to do his p a rt in life.: -

' P erhaps away oft' iii these g reat cities w here stearii- was h o t such, a novelty,, m igh t be found, here and th ere huge bu ild in g s where, every th ing seem ed tu rn ed o u t as if by m agic; b u t very riiu eh h ard labor was done by han d in those days. T hen,-as a general thing,{people were con ten t w ith honest toil, so th a t it b rough t a fair com pensation , looking only for a daily supply o f th e ir wants, w ith a little over for sickness or death w hen i t cam e. Now we im ita te the locom otive in o u r m ad rush after wealth and fame. People lived longer in those days, because, they lived m ore sim ple, satisfied liv e s ; they wore not w orn out by the fum ing, fretting, and undue am bition o f to-day.

In country places and among- such people w ent “ T in k er T im ,” w ith h is old sorrel m are B.etts, selling his wares and m ending broken crockery, solder­ing leaking tins and try ing his hand

, 011 every th ing th a t was o u t of order. .; ;• Those Were always ra re -d ay s when' T im m ade his appearance in a neigh­borhood, :for. besides, th e w ondering adm iration called fortli by his skill,; he had a deep h o ld on th e hearts o f m any. A stranger w ould doubtless ..have won: dered th a t th is poor, sim ple creature, w ith no knoAvledge of books; o r of people o th e r 'th a n 'th o se h e m e t w ith in his daily travel" could have such a widerange of influence ; but to- those whocaught a g lim pse of T im ’s in n e r life, th e subject was clear enough. Or a glance a t th e inside of h is WagOn m ight have given a clue to the m ystery, for, pasted on a board w hich h u n g eon- spiciously against the side o f th e w agon, were the words of B u n y an ’s Shepherd Boy:—

V H e t lia t is dow n need fear no fall,• _He that is low 1 10 pride;

He that is humble ever shallH ave God to be h is guide,

l ain coritent w ith w h a t I have, ••• L ittle be i t o r m u c h : . :' And, Lord, contentment still I crave,

Because thou savest such. .Fullness to suph a b u rden is • -■ •

T h a t to go o n p ilg rim ag e :Here little and hereafter bliss; ' '

Is best from age to age.”

H e h ad found th e Words' one day on th e roadside and .after m u ch labor spelled th em out. T hen h e placed

them , w here, as h e jo lted along, he could, look a t th em and get th em by h e a r t; for th ey m ade a good k ind of p ray e r h e thought. So in a little while h e was able to rep ea t th em in the hom es he entered. A nd as o ther lips u ttered the words, they found a resting p lace in th e ir hearts, w here they too could tu rn them over and take comfort from .them as did Tim .

T here was a g rea t deal of poetry in T im ’s soul which flashed ou t now and then like little sparkles o f gold in the m idst of baser surroundings, m aking th a t which was otherw ise unsigh tlj' and com m on, a th in g ra re and beautiful. T hen lie was so nie w hat of aph iiospher, too, b u t iii these respects, T im did no t see h im self as o thers saw h im . W h a t he th o u g h t o f h im self we shall learn presently.■ “ H ere is a ' p itcher, Tim , th a t was given to m y m o th er’s g randm other on h er w edding day ,” sa id .M rs. H ess in response to T im ’s inqu iry as to w hether she had any “ fixins.to.he.done.” “ Do you th in k you could p u t i t together in .any way? I t was a rare, beauty in its timo. I ’ve saved th e pieces,” aiid she displayed<the fragm ents w ith a look , of blended pleasure and doubt. “ I t will be a hard job, I .am th inking, to make,

'■any.. hari(l of i t .”• T im set.dow n on the table w hat was

whole of the p itcher, and then began his ex am in a tio n of the pieces.

“ I t were a beauty su re enough,” he said, “ and it are p re tty well, used up, M istress Hess. B u t il‘ you': d on ’t in.ihil. keepiri’ m e and B etts a spell, I ’ll try m y hand, on it. Y ou see som e of the ■pieces' h as been s lip ed : clear off, and again som e others has little snips taken, ou t of them , arid th e re ’s got to be patience in the 'fix in of it.”

“.Well, if patience is the th ing th a t’s . wanted, you have a good stock on hand, so stable. Betts, au d 'ta k e your tiine to it. It. will be w o rth . all I h av e to pay

- ju s t to set on th e parlo r m antel to show com pany,” sa id ’ the delighted, house­keeper. " “ F o r is it not enough to deligh t o n e’s h ea rt to d isplay ,a p itch er owned by one’s great-g randm other ? ”

1 W hen B etts was disposed of, Tim set to work upon the' pieces, talk ing as he worked.

“ It. were a beautifu l p a tte rn ,” look­ing sideways a t the design ; “ and there were n heap 'o f .th ih k in ’ about it, I reckon, afore, it were finished. Yes, it were nice work, and him . tliatv inad0 it- m ust have been , ra re pleased when it tu rned o u t all right. Now it’ll hike som e study in ’ to fix it.in to shape.-again, and then ,as M istress H ess says, -it’ll be' no use only, to be looked at. B ut th ings th a t is w orth lookin’ a t; is of som e accoun t after a ll—th ey m ake people feel' pleasant', and w hat m akes people feci p leasan t is • do in’ good, I ta k e it.”

All th is.tim e T im ’s fingers were fitting in th e p ieces, and as Mrs, H ess leaned over tlie table to see' w hat progress he. was m aking , he re m a rk e d : “ This p itcher ’m inds m e_of myself, M istress

• H e a s /^ ;;;;'\;.■ .'; '- v V \ '“ Of yourself, T im ? ” she.said in q u ir­

ingly.“ Yes, in som e ways i t are very like

nie; Yoii see God studied Out a good while before he m ade m an , and I reckon he th o u g h t on a-good m any ways o f m a k in ’ h im , th a t d id n ’t suit, and th en says he, ‘ I ’ll ju s t m ake him after m y own p a tte rn .’ A nd when lie tiirned m an ou t o f his hands, .he were a beautifu l, th ing like this p itcher were. A nd he were pleasfcd, for lie said it were good, ju s t iis. th e m an said w ho m ade

th e p itcher, I re ck o n ; a n d h e - were good because h e looked beautiful, and w ere m ean t for use. ■ B u t Satan cam e1 across h im w ith a g rea t blow, and shiv­ered and cracked h im so, th a t a l l . the good looks an d th e use God m e a n t for h im was gone, and he w ere fit for n o th ­in ’ only to -be throw ed aw ay.' T hen m ail. - know in’ Vie w eren’t of m uch account, got to work to tin k e r him self, a. : s tick in ’ on of . som eth in ’ here, or a sm o o th in ’ of so m eth in ’ there, a try in ’ to patch u p th e cracks aiid the gaps, •• aiid to look iike-he wore'before.; bu t as' fast, as h e ’d get one place fixed, aii o th er . would g e t o u t of shape, and by the tim e th a t wore phistored oVer,;.the other: oiie would be as bad as ever, so h e finds out th ere w eren’t any use in his tin k e rin ’, he w eren’t up to. the business. For, yoii see, M istress Hess, it‘takes the one who first blew his breath in to omVs'oul, to iix all the p arts together w hen we get ont o f shape. . ■ .

“ W ell, the L ord h ad a h a n k e rin ’, if I m ay so speak, after tlie th ing '.he m ade so : pre tty , and lie. said to' m a n , ' • Ju s t stop your tryin?; and I ’ll fix jypu up to do sonic th in ’, though I can’.t. m ake you ju s t like w hat you w as'at first.’

• “ So he set to work a .w ashin’ of h im all over w ith the. precious blood o f his Son', ivho was a lie!pin ’ to bring m an back to his ' F a th o'r.’s 1 ikeness, and a cem entin ’ of him with grace. And ■■ w herever he seen a little speck or flaw, lie k ep t a : wash in ’ and cem entin ’.and a rejoicih’ th a t i t were beg innm ’ to look lik e h im self again. v , •.

“ I t were a good^-m any y ea rs sin co b e took m e in hand,. M istress Hess, and it have kep t h im p re tty busy a .wiishiri’ and cem en tin ’; b u t I th in k tlie pieces are -get-tiri’-more firm -like, leastwise the knocks I go t from Satan, don’t sh iver nie like they once did ; and its all bwin- to His patience and love, M istress Hess, for I were a hard case to wprkori;: I tell you, and I m a d e a , poor show of tin k erin ’ when it cam e to myself; B u t I keep te llin ' him not to stop fix in ’ and m ak in ’ m e.righ t ’til 1 lie gets nie so tha t I; can be of. use; I t ’s all very .well, for pitchers to be fixed ju s t to be looked at ; b u t th a t k ind of th in g don’t do - for Christians. • W hy, if tliqy fly in pieces every tim e they get a knock down, or a sharp crack from som ebody’s knuckles, they p u t the L ord to a heap of trouble for n o th in ’ ; and sn eerin ’ folks, says, the work w eren’t done rig h t or it w o u ld . stand, and th e Lord d on’t get any credit for his pains. ' ; ' r • ; ; '

“ No, M istress Hess, we m ust keep th in k iu ’ o f H im who m ade -iis, and m ade us over again w hen we fell- and were al'l broken up like, find give Out a clear, r in g in ’ sound w hen we are. rapped, so th a t th e L ord w on’t be inis--' judged or belied.

“ T here now, how does it lo o k ? Its for show , you know ,” as he handed the niqncled p itcl)6r over. •

" I t ’s ju s t beautiful, T im ,” was the delighted reply . “ B u t I can’t pay you for th is day ’s, work, I am afraid.”

