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Crest Bigseetin hag begun to extend
still furtive)" a form of protection or
seaports, pertioularly against ,torpedo
boats. The basis of this form of pro-
tection is the boom, to be accompanied
by batteriess for covering it againet
enemy's attack. It is really, as Eng-
lish papers have pointed out, a rever-
sionto a method in vogute genefalions
and even centuries ago, as the:most nae,
Weal defence against ships trying to
force a wary through a channel. One
of its earlier forms was to stretch a
claim atiross a waterway narrow eno-ugh
to allow it, between two forte. This
could, be raised against hostile vessels,
and let fall for allowing egress. The
modern systems are more complicated,
and those which are used at various
Briti,sh Channel ports are a two sorts.
In one, pontoons or rafts of heavy tim-
ber are "bound together with wire ea -
Wee and spiked." These pontoons are
itit sections, so as to be easily detached,
and gunboats are added to laelp oper-
ate and protect them. On one occasion
a gunboat was sent against a boom
to try to break it, but was itself perfor-
ated by the spikes, and the crew barely
saved themselves en boats before it
sank.
Anotber form of boom descrlbed by
the St. James's Gazette consists of ewe.
oral thick wire cables, stretched across
the harbor In three sections, "with the
central sections and. the outer ends of
the bend seatiions fastened to gunboats.
These cables Nyill be stretched above and
beloiv the water line at intervals, and
will be interlaced witb smaller cables,
network lesbian, so as to provide a small
but flexible obstruction." It can be
more readily placed in position than the
pontoon boom, and, by the aid of win -
elms on the gunboats, can be tightened
or slarkened, according to tbe purpose
of closttig or opening the harbor. The
ports already provided. with defenees
of One or the other kbid are Devon-
port, Portland, Portsmouth, Plymouth.
Sheerness, and Southampton; while
now the system is to be extended to
Falmouth, BerehaVen, Lough Swilly,
and the Scilly Toles. Of course the
prune purpose of these obstructions is
to keep out torpedo teats, The main
defences against battle ships are the
heavy guns mounted in forts and the
aubmartne mines, together with tor-
pedo boats end fleets of powerful yes -
mete.
The Freneki bicyclists sze looking for
a patron saint, and they can't tell whom
to choose. The most prominent candi-
dates are Saint Catherine and Saint
Germain, with the odds for Catherine.
Some me,dleal men have declared that
the use of the wheel robe a man'of the
Mete for matrimony, and the wags in-
sist that Saint Catherine ought to lie
sele,eted by the bicyclists, because she
is the patron of old maids. The saint
was condemned to the wheel and died on
it, but the legend tells us that she es-
ouped the torture; that an angel came
down and set her free. At 13ourges,
some time ago, tourists could see Saint
Catherine's wheel, upon which the fol-
lowing legend was written;
"Cleland oette roue tournera
Celle que j'aitme m'airnera."
the suggestion of Saixtt Gernaain as
the patron saint of wheelers is due to
the old legend of the huge dragon that
devastated Normandy, and had its abode
in the cavern of Balignant, on the
shores of Flamanville. It is related of
him that he demanded a child for his
food at least once a week. One morn-
ing the inhabitants of Dielette, a lit-
tle seaport about twenty kilometres
from Cherbourg, were astonished to see
a Bishop, with a mitre on his head and
a crozier in his hand riding over the
waves apon a cartwheel. He had borne
to fight the dragon, and kill it he did.
The intrepid Bishop was Saint Germain
still called " Sajut Germain ..of .the
Wheel." When the sea is cal in, the 'fish-
ermen orDielette are still confident
that they secoon the water the track
of Saint Germain's wheel. t
MADE THE PEASANTS SICK.
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MESSIAH Arany °meet% Relieved Teem ot
military service in n Remarkable way.
A series of trials completed the other
day in Moscow shows that Russian mil-
itary officers have been guilty of
strange offences. The Russian peasant
has long pract:sed mutilation to incap-
acitate himself for military service, but
the officers in question devised means
of freeing the recruit, after he had. en-
tered the ranks for sums varying from
S25 to 0200.
The desk who made out the returns
conspired with the junior doctors in
charge of the military hospital to effect
the release of privates by produzing
certain diseases. A private desirous of
escaping from military service applied
at the hospital 'where the conspirators
by means of drugs produced .various
sicknesses, ending by 'weakening the I
heart's action. The chief doctors then
•:denied certificates in the effect that
the, persons were unfit for service.
• The plot was discovered upon the
death of a desk who shot hirmself, af-
ter leaving in writing a full confes-
sion for his Colonel, and naming his
riccoraplioes. Eight men have been sen-
ionced to penisthments ranging from
oivil anenhilation with two years' ser-
vice in the disciplinary battalions,
which is regarded as equivalent to slow
death, to a senteme ef eight, 7110/3t11$
in theme= service without loss of civil
right&
PROMISING YOUTH.
Here, roared the (aid judge to the son
studying law with hina, you told me
you heel roan this work on evidence and
the leaves ate not cut.
Used X-raos, yatv7aect the versatine
eon, a,n a the judge, elnickled with de-
light as he thought what & lAttasterehhel.
"jay would maara.
THE GLORIOUS FLAG,
THE CROSS OF JESUS THE STANDARD
OF THE CHRISTIAN.
:Kew. Ike Talmage Says Ile Hetet. War But
• .Adnaires the proper Spirit - A Glow-
" lug and Pieturesque Sermon Int Estaigits
and nags.
