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THE EXETER Timps
' ?Oink and others of You fled out oi
Christian association, and you got
astraye Oh, man that Was the last
time when,you ought to have forsaken
God 1 Standing amid the foundering
of your earthly failures, hew could
you get along without a God to com-
fort you, and. a God to deliver you and
a God. to help you, and a God to save
you? You tell me you 'have been
through 'enough business trouble al-
most to kill you. I know it. I cannot
understand how the boat could live
one hour in that chopped sea. But I
do not know by what process you get
astray, some in one way and. some in•
another, and if you could really Re
the position some of you occupy before
God your soul would burst into an
agony of tears, and you would pelt
the .havens with the cry. "God. Ottve
mercy 1"- Sinai's batteries have been
unlimbered above your soul and at
times you have heard it thunder :
"The wages of sin is death." "All
have si nned and come short of the
glory of God. By one man sin Ina:
entered into the world, and death by
" All may come, whoever will -
sin, end so death peseta upon all men,
for that all have sinned.' "The soul 'This man receives poor sinnets still.
THE BIJIMN BEREA.
THE LORD HAS LAID THE INIQUITY
OF ALL UPON HIM,
A Bilde-Open boor to Heaven lithe Sinner
WIll Turn Front Ins own way and Foi-
low Bard Alter the Paths or the Lord.
Washington, March 8. -The gospel
sends out its gladdest sound in this
sermon from the nation's capital. IM-
mense throngs pack And overflow the
church to which Dr, Talmage preaches
twice each Sabbath. its text this
Morning was Isaiah, liii, 6: "Ail we,
like sheep, have gone astray. We have
turned every one to his own way, and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity
of us all."
Once more I ring the old gospel bell.
The first half of my next text, is an in-
dictment, "All we, like sheep, have
that sinneth it shall die." ' When
goneastray." Some one says: "Can't
Sebastopol was being bombarded two " And I dropped right there where I by the spectacle of a band of priests - • eransgress his, coramends, to neglect telegraphers' cramp. The combination,
and He had nierca on me. My home walkhingi tldartimgpi bur '
flames
of . -1llrl discourse which followed is one of the a
myriads, that is, tens of thousands. The
atVentTgeu"alli'Cis tpouslitecionogfoiraishifselian
You tarop that first word? That is too Russian frigates burned all nig, bt in was and I said, ` God have mercy 1' however, is growing less frequeut, as
general; that sweeps too great a the harbor, throwing a glare upon tlae stored, _ray wife sings all day long a
circle." Some man rises in the aud
i.. trembling fortress, and some of you ia _IT three most important. chronicled by sers-ants. Such is the professed dieciple manY operators use typewriters. Al
rus . c a n owing . s ronea an
f o la t have told rae our- la
( ging work, my children come out a wearing for the protection of them feet the even elists Part of it was address- of Christ neat lives unworthily, or uses curious feature of "writers' creme" ia
THE SUNDM( SCII0OL 1
have sat by, the window,. with my face man who came• in wlio said, "1 don't
bathed in tears, watching for your i know that there is any nod." Tbat •
comingif I am ." broken-hearted, I am was on Friday night. I said, " We
sick. other and father have been here I will kneel down and find out wbether
frequently, and begged me to come there is any God." And in the .second INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAR. 22.
home b t lo fo ed m t fr th ul it we keelt ' He
, u. my Jove r yo a a sea ore e e
hope for brighter days, have always said.: "I have found Him. There is a
made me refuse them. That hope seenae , God, a pardoning God. I feel 1Iim
now beyond realization, and bave re- bare." He knelt in the darkness of
turned to them. It is hard, and I bat- sin. He arose two minutes afterward
tled long before doing so. May God in the liberty of the gospel, while en-
bl (Mc f h in d th 11. Fri
ess am preserve you an a e rom ot, er s tt g un e ga ecyr en -
instils -lie and Enraithrut Servants," Tame
12, 31-48. Golden Text. Elfh.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
• -It is laest 4... ..4... date thia lesson from
all about us -of our wealth, of our wis-
dora, of our love, of our experience,
43. Blessed is that servant. He shall
he blessed in his own exquisite ba.maie
nese in having done his Master's wnl.
Vnben cometh. "A. workman wao
is doing well a fine work is pleased to
hear the footsteps of his eraployer. His
appearing may be quite unexpected, but
the competent workman is not fright-
ened or embarrassed. He has nothing
to conceal He rather enjoys the close
you. that accursed appetite, anti basten ' day night eald: 'My oiiii6 tinily is the latter part of the year 26, shortie' scrutiny of his work by his master. The
the day when we shale be again living • gone. Last week 1 might Woe' been after the last lesson. Tbe woras of co-worker with God must do thorough
happily together. This will be my daily nixed! not now. The door 'is 'shut." work. He cannot dally in seeret with
'<lamer given by
from the capital to entrap him. At a Version, "will set him over all that
• P h'l ur
prayer, knowing that He hes said: ' "Behold the Lamb of God who taketh bath were spoken in erea, ev t e o
Lord was on his last tournea to J•erae ployer sees all."-Gobin.
what he condemns in public, Hits Bin -
Come unto M. all' ye that labor and , away tbe sin of the world." "Now -as
axe heavy laden, and I will give you . the accepted time, Now is the day tof salera. paaarisees had been sent down 44. He will make him ruler. Revised
rest.' From your loving wife salaation." "It is appointed un.to all
M'AR'.' men once to die and after that the he bath." Thus in the parable of the
a Parean Pharisee talents the faithful servant has his re-
" And so I wandered on and wander- Judgment."
ed. on," says that man, " until one
their malicious intent became appar- ward. But how can each of the faith-
" OCCUPATION DISEASES,"
CALLINGS TO WHICH CERTAIN
MALADIES ARE PECULIAR.
