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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
(fttoncstiflital. 
WYOMING COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. 
The summer session of this Association 
was held at the Court House, in Warsaw, on 
tho 1 st inst. A. Holly, Esq., editor of the 
Mirror, occupied tho chair. Tho attend¬ 
ance was large, and tho proceedings spirited 
and interesting. 
It was resolved to hold an Institute Oct. 
10 th, and a committee of three was appoint¬ 
ed to make tho necessary arrangements. 
Miss L. Gordon, of Gainesville, read an 
Essay on Flowers,—F. D. C. McKay, one 
on Labor, and A. R. Simmons delivered an 
address upon Progression. 
Prof. C. P. Jones, formerly a resident and 
teacher in that county, having recently died 
in Alabama, the Association very properly 
passed the following: 
Resolved, That in tho recent death of 
Prof. C. P. Jones, we experience the loss of 
a worthy, earnest, and successful teacher, 
and an accomplished scholar; and, as those 
who were his fellow laborers, we would pre¬ 
sent the consolations of our sympathy to 
his mourning friends. 
Appointments wore made of persons to 
read essays and deliver an address, at tho 
next meeting, and various matters pertain¬ 
ing to the interest of schools, teachers, and 
pupils, were ably and appropriately discuss¬ 
ed. The Association will hold another meet¬ 
ing during tho session of the Institute, in 
October. Tho teachers and friends of ed¬ 
ucation in Wyoming are alive to tho im¬ 
portance of teaching tho young ideas to 
shoot, and very properly aim high. May 
they meet with abundant success. t 
ANTIOCH COLLEGE. 
We are indebted to Rev. W. H. Doher¬ 
ty, formerly of this city, for a pamphlet 
relative to Antioch College, located at Yel¬ 
low Springs, Ohio. Tho institution will bo 
opened for the reception of students in 
September ensuing. 
Tho Faculty will consist of Horace Mann, 
President and Professor of Political Econo¬ 
my, Intellectual and Moral Phiolosophy, 
Constitutional Law and Natural Theology; 
Rev. W. H. Doherty, Professor of Logic and 
Belles Letters: Ira W. Allen, Professor of 
Mathematics, Astronomy, and Civil Engi¬ 
neering; Rev. Thomas Holmes, Professor of 
Greek Language and Literature; C. S. Pen¬ 
nell, Professor of Latin Language and Lit¬ 
erature; Miss R. M. Pennell, Profossor of 
Physical Goography, Drawing, Natural His¬ 
tory, otc., and Rev. A. L. McKinsey, Prin¬ 
cipal of tho First Preparatory Department. 
Antioch College is under tho control of a 
religious sect, who take upon themselves 
tho simplo name of “ Christians;” it has re¬ 
ceived the above designation because “ tho 
Disciples were called Christians, first in 
Antioch.” 
In its recognition of tho claims of the fe¬ 
male sex to equal .opportunities of education 
with tho male, which opportunities it is de¬ 
signed to furnish, “Antioch” will differ from 
most of tho educational institutions of the 
country. 
Teachers’ Periodicals. —A writer in the 
Wyoming Co. Mirror, is urging upon teach¬ 
ers tho propriety and importance of provid¬ 
ing themselves with reading that pertains to 
their profession, and very properly com¬ 
mends the Massachusetts Teacher and tho 
Ohio Journal of Educa tion. We would re¬ 
spectfully add to tho list, and place it at tho 
head too, the JY. Y. Teacher. Every teacher 
in tho State of any pretension should make it 
a paramount duty to become a subscriber and 
constant reader of this very valuable jour¬ 
nal. It is not only the organ of tho State 
Teachers’ Association, but emphatically the 
exponent of tho views of teachers generally 
throughout tho State and Union. t 
EDUCATION IN EUROPE AND IN ENGLAND. 
The people of Continental Europe are 
not, by their ignorance, so unfitted for Re¬ 
publican Institutions as is commonly sup¬ 
posed. Our ideas of their intelligence ori¬ 
ginated from a knowledge of the intellect¬ 
ual condition of tho English, and from 
believing that, of transatlantic pooples, the 
British are the most enlightened as well as 
tho most free, or, rather, as tho least en¬ 
slaved. Now, it can bo demonstrated from 
the writings of English travelers and statis¬ 
ticians, that the present lower classes of 
England are—as in Goldsmith’s days they 
were by him said to bo—the most ignorant 
and dograded, both morally and socially of 
Western Europeans. 
