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THE MERCHANT AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. circulates largely in the 'l'ownships of Darlington. Cla.rke and Ca.rtw.right. It il5 a common platfortn open to the free discussion ofallque8tions in l~hich the general public are concerned. TERMS. WEST DURHAM· I ·d Steam Job l'rinting Oftie Krna STREET, BowMANVILLE. Seventy-five cents per annuini in advance. The 'Merchant' and Observer,' $2·00· RATES OF ADV l!.RTISING, One cohunn -· 45 per annum. 11 Ha.If do. 25 Quarter <lo. · Hi " Transient ndvcrtiscmcnts,5 ota per line first n&ertion, and 2c. per line 1 each su'J:>sequcnt one. AND GENERAL .ADVERTISER. 1"1 ---: .. '....,....._...~--~ VOLUME VII. BQWMANVILLE, ONTARI O, FRIDAY. JULY, 7 1876. ' Then on this last hop~ will I liuild Jiy POETRY. f11ith and work' fur hia . reacl,le,' said l\f~a. Birtwell, wlth a solemn · determinatio~ ; The Children. und may I couut on your help 1' .l:"OUND 1N '1'11..E. DE5K Qjj' ~HARLE::! DICK.b:NS AFTER ' To the uttermost in my power. " Th~re HlS U:KA'rH. was nothing half-hearted in Mr. Elliott'· reply. He meant to do all that his ansll(e~ When the leBSOns and tasks are all ended. involved. i , And the gchool for the day is dismissed, ' Ah !'remarked Mrs. Birtwell, as thpy And the little one's ~ather around me talked still farther about the unhappy To bid me '"good-night "and be kissed ; Oh, the little white arms that encircle case, ' how much easier is prevention th.An 1\if.y uei:k in "' t~nder embrai::e I cure ! How much easier to keep a stnjnOh, th e alniJes that are llnlos of bea.ven 1 bling-block out of another's way than to eet Shedding sunshine and love on 1;1Y face . him on bis feet after he has fallen ! Oh, 1 And when thoy aro gone I sit dreaming this eur11e tif drink !1 , OJ 1ny childhood, too lovely to last ; 'a fearful one, indeed, and one thal : ill Of love that my heart will remember, desolating thousands of homes al! over the When it wakes to a pqlse of the past, the land.' Ere the world and ' itis wickedness made me ' And yet,' replied Mrs. Birtwell, with a A partD.er of sorrow and sinbitterness of tone she could no! suppress, When the glory nf God w~ abont tn e, 'you and I and some ot our best citizens And'the glory of gladness within i and church people, instead of trying to free Oh ! my heart grows as weak mJ a woman's !he land from this dreadful curse, attjke And the fountain of feeling 'vill flow, hande with those who are · engaged in When I think of the paths stl:lep and stony, spreading ' broadc.Bt through society its '\\'here the feet of tho doa.r ones must Ji;O ; baneful infection. Of tho mountains of sin hanging o'er them, Of the tern-Pests of fate blowing wild ; Mr. Eliiutt dropped bis eyes to the floor Oh ! theJ'e\~ notlung on enrth )u:i.I( so lwly iike one 1Vho folt the truth of a stinging ac· AA the innocent heart of a child, · cnsatiou, ancl remained silent. Hie mind was in great confusion. Never before had The twig is so easily bended, his own responsibility for this great I bf\V(;' hanished the rnl'e and thi;: r()(l ; I have taught tpeffi the goodu('lsS and know· evil looked hi111 in the face wlth such a ledge, . etern aspect arid with such rebuking eyes. They have taught me the goodness of God. 'By e~mple and invitaii;n-nay, by My ,heart fa a dungeon of da"tkni;iaa, almost ·irresistible enti6ements,' continued Vlhert1 I shut .them from breaking\8' rule; Mrs. Birtwell, ' we tempt tile weak nnd l\fy frown fa sufficient Correction, lure t\le unwary, ancl break down the lines My love ia tlie law of the school. of mod~ration that prudence sets up tfl lirµit appetite. I need not describe to yuu ·eotue I shall lea.ve the old house in the' autumn, To tra\'er.te its threshold no ' more ; .of our- soci~l saturaalias. I use- strong Ah ! how I ghall ~igh for tho duar ones l~nguage, for I cannot lielp it. We ·a re all That meet rue en.ch m0rn at the door. too apl to look on their p_leasant side,on the I shall mIBs the " good nights " and the kisses, gaiety, good che.er, and bright reunions by And the gush of t.Jrnir in~ocent glee, which the) are attentled, ~nd to excuse the The group on the green, n.nd the flowers 1 NUMBER XLI slowly "" ihe brief conference between her and ~~re. S,anclford 'bad, pfogreseed-dicd ,out of her, face. She shrank a little in her ch·ir, her ~ead dropping forward. For the space of half a minute she sat with her eyee cast down. Iloth were silent, and hoping it would work a change in the girl's purpose : But ehe was disappointed. .A.f.ter sitting in n stunned kind of' way for a short tim~J she rqse, and- without ttusting herself to speak bowed slightly nnd left tho room. .Mrs. Sandford did not call after the ~irl, lmt suf. fered her to go down s.tnirs and leave the house without an effort to detain her. 