Exeter Times, 1898-5-5, Page 3TIIB EXET TrimEs
THE SILVEP TANING.
' MARKS THE MISFORTUNES or LIFE
IN BRIGHT FAStleON,
Seen it the ittight 7,18;ht the SN4Rir‘row8afld
Troubleit or toe rade :tee:Ay Ail the
gore reefeet tleown of Glory Which 11.4
merited ehrotteit Stelreteleg-The eerily
or pert-et:ewe
Waelhen-g'toult, Aprel 2e -Res. De. Tan
wiage ehreaCked this morning from the
text, job xxxvit, 21: "And now men Hee,
note thebright light; whicb ie in the
Moeda."
Winci met,. learanietle,r falling, Storm
eoanals'elat., Ship teelAng mairanpsall.
netaniae.gs tanen in. 1.riveoles of font
tweatther everywhere. The elones congre-
gate, etouncl the sun,prooelog. to
abolish hien. Rae 'atter io while he as-
sails the flanks ot the clouds with fly-
ing artielery of ligint, awe here end
there is a sign DE .tearing • vveablier.
Maaa, do nob oleserveIb. [aUy do not•,
:realize Lt. "Anclonow men see not the
bright; light Which is in tete clatudsee in
other Weoras, there are 100 mom tookenk
for storm thavere there is one man
looking foretioneben,e, 'My object will•
• be. to get: yaw tea(1 mysele into tate dee
liglhteul habit of making the !met • of
everything. .
You iney !have wonderedat, tbe, etatis-
• tics +that in I-neaten:the year 1875 there
, were ,19,000 people skein by wild. beests,
' :an4 ethete in the yea): 1876 there were in
ltadia over :20;000 Peoale desteoyed by
eadinels. Bat there is a mon-star in
oar otan leend..waie:le•,is year by yearde-
stroying extore than that. It is the old
beer of, raelaonebotely, and. : with gospel
weanoas I propose to elh-ese, it back to
its midnight .caverns,. leineien to do
two su.ms-a sum to subtraction amen
suen in additica-a suberaetion from
your dayos of dearesehen and an addi-
,eion to your clays of joy. If -Ged will
tele me; I vvUl compel you, to see the
,bright light that there is in the clouds
and compel yu to Inake the best of
:everything.
• In the 'first platie,. you ought ,to make
•etlhe very 'best of all your fbnaticial inisa
•fortotnes. /nixing •the panic a few
years leg -o you., tell lose, mousy, Some of
yon host et in most unaccountable ways -
•For the question, "How many thous-.
ands of dollars puie aside this
• year.?" You subfelebtatiat . the question,
"Illehir shall I pay my butcher 'and
baker and. clothier and. landlord?" You
ha,d,bie sensweion of rowing hard. with
two oars :and. e et ,all the time gang
down stream.
ton dia not say much about , it be-,
caoseebe was netepolite'ebespetelc
,
cif financial embarrassmente but your
wife erlaIev: Les e variety of wardeobee
• mere economy ale the table, self dente -We
ta art ane. -tapestry. • Corroaresseon, re-
ereachmenti •Weto did. not feel the ne-
emssety • •of it? My trie.nd, did you make
tthe pest of,111iis? Are you, aiware of
how naregav an escape you made'? Stip-
pose yea:geed reached the fortune to-
ward which you, were rapidly going?
What; then? You w,eeeed, have ,been as
• azalea ee Lucifer. •
How few men have succeeded largely
en a finanoial senee and. yet maintain-
ed. ileheicr simplicityand. religious conee-
aration I Nat ane -nam oat of 100. 'Mere
eureeelorions exeeptioas, but the general
rule is idiot in preportide. as 0, Mau
,geL well .off tar, this world be gees
emerly off for bhe inexe, He loses los
• ammo of dependence 012 Geod. rEie gete
v. dieteate for prayer. meeting's. -With
plenty of bank stooks and plenty of
governinent securities, Alma d.oes that
meet know of lihe prayer., Give me:this
. day my dolly bread '4" Blow few men
i1, letegely successful in tileis world are
e bringing spas to Chaise or howing
43„5.111-des1al .foor 'Oettetts or- are eeMiiientb'
fe,r piety e • You deal daunt thehe all
oath• peen eight. fingers and • tam
•thurabs. . •
One of ithe cdd otevetoute souls, When
'he was tack and sick .aiwee eleatoto used
to have a basett brought. in. a basin
stled witei gold, .and :hes- only amuse-
ment and the only relief he got or his.
inflamed Lands was running it up, in
-
the basin. Ohs what infatuation and
w hat destroying power money ,has for
fter loamy a man I Now, you ware sail-
ing, at 30 knots' •1.1hie hour toward theso.
overt:lees of worldleneee-ewtheut e mercy
11. was, that h-onest defalcation I • The
• same dareene hand. thee :crushed your
storelhouse, your beak, your office, your
• insurance company, lifted. you out of
destruceion. Tem „ day you bonestty
easpenaea in Mistimes made your for-
' 'time tor eternity, ,
"Oh," you say, "'I could get along
-very well myself, but I am so: diaap-,
poeneed that 1 cannel, leave a compet-
ence for ray c'huldron 1" My brother,
the same fella:noted reisfortane tlhat, is
'going, to save your soul will save your
catildren. 'Mita the anticipation of
largn for tune, , 1110,W, ,nitteli industry,
lament you:in eariecteen leave, eyitheuel
evlbeeh ha bet indetettry 'there is
safety? Thee • y meg man 'teepee Say,
"Well,- there's My need of my woraing.
