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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AN!) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
^national. 
SPELLING-SCHOOLS. 
* ' • The school in the “ Quaker neighborhood ” 
have sent a challenge, in due form, to this dis- 
ERPiOPiS OE TEACHERS, f rict - f0 p P e,1 i so - to night « the war of words ” 
is to be waged in the white school-house on 
Teachers, like all other mortals are fallible *' b< ',',,! ldb . , , e ,, 
^ . 1 here is a great overhauling of old “ Tie- 
beings, liable with the best intentions to make montaries,” and a wonderful furbishing up of 
mistakes, to misjudge, and to err. It is as un- frontispieces, and turning over of clean collars, 
reasonable to hold a teacher to an absolute preparatory to the grand melee. 
aisfful ilk 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE BLUE SKY. 
BY A. J. ENSIGN. 
There is in the blue sky above us a beauty 
and richness of scenery for all. It affords a 
scenes of life, and among the complicity of hu- trance to Avernus. How the sleigh-bells— genius can design or art execute. Here is 
man employments, and we shall find as many ^ 10 old-fashioned bells, big in the middle of the placed for him the embodiment of ideal excel- 
differenccs of opinion almost as there are men. string,’and growing “ small by degrees and lence. Where can be found, even in the works 
From one set of circumstances and facts there j^lc/umed, ( in every* direction^ long "before ° f th ® ° U1 maste, ' s - colora so brilliant and so 
can be but one conclusion absolutely correct night, the gathering of the clans. ° rare as are seen vane g atia g tae surface of the 
upon any one point, and consequently all oth- There came one school, “the Master—give sk Y’ And yet now unmindful we usually are 
ers must be in some sense wroim him a capital M, for he is entitled to it—Mas- of all this glorious scenery, starting up as if 
Even the eldest and moat* .nature mind, J 3 '."**!' *'!“ «"* « f Crc “ U ™ 
quiie frequently disagree upon a plain stale- tucked up like a Christmas pie, with a half- °' U , m 'i >Hn ement anc our pleasure. It is 
meat of facts, and draw diverse conclusions from score ot buffalo robes. There half a dozen 0 s,a 1 8 °"mg pictures as are sketched on 
the same identical premises. This position is “cutters/’each with its young man and maiden, the blue arch, fringed with light and golden 
ably illustrated in our courts of justice, where ,"°2'T i • of ■ , ’■ "* "'T '" 1 " oati “S " list 
the ruling of a judge will sometimes be ilter- ing , ^ r Tfl » ««*- 
liately reversed and affirmed, through the vari- pressed down, and miming over, with small col- a ,!JI1 l,irgla [ e and sweetness ’ ll1 na " 
ous tribunals up the Court of Last Resort, and lections of humanity, picked up en route, from 1 lu ‘ e talks t0 U3 ’ teaches us lessons truer than 
even there, although the opinion of the major- f S reat ma, T homeland all as merry as kit- cultivates and refines our tastes. 
itv of the Jud«re« stands as law and is conoid enS 111 ! ] . ket ol ' V0()1 - ^ n,! the bright Angelo and Raphael, Van Dyke and 
it) oi me ouages sranas as iaw, ana is consio. eyes, and ripe, red lips, that one caught a .• „ . T ,. . 