'She must gang her gait,' said the lady, fretfully and with a measµre of hardnesa in her voice. , , On re~ching the street Ethel R\dley-the reader has guessed her name-walked away She felt helpwith slow, unsteady steps. less' and friendless. Mrs. Sandford had offered tu firul hero. l1on1e if she would aban· don her father and little-brother. The latter, as .Mrs. Sandford urged, could be sent POSTERS , P Ai11PHLETS, ,CIRC CTLARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS. CARDS, TICKETS, .&c., &c.~c, EXECUTEP IN · FIRST CLASS STYLE her fathef. '.rho few questions asked bad ' Le£ me i-cs.d you,' h.e snid, n. few sen· caused S\lch evident distress of rnind that she deenied it beet to wait until she a:.iw tences from nn article giving an account of Ethel again before talking to her more free- the work of thia Church, llll I have called it. ly on a eubject that co~ld not but awaken I only_met witl1 it to-day. and I am not sure that it would have takeu a bold upon me the kt!eneat suffering. bad it not been for my concern about Mr ~Irs. Birtwell's e.x:perienco waa ~com.non one. She had scarcely taken her first step Ridley. ' The writer says : 'In the treatment or drunkenness we must go deeper than hos· GR.AND TRUNK RAILWAY! GO TO r " Trains will leave Boivman;y;ille Bowmanville time, as follows : -GOING WEST, _ GOING EAST. Local*' .. ....· 7:20, a.m. \Express .. , .... 8:30 a..m. Express, .... .. !J 30 a.,m. : Mixed ....... ... 4:10 p.m. Mixed . . ..... 2:20 p.m. I Local.. ...... 7:50 p .m. E x1n·e.se · .· · 9:00 p. m. I Exvress ...· · 9.00 p.m. *rl1hia train runs every morning of ~~reek, l\totJdays excepted, Lyle & !artyn's For ·a good. assortment of GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, CROCKERY, &a ALSO in the path of duty before the next waa made plain, In her case this ·was so mark· ed as to fill her with surprise. She bad undtirtaken to ~ve a human· soul well-nigh lost, a.nd was en tcriug upon her ~·ork with that singleness of purpose which gives success where sucCeAs ia possible, Such being the case, she was an instrument through which a divine love of saving cuuld operate. She became, as it were, the hutnan hand by which God could reach down and grasp a sinking soul ere the dark waters of Rin a.ud sorrow cloaed over it for ever. She was sitting a.lone that evening, her Dr. ·BOYLE, S URG ERY---SILVER ST. · RESIDENCE ONTARIO STREET, Bowmanvill6, Jan. 20th, 1876. .ll of Surgeons, Engla.nd; Licentiate of the Royal Oollege of Physicians, Edinburgh. Cor· 011(!{ '1 etc, Residence, Corner of Church and Scugog S t.1·eets1 J3owma.nville, Deo. 3rd, 1875. 10-tf. Dr. J as. Fielding, i\11[EMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEG·E Dr. DAVIDSON and Prizeman of the University of Toronto,nnd Rayal ColleB:e Qf:":"l ~h,Y.eiciana ,and, Surgeons I\: iugston ; Men1ber of.JJ1el 00Bege M~ hysi oians and SurS-eons of Ontario; Coroner, &c. Residence and-oftice---Market Squaie, l3ow· G iege of PhrlJiciil,l)p,; England, and YictoriA University of V':iCtori3. bb'fiege,LTnder Graduate 22-lly. BADUATF.-.Oll1 TH;R nROYAL COL- _ma.nville. . .,, · .Bowl!lam>ill·,,]'eb. 24th,..i.876 : BAtRRrs1·~rn.: A.'J.,TQRNEYc-k'l'-LAW, 1&o., has; returned to the old OOice 1 over 1Ir.,..-P atter· son's Store, Kiiig Street, Bowman\'ille. ~ .:Bowmanville,·];.'[a.fl9tli, 181~. ~H-lm. J. K. 'GALBRAITH R R LOSOOMBE, ..., BARRISTEft-71:T-17A-W, SOLICITOR IN GHANOERY, ,t, ..:.........-.. -.·· ~- OJ'FIOE,- Over McClurtg's Store) sa.me fl.at as J. . Drimacomb's Deutal Roum1:1, Bowma.nville, Oct. _27th,J868. ly D. E. Mc:Milla_n, ATTORNEY AT LAW'; fNLIOI10R lN OHANOERY, CQlvVEYANOER, rf:" NEWCASTLE. ONT. Newcastle, Oct. 8tP.1 1879. , -m5I-tf. -. G-enera.l,l3u1ltler and Con· tra.cter. · ' · · W-B·UNNEY i.~ " "'.1.1 - _ ·_ _ - Jobbing pro'fflptly atten_d~d to. MOTTO. '1 -.., _ Neatness ' with _,Dispatch." . Olfice and Sbopi op 9ntar;o Stree~. ' 13own1an vi.He, May 18th, 1876. 