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THE RET. MR. STEWARTS LECTURE.

Continuation of tho Rev. Mr. Stewart's lecture,, delivered at Cambridge on Tuesday, the 27th Angus), in connection with tho Cambridge Mutual Improvement Association. A YOUNG MA.NV WAY TITJIOITQII ITTK. 2nd.—And now, secondly and very shortly, men who leave a mark behind; I need not may they are humble, unselfish, and loving others, are themselves loveable, having heaevn's grace in thoir inmost heart ; they endear themselves by a - thousand pleasing memories to the hearts of their generation, and live on for centuries after their generation has passid. away. Such men, thank God, are neither fow nor furbetween. Such was Farel among the Swiss-French somethree centuries ago; such were M'alenchthon and Slithers among the Germans, and Calsin among the French. Yes, my friend's, and such was Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits ; Benedict, the founder of the Benedictine Monks; and Bernard, whose dogs are known to this very day. And a way back as far as Pope Gregory the Great, who, by the. way, "svae more like a Presbyterian than a i'ope. These all dili'ering wide as the Poles asunder in their creeds, and in their lives ;■ had a warm loving unselfish heart that made them share their comfort* with the poor and the outcasts. But we neod not travel so far, nor even go into the history of the pa-it ; we have Mrs. Fry in the beginhig of this century ; and later still, Florence Nightingale ; and now in this very day we have Miss Maephorson and Baroncs Burdett Coutts ; and amongst men, I'eabody, who was recently taken from our midst, and George Mvdler, whose labour "»f love amongst the children in the orphanage is almost incrcdable, while Spurgron and Thomas Guthric still live and labour in mi; , midst. These are men whose large loving lieu: , '-: made them go further and grapple , with the wrongs the ills, the sorrows, iunl the curses of humanity, ajid have done their most to alleviate them. Such m truly the , nature of all truly grout men, for a* sivy one ha? very well said, that a good man and a wi-c man may at times be angry with the world—at liim-s grieved for it; but, be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it- W '<: all know the sweet verse :: " England expect- Ciir <h v that every man will do his duty." But did it ever occur to you that God expects it;; and he has promised, "Them that honour me, I. will honour. Nevrr , suppose for. a second, that you- can- patronise God :>r Godliness, for both can do- without your pnny eflort when such a'spirit prompts your offort. Come then with guiless simplicity,, a prayerful undevided heart, and such instructions fromthe-Book of books ; let it be your lamp, your light, :md. source of happiness, and you will, not choso tho wrong ;—whatsoever a man sows, tliut shall he reap ; or as a poet has somewhere said:As the tree falls, so-must it lie ; As the man lives, so will he die! As the man dies, such must he be All through tho days of eternity!' In conclusion, let me adviscyou to be systematic:, for ff man without system is like a jug without a handle. He-will' be , after doing , fifty things and do nothing right, having too nrony irons in , the firo his< fire -will go out. And next to system is punctuality ; there arc some folks as if they had been born with throe heads—right, left, and behind "them—always in a hurry and yet never in time ; everybody has to wait for - them, and yet, wonderful to say, they have always a very reasonable excuse. Such people are in general a complete pest, and you, will find few who will be disposed to trust them with anything-of importance. Be punctual.- Then I should *say be truthful. My mother used to tell me that I could watch a-thief, but I could never watch a liar, so that of the two, it wa-s difficult to know which was the worse. The man who is not truthful to- his fellow-men, will not be truthful to his God; and he' who is, not will reap the bitter vengenee of outraged omnipotent love. The first lie is easilyJtoJd, but it takes fifty to cover it. Oh, my dear friends, be truthful:—truth is immortal; the sword cannot pierce it, fire cannot burn it, water cannot drown it, prisons cannot incarcerate it, famine cannot starve it ;• the devils all bate, but God lovf-a it, for God is truth. Be persevering, never fickle, like the great Newton and what he said. Lastly, but best of all, be prayerful, seeking first the kingdom of God and his rightousnese r and all other things shall be added unto. The man who is not ashamed to bow his head in. thanks to God for daily mcrciev, or bend his knee and thank God for his goodne:S as he throws the curtains of night around us, is a man who need not fear the face of man; prayer moves God's hand, and God's hand moves theuniverse-. It is written in Scottish history that Mary Queen of Scots was more afraid for the prayer.? of John Knox than for a regiment of soldiers. It is- \ onlv as vou ask heaven's guidance and trust to heaven's goodness- that you can be truly truthful; only then can you truly say: Though dark be- my way since He is mj guide, j 'TLs mine to obey—'tis his to provide. Though cisterns be broken, a:ad creatures all fail, The word he has spoken must eurely prevail. It may be thought presumption on my part to speak of that delicate state in which young folks j sometimes happily find themselves. Though, I con - feas, advice is not easily given to a man when he* comes to think of walking the plank of life with a heart to lean upon. Amongst the many things that j could be said of this, there can be no question, she '■, must be one with whom it will give you the greatest pleasure to take sweet sound—one with whom yon will rejoice <-'■> knc'-l morinsr and evening at the throne of jxra^c—vvith ~vh.om you will delight to look i.ito