Rev. Die' Talmage preached on Sun-
d ikif fropl. the text; Pea= got •"In
the name of God we will set up our
banners." Hle said:
I hate war. In our boyhood We may
have read the biography of Alexander
or of some Revolutionary hero until
our young heart beat high and we wish
we had been born over 100 years ago,
jut for the glory of striking down a
Hessian. For rusty swords hung upon
the rafters and bullets cut out of log
houses in which they were lodged dur-
ing the great strife we had utobounded
admiration, or on some public day,
clothed in our grandfather's soldierly
accoutrements, we felt as brave as Gari-
baldi or Miltiades. We are wiser now,
for we make a vast distinction be-
tween the poetry toul the prose of
war. The' roll of tbe drums and the
call of bugles and the champing of
steeds foaming and pawing for the bat"
tle, 100,000 imakets glittering among
the dancing plumes, "God save the
King," waving up from clarinets and
trumpets este rune been trees_ deep de-
files or the arches of a prostrate city,
distant capitals of kingdonss illuminat-
ed at due tiding, generals returning
home under flaming arches, and show-
ering amaranths and. the Amite of em-
pires -that is poetry.
Cailled and half blanketed, lying on
the wet earth; feet sore with the march
and bleeding at the slightest tooth;
hunger pulling on every fibre of flesh
or attempting to satisfy itself with a
scanty and spoiled ration; thirst taking
up the dew or drinking out, of filthy
and trampled pool; tboughts of home
and kindred far awe) while just on the
eve of a deadly strife, where death may
temp an hint from any one. of a bun-
dred bayonets* the 'losing in of two
armies, now changed to 100,000 warders;
the ground slippery with blood and
shattered flesh ; failing ones es ri thing
under the hoofs ot unbridled chargers
maddened with pain; the dreadfuine.s.s
of night that comes CLOWIk When the
strife is over; the struggle of the
wounded ones sirsityling out over the
corpses; the long, teveriab agony of the
crowded barrack and hotpital, from,
whonotteresses the fragments a
men send up their groans, the only
musk of Carnage and butchery; deso-
•latenotnest. front whisk fathers and bus -
bands and brothers and acme went off;
'without giving any dying message or
sending a kiss to the dear ones at home,
ttimined im to the xoldiees' grave trench,
and houses in which a few weeks before
uebrokeis faantly eircles rejoleed, now
plunged in the great sorrows of
owhood, and orphanage. 'that is prose.
. Rue there ie nee on the earth a Meg -
don Nythivh aam set it self uip 1 or con-
flict:, without, number. In its inarch
it traznples not graiefields, it sacks no
Citi, it impoveriehes no treasuries, it
fills no hospitals, it bereaves AO fain -
Wee. The courage and victory of Sol-
fertno and Magenta without carnage.
The kingdom ol Christ against. the
kingdom of Satan. 'I'hat is the strife
now. raging. We will offer no arzni-
stiees. e will make n,o treaty. (n -
til all the revolted nations of Lee, earth
shall submit to King Emmanuel, "In
the name of toad, we volt set up our nail-
ners."
Every army has its ensign Long be-
fore the time Isbell David 1N rote the
text. they were en U60. The hosts of
Isnot displayed them, the trite of Ben-
jamin carried a flag eith the inscription
of tile Netat the triee.of Den a repre-
tentation of ttheruoun. :Judah a lion
wrought tete, the groundwork of wain',
purple, crimson and. blue. Such Hags
from 'heti- folds shook fire. into .0e.
hearts of' Oa' euinbers as n ere in, the.
fialcrwberf Atejah fought, ageinst J Owe
ram, and there were 1,200,u00: soldiers,
and more than 500,000 were left dead
on the field. 'rinse ensigns gave. hero-
,
ism tosuch- nutnners as were asSeintileit
then Asa • lought against Zerah, ateti
.1 toe were 1,00,t110 t roops in the battle.
lee Athentane (tie:tied an inscription ot
the oel wh,ch was their emblem of
wiedoin. roes tlags of modern natione
are familiar to you all, and 111a.ny of
them so inai propriate for the cher:utter
of the nations they xepreeent, it eould
be impolitic to enumerate them. These
ensigns are titrea:oer.; Write on the point ,
of a. lame and on the top of wooden I
Matte. They are carried in the front
and rear of armies. They unroll from ;
the main top gallant masthead of an
admiral's flagship to dist inguish it
among other ships of the same seutid-;
ron. 'abetare the objects of national
pride. The Jose of t hem on the. field '
is ignominious.
:Itbe three bannere of the Lord's host.'
are the banner of proelema.tena, the
banner of xecruit aria the banner of
victory. 'When a nution feels its
rights infringed or its honor. insulted,
when its citizens bave in foreign climes
been oppressed, and no indemnity has
been offered to the iuha,hitant or the
republic or kingdom, a proclamation of
war Ls uttered. On the top othatteries
apd. arsenals and custom houses and
revenue offices flags are immediately
sw ung out. All who look upon therh
realize the fact t hat uncompromising
war' is. declared Thus it is that the
Church of Jesus Christ jealous for the
bonor of its bovenegn and determined
to get hack those who have been carri-
ed off captive into the bondage of stun,
and ' intent upon the destruction of
these mighty •wrongs which have .so
long cursed. tbe earth and bent upon
tles extension of the Saviour's retgn
of mercy, iri the name of God :tete up
its bannter of proclamation. '
The church makes no assault upon
the world. .1 do not believe that God
ever made a better world than that. It
is magnifioent in its ruins. Let Vs stop
talking so much against the world. ,
God pronounced it very good at the be-
ginning. Though a Nvanclering ehild of
Goa, I see in it yet the great :tethers
lineaments. Though tossedand driven t
by the aortae of 6,000 years, sails
bravely yet, and as at her launching t
the. beginning the mitareing star sank,
together and all the sons of God shout-
ed for joy, so at last, w tenet.