35-tf, -- ,-: Something. ;· New. ·Cle.an, .and. make a1m.ost ns good M .new, any soiled or faded g111mt nt. _'J.he~ color il3 restored, wul the cuut, or what elae, puts on a new ap· ci_ pe~nance, Satisfactfo1i gua-ranted, Or no -~ oha.rge. , ~ TH-OS. PEATE'.13owmanville, April 21st, 1876. 30-tf. e:...~ ·TnE UNDERSIGNED informs the Gentlemen of the DomlliiOn·, that he is vrepared to RADXZ..Al'l';ll ot ,BaxferpniV.ralty;iOI Music U Fri'6ndship{ New Y'orK. · ..... ;,,·- . _ Teacher of Piano nnd Organ, cultivation b_-:i V &ic~ ,~ijjgin~ "; ,.:a:l'Q Q{®.gh Bass, 1-Iiumony n -==-·YrOf,, . J;· -~~Ruse;; 41-1-y _.,-: --- ,., -.i.~i. , :-;: ' - .... Composition, &c. Darlington, July 16th, l874. R. b<\f:ID. FOLEY, taken ol.lt license ea & -AUCTIONEER Sales will receive the beet attention. J3owm anville, ]·eb. 21th, 1876. ly. fnr this Township. Factory and Warel-ooms, Cor. Temperance and Wellington Streets, Bowmanuil/e. AUCTIONEERS For the Township of Darlington. . T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON. Prom1)t attention given to sales, &c, on reasoII· able t1:Jnns. Wm.. Barton, ENNISKILLEN. Sl.\les p1·01n1)tly attended to on reasonable tel"Dl.s. the N·ewest thing of the_ season, J Brimacombe, l,R.O. D .. FEES MODERATE. OFJt'lGE OVM' McGLUNG'S Store ~Hf. Bownw..nvillo. TJec.. 1374. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~- ~ ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. LVvei7io9l London, and Glasgow or i11fnrma.tion, apply to FOlt Tickets, ' W. A. NEADS, Ayent. Bowmauvi.lle, ,Tune 9th, 1871. tf-30 Im\le1ial Fire Insuranr.e Co OF LONDON. E·tablished 1803. HEAD OFFICES,-1 Old 13road St., and Pall Mall, London. GEN1'BAL '\.GENCY , FOB. . , St C!Al'fADA :- 24 8 a cra.ucnt St., !\.iontreal. Funds invested inCaua.da.- 105~000. I1u1urances against loss by Fire a.re effected on most favorablti t ermR, and losses paid with ont reference to the Board in London.. F"nd. £1,9U5.000 Stsrlini.. S~bscribed and invested Capital and ~1Je1·ve J DODBWOitTH, Inspector. R· It. LOSOOMBE, Battiste~, . Agen~ for Bowmanvllle and Vic1n1 ty, J)owl!U!J)ville, J u~el 4th. 1860' 36 m.o.43·39.4w Gen. Agents, l\iontrea. RINTOUJ, BROS. a.ny reasonable proruise of succea~, when a much bette~ off than now._ Not for a sinl(le instant did Ethel debate call frorri Mr. Elliott'was announced. '.!'his the, prop9sition. Heart and sou! turned was unusual ! What could it mean l Na· She might die iu her effort to turally she associated it with Mr. R.idley. from it. .keel' a home for ,her wretcheu father, but She hurried down to meet him, her heart not till then had she any thought of giving beating rapidly. As she entered the pnr!or Mr. Elliott, who was standing in the centre up. On lea vjng the house of Mr. Elliot, Mrs, ,of the room, advanced quickly ~award her BirtweU went horn~, ~ ~.llU after remaining and grasped her band with a strong pres· there for 11 short time ordered her carriage sure. His manner was excited, and ther2 and drove to a. part of the. town lyirlk at was a glow of unusual interest on his face . t 'I have just heard something tllat I wish conSiderable dis)ance from that in which 'she lived. Before starting she had. given to talk with you about. There is hope for I t i her driver the name 'of the atreet and nnll!- our poor friend.' ber of the bouae at which sho .was going to . 'For Mr. Rldley !' asked .Mrs. Birtwell, ~ace with the poor repentant brother, and make a call. The neighborhbod was tliick- catching the excitC'ment of her \·isitor. holding him tightly by the hand lest be ly settled and tqc houses ·mall und poor. ' Yes, and God grant that it may not be The one before which the carriage drew. np a vain hope !' he added, _with a prayer in stumble and fall in his first weak efforts to walk iu ·better way. And this is just the did ,not look so for!9rn a~· it.e neighbors; his heurt as well as upon his lips. excflsses tbnt too often manifeat~hemeelvcs. and on glancing up at a second-story winwork that -is now being done in our city by 'lhnt are brol1ght ovory 1nurning to tnl:l. They sat down, and the _clergyman went We do not soo as we should, beyond the dow, Mrs. Birtwell saw two or three !lowe~ on : a heaven-inspired institution not a year old, I eha.11 miss them at morn and at even, but with accomplished teRults that are a. pree.ent, nod ask ourselves what in natural pots1 in one of whic'h a bright ruse \Vas Their song in the schoo I and the street, 'I have had little or no faith