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AND dailiMIINTS,
t no, the queetion of Essence's
lobe to Fashola, taleen by it seitt that
lie,s prompted the ferraatiou a a min-
iStry Melting all Republicaetions
ir.eupport of Frenee foceige volley,
for there le no indleation. thet France
intends to push ber oenateentioa to the
Point' of wee. There is no doebt that
Eaglaud has, as the protector oe Egypt
a Wear right to the whole valley oe
the Nile, not alone because of her
affirmation that the estateishraent of
any other power there would be an
unfriendly act, bet on Prinollidea re'
cognized by international image. If
the bases of eight a servereiente is
long tenure, then Egypt is justified
in re -occupying territory whieli she has
never ceded to another power; if it is
recent conquest, then by the capture
of Khartoum she has won the Nile val-
ley from the Khalifa, end if it is ef-
fective occupation, that of the Anglo-
Egyptian army is so effective that
there is practically no opposition to IL
Indeed, the legality of the ,B,ritisb
claims is so well organized that, it is
announced, the Dupuy government
will abandon its al tine to Fashoda and
recall Major Marchand, though re-
serving for subsequent, negotiation the
right of France to a part of the Bahr-
el-Ghazel province.
It is, however, intimated. that it will,
later on, raise a larger question, that
of the preeent and future internatioe-
al status of Egypt, in the hope that
a sufficient number of European na-
tions May be drawn into the conten-
tion to oaerthrow the British domina-
tion of the Nile. That question is, in
brief, Is Egypt an independent state,
or under allegiance, to the Ottoman
Sultan, and is England's relation to
Egypt to be determined by her promise
to terminate her military occupation
as soon as stable government is estab-
lished? As the question thus involves
not only the British tenture of the
Nile valley, but control of the Suez
canal, it is one in which the powers
having interests in the Far East are
concerned, and in the decision of
which they are likely to claim a voice.
At present all of them, save France.
tacitly assent to British control,
though none of them is willing to do
SO officially, and no government would
challenge that control unless France
forced England too positively to as-
sert it. But If France raised the ques-
tion eudslenly and sharply, on the
oroond that as Egypt is now relieved
from danger from 1VIahdisin, British
military occupation is no longer need-
ed, it is not improbable that Russia,
and perhaps other powers, would agree
Loa conference. In that event,' the re-
fusal of England to enter the confer-
ence, and her assertion of ownership
of Egypt, or the establishment of a
cIo-e protectorate over it, might be
expeoted, action which might bring
on war with France and Russia. It is,
apparently, in Support of some such
policy that a ministry of concentration
has been formed in France, and in
preparation for and warning against
attempt to pat it into force
that England. is moblizing her fleet
and making ready for any and all
hostile developments. There is lit-
tle reason to believe that either
France or R,ussia, will accept her cbal-
Lenge, but her present determined de-
monstration makes it clear that the
issue rests with. them.
• THE MODE IN GLOVES:
Bold, aggressive shades are not real-
ly in demand for all their brave show-
ing in the shops. They are not in good
taste, and only call unnecessary ate
tendon to the hand, Which, beyond be -
RN BEAN US LEE A, DE
THE STORY OR THE S/NOPHOENI.
CIAN WOLVIAN
Rev Des leeritenes a Timely age
iftes4retelore Siemens -Tile ailed tie Vince
Mat /Rom One In the Seam, et Sine
aialess Yreka. are Xmotissiele for Chris;
--oteire raseeveranee exerted in "fealty
Alleles rein IV011ita 1114Y0 Made Vets
(rdisetZaltieh from eVashinglon saysRev. Dr. Telmage preached froin the
following text 1*--" But He answered
and said, " It is not meet to take the
children's bread., end to east it to the
does. And. she said, Truth, Lord; yet
the doge eat of tlae orutabs whice fell
from their maater's tabia., Then Jesus
answered and said unto her, 0 woman
great is thy faith; be it. unto thee even
as thou wilt. And her daughter was
made whole, from that very houre--
Matt. xv, 26-28.
