Exeter Times, 1898-12-22, Page 6Arores .4.2Y OMIVENT
•It Is beUw& Z4L� that preparetenn are reeking ter lin invasion of
;Tidied, with a, view to Carrying the
tlertheast. Indian frontier up. te the
,Weeterie tropttero cixi•no, proPer.. Tho
arioetattono Thibet, it is sold, by ad-.
voeates a that policy, would be great -
13, to the benefit of British trade and
epeciial advantage to tlee British reale
dents in India, to whom, in the hot
seaeon, the elevated table -land of Thi -
bet would. eerve as a sanitarium. With
Thibet, would pass into the possession
of Great 13ritain the sources of the
great river a Burraah and Siam and
the watershed of the Yang -tee -Kiang
and Iloangeho. Thibet ie. nominally a
part a China, but is really under the
government of the Lamas. The Chin-
ese suzerainty is represented by a few
weak garrisons, but as there is no at-
tempt to interter with the internal af-
fairs of the country and no revenue is
eollected there is no ill feeling toward
the Chine,se people or Government.
Northern Thibet is practically nein-
habitable and the population of the
southern parts is chiefly pastoral,
their main ordeal of food. being barley,
which only grows in the narrow val-
leys and ravines worn away by the
etreeras. There is, however, a great
wealth of flocks and herds, and in the
western parts of the country, toward
the frontier of Kashmir, gold has been
found in several places, and there are
valuable salt mines.
'''•••••-tatietteataia,,
The la,st attempt .to open up direct
official relations with the Govern-
ment of the Lamas was in 1885, but
owing to the opposition of the Thibet-
ans the mission never entered their
territory. The following year the
Thibetans were ill-advised enough to
invade Sikkim, a State under British
protection, from which they were driv-
en out and pursued by the British and
Indian troops, who followed them in-
to the Chumbi Valley, in Thibetan
territory. Peace was concluded with-
out any attempt being made to pene-
trate further, the difficulties to be en-
countered being very great and the
country practically unknown. In the
interval that has elapsed several ex-
ploring parties have succeeded in en-
tering, and there is reason to believe
that the British -Indian military au-
thorities are now in possession of suffi-
cient data for the conduct of a cam-
paign ta Lhassa, the capital. The
Thibetans are described as superior to
the Chinese, being more frank and
manly, handsome and with. the splen -
Sid physique and carriage of the
mountaineer. According ,to the re-
ports, however, they are incapable of
making any resistance, being entirely
destitute a modern weapons.
Whatever the intentions 'of the Bri-
tish Government may be on the ques-
tion of a movement into Thibet, the
special training ordered for the Bri-
tish and native troops in mountain
EMIL daring the present season is re-
garded In India as proof of preparation
for an emergency. By some the rum-
ors about Thibet are believed to beauty -
a blind, the real objective being said
to be Afghanistan; while others again
• think that an advance into • China.
through Burmah, is in contemplation,
with the intention of establishing Bri-
tish posts on the upper Yang-tse-Kiang
and. in 'Yunnan, thus cutting- off the
westward and northern extension of
the French from Tonquin. Which-
ever of these views is correct, public
opinion in India seems to lae impressed
with the brief that an advance hato
some one or other of the mountain re-
gions forming the harriers of India is
projected, and the prospect that It
will bring fresh burdens for the Indian
people is causing much anxiety and
discussion.
TAXED FOR THE PRIVILEGE.
They ell:1w women to wear male at -
:tire in France, but they are taxed for
• the privilege. The French Government
very justly • charges women $10 to
$12.50 per yeas for wearing the trous-
ers. This however, does not ,give ev-
ery vvoraan who is willing to pay the
tax a right to wear such garments,
.The Government confers the right as
a tribute tat great merit, and makes
it, in fact a sort •of decoration given
to women, as the ribbon of the Legion
of Honor is given to men. The only
woraen to whom ha S been granted the
eoVeted right to wear male attire are
George Band, Itosa. 13otilieur, Meas. Dieut
,lafoy,• the Persian archaeologist, Mme.
Foncelt, the bearded woman, and two
fentinine sculptors, Mate. Fourreau arid
' La jearinette. •Howtjealously the right
of wearing male attire by women in
France has been guarded may be seen
In the -recent cases of 1VIme. de Valsayre,
• This lady is well known for her pro
pensity to fight duels, And her efforts
to get elected to the Prench Assembly.
Last year she petitioned the Govern-,
naent fir a eight to.weas menial clothes
but the Prenoh authorities refused her
petition. She is a pretty woman,,with
a profusion a blonde hair.
tr-CONVIOTBD.
After hebad kissecl her and'iareSsed.
her 'rosy cheek against his and patted
her soft round elan, she draw back
• and asked:
• George, de you shave, yourstit /
Yes,
be replied. • •
I thought sso,' she Sat& YOutlaen,ls
the roughest lever--,, 'Then she Stop-
ped, but it was 'too latei and he went e
avvey ,with a celd betavY Wrap in bus
Areallt, I
THE PEOPLE
WA' 11RY. DR. TALiviAGR sAvs
AHDAIVOIRx$rs PLAIN TAR,
illustration, nor Those langagese tn
SlereltandlseeDo Not Neglect to Take
en Account of stock-evetch, the State
of the Markets -The Dr, preaches e
• Timely Sermon to Dusineas lien.
despatch from Waelliiigtan says
Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the
followingtext:-"Buy the truth end
sell it not." -Prov. xxiii., 23. Phi -tat
never forgot the occupation of the Peet
pis to whim Ile spake. His metaphors
and illustrations were at to be drawn
from the every -day biasineee of the p'ep.
pie whom He addressed. 'Speaking.tt9
the fishermen, He said: "The Gospel
is a net laid down into the sea." • Ads.
