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In England diseuesion. ot the pro-
Pasaie for increasing the 13ritiell
artaY, whiell the government will m).1-.
mit to Parliament. on its reassembly,
is already growing werne. What the
government contemplatee is merely
the addition of eight new battalions to
the present foree, lvith some slight
changes as to pay and service, that
is, a development of the preseot sys-
tem, without topeibing the PriedPies
on which the ermy is organized. The
opponents of this plan on the other
'hand, ergo that the existing eystcon
is all wrong,,that what is needed is
not its improvement and development,
but a radioat reform whieh shall not
patch but reconstruct. The present
organization of tbe army was, like
that in other states, largely prompt-
ed, by the German sucoesses in the
Franco-Prussian war, and has for its
basis the shoxt-service system and the
principle of connected battalions, each
of which is to serve alternately at
home end abroad. The system con-
templates, in effect, the existence of
two armies of, seventy bettallons eacit,
the whole establishment being placed
at two hundred. and six thousand men,
seventy-three thousand of whom ere
stationed in India, and about twenty-
six thousand, in the colonies, leaving
about one hundred, thousand forborne
service., Of these letter, it was ex-
pected that sixty-five thousand would
be available for the various military
expeditions in wbigh Great Britain is
constantly engaged throughout the
world, their place being taken by the
reserves and volunteers, and more-
over, that from; them Men could be
drawn to fill, %up the depleted ranks of
their connecting battalions abroad.
But the system, has it is alleged, brok-
en dawn, partly because of the ex-
pansion of the empire and the conse-
quent draft upon its military res
sources, but mainly because of the
difficulty of getting an adequate sup-
ply of recruits.
AMUSEMENT R13
Should Be at) Healthful and SO
Innocent
THAT PAREETB IJOBLII VIEW IT.
i'reaciles entail Irnituonee
came eine, and lee Civet; a sitresfeet
10 meals — EvIl moms er feature and
now to Surely (ammo- 'Menu,
Washington, Jan. 9. '7 This!
ing Rev, Dr. Telmage preached from
the text, IL Sam.u.el, U., 14, "Let the
young men nowl arise and, play before
us."
There are two armies ensamped by
the pool of Gibeon. The time, hangs
homily on tbeir bands. One army
proposes a. game of sword fencing.
Nothing could be more healthful and
Innocent. The other army accepts the
challenge. Twelve men' against twelve
men, the sportopens. But something
went adversely. Perhaps one of the
swordsmen got an unlucky clip ort in
some way had his ire aroused, and that
which opened. ,sportfulness ended in
violence, each one taking his eonteste
ant by thet hair, and then with the
sword thrusting him in the side, so
that that which opened. in innocent
fun ended in the. raassacre of the twen-
ty-four sportsmen. Was there ever
a better illustration of what was true
then and is tree now, that that
which Is innocent may be made de-
structive?
At this season of the year the club-
houses of our towns and cities are in
full play. T have found, out that
there is a, legitimate and am illegiti-
mate use of the clubhouse In the one
case it ine,y become a healthful recrea-
tion, like the contest of the twenty-
four men in the text wheo they began
their play; in: the other case it be -
homes the massacre of body, mind and
soul, as inl the case of these contest-
• ants of the, text when they had. gone
too far with( their sport. All intelli-
gent ages have had their gatherings
tor political, social, artisiic, literary
purposes—gatherings characterized. by
In the absence of conscriptionand. tt,:e ,I.),Iunt, old, Anglo-See:on designation
,
of sufficient inducements to adopt of et1-11'h
If you. heve read history you know
the army as a career, class distinc-
that there was a Wing's Read, club,
dims in England so operate against
Ben ,Tonson club. a Brothers' claim,
sea, Steriditna ride, or the noonday
Party ot the farmers under the trees,
roemieg deer pursued by the hounds
In the Aclirondaeks or the sheep on. the
tiewn. On this fade there are reaclin '
rooms where You find all newepape
end imagazinee. On that side thereAs
library where you and' all beaks
trout licaMeneuttea to the fairy tale,
Coming In arta out there are gentlemen.
E011.10 of whom stay ten minutes, others
stay many boors. Some of these are
from luxurious homes, teua they have
excused themselves for awhile from the
cloanestic circle that they may enjoy
the larger sociability of the clubhouse.
These are from dismembered households
and they have a plain lodging some-
where, but they come to this club room
to have their chief enjoyment. One
blackball amid tee votes will defeat a
man's becoming a member. For row-
dyism, for drunkenness, for gambling,
for any kind of misdemeanor, a mem-
ber is dropped out. Brilliant club-
houses from top to bottom. The chan-
deliers, the plate, the furniture, the
compenionship, the literature, the m-
etal prestige, a complete enchantment.
But the evening is passing on, and
so we hasten through the ball and down
the steps encl into the street and. hem
block to block until we come to another
style of clubhouse. 'Opening the door;
we find the fumes of strong drink and
tobacco something almost intolerable.