in any of matter of wonder to dll who are familiar result is going to be the outcome of all this. blooming. I &hall miss the low hum of their voices, the efforts which have been made to reform with iti; operations." · We actaally shut our eyes and turn our1 Thia is the place-you gave And the tramp of tl1eir delicate f<:!et. me ma'o.m,' drunkenness,. for none of them in my view, selves aWay from th1;i \Yarning sjgns and said the driver aa he held open the door. When the le~-wns and tasks are all ended, Mrs. Birtwell leaned toward Mr. EUiott went down to the core of the matter. I -IMPROVED AND REMODELLEDAnd Death says the school ie dismissed, ' olern admouition.-that are uplifted before ' Are you sure it is right 1' as he read, the light of a new hope irradiat· ' ' know enough of humnn nature and its de· May the little ones gather 11,,1v,und n1e, us. Is 1t anv matter of sni'pri~e. Mr. El· ing ber countenance: 'I presume so,' and .l\.1rs. Birtwell etepAnd bi<l 1nti H good night "and be kissed, liot, that we should be confronted now and ped ont, and crossiug the pavement to the pravity, of the power of sensual allurement 'Is not this a Cburch in the highest aud and corporeal appetite, to be very sure that then with some 'of the dreadful conse· door, rangthe belL best eense !'asked Mr. Elliott, with " glow lt was opened by a pledges, and the work usually done for in~ I , LITERATURE. quences that flow, inevitably 1 from the pleaeant-looking old woman who on beof enthnsiaso1 in bis voice. 1 "Cl ebrfa.tes in the asylums established fu1· their causes to which I refer 1 or that, as indi- ing aaked jf a ~[iss liid!ey lived there, re:xi 'It is ; and if the membership is not full , beuefit, cannot, except in a few cases, be of vidual participant.a in these things, we DANGER; OR · WOUNDED IN THE 'T' I am goiug to join it,' replied Mrs. Birtwell, plied in the ~ffirmative. ,...., nny'°permanent good. No man wbo has once . HOUSE OF A FRIEND. should find ourselves invol1ed in euch di· ' and do what I can to bring at least one 'You will find her in the front room up been enslaved by any inordinate appetite !: rect persona.I responsibility as to make us itairs, ma'am,' she added. . Will you walk straying sheep out of the wilderness into it· :z: can, in my view, ever get beyond the dannv T. s. ARTHUR . up 1' actually shndder 1' fold.' z: ger of re-enslavement unless through a -4 ' work Le not Mrs. Birtwell did not know how keen an The hall into which Mrs. Birtwell passed ' And 1 pray God that your change wrought in hiin by God1 and this (Continued,) edge these sentences had for Mr. Elliott, 1v.,, narrow and had a rag carpet on the can only take place after " pra)-erful suh- in vain» ea.id the clergy wan. 'It is thll.t I CHAPTER XXL :a no· how deeply they cut. As for the c!er- lloor. But the carpet was clean and the at· iuissiou of bim~el f to God and obedience to wight lead you to lhie wol'k that I am now gyman, he kept his own counsel. moaphere pure. Ascending the stairs, Mrs. Her cloPing sentence fell with rebuking His divine laws so far as lies 1n his power. here. Some of the Chrietiau men and wo;§ ' What can we do in this sad case 1' he Birtwell knocked at the door, and wae anforce npon the clergyman. He, too, was :a In other "'ol'ds 1 1\frs. Birtwell, the Chnrch 1nen whose na1nes I find here'-1\Ir. Elliott oppressed by a heavy weight of respon·i- asked, after a few assenting remarks on the · awered by.a faint ' Come in 1 from a woman's must o-Jmc to his aid. It is tor tLis rewmn referred to tbe paper in his hand-' are well I bility. If the sin of this man's fall was dangers of social drinking, ' This is the voice. that I have never had much faith in tem- known to me personally, and others' by 're· 'l'hs room in which .she found herself a upon the g·rments of Mrs. Birtwell,his were great queetjon now. I confess to being euperance R'lcleties aa agents of perEonal re- putation,' not stuinlcss. Their condemnation was tirely at a loss. I never felt ao he~pJess in 1noment afterward waa · almoat destitute formation. To lift up from any evil ia the He read the1n over. the presence of nny duty before.' ot furniture. There WJlB no carpet nor equal, their duty one. . 