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Re,, Dr. Talmage Speaks on the
Brotherhood d o f Man.
detspetah from Washington says: one, The thrill of sympathy that
--Rev, Dr. Talmage preaoltad from the went through all of this country, and
following text;--," And 1t can to pass through all of Europe, shows that we
that wben the sun wont down, and . belong to one family. All the people,
it wan dark, behold a smoking ftuneee white, blank, and capper-ooloured, Pro-
and a bunting lamp that passed be testant and Catholic, find their hearts
tween those pieces," -Genesis, xv. 17, , thrilled with the impulse of one nom -
When the anainnts wanted to take moa brotherhood,
an oath they would slay an animal, T•hiare are those who do nut litre this
pants, and midway between the pieces idea. They say that God made the
opposite to each other. Then the part-) Indian, and set him down this side of
les would advance from opposite the Atlantio, and the Spaniard on the
points, and mdiway between the pickets other side, and the African, and placed 1
take the oath. God wished to take an hL'nm'in the musky jungles, and 3,o on, 1
oath. He ordered a heifer and some and that then from these different
birds algin and divided, and the pteces representative men the human faint -
lain opposite to each other; then be-
tween the pieces passed first a fur-
nace, typical o3, suffering, and then
erloaa charoh, and miselon chapel,
and great Sl. 1?au1'e o13Rtntng the akar,
Meet, slivery song of th'e Milleunium,
The Church of God, 00 Moro a bar'raok
for fighting Obrtetlane, shall became
a great temple, on whose .walls shall
be hug oliva -brunches of peace, The
flags of all nations, onoe parried In
front of hostile araales, than bang in
graceful festoons above . those wba
once wore full of hate. The " Mar-
seilleiae Hyma," and "Bonny Doon,"
and "hail Columbia,' and "God save
the Queen," shall mingle in one great
song; but, touched into resurrection,
it than mount into a barmony of un-
imagined sweetness and power, that
altell soar, and molt, and ieour into
the hallelujah that, like the voioe of
many waters, and the voice of mighty
thunders, cornea surging up to the
feet of Jesus.
I learn from the Ohioago fire what
n pose place the earth is to put our
treasures in, Millions of diallers of
property destroyed in a day and a
•
ly descended. But Paul knocks down nsgfC t rLow mooott or pram, an
that when, standing in the presence of hand, and foot represented In that
one of the most aristooratio audienoes property! All the anxiety and
of the world, he roclaime isweat of twenty years gone in one
a lamp, emblem of deliverance. of God, this demooratio doctrine nameGod day of destruction. We have been
So it is in the history of individuals, accustomed to thinit that If property
cities and nations. First, tbe awful halls made of one blood all the nations
of men," They started from one were insured, all was well, But-
furnace, then the cheerful lamp. The garden, and they fell in one transgres- even insurance companies have gone
arof conviction, the lamp of cion; they are redeemed by the same down. Set not your affections on
pardon.dor. The furnace of trial, the almighty anything you can build, for it is per.
lamp of consolation, The furnace of g Y grace, and are to shrine for
ever in the same heavenly kingdom. ishable. Do not worship your fine
want, the lamp of prosperity. The fur- This feeling of consanguinity is con- reputation, or your wealthy atore, or
nape of death, Lhe lamp of glory. etantly illustrated. to mine in Eng. your large house, or your swift' ship,
"And it came to pass that when the land, falls upon the workmen, and all but build up in yoar soul a temple
nations feel the suffocation. Prince of Christian character. Disasters
Albert dies, and Vietoriahas the sym- cannot crush it, nor fire consume it,
path of all Christendom. A plague nor iconoclast deface its altars, nor
falls upon London, and all the cities time chisel down its walls, Yet poli-
ticians have worshipped their office,
and merchants their business, and
and painters their pictures, and
musicians their attainments, and
architects their buildinge, and Iris- (many petty ailments, remarked a doc-
Eorians their books; and how often for whose name is known all over the
have they seen their works perish 1 country. There are few children who
What a poor place to pat one's trees- would, not eat an apple before break-
ure in! A painter, busy in malting fast if allowed the privilege. It is is a
the fresco of a building, standing
high up on the scaffolding, was en-
mistake not to let them have it. The
tranoed with his own work, and j nervone system, always calling for
stepped back to admire it, and da pia phospborous, is quieted by a full fruit
excitement forgot that he stood upon !diet. Apples relieve the nausea of
a high scaffolding, stepped back too reensrokness, and are a hen to those
far, and fell -his life dashed out, far rho are trying to break themselves of
the tobacco habit.