My fatter witi Soon etap oat, and then
I'll glare just what 1 want' You can-
not bide from ban how much yott are
Worth. Yee. Mink you are hiding it.
He kenows all ahout et. Ire" eon tett
• you almost. to a dollar. • Potaaps
hag been to tete (emote' office and. eean-
alma the recetde ef ,cleeds and :north:
• gages, an& ,he has added it all up,
ethet ao has made an estimate" a hew
lone; you vein probably stay in bliis
weeld, and is tot as much worried
a•boult your rheumatism ansi sliortoess
of- exteebh as yea eiret Tlte only &r-
epine worth ctitything that yeti can gi•ve
'aeoutr celled is tee fortune you put in hie
head and heart. Of all elle young men
wale' etarted lite with 040,000 capital,
hlteve oethy tair,ned out well? I do not
know half a duet.
,felie best inheritance a young man
cite have isr the feeling that lie hits te
fight hi tl OWIt battle, end, that life is
a etraggle tette which he meat. throve
• bode, Mien Med sod' or be disg e 1
racei.Ulty
evorsted. Where ate the buena places
'of the men who started lite with: a fere
• tuna? Some of them in the potter's
• field., some in the suicide's gea,ve. But
few of those men ea:a:lied ;35 yee es Of
ege• l'heee a look, they stn.:need, they
gelabled. IA them tile laast destroy-
ed the man. Some of the:oe livea long
enough to get their fortunes and went
throiegb theue 'one vast majority of
them did )10t live to get their inherit-
exice. Pron the ginehop or house of
infaeley they -were brought home to
their father's house and in delirium
began to pick off, toetheouie reptiles
from •the embroidered .pilleW end to
fight back imaginery devils. And then,
they' were laid out in highly upholster,
ed parlor, the easket covered, with
flotvers by indulgent parents, flowers
suggestive of a resurreetiou with no
(elope. • •
As Wm eat this morning at your
breakfast tp-ble end looked into the
face)) of your children perhaps you said
within yourself : "Poor things HOW
WiSh 1 could start ahem in life with
competence 1 Hew 1 have been dise
appointed in all my expectations of
what I vvonta do for them!" Uponi
that scene of pathos I 'break with a
paean of congratulation, that by your
finanoiel losses your own prospects for
heaven and. the prospect for the hese.'
Yen of your ehildxen are raightiir im-
proved. You! may -have lost a toy, but
you have wen a pala0e,.
'flow hardly shall thetthat have
riches eater into the kingdom of God "1
'ltis easier fer emote toga through
a needle's eye than for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of, heaven." What
does that mean ? It opens that the
• grandest; blessing GoVeyer bestowed
upon you was, to " take your looney
away from. you:. Let me. here saw, in,
Passiciea do not put Much striose on the
treasures of this world. You cannot
take them along •witb, you. At any
nee% yrei eannot take them more than
two or three railee. You will have to
leave them at the. cemetery. Attila
ha -d thine coffinse So fond was he of
this life that he decreed that first be
eheittletabe buried Inoa; ooktin of g014,
• and tbat then, that elaould 'be inclosed
in a coffin of silver, and that shOulellie
inclosed, in e coffin :Aaron, and. thena
large amount of treasure sheuld be
thro-wn in over his body. And eto lis
wee buried, and the men who buried
hen were slain so that no one Might
know where he was buried and no one
there interfere with his treasures. 0
roma of the world wao want: to take
your moneyetveth youebetter have t,hree
col:fined
Again, 1 remark you ought to make
the very best of yenu• bereavements.
The whole teadeocy is to brood over
these separations, and to give much
time to the handling of momentos of
the departed, and to make long visit-
ations to the) cemetery,' and to say:
'Oh, I can never look up again I My
hope is gone,. My -courage is gone.
-My religion is - gone. My faith in God.
is -gone.- Oh, the wear and tear and.
exhaustion of this loneliness'!' The
most: frequent bereavement is the loss
of children. If your departed child
had lived as long as yonhave lived,
do you. not suppose that he would have
had about the same amount of trouble
and trial that eou have had? If you
• could: make a choice for your child be-
tween 40 yeers of annoyance, loss, vex-
ation, exasperation and bereavements
and AO years in heaven, would you take
the .respotisibility-cyf Choosing the fer-
e:net.? 'Weeln,'Yon Snatch away the cup,
'of• eternal bliss 'and -put into that
child hands the.onp onmany aereave-
raenta? Insteild of, the cane/lets 'safe-
ty into which that child has been. lift-
ed, would you like to hold it down to
the risks of this mortal state? Would
yen like eo keep it out on a seitien
which there have been- mor ef ship-
wrecks than safe voyages? Is it not
a e,onefort to you to know that that
child, instead of 'being besotted and
flung into the mire of sin, is swung
dear into the skies? Are not ,those
elnIcli•en to be congratulated that the
point: of celestial bliss which you. ex-
• pect: to reach by a pilgrimage of
50 or 60 or 70 years they reach-
ed at a flash? If : the n' last I.0,e
000 children who had entered Ilea-.
yen had gone through' the average
of human life on earth., are you: sure
all those 10,000 children would have
finally reached the blissful terminus?