.“ No h u rry , M istress H e ss ,; you and .me a in ’t afraid- Of tru s tin ’ each o ther, I hope*” and T im . gathered lip his th ings to go farther. “ O, I can pay w hat you ask for the p itcher;” she said ; “ b u t yoii have, helped with an o th er m ending th a t I was sorely iri need of,, for I have been-doing a little tin k erin g niyself, Tim , and i t docs no t s tand the slightest touch .” , : '

“ T lien God be pra ised ,” said Tim joyfully. “ P u t yourse lf in ..his .hands, M istress H ess, a m lw h a t h e d o n ’t have tim o to m ake periect. here, lie’ll bring: ou t in liis p a tte rn , h e re a f te r .G o o d -d a y

to you; M istress; be sure, you le t H im have his own w ay.” T hen Betts was p u t to th e wagon arid T im drove off to tin k e r or sell elsew here, a s 'th e case m igh t be. b u t always to say som eth ing abou t the pow er tha t m ade, redeem ed, and preserved such as lie.

Happy With Jesus.“ A few years ago,”/ said a trac t dis­

tribu to r, “ iri one of m y visits to a poor- house, as I was ascending th e stairs, my. attentioriJSvas directed to a sm all, dark room by a low, p la in tive sound like the voice of ea rn est p rayer, and as the door stood a little ajar, I felt a t liberty to en ­ter. T here, on a bed of straw , lay a poor, afflicted Ir ish m an . F rom a p ro ­tracted sickness.and long exposure,,he had lost th e use of h is lower lim b s;.an d to add to his d ip of sorrow ,'he h ad lost h is eye3. H e : was poor, blind and friendless, and f e t a h a p p ie r m an I have never seen.:, I asked h im if I coukl do any th in g for h i m . H i s countenance b righ tened , a n d w ith a sweet sm ile lie .answ ered/'' No; you can do no th in g for m e ; m y Saviour can supply all my w ants.’ I then iisked h im w hat lie was doiiig w hen I en tered th e room; and lie answ ered, ‘ I was ta lk ing w ith m y Sav-

' iorir.’ ‘ Do you never get lonely here by yourself'?” I asked. ‘ Oh,’ no—how can I be lonesom e when1 m y Saviour, is w ith m e?.’ ‘Do you n o t th in k i t hard th a t yoii .are so m uch afflicted ?’ * N o,’saictlie, for m y Sayiotir>is alway-s.with m e .’

“ H e was always hap p y in talking, of, h is S av io u r.. I shall n ev er forget th e . lesson of subm issionT learned from th a t * afflicted m an. H e h ad once been a R om an C atholic; but, as lie told me, as soon as lie com m enced talk ing directly to h is Saviour, he could find no com fort

*in counting his beads ; so lie pu t-aw ay his.rosary, and like b lind B artim eus of old, lie applied d irectly to l»is Saviour, nor did lie ap p ly ,in vaiu .” ; '

Celebrated Characters..M any -great m en , perform ed , th e ir • .

greatest ach ievem ents before forty. A l­ex an d er 'th e Great, d ied a t th irty rthree . ; N apoleon h ad achieved all his- victories a t thirty-five. ■ .W ashington wast>vehty- seven. wlicii he covered the re trea t of * • tlie B ritish arm y u n d er B raddock, and \ rio t forty-five in 1776, At- th irty-three, Jefferson wrote' the D eclara tion of I n d c - . pendence. A t th irty , H am ilton helped to frairie thc.C onstitiitioii of tlie U nited States; , A t tweniy^three, M elancthon •• w rote th e Loci Canivmms, which passed through fifty editions iri hi^ life tim e; a t th irty -th ree he w rote .the ’ Aucisburiy Confession.' A t .tw enty-nine, Ursiniis wrote, th e Heidelberg.Catechism .. Zwin- gle w rote his • ch ief w orks before forty, and died a t fo rty-six .' A t the-D isputa­tion o f Leipsic, L u ther. Was thirty-five ; a t the D iet of W orm s, thirty-seven. • A t twenty-seven,- Calvin w rote the In s ti­tutes. Moses sen t yo'uhg m en to the land of C anaan, and Jo sh u a sen t young m en as- spies to Jericho . Saul, D avid and Solom on achieved th e ir greatest w ork before they had reached m iddle -life.'

John th e B aptist and th e Apostles did th e ir life-work as y o u n g m en, and Jesus .. C hrist finished h is labors and endured his sufieriiigs as a young m an. N ot a decrepit, w orn-out life, b u t the warm, blood o f m an h o o d ’s m orning, did. he., shed upon, the cross for - the w orld’s’ t.e- delnption .—Everybody’s Journal. •

L e a v e - y o u r son . a > good ' - re p u ta tio n a n d e m p lo y m e n t; , : - ‘ ,

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SATURDAY, N O V EM BER 18th ,

. : SiJHSCRHTXOXS continue to com e in slowly, bu t’ w ith such , accom panying words o f cheer th a t wo th ink the R e c o r d . is appreciated and will he sustained. .

R e m o v i n g the Bihlefrom < ertn inpnb- lic-sphools in Now Jersey has awakened a degree Of religions prejudice and strife th a t m ay becom e em barrassing, and very difficult to allay. New JerseyW ill light hard for a free Bible. ' • V :

T i i e president and secretary iof the Ocean jSrove C. M'. Association visited

: ( ho Grove last. M onday and carefully-in­spected the work in progress. Visitors n e x t year will see a wonderful im prove­m en t.in m any sections of the ground.

“ A h u n d r e d c o n v e r t s , ” says Dr. C urry, “ in each of ten different churches, would prove of as m uch value as a thousand at the Brooklyn R ink, and in all hum an probability the

. ten hundred m ay be. gained a t a less expense of m eans than the one thou­sand .” ;

A l a d y . subscriber a sk s: us w hy.the delivery, of leases, to persons who bought lots a t Ocean Grove during last sum m er, is so long delayed?* W e re-

' ferred this inqu iry to the superin ten ­den t and secretary, who say- all leases haye-been, recently executed, and are riOw being, forwarded by m ail to those entitled, to them . Our correspondent, •we hope, will n o t be overlooked.

• A g o o d story on each of our th ree inside pages this week will richly repay .the a tten tion of th e reader. "A lone by the Sea,” will he continued through several num bers., “ T inker T im ,” an original and excellent sketch, is full of vivacity; and seasoned with g race; and Dr. S tokes’ narra tive of "A unt Lizzie Grant;,” brings up recol­lections of a veritable history and experience, • know n to many' in New Jersey, which Will be pronounced one. of the finest th ings of. the k ind • ever printed.-. •• ;;v-: i":.--. - . . ’•■ •

A M e d i c a l Congress in session all the. /week in tiie city of B altim ore, am ong other subjects o f-san ita ry reform , has- been deliberating on the condition of sea-side resorts, where, ori the occasion o f a cam p-m eeting, or o ther popular attraction, thousands resort, for health , recreation, and. religious devotion. Prof. H en ry H artshorne, who presented an able paper, calling for investigation,

7 and m ortuary, - statistics; liast h ad h is a tten tion previously d irec ted to, Ocean Grove, and may- possibly have had- th is locality in h is m ind.- T here is an. item in .the last annual repo rt of our presiden t bearing on- this question, w hich ’we hope .these' gen tlem en m ay be perm itted to see. W e are n o t asleep on the subject of san ita ry reform .

Pasting and Prayer.

; T h at Christian, people in B rooklyn, New Y ork, and o ther g reat centers of population , are becom ing aroused to u n ­usual earnestness arid effort, i< plainly instanced in the readiness with which Mr. Moody’s proposition to appo in t a day of fasting and p rayer has been so generally adopted.

The M ethodist, Baptist, and other bodies in and around New Y ork ,.w ebe­lieve, took action a t once; and on "Fri­day of tlie present week united in devo­tional services in th e ir respective churches, w ith special reference to t) ie ; ou tpouring of the S pirit o f grace, and an extension of the revival so auspi­ciously begun. :*: The, cbm inittee of arrangem ents for ; the approach ing m eeting u n d er Messrs; Moody and Sankey in Philadelphia, deem ing it peculiarly appropriate a t this junctu re , responded to the call; and : designated iri proriiiiient and accessible districts, a num ber of churches, recom ­m ended m eetings to be held the sam e day, arid p rayer offered “ for the descent of t h e ‘H oly Ghost in the quickening of believers • and th e aw akening and conversion o f 's in n e rs .”

At this writing, we are unable to re­po rt the ex ten t .to which tlie people have entered -into. the. sp irit of. the occasion, or the app aren t resu lt of their, w aiting before the Lord, iii the a ttitude of prayer.

T h a t there shall-he good results, we hope an; d-. b e liev e ;' for wl ip a iri on g us can recall an y ' sin iilar m ovem ent, prom pted bv unan im ous feelings of de­sire and need, tha t h av e been- entirely barren of blessings ? . . . ..