dressing himself to the farmers, He
said: "A sower went forth . to sow,
and sorae of the seed fell on good
ground, and. Some on thorny grOund't
That He. might attract the attention of
the shepherda, Re tells the parable of
the lost sheep, and how the shepherd
went out in the wildernesa to bring it
home to the fold.' In order that the
plainest woman who ever mixed hread,
might not 'be in doubt as to *hat. :He
meant, He said: "The kingdom . of
heaven is like leaven, �r yeast; Whieh
leavens the whole lump." •,Iiideed;
there were no learned allusions; there
was no profound disquieition, there
was zio acute analysis in the a.ddresses
of Christ. They were merely a..Plam
talk from a heart •overflowing . With
love for the peoPle, in a way thefill
the people understood. Thers as hardly
a style of mind that isnotsusceptible
to illustration. One. Sabbath -1 was
preaching on an Indian. reservation to
an audience of Indians.. I was „trying
at that time to impresiupon therathe
fact that ehildhood .generally indicat-
ed the 'character of intinhood. Thsy did
not seem to understand, unti/ ,I -told
them, that a crooked young iree raakes
a crooked old tree, end,then thetkeyes
flashed with intelliginee.
•' When ray text.eeye, "Buy the truth,
and sell it, not," iternploYs an illustra-
tion which ouilit to ' attract the at-
tention of all those- :directly or indir-
ectly engaged in ,meechandiae.
Wculd-
to Godevae Mieire all as 'Wise int Manag-
ing the inetfere' of the ,oul as we are
in worldly- traffic. I want, this morn-
ing, to gi*e seine Of the character-144de-
of a wise spiritual. Merchant.
La the, first place,. Irernark thetethe
wise spie it ual merchant will' taie..
lect to take an account of stook.
We are corning'1 °wards -the first of
January, and all -our bueinese
be absorbed. They whoeordiaarily go
over at eight or hine .o'clock in the
morning to busineestwill go at seven,
and if you happen to be: in the street
some night at elevener -twelve o'clock
you will meet them, and if you ask
"Why are you corning home seIater,
they will say, "We are taking an ae.:
• ceent. of stock." Every wise business
men does that. Once a year all the
• goods raust be handled, and every shelt
must be ransacked, and the remnants
•rianit be unrolled, and the dusty bun-
dles unw-rapPed, and everYthingin
the store &este be upturned. •. Once a
year he busiaess man wants to know
hew things stand. He reviews the
books, writes them up, and draws out
on a fair balance sheet all his worldly
ciratunstances ; .s9 • many goods, so
many liabilities; so much capital that
as, cornparativelY woi thiess, se ranch
that can be eaSify turned into cash;
so many debts, so. Many:bills ont .thate
are perfectly geed, so reanfthet:rhire
doubtful. In ether Words, he Tooke
over all the affairs oftthe year, and
knows just what position he „occupies,
No-sv, my friand,s, 'alight we not to be
3114t as sex atiniaing in the -Matters oi
the soul? The Rothschilds never did a
business of such infinite importance as
that going on in the heart of every
man and woman in this audiehce. There
are the goods -the facilities and ener-
gies and passions of your soul. There
are the liebilities •to teniptation, to
danger and death. Can it he that we
have never taken an account Of stock/
Can it be that we have been running
this tremendous business for eternity,
and never drawn Out our affairs on a
balance-sheet:1 1 know such .a review
is not. pleasant. Nether does any mer-
chant find it agreeable to take an ac-
count, of stock. You all pet the day
off as long as you can. :'Zstin do not
know what it may reveal td.,,,yOu. You
say„ "There ,may come up something tv"
review that I don't want to knoW, and
yet, after all, I must, as a business
man, .attead it.. And though you
pub it off asilongte.e.you can, you after
a while say,; "Boys, we'll g9 and take
,an account oftstock." • Many a man has
been stirprieedet the close at that op-
, elation. -to, find how .pporly he was elf.
Ale! it is just its ueipleasant to review
our epirittial conditLon. Thefact is we
are ineolveAL We owe d4te we eau
teiver pey, • We'have been running this
butinesof the soul so poorly, thetetve
have got to be woand up. We Can't
:pay one cent on a dollar. • We Pan't.
answer for one of tee thousand of cur
tfultsgreeelutth- -ban 'never in
• world/7 tiffairs, been such a reise.r.
able fallizre, in Wall street, or State
street, as. we .heve.Made in spiritual afa
fairs. We owe God everything. We
,..trav6,• paid Him' nothing; somedr •ux
hayeettever .1;rieds to pay' lLi1n any-
thing. • • •
But temnetimes, when -a Man is there
otitglifteaeornertici ifl iuinees mattets,
and lie says,: mil:et stop paymentet
iiile he is it i1iVth his store oroffice
thoroughly discouraged, there is •A
tali at the dOor"Come int", be
an old, foetid otters. • .11.0 "says:
beer you are in great cliffteulty loey
Uvula- nioneY will get you out of,. thhi-
hibarra.leMent ?".' "Wel/ you eve; c
'five thousand do -liars.; f
ays "Here it ls,' hank-pay.so -and 'J
THE
EXETE1
TIMES
so.- The man ts deliieered from oflii
cortunereia'l dietresseki•-'..Inst =SO', While
We ere sittihg, 49wh disheantelied on
act:Cunt of -our sin, and; feeling that
os
:vt,h,aocoethirr:er49eixs, oiittnuolosth,u,:oe:Pe4r.ritholleedi xas
says: , -ile yensis -up wasitr
nt
waht peaCo; we, want the eternal. sal -
'We answer: 'We avant pardon ; we-
ohligations,,p,re cancelled! Nows, do
• business oh: an
we lia*e 04' „Paper that' name the
King, ell the banks of =eternity'
are ready with -their loattel There is
110 condenlhation ts there who are in
Christ jesus. • •
. •
'That send that on4'esus hath ; leaned
fee repose, , '
will not desert loif ees:.
