THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DISRUPTION: X TALE OF TRYING TIMES. CHAPTER X — continued. “if I happen to be employed to do so. There’s no harm in that surely ?” “ I am no very clear about that. To be sure, if ye be weel paid for’t, and get payment in gude Scotch notes, and no in English goold —which, for ought ye ken, might be blude-stained, ill-gotten money—maybe in that case it might be allowable for ye to teach the caltan, the mair especially as it would gi’e ye opportunities o’ hintin’ to him nob and then what a state o’ utter dark ness he has been born and brought up in, and gi’ein’ him some insicht intil the iniquities of the Prelatic harlot.” “ You don’t mean to' say that I should try to undermine the faith in which his father has reared him, during the time I may be paid to teach him the dead languages ?” « Ay, but I div though. The dead languages, I jalouse, are no worth a boddle to onybody, unless they be seasoned wi’ a spice o’ soond doctrine, and ye wadna be doin’ your duty to the callan if ye learnt him naething but a jargon o’ meaningless gibberish.” Stiffrigs was in too animated a key to be willing to part company without further -conversation, and he readily accepted Of an invitation from Mr. Duncanson to take tea with him at his lodgings. Here the farmer found an old acquaintance in the person of Robin Afleck, and passed a very happy evening. It was a happy evening, too, with Mr. Duncanson and Robin; for the letter formerly quoted from Jean Brown, containing the news of Miss Montgomery’s release from domestic thraldom, and a few lines of the most encouraging nature from the young lady herself, had just arrived.

CHAPTER XL We’ll speak of humps ; And were great Doctors Gall and Spurzhelm there, They’d surely find sufficiency of lumps To theorise upon—come clear your hair. And put those visionaries in the dumps. THE CH'll —A POEM. Precisely at the hour appointed, Mr. Duncanson waited on Dr. Crimp and was received very graciously. The Doctor was no prepared to enter on business. He immediately commenced to examine' the student on his qualifi cations to act as Greek and Latin tuto to Master Theophilus Loftus Jerning ham Crimp. The result appeared to be satisfactory, for the Doctor was even more complaisant and complimentary than before. He enlarged on the merits and glory of scholarship, and slid, by the easiest transition imagin able, into a sounding eulogium on the Church of England as the generous nursing mother of learning and piety. In her sheltering bosom, he said, no young man of decided talent w r as allowed to languish for lack of en couragement. All her deserving sons were enriched from her opulence, and removed at once from the harassments of poverty and excessive duty. Her highest offices were open alike to aspirants of all ranks. High merit was the only essential to promotion through out all her degrees of dignity. And the.effect of such encouragement was just what might be expected. She numbered among her clergy the bright est names in learning which this country or the world had produced. The learn ing of all other Churches was ignorance compared to the profound erudition of her divines. Then the decency, the magnificence of her rites and ceremonies had an elevating influence on the mind and gratified the reverential feelings proper to man. Even her gradations of office had this effect, for who that felt impressed with respect for the humble curate could fail to venerate a Bishop or Archbishop ? Plied with these appeals to his am bition, Mr. Duncanson felt awkwardly situated, and knew not what to say. At length, when the Doctor made a pause, with the evident purpose of see ing what effect his eloquence had pro duced, James remarked with as much civility as he could muster —“ I have no doubt the clergy of the Church of England have many advantages, and I don’t wonder that those who have been born and bred within her pale should be greatly attached to her forms and services, which are certainly very impos ing.” “ No, not imposing, Mr. Duncanson; by your leave impressive is the w r ord not imposing.” “ I bow to your correction, Doctor. You have expressed my meaning better than I did myself.” “ Oh, yes, the services of our Church are, indeed very impressive, and my wonder is that they only affect those who are Episcopalians by birth and education. I should have expected them to touch the feelings of all rational creatures of whatever creed or training. Just think how