1 Melte calm harbor
TEE EXETER TIMES
she shall be greeted by the huzzas of
glorified, kingdoms. It is not tare world
against which wie contend, but its
troxisgreesions. larhatever is obstinate
in the will. degrading in passion, harm-
ful in custom, false. in friendship. hypo-
critical in prefeesion-against all this
Christ makes onset. From false pro-
fession he would tear tbe mask. From
oppression He would snatch the rod
From pride He would reed off the
m
plues, From revenge He would. ex-
orcise the devil. While Christ loved
the world. $o much He died to save it
He bates sin so well that to eradicate
the last trace of its pollution He will
utterly consume the conthaents and the
oceans. At the gate of Eden tbe de-
claration of pelmet ual enmity was
made against. the serpent. The tumult
roundabout Mount Sinai was only the
roar and flash of God's artillery of
wrath against min. Sodom on fire was
only one of God's flaming bulletins an -
twinning bostility. Nineveh and Tyre
and Jerusalem in awful ruin mark the
track o' advanceaxietO . They
show that God 'MIA terribly in earnest
wben He announced Himself abhored of
all iniquity. They make us believe that
though nations belligerent and re-
vengeful may Aign ertielee of peace
and come to all amicable adjustment,
there shall be no ceesatiou of hostila
ties betweete the toren; of ligat and
tbe forces of darkneee until the king-
dom of the world have beeorne the
kingdoms of the Lord. Affrighted
by no opposition, diseouraged by no
temporary defeats, shrinking. from
no exposure -every roan to his posi-
tion, while from the tee of our eahools
and churches and :seminaries and asy-
lums in tile name of God we will set
up our banners."
Again, it was the oustom. in ancient
times for the purpose of gethering arm-
ies to lift an ensign on the top of
some bigh hill, so that all who saw
it Nvould feel impelled to rally around
it. In more etcetera times the same
plan has been employed for the gath-
ering of mu army. Thus It le that
the Chureh of Christ lifte its flag for
recruits. The. cross of Jesus is our
istanderd, plapted on tbe hill of Cal-
vary. Other armies demand that per-
astoodosiring to enter the Hats of war
shalt I* between suet and such an age,
lest the folly of extreme youth or the
infirmity of advanced age bt elog
rather than ad.vantaoe. But none
is too young for Chritit's regiment; none
yen 1* too old. The hand that is
strong enough to bound. a. ball or
trundle a beep is allied enough to
fight for Christ, while, mites a. hand
trembling with old age has grasped
the arrow of truth, and, with a dira
coe cane to it, taking aim, has sent
Ns sharp point rioht through tbe.
heart of the Kings enemies. Many
of you have long 'ago bad Your name -9
written on the roll of celestial troops,
end you like the :envie* well, all bough
you now bear tbe sears of leolti tud i
0118 conflicts; and. van moonlit many a
long march and tell of eiege guni;
epoxied on you that you theught never
would be spiked. But. there may be
some who have not yet eullstea. Your
being bere implies the t you ere torn
ously thinking about it, and. yew' at -
teal= makes me hive you are only
lookieg• for the slauderd. to be holete
ed. Will you not, 100 of you, with all
the aroused enthusiasm of your na-
eomo 'wielding into the ranks,
hile "in the name of (led we eel. up
our banners?"
Through nature' modeety do you hold
back and say, "I will he of no advan-
tage to Christ. aux toes awkwera to
)earn the Map or the host, or to be
of any eervice in the shouk of battle?
't'oyou I make the reedy, Tra it. One
hour uncler Christ 's drill, and you
would so eell understand His rules
that the first. step of Nous 'navel hese
venuard would make tae gates of hell
tremble on then hinges. We may not,
be as polished and Crilal (LS many
Christ 38.118 we have knot% n, and we may
not as well understand ebarpshootiag,
but there is rough work tyhich we can
all aecomplish. We may be axmen and
hew a paelzway through the forests. We
may be spadeemen and dig the. trehehes
or throw np the fortifinttions. We do
not care where, we do not care what
-if we can only heip in the muse
at our King, and &holt as loudly as
any c,if them at the completion of the
conquest.
Again, when a grand. victory has
been wen, it is enstentary to announce
it by flags floating frotn public build-
ings, and from trees, and from the
masts of ships. They are the. signal
for eulogy and Deteicing and feetivity.
So the eneign veliteli the church hoists
le a. banner of vietory. There WaS a
, tone when the. religion of Christ :was
not considered respeetahle Olen of
learning and posit ion frowned. upon it.
Governmentenaariethenuitized its sups
porters. To be a Christian Was to be
an uederlina. Sat merk the differ.-
e n ce. Re) g man. has eonkbelle,d. (he
world's respect: infidelity in the tre-
mendous effort it has made to exush
it has eomplimeeted as power. And
there is not twit -a. single eivilizad
nekton but in its conetitation, or lows
or proclamations pays 'noma.ge to the
rehire= of the goe osthe war in
India, when Sir Arehibald Campbell
found in an hour of danger that. the
men he metered to the field were in-
toxiceted and asked for the pious men
whom the Cbristian Hereto* bad un-
der his management, he paid: "Call
out Havelock s saints. they are never
drunk and Havelock is always ready."
That Christianity whieli gathered its
first trophiee from. the fishermans
huts on the :shores of Galilee now has
Samsonian streogte thrown upon its
shoulders and has carried off t he. gales
of seience and worldly- powe.r.
