Exeter Times, 1900-9-6, Page 3bebaviou.r. Oa the other. shle I put
LAsT GREAT scRIEJT Ny Ithis one weight. "By the deede et the
laW e.hall no fleet; livine be jestified."
1
NOP
•
Dowa goes the weiglit; up ga you,r
worke. "Weighed, in the belance,
and found waeting 1"
alab 1 'meet go ea taster an4 leek
at, the last great scrutiny, We are
Parskng on, heedlees of the most
aolotteding coneiderations. Li a mom-
ent the ground may break through
rreS-patoh trona, Washington says; ;vent hie sin; up went hi a oPportuni-
. and leb you Tall let° the grave. The
+elev. Dr- Tatmege preaohed top the tam. Weighed, and found wantteg- peeees of lite, rto% so regularly drum.
Molleeving text :--" Theu at weighed There has been, a great deal ot ming in the =Arch any moment may
in the balanoe erad found wanting"—' eheating la this country by false cry Halbt On a bair-hung bridge we
Telariel v. 27,weights and meaeares. Government walk over botronilese ehasme.
Babylon was. the peradree et arohte appointed meranateelonere to stamp When we se to bed at night we know
teeture. Driven out tram treace, the tale weehe,ts thee reeasu,res. Much of net that we shall see the day dawn.
Most elaborate struetneee of modem the Wrelkg haS been. rLgbEed 1„When we go forth from our homes We
tinleS are only Om evidence of her fall. speak of anether !tied of sealee. We ,keere- not that 1,;',e. shall return again,
'After the site oT Beatylon bad, been ad hew, been, in the baba ot malting Dangera lurk aboat your path, and
40.0Qteci, two million ot men were em- mistakes in our weighing, of men and ;are ready te brealt upon reit from
ployed tor the construotion of the wall taings. There Ls, indeed, opay one ',ambush. In a moment the door of
and prOncipal weeks. The walla et the pair of Waimea abet/lately perfeet, :eteraita” mar awing often, awl invieihle
eity were sixty miles in cireu.neferenota and thatisenspeneed from tlie throne , tiebees eonduot you in tor reward or
ll'hey were surromeded by a trench out of One Almighty, other belaneee :for retribution. A crown of glory is
of witieh had been dug the material get out of order. The ebairk break .% being berniehed for your brow, o
Ar the COnstrtietien of the city. There or the xo.eter telippel, or the equie ibolts are being torged or your prason.
were tweuty-five gates of solid_ brae paler, in some other way is broken; Angela ot light are making ready to
each side a tbs4 siguare city. Bee and a kmAd, does Ixot always mean a tsheith over your deliverauee, or fiends
tween every two ;Kahn a great watea- pound.; an you pey for one thing of darleness reachlug up their shelet
tower spraug up, into the beeeeras. azrd get anotherlint the balances :ten heade to pelt you dowp intoruin
Prom each ot the twenty-five gates, a God never lose their adjustment. .coneumMate. Suddenly the judge
on either au,. a Street ren straight With them a ROVAd iS a pound, wed .Ment will be here. The angel, with
through to tire gate en tlue other side, rigitt is right, and wrong is wrong, one foot on the sea and the other on
so that there were fifty street % each and a soul is a soot, and eternitrY is the land, will ewear by idea that livetlt
tiftaeu miles lor;g, which gave te th eternity. God has a bushel meaeurre, ;, for ever that Time Steen he no imeger
n„ measure, dew a 1111,est meas. :Hark!, hoer the aarring at the
city an apPeerenee Of ortalderfol
whenever e raerebent meas.. 1,1itemetaitte. It IS rile Settieg (IOWA of
gOloritSO The hauteee %
Rev. D Talmage Discourses on
the Subject.
did titst joie toll
other on the grotand, and between i.tras a bushel et wheat, or salt, or the balanee's. 14°O1t1 there id some-
thenwere gardene and shrubbery. corn, God weighs it ineree41etelr atter /Ike t/444' fr°131'tlicl°44'
f`rone hante-ton to 11010e -toil bridge.' him. The Merehant Metlettre may be 411 the glitter of the shilling leilanees,
awttag, over ev,hielt the inhabitants wrong, hut goers measure is Just 1411 the utifergiven ants a earth
Meat, get into the ecales. They may
;rere aeoustotned to pees. A branch right,
-if the atuphratee wet through the l But I am not pow to speak of the etradhle te keep out hut God will
laity, over Willeh a bridge of marvel,. 1 wing of coffees and nugars, bot alit them la, reet the etuive,rae look
- f - on and eite tae last grent weigbing.
ewe. atruetura was tbrown, and lane - • --
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON.