ered correct so far as a legal precedent is con- glimpse of, beneath those pink-lined quilted , KNS ’ unrua ed aitk,s of the Italian and 
cerned, yet quite a respectable minority fre- hoods, and the silvery laughs that escaped from 1 ’ lemish schools of painting, conceive and ex- 
quently stand opposed to the judgment of the the woolen mufflers and fur tippets they wore ccute works ot imperishable beauty, which 
court. The only assurance that the decree is ], b ^, 9 ° GS n0 ^ remcmber ’ wko can evcr will ever be memorials of rare genius and high 
the correct one at last is th 3 fact that no high- echool-house destined to be the arena GuUure ’ Th ° Ugh thcy Seizu the Varied 
er tribunal exists to which an appeal can be for the conflict, has been swept and garnished; bcauty of tlie landscape an^rith soft colors 
carried. How frequently does it occur in our boughs of evergreen adorn the smoke-stained almost make the rainbow-tints gild the canvas, 
own Court of Appeals, in the Supreme Court a,ld battered walls. 'I he little pellets of chew- the living beauty so changing and yet so fair, 
of the United States, and in the British House u b j*' e ad SW( ’P t down from the the azure hue of the sky with all its deepness, 
of Lords, that some of the ablest judges on the f rom the. spring, ^nd .set^oi/ 'the^bench'b/the the , golden rays of tlic sun so rich and so l ' u11 
bench dissent from the majority of their learned entry, with the immemorial tin cup_a wise Hfe, none but the hand of the Divine Artist 
brethren. provision indeed, for warm work is that spell- cou ld form. They could copy the fantastic 
On every question of political faith, on ev- "' tj , , , . , 1,11 ms of the clouds and fringe them with dyes 
ery point of religions doctrine, on every princi- e d the fire,"till the old chimney fairly jTmwffh °, f g °' gC0 . US beauty 5 but they coul(1 not S 1VC 
pie of social life, on every ground of moral ac- the roaring flames, and the sparks fly out of ’ 1(111 mobon ’ not even a shade ol that element 
countability, there are differences of opinion’ the top like a furnace. which makes them as a thing of life. I his 
error, and sophistry. In every position in , ^ ke l "° Masters are there; the two living principle no artist can give to the crea- 
which a human and accountable being can be 60 . - ? ther ? : , a l ld 3udl a , ,1U ™’ and sach tions of his own mind, or his copies from na- 
/ut, !hvl vicw^viil be entertained.— wlS^.S'^mS -* And itist»,his continual change, clouds 
Why then should a teacher beheld to so stern the roll of 1 he drum is to armies, that the “ ru- assu,ran S ab forms, tinged with varied hues, 
without stint or mercy? He is quite as likely 
to err conscientiously as other men, and per- 
troop. The challenged are ranged on one we are indebted for much of the pleasure de¬ 
side of the house; the challengers on the other. 
Rack seats, middle seats, low, front seats, all 
haps much more so than those engaged in other filled. Some of the fathers and grandfathers, 
intellectual pursuits, from the fact of his being who could, no doubt upon occasion, Here, then, may the peasant equally with 
in a majority of cases more youthful and inex- “Shoulder the crutch, and .show how fields were won,’* the prince admire designs of a workmanship 
perienced. It is generally the first employ- occupy the benches of honor near the desk. suipassing all that ancient or modern galleries 
ment he assumes above that of an artisan, and best^IW on'm.cirsi!!" 1 “ioses!'’ !’!' J' 11 ' 1 ‘j. 0 ^ ho " gh * e areiaca P a ‘ 
is the first stepping stone to other, more luera- Brown!” Out comes a round-eyed little peony. , tm,lb 01 lhe l f auties ol the sk )’> of 
tlve, and more honorable Employments in the Who would, have thought it! Such a little the cloud and sunshine to the canvas, we may 
world’s esteem. If we look the country thing, and chosen first, yet be able to analyze their properties and 
through, it is no unsafe venture to say that “ Moses Jones! Out comes Moses, an awk- understand the principles on which they are 
three-fourths of our divines, Judges, and states- p,gl y l^anSted! sm-mounting his broad trew ‘h™ 1 Nor sho, ' ld of ‘the objects or 
men, literary men, editors, physicians, and The girls laugh at him, but what he doea’en’t Phenomena ot nature diminish m interest from 
lawyers, have been teachers at some period of know in the “ Elementary ” isn’t worth know- being capable of a strictly scientific explana- 
their lives. Those who have not been such are ’ n g. _ tion. It should rather awaken us to the uni¬ 
exceptions to a general rule, and have missed “ Jan0 1 Mur ™ y |” b)llt ^ n P s Jane ’ fl ' ltter ® d versal truth that nature from the simplest and 
one of the best means of discipline to which the er> ^ n( j so t j iey g . 0 on> .. cu jii„g i lanies » unti ] crud< - st materials forms the grandest and most 
human mind can be subjected. live or six champions stand forth to do battle. WOIlderbd °hjects. 
