Exeter Times, 1896-7-16, Page 34
" STEADY TIIERE 1"
THE REAL QUALITIES REQUIRED BY
THE SPIRITUAL HUNTSMAN.
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The Cbristian Seripuircs and Their Many
examities or :nighty etnutsineu—whe
theough the body of the waxrior and
out through the backplate. Wbat a
symbol of tbat gospel which is sharper
than a two-edged sword, piercing to
the dividing asunder of body and soul
and of tho joints and marrow leahould
to God we had more faith in that gos-
pel The. humblest ina,n, it he had
enough faith in it, could bring 100 souls
to Jesus—perhaps 500. Just in propor-
Gospel Arrow ghat gas Brought Down ties age seems to believe less
tutu as
and les,s in it. I believe more tied raore
heeeeesnie men. in it, What are men about that they
Washington, july 5.—All people who will not accept their own deliverance?
are trying tre do good, will find this dis- There is nothing proposed by men that
as cae, do anything like this gospel. The
course of Dr. Talmage, inspiring , religion of Ralph Waldo Emerson was
well as unique. His text was Genesis, the philosophy of icicles. The religion
x, 9, " He was a mighty hunter before of Theodore Nailer was a sinew of
the Lord." the desert covering up the soul with
t dry sand. The religion of Henan was
In our day, hunting is a sport, but iiet romance of believuThg nothing. the
in teeflands and the times infested religion of the Haxleys and the Spen-
with wild beasts it w,as a matter of We oers merely a pedestal on which human
or death with the people. It was very
philosophy sits shivering in the night
f the soul, looking up to the stars, of -
different from going out on a. sunshiter tering no help to tbe nations that
afternoon with a patent breechloader eroutch and green at. the base. Tell me
where there is one man who has re -
to shoot reed birds on the flats wb,en
jeeted that gospel for another, who is
Pollux and. iechilles and Diomedes went thoroughly. satisfied and belated and
Out to olear tee laud of lions and.tigers contented M his skepticism, and. I 'will
and, birds. My text eets forth 'Nimrod take the car to -morrow and ride 500
as a. bero when it presente him with • miles Id) dee -131m- The full ?mar of tbe
gashrl lute not yet been ouelied. As
broa,d shoulders and shaggY apparel ti sportsman timows up bis bead. and
and sun -browned face and arm bunch- melee the ball flying' through the air,
ed with ixtuscle—a " mighty hunter be- I jest so easily mall this gospel after
fore the Lord." I think be used the
tirwotle.catch :this round Nvorld Hying
its orbit and bring it back to
the heart of Cbrist. Gave it full swing,
and it will pardon every sin, heal every
wound, cure every trouble, exaancipate
every sieve and ransom every nation.
Ye Christian xnen lied women who go
ont this afternoon to do Christian wore,
as you go into the Sunday schools, the
lay pre.aching stations andthe peniten-
tiaries and the asytiline I want you to
feel that you, bear in your hand a wea-
pen, compared with which the light -
rang hes no speed, and avalanches
hate no heft, and the thunderstorms of
heaven eave eo power. It is the arrow
of the omnipotent awe'. Take care-
ful Pau the arrow clear back un-.
til the head etrikes the bow, Then let
it fly, And, mity the slain of the Lord
be many.
Again, if you want to be skillful in
spirituel archery, you must hunt in un-
frequented and secluded places. Why
does the hunter go thxee or four deers
in the Pennsylvania forests or over
Baguette lake into the wilds of the
Adirondack*? It is the only way to
-t1 The deer are shy and one "bang"
of the gen clears the forest. Prom the
California, stage you 8e6 as you go
over the plains here and there a c,oy-
ote, trotting along, almost within range
of the guu—sometimes quite within
range ot it. aro one cares for that; it
is worthless. The good geme is hidden
and secluded. Every hunter knows
that. So many of the souls tbat will
be of most worth for Christ and of
most value to the. aunt are secluded.
They do not coixie in your way. You will
lave to go where they are. Yonder
they are, down in that cellar; yonder
from the door of any chattel, the gos-
pel arrow has not been pointed at them.
The tract, distributer and city mission-
ary sometimes eateb a glimpse of them,
as a btuiter througb the trees gets e
nsomentary sight al a :partridge, or a
roebuels. The trouble is we are wait-
ing for the game to tome to us. We are
not good bunters. We are standing in
some street or highway expecting that
the timid a,ntelope will conte up and eat
out of our bands. We are expecting
that the prairie fowl will light on our
church steeple. It is not their habit.
If the chu.rob should wait 10„000,000 of
years for the world to come in and be
saved, it will wait in vain. The world
will not come. Wbat the church wants
now is to lift its feet frota damask ot-
tomans and put them in the stirrups.
We went a pulpit on wheels. The
church wants Da so muoh cushions as it
wants saddlebags and arrows. We have
got to put aside the gown and kid
gloves and put on the .hunting. shirt.
We have been fishing so long in the
brooks that run under the shadow of
the church that the fish know us, that
they avoid the hook and eseape as soon
as we. come to the bank, while yonder
is Upper Saranao and Big Tupper's
lake, where the first swing of the gos-
pel net would break it for tlae muititude
of the fishes. There is outside work to
be done. What is that I see in the back-
woods? It is a. tent. Tbe hunters have
made a clearing and camped out. What
do they care if they have Wet feet, pr
if they have nothing but a pine branch
for a pillow, or for the northeast storm.