1\'0rk of the Church, and in her lies the only 'Such names,' he added,' give confillen.;e 1 'I auppose, ·replicd Mrs. Birtwell, 'that bureau nor wash-sta~d, only a bare floor, a :z: 'Ah!' he said, in tones of deep aolici· true power of salvation.' aw.I assurance. In t!1e bands of these men the way to a knowledge of our whole duty' very p!uin bed~tead and bed, a "JU.are pine !'" tude, 'if wo bilt knew how to reach and ' But,' said !¥!rs. Birtwel1, 1is not all work and women, the best thnt can be done will in any caee is to begin to do the first thing table and three chairs. There was not tho . , inHuence him ! 1 which has for its end the saviog of man lie tlone. And what is to hi nil er if the pree· srnalle~t ornament of any kind on the man.. Thfa Company has recently been re-organized by the addition of three of · We can' do n·~ihing if we sJand afar off, that we 9ee to be right.' from evil God's work I It is surely not the ecce and power of Gud be in their work 1 the most practical men from the Factory of Clough & W11;rrcn Organ Co., Mr. ,Elliott,' replied Mr. . Birtwell. 'We , 'Uranted J and what then 1 Do you see t~e-shelf, but in the windows were three woak of an enemy.' \Vheuever two or three meet togeth~r in , POI~ of flow~rs. Everything looked clean, Detroit, Mich., each taking an active part in liis own particular depart- must try to get him. He must see our the firet right thing to l:e done 1' ' God forbid that I should say so. Every His name, have lhey not his promise to be ' I believe so.1 Sotne work lay upon the table, near which ment, and ni·e now manufacturing an Organ equal, and in many point!' outstretched hands, and hear our voi!"'a· saving effort, no matter ho\v or when rnade with then1 ? anU when he is present. are 'What is it i' Ethel Ridley ,wllll sitting. But she had . superior, to any manufactured in the United StateJ:< or C1tnada. Our cele- calling ·to him to come back. Oh, sir, m:y. . ' 1s work for God and human1tr. Do not mis- not nll saving inHu~lJct.la most active 1 rres'If, as it seems plain, the separation of tu~n~d away from the , table, and sat with brated " Vox Celeste," "Vox Humana," "Wilcox P1ttent Octavo Coupler," heart tells me that all is not lost. God understand me. 1 say nothing against ten1- ent we know hin1 to be everywhere, but his "Cello," or "Clarionet " . Stops, "Flugle Horn," "Dulcet," ".Moline,", . lovin'g care is as much over him l\B it is ove,r Mr. Ridley from bis home and children , is ,o.ne pole c~~e~ resting on her open hand. .perance societies. rrhey have done and arc presence and power have a different effect "Cremona," and Grand· Organ Skip, and you and me, ·nd bis providence as active to cut the last strand of the e~td that holds Her face wore a dreary, almost hopeless s~ill doing much good, and I honor the men according to the kind and degree 0£ recep· him away from destruction, t~en our fir~t. expression. On !seei~g Mrs. Bil'twell ebe for his salvation.' 11'ho organize and . work through them. tion. Hl:l is present with the evil as wt:ill ' How are we to get nea.r bim 1 lfr~. Birt- work, if we Would save him, is to help his started up, the blood leaping in a crimson Their beneficent power is seen in a changed as the good, but he cau manifest bis love daughter to maintain that home.' tide to her neck, cheeks aud temples, allll well i This is our great impediment.' and changing public sentiment, in efforts to and work of saving far more effectually ' Then you would, Bilcrifice the child fo'r stood in mute expectation. ' God wi!! show us the way if we desire Can be obtain'e d only .in these Organs.' reach the sources of a great and der;tructive tlirouKh the good than he can through the · l\fi°ss Ridley 1' e~id,. her visitor, in a evil, and .especially in their conservative evil. it. Nay, he is .showing us the way, thon~h the sake of the father 1' 1 No; I would help the child lo ·ll.,V<I "·e sought it not/ replied Mrs, Birtwell, her kind voioe. nnd restraining influence. But when a man 'And so, because this Home haa been her father. I would help her to keep her manner becoming more confident, Ethel only bowed ; she could not speak is overcome of the terrlllle vice ngainst rnade a Christian Home, anU its inmates ' How 1 I cannot see it,' answered the little home as pleasant and attractive as pos- In her sudded surprise, but recovering her· which they stand in battle arroy, when he taught to believe that only in C<>ming to sible, am! see that in doing so she did not clergyman, self in a few momenta, she oifered M:rs. is struck down by the enemy and taken God 1n Christ ltS their ii:;finite divine work beyond her strength, This fit-at.' 1 There has come a crisis in his life,' said Birtwell a chair. prisoner,a stroIJger hand than theirs is need· Saviour, and touching tbe hem of his gar' And what nexl; 1' asked .llfr. Elliott. Mrs. Birtwell. ' In his downwaru course ed to rescue him, even the hand of God ; ments, is there any hope of being cured of ' Mrs. Sandford spoke to me about you.' 