SEPT, 9.
ieses
The Geed Siteseviten. Tmise 10-25, ,
coldest Text. "if,sve Thy Neighbor es
Tbyseleo
BItACTrOA,L NOTES.
Verse 35. a. certain lawyer. Ashes
etten been explained in these columns,
a ".lawyer" was not a legal praoti-
Meer, but a. etudent Of the. eaered
law—.a seribe, epeoialist in just such
questions as lee now asked, the Lord.
Stooa An inehlentel phrase
Peduting to tbe elaborate formality
whioh
is oharaoteristic at the eriental
ea.ett person adareesed, the rabbi
he ars, Tempted him. Tested him,
With more or les* el sincerity sought
te an4 out what there was of him.
Mester. A reoognition of his rabble
Meal autherity. What Abell I do t
inherit etereal lifet OP the eurface
Ide question would. seem. to imply n.
belief in oonditioual inemortality;
the eurfave it woeld neein ta imply
the Witt that the jear merely as a
Jew was not to live forever, Our
Lord. as wee his custom, did not stop
opecify all the faultineee in the be-
lief of the impairer, but gave a strong,
truth whith when thoroughly taken
into the mind would inevitably clear
it ot error. To inherit, To inherit
The Greek word done not carry the
naewow meaning that we give to the
Engtieb word. It is, used. for goods
which elm reoeieee by vietue of birth,
Or he oheerni, gift, Or by allotment
of any eort. Eteruel life. 4 life
evaach, net measured by tune,
G. Whet Le weittau In the law, wountle. Oe the, edges of viviligation ciente
'rills throwing the peen hack on bie all mon, are coraPrIleal to he amliendr lamentable raecal"—to parterre the
. • . ewe teac11408•4 was :much more than a in. lifo's "necedsitiee"—autatenr wake, duties of sitaeeter. Bread and beer
Oh, By chance. By a ootneldence.
There* no chance in this world; there
was none he oer Lord's theology. Thes
eam e down. Was goiog down in fear
and trepidatina because of the rob-
bers, A. certain priest. Wee ought
eeetairdy to have exemplified the law
ena tbe peephets, Exod. d.3. 4, 5; Deot.
22. 1-4; Isa. 58.7., It is said'in the
Talmud that there were almont as
meat, priests at rerbelto as, at jern-
selene Passed, by en tbe other side.
Waked away from the case that eo
needed his sympathy and h&p. Bet our
Lord has no words of reproa.cb for this
priest, end le net he &thing in -judge
ment ne his meeting8*. or selfiehneee,
Or eiewardiee, as most ef oar Seeder
gelato], teenhers end rsoholers de t
day. He is telling a etory for the pure
pQS ts of eiediag eat. Whet Ls raY neigh-
bor /
32. A Legible .• came and
looked ea bine, Horror or anerotiti
or budding sympathy brought him
nearer to the wounded man than the
priest bed come, bat he also passed
by on tre, ether aide.
teeetain $anlaritag, as he
ion,Oresyed, oame where he was. There
le aeteilting contrast between this
QUEER CUSTOMS.
The custou) a "eelliag bycendle"
—an ouoiellt oeremony-sestill nrevaiie
eeveral towns in England, notably
at Aldermaston. It is letting lead,
not s1fln hewever, and the property
Piece ot, ineedow, the "church
aerea. which wee beq,Ueatited Seine
'aenturirea Ago ,t9 the church. The oust
tom or ceremony ie as folle‘we A
eaadle is lighted, and I tach below
the flame * duly measured off, at
which point a, pia is, inSerted, The
hiddiere then oommences and contin-
ues 1,141t13 the in of eandle le erelsOra-
ed arid the pin dreps oat, To the
ene who is biddime es the pia arops
Seat the land belongs. Every three
reera this cereeneny s pertoxerted,
At Cliedzoy the church are, It
every tweateaorte years by this mean.%
and at Tatwortia a eale by lighted
candle tortes Plaoe every year. At
Warttbe grazing right's upoe the
roadside heve been aenually let by
tae eame means. a eastern which bar
been, obeerved since the time of George
Ift. The, one who presides at the
produces the old book con-
teining the reoerd of tiet annual led,
inge siege D3t5,•,, An ordinery eau-
men and the otheree The Levitt; had die is theta met iuto five equal per -
come tbe piece, he Caine ta 1111A- tien,s about oneebeit bleb louh, one
Red ooroPa4101:). nn 'The' for each lot. At the last euction,
ethers bid look'ett with ea -14°345v' bt4t tention was drawn. te the fact that
litout deep or broad pity or elute - 14r4 - old _ravel
1.4g rig over 444 _
pa by. Oompassien, was the men- ptt were included in lot 1, but un.
thtl 4iftereeee between the gaol Sam- tely there were tur flab in the
leen and the.ethere. 11 was a dile gentlemen Pleeeel
erenee between beert and epirit, tle ligare burning," was a frequent
NV le he oatward aete were but t ortatiop,
reseion unerele in some parts of Mice
34. Went to. bine and bound uphie Le 4 curious custom, poor
psrson hired—"a loug, lean, agly.