We are mighty this ceuse, for we
have the help. of the pious dead. Messeo-
g-ers of salvation f rom high heaven, they
vieit the. field. They stand. behind us
to keepm m
us froignoinous retreat.
They go before as to encourage us in the
strife. The aft.Cbeynea and the, Pay -
sons, and the -Melees, and the Brain-
erd s. n nunt
ucoed multitof ude the
glorified are our tentdjut ere Have you
heard the Swiss (radii ion? The herds-
men say that three great leaders of the
Helvetic no tam, tm
haugli seeingl.y dea.d,
are only lyling down under .the. ground..
io their old. time dien-a refreshing them-
selves with sleep, and. that if at any
time the. liberties ot their country "axe
in danger they will immediatele spring
to their feet and drive bock the enemy.
May not have the thought that if ever
the ehurch of the blessed Christ shall be
threatened with destruction by toes
which seem too greet for the strength.,
the 'Lord Himself will not only come
to the delieerance, but those great an-
ctents who have seemed to be sleeping
aniong the dead shall immediately hear
the trumpet blast of the ciburith mill -
that and full armed spring back to
their old positions in the ranies of God
with the battle ery, "Marc then con-
querors through Him that level. us."
Although we have already nitieh to en-
courage us the work of the world's
evangelization, yet we must confess
hat much of our time hes .been con-
sumed in planting clur bat teries and get-
itug ready for the conflict. We have
not yet begun to pie,extle We have not
yet 'begun to pray, We hive not yet
n to work. On the coasts of beetl-
e\ are missionary etetiene. Intey
•
•
have scarcely yet begun to accomplish
what they PrOPMe• it takes some time
to dig the trenehes aaid elevate the
standard and direct the great gun.
From what I hear I thiek they are
about ready now. Let but thegreat
captain wave the signal and the ringing
of celestial weaponry shall quake in
every dungeon of hell and sound up am-
ong the thrones of heaven. Pagodas
and temples shell tumble under the
ehockeatitt besotted nations flying from
their idols and superstitions shouting'
like the confounded worshippers of
Real: "The Lord,, He is the God) The
Lord, He is the .Godl"
NOW the church goes forth bearing
precious seed, but after awhile it will
be the sheaf binding and reaper angels
shall shout the harvest home. Now it is
tents, and marching and exposure, but
then, in the ranks of prostrate iniquity
and on the very walla of heaven, "in
the name of God we will set un our
banners."
The earth sends ,ute its long, deep
groan of laaitt and, clanks tbe great
chains of its bondage, and cries by the
Voice of sea, and land and sky, "How
long, 0 Lord, how long." There was a
tradition oti the other side of the water
that the daughter at Lir was trans-
forinect into e bird of the air, and that
she wandered for bondreds ot. years
over river and lane until the arrival of
Cbrietianity, and that at the stroke of
the first cathedral bell her spirit was
freed. thetounted millions of our race
by th.e power of sin and eaten have
In= transformed into a state of wret-
ettedness,and they wander like the poor
daughter of Lir, but they Mall after
as hile be released. When the gloat
cluirch of Clariet shU1 tn (lose darkened
lends from is tower ring out tbe glad.
tidlogs et the gospel, then millions 01
wandering SOWS shall find rest in a
Saviour's pity and a Saviour's love
transported from• the kingdom of sat -
ea into the kingdom of God's dear Son.
My eubject hie taught you that in
this contest eye are not, without ensigns
and tellers. All we want now is men
to (teary them. Before 1 Sit down I
mustpropose to eaeli of you this great
honor. Becoming a Christian is not so
ignoble a thing as ninny have thought
it. ' It ruakes a man stoop," you eat". 1
know it, but it is only the stoop of an
heir of royalty, who on his knees is to
reeeive a crown of dominion. We want
standard bearers in all pulpits, in all
Jenne of butiiness-everywhere. I do
not ask you how old you are, nor ho•Ny
yeung, bow eak or how strong, how
dull or how sharp, nor what your home,
nor who your =resters. Without any
eondition .without any reserve, in the
nome of the (lout of Israel, I offer you
the honor of (tarrying the church's en-
slf anst'y jnkl4d nooe r
stbseaiartlikyouids of
desert,tilssssn
aulotrs
e
of devile yho will oppose you with
Infernal might. It were more blessed
14 fall here than stand anywhere else.
I. were more of an honor, engaged with
Christ, to be tratepled underfoot with
this army of banners, than, oPPosiOn
(1;h;ipstt fat: i(b)1,,r1lAu.1,317.1, like ltdward 1., in
Kg
'rhe menheein, 'etiolate that there
shall before the destruetion 'if the world
he one great bat tlm bete een truth and
upright eoutanni. We shin not probably
see it on earth. God grant that, we may
see jt, leaning from the bettlements of
heaven. On the side of sin shall beer -
rayed all forms ef opposition and eruel-
ty, led on by,infamous kings and- gener-
ale; the votaries of paganism, led.on by
their priest s ; the sulejest s of Mehemate-
&Inhale follom Zlig the emninand of their
Shit -k. And gluttony and intemperante
and =gutty of every phaee. ehall be
largely represent nn the field. All the
wealth anti tiplendor and power and
glory of wished 'less shall be coxteentrat-
ed on that one desisive spot, and, mad-
ened by 10,000 previewdefeats. shall
gather themeelves up for one last ter-
rible aesault. With hatred to God for
their eause and blaspheiuy for the bat-
tle -cry, they spread out over the earth
in square behind sqoare, and legion
beyond legion, while in eorne overhang-
ing cloud of blackness foul spirits of
hell \retell thie last struggle of sin and
darkness for dominion.
