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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1900-02-22, Page 2CHURCH HAS LOST ITS WEAPONS Talmage Gtl For Men d Ood to Take Possession of Got• leges and Printing Presses—Chrleli m 700 Willing o Surrender. ♦wwaNrss40••es•e aM Talmage CaUs Men of Ood to Possession of CoI• Printing Presses—Christians Too WUling to Surrender, t : In dIwco Wee i on earth. Many of them die of dys- Or. Talmage Dhows how the cause of . Nepalis because they cannot get the rteddsofauw ham loot many of Rs right kind of loud to eat, or, galling wee a" and how theyare to be re- the right kind, are no worried that De they take it down in chunks, They captured and put into effective opera- die from early and isle exposure, Pub - lion, TotalL Samuel sill., 1e-11: "Now If A movellsl or s hlrtorlan pub- lhers Is no eolith Sound throughout mil Hellen a book a year, he Is consider - therm Induattioue, but every faithful pee - the bad of lare.l, fur the Philistines tor must originate enough thought sale, Last the Hebrew§ make them for three or four volumes a year• swords or spears. Dui all the Israel- Ministers receive enough calls In a Rae want down to the Philistines, to year from men who have maps and )lfarPN every men We there, and hi medicines and Ilghtlning rods and plc- IpOWteri aa4 as aft, and him mattock. tures to sell to exhaust their vitality, TK 1I*$, bad a file for the mattock, They are bored with agents of all g, 4 tor the coulters, and for the forks, sorts, They are art In drafts at fun- the axes, and to sharpen the eras and poisoned by the unventl- 111 subjugation for the titled rooms of Invalids and waited h upon by committee' who want ad - Mt The Pbllle:lnea had carried dresses made until life becomes a bur- Mackimltha end torn down deo to bear. 1t I§ not hard study that laokemlthm' shops and abolleh- makes ministers look pale. It le the blacksmiths' trade in the land Infinity ot inlen-upttone and bothera- 1. The PhillbUnes would not Clone to which they ere subjected, ow these parties to work their Numerically too small. It Is no more mines of brava and Iron, nor the work of the pulpit to convert one they make any swords or spears rave the world than It le the work of :nese lxere only two swords lett In all the pew. If men go to ruin there x111 the land. Yea, that Philistines want be as much blood on your skirts a' on on Until they had taken all the grind•If ap star., stones frith the land of Israel, so that 1,11 us gulf this grand terve of try Ittih farmer wanted to Ing to sate the world by a few clergy - plow or his ax he had to men, and ret all hands lay hold of the ■v t0 the garrison the Phfli- work. (live w, In all our churches, Un t It done. There was only two or three aroused and qualified men atngsalainstrument1.,lets Inr the and women to help. In most churches tapir )fiats Ham a filet the tar mhrs to -day five or len men ere compelled Ue.e es having nothingold, an whet to do all the work. A vast majority up tae coulter, ■i the sued, and the ot churches are at their wit.' end how vac ed a simple ra !whitey to carry on a prayer -meeting waal a4ered and work practically die. p Yer-meeting If the The great Idea of these Phil- minister as not there, when there *ulnae Wu to keep the Israelites die- ought to be enough pent up energy armed. They relight get iron out of the and religlous force to make a meeting Nils tp wake swords of, but they.would go on with such power that the min - not have any blackinslthi to weld this later would never be missed. The Ii they got the Iron welded, they church stands working the pumps of kava no grind.tenee on whl'ch a few ministerial cisterns until the the instrument/ et agriculture buckets are dry and choked, while or tba'ttfhitary weapons up to an edge there are thousands of fountains from " Oh. you poor, weaponless Israelites which might he dipped up the waters reduvad to a 111s,•bow I pity you; But of eternal life. thou Philistines were not forever to Again, I learn from thio subject keep their heels on the neck of God's that we sometimes do well to lake raw, .fonethan, on his hands and asranlage of the world'. grindstones. tkaeaa, Climbs up w great rock, beyond - Thews 'nettles were reduced to a wbick were the Philistines, and hie - ale, and so they went over to the armor bearer, or his hands and knees, garrison of the Phllistlnes to get climbs up the same rock, and these their axes and their goads and their two men, with their swords, hew to plows sharpened, The Bible distinct - Maces the Philistines, the Lord throw- ly stales It—the text which I read at Ing a great terror upon them. Bo it the beginning of the service—that was then: so It 1. now, Two men of they had no other Instrument now God on their kteea mightierviten then a with which to do this work and the PNUstine host on their feet. Israelites did right hen they went I learn, firee from this subyech that over to the Philistines to use their It is dangerous for the church of Ood golndatones, My friends, Is It nal to allow Its weapons to stay in the right for us lu employ the world'. `'• blade Of it* enemies. Theme Israelites grindstones? It there be art, If there xAtlgkt again and again have obtained , be logic, if there be business faculty s:•upply of swords and weapons, as _ on the other side, let us go over and tier IMtance, when they took the 'polls employ It for Christ's sake. The fact Of the Ammonites, but thane Israelite' I Ie we light with too dull Implements. fawned content to have no swords, no We hack and we maul when we cullet rrrelrs no blackametbs, no grtnde:onra, - to make e, clean stroke. Let us go no active Iron mine, until It was too late for them to make any resistance. 