HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-10-4, Page 3CALAMITY .V1AKES MAN KIN.
Rev, Dr. Talmage Speaks on the
Brotherhood of Man.
A detspateh frOM, Waahington say a: one. The thrill of sympathy that
Dr. Talmage preached from the went through all of this country, and
following text :—" And it °erne to pass through all of Europe, Showthat we
that waen the sun
we dowse and baleen to one family. All tbe people,
it was dark, behold a smoking fitrna.ee white, black, and eolePer-coloared, Pr
and, a burning lamp that passed be, testent and Catholic), find their hear
tween those pleces."—Genesia ev. thrilled with the impulse a one co
When the aneients wanted to take Lunn hretherhuadi
an oath they would slay an tolimal, Tbere are those who do not like th
points, and miaway between the piecees idea. They say that Goa made t
00Posite to eaoh other. Then the part- Indian, and set Inan down thie side
les woulcl advance from opposite the Atlantis), and the Spaniard, on t
points, and nadiway between the pieces other sideand the A.frican, and plac
to.he tbe oath. God. wished to take an him( in the snaky jungles* and se e
oatb. lie ordered A heifer and some
ericau °latrine anel mission ohapel,
au d great a. Paul's chiming the clear,
sweet, silvery eong of th'e Millennium
The Church of God, no more a barrack
for fighting Chrestians, seal' become
great temple, on Atriums walls shall
be bung olive -branches of peace. :the
flags ef all nations, once carried in
front of hostile armies, shall hang in
graceful festoous above those who;
°floe were fan of hate. The "Mar-
seillaise ITymee'' and "Emmy Doou,"
and "Heil Columbia," and God save
the Queen," shall raingle in one great
song; but, touched into resurreetion,
U shall mount into a harmony oe use-
' imagined sweetness aud Power, that
ra-
saall soar, and melt, and. pour into
the ballelujelt that, like the voice of
t many waters. and the voice of mighty
thnnders, comes surging up to the
ef feet of Jesus,
he
ed I learn, from. the Chioago fire wbet
a poor place the earth is to pat our
n,
treasures in. Millions of dealers of
nt
it property destroyed in a day and a
night! How much toil of braie, and
a hand, and foot represented be that
of
es property! AU the anxiety gad
birds slain and divided, wed the pieces
lain opposite to eaen other; then be-
tween the pieces paese.t first e fur -
nue. tepical a suffering, aud then
a lamp, emblem of deliverance.
So it is in the hi.story of individ
and that then from these differe
representative men the human fam
ly descended. But Paul 'mocks (lea
taut whee, standing in tate presence
sine of the most aristocratic audienc
of the world, he proclaims, in the nam
of God, this democratic doctrine "Go
"lath made of one blood all the nation
cities and. natioos. First, the awful 04 men:, They started tram on
turuace, Jaen the cheerful lamp. Tbe
e garden, and they fell in one transgre
Carleton!, of conviction, the laiPP et eionz they are redee.med be the tiara
perden. The furnace of trial, the almighty grace, and are to shine to
lamp of consolation. The turaece of
eeer in the saute beavenly kingdom,
want, the lamp ot prosperity. The fur- This toetbag at consanguinity is
oi death, the lam') of cou
glory, latently Illustreted, A mine in Eng
neat
" And it came to pasts that wiles), the '
;land faits upon the workmen, arta a
son went down, and, it was dark, be- 1 newels feel the sottitcation. prim
a smoking fereacie and a burn- Albert dies, and victoria me the syrn
Ing arap thit 'tamed between those /lathy a all Chrietendom, A plague
pieces." Italia upon Loudon, and nil the cities
It is the duty of the minister to in- at the world weep at her agonies. An
terpret solemn providences. Stall a earthquake evoke down a Mexican ,
tee nation% gate, beggared, wlaile tbe city, and bath, beraispberes feel the
ship founder, carrying down hundresie theca, letnairet stalke througts India
of Pashengersi or a nunnowder Plot be and dietant natione send their cargoes
iliecovered ; or a revolution keel; of bread,
forth; Or a pestileuce put Its leprous Tines drjpe of luta-ere-4 lerseher..