The teacher should feel the due weight of und C0I1,es t is fairly begun. Down goes The atmosphere which surrounds the earth 
his responsibility, and if he err, let the error be 011(5 l l \\ er ai f , the . r { as w , ord8 tll 1 rc ® syl,ilbl . (JS en all sides, is an elastic fluid. Though a fluid, 
1 t . are iollowed by those ot lour, and these again • 1 .1 j . A , , . 
unavoidable. Let not carelessness, matten- by words of similar pronunciation and divers !S8 ° sublIe and ,ruus P arent 88 to bu luca P a - 
tion, or iucopsiderateness be the basis of his significations, until only Moses and Susan re- ,de detecdon h y the eye. From its elastic 
wrong judgment, for the immortal mind is the main- nature it permeates and fills all bodies. Our 
subject on which he works and the error which “ ^ be spelling-book has been exhausted, yet knowledge of it is obtained partly from exper- 
he commits will be eternal in its results. The /X?“ d ' r 1 ,lcl ! 0I)ai ' ieK aru tuniud 0ver iment and partly from observation. By exper- 
mechanic, if he spoil the subject of his labor, „ Words of i^ d i epg th and thundering sound,” I”! 0 ' WG ascci ' tain lts chemictd properties, that 
can throw it aside and take another with the until, by and by, Moses comes down like a tree, il ' H e ^ cn ^ a,Iy coni P°sed of oxygen and nitro- 
loss of only his time and the materials; while and Susan flutters there still, like a little leaf gen, and that these are necessary to animal life, 
that on which the teacher acts, if once ruined aloft, that the frost and the fall have forgotten By observation upon large masses we know 
will be irremediable and result in the wreck o f , 1 *°b' s I d J ab !®^oUows polys)-liable, and by and that it is transparent,—that though compara- 
rived from the contemplation of the open 
heavens. 
in a majority of cases more youthful and inex¬ 
perienced. It is generally the first employ¬ 
ment he assumes above that of an artisan, and 
is the first stepping stone to other, more lucra- 
“ Shoulder the crutch, and show how fields were won,’ 
occupy the benches of honor near the desk. 
through, it is no unsafe venture to say that 
three-fourths of our divines, Judges, and states- j ()ir |, 
men, literary men, editors, physicians, and The 
lawyers, have been teachers at some period of kno 
their lives. Those who have not been such are In o- 
exceptions to a general rule, and have missed ' 
one of the best means of discipline to which the 
human mind can be subjected. live 
a human soul. Its value cannot be estimated 
by Busan hesitates just a breath or two, and 
twenty tongues are working their way through 
tively dense on the surface of the earth, it be- 
nearer than by the solemn question of our the labyrinth of letters in a twinkling. Little comes extremely rarified in the higher regions 
Saviour, “ What shall it profit a man though Susan sinkiinto the chink left for her on the —that heat expands and contracts it, thus 
he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, crowded seat, and there is a lull in the battle, causing many wonderful and beautiful appear- 
or what shall be give in exchange for ilia soul?’’ ‘"‘“ S “‘T' »*»*«<>* «'«*' V>»- 
While the errors of the teacher should be down. And down they go, like leaves in ll0niena wll >ch rarely ami frequently occur, oc- 
judged of by others in the same light and by winter weather, and the victory is declared for casiouing astonishment and admiration, find 
the same standards as those of other men, he our District, ami the school is “dismissed.” their true solution in a careful observation of 
should be a stern censor of his own conduct 1 hen comes the nun) ing and bundling, the the atmosphere and its peculiar properties.— 
and motives, giving no quarter to hasty im- the tumbling-^'- There are hearts that flut ter l ° ,bls Same causc may be referred lhe beau ' 
pulses, impure thoughts, crude and ill-digested and hearts that ache; “mittens” that are not ti,ld iizure a Pl»carance ot the heavens, 
opinions, and erroneous action. worn, secret hopes that are not realized, and The atmosphere is composed of an infinite 
fond looks that are not returned. There is a . 1 .,,.r ...rn„ 
fond looks that are not returned. There is a num ber of small opaque particles. Thesepar- 
jmgling among the bells at the door; one after . , 
dss.”— another the sleighs dash up, receive their nesh UcIes wluch obstl ucl th ® ra }' 8 (>l b ght are illu- 
“ A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss.”— another the sleighs dash up, receive their nesL- l, c‘ es wmen ousu uct uie rays ot ligHt are lllu- 
Well, what of that? Who wants to be a ling freight and are gone. minuted by them, and afterwards retransmit 
mossy old stone, away in some damp corner of (Jur Master covers the fire, and snuffs out their own proper rays, produced in their sur- 
a pasture where sunshine and fresh air never the candles—don’t you remember how duinti- f uce by a violent agitation, us is the case in all 
come, for the eows to rub themselves against, ly he used to pinch the smoking wicks, with ,■ a.„ .> , . 