1 eve the hurlers tugging along with their pickaxes and Plow, and I say, "Where ere you going with those Wale' They say, "Oh, we are going oar (a the garrison of the Philistines let these things sharpened." 1 say, • toollah men, why po'e't you them at home?" "Oh," they blacksmiths' "hops are all sad wr have nothing left a tile" te to the church of Jesus Christ ay, We are all wiling to give up tabella to the enemy. The world that ,t has gobbled up the nd the coUtgee and the arts an he I:termdare and a leg -1drMa• trident,/ le making ly attempt to gat ell our weep- km,Ia Its 1ltttlo and the to keep them, .It fa making , to boast alt fl awe 0 hr andafter n the Unto the between ahs and righteous - opened, if ke do net look 0111 e 1011 be as badly off ae these leraol- tee. without any mharpen:ng lattru- pM d 1 c&1 upon the ,uperlutandente es—tee InatltuUon, to see to It that the, memta who go tato class rooms to imams. ' e •• `—,the beside the Leyden jar and (bo That tpas what gave Thoma Chal- ' $lsctlo batter!.§ and the mlrros,ropes mere his pcwer ly his day. He con- tiescepes be children of God, nut quel•ed the world s astronomy and compelled It to ring out the Modem T'n4afesn thlgkere of our times and greatness of the Lord, until, for trying to get all the I'nteller to the second thee, the morning stars ons In their own grasp. We went sang together and all the eons of God 0 Chr(mtlana to capture the shout,' 1 ter joy, That wan what gave lad scholatic Christians ;u to Jonathan Edwards his Influence 151 the mchdarehlb, and phllo- his day. He conquered the world's Chrletlane to capture the phi'- mehphyetee and forced 1t into the Ind lecturing (!hrllUaM to take service of (sod, until not only the old s IeelurIng platform, We want meeting house at Northampton, MOW d out against Bchenkel and but all t'hrt,tendom, felt thrilled by and Henan a Theodore ('hstst- his Christine power. B0rp1 aid against the Infidel Again, my subject teaches us on a et Alm der a God worship- what a small allowance Philistine man sad Hitchcock and Ages- iniquity puts IS man. Yes, these Philistines shut up the mines, and then they took the spears and the swords; then they took the black- smiths, then they took the grind- stones, and they tools everything but a Ole, Oh, that Is the way sin works; It grabs everything! Oh "the way of the tran.greuor 1e hard" His cup la bitter. His night is dark. Hie pangs are deep. His end 11 terrific. Philistine Iniquity says to that man: "Now, surrender to me and I will give you all you want—muelc for the dance, ewlft steed' for the race, Imperial couch to slumber on, and you "hail be refreshed with tite rarest fruits, In baskets of golden filigree." He Ilea. The mutlo turns oat to be is groan. The fruit' burst the rind with rank potion. The filigree le made up of twisted reptiles. The couch ie n afowance of peace,allowanceave, Elmall rest, email allowance of comfort. Cold, hard, rough—noth- Ing but a file, no It was with Voltaire, the most applauded man in h1" day. The scripture was his jestbook, whence he drew Bonmots to gall the Christian and the Jew. An infidel when well, but what when sick? Oh, then • tent would touch Min to the quick! Setied with hemorrhage of the lungs in Parts, where ha had gone to be crowned as the idol of all France, he sends a messenger to s priest, that he may be reconciled to the uhuroh before he dies. A great ter- ror fails upon him. Philistine Iniquity had promised him ail the world's gar- lands, but In the lot hour of his life, when he needed a solacing, sent tear- ing across hie conscience and his nerves a Ole, a file. Bo It wax with Lord Byron; him uncleanness 1n Eng- land only eurpa.ed by his unclean - hese In Venice, then going on to end hie brilliant misery in MlesolonRh1. fretting at hie num Fletcher, fretting at himself, fretting at the world, fret- ting at God, and He who gave the world Chllde Harold, and gardenia - Pales, and The Prisoner of Chilton, and The Seep of Corinth, reduced to noth- ing but a file, Oh, eta has a great thtaem!cmlty for making promisee, but It hoe hist al great facility for breaking I learn from this' subject what a sad lhing q ti whenTheme Cha Phlltitchurchlnem of Goal 1°sem cls metal!od over among sharp business men and among sharp literary men and find out what their tact le and then trans, ter (t to the cause of Christ, If they have Hence and art It will do us good to rub against it. in other words, let M employ the '--orld's grindetones. We will lleten to their music, and we will watch their acumen, end wee will use their grlhdelonee and will borrow their philosophical apparatus to make our experiments. and we wilt borrow their printing prase" to publish our Bibles, and we will borrow thole rail trains to carry our Christian litera- ture, and w'o will borrow their ehlpa to haneport our miseloniMcs, Thee was what made Paul such a master In his day. He not only got all the learning he could get of ler. Gamine], but afterwards, "tending on Mare hill and In crowded thoroughfare, helr )otheir gle ndwielded the) and oqueed t eloquence aand employed their mythology until DIon- ymlue the Afeopagile, learned In the schools of Athens and Heliopolis, want dawn under his tremendoue od go out and take pos- e platform. Let any print - that have been raptured seamy he recaptured for God repartees, and the typesetters, editors, and the publishers ince to the Lord God of M i1 (Is mend, that. meet great boly ofyChr:e• have Dot the tab, or the or the consecration to do 1t, et some Jonathan on his play ds and on his