beasts& over the white lips of an em- tww:uilit mit tin atii
pire; or a great city orouelt down at
„ eutee in Atoll eittente will make Wit -
lent; tongues of the flame "3 .in men. As with leants and
semis, and the ministry be dumb? 1, ateasaist ate went men, trbe teeria
On the ate of tbe great Chicago fire, zastk, yivjg h3"AAR and tamsi
children had leaned, their hands „nds, and the be5t. cuiture will on!Y
evening prayer, and all over the Pity Make better yams anJ tentariods. alae
the " d * "had beu given,wiutry regioue will yield the betas
when destruction broke forth. The two and berries; and culture will oat
coursera of burrieane and cionflagra- maw this ditterha_
ce that they wil
tion, yoked together, drew on the produce bettor barley and larger ber
chariot in whlob white Want* and ries. You will not expect to find th
rains Deapaire and shrieking Terror
eine vegetable products in Paragua
nr mounted. Store-liouses that had 05 in Lapland. Cloves and cherrie
en the pride ot the continent sur- conach weii drink the same ate. Nut
entlered their bolts and bars, and Iron =Ira_ and eurrants will not grow aid
atlas, tbe first touch of this irre- by aide. When God made one pa.rt o
sista& burglary. Churches of God, the earth, be seed, You yield ban
that bad gone up with a self-denio.I 0,
sweat of twenty years gone in one
tei day of destruction. We have been
accustomed to think that if property
were insuree, all was well. Bat
st even ineuxemee companiee have gone
down. Set not your affections on
r anything you. cen WAIN, for it 1$ pet --
fellable. Do not worship your fine
,, reputation, or your wealtItY store, o
e your large !mimeo, or your swift ship,
it but build up tit your soul 4, telnaan
a I of Cbrietian oharacter. Detesters
caenot cruehl it, nor fire consume it
nor Ireonociaat ilefecti It* altara, nor
time chisel down its walls. Yet poll
ticians bave worehippel their office
aud =reheats Oar busiuess, ad
and patoters their pictures, and
musicians their attainments, and
architects their buinlings, and Mee
torians their bootie; and how often
hwe they aeon their works perish
Wbat poor place to pat mire's tree:e-
ine! painter. Wee' making
tbe fresco of a building, standing
higb an the =ha:a:ling, was en-
tranced with Ids own work. and
oppea beck to admire a, and In ins
excitement forgot that he stool upon
i. a high scaffolding, stepped back too
far and fell—hie life dashed out far
beneath on the marble. So 1111.11 ae
rustle of palate and the °lane of
of celestial tewere, "Hail 1 bail 1"
But there is an obligation growbeg
out of the tiervic,e, and, that is tbe
duty of giving prompt relief to the
houselese, homelees, exhausted, and
dying. They want something besides
'God bless youee-na.mely, tippet; and
&envies, and. shoes, and hats, and
coats, and dresses --yep ail the articles
of a winter's wardrobe.
You will not tura your beak on
this saffering% Your bed to -eight
will be eater if you feel that you
have provided some sufferer with a
mattress to lie on. Your own foott
will be sweeter if yoa eneke provie
elm for tae bungereetrucle, Your
own. eladren sum brighter -
faced if you provide etookings for tee
little base feet.
Get ready for a greed odietribution
of coaoney and clothes. When the box
comee around, let it seem like tbe
-meted. hand of suffering stretebed
out for Let tae °Plumb official,s
move dowu the a:sles as they
gather the alms, remeraberbag that
the amount they gather will decide
whether smae groaning' mitu or wo
man shall live or perish. As in the
last nay we hops to find merey of the
nerd, let us to -night slum mercy t
otheesi
0 thou evil -delving one of Gotta-
sentaue meet the press, Oren nnoll us
thy Spirit.
APPLES FOB, /MAIN.
amoug all fruits, the apple stande
nret with, tbe larger number of per
sous as being eletglaalehe in good cenda
e Lion more days in a year titan any
ather fruit. Appiee plgtced ready for
the, children when they are awake in
tae morning, to eat as appetite de
-
mends, wilt be found a turning -paint
where little ones are troubled with
malty petty ailments, remarked a doce
tor witesee name is known all over the
• country. There are few children who
woalds net eat an apple before break-
fast1 a oued the privilege. It te =al
mistake not to let them have it. The
nervous system, always ceiling for
b , ' q ie y a u ruit
.diet. Apples relieve the mama of
seasieknese, and are a help to those
who are trying to break themselves ot
1- the tobaceo habit.