To people of a captious disposition the question m ay conic up as to w hether in m odern tim es, under such an appeal,

■ anybody w ilf really and truly.fast, in the strict sense of denying them selves—ab­stain ing from food, and risk ing the rest­lessness of absolute hunger-for the sake of a g reat public in terest like th a t re-, ferred to. Those of a critical tu rn may press* t ile - question farther, an d - in the seem ing levity of d eportm en t w hich characterizes tlie average church-goer, inquire:: Is th is m an or th a t Woman in earnest? T Iave they fa ith? Do they care, with any degree of. the

• sym pathy of soul which Christ evinced, w hether sinners are saved or 'not ? ’

W e.are. forced to adm it th a t to a great extent-fasting and the deep hum bling of spiri t this is designed to produce, rriay be waniing—the call m ay be a solem n farce, a sem blance1 of th a t w hich has no root in conviction ;1 desire, or" true z e a l; yet all is no t hay and stubble. A m id the chafl' of selfish aim s and superficial; piety now so- largely’ prevalent, th ere -exists som e genuine w heat—a few godly ones, it. m ay be, unnoticed and u n ­know n, whose bfow, bears the m ark which God stam ps-there , because they m ourn abounding sin, and sigh and cry in secret for “ the salvation of Israel.”

I t is to the h ea rt o f contrite ones H e will look, and to th e ir p rayer a m ighty and m erciful Saviour will have respect, in causing H is “ righteousness to break forth as the light, and H is ju d g m en t as the noonday,” They have th e ir re­ward Hvho w orship: H im in tlie S p irit; and th e formalist; also h as his rew ard in being seen of m en in the assem bly of th e saints, arid in m erely getting his nam e on the- program m e of services. -

W h at.th e “ co m m ittee” te rm aqiiick- ening of believers -n rousing u p of those

■ who profess to be .believers in. Christ : and the gospel to-sim ple, appropriating ,saving faith in th e ir own behalf—is th e first consideration of im portance,

and the p rim e elem ent iri a . “ rev ival.” The season o f grace now upon us will

pass.and leave thousands no better than i t found them , because they, shall fail to re p e n t arid do th e ir first works, so as to secure a clear sense of ju s tif ic a tio n be- fore God. - T hus they drift, and in th e ir half-heartedness shaU a t lasy incu r the calamity' o f being “ east o u t /

B eho ld ,now is tlie day of salvation ! N ot only in the city ifull, b lit in the country waste, God is to be inquired of, and w herever the people shall ca ll with faith U p o n ’ H is nam e, there will th e cloud of m ercy gather,, and tim es of re ­freshing be had from H is presence;-■’

At the Rink.B eing in New Y ork city a few days

ago, we took occasion to visit.the scene o f M r. M oody’s evangelistic labors, the B rooklyn R ink , and personally- wit­nessed" th e ex trao rd inary crowds wlio w ere-attracted to his m inistry . Sim ply read ing the leng thened reports of daily religious exercises, given in tlie- papers, no .one can , fully appreciate the situa­tion. T he build ing is-o f vast- p ropor­tions, and its seating capacity arranged with special regard to com fort and .con­venience. T housands on thousands of people, rep resen tin g every .age,, rank , and class in society, b ang on tlie brief, li u m ed u Iterances of th e preach or w h o ; ra re ly elevates h is’ voice above an earit- est con versational tone, and yet is heard distinctly by the eager throiig iri the far' vestibule. So with Mr. Sankey, appar­en tly as sim ple aiid unaffected as his co-laborer. T he sen tim ents lie sings, when on solo parts, are enunciated with such clearness and em phasis, th a t tears gusli unbidden from eyes unused to weep as the stra in floats ou t on the ear, and drops with m elting pathos into the heart.

; A fter a sh o rt discourse, each evening, Mr. Moody, leaving the v a s t. audience in charge of-sonVe resident, pastor,.slips out, a n d ; Bible iii, hand , suddenly con­fronts a w aiting congregation in the. Sim pson M. E . C hurch, n ea r by, and w ith poin ted appeals, soon discovers who are th e re w ith burdened hearts. In the chapel, also, and com m ittee room s; we noticed groups of. inquirers, to Whom C hristian men. and women were- exp lain ing faith and salvation, and draw ing from these com panies, an expression o f . their, feelings in the way of experience. -.

In still an o th er chu rch adjacent, the sam e k in d of. work, direct, personal, fam iliar address to the unsaved is in progress-nightly, • ajvd scores-1 appear to be" in th a t transition state, where the d ivine S p ir it is doing his office on sus­ceptible hearts. ... W e were, iakeri soineW hat aback by th e u tte r absence- in m ost instances of ' s trong emotion.' In te llig en t-lo o k ip g people listen, learn the very sim ple term s of the gospel, accept the provision m ade and offered, and then, a t once “ trust. Christ to save th em .”

W e dare n o t allow our predilections to ru le in es tim atin g e ith er the depth or ex ten t of the effect produced. Used to strong excitem ents in “ a lta r w ork,” and in tense in te rest in th e m a tte r of conversion as an impressive, act, and a, trem endous event, we felt disappointed in som e , features . of th is . w o rk ; b u t nevertheless, were convinced th a t the whole proceeding was a hopefu l begin­n in g in hundreds of thoughtless hearts o f a rad ical and g en u in e change.

- W h en the, evangelists open tlie ir com m ission in Philadelph ia , we suggest, th a t th e u tm o st care and a tten tio n be

given to those professing penitence. . No individual in this world needs both divine and human help and sympathy more than an awakened soul..

Lay Evangelism. . -T he m ost significant rem ark we have

listened to w ith in a few days, was m ade by a business riian, in conversation on ; the rem arkab le spectacle of ten th o u ­sand people in B rooklyn, N. Y „ crush­ing and crow ding to listen, w hile a plain, un titled mail,,;, with op t educa­tional tra in ing , enough to m in d h is stops ” in; read ing a chap te r of tlie New T estam ent, speaks to sinners arid tells th em of a Saviour who loves them .

“ W e have hundreds of polished ora­tors in the pu lp its of the lan d ,” said our friend, ‘‘ and m en profound ly versed in ■; theology; science, and every rhe to rica l a r t th a t can a llu re a n d ch a rm ; b u t th e ir churches are alm ost em pty ; re li­gion is a t the lowest possible ebb, and th e pow er of en thusiasm and earnest­ness seem s to be n e a r ly dead. Is n o t God in tend ing to teach th e C hurch by the h o n o r lie h a s ' conferred on. such in stru m en ts as Mr. D w ight L. Moody, th a t the real work of spreading the gos­pel and saving sinners is delegated to me mid to you, as well as our pastors. W e need the' m in is te r ’s general over­sig h t; we could riot- dispense w ith it, i f we would, and we would n o t if we cou ld ; bu t to expect this busy age to ,stand still and listen to h is preachi ng, and boeome affected, and converted, by it, w ithout personal effort by laym en, is to for­feit o u r ind ividual allegiance to Christ. Everyr m an and every w om an saved m ust becom e a d iligent co-worker in saving o thers.” - . ' - "

H ere is the grand secret of the w orld’s conversion, and if the stirring tim es, on the eve of w hich, we are now treading, will only prove truriipo t-tq iiguedenough to*startle all th a t are “ at ease in Zion,” and se t them rig h t actively to talk ing, persuading, exhorting , praying, and be­lieving,. Jesus will be .glorified,' arid the sem i-heathens all a round us will be aw akened and converted. “ Blow th e tru in p e t in .Zion ! ” :; ; ",

Grading and Curbing.

I t h as already been, noticed in these colum ns, .that considerable progress has

.beeii m ade in grading th rough the Grove, n o r th of M ain-avenue. By the tim e th e .. reader's eye glances over these lines, this work, in th e parte referred to, will be abou t com pleted. No one who has no t seen it, can con­ceive of the im provem ent w hich th is ' m akes in th e general appearance of the g ro u n d s; and When th e curbing, w hich the A ssociation, a t its last amu'ial m eet­ing, ordered to be done, is accom plished, the - general appearance will n o t only, be im proved, b u t th e p roperty of every lo t-bolder will be benefited, and its value enhanced. Notices concerning curb ing will be sen t to each lot-holder in a few days, giving them full infor­m ation upon the subject.: W e greatly hope there will he a p ro m p t and hearty response to these notices, so th a t before th e n ex tseaso n com m ences, o u r aven­ues will p resen t an appearance w hich will riot only be satisfactory, b u t h igh ly gratifying to all. T he grading, w hich is d o n e 'a t the expense of the Associa­tion, is to extend through all our grounds, and we expect will be ali finished before th e Centennial' season com m ences. T h e curb ing is to be done ' a t the . expense ' of th e owners of lots.' T he cost of curbing an ord inary lot, 30 feet front,; w ith spruce or..hem-- lock p lank , 10 inches wide; and from; 2 to 3 inches th ick , and fixing side-walk, is abou t $5.00; co rner lots, abou t $15.00. L et th e g rad ing and curb ing m ove on.

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Editorial. Correspondence. :

. Beaver— Dr. Dempsey — Beaver College— Dr..■ Taylor—Grave of Dr. Franklin Moore—

“ Christ is my Hope"—An Itinerant's lastResting-place—Reflections on Autumn.

B eaver is th e county town of Beaver county, in this State. I t is beautifully located a t th e confluence of th e B eaver w ith the Ohio river, and stands upon a broad p la teau o f several h u ndred acres, surrounded on all sides by gracefully undu lating hills. Jjt is well, supplied w ith churches of the several denoriiina- tions, and th e various buildings needed for public purposes. A splendid new court-house ' is also in rapid, course of construction. V '■

T hrough the courtesy of- Rev. Dr. Dempsey, for six teen years a presiding

.e ld e r in th e P ittsburg Conference, and now pastor of the M. E. Church a t R och­ester; ju.st across th e Beaver riv e r,'w e were, led to. the Beaver. College and M u­sical In stitu te , now, and for Sixteen years past, u n d er th e presidency of Rev. R . T. T aylor, D. D., by w hom we were k ind ly shown, th rough th e en tire build­ing. Judg ing from o u r hasty observa­tions, We should p ronbunce th e in stitu ­tion a model in all respects. T h e build-, ing itself is. 174 feet long, four stories h igh, above the basem ent, with a supe­rior college hall, 40 by 74 feet,:adm ira-. hi y adap ted to: all" . the purposes for .which, it :•is. designed. T he students ' room s are unusually large and airy, well furnished, .arid k ep t, w ith neatness we have rare ly seen equalled, and perhaps never excelled. 1 •.