Besides that,. my friends, you are to
look at this mattar as a -self d.enial on
your part for their benefit. If your
children want to go off in a May day'
party, if your childrenwant to go on
a flowery' and musical excursion you
consent. You might prefer to haire.
them withyou, but their jubilant ab -
settee satisfies you. Well, your depart-
ed c,,,hildren haveonlY..gene out in cp.
May day party, amideflowery and mas-
ical .entertainment, amid joke and hil-
nritice.'4'forever, That ought to quell
Some bf your grief,' the thought of their
glee.
So ,it ought to be tiott you. 'could
make the best; of all bereavements. The
foot that you have so many friends
in heaven will make your own depar-
ture very cheerful. When you are go-
ing on a voyage, everything depends
upon where your. friends are -if they
ara on the wharf that you leave, or on
the *whaef toward. !,vhieh youeare go-
ing' to sail. In other words, the more
friends you have in heaven the easier
it will be to get away from: this world.
The more fee:tide here the more bitter
goodbyes,. The rao.re friends -there the
more gloriou$ welcomes. Some of you
have so many, brothers, sisters, ehil-
drew friends, in heaven that 1 do not
know hardly how you are going to
cnoved through. Wheel the vessel dame
from foreign lands, and brought a
prince to our harbor, the ships ,-were
coveredwith bunting, and you remem-
ber how the men-of-war thundered
broadsides, but there was, no joy there
tool tell. you how to melte theeworet of
it• ie ray work te shovor you e bright
light iu the eloude.
Whichel the Bible men Most fet-
a:re:a your atteaeloa 1 You eay, Moses,
job, David, Jeremiah, Paul. Why,
what a strange thine; it ie that Yeal
have Lamson, thoee who were phyaioallY
dieorderedl efoses-I know be was nerve
:ma tem the clip he gave the Egyp-
tian. Jhb-his blood Was vitiated end
disettsea and his skin distresfully erup-
tive. David -he had. 'a 'running sore,
which' he speaks ot when to say "My
sore' ran, in the night and. eeasedt not."
Jeremiah had enlargement of the
spleen. :Whe can delibt it who- reede
• Lamentations? Paul -e -he had, a lifetime
sickness whieh the commentators heve
been guessing about for yeah, not
knowing exactly what the apostle
meant by " a thorn in the flesh," I
no not know either, but it Was some-
thing sharp, something that stuck hiin.
gather from all this that phy,sieal
disorder may be the means of grace
to the soul. You say you have so many
bemptatimee frorn bodily ailments, end
if you were only evell you thinIc yen
could, be a good Cleristian. While your
temptatione may be different, they are
no more than those of the emelt who has
an appetite three elutes a day and
sleeps eight; hours every alight.
Prom my observation, 1 judge ,that
invalids leave a -more" rapturous view
of the next world than well people and'
will Iteve higher renown ineheieven, The
best .view of the deleekable mountains
is through the latioe of the sickroom.
There are araine running evere- hour,
between pillew and throne, between
hospitai and mansion, between band-
ages and robes, *between crutch and
palm. branch. 011, r wi*h some of you
people who are compelled to cry: "My
head, my head I My foot, my foot 1 My
boxek, my back 1" 'would try some of the
'Lord's mediciine. You are going to get
• welt anyhow before long. Heaven is
an old, city, but has neveg yet report-
ed one case of sickness or one bill of
mortality. No ophthalmia for the eye.
No poeumonia for the lungs. No
pleurisy for the side; No neuralgia
for the nerves. No rheinn.atisin for
the mueoles. "The inhabitants shall
never say, I am sick." "There shall be
nomore pain."
Again, you. cte", to make the hest
of lite's tia,aer. Now, you. think I
have avert ough subject. You do
not see how I amto strike a spark of
light out of the flint of the tombstone.
There are many people who have an
idea. that death, is the submergence of
everything pleasant by everything
doleful. If my subject could close in
the upsetting of all such preeonr
calved 'nations, it would close well.
Who can judge best of the features of
a man -those who are close by him or
thoseewho are afar off? "Oh," you
any, "those can ju.dge best of the fea-
tures of ce man who are close by him!"
.Now, my friends, who shall judge of
the features of death -whether they are
Lovely or whether they are repulsive ?
You.? You are too far off. '111 want to
get e jadgment as to what really the
features of death are, I will notask
you.I will ask those_who have been
within a month. of deatte''or'A week of.
death, or an hoitteof death. ler a Mine
ale otaleath. They'attend so nearethe
features, they Can tell. They 'give
neelinimou,s testimone
y, if they are
Christian people, that death: instead
of being demoniac, is cherubic. , Of
all the thousands of Christians who
have been carried through the gates
of the cemetery, gather up their dying
experiences, and you will find they
nearly all border on -a jubilate. How
often you. have seen a dying man join
Id the psalra being sung around his
bedside, the middle of the verse open-
ing to let his ransorned spirit free,
long atterthe lips eould not speak -
looking and. I -minting upward.
eSeerae of you teak as though God had
exhaust -ed himself in building this
world, and .that all the rich (attains
he ever made he hung' around this
planet, and all the flowers he ever
grew he has woven into the carpet oe
our daisied meadoies. No. This world
is not the best thing God cart do. This
world is not the best thing that; God
has done. •
Om week of the year is called bias -
:Men week ---called so all through the
land because theee are more blossoms
in that week than in a.ny other
'week.' of the year. Blossom -iveekl
And that is what the future worldis
to vehich the Christian is invitedazblos-
dont week forever. It hoes fare ahead. of
Ibis wadd as paradise is ahead of Dry
.Tottugaia•aoe. yet here we staad.shive
ening and fearing to. go out, end we
want to stay on the. dry sand and amid
the stormy petrels when we are invitee'
to ardora ot jasmine and birds oe•pare-
dig°.