1 '
mire their worldly achievements and I A good, ripe, raw apple is completely
o in their enchantment step bade o
k, and step back too far,and fall
ruined for life and lost for eternity.
3
t
- Again; Learn from the recent aw-
e fill calamity tbe beauty of heroism
f and self-denial. Scene after scene
- of self-denying heroism. How grand
and o another, 1. au yield
worthy of an angel's eulogy, droppea plume end pears;" and that portion
their organs, galleries, vestments and thrives best which attempts to pro-
conseerated ilate iato the ashes. And, duce and expert (.bat which God
worse than all, the bomeis took fire, ordained it to raise. So, in the ani
p.nd away went sacred relics, and the
raal kingdom, you will not expeet to
last pillow on which to sleep, and tbe and the ichneumon where you hunt
tail: leaf o: bread, tritl millionaire and for the otter and. walrus. As with
pauper, trudged down the street, the plants and animals, so with man. 'nhe
flaming sword swung at the gate of tropical regions will make passionate
their paradise, forbiddthg tlictn evernate:tea and arctic severities wit
again to enter. Hark to that IIXII10-1 tom temperaments coed, and stolid
sloe of blocks, that fail to stop the rave and sullen. In the regions of the
sion o blocks, that fail to stop the Gospel there wilt be the same groat
rat ages; to the shrieking of thnt fent- citexacteristics as new, although
ily, gathered, on the house -top, )'g -
ging for help, until the wife faits,
and the children faint, and the teth-
er staggers, and all die; and to the
cry af those men and women who go
It is, amid the selfishness of th
world, to find such generous dead
The Moravian missionaries ever
told that they could not eater Us
lazaretto where the lepers wore (ly
ing unless they stayed there. "Then,
they seal, "we will go and stay there.
Tiny went in to nurse the siok, an
perished. You, have read the life
pure -hearted Elizabeth Fry, toilin
I among the degraded. But the full
, biographies of the world's martyrs
will never be written. The firemen
in alt our cities who have rescued peo-
ple from blazing buildings; the sailors
who have helped the passengers of
the wreck, themselves perishing; th
nurses who have waited upon the sit
im yellow fever and cholera. hospitals
digested in eighty-five minutes. Thie
easy digestion favours longevity, the
the pleasphte
oraue renews tbe nervou
matter in brain.
10 the jaice of lemons and liraes
may be found a cure for bilious colic,
and for some forma of rheumatism.
Hot lemonade will relieve re
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONALLEON our. 7.
"Jesus tetanus Wirt leherlsee." isolte 141
1-14. Golden Text, whosoever Isttelteth
Utnetete senil be Abashed ; and ue mat
naaobleth UnneetrShtsti be F.Nalted.
EBAOTICAL NOTES.
Verse 1. In the Ireert of his most
anpopular year, waile the priests
were perfecting their plottings for
death, Jesus accepts from °Aloof
the chief Pharieees. an invitation to
dine. We know. of no case in witieh
.Teisuis refused an invitation. In
what Lien% thIS Man was "tine of
the raters" la leis sect is not clear,
for the Pharisees were not organized
with officers or "armies of distinc-
tion ;" probably he was a EaOlaber of
the Sanhearini ae may hive attain-
ed personal eminence, like Hillel.
Shammal., and other rabbis, from
some combination of rank, learning,
talents, awl integrity. To eat bread
is a colloquial phrase for "to dine."
The invitation hes been regarded. by
some as a plot aor our lewd% deatruc-
tion; bat this is not probable. On the
Sabbath day. Elaewhere we have
noted the luxury and display of Jewish
Sabbath teases; haw they intro.iticed a
lavish variety of food, and indulged
in dancing and secular songs, while,
nevertheless, they were too religious
to eat :Anything, hot; all their food
must be cookeit the (ley before. The
piety (het on the Sabbath wetilit pre-
vent a conk from preperinn a meal.
but would hire a clawing girl to per
form in the preemies of the feasters
has Ind modern representation. They
watched hive. All were curious, some
were liestile. Christians are con -
Kandy muter notice, like their Was-
ter.