If a moose in the darkness steps into
the lake to drink, they hear it right
away. If a loon cry in the moonliglit
they hear it.
So in the service of God we bave ex-
posed work. We have got to camp out
and rough it. We are putting all our
care on the people who come to our
churclies. What are we doing for the
thousands upon thousands that do not
come? Have they no souls? Are they
sinless that th.ey need no pardon? Are
there no dead in their houses that they
need no comfort? Are they out off from
God to go into eternity—no wings to
bear them, no Aght to cheer teem, no
welcome to greet them? I hear to -day
surging up from the lower depths a
groan that comes through our Chris-
tian assemblages and. through our beau-
tiful churches, and it blots out all this
scene from my eyes to -day, as by the
mists of a great Niagara, for the .dasb
and the pluege of these great torrents
of life dropping do-wn into the fathom-
less and thundering abyss of suffering
and woe. I sometimes think that just
as God blotted out the churches of
Thyatira and. Corinth and Laodieea be-
cause of their sloth and stolidity he
will blot out American and English
Christianity and Taiga on the ruins a.
stalwart, wide awake. raissionary
church that can take the full mean-
ing of that co.ntmand, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature."
I remark farther, if you want to
suecr,ed in spiritual arclutry you mtist
have courage. .1/ the bunter stand
with trembling band or shoulder that
flinches with fear, instead of his tak-
ing the catamount, the catamount
takes him. Whet would become of the
Greenlander if, when out hunting. for
the bear, he should stand shiveringg
with terror on an iceberg? What would
have become of Du Chaillu and Living-
stone le the African thicket with a
faiat heart and weak knee? When a
panther comes within 20 paces of you,
an die ha sits eye on t'ou,. and it ins
squatted for the fearful spring, "Steady
there I" '
Courage 0 ye spiritual archers I
There ,are great raonstera in iniquity
prowling all around about the com-
munity. Shall we not of the strength
of God go forth and combat them? "We
not only need tnore heart, but more
backbone. What is the dumb of God
that it should fear to look in the eye
any transgression? There is the Ben-
gal tigex of drunkenness that prowls
areued, and instead of attacking at,
how many of us hide under the church
pew of tee conamunion table. Tbere is
so much invested in it, we are petheid
to assault it; millions of dollars ballta-
rels,,in vats, in spigots, in corkscretvs,
in gin palaces with naarble floors and
Hellen top tables, and abased ice
coolers, and in the atrycineue, aud the
der s
bow and the arrows with great success
practicing archery,
I ha:ve thought, if it is such a great
tbing and such, a brave thing to cle.ax
wiki beasts out of a country, if it is
not. a better and braver thing to hunt
down and destroy those great evils of
society that are stalking the land 'with
fieree eye and bloody paw and sharp
tusk and. quick spring. I have won-
dered if there is not such a thing as
gospel archery, by which those who
have beep flying from the truth maybe
captured for God and heaven, The Lord
Jesus in his sermon used the art of
angling for an illustration when he
eald, "I will make you Hailers of men,"
And so I think I have authority for
using hunting as an illustration of gos-
pel. truth, and I pray God that there
may be many a raan to -day who will be-
gin to study gosr,e1 archery of whom
it rely after wane be said, He was
a, naiglity hunter before the Lord."
How much awkward Christian work
there is done in the world! How many
goad people there are who drive souls
away from Christ instead of bringing
them to Him! All their finger e axe
thunebs—religious blunderers wise upset
more than they right. Their gun hes a
°rooked barrel and kicks as it goes off.
They are like a, clumsy comrade, wh.o
goes along with skillful hunters. At
the very moment when he should be
most quiet he is eraekling an alder or
felling over a log and frightening away
the game. How few Christian people
have ever learned. the lesson of which
I read at the beginning of this service,
how that the Lord Jesus Christ at the
well went from talking about a cap
of water to the most practical religious
truths, which won the woman's soul
for Godl Jesus in the wilderness was
breaking bread to tbe people. I think
it was good bread. It was very light
bread and. the yeast bad done its work
thoroughly. Christ, after he had broken
the bread., said to the people, "Beware
of the yeast or of the leaven of the
Pharisees." So natural a transition it
was, and how easily they all under-
stood him! But how few Christian
people there are who understand how
to fasten the truths of God and religion
to the souls of men. Truman Osborne.,
one of tbe evangelists who went through
this country years ago, had a wonder-
ful art in tbe right direction. Hetcame
to ray father's house one day, and while
we were all seated. in the room he said,
"Mr. Talmage, are all your children
Christians?" Father said, "Yes, all but
De Witt." Then Trtunan Osborne look-
ed down into the fireplace and began
to tell a. story of a storm that came
on the mountains, and all the sheep
were in the fold, but there was one
lamb outside that perished, in the
storm. Had be looked me in the eye
sbould bave been angered when he
told the story, but he looked' into the
fireplale, and it was so pathetically
and beautifully done that I never found
any peace until I was sure I was inside
the fold where the other sheep were.