praying kneei climb UP on the reeks of Hindrance and In the name of the Lord God of leraet / lash to 'deceit these '.Iterary PhIlls- lineal It thew men will not be con- verged to God, then 'they must be over- thrown, Again, I iearn from this subject whet it large amount of the churche re- reie la udevelop undeveloped. den and i DIntimates , nkat that WSJ a very rich land, this - • had et brut It says, "The atones are • Iron; lord out of the Mlle thou shalt dig beds,' and yet hundreds and thonliinas Of donate' worth of this instal was kip! udder the hill. Well, thll b ilia dlmculty with the church of Gad At this der. Its talent le not devel0pled. It one-half et 1u energy could tes brought out, It might take the nubile Iniquities of the day by tht throat and make them bite the dust. "1t human •eloquence were consecrated to the Lord Jeanie Christ, 1t would in a feta leaf, persuade this whole earth to loreroler to God. There le enough *Odtvoieped energy In this Sty to bring all the t'ntted Statee to Christ— an en - enough or the inn ted evel Reets" 10 bring the whole world to ('hrtit, but It la burled bndmr atraln of lndinerence and under wise( Gas th. nt cloth, Now, le It net (I* for the laming to begin, and Itht Dlsbaxes to NunRe, an'I for fhb metal to be brought out and (4 the fnrnarse and he turned L'rde .tta and carbines for the • 'rte yaat maJerlly of Chrl.11an1 In tats_days are useless, The mhe Neve oil n Mice Lord's teitlahlons belong In ( r re- rwor cps, The moat of the crew Rig asleep In the kammocks, The •6"at et the metal IP under the hill,. It not time ler the church nt Mae up and understand that 1 111 the, energies, 011 the tat - 1111 the wealth enlleted fur take? I eke the nickname Regllmh soldiers gave to the commander. They welled th isarlt rwards." We have had y ' e nuld only get all theof mu e- rstreetm in the thur:e lsle It Hes, the alrout 0f tit° haul■ ee let is have a glorious ad- Israelites, all would be well, and there- fore tray to you as the gen• fora they look the swards and the bin his troops were et- spears. They did not want them to he up In D' were 1t- have a 'Ingle umlaute weapon. Whoa !n the wlWend. •t Modms, the metal of the Israelites was gone, until h. troops heard their strength Hat gone. This le Cha YMg out "Froward, aha trouble with the church of God to -day. Ire want all the laymen the It Is surrendering Ile courage, It ha 11 w are rhe laymen not enough metal. How smarm It is O to the best mether Dan, mouton sus man taking his posltlon out overworked clams In paw or In pulpit o! In reebino0' m. ciety and holding that poilUos agatr(at all oppressions, and all trial, III a0 church tot Goddtall dayrlUwants The backbone, more defiance, more oon- recrated bravery, more ttutal. How often you ret a man start out In some good 10 pposition he has at the and blast his courage gone, forgetting the tact that If a man be right all the opposl• tion of the earth pounding away at him cannot do him any permanent damage. It le only when a man le wrong that he can be damaged, Why, God is going to vindicate hie truth, and he le going to stand by you, my (literate, In every effort you make for Christ's cause and the salvation of men. Go forth In the service of Christ and do your whole duty. You have one sphere, "The Lord of Hosts le with u., and the Uod of Jacob le our refuge. S.lah." We want more of the determination of Jonathan, I do not suppose he was a very wonder - I knees and rut man, clambered up the rock, and with the help of his armor -bearer he hew- ed down the Philistines, and a man of very ordinary intellectual attain- ment, on his kneel can storm any- thing nything for Ood and for the truth. We want something of the determination of the general who went 1n the war and as he entered his first bat- tle his knees knocked together, his o his moral physical courage andhe looked et quite tdown at his knees and said. "Ah, If you knew where I am going to take you you would shake worse than that!" There is only one question for you - to ask and for me to ask. What does God want me to do? Where is the field? Where le the work? Where Is the anvil? Where le the prayer meet- ing? Where is the pulpit? And find- - Ing out what Ood wants us to do, go - ahead and do It, all the energies of our - body, mind and soul enlhttee In the undertaking. Church of God, Ilft up your head at the coming victory! The Phllistlnes - wlll go down, and the Israelites will ! go up. We are on the winning aide. I think lust now the klogi horses are being hooked upto the chariot, and when he doe, rde down the sky there will be such a hosanna among His friend. and such a walling among Hie enemies as will make the earth tremble and the heavens ging. I see now the plumes of (he Lord'. caval. rymen towing 1n the air. The arch- angel before the throne has already burnished his trumpet, and then he will put its golden Iles to his own, and he will blow the long, loud blast that will make all the nations free. Clap your hands, ell ye people! Hark: I hear the falling thrones and the dashing down of demolished - iniquities. "Hallelujah, the Lord God omnipotent relgneth! Hallelujah, the kingdoms of Ude world are become the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ!" BPS 0 f UNO, TWO LOST B Discovered Dead Locked Up in Untenanted House, MISSING SINCE LAST AUGUST. .1 New York despatch gay*: ('helm. B, ilelrur-, 11 years old, and Martin Loef- fler, 1) 3eare old, up to yesterday had been tnlexhsg from their hutment at Nor, 1'Ire noel 119 F:tlgevolnte avenue, re- apos•tively, for more than ale months. '(Ite tether of Charlet Marne and the Isnot+ of Myrtle Loeffler