Through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Then how beautiful is the liturgy ! the finest composition extant. And all this, associated with a Church mo delled on the primitive plan, a clergy in unbroken succession from the apostles, and doctrines sanctioned by the authority of the most venerable fathers and holiest martyrs, I am astonished that dissent should exist in any form,” Mr. Duncanson now began to recollect the suspicions of his worthy, home-spun friend, Stiffriggs, and to think they might, after all, not be with out foundations. His own suspicions were aroused by the tone of propagan flism which pervaded the Doctor’s observations. He felt it incumbent on him to vindicate his Presbyterian prin ciples as far as they seemed to be obliquely reflected on in the Doctor’s panegyric on Episcopacy. “ Without intending any personal offence, Doctor, I must say,” remarked tire student, “ that, however highly Episcopalians may value their own Church, the Pres byterian system appears to me, and those who have been instructed as I have been, to be much more consist ant v/ith Scripture and reason.” A dark cloud gathered on the Doc tor’s brow while this was spoken, and instead of making a direct reply he turned to a table behind him, and lift ing an elegantly bound volume, placed it in the student’s hand, saying-—" It you will' be so good as to take this home with you and read it carefully, I am sure you will see Episcopacy and

Presbyterianism too, in a new light. I very much desire you to peruse it with attention, for it contains the marrow of the points in dispute between our Churches.”

“ I am greatly obliged by your kindness, Doctor,” said Mr. Duncan son, “ but I have read this book long ago.” “ And are unconvinced by its argu ments —still a Presbyterian.” “ Yes, sir; still a Presbyterian, and likely to remain so.” “ Well Mr. Stephenson—Mr. Dun canson, I mean—l am indeed both sorry and surprised. I didn’t think it possible that any person of ordinary penetration, not to say of superior mind, such as you, could possibly resist the evidences and reasoning of that book. And what is more, sir, I can assure you that some of the greatest men of your own sect —the whole ot them, for anything I know—are open to the conviction which you resist. They privately admit that a mild Epis copacy is the most desirable form of Church government, and would very gladly see it introduced here, were they not too far committed in the struggle they are making for the revival of obso lete Presbyterian principles.” “ Whatever may be the opinion of others, I conscientiously hold that Presbytery is the only system of Church government authorised by Scripture.” “ Authorised by Scripture ! My dear fellow, it has not the shadow of Scripture warrant. It is but of yester <jay_a mere Geneva fabrication—a device of Calvin, and the gang of pre sumptuous schismatics of which he was the ringleader. Read more on the subject; think more on it; above all, reflect on the tendency and effect of Presbyterian government, rnd I feel assured you will begin to regard it in a very different light. Just consider what it is doing at this moment in Scotland. Rending society to pieces ; undermining the reverence of the people to all ecclesiastical authority; threatening to beggar the clergy; and putting the very principle of an Estab lished Church in jeopardy. And why ? Simply; I tell you, because there is no supreme power in your Church courts; no controlling authority to suppress vain janglings and inconvenient dis cussions. It may be all very well for those whose consistency is at stake to remain obstinately attached to Presby terianism, and to speak of the parity, purity, and poverty of their Church in enthusiastic terms, while they know the boasted purity is a piece of fudge, and secretly wish that the parity and poverty had no existence. But for a young man like you, not committed openly to any system, it is folly—l say it in all kindness —egregious folly, to overlook the superior advantages of a connection with the venerable Catholic Episcopalian Church.”

“No further inquiry or any con sideration,” replied the student “can ever weaken my attachment to Presby terian parity in government, or shake my belief in the purity of Presbyterian doctrine. As to the poverty of our Church, it is opulence compared with the temporalities enjoyed by the early preachers of Christianity; and I could very well content myself with such a bare competency as falls to the lot.of a parish minister. And since you have condescended to express your opinion of Presbyterian parity, allow me to tell you what I think of Episcopal rule—l look on it simply as a usurpation on Christian freedom, and never will bow my neck to it while I live.” Mr. Duncanson spoke this with some degree of warmth, regardless of how it might please the Doctor; for he felt nettled at many of his remarks, and withal indignant at the presumption on his own want of principle which was implied in the attempt to sway his mind by mercenary considerations. And it was well that he cared not how his free dom might be taken, for it was not taken in good part. The Doctor hemmed and coughed to show his dis pleasure, and with a severe countenance and constrained manner, said —“ Well, well, young man, you are wilful and' opinionative, hut it can’t be helped. I have spoken only for your own good. I have no personal interest in setting you right; and I don’t feel in the least offended at your obstinacy, nor even at your injustice to the venerable Church to which I belong ; for I know you have been mistaught. As to the other matter —the tutorship —though I don’t object to you on account of your creed, and have reason to be very well satis fied with your attainments as a scholar, yet we differ so widely in our views, that really on the whole, I think we can hardly come to any comfortable arrangement. I shall, therefore, not require you to give Theophilus any lessons, and hope you will be at no loss to find suitable employment other wise.”