The archers of olden times studied
their art. They were very precise in
the matter. The old books gave spe-
cial directione as to how an 'archer
should go and .ae to what an archer
should do. He must steed erect and
firm, his left foot a little in advance of
the right foot. With his left hand he
must take hold of the bow in the mid-
dle, and then .with the three fingers
and the thumb of hA right band he
should. ley hold of the arrow and affix
it to the string—so precise was the di-
rection given. But bow clem,sy we aro
about religious work! How little skill
and care we exercise! How often our
arrows miss the mark 1 Oh, that there
were more institutions established in
• all the, towns and cities of our land,
where men might learn the art of do-
ing good—studying spiritual archery,
and known as "mighty bunters before
the Lord."
In the first pla,oe, if you want to be
effectual in doing good, you must be
very sure of your weapon. There was
. something very fascinating about the
archery of olden times. Perhaps you
do not know what they could do with
the bow and arrow, Why, the chief
battles fought by the English Plantag-
enets were with the long bow. They
would take the arrow of polished wood
and feather it with the plume of a bird,
and then it would fly from the bow-
string. of plaited silk. The broad fields
• of Agincoart, and Solway Moss, and
Neville's Cross heard the loud anima
of the 'archer's bowstring. Now, my
Christian friends, we. have a mightier
- weapon than that. It is the arrow of
the gospel; it is a sharp arrow; it is a
straight arrow; it is feathered from the
:king of the dove of God's spirit; it
flies from a bow raa,de out of the wood
of the °rose. As far as I can estimate
or calculate it has brought down 400-
000,000 souls. Paul knew how to bring
the notch of that arrow on to that
bowstring, and its told]. was heard
through the courtroona, until the knees
of Felix knocked together. It was that
arrow that stuck m Luther's heart
when he cried out: "Oh, my sins Oh,
my sins 1" If it strike a man in the
heail, it kills his skeptioisra; if it strike
a man in the he,e1, it will turn his stelt;
if it strike him in the heart, he throwe
up his lianas, its did the Emperor Ju-
lian of old when wounded in the bat-
tle, crying, "0 Galilean, thou haat con-
quered 1"
In the armory of the, Earl of Pem-
broke there are ola corselets which
eirow thet the arrow of the English
to. it t4thoagle,,MuktiarefOtPlaOk
THE i EXBTER: Timps
memory a the awtul event that THE SUNDAY SCI1001,. pened there. The location is now an -
known. Uzzah put forth his band to
the ark of God. To steedy it. He eith-
er did not know the danger. or did
not th ink of it. The 18,W a Moses pro-
vided. that the sons of Rishath should
cary it, but even they "seated not
The capture of jerusalem was soon kliCekeodxten1J:zhalta eitihdelnItry Eletrurerdthco..1
follotved by the surrender a other for- the stumbling of the oxen would up -
tresses, and the possession of the en- set the ark.
tire mountain region a Palestine by Anfd iitienatsve must teach very care -
Israel. But the Philistines, long roes- to
oeaues tin: in..
a flYiarell." the?srae eathininng;
ters of the, land, would not yield their belie The anger of the Lord was kin-
dled. Not bat temper, nor irritation,
sway without a struggle. Three fierce
battles were fought under the walls of nmoeraairegt nfa,eetirn, iLlywethawoturdord
des -
the new capital, but the tide of the cribe Nelten felt ifn our own hearts. This
conqueat had turned, and now Patti- was indignation to teach a lesson. If
istia, fell before Israel, and even the Gwocoutlabatla,. vneot now interfered, )ns apt
strong city Gall was taken by the vie- spised, for one slight wouldsurely be
torious arras of David. Mountain and followed by others, and one act of sever -
pleat and valley, from the "entering,
Hamate " to the " river of Egypt, trg.,svriutcrhlaestletshiiisco4nwoiusnald lesult abid-
o As .neabirfulttre.
died. The a,rk wastheone emblem
re
were now possessed by twelve tribes, he d
and the conquest begun by Joshua. was of the tree God in all the -world; it
completed under David. All the sur- atoll to these early Israelites instea,d
and for the Lord Jehovah .eveora it given to treat it with reverence, as a,
symbol of the Most Ifigh. oa
Lit hititiges. and agit alts
rounding eations were inspired with a and ep&stles.
new respect for the powerful throne. The most careful commands a been
represented. The time had come for a mends had been set carelessly aside by
co
new departu.re in the religious historY teseals.
of the chosen people. The ark had long 8. Devid was displeased. Intensely
lain in seclusion, and. the ordinances ot vexed.
too. (See verse 9.) Made a breech upon
He was profoundly frightened,
worship bad. been in abeyance. Saul had
Wein the priests, and the people had
well-nigh forgotten Gea's law. So David
logwood, and the tartaric acid, and the
flux vomica, that go to make up our
"pure" American drinks. looked with
wor,derine eyes on the "Heidelberg
tun." Jt is the great liquor vat. of
Germany whieh ie said to hold 8C0 hogs-
heads of tvine, and only three times iti
10 years it has been filled. But as I
steel and looked at it, i stad to my-
self ; "That, is nothing.; 800 hogsheads!