believed that their boys had been drowned. Tlie db-cov cry w'lle mode yeNtcrday that the little fellows, hal died 111111 been pruetleolly mummified In a closet In a "menet hone leer than half a blo'k flow their home. Plumber? who had been railed to stop n leaking water Idle he the house found the withered bodies, The terrible (teethe that the Inds wet raid the Eluding of their iiodber long afterward make n nineteenth century repetition of the ancient etury of Ghtevre, the hrlde who, un her wedding night, 111 sport !ld her- self lit an old client, which nail u spring luck, and was never heard of more until her body tear dleeuverd molly years ufterwnrd. Frederick Slegel, a buyer fur a de• pertinent store, ivito liver it Nu. 100 Edgeoombe avenue, lard week noticed that water wear looking through Into the bueewent of Isle hussar from the vacant Immo at Nis. Inti, aid Inform• eel the agent, Major Rudolph i'Itrpnt- rlck, that something tram wrong. Lest Friday Major Fltepatriek en- tered the vacant (lenge and rnskwu'- tired to turn off the water 001111e0- tloum, but hel(tg unable to du No re- queted Charley Unrmateed, a plum - tet',, In Eighth nveuue, to 800 valet CORM bt.done. Mr. harmetead yesterday Bent Per- elv-ai Toomb, of Iso, 50 11'e,t Ninety - Eighth 'street, and John Tierney, of lbyteavllle, N. J., two of hie employ- ees, to the 110111111 with Instructlose that the water Wendt! be &lint off af- ter all of the trope bud ixeen flooded. The men did title, but noticed n twee. Ilnr odor, which they were for mow time sable to account for..'.e they thought there might lid n leek from some gar plpe they determined to make a careful luvicetlgutiou, begin - rang nt the bateement. The plumbers finally traced the dim - agreeable odor to is closet, In which they dlerovered tho bottle, of the two lay's who hail .o long been mleming, 11 woe in every wny it eight to bring ltlty to any heart. 1,ying etretelied nt fwfl length wtls the hely of Martin Loeffler, who hnd t'pwerenlly' dieroled blmeeli for the double purpose of relievingIIImself na fee rim liexlbie from the terrible I(ent, yid to nee hie clothe.; nen pillow. Pon' little Charles Delrne WW1 dell• hied till, with his face praised ngalnet the ernek beneath the violet door, In w'Idcl, position he had evidently pc" pitied while endenvoring to draw fresh air from the nutelde. l; a feeble wily the boys had en• denvored to Meek down the door, as It was *Mown by the .care made by their ehoet un the Inner panels', but it wan strong enough t) offer emu' plate reeletaus n. lilthrr by atmldent or design the keub I0v1 been broken froom the Miter gide of the door, wltich made It ln1 pooelhle for anyone to turn the latch front within after the door had once been fastened.-_ Saw (he Virgin, A striking IIhlaLrallOu vI tic reli- glols feeling welch IH iso slerply rooted among (he, 1'1Pnelr prsatintry Wore„ from Tremblay, near .ingere. 300r -odd girl, n gerrtutt of the Nlnyor of Tremblay, IS nlIih'1'I11T 11'o1u I:,tllu• rlun(lone. anti pretend* that ah, mew the \testae M sir,v rented sit the toot of nn ueaein tree In the uliddW of 0 (1011, dree ed In white, nal wca'htg 1t Llne Weill:. The glr'i r'ay's that In her sldon the Virgin asked bar to 0(4151(1 to the wool every rteuhlg nt half -past 41% moll Feb. 10th. The girl gores to the flrld, knt•rl, in front of Otte tree, tril- lug Mer Ienth, and gating (leu the npperltlon, and Relining, ehe'Welto°+, („ rn=n1•rh. 311 1 1105„1.1i„.,, r0 eiVen. .tit snowmen's throng u( pw)- irk from the whole country side tic- eompnnlee her, and gathers room nt n reopectful dl*lane, many even re- sponding to the girl', Invocations. .1 man who poseemsee wealth oar. wow power, twit It 1. a power to tis evil no well ae good,—.1,S, Roe, Rrd Bellow pled Drockellla agedlrbnDO years and 10 ma.t1tehm, LOVE ON Tile: VAIIM. A potato went on u Innen And sought en untie led. "That's' p.e for me," ulnar' e I the squash, Anil nil the Lests turned red. "(lo 'twee'," the (neon, w'tping, eel'•l; "1'onr love ltmotet le; The puapk!n he your Inwlul You rnutnloule w:tly mc." iiut seaward All the tuber eon+ And Inld down iet her feet; "You enul:flow,'r by n ny none, Awl It will smell ne wheat; \nd I, loo, ole an early roe, .Uel you 1'W, roar to ser, 8) don't titre up pier imply num, But ep!unritnt with mr." " I i'o not enrrnt sill to w,sl, he go, isle, If you plotter," Tho modest on:al, meekly mild, " Aud lettuce, pray, Imre pram! Go think that you hove net\,r seat bt}self or emelhrl my High, Too long a mnHell I hnve l:reu For fnv'oro In your eye!" ":111, spore n cue" the tuber prayed, " My cherryaherl brads you'll Ira: Yon aro the only weeping mull That's currant now w -tit me!" ,ind tie the wily tuber spoke Ifo caught her by eurprieo giving bra an artichoke, Devoured her with his eyes. P.1 AND THE BLACK CAT. TL' and mew end paw and Little elbert went over to Aunt grat'e'r rate before Lied, and when we Start• NI home we nonmed it oat with a dark uumpleekshen following us, Paw mast glen, nt It, but maw told him It wait good luck to have Rlaek onto fol- low you home and rhe turned around and Fed: "Pansy, mosey, puseey," at It 0) soft and Grath' Glut gritty to n It Game and !tent Ito back '111 like n ()rummy Ihtley'e II 1111 pointed at tlw moon with Its tale nod rubbed ngnitest mew and Got frostily. "1 lope," paw !says', after w'eStert• ed on, "you don't mann to Tell me you nckehnlly believe In swell Ones ne that." "Yell," upr11t' nnw'rd, "It duccent du 0n;y lhu'u1 to In• on tie Nnfe side. They err lute nu I huts of m!eteerlous Tningt In tldm world that people ('011'1 ('XIHane." "Yee," paw mit se "I no that, 11111y