M usic-is a specialty.- ; Tw enty pianos'• and- organs are in daily vise, and; .judg­ing from w hat we heard , are well used. Over one hundred studen ts sa t down a t th e table w ith the p resident and .h is ex­cellent lady, Mrs. A m eliaS . Taylor, who is one of the faculty ; and having en­joyed th e ir k ind hospitality , we are able

. to say from actual experience,, th a t the B eaver College provides abundantly , not* only lor the in te llec t and h ea rt, b u t .for the physical w ants' as well. -

.. T he presen t popu lar president, Rev. D r. Taylor, who has given success to th is-institu tion for the las t six teen years, was a c lassm ate . of Rev. D r.. Foss, re­cently elected to the presidency of W es­leyan U niversity, M iddletown, Conn. M ay Dr. T aylor enjoy even g reater suc­cess in h is old position, and Dr. Foss find equal prosperity in h is new field of. labor.

F rom th e college we went, with sad pleasure, to visit th e grave of the sweet- spirited and gifted F ran k lin Moore, D.D., •late of the P h ilade lph ia Conference, whose rem ains -repose in the new cem ­etery, on th e ou tsk irts of the town. W e w ere k ind ly accom panied to th is p lace by ju d g e H e n ry H ice, o f Beaver Falls, whom we found to be a m ost genial

. C hristian gentlem en, The. grave of the- now sain ted M oore is a firie triangu lar lot, covered w ith a beautiful grow th of dark green grass. T he place of his rest is m arked by a m odest little head and. foot stone: On the first is sim ply “ F. M o o re ;” on the la s t ," F . M .” Close by his side sleep his fa ther and m other. Only a few feet off lie a b ro ther arid two sisters. On the gravestone of his sister Caroline is carved a rose with a broken stem , beneath, w hich is inscribed-^ "Broken here to b.loom in .Heaven.” ‘ Fol­lowing th is is the nam e, date o f b irth and death, th en th is beautiful s e n tim e n t; . ‘'Our dear sister, gentle in life, calm in death,' crowned with immortality." Close to sister C aroline is h is o w n " C aroline,” or, as the.fopt-stone says, “ O u r C a r r ie .”. The inscrip tion on. Carri e’s grave re ­m inds us of th e fa th e r’s itin e ran t life.

“ B om in New Lisbon, Ohio, April 7 thK 1848 ; died in Philadelphia , Ju ly 26th, 1863.” “ Lord Jesus, receive m y sp irit.” “ I come, I, co m e ,'Je su s!” In th e c e n ­te r of th e lo t stands a p lain m arble shaft, abou t ten feet high, on the front of w hich is carved th e nam es, b irth and dea th of h is fa ther and m other, arid on the side tow ards w hich he lies is w rit­ten sim ply, “ F r a n k l i n M o o r e , D. D., b o m Feb. 14th, 1822, died Jan . 22d, 1870. Spes mea ,Christus.v- H ere , sur- rounded by his native hills,in the m idst of w hich m ost of his early you th was spent, sleeps un til th e resurrection m orning, this em inen t m in ister and pas­sionate lover of .the ' sights, sounds and developm ents of th e ou ter m ateria l na- tiire. N oth ing could.be m ore appropri­ate th an such a resting-place for such a . m an. T he ro m an tic charac te r of his b irth -p lace doubtless gave cast to his whole in tellectual and m oral n a tu r e ; :and h e says .him self th a t much- of his preachirig arid o ther ,in tellectual exer­cises “ w ere an outgrow th of a fondness for na tu ra l scenery cherished and de­veloped in boyhood by the gray and rocky w ood-m antled , ra in -fu rrow ed cliffs, and by the b ra ttling waters, sleep­ing hills, and w inding, lonely ravines which are jjro u n d the site of old. Fort M cIntosh, on the extrem e northern bank of th a t m ost beautiful of ail beau­tiful rivers—the Ohio.” .' ' '

On our way out to the cem etery, we were- p erm itted to grasp "the han d arid exchange greetings w ith .the cultured and devoted sister of F ran k lin Moore-t-; Mrs. Agnew, wife - of H on . Daniel ■ Ag-. new, Justice of the Suprem e Court of the S tate of-Pennsylvania, w ho. k indly loaned us th a t little treasure of her bro­ther's, “ Serm oiis on tho Seasons,” from which, we m ake .the following extracts from the “ Serm on on A u tu m n ,” Which seem especially app ropria te from the fact that.w e stood beside the grave on one of those brown au tu m n days, of w hich he.so eloquently writes : ; ,.

“A t this season of the year we very n a tu ra lly tu rn our thoughts back to the days o f sp ring and .sum m er, and con­trast their greenness and flushed glories w ith the m ellow splendors of decay which surround us. And thus, by. the law of association, au tu m n .suggests to us tender m em ories of the absent and the dead. A h, if we look back to the spring-tim e of o u r .own lives, even though m any years m ay not have passed over us, how have the loved and lovely faded and fa llen7 like leaves in w intry w eather.’ * •* T here is One courite- nancc th a t floats before me, because of in tervening ' years, dim and shadowy, ■yet hou) real! 0 thou of the benignant smile, the world knows thee not, but niy heart throbs out. /th y nam e—jtfoMer/

.Can I forget how, a n iid .th e opening glories of luscious June, ;th0U:didst seal th ine eyes to earth and Wing thee to

. w here it is Ju n e forever ? - How, as thou w entest aloft, thou didst b reathe bless­ings on -ii sorrow -stricken hom e, not for­getting thy son of seven summers! Oh th a t H e who heard thy 'expiring p rayer •—“ Lord Jesus, receive m y sp irit!”—- m ay guide even h im , and all thine, till we greet where who greet m eet for e te r­nity. A nd thou, dearest Caroline, though thy gentle countenance glows not on the, artis t’s canvas, it is hu n g in the Weird halls of m em ory. I th in k of thee now, how the yellow leaves of a u - . tum n ru s tle on thy grave, and the m orn­ing dews spark le there, how th y soul escaped alike froni th e shadows of wa­vering faith , arid of tlie lope.‘"valley, gleam s in the heaven o f heavens, w here thy SaviOur’ssm ile ‘scatters n ig lit away,? even, as the sta r .which: .looks down on’ thy dust a t eventide.” 1 -

Oct: Zdth. • ; E . H . S t o k e s .

T r i p l e s are ofteri neglected •bebause th e ir connection is not;' apparen t, yet they often tu rn the b e a m , in m atters of th e greatest im portance. • ' ‘

Ocean Grove and Asbury Park.

On Tuesday evening, 9th inst., the A sbury P ark L yceum was re-organized fo r w ork during th e win te r season, and en terta in ed a large aud ience very handsom ely, by th e discussion o f a question relating to th e relative streng th of a m o th er’s love, an d th a t of a wife. Mr. F ran k B. W arn er opened w ith a fine, essay, in w hich h e contended for the superio r s treng th and du rab ility of the m atronly affection. Col. Patterson followed on th e opposite tack, adducing such exam ples as th a t of th e E m press Josephine. Mr. Crowell supported W arner, and D r. K in m o n th beautifu lly advocated the claim s of th e wife. F ive m in u te speeches were m ade by several visitors on the floor of th e H all and the judges finally aw arded the victory, to the negative side. D. H ; W ickoff, Esq:, presided with liis accustom ed dignity and tact, and Theo. Oves, of P h iladel­phia, p u t everybody in the best of hu m o r by a poetic re c ita tio n .^ T h e question for nex t Tuesday n igh t will bring ou t the relative horrors of- war and- in tem perance.

D u c k in g .— One of. our Ocean Grove officials, after keeping a sharp look-out to get. a shot a t the wild fowl, which often pay a sho rt visit to th e Share on the approach of w inter, saun tered out' the o ther day w ith a com panion and loaded guns, as usual. Soon a boy appeared upon tlie.seene alm ost breath-.' 1 ess w ith excitem ent, announcing a good chance .for gam e. T he gunners hu rried on tow ard F le tcher .Lake, and sure enough, tliere was a veritable duck; in its native elem ent, n o t . d’reajriing of danger nigh. After creeping cautiously near, one of our heroes took deliberate aihi and blazed away. T he feathers, flew, bu t strangely enough -the fowl swam gaily on, apparetly unharm ed. The other then tried; his skill,, and .arguing as to w hich sho t killed the bird,. they “ w ent for it.”" . To th e ir dis­appo in tm ent, the th ing was only a decoy, an d th e uprorious laugh ter with which-some of tlie ir/ acquaintances; in am bush hid, saluted them , occasioned inexpressible disgust w ith the experi­m en t of duck-shooting. W e only give the outlines of the ease, as reported to th is 'paper.

Editor’s Table.

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The A m erican S. S. U nion people have com m enced to - re-arrange arid brighten up the bew ildering stock of choice books, th a t crowd tlie ir spacious sales-rooms, 1122 C hestnut St., P h ila ­delphia,'fo r th e approach ing holidays. Purchasers a t th is estab lishm ent m ay feel certain" a t the, start, r th a t no per­nicious, oi- in ferior lite ra tu re is likely to fall in their w ay ; for such canno t be allowed on th e ir counters .or shelves. W e have from their press the follow ing:

NEW BOOKS.