Scattered by tbe blasts of Jehovah's
nostrils, plunder and sin and satanic
force NMI] quit. tbe field. As the roar
of the vonfliet Nounds through the uni-
verse mo
ail rlds shall listen. The air
shall be full of wings of heavenly co-
horts. 'rhe vim* is done, and in the
preeenee of a world reclaimed for the
erown of .1 esus, and amid the crumbling
of tyrannies and the defeat of satenie
form, and amid the sound of heavenly
Felanitylorls, the cbuoth shall rise up
in the image of our Lord, and with the
er4,lc11 of victory on our head and the
st peter of dominion in her handin the
name of God shall set up her banners,
Then Himalaya, ellen beeeme Mount
Zion, and the Pyrenees Moriah; and tbe
*seam the tvalkiegAdare of •Him who
trod tae wave 1.n:tate of Galilee, and the
! grea t heavens bone) ea sounding hoard
of exultation to the earth till it re -
I boundeagain. to the throne of the :Al-
i mighty, Angel. ,of 1 he A poen.] y pees fly,
fly 1 Foe who W 1 11 Si andire thee way of
' thy might Or resist the sweep of thy
wing?
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Brief 4'0111/4141elllitopl Of Matches from Ms
• Point of View.
"Theee, .te this to ±0. fiko4tt in favor of
the sulphur mateli," tnia. the retired
burglar, "that it ie noiseless When
struck but its odor is decidedly against
it. More than once wben 1 have struck
.sulphur naatch in the hall, I have
heard, some light sleeper, when the
piengeant fumes of the Sulpbur per-
meated the atmoephere turn in bed in
the adjaeent roam. 1 etuea to sulphur
snatches for a long time -naturally en-
ough, 1 suppose,-bui finally I easne
to use parlor matches altogether. They
are noley, but odorless, and it may be
poseible to scratch them when teams
are passing, or when the wind is bine--
big or there is some • other noise
abroad. At agyrate.; Leann to
fer, from experience, hhe noisy odor-
less match to the silent sulphur.
"Of course the ideal snatch for any-
body in my business would be one .that
should be both silent and odorless.. It
is a wonder to me that .nobody nas in-
vented sueth a rinateh ; it is greatly
needed, and I should say that it would
be coanparatively easy of invention.
Now that I have tretirecl, maybe, I will
devote myself to the invention of such
a match and do something' to promote
the interests of an arduous and none
too remunerative calling."
PERFECT SOCIETY MANNERS.
Ba.rlitug-Hasn't Miss Ottinger perfect
society manners? •
aloskinson-Yes; she can say unpleas-
ant things more pleasantly than any-
one I know.
DRIVEN TO IT.
C'lara--Did yoa have any 1 nee le in
getting him to propose
Maude -,No- 1 'apest4 d tI 1 00
were after bine
1
. 1$1.:urinbmine3iatlyrna,krkeemiben iirooTthot
THE SUNDAY SCI1001;
come into close companiontip with
the Macedonian Luke, and tbat in vis -
INTERNATIONAL LESSON. JULY 4. ions of the night he beheld him beckon-
,. log him onward to his own country."
u Hest converts In Europe." Acts 4 is, i5 -Ramsay. Prayed him. The Reviset
cotden Text, maw no :leo . Version beseeching hint." Come over
PRACTICAL NOTES. into Macedonia, and helpus. The un-
uttered cry of sorrow -stricken and sin -
Verse 6. Now when they bad gone shasiokhabueanuanity thrills every hea,rt t a
tourhed by Cbrist. "IP it
tbrougheut Pinnies A midland dis- death to the Church, and death to the
triot of Asia Miner, not -far from An- Ow/Wan; either mot te bear this un-
tiocth of Pisidia. Its boundaries are un- avilasal'aus cry of heathendom and
defiined. It tneluded.two of "the seven .tegGixtelott
Iteurihsetee!dato,Riodraichk,ving
me-
enurches of Asia," Lae:diem and Tbya- donne at this time( had Thessalonica
tire., and also . the churola. of Colosse„. tst its tettiltel•
This province stretched
to which eleven or twelve years later ffec:Cse, t he
Ing=rrin.:uilirstanroylltt aef
Paul wrote an epistle. And the region pears as the home of barbarians, later
of Galatia. This phrase has generally as the seat of the kingdoms of Philip.
