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spelling, and devoted to common proper-

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THE MA NIFESTO.

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The Rev, Irl R. Hi(-.k’s Almanac. Pub. by
the Worm AND Wonns Pub. Co. St. Louis, Mo.
Price 25 cents. ‘ The book contains more than
one hundred pages. and illustrates the “His-
ing, Setting and Meridian Passage of Planets.
Eclipses of Sun and Moon. Chief Cities in
time belts. Full expositi )n of Calendars.
Constellations and signs. Sun slow and fast
explained. Storm and weather forecasts.
Sun spots and \\ hat they prove,” etc. etc,

The recent death of Senator Justin S. Morrill
of Vermont, the oldest member of the Senate,
gives a special timeliness to the publication
of an excellent portrait of Mr. Morrill which
is contained in an article on the methods and
character of the United States Senate printed
in the January Magazine Number of THE OUT-
Loonf, umler the title “In the Seats of the
Mighty.” The article was written before Mr.
Morrill’s death. It is evidently from the pen
of some one well acquainted with Senatorial
precedents and political and social peculiari-
ties, and is written in a light and even amus-
ing vein. ($3 a year. The Outlook Co. New
York.)

After Spain, it was natural to speak of the
markets in the ex-Spanish possessions--Porto
Rico and Cuba. A s I had just come from both
these places myself, I mentioned iirst the ma 1'-
ket life in Porto Rico. All burdens are carri:-.l
on their heads by the native women. Satur-
day being the great market day throughout
the island, the roads leading to all the villages
on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings
are thronged with men, wmnen and children,
leading donkeys loa(led with fruit and vege-
tables, on their way to market. The women,
old and young, march along straightand erect
upon their heads loads varying in weight from
ﬁfty or Ino're§pounds, downward. They travel
Without shoes, many coming from long dis-
tances. On arrival they seem as fresh as
when sighted miles away. The same distance
has to be traversed at the close of the market
day. All have a pleasant word for the travel-
er and generally a courtesy thrown in. The
market is a large frame structure open on all
sides and on payment of a small fee a place
can be obtained vsherein to display wares.
Bananas, oranges, yams, bread-fruit, cocoa,
plantain and other kinds of tropical fruits
and vegetables abound. The greatest regu-
larity and good behavior prevail among these
native women, and nine-tenths of their cus-
tomers are of their own com plexion.—G'L’lso'n
Willette, in January Donahoe’s.

The same supreme power that demanded
this war will demand the complete fulﬁllment
of its purpose. It will demand in tones which
none can misunderstand and which no power
or party can be strong enough to disregard,
that the United States ﬂag shall nevei be furl-

ed in any Spanish province where it has been
planted by the hcroisn: of _our army and navy.
Call it Imperialism if you will; btrt it is not

the Imperialism that is inspired by the lust of
conquest. It is the higher and nobler Imperi-

alism that voices the sovereign power of this —

nation, and deinands the extension of our ﬂag
and authority over the provinces of Spain,
solely that “government of the people, by the
people, and for the people, shall not perish
from the earth.” Such is the Imperialism that
has become interwoven_with the destiny of
our great free government, and it will be wel-
comed by our people regardless of party lines
and will command the commend-.Ltion of the
enlightened powers of the old world, as it
rears for the guidance of all, the grandest
monuments of freedom as the proclaimed pol-
icy and purpose of the noblest government
ever reared by a man or blessed by l—Ieaven.—
Col. A. K. McClure, in Frcmk Lesle'e’s Populu-r
Mo’):-tILlg/. .

NUMBER IN Nxrunn, by Edward White. The
object of this Lecture is to present “an evi-
dence of Creation Intelligence,” in the use of
numbers. That the creative plan has been
wrought out by a wise M aster-builder, and is
not the work of chance or of a blind force.—- -

Published by H. L. Hastings, 47 Cornhill, Bos-

ton, Mass.

We have before us a beautiful Calendar for
1899, just received from Hyde Park, Vt., the '
home of Gov. Carroll S. Page. It is printed in
bright colors of red and green, and is on sheets
not less than 22x28 inches. The ﬁgures are
nearly two inches and may be easily seen
across a large room. A ﬁne picture of the
Governor is on every sheet of the Calendar,
aI1d those of a social mind can make him a
pleasant visit each month of the year. With
an eye to the interests of his special business;
not the least available space is wasted. The
Calendar means business well worthy the at-
tention of all who buy and sell. For theﬂﬂice
Shop or Store this will prove to be equally as
ornamental and more useful than many arti-
cles of much greater cost. Send ten cents in
silver and obtain one of these beautiful Cal-
endars and you will have a pleasant compan-
ion for the New Year. Address,—C. S. Page,
Hyde Park, Vt.

THE CHRIST QUESTION SETTLED, or J1-;sUs,
MAN, MEDIUM, MAR1‘Yns, by J. M. Peebles,

M. D.

This is arecent Work from the pen of Dr. .
Peebles. It is written in the interest of that
Spiritualism which is the spirit of truth as
found in a Christian life. The work is a pow-
erful advocate of the existence and spiritual
mission of Jesus, the Christ, and Inust interest
that large class in every Christian denomina-
tion that would live in the light of the present.
day. The Doctor calls to his aid witnesses
from many lands and from every shade of re-
ligious belief in order to prove the soundness
of his positive assertion. His three journeys
around the world have afforded him a fund
of knowledge on this‘ and kindred subjects

 

ztxtifrstn.

Pusnssrn BY THE SHAKERS.

V01- XXIX F‘E5EF?LJA1=?Y, 1899. N0 2-

Entered at the Post Office at East Canterbury. N. H., as Second-Class Matter.

'l‘lIE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. THE CHRIST, ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD.
By Elder Henry C’. Blirm.

HE above statement seems almost paradoxical, as the disciples were
taken from the walks of life common to all other people. Most of
them, probably, were poor ﬁsherman living near the sea of Galilee, and as
their laborious work for a frugal living kept them so closely conﬁned, they
gave but little thought to anything higher, or interested themselves in a
spiritual experience. They were in this World and had never thought

otherwise.
Suddenly, as they were engaged in the mending of their ﬁshing nets, a
man salutes them in these Words.—“Follow me, and I will make you ﬁshers

of men.” Such a remark no doubt, astonisht them, as ﬁshing for men must
have been a novel idea, and a perplexing enigma.