Mr. Duncanson took his leave with out further altercation, feeling disap pointed at the issue of this interview, and not a little depressed in spirits, but with a tranquil and approving con science. When he communicated the result to Robin Afleck, which he did at the next frugal meal they partook of together, Robin ruminated for a few moments in a very abstracted mood, and then plied his spoon a while with diligence, without speaking a word. At length he said, “So the auld cur mudgeon disna mean to gi’e ye the teachin’ o’ his son after a?” “ No ; he changed his mind on that subject when he found I was not dis posed to change my religion. He drew back because I would not be driven from my principles.”

“ He’s been intendin’ to mak’ an Episcopaulian o’ ye, then ?” “ It appears so.” "Stiffriggs has been richt in the main, and maybe ye did weel to staun yer grund, seeing ye’re a kind o’ half minister already. But do ye think Dr. Crimp wad grab at the like o’ me ?” "O, I don't know but he might. The English clergy of the higher orders are generally keen sportsmen, and a horse-doctor must be very serviceable among them; you may try him.” " Dog on’t ! I dinna mean in the veterinary way, man. Do ye no think he wad tak’ me as a kind o’ ’prentice to the Bishop trade ?” “ What! would you become an Episcopalian ?” “ Ou, I don’t know but I micht, if I had gude encouragement.” “ Then your Presbyterian principles sit very loose on you, it seems ?”

“ Presbyterian principles ! I ha’e naething o the kind. The fack is, I never could see weel the meaning o’ what ye ca’ principles. To be shure I am a Presbyterian in a sense, but it’s maybe jist because I ken nae better. I see ye’re dead set in slickin’ by the auld Scotch set o’ preachin’, and like eneuch ye’re richt. Ye’re richt to stick till’t at ony rate noo, since ye’ve made a kind.o’ beginnin’ in that way. Keep up your threep like a game cock. But the case is a’thegither different wi’ me. I canna say I prefer ae Kirk by anither except by chance like, and maybe, for ought I ken, the richest ane may be best in every way, if a body could just see’t. Sliffriggs, nae doot, splores awa’ aboot the Kirk o’ Scotland, as if there ne’er had been sutch a Kirk in the work, and he abuses the English Kirk wi’ as mony ill names as he can stick on ane anither. But then he’s a head strong fule when he tak’s a notion, and gangs clean owre the score on baith sides. Everything w T i’ him is jist the vera warst or the vera best, so I dinna heed muckle what he says.” “ But have you really serious thoughts of trying the clerical profes sion in connection with any church ? ”

“ Serious thochts ! no; It’s jist a kind o’ notion that’s come intil my mind since ye tell’t me o’ the great prospecks Dr. Crimp held oot to ye.” “ But you have mistaken the matter altogether, if you think he is here beat ing up for raw recruits. The Church of England is swarming already with a far greater number of clergy than can find the means of living with any degree of comfort. Many of her curates don’t get above forty or fifty pounds a-year, and many of her licen tiates cannot obtain even such miser able curacies. So her dignitaries have no inducement to beat up for recruits, nor is there any temptation, in a mer cenary point of view, for those who have any other means of earning a livelihood, to enter her service. {To be continued—■commenced on July 26. )

CUDDLE DOON.