been understood to refer to the great Netzativeur it(tt Gireaa,strmeituit tae cedntre
tableland northeast of Phrygia, a rough fluentiasl Luon4c'theOationsa lzx gt;
district without trees, peopled. by the earth until abeorbed by Roma Later
Galatae. It had been overrun and set.. it was the centre, or near to it, of the
tled by Gauls kindred to the Gaels and eEmastierrenurttsire,, antlit.s:laittermtill tin' this
Celts of Europe) in the earlier part of writing be roughly defined 1.; lurkeys
the third, century before Christ. Their in Eur°Pe• (
10. Atter had seen the vision, =-
history was turbulent. Twerityetivbe e
the rthe change in the pronoun; -"be
ediately \vie endeavored' to go. No-
Ytiaaa;r1sobl before the Christian era
Romans formed the province of Gala- had seen;" "we endeavored." It has
, included, not only the regi- been supposed that Pa,u1's severe ill-
. ness, Gal. 4. 13-15, may have led to his
on inhabited by the Gauls, but Lyeao- inthosatey at this time with the physi-
nia also, and parts of Phrygia, and Pis- clan ;Luke. "fmmediately" is charm -
and founded the eliterches to Nvbieh aft- points to the efforts they made to
outline of his journeY;
erward he wrote "Galatians" ' tpilirl 41"))XltrPi;t1 tUi?idake.liel aj.l'eeErnillse-ir:tliofiredhto go"
tbea'veutTnaolt
ildiarav'elePdauatl .tbhasis time oavIlePrPiltsheisti Ptr0oahalovase
en on ina,p,s, stes not at hand In those ancient daTs as
rhe secure meaass of travel, which, were
now. Search, for a sbip may heve can-
tors were fond of tracing Cello traits
took him t4ostuliseuatolNINYnts of
ting things St4) i td4 1;iyilelitdti°nPfra'atilrawSlit
eel the ini timastions of8Pro.eidence as well
sunaed daos. Assuredly gathering. The
A.ncyra and Taviu.m in the middle of verb has the sense, says Dr. Farrar,
thie table -land. Earlier comment°,
in the faults scored by Paul in his as listened to the rneesages ot thenpir-
now bids fair to be generally aceepted. tained first that the ,Lora had not call -
epistle. Rut later scliolarship has ad- It. Thlitthitord bad called us f..i.tirl. t .to
%tamed quite another theory, which '
rill° the eArgtedoniants.° rau..1 asa eeirs-*
nd, li a
rough a. region as northern Galatia; ellatinnTitilallsetAstu°olleirrurPtnelt hGlari at
that Itthee •wG.ahioutciaarriestujulluystrneaodstioet,heespEepciisaty itne
Gal. 4. 18, that Paul seems to have gone the get ebianueir that Opeans.a
from a severe illness, and it, is argued rii4ti
to Galatia. for the purpose of recovery 11. Loosing from. "Setting fes\il." Vrat.t.
soilteh itest,riluight e
nt, d flows through
t hitt he could not bave ventured f or island of tlite Aegean Sea. Neapolis. The
d " Sacianrsiost.hrecisasseln
such a purpose into so barbarous and seaport of Philippi, in Macedonia. The
leufnefy froot Troas toNe;Sealletie was
furthermore, we have no account of the samYe-e1S1,:lin'ael'eVZI:es, ttr°rnieseers ir,;
founding of any churches in that loc- same as Newtown. Dr. Stalker calls
ality. The later view is that Paul and attention to tbe importance of this
view of evangelizing the next place on arms and the eiviliSzatna of Gree
Vii:sensuterezciietrhis.trogetdif }lie
his companions come to Perim with the -eteuxierhie.Y
their route, and that suddenly the plan to the heart of Asia; when Caetai
war altered and they passed over the , .(01.1oun pues toreevesalf Ilealtaienw; weveriu. ,i ts
Paraphylian lowlands and the Pisidian , eeenTg." ei 'fees
terprets the phrase "reg Straporntance °trian tlie
mountain Lends to Antioch. This in- arrival of Paul at Neapolls.
(en es obey_ I 12. Thence to Phiaippi. A distaiace of
gin and Galatia" to include a country ight tor ten milas e road from oonene own to the othe'r :thwas a, busy
more southerly end healthful than that Which i8. the chief city a that part of
marked off on - our maps. The towns of ace onia. t ha been 1oo1140± b'
the great Philip. In what sense it was
the chief city GI that part of Macedonia
it is hard to say. The ltevised Version
nukes it the first of the district; it
any simply mean that Philippi was tbe
first city 'which the apostle and his
companion reached after crossing the
hills from Neapolis; it may mean that
it was the chief city. ot the distairt;
len the directer meaning of the phrase
intimateo each, an excessive 'partiality
for the oity as a native might have
had for it. A. colony. Revised Version,
"a Roman colony."
Sesisms," page 402. Certaindeos"°
.15isrita
ossiblly-
the days between their arrival and the
Holy Ghost to the evangelists. "Asia" Sabbath.
was a province bordering the Aegean 13. On the Sabbath. If our supposition
of the last sentenee be, correct this
was the first Sabbath after Paul's ar-
rival in Philippi. We went out of the
city. Revised Version, "We went forth
without the gate." By a riverside
where prayer was wont. to be made. 1
There was a "place of prayer," wheth-
er a building or not we do not know. :
The Jews, of whom not, many seem to •
have dwelt in Philippi, were fond of
establishing their places of *worship
near to a stream, Weal./ n of the for-
mal ablutions connected with their
worship. We sat down, and spake un-
to the women. Dr. (Lindsay explains
the absence of mon by the recent de-
cree of Claudius, banishine male Jews
from Roman colonies. Paul always
sought the acquaintance of the devout
Jews first on Ins entramea into a city.
The, first Christian churl.% at Eurepe
was founded by meant; of a women's
prayer meetiag. i
14. Lydia. Her story is told in this
and. the following verses. She was a,
seller of (purple, that is of the Tyrian
purple dyes, and ot goods dyed
with them.. 'fee Tyrian dye ran
th'rongh many t ints and. shades,
North Galatia lay far kart, and. there
were few Greeks and Jews; there. The
whole story as told. in Acts and alluded
to in the epistles seems to frivor what
is now known as the South Galatian
theory. This theory is strongly main-
tained by the Rev. W. .F.. Moulton, in
an article on this subject. Were for-
bidden of tbe Holy Ghost to preach
the word in Asia. Forbidden, perhaps,
by what we now call "Proviaence;"
Perhaps by a direct 'message of the
Sea, and ineluded the :smaller provinces
of Mysia, Lydia, and ("aria. The ques-
tion why the evangelist -4 were forbid-
den to preaeh the Gospel in Asia is
wcll answeeed. by Dr. CoNties, "The
Lord, bad many apostles, but one Paul."