These young men at this table, it is
easy to understand what they are at
from. the flushed cheek, the intent
look, the almost angry way of tossing
the dice, or of moving the "chips"
They are gambling. At another table
are mean who are telling vile stories.
They are three-fourths intoxicated, and
bet'w'een 12 and 1 o'clock they will go
stairgering, hooting, swearing, shouting
on their way home. That is an only
son,. Oa him all kindness, all care, all
culture has been bestowed. ale is pay-
ing his parents in this way for their
kindness. That is a young married
man who only a few mouths ego at the
altar made promises ca kindness and
fidelity, every one of wbieli he has
arokeni Walk through and see for
yourself. Here are all the implements
of dissipation and of quick death. As
the hours of the night go away the
conversation becomes imbecile and more
debasing Now it is time to shut up.
Those 'who are able to stand. will get
out on the pavement and balance them-
selves against the lamppost or against
the railings of the fence. The young
man who is not able to stand will
have a bed improvised for him in the
clubhouse, or two not (elate so overcome
with liquor will conduct him to his
enlistment tha t racily good materi 11
, which Swift .
•annot be got for the. service. The iah
result is that elthough the minimum
XETE1
et Weren't divalent of the six nights. In the next room. Then there is a
I. 'Will take three for the club and, three rattliog of the night key in the door*
ak other purposes." X tremble, Here and the returned father comeit
ate up-
s. man who says, "Out of Use six se- stairand sea the empty cradle and
cedar eights Of the week I will devote the window up, ire nye "What is tae
five to the clubhoute and. one to the matter?" In God's judgmeut din' he
home, which ;debt 1 will spend in will find out what was the matter.
aeowlioa like a March sgeall, wishing Oh, men astray, Uod help youl
father's -house, ancl they will ring the
doorbell, and the door will open, and
the two itmbecile escorts win introduce
into the hallway the ghastliest • and
most hellish spectacle 'that ever enters
a front door—a dminken son. • If the
dissiputing clubhouses of this country
would make a contract with the infer-
no to provide it 10,000 men a. year, and
longed; a Literary club, which BUM, for 20 years, on the condition that no
more should be asked of them, the club -
age. and Goldsmith, and. Johnson and. Bose
. of enlistment is eighteen, fully a
I well made immortals. a Jacobin club,
third of the recruits are only sixteen I
, e Benjamin Franklin Junto club —
or seventeen, and so not fit to be Sent
some oC these to indicate jUStice, Some
abroad, and that' with the other two -
to favor the arts, some to promote
"circle constantly drawn upon to main-
. good manners, some to despoil the
lain the efficiency of their correspond -
I habits, some to destroy the soul. If
fag battalions abroad, there is scarce- ,
one \11 write an honest history of
iy a regiment in the United King- the clubs of England Ireland Scot
dem fit. for active service. As the ma- land, France and the United. 'State;
jority of the troops are wanted forcer- : for the last one hundred years, ha'
' will write the history, of the world..
vice abroad, not at home, and the re- I
The club was an institution born on
giments are by' the drafts made upon English soil, hitt it h t'4111;lcilo shall
mensteadily losing their efficient , in American atmosphere
men, when the home battalions have tell how many belong to that kind of
. club where men put purses together
in any emergency to be sent ahroad, ;
, and open house, apportioning the ex -
the whole force must be sifted to se -1 pease of caterer and. servants and room,
cure a full complement of effectives.' and having a sort of domestic estrale
Even than there, are not enough, and: lishment—.a style of clubhouse which
ionrditny opinion is far better than the
as under the rules men under twenty , object now
house? But
twannot be sent abroad, the war office i my peak of club -
has to evade the regulation by calling I houses of a different sort, such as the
the colonies, such as the Cape and Ber- i Cosmos or Chevy Chase or Lincoln
I club Da this capital, or the, Unien
mutat, places at home, not abroad. Int -League a mayly cii i.,s ..,t130 U led
Zerges"—g—frafea—tba-witiaatamta -Of• tBeavicet tali -Of 1,On-SOW - thesf, --t21A—Of
overnment police,- insist that the New York, where journalists al°ralne t -
sculptors, painters and. artaes
g system has broken down that mats, ' from all branches, gather together to
