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speecti
secretary, Mr.
Birmingham t
remarkable for
it laye bare th
done between
Vaal. The real
teouble..ia silo\
al rights of
ehised Uitland
pe•estige of En
rice through t
of the Boers o
exereise of Bri
internal affair
which was expr
Derby in the
That the nat
Boers and nut
mount power
surprising, if,
England has
verge ot war
has not decla
would natural
•• abstention frozx
fear rather th
and it is not iiii
would encoura.
Whatever the
that native o
year or two
to the side of
the =item in
expressed anti -
uncertain lang
the natives in
foresee of the
the deportation
uanas after t
Bechuanaland,
laborers in Cap
tributed to alt
from their Brit
time played int
who have not b
tage of them.
• There is n,o r
cerity of the pa
eident Kruger,
when they say
solution ofeethe
There is every
desire peace.
a surrender of
English prestig
• chief suffetrer,
renders withou
tion of Mr. Ch
a more difficult
eident • ,Kruger
Kruger, for hi
• to preserve all
non he enjoys
for Boer peesti
Play as the Br
• Another ques
,,yet been brou
which will aria
that war is ine
of the Orange
lute independe
State is due t
the war betwee
in 1854,• which
drawal of tlae
territory just a
jugation appear
pliehed. The d
the Orange Fre
tral even if it
Transvaal, whi
conditional, did
found mistrust
signs of Mr. Rh
Chanaberlain is
tween 11 the
whether in the
States. The pe
Free Stets have
independence w
that of the Tr
ably gone, and
atand by the
• It is against.
• Lard Salisbury
have to conte
• really not so dUn
• glance. The w
• party at the last
any managed to
• portion of the na
con tributed .in
their success,
• exercised over t
South Africa by
• Chamberlain no
mains to be seen
knot into which
,• alas become Langl
by diplomacy an
have to be cut by
A baker who
pound 'I•die fro
that the rolls
weighed' them a
• were all under
"Thereupon he pu
County court,
Thase •hitler
are certainly imd
Ila.Ve you any ec,
T hive, said t
And have you
No, eir.
"rhen how can
ter?
Thet'e very stn
While I've been
baker Pee been
.11.om him, and T:
weights en my 0
HAD PLE
My err:melee re
And did they r
01.1, yes, both 11
•, .
111"'°"1111SIVrSt
•--,-,•-'
4 the British Colonial
'7.3sePil Chazaberlaiu'. At
,e other day, is chieflY
. .
the mAnner in *hide
sere spot in the .rele-
eneanevaad the Teams-
dmuie a tiao oruseiat
n toehe aot the elector-
,.
ixpaing and aneafkaue'
, .
ies, .,ble 1 the diminishing
. . , .
lana all over,Satill At -
faattenenItirnaane:varaeisits9tainhcee
ash suzerainty' in their
1, the right to exercise
essly renouheed by Lord
••onvention of 1884.
ivea , should regard., the
the British as the Para"
in. South Africa is not
s Mr, Chamberlain said,
,een four times on the
vith the 'Transvaal,. yettbia
ed War. The natives
y attribute England's
i attacking the Boers to
in to reasons, of policY,
probable that the Boers
ee them in that .belief.
reasons, it is certain
inion during . the last
has leaned strongly
the Boers, and some of
the Kaffir papers bave
Beitish sentiments in no
lage....The treathaent of
Rhodesia by the armed
"Thartered Company and
,
., of thousands ,of Bech-
.e tate diseuxbance in
to serve as indentured
'
a Colony, have also con-
enate native asentiMent.
iah rulers, _events have
•
i the hands of the Boers,
sen Glow to, take aclvane,
. DS OF B 1111LEIIEN
' E , ' .
. , • .. ., • , I
the' 004Pel.fro*X, 3 xdantE• heart' It
se hard , to melee. avarice. charitable,
and fratol honeet, and, pride humble,
end eaelatiaisin Christaaa. The sword
.
of Gode trieth Benne' to glanA° .. Off
from . these mailed, Warriors, . and
the lielnlet eeeins hattleenroaf against
God's battle-axe. ', But ohildhoo4; hOva
.
ehseeptible to exaVaPie and to instrnce
tion 1 )On are not SurPrieed at the
reeard; '-,'etbraham,,, beg.at :Isaac, _and
Isteef4cts bzreat ,t,Tafimeieihy,i,elitfellie.evahptentoxeoliog1a°11.,
thraargbo. Jeaaleel , it .Meirdereaseaton
i are nOt . SurpriSed . to -Tina -her, . eon'
. .
jehniranl,, attanePtin, e-asseAlnation•
what a• r sponsibtlitY upon 'the .p!tr-
ent i, and .telte teacher l: The Mnincian
teuelles. the keYa, mad the resPonae
aerdsethkeaelleseiredsa,waaid.ayfLaw4liodndtehreePtiThe:
distance between the key , and the
chord, And so it is in life; if yoU
tquetic a della, the results will come
hack from maOhood, or old age, telling
the time played, whethee• the.
dirge of a great eorrow or the anthem
of a great' joy. The word that 'the
Sabbeeh Seheel teaeher will this after-
.
noon whisper in the ear of the class,
well be _echoed back from ev,etlisting
, ages or light. or darkness. The home
and the school decide the repablic or.
the despotism; the barbarism or the
, .
civilization; the upbuilding •of an era
or the overthrowing of it. High-
er than Parliament or Congress are
.
Y the school and ' the family, and the
t
sound of a cbild's foot may mean more
than the tramp of a host. What,
then are you doing for ,the purpose
of be.' in • . ' ' • -
ging your children into the
kingcloin of God? If they are so sus-
ceptible, and if this is the very ,best
' • "
time to• act upon theue eternal in-
terests, what are you doing by way
of right impulsion? Th .
There were some
harvesters in the fields of Seotland,
one hot day; and Hannah Lemond was
helping them g•atter the hay. S.