That spur, though all hell! tehetildlen-
'• cleave.= to shake,.
rti never; no never, ne.nevei fotlsettfea
• I remark the wise: sitirituat
inerch.ant will be, on hie guard =against
Inarglars. How tong it takes' Yon- to
look up your store at night,; put
put
yens' vain:a:hies in the .safe,•eyeu shut
to the door, you.turn the lock, try
it afterwards to be eereit,is.feiterteci,"
you holt and reboli your doors. You
have watchman, perhape, at the
store." You charge the police when.
they go up and down, once in a, while
to look in. In addition to • tlitit,t• Pets,
haps, you have a, burglar alariiiel
thatthe opening of ,a, window dr deer
in the night, with e''great tattle will'
wake :up the-,watelinittia.!..,, Perhaps, you
have :n watchadogleunder. the counter,
who feels the respeneibilityoftheetore
resting onhis shaggy ne.ek, hie'moutle
downbetween his paws. 'If. there i ha.
the, least sound, heelitts 'one -ear he;
liftsliis heed, he rises up,: and then
lids,, down again with a growl' Sex -Mich
as to say e "I wish it had been 'Sonie-
body." Would to God we Sverel'la!a
Ntfl.$s sii; regard to spirituel' burgle -ries:
There' ,,are a thousiinC• temptations
;around about our -soul; seedy' to :blow
it up; ready to blast it; readyto Push
the bolt and steel ..the infinite and din -
mortal: treasore. The apostle .saYs:.
'"Whar say Unto one,:' I say unto all
That IS,. look Out for burs,
Oars. Here comes,- a thief
Our Christian belief; and it is very eagy
to lose it, but it is not: eo easy' to'
get it batik 'again. Let it oncleise--
gone, ,and -ell the' detectives of earth
cannot fetch it back. Alae for the.
man Who, once believing. in Christian-
ity, .now roje-cts it! He tries to, be set-
isfied; but the most doleful ,thing on
earth is a religion without Jesus Christ
in it. If there ere ,any spies'at the
door of your ; heart, -if ,; any of those
burglars are trying to' break in the
winclow-s 'Of yolit soul; yOu,hed better
fly at them with infinite vehemence,
:444 ask, the,LoreGod to help, : yen in
-the; arrest. 1
' Here Is another trying to break in
and steal. pause:patience. It putasomee
thing explosive la your teanper, and
tries to blow, it op:Here you...,haye a
caSket of'dierbendet. ultide'of days , and:
hours and months of precious time. Oh
how nsanf,burglars there are around
trying to tetetel those diamonds, Temp-
tations to self-indulgence, .thinsita-
tions to neglect the great things of
eternity, make hp a gang ef despera-
does that have broken, out of the jail-
or hell; and Trtivrling aeound our soul
trying to steal' this treasure, and, in
the,nettle of. God, I bid , you elm
agatristetheree: They have taken many
of thO SPoils already', and I cry; 'Stop
thief ;"
"My soul, be on thy guard, .
• Tenetheiisand feee arise,
Andlosts: of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies. '
Ne'er think the victory won,
Nor once at ease sit down,
Thine ;arduous work Will not be done
Till thou: hest got thy crown."
;heist 'that- will go on aecainulathig: 414'
teresti, and, adding `compOund Interest:
until it will' t,eke tbs intghtiest intern-
SOMae of heeven to estimate What .4,
the :value of that dollar VQUL11g oXi
throagh all eternity eh:tit:tile banking
,houses of' heaven cannot,"'hold" the' ars-
eumullation. Itte .catinot, understand
aow God's, way of estimating,..things,
The woman who Sella lia Ler- thread
-and needle store.one.,thollsahd,•49114X"s!
worth a year, cannot t estimate the
Plaits of 4, man wh.etis' teat' Milt
.lions of dellars' Werth-64'0)0as' yea r';
God's projects are too •vast 'for'
We talk of one man buying a eailreads,
or of another buying, half a oily why
the Lord Jesus Christ .601,4tht th-e:u'4,21e
earth and paid for if i one, = "day •=e•
paid for it in tears aua. ,464r and
blood! You talk about - vast, -corpora-
tions, and moneyed inStiteitions,f'and
powerful companiee;. hot, the . richest
company .of Christ'e diseiples,andeths.
poorest one of them Niikl.;hti a million-
aire to all eternity. ,:•:lltake e, of
.these bonds ofthe; company, and I'
tear off just one eettpeneoind lia,nd it
to you, and you readttin, coupon
these words: , "All ttreeeeents.." If a
man wants a better.; dividend. 'then
that, 1 de not 'mote 'avhare be will
get it.
iiirimivrk that the wise spiri-
tual inercha,nt is careful, to get .a pro-
fit ott everything • that passes
throngh ;his hands, -You' go -Tettit the
store: Yon see the toll 61 nankeen,
Or tbs barrel of ingar, or, the etring of
bananas, or the coil of ship cable. Be-
fore the.merchant lets them pass., out
or:his; Iv. IldS, he will make a profit:: out
of. them,.e 11 he :has paid ten cente a
Yard for.=:•-oinet hi 4g, hewill get , twelve
or fifteene.ef ,he has.peid twentsiefive
cerite' for e.pinind, he will get, thirty
the:' spiritual mer-
chant Will get 'a epiritual advantage
•tout'af. eVerytilingthat` °mei' acmes'
s;
I remark, again, that the wise spirit-
ual mesc.hant si1l wateh the state of
the markets. When the business man
takes up the paper, in the morning, he
does not first look at the- marriages
and deaths, or the editorials. He
100k5 at the prioe current. ' Before ten
o'clock, merchants all know whether
gold:has gone up or down, whether the
goods they have on the shelf have in-
creased. or .deereased in value. A man
might say: "It is nothing Mole how
others do business, or whet peices oth-
ers get, I shall go straight on without
any.reference toanybedy, else- inetinfe-
illesS:r.- You -kh.PW.-;;;thatcSvoold be, the
• precuisor "banktiiPtcy. He watCh-
es the markets; he cannot affordto be
indifferent. Now, I say we ought bo
be as alert in looking at the spiritualt
ma-rieets-. We ought to know whether
the cause of God'ill 'the earth I going
up or down. No m,an can be indepen-
dent of the general state of morals and;
of religion in a community. For this
reason, every intelligent Christian Will
be examining the churelies, the schools,
and the benevolent organizations. The
failure of a crop in Russia, or ole bank
in London, or tha. breaking out of a
prieseSin the Neer
Yerkniarket; and the coronitsion Of one
eoal in Central Africa. ought to leaVe
its impression on every intelligent
Christian in Washington. It is my busi-
ness this Morning to proclaim to you
the state of the spiritual markets, and
tell you the cause oh God is advence
ing. The people are buying theist:ilia
and are not so disposed to selljt,
as-
tbsy- itheit:tO.:,laiSissirbe ships of Tarshs.