At this time they were subjects of King Herod and living in the kingdom
of J udea. So interested, however, were they in this invitation of Jesus and
expecting, withal, to ﬁnd an increase of wealth, they at once left their nets
that they might accompany Jesus and secure the promist treasures that he so
liberally proffered. It must have been quite a sacriﬁce to these poor ﬁsher-
men to leave their boats and nets to engage in an enterprise so beclouded in
their minds, and which at this time they could not understand.

Possibly, these Jewish laborers may have the vague idea or rather the ex-
alted thought that Jesus would be a new king, as he told them that in return
for every sacriﬁce that they made, they should receive an increase of an hun-

18 THE JIIANIFES T0.

dred-fold. If they gave up their one house, with its acre of land, they would
receive through him an hundred houses and an hundred acres of land. Such
an offer with its subsequent explanations was not to be slighted, and there is
evident reason to believe that they became deeply interested in the new mis-
sion.

This may have changed somewhat as days past on, and the lessons of a
spiritual life were unfolded to them. The hundred-fold of houses and lands,
and boats and nets did not materialize so fast as they had anticipated. At
this anxious moment they must have interrogated Jesus, as he soon makes
this remark, while speaking of those who accompanied him as disciples,—
“They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”———John xvii., 16.

Then he gave them to understand that his kingdom was spiritual, and al-
tho his followers might, by some, be considered as soldiers, they were harm-
less, as their warfare was wholly spiritual and on this account his soldiers
would not ﬁght. Gradually, the disciples accepted the ministration of Jesus
and learned that their mission was to be one of peace and not of war. That
there was a higher life for man to live than the cruel and merciless killing of
each other, for an avaricious gain. I

It is generally conceded, however, altho in very loose terms, that Christ’s
people or his church are not of this world, and that there must be some sacri-
ﬁces to ensure a fellowship in his company, while very few may have a ﬁxt
thought to bear any distinguishing mark to the mind.

The ﬁrst sacriﬁce of Peter and Andrew, as they left their boats and ﬁshing
nets on the shore of the sea to follow Jesus was more than many would care
to make even at this present date, while assuming to understand fully the
whole mission of Jesus. When he informs his disciples of the different rela-
tions that exist between his people and the world, and that to be a Christian
they must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow him, they
soon ﬁnd that he is leading them where the children of this world can not go.

As the world loveth its own, it would not be expected to favor that which
manifests an opposition to its worldly course. As it was bitter and envious
in its remarks about the divine Teacher, it could not be expected to be other-
wise in regard to those who accepted a communion in his life. Jesus under-
stood this so well that he informed his disciples that as the world hated him
without a cause, it would also hate them after the same unreasonable manner.

There was no occasion for dislike of him as an individual which so often
culminated in persecution, as Jesus is said to have increast in wisdom, and
even grew in favor among men. But it was the doctrine of the cross, and the
system of self-denial which he taught that was so intensely hated. It was
the establishing of a new religious belief, and the preaching of righteousness
that if they would be the children of God they must accept the fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man. That his doctrine would establish peace
on earth and good-will toward all. That wars and rumors of wars would

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cease, and that the vision of the prophet would be gloriously fulﬁlled when
men should beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning
hooks, and the nations should learn War no more.

We are well assured that the church of God must have a living testimony
and that there must be a discriminating line between that church and the peo-
ple of the world. This will be so distinct that all doubt will be obliterated
as the faith and the works become manifest in their presentation. It may
not take much time for any class of examiners to determine the position that
is occupied by the church. Those who reject the ﬁrst Adam with his God-
given works of generation, and have put on Christ, through the baptism of
the holy spirit, will according to promise, be raised from the dead by the glo-
ry of the Father and at the same time be able to walk in newness of life.
And if -‘we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, We shall
be [raised] also in the likeness of his resurrection.”

It is not at all singular that the world loves its own, or that it has a hatred
to that testimony which destroys its inﬂuence on the minds of men. Follow-
ing the course of nature in which it was estalvlisht, its life is the fulﬁlling of
the desires of the ﬂesh and of the mind. It is the work of the ﬁrst Adam
and can not otherwise than lead the children of this World to marry and to be
given in marriage.

This is quite different. from the manner in which the followers of Jesus are
led. > As they are with him in the resurrection, they -neither marry nor are giv-
en in marriage. These two classes are placed in sharp contrast with each
other. One is called “The children of this World,” and they are engaged in
the selﬁsh work of mine and thine. Their foundation is laid in a life of
generation and they are married to sustain it. i

The other class like Jesus have consecrated their lives and all they possess

for the peace and prosperity of their fellow-men. Their foundation is laid on
the principle of righteousness, and having put‘ on the Lord Jesus Christ they

make no provision for the ﬂesh to fulﬁll the lusts thereof. Many who through
profession have renounced the first Adamtvand entered into Christ, are still
actively engaged in the interests of the world and can manifest no discrimi-
nating line between the ﬂesh and the spirit, and none between the church of
Christ and the world. A
“The Angel of Mercy ﬂew over the church
And Whispered, ‘I know thy sin :’
Then the church lookt back with a sigh and longed
To gather her children in;
But some were off to the midnight ball,
Andisome were off to the play,
And some were drinking in gay saloons
So she quietly Went her Way.”
VVe are quite well assured that the separation of a man from the spirit «of
the world is in his acceptance of the cross of Christ, and in the living of a

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new life, free from sin and from sinners. It would be as impossible now as it
was in the days of Jesus for a man to serve two masters especially if Christ is to
be one, and the world is to be the other, “for he will hate the one and love
the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other.”

But a new day is dawning upon us and it comes as a precursor of light to
lead us into the beautiful pathway of righteousness and man will care for his
brother man, as he will by nature care for the interests of his own personal
existence.

East Canterbury, N. H.

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THE ORDER OF MEDIATION.
By Elder John Lyon.

HE order of the old creation was entirely different from that of the new.

The second dispensation of the old creation was one of types and shad-
ows, while the mediatorial office was the foundation of the new creation and
established in the ﬁrst appearance of the Anointed. “If the foundation be
destroyed, what can the righteous do? ”——Psalms, xi., 3.

The order and foundation of the old creation :

Man was created a rational soul, and this made him a free agent and lord
of creation.

How did God make known his will to man?