Ila,n*l'e one, but N(III It Heels newels that a p'res,n who le the Mettler 5,1 children gm3.f dins Ill+. Humanely that Bleak era, and hilt vte(t around Hund In hand, You of to be um en- uff by tilt time to Ontgre much fo llehneen." "1 'batt gess why II', appy more fa,llush than to Think We bad Luck to hook over 3 our Left shoulder nt the new mon," maw nmtaord; "rand 1 do no you Never do tont if you cru help It. ld. Yon"' sawit that way theLnet time and worried (beat 11, ton, y-uu no you "They are Ml1110 rcurun," paw sed, "for thinking the mown might be a good Thing to keep freed's With. iytisten Mom 118 tint the sewn in- fluencer the milieu causing the tides, and If that's so It night have wow - thing to du wltlt mutt. There's 110 nue hunting nruuus tor lith and Our. Ing her to do Her word," Whoa we got hum-' u)use I:rt lit, Cit u,hle and put her In the bowme tt„ -titrl 1100l11g hapIpen('1 till lust late whop' we were tutting Dinner. Our new- ger) made eon's floating flood odd ng and spat on the Back stops to Cool. Paw got ready for 1i!e desert first uul uftet' he had Hie floating amid nearly et the Meek cat Cameo walk - fig t10'u the Dining room frum the kitchen. We noth'u.1 that the woo oil w•i, 1u old Leaving tracks behind her. '11'Lce ter Chased her out the ;till 1011: '6he ynoet vont buto dot l'oq.Ilug to keep hoes feet veru, Tout voump Out ver 1 gn to dead' been" obs p." Then paw Ind some feel 'ue un 1110 'lack rat Menage that Idn't keep own, no Bo have no un to be - leave he mow It Over hie Leak shuldery,. 3 titer.—Oe'0rgIe, la Chicago Thlte/w Hera Il. TIJF. FIRST POSTAGE STAMP, 1 o+tage stomp] Hera ao:opted by the dr,tioh po't•offl a la 1810, They wore ntrolimd Into the fatted St"tea In ,BIT. The fret nc,heslya et Imo I Snot ay (;rent Dr'tain, re:WWletlug of a pru- f Iu of the Qu^en, WWI tilt, tvued "postage" nhore and the oilwe one objo, to 1 to by malty guver;;1 encs 011 nmrnunt of the seeming slmloysslty of the hlurken!og(lu ennrellntlu51l of the 1 or'trn It of their sovereigtn ; buy Britt% the second country to alopt the ayetrm, lifter 0;' ng n oIntel 9neer ' of in Inc, eventually .uperaele 1 It W:th 1 l:ortrait of the Emperor. 01019 conic trees have adopted the national nem. ag the principal 51eelgn+ of their +temyw. More var''etir.r have )wen Is- sued, and n greeter timber bore teen 'n nee at ow t'm', In the 1'I:Itsd et lee than h1 tiny other reentry, The mye- lin' of pre my'Ing puataga war Bret}}} advo:'ntssl I)y Rowland 11111, 111 nig- lend, In 18')7. —_— TRICK OFA ST, PEIINAItD'MAHTI['F In a home uvlri•n L 01101 Imperiled there w104 is bole and remarkably eagnrlola `;t. Bernard maedis, w'hu teed to roame Into my sitting room and glee ;w Isis oa+lnlany et dinner, eItting on the fluor legible mw chnlr, with his head on a level with the plate'. His muster, however, 1'1 ring that he vena being overfed, gut,r'tMcl hlJnnrtons Hint this prticet, else d 1 uu lunger le permitted. on the first dna of the middle 11015 tit:' dq; Illy :11111 mulkrxl In the kitchen ; but on the *15- 01511 day, when the landlady- brunght in the alalias, he mtolts In uuleidessly -e0at behbar, d while for the moment shelns bent useranthe G1bh', bis ellen/el promptly- beneath It, 1)1(51 0111t - ed No tomer had the retired titan hr vmergr,l !ruin Ids hlding 111 0, wit down In hit 11051101 1110ItlI;, amp uInked In m3 face with n look width seemed 1° Fay', "Iiav7en't I douei her %:;' 1d 1(154' r'Onrec the gond wumutn rums to change Lhe es, and ose he Imnrd her stepplat, 1* eIsuik50a ((11se,01,t sur„ ln(Ie'r the table, but In no Iuels111t, err 'he bud tlm4 GI open e pals, hIuul "d'irnto 1:,kous ;uwths'thr tuu,tbLt, timely himself down on the rug before the flrr•, to all appertralee!net ugleep. ] ex belatedhie umletree. r InIndit-gnant e(lrprlec, rte she onitght right 01 hhn, The do; opened hit eye., half soleal Ida tmnfy, et.retehetl hlm.pIfoat 1111113' at fill length, Ince a great yawn a, If awakened from a good sleep, and en, uos of Ills toll, went forward aendn twed ie, lick her hand. It waw n emotedpleas nI ageing, 5000 the air of perfeut guilelesness.' woe Infinitely amumlmg.—The tlpeutulo'. TOE -REFORM NECESSARY. 'Aimed every girl "tort a(" more or leas, It's the novel thing In Ore world to are n girl who can handle her feel well. Prob.tbly lite long eki,rts that hide ell delicleuclea Lunde them oarelest+, and now they forget that the short neem ar.+ smelt re- volters, It is a .alight to mea .hurt Aiello 011 o girl who doesn't toe In lir ikend her ankles or shuffle ler feet, but °thorn -ire h f+ drrndtui, 1'ou 1111101 salter slick to eweeplllg skirls or learn to mnna$Re your feet prup- erly,—Clevelnn'I 1'Is n Denier. 011, THAT AI't:LL(NU ! We'll Ina;;ln with n but, mwl the 1140011 In totes, But the plural 0! on should bo oxen, trot oxer' Then one fowl le goo.'., but two art called glue. Yet Cha plural for mouse should never be these) Yoe nriy flail a Ism 11so11e3 or u whole newt of Woe, But Ute plural ut posse le houses, not kV If the plum! of alae 1+ always celled men. Why ehooidn't the plural of pan be culled pmt f The cow hl t o plarnl may be tows or kine, And the plural of vow Is vows, ucver vine, Ant IS I (aloft 01 it fort, and 3011 rhos me you feet, Awl if 1 Ire 3011 n bort. u'o:dd n pair les on Pot Uleat? If u:te !s rt to:rtlt, mud tit', whole sot err teeth. N'113 ahouldu't the plural of tooth 1* coiled teeth ? If the &bender's this and the plural Lt thew, ehoul'1 the plural of kiss Ise nicknamed ken*? Then one aro 14. that, at 1 three woad le. those, Yet hilt WI the plural Won' I never lie how', AsnI the plural of cote 14 rate, not rose, (leo spank of is brother, and ;Liu of hretllrees, Out though we wt,s' mother, we (:'ver ruy ntetheen ; Thee maseulltro proaoune are Ir. Itis nut him, Bet Iruuglrte the feminine, FIr. Nhln nrll eiitm. 