Why, hur American vat, bolds 2,000,000
barrels of strong thinks, and we keep
200,600 men with nothing to do but to
see that it is filled." Oh ! to attack
Ode great, inonster of intemperance,
and the kindred monsters of fraud and
uncleanness, requires you to x -ally all
your Christian courage. Through the
prees, tbrough the pulpit, throngh the
platform you. must assault it. Would
to God that all our American Chris-
tians would band togethete got for
cractehrained fanatieism, but for holy
Christian reform. I think it was in
1793 that there went out, frona Lucknow,
India, under the sovereign, the great-
est hunting party that was ever pro-
jectett. There were 10,000 armed men in
that hunting party. There were cam-
els and horses and elephants. On some
prineee rode and royal ladies muter
exquisite bousings, and 500 coolies
wall el upon the train, and the desa-
late places of India were invaded by
this excursion, and the rlainoceraus,
the deer and the elephant fell under the
stroke of saber awl, 1,ullet. After a -while
the party hrought back trophies worth
50,009 rupees, having, left tne wiiderness
of Huth ghastly with the slain bodies
of wild beasts. Would to God that in -
steal of bore and there a straggler
going out to fight these great mon-
sters of iniquity in. our country, the
million raeutbership of our !churches
would band together and hew ill twain
these great mates that wake tee land
friglelta with their roar anti are fat -
teeing upon the bodies and souls of,
immortal men! Who is ready for such
party as that'? Who will be a inighty
hunter for the Lord?
I remark again if you wanted to be
successful in spiritual archery, you need
not only to bring down the game, but
bring, it in. I think one of the meet
beautifal pictures of Thorwallsen. ie his
"Autunite" It represents a sportsraan
corning home and standing under .a
grapevine. He has a staff over his
shoulder, and on the other end of that
staff are., hung a rabbit and a lnatie
of birds. Every hunter brings borne
the game. No one would think
bringing down a reindeer or steappmg
up a streara for trout and letting them
lie in the woods., At eventide the camp
is adorned with the treasure,s of the
forest—beak and fin and antleri If
you go out to Imre for iramorial souls,
not only bring them down under the
arrow of the gospel, but bring them
Into tbe church of God, the encamp-
ment we have pitched this side. of
the skies. Fetch them in. Do not let
them lie out in the open fielde They
need our prayers and sympathies and
help. That is the meaning of the
church of God—help. 0 ye hunters for
the Lord, not only bring down the
game, but bring it in!
If Mithridates liked hunting so well
that for seven years he never went in-
doors what enthusiasm ought we to
have who are hunting for immortal
souls 1 If Domitianus practiced arch- Pale. ithaendvehoeplobad(secoonsinletheirlouth.
ery until be could etand a boy down in
the Roman anaphitheatre, tvith a liana
ftrohirtr2b' oth°thr Z'esciesfelteree jdomvelalwahnod carne
out, the fingers like that, and then the
king could shoot an arrow between the
fingers without wounding them, to
what drill arta what practiee ought
not we to subject ourselves in order
to become spiritual archers and "rnigb-
ty bunters before the Lord!" But, let
me say you will never look any better
than you pray. The old arcbers took
the bow, put one end of it down be-
side tbe foot, elevated tbe other end,
end it was the rule that the bow should
be just the size of the archer: If it
were just bis size, then he would go
into tbe battle with confidence. Let me
say that your power to protect good in
tbe world will correspond exactly to
your own spiritual stature. in other
words, the first thing in preparation
for Christian work is personal conse-
cration.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 19.
"The Ark Brought to Jerusalem." 2 Salai
a. 1.12. Golden Text, Psalm 84,12.
GENEHAL STATE31411T. puc any holy things lest they die."
Uzzah. Rent a rent e as if he turn-
ed tire out of the nation. Perezuzzah.
The judgment of Uzzah. To this day.
The diey of the writing of the record
resolved. to place the worship of God
te as 400 B.C.
9. Hayed. was afraid, David's fear is
perfectly sensible, however. It does not
re.sult in panic, but in intelligent ac-
tion. How shall the ark a the Lord
come to me? Had he asked this ques-
tion sooner a butnan life would. have.
been saved, and tile joy of the people
would not so suddenly have been. turn-
ed into mourning.
10. So Jaavid would not reraove the
ark. He was eot yet confident that he
might not make another fatal mistake.
Carried it aside into the house of Obed-
consult the latv ef God brough,t a sad odom. What led David to select this
result in the death of (Mei who stood houso -we cannot tell; but no sooner
was it placed there, then the effect
by the ark, and the triaroh was delay- 117311 seen in the increased prosperity
ed for three raontles while the la.w was of Obed-edom. The Gittite. '.rhe word.
searched and Gods will was revealed. indicates the place of Obed-edom's
Again the procession was forrued; the birth: probably the Levitical city of
Gathrixxunon, though it may xne;an the
ancient ohest covered from profane gaze,
was borne upon the shoulders of the
priests and carried over the hills of
13enjamin. The gates of Zion were open-
ed, and the token of God's presence was
carried. within the. walls, there to rest
until it find an abiding home in the tut soon as the eat wentento his house.
curtained recess of the temple. They not only judged him by the fart
that the ark had been left there, but
PRACTICAL NOT.ES. they judged the ark by its effect on his
Verse 1. Again, David gathered to- family. It bad killed Uzzah; wbat
gether all the chosen men. But not woula it do to Med-edam Dated went
now for war. Ho proposed. to make the and brought up tbe ark. Read 1Chron.
removal of the ark to Jerusalem not 15. 2. David had nride close examtina.-
a private act but the Pet of the peo- tion, meanwhile, of the Mosaic law, and
he gathered the flower of the nation
again together to escort the ark to
the city of David. With gladness. One
should caeefully read the parallel story
every region between the bord.ers of in Chronicles, and all the rest of the
Tyre and Lebanon and the edge of story tn. this book. This was a great
Egypt. event in the history of israel—geeet
'2. David arose and went with all the politic.ally and great religiously—and
people. He bad assembled them at has many lessons.