"Cramp" in Whine ienrlety--WrIters
Telegraphers, Busleitaus and Bent,
Cashiers Are Severely AillletetlArlth It
"Occupation diseases," or neuroses, as
they are teehnically known, are quite
frequently met with. One of the most
common forms of it ise "writer's
orainp," The history of this disease
dates from the introductiou of steel
pens. Men are much more subject to
it than women. It rarely attacks any
house, and I mid to rnyself, ' I'll go JAPANESE FIRE CULT. 1 exit, The exposure, indictment, and de- ful ones he ruler over all? Simply in one under twenty or over fifty years of
the fact that in the kingdom of God age. The disease is usually met with .
night I passed a Methodist meeting
in and see what they are doing,' and I nunciation addressed by our Lord to
each recipient enjoys the benefit of all
among clerks and professional writers
e
a got to the door, and. they were sing- Through Fiame aua Over Barnum Embers this Pharisaic order constitute the most, twhesiorath;yrs'evbillessslizsk.ing
zn the heart. ease of EL Siraller nature. Operators
ord. Meantime tbe Crowd, aware of the
45. Say in Ws Aeart. Evil thinking "Telegraphers' cramp" is another daze'
without 0144111. remarkable after-dinner speech on rec-
to worship is that winch is concluded . .
The raost striking ceremonial of Shin- , . d. My lord delayeth If coming. Thirthing
contest, and expecting a great iscourse that his absent master cannot or will
twimbes suffer from both writers' aria
do a great deal of writing some -
had multiplied until it seemed. to 'reach not call him to account, he begins to
encs, and he looks over on the op-
posite side of the. house and says:
"Thene is a blasphemer, and I under-
stand how he has gone astray, and
there in another part of the house is
a defaulter, and Le has gone astray,
and there is an Impure person and be
has gone astray." Sit (Iowa', my bro-
long wae• to greet rae borne, and my straw that a person suffering from it may
selves,. some of you are standing in sandals only, or in sone) cases e inner cm e 0 i ( te • office in the Churcla for ins own. advent -
11+ rah( Is a' .httle hea'vell* I will nothing bat st ockings,
yeti whet did all this for me. It „„ , . . . ied to th • • 1 f th - r eiples.
age. Shall begin to beat the men-
the night of your souPs trouble, the
"WAS theetroth tliat Lord
slay you pro- atm eervitie tiegins a,t 9 o'clock at The servants and railidens. Priznarily. the Ober the Piano, thread a needle and do
other thhags which require complex
the multiplication end tbe multitude of Such warnings as are here given were .
uttered by our Lord many tit:nes.
cannonade, and the conflagration, and ..e
must make the wings of -God's hover- '
in nutty (i to, a. a on der is a woman
etb laid the night and just outside the temple where application may. be to church offieials,
moment a pen is taken up the hand flies
or some popes and bisleops, who "lord movements of tbe bands, and yet the
f 1.°1111.!P "' I
your sorrows and troubles, I think Claim:. ,a111 a
who would I wandered ar from plays and dames of a religious char- very words were sous a them repeat -
be it over Christ's heritage" and wrong
ing aogels shiver to the tip. ray father's laouse ; I betza•d the storm meter are perfornaea on a teuiparary ed on the afternoon of the Tuesday .- Uwe under them. But there is a, t
in all direettons, and writing becomee
But the last part of My eext opens that pelts on a lost soul ; my feet were platform erected for tbe oeeasio fore the passover, after Jesus turned witl'er reference to alI naeu, for all
a door 'wide enough to let us all out blistered on the hot rocks; I went on 11. ... -from the temple for the last time. The men are equally responsible to God, an impassibility,
for ray soul, when one night Jesus met of priests is ga-thering and their par ions is the word "IN'rateh." Ile bids hie ser
keynote of the weaning on lioth occas- .a_advaoittirs. fellown
T buee drunken. Not onl
n are our fellow -
y
and to let all heaven in. Thruna it on and on, thinking that 11.0 one cared Meanwhile inside the sbeine the croivd, In addition to writers and telegraph-
doingz wrong °to God's cause, but also ers, these classes are also liable to a
me, and He said, ' Poor thing. go Louie! otanous, wailing chants are heiard risieg diseiples remember that his kingtloni
'Your father is Waiting for you; your and holing in • raournful ad ei e
, Wag tO he, like. a household whese utile-- •
t waeting the opportunities given by God !form of neurosis: Compositors, seem-
ly. plezieure, and leading an. animal ex- . stresses, tailors, engravers, artificial
1
c 1. -' or is absent i ..h ‘ Yams are
ther, and look at borne. My text takes the harps with all the strings atune.
us all in. It starts behind the pulpit, alai. all the melody possible let the hen. -
sweeps the circuit of the room and Yens sound it to the earth and let the
comes back to the point whre it start- earth tell it to. the heavens. "The Lcio
ed, when it says, "All ;;-lilt; sheep, bath laid on lum tel tugutty o us a .
I am glad that thprophet did not
have gone astray."