2. "hold. An uneepected occur
renee There wile a certain man be-
fore bins winch bad the drepsy. This'
was before the meel Ives begisn. Eva,
dently elan was not a guest; he
had come, in Minnie fashien, in Wate
the feasters, and perhaps to reeeive
a lime feed parole from the kinder -
I
the folly that now peevails among tbe A COLOR TALL
-,.•
"nobility" oe Europeaa capitals and
A few! "tourehancired.e" in Almeria
pomnaerciaI centers., Everybody t
careful as .to "precedenee," the nevi
of his seat. Sometimes a guest's po
tion table was fixed by A social
Charity e sometimes, as on tbe ,pres
oocaellou, eaoh man asserted his o
elaieas, A shailter gaarrel 15
sprang up between James. a
John and the rent of tae disoiples
to the seat on the xialit and left be
of the nerd&
8. Wbeu thou. art baidee of a
man to a wedellage Wedding fen
were so Deviate in, the East that t
tweed "wedding" •cares popularly
be used for any great banquet. S
not down. in the highest room It
cline slot in the cbief cella. Lest
more tionorable maa than thou
bleden. See 2, 3.
9. Re that bade thee and hint, a
therefore outranked all guests. Sa
to thee. Give this man place; a
then begin with shame to take t
west roma. The guest on sleek a
occasion would take tbe lowest se
eimply becanse tbe °titers won
then be occupiel. No sooner wou
the more honorable men he taken t
the ohief Geee at the table than a
the guests anemia would seize the o
portunity to go a little higher, a
ly the lowest 8eats would be lef
Tbis consideration would Seen/
first eight to be prulential retie
dtlieoapt,u enti:r7lt„halillatts otbnetrbeets5u
face. Even in the superthin act
of feehiessable "men ar
grasping at the shalow and losin
the substance."
M. Go and. sit down in the lowes
room. Recline on the lietet berm
elate coma; take the hurebleet ems
lion. Friend. A tes est of reep o
Yr, but of affection. The gues
-ed oat as deer to the give
o feast. Then slant them hem
vor hip in the presenee of theta the
b MS at meat with thee. "Worsliip" her
means honor, respect. glory. St=
must have murmured, and some rims
here smiled with eetisfeetion as oU
Lord thee made bis connuerit$ th
; noisy throng that was flock:nit to t
, table; very itkely he himself bel tak
✓ en the laumblest aeat, and h id bee
. flown to the highest one by tile olose
quious Pharisaic host.
11. See Pro. 15.33; la 18, 19; .29. 23
s tt. 23. 12; Lune, 1. 52; 13. 3); 1 Pet
n
Tben eat( he aliso to him tha
bade him. Turning trona the rem
o pasty, our Saviour speaks to the hoe
—words so profound th tt they ha v
been fregaeutly mieun, lei st ood and
nzieapplied. Here again our Saviour
Ls turning from. -the surface of soilety
to the moral au,bstance underneath
L. When thou, nrikest a dinner
or a supper, call not thy friends,
nor thy brethren neither tliy
kinsmen, nor iby rail? neigh -
bars. According to the idioras of
orieutel speeca, this means simply. Do
not let the motive that is under-
neath your social activities be either
selfish; ;Ambition, or show, or 'tit-for-
tat," or personal rola t ionship. Lest
they' also bid thee again, and a recom-
pense be made thee. "Interested hospi-
tality intended to secure a return" is
wrong. L''n.selfish. generosity is
nobler than commou civility.
13. Call the peon the mahned, th
lame, the blind. The wretched o
every sort. This is not to be taken
as a divine authority for indiscrianin
ate ninisgiving. It is made to fit
Eastern forms of hospitality; its mean
ing is simply, 'Help those who most
need help."
14. Thou shalt be blessed. I3y God's
benediction. For they cannot re-
compense thee. There is no certain
advantage in this world to be found
by aollowing our Saviour's injunction.