beneath, on the marble. So men ad -
sun went down, and it was dark, be -
bold, a smoking furnace and a burn-
ing lamp that passed between those
pieces,"
It is the duty of the minister to in- of the world weep at her agonies. An
terpret solemn providence°. Shall a earthquake rucks down a Mexican
the nation's gate, beggared, while the city, and boils hemispheres feel the
ship founder, carrying down hundreds 'shook. famine stalks through India
of passengers; or a gunpowder plot be land distant nation seud their rargoea
discovered; or a revolution break '
forth; or a pestilence put its leprous
bandage over the white lipe of an em-
pire; or a great city crouch down at
long tongues of the flame lick its
sores, and the ministry be dumb ?
On the eve of the great Chicago fire,
children had folded their hands in
evening prayer, and all over the city
the " good -night" had been given,
when destruction broke forth, The two
ocursers of hurricane and conflagra-
tion, yoked together, drew on the
chariot in which white Want, and
cursing Despair, and shrieking Terror
were mounted. Store -houses that had
been the pride of the continent sur-
rendered their bolts and bars, and iron
safes, at the first touch of this irre-
sistible burglary. Churches of God,
that had gone up with a self-denial
worthy of an angel% eulogy, dropped
their organs, galleries, vestments and
Con,eereted plate into the ashes. And,
worse than all, the homes took fire,
and away went sacred relies, and the
last pillow on which to sleep, and the
last loaf of bread, and millionaireand
pauper, trudged down the street, the
flaming sword swung at the gate of
their paradise, forbidding them ever
again to enter. Hark to that explo-
sion of blocke, that fail to stop the ten-
sion or blocks, tbat fail to stop the
vac rges; to•the ebrieking of that fim-
ily, gathered on the house -top, b•g-
ging for help, until the wife falls,
and the children faint, and the fath- t
er staggers, and all die; and to the
cry ori those men and women who go e
down tbe street hatless, raving mad, t
wringing their hands and tearing
their hair 1 This child cries, "Where
are my father and mother? I won-
der if they are burned up?" And this
man, seizing hold of another cries, D
"I wonder if this Ls the day of judg-
ment 1" and another exclaims "This
is hell!" and an infidel, standing at
tbe street -corner cries out, "'Where
is your God now ?" Carry out these
sink children in your arms and flee I
Wrap up that corpse and get it away
from this funeral pyre l Lift that sick
wcrnan. with the child just born, open-
ing its oyes in torment! Get out this
life-long invalid, and do net stop for
medicines or blankets, for the stairs
are crumbling away -they are gone
now 1 Quick I leap from the window 1
No use in flying to the water's edge,
for the army of horrors have crossed,
and pulled up the bridges after them.
With carts and drive, off to the
prairies 1 The night may be cold, and
the prospect hopeless, but anything is
better than the sting of these cinders,
and the. falling of -these walls, and the
Nailing of this dying city. But how
shall they got out•? To the north -tire 1
to the south -Pixel to the east -fire!
Me the west -tire ll
YeL deliverance is coming. Tele-
grams from London, from Edinburgh,
from Vienna, from New York, from
Emoklyn-from two oontinents, an-
nouncing help. Trains .Dome with
the speed of 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 the scene to
Knead' tents for the /shelterless, to
scatter ration for the hungry.