THE VERDICT.
The onla way to get- aeoeuel tit 'feud
seat Rends" is to melte the epee' ettas jest
wide etiough for two pemone.—Spring-
field Union.
aberidan's ride hevieg heea dispoeed
or, we 9.wait the te.oeociset that WWI
seek to diseredit the egneetrian iterforme
gime a Tam drShautewe-Claleego jeer,
Pal,
AA eaceptamally elallful brand ot pick.
pocket le now added to, the terrors of dee
feetbre bridges eed bamteable bend.
Mgs tut features ot -the Paris expositiom
—att, regnis, Republie.
The reineilnk et Seeie gigmatie lout tun
kaown ereeture of other ASSYS heYe bee'
unearthed aear Atlautie Oite. sag
0. the skeleton tbe prehistoric an+
quito.—Buffalo Illapress,
Sunday golf player hest saved ties
Three ot two wart Nif*:*Se• beat naPiineil•
Ths niAnt in'ttring thi3 ineiout uses"
the Sunday golt questioe uaa not yet
betel determined.
A men who Ion pees' writing poetry
for rd years has gone to the Poorhoust
in New York. gow socceeded J4
bolding' out se tong will se; 40wo jo kis•
tOry 51; otte OR the onaolvable proble,4444
the age.—Denver Post.
After all that Philadelphia nmeeement
boy didn't arrive in Pretoria before the
deperture of your T,Teete raw, Nog:04
the treditioael aleereeea Of the Service
rear ot the ality o)f, Heatherly Love was te
Mame, It was simply Bow tikot.—Oof
too Exprees.
The reactimiery teedeuee In Prance%
thet is. from reimblieeetene to me:natal/
ttendetakable. Meet of tae Mee et
kalas ere eppeeed reeetiou. The wee
without brains, aut *he rely en. Oran
ere, generally an tiln other eide.—Imtle;
vita; Couriererhereet,
"You meet pet kilt Araericeos," isaye
the eulten et Side is. 4, Oreelerptielt te
hda people, "beettuee they ere like
butler of Platehea, and it you teeth one
the whole howl; will go at" he Anita*
certeiela tete a eletereeoue stele a neer
der which a toattuel ran, keeP the dividwas, ef caturchea, and of worlds. 231° world trt4y haY° Weighed thetn ateohe of wit; it was a atatertieet that toitnrd• hbrsicians. ranting in re Reseed to the man over the eerPse,
PERT PERSONALS.
Remedies then, wateily or lade ox* it; tease be eonsumee, and The sultan. bas started a, titmice' MO,
may have Iveighed themselves. and
Jesus came net to destroy the law, tat alta Maw.
given a selt-gratulatery deeision; but but to °Iltit it—tbat the l'aate at all P"6ertbvAl by 1>bY6i6'3114; wine to by tee proe,ess be, is suppesea to take There are very few long shots, that es.
ranged to catch tbe aural -ea in willeh a world. Yea, our earth itself is to 0 d • ell • • eakab, ltKe ltvratt,La teavoinll‘,g1:02,,toiLe ,t Irish °le: lg.tivhenn ch'4111,-40 the wound) on to adaaage tbe 'an hire all the eine of the deeease4 and cat,el:.; teeui'weorri: pree takes th'e nee;61714'
timesot freahet a great lake was ar- able; but it is heavy enough to crush
now
ern
unu
would tzank tio.t tbe, Alps, and ttyre are pliteed the Seeeig ef the unperdoe- al'erilre'rttr°°. '4° Y°11 glee? The ormAatrets.as J:L..„7'"':forg'7:::T)3111 ee the P'31.5141 fr"4 walkil* aft" -.jai-btu-II' elPil de*-ellbeii hlaleelt " 4
it times of drought, when it was tenth. and eadaye, and seas, you lealaneee. On this aide of the scales
175.4 '''..`"'"de" it --t *.trrtr"-- "*tt
be water was tept ae in a reservoir let put ne envies, with an, its raceme
t ming down over tile thirsty death. 'When a sin..eater is not eat- physical wreck, but ere will wager he
palace stood at each, end ot eases. and Himalayas, and Mount ed—their wealtit all gone. their (weenie xyaillng Te4''18. tnPTAbli° Tending in the "-la 6Q.It 'AV" awl tillriltkle with ' *teed .glasses a -wino and funeral atilt drews a good pionopmselery as 2, Wat
all gone, tbeir titles ell gone, Nothing sPlagegue" wb°4 l'ile Iv" et tbi/ Lew "Ibte' ?..mi A ulu4b Taisw”d 11‘.1$' II bLiala5 4ra given to eaeh hearer eerrespeneent.-33eston e.reveler.