Thou, shalt be recompensed at the re-
surrection: of the just. Our Saviour
is 'not now teaching any theological
tratbl concerning the nature or order
of the resurrection or the dead. Be is
in a Phariee.e's house and assumes
the Pha deli° theology; all of hose
present expected a "resurrection of
ot the just" in a sense in which Chris-
tianity never taught it. Jesus's word's
mean, "Thou shalt have treasure in
heaven."
ae, Strangefietegs About the NallY rvnikt,
vas • Ones ef nee kettaiew.
ity Yole ever ineitioe that there lit
P0 blue food S We eat tillage greets(
And red,. Yeliow and violet; flesh, fl*
or plante in all the colore of the rattle
bow exoetat bleei Many deadly Pala
sane are blue an coloT, suoh as bletee
st-
ate,
tint
wzz
tett
sin stolee or the deadly nightshade flower
n'ada eTheveryC9tbiltegw4atiastAllcisere1)44210 our4dlaepligreseIZ
taut thes is wily one af a theusand
ny queer feeette edema' aid entia Ee4t
sts bar ed anon and the particles of tleei
he metal eine at in motten, shaking' vice
to leatlY One Aga:414 anotler. Presente
it he the nuaroultehien ether ie eet
0. be metiate In large, slow waves, rolling
a throusle tne Atir the waves of the
be sea, Van they break upon our akin
and 04713 as Ms sansation a heat. as
acyl atiettefaxirceemf,teit ainotteimr mot:Lena wilauvaelebarii,are
nd travelaeg at mitna than ligletning
he {speed, and these break upoa the eye,
giving etes the eleuSatiese of red Unita
at Tine xed-hot ire*, getting still more
Id heated, throwe out other Seta Ot
le• wave, alit =metier and more rapid—,
0• raege, yellow, green, blue, itieligot
it Wet. All the aeoinD3 et the minnow,
p. The eye eaunet teli one anent arte
her; tbe whine beadle of rays mized
a ;Ina 43 an impressine of white,
at That tie the glom from the "white lust"
er , and eucle is the light from
a tithi greater briglitneas of tbe
san.r-
le _nrucdni,ighort aieugaeleiUtlydelieiglevt. Xa,YgrAoirdn,
, indigo end violet all mixed toe
. The mixture ot all color
,bto the aleteace ot all
t ,Iciiiiurs as otter darkness.
r, Now, paS3 a ray of sunlignt tbrounh
e. drop of water, anti the. colored raya
c re eptte up and throwa differeat
trecetress. The aunligibt abiniag
r =Any dr COS at ram
shower is all split up into
and the resait 13 the gergeoua
a e The acattered spray a n
• saa ware, of a waterfall, or a foun-
t iet, ma es little rainbows, calmed in
• be alma wag,
Eaeh k:nd of ligat bas its own
lat urea. Tits .red rays of light
zoake the lea,ves of the trees togrow,
o and ten all rotting and decay.
Xoreovar, if. you cut all the red rays,
gleati with golden brown
leyep instead of green,
ea is blue because the water re-
flect, the blue rays of light, but shale
t low seas are great, beceuee the blue
- light as mixed with the yellow reflex: -
tions frcen sand and stones at the bot -
o tone Green te a mixture of blue and
yellow. In this •green light of shale
Low water all seaweatis grow, and for
want ol the red rays, they have gold -
n and tawny leaves. Green and red.
eaweeds ere the excepteen, and blue
e.eaweeds are as rare as blue tree
leaves. At tins rate, laud plants
grown under green glass ought to
turn golden brown, like seaweed. 'ask
do. Experiment has shown that
under green glass plants grow near-
ly as well as under clear sunlight.
Under red galas nearly all planta
grow four times as quickly as under
white light grow to four times their
usual beight and throw This
aisfin
pLay of green leaves. ecIdei5-ar
proof that the red rays of sunlight
cause the green leaves to grow. This
e discovery will be of immense help to
f gardeners who want to force their
plants and to farmers trying to in-
_ duce early erops of vegetables.
Blue glass has a directly opposite
_ effsct. Pl.nts wid neither grow nor
die; they languish, and yet remain
alive. The blue makes them sleep.
The effect is exactly that of moon-
ligbt and starlight, when all plants
take their natural rest.