13aele of Judah, otherwise known as
Kirjath-jearim, eleven miles west of
Jerusalem. Our story begins in Beale,
with the formation of the procession
which was to escort the ark from the
privacy in whicia it had. lain foo more
than sixty yeaxs, to the new capital
of the nation. The ark of God. N'ot,
therefore, the ark of Israel. It was a
m its prominence before the people. For
thia ptienose be pianned. to bring intr.
his new capital the ark of the coven-
ant, the shrine of the. law, and the
symbol of God's presence, and to Bur -
round. it with a raagnifieent service. The
representative inen of all Israel were
surcunoned. to participate in the great
event. Amid. sound of trumpets and
songs and. dances, the ark was brought
from its hiding place. But a neglectto
in this forra, which my have been as
Philistine city of bath.
II. All his household. The deacendants
ef good men have special blessings with-
al their reach.
12. It was told King David. Every-
body began to watch Obechedora. just
Ob, for a closer walk with God,
A calm and. heavenly. frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to tbe Lamb 1
I am sure that there are some here
wbo at some Uses ha,ve been bit by the light er (lay, and visited wound of ay each only year—tby the eyes weak. Using them in a dim light
gospel arrow., You. felt tbe high priest one dof he
that conviction, and you plunged into "day of atonement." When the ark has the same effect; hence sewing, read-
ths world. deeper, just as the stage was captured by the. Philistines the ing or any labor or recreation that tax -
when the hounds are after it,. plunges hope of Israel perished; until it was es the sight xaust be avoided. Sitting
into Scbroon lake, expecting. ea thatwith a light shining hill in the face
brought back the nation felt that God •
way to escape., Jesus Christ Is on your bad deserted them; but having been is. eee, teereenee
traok to -day, impenitent man—not in brougla back, they lacked sufficient na- — `sae' —J ---
panting souls, here is the stream of siaam, to enshrine it properly in the once entirely lost; but it rimy be stren-
The sight can never be restored if
wrath, but in mercy.. 0 ye chased and tiona,1 feeling sufficient religiolis ennui -
nation's heart. Name. In all Hebrew gtherted if somewhat, or even greatly
God's mercy and salvation, where you
may cool your thirst! Stop that abase -writing " name" stands for characte,r, unpaired. An old gentleman of 80
keen as when he was
that leaped. from the heart of my Lord of armies. That dwelleth between whose syears, whose eyes were as bright and.
wat as
of sin to -day. By the red fountain Loa
arsonality. The Lord of hosts. The
I bid you stops Is tnere in all this the cherubim. This does not refer to 20, told nte teat when his eyes felt
house anyone who can refuse the offer the throne of God in the heavens, but tired, and always the last thing before
that comes from the beart of the dying to the fact that he was believed to iretiring, he gently pinched the ball of
Son of God/ Why, do you know that dwell in the ark, or on its top, between the eye between his thumb and finger,
there are in the banished world souls the oustretched wings of the golden thus preventing the flattening of the
that for that offer you get to day cherubim that surmounted it. Refer- ball, which induces failing eyesight
would fling the crown of the universe enue is made to this ha several other in old age. It certainly affords relief
at your feet if they possessed it? But passages, as for example (Psalm 80. 1.) If the eyes are inclixied to bectam.e
they went out on tbe mountains; the 3. They set the ark of Gad upon a bloodshot, or are subject to infla,ra-
storm took tbem, and they died. new cart. They meant to be reveren- nation, they should be closed and gent -
There is in a forest in Germany a tial and so those a cart teat had not ly bathed with water as hot as ca,n 'be
place they call the "deer leap"—two been polluted by use; but they had not borne several times a day and at least
crags about 18 feet apart, 'between properly studied the law, which pro- ten minutes at a time. If there is a
tbem a fearful claa,sin. This is called vided tbat the ark should always be secretion on the edge of the lids on
the "deer leap" because once a hunter borne on the shoulders of the Levite.s. awakening in the morning, do not rub
was on the track of a deer4 It came to Out of the house of Ahinada.b. Where therm but soap tbern with warm water
one of -these crag% There was no es- it had remained for seventy years, or until the matter is entirely removed.
cape for it from the pursuit of the hun- nearly so. That was in Gibeah. Gibeah If the edges of the lids are greased
ter, and, in utter despair, it gathered means "the hill." In many oases in slightly on retiring, it will cure the
itself up and. in the death agony at- the Old Testament it is unque,stionably trouble and prevent granulation.