One season / lead two springtimes. I
went to New Orleans in April, and I
marked the diffeeedroe • between going
toward New Orleans and then coming
back. As 1 event on down toward New
Orleans the verdure, :the, foliage, be-
came thicker and more beautiful.
When 1 came baek, the farther 1 came
towar1 home elle less the foliage and
less and less it became until there was
hardly. any. Now, it all depends
-upon the direction in which you travel.
11 a Spirit from heaven should come
toward mu' world, he is traveling
from Junestoevaird:December, frOm ra-
diance toward'darkness, from hanging
gardens toward icebergs. And one
would. not lee very much surmisect if
a spirit; -of God, sent forth: from Heav-
en toward oue world shoutel be slow
to come. But how strange it is that
eate dread going, toward that world
• ellen going is from. December toward
me, Cram' the snow of earthly eton
tbe enoev of Menlo blossoms, from
aretieS of touble toward the ironies
eternal joy!
Oh, tehat an ado Montt dyinge
,t so attnehed to the malarial marsh
which we leve that we are afraid
)go mp .and live on the hilltop. We
re alarmed because -vaeatiooiS °ma-
w 'Eternal sentight arid, best pro.
remme or celestial minstrels and hal-
no inducement. Let as stgy
ere and keep cold and ignorant and
emit. Do not intorodetee us to Elijah
ad John atiltoo and Bourelaloue. Keep
-tir feet on the sherp cobblestottes of
oath instead of pet/Wing them on the
nal: of amaranth, in heaven; Give us
his small island -of a leprous world in -
teed of the immeeisities of stelendor
nd delight. Weep oar hands fen of
ettles and our shoulder under the
ardent and our, nook in tile yoke and
Opplee ott mar ankles and 'handcuffs on
ceir wrists. "Dear Derd," we eleeeel to
Say, "keepeue dentoe bere where we leave
o suffer instead oll Mining us op Wheee
ve might; livealed reign and rejoice."
titin anlazeal at Myeele and at; Year
elf for thie 118ivation uredee whielt
• 6 ell rest, gen you. Would suppose
ex.
woizld get trieletened at having to
etay in thte tvorld imiteed p1gettioe
friglitenedat latving to go towaret hea-
ven. 1 conoratalate anybody who has a
elght to die. By that I mean through
smknese You, cannot avert or througle
ler-oidellt you, cannot, avoid. -your work
coruirtocnieted, "Whore dia they liury
Lily?" eahl one little ebild to anoth-
er. "Oh," fihe replied, "they hurled her
in the ground?" What 1 in
ethe cold ground ?" "Oh, me ne, • uot
Id the colcl ground, but in the waxen
ground, where ugly seeds become beau -
tiled flowers!"
"But," says some one, "it pains me
so mach to thiole that I muse loee the
body witanevhith my' sol hae so long
ccumpanioned," YOU do not lose it, You
no More lose your body by death than
yau lese your watch when you send
it to have it repaired, or your jewel
when you, send it to ha,Ye it reset, or
the faded pietnee, when Yoa emit it to
have it toadied up, or the photograph
of e friend wben you have it put in a
new locket. Iron do not lose your
body, Paul will go to Rome to get
his,Payson will go to Portland to get
his. President Edwards will go to Prin-
ceton to gee his, George Coelanan will
go to the bottom of the Atlantic to
get his, and, we will go to the village
ellexcliyards and the eity emeeteries to
get ours, and when we have our per-
fect spirit rejoined to our perte.et body
then we will be the kind et men and
women that the resurrection morning
will make possible.
So you eee you lio,ve not mole au4
any doleful story yet. -White huve you
prov•ed ehmet, death.? Mott is the ease
you) have made oat? You. have made
out just this -that death allows us to
have e perfect body, tree of all aches,
united forever with n perfect soul free
erone all sin. Ooreeet your theology.
What does it -all. mean? Why, itmean
that raoving day is corning and that
yot are going to quit cramped apart-
ments and be maxesioned forever. elle
horse that stands at the gate will not
be the one lathered. and. bespattered,
careering bad news,. bub it will be the
horse that St. orohn Saw in .A.poealyptio
vision - the white horee on which
the King comae to the banquet. The
ground .around the palace will quake
with the tires- and hoofs of celeatial
equira-ge, and those" Christians whe in
this world lost their friends ant lost
their property and their health and
lost their life will find out that God
was always kind, and that all things
worked together for their good, and
that thopie were the wieest people on
See yon not now the bright light in
teall-rothp.iwouhaost made the best of everything.
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euve been indebted fur their invitation
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PRA CT.CO A le NOTES.