Now, es to the effect of color on
men and aniraals. It is known that
red light makes people irritable and
nervous. Blue and violet light kills
microbes. One of the greatest oi re-
cent discoveries is that bathing in
dry, hot light cures rheumatism,
sp.rains and strained =soles. Still
more impertant le the fact that a
bath In blue eleetrie light and intense
dry heat up to double the boiling heat
of water does not hurt, but soothes
and comforts.
hearted. So the women wise W.t3
sinner came ilati) ante her bait
quoting roam where Jesus was
Lazarus lay at the gate of Dives; an
n the Arabian tate, the hungry parte
stood at the door of the Bermecide
Perhaps thlis mau knew of the pre
hence of Jesus, and hoped for healing•
The term here need for "droaey"
technical, which mane but a pityeicia
would .hatie liven likely to nee. Th
disease wee held to be incurable.
3. Jesus anewering spice, Th
vosil "nuswering" does not always in-
icate a reply to spoken words. Jesus
imself began the discussiun that he
aw. was inevitable. The lawyers were
cribes, interpreters of the law. Is it
awful to heal on the Sabbath. day. If
hey had said "Yes" they would have
ommitted themselves bis side; if
hey bad said "No" they would have
rough( feria a howl of contempt
roue the "common people," whose re-
verence was like the the breath of
life to the Pharisees.
4. And they held their peace. A fine
old idiom. Equanimity and kindliness
had gone, and "peace" was about to
fly too, but the lawyers held it, and,
witht courteous exterior but hostile
earns prepared further to watch and
o listen, lie took him. "Taking hold
f him;" laying his hands upon him.
ealed him. "The healing was ef-
cted by actual contact." Let him go.
ently released by the Saviour, the
oor .man suddenly woke again to the
full possession of healthful powers.
And Jesus turned. back t.o the Phari-
sees.
5. Which a yea. shell have an ass
or an ox fallen into a pit ana will not
straight way pull hinnout on the Sab-
bath day? The ox and the ass were
the common helpers of common eoun-
try folk. The best manuscripts sub-
stitute "son" for "ass." The word
for "pit" means "well.' Wells with
out water are common in Palestine,
and are often left quite unprotect-
ed. As on former occasions, our Lord
vindicates his Sabbath miracle by re-
ference t.he common behavior of
righteous man in daily life. See Luke
13. 15. 15. The pulling at of such
a pit an ox, or an ass, or even a boy,
would involve much labor on the holy
Sabbath day. Why should any Jew
perforna this labor? Because "mercy
is above ceremonial law." Most rab-
bis taught that it would be right to
Let food • down to an ox or
an gas in a pit, but never
te hien out until* the Sale -
bath was over. But our Lord's ques,
Uwe indicates that whatever the rab-
bis cbiose to bea,ch common people
acted with common sense.
a
e it should not contain much sugar or Id
31 be very strong.
e The juice of oranges may .be used 6
e freely in nearly all forms of sickness. s
- J3ananas give strength, and may be 1
given to many convalescents in rea-
sonable quantities without fear of bad c
d effect.
In eating fruit, remember that the b
g remedy which will euro the disease t
may not be best for steady diet. ,
somewhat moderated and modified.
The Frenchman will be characteris-
tically polite; the Germa.n, pereistent
and plodding; the English, sell -re-
liant; the Ametrican restless and en -
down the street hatless, ra.ving mad, terprising; the Italian aesthetic; the
wringing their hands and tearing Spaanterd, quick and impulsive. Gospel
their bair 1 This child cries, "Where triumphe will not steal the *Scoteb-
• are ray father and mother? I won- men's plaid, or break the German's
der if they are burned up?" And this pipe, or dash dowa the Tallinn's easel.
man, seizing, hold of another cries,
"I wonder if this is the day of judg-
ment ?" and another exclaims "This
is hell!" and an bandel. standing at
the street -corner cries out, "'Where
is yeur God, now?" Carry out these
sick children in your arras and flee!
Wrap up that corpse and get it away
from this funeral pyre! Lift that sick
wcman. with the child just horn, open-
ing its eyes in torment I Get out this
life-long invalid, and do not stop for
medicines or blankets, for the stairs
are crumbling away—they are gone
now! Quick I leap from the window!
No uso in flying to the water's edge,
fox the army of horrors have crossed,
and pulled up the bridges after them.
