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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-1-25, Page 7T HE EXETER 'limns Ik 0 TES AND 0 0 RIMENTS Ormo•aa..2.1. The bah of the Sultan'e signature( •to the trade giving the Germane a con- heasion to bald the railroad from llortiele its Anetollie to 13assoralt, the znouth a the Euphrates, was hard- ly dry wheu th.e Russian Ambassador t Constantinople presented a request to the Porte for a coeeesston to coo - street a railroaa from tee fertress •a Ears, in the Russian Transcau.caraus, to the Ttu.kish fortress of Hrzeroura, Wbat the ultimate reply toe the Turk- ish. Government to this demand will be le hardly doubtful, hut that the Sultan will still evade giving a de- eielon weal driven to the wall is quite eertain. It eau bardlY have been u expecte& for it has been understood t Coustantbaople for some yea; that itooner or later the Russian Govern- ment xneant to push its railroad con- struetion toward! ASie Minor on one side and Persia on the other. The Present demand is olearly in conse- quence et the coucessien to Germany. and the intention to ask for ie was Probably among the Terser= for the 'hessian Goverovuent'a oppoaition to Angora os the starting point for the uew German line. The length a line required to bring Hare into connec- tion with Erzeroura will not be over one bundeed awl if =neat The for - Peer place being also at the junction a the line to be built to Tabriz and Teheran in Pereiathe thus consumed fez' goads awl passenger traffic, mew carried on by camels and pack ani - ;nate from Tabriz, will be reelv,ced from dant to hours so soon as the railroads are empleted. to the great gaixt of com- merce and civilization. The raiJros1 will do more to end the barberous uthabita-ats of thai: part of the Otto- man Buteire by the sevaete Rhode than any di:an:awl() not or representae tions rot harleel by force, From the military and politizal point a view, tide step of the IttIcSian Goverment Is, in a way, au assertiou on the pert of aceuieeeea in by Gent -may, of a claim to that tem of Aela Minor xi• of the Chriatian us a sphere of hafeteece. The restroad to Erzeroum will in time he eatendad began to scatter their blossoms, as to Ereingliiate and from, thtre until it oite by oae they fol. it Ulna have meets the Anarodan railway at hue -itetemel like the first straggling flakes gore. me nearer Feist. Constantine cr)leatae:. esca;leTribi3e,thsnerder ople will then be brought; into direct tinged with autumnal colouring, Is connection by rail with Teheran, and guttered, and the raottetelus that were in courte of time witU Alglearastan as walla; haaeme as e and ledia. when the !hake reeuired to W;IIITI4 AS' 6NOW' conahlete tbe ehain of communication Now you are reaey to see the mean. bave ;men by tbe Russian and n foc/„..itehrleg rt Lhadiltonaoto.ctowoagsegioaviae: lkiish Governmeets. Thushut a few By eirikieg figures of speech, he sets ytars must elapse before, regions in . Card,' bis trtenuaing and decrepitude, the heart of Asia that but a decade naLie tbo?escoriLt?) deteriiitr the ago were inaccessible eveept to hardy ti2it aaltuoluthataree. ias talrealhajf.eariS explorers w111 ho within reach ot the touch of the picture. for I sea in that orelaary trav Neer. with no more ri,k one sentence not only the appearance than atteeds a journey from Hanle of the hair, but au announcement oft tbe beauty of old age. The erldiet Vancouver. A• CHEERFUL SPIRIT. Rev. Dr. Talmage Eulogizes His Father. Speaks of Ills Watchful Care and Parental Faith fulness,Lived a tlappy and Useful Life... - The Dr. Tells of tlis Saintly- Niother....8cene at HIS Father's Death-I3ed, • despatcla from Washiegtoe, says: would be righted. When he praYe& —Rev. Dr, Talmage preaphed from the ' Yoe could hear in the very totute a hie following text "The almond -tree veil the expeetatiort that Jesus Christ shall floarisla."—,Ecelesiastes xii. a5ca-dlY deraeltb lsh allbis helealtY. In der:nary, Palestine is adored „This CkhirtIalAtlaeaamrtahn Allrv agtriYs: with the blossomiag of the almoode nathrope, did not thin le that every - tree. It breathes its life into that °leg' was (Mag. ta "int cellatdeTe4 winter ramith as a promise a God El tb: geed. a very gee& place to live in, ver eat ineptug or despoodent. sonaetirnes lights up and sweetens the , at took things as they were, keine. coldness aud desolation of a sorrow- i lug that. God weld and would make g sPirit. It WaS dot a ueelese tree, ',I,V1Ixerne3 better. ltrhett the heaviest made eust to bleout. and die. er. like meelewaxlcier ellYelilljeutic'ea 1441 ethea the willow by the watetecoursee. to as ever a bather :the beeaachnnetaatath: stand weeping into the Wear& bet incoming Atlantic, rising uP on the thau it disputed with terebinth and Male the wave st"eger ' en it emote him, Without ever bee high Plahe in the eemeaerce Q ing charged with frivolity. the world. Its wealth bore down the he eang, and whistled, :led hromedariee of the deeert, and in shipe _ laughed. He knew ateut all tbe. cheer- ful tunes that were ever printed in old of Tarelaisit etreggled with the sea. Ita "New Brunewiele Collection," mid the rugged trunk parted into graceful, rasheenteey nee 059 the theeeteet fulattsa of brew:a end buret into a / melodies that "Thomas liaatittga eyer laviehoess a bloom, till the Temple composed. I think that every pillar , imltated it in the goldea candleetielt, in the Somerville and Boundbreolc and Jeremiah beheld its branchea claavebea knew sheltiog in bis dream; The ponee- HIS HAPPY VOICE graduate had more peetentnius colour. He toolt the pitch a sacred song o tig e s, but tbe almond -tree . through ell lite week. I eave heard stool in simple white. as, if. W11110 i Ploughing timid the aggravollOun ee rueg out its fragrance with red leabbath mottling, and lost it not bloesoual b 11 Lora of earth, it aetnree te take on of a new ground:* eerviug writs, ex- ' he apearei of ;twee who dwell in emitting deede going to arreet er "ralineat exceediug white." se as no 5 heats, in the house and leel the wee'', fader ou earth cae white them, When." at the haru and In the street. When the almond -tree was la full, bloom. It the church cbeir would break down, lave look.el like acme tatel.eforo everybody looked around te e if lie our whistle et e. a wintere mormeg. were not ready with "Woodette k, after a nightfall at saow. when ne "'Mount Piegele" or "Uxbridge.** brigiteness is alsuast leaufferable, But few families feel Leh to so large every stens a weite and feathery a pile of well -studied noterbooks, He plume. 4. row at almoed-treee iefull was ready at proper tiniee tot all Leann mutt have roused up all the kinds of innocent avoiv emend He often ftlt eMOrr:ment that not only touched the live, but played upon ev- ery fibre of the body, and rolled down into the very deptes of his' soul with long reverberations. No one that I ever knew understood more fully the sicence of a good laugh. Ire was not only quick to recognize bilarity when •created by others, but was always ready to do his hare toward making It. Before extreme old age, he could outrun end Wheal) any of his child- ren. But whence this cheerfulness? Some might ascribe, it all to natural dieposi- time No doubt there. Is such * thing us sunshine ot temperaraent. God gives more brightness to the almond- ee thaa to the cypress. ltdaile the pool putrifies under the summer sun, Qed elipa the lel: off the mire vdth eoults scnse of purity' and when the THE ROOTER SAVED THE DAY. ez. wetted in One or England's (Area Veva nettles. Every schoolboy knows the tradition, hamous in Roman history. of the geeee which saved the Capitol by quacking an alarra wben the Gauls approathed in the night. Modern history fur- nishes an interesting parallel. One of, the famous victories of Eng- land on the sea, was the battle off 1.7t Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, in ,7, when a British fleet nearly destroyed a Spanish fleet of almost doable its numbers. For s long time the struggle was doubtful, and one of the British ships, the Marlborough, was so severely. cripe pled that her captatu was thinking of surrender to save 'fartlaer waste of life. The ship's mast had gone by the board, the chief officer was mortally wounded, and so naany of his sub, ordinates were disabled that the dis. cipline of the, ereve began to give way. Thor grew sullen natter the terrible fire, which they could, not return with effect. Suddenly a shot struck the coop in which a few fowls had been confined. Oae cock alone was still alive and, finding himself at liberty, he flapped his wtngs mightily and. fluttering uph ward, perched on the stump of the mainmast and surveyed the scene of carnage about him. Then, raising his head. defiantly„ he began . a long, strident crow. The crew answered with three cheers, and ,even the woanded smiled. With re- newed spirits, the men worked the few remaining guns, and soon a favoring turn of battle drove away the last thought of surrender. 'A ILW-DGWN MAN. Staler—My, my 1 Here's an aceount e man in the prima of life who found a email pimple on hie ehin. He scratched it with his linger nail, and a few days afterward was taken ill—, alare. Stiller—And died of blood pole- onirig. I knew of a thing just like that. It— Staler, softly—No, my dear. Was taken ill with the grip and— Mrs. Staler—And it settled in his face. I knew a case of lockjaw—. - Mr. Staler—No, My dear. Was taken ill with the grip, end-- Mrs. Staler --Well, what? Mr. Staler—While he was ill tho pimple got well. IGNORANCE IS BLISS. ow Wife—I wiela to get some but,- please. hieerier--Botl butter, ma'am? ew Wite—Nol We wish to eat it on lecke p.bad men are but. the gath- ered frosts et the second (math. but "a hoary head. is a crown ot glory" If it be found. la the way of righteousness. ca th Themay be no colour in e cheek, no lustre in the eye, no apring in tbe step, iirinness In the voice, and. yet arouna the head ot every old man whoee lite bus been upright and. Chris.. tian there hover e a glory brighter than ever :Amok in the width tops of the almond -tree. If the voice quiver, it is because God. is changleg Into a tone fit Lor the celestial choral. 