Man was not made to plan for himself what he should do, or what he
should not (10. Had he been made to be his own director he could not have
been an agent for another. That he was made for an agent, under God, to
rule the natural world, is evident. Not being endowed with omniscience. he
was provided with attendant spirits, to suggest to him how to act without
controlling his free agency.

On the other hand man was more or less inﬂuenced by spirits from the op-
posite source who were trying to seduce him from his dependence upon the
Creator. Being placed between these two agencies, gives man a fair oppor-
tunity to exercise his volition and free agency in choosing which to follow.
If he chooses to follow the good, the evil agents must step aside, but if he
chooses to follow the evil, the good agents will withdraw. Herein lies the
accountability of .man, and the freedom or his choice makes the action his
own.

Man was made a free agent, but it does not appear that there was any vis-
ible order of mediation. That patriarchal authority was established by the
law of nature, is very true. It was established in the law of nature, both in
the human and brute creation, for the parents to have dominion over their
offspring.

Jacob could no more expiate the sins of his sons before God, for their
murderous attempt upon Joseph, than could Isaac that of his son Jacob for

THE J1.-l NIFEb’ T 0. "2 1

his deceit in relation to his brother Esau. God made the vine of the earth to
bring forth its fruit in clusters, and it was designed by the Creator that man
should leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they should be-
come one ﬂesh. As soon as the human race had borne children, under their
patents, they became parents themselves, and the head of their respective
cluster. This was. and still stanc s as the order of nature for all the children
of the old creation.

When the time arrived for the opening of the second dispensation, about
1491 years before that of the new creation, God chose one people out of all
the branches that sprang from Noah, and he made them a type of this new

er. ation. He appoinieajl liloses a mediator to stand between himself and the

people, and to him the will of God was made known. Moses was anointed
the Messiah with all the elements and principles of that day, so that there
were no further re quirements niacle by God, nor by angels, nor by prophets.
When the people had gone astray, they must return again to the command-
ments. Moses was appointed the perpetual mediator as long as that typical
work should endure. Through this medium a soul could ﬁnd access to God.

Moses was something more than a man———he was an anointed man. And
God said to Aaron and Miriam; “Hear now my words. If there be a
prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision,
and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is
faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even ap-
parently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he
behold; wherefore, then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant
Moses? ”—Num. Xll., 6, 7, 8. Aaron was the high priest, and Miriam was
a prophetess, the highest, visible otlicers that ever stood among the Jews
after Joshua. What was Moses that these two high functionaries could not
claim an equality with him? Moses was the Lord’s anointed, Grod manifest-
ed in the ﬂesh, to typify the great mediator, the Author and Finisher of eter-
nal salvation.

God chose one people through whom to show,‘ in a ﬁgure, how he would
lay the foundation of his work, to save man from his lost state and raise him
to an order above that which is earthly. All the rest of the human race were
left under the universal laws of creation or nature to be directed or inﬂuenc-
ed by spirits, to regulate them according to the law of nature, or else to be
inﬂuenced to an opposite course. This typical nation was to be led by in-
visible spirits, but God placed his requirements in an earthern vessel where
they had his will continually before them. He required them to adhere to
the person he had appointed, and to obey the law given through the human
mediator. In doing this they were serving the one living and true God.

They were forbidden to turn from the order of God’s appointment after
other gods, angels, spirits or their own ways for a director. But “were all

‘under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and were all baptized unto

22 THE MANIFESTO.

Moses, in the cloud and in the sea. And did all eat the same spiritual meat
and drink the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual rock that
followed them, and that rock was the anointe(‘.”—1 Cor. x., 1, 2, 3, 4.

They were all baptized unto the anointed mediator to whom they were to
look if they would receive anything from God. This people were not left to
set up for themselves a god to serve, agreeably to their own inclinations, nor
to seek after spirits to direct them in a way congenial to their corrupted pro-
pensities. They were placed in a situation where there was no alternative
for them if they would enjoy the blessing of God.

If they turned from it they fell under his displeasure. After God had
anointed a mediator in whom he could deposit his requirements, he gave his
laws and ordinances through this earthen vessel which was calculated to curb
their immoral desires. These laws typified a work that could consume the
element of the ﬂesh, the fountain from whence all immoral desires and actions
proceed. '

The great desire of the people was to know whether it was God who re-
quired obedience to these laws, or whether it was the man Moses. All they
knew of these laws and requirements was, that it was the man Moses who re-
quired obedience, and while he was in the mount receiving the law, the peo-
ple began to show that opposition which reigns in man, against submitting to
God through a mediator. The people gathered themselves together unto
Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods which shall go before us; as for
this Moses, the man that brought us up out of Egypt, we know not what has
become of him.”—Ex. xxiii. .

All that had been done for them from the time that they left Egypt until
that day, they ascribed to the man Moses, not to God, because it came to
them through a mediator in human form. They could make for themselves a
god of their jewels and through this acknowledge all the beneﬁts that they
had received. “These be thy gods, 0 Israel, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt.”

There is nothing so repugnant to man’s nature, as to acknowledge God
in his order of mediation. They could accept God in a piece of wood, in a
stone, in gold, silver, brass, and lastly in themselves, where there is no sub-
mission or reverence of any kind required, but to acknowledge God in a
mediator of his own appointment was too humiliating and an opposition to
the mediatorial order of God was the point at which all their rebellious and
derelictions from the order which God had appointed commenced and was the
source of all the misery and calamities which afterward befell them.

(To be continued.)

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DEFEND the character of the absent, even of those that are bad, as truth will
permit; the rest conceal unless duty absolutely require its exposure.—R. W. P.

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PSYCI-IE.
By Martha J. Anderson.

0 sotfL, in the smallest globule sent

From the innermost soul's bright portal,
VVith inﬁnite purpose and life intent

VVhen ﬂedged are thy wings immortal.
No folding thy powers, when once they have sprung

From the chrysalis that conﬁned thee,
From life’s ﬁrst note is the pecan sung

Of the ages that enshrined thee.
Thy breath in the atom ﬁrst is felt,

Rock. plant and tree enfold thee;
Dissolving matter may freeze and melt

Yet its various forms all hold thee,
Progressing toward the destined height

Through mineral, plant and creature,
Till man appears as a God of light

Perfect in form and feature.

Mt. Lebanon, N. Y.