'After I have done so much, I will truot he haa reached a point where, unless he can and thia is why I hold that, except in the their infirn1ity, haa ita gtl!at saving power As Mrs. Birtwell said this she saw the The path ,of bo held back and rescued, he will, I fear, God to show me what next. Church, there is little or no hope tor the become manifest.' t h !lush die out of Ethel's face and an ex- drunkard.' drift far out from the reach of human hands. duty !a plain ao fax. 1( I enter it in fai, .f nst then voices were beard sounding And it has so happened that I am brought and trust, and walk whither it leads, I am pression of pain come ove:t it. Guessing at ' But we cannot bring these poor fallen through the hall. Apparently there was an 'to wh·tthis meant, she added quick!)'-: ' . er waya, leading higher and 1 · , to a know ledge of thia crisis and the great ouro that oth ·' Mrs. Sandford and I do not think alike. creatures h1to the Chnrch.' answered l\ire. altercation between tbe waiter and s01IJe one my willing peril it involves. Is not this God's provi.. regiollll of ·afety, will open Birtwell. 'They shun its doors ; they stand at the street door. feet.' You must keep your home, my child.' deace i I verily believe ab, Mr. Elliott. Ethel gave a otart and caught her breath. afar oft.' 'What's that.!' asked Mra. Birtwell, a litIn the Yery depths of my soul I seem to ' God ~rant _that it may be so,' exclaim~d A look of gla<l surprise broke into her "fbe Church must go to them,' said Mr. tle' startled at the uuusual sound. Aqents Want.din Every Cou,.ty. · Send for Price List, hear a ery urging me to the rc1:1cue. And, Mr. Elliott, with a fervor that showed how f · · .. Elliott-' go as Obrist, the great Head of They listened, and beard the voice of a GQd giving me strength, I mean to heed deeply he was interes);ed. ' I believe you . ace. Address DOl\IINION ORG.A:N 00-. BOWMANVILLE ONT. the Church, himself went to the lowest and man saying, in an ex.cited tone : are tight The slender mooring that holds 'Oh, ma'am,' she answered, not able to is why I have called the admonition. This I , 1 I must sec her!' this w;etched man to the shore must not, be oteady her voice or keep the tears out of her the vilest, and lift them up ; and not on1v Also General .Agents for Ganada, /01· the BRADBURY PIANO. to-day. I want your help and counsel.' lift them up, but encompn~· theru · rouhd Then came the Lloise of a struggle, as 1 It shall be given,' was the. cl_ergymnn's cut or broken. St;ver that, and he is swept, eyes, 'If I can only do that ! I am willing with its saving influences.' "_. though the waiter were tr)'ing to prevent Rwe &: Bai'ker, Agents for the GountieB of Durha;m, Vwtoria, and N<Yrth answer,made in no half-hearted way. 'And l fear, to hopeless ruin. Yon will see his to work if I can find anything to do. But 'How is this to be uone I' asked Mrs. the forcible entry of some one. · -but--' She broke down, hiding her. lace and South Ontario. - ; now tell ruewhot you know aboot this sad daughter 1' Birtwell. Mrs. Birtwell started to her feet in eviBowmanville,Dec. 21st, 1875. ·s ·ll ' in her hands and sobbing. case. What is the nature of the crisis that 'Yes. It l · plain now. I wil! go to Mrs. Bir!well was deeply touched. How dent alarm. l\lr. Ellwtt was crossing to the That baa been our great and difficult ' has come in the lite of this unhappy man 1' her at once. I will be her fast friend. parlor door, ·when it was thrown open with could she help being so in the presence of ; bnt, thank God ! it is, I verily problem ' I called on Mrs. Sandford this morning,' will lot wy hea~t go out to her "" if ahe the desolation and sorrow for which ·he felt bolieve, now being solved.' considerable violence, and he stood face to replied l\Irs. Hirtwell, ' and learned that his were my own child· I will help her to' herself and husband to be largely reaponsi · 'How 1 Where l' eagerly as~ed Mrs. lace with Mr. Ridley. daughter, who is little more than a child, keep the home her tender and loving heart is b\e (1'o bo Continued.