is/s ;are :ediniiiig= into :the harbour:of God,
and the gold, and franoincenees...stend
myrrh, are showering down tiletheleet•
of Jeaes. . The .i:eligieft of . the-Lerd
Jesus Christ is rising. Thenations:
are bidding for this Gespel, and
merchandise at it is better, than the:,
merchandise of silver. ;
Ifethis ..religion,,ofeChrist. is advanc-
ing in value, and most continue, ad-
vancing,- youx business judgment will.
tell you the, larger the investment:0U
make in it thes'better. Ot;her *eines
,natey have ciNker..iletens, bat these ,Gose
pet valuets aleVilYier will be ors
vanee. Soinextilites the govertinaent
-comes on the :nisAs of business andhp-
eels the phl,PPill.g.'nf the geld gamblers„
and Vinlkidatei.s;,•Ijuerjce andthe rights
Of the pedplAncl4tlie Lord Ged
raightY As. the,,Miglatilest of financiers;
and fle':sWill•s.dattter',ish the foal; 'wtride
of heavsxi aIX :the plotters Sr ;iniquity',
itaid vIntlicatelS. hitt government,';'
and rsielieS,Hig tiwn child:Me thetterincessI '
O'tli,tfhttjie; t tla uest" treart
do
at -thal:',;'4With '.14vetwateino4y-faiiile
ft,tktto'
t; hi ilk 'phi
good ',inVeste.
e:' iteient,V4Itee.
IeIIniroldbswpridLy
[dation -yd:tf,!'• nothing;',bub
:hat 0115 dale 'is been . ah. invest-;"
hiree-from. alt E'01.7.1*OWS,' perplexities,
all!vexaitions, He will take these har-
rows and -furnaces"ofleouble and from
theina!get everlasting proitt., Afflics
tion hits failed of .its'Objegt if it dace!,
not leeve , worth ,more, than
whe.ia it came. It is ,veey, intereeting
,to get intik confidential conVersation
With 'a 'man -WhO has gained' e.:lalige
propertyand to have him' tell yon.'jtist
bowheixid his Money; but itis more
intereatirtg, togsit into' the Confidenee
.of an "old Christian,' ancl havehini tell
you . ;Nat 'hoes he ' , aacinianlated::
wealth of Christian .eharacter.• He
will • say:, "My property went doWn-iii
-1857, but 1 cameout of that trouble
With .infinite 'resoueces, ,of spiritual
comfoit and strength.". • :He will say:
'I was sick for three months- and
could net do a etroke. of work; .and
when I cams forth I was a;s weak as
a child; and staggered • along -the'
street; :but oh, my sOul had ate.
strength Of a giant." And =he will tell'
you of .rhe dark day that caulein his
household. when a loved ., one 'was'''Per-
riedolit; and he...felt thet. everything
• was -gone with, ib; and in hie way back
'trona the cenieterY jeans Met hini and
said: "Weep not. I will Make up for
thy ' Wes ; r will Mete tlian make up
for, it. 'Why,: those little feet are -41-
'ready' bounding along the ,corridors 01
,heaven,. That bend. .is already sweep-
ing, the harp -string ed . -glory." •Jesus
took that afflicted. father to the:verge
• of, the grave and bid him 16Ok' ciotea
1111:0 .and instead of a grave ' bi-.
Came a. chest et . immortal brilliants;
and as he ran his hand up .and down,
the gate of the sepulchre he fatiind• it
hard, eold, ruSty.ironsbut.Jesus touch-
ed it and it -bedaine solid pe'ai1..-7bare
of peari-"-bolts orpearl, hinges of pearl,
and lo I it was the 'gate,' of 'heaven.
" All things. Work . together, for good
to .those • who love God el.:and I pro
the Lord Almighty that whatever rale -
fortune, whatever yexatton, whatever
trial, whatever bereavements' pass
throngs our soul, . we anaY reap from
them a sPiriteal tariff that will make
us -richer while we livoten earth, and
gladethrotigh all eternity. '
I remark again, that, the wise .spir-
itual merchant Will not take anyttan-
nedesearte eisks.tbefere the ship goes
out of the harbour, application is made
to. the inartneeinsurance company; the
Board Of Underwriters itis . all
right,- the insurance papers are,eigned
and delivered;'iL is the only Sete w,ay
to do. Twelve bouts after the shin gets
beyond the, Hoek; it might perish, aad
the whole thing might be a total loss.
AI man- will • not ..take 'such a'Tisk .for'
himself, You heve your etoreltieneed
you have your stock of goods' bleared.:
If the ineneenceeruns out on Saturday
You. do nor ',keit. till Monday, to re-
new:it.;) ;rou saYson *ludas!, the Whole
:thing May perish in a conflagration.
