HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-4-13, Page 311707'ES AND CON111ENTS.
The repent eatainet minis in Speen
left Senor Silvela, the former leader
of tee Diseident Conservatives, and an
honest and able statesman, in the
post of prime raieister, If Senor Sag -
Rata, whose guidanoe in the task of
regeneration now- 'before Spain, would,
in the opinion of raanY, heve been bet-
ter than that a any other public an,
was not to be retained, no more pat-
riotic leader could be totted to take
hie place. A. ieformer, be led the re-
volt of a faction of the Conservatives
against the mectatte methods a Canto -
vas, awl attacked the official eoreup-
than mid abeses which, he declared, ex-
isted under Saga,stan administration,
though in spite of, rather then with
the consent of, that leader. Now that
he is intrusted with power, it may be
•hoped that he will prove ertu.al to the
execution of the reforms he has insist-
ed upoa, a task in winch he will fhad
an able and earnest helper in General
Poltivieje,, the new raieister of war, It
with the latter who, both as subordin-
ate officer and captain -general of Cuba
continually warned Spain that the in-
evitable result of her rapecity and
oppression there, would be the loss a
the island and that unless her policy
was altered, the United States govern-
ment would certainly intervene. Able
• and patriotic as Senor Silvela is, how-
• ever, he will find his task a difficult
one, the more that the Republicans,
wiao maintain a tolerant attitu.de to -
ware the Liberal governxnent a Sag-
• asta, will, with the accession of a Con-
servative rainistry, certainly beoome
aggressive.Indeed, in their prefer-
ence for a Liberal rather than a Con-
• servative administration, it is probable
that had overtures been made by the
Coart, they would have contributea
the votes necessary to the ratification
•of Senor Sagasta's Philippine bill, and
so have kept laim in power.
THE EXETER TIMES
A SERMON TO YOUNG NEI
REV. DR. TALMAGE SPEAKS OF A
SOZTIE IN BARYIJOIC
.TheCtirOTISSI the Palace-ftoagers of tbe
Intoxicating Cup-liestritclion, of. the
'vicious Be Very budden--The
Egypte:es Treenee In the lied dea-The
Or, thy ez, Good Alltige to Worldly Peo-
ple.
A despatca •from Wasbington says:
-Rev. Dr. Talmage preaolled from the
following text:: In that night was Bel-
shazzar, the king of the Chalcleans,
slain." -Daniel v, O.
table picture, like the words a the
old raestefs, improve by age. Like
Rapaaers Transfiguration or 'De Vin -
pi's Last Supper, they are worth more
now than ever before.
Night was about to come down up-
• on Babylon. The shadows of her two
hundred and fifty towers began to
lengthen. The .Thnehrates rolled on,
touched by the fiery splendors of the
setting sun; and gates of brass, burn-
ished and glittering, opened and shut
like doors of flame. The hanging
But the overtures were not made,
and as the only condition on which
Senor Sagesta would resume the pre-
miership --authority to dissolve the
Cortes and order et new election -Was
refused by the sovereign, the Conser-
vatives came into power. The comes -
aim denied Sagasta, was, however,
.mecle. to his successor, almost the first
official act of Senor Silvela being to
dissolve the Cortes and order a general
•election of Deputies, on April 16;
the new Cortes to meet on May 2. As
we have said, the change of ministries
will renew the -aggressiveness of the
Republicans and as they number'
among them general Weyler and other
popular leaders,. but for the loyalty to
the dynasty of Maxshal Campos and a
few other military chiefs of repute, the
experiment tried by Prim and. Serrano
might have a fair chance of success.
The increased hostility of the Repub-
licans may, however, be somewhat bal-
anced by the diminution of • Carlist
strength, due to the reactionary policy
of Conservative governments with re-
spect to the relations of Church and
State, and in consequence, the stronger
dispositian of the minor clergy, the
staunchest supporters of Carlism, to
uphold the existing dynasty. Mean-
• time, as the delay in the meeting of
the Coxtes promised to postpone ratifi-
cation of the peace treaty until mid-
• May, and so to prolong the embarrass-
ments resulting trona • the technical
atate of wax, the Queen Regent, act-
ing on the advice of the ministry, on
the 17th instant, ratified it on her own
• responsibility. ,
shazzar, the king of the Cbaldeans;
1 go On to learn Serna leSealla froin
a1l. this, as on former occaeions I learn-
ed certain lessone. I leara that "y.vaen
(AO writes anYthing on the wall a mae
had better read it as it 10. DaMel
did not misbaterpeet ea modifn, the
handwriting on the wall. It is ell
foolisliness to expect a mittieter oa the
Ooseaei to preecli always things amt.
the People like, or the people (Menne
Shall I tell you of the dignity of Inn
man eature ehall I tell you, of the„
wondere that, our race has acoomplisn-
ed? "Oh, no,'' ypu say; "tell me the Mese-
age that came from God," will, 11
there is any harelwriting on the wall,
Lt is this lesson: "Repent! Aecept of
Christ and be saved a I might talk of
a great pinny other thingee but that
is the message, and So 1 declare it.
Jesus never flattered those to whom
he preached. He said to those wh9
did wrong, and who were of-
fensive in his sight, "Ye generation
of vipers t ye whited sepulchres! how
pan ye escape the damnation a hell.'"
Paul the apostle preached, before a
man who was not ready- to hear him
Preach. What subject did he take'?
Did he say, „" Oh! you are a good as
a very fine man, a very noble man?"
No; he preaohed of righteousness to
a man wlao was einrighteous ; of tem-
perance to a- man who was the viotim
of bad appetites; of the judgment to
come to a man who was unfit for it.
So we nIu.s always declare the raes-
greafielthmatushttpaednsit atso
min-
ister cOme to us.
preached before Seines I. of Eng-
land, who was ,Tames VI. of Scotland.
What subjeet did. he take? The king
was noted all over the world fer being
unsettled and waveiing in hie ideas.
Whet did the minister preach about to
this man, who ,vas James I. of England,
and jarnes VL of Scotland? .He took
for his text James 1.6; " He that•wav-
ereth is like a wave of the sea dreiven
with' the wind. and tossed." hinigh
Latimer offened the king by a aer-
mon he preached; and the king said,
" Hugh Latimer, come and apologize."
"I will," said Hugh Latimer. So the
day was appointed; and the leing's
chapel was full of lord and. dukes, and
the raighty men and women of the
country, for Hugh Latimer was to
apologize. He began his sermon by
• slayoiuartng,ifiuntheghLatpimreesieenebeofethinktthhlneeil
Thou
3
earthly king, who ean destroy thy
body. But bethink thee, Hugh Lati-
mer that thou art in the presence of
the King of heaven and earth, who
can destroy both body and soul in
hell -fire." Then he preached with ap-
Palling directness at the king's crimes.
Another lesson that comes to us night; there is a great difference be-
tween the opening of the banquet and
of sin at its close, Young man, if you
had looked in upon the banquet in
the first few hours, you would have
wished you had, been invited there,
and could sit at the feast. " Oh I the
grandeur of Belshazzarn feast 1" you
would. have said; but you look in at
the (lose of the banquet, and your
blood curdles with horror. The King
of Terrors has there a .ghastlier ban -
qua!'; human blood is the wine,' and
dying groans are the music. Sin has,
made itself a king in the earth. It has
crowned itself. It has spread a bans
quet. It invites all the • world to
come to it. It has hung in ite ban-
queting -hall the spoils of all king-
doms and the banners of all nations.
It has gathered fromt all music. It hes
strewn from its wealth, the tables, -The
floors and arches. And yet how often
is that banquet broken up; and how
terrible is its end! Ever and anon there
is a handwriting on the wall. A king
falls. A. great culprit is arrested. The
knees a 'wickedness knock together.
God's judgment, like an armed host:,
breaks in, upon the banquet ; and,
1:ha1- night is Belshazzar, the king of
the Chaldeans. slain.
Here is a young man who says, "I
gardens a Babylon, wet with the
heavy dew, began to pour, from star-
lit flavvers and dripping leaf, a frag-
rance for many miles around. Tile
streets and squares were lighted for
theatres and galleries of art invited
the wealth and pomp, and grandeur, ot
the city to rare entertainments. Scenes
of riot and wassail were mingled_ in
every street; and godless mirth, and.
outrageoup excess, and splendid wick-
edness came to the king's palace, to
do their mightiest deeds of darkness.
A royal feast to -night at the king's
palace! Rushing up to the gates are
chariots, upholstered with precious
cloth from Dedan, and drawn by fire -
eyed horses from' Togarmah, that rear
and neigh in the grasp of the chariot-
eers; while a thousand lords dismount,
and women, dressed in all the splendor
of Syrian emeralds and the color-blend.-
ing of agate, and the chasteness of
coral, and the sombre glory of Tyrian
purple and •prinoely embroideries,
brought from afar by camels across the
desert, and by shine of Tarshish across
the sea.
POWERFUL DRUGS.
years, A profession opens before bine,
kle establisaed i he lette Hie
friends cheer him, Eminent mom
eneourage aim. After a while you
May see him standing in the neriate,
or moving a popular eseenablage by his
eloquence, as trees are moved in e'
whirlwind Some night lie xetirect
early. A fever . on him. Delirium,
like a itecleleas cherieteer, seizes the
reins of his intelleet, Father apd
mother stand by end see the tide e of
his life going. oat to the great 00021,11.
T!ebail(lita ediltillg to an end. The
lighte thought -paid Pairte, and elo-
quence are being extinguished. The
garlands are seatahed from the brow.
Tao vision is gone. Death at the ban-
quet I
I have also to learn from the subject
that the destruotion of the vicious, and
of those who despise God, will be very
sudden, The wave of mirth had dash-
ed to the highest point when that
Assyrian army broke through. It was
unexpected. Suddenly, almost al-
ways, comes the doom of those who
.deepise °rod, andelefy.the laws of men.
How was it at the Deluge? Do you
suppose it came through a long north--
east storm, so that people for days be-
fore w -as sure it were coming? No; I
suppose the morning was bright; that
calmness brooded on the waters; that
beauty sat enthroned on the hills;
when suddenly the heavens burst, and
the mou.ntains sank like anchors into
the sea that dashed clear over the
Andes and the Himalayan
The Red Sea was divided, The
Open wide the gates, and let the
guests come in. The chamberleins
and cup -bearers are ill ready. Hark
to the rustle of the silks, and to the
carol of the music I See the blaze of
jewels! Lift the banners. Fill the
cups. Clap the cymbals. Blow the
trumpets. Let the night go by with
song, and dance, and ovation; and let
that 13abylonish tongue be palsied
that will not say, Xing, 33eishazzar,
live Lor'ever1-
,
Ali! nay friends, it was not any eom-
mon banquet te which these great peo-
ple cam.e. All parts of the earth had
sent their richest viands to that
.table. Brackets and chandeliers flash-
ed their light upon tankards of burn-
ished gold. Fruits, ripe and luteious,
in baskets of • silver, entwined with
leaves, plucked from- the royal con-
servatory. Vases; inlaid with emer-
ald, and ridged with exquisite tracer -
Les, titled with nuts that were threshed
ed from forests of distant lands. Wine
brought from the royal vats, foaming
in the d.ecanters and bubbling in the
ehalices. Tufts of cassia and trankine
cense wafting their sweetness from
wall and table. Gorgeous banners un-
folding in the lereeze that cam:e
through the opened window, bewitch-
ed. with the perfume of hanging gar-
dens.
• Pouritains rising up from inclosures
of ivory, in jets of exystal, to fall in
clattering rain of diamonds and pearls.
Statues of Mighty man looking down;
from niehes in the wall, upon crowns
and shields brought fram: subdued em-
pires. Idols of wonderful work, stand-
ing on pedestals of precious stones.
Embroideries stooping about the wine
dews, and wrapping pillars oe e.eder,
.and drifting on floor inlaid with ivory
and agate. . alusie, mingling the
thrum of harps, and the clash of cym-
bals, and the blast of trumpets in one
wave of traneport that went rippling
along ;the wall, and breathing among
the garlands, and pouring down the
corridors, and thrilling the souls of a
thousand. banqueters. The signal is
given and the lords and ladies, the
mighty men and Women of the land,
come around the table. Pour out the
wine. Let foam and bubble kiss the
rim! Hoist every one his cup, and
drink to the sentiment: "0 King _Bel-
shazzar, live for ever I" Bestarred
head-baad and carcanet of royal beauty
gleam to the uplifted el:latices, as again,
and again, and agaiii they are emptied.
Away with care from the palace! Tear
royal. dignity to tatters! Pour out
rate* wine I Give us more light,
wileer music, sweeter perfume I Lord
shouts to lord, ceptain ogles to cap-
tain. Goblets clash; decanters rat-
tle. There come in the obscene song,
and the drunken hiccough, and the
elavering lip, and the guffaw, of idio-
tic laughter, bursting from the lips of
princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot;
while mingling •with it all I hear
"Ituzza I huzza for great Belshaz-
zar 1"
What is that on the plastering of
the wall ? Is it a spirit? Is is a
phantom' ? Is i t God? The music
stops, The goblets fall from the
nerveless grasp, There is a thrill.
There is a start, There is a thous-
and -voiced ehrielr of horror. • Let
Daniel be brought in to read i hat
writing. -cones in. no reads
"Weigaed in the balances, and ert
found wanting." .
Meaneybale the Assyrians, who for
two yeara had been laying a eiege to
that city, took advantage of that car-
ousal mad. °eine in. 1, hoax the teet of
the conquerors on the palace-staire.
Matatieee rushes in with a thousand.
gleataieg knivee. Death bursts up-
on the Scene,.; mad I shut the door of
that banqueting -hell, for t do iiot want
to look. There is nothing there but
torn -bookers, and 'broken wreaths, and
the slush 0± upset talikatds, afid the
blood of murdered women, and the
kicked and tumbled cercass ef a dead
king. Far "in that night vvas
fte)low.Thtelk tiovettgls Might Find the
• 'Ilffects itf Thew luvai noble.
Of tile two queerest drugs- in the
world :the one called "ezcal" is, the
one most to be avoided. It is a South
A.therican product, and made by the
tropical Indians there.
„A grain ot it will make you feel. the
need of violent exertion, and once you
begin there is no stopping. You walk
till you die. • Moreover, you do not
walk straight ahead, but in a. little
circle of two or three yards' diaraeter.
You tramp wildly and steadily on, Sep-
ing nothing, and not suffering actual
pain, but with all your nerves on fire
and your brain spinning, You do t ot
stop walking till you drop dead in
your tracks. The extrercce vitality is
kept up till the lent ixcoment. Some
of• the Indians have a way of dosing
dame captives with this drug, sitting
round the victim while. he walks.
The other drug is a European pro-
duct called "vinard," and also acts on
the brain. A common result of this
drag when taken in any quantity is
to cau.se an insane desire -in an eclu-
on ted man., at any rate -to do sums.
It develops the arithmetioal powers to
a wonderful extent, though only' for
a abort, time. The viettim's chief de-
sire is to get hold of penoil and paper,
and once this is done he soribbles fig-
ures, sonuttimes making attempts at
cidtling them up, but never getting
them right. Presently the figures be -
(tome mere scrawls, and the usual re -
u11 is death or insanity. It is Well
known to men of scieece, and -le used hz
S0111(` kinds of. medieinict by laomeopath-
jets, .
Egyptians tried to cross It. There
could be no danger, The Israelites the end. "To the uttermost." lees love
had just gone through; where they for us is as Unchanging as it was for
had gone, why not the Egyptians? Ohl them • Not John, nor ' Lazarus, ' nor
-
it was such, a beautiful walking place' '
walls of water -solid. MSaamryarNivtaasn mNoViemnfonn,dnlyor la°nvyeeloby Jesus
A pavement of tiegedlbsehreellesen andMary
pearls, and on either side two great than are we. Not Zacoheus nor the
He -
no danger. Foaward, great host of the tiler He -
the trumpets of victory! After them, or in sin and sorrow ''' than we. have
TIIE SUNDAY SC11001.,.
IN'FERNATIONAL LESSON, APRII.4 16.
"Jeslis Teaching' Stundiity." Jo'hu 10,
Guidon l'ect. John 13, tre
PRAC"CICAL NOTES.
Verse 1. Before the feast of the pass -
ever. On Thursday of the week in
which our Saviour Mee :Neils went
with the twelve fro:al .F.lethany to
Jerusalem. About siihset they sat
down together at table, When Jesus
knew tbat ,ble hoer was come. "I3e-
eause he knew." Up to this time he
had evaded all the plots of Ids
enemies; and the extelaeation repeated-
ly given for piens inscrutable to Me
disciples was his "hour had not yet
come." But now he knew that the
tinae had arrived when he should de-
part out of this world, unto the Fath-
er. It should comfort the Christian
who shrinks from death to know that
his Lord, sure' that when he died • he
would be received into the bosom of
the Father, aevertheless shrank with
untold anguish from the cup of sor-
row which he had to drink; and "He
knoweth our frame," His own.
Those ivho Ita.d givea themselves up to
him with teachalae • affection., Unto
Caristiana to each Other, attd es •auell
it is a duty which their Lord bids
them to perform. if the veva) wo are
OQW colairnenting pn were devoutly
read every day in every Chrietien
aeusehold, there would never agaiein
all Christendom be a Church quar-
brew outcast was more tenderly oared
Egyptians! Clap the cynabals, and blow
We will catch them yet, and they been. The divine, and hiunan affec-
shall be destroyed. But the vvalls tions of Jesus cling about each of us.
begin to tremble. They rook! They fall! o
Supper being ended. During
The rushing waters! The shriek of a•
drowning men! The swiraming of the supper," or, possibly, "supper • being
war-horses in vain for the shore! The prepared." ..a.fter this he sat down to
strewing of the great host on the bon supper, and gave the sep to Slides
tom of the sea, or pitched by the ,
verse 26. The devil having now put
angry wave on the beach -a battexed,
bruised', and loathsome wreckl Sud- into the heart of Judas. Jades had
been for hours,, if notl for days, watch-
notOhnaevehablef-- for an opportunity to fulfill his con-
dheonulry bedfesorteructthioeny ceaoumied.
Without tract of. betra al h b
lieved it. Destroyed; and
remedy. provoked to his treason by the re -
y, . . e may aye een
I am just setting forth a fact, welch
you have noticed as well as I. Ananias
comes to the apostle. The apostle
says: "Did. you sell the land. for so
much?" He says, "Yes." It was a lie.
Dead! as quick as that! Sapphire, his
wile, comes in. • "Did you sell the land.
for so much?" "Yes." It 4was a lie;
and quick as that she was dead! God's
juelgm,ents are upon those who despise
him and defy him. They come sud-
denly.
The destroying angel went through
Egypt. Do you suppose that any of
the people knew that he was coming?
Did they hear the flap of his great
wing? No! No! Suddenly, unexpect-
edly, he oame.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to
sboet a bird standing on a sprig near
by. If they are skilled, they pride
themselves on taking it on the wing;
and they wait till it starta, Death is
an old eportsmat; and be loves to
take men flying under the very sun.
He loves to take them on the wing.
Are there any here to -night who are
unprepared for the eternal world?
Are there any here who have been
living. without God, and without hope?
Let me say to you that you had bet-
ter accept of the Lord Jesu.s Christ,
lest suddenly your last chance be gone.
The lungs vaill cease to breathe;
the heart will stop. The time will
corae when you shall go no more to the
office, or do the store, or to the shop.
Nothing will. be left but Death, and
judgnaent, and Eternity. Oh! flee to
God this night! If there be one inathis
18. I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have done. Not
what have done, bat as have done.
"Mutual eleansing is the obligatioo of
Clirist's disciplee." Plummer. The
word in the oeignial for "example'
describes a sampier, 0. thing to be
treced, over, like a eland's first coPY
in writing.
16. The servant is not greater
than his lord. Over and over does our
Saviour utter tine truth. We need. oot
consider ourselvee above tiny work
which he was willing to do. Ile that
is sent, An apostle.
17. If ye know these things, happy
are ye if ye do them. aIf we are con-
tent to forsake the literal interpreta-
tion of our Lord's action 85 belonging
to other countries and eaelier times,
we ought to be more carefet to aot up
to the spirit of the precept, tthound-
ing in the loftiest acts of love, by
which we pan do good. to the bodies
or souls of those who need. our love."-
Churtea.
NEW ZEALAND RAILROADS.
TVIIVellthg I'llere IS Slow and Very tg
gravatiug to nit American.
New Zealand's steam raalways are.
owned ahd operated by the Govern -
merit. Compared with our railways,
they seem like toy railroads and men
"playing train." The locomotive • ia
queer and small. The engine driver
blows two loud blasts of the loconao-
tive's Whistle before starting,, much
like a steamer. A large hand bell at
the stations is loudly rung prior to
the shrieks of the locomotive'e whistle,
little red rivers la another duectiou
The guard, conductor, walks up and now, so that the observatory and Mr.
down the platform and stace--"Tane John Cook's "hermitage" are less 10
your seats -everybody take seats," in- peril now than they have been on
eral occasions dnring the last three
stead of "all aboard," after which he
months. The little stream which waz
btralowsin il!'staPprtcsk,etbuwtbidstolese singontalgoanmcintehble stopped; and the Observatory Hill,
near lVfr. Cook's little shenty so's
though encroa.ched on considerably at
faster than a horse's slow pace, ex -
lite junction with the mountain, and
.Bethany.
proof that his Master gave him. et the bush, and you think an axle is brok-
en, or something is wrong, probably
cept down grade. • The train stops 10
•
though the present active outlet oft
a nearly 100 feet, will rnobably be pro -
i lava has piled itself up behind it te;
VIVATCHING VESIIVIVR VOM1T,,
Ali Iottrtsting Tlithog Sitd loot tipattettoled
A visit „to ,,V4:011:vlii erop,tion on
the 18th itiat. in described by NalfIcal
correspongent, who says a great mare -
tier of tourists are making tiles exnere
sion, A treek lute been mane tioross
Lae new lava whieb Las more then
Aoriteethheiteeelyntbralolotendthe. earriage road,
ie
ienolgyrseatnthadetoixtvittlyle, edTglip,eaenPaeogiaL.0::,04arrui:
into the enormous depth of the crater
for a few seconds, for every- halt -min-
ute there vvas a Jowl roar from the
abyss, as if of innumerable internal
edxrPensl°sio°f°s; ele°t111°nwtoeck till): air, th° oXf
voluuuu
of f$ &locating smoke, in the tawny'
convoluted folds of veneer ierge mas-
es of niolten • lava shot up like shell*
from a mortar. Tne speotators watch- *
ed the splendid ourve of euch %Masai
as it issued Prat:tithe sraoke with mueh
anxiety as to the place where it might
dangerf all , an do f with gairt tot:a Of the
Much of the lava, after a parthiul-
arly loud roar from thei crater, fell pal
the sides of the cone, and witbin
very few feet of the flying spectator*
When it was safe to do so, they re'
turned and plunged stieks into till(
viscid, pasty, red-hot • mass, takine
away pieces of the' rapidly cooling black;
mass as a souvenir of their risky visit -
The greater part of the projeeted lavi
fell, fortunately, beck into the crater
and so it was often possible to remelt
within a respectful distance and wit.
angessaintienabeeaguattinful phenomena repeated.
The stream of lava below Vesuvius
bas immensely increased. in volume
since September, and is seading .lial
• tehluosriooungshwlyh Perfectly "hold-up;" which they call a "stuck--; tected by its new bank ot lava should
but no; the stop is mere 1 of the central con.e, on the line- which
new outbreaks occur closer to the feet
3 Knowing that the Father had giv-
en all things into his hands.
ever draw from what he w -as now about etenn;„
want the brakes applied after I easiest vent from the interior incan-
apply the brakes. merely
let
; of late years has proved to be the
conscious of his origin and his destiny; .
facwhafraeitobtfultheChrsliesetiPaifsm°umst- uttilibPte;Y; abarci
to do. Went to God. "And conaeth un- - '"n`-'-' ? ' LI At this time of the year, when every
to God." a Well you see, there is !descent matter.
with a vividness that shows an ,ithead of us a sligh.t down-geeee. no.
ire small. level spot on the mountain shows
witness. Ha riseth from su
1, 5. 'Those two verses a."re,'Ll,.VIE•itit,eerrinl, very munli, but enough to requ a jeweled field of tiny spring flowers,
the table. eye-, brakes, and the solitary guard could and. when the glorious ginestra, or
mountain broom, will soap, begin to
outer garmene, which was made not
Ana laid, aside hisPg''arments not apply all the brakes quick eiaough,
g so they await ten in:Mutes for hint to shale
crags of the old lava streams, a trip 1.0
, Vesuvius is one of the most delightful
Unfastened his girdle, took off hislon . i gold against the cruel black
unlike. our night robes. And tOok a ox team in pioneer days. Aixbrakes ; ways of spending a day that can be
do so. It is almost like stopping an ,
towel, .and girded. himself. Tied along ' . t,' h imagined The magnificent view, the
wade hanging loose, He noureth wa- are maknown, and the locomo we as .
fresh air, the bright but not too brit-
tqwel around his waist, leaving its
,
ter into a basin. A large apper ba- • no bell, but must always whistle.
tient sunshine, and the beauty of the
ready for the various Jewish ablution-: The -railway carriages have a plain,
ary customs. No oriental would pluege square, flat board seat against the starlight or moonnglat evenings (tur-
een. A pression of inagnificent contrast with
his feet or his hands into a basin; ra- sides of the coach, lengthwise. Some ing the descent, leave an abiding inn
have a. leather cushion to sit u
sin, in oriental fashion, placed there
ther would the water be poured upon few late coackies have six to 'eight liar- the formidable majesty of the vol -
them from a pitcher. Began to wash row reversible seats. A solithry step, cano.
the disciples' feet. The contest among checking is unknown. You paste a
high up, made of one piece of board,
aids the passenger to enter. Baggage-, CATCHING A ROGUE.
the twelve for the leading place in the label on your baggage, they gather it
kingdom of God seems to have taken —
place not lon,g before this. flew a L011(10.11 surgeon. nrought .0ne of
6. Then cometh he to Simon Peter. ' eral. scramble before some One helps • e
1 and you must claim it in the nen-
up and take it off at your destination,
Them to Illis Senses.
Peter had many faults, but he was himself to it. Letters posted. in email •
In a great city Lee London there
one of those very refreshing people of ear flatlet pay from 4 to 12 cents extra, are many impostors, who make a bust -
whom one Is sure that: whatever per- according to their destination. No ness of appealing to public sympathy
uality will show itself. Lord, dost thou stock cannot travel on Monday or Fri-
nive by iharaming sickness. Not only do
son or event "cometh," their individ- trainsrun at night or on Sunday. n.
wash My feet? "Thou" is the exapha- day. The. cars for horses and cattle are they pretend to be crippled or blind,
cannot see why they make such a fuss
' tic word: "Thou, the Christ, the Son called carts; other freight cars are but they also feign epilepsy and other
of tb.e living God, wish my feet," the terraed waggons. They are built like diseases, and are taken to public hos-
about the intoxicating cup. Why it is presence who has wandered far away feet of " a sinful man e" The others packing cases, and have no opening, panel in a state of assumed unconscious -
I Gan talk better, think better, feel heard the eau oe the•noseen for many but Peter could not be silent. ing tightly. They are scarcely one- 'less'
such a prejudice agranst it." A few be saved. Flee. from thy sin! Flee to ne-plain this after 1 have wasbed the There are no trolley cars in all of into a hospital from a police -van and
finds himself in the clutches of an evil the ticcepted time; now is the clay of knowledge of God's designs is frag- I lotion of 60,000 in Auckland and other
habit which he tries to. break; but salvation ' tenantry, but we may be sure that towns almost as large. They use 'bus- The resident surgeon had a keen eye,
cannot ; and he cries out, "Oh Lord Good -night, my- young friends! may all the questions that try our faith' es ohiefly, and a few horse ,cars called and watched the patient closely. As
God I help ma et It seems as though You have rosy sleep, guarded by Him ' will eventually be satisfactorily ' ans- , "trams. On lace aYs ' . the apparently' '
unconsciou.e man was
1
in Ein agony. of body and sould he cries in the morning strong and well! But 8. Thou shalt never wash my feet. routes, and carry people. from the cen- -
' events the 'buses quit their regular .
God would not bear Ins prayer ; and Who never slumbers! May you awake were& deposited on the sofa. a few pennies fell
ollt, ''It biteth like a serpent, and it oh! art thou a deeRiaer o±God? Is this ; Peter had began by a noisy declare- ;tee. of the town to Ole raoes and events, out of his pockets and rolled, en the
seingeth like an add.er." }low bright thy last night 'on. earth 9 Shouldest 1
tioh of humility, but his avowed hu- leaving Elie residential section without floor. The patient opened his eyes and
it was afthe karat Hoe, -black nt: was thou be awakened in the night by entity now shows itself to be. partly service. ' - - t t ' "
et 'the lent! a • " ' •somethillg, thou knowest not what,1 erride and arrogance Humility that made e qiuck moveraen to , eeovel. the
' d there be shadows floatin . in the ' • - ' • -
g , LS. advertised, if not consciously bypo- coins. Then he nethought himself and-'
Here is a man w -ho begins to read a° •
and you feel that your last hour s I If I -WaSb thee TIC,t, hou as no par
LIGUT '1.1.3,11ING.
rho lightest tebing ever made is of
nickel -aluminium. Ihree thousend
feet of this tubing weighennta one
pound, T,tit °Met use is for the oonvey-
tince of air preentiee to light pneuma-
tic: devices, :ma bells so aetuated are
saidto bo 'co fl I superseding electrie
exhilarating 1 It makes me feel well. from Christ, though he may' not have had been washed, fai of silent • wonder, except the missing roof, the door Mos -
better. I cannot see why -people have a year, Iinvite him now to come and 7. Thou shalt know hereafter. "I will fourth the size of our cars. One of these lunpostors was carried
Years pass on, and be wakes up and the stronghold of the Gospel! Now is loot of all the disciples."' At best our New Zealand, notwithstanding a PaPue laid on a sofa in the examining-roonn.
room; and a handwriting.
on the wall. 1 critical; is nearly' always sandehided. thew bank. '
ha L b. t t The doctor, accustomed to deal with
_
estronomers say the li0011. IS Iblettiug Ready
What is called "good nature' is not pared for the fall of the moon at a die -
is twit date
awbile, but many astronomers are pre -
n is not likely Lt''ollill'appen just yet
Christianity. "Come, follow me,"
the Master's call. Submit, and all • .
9. Lord, not ray feet only, but also moon will be drawn well w•ithin the
It is probable that eventually the
riches, grace and happiness follow.
,sphere of attraction of the earth. At
present she is just far enough off to
be kept in tow, so to speak, arta to
whirl round. and rOund us as well as
French novels " The are so charm -
Inge,' he says: "1 will go out and see
for myself whether these things are
SO." He opens the gate of a sinful life,
He goes in. A sinful sprite meets him
with her wand. She tvaves her wand,
and it is all ene,h.cintment. Why it seems
as if the angels of God had poured out
Phials of perfume in the atmosphere.
As he walks on, he tinds the hills be
-
corning more ra,diant with foliage, and
the ravines more resonant with the
falling water. Oh what a charming
landscape he sees! But that sinful
sprite, with her wand, meets him again;
but ,110Vir she reverses tbe wand, and
all the enehantment is gone. The cup
is full of ,poison. The fruit turns to
ashes. All the leavas of the bower are
forked tongues of hissing ser-
pents, The flowing fountains
fall back into a dead pool, stenehful
with corruption. The luring swigs be-
come muses and sereaxas of demoniac
laughter. Lost spirits gather about
him an.c1 feel for his heart, aud 'beckon
him oe with "Hail, binthet 1 Hail,
blasted spirit, han Ile tries to get
out. He tries to get out, He comes
to the front door where he entered,
and tries to push it back, but the door
turns against him; and in the jar of
that shutting door he bears these
words, "This night is Belshazzar, the
kiog rai the Chaldeens, slain.
nin may open bright as the morn-
ing. It ends dark as the night
I learn further from this subject
that Death sometimes breaks in upon
a banquet. Why did he not go down
to the prisons in Babylon? There
were people there that would like to
have died, I suppose there were men
and women lo texture in that eity
who woeld have welcomed death, But
he comes to the palace and just at
(he time when the mirth is dashing to
the tiptop piteli, Death breaks in at
the banquet. We have often seen the
same thieg illustrated. Here 18 a,
young men just come from college. He
is kind. Ile is loving. Ilais enthusi-
astic, He is eloquent. By' one spring
he may bound to heightS toward which
tnany men have bee° eteiaggling for
PLEASANT PROSPECT.
t d to an atten-
vith me. "Humility not shown in ob- such pretenders, urne
dience is in truth no hunility at all," dant ata remarked:
-Churton. The natural heart is "not -
subject to the evnl of God, neithet in- "You notice, probably, how limp the
deed can be." This is as true of the man is, and how heavily he. is breath -
amiable and moral as of the outcast. ing. It is a bad case and needs lin-
come, and there be a fainting at the s
heart, and a tremor in the limb, and 1 e
a catching of the breath -- then thy I
doom would be but an echo of the words.
of the text: "In that night was Bel-
shazzar, the king of the Chaldeans,
lager the invitation of the Gospel!
•
There may be some one in this house to
whom I shall speak again, and there-
fore let it be in the, words of the Gos-
pel, and not ray own, with which I close:
"Efo, every one that: ihirstethl
COM ye to the waters. And let him
that hath no money come, buy wine
and milk without money, and without
price." "Come unto me, all ye who
are weary and heavy laden, and I will
give you rest."
051 that my Lord Jesus would now
make himself so attractive to your
souls that you cannot resist him; and
that, if you have Dever prayed. before,
or have not prayed since those, days
when you knelt clown at your mother'e
knee, then that to -night you might
pray, saying:
"Just as 1 am without one plea
Put that. thy blood was shed for me,
Andthatthou bia'st me come to
thee,
0 Lamb of God, 1 comel"
But if you can not think of so long a
prayer cie that, I will give you 'a
shorter prayer that you oan say; "God
be reeroiful to me a. sinner!" Or, if
you cen not think of so long e preyer
as that, I will give you a still shorter
0118 that you may utter: "Lord, save
me, or I perish!"
A NEW NIA.N.
Philanthropic Old Lady -I fear that
you lack application and persistency.
When you once begin a good. thing,
never step till yoti have finitned it,
Thii Knot Orspin-You convince me,
teddy. That'll be my molter trona
now oh. I waS only goiif ter eat half
of this here ptufkin Ole, put I'll finish
it el it founders Me. You has made
a new Wall 0' met Lead.
my hands and my head. Peter is still
on the wrong track. He wants to
make out a program for the Lord.
10. We a.re nom, approaching the ker-
nel of the lesson. Ile that is washed
need.eth not save to wash his feet. "He spin lamself.
that is bathed needell not save to .But when the inevitable time comes,
wash .bis feet.' 1.e are clean, but
not all. A rebuke wnieli only Judas
of all the twelve could understand. lt
is possible, indeed, that ,Tudas, intent
and she is drawn far into the attrac-
tion radius, she is likely to be pulled
on his plottingS with the priests, had rhiegrhattdtroawennatioanisf,aolfl coarse,
the earth, aohr t Nhv,e for
beer), absent when the rest of the die- er than ours. She is in Mors danger
eiplee accompanied their Master to the
public bath, of this at one time than another, and
the deg
ner id increasing gradually but
11. He knew who should betray surely. It may be 1001)1) or 15,000 years
him. "Who was betreying him."
la. Wats set down again. Was re-
clining again. Know ye what I have
done. Do yot. fully understand? '
18. Ye call me Master and Lord.
Exalted titles of Jewish rabbis. Ye
say well. Their deference to him is
right
14, Ye also ougle. mesh one an-
on -texts feet. Naturally this whole
story wee profoundly affected Christen-
dom. Some small branches of the
Church of Chriet hare regarded it as
elienning a sort of sacrament, and
teach that Christians are in auty
bouxid to wash one atiother's feet, just
me they are to partake of the Lord's
Supper; and. lofty saints in the Roman
Church httve washed tete feet a beg-
gars in their endeavox to fulfill this
command, But our Loed's own ex -
pathetical). in this and the follovvihg
verses shows teal his act was typical
--en acted parable. The coostaht puri-
fication from the daily stealth of life
yet, but when sbe d.ees fall there will
certainly be a terrific bump, and. the
whole system of the earth will be badly
jolted.
It is calculated that, taking themost
dangerous epoch of the year into eon-
eideration and. her ooasequerit position,
she ia likely to fall on the northeastern
part of Europe, and will entirely wipe
Russia and Germany from the map.
Tidal waves and all sorts 51 horrots
will oecur, and the fallen moon will
probably break up. The entire olie
mete of the world will, be altered, and
Enteltind will, probably be more or less
improved, according to axe scientists.
COSTLY ECONOMY, -
juniper married his typewriter
save liee salary.
Sbsl1, what pallyail3nTalvedIL foil) e. week
raor5 thah he would have to pay a
toitipetent Young Wtimattfording the
naedia.te and severe treatment. Fetoht
the battery."
There was a suspicious trembling of
the patient's hands, and the loud
breathing eeased. Wn. hethe bat.tery
was producel the doctor added briskly,
"He sc,axcely breathes. You must be
quick. Let him have tele full power
of the battery. Halt a charge will
not answer the purpose."
The patient by this time hed open-
ed ails eyes from sheet: terror,
tvor, and be-
fore the wires were ell in hand he
had found his voice. Sitting bolt up-
right on the sofa., lie shrieked:
"Let me go, I beg of you. reb.ere
is nothing the matter with me. I am
only a poor to, 1 of humbug, that tries
to make a few pelenies by shanamitg.
Turn off your batteriee and bat me go."
The patient. wee dismissed after lie
had picked up inc coins which had
fallen under the sofa.
050 be in is $ellee Porfernled by sante work, it his WI e didn't objact.
MOST RAPID 'FIRING GDNS.
The Vienna ileichswehr states that,
although the secret has hitherto been
welt kept, the "M, 1888" rifle, winch
has until now been in use in the Ger-
Irian encase is being rapidly replaced by
n new [Me of improved type. The new
weapon is ot somewhat emallet caliber,
is slightly lighten and, being a ttHier
to hatalle, can be fired more rapidly
than. the rifle al peeseel in use. The
whole. German army la e'x.pect.M. to be
armed. with the new rifle, Werth sur-
passes Any at present M sa iOc bn La-
mpe, by the end of this yetat.
CAN nt Bine
The cheek bone ie latt rune itive
pttrt of the body.