With carts and drays, off to the
prairies 1 The night may be cold, and
the peaspact hopeless, but anything is
better than the sting of these oinders,
and the falling of these walls, and the
iling of this dying city. But how
1 they get out? To the north—fire!
e south—fire 1 to the east—fire I
"Death!"
ol• lite west—fire
Differenees for ever, but no querrel.
Chreet spreading Ins treaty of peace
over all menarehies and republics,
the potentates, presidents, and princes
of the earth will eome up and sign
it. Vessels of war will be anchored
at the &hip -yards; and changed into
into Merehantreen, or etrung into
the navy -yard, to be kept as relics
of a barbarous age, to be looked upon
as in our nuseams we now examine
scalping-kaives and thubscrews. The
reasterly treaties an military tactics
will be sold for wrapping -paper, or
kept fox curious examination, as we
now have In our libraries an old
Koran or a Chinese Almanc. The
surgical discoveries made in the treat -
extent of ,gust-sh.ot fanoture.s will be
enaployed in alleviating the accidents
to labouxer, farmer, and mechanic.
Th•e hatmnaer of the shipwright as it
beats, against the spikes in the ship's
beam, will sound "Life!" "Lite!" ita.
stead of, as now, rattling "Death!"
Yet deliverance is coming. Tele- 0 day of universal brotherhood,
grams from London, from Edinburgh,
from Vienna, from New York, from
Brooklyn—from two continents, on-
11011110h:1g NOP. Trains ' oonae with
the speed ef an express, bearing food
and. blankets'; and he who, when
things looked dark in the Shenandoah
Valley, got into lightning stirrups, has
just in time ridden into thie scene to
spread' tents for the shelterless, • to
'ecatter rations for the hungry.
It was an awful fur/laza! But it has
p'aseed, and new I see a light that
gets brighter arid brighter as it is
fed by the alms and sympathies, and
prayers of a world. It is the glowing
• lamp, the cheerful lamp, the glorious
lame of God's deliverance I
From an this you learn, without any
eareacher you, that Ave are 911
begin! It comes skipping upon the
momatains, and singing through the
vales. I hear its footsteps in the
tread of the multitudes of the devout
this day, on their way to church. I
hear its voice in the billowing up of
that great song of praise that this
night rises from all the churches of
God, illu.miaated for worship. I see
its banner lifted upon the fallen ram-
parts of great iniquities, the fetid of
light • streaming with the stars of
promise and good cheer. Thi e wave
of Gospel influence dashes higher up
toward full tide. Tiais song of joy, '
now tremulous and faint, will burst
into million -voiced acclaim. The tow-
ers that have so long been tolling
the sorrows of the world shall peal
another soand--Scotola kirk, and Am -
NOW SUB -EDITOR.
The editor took a new reporter on
f trial recently. Ile sent him to bunt
s, far news, and, after being away, all
k day, .he returned with the following
, which he said was the best he could
and sunk down to death from ex
• haustion; the Christian men who, o
the battle -field, have administered t
the fallen amid rattling canister an
bursting shell •
- do:
n "Yesterday we saw a sight evbich
O froze our blood with borror. A cab-
• man, driving down Market Street at a fe
rapid; pace, was very near running
Christian heroism has ever bee
n over a nurse and two children. There P
ready to face the fire, and swim th
flood. and dare the storm, if goo
might be done. Ami in that day when
men who sat in places of power shal
go down to shame and conterapt
these hurable ones shall have thei
names written high on the pillars o
heaven. Better than to have been
commemorated in poetry or song wil
it be for them who hear the good cheer
from Christ, "I was hungry, and ye
fed me; I was siok, and ye visited me
Enter thou into tbe joy of thy Lord l'
Again; Learn fromdisaster the im-
portance of being prepared for the
great future. Five thousand people
were known to have perished; I fear
there were many more, They had
no time for preparation. Many of
you are daily exposed to perils. You
walk on soaffolclings; you drive frac-
tious animals; you fly over the coun-
try on swift wheels; you work among
dangerous chemicals. The voice that
comes on the wind to -night says,
"Prepare to meet thy God." By the
the revolutions of the days and nights
you are hurried on to your last hour
of earth and your first hour of etern-
ity. Sleeping andwaking, your heart
beats the double quick step of an
immortal .spirit. See you not, through
the tap and mists of • earth, in the
dista,nce, the looming up • of the
heavenly shore, over which white -
robed inbabitants walk, for ever free
from toil and pain, and sin and tears?