Id usage does not eleveysi impla Gtxt has al.i.veys. eetegliPtttl°tea4 etthatioi
eonvereation. On this day, and* in 01 the -whole weri(i•
wee temple 00,ixt3, hardly auytaing 10. Gathered: together all a$ Tlia 41,5r
tnaild, both good and bad This
°Quiet ha attic], by oar .Lord without have ottee t ern in nee story teaches Us at
ixgitb,e gorcti 01 an answer tO the as- leaet two leseonos: 1, No Chriseien tea-
persione of hie enemies. Spalee onto 'thew iles right: " make selection
teem again ,by larames. Because, 114 oe. Wale, to be eaved; we are to gather
was not safe tp ilia truth in ite ilanlltowsilintInneYol"t:eildv°eili:id..11(eli;eewoPelo,°11;ebete•GogS!
anan:akerIlie(taii:yihewtirtultotthitbieme‘tvilets J.3aorabt, pel to every eeeeeeere; We are tio ()mut
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to utter was so broad. and 50 c on inn° 'es f0111;iihop.le
oenStet:TleS:(34;h°reagd°c'sjild'n11°11(611)elt‘ilt°ie'hilil'ex:'
ga
ia its application L'hat it could be more whatever to do with the invitation,
effeetively expressed by parables Mien Not the righteous, but. sinners, ;feline
It e°111(1 Id terse d"riiiitj'°n• .N°6 ct;ta;e1123rd°, t°foreltile'oel"y°i-silltralti.'oubt, titey
eimply to those allout him (lid our LOT d pnd the man who' evould wlih he'lmeriele
speak, hut to all whom his words reach, e8,1 viortere east anyone mit of leis circle
+0 the end, of (froo, 01 eynepethy :Lit, doing weat Christ eeri-
e . Tinstered the unease steward for doing -
kingdom of beaveu is a e:hraee ae he himself 4shi e •
wieh whieh we- are now familiar. 121 While :refusing tolforgilv.gevheilaleillicgttio
its last analysis it me,ane the dominion2. The attract' of Cheist. on earth
is ante pee:feat; it 'has in it Meth leta
and goad, fee more good than bad, and
oefeevhne, a,itiwerleiase,4,, Rua:ember the paeable
11. Tbe king ca,rete in. We have all
along Imen regarding this banquet as
the Gospel feast, and to that feast of-
ten and in many -ways the Ring of
glory eomes-sometimes by bewildering
jr,ovidence; sometimes by soft tyloispers
the meditative and prayerful
iwi-
ight; by bereavements; by piles On
piles of blessings; by stray .snatches
ot tunes which carey noly hymns and.
the sound. of a voie-e that is still; by
that day, "when man to jadgenent
wakes from clay "-many indeed. are the
ewaeeysthbeygluvielskths. tlaT8King'oinsteecertreeMin- '7-
mare which had not on a wedding gar-
xnent. It seems to be presupposed t,hat,
the king hadegiveit to the guests dress-
es of honor. This man's guilt consisted
in his rejecting what was thus pro -
olden Readthe story of ,Telni, 2 Kings
,
does not ePecieY a wedding. feast- The in. modern oriental life where kings
figure of a marriage applied to reel,-
giouts truth oae familiar end favorite
with, the eaws, Isitiale pictured God. as
the bridegroom awl lsrael es his
bride. Jeremiah spoke ol the Okla,
at heavenly priuelples, a state or con-
.
di tion in Which God's will eontrols
huenita wills. To the .yews it...probably
bad a, conventional, almost. technical
meaning, connecting it Avith tbe rule
of the Messiah. Jewish kings were the-
e
oretically vicagereats of God, for in
its ideas judah had. ;lever been an
absolute menarche., but. a theocracy-
Goil'e nengdom, oe evnieh the king of
'Jerusalem wets the representative. The
gewe of Jesus's day expected tbe Mee -
slab soon, and doubtless the members
of elie crowd that now clustered about
Jesus each took a meaning of his own
fro.ne this phrase, and none of them un-
derstood its fuel :trot perfect beauty.
A certain 'king watch matte a mar-
riage fOr his, son The oareele of Luke
14. 15-24, while. 11 deseribes a feasti 10. 22. There are not wanting cases
and nobles have presented robes to
their guests, What is the wedding gar-
ment? Holiness -that righteousness
which ie the gift of Christ to those
who are tvillin,g to put it on.
12. Friend. The word means corm
tries or Israel as ot erwe's adulteries, rade- mato, eon -Manion. 11 is used three
Wenee by our Lord, always with the
thought of reproof -to the complain-
ing workmere, to the traitor judos and
here. He was speechless. The man's
carelessness or' defiance, whichever it
Ives. is hese seen to be ioexousable.
13. Bind him band and foot, and take
Ane. John the Baptist and. our Lerd
had in various t.eachinge einPloYed
toted figures of sPeaell. 'biz story em-
PAREPA AT A FUNERAL.
Ph 'zes the guests rather than the
A wealthy lady of New York City, aiaa,81 ; - • ' •
who wee a friend of Madame Parepa the 0ourtselits isloant rhuet kitinigs is)titilinincisfrfoorar
Rosa, relates an instance oe the great God, atul that, like the marriage dos-
-erobed by Isaiah, this'marriage symbo- 1nm. anny. This shows the wrath of
singer's tender feelinend sympath-
.
etic tact. The lady had for a long time awereh. • nees. The darkness of the night out-
iiees the union of Christ and his the king. Cet,sit him into outer dank -
given work to a poor sewing -woman 3. Sent forth his servants. This, also, side the palace doers. Oriental cities
are not ligl,ted,and :Jerusalem at night
ee perfectly forlorn. Weeping ana
gnashing at teeth.A phrase which
brings into vivid cootrast ths misery
and mortificatior of the. ojented guest
and the splendor, beauty-, and hiarions
goad ehe.er oe the weloome gu.eses.