A substantial volum e of 372 pages, written by Clara F. G uernesey, entitled, “ E lm ira ’s A m bitions; .or-M iss Ross an d her Career,” finely illustrated , an d to its.credit, we m ay add, has been carefully read. W e opened it, w onder­ing w here an au th o r who has w ritten so. extensively and so well-, could-find a new topic, arid fresh line of though t ; b u t .h e r resources/ have - been equal to th e o ccasio n ;. “E lm ira” is a son\ew hat, pedantic school girl, who conceives she h a s’., “ a m ission,” and very nearly m akes, herself unlovely by a w an t, of natura lness arid sy m p a th y . .- A fter m any sad failures in h e r p re ten tious

life of theory, she is h app ily saved in tim e to becom e a sensible w om an. T he story is far above m ediority .

A no ther late issue from th e sam e house, - is by the a u th o r .o f “ G ertrude T erry ,” “ T he whole A rm or,” &c., en­titled, “ N ellie West,” and takes in the vary ing inciden t of a thoughtful g irl’s . life ,i“ F ro m ten to tw enty .” I t reads in d iary form, detailing / drearns Of fancy, asp ira tions after good, arid an unlooked-for opening, in to the respon­sible, arid enobling life of a m issionary of the cross of Christ. L ike the form er, few beginning these fascinating pages, will feel satisfied to stop u n til the book, is finished. I ts illustations are, chaste arid beautiful.

; HYMNS AND MUSIC. ■ ‘ ,A selection o f “ Gospel Hymns and

Sacred Songs,” by P. P. Bliss, arid I r aD. Sankey, issued u n d er th e auspices of Biglow & M ain, New Y ork, and Jo h n Church & Co., C incinnati, has becom e th e standard for use-at all the revival m eetings conducted by M oody and Sankey. I t is hav ing an im m ense sale as a 1 m atter of course, and will n e tt bo th au thors and publishers a very h an d so m e , re tu rn . W e h ea r a good deal of grow ling over, .the m onopoly, bu t canno t jo in in it, as few business m en would a c t differently.. T he col­lection is fair to middling., b u t 'a n y . piece sung; by Mr. Sankey (luring the fiood-tide of p resen t in terest is thereby im m ortalized. O ur book-s.ellers a r e ' laying in large supplies, - and the dem and is. already-great in an ticipation of tlie P h iladelph ia revival. /.,'. /\,v

rERlODlOAI.S.A m ong those laid on our table the

present m onth, and entitled to respect­ful recognition, we m ay enum erate The Christian, M organ & Scott. London ; the Banner of ■.Holiness; F . E : Longlpy, Lon­don'; the Lay Pecacher, E llio tt Stock, London, and the Giddc to Holiness, W .0. Palm er, Jr., New York-. -The la tte r '; . has k ep t p rom inently all the year, tho nam e of one who; beirig dertd. ybt speak- - eth—Mrs, Phrebe Palm er, and presents a very/delightful, tabic o f contents for “ the perfecting of the sain ts.” Sub-, scripfion, $1.25 per annum .

L e t those who will, talk, of the decay of Christian faith in b u r day ; so long as songs abou t' Jesus arid his love a r e , bursting forth oil every hand, - th ick as violet and ap p le-b lo sso m ' in J u n e ; so long as. the little Sunday-school song books sell by thousands arid by millions, and spring forth every year- in- in'creas- iiig num bers, so long will it appear tlia t faith'is..ever fresh-springing and vital.I t was’thcviittl'c chihlrtiii in. the /tem ple' who cried,' “ H osanna. to. the Spiv- of payi(l,’' y,-hcn;:chief .priests' and. scribes were sco w lin g 'an d s a y i n g ,M a s t e r . "' forbid th em ,” aiul doubtless the sam e dear M aster loves to hear these child-v' songs, now as then . .

I t is am ong the saddest of our irrevo­cable losses when we., find ou t lor . the first tim e tha t som e yf the holy ones of God have been be»ide<u£ for us to con­sult, learn of, speak ra5fs.listcn to, only when they have gone from us .to be.with; the goodly com pany, who are, indeed, not far from us, but- ju s t beyond sp e a k - ' ing distance—out of re ach /fo r tiie tiine,' of voice and sight.

T h e h ap p in ess .o f Ijfe m ay be' greatly increased by sm all courtosies, in w hich, there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, find which m aiiifest therii- selves by ten d er an d affectionate looks and little k in d acts Of.attention: /

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s o O C E A N ' G R O V E R EC O R D .

: Aunt Lizzie Grant. -

BY 11EV; E . I I . STOICKS, D. D,

A u n t Lizzie G rant, a tall, large- fram ed, b u t .devout old colored woman, lived alone. H e r hom e, a little one- room ed house, on a slight elevation, w ith a crystal stream runn ing a t its foot, was away from the busy walks of m en, su rrounded by. the deep woods, where laurels bloom ed and pin os were always green.

This, with its nicely-swept' door-yard and clean, w hile floor, she called “ M ount Z ion,” and its walls, in token of h er constan t joy, were always decked with the freshest branches o f the holly, pine, and laurel. • '

Born in New Jersey while slavery existed in th a t State, she was held a slave; b u t long before the, fetters o f hum an bondage were broken her soul was freed from the bondage, of sin and death t hrough faith in Jesus Christ,, aiid she becam e a t once a devout, joyful Christian. T he lonely woods around h e r dwelling were,often, day and night, m ade vocal -w ith 'her songs.'.

0 , li alleluia to Jesus.- he is so good -to old A unt Lizzie.' H e gives m e grace and glory here, an<I 1 shall go to heaven in a ch a rio t'o f fire by and by.”: “ B u t 'are you not- lonely, A u n t

.L izzie?” inquired ; one ■ of her m any friends one day. “ T here’s no one lives with yoii ; you are here- so far in the woods, and there is no house n e a r ; I should th ink you would he very lonely and. sad.” /•■•.; • •

“ Lonely and sad!.” , exclaim ed. Aunt' Lizzie, “ I never feels lonely or sad at all. S o ' m uch a to n e ! W hy I ’s. never alone. God is w ith-m e all, the tim e; I sees him everywhere. You sees ,these

■ bushes' hanging round the walls? I pu ts thdin here ’cause Giod is in the

•l>ushes,, and they helps live to praise hiui. Don’t you hear the birds sing out. there in tlie laurels? T liev’s the voice*of Jesus to old A unt Lizzie’s soul. You hears.,the wind sighing o u t in the

.tree-tops. T h a t’s the S pirit of tlie good Lord, singing.tlie ;>ong of peace. Just, hark now how the waters, as they m il- aloiig over the 's to n e s ,s a y ‘Glory, g lo ry !’ A un t Lizzie lo n e ly ! 0 , Aunt Lizzie’'* iieivr ..lonely! I sings' l;y day,

' arid I sings by night. 0 ; Je s tis 'is so good to old A u n t Lizzie’s soul ! H e gives nie’ ali i n e e d ; and. when I die I believes I shall go up, to heaven as old E lijah went—in a chario t of fire.”

H e r hom e in the woods was paradise to h e r ,■ The birds about hei'dw eiling were -'unusually ta m e ,, for o ld ’ A un t Lizzie loved them , and was h o gentle toward them th a t they .would gather near and eat the crum bs tha t fell from h e r table. Everybody .and everything seem ed to love b e r. Thotigh an en th u ­siastic, M ethodist, such was h er con­sistent piety th a t all C hristians helped and honored her. Nothing-pi eased the children m ore th an -a visit to h er hum ble hom e. On th e ir arrival she

. would throw her.long bony arm s around them , and alm ost sm other them with h e r kisses and words of love.-

“ I tells you, little dears, Jesus loves you, and old A un t Lizzie loves you too. I tells you I was once young and little ' like you, bu t i t ’s a long- tim e .ago, i t i s ; bu t O, the blessed Jesus, has been so good! h e ’s been with .m e all the way, and h e ’s w ith m e how. Som etim es when I- goes to bed I d on’t know where breakfast is com ing from ;, b iit A unt Lizzie’s breakfast always com es. O bless th e . L o rd ! H e tells . m e; in ' his word, 1 Ask, and . you shall receive.’

Arid, children, M aster Jesus never lies. Y ou sees the brook ou t th ere ?. H a rk 1 how i t sings; the blessed Jesus never lets it freeze in w inter, p t d ry in sum ­m er, T h ere ’s always w ater . for old A u n t Lizzie’s bucket. Som etim es I ’s so poor th a t I can ’t buy a candle, but

, A u n t Lizzie’s w indow always lias a ligh t. 0 , ch ildren , Jesus is so g o o d ; die gives m e grace and he -gives m e. glory. W hen you goes hom e I w ants you. to read in the blessed Bible ’bout old E lijah going to heaven in a chariot; of fire. 0 ye little dears, som e of these days ye won’t -have M ount Zion to com e to any m ore, for old A u n t Lizzie’s going, tqdieaven in a 'ch a rio t of fire too. .1 : wants yoiv to be good and m eet me there .” .'

T ie r iood’ being exhausted, a friend b rough t h e r fish, of w hich she was- very fond, w ith o th er provisions. W ith, a griiteiul h ea rt,’-and tears gushing from h er eyes, she sp ran g up arid kissed the hand .that supplied her wants.