discuss newspapers, theatres and. ela-
borate art, like the Americas, which
wimps out in summer time, dimpling
the pool with its hook, and. arousing
the forest with its stag hunt; like the
Century club, which has its large group
of venerable lawyers, and poets, like
the Army and Navy club, where; those
mu-
te a scare merely to embarrees gonettehe land or the seal now come h r to talk over the days of earn
government bat the advocates of age; like the New York Yacht . club,
rm. insist that the army must le with ite floating palaces of beauty, up-
hestered with velve' snd peneled with
available army, and that to this
is needed is a thorough reform,
emodelling a the army, and es-
ly that the difficulty underlying
vhole matter, that of securing a
usable body of recruits, shall be
ously 'grappled with. Apparently,
3 is no indisposition to vote ads -
e, engaged in warlike service once
e credits for the army, or to
Y having all tat - s—we • tes of
every man on the rolls must be aeelna bee, *and of 'gaslight and of
' nineteen and. sound in body. There king's pantry one pleasure boat cost-
ing' three thousand (tellers," another
ovvever, no objection to the 'enlist -
fifteen thousand data* anotber thirty
b of young recruits to be Placed in thousand. dollars, another sixty-five
1 training camps until they reach thousand dollars, the fleet of plea
age. sure boats belonging to the club bar-
ing cost over two million dollars; like
the American jockey club, to which
belong men who have lb passionate
fondness for horses, fine herses, as had
;rob when, in the Scriptures, he. gives
HONEST ..SWEDItal. •
Sweden a cleans is an event:
, particularly is very rare.. Hoe- us a, sketee of that king of toasts, the
as the tundamental totality of the arch of its eeck, the nervousness of its
is nacurelly recognized end offi- foot, the inajesty of its gait, the whirl-
eounted upon. In this 'respect wind. of its power, crying out "Hast
Stoskholmers ' show a confident thou. clothed. his nook with thiteder? he
esenets which is always a ear- glory of his nostrils is terrible; be
e to etrangers and causes them mieveth in the valley and rejoinethlin
e u.neasiness, .1n the theatres and his strength, he saith • among the
cert halls there arc large cloak- trumpets ha! hal and he smelleth the
ms, where hew and furs are left battle afar off, the thunder .of the
bout the smallest eefeguard. The eaptains, ' and the shoutine;" like the
ormance ever, ecu Ii one again takes Traveler& club, the l3loesom club, tthe
ession of Ms effests, nor does an Palette club, the Commereiet club, the
cident " ever eecur. The inhale! e , Lieerel Mine th,e Stable (tithe 00, the
s are aeottstorned to expect ti reeip- Ameteur Boat plub, gamaling
1.1. probity in the franeactions ev- the wine clubs, the Hubs of all sizes,
Say 'Upon most of the tram- the clubs of all morals, clubs Its good
a in atokhol.m. meth:dors have been good can hs P1111)8 as had as
ensc :1 with . . ,The messenger him- tact ean be. clubs n n am prates. During
deposits ten, ore in a till placed at the day they are comraratively lazy
end of the vehicle behind the places Ilere and there an aged man
reading a newsi ater. co, an, employe,
I 1
,Lne,....4 it sofa or a clerkwr ing up
Ite.OTa AitOUT 1898. the aecounts, hut when the eur Lain of
1' the night, fain on the tuttural day then MOM about aim for Len years. and
e Yeer 189•8 Ii iii end will 'ell'', the curteen of the clubhouse. e hoists for wilt write his histery if he be still
tiaardatt ' the entertainment. Let. us buten up alive.- The Man IS a wine zelem, his
will have six eclipses, of ! now the marble st :Ors. When ati Ine wife broken hearted or prematurely
houses could afford to make that con-
tract, for they would save homesteads,
save fortunes, save bodies, minds and.
souls. The 10,000 men who would be
sacrificed, by that contract would be
but a smell part of the multitude sacri-
ficed without the contract. But It
make a. vast difference between clubs.
I have belonged to tour clubs—a theo-
logical club, a ball club and two liter-
ary clubs. I got from. them. physical
rejuvenation and. moral health. What
shall be the principle? .IaGod will help
me, I will lay down three principles by
which you may judge whether the club
where you. are a member or the club to
which you have been invited is a legal.;
mate or an illegitimate clubbouse.
First of all, I want you to test the
club by its influences on home., if you
have a home. I have been told by e
prominent gentlemen in club life that
three-fourths of the members of the
greet clubs of these cities are married.