'o thy' Fhirtldr, 1 think, y'oll all will none., U the dud rottest lunguugr 3onever Mil gee. A TRICKY FOA'.'. A gentleman wbu ie strongly of the opinion that it `oat hes a genes of hu- mor, told the following Incident ye•+- lerdey in illustration of Itis h'I'el• "A crowd of children were pi ry'ng at a vncant Int et 'Tate awl Si, Pistil btreelo mouse time ago. Among the spectators vase a large white govt thnt we's looking as though he were watching hie opportunity for getting some fun out of the game himself, "The children, who were ver much eraltered nt first, finally rape lo- gyether its a very complete ring, the largest boy I,n the rruwd being closest to the peal. The goat alit not over with himself long, but smiling hs peculiar elnlle, made a boe line for she boy end,etrikIng with full force, knocked him winding, thereby send- usg the other chairen tumbling In every direction, "I don't believe," gild the elan who related the Incident, 'th'a't nny nni- mol but n gnat woult have 'struck just at that lime an in the winner prompted by a sense of humor, even If It were only a goat humor."—Mem- phim Selmelar. AMONG ENGLISJI B_CIIOOLiM)YN. A Harrow hoy- rommunlentee to the July number of the Ohtani goal* eurlone roles laid down by the Har- row boys, raid more Imoctlllouely en• fproed and kept, It le gull, than many 10 Eltttl#d by the head mater him IIgIt. There arc two dletlnotclame, of Harrovinna, I. r„ those who have Rua In the whore three years and thee, who ha VP nut. 11'eurers of cricket nape or football 'lessee" for 'their he,nee elevens are exempt from A "three-yenrer" may generally be recognised by his etanst-up smiler and Ids tie pin, article, ut dryer which nn anfnvored "two-yenrer" luny hook anti long for—but 110 more, it le the excitedly privilege of "three- 30nrer,i' to walk In the iron or to ' carry folded nmbrelina, Only Harro- thins who have twee their third mummer itt the wined may open their blur crleket moot, Isimlllnrly know -u as the "bitter," when they wear 11 o)fh Imlf•hulldny' Afternoons. It le cvneldere`I "aldc" for a "non -three. ,yenrer" to enter another 1103'1 Irouee except on bipedal bullies In the maater'e study. A "tidy chap" it unh'rreally de• totted and every rlinntw It selreti to "take him down a peg." A "014 chop" 1e one who "eldest " but her no right to do go, being neither A "three•yenr- er" nor a "cap" or "fee" But when a boy hknesome out Into "chokers" and tie pine by virtue of (laving leen at Harrow for three years or ntllletlt' exoelleuce, it I. no longer coneldered "bide," but as hie due. Lastly, 11 n hey change lila wheel house before 110 he, coma, n "three•yenrer," Ile hum to begin, Ids three years all over again, ,tart lug from the time ho entero the new hoose. W•IS DOING 410 AND HO. Frank Ie a hoy of lees than five years, etnrdy, round -headed nndth!ek u' the calves, lit le alw-aye rcitl,oe and ever hungry. For one no young 110 commands nn niuouttt of language, correctly pronounced, that IN rcanrk nide, Ile la n betty boy, with hawy queer mehenlre running through hi' heed. But he elseno+ when playing n kn'fe and fork, for here le he truly great. 1t wax nt a family reunion that he 10110 nekol and reel "'l to 11 question of a permitted 'triton). i(ai retort irnCe l IIIc inlet late and no rl l-br jucnlnr uncle, while the remnhnder of the fau'ly—Fronk exepteil— 1'onre.'1 I'• ::rrF'hl+•r. Thr p,rt'. vas, t,. • 1 i to have all eent:'d nt the ettolle'on table, eo the rbldren—four In num bcr—wrro placed at rt smaller table. where tlwy were able to do n' much dnulagt' as cora 1 lave happened If they Imp been will their olden. Frank woe served holly, for he has a fhne appetite, a01 Ie not bothered with barhfnineee. He foto down on a drnmst'ek with tiger and 111101 his int fare with the meat. HP wee rem- old In endeavor end euopended ell eon- trestlt'on. One of hie nnclee gleneed at the boy ne he numbed and Wald: " 11'hnt aro you doing Y" Frank. The boy wee employed on a lar` mouthful at the time, and, liken skill- ful purred he attended to the platter In mouth flat. Ile carefully masti- cated the cud, owrllow-etl with /III ale of sallefeetlon and, then turning hl lewd over hie left shoulder, replied nm follows : Oh, f'm theme so and au." Ile Immediately resumed operation', on the drumstick. THE FUNMAKEBM. 'Here, Ethel," esti mamma, "le a btinkuote your Uncle Henry Im, brut 3011 10 do na you plumy wlttt. They teem to grow on hu11(10* for him," "Du they 1" exclntmed the little girl. Then. after a 'musts, "i guest Ma? (me war picket) before It was ripe,' The el yman'x - little hay wag misndtmlrt (Tia afternoon u'IUI the Hynhop'r children. "At the rectory," he sale, "we've got n hep that lay's an egg every da)'," "Poo!' 'sell Muster Righter, " my father 'aye it foundation stone time n weak.' Tegrller—What I+ - the ul.ean111of the a ora "procrastinate?" Sammy—It mane to put off, e!r. Tone her—Thrtt's all lie ht ; row coin. pose oto n gent -mos with the word prr;-erly kttrodm'ed. Pommy—Who:) n man retiree at Li'tlit, he pronrn,Uuntei 1114 0101,111*. —Ilo:rtoa ('ruler_-- Hars object11 to eatiug his roup, "Many a pcor boy," sayable mother, "would he glad If he had only hell' of that scrap.' "Pu would 1," replied Hefei—Elle gen& ef e.—Flle- geud' Blnetter. Teacher—)(utke u rentenco •enitnln- bng the word "penult." Bright Roy (who reads' the pepere)— "Were ..