14. Mitny . are called, but few
are chosen. Tbe meaning of this
strange verse, which has been so piti-
rally warped h some zealous tamale -
panne, would seem. to be made plain
by the story which we have just
studhect, Who were called? First
of all, a few seleeted. guests; after-
ward all, as many as e-ould be found..
Who were chosen? Those who accept-
ed, the invitation and came with the
proper spirit and in proper garb. "The
choice, so far as this ,aarable is con-
cerned," says Dr. Plimmtre, "appears
to be as 'dependent upon the answer
as is the calling."
,and her young daughter, and. wheu the was a fazniliar figure of speec • bQO
Matt. -
daughter became feeble, she had supen where the servants
-
21. 33
are made to represent the good. men -
plied her Nvitit bobks and comforted her prophets
with gentle attentions. P
were sent at different times through
psalmists and priests -who
One bitter day in Deceraber a sad centuries to call Israel to religious
faith ulness. o call them that were
note from the mothee came to tell the bidden to the wedding. et is not con-
trary to oriental habitudes,- though it
may nob be in accordance with frequent
ternoon. Parepa was present, and saw custom, for a second invitation to be
the little tear -blotted letter, and notic-
ed the shrinking of her friend and the
distressed expression upon her face.
They had planned to spend a pleasant
day together by the warm fire: The
disturbing circumstances were stated,
and. Parepe a,t once said:
lady that the giel had died, and the
funeral service would i,e. hedl that af-
stoenteotiptrobvyidee,dhotsotr, aennachangtelesseto.rt, tThuhes
thought here is that the bidden guests
were disloyal to their king; otny oth-
tperli:aoiaitnodvrisotef:rot h:eledirrS:onitsnovolivnitOatteil.oda.habvuet tbehere
4. He sent forth other servants. Think
of Sainueln efforts to reform Israel,
"You must go, and 1 will go With and his partial failure; of Nesbit and
Elijah, and their greater , fal are • of
.
YOU."
A storm half -rain, half -snow, was i Ifsaenieuirherd Jeremiah, and their utter
beating dismally on ehe pavements , came andtil'I;buntrieleend°12uhp"thGVic2iatrylla-"ies;
when they set out. The funeral -in one have Prepared my dinner. A feast. a
banquet -a "wedding breakfast." My
of the upper rooms of an East Side
tenement -house -was a " id-eenVefive" Orient lIdmYl
ntneni
oparaattliiilg
veliill
l; are fleshttkleedinlhe'
meat
dollar funeral," with its cheap hearse is eaten; it is regarded as a Wintery
rather than ae a neeessiLy, and. the
and. cherry -stained boe: coffin. shouts and songs and laughter which
For some cense the effieiating clergy' we associate with drinking wine are
man was a stranger to the poor family frequently spoken of in oriental lit-
-so muca so, in fact, that he mistook ereehre as tile effect of eat -
her as a son. le Lew hard -aced hat tailings,
sPoke of hag flesh. The killing of the oxen and
•the sex of the deceased, andf
have beeo luxurieus All things ere
, , . .
then, shows this (limier to
ready. ;•The king had. negleeted no
Provision for the pleasore of his
kind-hearted neighbors sat about the
room. The misery of the scene, centered
in the silent sad -faced mother, bereav-
ed of her only ohild and only- eeen-Pene guests. In that bot- country keeling
ion. and. cooking elosely followed eath
111.he,formal service was soon ever, and other.
words or consolettion to the forlorn taxa on the thins of this world fail
h. They made light. of it. Those in -
the minister, after some well -meant
mourner, took his leave. en the pain- to wcognew spironej blessings et
ful liaaae that ensued -the inevitable their worth. One to his farm., an -
strained moment at funerals when 1ll
th
e er to his inercirereliee. '1 he world
has been said and ,the people helplessly wns then eeviaoe, as now, into coon.-
wait-Parepit ease and. stoat beside the
. . try and eity people, and the secalar iu-
lookong flewn into the dead girl's t .t
thy neglected the kingdom of God.
hand. for an instant 021 the cold fore- 6. 11le. remnant The rest t them
head-anct then for the fixst tinie the Peek his seri/tint); entreat°ed
less voice:
wonderingspectators heard her match- nsie,igteloe,oudayi, nTeheeyeaxawladiy-
Angels ever bright. and fur, anemia injure.ft the, king's servants.
Take, oh take me to your (etre. So ENO), was pursoeci by Ahab, and
The song -prayer was never 11 ted. up Modal was Sateen asunder by Manasseh,
and Wereeliab wile starved in the reek -
in a fitter :,place. nor loreathed out by
sweeter tone. : The scene wee °hanged ing dungeon by Zedeatiale, and :lobo
as if by enthentmene. The lieweers stood the Batites1; was beheaded by Herod.