No other Mall was so well adapted to
introduce the Gospel to the great
thought -centers of the age. Philippi,
Athens, Corinth, Rome, all lay out-
side the forbidden circle. Other men
could and. did very thoroughly spread
the Gospel throughout "Asia;" Paul
was destined to fill out the great flow-
er of his life in the great European
capitals.
7. After they were come te Mysia.
A province. on the Aegean ;• -part of
Asia, Assayed. Planned, proposed, de-
sired' Togo inta Bithynia. Aprovinee
Asia Minor. oh the shah of .-the
Black Sea. _But the Spirit suf-
fered them not. Revised Ver-
sion, "the Spirit of Jesus." Only
6ihtle sresalirtosaetreiminadintsoclEtesPreo.tille.tAPgsall-:NNteso from rose red. 'Id seet greet and dee!,
are in aoubt as to the method- of the "blue. It nes one of tem most highly
prehibitiohbut it reason, strange aS valued products of aecient Sandieraft.
it need at the time have seemed to 1,n all countries to be clothed in mar-
ina', mon became clear. The remote- pie was a sign of wealth and. high
nees of Bithynia and the large number blood. At times it was a crime, eurn
of important eines in proconsular Asia isho.ble with death, for any but sover-
would have served to postpone the ev- eigns and supreme judges to wear gas-
angelization of Europe had Paul first ments dyed with Tynan dyes. So cost -
visited tbera. ly was it at. this time that a pound. of
8. And they passing by Mysia came of wool double dyed was worth 1270.
down to Treas. "Passing " means Lydia was a native of T.hyatira, an
notremaining or preaching in it. Troas Asiatic city. God moves in a mysteri•
was A Greek town about four miles ous way surely ween his Spirit pr
fromthe site of ancient Troy. It was vents his apostles preaching the Goe,
the port at whic,h the merchant vessels pel in Illiyatira, and sends thean to it
running between Macedonia and Asia European city where the first: hospl-
Minor harbored. They came down table, heart they meet has come from
to it beeame it was on the level coast Thyatira. "illicit worshipped God.
lands, and they had been journeying Phis expression shows that Lydia was
on the high lands. The harbor of Troas not a Jewere ; it is only used of Gen -
may still be traced. tiles who had forsaken idolatry. Heard
9. A vision appeared to Paul in the us. Great. stress is laid in the Bible on
night. To an astonishing degree the hearing. "Faith cometh by hearing."
decisions of Paul's life seem to have in our modern times men may read
been pivoted on visions. From his con- tbe Gospel also, but except the Gospel
version until he passes froan view in be peached by word and printed pane
almost every emergency he sees a, holy the world. cannot be converted. Slte
vision or hears a holy voice. Professor attended. She eagerly laid hold of tte
Ramsay, -with a beauty` of imagination, great truths she heard; aeplied Gcrt-
that reminds One of Professor Plump- pel truth to her own case. Many peo-
tre, .suggests that the man of Macee ple hold Moral umbrellas over their
donia was Luke, "the beloved physi- beads by which to save themselves from
cianea. While, this theory is "incapable the, showers of conviction and grase,
of 'either proof or disproof" it throws and then watch the droppings of the
light. on the relationship of these two sanctuary being toured out over their
men, and it is not without neiglibors. This is all wrong. There
sense substantial reasons for it. busis. can be no good got from -Nyorship with -
1. The phrase is really '0. certain out close, unfailing attention to the
man," though neither tbe Authorized words or God, whether written io the
Version nor the Revised. Version indi- Holy Scriptures or whispered B-
oles this -a phrase wbich would indi- rattly to the heart. "Let us therettne
cate that tbe man was pereonally pay the more earnest heed to the things
known to Patin 2. The inference that which we have heard." " Hear, and reit.
early .commentatoes drew that a Ma- souls shall live." Whose heart the Lord
cterlatuan wouad be recognized by his opened. The word of God is effective
dress is now understood to be in part in proportion a.s it is blessed, by the
mistaken. It is true that generally Spirit of God.: The Lord will open every
"each nation had a dress of its own and man's heart if he be -welcome to do so,
a distinct type of countenance," but but God always respects man's free
at this time the Maceddnias were anx- will. Observe that it was not 'Drat •of
ious to be regarded as Greeks and would ell heir intellect that was opened. The
dress accordingly. So in all probabil- "thoughts of the heitet," to use a Bi-
ny "the certain man" in the vision ble phrase, are the items which deter -
was known to Paul is a Macedonian, mine our levant character. The World"
3. N'otitie also the filet occurrence of the of physical beauty with which we are
pronoun "we" in the next verse, the sionound is the product of the
earliest intimation of Lure's presence. dece.thoughts,of God's mind, So our teeth -
4.i• Lastly, there its a strong eamieetionlife in its highest, and' o siti.wpuhgaisle,
of Luke with Philippi. These ret.- oome,s withal the realm
of our mind, and 0
Dee In our heart.
the teacher and arise))
scholar are indisperna
15. And when she to
as goon as ebe belhee
public profession of
way appointed by God.
hold. We eannot
told, of what tbis hi)
It re have judged me
to the Lord, which the,
was evidenced by their 1gkp
Come into my house. To fowl
there and to establish intimae
ly fellowship with itsinneetets.
strained us. Her first motions -datne
less, was that of Chrietiao botata4t .t7w.
so lovilagly produced enhenevega'athrlitt
reigns. Another reason, however,
be that these good men, free of chat
might propagate tbe Gospel in Vie ea
Up to thus time the evangelists bad
probably supported themselven. , by
their work. Paul we loaow
tentmaker, and Luke was a pnyta
pr. C. St Robles= very beautifully en- A
uraerates five evidences of Lydia's coon- a
version: 1. An open heart. 2. An op-.
en mind. 3. An open mouth. 4. An cotes
hand. 5. An open house.