1i was an awful furnace 1 But it iras
passed, and now 1 see a light that
gene brighter and brighter as it is
fed by the alms and sympathies, and
ptirayers of a world. It is the glowing
lamp, the ohserful lamp, the glorious
lamp of Gad'a delLveranoe 1
From all this you learn, without any
preacher telling yon, that we are ell
of bread,
This doctrine of universal brother-
hood will nut make all alike, Differ-
ence in sail and elimate will make dif-
terenees in men. As with plants and
animals, se with men. The torrid
zone wilt yield the yume and lamae
rinds, and the best culture will only
intake better yams and tamarinds. The
wintry regions will yield the barley
and berries; and culture will only
make this difference, that they will
produce hatter barley and larger ber-
ries. You will not expect to find the
same vegetable products in Paraguay
a3, in Lapland. Cloves and cherries
cannot well drink the same air. Nut-
megs and currants will not grow side
by side. When God made nae Part 01
the earth, he said, "You yield ban-
anas;" and to another, "You yield
plums and pears;" and that portion
thrives beet whieb attempts to pro-
duce and export that which God
Ordained it to rales. So, in the ani-
mal kingdom, you will not expect to
find the ichneumon where you hunt
for the otter and walrus. As with
plants and animals, so with man, The
tropical regions will make passionate
natures, and erotic severities will
farm temperaments oak, and stolid,
and sullen. in the regions at the
Gospel there will be the same great
characteristics as now, although
omewbat moderated and modified,
T.he Frenchman will be characteris-
ionlly polite; the German, persistent
and plodding; the English, self-re-
iant; the American restless and en-
erprising; the Italian aesthetic; the
Spaniard, quick and impulsive. Gospel
triumphs will not steal the Scotch -
man's plaid, or break the German's
pipe, ar dash down the Italian's easel.
11ferences for aver, but no quarrel.
Christ spreading Itis treaty of peace
a
ver ell monarchies and republics,
the potentates, presidents, and princes
]rustle. of gallas 44d the .oiang of
of oelestlsl towers, "Hell! nail!"
Tut there le au abiigatioe t; rowing
out of tbe servioe, and that is the
duty el giving prompt ,relief to the
houselese, eloseeleee, e.tllousted, and
dying. They want something besides
'God blase yone' -namely, tippets, and
sacg1.o4, and shoes, anti hats, and
coats, and dresses -.you, all the artiotes
of a winter's wardrobe.
You well not tuna your book on
this suffering, Your bed to-nlgllt
wilt be softer 11 you feel that you
have parovieed some sufferer with a
mattress to lie an, Your own food
will be sweeter Le you make Provi-
sion for the hunger -struck, Your
own children will ssgin brighter-
faced If you provide stockings for the
little bare feet.
Get ready for a grand contribution
of (money and clothes, When the box
comes mound, let it seem like the
wasted bawd of suffering stretched
out for help, Lot the church off/eines
move slowly down the aisles as they
gather the amus, remembering that
the a'maunt they gather will decide
Whether some greening man or wo-
man shall live or perish, As in the
last day we hops to find mercy of the
Lard, let u3, to -night show mercy to
Wrens.
0 thou self-denying one of Geth-
semane and the Dross, drop upon us
ley Spirit,
APPLES FOR BRAIN.
Among all fruits, the apple stands
first with the larger number of per-
sons as being obtainable in good condi-
Lion more days in a year than any
other fruit. Apples placed ready for
the children when they are awake in
the morning, to eat as appetite de-
mands, will be found a turning -point
where little ones are troubled with
mire their worldly achievements, an
In their enchantment step book t
look, and step back too far, and fa
-ruined for life and lost for eternity.
Again; Learn from the recent aw-
ful calamity the beauty of heroism
and self-denial. Scene after scene
of self-denying heroism. How grand
it is, amid the selfishness of the
world, to find such generous deeds
The Moravian missionaries war
told that they could not enter the
lazaretto where the lepers were dy
unless they stayed there. "Then,'
they saki, "we will go and stay there.'