men. The wife soon loses her influence
over her husband. who nervously and
foolishly looks upon all evening absence
as an assault on domesticity!. How are
the great enterprises of art end lit-
erati -aft, latra&tnnetteatmee,Azetaweblic weal
to be carried on if every malt' is, -Se
have his world bounded on one side by
his front doorstep and on the other side
by his back window, knowing nothing
higher than his own attic or nothing
lower than his own cellar? That wife
who become s jealous of her husband's
attention to art or literature or religi-
on or charity is breaking her own scept-
er of conjugel power. know. an inst-
ance where a wile thought that her hus-
band was ening too many nights. to
Christian service,to charitable service,to
prayer meetings and to religious convo-
cation. She systematically decoked him
away lentil now he attends no church
and is Jai a rapid way to destruction, his
morels gone, his money gone and, I
tear, his soul gone. Let any Christian
wife rejoice when her husband. conse-
crates evenings to the service of God,
or to charity, or to art, or to anything
elevated, but let not men sacrifice
home life to club life. T can point out
to you a great matey names of men
who are guilty of this sacrilege. They
are as geniel as an was at the clubhouse
anti as ugly as sin at home. They are
generous on subjects of Vi /ate sup -
pare, yachts and fast horses, but: they
are stingy about the wife's dress and
ite children's shoes. That; man has
made that which might be a healthful
recreation a, usurper of his affections,
end he Iris married it, and he is guilty
of moral bigamy. Under this process
the wife, whatever her feature% be-
come uninteresting and homely. He
bet -lames critical of her, does riot like
the dress, does not like the way
she arranges her hair, is amazed. that
he ever wee. so unromantic as to offer
her hand and heart. She is always
wanting money, money when she ought house has never been the same place
to- be discussing Eclipses and Dexter gine,e. Your wife has never brighten -
and Derby day and English drags with ed up. She • has not got over it,
six horses, all answering the pull of she never will get over it. How
one "ribbon." long the evenings are, with no one
I tell you. there are thoutande of to put to bed and no one to tell the
houses in the cities being clubbed to beautiful Bible story! What a pity it
death. There are clubhouses where ts that you, cannot spend more even-
memberalnie always involves demesne ings at home in trying to help her bear
shipwreck. Teti me the t man bwe that sorrow! You can never drown
Pelted a certain club, tell me nothing that grief in the wine cup. You can
never break away from the little Dams
that used to, be flung around your
neck when she used to say, "Papa, do all talaether, and h B. The /1111V a i'fart I Ile Lansaw,
stay home to-night—do ;stay home to- enough
hold fast
iiestwraenr,idi strong pure man. or woman WAS cateful in
night." You will never be able to wipe No, perform the Net detail of the Jewish
away from your tile the dying kiss Win Lake the -8e sta ndit and I will ritual with prayerful mind; the
I was out epeading it as I had 'Vent The iafluence which some of. the
the etherfive. That man's obituary otab-bouees are exerting is the more
evergetsrigtettea'so Not
oatea'StiaQeatwrong rocio. the very
heat
men. The admission tee
, MO° that, to be deplored bemuse it takee down
ever stops, Gradually his health will sifts out the penurious and leaves only
fail through late, hours, and through the beet fellows, They are frank,
too Jewell stimulus. , He will be first they aro generous, ow are whole soul -
rat -a prey for entail:etas and riletaaa" ed, they are talented. Oh, I begrudge
itt inwg)ifiltba: heart, The
glanceTsiletme ditaeitsari noteomoiliallt Vela fareaVnilk SieTkh wija' Pirgioze '011.Aifteartha:fillelee
present a:tense be must fight, but and the features will be haggard, and
years of Oat living. The clergyman, Wberl talking to you, instead of look -
for the sake of the feelings of the fam-
ily, my the Amaral day will only only tea big you in the eye, they will look down
and every morning the mother will
Ni'ivnrish or:gliritk'switbuts 1.yachtIieetrgeneralities.
iteehsbe obsequies: They 1,11117:PI: aio,1%.iaaticdels3ro ask latene"134.a lastnight?"answer,' or
aoatin:IdCheeplite willwYol
will seed, flowers to the coffin lid and fey, "That's my business," Then some
amid their wives to utter words or sym- time he will come to the store or the
elsewhere,
thpoletytiallevhaervecoemngeagentExeinntsg 11.1aegnkleectirosmans aendduttey1ogagnedd,aaftnedr bewill
ollan'a ligealtireelawatcleateatiralt ant.riadn'ts."e‘laiiltaellthlt, nothing to do he will come down at
he will lose ale place, acid then with
t"130.1.,-iise .2,0, .blayeondseaayd, 1,,V,thhostdiv?..oiunld not.
10 o'clock in the mowing to curse the
be appropriate., eywt me die the servant becauee the breakfast is cold.
Ithe lad. who was clerk in the cellar lina
death of the righteous, aad. let my lost
ewneuchibed. like iiii.s., appropriate.", '1
' :retell:lit
who ran errands for establishment;ihtetilhebeaYgninagthumscm°311gaont-
grnoetr et ioe3b be eh chief clerk
give me the mallet and, the chisel acid
I will cut ea honest epitaph, "Here to be cashier; theusarias of the young
men who were at the foot of the lad-
ihitruseth.e°' victim' of a' dissipating club' der have got to the top of the ladder,
I think that damage . is often done oy msleuttilliwereelixgboelosueeth,ewviitchtimet4ogfgetrhiee staggering
leap-
NtIviirlo SGbeiolontegatosoatuene oefralsteosceradtliscsilflaaratiinlyg and, bloodshot eye and mud bespattered
hat set sadetvise on a shock of greasy
clubhouses. People coming up from hair, his cravat dashed with cigar
humbler classes feel it. an honor to be- ashes. Look at hint! Pure hearted.