tempted to jump across.' Of course it a proper name; but here it seems to If any foreign substance has got into
IJ,k thegye,do not rub it or use any rough
fell and. was dashed on the rooks far have been a locality within he -limits ,
i
beneath. Here is •a path to heaven. It of the town of Basle, and. is process effort to remove it, but hold the heed
is plain. It is safe, Jesus marks it out sion, forming in some other paxt, of sideways and allow lukewarni water to
for every man to walk in. But here the town had .marched up toward this ' emeAD over the ball, the lids being held
is e man who says, "I won't walk in hill. Uzzalt and Aldo. trzza,h is a pro- ' gently apart with the fingers. This
that path.. I will take my own way." per name; Abio is not, and should. be . will effectually remove anything from
He comes on until be confronts the translated. "his brother." the eye without causing pain or inflame
chasm that divides his soul from 4. They brought it out of the house %station -
heaven., Now his last hcau has come, of Abinadab is a repetition whicb. does A _great many people are averse to
• and be resolves that he will leap tbat not 'belong here. In place of eeeteas wearing glasses, considering theneedh,
chasm, from the heights of eartb to the partying the ark a eee we &mei sign of advancing age and its attendant
beigles of he-siven. Stand back now read "with the ark of God," &tad attach infirmities. This is false pride and will
and give him full swing, for no soul it to the phrase, "the new cart" at mesult in watery eyes that have lost
ever did that successfully. Let him, the end of the last verse, so as to make all power of expression and all charms
try. Jump! jump! He misses the mark the whole read: " Uzzah and his broth- of beauty. If, after proper attention,
and he goes down, depth below depth, err, the sons of Abina.dab, drave the the sight still becomes dim or blurred,
"destroyee without remedy," Men, an- new cart with the ark of God in it," it is imperative thee a , reliable opti-
gels, devils, what shall we call !that
place of awful catastrophe?. I.,et it be
known forever as the sinner's death
leap.
HE ONLY WANTED TO KNOW.
YOUNG FOLKS.
OUR LITTLE PIG,
In the old home, we once had a Amer
little pig. Re was generally to be seen
in the act of running away. Hardly
ever do 1 remember seeing his face to-
ward me. He also had the knack of
getting away froall the other pigs.
The field next the house—the "home
field." as we used to call it—was a kind
of " conamons " for the hogs, cattle,
and fowls. The next was a potato field,
and the little pig had taken it into his
head to get into that one, How he
got in, no one could tell, for the field
was well fenced, and there was no open-
ing through which he could enter, How
then did he get in t
One day I watched, He wandered in
a sort of urtnoticeable way toward a
crooked old log, across which the fence
had been built.
Suddenly, though closely watching. I
lost sight of my little friend) But be-
fore I had recovered from My surprise.
I was astonished to see him away in the
potato field.
"Well, now, that is very strange 1" I
CARE OF THE EYES,
Too few people realize the importaace
of taking care of the eyes.
They require constaiat but judicious
use; otherwise they become weak and
chest of wood, covered withgold both liable to inflammationa There are
inside and out, a little less thanl four i .
feet long and a iittle less than two and several things tbat should. be strenuous -
a hall feet wide. It bad been made at ly avoided if clear, bright, expressive
the foot of Mount Sinai according to eyes are desired—and 'who among us
Moses's plans, and. contained the tables
of stone. Accorilinyi to the tvriter of does not wisb tbe most attractive tent-
ed also Aaron's rod that budded and a Reading while in a reclining posit -
pot of manna. It belonged to that
holy place" oion f the tabernacle hould never be indulged in; it
the Epistle to the eb,rews it contain- ure of our tac.ri to be beautiful?
whcb was ecreUy ke t from the strains the muscles and renders the
QUEER FRIGHT OF A BAVARIAN,
Goes to Zondon Alined 1.00,s Pirate 0
rroteet Ills 00,
"When a Frenchman, time= or Ital.
Ian arrives in London on a visit to
English friends he invariably expresses
witla fear and trembling a -esire to see
the huntiug ground of Jacqiies Even-
treur, if they think it woeld be sefe,
and when he returns without a wowed
and without having seen aeybody kill-
ed be is intensely disappointed with a
district which ie as peaceful and as well
conducted as his Own native village. The
other night a can -Astable in Finsbury.
Square found sitting on the doorstep
of the German consulate a maxi armed
like a pirate—daggers sticking oat of
his waistband, revolvers peeping from
his pockets, and cartridges. everywhere.
When tbe officer approached the ranch
armed man ran away, and when the
policeman renewed the stranger ItUlg-
ed at Wm, with a, formidable dirk un
bit he wee "rubbed. down "—that is 10
say, overpowered and searched. Reprov-
said. "How did he do it?"
1. went to the old log, and lo, it
was bellow! The whole trick became
auite clear to me 1
1 went into the potato field to drive
him out, intending to steer him toward
the end of tee log, so that he might
get out the same way be got in. Here
he had tbe best of me entirely. He eith-
er could not or would not see the leat
and maintained swat an air of ignor-
ance on that point that I bad to give
up the task in despair, drive him out
by the gate, and bring him home by
a long, roundabout way.
The taut day I made up my mind to
play a trick on him, and I did. 1 went
out very early and moved the log just
a little, so that both ends should be in
the home field.
Then I stood at some distance off and
watched. I never was more amused in
ray life. He separated biaiself from
the other pigs, then he went toward
the old log„ and got in through it,
and (as he evidently thought) got nut
into the potato field! I could. under-
stand this by the way be immediately
began to sniff for the potatoes. But,
finding none, he seemed somewhat puz-
zled.
Somehow, it dawned on him tbat he
was still in the home field, and he con-
cluded that he had not gone through
the log. So he went through it once
more, but only to find himself again in
ths twine field!
This seemed to puzzle him. raore than
ever. He looked around in astonish-
ment! I could clearly see that expres-
sion on his face. For a Moment he stop -
tied, and was evidently thinking very
hard. Once more he got througli the
lop: with the same result of finding him-
self in the home field.
This time, I am sure, if he could talk,
he would have cried out "Spooks'!"