They went in to nurse the sick, and
perished. You have read the life of
pure -hearted Elizabeth Fry, toiling
among the degraded. But the full
biographies of the world's martyrs
will never be written. The firemen
in all our cities who have rescued peo-
ple from blazing buildings; the sailors
who have helped the passengers off
the wreck, themselves perishing; the
nurses who have waited upon the sick
in/ yellow fever and cholera hospitals,
and sunk down to death from ex-
haustion; the Christian men who, on
the battle -field, have administered to
the fallen amid rattling canister and
bursting shell.
Christian heroism has ever been
ready to face the fire, and swim the
flood, and dare the storm, if good
might be done. And in that day when
mem who sat in places of power shall
d A good, ripe, raw apple is completely
a digested in eighty-five minutes. This Perhaps this man knew of the pre -
easy digestion favours longevity, the
11 sense of Jesus, and pupal for healing,
the phosphorous renews the nervous
matter in brain.
In the juice of lemons and limes
may be found a pure for bilious collo,
and for some forms of rheumatism.
Hot lemonade will relieve fever, but
it should not contain much sugar or
1 be very strong.
e The juice of oranges may be used
freely •in nearly all forms of sickness.
y- Bananas give strength, and may be
' given to many convalesoents in rea-
' sonable quantities without fear of bad
effect.
In eating fruit, remember that the
remedy which' will cure the disease
may not be best for steady diet,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT, 7.
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PRACTICAL
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PRACTICAL NOTES,
Verse 1. In Chu !voila of his most
uhpopnlar year, while the. priests
were pel'feoting thelia plottings for
his death, ,leeus excepts from one of
the chief Pharisees an invitation to
dine. We know of no ease in which
Jesus refused an invitation, in
what sense lisle man was "one of
the rulers" in his soot is not clear,
for tbo'Plrorisees were not organized
With °fibers or "grades of atelinc-
Hon ;" probably be was a member of
the Sanhedrin, or he may bave attain-
ed personal eminence, like 111113,1,
Shant.mai, and other rabbis, from
some oombination of rank, learning,
talents, and integrity. To oat bread
Is a colloquial phrase for "to dine."
The invitation has been regarded by
SOMA as u' plot Ifor our Lord's destruo
tion; but this is not probable. On the
Sabbath day. Elsewhere we have
noted the luxury and display of Jewish
Sabbath feasts; how they introdltcod a
lavish variety of food, and indulged
in dancing and secular songs, while,
nevertheless, they were too religious
to est• anything hot; all their food
must be cooked the day before. The
piety that on the Sabbath would pre-
vent a cook from preparing emcee
but would hire a dancing girl to per-
form in the presence of the feasters,
has had modern representation. They
watched him. AU were curious, some
were hostile. Christians are con-
stantly under notice, like their Mas-
ter.
2. (Behold. An unexpected occur-
rence There was a certain man be-
fore him which had the dropsy. This
was before the meal was begun. Evi-
dently this man was not a guest; he
had come, Ln Asiatic fashion, to watch
the feasters, and perhaps to receive
a little food or coin from the kinder -
hearted. So the woman who was a
sinner came into another ban-
queting room where Jesus was;
so Lazarus lay at the gate of Dives; so,
in the Arabian tale, the hungry porter
stood at the deor of the .Barmeoide.
of the earth will opine up and sign go down to $hame and contempt,
it. Vessels of war willbe anchored these humble ones shall have their
at the ship -yards, and changed into names written high on the pillars of
into Merchantmen, ar swung into heaven. Better than to have been
the navy -yard, Lo be kept as relics commemorated in poetry or songcheer of a barbarous age, to be looked upon it be for them who hear the good cheer
as in aur n1.6"""" we now examine :.from Christ, "I was hungry, and ye
scalping -knives and thmbscrews. The
:Enter
ma, 1 was sink, and yo visited me.