11 the back stoop, it is only because the body is just about to lie down in peaceful sleep, If the hand. tremble, it is because tiod. is unloosing it frota worldly disappointuteuts to clasp it on rieging harp and. waving paha. If the hair has turned, it is wig the gray light of heaven's dawn stream- ing through the scant locks. If the brow, once adorned by a ineurianee tjf auburn or raven, is smitten with bald.. ness, it is only because God is pre- paring a place to sat the everlasting crown. The falling of thts good. Christian's stall will be the signal for the heavenly gate to swing open + The scattering of the almond. blossoms 1 wilt only discover the setting of the! fruit. Elijah's flaming equipage I were foo tame for this ascending spirit. The arms of Jesus are grand- er than bounding horses of fire! Where are lessons for me to learn, and. also for you, for many of you knew him. The child of his old age, I come to -night to pay a humble tribute to him who, in the hour of my birth, took me into his yeatichful care and whose parental faithfuleess, combined with that of my mother, was the means of bringing my erring feet to the cross, and. kin.dling die my soul anticipation of immertal blessedness. If I failed, to speak, md. methinks the ol family Bible, that I brought honae with me, would rebuke my silence, and the very walls of my youthful home would tell the story of my hagratitude. I MUST SPEAK, though it be with broken utterance, and in terms which may seem too strong for those who never had an opportunity of gathering the fruit of this luxuriant almond -tree. 1,st. In my father's old. age was to be seen the beauty of a cheerful / never remember to have heard, him make a gloomy eepressioe. This wee not becaase he had. no. perception of the pollutions of society. He ab - hot red anything like impurity, or fraud, or double-dealing. He never failed to lift up his, voice against sin, when he ,saw it. Ile was terrible in his indignation against wrong, and had an iron grip tor the throat of him who dra,mpled on the helplees. Better meet a lion robbed. of her wheles than him, if you had beenstealing the` bread from the rnooth of the father - lase. It required ail the placidity of my mother's voice to calm him when &ice the mountain storm of his right- eotts wrath was in full blast -o ; hne as for himself, Le would. submit to more impo,siti on, and say nothing, 1 hen any man I ever knew. But, while. sensitive to the evils of h society, he felt confident that all s a rohcsomenees tbat the moun- thin whit echo. No doubt. constitu- tional structure had annex to do with ibis cheerfulness. Ile had, by a life of sobriety, preserved his freshness and vigor. You know that good hab- its are better than speaking -tubes to the ear; better than a staff to the band; .better than lozenges to the throat; better than warm baths to the feet , better than letters for the stores His lips bad not been polluted nor his brain befogged by the fumes of the noxious weed that has sapped the life of whole generations, sending ern ministers of the Gospel to un- timely gravea over which' the tomb- stone declared, "Sacrificed by over- work in the Lord's vineyard," when, if the marble had not lied, it would have said, "Killed by villainous tobac- co!" He abhorred anything :hit e uld intoxicate, being =wag the first in this country to join a crusade against alcoholic beverage. When urged, dur- ing a severe sickness, to take some stimulus, he said "No; if T am to die, let me die sober!" THE SWILL OE THE BREWER:1r had never been poured around the rootsf " y a mond. 'But physical health could not ac- count for half of this sunshine. Six- ty-four years ago a coat from the hea- venly altar had kindled a. light that shone brighter and brighter to the perfect day. Let Almighty grace for nearly three-quarters of a century tri- um,ph in a man's soul, and do you won- der that he is happy? For twice the length of your life and mine he had sat in the bower of the promises, plucking the round, ripe clusters of Eshcol. While others bit their tongue for thirst, he stood at the, wells of salvation, and pu this lips to the buc- ket that came up dripping with / the fresh, cool, sparkling waters of etex- nal life. Again: We beheld in our father the beauty of a Christian faith. Let not the account of his theer- ulness give you the idea that he nev- er had any trouble. Out few meta have so serious and overwhelming a life-straiggle‘ He went out into the world 'without mea.ns'and with no educational epportunity save that which ,vas afforded him in the winter months, in an old, dilapidated school- house, from insiructors whose chief work was to collect their OWn, salary.