Tho following facts will prove the truth 
of tho statements wo have advanced. They 
are condensed from a very dry and cumber¬ 
some, but most study-worthy volume, on 
tho Social Condition and Education of the 
People in England and in Europe , publish¬ 
ed by a celebrated bachelor of Cambridge 
College, in 1851, and dedicated to Lord John 
Russell: 
England one-half as many school buildings 
as are requisite for the instruction of tho 
rising generation.' Many of these are so 
wretchedly managed as to do moro ill than 
good. Many of the village school-masters 
can neither read nor write correctly, and 
are ignorant of tho contents of tho Sacred 
Volume. Many are kept by low-bred, un¬ 
intelligent and cross old maids—in unven¬ 
tilated collars and garrets —where, amid 
“noise and confusion” and foul air, the 
minds and morals of the children are de¬ 
praved ; in many of theso, also, there are 
neither forms nor parallel desks, and the 
children are consequently kept standing all 
day ! Very few of the town schools are 
properly supplied with maps, school appa¬ 
ratus and books ; to the majority no play¬ 
ground is attached ; scarcely any through¬ 
out tho wholo country havo moro than one 
class-room or one teacher. Great numbers 
of parishes and districts throughout Eng¬ 
land and Wales have no placo of instruction! 
In these districts many are too poor or 
too careless (or both,) to raise any money 
towards the erection of school buildings, 
and in nono of these cases does the Com¬ 
mittee of Council givo any assistance. 
In many other districts tho inhabitants 
aro so divided in religious opinions, that 
they find it impossible to act in concert in 
providing for tho education of their chil¬ 
dren, and in theso cases, also, tho Committee 
of Council on Education gives no assistance. 
In the majoi’ity of English schools, in or¬ 
der to provide a salary for the teacher, it is 
necessary to charge from two pence to four 
pence (four to eight cents) a week for each 
scholar. This charge effectually excludes 
the children of all paupers and of the poor¬ 
er laborers, who cannot afford to pay so 
much out of their small earnings. (Through¬ 
out tho greatest part of Western Europe 
tho education afforded in primary schools is 
gratuitous.) 
In England thero is no Government pro¬ 
vision for tho proper payment of tho teach¬ 
ers, who are thus placed in a position so 
humiliatingly dependent as, in many casos, 
virtually to prevent able and educated men 
from accepting tho office. A great part of 
tho village teachers in England are poor old 
persons of both sexes, who are unfit for any 
other employment! In proportion to tho 
population, there are not one-fourth part as 
many colloges for tho instruction of teach¬ 
ers in England as in any of tho countries of 
Westren Europe, and not ono-fourth part 
as many as aro necessary for the education 
of a sufficient number of teachers for tho 
rising race of Britons. In nearly all of tho 
very few colleges for teachers which havo 
been established in England, the education 
is very limitod and meagre in its character. 
As they depend upon voluntary aid, they 
cannot afford to givo beyond 18 months’ 
training. (Throughout Western Europe 
the teachers receive three years’ instruction 
at tho expense of the Government.) In the 
English colleges, also, thero aro not nearly 
so largo a staff of teachers and professors as 
are to bo found in almost all of those of 
Western Europe. 
In tho majority of English schools, the 
system of education pursued is admirably 
adapted—not to “teach the young idea how 
to shoot,” but to disgust the pupils with 
their lessons. Great numbers of tho school 
buildings in the moro remote country dis¬ 
tricts are of tho most wretched and miser¬ 
able character. Very few of English child¬ 
ren in the agricultural districts, who go to 
school at all, continue their attendance af¬ 
ter the attainment of their eighth year. In 
Western Europe, on tho contrary, all tho 
children remain under instruction until tho 
completion of their fourteenth year, very 
often until their sixteenth birthday. 
Now, let us give a few facts illustrative of 
the condition of the people of the Continent. 
In Prussia there is one primary school for 
every 653 inhabitants; one teacher for eve¬ 
ry 522 ; one normal college for every 377 - 
360. 
In Saxony there is ono primary school for 
every 000 inhabitants ; ono teacher for ove- 
ry 588; one normal college for every 214,- 
975. 