mastealy treaties on military tactics 'Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord I"
will be sold for wrapping -paper, or rlaAganoe of beirn ng
pre a redr the im-
will
kept far curi,aus examination, as we 1 great c3, of being prepared for the
now have in 001 libraries an old great future. Five thousand people
Koran or a Chines raneeAdma. The were known to have perished; I fear
surgical discoveries made in the treat-
ment Lt°saturea twill b 1 there were many more. They had
meet of , no time tot' preparation. Many of
o • you are daily exposed to perils. You
employed in alleviating the accidents walk onscaffollin s;
to labourer, farmer, and mechanic.' B you drive frac-
The hammer of the ebipwright, as It Nous animals; you fly over the noun -
beats against the spikes in the drip's try on swift wheels; you work among
begun, will sound "Eifel' "Intel" in- dangerous chemicals. The voice that
stead of, as now, rattlirtg"be,ttbl" comes on the wind to -night says,
"Deethl" , 'Prepare to meet thy God." By the
the revolutions of the days and nights
0 day of universal brotherhood, you are hurried on to your last hour
begin! It Domes skipping upon the of earth and your first hour of etern-
mountains, and singing tbrough the 'ay, Sleeping and waking, yoar heart
vales. I bear its footsteps in the ' beats the double quick step of an
tread of the multitudes o3, the devout 'immortal spirit. See you not, through
this day, on their way to church, t ' the .:.:s and mists of earth, in the
bear its voice in the billowing up of 'distance, the looming up of Cha
taint great song of praise that this heavenly shore, over whieb whlta-
nlght rises from all the churches of robed inhabitants walk, for ever free
God, Illuminated tor worship. I Soe from toil and pain, and sin and tears?
its banner lifted upon the (alien ram- Bark to bbs cry that comes over the
parts of great iniquities, the fold of waters from the castles of the blessed,
light streaming with the stars of from the lips of princes, robedand gar-
promise and good sheer. 'Title wave landed, from harps that never felt the
of Gospel Influence dashes higher up 'rough! twang of woe, and from train -
toward lull tide. This song of joy, pets that peal tortes the victory of
now tremulous and faint, will burst many conquerors. The trees of God
into million-voleed acela.im. The tow- bendl with Immortal fruitage, and
ars that have so long been tolling under them reef the toil -worn of
the sorrows of the world shall peal earth looking down toward you, ready
another sound -Scotch kirk, and Am- at your coming up Le shout, amid the
NOW SUB -EDITOR.
The editor took a new reporter on
trial recently. He sent irim to bunt
for news, and, after being away, all
day, he returned with the following
which, he said was the best he could
do:
"Yesterday we saw a sight whieb
froze our blood with horror. A cab-
man, driving down Market Street at a
rapid pace, was very near running
over a nurse and two children. There
would have been one of the most
heartrending catastrophes ever re-
corded, had not the nurser -with won-
derful forethought, left the children.
'at home Sabre she went out, and pro-
videntially stepped into 'a near -by
chemist's shop just before the cab
passed.
"Then, too, the cabman, just before
reaching the crossing, thought of
something he had forgotten, and,
turning about, drove in the opposite
direction. Had, it not been for this
wonderful 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.
QUEER VISITING CARDS.
In Korea visiting cards are a foot
equate. The savages of Dahomey an-
nounce their visits to oath other by
a wooden beard or the branch of a
tree areleti,aally carved. This is sent
an in advance, and the vielLor, on
taking lisavc, pockets his card, which
protxibiy serves him for many years.
r :Cho natives of Sumatra also have a
1 visiting card, consisting of a pima
of wood about a foot long anti decore
ated with it bunch of straw and a
lanifu.
Husband -I see they're advertising
bargains in patent medicines at Kutt
& Price's drug store. Wife -Isn't
that too aggravating? Tbere isn't a
thing the matter with any of tie.