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[The Boston Sumlay Globe of Oct. 30, 1898, has pubhshit a very interestirzg article
having reference to Eldress Eliza Babbitt, who is now in the m'nety—th2'rd year of her
age.]

ELDRESS OF TEIE HARVARD SEIAKERS.

IN the several Shaker communities in the country, there is one venerable Shaker-
ess who is especially well known—Eldress Eliza Babbitt of the Harvard community.
This particularly gifted woman is highly regarded by those of her faith for various
reasons. She is appreciated because of her long association with the community,
With which she has been identified nearly all her life, having been a member quite
seventy—nine years. Eldress Babbitt is now in her ninety—third year, and retains
in a remarkable degree those characteristics which have made her presence so un-
mistakably felt in the administrative and executive affairs of the Harvard Shakers.

Eldress Babbitt received The Globe reporter with that graciousness which to
those who know well the average Shakeress seems so much a part of their nature.
She talked very entertainingly of her life in the community, evinced a deal of pleas-
ure in tracing someof the humorous phases of affairs, and manifested a keen and
Witty disposition. A warm, sympathetic and conservative nature has made her a
Woman greatly admired by her associates, who have showered upon her such posi-
tions of trust and responsibility as were within their power to bestow.

When it was intimated that in her prosaic life there could not have been much
room for the romantic or the dramatic, she replied with energy that there had been
both, and then referred in a very interesting manner to the rise and decline of the
community, to the radical departure from the volume of business at one time carried
on at the settlement to the comparative quietude of to-day to the change in the
methods and customs of those of her faith, to the kaleidoscopic transitions which
have taken place in the outside World, all of which, she remarked, must, to the keen
observer, seem both romantic and dramatic.

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She is said to be the oldest Shakeress living. When she was fourteen years old
her mother, with six children, came to this community from Norton, where they
had been living. Her father died ﬁve years before. The eldress said that her
mother, having‘ visited in Harvard, learned much concerning the life of the Shakers,
became greatly impressed with their ideas and mode of living, and so took up her
abode with them. She volunteered the information that so far as the ﬁnancial
standing of the family was concerned there was no necessity for such a course, as
there was sufficient to support her mother and her children comfortably, but her
mother believed devoutly in the ideas of the Shakers and decided to cast her lot
with them.

In her early life Eliza Babbitt learned the tailor’s trade, and for twenty-three
years she cut and made all the clothing worn by the male members of the communi-
ty, of which she was for many years one of the trustees. So ably did she discharge
the duties of that position that she was chosen to fill a vacancy among the elders.
Her success in that order so thoroughly stamped her as a woman of exceptional
abilities that she was installed into the office of the ministry, a position which she
has held for quite forty years. She became superior eldress in 1872.

It is the duty of Eldress Babbitt to know all about the ﬁnancial affairs of the com-
munity, which she does thoroughly, having received not a little of her business
training during the seven years she was in charge of the office of the community.
It is a part of her duty as minister to decide questions relative to the conduct of
affairs. and to determine who are eligible for admittance into the little settlement.
She is the balance power of the community. Her sagacity and keen insight into
business matters has made her an invaluable member of the little colony.

With her it has been a cardinal principle never to venture an opinion upon any
matter which involved differences of thought until she had fully heard all sides, and
her decisions upon vital questions touching the community’s welfare l1ave ever been
satisfactory. She has been retained in the ministry, as was frankly stated by her
associates, becauseuthere is no one to equal her in judgment and in nice discrimina-
tion as to what is right and just and for the best interest of all.

This venerable woman ﬁnds not a little pleasure in showing some of the results of
her handiwork of the past three years. In that time she has made twenty-eight log-
cabin quilts, and because of severe trouble with her eyes much of the sewing was
done by feeling the seam as the work progressed, but the quality of the labor does
not indicate that it was performed under other than the most favorable circum-
stances. These quilts are to be left as legacies to her friends. Besides making
these quilts she has done much in the line of crocheting. Aside from failing sight
her faculties are as alert as ever. -

Eldress Babbitt talks very entertainingly of this Shaker community when it was at
the height of its prosperity, a condition which she aided materially in creating. At
that time a lively business was done in making brooms, while a great amount of
milk was sent daily to the Boston market. Herbs in immense quantities were col-
lected, pressed and packed for the retail trade,and that branch of work is still car-
ried on to quite an extent. Here were raised for the market in great quantity gar-
den seeds, while the Shaker apple sauce is still well known as the best of its kind.
In those days cloth for the dress of both sexes was all of domestic manufacture.

At that time there was a large saw mill, a tannery, a blacksmith shop, there was
much done in fruit preserving, braiding of palm—leaf and straw, and in supplying the
market with wool. There never was occasion to question the Weight, measure or
quality of the articles sent out from the community. The community prospered
then, and as the result of that time it is highly prosperous to-day.

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Sartli B:tbbitt, a cousin of the eldress, gave to the World the beneﬁt of several in-
vcntions evolved from her active brain which revolutionized some branches of labor.
Sarah, with her ftther and sister, joined this comznunity. She became known as
sister Tabitha. To her genius is due the introduction of the cut nail. She got the
idea from watching the operation of making wrou;._>:ht nails. She conceived the idea
of cutting them from a sheet of iron when it should be rolled to the desired tl1ick-
ness. Her idea was put into practical operation and found to be a success, and the
wrought nail became a thing of the past. ,

One day while watching the men sawing wood, she noted that one half the motion
was lost and she conceived the idea of the circular saw. Slxe made a tin disk, an(l
notching it around the edge, slipped it on the spindle of her spinning wheel, tried
it on a piece of a shinrle and found that her idea was a practical one, and from this
crude beginninsg; came the circular saw of to—day. Sister 'l‘abitha’s first saxv was
made in sections and fastened to a board. A Lebanon Shaker later conceived the
idea of making the saw out of a single piece of metal.

One can hardly believe that the people who comprise this community, at the head
of whom is Eldress Babbitt, with their quiet, peaceful, unobtrusive ways, are the
successors of others of their faith who helped make for Harvard the most exciting
and sensational pages of its history. Here was one of the places in the cast Where
Mother Ann Lee made her appearance, and here her great power was very forcibly
felt. When she came she said she had some time before seen the place uni the peo-
ple in a vision. Many of the people of the town know her as the feinaie ('7. rist.
She had many followers, and whole fami.ies became imbued with her ideas.