In Bavaria, ono primary school of 508 in¬ 
habitants; ono teacher for overy 603; one 
normal college for every 550,000. 
In tho Duchy of Baden, ono primary 
school for every 700 inhabitants; ono nor¬ 
mal college for every 500,000. 
In Switzerland thero is one teacher for 
every 480 inhabitants; ono normal college 
for overy 176.923. 
In Franco thero is ono primary school for 
every 568 inhabitants ; one teacher for eve¬ 
ry 446; one normal college for every 356,- 
564.— JY. Y. Times. 
AUTHORSHIP OF THE BIBLE. 
There are in all sixty-six books, which 
comprise the volume of Holy Writ, which 
are attributed to moro than thirty different 
authors or writers of the wholo. 
Half of tho New Testament was compos¬ 
ed by St. Paul, and the next largest writer 
is the gentle and beloved St John. With 
tho single exception of Paul, neither history 
nor tradition has testified that theso power¬ 
ful thinkers and writers ever enjoyed tho 
benefits of education, or that they wore 
trained to scholarship and learning; yet how 
ably have they written, what eminent charac¬ 
ters have been chronicled by them, and what 
great events recorded—both for timo and 
eternity ! 
Jeremiah is sorrowful; Isaiah sublime ; 
David poetical ; Daniel sagacious ; Ilabak- 
In England and Wales thoro are eight {kuk and Hagai denunciatory ; but they all 
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millions of persons who can neither read 
nor write. 
Of all tho children in England and Wales 
between the ages of five and fourteen, the 
majority aro not in attendance at any 
school. Even of the middle class farmers, 
groat numbers are wholly uninstructed in 
the mysteries of A B C! There aro not in 
seem to have exercised their natural wits, 
under the influence of Divine direction and 
inspiration. Moses, with his vast knowl¬ 
edge and profound intelligence—the legis¬ 
lator, the reformer, the deliverer—com¬ 
menced the work; and John, with his depth 
of feeling and oxquisito tenderness and sim¬ 
plicity, completed it. 
Ch s5a D i5f. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
INFLUENCE. 
That subtlo, mysterious sympathy—that 
delicate afflation, or breathing of soul upon 
soul, of whose power not even tho coldest, 
most unsusceptible is independent, is so 
persuasive in its action, so irresistable in its 
effects that there is not probably on tho 
earth a person to whom each of us, wore wo 
intimately acquainted with him, might not 
feel some degree of spiritual relationship; 
and it is a beautiful provision that, despite 
tho selfish, sordid tendencies of mortality, 
certain affinities bind together so indis¬ 
solubly the wholo human race, that neither 
the widest diversity of interests, nor the 
most marked peculiarities of disposition 
can entirely isolate any one from his spocios. 
But tho enjoyment of this, as of all other 
earthly goods, is subject to limitations: 
leaving out of view tho advantages supposed 
to bo attendant on tho possession of com¬ 
mand over others, and considering only tho 
passivo side of tho subject, wo find there aro 
two opposite dangers to bo encountered, 
both of which it is perhaps impossible 
wholly to avoid,—for here, as clsewhoro, 
tho middle courso is most difficult to bo 
maintained; and whether ono yield too 
much or affirm a little too stoutly his own 
individuality, tho unity, tho integrity of his 
life must bo impaired, and he either become 
a feeble echo of thoso endowed with more 
native force than himself, or, on the other 
hand, present a constrained, unnatural ap- 
poarance — tho irregular, artificial, spas¬ 
modic growth of self-consciousness, rather 
than the quiot, steady, harmonious develop¬ 
ment of sobor strength. Tho mass of man¬ 
kind have, perhaps, most need to guard 
against tho former of these dangers, inas¬ 
much as they havo evidently a stronger 
natural proclivity in that direction ; but in 
shunning the evils of a slavish obsequious¬ 
ness the greatest caution should be exer¬ 
cised, lest ono committ tho equally fatal 
mistake of making truth to himself consist 
in assuming an attitude of hostility toward 
tho opinions of others, and ostentatiously 
presenting his own mental angularities to 
whoever approaches him. For a vast deal of 
what passes in the world under tho name of 
independence, is only wilfulness or obsti¬ 
nacy ; and of all kinds of sham independ¬ 
ence, that which manifests itself in a studiod, 
whimsical opposition to tho sentiments and 
convictions of others, is tho most ridiculous 
and offensive species—scarcely less dospisa- 
ble than that mean servility which, not 
daring to live out its own life, leads a sort 
of borrowed, second-hand existence, by in¬ 
spiring only air which it is careful to ascer¬ 
tain has passod through approved lungs. 