}10, now $7.09 per silt." Teacher—Spell 'termitic." ,1 uh n n y—C-n-r-url-n-e. "Now, what does It meas 1" ''Why, that's where these Iran trol leys le dug up." )rother—Yee, my child, all 111n11111111'P beautiful milk divines clime from e 411111 II, Inelgnlflelud worm. ('1111d—Thnt'e peen, Ieu'1 It ?- Fllr gentle 1'1 •" :ter. Willie -1M, what le a patriot, any- way ? nyway' Pit—In title country, Willie, a Pat - la n man who throe vlx'Iferunety when n hero routes house front the wur mud then, niter n while, When he hear, that that hero (luso dial of Mortlake' cheers 1011113 more null (lelpw 111111141 r tuonnmerlt, which the widow and cull area can't eat."--- " Mr'. towhee kelt' me In." "Well, Freddy, 1 mnppeere you de- served It.." "Yrs, mit, a1' 1 kepi teacher ht ; but elle deserved It, tot." 3051 think your 'Miter Ilkea me Freddie 3" "lees: sine stood op for you at din- ner." "Algal en for mit! Wag anybody '1)3(111 neything ugnlnet Ire?" 'No, nothing hush. Father mold hr 'houelit you were rnther n donkey hat Isle got up and sold you weren't, end told tether lie aught to know lilt ter than to Judge it men by his looks," SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO.V11 t 1REI. 211, 1900. Jesus IIejoet ed id Nexe rci h.- Luke 1: 1630. Suprintendeut—Whet Is the Gull om Text ? Hebert -11e rums unto Hit own old 1151 owe Melted hIm u'rt ,film 1. 11. What U Cho Central Truth—Truth often provokes resentment. What le the topic—ReeectUIg Jessti What to the outline—I. Jesus preach. Ing Ili Naaareth. 1. isle method. 2. HIL subj-ct, A lila venison, II. The effect of the Hermon. 1, Wonder. Lt. Wrath, I. (Revenge. When wax the time? April, A. D. 28. N'Iero was the Maw bismuth In Galllse, R'ho were the persona f Jerug. The Jew'it, What aro the parallel aocolult1? Matt, x(11. 54.58; Hark el. 1.0. Commentary—Cnnneodng l!nka• Al. ter J.ad. left Sy:hnr He wen', to ('nna h' (10111 e, where ha wars met by a +erteln noblemen whose eon wilt - +Ick at Capatilaum, and Jesus .puke tba word and healed has sou. John Iv. I8•34, Paul than went to Zusareth 18. Como to Naaareth—ThU was is trying vLsIt. 11111 own Jo,'•.oplo were !n no mood to rmoetve him, but Josue very properly open's HIs public work !n Galilee at His own house. Sabbath day—We should on the Stibbrtth dity nitvay14 atoll work, eoiverantlne and reading unfit for the lord's day, and ilve o'jrsel'.er b) eplaltual exer,lrrt. This was the eastern. 1t Ho foaled :b.+ meanv of grace sural c we do "'Nwd up—They stool to read the tserlp tures, but melt down to teach. The whole, oorgregatdon etuuit daring, the reading. 17. 1' nine—I;ra•k furor'fof Isnlnit. flue book-1'he roll, lm ymrlptures were wrltico un pnrnlunenl, wItb two rollers, go that, no they wire rend, one woe roiled on and the other culled off. 16- Fpirlt....,le ule)11 nle—Title Was' given Him at Ifte baptism, Huth an- ointed me—I hive been not ;Wart for title vrry purpose. Title le the first great quoli(Ientuu of n true puncher. The gimlet—flood new. cuueornla' Hlmeelf, HIe uderllon and the deliver- ance He brings, To the poor—Title wax the crowning proof that Jesus was the eleoelah. The broken-hearted— Through a sense of their eine. Seo R. 1', The capllver—Tbge In bondage to 011, rail habits, or tate devil. The blind —Splrltually blind). ,l great Light has now come, and the might of much may be recovered. 111. Acceptable year of the Lord—.l reference to the yens of Jubilee. Lee, sec, 8-17. Title woe tho yens when (1' Debts and obligations' weer sidelined ('1.111 Hebrew ,prvante were net frro (8. Knelt regnmed poe,eesbnr of his In. herltance. This wan n type of ;tonal three. , a(1. Cloned the I0,k—titan, up the roll. To the minister—The ruler of the .ynngogme nr lsIe'servant. Hat down— gee on verse 11 Tide Indicate -I that he wens thrnuglh reading nal w'na 1100 1(10110 to teach. 2.1, ropily,' In your tore—''Tb"er words nee merely the eubJect of Hb' ,ll"rnnr*e, the whole of vis hb,h, me doubt, vane 1nteIRICl to convince them thnt He wag the lfeulnb of whom theme thing's tepee propheeltvl." 22. r,a re hint wllnaae—"Gn VI' m;0ne of ipp sbas,:on," greeion, words—Itis )mange and John vll. 10 glue us a ane !dee of the mej'ite and sweetness% which chersotertged our Lord's' et- leronrev.—Wlllooek. isle words mooing from his heart. Ie nbt this Joseph's son—How can ft be poselb!e Chet the son of lhi, obscure temlly—n carpen- ter who bee made furniture for our house,, a man without eduratlrxt, vvllhout rank or office —)het Hn should be the Heaelah, the ling of the Jews t—A. C. 21. Proverb—Or parable' 4iliatif(t any kind of figurative dll.lont*. PbyalcIann,, heal thyself—That Is, they would eatwhy ile did not perform miracles In Nesareth—at home, In- stead of at Caperneum. "The unbelief of Ile inhabitants hindered the seer- elso of (11, powers.' 2/. la bee awn country -No prophet, is received in bre own country, as he le elsewhere; and It le Hod's way to send 111. messaes to strangers, ea It the ease of 2:110 and B:Imhe, who were sent to be the ministers of God's mercy to Gentiles, 26. I tell oii—He now proceeds to Allow how ll iJtb and Blithe, two of their greeteet prophets, had gone to the Gentiles with their Unship, and that by divine direction, while manyp 'n Israel were suffering unnoticed, In the days of Eltae• tdee 1 Mats evil. I-0. 'the heaven was shut up—There were two rainy Mason., celled the early and latter rales, 20. Aare unto Aa'reptn—Greek tom for Zerepbath. Eiileh was not sent to the wlndoa of Israel, but to a widow of Zarephath—a village on the best coast of the Mediterranean, be- tween Tyre and Sidra. 