for snails and bugs to crawl over, and for toads lorefingei 4 and thumb, and then thrust each fiap- ? ’ . ’ 1 ' 1 ' 110 
to squat under among the poisonous weeds?— Lag luminary, head first, into the tin socket?— brations communicated to them which repre- 
Itlis far better to be a smooth and polished and we wait for him. sents to us this magnificent azure. These par- 
stone, rolling along in the brawling stream of The bells ring faintly in the woods, over lhe tides uie extremely minute and considerably 
life, wearing off the rough corners bringing hill, in the valley They are gone. 'Hie school- distant from each other; they are also deli- 
out the firm crystalline structure ol the granite house is dark and tenantless, and we are alone . , , , . , ,, . 
or the delicate veins of the agate or chulcedo- with the night ."-June and January. cately lim alld ttl,n0tit whoHy transparent.- 
ny. It is this perpetual chafing and rubbing_ , , ^ , l ___ Hence, each separately is imperceptible, so 
in the whirling current that shows what sort of j^ EEp y0DR goNg Employbd. _Ijet play be that we can be affected by them only when a 
grit a man is made ol and what use he but their occasional privilege, and they will very great number transmit their rays at once 
m r r 10 Qtmtktnna u.m snft.nar.nnp arn . . . « , . , / .. *. ... 
the diamond is cut and polished for the mon- houfie It win ' do them no harm to perform therefore, be collected, m order to excite a sen- 
arch s ciown. humble services. It will help you and help sa, i 0I1< R clearly follows that such of these 
-- ’ ♦ 1 ’ them still more to' have them bring wood or particles as are near to us escape our senses ; 
There are many people who falter and trem- coal, to scour the knives, to make their own for they must be considered as points dispersed 
ble as long as there is any mixture of doubt beds, to keep their rooms in order. through the mass of air. But such as are very 
in their minds as to what they can, or what ^ "°’.’ . ... remote uniting with others nearer collect in 
they ought to do, but who, the moment that A word of kindness is a seed which, even b . 
doubt ceases, have power and will to dare ev- when dropped by chance, is sure to spring up tae Q® a h"°H according to the same direction, 
erything. a flower. The azure color which we see in the heavens 
when serene, is nothing else, then, but the re¬ 
sult of all these particles dispersed through 
the atmosphere, especially of such as are very 
remote. 
It may be affirmed, therefore, that the par¬ 
ticles of air are in their nature blue, but a blue 
extremely clear, which docs not become suffi¬ 
ciently deep and perceptible, except they are 
in great number and unite their rays according 
to the same direction. That this color is owing 
■ to the bluish cast of the particles of the air, 
yet in each one so very fuintasto be impercep¬ 
tible till presented in a large mass, as the 
whole extent of the atmosphere, rather than 
that this color is to be ascribed to exhalations 
and vapors floating in the air, but which do 
not appertain to it, will be apparent from a 
pimple consideration. It is a well known fact 
• that the purer the air, and the more free it is 
from exhalations, the brighter is the lustre of 
heaven’s azure: a conclusive proof that the 
reason of it lies in the essential particles of the 
air. Substances mingling with the air, but 
which do not enter into its formation, are in¬ 
jurious to that deep ethereal blue, and render 
its lustre less brilliant. 
North Ridgeway, 1854. 
BRAIN AND THOUGHT. 
Richmond mentions the ease of a woman 
whose brain was exposed in consequence of the 
removal of a considerable portion of its bony 
covering by disease. He says he repeatedly 
made pressure on the brain, and each time sus¬ 
pended all feelings and all intellect, which were 
instantly restored when the pressure was with¬ 
drawn. The same writer also relates another 
case, that of a man who had been trepanned, 
and who perceived his intellectual faculties 
failing, and his existence drawing to a close, 
every time the effused blood collected upon 
the brain. 