Wh1y, do you leave your windows•
open at night? Aren't you afraid of
burglars? Yes, that's the reason. If
I keep the windows abut they'd probe
ably break the glass,
The term here used for "dropsy" is
technical, which none but a physician
would have been likely to use. The
disease was held to be incurable.
3. Jesus answering spake. The
word "answering" does not always in-
dicate a reply to spoken words. Jesus
.himself began the discussion that he
saw, was inevitable. The lawyers were
scribes, interpreters of the law. Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath day. If
they had said "Yes" they would have
committed themselves on his side; if
they had said "No" they would have
brought forth a howl of contempt
from 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 1C, and,
with courteous exterior but hostile
hearts prepared further to watch and
to listen. Ile took him. "Taking hold
of him:" laying his hands upon him;
Heaiedi him. "Tho beating was ef-
fected by actual oontaot " Let him go.
Gently released by the Saviour, the
poor,man suddenly woke again to the
full possession of healthful powers.
And Jesus turned back to the Phari-
sees,
5. Which of you shall have an ass
or an ox fallen into a pit and will not
straight way pull him out on the Sale.
bath day? The rex and the ass were
the common helpers of common coun-
try folk. The best manuscripts sub-
stitute "son" for "ass." 'Che 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 to the common behavior of
righteous man in daily tile, See Luke
13. 15. 18. The pulling out of such
a pit an ox, or an ass, or even a boy,
would involve much labor on the holy
Sabbath day. Wlty should any Jaw
perform this labor? Because "mercy
Is above corom.oral law," Most rab-
bis taught that it would be right to
let food down to an ex or
an ass in a pit, but never
to pull him out uli.,1 rho ;Sab-
bath) was over, But our Lord's ques-
tion'indicatos that whatever the rab-
bis chose to teach common people
acted with common sense.
8, They could not answer him again
to these things. They felt Chair own
folly and inconsistency. And so the
Sabbath question Was out aside for
tem time hetng and our hard preseettY
began' Lo talk on another subject,
'7. He pub forth, a parable. A pro-
verb; a wise staying; a teaching,
Those, which were bidden, The in-
vited guests, Ile turns away for the
moment from Lia onlookers who lintel
the walls, of whom the dropsical man
had been one, When he marked how
they chose out the thief tonne. HIow
they were pinking out for Ihmnselves
Lbe seats of itislinaliau, heater"
"society" was then honeyeoinbetl with
the folly that now prevalls among the
"nobility" of lluropean capitals and
a fowl "four-bundrede" in Asnorioan
carnlnercial centers, Bvel'y'body 10(18
Carefal as to "preoedetice," tile dignity
of hie seat, • Sometimes a g.uelit's pool.
Hon at table was fined by a Social Ito-
th'at'1ty,t` sometimes, as an the ptosout
000asion, mole man asserted his own
oiaims, A similar gnararel later
sprang up between James and
John' and the Pest of lite dlecdplea as
to the seat on the right and left hand.
of bLe I,ordf
8, Witte thou art bletelen of any
Man to a werkding. Wedding toasts
were so lavish in the hetet that the
word "wadding, manta popularly to
be used for any great banquet. Set
not down in the (highest room Re-
cline not in Lite chief oouoh. Lest a
more honorable man than time be
Widen. See Phil. 2, 3,
0. Ile that bade thee and trim, and
therefore outranked all guest's. Say
to thea, Give this Man place; and
tbou begin with shame to tante the
lowest room, Jibe guest on such un
oeoasion would take the lowest seat
simply beetle's() the others would
ellen be ocoupied. No sooner would
the more honorable man be taken to
the chief eclat at the table than all
the guests around would seize 11103 op-
portuolty to go a little higher, and
only the lowest seats would be left.
'ibis consLderation would seem at
first sight to be prudential rather
than bighly moral. Bat there is a
deeper truth pare than is on the sur-
face. Even in the superficial acti-
vity of fashionable' life "men are
grasping at the shadow and losing
the substance."