tho sncrcd volume of God'n revolution*, and from whom you would not, though you could eith«r quarrel with or keep a secret from. Oh, remember, a woman lias only'onc thing to give—the rest she may noil, but a loving heart is one of the best gifts to man. Truo love is the only earthly thing winch God permite us to carry beyond the grave, and when a woman givoH that, give her bark its equivalent ; gefc rid of the thought that life and the world is ideal, ami learn that it ia a real place, and you we to make the bent of it, and the happieat of it. Aβ the American poet has well said,

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not it» goal, DuHt thou art—to dust returneth, WaH not Hpoken of the boul. Lives of great men all remind m, We can make our live* sublime, And departing, leave behind us Foot-print* in the mind of time. TrtiHt no future, however pleasant, Let the dead past bury it.s dead, Act-—n«t in the living prurient, if cart within and God o'crheud. Footprints that, perhaps, another Sailing o'er life's Holcmn main, A forlorn and Hhipwreek'd brother Seeing may take heiirt again. Let in be up and doing, _ With a heart for any fate ; St.ill achieving! still pursuing! Lmru to labour and to wait. FACTS FOR FARMERS. Mr. River*, tho grout nurseryman, writes thus on the Hubjc-t of grading pears on quince slocks;—! have Soften henrd from market gardeners and others tin; KHil.eiKX', " Jt h ofno use to plant pears on quince stocks, lor they will not, live long," Unit whenever I have scon pear trees of a mature fige, I have looked to the stocks u> ascertain its initurc, and whether it was pear or quincr, or while-thorn; for I know of .sonic healthy lroe-bearing pears W'.it'iod on the latter. I "happened" hitoty to pay a visit to the beautiful grounds of the l/oopdono, near Dorking, and in the kilrhengiirdcn 1 observed a number of fine pyramidal peiir-trcc.s ; these I floon found to be worked on the quince, and Mr. Whiting, the experienced gardener there, informed me tha.l. they had been planted about, thirty-four yours. They arc very healthy, and an: growing in a-soil of the driest and lightest deHcription, being nearly pure Hand ; the trees were imported from France. 'Now, presuming their >ige to have been three years (the usual age) when planted, they arc now nearly forty years old, and most certainly appear as if they would live and grow iiud hear fruit for twenty years to come. _In the gardens of the Horticultural' Society, at Chiswick, there arc line healthy trees more than forty years old. A light, porous soil, resting on a cool subsoil is, I have reason to believe, the most favourable for pears on the quince stocks, so tqafc, if the soil of a garden in which they are to bo planted be heavy and still', they whoiild be planted in light compost. There are, says The Canada Farmer, two ways in which land may be ameliorated and brought into good tilth and condition for grass crops, and then seeding down to grass. The first is by growing roots with tho help of manure, to restore fertility and get rid of weeds, which can he done to most advantage fields already well worked and smoothed down by the jiclion of the plough. The oilier is by summer fallowing. In discussing the same subject, Tim Maine Fannvr gives this advice to a correspondent who would restore his old grass-fields : —•' Perhaps we uliotild lirst suggest underdraiiiing; then two years in potatoes ami corn, the latter "heavily manured; then a year in barley, seeded to grass, and after that liberal top-dressings with lino compost, every second year. But, our correspondent wishes the " quickest, i'heapcsl, and best " method of accomplishing the desired result—and ho we presume do hundreds of our readers. Scarify the surface (the bound out sward) with the Kishwitz harrow, going across the fields in opposite directions. Do this as soon as it will answer to put a team on the licld. Then give a good seeding with a mixture of the best grasses — timothy, red top, orchard grass, and some other sorts. I f vou' can do so. top-dress the last of May with phosphate of guano, and if you cannot, be sure to top-dress immediately after haying with fine old liKiiiuiv or compos!.. We have iitith in this management of old or poorly seeded lields—for a quick, cheap treatruent--nnd recommend it to our querist and all t>l hers, in perfect confidence.

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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 55, 5 September 1872, Page 2

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THE RET. MR. STEWARTS LECTURE. Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 55, 5 September 1872, Page 2

THE RET. MR. STEWARTS LECTURE. Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 55, 5 September 1872, Page 2

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