He stood quite still for a. few seconds,
sniffing the air, and I could distinctly
see the bristles on his back gradually
rising up on end. Suddenly he 'uttered
a, peculiar kind of "bock," and ran with
alt his might toward the other pigs. i
The little pig was never seen n that
part of the home field attain. Many a
time we tried to drive him to the old
log but we could not get him to go.
I have been much amused by watch-
ing animals exercising a kind of reason,
but I think this 18 the most remarkable
instance I ever witnessed.—john Saun-
ders.
Papa, said an inquisitive boy, don't
fish have legs?
They do not, answered papa.
Why don'tthey, .papa ?
Because fishes swim, and dont re-
quire legs.
The small boy wa,s silent for a few
ntinutes, and papa forgot about his
question. Then he asked:
Papa, ducks have legs, don't they?
Why, yes, ducks bare legs.
Well, darks swim, don't -they?
Yes: '
Then why don't fish have legs if
ducks do Og why don't ducks not
have any legs if fishes don't?
Papa gave it up.
—_—
Watts—"I wonder -what kind of shirts
thiese can be that are advertised for 29
cents I" Potts --"Married men's."
'hazel was probably seated in the cart,
white his brother led the oxen.
5. David and all the house of Israel.
The king followed by the noble repre-
sentatives of the tribes. Played. before
the Lord. Better, "danced to music,"
vocal and instrumental. On all man-
ner a instruments made of fie 'wood.
Perhaps, "with all their might and
wttb singing," is a better !meaning.
Harps. Stringed instruraents of many
sorts, Psalteries. Smaller instruraents,
lyres or lutes, perhaps; very likely they
re.sembied modern guitars. Timbrels.
Ta,bretse tambourines. Cornets. The in-
strument here referred to is not that
which is in other places called. cornet,
and. which was a metal imitation of the
hem of the ram. Ties " cornet " wits
a series a tiny rods, loosely adjusted
in a metal frame, and emitting a tink-
ling sound. Cymbals. The same as mod-
ern umbels.
6. Nachon's threshing floor. Nachon 18,
probably, not a proper name. The place
18 ealled Claidon's threshing floor in
Chronicles Both of the tames may
have been given to the place later in
10 consulted, at once and Ins ad-
vice strictly followed.
Another cause of weak or inflamed
eyes is that of thehabit of wearing'
veils. It is strange that in this age
of progress anci knowledge, when wo-
teen are endeavoring to throw off the
mealy restraints that have become irk-
some, they should still cling to lome
fashions that are tinged with barbar-
ism.
In endeavoling to preserve their come
plexiore or tbe neatness of their" curls,
they unwittingly sacrifice their eye-
sight. This fashion =not be too for-
cibly condemned.
REASONING BY DEDUCT(ION.
Ella—How could., you tell that your
husband lolst money at the races to -
when he said nothing about it ?
Stelle—I know he did, bemuse W.hen
he came horde he began talking about
the advantage of saving money.
All power appears only in transition.
A YOUNG SURGEON.
James Hunt, a boy of fourteen, and
a companion, Harry Haywood, about the
same age, went fishing one day, some
years ago, and in attempting to cross
a deep ravine on a log, Harry fell off
and broke his leg.
James was a studious boy, and re-
membered what be read. just the day
before, he had read how to treata brok-
en limb till a surgeon could be call-
ed, and here he had an opportunity to
put his knowledge into preetice. He
crossed the ravine and then with much
difficulty climbed down to the bot -
ed. to be a Bavarian abowman named
Fleischmann who bad read in Germany;
the lucubratious of tiome ridiculous per-
son describing the dangers of London,
and was determined to Sea them for
himself. One revolver was sufficient
Lor him in his native wilds, but before
coming to England be purchased as
many pistols and daggers as might bare
equipped Paul Jones and his crew, and.
WoUld probably have arrived trailing af-
ter hint a Krupp gm, had the freighf
been reasonable. Through an interview
be explained before the magistrate that
his armameuts were occasioned by the
perusal of some Germen trash called
London by Night." Be bad oray been
in England one day. and was prepared
to return home if the court would al-
low hixa. He was sitting on the step
of the German consulate for eafety,ha,v-
ing 419 in his possession, but thought
his last hour was come, Avner, the con-
stable, whom he took to be an assassin,
spoke to him. The magistrate allow-
ed him to go on oenditiou that he re-
mained in custody of the police until
the train started. His artillery Jae was
allowed to take with him, but the car-
tridges were confiscated.
tom by the aid of limbs and shrubs.
He found Harry groaning, with one leg
doubled back and unable to move.
James saw at once that the leg was
broken, and he acted promptly. He first
straightened the limb out, and then took
hold and pulled it with all his might un-
til the bone slipped back into place
with a sound that he could plainly hear.
Harry screamed and then fainted. The
young surgeon paid no attention to the
faint, but taking off his coat, rolled
it up and made a oushion of it, placing
it under the broken leg in such a way
as not to disturb the fracture. Then
he took his OWD handkerchief and Har-
ry's also, and tied the two legs togeth-
er securely so that Harry could not
move the broken leg without moving
both legs. Then he brought water from
the river near by, and soon had the
fainting boy revived.
"Harry," he said, "I have set your
leg as well as I could, and have tied
your legs together so you can't throw
tbe fractured bones out of place eas-
ily. Now I have got to go and get
help. Mr. Barnes lives nearest, and it
won't hake ten minutes to .go there and
back. You lie perfectly sail, and don't
try to move your legs."