with rapt faces, and there weed many So Jesus, the Son, was himsele killed
tearful eyes. Tee men who. was about by the tlewe; and so thousands ot
to fasten the coffin -1K stopped and Christiana Isom bal. dee to tias have
howed his head, 1. The minister came been enereated epitefully because :of
softly back; and wititea reverently, hat their faithfraness to the message that
io hand. Knots of chanted listeners teomm • e , •
gathered at the door ana on the staixs. 7, Be sent lorte his armi(s. ()vet' and
(Igto°0rcee a°..1.71.r talgietwiCh4a1 ;Lel°, 11terel"hict)e et' ihe°0 lite'
lisaocingo,evlont;eb
wrath of meta to pralee :him. Sargon
aria Son 011;• lo eri e, N ace dtez
'MUG, the barbaric and. Mohammedan
and. Christian wee -tiers during the. :no-
te:tie:a oil Cluisteedom -morally load
ite many el there were-ewere
• Goil'e servetets, and commanded God s
THEIll WIVES' ACCOMPLISHMENIS armies They loulteles$ I' 1 e
le mane
Between y nee me, seal pwytin te tames oterlient to del ; dottiblo1/41-
oat rpoees w ho it to knowing them ; but
were so pressing that
emaciated face. ;She laid • her white s of °°t11'
and great-hearted woman had brought
earth and heaven near to each oilier
by the melody oe her eat, and. trotnefige
tired a eel:Wiese wideven sorrow. :
Triplett, I done; like piano mimic. at leee °Wen theg i'arvietl out ehova 1,.
ell, but; ein quite 'willing loamy, :Nvlfe
to play bega-tese her mouth is kept edos-
ed White elle is playing.
You are better, off than 1 tom, re-
plied Triplett. My wife sings: and
playe at the %Mee time.
UNREASONAletE,
Jobis 'MULL'S the trouble between
you. etiol. Mrs..itobbee
• 0, ehe troakee me tiled. :The Wee of
lany wonianeteyin' to hold, a man to
what he eie-ia when he wan cotertho her,
She 'ought, to have more Sense.
Ibis feet, 101011 (38 ue- the. t bog real;
military sconrgo haS wunished, this
earth without God, using hirt to teen
elmosatais to righteotteness. Burned
up their city. eeei ;Telemann. had leen
deatroyed ahd Wti,S soon egein to Le de-
etroseed. by the Itonmel aendes. •
8, Were not worthy. Comeare the
'eseirds of ,Patel and Domaine to the
Jaen or Ant:Loth, Acts 13. 46,
9, Into the ltighwaye. "thtt to the
e roes rotate .1' Rim ds 211 ra lo s ee (ltd
poet: affairs in any come, hat even
along the eleeert they etto closely kepi;
to, and where they oroee each ;near
ABOUT SPANISH WOMEN.
I am not going to hoist the limner
of the intellectual superiority of the
woratert, otr proclaim oven the' eqaality
of elle sexes in that respect, says Len-
ora de Bel/note; 111 the Wevista Conteme
poranea. We are bound to.a.eknawledge
that 'there hare. at alt times been Wom-
en silo were superior te most men, but
we must also confees that very few
have reached the position attained by
the most eminent men in science, 'lit-
er:Ware or pate-ea.:1 even those few
have only followed. in tho wake of man.
But. assuming that feminine intellig-
ence is really less vigorous then man's
it, is nevertheless, worthy of being tak-
en halo consideration. for wouxen have
proved that they CO 11 fill a high po.si-
.
Lion, not only in art and literature, but
also in science and phitoeophy.
Regerded as inea.pable of perform-
ing work en:miring, ntelligetiee and in-
dependent action. tbe SpartiS11 Wontan
iti broughb up with the idea. that friv-
olity is one of her most powe f
(amnions and taut; igneeneee and alma -
lute dependence are the qualities nec-
essary, for those Who -aspire 10he mod-
el trivee anti good mothers, Yet, if it
be a womitige missien to sbere the life
eine labors of a Man and metre him
happy; if she be the one called open to
give to the children that .pritnery edit -
cal hal tepon wliich depende the, future
oxf the tieing general -ion -which meats
the fu-ture of eooiely in general -then
is it. noot n raietake to make i1, diffieuet
for bet to !Weil "the 6.11pm-tome duty
come:led to her? Yet this is the mis-
take we are now committing by Wont-
ing her mope. Wok/Wm 18 noWl, as in
OincisnL times a mere object of rectea-•
Jion for man, because they loave with -
tog else, in common
In Spain the tnovement awakes little
interest. Our women, who) are equal
to plea in indellertee if in nothing elee
think very 11 1110 about the to -reseal; and
future lot oe their Sex, nevi, in spite
of the fa.et that tbere are fite more
woolen thatk men, seek no other solu-
tion of the problem ot life than marri-
age., The noble work of theix, eiseers
in other lailds for the conemon cage:3
hover provokes a evera of eympat•hy.
130N..e.NZ4.,
• Cionga ela i me to have n ' ve n tioh
thee will make Win ride
• 1 guess he has. It ie on aitifieial sea.
ebore ten for ileople who cameot attore
LO 10:180 home in Summer
TIE 1111 At! Con or
tt.Vtlitt Lu
tete Siteee the i
Clarto to
Do Otose per80114 W110 1t.rgt* War, theee
Pepere that olanwee for bostiritiee, ever
stop te think of the (met of hoxaen 11f0
involved in a warfare between netioue,
• The cavil war cost 303,000 lives. Of
this ntnnber 913,089 were slain in beaten
The vase :Limy which execturabed to
disease was no lose then 034,33e, while
•
tho remaining 20,000 or • se -died pe
wounds ineeived.
At the battle of Waterloo 51,000 men
were killed or disabled. There were
145,009 soldiers in elute groat struggle
;lad it la estimat,ed that one man was
either- killed or disebled for every 400
shets.fired, eouating, beth tho3 artillery
and rifle
To the Crimean Ivar 95,615 lives were
sacrificed, and at Borodino, when the
Freneh and, Russians fought, 78,000
Men were left dead ma the tattle field.