rattle bridge; one palace Wasbingtene, and all the. eities of the piton want to get a geed idea ot the
mile an three quarters in conapess, reraelue but the naked gouts ot tho nue %VS taken front the ark, and its case rage set Jareete 5,, 14, on whieh bee i Aorcs,s the Goethe The people bet
tetriver free). overflowiug the elty 4tuy Suppose that stn is iirietiuder- altd l'r°nettneed there moral. Tiler
41 e nee betweee. peaty and ewree gem-
, ' e reverently removed hirrn bared marl an erraila Practice 1 neve tbet every drop at wine drunk pare Alfrea Austin's latest effort with
Mut the other palaee seven and a half Teuneson's "Belaltlavaa"—Beeten. Glebe.
miles in eiretnuferenee. The wife ot Proteasor Olsear Outman, who jarred
Nebunhadoezeer, having been brought the mothers' eougress be deelering that
up among the zuounte.ins of Media, =suds love tor ;venom Is naive Me TnAl
4:4411(1 not stand. it in this flat countrything. haw a long explettation to reeks; ;a
of liebylon, and. See to please her, N home.—New York World.
buebadnexeur bad a raountain, Our bItterly beceuse A New TOrk artist 014 John John L. Sullivan hes complained
hundred feet aigla built in tile midst ed hien °with. feet like CameiboAt2." all
ity, This raountain was sure probably feared Ids fiends would think
enhe ded. by terrace; for the support he stood as the water wagon. -St. Londe
Republic,.
%bleb. great arehes were litted. On It isn't ueceseary to revert to anclent
I top of these arebee flat atones Meter" for heroic types. Young Mr.
., laid; tben a layer of reede An4 flaw et the University of California,.
Lumen; then two rows ot bricks, or so atter dinner, Is good. enough a Efer-
who hurls tbe 16 pound hammer 170 feet
owl), cemented; then thick sheets culee or an Idax tor present couaidere-
lead upon which the ;mil was plan- nom—Boston Journal.
earth, en one Kilo of the seare, would
foxsiveu. On the other side of the
opportunities
sh it. el God will at last iba worm had, orui sea e ed heeteld sabbathe, send eonle worallillar called upon to in the, Christien Mania from. the ex- atfutieral is a sin committed the
N'see les erelac
wnM
mieimproved privileges, disregarded read and ex9tamel• This laweer wee treme =Aldine ot the Horatil Catholic deceased, but thet h 4 ink' th
wha opportunities it neglec ted; and ittounterahle opportunities It aeher. it Chureb, to the format anointing with wine the seer of Hee, Ld
ay is r7eased°
he win n. sit dowon the white throne aetvPIt'us*
ase the tat world ttet4bed. aud Pardon. alarkl how the scales
c,oine down on We eble, loud as than -
will see it rise in. the belance lighter der I Gad, looking at the belancel obeli
then a feather; and he will ery out
to 3.4.1 mosso ..er3 wilt) tbe announce, in the presence et men and
devils, and eherubira and arehengol,
torcb, "Iluen thee world. Weighed,
while groanint; earthquake, and crack -
and tottnil wanting."
God
is every day astimatirts Kng eoeflagration, and judgment
trurapet, and everlaatina storm aball
catagehes. He put e a great chureh
Ile puts the minis. repeat' it, "Weigred in the balance,
Late the scales. and found warti,Ingl"
tars Alla the choir, lima the grand "But," you teak, "how, it we repent
tructure, that cost hundreds at bo -light and come to God, will we at
thousands of chillers, on the same last be weighed V" Yea! yes 1 There is
a e
luta been the habit at WA life en Sah- ell of teeny Peetestant healers, what -
bath daye to read awl expound in the ever else /A May have probe.
y 4044:M1n001111e$ to Jesus wile' blY means that the beet prevalent
,
a question about the attainment of ' tnadleal Meant ollonld ha taken for
eternal life, and, Jesus practically it: Hrecwit.ohveortyrolfweth3eraseufafree,rtiu'ricAuntlotinatn-
ease, "ow have you answered that
expression in the ancient wor1,1 a
question yourself?"