1 can very easily understand why
Merlin Luther threw up his hands
after he had found the Bible and cried
out: "Oh, .my sins, my sins!" and the iniquity of us all. Oh,
why the publican, according to the some man, "that isn't generous, that _Oat a. Cslaristian brim:tints up, ' shot ;
their ntuaber blowing on a huge conell ing"Nen ()' emra ' In' r' - h_eit4.1oee not know it. .aa ill come. aien
Sa:541 sa.T.Itehie Isla young man who would
custoin to tine day in the east. when ' isn't fair;
burden and pav les own debts " That
let every man carry his own e '1,'
anu fainn tut country to citi. life , behind him come two priests fici servant& says our 1.0ni, ellen be so
eentired by their delighted irtasier that e" ladishicliiiestvien:r.Clzt':iusetoroni:go; itibueit wiuthcieina:eaord less frequency in the
a good couunercial poeition-but one over the other and held aloft. cut!.
they have any great grief, begin to sounds reasontOde. If I have 'en oh- I started well ; I bad a .I-0(111 position- carrying. lighted torteies croeseu a ne be will do menial service for them as their disbelief will not Prevent it. Will ' case of writers, telegraph operat,ors, e
ancieyet world, by which men. were - ' n money counters. la be
beat himself and cry as he sraote upon lieation, and I have the znettn.‘ s to toe revered aria isthend guesee K••••ery
the others are affected they are looked
Inc breast, "God be merciful to me, 113* et it and I come to you and ask lailignia at the .theatre 1 met seme young • In an open space in front of the tem- steward ehould weeeh for the time when
brought, up in the country, and I know If. t"ou and 'I are* waning down tne ' rnv nnsiti morals. and 1 lost has been piled up and the band of when the thiiif may come; every Christ-
callezi tor:, elate , sometunes sawn eitanuter, are used to ,
Mate. His portion with the unbelievers. cramp ' sins-* obtain relief by
you to settle that. • obligee ion, you el 'A 110 gel nle no good. They dr plc a heap of are.en pine laeinele•e eaten his .1(3 30111t5 ideal be rf present. the spit ii uel penalties whieh upon as curiosities,
a sinner." 1- was, like teeny a you, „ get me all thiough the sewere of ma twenta feet long by twelve it,et witie hous theider eliould wateli for Lae hour (emote 10‘ understood on eur bodily People who safer frora " writers*
rightly say "Pav your own debts
: quay, and I lost my
some of the habits of sheep, and how strce‘t, both hale, hearty and well, and ' aa‘je.taianaatiaane and. 1.. WOS shaeby and priests &chi thrs thrice, mumbling \that lan shoUld Wateli for the coining ea the ei
...hen. typo pretended to a godliness wiaieh means of instruments or special pens,
and in this way they are able to de
going. down the street is apparently an invoeation. nou of Man. Mystical lengueire was all
Y get astray, and what my text li ash. You to carry me, you say right- • th. i. -
in ing at one cared for me lins pvre is then lighted b • the tort•Ii- this and Pett•r wiee'ered. svhether it ID
th wasno ee dol not possess.
motber is waiting for you. Go home, , ani NS OSP tier istenee. 'rims three sins are laid at the • -
door of this evil servant ; unbelief, pride •
to pray, and I was too weak to repent, little girl acolytes tending tu tIte Re- 'done litter by hour until ai some mo- ers, dentists, ballet (lancers, carpeoter&
, „ b . and pleasure seeking. There have been
poor thing! And, sir, I was too weak Glintases of the interior also show the left with tht•ir several dut les to no% er makers, weavers, milkers, paint -
stop to explain whom he meant by but I just cried. out -I sobbed out raY red candle 11 n , un noun an 1 • • • periods in the history Of the Church on , turners, watchmakers, fencing masters •
"him." Hint of the manger, him of sins and -my sorrows on the shoulder 4.
• of Him of wheru it is said: ' The Lord in expectant. attitude, busy with pres-
lord returns. So stands Christ's Chureh
: knitters, billiard players, money comae
, at the earth when this was but a. faiut picture
a This lasts for about one hour
the Oldody sweat, him of tbe remit. -
rection throne, him of the crucifixion bath laid on him the iniquity of us end of Which the priests bow before the ent duties, but With face uplifted to- al its eanditinn•
46. Tne lord of 'Quit servant. The ;
i . .
tt.re and policemen.
agony.. "On him the Lord hath laid elle ti
• shrine and iseue forth beaded by one of ward the heavens. anti ever reepende . . • i
• ,, • • h wieeed servant bas a- lord. even though • THESE DISEASES OCCUR
s v. i . :a her act- their wort: for vears. 'Nerve spe_cialists
. : • • 47. Knew his lord' '11 lat
means when it says, "All we, like skipose you and I were in a ie "' , I when it young man tapped me on the bearers 'at the eastern end 3antl as the earit'ained a general. Truett or stone. tie- Atelier from reeeived information, or sae. the more aante the disease the bet -
alien" ehouldee _Ana said. 'George come with fire gains headway it series out' siense culler revelathat to the little leran of
sheep, have gone astray." Sheep get I fell unconscious at your left with init., agl.slet7Tbedlillt.l!ubtritiowIttsI jottzi ((I; filloou:isloaf astun liki). Alai this lime tlie horn- d'peili(les. .,
AS an anSWer 1.0 1 iii,1 '<Ines- , N\11;1111finlitisbreetnallvile thi:reinvfaorrent agir Iran. ithr the prognosis. 1,7n4er the bea.d of
astray in two ways -either by trying .T.It.illhotxactures,i tintl dislocations, .