You tannot„ afford to fake the..risk.
Somebody 'Shows you in operation • by
which ,youmight make... perhaps, .-five,
thensend but You say: ". Pert
.fo-eight not. Perhaps 1 raight: 16Se
that :ena. ruin my th'editie I can't take
the 4iSk." yen- dol. het eater into the
enteepriee. Ohaint were as wise
teking,SPfrietial eiSks. We vvill, af-
ter' a vehilet 'fetindee , cin the Sea of
death. Whatja the, ainneat ofour p01 -
fey 2' gol.y- *.e. can* out of That
disaster ?...8).iiipde irientisays:' 'I am
not ready now„for:ete.rnity, but I meen.
to be." Let: iii.ealCulete, the risk; not
is a Minister talks te ithe People, but
• as one business 'Man' talks to another;
let imcaietilate the risk that inen.,runs.
The lungs may Oongeit : the brain .reay.
let -fevered ; , -the altio it may sl briok
1414Y: falf.. eerrit: ttheettrorkman's .hod,;
frry boats- et 4.- cbtlide ; a frightened.
lieree.Mey cla'Sktiverliim pistol May
,go • Off .adoielente.liy,;, poisoned an may
•be ;breathed ";,21liiiereason may topple;
'the heatt hib,y 80p: ,Theman who stays
:way i•froic, jesus plitiSt; andt'make,s•
prepara.tionfor eternity, runs ten
thousand risks; infinite risks eVery day'
of life,' 'Atter ,Lold•Dyron• died, they
.it, in.. a;
heantitui case; And , etltnit People, who,
were intatuatedrsvith, the .inan, thought
tha,b-there was1nhab'heurt an the evvatetoe
eente..wOnderfol,.ebarrete,and he Greeks,-
lost-siest„. in, -,the eN$41.0.1Pe, and never
'heard of. It. was Considered, anettritais
nue endat brrjbie Jos, it, reOtien..4,
iwason+fy a.; dead. ,'Iisert: 'What sv'tts
that Coinniieed;,wittiltne ',.losS Of
itronOrfat., soul l?'10litiSt sawthat
soul frometernity,-ank.teavelling
the;gi'eanths Q1Fi5 bt.rength eckdies
,ageS; .:f-k,'Obvii3.0';t',O save ik
.statila 't.jaisllitatirhing jii ibs Pi00710W
you 1e Ilitri settiiett.y,;011, doUt
tbit ;Yell tie4ting within Your
• breast,thtsSahll'or tlrenienclous fecal-
•,Liee, anoul latitt leeii,.49ae higher than
flewl,;or sink deep-
er •than devtl'A pltinged-a
,e6n,l, link Will) 460: wp7)gvia anchors for
alt with diriwrt
"Sh9Saiixis.,:;:and• -ali"?..tbe;:-Iatiliallions.id
.iltithit Of !1etI.1111
tre.genthihling and while the battle-
-.t'ageSthere :are- songs, and- eurse4,e
•ening, of ...gates .01 end shinanaings
;to ,of 13450)1,40QrS.. Oh, 'pay God, .hayo;
t sUelf, a- sou11,How Shall 1 defenci it ?
HOW shalt I Iiide Lt? In, What' oeve of
the mountains shall X secrete ? Battit
•er than surrender 'that . sonl, T Meet-
P4ss ;the, -stream4 T must ,go threttele
Orel". :I, must elimh .the rocks ; I Must
4411149l/a1iai,4)med;fi;1711
114' apd Y4ixta1i41itl'?I6
:, 8thgai1t:tof
influeneeS-that 1.,+i,buld capture xny soul'
and =dose -nett
• -Blessed be God,• in .'esus Christi the
soul.. is sale, , There is no risk Tor 'that
eoul,' that, is in .0hrist'A
Other, hanks Mayfait, till tither securi-
ties :may Prove, wOrthiess,' but Alae.
-greeter the riiSh ' upon 'this ;13a,u1s, the
wider - the •doOrs As earthly.
:gold depreeiates; th1s. treasurp,will rise,
An value. After all earthly shame /nye
failed, heti:vent-will deelare its large dim
tdidabehticnct6, 'Looietiingitihflte liaatsliebi4enet:
' the' Ione datleri pftlie Lord' St and e t la
sure,: : having 'this :.seal, • the Seed, know-
etli theiri,that are ilis;"• ''If YOU lhayii.
Made I htlie " ;spiv t iia I investmentsj cons
"gilt TheY..will increase. in
value -while yonlive; they will be w�rUi
More"; in 'eternity than they: are"nows
erlbid'you let.,of good ch'eSte .Look tint
that; -none of Your treeetirea are et Olen',
• -rec there sante here, whe,have never
-bought the truth? or, after buying it
have yob, soid it 1 Let Me say you; are
net:wise.- The Indian Wilt) selis n thou -
Send aores of land, for one poor string
tif 'beads, makes a better -bargain
than that man :who Wins the wOrld:
but loges his soul. •
ojanies Montgomery eoleinnly asks.:
" What is the thing of greatest price
•• The whole creation :round?
Thee: which was last in Paradise,
That, which in -Christ was 'fOrind,"
'ELEPHANTS IN THE ARMY. ,
sine Points as to Their Einpioyinsittirs th
Uri itoitit •
• Otte ot the neost interesting features
,of the English aemy life presented' to
• the layman in India is furnished PST,
the remarkable efficiency of 'the ele-
phant brigade, most highly developed
through the skill of the •Burmese • in
handling the giant animals. Their.
• usefulness in India' _can Scarcely • he
imagined by one hot familiar with the
they accomplish, but it would .be a
amount. and• variety of work which
serious mistake to imagine that this!
• degree of u.sefulness is attained '
through any aptitude of the iinvi-leldy
animals or natural, tendency towaa:d it.