10. Go and eit down in th''e lowest
room. Recline on the least honor-
able couch; take the humblest posi-
tion, Friend, A term of rosptot
not only, hut of affection. Tho guest
is marked out as dour to the giver
of the feast. Then shult Chou have
wordh3,p in the presence of them) that
sit at meat with thee. "Worship" here
moans honor, respect, glory. Some
crust have murmured, and some must
have smiled with eatisfaotion as our
Lord thus made his comments on, the
noisy throng that was (looking to the
table; very likely ate himself had tak-
en the humblest seat, and had been
shown to the highest one by the obss-
quious Pharisaic host.
11. See Pro. 15. es 16. 18, 10 ; 10. 29;
Matt, 23. 12; Luke, 1. 5e; 13. 30; 1 Pet,
5. 5.
12. Then said hs also to hien tbat
bade trim. Turning from the com-
pany, our Saviour spooks to the host
-words so profound that they have
been frequently misunderstood and
misapplied. Here again our Saviour
is turning from the surface of society
to the moral substance underneath
it, When thou makest a dinner
or a auppsr, call not thy friends,
nor thy brethren neither thy
kinsmen, nor hay rich neigh-
bors. According to the idioms of
oriental speech, this means simply. Du
not let the motive that is under-
neathyour social activities be either
selfish ambition, or show, or "tit-for-
tat," or personal relationship. Lest
they also bid thee again, and a recom-
pense be made thee. "Interested hospi-
tality intended to secure a return" is
wrong, Unselfish, generosity is
nobler than common civility.
13. Call the poor, the maimed, the
lame, the blind. The wretched of
every amt. This is not 10 be taken
on a divine authority for indiscrimin-
ate almsgiving. It is made to fit
Eastern forms of hospitality; its mean-
ing is simply, "help those whomost
need help:"
14. Thou shalt be blessed. By God's
benediction, For they cannot re-
compense thee, There is no rertuln
advantage in this world to be found
by eel Iowing our Saviour's injunction.
Thou, shalt be recompensed at the re-
surrection of the just. Our Saviour
is 'not now teething any theological
truth concerning the nature or order
of the resurrection of the dead. Be is
in a Pheriseo's hawse and assumes
Lhe Pharisaic theology,; all of hose
preaent expected a "resurrection of
Chs just" nse Lwhrl°-
ticfanity naves.intaungseht Lt,n Jesusltit:h's words
mean, "Thou, shalt have treasure in
heaven."
A MODEST R7;QUEST,
Madame, said the soldier of mis-
fartune, who was touring the country
disguised us a- troop, 1 do not want
anything be the way of home -mads
delicacies far the interior doper l -
anent, but it it can't aakittg ton much
I wattle 'bo glad to bave you do a
Little sewing for me.
Very well, replied the kind hearted
lady, what can I do far you?
'Tie but et trifle, said the unrecorded
globe-trotter. I have a buttanhere
that I will thank you to new esbirt
en."
DESIRABLE "DIGS."
Visttor; 1 cannot catch oven a
glimpao at Lbe sea, yet your advertise-
ment says, Drawing -room with fine
view of the sea.
Kra, Grebhunr; And isn't. that a
fine view bung over the Plano? Lot
me telt yen the frame alone oast fit-
leen 8hillinpe.
A 001,011 TALK,
,.-1
Otsego Mops About the neer Pretty
81513,8 et the Item Nen'.
D14 you ewer auotioa t13411 there he
no blue faad1 We eat Usinge green,
and red, yellow and eeoletp flesh, flesh
0(1' 5101113 in all the oolare of the rein.
bow oxoopt blue. teeny deadly pole
,wane 455 blue ea color, swot as blue"'
atone or the deadly nightshade flower,
The color menace in am sting for
every thing nninsgable and depressing
But Clete its only one of a thousand
queer fades about odors. Heat a
bar of loon and the pertlelss of the
metal are See in motion, shaking Y10 -
/natty One a,gaimet another, Preaent-
ly lite surrounding ether is set
in motionin large, slow waves, rolling
through the 01r like the waves of the
am, until they break upon aur skin
amd grive us the aansatbon of heat, As
tiro linen gets hotter other waves are
set in onablon' in immense numbers,
traveling at more than lightning
speed, and these break upon the eye,
giving us the sensation of red light.