Walk on your own feet " But
"niwiek;is"erarnp" are ineluded the
self. For las lord's retern to audg-
to get into other pastures or front be- to your would.°u"lou would e'til! not,
aid ' What do you mean sir ?" ing of hands and shaking of staves.
I saw he was in earnest and I avecenianieti by slfrililffiensrLeci° 3,111.Zyg. angiocoliiisrtirc&ie,rs.osuol7y
ing scared by dogs. In the former way help! This mart is helpless. Being s " +startling text, "What I say unto you ..so, ccuru:stisx:
some of us got astray. We thought the embulance. Let us take him to t•he he
co
relined. I meen that .if you stall When tne blaze has eonaewhat sub- 1 eay unto ail, Watelie In proportion to
tly 1 1 1 ' cording to the kuo vletig of the craw
N young WOTTIPT1 W are working hard to
• nu to e meeting to -mg it, wit sided, lea,ving a bed of burning. coals, our endowment and opportunities ure
• • •
the religion of Jesus Christ put us 'on in your Rens, and you would lift me
a' a e" 1 be very glad to iutroduce you. I will the priests break the line of inareh and our zesponsi n i it s.
iospi it, . n wo
short commons. We thought there from the ground where I had tallen ,1meet.iitott at the, door. Will you come?' gather in groups at the eastern end. •
Tlaer-riebaet4. toavsilan it tikie chill ,prret calLely PRACTICAL NOTES,
Wan better pasturage somewhere else. and, put -me in the ambulance and take . ‘utt.4re ,i IlVaNsvilt.la'rril'inlgren1 11)x.itillenii),leueli in
We thought if we could only lie dottin imiotsi stosbtotweohlseitallvolionida itagereat kaionvat up as well as 1 could. I buttoned my fitful flara:s ariese It'll 1;114 argulx11.1 Vs Lord. The 0.1 133 mast er, referri .1 ti:t
Verse 37. Bite red. "lawny." The
c•oat over a ragged vest, and 1 went long gown and lick the- inside of his allivcerestle3saaiglealeTgeNiVititaere lisi,
an the banks of a distant stream or thing bemeaning in my acceedng that
under great oaks on the other side of kindness? Ob, ne, You would be mean
some hill we might be better fed. We witlAtoo lc()) iiti That is whrli Fhritdoesi
wanted other pasturage than that would be %,:tt•e; to go nen) tf Pay tellilel. ilta .
which God, through Jesus Christ, gave saying, "Here. Lord, here is my abuse
our soul, and we wandered an, and We gation; here are, the means with which
wandered on, and we were lost. We
wanted bread and we found 'garbage.
The farther we wandered instead of
amnia rich pasturage we found blast-
ed heath, and sharper rooks and more
etinging nettles. No pasture. How
was it in the clubhouse when you lost
I mean to settle that obligation. Now
give me a receipt, Cross it all out."
The debt is paid.
But the fact is, we have fallen in the
battle; we have gone down under the
hot fire of our transgressions; we have
been wounded lee the sabers of sin; we
are helpless; we are undone, Christ
comes. The loud clang heard in the
your elnld? Dal they come around and sky on that Christmas night was only
nelp you very much ? Did your world- the bell, the resouuding bell of the am-
ly associates console you. very much? bulance. Clear the way for the Son of
Did not, the plain Christian raan who Christ. He comes down to bind up the
came into your house nald sat up with
;four darling child give you more.com-
tort than all worldly associates? Did
all the convivial songs you ever heard
comfort you in that day of bereave-
ment as much as the song they sang
to you -perhaps the very song that
was sung by your little child. the last
Wench afternoon of her life I •
There is a happy land
Far, far awa,y,
Where saints immortal reign
Bright, bright as day.
Did your business associates in that
day of darkness and. trouble .give you
any special condolence? Business ex-
asperated you, business wore you out,
buemess left you limp as a rag, busi-
ness made you mad. You got dollars,
but you got no peace. God- heel)
mercy on the man who has nothing
but business to comfort him! . The
world afforded you no luxuriant pas-
turage. A famous English actor stood
on the stage impersonating, and
thunders of applause came down from
Lha galleries, and. many thought it was
the proudest moment of all his life,
but there was a man asleep just in
front of him, and the fact that that
man was indifferent and somnolent
spoiled 'all the occasion' for him, and
he cried: 'Wake up! Wake up 1" So
one little annoyance in life has been
more pervading to your mind than
all the brilliant congratulations and
success. Poor pasturage for your soul
you find in this -world. The world has
cheated you, the world has belied. you,
the world has misinterpreted you, the
world- persecuted yea: It never
comforted you. Oh, this world ,is
geed rack from whioh horse May
pick his food; it is a good trough from
which the swine may crunch their
mess, but it gives but little food to a
soul blood 'bought and immortal:
. What is a man? You say, "It is only
' a man." It is only a man gone over-
board in sin. It is only a man one
overboard in business life. What is a
man? The battleground of three
worlds, with his hands taking hold of
destinies of light or darknees. A man
No line oan measure him. No limit can
bound him. The archangel before the
throne cannot outlive him. The stars
shall die but he will watch their ex-
tinguishment. The world will burn,
but he will gaze at the conflagration.
Endless ages will march on. He will
masterpiece of God Almighty. Yet
you. say, "It is only a man.' Can a
nature ante that be fed on husks of
the wilderness
Substantial comfort will not grow
On nature's barren soil;
A.11 we can boast till Christ We know
Is vanity and toil.