„ Instead of postponing the marriage re- lation, as modern society compels a young man to postpone it, until he can earn at fortune, and be able, at com- mencement of the conjugal relation, to keep a companion like the lilies of the field, that toil not nor, spin, though Solomon, in all his glory,, was not arrayed like one of these, he chose an early alliance with one wile would not only be able to enjoy the success of life, but who would with her own "'Pining hands help to achieve it. And set while father Ploughed- the fields, and threshed the wheat, and breke the flax-, and husked the corn, my mother stood for Solomon's portraiture when he said, -"She riseth also while it is Yet night and giveth m t her 0 ousehold. She layeth her hand tchelie & f pindle, and her banhold the distaff. a She is not afraid a the snow for her houthholehefor en her honsehold are clothed 'With scarlet. Her children setae up and call ber blessed; her hus- band also, and be praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou, exeellest there ell." There were uo lords, or bar- onets, or Prinees in our ancestral barenets. or princes in eur ancestral line. None wore stars, cooked% or crest- There was once a family coat - of -arms but we were none of US wise enougli to tell its meaning. TWO eyes, two heads, awl two feet were the capital eny father startea with. For fifteen years an invalid, be bad a fearful struggle to support HIS LARGE. Nettliiig but faith inGott upheld WM- His recital of help afforded and detiv- erenetts wrought was More like a ro, mance then a reality, lie Walked thredah matey a desert, but every morning had it.s manna, and every night its pillar ot fire, and every hard roeh a 04 that could shatter tt into ory.stal fountains at his feet. More. time mace. he .canie th ',hie last dollar, but right behind that last dollar he found Him wine Wile: the cattle on thoesandJiiUs mod oat of the paina ot hese hand ail the fowla et beaven. ,pecked their feed, awl who bath given. to each one cit his ditecIplea a war- rantee deed for the Whelp OttiVeran in the words, "MI are Tours." The path that led him throtigh lin- snelni pottered, him elect for ore, bereavement*. The Want et days was smitten, and he laid it luta tbe river of death Wail as Meth Pea - flamer: as latent Moses was pia luto the Ark of the Nile, knowing that • soea trona the royal pitiaee a shluing .Oue. would Peale to fetch it, in an islated of the gee,. amoteg =rang -ere. elmoet -unattended, death came. to a beloved itop; and though I remember the .darkness that droeped en the household • whea the blach- sealed letter was ;Steeled, I re/manlier also the utteraricea o Christian sub,- htelon Pother, bearing id S own nettle, Oh the threebohl of mutilate!, his. henrt beatiug high with hope, fella . tbe dust; but above the cries of cariy. widowhood a.nd the desolatiou of at dark day I bear the patriareeds praeet couneetzdiug children and elute dren's children to- the divine sputa - thy. • Itut a deeper shadow fell across the old homestead. The "goldeu wedding' had Wee celebrated nine year before My =other looked up, pushed Link her kneCtacies, aud aaid, "Jut think of tether—we have been tegethet May - nine years' The- twain stood to- gether like two trees of the forest with interlod ck branc et ti hush of death came down one taut - anneal afternoon, and tor the first time in all my life, 011 me' arrival at home, / received no maternal greet- , Ing no answer ot the lips, no pressure l ot the band. OW had taken her. In title overwhelming idiocy the pet - rime s tied rellildent, riTlting the promises and testing tho divine good- ness. Oh, sirs. that was faith I faithl 1 faith! "Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory!" Finally, 1 notice that in My father's old age was to be seen the beauty 01 . Christian activity. Ho had not retired from. the field. He had been busy so long, you could not expect him idl He was i among tbe first who toiled in Sab- i batb-schools and never failed to speak . the prai h of those i set ti . ,. « I NO STORST OR DARKNESS . ever kept hien adtey frora prayer - meeting. Ile went forth visiting the sick, burying the dead, eoltecting alms 1 for the poor, inviting the ministers of ! religion to leis household, in which ; there was, as in the house of Shunem, la little room over the wall, with bed 1 and candlestick for any passing 1 Elisha His charitye 1 bursting. of the bud of a famous tree Ii arisee as one man to deelare his faith - in tee South, that fills the whole for- est with its racket. The churches of God, in whose, service he toiled, have ; euhaess and to mourn their loss. In ,` church matters he was not afraid to I be shot at. Ordained, not by the lay- ing on of human hands, but by the , imposition of a Saviour's love. he preached by his life, in official posi- tion, and legilative hall, and oom- mercial circles, a practical Chrietian- ity. He showed that there was sueh a thing as honesty in polities. Ha slandered no party, stuffed no ballot - box, intoxicated no voters, told no lies, surrendered no principle, count- enanced no demagogism. He called thing. by their right names; and