IS THE GRIST MILL DOOMED?
Dough IS Now Made Directly Ilatest 0off
Wheat.,
The Germ= chemists are busy at
work on almost every conceivable tele
entific problem. Their latest victotni.
said to be the discovery of a. proceite
for making dough directly from wheat,
the nulling pewees being entirely
pensed with. The following interestena
tog facts in regard. to due inventime
are translated from the German news-
paper, "Die Neuie Heilkons." Accord -
leg to that journal a factory running
under the new system has been estabe
lisbed at Altana, and the trade done
thereat is so great that additions to
the plant have locorne necessary. The
roacluttery not only transforms whole
grants directly into dough, but also at
the same time kneads 11, 3:1,0 gruiding
or milling process being eMployed at
all. After the wheat is first thorough,
ly cleaned in the dry state, it is pies-.
ed imn rumning water untilthe
le no longer turbid,i
and it sathen
lowed to se- a o a few hours te a tem-
perature 01 fifty degrees to fifty-two
1 degrees centigrade. In the slimly coo-
intion in Nebieli it is then found it is
placed in tile dough machine, where It
goes through the patented procese,
whereby the meets is vegorounly squeez-
ed arid at the same time passed through
a sieve. The doughy 1210.88 is than forc-
ed through a. stove with finer meshes,
findingits way into wooden boxes and
thi
ence nto souring vats. The quana
ttty of dirt, which the process removal
from the gttulia is said to be frighten -
bag, both in cleansing the dry naihrtaienta-sanne
during the doughing loosest, when the
suzfent of the water is covered with
a dtsgusting layer of stuff made up of
dust, weeds tund the ejections of mice
and birds, all a whieb the maohlneht
mid to thoroughly remove. The write
er of the artiele claims that the bread
made by this process is not only health*
ier and more palatable than that ot
ordinary manuhacture, but also more
nutritious. All the nutritive -por-
tions are preserved, especially those
nearest the ooter surface, which it is
claimed, are lost be milling operation*.
That none of Die nitrogenous substancei
are removed is proved hy the fast that
the albuanituoid ratio of the bread la
1.5, and even the most fibrous or woody
portions are in snub a condition that
they can be dealt with by persons of
weak digestion. Finally, the new pr.
088» is said to be most. economical.
GUN FOR BICYCLISTS.
nandy weapon to Rept.) lifighwayakeD or
Dogs Who May Mean Inseltlef.
The gun that every wheelman has
been looking for has at last come into
existence, if the inventor's claim is to
he relied upon. It is made of rubber
and shoots ammonia, but in so deadly
a fashion that a man would quite as
soon be hit with a bullet, provided the
charge strue:k his eyits. The mom -
matte anamonia pistol, which is its full
name, is likely constructed of hard rub-
ber and requires no toots to keep it in
perfect form save an ordinary bicycle
•wreath end pump. Inside is a rubber
bag which vvill hold eevexal 'minces pt
ammonia.. 'With the aid of compiessea
air, enough ammonia to form what is
called a svngle shot is forcibly (heated
from this pistol e disteere of one hula-
dred-feet, provided solong a shot is de-
sired. ' This indieates with what -tette
rific force theammonia mast dart
forth from the muzzle of the pistol.
The ammonia pistol is in the form
of a cylinder with a nozzle something
like that of a small oil can project-
ing from the front. It carries twenty
charges. At the rear an electric buts
ton is set in the mouth of a small pipe
that starts out at you to the extent
of about a quarter of an Inch. When
the .pressure on the button is release
the disehaxge of ammonia is shut o
automatioally by a steel spring whic
eeste Onside the escape valve or nozzle
in the form of a coil. When it be-
comes necessary to refill the air cham-
ber of the pistol all the remaining air
is forced out by pressing the plunger in
the air valve or by utscrewing the air
valve. This allows the soft, flexible
rubber bag containing the anurtonia on
the inside of the <toeing' to collapse. The
rubber bag is attacked kneide to the
lower end of the eseape valve or noz-
zle and =est not be taken out for re-
filling.
Barrels.
They really are the most useful ar-
ticles in the household repertoire.
nruong fifty ways of utilizing them
here is ooe: -
Fasten in the lower barrel -head se-
ounly. Take out tbe upper one to
allow a shelf to be fastened in the :mid-
dle, Which should follow the line of the
basset, excepting on one side, Nytere
the circle muer be teetered. When this
ehelf ia securely set in, festen, the, sec-
ond barrel -head baeir again. pant 1
tan all ail the hoops. -Now vow out a gen-
erous -sized door n the centre ok the.
barrel. When it °pew, the shelf wit)1,1
its equate, side should etand. arrese the
middle of the oeetning. Put hinge -s on
the door, and thett you have a come
torte,bie. little pantry fer rottagi
Or, if 1Vasille$113nd582" not1 110 , Chas
inventiOn vill nerve exintrrably az Oftrtg
it draped E.hat tile barrel ,.iaape ale
le visible. A Turkish toneSt, ers 14,
Yot,, towelling ent in a r•irele, rtilt
ilbe barrel 1.' sea, 4w,
the (treoreeeta
e"
.eee: