Exeter Times, 1900-4-19, Page 6.1!•••••.0.44
Notes and Comments.
A remarkable instance of mental
obliquity in comparing the pres-
mat with tee past is seen iet a
apeecia eust delivered by tha Chan-
ceilor a tee German. Erapire, Prince
gamut:Woe. A.t a bangnet held in
Berlin to comnaeraarate the 200t1 enui-
versery ott the fauneing a tbe Royal.
Anademy ctt Science teat statesman
r,smarked that he bad grown old in
• the belief of the progress of humanity,
but that in xecent times his coon-
dencei on this point has been shakeu•
"The indispensable battle for life," he
declares, as a late •astermed tio
fierce afld. coarse a for that we are
minded tie the wild and fantistie
tales at animal life in the antedilua
elan ages. Instead of progress. ret-
rogression seems to mark the begin-
ning a the tsventieth century." raie.
is a plaiet with whiele tee • world has
grown familiar in the few centuries,
hut it la unusual tofind it uttered by
=au ot Got ability aud attuity
eeeeent Gerlinall Chancellor.
THE EXETER, TIMES
•TRIALS OF GOD'S PEOPLE
Prebebly Prinee llobenlobees deleful
view or present teutlencies bas been
largely inciteti by the wars whichhave
Rev. Dr. Talmage Talks of Their
Struggles.
a ob's Combat With an Unknown Visitor --Men's
Conflict With Evil Habits.,With the Help of
the Lord They Triumph—Prosperity and Trouble
Compared,
A despatch from Wasitingtou says,
Rev. Dr. Talmage, preaeliee trona the
following text:—." And Jacob was left
alone; an there eFrestled a man with
bite until the breaking of tee day.
And when he saw that fte prevailed
zwt against hira be to be the bo -
of thigia; toad the hollow of
Jacob'e thigh was out of joint as lie
wreatled with Itim. And he said, Let
clenebed, There were the writhuigs
et distortions of a fearful struggle.
But tee ohl gtant began to waver;
who come not out et their despond-
ency. They may tremor& over their
loss, wad yet their gait shall tell you
that they laave loeeia troubled-touch-
ett Are eve Stoics, teat we can, ue-
moved, see our cradle rifled a the
bright eyes and the sweet lips? Can
we stand unmoved and see our gard-
ens of earthly delight uprooted? Will
e.SUA, who wept Himself, be angry
with us if we pour our teara into tee
graves teat opened te swallow down
what we love best? Was Truants
more dear to Him teen our beloved
•dead to us? No, We have a right
to weep. Our tears must come. You
•Sean tiot drive them back to scald
the • heart. They fait into God's
bottle. Afflicted ones have died be-
cause they could not weep. 'Thank God
for the eiveet, the mysterious relief
that oomes to us in tears! Under this
gentle rain the flowers of corn put
forth their bloom, God pity that dry,
withered, parched, ali-consuming grief
that wrings its hands, and grinds its
nue at; last, In the midnight a on , teete, and bites its nails unto the
witb none but God to wituess, by the vie. a
te but menet weep! We naay
Igeolt jabbock, the giant felll arid ihe have found, the, comfort of the Cross,
triumphant wrestler broke, the dark- and yet ever after show that in tbe
eletern we were trouble -touched.
dark night, and by tee brook jabbock,
vvith the cry, Thinks be unto
Gad. who gtNeth ue the
I h rocgh our Lord Jesus Christ.' Again: we may take the idea a the
There is a wIdow'a beam that first
a text, and artuounce the approach of
wes ,ieSOIateit by bereavement, auk' the day -dawn. No one was eVer
Epee br the enxietiee and trials that raore glad to see the morning than
d, ' I will not let thee ata easel* '; is a sad thing to see a man oontend- etruggle. It is appropriate for
after that utght of
go for the dee' breakethe And be earn, ura tee support of a faintly. I was joerob
blesoe."—Genesis xxxii, 24, Mg for :,I. livelihood uneer disadvant- philanterepists and Ceristians to
20. ages' but to see a delteate woman, ery out with this ango. of the text,
The dust arose from a traveling prospects are brightening. PoPerY
breaketh." The world's
''' •I "I tittle °nee ,tt la.er back, -.The dee
recently taken place or are now under ' fi Win the gients of poverty and
berd of rattle, and eheep. and groats, aogrrow,i's Moee affecting It was a has had its etrongest props knocked
waY" Euglish "wsPailer has '3u$t and canaela. Tiley are the present that butritae. borne; nna passers by knew .out. The tyrants of the earte are
eaie that the speetacle at the dawn . falling. flat in the dust. The Ceurch
Jacob sends to gaiu the good -will of not ilea witbin teose four walls NNI•re
a a new century of h
- tw° MUst ! his offended brother. That ulget ,recoe dispi r .ourage.butIntenoltslinsniratili: .of Chrtat Is risieg upin its strenpte
enlightened nations in the world, h
t • baits by the brook JabbonA• Bet there te.1,.11.T• teill•ain at:Pia:el of Tirie.rmeeigyhte, to
NeTtfitall'a34:41able Tlatftlia:67aolf
441 Qrr'flt Balaklavae Where, " into the banuers." Clap y -oar bends, all ye nit s'ildove.ultIlineelt1,417vrejauhers:vaoundogeeenrotre. n I 1 thee to 174°Ons'isteat, wlth e
teat aIl tilts leeeneistent with the
United States aud Great Britain, tieing is no rest for the weary mho. No ate__
in Neer eiraultaneouely, the former on lug ladder to let tbe angelb down jaws of death, rode the six hundred.' people, the day breaketh.
s d the whole would to bieotries of tee earth are perishing. , ;0111111st-deuce ot rheinity, tee reply is
7:Ono dTuhtL'elle:Znat'oe3ew:fsa a save, simply that the foar gospele teach le
personal every line that, as Dr. Kendrteli bas
servant, possibly cif a, confideetiai expressed its "the Lord's divinity and
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON. APRIL 22,
'Ire(' Centurtonei Servaut
1.10, Golden Text. Vela. 103. 13.
PRACTICAL NOTES,
Verse. I. When he had eluded all
ids sayittgs io tee audience of the peo-
ple. "Sayings" bare retool to the Ser-
mon ou the Mount ; "audience" has its
original meaning of bearing; "the peo-
ple" are the anultitade,s that emastant-
ly thronged him; and the whole verse
simply means that at the conclusion
a the Sermon on the Mount Jesus
went to his home in Capernaum.
2. A certain centurion's servant. A
centurion in the Roman array was an
officer M coneraancl ot one bewared
men. Bach et the several ceuturions
of the New Testament is. menttoued
favorably. It has been guessed, that
this centurion was in the arnay of
inherent merits, and the fault of the
" revival meths' is that thee too
often deal seitte souls by the whole-
sale, and regard sinners In mass, No
two subjeote of Christ's saving pow-
er are alike or oeea exaetly the same
Manifestation of grace. Sunday :school
teaclaers especially slaould keep this
in 'mind, end take a timely lesson tram
the notable fact that Jolts never
epread out eis hands over a tow o to
oar° all its seffeeers at once. Indi-
eiduel ;leads must be Individually xnet.
Say in a word, and my servant seall
be Itealed. Ile saw that this Healer
was neither a physiolan using roma-
dies nor a magielen using rites, but
atoMbeelantisehr 14VihseRaseeineallnIff geirrmteidtyh. is will
6. I also am a man set under eel-
thority, having under me soldiers.
That is to say, Like you, I both obey
anthority and exercise authority. Go,
and he goeth: •Come, and
he eon:ugh% Do this and
he doete it, The next verse
tells ot oar Lord's astouisement et
this sayiefe. Well might he "marvel,'
for probably, not Another ,man
Palestiee would have theta frimitlY
acknowledged the natere and sweep
of Jesus's power. The centurton's
Herod Antipas, Ile was a Gentile, Unquestioning obedience ito the lrng,
:ant t. 81). probable,
aTuhlea, That for
re proselytesn'aaepr eaSerlay ut ilarden4iedorF;ulleooev,11}4:sdlkainnfianotg°tilobyedrvitand
ci
Unity referred to 43 either "devout Greve told eallitery authority help -
tee or "men, wlao teared.,God, Needle ed tine to understand our Lord's
ur Lord draw,s a definite lino he., Mastery of minds and waves and de-
tween this beathen and. the eons of Teosnso ottung; Atreoblsterd fevers and, blind -
the kingdom. itat evidently this con- 9. Be merveled. It will nett 4o to
Nt‘uiraleouhtilmvetleuesTeylpaOttile,sef,tYorrrisrazleemeiesucl, say that Jesus bere expresses a, wens
der whole, he does not feel. Ta
igbbors. whose vrejudioes et the Ntyoerd,rseturpe(1.1m about, and aade are
beginning must bave been all agalest ulline Latorn4isohlreUelnat.exItPreoanaeicalsayoal tglleaPt.'
the bolder of Asia and the latter In into his dream; but a fierce combat,
,thith an an. cheer tliern on; but there were none The One was when we were told that
Afriea,
Is an event a evil portent for I. that Its until mermen,
to applaud, the struggle in that hum- if we wanted to get to heaven, we
the ceming age. But both the Ger-; enown eisetha. They eitele try to th‘row , bis home. wile fought for lateli , ot mast be trateetse or sp Ito ,
i .
men etateenaan aed 'Me libitieb ; the other. The ureenown. visitor, tore. clothing. for fire, for shelter, with raust believe in the perseverancega
et Clerk. itthetes PaYS, "Ile lietle at S unattroty s en n p "
union. Jesus wua not, an actor. lee
joutnat would take t4 lees &e.eene.5' view , veal his eupetior power, by a touch ' !whine' head, aTi hiearlansIlle•ttalentlioeuxg- thrt.t' salute, e! in fernier' awaY from Dear unto hire is literallY wlio come silently will the dying man
ef the present time it tioey rhould .. wrenehea Jaeob's thigh bone from 'r
noltrueted etreugle e
ht lig tee brook. ft oc , oil they must be Ca vuusts, re .0.1trunt..
il II k e I d g re, or a_lituegfee '''no litur : o limillie."
F . , .113.-. -r "held U4 value by or "precioue to" baok too life wee really teaken by -sue.
him. The uarrative throughout
;totally, "he was in bad °omea1
fondness wil.,,lse prtse at what this oeotoien gni& /
have not found Se great faith, AA, not
glenee b.-aelz at the e,,,anlitions which , its sorket, perhape mairaing him for it t.., ah:tt none would glee ber help? ans, in order to reacia heaven. We
prevallea e hundred year:. ego. Net iife. Aa on the *rung sky the elue- Fla a Gd forgotten to be gencems have all come to confess now that dicates the master's respect for and.
cif the Wave. Was akin. Lit- Inistseel* Th
only were the two netione named en- tere a purple doue begill tO epee, zsr!,1 . centendine soul. _The mienthist these are
1 full of wtnes, coming to Ihe less NON -.ESSENTIALS IN RELIGION where efts is sal o ase marve
%, t la • ''' l -
el e other occeston
" -
ed was at unbellef! Mark., 6. 0. Title
geged in war a century ago. but many ' jecoe eees it is ara ;angel selenwnew eu,..,.
Site beers it mew; iti the ettenh rt • r; „...,,,,,„,..... e lili end neetthew tulle us teat he was
other ciour.triee Nvere elso iuvolved in be bas been eentending, and nut one of the night wind, in the ripple a -0-Tng palsied or paralyzed a d orievou I .c411114andatkul
was in a Presbyterian audience, rand ot the soldier's taith ,1 as the recovered child, lustily urea og
bestilities in se/me he world- of lois I,rother's coadjutors. "Let me the epee; J ilba,k.-1 e it was aacramentai day, and tette . eteen tt c
tor t d He
b ° cbaraeter, for no one eau Jae fu 0
Ag n essentially a commendation a los ,1 ing in on fervent embrace of her tear.
knight/ill and France w ailing able go," cries the auttel. lifting himself P80. + • • grateful heart I received the Holy .ees p_regresseve patalyais or tetanua,
A taith le, Gad without being faithtul
ailSei MADE SU I ONO AGO,
anti death gro,pple • hot time up inie illei easaig liglit, " tee day ringing down /be sky: "Thy' tether- Commurtion. On the next Sabbath 1 iliOrne Lorna or nervoua cramps. ReaeY to God.
eitililren 1 eill preserve
them wa$ in a bletbodist cel
urch, one sat t"e•
tbrugh the anteition. or the supeeeed bre:Al:Oh." iese
alto.' an41 let thy eidows trust in Mei" at a love-ifeast. Ou the folowing P.aleetine la to-daY, as it was in the .bad beep
14)PatentlY PuSt all helP' i 10. Foutad tee servant wbole that I
sick. That was just what I g
Bain ruebefi persons vet7 frequent17
LOT SAM' MO FRANTIC MOTHER A
COMMON OCCURReN04,
Doge That Hove Eluded, Tnelr Owlet.
ere, 'and UVeit Gilts owl lairdi Vent
Helm Gtoue „astray, Itirve to Yee Cared
For In the osroelrete.o
"rfave you seen anything of a heate
Wel little girl with fluff)" golden hair
and a, blue froek?" anxiously inquired
a Young women of the clerk in charge
Of the linen counter in a great depart-
ment stere,
nol A -re you sure you brought
her in here?"
• "Indeed I ami I left her sitting be.
fore those 08 cent damasks to look at
those 81,43 abirt waists marked down
from $1..00, and now 1 ean't And her
anywhere. I'm worried to deathr
'Toilet be alarmed," remarked the
clerk, es:insolently. "She'll turn me all
rigbt I expect BIM'S Up in the dead
room by this time."
°The whr
at
"The dead room—the roorgtm, you
know."
"Tbo morgue? Ott, my Irenei
My darling!"
"Sieleh, Mahittn," softly counnan6.
ed floor walker, for a commotion
Seemed inmeneut "Yam' ceild is• eriff
enough, venture. The 'morgue' hi
Pimply the vent 11421110 of our lost and
famed department. Come with me,
and we Will See if tile little girl
there,"
•
The yeung weaten taloned to a Ion
room, the door of which was label
"Lost and Found," and there, su
enough, seated upon a mouuusent
Packages, bores, baskets, umbrel
eanes and other articles, sat a ti
golden haired girl in a blue froek.eo
teutedly kicking bee entail feet again
• a pasteboard bonnet hos.
44T11at's the second kid and eont
gent Sensation I've bad today," el
Med the keeper of the morgue t
fu l parent, was mulled AWAY. No, Irot
nothing unusual. It's almost a daily
occurrence. In the exoltement of hat.
imitation, oi erteparte ta bring the Teti see, In tbo f 1
Diret eice, that soul, inie p
Neel to a very ow
or onran, Sabbath I wits in an Episcopalian , Unite of eCheditt, a lalld withoat 00211'-t. the centurion has itaued for, ',wee thase flight of their children for e. fele
of hlo slum fina; n ayno4u: e ks.bna7 tteye; Moments, and the annual toneeticy or
and, re- 'Ple*WPIreTiaLlalira' rd of Pjesus Not !and ta
%%bele of Eurtene tinder IliS sten?. end Ood allows good Peottle eomettraes to ettee is it that in seek distress you cherch and knelt at tee al•tar
hee.rd thee he Navas coming do.wn
every great nation and most ot get into a terrible struggle. Jaeob krep el:Pence'!" et.be shut,' "1 do I;.1 by (1;eitvedn2owiyeres:rrev!,:di bernetect do! and it shall be given you; seek, and. ye , the children Is to stray away and take
the entail ones in the Old, \Voted par- WaS tp.10d :nen; bet Isere he wes left siall4;!filv'erthnicrio)sealleiletenarienolLta to1 to,lotatit.
"I believe' in ;',Iiee connijainion of certain street, hut beard
opened mate you. In the strange sights of the store on
Moue in the raidnight to wrestle with ' rev einthi;e4 it to buy and eaints and in the life everlasting." teachings and miracles. See ISIatt. 4. their MD book, Of eenree they might
Jabbed: For Joseph a pit ; for Dan- dwelt and cry. But uow I do not, get As I look upon this audience, I see,9t4lie've.iders, of the Jews. Oxiiit "thee
TROUBLES THAT NEVER ARRIVE,
titivated in that conflict at one buts
and (Mother. a tremendous influense by he brook , hem to buy it with, I usee tu sit "I'let da.y breaketh.
The Prince's own country furnithes fel, a wild bode; den; fur David. de- ot....atr iged. If I go along the etteet, Diana is 0 a 0 le e g
.iga: iitt..or o i, 41 of ; he ne, rah uf t hi 012* end exiie; fur J eau tee " te " 1
I e•s • 'The; toga hen, mer ;-ego their girdle. In God's nettle L ro- sYnst ogee or
inie to 3 ((*14114 ot tht• tareet of truuble that came up higlaer than i these came to Jeses as rulers of the I "Don't cross the briege till you come
1' 4. in the century in emelt he Baptise di
e w ildeaneset an(lime
d the exe- . •, 1 I tlaen ss
, • ,t, . . • .', . P , ' g ecclesiastical officers!
unot to a not ner erosstng of e atm ceatton of hotel -hetes. You! ot elan sort; they were venerable menI ' to it,
trq See nothing but ret rogres- cutioners axe; for Peter, a nrisen; the e,, reel, and again 1. 411*, 'The Lord shall not go always saddened and of influence in the co unit Vere :IX a proverb old, and of exeelleut vet."
ham. A little o •er ,00 y e al s ago lave. for Paul, shipwreek; for Joint, (Wean het:. mei! Ape st, I pray to every eres heart -broken. Gee will lift your bur -17 shows that t personal apYitheittion 1
• . into the den. God will bring your dead to ! was not, made because of the cen-I If that bit of advice were only heed_
—Longfellow.
eie enteesee with hetet-el tine Renee late Patmus; for Vasitti, most insult- ' '
in three divisious of Poland which ef- lug eteel,Y; for Josephine, letnish-
Lewd that hapless- nation from the rueu; ; for hIrs• higuurneY. tile- agoler
woad's; male Bonaparte end other con- of a di unkurd's wife; for Jeltn Wee-
querors often changed the map in the by, sentee, hurled by tie inihirletod
mut) ; tor tettherine, the nuotch girl,
e.artier pert ot the present century, the drowning eurges of the set ; for
but cemparatively lot le of that Ur. Burns, the buffettaig of the.. on
emu 1 in the ;nor n into
utak has been done in reeent years, real populace; for John Brown, of .Ed- e as Luther and Melancthon were talking. „
,
the Propbet develo s into a shrinking tor instead of advanoing ynur cause
ever, having hPita enter his home.
la ?nits an stnraing; personage
ti ri ne of it hat, been done whiebi lehergh• the Pistula"ut a 14)rd ts-- -
an VA together glooraily about the prospects ;trona
verhouee; for Hugh eletaail, the scaf- e but a 'God -despatched it hinders it.
rctrike in internatioal crirainality weh fold ; tor Latimer, the stalie ; fur measeuger to promise proapere y for of the ChutTh. ,The could see no I
, 4, 5. Instantly. Uogently. These,
the partition of Poland. Within the Christ, the Cross. For whom the him end for les children. il.nd so, bope of deliverance YAfter 111 '
aetas.liaote:, elders may not ;beet! hem disciples of ;flesh
I There can only be so much of dark -
last half of the centure which is soon roteas, the gibbets, the guillotines, the many a man, at the Pease of his trial, on
LuPther gut up and*said to M i t Jesus, but were respectful of his pow- i ,
rain or sorrow, and the glorious
• - thumb strews? For the sons anti has found out that he has been try- "Come, Philip let is s'n th •
to close there bus been a maniamismon f 't. • th P • 1 -' f D ei: re j . .e ers; certainly, If they had been re- isunehine comes again. That little tri -
daughters of the Lord Almighty. Some ing to throw down his own blessing. or y-eix sa m 0 avi God is . cognized as opponents, the centurion ode of life are the sign -posts along.
cif the, slaYesen the United States and one gild to a Christian reformer, "'Ihe If yeu ere, a Christian titan, I Neill go ourtrelege. .tietast.rengtlah a. vfery pre- would 1101 have seleotea them, He 'life's eighway, showing the right road
in all the other nations vvhich had world is against you." " Then," be re- back in your history and find that the 8all helP in trttlibt th"ere ore W , Ma Worthy for whom he should do •
th b ill '
• , totake In the future; you may have
• 1 -I I • . the world."
before "elders " It does not scent that •
God• will stauneh the heart's • turion huniiirty. He assumes that ed, IZOW tallith batter end happier the
h t it saymg these Prose prayers.' life.
le, father piteeth his children, so the influence Jesus. Beseeching him that. , they become ao letereated In loeklug
world would be.. worrying es one of so 'readily as shoppers do. You see,
.N a. hetet able to keep up my cour- bleeding. I know Ile will. Like as a ' men ot high milk Gan most readily
Le again from thee subject, that Lord pities you. The pains of earth' he would, come and heal. The afflict- t the foes ot life, it darkens what wohei at bargains that they lay down what-
peeple eometines re suieresee to find will end. The tomb will burst. The ,ed man WAS too to be brought , otherwise he a bright day; it maims
; esuasout epuets enotatiettaa eel eiteescio the gentle, mother cross, the father ir- ever they may happen to have in their
dead will rise. The morning star
gimg Ulu' In the darkness, is ,eally trembles on a brightening $ky. The at etulaseaeltg ei •snette es iritable, and the ilfe of the child Is a counters with hardly a thought as to
hands and perambulate between
out that what they have been strug-•
in ',ingot blesettge Jamb gates of the east begin to ssving Of humility as Jesus approaabes the
open.The day breaketh 'house His sh ki f meetingsad one. There is no need to worry, their actions,
"Suddenly they discover their loss,
and a mild panic seizes thetn. They
go tying about from one counter to
the other, prosecuting their intieirles
without stopping to think whether
they have visited those same counters
before or not. Tecreforelhe merge*
has become a valuable and freihmensa-
ble department in every large store.
; "Some 4:44140_1rings melee drift into
this place would\ %melte you. Last
week a great Dane dog was bralight
up by our nerviest faith! Nvalker, and an
ugly customer he was, indeed—tive
dog, not the floor walker- We triced
him up by a short elmin and tried to
make him Ile 'down pending the ar-
rival of his owner. But he wouldn't.
Instead he took a stand, braced him-
self and let out a howl which froze
the souls of some half dozen sale*.
women within earshot. Then be broke
his ebain and started In to clean out
the morgue. .
"What did I do? Oh, I adjourned,
and everybody went on a still hunt for
the owner of the dog. We eventually
found her, and she came up and lam-
basted us for abusing her precious
darling, with never a word about the
roug•h way he had handled the
morgue's acqutaulations.
"Dogs of all sorts anti conditions are
constantly brought to the morgue and
now and then a pet cat, which has e8.
caped from a basket. I've even had a
gage of canaries left on my hands to
feed for a week before the careless
owner, who had left the cage down in
the crockery department during a spe•
cep sale, appeared to claim her prop-
erty.
"Watches, purses, babies, parasol
bundles and even diamond rings
parts of my stock in trade hire
have horses, too, I verily believ
our customers permitted to iota
Into the store. I'd like to se -up in
husinees with the things brolkdit to
the morgue. I'd get rich, sure. .
"Yes, fully two-thirds of the things,
are claimed, and nothing worth cod:
lug after remains in our possessiou
long. Neitber do many other thin
which are not worth hunting up.
keep lost articles et month from date
of turning in, and then, if it Is found
that they were originally sold el our
store, we put them in stock. Fre.
quently lest articles;of serious value
are advertised at the end of a mouth."
--Cincinnaii Enquirer.
Wander out or tee estabilstimetat ami
to prevent this the door walkers in.
variably send to me trrery ebild theY
-dud unaccompanied by a guardian.
"I don't lcnow if there Is any porta-
ble article, animate or inanimate,
Wbicla doe not Ond its way to tee •
raorgue,",eontinued the keeper retied-
loely. "No class of people loses teinge
slavery in that time, and an emancipa- 1) le . em g
I Neill oo further and say that eve
atrls
tion of the serfs in Russia. The dark ei•y Christian has his 'struggle. 'With
rontinent of Africa f has been tinancial misfortune you, have had
opened up to civilization. Prue.- THE MIDNIGHT WRESTLE.
sia has gained a constitution Red-hot disasters have dropped into
in thin half century, the first your stere trout loft to cellar. What
which it ever possessed. The German ;noun thronuenta yfioetiatehruhledg.) ;Vat:ye:atilt
states, under the leadership a Prus- ed would not come. Some giant panic,
sia, have been welded into a great with loug arms, and grip like death,
nation. Italy, which was only a gee,- took hold of you in an awful wrestle,
from which 3rou have not yet escaped,
Metternich's time, has been trans- throw you, or you will throw it. Here There is no way to get the wheat out its blossoming spring, its falling 9 sure to forget to praotice ber lesson."
thie house of worship—that is, entirely gr phical expression as recently as arid it la uncertain whether It will poem that has astounded the ages.
at his own ex ense A little o
freits, its sparkling streams, and to
lean free air and largeness e f Gan- wee is it that you are not sure that
formed eat* one of the great powers of is anotlier soul, in struggle with some of the straw but to thresh it There
say farewell to those with whom we
tion, as well as ra,ucth oe the centur-
oa comets- th,e baby will keep well, that Johnny
the earth In the past 100 ,or 125 bad appetite. He knew now how steal- is no way to purify the gold but to . .
or counselled in
1011s nobility, is thinted at by the
thily it was growing upon him. One burn it. Look at the people who have 15."aeee in childhood,
manhood. In that night, like Jacob,
that a heathen was permitted to
very praeticet There is just as much
will keep clean, and. that Menthe will
years man has made greater ad-, hour he woke up. He said, "For the always had it their own way. They h t wrestle but God will fact reason to believe thet:they will as to
g rand*. st ihinge that leave ever hap- , , • Version a
Nothing short of scourging, impris- carried into the midst of the sea; . that whou seouldest do this tor him.' you will know better the next time.
one at first; if so,
pellet! to you, have been your trials. moved and though the mountains be ehrase more draro.a.tio, "He is worthy taken the wreeg
onment, and shipwreck, could have though the. waters thereof roar and :Worthy from the elders' point of view, Take a different courseand you will
made Paul what he was. When David be troubled, though the mountains bemuse, "he loveth our nation, and
' i b"
was fleeing through the wilderness, shake with the swelling thereof. ; himself built us our synagogue. Res not worry or cross any ridge,until
pursued by his own son, he was be- Seine." vised Version. He was a foreigner, you come to them.
ing peepared lo beeome the sweet DEATH TO MANY, by blood a heathen in religion, and; "Everything goes wrong," you SaY.
singer of Israel. the pit and the but by "how can I help worryingt" You
'a representative of tryanny,
best schools at nay to all, is a struggle and a wrestle.
his eindeess of heart and justice of . have gotten into the habit of expect -
du
dungeon were t he
wheel Joseph ever graduated. The We have many friends teat it will be
ing everything to go wrong, have you
behavior he had won the friendship of
turricane that upset the tent, and hard to leave. I care not how( bright
the loyal religionists and hot-headed not/ "The baby is sure to hive the
killed Job's claildren, prepared the our future hope is. It is a bitter
P'1 triots of Galilee—a truly remark- colic," you say, or "Jobaany is aura to
na.ln of Uz to write the magnificent._..thing to look upon this fair Nvorle, and
•
able man. He had "hhnselfe built soil his clean waist," or "Needle is
th t never I ain see
are proud, discontented, useless, and
t build so holy a strueture. Such a worry and expect trouble. trust a lit -
unhappy. If you want to find cheer- not leave us unblessed. ' It shall no
thing Would haral have been tol - ' '
at ed in Judea. Y er- erle more and the day will be bright-
ful folks, go among those who have be told in heaven that a dying soul
er."
been purified by the fire. After cried unto God for help, but Nvas not
6. Jesus went with thera, Promptly 1 Hope the five hundredth time, a company ed to keep out the sun, or a book .dtn 0
taonn.ahea. enamessiengers. er will come
a a o he center- „health areaseontagtous as tee small -
cheerfulness, happiness and
delivered. The lattice may be turn -
Rossini had rendered William Tell ! responded t the I ith f t
of nmeicians came under his window set to dire the light of the midnight
,th" he said ti!l.re was now pox or soarlet fever; the only reason
in Paris, and serenaded him They taper; or the room may be filled. with ',IP . I
not fai from e house. ear eno that the tact is not better known is
eg , that one does not to have to enaploy
put upon his brow the cries of orphanage and widow-
-for o e ha back '
one of the eld es to sten
A GOLDEN CROWN hood; or the Church of Christ may a doctor in these oases and they do
,
to the centurion with the news that a*, .
of laure ave.. t, mourn over our going but, if Jesus .. net put the dollars Into the doctor's
1 le s 1 Bu amid all the ,
calls, all is well The strong wresto. e glee a 1 WQS coming. The ,„ lb,
(he . t R bb' ' pockets. 1 re reeiew germs haveto
d enthusiasm Rossini turn-
app,ause an cc u io ' ' '
te s o im. I
• ; e . • ing by the brook will cease; the hours a be IQ:Vented gtewlein d then, or new
vancement politically and socially ', suke of my soul, of my faintly, and of
than he did in all the previous ages of : ra9 e,hildren, and of ray God, I must
- the world. . stop this!" And behold he found
; himself alone, by the brook Jabbock;
I and it; was midnight. That evil ap-
ALCOHOL AND ANARCHY. 1 petite seized upon him, and he seized
Prof. Cesare Lombroso recently had upon it; and 0, the horror of the me-
an opportunity to test scientifically .
i flictl When once a bad habit hath
roused itself up to destroy a man.
the effect of alcohol in developing ' and. the man has sworn that, by the
latent criminal tendencies. The sub- I help of the eternal God, the will de-
jete of his experiments was a man who I etteY it' all heave -n draws itsell out
had surrendered himself to the police above, and all hell stretches itself in
with the avowal that anarchists wish- nayrxiatidons of spite to look up from
ed to make him their instrument for beneath. have seen men rally them -
assassinating the King of Italy. The seivea for such a struggle, and they
man seemed sane, but no corrobora-
tion of his story could be obtained.
Unexpectedly, after drinking wine, he
broke out into anarchistic threats.
in logg line of light, to look from
have bitten their hp, and clenched
tees fist, and cried with a blood red
earnestness, and: a rain of scalding
tears, "God help mei"
Acting tipple thus June Professor Lora- From a svrestle, with habit, I have
broso administered alcohol to him in seen men fall back defeated. Calling
carefully measured quantities, and for no help, but relying on their own
discovered that after he had drunk a
certain amount he developed violent
criminal tendencies, all recollection of
weich appeared to have vanished from
bis mind when the effect of the alco-
• hol had passed. off.
PREFERRED TO SUFFER.
• You look awful siok, old. man. I'll
telephone outl to your houseeteat you
are coming home early.
Oh, not Don't let my wife know.
But why not?
She has been trying to get me home
early for a month, to move some furni-
ture
ITf WAS A VIST.
I thought! you were satisfied that
tient palmist was a fake, You haven't
been to see him! again? ,
Yes, and as soon as he looked at
• any hand he saw tronibte in it?
Sol
•Yes, I shook under his
nose.
;Many a 'contributor to the, world's
history doean't know the first princi-
ples t.4. granamar. •
resolutions, they have come into the
straggle; and for a time it seemed as
if they were getting the upper hand of
their habit ; but that habit rallied
again its infernal power, and lifted
its, soul from its standing, and with
a force borrowed from the pit, hurled
it into outer darkness. First, I saw
the auctioneer's • mallet fall; on the
pictures, and musical instruments,
and the rich upholstery of his family
parlour. After a while I saw •
hen
fall into the diteh. Then, in the mid. -
night, when tee ehildren were dream-
ing their sweetest dreams, and Chris-
tian households are silent with slum-
ber, a eget-watched, I heard him, give
THE SHARP SHRIEK
that, followed the stab of hut own
monarch He fell from an honoured
soctal position; he fete from a family
circle of which once he we...4 the gra.ree-
est attraction; her fell from thejeause
of God, at whose altars lvelead been
eoneecrated; he fell--fne evert But,
thank God, I have* sem men prepa
theinsei •es.for a wrestlieg, They
bo4d of 'God's belp a.,,,,t-hey went
xn to eihat. The giant habit, re.
gated, by the rup of many dissipations.,
time out etrong and defiant. They 1911 eot /re "u"' 71-""94ua eath those coot.
every step that the Lord took i ease"
the centurion realized with increas- given to olde diseases to coun-
ing intensity, the awfulness of thus' , ter.act the good. influence of these four
contagions, which are so very unheal-
Master of nature. Like Dwight eel thy to teehteet poeketbooks.
Moody in his early Chrietian life, this
officer could nut have passed a meth- Worry is a Dine thing for the doctor,
I but a very poor thing for the patient,
table examination in theology; blithe ,
as it breaks up the whole system, and
ter,' the essence of3 faith, holy prin- . not blame th!e actors too much, since
of tha mate linviles all kinds of troables. We must
had .in his heart the "root
ciples whieh doubtless were developed 1
ed later into genuine ChristianitY. I
- . wieb. that people, would. realize that
they must make a livelihood. I only
am not worthy.- that -tlicite shouldeet they are not nearly so necessary as
enter under my roof. His humility they think they are.
and his. faith were equally remark- There is plenty of happiness and
able. To his, view Jesus was a pecule good in the world, RS well as sorrow
a rly holy -ra bbi.. Rabbis generally 1 and seeming bathaess ; you can have
avoided the' houses of Gentiles RS un- I yotir shares as well as your neighbor.
cleat and association with I hein as Expect, it, demand it, declare that you
elefiling• "The higher this men Placed , can have, ie, that you will have it, and
,fe,sus en{ the,pinnaele of Sudaisen. the then get it in the best and enetest way.
more nattiral was iti for bine not to You won't be poor, or elinc, or miser -
expect the personal presence of the lame long after you have learned that
e 40 14 .rien an, a ,
death's night will pass along: one
all this brilliant scene for a few days of
of youth and love," I o'clock in the morning ; two o'clock in
nag: the doe breaketh.
o'clock in th,e morn -
It is prosperity that kills, and , the mortling fear
trouble that saves. While the Israe-
lites Nvere on the march, a.mid great 1. So. I would have it when I die. 1
privations and hardships, tbey be am In no hasfe to be gone I have no
;grudge evade: this worlci.i The
hayed well. After awhile tlaey prayed
only fault I have to find with • the
world is, teat it treats me too well.
But when the time oomes to go ; I trust
to be ready, nay worldly affairs. all
settlen. If I have wronged others, I
want then to he sure of their forgive
nee. In that last wrestling, my arm
enfeebled with sickness, and ray head
faint, I want Jesus beside me. If there
be hande on this side of the flood
stretebed out to hold me baek, I went
the heavenly hands stretched out to
draw me forward. Then, 0 Jesus, help
me 021, and help me up, Iinfearing, un-
doubting, may step eight out into
the light, and be able to look beck
to my kindred. and friends, who would
detain me here, exclaiming, Let me
go,—.Let me go l'' The day breaketh.
for meat; and the sky darkened
with a great flock of quails; and
these quails fell in great multitudes
all about them; and the Israelites ate
and ate, and. stuffed themselves un-
til they died. Oh, my friends, it is
not hardship, or trial, or sturvation
that injures the soul, but abundant
supply. It is not, the vulture of
trouble that eats up the Christian's
life; it is the quails! it is the quanei
You will yet find out that your mid-
night wrestle by the brook 3abreock
Is with an angel of God, come down
to bless and to save.
Learn again that, while oer Wrest-
ling' with trouble may be, triurap;hant,
we must expect that it will leave its
mark upon us. Jacela `prevailed, but
the angel toteehed. eine and his. thigh-
bone sprang from its socket, and the
good man 'went limping on his way.
We must carry through. this world the
maren •ef. the combat. What ploughed
geese premature wrinkles in your
Pace 1: What whitened your hair be-
fore it was time for frost ? What
silenced for ever .so much of the bin
a.rity of your ;household ? Ah! it is
because the angel. of trouble bath
touched you that you go limping on
your way. Ycni need not be surprised
that those who have passed through
the fire do not feel as
GAY e.S THEY ONCE DID.
AT THE ART EXHIBITION.
• Mrs. A. before the full-length por-
trait of a girl—Oh, if I only knew the
painter of this •
—
Artist, stepping forward joyfully—
Permit, me, Madam, to introduee my -
at the painter.
• Mrs. A..—What extraordinary good
luck! Now you will tell me, won't you
the address of the dresemeker evho
made this girl's frock.
Expe rierice comes high, lout you
needn't tell your neighbors what it
Master."—Edeifeleina. • The holiness'. *worrying does not pay, and- that
he ,,believed JeSus to possess increased ebee.rfulness; and loving kindness are
the necessary distance between them. linagnets as powerful as the sun, and
7. Neither thought I mYself Worthy ',that every time you see them they will
to come unto thee. This man •is one"drew happiness and proeperity
Of a type, and should be carefully stu-
died. There are „people in our own
day who deeply reverence God and
goodiiees but veho from undue diffi-
dence or beclouded xeligious views
And. the sharpest you still have sur
-
shrink from identification with God's
vived;
people. It may help us to get cdose But what torments of pain you endur-
to, suet* if we can uncleerstand this
mans position, who, though classed
to you. ,Therefore, , whatever you de,
don't worry.
"Some of your griefe you have ender-
,
From evils t ha t /never arrived."
as a pagan, was in full sympathy with
—Emerson.
the' Jews, and had the faith of a Chris -
tion. Every infu1 sould should be a
subject of special study. The Churce
willneveroutgrow the so-calledAll men are anxious for fame, but
viva,' method's ;" but every good melee.' 'many aye willing to accept money ae a
od has incidental faults aa well as substitute-
_
e
BIS ORDER.
What else have you got. ' asked
Cholly, looking languidly over the bill
of fare' for something to tempt. his
jaded appetite. .
Well; replied the weitreee. we have
bot: biscuits, too. ,
That'll do, said Cholly, resting his
intellect by tossing the 1 of fare
aside. Bring me a bot b' 11 stew„