It is' due solely and •entixAlY to the
•wonderful Ability of the natives in
training the huge animals and Over-
• coming their natural inclinations. ThiS
cannot be ter) highly praised. Neither,
Must it be Imagined that the use of
eleplaante In array life is not attended
bY groat. disadvantages, nat :the: least"
of which_ is Ile' dif:ficatty with• which
they.are • transported...
Naturally the elephant. ie not an In-
telligent animal.- Ile can be tatig'ht re-
markable things, in which his strength
and endurance play an important part.
He an' 'never, however, perform these
feats without continual • attendance
and direction. "Abstractedly, his power
of work is unappreciable ; when direct-
ed by skilful hands, however, it is re-
markable. •
,Theetransportation facilities which
are previded for the sole use of the
elephant are quite as remarkable. I
witnessed recently the loading and de-
training- of e lot of elephants on the
Madras- Railway, says p, writer. Both
• REMARKABLE PROCESSES.
In loading a• Tope is fastened tothe
foreleg and a lot of natives haul and
pull at it to induoe the animal to take
'the first stepsinto the ,car. , This is
only accomplished, howevereby admon-
ishing
him.in the haunch by means of
a.tusk. :The first step taken is rapid.
„ly followed by the others until 'he
stands safely on tlae car; '
•This portion nf the, task is accoint
plished coMparatevely easily, however,
When compared: . with 'the next. At
first he is timid and slightly 'frighten:.
04 but vlien the "ear starts his fear
is Wonderful ft -i. behold. ' Though he
may. ride 0 hundred tinitia he never
overeemesthis gear, thoiighit is much
more preneuneed when. he takes his
. .
•
naeleal ride after, say, two months' ac-
oneineance with civilization. He rende,
the withwild trumpeting's,
cleavers fruitlessly to .escape, and .only
• beasea his effortsi • 'when the oar hasli
again othe to a 'standstill. -
.01 course, wonderfully strong .dars
are etpeeesa.ry to hold him. They are
made' Completely of iron, with heate
iron bars rising to a height of ten...or
tlitelve' feet' abeVe ihis 'platform. Offen
these • ears, are . rendered useless by
the ttWisting of the bate; due to the;
application 94' the 'oeciipa.nt'S rem,ask-
a e ettength.
bit transportiog the elephant by sea
the duffhciritisg are almost ;as great.
'They „ere raisecPby means; of a canvas
,sling from ; 'the ',Wharf, to the, ehiee,
struggling t� escape Und-..rending. the
•air with.thie cries." 'Once aboard ehip:
'they;t ere 'easily managed,i tlie".thotien,
• not affecting thent; I/Sean-Se they:Id:net:
see theempyilie panorama before them..
Unloitaingethem is easy. They eve
lowered te' a raft beside. the Ship ,and
;;;TheY take
„to ,t,he water eaSitY :and:aro: excellent
swinamere,:being, ahle,to swim eight or,
ten miles at ..a ,seretch,..witholit
es• The 'size of the -,Inditin elephant.
tusttallyttrilatent, eight feet in height -and,
-tge1leOtt#1-.104,11. The male 'is it
lit -
bis eleven 'feet, encl.
*eritiffti eltettitl,000 pounder,
-SUNDAY.
orrattunouL .LESSON,:'DJC 251
'....A•,..1!lh!71,4i,ii;!.H.1:r1
tizoittfio40
,11; ,:2
.(1,:1, 1; : , .111.. Skittle,
giik04.1:64
Ti01: .r..it'blielL
t:: 6Pisuie.
Pe.4414.,AY,qazT9 .t4)e wox4s
'.1:1-:14ge. n'1'11:6:11°11`0:binO:t
q2941 But enr; attentiOnl,', 'he not first
ilireQ“a
other apostles tell Us, in him, Awe1Val4'
Potter- end ,wistioa end . love.i7but
'h„is'.energ'etie. endeavors' Par 'the salva
uf. thd
hatir ;spoken. Who... at sundry 'times',
,and in diveks'llitinnerst apake: in !tiii8
130109a; Version is, ''"Ila,Va
.014 'Oahe spoken, 'bY:diVers per-
t:ions', and in.. .diVersi;manners." Per-
haps;'.qinailifeld1y;=441511kYaridlle1y" eatt.t.
:<, ;17! o uir)eare:
.feet 'revelatio,,O.', with ,-'sech imperfect
agencies as the "prophets" :to:write
aid the "fathers" to teed; It. NY48...
horde o eiwar,641and
.intrituality, but With fUllY :developed
,phySical?. powiets , and desires, that
Mbees led trent Egypt to Canaan. The
Whole World Was in its infancy, and
tlie stmts.:Much. as we treat the chil-
GOcl, tie:MO.14'h .Meaes troatazid its infan-
then in our . primary elasSes. BY a
series of object leasons and ire:green-
tary"revelatictes' 'the" eougliC gradually
to develop .thei,T. Minda, and, spirits: The
whole Mosaic ritual: was a series of
^sYmbolS,made up.' for the'^ purpose of
foreiegethe...bab,y., world to 'ask ques-
'tietie abont Godeand heaven. Every act
of Jewish life Isecame an 'acted, parable.
• The killing ef lambs, the :tinkling :of
bells, the burning of incense, the. em-
breidety of ;ger/neat:6, the muzzling of
oxen, the •Tencing .of roofs, and the.
thousand • other .daily Incidents' • were
made typical-thale is, they were used
to teach 4.8pei falitlis than those
which .atipeared on the stirfeee. And
thaw 'tieLliet dill had tO do with the
opining' One., betiatheina
trisesehee a Priest - hetion for mankind
But the truths Which the priesth and
prepbets '''had', thne instituted: were
"Sundry and divers.," .unconnected and
ii)nrop4e
oorapilsete.:TthUn,tofatthhex.sefathaerie.a thbye lithe!
hrew ancestry. 'By" should. be', "hat'
for -the statentent is made of the. Wait -
tea word. The " ProPhets" here seems
•te, titand for all the inspired writings
within reach of the .Tews-So that this
,firet verse. by, itie parenthesis asserts
that the Old Testament is fragmentary'
and -imperfect compared with 'the full
revelation of God through Christ.
g.thee!) ,la.st .days. :At the end
o1.these days.' .:A.et bbs ten:au:sign ef
tiatieJ,etvieh clheech•tand State: By his
Solo 'Notice that the word his is ital-
ic in the Revised as well as in the Au-
thorized Version, which means that it
is inserted bythe translators to make
titeerseenistelniceethi fling!' eclolii :griebsineonaclnht ttollait
Lel% As the Revised Version, margin,.
-
n tthe G•reek. Neither is there any at-
euggests, "a Son." Ibis.better to reed
it exaetly as It is. written. He is "Son
et. God "in an .,eniphetic and -exclusive
sense, and . while.„ there, are 'oths
et , true • sonships„ ..he .holds Xis
thing,8ll1hs°11314in commonhe baL1 tiXPeil9, it
nitthee4:ihhellon
e.
eitof a
r By
Whom MO he Madethe vv0r1cks4 The
Gr,ortenek.l.w3oiredolis,L'al.61.yages."', .(orapare
gt.
srlYY'lla°,ndbeitrihge Lltprkeers4hittenaesgseofhis
person. . Or, "Who„l'being the ray of
brightness, teem' his glory (so in the
,v' ,' s '
ieeife creed,'Light Of light) -and the
aiorimpression of hiest
sence." -iThe 'Revised t' Version has,
"Itthobeingsthe effelgenee of his gleete
and • the 'itaieress of his sub-
..Gstaliclicaet7 al" atligalen,)"bUNCr.i.thme !Lanni yhahtehgost4teenn
There is a beautifuT old 'Hebrew :say -
Son is his representation' among men.'
ing .coneerning. Wisdom,' which isesem-
hies this;;'''.Tor wisdom isthe bright-,
ess oi the'everlasting- light, ths. atit,
pottecl mfrrot of the power of God;' and
he image .othis goodness." ,When he
ad ,by himself.purged our sins. ,That
WISE. ,
Fir sV, pel ikcia,n-Veitt hay boy+ ',11.141
you eorChd'Of Manikegsvebout 'running
fo:r offireet =
Seconcl:Politioien--Yes,',";;He said he
iippreeiated the:?holieri'Esencl. all that
sOtt of ;0'4, Kit 124 :w46,4fritia it lie
ran h6 POUV., up al). his
'hack tatefi.- ! .;
SUDTEtta•
0,800:1d.h,t0.811,0'f4/itt.' 6fitt414tei4effiii.416,thk'gfthv:1•41.18u1)11.1e1!,
. replied the robin, uhe beard
sianieb.etty. melte-that remark abont
lilvetriagpies, axid then
',01.0.4tAii,l' 511 aft .,
ernoon tea.,
is
esi did .not,rnake puritication of sins
, by secrificea and: types, but by the Fine,
,render Ofletinself for the .sins of the
,world. ah clgWA .c)n Alla right hand
.of the' Majesty, on, .higle .An oriental
,peeirifee.. its on the; !eight -,sias Of the
4. ,13eirig made .so much better than
the angels. ."Havilig- become so much
better:" In, modern Iiinglish the verse
beem bo mean: Our Lord's effective
efforts teatitone between God antilaien:.
exalteel.,;him .end ..-distinguished 'hint
above. engele, .enci all other .creatures
cpitte as far any iossential sup-
oriority 01 hia nettle,' tt''
-5:, (Into skliinfr Of :the; anigis' sold he
'The Wreter je. note ulhpea1ingto the sil-
ence of ;revelation, It, rttrig &minter' f o'
serne Ofot1m11tbo5S:01".
arid', •iiaterpretatiOn:,tnote., 'that' bis'
ouota-tionahade tattlie; first tees "retere
ence to David and his seed. Btit itfiwak
appumed.by:Hiebraid thinkers that such
paSeageS, et hiler eppligation,aiid
target 'ttedbinpitstiment.",in'the, Chriat.
Thou 'Art 'ialy 8Ors; . iPsa 2.7.) 1 will
be tci bbs4iathtr, (See° tlSam'. 1.- I 4, .
Where it i "eitid Of' ilia geed' of 'David.)
0.*And it; 'Bur, e
When he beingetli het he sfirst begettetn,:,
..he: shallhave. brought the first
'begotten," ; ApParently silie sense ig
with.',rtiferenceet le, the etians, when he
aball have- brought the first 1:Ogg.oten,
Tti,' the sense: of the hi-
habited, earth, not of the tiniVergl
saith.. The bit:al:ten is eithet direettY:
fronatiretit,"g'.2: 43, '3,17.11ere the Septuagint
has "•the..i.Wordis, .."Itejoieswith.' hina! 'ye
:heavens.,.And. let all. the 'ailgele. of' God
sOl!!, hr t slighb',444litaer
VOA thel"Septitagirit rendering,Of
WierS114) lhifdx fal ye
'I.!' .1his"; wZiere„the,
Alithe:ti,iect`Viiicin.„ litter "the rfc;breW,
text, „re,iids,"ThAll: ,
t.7. And of the ',angels lie bilaibilDet,
ter', :1'Whi1e saith to ,the engelit'Y
The citation is tioiici ' Sep-
, , . ,
,ttiagint yersion. , ,•
8, Unto the Son he ealtii. Quoted
from Pea. 46, 6,7.
V. The bit,of, gledriests waS the sym-
bol of xejoioing, arid espeeially of
duolion into the holy officee of prieet.
hceod,and roYalt-Y.
GREAT pRITAIN AND AFRICA.