“ 0 , glory to J e s u s ! W h a t a feast I shall have eating this fish; it’s the k ind of food iny Jesus', used to eat-; b read and fish was his living, and old A u n t Lizzie d on’t know th a t the blessed Jesus had any bu tte r on h is bread ; bu t he gives xne fish, and bread, aiid blitter, and grace, and glory too ; .and besides- all,this, 0 , bless his holy nam e! I shall go up and m eet h im in the skies by and by.” . " .

She loved the house of God, and all the ord inances' of religion were her delight. She would walk m any m iles in sunsh ine or storm in order to woiv s h ip .w ith his people. H e r deep, and blessed experience, u tte red in quain t and often -homely phrase, would thrill and m elt all hearts. ; -. , '. ..

“ I w ants you to understand, though A u n t Lizzie’s, v.ory 'poor here, yet I ’s. an heir to the kingdom . C) yes, I shall wear a crown by. and by. I takes the liack sea t in the church liere, b u t I shall have a scat near the th rone by and by. I lives in little M ount Zion now, .but .-I shall live, in g reat M ount Zion, the city of the living God, by and by; a little while, brethren, and sisters, and I shall go up,- l ik e , old E lijah, to m eet the Saviour iii the skies."

Som etim es she would swoon away in her ecstacy. A n tic ip a tin g such times, she would say, “ Now I tells you. bre thren , if old A u n t Lizzie gets so happy th a t sh e falls down stiff upon the iloor, and you don’t know what, to do, just, le t h e r ’ldtoie, for I tells you I ’s got m y gospel shoes on, and ‘ A u n t Lizzie's gospel shoes always carries her hom e.”

.. A m in ister 'o f.another denom ination, who highly- esteem ed her, m eeting her- one-day upon the highw ay; in order to draw her ou t said, “ A u n t Lizzie, where does your M ethodism com e from ? . W e know w here our religion com es from, Jo h n th e ,B a p tis t; b u t w here does yours comes from —w hat is M eth o d ism ?”

She though t a' m om ent, and then answered, “ W hy, bless you, dear, i t ’s God’s m ethod in -the h e a r t ; ” an d with, th is answ er she seem ed to receive a new baptism from on high, exclaim ing, “ 0 bless the L ord! h is m ethod in .th e h ea rt is so precious to poor old A uiit Lizzie’s soul,” then- passed along.

M inisters of th e Gospel she alm ost worshiped, and th ey often d irec ted th e ir w ay .to. M o u n t Zion, t h e ‘ h o m e of this dear old sain t. They were always wel­come. ■ A fter they had been to see her she, w ould cu t little B p rig s , a foot or m ore jong , from th e trees w ljere they had .tied th e ir horses, th e n called these sprigs Bro. A., or Bro. B., correspond-:

ing w ith the riam es of those niessfengers of h e r L ord who h ad favored h e r with a call. These, placed a t d ifferent points around h e r room , constitu ted h e r picture gallery. I n h e r devotions she held these little sticks in h e r hands, and p rayed for those whose nam es .they bore w ith a faith th a t proved iio denial.

“ 0 bless the Lord 1 ” she exclaim ed one day, “ Old A u n t Liz/zie waked up last n ig h t .sh o u tin ’; room was full of light-;, been d ream in ' "bout heaven.

' Bless the L o rd 1:1 saw the KiiVgdri his be'aiity, • and the iriany m ansions, and: the carpets—0 tlie 'ca rp e ts 1 Old A u n t Lizzie can ’t have m uch ca rpet here, bu t all- th e heavenly . mansions;?is carpeted.I shows you how they looked.” (H ere she m ade m arks to describe th e . p a t­terns which she saw.) “ Arid M aster Jesus says to me, ‘A u n t Lizzie, you can’t com e to heaven ju s t now ; .w ait a little longer, and then you shall come up to heaven in a chario t of fire.’ 0 hail.bltiia! i t ’s ju st.w h a t I ’s been ’spect- ing for m aiiy years, and la s t n ig h t .the Lord showed m e ju s t how I should go up, up.

‘ My. sou l m oun ted h ig h er In a ch ario t o f ilro, . • - •

A nd the m oon it was u n d e r m y feet.’ ” .

T hree 'weeks passed sweetly by. God had been very good to the old sa in t all through the day. H e r soul glowed with h is goodness, and h e r little Mount. Zion, trim m ed ' w ith fresh evergreens, never seem ed m ore .beautiful. T lie sun weiit down in the west, and the gloom of a w in ter n ig h t was fast settling upon the earth . T here was a m elan­choly m oan as th e p ine branches-waved in the Jan u a ry wind, .and the scene w ithout was desolate. B iit A un tLizzie’s window had a cheerful light, and the brook, a few feet ofl sling on, unfrozen still. Tlie lonely woods heard •the song of the happy old C hristian as she cried-oUt from fullness of h e r soul,“ The Lord has been good to m e for m ore th an fourscore years, and, blessed be h is n am e ! h e ’s with m e still. My race is alm ost run. M aybe the horses and chario t of fire Will com e to-nighti; into thy hands, 0 Lord, 1. com m it my sp irit.” H e r songs and p rayers ended, slie lay down to rest.

T he m orn ing broke. A neighbor passing found that, by the han d .of .'an incendiary , an accident, or sonic per­missive providence, none knew how, the hom e of the aged p ilg rim was a heap of sm oldering ashes. M ount Ziori was consumed-, and the sp irit of the happy old saint, with the breath of praise upon her lips, had, according to •her. longr-cherished belief, g o n e . up to heaven in a chario t of fire..

Deeply in terested friends m ade dili­gen t search am id the sm oldering ru ins fo r-h e r rem ains. They found only a few charred bones. I stood upon the - spot the o ther day A. little m ound, covered w ith dead grass, with a few stones' and broken bricks cropping oiit here and there, still black w ith flam e and sm oke, is all th a t now rem ains of the once revered M ount Zion. B u t th e brook still flows, and th e holly and p ine are green. F ro m thence I w ent directly to th e little Harm ony. M etho­dist Episcopal C hurch in M onm outh County, N. J., ab o u t a m ile and a h a lf distant, where, am id sobs an d songs, and words of C hristian hope, the sorrow ing m ultitude had com m itted h e r few charred bones, nea tly encoffined, to th e silen t earth , A plain m arb le i slab, reared by affection’s hands, m arks the spot, on w hich is inscribed.:. “ E liza­beth G rant, d ied Jan u a ry 25, 1861, aged eighty-seven - years. Blessed are the dead who die in the L o rd !” A nd they

m ight have added, th e desire of h e r h ea rt was given her, for, like E lijah, she really w ent to heaven in a chario t o f fire.

“At Ease in Zion."Som e m en are a t ease in th e ir sins,

though heinous and aggravated. Som e a re a t ease1 in th e ir indifference to relig­ion and th e th ings o f God, th rough the absorbing pow er of worldliness, o r the fascinating pleasure o f a sinful -life. Som e are a t ease th rough ca rnal p re ­sum ption—renting on th e final, m ercy of God, they en terta in ex travagan t ideas of God’s in fin ite goodfiess.

T he Scriptural quo tation we have se­lected for o u r head ing refers to those who are in the' C hurch of our L ord Jesus C hrist and call them selves C hristians^- . an d m any such are “ a t ease in Zion.” T hey rem ind us of the class spoken of in the Book of R evelations—“ they have a nam e to live, and are dead.” T he anc ien t Jews deceived them selves as to the tru e n a tu re of religion . They were wedded to th e ir n a tional distinctions, and th e ir connection with th e tem ­p le service and .its ex ternal pom p and . glory, losing siglit of its sp irituality . A nd while they were th rea tened w ith divine -punishm ent, they w ere “ a t .ease in Zion;’*"-' “ T hey tru sted in the m oun­tains of Sam aria ,” and tho u g h t because they were in -Zion th ey were. safe. So it is' w ith m an y in the p resen t day. -They th ink because they are in the C hurch and help, to su p p o rt it, (feebly)' they are safe; b u t-Jesu s says, “ W hy stand ye here id le?” “ S o n /g o work to­day in my v in ey a rd ;” “ T ake the u n ­profitable servan t and bind him h an d and foot, and cast h im in to ou ter d ark ­ness.”- A gain, “ E very branch in me th a t bearetli n o t fru it h e taketh aw ay.”I f we do n o t w ant to be cast out, we m ust work. I f we do n o t w an t to b e ., taken away, we m ust work. T here are no easy chairs in th e Church-—no posi­tions of ease to be appo in ted to.

I t is a s tartling fact th a t no t one per­son iii tw enty is a real w orker for J e s u s ! This is realized in every church when . an effort is m ade to save souls. God .requires activity in the. Church - -faith and labor—real hard work. In fact, re­ligion m akes a m an work. “ T he love o f C hrist cqiistrainetli us,” &C. '

M en are b rillian tly active in every de­p artm en t of business and pleasure in the world, and shall the Church be the only place w here apa thy , an d indiffer­ence exist ? God fo rb id ! “ L et us- be•up and doing while the day lasts,- for the n ig h t, com eth when no m an can w ork.” I t is said of Jesus, “ H e w ent abou t doing good.” W e . live too far

.from Calvary to be very useful. L et us m ove u p nearer, to-day — n ea re r to Christ and n ea re r to each o th e r , . even shoulder to shoulder, God m eets tlie Church on the g round of faith and works.

