bar-rooms and took their Jimmy Johns and poured the contents out on the
ground. Said he, "the liquor said _good, good, good_, as it ran out of
the Jimmy Johns, and the people shouted for joy."

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A DOCTRINAL SERMON.

By the kindness of a Baptist missionary, we are furnished with the
following doctrinal sermon:

_Text._--"Ye are the salt of the earth."

Scene in a Baptist church. Nineteen candidates awaiting immersion.

My text am, "Ye are de salt of de yarth."

You all knows what salt am good for--it is good to sweeten things--good
to season things--good to keep things from spilin'. We all likes salt in
our victuals, some people likes lots of salt and dey has it too; some
likes jes a little, and dey gets it too, but when you eats a whole lot
of salt, you gits mighty thirsty, and you wants _water_, tea nor coffee
won't satisfy you neither. You cries _water_, and you cries till you
gits plenty of it. Bredren--de text says, "Ye am de salt of de yarth."
What does it mean? Christians am like salt--we'se put here to keep this
old yarth from spilin'--to sweeten and to season it. Some Christians
have a heap more salt about 'em then others, and when dey is full of de
salt of God's grace, their soul cries--_water_--_water_--and a few drops
on der head won't satisfy 'em neither. You must take 'em down to de
river and put 'em in. And that's what we'se goin' to do--come chillen.

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BOOK NOTICES.

_Report of the Centenary Conference of Protestant Missions, London,
1888._ By REV. JAMES JOHNSTON, F.S.S., Revell, Bible House, New York.

These two neat and well-printed volumes give a full sketch of the
proceedings of one of the most remarkable Missionary Conferences ever
held in the world. The addresses, papers and discussions emanated not
from theorists, but from men actually engaged in the management of the
great missionary organizations of Christendom, or who were actively
employed as missionaries in foreign fields. In addition to these, there
are papers and addresses by honored pastors on both sides of the
Atlantic, by travelers, and by students of the progress of the church in
modern times. The possessor of these volumes will have a treasury of
missionary literature of inestimable value.

_The Path to Wealth._ By A BLACKSMITH, B.F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, Va.

This is a unique book. It purports to give the addresses of a pr