} 1 Birtwell. 'What Church has undertaken h·au applied fur the situation of J.ay-goverM trying to maintain.' the work l' 'It shall all be made plain and easy .for nesB to her childre~. },rom _ Ethel she aacer· Mrs. Birtwell now spoke with un eager 'A Church not organh:ed for worship anrl tained their condition, which is deplorable enthuai8"m that oenl the warm color to her you, my dear child,' she answered, taking The n.eadiug, (Penu.) Times eays that a enough. They have been selling or pawn- checks und made her eyes,· so heavy and Ethel's hand and kissing her with almost a spiritual culture, but with a single purpose new eneu1y to tbe growing crop of corn has ing furniture anJ clutl.dng in order to get sorrowful a little while before, bright and mother·s tenderneile. ' It is to tell yon thi· to go into the wilderness and desert placee been discovered, which is cowniitting conthat"! have come. You are too young and in search of lost sheep, and bring thew, i1 siderable. destruction in some sections of the food until but little remains,and the dough· full of hope. country, It is !l · peculiar blac.k worm tor, broe.ght faeo to face with want, now On rising to go, Mr. Elliott urged her to weak to boar these burdons yourself; but possible, back tu. the fold of Gou. I beard which can acarcely Ue crushed on the Iooae of it only .to-day, though for more than a steps forward to take the position of bread- do all in her pow<r to save the wretched etronger hands shall help you.' earth, as it ia ell'8sed in a. suit of armor unless you wish to purchase It was a long time before Ethel could re· year it has beeu at work in our midst. Men difficult to break. They opei·ate in the corn winner. man who had fallen over the stnmbling'Has Mrs. Sandford engaged her !' block their hands had laid in bis way, cover herself from the s'!trprise and joy and women of nearly every Ueuomination hills by eating oil' the young plants. As so unexpected a <leclaration. have joined iu the organfaation of this many as ten ot twelve worms are found in 'No,' promising on his part all possible co-opera- awakened \ly 1 When she comprehended the whole tn1th, church, and are working tog,ether in love one hill. 'l'he cutworm has hitherto been 'Why not!' tion. o. great annoyance, but thia new pest is said when the full assurance came, the change and unity. Methodists, Episcopalians, to be even more destructive. In so1ne town' Ethel is scarcely more than a child. CHA1'. :XXII. wrought in her arpearance wa~ almost marBaptists, Presbyteria.us, Sweden-borgia1.1s, ship· farmers are busy replantinq cornfields Deeply as Mrs. Sandford feels for her, she As Mrs. Birtwell left the house of Mr. vellous, and llfrs. BirtweiI saw before her a Congregationalists, U niversaliats and Uni. that have been thus devastated. Paria green canaot give her a place of so ll!llCh responsibility. And besides, she does ·not think Elliott-a elender girl, thinly clad, passed maiden of ~ingnlnr beauty, with a grace sn\J ta~iana, so called, here clasp hands in 1a has been found to be as cfficaeiouc in exterminating these worms as it is in desiroying common Christian brotherhood, and give it right to let her remain where she is. The from the beautiful residence of Mra. Sand· sweetness of manner rarely found. the potato bug. Powdered white hellebore The task she had now to perform Mrs. themselves to the work of saving the lost is said to be very e!ficacioua. She had gone in only a little while influence upon her life and character can· ford. having opened his She soon and lifting up the fallen.' not be go.od, to say nothing of the tax and before with hope in her pale face ; now it Birtwell found a delicate one, ' Why do you ~11 it a Church 1' usked Her eyes saw that Ethel had a sensitive feeling of in· bun!en far beyond her strength that she had almost a frightened look. were wet, and her lips had the curve of one dependence, an.d that in aiding her she Mrs. BiitweU. will have to bear.' Excellent Rules. with a full assortm~nt of who g~ieves helplesaly aud in silence. Her would have to dovise some means of self'Does she propose anything I' ' Because it waa founded in pray.er tu help that would appear to be more largHy 'Yes. To save the children, and let the 1teps, Rd she moved down' the street, were God, and with the acknowledgement