W hile, you read th is article, resolve to do som eth ing for Jesus every day for the balance of your precious life—speak a t least one word to; som e poor s inner for w hom Jesus died, an d God will bless you in the deed, and save a soul. R e­m em ber th e “ W oe” pronounced upon those who are “ at ease in Zion.”— llie Pastoral. • :

It. is true, as a recent writer has'said, that we get as we give. It is the law of life.. As we dispense, we receive, both in quantity and kind. Shutting ourselves within ourselves, we find’ all else shut out. Opening our life to other life, ’ive find that, other life opening to US'.

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jiier. i ’lease. do not forget us ip this respect.-— 'the CwnVr,published at Tom’s Kiver, N.' ,1.,

inserts u strong article this week signed hy.il.-.H. 11, yn the general he'altlifiiliiessol'X)ceati(irove. The writer'presents statistics which aihply prove his position.

Out- l ’apcn published iii the interests of Pro­hibition, .claims " a great moral, victory" in Penn­sylvania. Over lt?.<i!iu votes wum-east. for Hrowii, the leiiiperance candidiite JVir Governor, which is shown to- be a'dceided advance.

Vice-President Henry Wilson arrived inWashington,.a few days ago. in excellent health.' Next day lie Wits stricken with severe illness; ami had ii narrow escupo from death, i t is now hoped his restoration will be speedy and permanent.

■The 'J’imcK, Philadelphia has- '-lately pre­sented a valuable article on the. resources of the

, (ii.ly to feed the nitiitf£tnie during Centennial year. One restaurant alone will have capacity to furnish .5tt.<#xi meats per day of te n . hours, or 8,000 -jx*

• hour.—— Tiie Pennsylvania Kail-rond hiis conclude 1

to discontinue the Sunday .excursion trains be­tween.tho'cities of New.York und Philadelphia. So much ior public opinion—although tin'; m ana­gers intimate that thy " approach of w in ter” i.s the reason. 1 ... •

It was impiessed on a m ultitude .of ladies tit one of Mr. Moody’s ,services in the Tabernacle, Brooklyn, that they could wield an "iufiuci«:c for (icid tliat would (elf oil the salvation of thousands of souls, We believe it, and hope in this crusade

• the sisters will be faitbiul and move forward.—Noticing fi statement in our last miinber.tlmt

- the word "girl ” occurs bnt once in the Bible, Miss . Iteese, o f Ocemi Grove,' corrects tlie item' by refer­

ring us to Zacharlnli S: 5. We beg to remind- her; however, that the word in the latter passage is in

. t l i e . p l u r a l f o r m a n d r e n d s i/Mn, T r y a g a i n

All tlie Methodist Churches of New York andBrooklyn, niider uti apjieal from the Presiding a i­ders, agreed to observe lust Friday iis « dnv of fast- ilig and pntyer, aiid push revival etrovts: ln each congregation,every afternoon and evening during next. week.

Ocean Grovers have liftd a slight ripple offun lately.. Some oftfiem gifted with artistic; pro­clivities. have iriuil their hand in drawing pie-.

. tiires of wild ducks tind posting them around in prom inent places. The explanation, we presume, is to be found in an adventure whieli is duly re­ported in this week’s issue.

—-O ne of the most eloquent men in Methodist circles about New York, it we can form an opinion

. based on his address before the Preachers’ Meet­ing, last Monday morning, is Kev. Mr. Jiradv, a young'minister borlrin the Emerald Isk. educa­ted at Drew, and now serving a church if we hiis- take not, in Hoboken, Alter hearing many of his

,, countrymen, gifted with extraordinary fluency, we are under the impression that he i.s ahead of them all

We heard Mr. Moody say before a congrega­tion supposed to num ber over ten thousand people the other evening in Brooklyn: “ No sinner here need despair of {salvation. There are hospitals for a class called incurables; but .lesus.Christwill un ­dertake the very worst eases, and, if they are w ill­ing to be healed, will save to the uttermost.” la connection with such rt doctrine as this, the words and music entitled ' Tlie Great Physician," which Mr, Sankey sings grandly, eom es'in very appro­priately.. -.-IVe Insert this charm ing piece iii the present number, for which we nr if indebted to the author, Rev. J. II. Stockton, of Camden, N. J

HO WANTS I &

A copy of FLETCHER’S DEVOTIONAL FAM­ILY BIBLE, in 2 Volumes: splejididly bourid. may be obtained a t one-half cost, (320.00) by inquiring'

: at the'oflice of this paper.. . ..The above is the grandest and'most costly edition

of the Bible-ever printed. It-ought to lind a p u r­chaser about the holidays, as i t would make a most-

.. appropriate present. . ; . . . - 4

: j ly f AFS OF ASBtTRY PARK, N- J,, CAN XT JL be procured of Theodore Oves, a t the house of Kendig & Clark; 01 N.- T hirdS t., Philadelphia. Mr. Oves will give all needed information about the above grounds if applied to in person qf by letter.1 •. . ; • 4tf

ALL THE TEAR, ROUND 1-

T lie v e r y nriarked i n t e r e s t a n d su c ce ss a t t e n d i n g t h e c a r e e r o f th e

OCEAN GROVE RECORD

d u r i n g th e s e a so n o f lS /o . h a s a w a k e n eel a g e n e r a l d e s i re fo r i ts co n t i in m n .ce as

A R eg u la r W eekly JPq-pet'.

T l ie . th o u san d s w h o d e l ig h te d ly so ­j o u r n a t this. C h r i s t ia n S eas id e R e so r t , m a y , t h r o u g h s u c h a m e d i u m , p e r p e t u ­a t e t l ie p l e a s a n t ,m e m o r ie s o f so c ia l e n ­jo y m c n f , 'h e a l t h f u l . r e c re a t io n , a n d re? ligioiis d e v o t io n p e c u l i a r to th is .far- f a m e d lo c a l i ty . ‘

I n Ooni j i l ian c e w i th a n e x p r e s s e d w ish , th e u n d e r s ig n e d p r o p o s e s to issiie.-reg­u la r ly , a s p r ig h t ly , i n s t r u c t iv e a n d

C H E E R F U L F A M I L Y V IS IT O R ,

c o n ta in in g ' w e e k ly , in a d d i t io n to m a t ­te r r e la t in g to t l ie p ro g re s s a n d p r o s p e r ­i ty o f Ocea,)f G rove , ' A s b u r y • P a r k , a n d o th e r s u m m e r re so r ts in t h e v ic in i ty ,

A. S u m m ary of U sefu l Knowledge,

L ive ly and V aried Correspondence)

P o p u la r T ales and T a k in g s ,

Okoice Poetry , and Music,

A nd P le a s a n t Incident's,

A D A P T E D T O Y OUNG- A N D O L D .

S o m e o f o u r bes t w r i te r s will e n l iv e n i t s . p a g e ’s . With f re sh a n d s p a r k l i n g t h o u g h t on life a n d c h a r a c t e r . I t will be o f a h ig h m o r a l to n e , w i th o u t b e in g sec tu r i i tn , a n d will s e e k to be t r u e , a n d d a r e to - l ib -r igh t on al l le ad i i ig issues o f ,tlie (lity-—hi ii, w ord , a o o m p y i td o f g e n ­e ra l new s ,n iid.

R E L I G I O U S I N T E L L I G E N C E .

T h a t i t m ay, lie p r e s e r v e d for b in d in g , th e p r e s e n t fo rm a n d s ty le w il l b e re- t a m e d —rovery n u m b e r to c o n t a in e i g h t pages, w i th o cc as io n a l i l l u s t r a t i o n s to r e n d e r it m o r e a t t r a c t iv e a n d v a l u a b l e a s a t r a n s c r ip t o f t h e t im e s we l ive in .

The subscription price will be

$1.50 PER ANNUM.

All su b sc r ib e r s p a y i n g in a d v a n c e will r e c e iv e ' t h e p a p e r , p o s ta g e free,- to t h e e n d of. 1876— n e a r ly l if teen m o n t h s — tor §1.50.

F o r tw o su b sc r ib e rs , a t t h e a b o v e ra tes , a c.opy o f “ G ospe l S o n g s ,” “ W i n ­n o w e d H y m n s , ” o r “ G o o d ly P e a r l s , ” will be g iv e n to t h e p e r s o n f u r n i s h in g t h e n a m e s . ’ ; .

F o r l ive su b sc r ib e rs , a b e a u t i f u l ly ' b o u n d v o lu m e o f t h e Oc ea n G rove; R f-coru fo r t h e se aso n o f 1.875, will be m a i l e d free. .