"taking metlioime" is with us. Set
arvel meaning ale. \View. arvel
27. TWm' MI 1113 own The heart WAS regarded as the beast. 'rhe artiste bread is passed around at a funeral
centex of itumau life, ,physical, moral,
spirituel, and intellectual, The ;vitae-
usbuOtallilf4YeutittelleigeS;1141't:laintailltahell°11:rkiLY; Zillagnuetshteispl°axre.et°4 to put a °hill -
tions were enthroue4 there, and every
from the burden at the elu.
In some places it is the truetom to
n4 to the frieuas of a tandly, after
a death, a bag of hisoult with the
rd et the deceaeed. These funeral
hi:emits—often small, round sponge
ekes—were known as arvei bread—
force whiab works in harmony VII
web down to .Terieho atoot; but If the
L4 atfootionai on.a. out ot tbis priest Pal the Levite are to receive
The earth here deposited was ea side. On. the other id ot the scales no eecape from the &mutiny. The
op that the largest trees had room he puts the idea. of spiritual life that wicked, bare been tested and
the Chureh ought to possess, or driven away
in their evioked-
beetherly love, or faith, or sympa.thy nuzit: Now le6 tho r.g.
i hteous get
for the poor. Up goes tbe grand on to the, balances. "Ohl" riu say,
meeting -house, with its minister and "let me oat,
te I ;Anna stand the test.
choir. Gad saya that a °hutch is of Get in, ye righteouel "What with
much worth only as it saves
all my slam?" No time to discuss that
souls; ana if, with all ' Y
-°usr ra' a.tter. The bell of judgment is toll-
megnItieeat . maahluarY" Y°11' 8ave inge The balances are adjusted—get
anehor their roots. AU the glory
thitarflowery trollies was spread out
t that tremendous height, until it,
t llama seemed. to oafs below as
eugh the elaUtta were all in blossora.
gm very sky leaned on the shoul-
der et the cedar. At tbe top an engine
was constructed, which drew the wa-
ter from the Ituphrates, far below, hut a handful of men when you might
in you most. All your opportunities
and made it spout up amid this gar- e.ave a multitude, he will spew you out
at being better and doing more good
of his mouth. 'Weighed, and found , are placed an one aide of the scales,
wanting an 4 yoa get in on the other. You
But I want to become more per -
are too light to budge the balances in
Nona', I have hoard persons say that
tome favour. On your side are spread
den. of the skies. AU this to please his
wife. I think sbe must have been
pleased.
In the tzarist at this city stood also
the temple of .Belus. Ono of its towers ministers ought to deal withInge UM
aU the kind wards you ever spoke,
?Was one eighth of a mile high, and the abstract, and not be peraonal.1
and all the Christian deeds you ever
on the top of it an obeervatorytwhich 'What success would& bunter h.aveuilf
' did. Too light yeti On your side are
gnat Eikr" astronomers great advan-
tage, as, being, et so great a hisiglit,
one could, easily talk Nettle the stars,
This temple was full of cups, and. sta-
tees, and censers, all of gold. One lin-
age weighed a thousand Babylonish
talents, which would. be equal to fifty-.
two )nillion dollars. But why enlarger
This city is besieged and doomed.
Though provisioned for twenty years,
(1 shalafall to -night. See the gold. and
silver plate flash On the king's table.,
Pour out the rich wine from the tank-
ards into the cups. Drink, my
lords, to the health of the king. Drink
to Um glory of 130.bylon. Drink to the
daentlers of the oity. Drink to a
glorious future. Startle not at the
splashed wine on the table as though
it were blood. Turn not pale at the
clash oi tbg nips, theugle it were
the cirt af arnsso On with the
mirth 1 thousand lords reel on
oar chains, and quareel and curse.
ohs esotted king sinks back on bis
, .a.nd stares vace.ntly an the
But that vaeant look takes on
Lefty. It is affseiffrighted look,
gazes, the lords gaze. Every
s ttened to the wall. Darkness
upon, tlfe room. The blaze of
the gold plate goe,s out. Out of the
black sleeve of the darkness a finger
of fiery terror trembles through the
ail and comes to the wall, circling.
about aS though it would write, and
them, with sharp tip of flame, en-
graves en the plastering the doom of
the' king, "Weighed in the balance,
and found wanting 1"
The bang a heavy fists against the
palace gates is followed by the crush-
ing In of the doors. A thousand
"gleaming ,daggers strike through a
thousand quivering hearts. , And now
Desth is he King, and his throne a
beep of corpses. An unseen balanee
bad 13.5611 65t. up in the festal hell.