long to the same club, forgetting the young man, look at him! The clubhouse
Sons
thatmanyme eienrgy eofeotmhemseornesimaluedettbriltinehd: did that. I know eine sueh who went
the whole round, and, turned out of
Meats of the last generation are now, the higher clubhouses, went into the
as to mincl, imbecile; as to body, dis- tower clubhouses, and on Own, until
tavaolsilaildt hstasve to
mathararaulsihrtitetaairL• Peoplehretyy satnoar ynti viglintdoilwa to leaped.endhiswretchedness.Qfatliithird
long ago if they had had full possession
be -
of it, but the wily ancestors, who earn- Lee me say to fathers who are ed the money by hard knocks, foresaw corning dissipated, your sons will fol -
how it was to be, and they tied 1111 iltpaNNOwY.oula.eYkonuotirhainakIlYstolamoruatointdareShnav°et
everything in the will, Now there 'is heard men, who say, "I am Profane,
nothing of that unworthy descendant but never in the presence of my chin
but his grandfather's name and roast drea." Your children know you swear.
beef rotundity. And yet how many
steamers there are which feel honored. I have heard men say, ' I drink, but
to lash fast that worm eaten. tug, never in the presence of my children."
though it drags them straight into the Your' children know you drink. I de -
breakers. scribe now what occurs in hundreds of
households in this country. The tea
Another test by which you can find hour has arrived. The family are seat -
whether your club is legitimate or in ed at the tea. table. Before the rest
legitimate—the effect it has on your of the family arise from the table the
macular occupation. I can understand father shoves back his chair, says he
bow through such an institution a man has an engagement, lights a cigar, goes
can reach commercial 'successes. I ce ' comes back after midnight, and
know some erten have formed, their best twat is the history of 36t' nights of the
business relations through such a year. Does any man want to stultify
channel. If the clue has advantaged himself by saying that that is healthy,
you in an honorable calling, it is a legi- that that is right, that that is honor-
timateo club. But has your credit able? Would your wife have married
failed.? Are bargain makers more you. with such prospects?
cautious how they trust you with a,
bill of geode? Have the men whose Time ill pass on, and the son will
names were down in the commercial be 16 olr 17. years of age, and. you will
agency Al before they entered the be at the tea. table, and he will shows
club been going 'down ever since in back and have an engagement, and he
commercial standing? Than look out 1 wili'llght his cigar, and, he will go eat
you. and I every day know of cora_ to the clubhouse, and you will hear
menial establishments going to ruin nothing of him until you hear the night
through the social exce,sses of one or key in the door after midnight. But
• two members, their fortunes beaten to his *physical constitution is not quite
death with ball players' bat, or cut so strong as yours, and. the liquor be
straipships by the front prow of the drinks is more terrifically drugged
regatta, or gang dawn under the than that which you drink, and so he
swift hoofs of the fast horses. or will catch up with you on' the road to
drowned in large potations of cognac death, though you got such a long start
of him, and so you will both go to hell
and monongaliela. Their clubhou.-e
t eth .r.
was the -"Loch Earn." Their business In a
11041Se was the "Ville du Havre." They The revolving Drunamnond light in
struck, and the "Ville du Havre" went
under. .
A third test by which you may knew
whether the club to which you belong,
or time .club to Whose membership you
are [u -cited is a legitimate club or an
illegitimate club is - this: What is its
effect on your sense of moral and re-
ligious obligation? Now, if I should
take the names of all the people in may
audience, and put tbem on a roll And
then I should lay 'that roll beak of the
organ and. 100 years from new some -
acne
should take that roll and call it
from A to Z, there would not one of
on answer. I say that any associa-
dote aent makes e•e, foreet ,that fact
is a bad. aits"aotatititaie- atabitiattiraaftaes, 'wen
the cities there but two routes, and
you can take ' the Pennsylvania rail -
toad or the Baltimore and Ohio; but
suppose that 'I hear that on one route
tae track is torn up, and. the bridges
a -re town down, and the. switches are
unloekeda It Will not take me a great
while to decide which road te take.
Now, here are two 'roads into the fu-
ture, the Christian and the un-Chrts-
Han, the safe end the unsafe. An in-
stitution or any aesociation that con-
fuses my idea in regard eo that fact
is a bad institution and a bad associa-
tion. I had. prayers before I joined
the club. Did I have , them after?
I attended the house -of, God before I
connected myself with the •club. Since
that union with- the club du I absent
myself from religious influences?
Which would. you rather have 'in your
head when you come to die, a peek
of cards' or a 13ible? Which would you
rather have pressed to your lips i wthe
closing moment, the "up of P.elshaziew
• se 'wassail or the chalice of Chris-
tian —",-; "`: 'Who would you ra-
ther hart - - . ,elllearers Um eld-
ers of 'eche ., web. or the com-
N
Panion aaheta t , al, creation was full
of elan ' lad ,eintende? Who - would
you rat c eve foe your eternal com-
panions, thee men who spend their
eeenings Letting, gambling, swear -
tug, carousing and telling vile stories
or your little child that bright girl
Whom the'. Lord. took? Oh, you would
not have been away so much nights
would you,, if you had known she was
-going away so soon? Dear me, your
IRE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 23
The neatioade$1," amt. 143. elelden Text,
Irate e. se.