1iiie Cape -0)4;141r0 'Stairway Route to bo
• 'NOW tough ES1118'17°,74Lis 'in earnest in
`the ' 'new, <movements) ,Whleh have
ln''t°seerclesoft
lislGna'ttitsbihVnTglhe
15 h0w11 by aiZ
Lo My knOvvledge to -day, says a Lone
don correspondent.
One 40teoncerns Liokel Decle,
well-knoWn irrench. traveller, who has
.123diir,lq'threeatti.it whi bas so ofsotratho
Government Mad,agasear and South
A
self•lanying the rrench colonial perLy
by his sincere eillaigiea of British colo -
Methods of ; government that
next week, he thsows off his Preneh'
citizenship and becomes a natilraliZe
• °1.1,e;.tllii.sbelraililentt Dee: • le is now
an 'impcsitent ',factor in British' e 'pan.
sion, in view th,s creation of a great
13ritish ' street through Africa from •
riortmhi,sts04t0uli
.ocad,
t;aHutt. ehalienireIc
avecyllcl
eta
c91n_
pedition frem Cape Town to.cairo. Sit
thousand;miles will be eoveied in 268
Between gape Town . and: *Tangany-
ika the ground is well known, but
from Tanganyika to the navigable 112,.
ters of the Nile will now be surveyed
for t)ae first time for purposes of rail-
ways, telegraphs , and other aceett-
sories of British civilization.
Mr. Cecil Rhodes is really et the ba-
tten of M. Decle's mission. The London
Daily Telegraph is subscribing $2500
towards the expenses, and General
Kitchener and the British Govern-
ment are also keenly alive to its im-
portance. .On. General Kitchener's ad-
vice, M. Decle etatte net from Cairo,
but Cape Town (a significant fact this).
General Kitchener, who has been in
the closest touch with the British Cab-
inet during the past few -weeks, assurea
M. Decle that by the time he reaches
the Nile: Valley from the south, that
is, ten • months. letter the battle of
Omdurman, he will have made an all -
British way from him down to Uganda,
, and be able -to guarantee peace and or-
der to any one traversing Africa.
• Orders have already gone out from
the War Office to Khartoum•for troops
to patrol the region, At .the present
moment the way is barred for anything
short ' -of an +organized railitary force
by 4000 Dervishes now believed to be
between Sobat and Lade,
Macdonald, of Omdurman fame, is un-
der orders to take these Dervishes in
hand forthwith.
PROBLEMS IN REAL LIFE,
-.•••••11
Three Pueeeing- Questions , Coneernia
'Matrimony. •
• The other ado it Hind
forty marriee- a' girl eight years, old
Bya former wife this man has a •
• daughter of eighteen, who is al teacher,
his new wife being a pupil. After
the marriage the wife of eight said that
caste forbade her to go to school t�
her own daughter.
Problem:,', Shall the daughter give
up her Jo or the wife stop going to
school?
Major Stewart, aged severity -five,
wedded • Miss Evans, ,,seventyzone, in
Morgantown, W. Va., recently. They
had been lovers,in youth, but parental
•Opposition separated them fifty years
ago.-, •
Prolem: Is 'such' a reunit-ing of lov-
ers a romance ox a tragedyl Will they,
be happy • together or will the, set
• habits' of fifty' years make them lia.ble
Lo differ/ '
An application was made .to:an agri-
pultural. bank in Ballina, Ireland, for
'e loan to„thy a new suit of Olothes,
The rules limiting loans'io '"AirofiLable
or productive undertakings".were read
to the' • lad. He blushingly explained
thad Ite knew ole tidy gi,x1 up the road
with .twenty-five pounds' in the bank,
two acreo of her -own, and a pig or
two; and sure if he had but the suit
of clothes he could blaxiaey ,her into
marrying him 1 '
Problem: Was lie entitled to dee
loan under the rules? z
GRAINS OF "GoLO.:
!The:man who peoerastine.the •strug-
gles with ruin.-Hesiod. • -
.„ ,The,•,Moreillenesty, a. man has, 1. e
teem affedts ;the air of a saitte-
LeVater.
Duty arid to -day are ours; results ,
,and futurtty, belong to God- Horace
Areele.Y. • , t • . etetl,
The prodigal robs his heit,' the Miser
robs himself ; the middle way is jus-
tiae, to.o,urselves and others,-Bruyere.
•tYeti, anty deeelve, all the people part
of the time, and part of the people all
• the...time,but:not all the people all the
time... -:Lincoln.
Kvieryl'Perl'ad Or life laaallti'Peoull&r
;.prejntlices' whoever saw cid age thet
ddi not apPlautt the past ancleconderan
the. -present= tienes.-Moll.talgne.
. The oply, true source of.politenees 18
doneidettition - that yigiitnt raoral
;sense evehteh • never loses sight of the
• tighte, the (debars, and the sensibili-
ties of others. This is the
• ovor alt ethersr,necessery to make a
• gent1eman...411nm%. '
'• •
AN EXEERT., ON L ONE sID4' ONLY.,
• "'trio&Xtvti
:beel,v):sagediraan,1'...``,11: nted thtle'it eota.: ;
mop l.11itig tot.0.0bate :tha,'.ttinestiont
” Whteheief ..greetexte the ;,Jey bit antlei. :
pnbi�liot tlitte•Of retillzatithi 1" •
r,e6907.34tioil is ,that;Ifitet'
tioU:
though •= the:, enidgeaa»rera
diot. AA& after these years, Sel.taix
.1)4y,,,0-01.3qppriarice• M question '
rernai.ns,,,nnseti4t)Oet;. ,..40.:to the joys
o anticipailiOn, /': gondef ';:itygeif a.
tetetiifie,&,apert„,;": but. 0' there is . 'ant
joy 'in' ketillifittoii ninsr 'rfity ter
knowledge of that upon the testbnony • ..