The red -hat Iran, getting atilt more
heated, 'throws out other sets of
waves attli asneiler and mare rapid, -
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
violet, all the colors of the rabnbow,
The eye cannot tell ane from an-
other; the whole bundle of rays mixed
up gives us an impression of white.
That its the glow from the "white hot"
iron, and such is the light from,
the stile greater brighineas of the
sun, Sunlight is a bundle of rays of
light -red, Orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet all cnixed to-
gether. The mixture of all Delors is
whtibe light, the absence orf all
colors es utter darkness.
Now, pass a ray of aunl,Gght through
a drop of water, and the colored rays
are split up and thrown In different
eiireptione. The twang/at shining
through tinny drops of falling rain
after a shower is all split up Lnto
eolars, and tha result is tale gorgeous
nall,bnw. The seabterad spray of a
sea wave, of a waterfall, ar a foun-
tain, makes little rabnbaws, caused in
Lhe same way.
Each found of light bas its awn
special uses. The red rays of light
make the leaves of the trees to grow,
and hasten all rothing and decay,
Moreover, if you cut off the red rays,
plants will grow with golden brown
leaves instead of green,
The sea is blue because the water re-
flects the blue rays of light, but shal-
low seas ere green, because the blue
light ds mixed with the yellow reflec-
t/one
eflextdans from sand and stones at the bot-
tom. Green i8 a mixture of blue and
yellow. In this green light of sisal -
key water all seawoeds grow, and for
wash of the red rays, they have gold-
en and tawny leaves. Green and red
aenweeds are the exception, and blue
seaweeds are as rare as bine tree
Loaves. At this .rate, land plants
grown under green glass ought to
turn golden brows, tike seaweed. They
do. Experiment has shown that
under green glass plants grow near-
ly as well as under clear sunlight.
Under red glass nearly all planta
grow four' Hanes as quickly as under'
white light grow Lo four times their
usual height and throw out a fine dis-
play of green leaves. This is clear
proof Ihat the red rays of sunlight
cause the green leaves to grow. This
discovery will bo of immense help to
gardeners who want Lo force their
plants and to aurmera trying to in-
duce early crops of vegetables.
Blue glass has a direolly opposite
effect. Pkints will neither grow nor
due; they languish, and yet remain
alive. The blue makes them sloop.
The offect is exactly that of moon-
light and starlight, when all plants
take their natural rest.
Now, es to the effect of color on
men and animals. I•t is known that
red light makes people irritable and
nervous. Blue and violet light kills
mtarobes. One of the greatest of re-
cent discoveries is that bathing in
dry, mot bight cures rheumatism,
sprains and strained muscles. SULII
more impertemt Is the fact that a
bath in blue cleotrie light and intense
dry beat up to double the boiling heat
of wafter does not hurt, but soothes
and comeorte.
THE PRANKISH WIND.
The newly elected Mayor of a eoun•
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. "H'3, well deserves ib," nut the
wind blew away the crown, and when
the pompous Mayor passed under the
arch, to the great joy of those who
had voted against him, only a rope
witha noose lib the end of it dangled
there, with He well deserves .11 etund-
ing out in bold relief above it,
READWIT,
At the huthing of'a provisioh shop
the crated helped themselvos freely.
One man grasped n beige hath as his
share of the plunder, Rising up
with it, bo found himself face to taco
With a policeman, and with tidmir-
able presence of mind Ota iha plunder
into the otfioe't", arms, saying:
You had laetter take care of that,
policeman, or sono one will be walking
off with it,