' Sorae of you got aRray lay looking say: I was the worst drunkard in
wounds and to scatter the darkness
and to save the lost. Clear the weer
for the.Son of God. Christ comes down
to us, and we are a dead lift. Ile does
not lift us with the tips of His fing-
ers. He does not lift us wieh one arm.
11e comes down uptin Itis knees, and
then with it dead lift He raises us to
honor and glory and immortality. "The
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of
us all." 'Why, then, will a man carry
his sins? You. cannot carry success-
fully the smallest sin you ever commit-
ted. You might as well put the Apen-
nines on one shoulder and the Alps on
the other. How much less can you
carry all • the sins of .your lifetime?
Christ comes and looks down in your
face and says "I have come through
all the lacerations of these days and
through all the tempests of these
nights; I have come to bear your bur-
dens and to pardon your sins and to
pay your debts. Put them on my shoul-
der, put them on my heart," "On him
the Lord hath laid the iniquity of us
all." Sin has almost pestered the life
out of some of you. At times it has
made you cross and unreasonable, and
it has spoiled the brightness of your
days and the peace of ' your nights.
There are men who have been riddled
of sin. The world gives them no sol-
ace. Gossamery and. volatile the world,
while eternity, as they look forward to
it, is black as midnight. They writhe
under the sting e of a conscience which
proposes to give no rast here and no
rest hereafter, and yet they do not re-
pent; they do not pray; they do not
weep. They do not realize that lust
the position they occupy is the. posi-
tion occupied by scores, hundreds and
thousands of men who never found any
If this meetieg should be thrown
open and. the people who are here
could give theile testimony, what thril-
ling experiences we should hear on
all siaesl There is a man who would
say: "1 had brilliant surroundings, I
had the best education that one tat the
best collegiate institutions of this
country could give, and 1 observed all
the moralities of life, and I was self-
righteous, and I thought I was all
right before God as I am all right be-
fore man, but the Holy Spirit came to
me one day and. wad, 'You are a -sin-
ner.' The Holy Spirit persuaded me
of the fact. While I had. escaped the
sins against the law of the land I had
watch the procession. A man 1 The really committed the worst sin a man
ever commits -the driving back of the
Son of God from my heart's affec-
tions -and I saw that ray hands were
red with the blood of the Son of God,
and I began to pray, and peaoe mine
to my heart, and I know by experience
that what you say is true." "tan him
the Lord hath laid the iniquity of as
all!" Yonder is a man who would
for better pasturage, others by being the city; I went from bad to worse;
scared by the dogs. The hound gets destroyed myself; I destroyed my
home; my- children cowered when I
entered the house; when they put up
their lips to . be kissed I struck them;
when my -wife protested. against the
maltreatment, r kicked her into 'the
street. I know all the bruises and
alle the terrors of a drunkard's woe. I
went on farther and farther from Goa,
until. one day I got a letter saying:
aklify Diem alusbarid,-I have tried
(way way, done everything and pray-
ed earnestly and fervently for your re-
formation, but it seems of no avail.
Since our little Henry died,with the ex-
ception of those few happy weeks when
you remained sober, my life had been
over into; the. pasture field. The poor
things fly in every direction. In a few
moments they are torn of the hedges,
and they are plashed of the -ditch, and
the lost sheep' never gets hofne unless
the farmer goes after it. There is noth-
ing so thoroughly lost as a lost sheep.
It may have been in 1857 during the
financial panic, or during the financial
stress in the fall of 1878, when you got
astray. You said, "Where is God that
honest men • go down ,and thieves
prosper I" You were dogged of credit-
ors, you were dogged of the hanks,
you were do ged of worldly disaster
and some o you went into mean-
tnropy and Rine of „atm tocia to strong one of sorrow. Many of the nights 1
mai. There :ire, theretore, dearees of become profeseionalte The " letuttgart
Punishment as well as grades of glory. method," in which the motions are e011-
01. Mt he that knew not. That is, fined as much as possible to the fin -
knew but partially. for seine knowledge ' ger5, is said to play an important part
is implied in the ehrase "servant". elf . in causing this disease.
Christ), and his being liable to punisla . The violinist, mav suffer from cramp
mein at all. •1 he eae• supposed is that in the right hand, wheth bolds the bow,
tetwever, an idle, merely mquisit lee •of One Who difi what he knew, without or ibe left hand. which fingers the
to the door of the church, an:I the loose sleeves. Otber prieetts follow in is
young man met me, and we went int turn until the entire number has pitssed watching whieh is not blessiel, but mire- 'epee1;i1 revelation, by the light of emu- . strings may become affected.
and as 1 went in 1 heard an old num through and then the common people ee, No emeeter• p pleased by leek uf men sense and duty, to be eontrarY 10 Flute pla,yers tennetimes suffer from
prating and be looked so much like are allowed the privilege. It is essential . k 4.1‘rtnieis diligence and readi- iht (LIsulLateena bseegtaIsni!.hetillianlilul.:ie abgetiatioesni, spasm ot the larynx, similar to the
trouble with which elocutionists are fre-
light ; he is less beaten teeause be had 9.uently affected. In the case of a °air-
less light. Much . . . given . . • met. player the disease affects the
my father, I sobbed right out, and they that the passage shall be math, in every
ness are the qualities here praised.