To what extent conformity to established 
customs is compatible with tho maintain- 
anco of a respectablo individuality, might be 
a question of difficult solution ; but perhaps 
no ono will contend that thero is any com¬ 
promise of genuino independeneo in accept¬ 
ing tho faith of anothor, when we aro fairly 
convinced of tho correctness of it, or in sub¬ 
mitting to the popular judgment in matters 
involving no sacrifice of principle. 
If any ono is inclined to think that ho 
possesses no influence — that his oxamplo, 
whethor good or bad, goes for nothing, and 
that its want of effect absolves him from all 
responsibility to mankind for tho character 
of that example—unless ho belioves others 
totally unlike himself, ho has but to exam¬ 
ine closely his relations with thoso about 
him, observe how the firmness of anothor 
has sometimes strengthened him, or the 
vascillation of those with whom ho had in¬ 
tercourse inspired himself with doubt and 
indecision, to bo convinced of his error; and 
ho can scarcely fail to notice that such as 
are not disposed to act justly, feel wonder¬ 
fully fortified if they can cite in extenuation 
of their owm ovil doings, similar transactions 
on tho part of others, evon if these latter do 
not stand very high in tho world’s estima¬ 
tion. 
It wore, perhaps, a not unprofitable sub¬ 
ject for a few moments consideration, that 
of examining some of tho moro prominent 
characteristics of tho individual who suc¬ 
ceeds in attaining to high regard among 
mankind, and whom wo see invested with 
tho leadership of tho multitude. Though 
the unwillingness or inability of tho public 
mind to follow abstractions, may account 
for the fact that the masses show more de¬ 
votion to tho exponent of a principle than 
to tho principle itsolf, still there are roasons 
why ono advocato is exalted above another, 
perhaps able and not loss zealous: ono of 
which causes is, that the former generally 
has the advantage of tho latter in a certain 
personal magnetism, which, supported by 
substantial qualities, is all-powerful to bind 
to its possessor thoso coming within tho 
sphere of its influence. 
Another cause of his superior advance¬ 
ment is, that himself, as well as thoso he 
loads, aro unconscious of tho power ho 
wields; for so strongly possessed of the 
“ imp of pervorsity ” is the human mind, 
that it resolutely refuses to yield to any 
visiblo effort to sway it. I have now in my 
mind’s eye a class of poople who make a 
merit of regularly performing certain social 
observances for tho avow’ed purpose of af¬ 
fording an example to their less scrupulous 
neighbors. My friends, methinks you aro 
rather assuming in this. Not to question 
your competence to guide yourselves right, 
would it not bo well to consider tho pro¬ 
priety ot allowing overy ono to bo fully per¬ 
suaded in his own mind ? In thus confess- 
ing your object you betray yoursolves soul¬ 
less, mechanical doers of good works, and 
wish to make others like you; but it is to bo 
earnestly hoped they will resist tho attrac¬ 
tion and not bo drawn in this or that direc¬ 
tion by a servilo desire to imitato you. If 
your neighbors havo penetration enough to 
see that you aro better than themselves, 
and wish to become liko you, they will very 
naturally be inclined to do as you do ; but 
being led to do this and refrain from that, 
merely because you do, is not tho thing: no 
generous, independent mind will either 
covet such influence over, or submit to it 
from another. 
Scarcely second in importance to any 
other requisite is persistency of endeavor. 
As tho most ardent wish of philanthrophy 
is utterly powerless toward accomplishing 
its own fulfilment, but must ever bo allied 
to humble, persevering, earnest effort, or it 
is of no practical utility; so, fame comes 
not in answer to tho dearest longing, but 
must be courted through many an hour of 
severest toil and anxious watching : nor can 
tho most brilliant reputation when acquired, 
be retained ,without constant support; as, 
when a public man feels that ho has achiev¬ 
ed glory enough, and proposes to rest on 
his honors, ho will soon find tho “divinity” 
with which tho multitude havo “ hedged 
him in ” stealing from him, and himself 
sinking to a level with his fellows. It is 
not enough that he has said and dono great 
things; ho must continue to say and do 
them, or now aspirants for popular favor 
will attract tho public gazo to themsolvcs. 
Finally, the colder, moro reasoning por¬ 
tion of humanity, thoso less subject to en¬ 
thusiastic transports, will especially demand 
that a candidate for permanent renown 
shall possess gonius of tho constructive or¬ 
der. Tho world has never lacked critics 
who could, or fancied they could, detect 
falsehood, and were strong to destroy exist¬ 
ing organizations ; tho number of thoso who 
were able to present tho transcendent truth, 
to replace tho ruin with a temple of fair 
and noble proportions, has been compara¬ 
tively few. Indeed, it seems to bo much 
easier for most minds to prove tho falsity of 
a system or theory which thoy reject, than 
to establish tho truth of tho one thoy ac¬ 
cept ; and herein is an explanation of tho 
fact that our public teaching is much moro 
generally of a negative than an affirmative 
character. At first blush it might appear 
that tho eradication of error from tho mind 
is a necessary preparation for tho instill¬ 
ment of truth, but may we not rely on truth 
to displace error ? If so, ho whoso chief 
labor is to help us unlearn falsehood is a 
superfluity; lot him give placo to tho posi¬ 
tive man. 
After all, to tho real lover of his kind tho 
possession of great power will nevor bo an 
object of intenso desire. Recognizing tho 
fact that to no two is granted the samo 
montal organism, ho will not bo slow to per 
coivo that what is truo for him cannot bo 
precisely so for another, and that tho part 
of his life which is to him most repleto with 
force, vitality, significance, may bo to an¬ 
othor cold, spiritless and mechanical. Tho' 
one may infuse into tho surface appearance 
of his existence some portion of tho inner 
life, sufficient perhaps to afford an index to 
tho general character or current of it, still 
it can givo only a very inadequate expres¬ 
sion of tho boing within ; for I am persuaded 
that tho best part of our lives, liko tho tru¬ 
est poetry, does not admit of perfect utter¬ 
ance, either in speech or action — and that 
these mortal envelopments must ever con¬ 
stitute a barrier to a complete revelation of 
ourselves to othors. a. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1853. 
How to Manage Temptation. —Some 
yoars since, three Indians, in tho neighbor¬ 
hood of Groen Bay, became convorts to 
temporanco, although previously surpass¬ 
ingly fond of the “ brain thief.” Three 
white mon formod tho charitable resolution 
of trying to draw them back. Placing a 
canteen of whiskey in their path, thoy hid 
themselves in tho bushes to obsorvo tho ef¬ 
fect. Tho first Indian recognized his old 
acquaintance with an “Ugh !” and making 
a high stop, passod on. The second laughed, 
saying, “Me know you!” Tho last ono 
drew his tomahawk and dashod it in pieces, 
saying, “ Ugh 1 you conquer mo, now I con¬ 
quer you.” 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE PRAYER OF FAITH. 
The Apostlo of tho Lord Josus Christ, 
writing undor tho inspiration of the Holy 
Spirit, assures us of tho efficacy of prayer, 
in these memorablo. words. “ Is any sick 
among you, lot him call for tho elders of tho 
church,” (i. e., for pious friends,) “ and lot 
them pray over him, anointing him with oil,’’ 
(i. e., using appropriate means for his re¬ 
covery,) “ in tho name of the Lord,” (i. e., 
looking to God for his blessing on their use;) 
“and tho prayer of faith shall savo tho sick, 
and God shall raise him up”—(i. e., tho 
prayer of faith shall avail to his bonefit.)-— 
V hat an assurance! What a promise!— 
And who can doubt that God does hear and 
answer tho prayers of his children ? How 
often has the humble, confiding Christian 
witnessed tho answer to prayer, though per¬ 
haps not in tho precise timo and manner 
desired, still clear and cortain as the sun at 
noon day. “ Tho prayer of faith 1” What 
is this prayer of faith ? 
And first, then, what is Prayer ? It is 
tho supplication of blessings that we need, 
and tho depreciation of evils that we feel or 
foar. Wo have a clear, full, and definite 
idea of prayer. But havo we as distinct and 
definito an idea of faith—tho prayer of 
faith ? Let us see. 
And what is Faith ? It is belief, trust, 
confidence. Belief in what? Confidence 
in whom ? My littlo child coming round 
to my seat, just as I was about to raise from 
the tablo, and looking up into my face, said: 
“ I ather, will you tako me to ride this morn¬ 
ing ?” Yes, my son, I replied, I will, soon 
as your mother can put on your hat and 
cloak, and I can put on my overcoat, I will 
take you to ride. His eyes sparklod liko 
brilliants ! His countenance lightened up 
with joy! and ho literally jumped up and 
down in delight! And why ? Because ho 
believed I should fulfill my promise. He be¬ 
lieved I was able to do it. He believed I was 
willing to do it. And ho bolieved I should 
ho faithful to fulfill my promise to do it.— 
Theso things wero as much realities to his 
mind as his own existence. This is faith ! 
this is trust; this is confidence! Exercised 
towards the Lord Jesus Christ, in regard to 
his ability to help us, in regard to his willing¬ 
ness to help us—and in regard to his faith¬ 
fulness to fulfill his promises to help us, it is 
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. And prayer 
put up in tho exercise of this confidence, is 
the prayer of faith. 
Now I suppose our faith in tho Lord Je¬ 
sus Christ, (1 am speaking to Christians.) I 
supposo our faith in tho Lord Jesus Christ, 
in regard to his ability and willingness to 
help us, is entire and perfect;—as great as 
it can be in the present state of our minds. 
We boliove, and aro sure, that ho is a Divine 
person ; therefore, infinitely ablo to help us. 
Wo beliove, and aro suro, with an entire 
and porfoct confidence, that he has died on 
tho cross to make atonement for us; thus 
giving the highest conceivable evidence of 
his infinite willingness to help us. But have 
wo the same trust, tho samo confidence in 
his faithfulness to fulfill his promises to help 
us ? I am afraid not. If wo fail any where, 
wo shall fail here. Here, wo want moro 
faith—moro faith. And how are wo to ob¬ 
tain it? Tho proinisos of tho Lord Jesus 
Christ aro many, great, and precious. But 
who is thoro, that treasures up theso prom¬ 
ises in his mind ? And if they aro not 
present to our minds, how aro wo to realize 
them ? And if we do not realize them, how 
can wo ask their fulfillment ? Wo must 
search the Scriptures. “In them ye think 
ye have eternal life, and theso aro they that 
testily of me.” Tho Scriptures contain the 
record of Ilis promises. Wo must study 
them,—must search them out, roll them 
over in our minds, and ponder them in our 
hearts. Wo must apply them to our own 
wants, and supplicate their fulfillment to us. 
But tho promises of tho Lord Jesus Christ 
aro made to us, subject to conditions. It is 
not enough that wo pray to him in tho con¬ 
fidence of his ability and willingness to help, 
and of his faithfulness to fulfill his promises 
to help. Wo must do something moro.— 
If wo would ask the fulfillment of tho prom¬ 
ise, therefore, wo must fulfill the conditions 
on which tho promiso is mado. Wo will 
name one promise, and the conditions an¬ 
nexed. “If ye love mo, and my words 
abide in you, ye may ask what yo will, and 
it shall bo done unto you.” Great and won¬ 
derful promiso ! To put up therefore, tho 
fervent prayor of tho righteous man that 
availeth much, wo must, in our hearts, bo 
ablo to say; Lord Jesus, thou knowost all 
things, “ thou knowost that I lovo thee.”— 
Then wo can put up tho prayer of faith that 
shall bo heard and answered. For if wo 
love him and his words abide in us, wo shall 
ask nothing contrary to his will; for it will 
bo the paramount desire of our hearts, to 
be, to do, and to desiro, just what he would 
wish us to bo, and to desire. The language 
of our hoarts will be, “ nevertheless not my 
will, but thino, bo done.” And in asking for 
the life, oven, of the dying man, or for any 
other, blessing, however ardently it may bo 
desired, tho paramount object must not bo, 
tho good asked for only, but also, that tho 
riches of God’s grace and mercy in the Lord 
Josus Christ, in bestowing this benefit upon 
the unworthy, may be illustrated and mag¬ 
nified. e. D. 