There were 250,000 tomes In combat in,
that engagement.
Of the 95,015 peen who perished. in
the Crimea 80,000 were Turks und Rue -
Alone.
AL Canon however, Where the leo-
mane suffered the worst defeat bp then-
-history, it ie said that 52,0e0 oe their
soldiee's were stein, ehe Boman army.
ea this battle oonsiste I. of 146,000 Inert
--the pieked beetwn and sinew of the
. .
empiDe.
In the Franco-Prussian war 77.000
Frenohneen were killed. The Germans
fErad 30,000,000 rifle shots to attain this
remelt. During the auxie war the Ger-
mans fired n63,000 artillery chargee.
Since the birth of Christ 4,000,000;000
men have been stain in battle, Before
the beginning a the Christian era the
leases cannot be eetimated, • owing' to
the very indistinct and beaccurate ace
comets. th.at have been Minded down.
• In none of the battlee mentioned,
was dynamite used'. In the wars of
the future this terrible agent of de-
struction must be reckoned on. Men
-alba have studied the mortality stetise
ties of the past shudder at the thought
of what may be in store in the wars
that are to come. Only recently has
the use of dynemite in land warfare
been considered safe for the array us-
ing it. The modern dynamite gun.
however, hes seemingly solved the pro-
blem, and the men who go to war
hereafter will face an agent of de-
see:Motion beside which the charges of
Napoleon's old guard were eleildee
Play. '
TRIMBIED WITH DIAMONDS.
The young Countess de Castellon%
who lives in Paris. has a. tea, gown
tremened with diamonds. Think of. et!
A negligee robe costing a small for-
tunel It hae just. been designed for
the Comatose by Worth, It is a tett
gown as gorgeous as a ball costume.,
and is the most elaborate negligee
gown ever made- by Worth. -
Anna. Gould since her marriage to
Count de Caetellane, lea been femme
for ber marvellous gowns. Her ward-
robe las been the envy of every titl-
ed lady abroad. No expense has been
spared, and weh couturiere wlione she
has employed has been given carte
blanche to carry out .his most artistio
• The tea gown which Worth bas inSt
finished shows many novelties. The:
robe is made of :heliotrope -velvet c.rink-
lid according to tee late,st. fashion. Tho
long straight front is of cream color
mousseline de etch+ and cascades of
cream silk lace,
The front ii bordered with a most
exquisite trimming, consisting of a,
fluffy jabot of white feathers, caught
here ami therewith diamond orita-
nil
gei:ttesninTgheameollne;.'t thole ftebnetherdsillaisOnedf-
quisite. The feathery trimming resat -
:r sftehaeingown. ls,teshoulder. right to the hem
Tbecirjmkied velvet sleeve is small
'and laid an intiks towerd the top. And
on each $hotilcle'r a cluster of artien
clad flowers is faStelled. .On, one sheen -
der are di few sprays of velvet parple
and _White orchids, and on the other
Leen irienteet bunch of. violets.. The
'gown .has a long- train and. an intiee-
erli shke aix of regal, elegance. -
LA'S , Loa gown is remarkable for
many reasons in addition to its costli-
etess. It 13 trumneel With. diamonds -
an lincorkinlon trintrning to eay the
least, 'for a negligee robe, It• is, made
with a elose fitting sleeve instead of
the oconventional flowing sleeve of the
eniv.serouyeeloz:eaertgottovna. dalentcol airtstifbiceineluLfyle0voita
tea gown trimmed with Dowers is al-
most as great a novelty ge a tett gown)
trienmed with niamonda.
A FLIRT aTION CHECKED.
One day when Queen Victoria was
present in her eterriege at a military
review, the peewees royal, then rather
a willful girl, ot 13 or 14, site:log oti
the front; seat, seen:loci dieposeel to be
-rather familiar and ooquettieh with
some young offieers the eseort. Her
ajvs by- gave several reproving looks
without avail, let length,in flirting
her bendkerchief °vet the Sides of the
carriage, the peineees dropped it, too
evidently toe eecidenta.11y„ eminently
two or three young coffee:as sprang
from their saddles to 101 urn it ; but the
voice or the Veen 81 ayea them.
it ‘1',iSets0:?:,,sghet,stilei ntoeuve:emie; j du ea ut igthliteeire:
get clown erem. the carriage and pica
op your,- ltenoike venial:" There woos no
help for le. The royel :footman let
down the steps fax the little lady, who
• proceeded to lift front tbe dust the .
pretty piece at tornbrie and lace. She
blushei a gooil deal tie ehe tureed her
bee d saucily, but. 2218 doubtless attgfy
gh
(*II"48 Fe lir$T1 A.,—PPEINS,
•0.010ear there nitioli :310V ,0ili8 inver4-
Mach! Wefl, r should eenhet think
:so. Why, the, promoter elone made ev-
er $200,000 out of it, I eavonet any
idea 'now leeth tile inventor got.
is proV)ls, id ehe men who toew
stemeterime 81111) /Oa t 1 c,rs, 1,11„21 he
g01- in the neighborhood ee• elcaa
100011'Wile 140141 till I, 14 n • \-(-^A ttnA, t,e4
Still, there Were, 1/V) 42.'7 wc,11- n rikieft
Lite itiventor's share,