were all around SO kind and se 83 111- and e ease from the east to the west, d
Shall gird himself. One of the most
pathetic that 1 just there gave me' failure to observe this formality is pun-
extraordinary of our.Lord's promises is
heart to God, and I know that what ished severely. this; and none the lest.; fort:jute because
you say is true; I. know it in my own When • the last devotee has had his
e'of us all." Oh, scattered, are solemnly collected, the
bath laid the iniquity' given in a parable mid by iraplication.
experience." " On him the Lord turn, the embers wbich have become The returning MiCeter will trilat his
Prets again form their line of march the East, when a Wet would do his s
servants as distinguished guests, for
my brother, without stopping to look ;
whether your hand. trembles or not, and file back to the temple in the order vieitors special honor, he "girds him -
without stopping to look whether Your in which they left it and tete fike-wor- sego, eee perform.; duties ordinarily
hand is bloated with sin or not, put it ship is over. ' .....ee by the servant.
in my hand, and let me give you. one --Lease- " I N. if he shall come in the second
warm, brotherly, Christian grip and in- . ; wat eh, or come in i he third watch. In
vita you right up to the heart, to the GUN STOCKS. •J4. . the heart of the night. Ituman. gnards-
compassion, to the sympathy to the - • men were on duty from about six in the
pardon of Him on whom the Lord hath The Best :thole or Long-sewenael -walnut
by e iniquity of us all. Throw !
, Ma FiVilltiOlkeill siand. even:ng till nine, from nine till mid -
laid thnight, from midnight till three, and
away your sms. Carrythem no long- /
er. I proclaim emancipation to all 1 Gun stocks of good workmanshipfrom three till about. six in the morn -
are ide
Tips - w ea the four "watches."
who are boaud, pardon for all sin and : made of well -seasoned wahaut. Th.. hanquet would hardly be over lie -
eternal life for all the dead. ' "That piece of wood," said a gun- fore th- rad of the first watch. All
stand aside. Ile comes up three steps. 1 e ave been a enter years
what the next hour niay bring -a truth
watehing implies uneert elate. SIS to
Some one comes here to -day and Il,amith, erne . h b t • '
He comes to this place. I must stand 1 seasoning. Tye known the pile of wood
' emphasized in the next verse. Often
aside. Taking th it place, he spreads it came from these seventeen years. the Eastern peasant has to go to his
nailed. You see his feat' they were . . 83. plow with the sword hanging on his
thigh and a gun flung on his back -
abroad his hands: and they were : The piece as you see it is worth
It is English walnut. This piece that ewa h. ,, b .
shows you his wounded heart. I say„ I am shepine was worth54in the scour the land. But. he is not in more
le ing realise of enemies who
bruised. He pulls aside the robe and ,
y., zilian walnut costs as much as $15 for tians from their spiritual enemy. And
imminent danger than are most Chris -
"weary with the world's woe." I say,
. thou. weary ?""Yes," he says, : rough. It is German walnut. The. Bra -
"Whence comest thou?" He says, 'I a single billet." though, in this peseuge, the coming of
came from Calvary." I say, "Who . Cheap gun stocks are made from Ani- the Son of Man is given as the prime
I have trodden the wine press alone." in the rough, but Ls too porous for use to the other reason else. We aro to
cause for watching, the warning looks
comes with thee?" He says: "No one; eriean walnut, which costs but a trifle
I say, "Why comest thou here?" "Oh," in the best guns. Gun stocks are new watch over ourselves, to keep our spirit -
He says, "I came here to carry all turn.!d out by machinery, en!. tbus made ual nature alert; against temptation,
the sins and sorrows of 'the people." they are cheap. •The best are still that our adversary may not obtain ad,
And He kneels. He says, • "Put on My hand made, and it costs about On to vantage over us; in the duty which our
shoulders all the sorrows and all the reduce the billet of seasoned walnut toMaster has intrusted to us; and for the
sins." And, conscious of ray own sins , the finished and ornate stock. Mast • routing of the Lord. Our duty is not
first, I take them and put them on stocks are now made with the pistol' constantly to talk of Christ's second,
the shoulder sof the Son of God. I , grip feature in addition to the shoulder coming, certainly not to refrain from
say,"Canst thou bear any more, 0 piece. Doubtless the stock as it whole ordinary business, but every moment to.
Christ ?"., He says, "Yes, more." And is a development, from the pistolehend- do his will. •
I gather up the sins of all those who le. The traditional ornamentationiesea • 39. This know. "You cannot know
serve at the altars, the officers of the - series of crossed lines. Skilled glen, the hour; but you may know this." The
church of Jesus Christ. I gather up smiths spend. much time ant care143611 goodman. The house'holder. The thief
all their sins, and I put them on 1113 fashioning of the stock. After, it would come. Christ repeatedly 00111 -
Christ's shoulders, and I say, "Canst• has been shaped to the right form it pares the unexpectedness of his see, -
thou bear any more?" He says, "Yes; is finished to a smooth and uniform sur- ond coming to the approach (A a thief'
more:" Then 1 gather up all the sinsfare with laborious sandpapering, and and the apostles use the same comparn
of a hundred people in this house and ' finally shellacked and rubbed down son (1 Thess.5. 2; 2 Peter 3. 10). His
put them on the shoulders of Christ, , and polished after the manner of treat- house to be broken through. Literally,
and. I say, "Canst thou bear more ?" . ing the best • cabinet -made furniture. "to be digged through," for in the Ora
ale says, "Yes; more." And I gather : A gunsmith may spend tivo days or ent houses are often built of mud co-
up all ' the sins of this assembly and ! more in making a stook, and a hand- ment, through which a burglar could
put them an the shoulders of the Son ; made stock of Brazilian walnut may be dig his way more easily than he could
of God, and I say, "Canst thou bear : worth 525. . • force the door.