So poweri‘:'nl was hrr hold upon a certain element in the town, and to such an ex
tent were the <.-eremonials of the sect carried, that. the devout enthusiasts of other
religious faiths became alarmed at what they termed the fanaticism of Ann Lee and
her converts. A town ineeiing was held in response to a petition “to determine on
some means to remove the shaking Quakers." The town voted to prosecute them
and appointed a committee to carry the vote into effect. The local military com-

pany marched to the Shaker rendezvous of that time and warned Ann Lee and her

followers to leave before a certain hour. Mother Ann Lee left and returned several
times.

Upon one of her visits a day was set when the Shakers were to be driven out.
Notices were posted in the villages bidding people to assemble on Harvard common
for that purpose, and two barrels of cider were furnished those who responded to
the call, to stimulate their zeal. Heeding wiser counsel, it was decided to Waive
any demonstrations at that time, but later the threat to drive out the non—resident
followers of Ann Lee was carried out, and over a route of ten miles, the Shakers
were subjected to many indignities and cruelties. Scourging formed a part of the
persecution on ‘this memorable day. After one offender had received half the num-
ber of blows to be administered, James Haskell, a highly respected citizen of Har-
vard of that time, rode to the scene of brutality, dismounted, took off his coat, and
offered to receive the last ten blows. His action so ﬁlled the persecutors with shame
(that they released their victim, who had borne himself with great fortitude.

The feeling toward the Shakers greatly changed  the years rolled on, as attested
by the fact that the late elder. Elijah Myrick, was a member of Harvards school

board for ten years, besides being honored in many other ways. To—day, no one is

more highly esteemed in the town than that bright, lovable leader of this communi-
ty, Eliza Babbitt, Whose beaming face is an index of her philanthropic natnre.—B0s—
,t0n Sunday Globe, Oct. 30, 1898.

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NOTES ABOUT HOME.

Mt. Lebanon, N. Y.

December.
Average of Weather at Mt. Lebanon.

Thermometer. Rain. Snow.
1897. 29.97 4 in. 2 ft. 9,143 in.
1898. 30.2 .75 17 ”
Highest Temp. during this mo. 54 above 0.
Lowest ” ” ” ” 4 below ”
Number of rainy days ” ”. 1

71 37  77 H 79 7

$3 11  H 7? H 7

n n cloudy as H as 16‘

Jan. 1899.

THE closing day of 1898 gave a farewell
serenade to the exodus of the expiring
year. The incipient ceremonies opened

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with rain, which changed to sleet, and
then to snow which at New Year’s dawn
was a foot in depth, which has given us a
diversiﬁed storm as a farewell to the re-
tiring year, and a pure white robe to
adorn the infant New Year.

We willingly bid a long and eternal
farewell to 1898 with its tornadoes, whirl-
winds, hurricanes, typhoons, volcanoes,
ﬂoods, electric bolts, sun—bursts, and all
its destructive machinations of life and
property of every kind on land and by
ocean’s foaming, dashing billows.

Columbia County has had its full share
of destruction by the angry elements and
many thousands of dollars will fail to re-
pair the damages. The storm apparently
spent its fury in prostrating S. J. Tilden &
Co’s new steel smoke-stack to their New
Laboratory.

The N. Y. State Road is less than one
half done. At the present time, prepara-
tion for putting an iron bridge across the
gulley east of our machine shop pond is
being executed. The intention is to have
it accomplished before Spring opens.

There is some physical inability among
us, but no death to record. I ran a nar-
row chance of passing the fatal ordeal
but I feel at present that I can stand quite
a brush with the grim monster.
let it be.

Even so

Calvin 0. Reed.
North Family.

Jan. 1899.

CHRISTMAS has come and gone and
standing on the ridge dividing the Old
from the New Year, we sniff some of the
savor of saltness from the "dawning cen-
tury just beyond—a century of whose
coming the poets and prophets have writ-
ten.

The usual religious Services marked the
morning and the usual festal entertain-
ment the afternoon and evening of Christ-
mas Day. At 10 o’clock a. m. we met our
friends of the Church family in their
pleasant chapel, spending about two hours
in singing, reading and speaking. All the
services partook more or less of the spirit

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of the day. In the afternoon a number of
the Church family made our entertain-
ment tl1e more enjoyable by their presence
and showed a cordial appreciation of its
program, with the usual Christmas feat-
ures, singing, recitations. etc.

At the close of the exercises, a simple
luncheon was served to all. We must not
omit to mention that our beloved Eldress
Harriet and Eldress Augusta were among
the welcome guests. Altogether our
Christmas day was full of Jesus, His life,
His work and we trust His spirit.

0. Ada Brown.
South Family.
Jan. 1899.

THE Old Year 1898 was completely fro-
zen out, while the New Year of 1899, has
become thoroughly frozen in, with the
mercury ranging from 10 to 12 deg. below
zero.

Our years they come and go

A 11 too quickly lH'l‘C l)(,‘l1)V\',

But we wish they long mi.«:ht stay
For the good they’ve sent our way.
Leaving blessings at our door
Daily giving more and more,

So the years they go and come
Beneﬁtting ev’ry one.

The holidays, as usual, were scenes of
spiritual and social communion, Santa
Claus & Co. made their annual tour of
gift distributing; each member was re-
membered by good old Santa and his hon-
ored staff—St. Nicholas— noted for benev-
olence and a marvelous memory.

By invitation from our Second family
friends, a delegation from this family
Were present at their Christmas festival
on the afternoon of that day. The chapel
Was decorated with evergreens. The vo-
cal and instrumental music was highly
commendable. The reading and recita-
tions were conducted most admirably.

The singing of a German Christmas
song with an autoharp accompaniment
was pleasingly executed by Brother Al-
bert, Who not long ago hailed from that
far away land of music and song.