F o r t e n ' ' su b sc r ib e r s , t h e b o u n d vo l­u m e , a n d a n e x t r a c o p y : o f t h e p a p e r fo r o n e y e a r — p o s ta g e in e v e ry ca se p r e ­p a id . '

A l l c o m m u n i c a t i o n s fo r t h e p r e s e n t t o b e a d d re s s e d t o t h e E d i t o r a n d P u b ­lis h e r , ■ - . ;

' - r e v , a . W a l l a c e ,

14 N . S e v e n t h St., - P h i l a d e lp h ia ,

I 1

I F Y O U - C A R ETo Look Into the

SCIENCE OF CLOTMNG YOURSELF,we think you w ill tod that the Study we have given the Subject j

W ILL SERVE YOU IU MANY W AYS. -1st’.- We b a re collected in our WarerooinK the largest variety o f tried fabrics.2cl. We have Keientitleally Worked out the .sizing and shaping of Ready Made Clothing,

so as to fit all forms. ... ... • . ., "•3 .d, We Siav'e ccliira/cd Workman, and classified labor, securing iiiglief efficiency, and m -

temalkai evvrv part of the busine'ss.'to obtain true economy. :■'••• , ,v- 4tli We act upon the 'belief-that a small profit is better than a large one, because in rhis; way wo do a large business, which no t only pays us best, bu t serves o a f customers with more reasonable rates, Our priccis are positively .fixed, and stated m figuiss on tickets, Aeqnniutaees aw l strangers arc trenteci exactly alike.; ' '■•'

5th ' AlwavsgiVing a dollar’s worth of goods lor a dollar, we niost. i-heerfully i'Bru;s'.l tlK: money where customers are hot pleased, and return the goods uninjured w ithin tlie 10 days, we a\\o\vfor examination, and inquiry. This we state ;on the' Guarantee give?! w ith etieh article at thotim e-of purchase. ,

The stock on hand is the largest and best we ever had, comprising Boys’ Goods, ns well astieiithJinett’s Wear. The Department-for Shirts, Underwear, etc:, is very complete, an a our White Shirts are'as reliable as other goods; because they are of our own manufacture. We still make great quantities o f goods to order for those who prefer Ordered .Clothing. Stenin IClevators carry 1’ussengers throughout the-building, and the best attention is paid to every order by-mail or personal visit. Easy Rules for Self-Measure, and Patterns of

-•Materials supnlicd on application. Mnrle-np gOotls are sent by Express or Post when re- ouest i.s made, stilting color and price desired. Payment can be .irmde to the Express Co., and if the good? do not suit, we will return the money, and be a t the expense of their re­tu rn to our house.- ' .

O A K H A L L ,

t h e Largest Clothing House in America,S. E . Cor. S ix th a n d M m 'ket Streets,

PHILADELPHIA,

Traveler’s Guide.

N EW .JERSEY SOUTHERN It. K.For Long Branch and Ocean G rove,'from New

York and Philadelphia :: Leave New York (Pier K, foot of Hector St.,) at

10.40 a. Mi; and .1 r. m. Arrive at Long Braucli, l'J.-IO a . m., and fv/10 r. .M. •

Leave Philadelphia-fM avket St.,) at 8 a. m. for J>»'" Pnineli, Ocean Grove, &c.'

The 1(1.10 a . si;,’ and -1 I’, m. trains run through to i'liiladelpliia. TIicSa. m. train runs through to New York. . _

Fare between New York and Philadelphia, S2.2u.

0 E N T K A L E. It.. OF NEW JERSEY. .

NEW-YOU 1C AND LONU BKAXCH DIVISION: Trains leave foot of Liberty Street, North Ri ver,

for Long Hriinch, 0,10, U.15, and .1-.00 a . m:, and 4.151111(15.30.1’. M. .................

For Ocean. Grove, or Asbury Park, Ocean Beach and Sea (;irt, 1H1S M-, and 115 i\ m. Arriving at Ocean Grove. ll.;?"> a . m„ and I5.H2 i‘ m. ...

Trains leave Ocean Grove, or Asbury- Park Sta­tion for Noiv Yorlr ftJid all interm ediate points, at 7.0:s a. H„ and l.:J8 r. m.

From Long Hraneh for. New York, 7,8.15,11.85 a. tt., 3.25 arid !>.35,i’. m. . Close connections for E liza­beth and -Newark. - ,

■piSN N SY LV A N IA ItAIL-ROAD.

NEW YORK DIVISION.

. Trains-leave depot, 32d niid,Market Streets:.- ;Express lor New York, 2.40. 3.30, 7.20, 8.30 and

11 k. M.' (Limited New York Express, 1.31} v. ji.,)1.35, 3.10, 3.45, 5.30. O.ilS- 7 v. M., and 12 midnight.; On Sunday, 2.40, 3.30; 7, and 8.30 A. M.; 3.45, 0.35, 7,7.10 i*. m., and 12 midnight. Mail train 7 a . ji. Ein- igritjit (rain for New York, ll.-KJ i*. j(.

Aceomiiiddutiim lor Trenton, 2.30 1“. m.Express for Long Hraneh and Squau, 7.20 a. m.,

and 1,35 l’. tt.

AMBOY DIVISION.

BOUND VOLUMES. TH E OCEAN GROVE RECORD,g iv in g a ,c o n s e c u t iv e h i s to ry o f t h e e n ­t i r e s e a s o n o f 1875, i n c lu d in g r e p o r t s o f th e A n n iv e r s a ry , H is to r ic a l A d d re s s e s iii

•full; .T e ia p e r e n c e C o n fe re n c e , H o l in e s s .C o n v e n t io n , C a m p - m e e t i n g Serv ices , S e r m o n s ' a n d E x p e r i e n c e M e e t in g s , w i th a p le a s in g "variety o f g e n e r a l r e a d in g m a t t e r , p o e t r y a n d loca l in c id e n t , th e w h o le m a k i n g a co l lec t io n o f , o v e r one. h u n d r e d pag e s , a n d beautifu lly bound in . h o a r d s a n d p ic to r ia l p a p e r co v e rs— m a y n o w b e o b ta in e d c o m p le te .

IN ip c r , 5 0 .Cist. ,H y m a i l , 6 5 C ts .I to u i 'd C o v e r s , 7 5 <1(8.

A p p l y a t t h e p r i n t i n g a n d p u b l i s h in g oflice, 14 N . S e v e n th St., o r t h e M oth - odiHt Book- R o o in , 1018 A r c h St., P h i l a ­d e lp h ia , ollice. o f tlie. G u id e-to H oliness, 1,4 B ib le H o u s e ; N e w Y o r k , a n d M e t h ­o d is t B ook D e p o s i to ry , R e v . D. 11. C a r ­ro ll , B a l t im o re .

/"1H iliSTIAN ASSURANCE; A BOOK \ .- Kspeeinlly \dapted to the Serious liiqulrei- illid th e Young Convert. Pastor.s will find it just, u 'hat they need in tinies of revival. -

Price, iu Boards, 40 cents.; Flexible Covers,35 cts.Eori-iile a t lOl&Arch St., Philudelpliia.

T I VERY STABLJS. ; .

ASB URY P A R K AND OCEAN GRO VR,

From Market Street P erry : 'Accommodation for New York via. Perth. Amboy

and Jahicsburg'and Monmouth ■Junction, G.30 a. st. and 2 p. M.,connecting for Long Branch aitdSqimn.

Accommodation for Trenton, connecting with express trains for New York*, fi.30, 8 aud 10 a . m., 12 noon, 2 , 3 .30, 4!30 and 5.30 j> . M. :

Way train for Burlington, C.30 p. si. Sunday trains; 7 .30 a . m ., mid 1 p . m . r . .:

Way train 'for Uordentown, 8 and 11:30 p. m..For ICinkora branch,-0.30 a. m.. 2 aiul 4.30. V. it. For Hight-stown, G, G.30, A. St., 2, 3.45 and 5.30ivsi. For I>ong Branch and New York, 8 a. m.For Tuekerton, 8 a. jr. nnd 5 iv j r . ' - For Medford, 0 and 11.15 a, m.. 3.45 aud fi.30-p. st. For Mount Holly and Pemberton, 0, 8. and 11.15

a . St., 3.-15, G, and G.30 p. m. For Mount Holly, l and11.30 p. >t.

.For Merchantville, 10 p. m., on Tuesdays,.Thurs­days and Saturdays only. '

fKiS Oliestnnt Street,TICKET OFFICES -A S. E. C’or. Broad and Chestnut.

I llfi Market Street.FEANK THOMSON, 1). M. UOYD, Jn.,

General Manager. Gcn'i Passenycr Aycnt.

Horses, Hacks and Light Carriages alwny ready at call.

Passengers arriving at depot will be conveyed to any part of the grounds.

Inquire lor • GEO. W. ROGERS,

ip O R SALE;ONE OF TIIE LARGEST AND

MOST POPULAR BOARDING-HOUSES IN

OCEAN.GROVE,

CAN BE PURCHASED ON'GOOD TEP.MS,

F o r further information, apply to Rev. John II. Stockton, Camden, N. J., or the editor o f this paper.

o CEAN GROVE RECORD.Bound copies of the Ocean G r o v e R f.c o u d , by

r.uiil, post-paid, can he had in paper covers for GO cents, and in boards for 7ft cents, by addressing

H„B. BEEGLE,2-14 Ocean Grove,-N, J.

j jO W L A N l) HOUSE: '

THE OLDEST, LARGEST, AND MOST CENTRAL

B O A R D I N G E S T A B L I S H M E N T

_ AT OCEAN GROVE. , '

O JPE N W I N T E R A N D 'S U M M E R '.

Best Accommodations. . . Terms Reasonable.C. L.. HOWLAND, Proprietor.

rjpjtlE GERMANTOWN HOUSE,Near the Post-Office,

OCEAN GROVE, N. J., 'will rem ain open during tiie year, and is always ready for guests. MKS. S. F. MO With'.

S U N D A Y - S C H O O L

LIBRARIES RE-BOUNDSuperintendents will find it greatly to tlieadynn

tiige of their schools to have tlie'old Library. Books re-bound, by sending them , or leaving your or­der a t the hindeiy, 423 M arket St.,- where, w ith in-' erensed facilities, I am prepared to re-bind books at prices ranging from '2b to 10 cenU per volume.

'the advantage in re-bindiiig is th a t the sewing is stronger, arid the m aterial of a better fjuality than th a t generally usoct in binding new1 work.

Magazines of every description re-bound;- prices reasonable, and all svork guaranteed.

We also m anufacture Librarians’ Books of every description, printed and ru led to, any desired pat­tern .' . . .■;• . ; •___ .

J. Gf. MILLER, ;4 2 3 M a rk e t S t., P h ila d e lp h ia .