them?" • "Yea," he says, • -" more." I 'Fancy woods are not much used in 40. The Son of , Man cometh. There
But Heis departing. ' Clear the way ! gun.stocks that are to be anything but
are three senses in Which this expres-
for Him,- the Son of God! 'Opeu the i showpieces. Mahogany is too brittle
sion is used.: (1) Christ came in the end
door - and, let him pass out. He . is for the purpose, and rosewood is too of the Jewish state, when the new dis-
carrying . our sins and, bearing them heavy. The finishing has to be of a
away. We shallinever see them again.. sort,'r
to esist water, and hence ordin- pensation finally took the place of the
old; (2) He will come in the final sue -
He throws them down into the abyss, ary varnish is not used in polishing at
and. you hear the long, reveberating well -made gun stook. There are coni -cess of the GOSpel, when all the earth
shall be evargelized ; (3) he will come
echo of their fell. "On him the Lord paratively few gunsmiths in town who
hath lied the iniquity of us all." Will make a specialty of hand -made stooks, finally, to be seen by all mankind. If
you let him take your sins to -day, or and those are •usually -Germans. A
do you say, "I will. take charge of gunsmith'- is occasionally asked to make
them myself, I will fight my own bat- an especially .ornate stock with cerv-,
ties, I will risk eternity on my own ings, and possibly even ineet ...peael,
account ?" I know not how near some ivory, or gold. These stocks Ec*' abst-
of you have come to .crossing the line. ly, but for practical purpose's thy !ate
A clergyman. said in his pal& one less useful than the plain stock of 'Eng -
Sabbath, 'Before • next Saturd,ay night lish, Gerraan, or Brazilian walnut. '.
one of this audience will have -.passed
out a life." A gentleman said to an-
other seated next to him: "I don't be-
lieve .it. I mean to watch, and if it
doesn't come true by next Saturday
night -I shall tell that clergyman his
falsehood. The man seated next to
him said: "Perhaps it will be your-
self." "Oh, no," the other replied, "I
shall live to be an old man.' That
night he breathed his last. To -day the
Saviour call. All may come. God
never pushes a man off. God never
destroys anybody. The man jumps
off; he jumps off. It is suicide -soul
suicide -if the man perishes for the
invitation is "whosoever will, let him
oome," whosoever, whosoever, whoso-
ever! •
While God invites, how blest the day,
How sweet the gospel's charming
sound I
Come, sinner, haste, oh, haste away.
Wlile yet a pardoning God is found.
In -this day of _merciful visitation
while many are coming into the king-
dom of God join the procession heaven-
ward. Seated in my, church Was a
• ,1
It is ,possible for every man to as-
sume an elegant manner, but the true,
gentleman is Nature's own nobleman,
who never forgets to be polite to every
one, a,nd it is as easy to discern the as-
sumed from the innate good breeding
as it is to distinguish paste from dia-
monds. -Dickens.
An observant man, in all his inter-
course with society and the world, con-
stantly and unperceived marks on every
person and thing the figure expressive
of its value, and therefore, on meeting
that person or thing, knows instantly
what kind and degree of attention to
give it. This is to make something of
experience. -John Foster.
There is something in obstinacy which
differs from every other passion. When-
ever it fails, it never recovers, but eith-
er breaks like iron, or crumbles sulk-
ily. away, like a fractured arch. Most
other passions have their period of fa-
tigoe and rest, their sufferings -and
their cure; but obstinacy has ncre-
source, and the first wound is mortal. -
we are ever tempted to regard ceriam
utterances of some who emphasize this
precious doctrine as extravagances
and follies, how much more extravagant
and foolish are we if we ignore it I Just
how Christ will eome, in body or in
spirit, we do not presume to say, but
that he will come is certain. When ye
think not. Is it not hazardous then,
for any man to compute either the day,
the year, or even the century when
Christ will come? But it is more fool -
isle in the light of Scripture, to declare
that he will not come.
41. Then Peter said. The questions
of the twelve were often voiced by
Peter. Our Lord frequently specially
addressed his disciples in the presence
of the multitude.
42. Faithful and wise steward. Every
Christian is a steward of God. The
most unfaithful and foolish thing any
steward can do is reekle,sslrfo disre-
gard the authority of his master. A
faithful and wise servant of God will
be much more concerned about the
will of God than about popular opinion,
business expediency, or social recogni-
tion. His lord sball make ruler over
his household. The "lord" does this
when he makes him steward. "Who-
ever by reason of genius, position, or
wealth has influence or control over
others is in so far placed over them,
and is aocountable to his Lord for the
administration of his trust." -Abbott.
Their portion of meat. It is the duty of
Johnson. ectch of las to give of what We have to
•
znueli required. The universal law 1:7- tongue and enneeles of the larynx.
ing at t he foundation of the principles senile:tresses are affected with mus -
just laid down, cular spasm of the hands. Tailors who
;sit eross-legged a great deal sometimes
suffer from a peculiar spasm when
TELEPHONE AS A PROPHET. they assume this position. Sinkers'
spasm and cigarmakers' cramp are very
rarely seen.