Geds swung it. Belshazzar's (spoor-
tunities se one sido of the balance,
be wen ou, o
abstract ?Ile puts the butt of the gun1 Pat all Year prayers, all r°11r repent -
to hes breast; lays Ms eye along the I 'Ince= Too light yeti
all your faith.
Come and get on this aide—Paul,
barrel; takes sure aim; draws the trig..
ger, and creak go the antlers on the t Luther, Baxter, Payson, and Dad-
' dridge—and help the Christian
rock& Wlie.b. if a, physician, called into
your house, should. treat your ailments bear down the scale. TOO light yetl
in the abstraot V Hew long before
the inflatnroation would. heal, or the
pain be aesutiged? Whatfolly to talk
Get on this aide, all ye maxtyre who
went through fire and flood—Wiele-
cliff°, Ridley and Latimer. Too light
about eau in the abstract, when you yeu Come, angels of God, and get on
ana I have in our souls a malady
that ;nest be cured, or it will kill us,
miserably end for ever!
God lifts th,e balanoes to -night. The
judgment -day is coming. Every day
is a -day of judgment. We aye' this
moment) being canvassed, inspected,
weighed. Bub do not let us airget
on the scales at once. We will take
one at a time. lair.ho will get on first?
Here is a volunteer. He is a moralist
—as upright a man as there is in
America. Get, in, brother, What is
it that you have with you in that
bundle Be says, "It is my reputation
for morality, and upright/leas, and
integrity." Leave that beb,ind. It is
nob fair that you carry a bundle
with you. We just want to measure
you. Have you slandered Your neigh,.
boars? You say, "Never have stand-
eeed them." What outrages have -you
e,ommitted against society ? You say,
None." So far so good. Have your
thoughts always been right? You an-
swer, "Noa pet down one meik
against you. Have you zerved God
as you, ought? "No." Another mark
against you. Have you loved the Lord
JestioDlerisb with all your soul? "No."
Another mark against you Cema, now,
be frank. Ila.ve you nob, in ten thous'
sand things, come short of your duty?
Then I pub down ten thou. -
sand rnarks against you. Bring ine a
Larger book, in which I may make re-
cord of your deficits and neglects. Do
not jump out of the scales.until I
hare examined them. You etand on
one side, with. all your kindnesses,
tad hie eine on the other. Down and charities, and eGneiliati°11 cif
the soales, and see if ye cannot tuns
the balances in favour of the saints;
foe the judgment is ending, and. let
not the righteous be banished with
tbe wicked. Too light yetl Place
on this side all the sceptres' of light,
and all the palm-branehes of triumph,
and all the thrones of glory. Too
light yeti But at this point jeeus,
the Son of God, steps up to the bal-
anoes. He. puts one scarred foot on
the Christian's side of the scales,
and they tremble and quiver from
top to bottom. He euterboth feet on,
and dawn go the scales on the Chris-
tian's side with a stroke that sets all
the Bells of heaven a-chimingl This
Rock of Agee is heavier than any
othea• weight,
But, ah Cheietian; you may not get
off so easily. I place an the opposite
scale all the sins that you ever com-
mitted, and all the envies, and hates,
and incensistencies of a lifelinae, but
altogether they do not badge the
ecales. Christ, an your side, has set-
tled the balances for ever. There is
no °madame tion to them that are in
Christ Jesus. Go. free! go free! Sins
all pardoned, shackles all broken,
prison doors all' opened. Go free! go
free! Weighed in the balance and
nothing wanting!
The plum known as the Abuncleiste is
a cross between a Japanese plain and the
Interican wild plum.
The life of an Australian native rarely
exceeds 50 eears,
gentler Judgment titan la usu Illy MRS. GLADSTONE'S INDISCRETION.
whole heart, with the completeness of Tho
esse complex being, oats Lawyer sityal acerded them they Mould b3 equip - A probably no more idea.1 relations
q te as weas the ll tiamaritam e are tolove the Lord, as the first' I* ever existed between a. married pair
wcondition of inheritance of eternal ! oud, in Paint et fact, most travelers
that time would ba astritle than those of the late Mrs, Gladstone
key as tbey passel. through the clan.-
a don- , and her distinguished hutimand.
lite. Next, we are to love hira withi ,akt
sleeted "with all aux individuality."! 8‘e
A. rens defiles of the "Irloody Wart" life abet WAS his confidante and aaviser
Throughout his long career in public,
all OlUX Soul, Which mtght ba inter -1
n. um. Relate of two old inns are and was intrusted with the weigh -
We are to love him also with all our;
not to be found between Sericite and i tiest secrets of government.