PRACTICIA.L NOTES,
Verse 1. Seeine the multitudes.
"These muititudee." Those mentioned
in the last verse of our lest lesson.
He went Op into a mountain One of
Many witicla are close to the Sea of
Galilee, The country that spread out
around these mountains was at that
time ow of the mast popitions, prosper-
ous, and beautiful in the world. The
"Horns Hattin" are the tradition-
al site a the Sermon on the Mount.
When he waa set, When he had. seat-
ed himself. In the East teachers sit.
His diseiplea came unto him. Not the
twelve only, though probably ineluding
most et them, but a large circle of fol-
lowers, who had been attracted by his
Drees:Ming and miracles
2. Blessed. The blessings or beat
-
!tildes which follow are nine in numb-
er. They set forth nate features of the
spiritual character, and pronounce hap-
piness, for that is the meaning of the
word, on those who possess these charneterietics They are all traits of the
true citizen of the kingdom of heaven.
3. The poor in spirit, Jesus begins
with the very beginning of religious
exPerienoe—penttence, Ior 'poverty of
spirit inaplies a sorrowful sense of our
guilt. It is, ts Or. Watson has said,
the root of all true faith or trust in
Goa. In this beatitude, as given by
Luke, there is uothing said about the
spirit, and the blessing is pronounced
on outward poverty as being a less
perilous staee than that of riches; but
here the blessed ones are plainly those
who, whether possessed of money or not
feel in their hearts that they have no-
thing of their own, end depend on the
boutity of God. This experience is at -
the bottom, of all sptritual excellence,
and is the one means by which we can
ever reach the riches of Christ. For
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "The
very sense of their poverty is riches
beguns"—Dr. Brown.
4. They that mourn. The entire uas-
sage points to spiritual conditions, and
the implication is that the mourning
here referred to concerns the evil that
separates them from the God of love
and verity. There is a sorrow that
worketh death, 2 Cor. 7. 10, but there
is a sorrow of the godly sort which
has for its fruit eternal joy. The sec-
ond Beatitude is development of the
first. They who recognize their seir-
itual poverty lenient bitterly,but they
shall he comforted; they shall receive
beauty. for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness. These are they
who, sowing in tears reap in joy ;these
are they from whose eyes God shall
wipe away all tears.
5. Blessed are the meek. The third
Beatitude is as closely conneotei ith
time second as is the second with the
front of a hotel, in front of a locomo- The first fruit of holy mourn-
fulness is that gentleness and hum-
ility may flash this way and flash that
which lead one to associate gladly
with the meanest of those who fear
God. The apostle Paul urges Titus to
teach his parishioners to be "gentle,
showing all meekness unto all men."
Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you,
and. learn of me, for I am meek and
lowly fa heart." Peter regarded as
the chief adornment of the human
character a meek and quiet spirit,
which in the sight de God is of great
price. They shall inherit the earth.
This is an allusion first of all to the
inheritance of Canaan by the Israelites.
It is a sort of religious adaptation of
elutes of osier and. birch grow on the an historieal fact, and thus resembles
hot tape ea tiadloaette-Snechattan, but manY
a pure heart and an honest life' thriva'
in a dissipating clubhouse—never!
The way to conquer a wild beast is
to keep your eye on him, but the way
for you to conquer your temptations,
my friend, is to turn your basar. on
them and f13.• for your life,
Oh, my heart arise! T see men strug-
h .al ha mon i see, etre are parlors old, his fortune gone, or reduced and
;January 7 end. Dee:ember 27 will ''Pern ., „, , , , t L.,_ • ,h •
. . on ene,Silt , Wall the uptimetery o the his.OM a. mere name in a directory.
sliale to N°111' .4-Iseriaa. se,,ITCeeerdie d the Tuileries, and here nare are six secular nights in the
tt Sunday in "'ant' IfebriaarY ' a - ere. di ala halls that challenge you to week. "Whet shell 1 clo with tatent"
Sunday, April 9; Easter aunda,y, I mention , Y luxury that they cannot eayi the father and the husband. "I
-16; ' ' ' 1 afford, I bore, it,re galleries with will give four of tamee, nights to the
afebrew yeer 5659 will begin at aculptere il ' I' 4 and litho 'le mhe improvement and eaten 'ailment of My t
t on Priday, September 16. I anti (newel wit , the weer ef areas, family; ,either earl:tam or in good , .tover. TIe went, away. adore heeget It aolead alla roalla th
four seasetie eel a tegin On theselerepwy ene d t and, C ' eand nettatbeihooel, a ii wt devote one to a back at retard/let the eyes had.: won eaehieing chest, atid
ble, jAmt,1 A e• 1, . , : closed, the ., , . .. , • , the- rope 0
14 .1898: apring, Me rs h 201 Rain-, (31' tV.i,•ry' &Arita. ow 01311," ' C 0. 1 , ,W111 devote . eloeed, the Mu ei telsewatutd .done lee one end of lhe mep to t
June ,e1; autumn, iaeptember 'oned or 'eine te • who e agratulate you. I work, and the wife worn Out with ' the other end to you.