what others styled prevarication, exaggera- Lion, misstatement, or hyperbole, he called a lie. Tha morning prayer came up on one side oj the day, and the evening prayer on the other side, and joined erica other in an arch above his head, under the shadow of which he walked all the day. The Sabbath worship extended intte Monday's con- versation, and Tuesday's bargain, and Wedriesday's mirthfulness, and Thurs- day's controversy, and Friday's so- ciality. and Saturday's calculation. HE WORKED TINWEARIELLY from the suurise of youth tte the sun- sets of old age, and. then in the sweet nightfall of death, lighted by the starry promises, went home, taking kis sheaves with him. I should like to have heard that loug, loud, triumphant shout of heaven's welcome. I thittle that the harps throbbed witb another thrill, and the hills quaked, with a mightier hallelujah. Hail, ransomed soull thy race is rue—th,y toil ended. Hail to thy coronation 1 Now, after such a life, what sort of death would you have expected? Will God eondutt a voyager. through so many storms, and then let him get shipwreu oked coming up the harbor? Not' such an- one is my God and Savi- our. All his children, save that one which he sent forth with"his blessing t few months ago, 1in the good, ship na 'Surprise,' to proclaathe glories of the Messiah on the other side oil the Bartle were present--sorne to pray, °me to hold his hand, 'some to bathe - hie brow; all to watch, aud wait, and veep, .and rejoice. He asked about ur child.ren—asked about you. Taile- d about the past. Expressed his an- icipations of the future. Slept sweet- ly as a child ever slept in the arms of ite mother, Time broke forth with the it:durance, `.`Goodness and mercy have °flowed, nie all the dive of my lifer he 13ible that -he had siiudied for. sh many years now cast 11:alight far on into the valley, until thevery gate of heaven flashed upon his vision. Some me quoted the passage, "This is a aithful saying, and worthy of all cceptation, that Christ desus came into the world to sa,ve sinners.' "Of whom I am chief," responded the aping Christian. We said, "To live is Christ." He apswered, "To die is games ma as if the vision grew mere eatrapternig, he cent/nue(' he say, "To the ts gain!" ildintsters of the Gospel metefe, and after the, usual greetieg "P he said, ray! pray!" We eeng emit of We, favourite hYreue, such as, -Jesus earl ntake dnag bed- Feow et soft as downy pillows are, While on a's breast I lean, my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there. He would seem almost to stop breathieg fe erder to Ham, and thee t the cloee, would signify that he ree membered the old tune right well. lie said, "I shall be goeet ewe, but not too soon. Some one quoted, "Though I, walk through tbe valleheof sba- dow of death, I will fear uo Aud be replied, "Tile- rod and thy staff they comfort me." "Can you testify ef God's faitiefelueest" said another, He answered, "Yes; I have hese young, end now I an old, yet( have 1oever seen the righteous ferealten, nor inst'eed beggiog bread:" e said, "I have it goad; I could not have tt any bet- ter; I feel wen; all is well" Again and agatn, arta again be repected, '4.0I5 well!' Thee, lifting his haud., claimed, "PEACE PEA OE It On the ateratue of tile ;Mb of Octet tete just three yeava from the dey when the soul of his ceroPenitia shell Etat, the beaVella, it was evident that the hat moment had come. Softly the zewa cline to all the sleepers in the (mete and tee quick glance, ot lights from room to room. eigeelled the gem - lug of the deate maga We took out our wetabee, and said, "Four °Witch and fifteen minutes!" The pulse Butt tore as a tree branolt lifts and fails at the motion of a births wing about eleave its way into the heave:tit. No Teich Wart of pain; no glassy snare; but eyelid lightly closed, ani calm and white Wesson= of tee ainttoud tree. From the stand we turned over tee old timepiece that be hied carried so long. and whieb he thought always went teght, and anuounced. Just four o'cloch and twenty minuteet I" Tim tides of the cold river rising, Felt of the wrist, but no pulse; of the tent - pies, but no stir; of the beert, but no artion. We listened, but heard oothing. StUhl still! The gates ot the meth)* prison -house silently open wid- er and wider. Free! (dear the way for the conquering spirit I Shoot up- wards the tidings! The day for burial same. An autum- nel Sabbath was let down clear from heaven. At the first gush of the dawn, we fytid. This is just the day in which for a C'hristlen to be bur led Fading leaf indeed under foe told of the decaying hotly, but stream ing sunshine spoke of resurreetion joy, They came totternag on their staff— old comrades. They carne—the poor whose rent he bed paid to keep their children from the blast of winter. Tbey eante—the erring men whom he had bailed out of prlson. They rattle— the ehi/dren wit° bed watebed steP and played with his vane, and hnd of- ten wendered whit new ettreetion grandfather would unfold