streugth, with zeal, and ardor, and j
erusalem, one of wbicb, deeoribed by 51 13 =id that when Mr. Gladstone
energy. Lastly, with all our mind, cT., a •
orker, m a caravan:Mad- Took care ;became a Cabinet Mims• ter be said to
Orillr faculty a thought, our moral un- of ,e,
men Gen,tly ministered to his.. his ;vire, "Now, my dear, shall we
deratanding. Thy neighbor as thy -1
1 ants. !agree that I shall tell you nothing so
lenlfg•liol3hthewordtoretblntheG`rneighboroheeihabaudr muus
laethe,; vt3rs. On. the morrow, when he de- that you ten say nothing, or shall I
parted. Bueiness called him to Seri- tell you everything and, you agree to
Originally, the nearest person; near- oho, a.nd the comfort ot the wounded say nothing'?" Mrs. Gladstone otiose
ness, proxLmity. Ou.r Lord expanded man could not be secured by taring the latter alternative, Thereafter
and raised the meaning to include the' him with him. Two panne. A suill- ,her husband related to her everything
whole brotherhood of man, and love 1
altent sum. to defray expenses until that went on in the Cabinet and she
foe man as man everywhere. See this, : bee retard. never told anything except once.
Whish 1104Y of these three, . At one tines two ministers were din -
thought dwelt upon in the Thoughts) 36. Whi
for Young People on "Who Is My 1 thi
1 nkest taco., was neighbor? Or, Ing at Hawarden, and some reference
Neighbarf" i became a neighbor; did thduties of was made to a Cabinet matter. Mrs.
28. He said unto him. Jesus said to a meighbee; or, as the Revised Ver_ Gladstone started to say something
the lawyer. Thou bast answered' Won, "prove.a neighbor." Dr. Alford which revelled the fact that she knew
the secret. In an instant there was
right. Time answer has been straight; brings oat the thought Lu this way;
fleshed u op, b
; e wag r Jew 1 eoome , p er from the brilliant
eyes of her husband one of those inl-
and correct. This do and thou salt "Th • hire S h el b
live. Compare Lev. 18, 5. 1 stranger to tbe wounded traveler; the
gave to bis us -
29. He, willing to justify himself.' stnanger Samaritan had become his Perions glonees which
, ually benignant face a truly ocrma
Determined to justify himself. He de -1 neigabocr.
mending mien.
sires some interpretation of the Were 37. He that sheweel 'mercy on. him.
" neighbor " which will narrow its ape; "He that dealeth with him as/ with a Mrs. .Gladstone was so agitated by
plication s....e as to include those only brother." Mont oaramentators note her momentary alih that her' usual
whore he recognizes as brethren—that that the lawyer avoided the nate
is. Hebrews as distinguished from hea- word Samaritan. No man is to be Te-
net know whether this lawyer would !Owed by any laelp of ours.Go, and
even include every Hebrew. Our do thou. likewise. When. this terse
Lord's parable bids him not so rnuch exhortation. was first uttered. the em -
to inquire who are ,his neighbors as wheels'.ee needed on the word "like -
to learn the spirit 01 love. wise," because tt,e sentiment of the
30. A certain man went dOwn from world was against true. Christiota
Jerusalem to Jericho. The road passes Thelighborlsood. But nineteen hun-
through a rooky solitude, then, as dred years a Ohristiaelty have neodi-
now, infested. by robbers, and called fid - ld'e sentiments and. now
composure deserted her. When the
dinner was over she went up to the
then and Samaritans. Indeed, we do garded as a stranger who can be re-
drawing room and had a good old
fashioned cry. Then she wrote a
little note of apology and sent it down
to leer husband and "the incident was
closed," to quote the language of dip-
lomacy.
the ",Red." or ," Bloody Way." It is
emphatically down Or Jerusalem is
on the !mountain summit, Jericho in
the flat lands of the Jordan valley,
belOw the sea level. Fell among
thieves. They surrounded him every-
where: As the original intimates, the
thieves of the Jericho, road were not
Stealers merely, but men of violence,
marderous banditetn spite of the
fat that the Romans had built and
garrisoned a fort 'on the way, these
robbers a,bo,e.nded. Not even the Ro-
man soldiers hien!, free the district.
Stripped. hail of his eaiment. Took
everything he had, goeds and money,
and even his clothing. Wounded him.
Beat him. Leaving him half dead.