P, """alwor, the , nerv8 13 e' ria‘iai ' ' "I will make l' three weekta Watehing,"'ley unconscious • Pall fot aattrlife‘ I rali
r, Wetteitaien ale . e
upon the mountains, upon the ravines.
upon. the city, hut I take the lamp of
God's eternal truth, ana I flash it upon
all the clubhouses of these cities', so
that no youtg man shall be deceived.
By these tests try them, try theml Oh,
leave the dissipating! Paid your money,
have you. Better sacrifice that than
your soul. Good fellows, are they Un-
der that process they will not remain
such. arollueca reas be found. 200 fath-
oms down beneath the Norwegian seas;
Siberian stag get fat on the stinted
growth of Altaian peaks; hedysarium
grate amid the desolation of Sahara;
developed we see God rally. Those,
ere pure accoeding to the meenin
of the Pacerieses were the only one
Perrnitted to enter. time Mat o
the temple at Jerusalem; Sir -Oita the
Pure in ,heara Shell enter Cod'e
ual eanatoary. •
P. The peacemakers. The more of
beavenly atamempbere a man bee al
him the MOPES stronger does hie dis-
liceition become to adjust eafterences
and reconcile those who con' I.
They shall be slatted the ehildren
God. They who study peace and dift
it are like. the Lord, who is aletad
in limg-euffering, goodnewe awl in
forgiveness of iniquity 4 Peacemak-
ers are recognosed as the children
of God, beea.ase of their faesilY lake-
O the I,Ordi
,our familiar prayer -meeting
idleveywtettzetalt.Linga hitsi.hrasteee'colilersoilrte.
.03 .
.. .
of his heart, and, the v fact of tie- CAarri:Psetnateis . : . . . • • • 783
lighting in the Lord charile ' the de- FAR OVER THE A.VERAGE.
sire of one's heart, so that arweetretet Innkeepers. Industrial districts 2,030
(tie who have the least from one point of tvr, . eetel servants. . . 1,971
ness.
10 Those whieh are persecuted for
righteousness' sake. That they suf-
fer because they are good. Straoge that
goodness should bring euffering on any-
one, but it does And eersesittion for
righteousness' sahe ie not limited to
barbaric ages. The unregenerate human
heart hates God wed goodoess; and all
those who live, godly in Jesus ChrIet
must suffer persecution. Theirs is
the kingd.om of heaven. The spiritual
kingdom of God in this world; and by
1 cal sequence the kingdt 'ii of glory,
!eh is our reward, It is at this
point profitable th look bask over the
Beatitudes which we have studied, and
observe how success be eacti ease is at-
tached to what in the judgment of men
would bring failure. Men in their
hearts bless him that is rich, our Lord's
blessing is upon poverty of spirit; not
the laughing, but the pensive; not the
resentful, but the meek and quiet; not,
the avaricious, but those who long for
spiritual blessing; not attentim to
one's rights, bat the developtrnent of
mercy; not assertion of religion, but
purity of • heart; not fighting for
Principles bat making peace. Our
Lord came to turn upside down the
prevalent moral convictions of the
world. His work is not yet acne, eith-
er in the world at large or in the
Church of Christ. When men sball
revile you and persecute you. Any sort
of pereecution, either physical or men-
tal; but remember that when evil is
said against u's for the sake of Christ
it must be falsely said if it bring s
reward. "Righteousness' sake in
verse 10 and "my sake" in. verse 11 se.
are identical. Jesus was bound up with
righteousness—was righteousness In-
carnate.
12. Rejoice. Exult. So persecuted they
the prophets. Be like the prophets
in their holiness and in their suffer-,
bags, and you will be like them in.
your reward in heaven.
iv
BUSINESS AND LIFE.
Eng114b Sint isms showing xxpectations el
turgidity lit Varioilt; Trades."
What effect has your occupation up-
on your expectation of life? The new
supplement of the registrar general's re-
port referred to in the Daily News le-
cently does not exactly tell you that
but it gives a "mortality figure" fox
many occupations that helps one to
judge of the vitality of the workers
as a class. ;This figure is based an cal-
culations limited to the forty years
elnded at age 65, ee that the years of
boyhood. and of old age are not allowed,
to water down the figures applicable
to the working years. It is when judg-
ed by this standard that. the clergy are
found to have the safest lives taken as
a 'whole class, although a certain class
ot farmers have still safer lives. 'Turk --
lug 1,000 as the mortality figure for
all males from 25 to 65, you. can see
from the following list how much bet-
ter or worse oft than the average male
the men of certain callings are:
WELL UNDER THE AVER.A.GE.