Professor Chapman, of Philadelphia, men¬ 
tions in his lectures, that he saw an individual 
with his skull perforated, and the brain expos¬ 
ed, who was accustomed to submit himself to 
the same experiment of pressure as the above, 
and who was exhibited by the late Professor 
Webster to his class. His intellectual and 
moral faculties disappeared on the app i ration 
of pressure to the brain; they were held under 
the thumb, as it were, and restored at pleasure 
to their full activity by discontinuing the pres¬ 
sure. But the most extraordinary case of this 
kind .within my knowledge, and one peculiarly 
interesting to the physiologist and metaphysi¬ 
cian, is related by Bir Astley Cooper in his 
surgical lectures: 
A man by the name of Jones, received an 
injury on his head while on board a vessel in 
the Mediterranean, which rendered him insen¬ 
sible. The vessel soon after this made Cib- 
raltar, where Jone ; was placed in the Hospital, 
and remained several months in the same in¬ 
sensible state. He was then carried on board 
the Dolphin frigate to Deptford, and from 
thence was sent to Bt. Thomas’s Hospital, 
London. He lay constantly upon his back, 
and breathed with difficulty. His pulse was 
regular, and each time it beat he moved his 
fingers. When hungry and thirsty, he moved 
his lips and tongue. Mr. Clyne, the surgeon, 
found a portion of the skull depressed, tre¬ 
panned him, and removed the depressed por¬ 
tion. Immediately after this operation the 
motion of the fingers ceased, and at four 
o’clock in the afternoon, the operation having 
been performed at one, he sat up in bed; sen¬ 
sation and volition returned; and in four days 
he got out of bed and conversed. 'Flic last 
thing he remembered was the circumstance of 
taking a prize in the Mediterranean. From 
the moment of the accident, thirteen months 
and a few days, oblivion had come over him, 
and all recollection ceased. He had for more 
than one year, drank of the cup of Lethe, and 
lived wholly unconscious of existence, yet upon 
removing a small portion of bone which press¬ 
ed upon the brain, he was restored to the full 
possession of the powers of his mind and 
body.— Dr. Brigham. 
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A CURIOSITY OP ART. 
There is on exhibition in Paris at the pres¬ 
ent time in Ruc-Neuve-dcspit-chanips, (a long 
name for New Littlefield st.,) No. f>, one of the 
most remarkable pieces of masterwork which 
the union of art and science has ever produced. 
It consists of a picture of about three feet 
square. This picture is made up of colors ad¬ 
mirable for their beauty and boldness, but 
there is no subject. The most experienced 
eye can detect nothing but disjointed and half- 
fonned approximations towards a coherent de¬ 
sign. The most able artist sees there only the 
finest colors, but no one can tell what they are 
intended to represent. In the middle of the 
picture which is horizontally placed, is a mir¬ 
ror formed by a copper cylinder covered by a 
perfectly polished coating of silver. This 
mirror is usually veiled. 
Bo far there is little remarkable, and the 
greatest amateurs in painting would hardly 
consent to spend five francs on such »■ in appa¬ 
rently profitless study. But it is impossible 
not to feel aglow of admiration when, on un¬ 
covering the mirror, there is presented upon it 
in the brightest reflected rays, the whole scene 
of the Crucifixion. The partial coloring then 
takes a character of incontestible superiority, 
and presents to the astonished spectators a 
picture composed of six most perfect figures, 
depicted with a degree of boldness such as the 
master painters alone knew how to impart to 
the subject which it was their glory to repre¬ 
sent. 
While Daniel Webster was Secretary of 
State, he was present at ahull when a fop said 
to him, “Don’t you dance, Mr. Webster? 1 nev¬ 
er smc you dancing.” “ No,” said he, “ I never 
had the capacity to learn how, sir.” 
Take the hand of the friendless. Smile on 
the sad and dejected. Sympathize witli those 
in trouble. Strive everywhere to cause around 
you sunshine and joy. If you do this you 
will surely be beloved. 
[ For the Rural New-Yorker.] 
SABBATH MORNING IN SUMMER. 
BY ANNA M. LANOKLAND. 
Best in Uie fields, and Sabbatli on the hill s, 
And in the deep blue sky rest gently lies, 
And sheddeth on the world a dream of peace. 
Each ray of light that (loweth from the sun 
Comes winging softly down to earth, unheard 
The sweep of its transparent pinions, whoso 
Flumes fall downward where the shadows lie 
A-weaving for themselves a wreath of light. 
E’en thus amid the soul’s dark shadows hero 
The Sabbatli light of Heaven steals through the night, 
And wreathes around the soul the blessed light 
Of immortality. We feel and know 
When gleams upon the world a morn of such 
Transcendent loveliness, that He who spake 
The world to life, still lets his shadow fall 
On earth ; and the faint spirit longs to bask 
In the eternal Sabbath light unveiled. 