She
laid her babe 'ander a tree. ' While
she was busy in the field, there
ere was
flutter .of wings in the air, and a gol-
de,n eagle clutched the swaddling band
Of the babe,. and flew away with it to
the meuntam eyrie. ••All the harvese
tees and Hannah Leanond started for
the cliffs. It was two males before
-they came to thefoot of the cliff. Get-
ting there ' w o dared to mount -
• - M ' th
? No human foot had, ever trod
it. Tb,ere were sailors there who had
•e
gone up the mast an the day of ter
rible te,mptest ; they did not dare risk
it. jeanhah Lemond sat there for
, .
while and looked up, and saw the
eaglein the eyrie, and then she leap-
ed to her feet,a.nd she started up
where no lauman• foot had ever trod
. . ,
crag above crag catching hold of this
root orroot, un . e reac e
• that'tit she h
the 'eyrie and caught her babe, the
eagle sweeping in fierceness all around
about her. Fastening the child to
her back, she started for her friends
and for her home. 0, what a dizzy
descent 1 sliding from this crag to that
crag, catching by that creeper and by
that root coming down further and
• g '.
e most dangerous pass,
further to th •ed
where she found a, goat and some kids.
She. said: "Now Pll follow the goat;
the goat will. know just which is the
safest way down,'" and she was led by
e anana to t e. plane.When
' 1 down•' . 1 ' '
she' gat there, all the people cried:
hank God, thank God 1' her strength
not giving away until the rescue was
effected. And they cried: "Stand
now. Give her air !a 0 if
. • • • t •
woman well do that for the physical
life of her child, what -,will you do for
the eternal life of your boy and your
girl? Let is not be told in the great
day of eternity, that Hannah Lemond
sr, ,,.
put forth more exertion for the ease
ing of the physical life of her child
than you, 0 parent, • • have ever put
for the eternal life of our lit-
• . 1 y
tle one. Gad help you
u 1
I pass on to consider the power which
a child wield a over the parental heart,
L
We often talk about the influence of
parents upon children. 1 never hear
anything said abut the influence of
.
children upon their parents. You go
to school to them. You more edudate
.
them than they educate you. With
their little hands they have caught
hold of your entire nature andou
Y
'
cannot wrench you,rself, away from
their grasp. You • are ' different men
and women frora what you Were before
they gave you the first lesson. They
have revolutionized your soul. There
fountains . joy .
are of in your heart
which never would have been discover-
ed had they not discovered theea. Life
is to you a 'more stupendeusithing than
it was before those little feet sta.rla
d the - Eh . ' '
e on e pa; way to, eternity. 0,• how
haanY hopesehow many joys, how many
. . ,
solicitudes that little one has created
in your aoul. You go to schciol ev-ery
, . , _ . , .. •
day -a echooi of self-denial, a school of
Patience, in which you are getting wis-
er' day by day; and that influence of
the child over you will increase and
• • - • •as
increase ; and though your children
may c ie, from e very rone o
m l• f the throne f God
they will reach down an influence to
l leading you on and -
Your son , g Y . lead
mg you, up until you mingle with
their voices and sit beside their
thrones. -
The grasp which the child has over
the p,arent's heart is seen in'what the
parent will do for the child Storm
* .
and darkneas and heat arid cold are
nothing to you if 'they stand between
you and your child's welfare. A great
lawyer,when t unknown on d
ye , e day
stood in the court -room and made an
eloquent plea before some, men of
great legal 'attainments, and a gentle-
,
man said. to him • afterward: "How
could b eti' th t
you e calmstandingin • 1.-
i;hat
august plesence ?" ' '0," said Erskine,
c ei. c ren pulling a neY
" 1 felt I '1 I' t
skirts and creing for bread." What
stre.am will you not swim, what cos-
ern will you. not, enter, what battle
'11 t fight,'• ; _ . _
vet you no what hunger will
YoU not endure for your children ?.
Your children must have bread though
you starve. Your children must be well
clothed though you go in rags. Yen
say : " My 'children shall be educatea
though I never had any chance," What
to. you are weary limbs and aching
head, and hands hardened arid callous,
if only the welfare of year children can
be wrought out b 10- Their sorrow,
, ,.
Yotii• sorrow, thei y' ' • • ' •
r Joy yout ;Toy, their
advaneement your victory, And 0, When
the last sickness conies how you fight
briek the nia:rell of disease, and it is
osly after a tremen oas struggleAnd'
0 1d • that
you surrender. And when the spirit has
fled, the ,great deep is broken up, and
Rachel 'will not be cob:darted, because
her children are aote and Dtivid goes
up, the p 1 ei eta' " . y'ia • "0 A.b"
a, ac . irs er 1 g . ea-
lora, my eon, ray son, would God I had
died for thee 0 AbSalorn; MY son n'IY
son," ' . ° ' ' ,
' There is not a large family, &hard-
ly ii.Iatge fantil i A' 1 li t d• '
oVer SU a. VA+
that Ian not 'hgtit - h ' . t ' '
ie Mare 410.10,4 it, La the faMilY OK IS
there needead lanib?. Ihave nen ManY
each eaales of sorrOw., There i$ one Pre-
eminent in my' memory as Patiter-
, .
6.Oevale 'lle-Yhe4 oNeallime, Ie gtoay
of ilia, death has breuglit bundrede Ont0
Ood. Re helonged to My Pariah in the
West. A thormegh 'boy, nine or tam
Ye'ara 'of age. Nothing morbid, 110the
lag dull fibou,t bein, His voiCe leeideat
.and ilia !hot seelf•test .ote the -.Ii'laY-
g. drInond.d•p' 0.ofterno;rolre ' 131 ateeoradzei•.il:" ''Ir'V•
h . d th - ifin.' If the fleor
he .an exhitoitiOeart bolatetOua liairt)ta••..
and yet he.'Was' a Christian eeneseerate
Oi ed to QBA keepin' g.rii,B BO.MILS'Ildinellte.
That is' tile abed 0. f hUdigh'plety I be-
lieye, in. When the days of sieltnes$
of caents suddenlY and he' was' t`eld tii•6't he
eetanldecaaante. al:. newe•e'llioballee said:
sa‘,Ca;;"):131143S"
R‘ h Iota saved. nae Don't cry, Mamma.
aball go eight st.raight Up to heaven:
And then they gave him a glees a
water to oeca his hot lips be said:
" Mamma, I shall fake a, draught from
the water of life after awhile; of which
if one drink he shall never get thirsty
again. e lay myeett at Jesus' feet and
I want Rim
beet' t� do 1„,t.oithdomjuee,,t, wIhnet He thinks
th°se d'aYs,
" Re r the Weary" w a new
II at 'fo • 'e as .
necl it and in a
peareti, and he, had leer . .,
' h
f et eestacy of soul, in his last our,
-he (stied out: -
.
"In the Christian's h ' I.
There remains a: 1 :nide of rest;
There ,my Saviour's gone before me
To fulfill my . soul's ,request e
There is reat for the ear
-' w y,
There is xest for you:
.•
"Sing, Ching, ye heirs of diary,
Shout your triumphs as . you go ,
'
Zion's gates are open for you,
' Yshall find t ' through,well
. You an en ranco
There is rest for the weary,
"There is rear for you papa • there is
, . ,.
rest for you, mansina." And then, put-
t' h* h - ds h* • b • •cl•
a ing is .att over is heart, e sal .
"Yeal there is rest for me," And then
he 'asked them to read, "The Lord is
my Shepherd, 1 shall not want. He
raa.ke•th me to lie down in green pas-
tures, and leadeth Ine beside still
waiters ;" and he cried out: * "0 Death,
where is thy sting? 0 Grave, where is
e i t "
thy v a ory? .
Only ten years old 1 And then he
- said: "Now I wish, you would just
turn this bed, so I can look once more
on the yolia. d the nset."
ge an see su
a And t•
they turned the bed; and he said;•
o• so wish t at . esus would , nailer
Itdo' h j ld h •
and, conia and take me." They said to
him; "Why, are . you not willing to
•e. ,, •
, await e•Lord's• ime see, he
t the t' ?" "
said, •• • • . rather e
1 am„ but I would Jesus
d would, come and hurry and take me. ,,
And. so, with, a peace indescribable, he
passed away. 0, why need I go so far
back ? 1 canionly take you this after -
noon at two o'clock, to the obsequies
of one little child, WE° sat last Sab-
bath in our services .and mingled in
our songs. She stood up amid that
host/ of S2,8 neve members, and espouse
the cause of Christ one Sabbath,
Some saw her, perhaps, and thought
she was too sniail; but 0, she was r•pe
for heaven and the Lord took her. She
- '
said.'to her parent a day or two ago;
eestat. there moth a passagethat
er,
says, '11. '' ' h 11 bsufficient f
.1 y grace s a e . or
thee v• ti And she said: "Lord, make
that grace sufficient for father' and
mother and sister ;" and then, speak-
a •
mg of her deceased brother, she said:
,.1 will take Harry by the hand and
• - - '
we will come out to meet you, moth-
al..., 0, there is nothing sad about
a child's •death save the grief in • the
parent's heart. Yon see the little ones
ol. right out from a world of sin and
egamean id f • H
g• to a world o joy. ow
many sorrows they escape how many
' • - ' - ' - • -
temptations how many troubles! Chil-
d ' d ad ' r f The') that live.
e esa
e peril. know notwhatdark
path' they may take. The day may
come in which they will break your
heart; but children dead are safe -safe
f • t
forever. Weeping parents do no
mourn too bitterly over your child
that h Th
as gone. ere are twokinds
o2 prayers made at a child's sick -bed.
One prayer the Lord likes; the other
prayer He does not like. When a sou i
kneels down at a child's sick -bed and
says e "0 Lord, spare this little one;
he is very near to my heart; I don't
want to part with him; but Thy will
,ea d •• that i the kind f a pray-
one, - s o
er the Lord loves. There is another
kind of prayer which I bave heard men
make, in substance when they say: "0
Lord, this isn't right • it is hard. to
taketh• h'Id • h • ht t
., , es c e „ you aye no rig o
-
take this child; spare this •child; I
can't ' giveh' p and 1 't ' '
. . 4/11 u , •woa give
him up." . The Lord answers that kindcelalair'
' ' . The 0, e
of a prayer sometimes. • •and.
lives an and lives on. and travels off
i • th t ' k d ' perish.At
n, pa s o Yew e nese to.
the, end of every prayer for a child's
say. Thy will, 0 Lord, be dooe.',
life,' • " '
T • •
br •
- he ightest lights that can be
kin e els as Ind e .us
ell d Ch '' t h . k' 3 d Let •
old. and' ' ' •
young, ,rejoice that heaven is
gathering up so much that is attrac-
tive. In that far land we are not
strangers. . There are those there who
speak our name day by day, and they
I,. ,
•wonder why so long we tarry. 1; I ,
could count up the names of all those 1
who have gone out from these la,mi-
lies into the kingdom of heaven it
e
would ta '
ke nee , all day to mention
their names A ' reat multitude be-
' g. • . ,
fore the throne.. -You loved them onte;ize
you love them • d
o and ever an anon
you think' now;
th ' • B -
you ear eir voices ca
'
you upward. Ah, yes, they have gone
out from all these families and you
•• , ' ,
want no book to tell y-ou. of the dYe
in x r' f CI at' b'ld •
g e pe tence o, . rile ian c i ien.
You have heard It it has been whisper-
ed in • • 0' father,0 mother, 0
beyrou(i) eS1.
brat sister. Toward.
that good
all ,- .' • g
christians are bearing, This snap-
ping of he t at an . t i fa al of
• . heart -strings, - 1. , . b. s 1g ., .,
ye,ief.s, this tread of the heart reminds
us we are passing away. 'Under
ispling blossems,, and , though surto:ter
iArvesti and across .aueurienal leaves,
end. through, the 'wintry snbW,-banks,
we are passing on, ' 0, reaoiee. at it, •or
chilcleen of God, rejoice at 41. 'How
shall we gather them up, the loved arid
the ic'st 1 Before we mount our
throne, beaore we drink froin the.foun-
tain b f re we strik the tp f our
• ' e ° e •ba °
eternal celebration, we will cry out:
"Whet° are , our loved and 101: ?"
theh, how we 401 gather theni
un 1 0 we shall gather the I
- - ' now • na up
"In this dark World of sin and pain
We Only meet to .part again;
But when we reaeh the heavenly shore
e ere s meat o pea n more.
W th • Mill 't t part 0 '
"The hope that we sthill see that day
Should obese car present griefs away ;
.
When these ' short years of ' pain are
' ' . Past . ' ' thy
'We'll meet. before' the throne at last." father'S'
. , . . . ,`
.
TN .SCHOOL
. ' , SUNDAYL. , , , . .
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Thinfeerrors axe net a gnoralScee Mat
0 o tont:040,a of (eget e , ,, .,
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28,, 'Haat lifiaed ap ileyeelf, IMO 4?•)',
grandfather. veree 00, Ag,ainit the
Lord of' heabalina -vmkti Nebeehadnee.
oar never did, The vessela of hits
hOU.Se. • The. holy Yeetiels,, .iarg:ii ' 000,
. khivee eta which were Used for secred
i e , ' • - ' , • • . , '...
porposea' eri the temple in jeruealera;
' Have brought. .,.. , haet prethsea.
'',494" Self-inelerigernee' ,and., their p.i•a-,
E:12,411:3:. 4re,,, VII, 41,1. Y'',113'pb,kny.c9g04i4ellb :art C4,°„ (1.:
' ' tli Th - Gad ' ' h ' ' he 'd tli
breath is, , A 'Moat ' striking tittle,.
true, Of: taelehazZer and . of as Wheee
are all. thY, weYs.' It •ie no' t "in„. Man
that walketh to dlr. eat hia •atepe," ' '
' ;44, e Then,: ,.'W.11,en Defeh. a. eitir ' lifted
himsele op 'against the' Lordi •This ie.
the c°4tinuati°n ' of :DaXdere Sileeeh'
The ,PaXt of , the hand. Tbe fingem of-
othoelhande ' , Sent from hino. • 1•'rorti
25. Mono, Mene, Tehei IT ia 611.
l •
Numbered, Numbered, with the .senee,'
also, of iiiniehed , Weighed and Livid-
, 7 t .
e('•
a6. This is the interpretation Of the
thing. We have seen that the char-
eaters were probably unfamiliar to the
•
Of!aldean wise men. When read the
•
actual, meaning of the words may have
h , . , . . . e
eea Plain, but not their inteepreta
'' •
Lion, or, as we would say, application.
aferie Used , twice means ' numbered-pire,
that t ulrse,
application is, that God bee, if we May
-on .completely suchae oncounted-andr lson ,kep tt l 1 ae
yea - ' '
day book of Belshazzar's reign, and
made an entry creditable or cr
disedit-
able of every act. The record is dos-
ed now, and the summer up of the ac-
ed now, and the summing up of the, ac-
, •
count is altogether against Balshaz-
zar.
. •
07 Tekel means weighed and - the
• , ,in,
application is, BAshezzar has been
weighed in - the balances and found
, - .• ' -,
wanting. In almost every age and
-1; ' • • '
. language the action of . the bunaan.
mind in deliberation has-been compare
ed, to weighing. The scales of justice
had been in the hands Of the king him-
self, but he hadmisused them. Now
i
he is weighed n them, and found
worthless. Tbe "balances" by which
men are judged and their fete fixed are
nqt their own opinion of themselves
nor the world's estimate of them, but
the impartial judgment, of the Lord.
28. Peres. B k divided. Th
ra en up or e
applieation is, Thy kingdom. is broken
up and its pieces now belong to the
Medes and Persians. 'Belshazzar's
kingdom is divided, or severed from
him, and passed over to the Persians.
29. Belshazzar., . . clothed Daniel
with sca.rlet Restored the oldprophet
. . o
to the rank which he had held. under
b h d "
e uo a nezzae. The young - king
could not now avert the temporal re-
sults of the vicious government of him-
self and his ancestors, but Jae could at
least act with a kingly integrity, and
he did. The gift of the scarlet robe
was as we have seen, a sign of rank,
like the yellow jacket of the China-,
man. Throughout the East the pre-
sent of a dress from a ,prince is a high
honor. A cbain of gold was also an
emblem of office. Made a pxoclama-
tion conoerning him, that he should be'
the third ruler in the kingdom.Thi s
was the •fact of dignity which
the other two were • the
emblems of. This promotion of Daniel
WAS of no service so -far • as Belshaz-
zar's own rule was concerned, but it
must have had several glorious re-
sults for Daniel himself and for the
cause he represented.
eo. In that night was Belshazzar . . .
slain. Classic, writers tell us of the
suddenness of Babylon's overthrow.
Cyrus's armies were guided by two
13abylonian deserters,.
31. Darius the Median. took the king-
dom. . This Darius is probably the
man known to other writers by the
name of Astyages. He was really
grandfather of Cyrua. eyries had
practically dethroned him, but treated
him kindly afterward and allowed him
royal honors.
,
a
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' . • ' -2. ' '
.ily appreval ;mu tribal 113,
. eee • ' au a 1.•,' '
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At.911,111, roilehed, ,itOre in ,.PV
a. atiiice"tutno ra/d4..'r4rapik8,4,1114.pd°, athnd
' ' ''' •
' •:- - .- . .i- eee.-e- •, -
.‘ a YOUg MeV* tur1OY'ligbt
the. ughtps of loVe," bet:se-Me
a.enred, ef the .taapo ar'" be
i'.u.u.,", •,t0i..a,' dehrhh.arhm. e• wag,
, er. - i •' ' - -• ' • i -
.'W"le !fi tAliclAg 11411°)!' '4'U
taLup0; and the 'au,itoras fax
eXiated abitter. feud, The t
Was 'reaPreeated" traf' as 41
he Mich imrtant mattere
• • • • • • • •
po
MonY, the question of eligi
,. ,
. dulY subnaitted to the aiga,
family eeneneil, which prorapi
. • „
ed a YorrIlot or impossible
. . . „
hOWeVer, of aeceptini the
hie tarnily arid react/tieing' •
rata the young man rebelle
°Jared he would wed his dui
.
heart
Samoa and. the trattimels of :
tl idnisisaPppi i ero °vaf I atilhattbeeti:
posed. The young girl 'alie
her independence ,and seorn, i
staeles which Were put in '
and with the help of a few e
be ' ' h• tr
gen ,preparing her , waste
mats and .gaudy tapp., Wh
-• Saffect.•
araoa ,
. The wedding day approeel
feeling between therival V
..
high and before the arrival c
' - - .
fixed for the ceremonY•cule
open hostilities. ' Overwhelm
sure was bro.:De:it to. bear.,
poor lover, Who was reviled 4
ed with being a traitor, az
climes of endless generatio
ce.stors heaped upon his dev,
family influence combined tc
every wile to break the an
but still he stood resolute.
driven from house and villaa
cast on world an his
the d d
confiacated and divided.
The day came and the held':
deserted by her family, •
' w.
her faithful bridegroom. '..'
passed; he did not come. S
step was heard ontside the 1
o
she anxiously Waited. She
pectant A curtain was thr
*
something was thrown into
and rolled to the feet, of the
girl. She stooped and pica
and then screaming and lau
fell upon the ground -a ma
It was the severed head i
ther, andbefore her stood hei
husband, stern, relentless ax
if turned to stone, in hi.a
terrible mife-oti, head -knife
dripping. Family persuasica
umphed at lastand the orcl
had. been given him of -Lerma
•
delay to tribe, and family ix
be forgiven was the task he
performed -taking the hea
'bride's own father and throi
her feet. '
The shock was too great fo
• girl,' whose reason, mercifu
way. She may yet be ,seen a•
'
homeless and wandering, a
thetic figure, decked. Ophel
bridal wreaths, with a chaple
twined around her head, six
family song of victory or a
love ditty. The young war:
whose fealty so terrible a
been imposed sought and fon:
that oblivion which his poor
bride -elect yet hopelessly ale
e....... .
REV. 0R, ,TALM.ACiE SITARS °E
THE OREAT, REAPRit. .
er-. .,
star* of the ,Deed sof...-irise (*arra ihr
. thiideood-The 'Dr. fieteutti the Idea,
That fee041 cellarea **ways lelealeee
. re - , .. , . ..,
aliee:;40::'0_,Itliy u. ionite nkine.Leewatiete, „ase014174
'e ,' leeiselee - of• Her. kaild-'ail„ lIlegUent
, •
Semen Oa •cbileaupoe0.•
'1 •• ' •
11,tv,.depiirn.aptcahipafr:gole ;7::atiltiO.tti)11.161A,Yst".17e
•f°1I°Wing text; -"And when- the ehild
.
was grown, et fell on, a day; that he
'went out to his father, to the reapers,
A,nd he said unto hili father, my bead,
my head! And he said to a lad, earrY
him to his mother. . And When he had
taken him, and . brought hini to his
mother, he sat on her , knee till ' noon;
and then died,'' --11 Kings, iv. 18, 12, 20!
Thereas at least, one happy.home in
. .
Shunem, To the luxuriance ana
splendor of a great house; •had been
• *"i
given the advent of a chile.. Even
when, the Angel of -We brigs a new
- -...
soul to poor man's lent a star . of jo
shines over the manger, infancy, with
it helplessness and inriocetice, had pass-
,
ed away. Das of boylhood had come-
days of laughter and frolic days of
sunshine. an a promise, days of strange
-
questions 'mid cunosity and quick' de-.
, • • ' ' he
velopment. . I suppose . among all t
treasures d that house, the, brightest
wite the boy, One. day :there is the
shoat of reapers heard afield. A boy's
sound of
heart ,alveaye bounds at the .
bo
sickle or scythe. No sooner havetie '
-Te
harvester's cut a swath across, the ficid
than the lad joins them, and the ewer-
I.,hy r eapers feel you ug again as they
look dawn at that lad„ as bright and
a• nt the harvest
be , as was Rut, i ,
' au taful h
fields of Bethlehem gleaning after
the reapers. But the sun was t hot
Docliff
tor him. . Congestion of tbe brain
• •
seized on him. 1 see . the swarthy
laboxers, drop their, sickles; and they
rush •e
out to se what is the matter.'
. . . , . . .
and they fan hem and, they try, to cool
.
his brow; but all is of no avail. . In
the inetant of consciousness, he puts
his bads against his temples and
, . „..... ,
crie-s out: My head! my head!' And
the father said "C • hre t h•
1 any 1 o is
mother," Just as any father would
have said; for our hand is too rough,
and Our voice is too' harsh, and our
foot is too loud to doctor a sick child,
if there be in our home a gentler voice
and a gentler hand and a stiller
footstep. But all of no avail. While
elle reapers of Shunem were bus in
•. .•- ' y
the field, there came a stronger reap-
er that way, with keener scythe and
fora richer harvest. He reaped only
one sheaf, put .0 what a' golden sheaf
was :that! .
, lhe cliald' beautythe
, „ 1 •s does not depend
upon or Mature or complexion or
apparel. That destitute. one that you
saw on the steeet,. bruised with tine
leindnesa and in rags, . has a charm
about her, ove.n under her, destitution.back
You have forgotten a great many
persons whom you met, oil finely cut
features and with 'erect posture and
with faultless conap.lexion, while you
will al • i s rem- • . p
w. y ,mbei. the poor girl
who, on . a .cold, moonlight,, night, as
you were paeeing late home, in her
thin shawl and bare -foot on the pave-
na,ent• h -
, •foxth
put out her hand and said:
'Please to Kive me a penny." • Ala
how often we have walked on and said:
"0, that is nothing but street vaga-
bondism;" but after we got a block or
two on, we stopped and said:. "Ah,
that is not right." •ancli we • ease up
• • 13 d,
tnat same way and diromeed a mite
into the suffering hand, as though it
were not a matter of second thought,
so ashamed were we of our bard-
heartedness. With what admiration
we all look u •
upon a group of children
on the Play -grounds or in the school;
and we clapour hands almost involun-
.tarily, and say: -How beautiful!" All
stiffness and dignity are gone and
• heard .i. . '
your shoutiswith theirs, and
you -trundle their hoop, and fly their
'kite, and strike their ball; and all your
wearineee and anxiety are gone as
When a, -child you bounded over the
• 1 ' '
playground- , youree f. That • father
wha steads rigid and unsYmpathetic
' • .fiora
amid., . 1 he sportf elness of children,
bug& never- to have been tem ted out
. • .. -- • . P
ox. a .cruety and unredeemablee soli-
tariness. The waters leap down the
rooks, but they have not the graceful
step of childhood There is something
about.-- • ' aa°
their forehead that makes you
think that the hand f '
o• Christ has been
on it, eaying: "Let this one come to
Me, andlet it come to Me soon." While
that one tarried in the house you felt
tbere was an .angel in the r'oom, and
you thought that every sickness' would
be the last; and when, a
-MaliY, the
winds of death 'did Scatter the leaves,
you were no more surpeased. than to see
a Star' cotne out above the clo' ud on a
dark nighte for you bad often said to
your eompanione "My dear, . we . shall
never raise that child " But I t
scan
•,..1 th . • • 'min
the i a at good children always die.
Sanauel the Phatia boy, became Samuel
the great prophet. ' C.`bristian Timo.
. .
thy became e minister at Ephesus.
Young Dani ecrated t
el cons o God
.• '• " '" , bee
came prime mnaister of all the realm,
and there are . in 1 d d ' of
mn re amy
the ' schools and familiee • a
this country to -day; children who
10V8' 00d and keep His Commandments,
aid who are to be lo • t '
iemos among the
Christians and. the philatithrepists and
the reformers of the next half cen-
turY., ', The geate .of • God 'never kills
any onei A child will be More apt
to grew up With teligion, than. it will
be at to,grow up, without it:, 'Length
of clays is promised "to the righteous.
The religiOn af Christ does not cramp
the Chest or curve ' the .spine or ,weak-
en the nervee... There areho malaries
floating' up,from the river of life. The'
religion of Christ throws over aIle the
heart end life of a child a sapernal
beauty., affer ways are ways of
pleasantneas, • and all • her paths are
,. .
• • ' . -
I pass ten tci tonsider the' 'suseepti-
bility Of ohildliood, Men pride 'them-
on their ntichtingeability. They
will make an elaborate argument to
_ .. ..
prove that they think now jUst as they
twenty years ago,' lt is charged
• frailty or fraud when a man
hi.s sentiments ea politics or .
' o11tics
religiori, and it is this determine-
of soul that so often drive0 beCk•
• • -"'"!". .
INTERNATIoNAL. LEssoN, .PLY 23.
, , ' • •
, ,,,..,,
Iola,. nemaeadua ,, ,th.iie .n e leen le
, • ji.„ ..., - *AI e 4 '' ' '
7 1 Golden Text. rsa. 75. 7.
- 3' ' , - , - •
•. t*BACTWAL NOTES: • '
'Verse 17, Belehazzar, tlae king, was
If, •
ruse:Latealt ,with la• • f,atber Nu. behidust
• - '""' 410013. .. NabOineltee • •Wile , Pe.
blnaiself. a 'deeeteadarit' of Nehnchadnez-••
2,71',' but, baying . come'. to the throne
ha0 eonsaaan 4 hese 'aos•t• ,n. av ra' axe,'
ida• . N, -, ' ed. -,o• -1,1. ' . '
' g' . hIteha ne,ezer ealigeeen. A31S-
cheartzLr't thoefreNtrben,c1c7aailleaezadri:relegta. des-
bonie
! demos empire, „NUB gradually urumh_.
,
ling in pieces beeause of the steady
conqemets of the Persians and Modes.
,Be.lehazsar was .hardly more than .sev-
enteen e r f Wiled Na-
Y a a 0 age, when 1 '
honidan had left him in, charge of Bab-
len, he hieneele having gone forth 1:0
meet the enemy. ,' The . first part of
•
chalet t 11 h B 1 li ' r kept
er e s ow e s azza.
-
a es iva ay in. ceamPanY wa *•.°
f t. 1 d • with h•
noielees and his wives and concubines,
Hie calling for. the vessels taken out
of the telaaple and. using them in the
feast were act's of reckless profeoity.
• ,
The company were singing and shout-
ing praise e to their carven and paint-
ed gode when "in the same hour came
_
forth fin • a • n
e s band, and
Sra of a m o
wrote upon the plaster of the
• • •
f the •le' • 1 " That all
,. o• e mg s pa ece. w ,
so, far as we can learn, was emblazon-
. ..
ed with the rec,ords of the magnificence
of the royal f •I d, ' ' h midst
,. .aim y, an in. t e nai
a
o ' inscrip•tiona of tines victories and
, ,
exploits comes tais terrible message-
Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, Divid-
ed. But neither the king or, the
n '
guest s could. read t
it, and in he cone
eternation that eneued the queen sug-
geated that Daniel be called. The
king called him and promised him scare
let clothing and ,a chain of gold, em-
bleinatic of authority, and the peel-
tion of third ruler in the kingdom, he
himeelf being the second ruler. Immee
diately after tails promise com.tes Dan-
. , . this
leis reply in verse Daniel. Now
an aged man. The king, Belshazzar.
Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give
thy rewards to another. Your wealth
and your power will be needed for self-
. . , .
preservation to -night. leathis hour of
e .... _
our oveitarow throw away no gifts
YN
on me. Yet I will read. the welting,
unto the king, and make known to him
the interpretation. Two.acts which are
specified throughout this narrative.
Evidently the writing itself could not
be read, the characters probably be-
ing unfamiliar. The interpretation or
meaning of the inscription was equal-
IY Unknown. !
18. The mot high God:- This was a
term which was so constantly applied
to. Jehovah that it • distinguished him
from otherand became' radu-
gods, , g
ally a proper name. Nebuctadnezzar
thy father. Actiaally his grandfather.
A kingdom, and majesty, and glory,
and honor.' The kingdom was a new
one .when Nebuchadnezzar took •it in
hand; it was a great •one, having no
parallel • for greatness on the earth;
I. was onecarried o its a le
't that • d t •h* f
ruler niajeety in the eyes of its sub-
jects, and great earthly glory.
19. For the majesty that he gave
him, all people, nations, and Ian-
guages,. trembled and feared before
him. There is not in all literature a
better portraiture of an absolute
monarchy than this verse presents.
The tribes of the southwestern corner
of Alia were ef very diverse origin,
cbeldren of &hem, Ham, and Japheth,
people of races like the Jews and
Arabs mixed. with races of Mongolian
. . ,.
extraction and many others, and eaeh
n,ation had its own language. The
'
number of languages once spoken,
now not only "dead," but absolutely
unknown, is beyond human compute -
,.
van. Languages rapidly in
Lchanged'
the days before national literature
fixed. them; and it was an almost un-
exampled opportunity for unrestrain-
ed power wheel was presented to Ne -
, ,„ .., • „ . e „
ijuinatmezzar. es nom he would me
slew, and whom he would be kept
alive. . The lives of all men- are in
the hands of a despotic king. a it
-v-am
he would he set up; and whom , he
ivould h t d There was no•
8 put own.
congress or parlianrent or court apart
• ' 1 1' The k•
the royal law. mg . was
an. autocrat.
20 Bit'h' heart ' ,.,„ ,
when iswas iiieee.
'rir
up, and his mind hardened in pride.
0 f1
One o the sad resu ts of all manner of
sin is that .3.escribed by Robert Burns
the eesult of licentiousness -it pet-
rifies the feelings. His heart lifted up
•
took him away from brotherly re-
gard for his fellow -beings end the
hardening f his '
a s mind was the nate
oral consequence. ' He was deposed
from his kingly throne. Ie was to
learnth t there greater
a ere was another
than he, the eternal King who could
s -
eb up, and put down whom he would.
They took his glory from him His
- • .
authority as suprexae rmer, the mag-
nifioenee of his kin I. u To iadin
• • g• Y B ' u gs•
all the insignia of monarchy, for, poor
.., -• no. A vigor 0
he bad t thmental • • 1
, • •
uae his kiingly glory; '
21. He was driven from the sons of latter
man in short he was a lunatic, af-
etie ' ' • -
ted by a mania that led him to
-7 '
believe that he w a b t of the field
a a eas .13 , .
Hi$ heart was made like the beasts.
e ' , , ,, - .... . ,,
He made his heart like :the beasts.
His ehief desire was ho longer to en-
• • • .. . . • .
jeiy royal privilegea, but to heed with
the beasts. His dwelling was vvith fare.
, - ' •
the wild asses. In some parts of the lish.ed
upland% of Media 'the wild ass gallop- in
ed in herds, in the ,waste places, like
our buffalo -and Wird hOrSBS of the set
Westera plains.' They feel. him .with
pita' like oxen. He wanted' no oth- from
food, Such eases are not unknown
to atithoritieseon insanity at the pre-
sent tinae. Ilie body WAS Wet with the
dew a heaven Out in the field he
• ' '
livedexposed to all the elements. Till
' - • • 't '
he knew that the mos high Ood rule ate,
ed in the kingdom of men, and that board,
h•e appaintath over it Whomsoever he beer
will. In Glottis good. time his reason lowing
• ' ' ' . -
weis restored, arid as it came back to
him •it, found him ,bumble and true.- ley.
ful, ready to reeeivis from the hands ant
of God either honor or dishonor, rea.dy 'annual
MI acknovvledge that.God Was his sup- and
. - . . L. . •
r•sine Ruler.
22, Than. . . haat nothumbled thine 43
heart, though •thriu knowest all this. e
Thy lin is all tho greater because of a
'heedleaSneSs. Thine Own grinds- the
fate ihriald haVe warned; thee -
,. , . .
' .
eason to doubt the sin-
. ,
ofassions.of either Pre-
or Mr. Chamberlain,
•
they desire a peaceful
, •
dispute between them.
reason why they should
hit as that would mean
iomething on both sides
B Would still remain the
owing to, previous sure
L equivalent. The pasi-
amberlain le therefore
: one than that Of Pre-
, although President
; part, will feel bound
the advantages of posi-
in fact or appearance,
•
ge is now as /roma in
lisle '
--- ,
tion which has not as
ht into the field, but
i so soon as it is seen
vitable, is the position
-
Free State'. The abso-
ice enjoyed by that
3 the • interposition of
'
n England and Russia
compelled the with -are
Iritish troope from its
t the moment its sub-
ed to be about accom-
.fficulty would be for
•
.;.State to remain neu-
i convention with the
h it is true;is only
a
not ex,sit. i The pro-
entertained by the de-
teles, supported. by ,Mr;
the bond of union be-
itch of South Africa,
colonies or separated
mle of tlie Orange
no certainty' that their
, • .
cula ,,be secure after
.nsira.al was irrecover-
•
so would be compelled.
latter in self-defence.
THE ,DOOR THAT OPE:
..,
cirmunsainces In Which the St;
Be Decidedly Unpletn
Be
"Ever sit," said Mr. Goblin
at night alone in a room, re
studying, everybody gone to
ago, the house quiet, and see
1Y, across the table, on the c
of th room a door opining
ae • ' 2
That's a haix-dressing experie
• a -
don't know by what means t
ledge that it. was opening -
conveyed to you but you se:
. '
opening slowly and steadily
- .
tly, and you get up and e
in Which you have bee)
and stand up, with the table
'
you and him for further pi
and wait for him; but he doe ,.
' ' Then you go around to 1
it is stopped now, and is stand
• --
It yields with no resistance
that of its own weight, evi
open it wider, and holding t
look around. the door jamb
hall. Silence there perfect i
- '
plete ; nobody there; tho:
ghostly fingers, if any; thee
the knob. And so you shut •
securely, and. go back to yo
ing.
" Pre,sently you. find the d,
a ain• brit Oil& time there i
of vacaney, about •it,. and: now -
l' what' at ,all means. .111e:
.
the catchbolla that you taen
knob, i$ worn off a little, rat
the metal frame sround the's
' ' '
to which, the bolt enters may
or both. Or it mayhe the e
shxunk, or the jarab •haS. drai
from it; so that (May .the tie
the bolt catches in the Socket,
a eon:slant tendency to WO*,
shaking or'jarring
and gradually it Worka. itself
the socket ; and. then,. if it
to be hung juet so, the ,doo
opene.
. aAnd' there you are, and
verY simple, when-L:3'04.i OOtrie
abou,t it ; but it,s' 'never al
you neVer really'
the door that opons.''',..., •
WOULD NOT DO HERE,
. .
"Boer Money" Included tn English School.
Tone -hers' nnoluments.
Canadian school teachers will find
niucla of interest. in two advertise-
ments from one of the, London papers,
one for a school mistress.' Not a few
of the bright young women who teach
in the Canadian sebools might be trou-
. .
bled. at the prospe,ct of having to teach
knitting, and how many of them would
' •
be able to play the harmonium? That
boar should be i cl
d n uded will not sure
the but t h '1 d' ' 1
p ie elmo bave, 1 estinct y
epecifiid that the board was "w
"without
bei
be••r" would seem strange. yet, that is
a ' -
way in which it a ' ears in the
the - PP -
following advertisements'
•• •
"Parish of Brighton - Certificated
schoolmistress wanted - The Guard-
•
tans are about to appoint a schoolmis-
izess for the girls' depa.riment of the
.
Warren Farm Schools at a commenc-
' - '5
mg sa ary oi aat) per annum, rising I
annually to a maximum 01 £60, with
board, 'exeept beer, lodging and wash-
in and such ad.ditional sum as ma .
0, , .
be awarded ou the certificate of the
oveinmm ar .
local 0 • •• t Bo•• d ' '
"The salary and emoluments, the
valued as £4.0 per year, will
both be subjact to deduction under the
' a% ' '
Poor Law 011aters• Superannuation act,
1816 '
.
"lobe p.erson appointed will be re-
, , •d
quire to undertake the supereasion of
the girls, both in and out of school,
and take a lively interest in theix• wel-
Must be a member of the Estab- ,sliglatest
• . ' .
Church, able to give instruotion
the usual subjeets,including musical
drill, sewing, knitting and singing, as
forth in the tode of the Education
Department, and hold a certificate-
' the ' Privy. Couneil or the Local
Government Board. Preference evill. be
given to a candidate who can play the .agreeable;
harmonium." to
n . ease e n
I the of th ' man teacherad-
vertised for, he is a little more fortun-
'
for, while he gets no beer with his
'he gets 43 extra ,in lieu of
money," as is shown by the' Id,
advertisement • ted
•• • ' ' •
• North Surrey Matelot' School, Aber.:
'S. 8, --Wanted, certifieated assiete and
master; ' salaey 410, rising , by ,
intrements Of 42 11)s to' 455, •
:
44 far teaching drawing together''
, • . • . , ... , ,
watt board, lodgItg• and washing, and
in lieu et 1).8a, , The ealeze
y and
re 1 Iti lit th 1 A 'I 4 t 6' • h'
0 a e 8, g , a ex sth, ae a 4 0
year, are subjed to de4uctions under
'Pear Law Off- ''Si ' • ' ' ' '
mere Uperannuatien
• thy 4 ' ' ' •'
I e
these ,obstades that
and his Govern.metit
Ld. The situation is
.ple ' as it looks at a
iy in which the Bond
•
elections in Cape Col-
detach a considerable
tive vote to their side,
. certain measure to
.
Lnd it ias' the influenee
he natives throughout
ibis fact to which Mr.
lou.bt alluded.. It re-
.
whether the Gordian
South Afritan affairs
ad is to be anravelled
„...,
a ne,gatiation, or will ,
the 'world; •
.
SIMPLE.
,
.
)(night hi,s buttee in
i a farmer, noticing
looked rather .tentail,
id. found that they
it piound in, weight,.
1 the farmer into the
elle, said the ' judge,
er a pound in Weight,
tale ? he asked, ., '
e farmer. ,
any weights?
,
you Weigh you but-
•
tole, said the farmer: lle04e..'
Selling bUtter to the
buying pound loaves
have uaecl them ear seiVeS
:vn scales,
aTY OF TIM,E, did
to
Lts married in haste. ehangee
tpent et leisure? ' in
ed to be over 00. tion
SPANISH. IIEBAEWS Ail,
te Spain H. ar • " ''
e ews are not
to .erect ciati'Maiatain 1
•
worship.. . They have na eivi
exist in• the kingdoln only
. ' eeeee.e- ; , • ' '.'
'." 1" - ..• ' •
NOT' •HiE .7A1VE , sb-tror
• • ..,',- ''• • • - ' '
askell,',Whet'S gabby., My,i)
Mrc. Hrialte/1, Olil the•Pabt,,la
f' 1 . th 'n, t ''.4 .
le eager il e p ii ry Oar,
Haskell, Inn, be eYidentl'
et th ' ' h . ' ' • 1 hi ''
e e JaM e., Was oo iiet
One.
PAWL
'kotneg
tolter.4.
ta:7ge,nce
:7:14etv. geeihr.e.ottataawr:uuel
age wIlaly u
tuber::::
,eeply-
ee,rb:tw7en
ib6
(4
ily. there
ttaehment
etustoMarY
as mart',
bility was
a-e-na, or
ly return-
." Instead
deeree of.
is inamo-
d and de -
Y sweet -
e of Pax
aeserted
had me" leYir wai anal lyd-;
or the ob-
irl achuf frb stti
as
ed. • The
11 ta hgn
radate
Witted in
ing pres-
upon° the
nd taunt -
d all the
s of an-
ted head;
exert' its
agement,
He was
e an out -
property
sat alone
siting for
Che. hours
ddenly a
ut, where
rose ex-
ust aside;
the room
horrified
ea it up,
ghing she
niac. •
f her fa -
affianced
a cold as
hand the
freshly
had tri-
eal which
ng hie fi-
order to
had just
of the
ing it at
r the poor
ly, gave
out Apia,.
sadly pa -
Lia -like in
t of vines
ging her
ooning a
ior upon
test had
d in war
afflicted
aits.
S.
ht t One
ant.
on, "late
ading or
bed long
present-
ther side
slowly?
nee. You
e know -
as first
it now,
and sil-
rasp the
sitting,
between
otection,
ret come.
he door;
rig dead.
except
en you
a it you
nto the
nd corn-
s were
turned
he door,
ur read -
or open
an air
you Tea-.
back of
.with a
nded, or
ocket in -
be 'worn,
oor has
a'na,,Way
end of
and'has
free; the
tarte it,
dear of
happens
r slowly
it is all
to know
together
at used
IENg,
permit -
oases Of
1 righte
As aliens,
T.
g for?
y eanght
didn't
for that