James found Mr. Barnes and his two
eons at home. The youngest son eump-
ed on a horse and rode to the village
for the doctor and for a conveyance to
carry Harry borne, while Mr. Barnes
and his oldest son, and James, hurried
down to the ravine where Harry still
lay. They brought bed comforts and
pillows and an ax with therm and they
soon fixed up a •comfortable stretcher
upon which Harry was carefully lifted,
James taking care of the broken leg
so that his surgery should not be spoil-
ed.
They reached Mr. Barne's house just
as the doctor drove up. After exam-
ining the limb, he asked:
" Who set this lixab ?"
James replied that he did, and re-
lated the whole circumstance.
Well, you did a good job," said the
doctor. "It needs very little more to
make it just right."
Harry was taken home and le a
month's time was around again. James's
surgical feat was told far and near, and
the dootor said "that boy bas the stuff
in him to make a good physician." Pour
years later James tottered this physi-
cian's office to study medicine, and this
spring he graclu.ated from the medical
college with high honors.
It all came through reading some-
thing useful and remembering it, and
then having the nerve to put it into
practice.
TO CLEA.N GARMENTS.
Perhaps there are many readers who
possess a black ]ace dress that looks
very stringy and lintp. Rip it up, wash
it is gasoline and then proceed as fol-
lows: Carefully iron each piece upon
the wrong side, then place over it a
damp cloth and iron until the clotb is
nearly dry. Remove the cloth and iron
quite dry. It will then be as crisp as
when new. Always darn any torn
places before washing it, and remem-
ber not to use the gasoline near a fire
or a light.
Many who possess dainty silk or crepe
waists may be glad to know how to
clean them without ripping. Plaee sev-
eral quarts of clean gasoline in a wash
bowl or a new dish pen. Place the gar-
ment to be cleaned m it and !gently
squeeze and work until the soiled spots
are gone. Rinse in clean gasoline,
wring and hang in the air. As it dries,
carefully pull tbe triraming,s into place.
To be successful one must not be spar-
ing of gasoline. If, when rinsed, tho
gasoline looks dirty, rinse it again. Af-
ter allowing it to settle a short time
the clear gasoliste can be poured off,
and is ready to use again. In washing
a silk wrapper the writer used six gal-
lons of gasoline in this process, but only
one gallon was lost, for five gallons
were poured off clear afterwards, so in
the end it is not a very expensive way
of cleaning after all.
Silk or crepe lamp shades, picture
draperies, etc., are easily cleaned ut this
way. Kid or silk gloves can be dean -
ed by putting upon the hands and wash-
ing m a bowl of gasoline, just as if
one were washing one's hands. Or, tbey
can be cleaned by placing' them in a;
fruit jar with the gasoline, and after
screwing, down the top, shaking them
well. The odor soon leaves a gta-
raent, if hungitt a good breeze. White
or tinted ostrich tips can be cleaned in
the same manner. Baby's delicate col-
ored kid shoes can be cleaned by rub-
bing them with a soft rag -wet in gaso-
line. If oxte wishes to remove a spot
from a garment be sure to .place pa- '
per behind it to absorb the dirty gases -
line before the spot is rubbed.
A PECULIAR SNAKE.
The so-called. glass snake does not
break to pieces at the sight of .an en-
emy, as is commonly supposed, .buteike
some lizards, throws off its tail en•an
effort to escape., There are severahliz-•
ards -which, when attacked, fax in-
stance, by a bird or animal, will -
throw.,
off their tails, and the tail flopping up
and down on -the ground diverts tbe'
enemy, and thus gives the lizard time
to get away. The glass snake adopts
the same trick, and. thus frequenthr.
saves itself.. It is true, however, that
the joints of this singular creature era,
so loosely connected that the snake wills
be broken to pieces by a blow of a,
stick, though ths idea of a reunion aaf.
the broken parts is an unscientific ab-
surdity.
A MATTER OF ECONOMY.
If you would give this squalling in-
fant a dose of paregoric or soothin
syrup, Lobelia, protested. Mr. McSwat
who was walking the floor at eel
past two a. itt. with his youngest,
could get some sleep. The medicine cos
only a quarter of a dollar a bottle,
and. my time is worth $2,50 an hour, t
say nothing of the misery I'm suffer
ingl
1 Your time, retorted Mrs. MoSW
may be worth that during the day,
it isn't worth a mut an hour in
tniddie of the night. What would
be earning if you were sleeping,
like to know? Keep on walking IS
er, you're doing excellently.
BULL FIGHTS ON BICYCLE
The latest thing in Spanish
fights is to gut the matador on a hi
ale instead. of a horse, Carlos Bo
uez, a well-known cyclist and Bu
the picador of the Quad:Lille de
rantexi, both entered the arena In
in Madrid, mounted on cycles,
guez soon ran away from tbe Imil
Badila, the picador, steed bis
end, not being able to tine guile
ough,.vvas overtaken, and both,
and rider tossed high in the aieh
infuriated a,nimall The rider
hurt, but the machine was wred
yona repair.
The Tall Mall (angrily)—I'll
A boy in Brunswick, M.,. has two ex- with you, six. The Short M
tificial legs, and yet be us an expert —You will have to get itiete
teepee rider. knees to do it,
•
"tee
terhiedidi4e.dalero,