--
Foretells' Temperature Chauges and Wes
Ballet dancers' cramp is neureigie in
Warming of
it Starat's Approach lioniN
Bel avian/IL character, and is caused by the intense
strain on. the muscles.
You ba•ve, of course, heard the snap- Among people who count and inhale? s aseee
ping eounds, like the sizzling of grease large sums of money, as the
in a frying pan, in a telephone. 'Un- TELLERS OF BANKS,
doulttedly you have also noticea taat tohrufemotbetzniridepxoyanggetreilarere outsu;
this souna. is more pronounced during - •
, prominent bank is affiit•ted to such an
or suet before a storta, The telephone , extent that he thumb of his right
• • -
is, in fact, one of the most sensitive in- , hand is constantly in motion, as though
Anti were counting papa. money.
struinents in use, and when properly
, Golfers' arm -cramp is the latest to
the list. An Englishman who had been
construe -tell and adeueted is susce
of extremely minute' sounds. On ac- . playing golf one afternoon and going
double his usual rounds awoke the
count of its sensitivetiess it is often
neat morning with a severe neuralgic.
used as an eleetrical testing instrument pain in -the sboulder and arna. The
for locating leaks, &C. • 4,4,0a was eonfined to one nerve, ex -
The suggestion is. now made to utile toidinginceenward to the elbow, where
inc the telepleme as a barometer. This there were • .painful points. He also
may be aecumplished by placing in the complained of numbnessAndtingling in
earth five or six yards from each other t the thumb and index Nagel.. The dis-
two bars of iron, split and separated at turisance is said to be caused by the
their 'ewer en-ls, so as to inerease the sudden and et -hip -like contractions of
surface of contact. The earth at the the triceps muscle, which bruises the
face of these bars shouM be kept sat- nerve.
urated with a solution of chlorhydrate Policeman's disease is a neuralgic af-
et ammonia, applications once every feetion of the feet. 'It is said to be due
week or two being sufficient. The two to a flattening of the foot and stretch: -
bars are to be comiectee by wires with ing of the ligaments of the under sur-
e, telephone. Twelve or fifteen hours face of the foot. The disease occurs,
before a storm a chirping sound will be quite frequently be Paris. • Very few anisagela
heard in the receiver, which will grad- cases are met wieli in this country.
ually inere.ase , as the storm comes Tbis is believed to be due to the dif-
nearer„ finally sounding like the patter- ferenee in the ahbes. area the .gait of
hot of hail on a metal roof. At each *th'e French and our guardians of the
lightning flash, a sound like a dull bleria lieaee• ' •
on the receiver will be heard. Previous This disease le 'considered one of the•
to changes of temperature there will most troublesome- of all the occupation
bbhe.das.mugmur like the distant song of diseases. Nerve specialists say it is very
chronic.
BEREFT.
Sleep, sweet Spring, in the storms and
glooms
Of wintry skies,
Wake not to scatter thy lap of blooms,
Dark be thine eyes!
Sleep entombed in the drifted lea,
On frozen earth,
Nor stir with the old sweet mystery
Of life at birth.
Sleep in the seeds and scaly hoods
Of buds fast sealed,
Sleep for aye in the naked woods,
Die unrevealece
Die in the firstlings of the flock
And shivering herds:
Blight, upon tree and moor and rock,
The loves of birds.
Sleep with the spawning frog and fish,
In crystal cave;
Loose not, at Nature's ardent wish,
The fettered vra.ve.
Sleep in the unborn Pascal moon
And veil her horn;
Freeze in the bells their holy tune
For Easter morn.
Shroud the sun as he rises fast
To zenith
Darken his day with garment vast
Of cloud and wind. -
Sleep, sweet Spring, in the purple gloom
Of the dawning year,
Nor hither come with thy balm and
bloom,
Thy senile and tear.
Sleep! bsrhoewsleeps who with burning
Longed sore for thee
Possess thy soul in her patience now,
And, where she sleeps in the grave,
sleep thou, Eternally.
FOR A STARVING FAMILY.
A terrible scene of destitution was '
found not far from Hughes' lum.ben
camp, near Mecosta„ Mich., the other
day. John Gibbs has been trying to
support his large family cutting posts
for 75 cents a day, but work has been •
slack. One of the lumber boys, passing
Gibbs' house, saw little children huddled
together on the old floor, dressed in
flour sacks, without shoes or stockings
Mrs. Gibbs had hardlyenough to cover
her person, and rags pinned on her feet
served as shoes. The children's clothes
had to be pinned together, because there
WaS no thread in the house and no
money to buy it with. Several of the
rough, big-hearted lumber boys, them-
selves earning only 75 cents a day, got
up it subscription of $25,filled a, wag-
on with provisions and with clothes for
all the family, even the baby. There is
a happy family in Mecosta County now.
BURIAL OF BR1TISH ROYALTY.
All the members of the Royal fam-
ily of England who have died during
the century are buried at Windsor,with
the exception of six. The Duke of Sus-
sex and his sister, the Princess Sophia,
were buried in Kendal Geeen Cemetery
in accordance with their explicit orders.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
are interred at Kew. Prime Alexander
of Wales was buried at Sandringham.
The remains of the Grand Duchess Alice
of Hesse are in the vault of her hus-
band's family near Darmstadt.
Until after the sixth century a our
era a1 silk imported from the East to
the West was valued at its weight in
gold. The silken goods v;•ere put filtt.
one sieele and enough gold to balane4
them was Owed hi )m. at:tevrr,