There sleeps upon the world a spell of peace 
Too deep and holy for this fleeting scene ; 
The golden billows of the ripened grain, 
That yester-eve went climbing up lhe hill 
Have lulled themselves to rest, and now, each head 
Hend-s with the blissful burden of its peace; 
Each bending hough seems laden with a dream, 
So motionless they sleep against the sky. 
A\ lute from the grave-yard’s marble monuments 
*1 here breathes a double spell of joy and rest; 
The wearied form whose Sabbath has begun, 
To end no more in the vast range of Time, 
Sleeps softly as a sea flower lulled asleep 
Uporsthe singing wave’s soft swelling breast. 
And the tired spirit that was seeking here 
Vainly for some fair isle of peaceful rest. 
Upon Time’s dark and everchanging sea, 
Hath launched at last upon Death’s mystic tide, 
And crossed the shadowy realm we all draw near; 
And now its bark glides o’er the crystal wave, 
Where float “pure lilies of eternal peace.” 
A voice of prayer is on the breathing air, 
And each fiesli rose now op’ning to the morn, 
Seems like a silk-leaved volume full of prayer; 
While from each floral bell soft anthems sighing, 
Their rich deep gush of fragrance to the morn 
Breathes ever on die soul “a call to prayer; 
While from each gold and azure cup, that pours 
Its flood of beauty to the light, a cloud 
(>t incense floateth up; the silvery pearls 
Of dew lie all unstrung out o’er the fields, 
As ir some augel’s wing had dropped them down 
To (ling o’er eaith a robe of diamond gems, 
do fit it for this holy Sabbath day. 
I bus may the robe of righteousness enweave 
My soul ere she shall soar to meet tlT eternal rest. 
BEAUTIFUL APOSTPOPIIE TO THE BIBLE. 
YY e would be pleased to know the author of 
the following most eloquent apostrophe to the 
Bible. It appears to have been addressed to 
the young men. We have seldom read any¬ 
thing finer: 
“ Study now to be wise; and in your get¬ 
tings get understanding. And especially wo’d 
f urge upon your heart-bound, soul-wrapped 
attention, that Book upon which all feelings 
are concentrated, all opinions which enlighten 
the judgment while it enlists the sentiments, 
and smooths the imagination in songs upon 
the harp of the ‘ sweet songster of Israel.’— 
That Book which gives you a faithful insight 
inte your heart and consecrates its character in 
“ Shrines 
Such as the keen tooth of time cannot touch.’* 
Would you know the effect of that book up¬ 
on the heart? It purifies the heart and sancti- 
fies its joys; it nerves and strengthens it for 
sorrows and mishaps of life, and when those 
shall have ended, and the twilight of death L 
spreading its dew dump upon the wasting fea¬ 
tures, it breaks upon the last glad throb, the 
bright and streaming light of Eternity’s morn¬ 
ing. Oh! have you ever stood beside the 
couch of a dying saint, when 
“ Without a sigh, 
A change of feature or a shaded smile, 
He gave his hand to the stern messenger, 
And as a glad child seeks his father’s arms, 
Went home.” 
Then you may have seen the concentrated 
influences of this Book. Would you know its 
name? It is the Book of Books—its author, 
God—its theme, Heaven, Eternity. The Bil 
ble! Read it—search it. Let it be the first 
upon the shelves ot your library, first in the 
affections of your heart. Seareh the Bcrip- 
turcs, for in them ye think ye have eternal 
life, and they are they which testify of me._ 
Dh! if there be sublimity in the Contemplation 
of God—if there be anything ennobling and 
purifying in the revelation of man’s salvation 
—search the Scriptures, for they are they 
which testify of these things.” 
NOT TIME ENOUGH. 
Not time enough? .So the giltedges of the 
Bible remain untarnished, and it leaves its own 
profile of dust on the table. Not time enough 
to study its teachings. But there is time 
enough for other things. 
Time enough to coil around the soul the 
web of wealth, which, when completed, forms 
its shroud. 
Time enough to simmer away afternoon af¬ 
ter afternoon in the maudlin sympathy of ro¬ 
mantic sentimentalism, until the heart, in its 
voluptuous impotence, becomes incapable of 
real love to God orman! 
Time enough to lay plot upon plot and 
scheme upon scheme, for the gratification of 
ambition or vanity! 
Time enough to be sick, though then, when 
the heart is troubled, and the body faint, and 
the head sluggish, there is indeed not time 
enough to repent! 
Time Enough to Die!— Episcopal Record - 