Hark to the ory that comes over the
waters from the castles of the blessed,
from the lips of princes, robed and gar.
ended, from harps that never felt the
rough twang of woe, and from tram -
pets that peal Loath the victory of
many conquerors. The trees of God
tend1 with immertal fruitage, • and
antler them rest the toil -worn of
arth looking down toward you, ready
t your coming up to shout, amid the
e would have bean one of the most
d heartrending catastrophes ever re-
corded, had not the nurse, with won-
t derful forethought, left the children
at home before she went out, and pro.
✓ videntially stepped into a near -by
f chemist's shop just before the cab
passed.
1 "Then, too, the cabman, just before
reaching the crossing, thought of
something he had forgotten, and,
. turning about, drove in the opposite
airection. Eta& it not been for this
wonderfulj concurrence of favourable
circumstances, a doting father, a lov-
ing mother, and affectionate brothers
and sisters would have been plunged
into the deepest woe and most unut-
terable funeral expense. It is thus
that we are even in life haunted by
death."
The new reporter will be retained.
• QUEEB, VISITING CARDS.
In Korea visiting cards are a foot
sneeze. The savages of Dahomey an-
nounce theta- visits Lo each other by
a wooden boaird or the branch of a
' tree arbiatioatly carved. This is sent
on in advance, and the visitor, on
taking leave, pockets his card, which
probably serves hien for many years.
The natives of Seeraatra also have a
vesitling card, cenststing ref a piece
a wood about a foot long and decor-
ated with a bunch of straw and a
Husband—I see they're advertising
bargains in patent medicines at Kutt
& Price's dreg store. Wife—Isn't
that too aggravating, There isn't a
thing the matter with any of us.
• Why !de you leave your windows
open at night 9 Aren't you afraid of
burglars? Yes, that's the reason. If
I -keep the windows shut they'd prob..
abl 'br ak the 1
6. They coald not answer him again
• to these things. They felt their own
folly and inconsistency. And so the
Sabbath. question was pat aside for
the time laeeng and our Lord presnetly
began to talk on another subjeot.
• S. Be put forth a parable. A pro-
verb; a wise eaying ; a teaching.
Those, which were bidden. The in-
vited guests. ale turns away for the
moment from the onlook'ors who tined nil
th o walla of whom the dropsical map
had been one. When he marked how
they chase out the chief rooms. Slew
they were picking out. for themselves
the seats of distinction. Eastern
”society" was then honeycombed with
A MODEST REQUEST.
Madam, said the soldier of mis-
forearm, who was touring the country
disguised as a tramp, I do not want
anything in the • way of honae-maele
delicacies far the interior depart-
ment, but if it isn't amking too ,much
I went1d be glad to have you do a
little sewing fox me.
Very well, replied the kind hearted
,dy, what oan I do for you? ,
"Ils but a trifle, said the unrecorded
obeeteotter. I have a but ton h ere
at I will thank you to sew a shirt
.1,
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• DESIRABLE "DIGS."
Visitor; I caneot catola even e.
tense e.? the mut, yet your advertise-
ment nays, Drawing -roam witli fine
lam of the sea. ,
Mrs. Grableum; And isn't that a
fine view hung over the piano? Let
me tell you the frame alone cost fif-
teen shillings
THE PRANKISH WIND.
The newly elected. Mayor of a omen
-
try town was about to make his first
journey in that capacity through the
place. The townspeople had arranged
that from an arch. of flowers under
which, he was to pass a floral crown.
should hang, surmounted by the
'words. "Re well deserves it," But the
wind blew away the crown, and when
the pompous Mayor passed under the
atoll, to th'e great joy of those who
had voted against him, only a rope
with a noose itt the end of it dangled
there, witb, Re well deserves it stand-
ing out in bold relief above it.
• READY WIT.
At the burning of a provision shop
tb crowd helped themselves freely.
One .man greened p huge ham as Jets'
share of 115 plunder. Rising up
with, it, he found himself face to face
vhthl a policeman, and with admir-
able presence of mind put the plunder
.
into the officer's arms, saying:
You tad better take care of that,
policeman, or some one will be walking
of1 with it.
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