that Never have to repent oJ' having eateu too l"rnm a all saving power must come from I-Iim. slow and nnstead y, like the steps of one remunerative. than it really was. father go to destruction.' much. simple gratuity the girl shrank, and it was 'She would take them away from him 1' weakened by long illness. Iu her eara was Men of deep religious experience, whose Nothing i.a troublesome that we do will' Yes, thu· cutting the last strand of the ringing a sentence ·that hod struck upon with some difficulty that she was able to in- hedrta yearned over tho haple..;s condition ingly. is prepared t<J' of for of poor drunkards, met together and prayed cord that held him away from utter ruin.' them like the doom of hope. It was tbi.a, duce her to take a 1mall sum of money How much pain have those evlla cost na A gro·n that could not be repressed broke and it had fallen from the lips of Mrs. Sand- an advance on some almmJt pretended aer. for light and guidance. They were willing which never happened! · Wait, then, tilt ford, spoken with a cold severity that was vice, the '1atnre of which she would explain to devote themselves to tbe task of saving trials come. from Mr. Elliott's lips. to her on the next day, when Ethel was to these unhappy men if Gud would show more assumed than real : . ' This must not be-at least not now, that will compare with ttny Store in the County. 'l'ake thingo always by their smooth han' If you will do as I suggest, I will see call at her house. them the way. And I verily believe that dle. J\loke the most of meroies and do not added Mrs. Birtwell, in a firm voice. ' It may be possible to save him through his that you have a good home ; bnt if you will So Mra. Birtwell took her first step in the he has shown them the way. They have exaggerate trials. home and children ; but if separated from not, I can do nothing for you.' new path of <luty wherein she had set her established a 01"-istW.n Hom,, not a mere When angry, count ten before you speak ; There wllll no reply on the part ot the feet. For the next she would wait and pray Inebriate Asylum.' thew and cast wholly adrift, what hope is if very anKry, a hundred , He tha\ do<S ONE DOOR WEST EXPRESS OFFICE· young girl, nnd no sign ot do\olbt or hooita· for guidance. Sile had not ventured to ··y left 1' Ai! he spoke Ur; Elliott drew ' a paper this will save him·elf from much sin and bp-ol5-m29. tion. All the light-it bad been fading much to Ethel at the first interview about from hill pocket. Bowma?-ville, April 12th, 1876. ' None, I fear, replied A~r. Elliott. many sorrows, SALT .. heart full of the work to which she had set her hnnd,t anP, her mind beating &bout to hi~ wife; s relatives, where he would be among many suggoaiiolla, none of ·which had All kinds of Field and Garden SEEDS, of' the very best qual,ty. LYLE & MAB'I'-YN. ,1 pital or asylum work. This reaches no farther than the' physical condition o.nd moral nature, and can therefore be only temporary in its influence. We must awaken the spiritu11l consciousness, an<l lead a man too weak to stand in his own etrenglh when appetite, held only in abeyance, Aprings back upon llim, to trust in God as bis only hope of permanent reformation.' First we must help him physically ; we must take him out of his debasement, his foulness and his discomtort>and surround him with the influences of a home. Must get him'clothed arid in his right wind, and make him feel once moro that he bas sywpatby_:__is regarded as a man full ' of the noblest possibilities -and so be stimulated to personal effort. But this is only preliminary work, ·Uch "" any hospital may do. The real work of salvation goes far beyond this it must be wrought in a higher degree of the sonleven that which we ~all spiritual. The man muat. be taught that only in Heavengiven strength is there any safety. Ho must be led, in his weakness and sern:1e of degradation, to God as the only one who ean lift him up and set bis feet in a safe place. Not taught thts as from pulpit and platform, but by earnest, sell-denying, sympathiiing Christian men and women standing face to ( .) i DOMINION .OitGAN CO'S CABINET ORGANS. · .... a :ii = ... d _}l I v · ' -., 'a All the Late Improvements . T'venty-Five Different StyleR, for the Parlor and the Church, the Best Material and' Workmanship. Quality and iVolume of.tone Unequalled. 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