_Deacon Isler._—The Church at Wilmington, N. C., has been greatly afflicted, and much weakened, by the death of Deacon Isler, a Christian of rare development in all that graces Christian character. It is only five years since he came to Christ, and it now seems to his associates that these five years have been spent under a premonition that what he did must be done quickly. His consecration was without reserve; nothing was too hard for him to undertake; no obstacle turned him aside from the duty which lay before him. With no patience for those who would accept help they did not need, he combined the purpose and constant effort to bear in his strong arms those who did need it. While, as he said, he “had his rathers,” and would like to work for others, yet he was willingly and joyfully in the hands of Jesus. Much comforted by his wife’s reply to his question whether she could give him up, “Yes, all I want is Jesus,” he passed gently and sweetly away; a man of rare strength, whose death is a great loss, but, being dead, he yet speaketh, and his works follow after him. * * * * * “_No Charge On My Books Against You._”—The above sketch of a worthy and noble man, for which we had no room in our last number, is supplemented by an incident which must find place for brief mention. When it became evident that disease was fastening upon him, the best physician of the city was called in and put in charge of the case. He became acquainted with the noble life of his humble patient, took the deepest interest in him, and attended him as faithfully as if he had been a wealthy and influential white man. When one of the teachers, who had made herself responsible for the bill, called upon the doctor for it, he said: “I have no charge against you. I only wish I could have done more for so worthy a man; I shall be glad to give my professional aid to as many such beneficiaries as I can.” Straws are small things, but they indicate the _set_ of the tide. Facts multiply which abundantly prove that mutually helpful relations are being established between the two races on the basis of recognized equal civil liberty. The _ignis fatuus_ of social equality between them might with profit be remitted to the realm of dreams and fantasms, and wait the establishment of such between members of the same race. * * * * *