Farmers, in agricultural districts 606
CleegyMer, . . . . 533
Gardeners. nureetanen and seed -
teen . . . . 568
Agrioulturists.
Teachers . .
Farm laborers. . .
Lace manufacturers.
Tanners . . .
•
. 602
. £04
. 632
. 709
. 766
• 778
• . 1,810
view have the most from another but - area
. • 1,706
n42
aPert from this meaning there re•• Lead
gling against evil habits, and they
another truth, that, 2, the in- Pat
want help. I have knelt beside them.ioaartaat
and I have heard them cry for help, l
leek in general is a fulfilment, Of rGleas.
Of wealth ana power to • the wale,
_
arid then we have risen, anta he heal aa
what might almost be called it natural tweet
put one hand on my right shoulder and! law. The everamious and pretentious sea
the other hand on my left shoulder
ity of earnestness which the judgment I
day will have no rower to make me, whoee success are laid broad and de t
infin- I may go further in. quick twill:a-Rion,
but it is tbe gentle the foundations e9af..1
and looked into me face with an
"The meek are the only rightful occu-
forg,st, as he has cried out with his
For such there is ' Pants of a foot of ground or a crust of
Lips scorched in ruin, " Go I help ore pants
help except in 1 bread in. this world, and they are the T
the Lord Goi. Almighty. I am going! hoairs of all "ming things."—Dr. ea
to Make a very stout. rope. You know ; arraey whi,,,h do. hunger and thirst. eh
w
that semetimes a ropetna,k r will tea
These words were spoken. by a man who Ph
, e se ,
very small threads and wind them to-;
short time before had hungered wee
gether until after awhile they become only thirsted for for forty days and nights. c
ship cable. And 1 am going to take
Et5 knew the pain of physicea hunger, ww
some very small, delicate threads and
anat he pronounces a, blessing on those leer
wind them together until they make
Aith have a similar yearning and erays Iiiihe
a very stout rope. I will take all the I
for goodness. They shall be fill- Tea
memories of the marriage day, a thread( meg'
"They shall be saturated." He i sone
of laughter, 'a thread of light, a thremad
awtoae, deepest longing is for spiritual
of music, a thread of banqueting,
shall have them to the full lialloeet,.t
thread of congratulation, ant T tsvist i blessing
them together and. I have one strand. mid- to rararbitr°w• This aa°Iaasa is I Di
mot to be narrowed_ to mean merely I ww
Then I take it thread of the hour of attd.,e approwitu,d,gjitn. ttecard.tayu,itiilau)tefreninoerws ! cachm.e06.,
the first advent in your bouts, a thread
, soul et the
of the darkness that preceded, tine a t
thread of the light tbat followed, and t° evert' tlerelolanant and bleating ; r se-
nate. child used velath tbe spiritual natute can receive. , rt''.,,e
a thread of the beautiful semi that
to wear when the No om can hunger and, thirst after
bounded out at eventide to greet Yoit, erttgilinrieltea'sputifilitIli livithe,b, hal gn4fotcl Ziliireettlidje, li ette
and thee a threw) of the buena-al dines
surrectioa. And i hen I twiet all these is an. indiattion or health. a i
7. The neereiful. They .who enter in- .,
• tire
In which you laid her away for tae, re -
threads together, anti T hew: another to the-, miseries of hitlh•rhlagtheitoerre'inTehreeyY ,',4,i
strand. Then I. take a thmewl of the shall obtain atereY.
scarlet rale of ,,,, suffering Christ, and e fnitiIi shows to another God will ,re.-: 2,..!,;.
1 , this truth is preseoted in *Tames Li. 13, aarta
pees bim in fulli. The other side of atarleatst'h
11()i; on
a thread of the will 'S raiment of your ,
loved ones before
'string or the harp eh
of the harp seraphic,
tubie, and a string It hard to' see how'
a. true Chneteatt
and I twist ilee, can be anything but merciaii. And the
strand. dieeiple should be like his Lord,
tea- third
ca your little girl. twist them -together, an,c1 one entl of pit.re neenwincl women. cif. modern tilnet,
0.soildatinn Of a dissipating olub- that rope. I will fasts t the weenie fromene etwee farm of ewh
house is so great that sometimes a Minion table, for it s mil be removed,
..sllitsittstlilnePtiherltaYslleeuteeere'TrctrIttic'!7mtnhesiirned his baekonhis)rirohoiilatoftiorgeo.oettat ayarypavtetltitaittut,initc>
wofhiehijavasdyiagaeartt ivihi ertmbiit;teetos,2etivini
everythitiathet
cross of nes:Ont le utipleasant Mm ugh!.of Goa,
eying fan em10,1
IlVZ, Shan see God. Yet s.'e
SIM" threw taroagh a. glees, der v, hut io iota
bold Of puttioe tbe parity or
roi heaven! • hwirts is
1 i fe.