“ The bairnies cuddle doon afc nicht, Wi’ muckle faucht an’ din ; ‘ O, try an’ sleep, ye waukrife rogues, Your father’s cornin’ in.’ They never heed a word I speak ; I try to gie a froon, But aye I hap them up an’ cry, ‘O, bairnies, cuddle doon.” Wee Jamie wi’ the curly heid — He aye sleeps next the wa,’ — Bangs up an’ cries, ‘ I want a piece ’ ! The rascal starts them a’. I rin an’ fetch them pieces, drinks, They stop awee the soun’, Then draw the blankets up an’ cry, “Noo, weanies, cuddle doon.” But ere five minutes gang, we Rab Cries oot, frae ’neath the claes, ‘ Mither, mak’ Tam gie ower at ance, He’s kittlin’ wi’ his taes.’ The mischief’s in that Tam for tricks, He’d bother half the toon, But aye I hap them up an’ cry. ‘ 0, bairnies cuddle doon. ’ At length they hear their faiter’s fit, An’, as he steeks the door, They turn their faces to the wa’ While Tam pretends to snore. * Hae a’ the weans been gude 1 ’ he asks, As he pits off his shoon. ‘ The bairnies, John, are in their beds, An’ lang since cuddled doon.’ An’ just before we bed oorsels, We look at oor wee lambs ; Tam has his arm roun’ wee Rab’s neck, An’ Rab hislarm roun 1 Tam’s. I lift wee Jamie up the bed, An’ as I straik each croon, I whisper, till my heart fills up, ‘.O, bairnies, cuddle doon.’ The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht Wi’ mirth that’s dear to me ; But sune the big world’s cark an’ care Will quieten doon their glee. Yet, come what will to ilka ane, May He who sits aboon Aye whisper, thoughtheirpowsbebauld, ‘ O, bairnies cuddle doon. ’ —Alexander Anderson, “ Surfaceman," th Bmns of the Century.

MINE SCHILDHOOD.

Der schiltren clhey vas put in ped, All tucked oup for der niglult ; I dakes mine pipe der mantel off, Und by der fireside pright I dinks aboudt vhen I vas young— Off moder, who vas tead, Und how at nighdt—like I do Hans— She tucked me oup to ped. I mindt me off mine fader too, Und how he yoost to say, ‘ Poor poy, you haf a hardt old’t row To hoe, und leetle blay ! ’ I find me out dot id vas drue Vot mine old fader said, Virile smoodhing down mine flaxen hair Und tucking me in ped. Der oldt folks ! Id vas like a dhream To speak off deni like dot. Gretchen und I vas ‘ oldt folks ’ now, Und haf two schiltren got. Ye loves dhem more as nefer vas, Each leedle curly head, Und efry nighdt ve dakes dhem oup Und tucks dhem in dheir ped. Budt dhen, somedimes, vhen 1 feels plue, Und all dings lonesome seem, I vish I vas dot poy again, Und dis vas all a dhream. I vant to kiss mine moder vonce, Und vhen mine brayer vas said, To haf mine fader dake me oup Und tuck me in mine ped. —Harper s RPonthly.

the ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1880.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Saturday, August 21, 1880.



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Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S : BALSAM of ANISEED ; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.— lam, Sir, Yours. &c., ' ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.---The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes : “ I was advised to try the Balsam of Anijeed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting: in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor,: writes : I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession, and have always recommended it to my brother and sister artistes. ” , TRULY an : EXTRAORDINARY EX PECTORANT.—Mr. Edward MI Ullett, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs.' Palmer & Son, Ramsay : —“ Having been in the'habit o . using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great, ’ number of years, I have great pleasure in bear-; ing testimony to its incomparable.effects as an expectorant. I always fjnd a single dose gives } immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one teaspoonful taken in a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. ■ No family should be without it in the winter. ' Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World,Ts I }£d and 2s 3d per, per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, lis each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only .by THOMAS POWELL,’ Blackfrjars Road, London. ' : ■■ 1 SK for POWELL’S BALSAM o ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS, and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies--Elliot Brothers; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. ; P. and S- Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co.; Rosenthall & Co.; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co.; S. Hoffenung & Co.; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor—Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. ' Composed of the purest articles. These k Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious ■ drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial: effect is speedy and certain. This old un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In ,use nearly; 60 years). . MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, 1577. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. ■ ■ , Sir,— Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I. strongly • recommend them in cases of cough and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my 1 opinion, formed from many years experience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. / Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. . ) Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have much pleasure in testifying :o their beneficial effects in , cases of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. I have prescribed them largely,,with the best results. f W. B. G, KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keatingsk Cough Lozenges ” engrrven on the government stamp. KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, noth in appearance and tasta, furnishing a most • agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTIN AL■ or THREAD WORMS, It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor children. Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist’’■nd Druggist. GRATEF UL-COMFORTING. EPP S’S COO OA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of .well: selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save .us many heavy doctor’s bills.. It is ,by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built lup until strong enough to resist every ten pency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack whereyer there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.—- See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets or tins, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND 00., HOMOEOPATHIC chemist, LONDON. 91°o