from Ida deep pockets. They came—the minis- ters of religion who bad sat with him In Mullet courts, and planned for the advancement of religion. PASSING ALONG THE ROADS where be hail often gone, and by the birthplace of most of his eleildren, WO laid him down to rest, just as the son was setting in the country grave -yard, elose hostile her with whom for more than half a century be had walked, and prayed, and sunt, and eounselled, It seemed as if she must speak a greet- ing, but no voice broke the sod, no whisper rinihttrie-ah the grass, no word of recognition wetaettered. Side by aide Jecob find Reeled were Let one willow over-areh their graves, Instead of two marble slabs, its though thesa of whom we speak were twain, let there he but a single shaft, for they were one. Monument, not pretentious, but plain, for they were old-fashioned people. On one side the marble set the date of their caraing and going. On this side the nen= of David, the hus- band and father. On that third side the name of Catherine, the wife and mother. Then there will be but one side unchiselled. ROW shall we mark It? With story of Christian zeal and self-seerific.e for God? No! Father and mother would shake their heads if they were awake to read it. This rather let it be: "The morning Com- eth."—Isaiah :ode 12 EARLY MARRIAGES. Royal personages almost invariably marry young. The Queen of England was not quite 21 when she married Prince Albert; the Prince of 'Wales was not 22 when he wedded Princess Alexandra; the late Czar of Russia was only 22 when he married. Prin- cess. Dagruar, sister of the Princess of Wales, who was 20; King Humbert of Italy was 21 when he married the sev- enteen -year-old leargherita, mid the Emperor of Austria was 23 when he wedded the lovely Princess Elizabeth, who was only 16, The Xing of the Belgians, was first married at the age of 18; the late Xing of Spain was mar- ried first at the age of 19, and had a second wife when he was 22; and) the German Emperor was only 22 when he married Princess Augusta Victoria of So hleswig -Hoist ein-Au gus tenburg. • SEARCH -LIGHTS AT FIRES. An electric search -light, mounted upon a wagon reserabling, in general a,ppearaoce, an ordinary fire -engine, is to be added to the equipment of the New York City fire department, An engine and dynamo, carried by the wagon, eupply two lights, each hav- ing an 18 -inch, lens. The light can be "either concentrated on, a. particular point, or spread over a wide area, and if necessary, the lamps can be carried to a distience from the wa goo, the elec- tric connection being maintained with insulated cables. The object of tbe search -light engine is both to illum- inate dark streets and corners where the firemen have to place their hose and to throw light into windows and upon roofs where people aro to be res- cued from the flemes and smoke. Aaa mos8 collector the rolling joke easily destanees all competitors, , THE SUNDAY SCHOOL probably helot filled with Satanic ar- s gureeetS to dietruet the divine teettinonlais given .. ama4e bread, t titotules r Ltldite's ba:alshtt4 Command that these stones 7 he sucteolered like the loaves Pt tee coaetry were spread all around, mtl glanoe at them would make the tast- ing Savior feel adeitionel pahon hunger; axed here is the tempteelen e "Simply ealisty your hunger." Wlq t would it heve hese wrong to hetet t,• thane ser It would, have been wroeg t Ito have followed Satan ae. leatleet besides, God's Spirit had led to the • wilderneas experience, including tile pnroowlobaogetltrosftaes4teoateltnGisobIttsoSopdhei‘t can • 4. It is written. Jr. eate le, Vincent e calls atteatton to the tact thet vrhen do- poo onasrteol byo erodow, ahah isclb rue etctasesurtrazeadesittiosea yt":;,3 tui - when ha addressed Satan, be said, "It , is written," betcau:ee, as a MAD, be was h ,being tempted. Man shall eat live by e bread alone, etc. DeUt, 5. 3. There, L are deeper neehe than hunger and s higher satisfaction, than food, "Thett d eadored, and little of roy abundant 4 Seaeralevne,uks;west little et' whet I have 5. Then the devil taketh op into e flue htey city. That is, into Jerusalem, eettetb him On a PLOPACie al the biekteoupdlieri.g,,Onraaoelittotle wingalgbraevaot beea mode of the particular place where our Lord sot on the temple. hut INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 28 "The isePttenit end reatetatteat er Jesus. 9a11. $.J$ to 4.11, Golden 'Text, Nan- Sal - PRACTICAL NOTES, Vere 15. Tbezt coneetie Jesus- lit w,a.4 now thirty yeare a age; not 70 wAelY kllOWX1 as a prophet Or rabh otberwiee his townspeople would no have beim so estotaisbed a few weeks later at his mighty works and words From Galilee. Where, to the town Nazareth, he had livett from ehildhood Ta Jordan, Probably, to Bethabera, ford of the Jordan, near Jericho weer John baptized. IS between Sena ty and eighty miles from Nazareth. T be baptized. If ,shalese, hew coal Jesus receive a baptism wbich betok ened repentance Ile stood as the ReP- resemative Man, and, standing wit his fellows, sougbt " to feint all right emesnese." aceepted our place tba he might lead ue out of it. Alta hi bate:Leo; as we shall eee, with itn AC" C'Qtal)quYing manifeteations, wee. este by GO as a fermal inductiou into th Messianic force. 14. But Jan forbade him, "Th Greek verb denotee a strenuous oppert um; it implies the active and earn tst Prevetiting w:th the geeture, d. or voice." --Alford. I have need Brought faCe to ta.ce with the purity of jou; the seer felt JA:a OWO anfut nese and need of higher cleansing. To be baptized et thee. Whether John had see tz Jesus hetore is not certain. He tantocv it?. 41111).41 illofwbtlitIne* itilnveirtbparaot Phittie fight revealed to John our Lordet spirituel emlueece. The teecher 0‘,rvoivuhroiliaTriteuillYann4e4Q3:1:1176°Q0bilateriti:q. 4uall /klieg 15. Suffer it to be so al)ar. As if be bed eeid. "True, to bestow the laigber lbeatpittiepara pelf:146o; it but efoomretthhe opsrertht are embraced in the word " oar Jobe in his office, and Jews inehie. To fulfill all righteousteese. .Ehtirr hob' (tuatara, every godly ordisannee and in- titatiou. JedaS seen= to rettognize the Incoteeteuty of tbe 'elmit Feartlea John. but us the repreemeta- tiro of mankind it beeomer his duly it:otbre eel r oeintiove je setsbdue4.: htrlio:eas,s datnu4II.:30; oat :act: umb e;:eplatssiuzt eft: tetizenehip in elle !tingle= of heaven, it. Deptieva was the vieible sign of bedtime, to hie Eathere will. end as ins Father's represerdettre. . When he wile beptized. t eoneider the form, of baptism. lier by dippieg, ',wring, or sprnkhlng. to be worthy ot the heat- ed diecutssions that have arisen von - earning it Wbe earliest pieturee of it, 421 the catecombe et Rome, repre- Fent Jesus as staudiug weist-des? the water, and John riour:ng water upon his head. Seraightway. mediatels. Wee heaveate were opened. Luke adds, "while ',renege' Se to the believer the beaven is open and the Spirit destends. ele saw. The %141M1 was nen by Jebtr9 and also by John, John 1, 30-31; probably by them only. The Spirit of God dttseending likei ct dove. Luke adds, "in bodily shape." Thus, typeeally, was the Holy Spirit manifeeted. Who Spirit came upen Jesus that through bine he might „deo deseend upon us. (For all work for God we need the haptina, IA the Hely Glzott 17, A vote° from. heaven. Tbree timee during the Saviour's life we read of a voice from ben ven; on this, the opennigeitlay of his ministry; at the transfiguration on Mount Hermon; and on the last day of bis public teach- ing in the temple. ,This is my beloved Son. Here is the divine attesta.tuni to Jesus as the Christ:tend as e he God- man. Chia answered all tbe questions theatevere whirling in the Baptist's exeited Veld, In whom am well pleased. Th-tritesiation is se,hrcely ae strong. as the. oriiinale "I delight'. would be a better expresstad of the infinite complaceney with whibh. ,the 11ather regards the Lion. a Snob speculetions were idle, White thor chree there phyeically or in ,stuu'en1,40vao.erelet 4I1 equallth thielea* SatinIf atthaQrltabewittb: :4)(PouabVCIlit4g.thayill- aelt down. you will not exercise your d:viutt power in relieving your- self from the le -wigs of beeger, perhaps you whl he willing to exercise it to dezzie the world by your own majete tee and demonstrate your divine eou- shhh" It is written. Satan can (Mote the Bible as well as Jesus, sb3u. give, ete. P. 91. 11-12. "If you are the Aohinted, claim the prondaee made gtouatrbdeedhfet;eioauliz• eTsheaohldessitieyboo.13atrobeo be you are 45 guirdede` It was a temPtae Oen to preseraptieu; to pride. and to =eh conddencet 0 i i 7. It as written BeCallee *omit pec'. J Pie misuee elerheure. is tut reason why we should not rightly use it. Tiznu ahelt net tempt the Lord. thy God, Tide doe, not mean. "Thou, Satan, shalt lent tempt me, jesusr it means rather, "1, JeAnts, ale warned by lieut. 0, 10. net meetly and thoughtlessly to , tempt God," 13 who loolta for God's Iprotection oute de the path of duty tempta God. This phrase twerps ana- logous to taking "the name of the t Lard thy God in vain." • 8 9. An Lewes:thee high mount -in. We icnnW Pet 't.mt tbe kingdomsf the werld, and the glory of them. Thie must have been as magnificent a allow- ing in that age as It 0001 (wan be now. Remote as that , time wis, the kingdoms of Cbine, and India, Central Amet and Pete aen were in thelr glory. Roman Power eetendel from Persia to the Atlantic Ocean on both sides of the Medit erne- ean. and as in panoramic vision our Lord saw the cities, palaces, courts, and camps, be sew as magnificent a •a iwvielo as ever came hefore the eye of human being. All these things will I give thee. if thou wilt fell down worebip UV). 3.'5415 WOttla really ha worshipped Satan if he had turned aside from his holy ideals and wed force to establisb a kingdom. It ifl a t raptation irto which a great major- ity ot the strong ruler e of the world, have beau led. , 4 eh 0. Get thee hence, Satan; tor it is 4 `Men, Thou shalt worship the‘hord 1 ' hy God, and him ouly shalt thou serve, Deut. 0, 13, Serving Godand. worshiping him are two sides oe one religioue character. 11 Then tbe devil leaveth him. Re- sist the devil, and. he will flee from you. And behold, angele came and ranustered unto him. As they always minister unto the faithful, suffering eawleatteeteedet: leg lroowS it or not. In regard to thiehtraMatioa we may say, in condensed form, that every suggestion was that of sub- mission to the force of evil, doing evil thatgood might ome; that It is ini.- possible to say whether Satan ap- peared in human form or not, proba- bly not; that it is not wicked to be tempted, nor is it debasing, so long as the temptation is antagonized ; that this was an actual temptation of Jesus, as real as any temptation of our own soul—he was not so encased in divinity that he might not hare failed; that two-thirds of the temp- tations recorded are doubts Concern. mg Ins own divinity. I 1. Then was Jesus lee up by the Spirit into the wilderness. Up from the low valley of the Jordan. Luke says he was "full of the Spirit ;" Mark says "the Spirit driveth The presence of the Holy Spirit throughout our Lord's butisen life and ministry is very remarkable. Coxed ceived by the Holy Ghost; baptized, as we have just seen, in the presence of: the, Holy Spirit; be was led into the wilderness by the same divine force, anointed to preach the Gospel, and enabled to do his mighty works.' Through the Holy Spirit he offered up himself to Goa as a sacrifice for our sins, and by that Spirit he was raised again from the dead. A parti- cular lesson for the modern Christian is that as the Spirit, attended him through all the vicissitudes of his life, so he is ready to attend us. To be tempted of the devil. Or, as we would say, "by the devil." The devil, as Dr. Pentecost has elearly shown, appears at the opening of every 'dis- pensation of God. He. wrecked God's Lair creation. in Eden; he entered Ploiraoh and resisted God's purpose to bring his chosen people out of( Egypt; he embodied himseaf in Baal and AtAh- torelh, and corruhted the custodians of the divine truth; and now: he dare not stand idly by and see the Son of God, undertake the redemption of the humeri race without striving to over- throw hint; and even when he is de- feated it is only for a 'season. The word "templed" is used in Scripture, in two senses. "Gocl cennot be tempt- ed, neither tempteth he 'any man ;" that is, he ca-nnot be induced -to sin, and he never solicits any one to sin. That sort of temptation — solicitation to sin—Jesus 11 OW suffered. But the weed is also used lir the, testing of 'faith, as when "God did tempt Abra- ham." 2. ' When be had dheted forty days. By the intensity of hie soul's com- munion he Was lifted above the wants Of the 'body. In time.s of excitement appetite is forgotten. Moses and Eli- jah had a like eeperienceh Through- out thie forty days and forty nights we have eveiry reason to believe our Lord was tempted, He was afterward ahungexed. There came a natural, re- action from his intense spiritual ex- citement. 3. The 'tempter came to him. In his laeur of wealenees. How the teinilt- er came eve do not, know; and we need not guess. Speculation on sera noixes ie'not profitable. If thou isa the,Son cd God. That is, peculiarly and &Min- ently his san The forty days hed BTJSINESS GIRLS. We do not mes.n a girl who ham gone into some trade or profession, for the. most domestic " horae bird" of our girl readers may be one. Indeed, if she laelps to carry out her daily duties sueoessfully she must do her utmost to become a "business girl," in our sense of the word. And. when, n course of time, she passes to a home o af her own, she will be at no loss in eking up her position as housekeeper nd raistreees. She will win the respect 1 those in her enaploy by showing hem that she understands how she hould be served, a.ed. that while come ort is absolutely required, no extra= agance will be allowed. She will cause her husband'e love for her to increase y showing him how truly his interest s hers by bringing into play her nowledge of "how to speod and how o save." To make home uneomeortable y mean, unnecessary savings is _no eal economy but to plan with lova ng thought how to make every dol- ar yield its true value is, housekeep- ng in its beet sense; for such a " busi- ess girl" will make a email income o further aad give -more real happl- ess and comfort than would Dna of ouble and treble the amount in in- xperienced hands. But to make, our irl reader a complete business one of ho type which we write, she must Iso learn how to conduct her charit les. Giving indi scriminai ely, wi thout notliry or though(., is often morepro- uctive of evil than good, she mead e as wise over the spending portion Ilotled " help, others " and give as horough consideration to it she oes to what she puts apart for her ersonal concerns, 1 1 11 02 a Some men have the faculty o let- , ting their friends and relations worry for 1.1len2. nr.goquir