At the close of the entertainment a
bountiful repast Was served in the family

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dining-hall and all were merry as the
Merry Christmas. The following is the
program given;—

“Words of Welcome.” by the Elders.
“Round the Christmas Fire.” Song by the
Congregation.” Recitations—“Lo! I Am
With You Always.” by Lillian. “Know
Thyself.” by Lena. “Fear Thou Not.”
Song by Congregation. Recitations,—
“Family Greeting.” by Henry. Dialug,—
“Daily Hints.” “Peace and Praise.”
Song by the Quartet. “Whispering Hope.”
Song by Eugenia and Alma. Recitation,—
“Hope Why Mockest Thou.” by Alma.
“Evening at the Farm.” by 'l‘l1ree Little
Girls. “Four Little Sunbeams.” by the
Little Girls. “Any How.” by Earle. “Tale
of a Sun.” by Curtis. “Song of the
Months.” by William. “Christmas Bells.”
Song by the Quartet. Recit-ations,—“.\lan
and His Shoes.” b_v .\l:ib<-1. “Be-urin_<_>'
0ther's Burdens.” by Lena. “Natural
Laugliter.” by Clarissi. "Little Nut Peo-
ple.” by Bessie. “A Little Girl’s Wish.”
by Flora “Babe of Bethlehem.” by
Jennie.

F-'< neviez e De(':'7*-ru.'.

 

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Shakers, N. Y.
Jan. 1899.

THE Christmas and New Year celebra-
tions, in their active manifestation, have
past away, but their remembrance and the
joy of their participation will last through
the year.

Christmas evening We had an Enter-
tainment of one and a half l1our’s duration
which was both instructive and entertain-
ing; and as our beloved Editor and assist-
ants were not here to share in its pleas-
ures, we will, if not crowding other mem-
bers of the home circle, present the pro-
gram. [It would have given us all much
pleasure to have been present.—Ed.]
March.—"Coronet Band.” Cant-ata.—
“Birth of Christ.” Recitations—“Gentle
Words.” by Ethel. “The South Wind.”
by Byron. “Boy’s Suggestion to Teach-
ers.” by Arthur. “The Snow’s Masquer-
ade.” by Lottie. “What Time is it?” by

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Chester. “Drum Corp’s March.” Music,
by Lulu. March, “Ccronet Band.” by Es-
ther. “A Model School.” by the Class.”
Recitations— “Kittie Knew.” by Nellie.
“How the Squirrel got his Stripes.” by
Fred. he Two Orphans.” by Agnes.
“It was Cracked Before.” by Ella. “Ring,
Ring, Ring.” Song by All. Recitations~—
“The Sweetest Charity.” by Jennie. “Not
So Easy.” by Eddie. Dialog, by Arthur
and \Vriglit. Recitations “Patric‘k’s
Colt.” by Louise. “The Yankee Boy.”
by Robert. “Carve That Possum.” Song
by J. L. L. C. Recitation—“A Lost
Type.” by Daniel. Duet—Instrumental
Music, by J. and L. Recitations—“A Dis-
course on Apples.” by Charlie. “How to
Cure a Cough.” by Luella. Dialog—“A
Minister’s Donation Party.” Recitations
—“At Christmastide.” by Mabel. “A1-
ways Some One Below.” by Samuel. Can-
tat:t.—“The Sister Graces." “Joy! Joy I”
Closing Song by All.

On the evening of the 26th we met to
receive the distributions from the Christ-
mas tree, and hearts were gladdened by
the mementos from dear friends. Such
seasons of pure enjoyment bring those
who are striving for the right into a one-
ness of spirit, and make them strong in
their eﬁorts for good.

While listening to the recitations of our
Christmas party and realizing the ability
manifested, our thought in prayer was,
Heavenly Father and Mother, bless the
rising generation! May their affections be
inclined toward Thee, that they may be
the ministers of the new dispensation; for
only a little while and they will be the
directors of that spiritual power which
Will be called upon to wrestle with the
mighty problems which the twentieth
century will present for solution.

Hamilton I)eG’-raw.

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Narcoossee, Fla.

Jan. 1899.
LEAF turning on New Year’s day is
somewhat conducive to good habits.
Doubtless there are many to-day holding

 

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a rehearsal over their life’s book. As
page after page is reviewed, and the blots
and blemishes stand for account, new res-
olutions are made to be more careful the
coming year.

’l‘o turn over a new leaf is not an easy
task, when erratic conduct has blotted
many pages. Strong and determined res-
olutions and long and continued efforts
will help us to succeed. We may turn the
pages of each Year book with plea sure.

On Christmas we sang a hymn in re-
membrance of our friends in the homes of
our childhood. We hoped that the same
inspiration that overshadowed them would
reach us in our wilderness home. We
would wish that it might help us, with
them, to usher in the New Year with such
strong resolution of heart that the pages
of life’s book will not be sullied by one
blemish.

On the 1st of January we dug our fall
crop of northern potatoes, and on the 6th
we planted the same ground for another
crop of the same kind. What a contrast!
Our friends W110 write us from the north,
tell us of the snow banks that cover the
land, and of the task of keeping the paths
open from house to house. Here we are
basking in the sunshine of summer weath-
er. The thermometer ranges from 60 to
80 deg. almost every day. We have had
but one frost that has done any damage.
Then the mercury fell to 40 deg.

These occasional frosts make winter
gardens very uncertain, and for this rea-
son many do not plant after September.

We send greetings to all.

Andrew Iimwett.
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Enﬁeld, N. H.

Jan. 1899.

NEW YE.-\R’s day dawned bright, 16
deg. below zero, yet, despite the frosty
air our morning Service was well attend-
ed. With the new resolves given to be
and to do what duty demands the Service
was more of a memorial, sacred to the
memory of our arisen, noble, gifted co-
worker, Eldress Joanna Kaime, who for

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about thirty years, was closely connected
with our Society’s welfare.

'I‘o give full recognition to so complete
a life of righteousness, no poem or eulogy
could tell the half of her richness of cl1ar—
acter and worth to the cause of human
regeneration. A life, so fruitful of good
virtues, qualities and thoughts, all form-
ing a noble, intellectual and strong indi-
viduality, can not be minimized to “Well
done good and faithful servant.” Eldress
Rosetta Cummings and Sister Nancy A.
Morse, carried to our sorrowing kindred
at East Canterbury, our wreaths of re-
spect, fastened with the bow of fellow-
sympathy.

Personally, I think that if articles
were inserted in THE MANIFESTO, referr-
ing to the experiences, capabilities and
graces, acquired and cultured b_v the
truths of the Christ spirit, of such souls
as Eldress Joanna Kaime of East Canter-
bury and Eldress Ann Taylor of Mt. Leb-
anon, and others who have honored our
Church, they would scintil-ate sparks of
spiritual encouragement to the young peo-
ple of our Societies.

We commenced Christmas festivity the
evening before, with a social gathering,
the unlading of a well-stockt tree of gifts,
for the young people, and a supper of
fruit, assorted cake, ice-cream and coffee.

Sabbath morning’s Service was rich
with messages of the Spirit "sf Christmas,
telling of the beauty and beneﬁt of the
Christ spirit and mission, also that spirit-
ual and industrial action are the cultur-
ing forces of life, as well as the means of
spreading peace and good—will to man.

In the evening, a concert, appropriate
for the day, afforded proﬁt and pleasure
to invited friends and home relations.

To all our friends who dwell

In torrid or frigid sphere,

We send a Slew Year’s message;

May you have a glad New Year. , »

George H. Baxter.

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Sabbathday Lake, Me.

Jan. 1899.
CHRISTMAS cheer and good-will reigned
in our home during the holidays, and the

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good-will we hope to retain throughout
all the days of the year before us. On the
eve of the 26 ult. the young people gave
an entertainment which pleased all who
attended, most especially our good friends
from Poland Springs who favored us with
their presence.

Sister Aurelia is now in Farmington,
Me. where she is superintending the pub-
lication of her book upon the life and
light of Believers. We wish her every
success as she has always been earnest in
her efforts to have the life of a Shaker
better known.

School is in progress and the Singing
Classes are working with untiring zeal to
further the work so nobly started last
winter.

We extend kind thoughts and loving
sympathy to our dear fri-xmls in C;u1Ie1‘-
bury who are now sutl’e1‘ing the loss of
their good aud,faithf rl L-.-..tde1's, Edress
Joanna and Eldress Darotlsy.

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East Canterbury, N. H.

Jan. 189.’).

IN hushed tones the New Year’s git-et-
ings past from lip to lip in our saddentd
household, for the last moments of 1898
bade us lay to rest our beloved Eldress
Joanna J. Kaime. At the funeral service
held in the afternoon of the 31st ult.
Eldress Rosetta Cummings and Sister
Nancy A. Morse were present in behalf
of the Society at Enfieid; and grateful
tributes, written and unexpressed, rose
from the hearts of all. But the current of
true appreciation for the beloved Mothers
called from our midst, runs deep in the
hearts of their people, who best under-
stand the solemn burden of the withdraw-
al; yet we feel the pulse of our Zion in
sympathy and kinship. The old year
passes on, its foot—prints lie deep in our
memories, yet we clasp hands with the
New Year, realizing that Whatever the
grief or burden, “underneath are the ever-
lasting arms.”

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The storm of Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 covered
the line of demarkation between the old
and the new years, hut the newly printed
calendars put everything right; and by
tl1e 3rd inst. the ice harvest Opt ned in cold
earnest with m irking and ploughing.
Within the three days devoted to the bus-
iness, a January thaw and a snow-storm
crowded themselves in, but at the close of
the 5th an ample bulk of ice, tho not of
A No. 1 quality, was in place of storage.
With the mercury slipping down to 10
deg. below zero, we do not feel the im-
mediate need of King Winter’s bounties,
but by Independence Day we can tell bet-
ter whether we are really dependent or
not upon these wise provisions of nature.
It is well that this is not the visiting sea-
son, for even the horses turn a “cold
shoulder” to us.

School closed on the 11th inst., the win-
ter term of sixteen weeks having drawn to
a successful close.

Jessie Evans.

From the Bible Classs.

WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS.
By Eva Walcott.

11‘ took the Children of Israel forty
years to reach the land of Canaan. Some
writers say they might have reached it in
much less time had they obeyed the com-
mandments of God.

The journey of the Children of Israel is.
a type of the journey of the soul. Every
soul must take this journey in order to
reach the land of Canaan, but it depends
on the obedience rendered to the land-
marks given by the heavenly guide, as
light and understanding increase, that
determines the length of time needed for
the journey.

When a soul is convicted that living in
Egypt, or being a slave to an earthly, sen-
suous life does not bring him peace or
satisfaction, the ﬁrst words of comfort
that he hears are,—f‘Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden and I will
give you rest; take my yoke upon you and

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learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in
heart and ye shall ﬁnd rest unto your
souls.”

When realizing the peace that is enjoy- ‘
ed in the Christ life, which gives those
who live it, an eternal home in the land of
Canaan, he longs for that life more and
more. Here the ﬁrst guide app.ears,——
“The ﬁrst step of a Christian life is obe-
dience.”

After reading this he ﬁnds he ‘must obey
the convictions received and leave Egypt,
or the worldly life he is living, but he is
still uncertain what to do. He desires the
enjoyment of the higher life, yet he is not
reconciled to give up the pleasures of the
lower. He wants to enjoy both. Here
the guide says,—“Seek ye ﬁrst the king-
dom of God and his righteousness and all
these things shall be added unto you.”

Having obeyed this counsel he receives
strength to take the next step. Though
he has decided to serve God and seek the
righteousness of the kingdom of Heaven,
and has started on his spiritual journey,
yet when he sees the sins and passions,
(his enemies) to which he yielded in Egypt
following him, he, like the Israelites of
old, murmurs and doubts, and longs for
his former slavish life; yet Warnings again
appear,—“Agree with thine adversary
quickly.” “The way of the transgressor
is hard.” “Except a man forsake all that
he hath he can not be my disciple.”

By prayer to God he is able to cross the
Red Sea of doubt, and conquer his ene-
mies. With new courage he presses for-
ward with the comforting assurance,-
“Lo I am with youalways even unto the
end of the world.” .

To him, this is the cloud by day and
night. Happiness is insured to him when
he continues to watch and pray lest he be
lost in the desert of sin. Feeling a loss of
the support of the eternal presence he may
become hungry and thirsty; losing faith
in the promised help, he murmurs; but

through divine mercy water is sent, reas-

suring him that God is ever near. By

lack of faith the water is bitter; not until

he fully obeys dothe waters taste sweet,

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for—“Whosoever exalteth himself shall
be abased, and whosoever humbleth him-
self shall be exalted.”

Being careful to put on the whole armor
of God, with earnest prayer and supplica-
tion for mercy and strength, he passes
victoriously on his way, with the assur-
ance that now, all is well. He takes little
thought lest he fal.l, and becoming weary
in well-doing, returns to worshiping the
idol of selﬁsh ambition, the golden calfiof
the Egyptians. For a time this gives him
the pleasure sought, but how bitterly he
now understands the Savior’s words;—
“Wide is the gate and broad is the way
that leadeth to destruction, and many
there be which go in thereat.”

Through the strength of temptations
resisted and victories won, he is able to
advance more swiftly to the Land of Ca-
naan. By sending out the spies of Truth
and Light to view the land he sees the
successes and failures to be met in the
way, though he hears the report from
Doubt and Fear who tell him that he will
not be able to conquer the land. Still,
he hears the good report from the Caleb
and Joshua of Light and Truth Who as-
sure him that the land is equal unto the
promises of God. Before he can reach
that land, however, he must cross the riv-
er Jordan. As the pure in heart only can
enter, he must ﬁrst pass the Jordan and
be cleansed from all impurity by an honest
confession, and through his humility the
waters divide and he is led forth, forgiv-
en. Before he can gain a ﬁnal victory he
must become repentant. This means a
conscientious walk in right and duty un-
til at last he will have “Come up out of
gre tribulation,” and will stand crowned
as a victor and rejoice in the presence of
the Eternal Father, for “Him that over-
cometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God and he shall go no more out,
and I will write upon him the name of the

city of my God which is New Jerusalem.”
East Canterbury, N. H.

; STRIVE to do good rather than to be too
conspicuous.

JIJNIFESTO.

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A PHYSICIAN who is -zonnected with an
institution in which there are many
children, 4 says:

“There is nothing more irritable to a
cough than coughing. For some time I
had been so fully assured of this that I de-
termined forone minute at least to lessen
the number of coughs heard in a certain
ward in a hospital of the institution. By
the promise of rewards and punishments '
I succeeded in inducing them simply to
hold their breath when tempted to cough,
and in a little while I was myself sur-
prised to see l1ow some of the children en-
tirely recovered frcm the disease.

Constant coug'l:in(: is ])]‘t‘('lS l_\' like
scratching a wound on the oI.lsi(le of the
body; so long as it is done the wound will
not heal. Let a person when tempted to
cough draw a long breath and hold it un-
til it warms and soothes every air cell,
and some beneﬁt will soon be received
from this process. The nitrogen which is
thus reﬁned acts as an anodyne to the mu-
cous membrane, allaying the desire to
cough and giving the throat and lungs a
chance to heal. At the same time a suit-
able medicine will aid nature in her effort
to recuperate.”-—Sun Fran<'z'sco Ezcuminei .

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NANSEN, the greatest living explorer of
the extreme North-land says:

“My experience leads me to take a de-
cided stand against the use of stimulants
and narcotics of all kinds, from tea and
coffee on the one hand, to tobacco and al-
cohol on the other. The idea that one
gains by stimulating body and mind by
artiﬁcial means betrays, in my opinion,
not only ignorance of the simplest phys-
iological laws, but also want of experience
or perhaps want of capacity to learn from
experience and observation.”

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WHEN overcome by bodily‘ fatigue or
exhausted by brain labor no stimulant, so-

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called, serves so well the purpose of re-
freshment and rest, both bodily and men-
tally, as milk. When heated as hot as one
can readily take it, it may be sipt slowly
from a tumbler, and as it is easily digest-
ed one feels very soon its beneﬁcial effect.
Few persons realize the stimulating quali-
ties of this simple beverage.-Ladies’
Home Journal.

A
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The Illedicrtl Rm-oral, an English Jour-
nal, thus comments on the injurious ef-
fects of anger.

Anger serves the unhappy mortal who
indulges in it, much the same as intoxi-
cants constantly taken do the inebriate.
It grows into a sort of disease which has
various and terrible results. Sir Richard
Quain said, not long ago: “He is a man
very rich indeed in physical power, W110
can afford to get angry.”

This is true. Every time a man becomes
“white” or “red” with anger he is in
danger of his life. The heart and brain
are the organs mostly affected when ﬁts
of passion are indulged in. Not only does
anger cause partial paralysis of the small
blood vessels, but the heart’s action be-
comes intermittent, that is, every now and
then it drops a beat—mucl1 the same thing
as is experienced by excessive smokers.—
Selected.

WE have pity for the Spanish youth
who have been compelled to ﬁght and die
in the Spanish army and navy, and we
have had, with thousands of others, great
sorrow for the sufferings inﬂicted on our
own soldiers and on our army horses and
mules, to large numbers of whom death
has been a happy release——and We wish
there could be posted in every schoolroom
of our land those Words of James Russell
Lowell :——“War is Murder!” and these
Words of Gen. Sherman:——“War is Hell!”
—Our Dumb Animals.

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WFIIE Audubon Society of Mass. pro-
tests against the slaughter of little birds.

MANIFES TO.

OVER and over again,
No matter which way I turn,

I always find in the Book of Life
Some lesson I have to learn.

I must take my turn at the mill,
I must grind out the golden grain,

I must work at my task with resolute will,
Over and over again.—-J. Pollard.

élleatlpa.

VVil1iam Johnson, at Shakers, Albany
Co., N. Y. Dec. 18, 1898. Age 59 years
and 6 mo. He has been a member of the
Community twenty-one years. We mourn
the loss, but he has gone to reap the re-
ward of his faithful labors. J. B.

Andrew Bloomberg, at Pleasant Hill,
Ky. Dec. 26, 1898. Age 80 years. Br.
Andrew was born in Sweden, but has
been a member of this Community during
forty-three years. He was a pure, true
and honest man. J. W. S.

Eldress Joanna J. Kainie, at East Can-
terbury, N. H. Dec. 29, 1898. Age 72
years, 2 mo. and 10 days.

Hulda McGaughey, at Pleasant Hill,
Ky. Jan. 11, 1899. Age 78 years and
4 months.

Sister Hulda has been a member of the
Community thirty-nine years, and a very
conscientious, good Sister. F. M. P.

Philinda Minor, at East Canterbury,
N. H. January 17, 1899. Age 81 yirs,
2 mo. and 25 days.

Polly C. Lewis, at Mt. Lebanon, N. Y.
Jan. 14, 1899. Age 83 years 2 mo. and
3 days. ‘

Sister Polly was brought to the Society
at Mt. Lebanon, from Savoy, when only
two years of age. For many years she
was the principal business manager in
the South family. She was the friend of
all, old and young. S. A. C.

I. cry port of the world.

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which enables him to speak with authority.
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