The phrase has been turned literally
into English, "Happening to be half
dead," or, "Leaving him half dead as
it chanced," which shows that this
condition'was a matter of no concern
to the robbers.
they a,pprove of the good Samaritan,
and even weeldly philosophers teach
the "altruistic" dcotrine he exenap1.1-
fied. In the preeent day, and to oar
classes especially, the emphasis should
be, placed on the "thou." Don'tsit in,
seathnetata.1 philenthrophsr and weep
over neisery and bleeeother good dam -
Battens. Go, you, a,nd do something.
DID YOU KNOW THIS?
January and October of the same
year always begin with the same
day. So do April and July, also Sep-
tember and December, February,
March and November a.Lso begin with
the same day.
Simpkins and hisyoung wife had
just completed their fitet quarrel. ,
.5 wished I was cleach she sobbed':
I \vigii 1 was boo, he blabbered.
Th,eu 1 don'ts w,tsh I sees.
A.nd t'he Wax continued.
SHIRT WAISTS IN AFRICA.
Helen Caddick, one of the few white
women who have ventured into the
heart of A.frica, has recently written
about iser trip from Zambesi to the
great lakes—a trip for pleasure.
The cotton baptises or waists avhiels
she woxe were washed and "ironed"
by her native "bay," and the process
was extraordinary.
The laundryman „first spread a mat
on the ground. Next the clothes to be
" ironed " were placed on it, and
smoothed out as, well as possilele.
Then, placing a towel or some large
cloth over the garment, he rubbed hie
feet back aul -Earth OV'e-r it uatil he
thought it wae simootle enottgle
JEWELRY JOTTINGS.
Neck ornataeute of every kind are OAS
year In the front rauk of jewelers'
vrares,
The fine gold neck chain wjth a hand-
some pendant jewel, either diamond, cu-
rlously shaped, or pearl, etneraid or othee
colored stone, is one of the establisbed
styles of the season.
Old idees in regard to the use at fewels
Inner passed out ot vogue. Tim moat task -
tenable and best dressers do not scruple
to wear strings of pearls or jeweled neck-
laces with the street tostume.
Curious ind unusual cuttings in costly
stones are very much In evidence toe
rings and Wet* eSpeeInlir tor pendants,
Fine diaraorsds are ent in marquise, Gila
51 heart shapes, emeralds asaume the
pear or drop town, turquoises are Cash-
ioned into scarabs, etc.
The great and growing popularity of
the emerald quite disproves the old say-
ing that "all things green are unlucky."
On the contrary, the new and revised leg-
end credits this beautiful gem with
smoothing off all the rough angles of life
and makes it the smartest of bridal gifts..
—Jewelers' Circular -Weekly.
YOung Lady—OE, you wicked bny 1
robbing the poor bird of its young
ones. Do you never consider how sad
you Make their mother?
Ole replied the bay, their neither
diami care, for 'thates her, you've got in
yer blab.
POULTRY POINTERS.
Oats it scalded at night and left to
stand until morning make an agreeable
change forthe hens.
Very glee -dust is an excellent pre-
ventive of lice end disease and may be
used freely scattered around.
The hens should always have some-
where to dust. They will soon rid them-
selves of lice if they have dust
When the wings are cut, the feathers
do not renew mitt] the bird molt's, which
is usually in the fall, but when the
feathers are pulled out new oues appear
la a short time.
One advantage with the heavy breeds
of ducks is that they can readily be kept
within an inclosure with a low fence,
and if given water in, trough for bath-
ing they will thrivi and do well.
Do not allow the drinking fountsiu to
stand in the smne place all the time,
Change it to a new pface every day or
two; otherwise the place may become so
foul as to cluise disease.—St. Loins Re-
public.
THE COOKBOOK.
A little borax water boiled in the cof-
feepot twice a week for 15 Minutes
sweetens and purifies it.
In making bread rub a little sweet lard
or butter over the top as of -ten as it is
kneaded, and it will not only rise moee
quickly, but will hare a soft, delicious
crust when baked,
Rhubarb jara is particularly nice it a
little ginger he adled, Mille preserve. A
halt Dortiot of chopFed tireapple also
makes a delicious confection, giving its
own flavor to the rhubarb. But rhubarb
jam tart—au naturel, asit were—is so-
perlatively good eating served with
Whipped cream makes a dainty fish
sauce appealing to the eye and the pal-
ate. Tnip the cream, which shored be
cold and 24 hours oldto a thick seb-
.
stance far beyond froth, yet not turned
to butter, remembering that it doubles in
bulk by this operation, add a few drop*
et anchovy sal'Ao end serve col?,
,
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