27. gllaue—creek form for Ell. mho. " The manning 01 these two verses le, Hod dispenses His benefit,. when, where and to whom He Pisa'.., No person inn com, tw flues no ppeerson deserve+ anyplaingall from Hie hand." 26, Filled with wrath — They beets to have drawn the rolleloulun that Hetvmnddered the Gentile' more precious than the Jews, in the eight of Ood, and at once the whole non eregetkm rate up In fruited fury to make away with Iilm, 20. Brow of the hill — "Naaareth spread's Itself out upon the eastern fare of a mountain where there W a perpendicular wall of rock from 10 to 50 feet high." 50. Pruning through — Hie escape from them woe no doubt miraculous. They desired to see a miracle and hero they had one. Thoughts. — " Naaareth'. s na. .ague le an image of unbellevlogg Menet," " Motet le our example: 1. In Hb m Irlt of devotednear. 2. In H1e being filled with the Spirit. 8. in Hie custom of frognentlrrg the tone. gogue,' 4, la Hie knowledge of the 9orlptures, 5. In His gracbu. ut- terance.. 0. In IIti pointe} teaching. 7, in jib Winnow In the midst of danger. Venus 18, 10,—" Five pore traits of ('hetet. 1, The Evangelist. 2. The pool Physician. II. The Lib. orator. 4. The Revenler. 5. The 3,. hllee of film (:iturch." PRACTICAL SURVEi-. After an sbeenee of a little more than one year Jesus again enters Naaareth, in order to preach the gos- pel Le Hie own people. 'Pitta is the beginning of itis puisne ministry In ualaee, L'reaell:nd In the eynagogue, Boll, the preneeher and the sermon should serve ns a model for every true Wedge or of the g,r;pe1. Tie came to them is the "power of Cho Spyrlt." He wise under the anointing of the ;peril. V. 18. 2. He had been "tient" lu tbem. He was "commies/aced with notion - :ay, qua;ified wi161 gt(te," and set apart for thin important work. 3. fie thumb greet wisdtmmh in approaching them, and does nut beg!1 In s wry Or' g'rva offense. i. Entirely forgetful u( prrsatel interests, He dose mol O 11 op .o declare "all the owns?! of (i -tot" ile been theyr hearts, He home all about them, and Ile preaches the tnt;h, even though they would net receive it. Het our internal centres in ttbe ser- mon- He begins wiuh an eppllratory :ntrrwturdinn : "This day is this tier; p,.err fu:tL:Ied 111 35,511 ears,' The 51 body of ,e FII/T11101:1bo not recorded, and we ran only judge Ibat Ile must helve diecoureed in u general' war from the text Ile had taken. Ile saw their condition anti Iia knew that He could gave them. Ile is Prophet, Phy- sician, Itedeemer, Deliverer, 7'hey are poor captives, blind and bruised. it tis He wild say., Take My yoke upon ,you, end ye shall find real for our Solid/. 3. HF, meaner? Is to lbs blind. The 1,!ght of Ilse world hal appeared: one who is able to unreel band mind., a. well ee hllnd eyes. The one 'sitting In derk- ;oe1 by the ron5Ul510, begging, may call 'o 11',. : anti you who are hl the tarkecss of unbelief unit superstition :nay 1:011 "Arlie, thine; for thy 1401 P tome, and the glory of the te eon anon thee.' Ile heals stn-slek oil+, Oentlee as wiub ne Jew', Even EI'jnh and Ellehn caderrr.:l titch' grente.t blae;einge on those ontgldn of ['reel, leennee there they found fn'th rn Croi. Tho1r who reject ('hrtit will ecelvc notlting. The effect of III senuon.—They wondered. Al. words were eloquent, uul m0 full of love end companion that they were moved toward' 11'tn. At first they "bare Him wllatem ; Ibs'tt a, they endorsed whit 110 meld, Tho truth woe preached with surd force uta Power that they could ecaroely ✓ esist Ile influence upon them. When their rice prejudice@ were etrnek they It 01100 "were fllles with wrath." "reJudlee le etronger than reato:r. They could not give crmntenance to e preacher who even Inferred that the °ent!les, whom they hated to bit- terly. mild be bloomed: and when ire out the Gentle,' n11;ad 01 them they mould endure It no longer, but roe° up an Infuriated soh, and by violence thrust hbu nut of the city 01151 eu- ionvorea to k111 him. nut thi I,onl ilrr- urvered, And He "went 1114 lefty." He hnd rime t0 HIs env. nail they find received thin not. Ml'Itllra/NA 1'NI)p:It FIRE. tinllenl Werk ul'the 11, A. 31. C. he the Outing 1ng the netou many octet of hero - Ism were perfns1l by Ih hcers 115,1 men of theurIL .1e, 31, l', lrsrtral)teufdO1lW smonget thew woe that of Major W. L'nbte, 1'. 3I, I;., R. A. M. t'., who rode through a tempest of bullets' W 'wo- oer n number of men of the lIuyul Ar- tillery, who lav we:uuled anti Pe ee"! to the enemy'. lire. Wherever the Mu was hottest there were to be found 'epithet' (Oven attending to mud dregeinp: the wounded with as intuit Oooifl0'sN /11111 Hk111 110 If they ware W the words of a Iw&pltnt in all I enw throe cages widish were brought W the !tell hospital without arms:sings, rant in utmost every care the: sle eeoinge were applied with n nentne•e mud prerlslou whlrll wall Wive done erelt to sly hnmyd(al Tho rapidity with Mitch the 'roundel .1ere dreamed and removed (rein the fisbl I;v the hearer mmpanioe wet tis" ulrje.t id favorable oomment un nil el=ls'. The an,bnlnno3N w=ere,so'ernl t!n101 flrr' by the enmly'a gone, amt x010 them were dnienged by frugn, ,h,'il, 3e1 the molten' ufflrere mtendlly on with a devotion nt hen widen wits bey owl till p1 Brltlsh Medical Journal. Ilorses Rept From Stray Ins. lcolilp,bi're has,' a eur.ola and peter ably nnlqu° p1111 of preveuting their 1loren from greying. b;tppoang two people were riding together and wished to atop soniewh ere to make a 0111; to prevent their horses from straying they would tie each horse's head to tho other's tall. In this rtster the horses could neither move backward nor forward; nt the most they cosi' go round in a elects; but then I' would have to make a compeer turn thelr heads 1n the same direr