' It was a Sabbath afternoon in the
Belleville parsonage, 1 had been try-
ing for years to preach, but to um the
Christian life had been nothing but
struggle. I sat down at the table,
took lip my Bible, and asked. for Divine
illumination and. it poured like sun-
light upon my soul teromeh the storY
of the Syrophoenicion woman,
This woman was a mother, and she
had an afflicted daughter. The child
had a virulent, exasperating convul-
sive disease, called the possession of
the devil. The naotber was just like
other mothers; she had, no peace as
long as her child was sick. She was a
Gentile, and the Jews had stela perfect
contempt for the Gentiles that they call-
ed them dogs. Nevertheless, she ccenes
to Christ and aslss His help in h'e„r
T
•
ger oe 000 tiog With certain Pereorie,
end. Mid; "Boyne a doge,- john, in
lereveletien, deeoeibieke the feet time the
Abendoued and the dissolute and the
sintati seen 4i4ally /se thriatst Met Of
heavea,
says ; "Wit/Mitt ere dogs."
This I say "ea ehaw yen weet intense
hetree the Jew at °Wen ialne had
egaiest the Gentile, ou. illest fl
admit that it milet have been e Peale'
tively sinful hatred, and eist terougb
ealeieet, the ellen; lessoe, 1 learn is
the t
It may flatter you. for a while ; it ineY
SIN TR,SATS 11$ LIKE A DOG.
cares e you for a wiale; but no Eastern
traveller ever more raciealessly beet 4
whelp in the tri of,, 13eirout or
Darnaseus, than sin -will beet you and
Me it it gets a (demo. "The way 'a
the transgressors is bard."
Sin is a scarificetion of the soul. Sit
oomes to the. youeo man. It seas:
"Take a game of carda—it won't /alert
you. Besides that, it is the way men
make their, fortune." It; is only at
small striae. See bow easy it is. The
young man plays and wins a, horse and
earriage and a house—wins a fortune.
"See how easy it is," says +sin ; "1t. don't
cost you anylehing. Look at those
young men who stick to their Salaries,
away down at the foot of the ladder,
while you ere in great prospeelly," The
young man is eneouraged. • He goes
on and plays lerger and larger; the
tide turns against him; he loses the
horse, loses the carriage, loses the
house, loses the fortune-, Ceack I goes
the sheriffmth
's
mallet on e last house-
hold valuable, Dowe loseer and lower
the man fella until he eitches eaentues
for a drink, or clutches for devils that
trample lane In wild delirium. "Tho
way of the transgressors is herd."
• Sin comes to a young man and says:
"Take this glass—it won't hurt you.
It has a very fine flavour. Take -a
glass in the morning; it will be an ap-
petizer. Take a glass at noon; it wfl
aid digestion Take a glass at aught ;
it ill make you, sleep. well." yam
are in a glow, while others are chilly.
gow bright it makes the eye—how etas -
tie it makes the step; Oles day you
family Lroteees. cheese macs no ae- meat him, and you say: "What are
swer. The people are afraid there is you lloing here at noon?
and. you. were at business?" "Oh! fthought
lost ray
I
going to be " scene" there,
they try 1.0 get, the woman out of
Christ's presence, but He forbids her
expulsion. • Then she falls down and.
repeats her request. Christ, to eally
her earnestness and to nanke His mer-
cy finally more conspicuous, addresses
her, saying, "It is not meet to take
the children's bread, that is, the sal -
Teton appointed for the Jews, and cast
it to dogs," the Gentiles. Christ did not
mean to characterize that woman as
a dog. That would have been most
unlike Him who from the cross said,
"Behold tey mother," His whole life
so gentle and so loving, He could not
have given it out as His opinion that
that was what she ought to be called;
but he was only employing the ordin-
ary parlance of the Jews in regard
to the Gentiles. Yet thee mother was
not to be put off, pleaaing is she was
not, tto be rebuffed, she was not to of the transgressors"is hard."
place." "Lost your place!" God have
mercy upon the young scan when,
through misdemeanor, he loses his
place, Every temptation in hell takes
after Una. Hoppled and handcuffed
at, thirty years of age by evil habit!
Save that young man; he is on the
express -train that stops not until it
tu_mbles over the embankment of per-
idsitihoanr.d.""The, way of the. traasgressors
Six comes to IS young man, and says:
"Take a dollar out df your employer's
drawer; he won't miss it; you, can put
it back after awhile. Take anotherl
take another! Don't you see how easy
it is? Hundreds of dollars added to
your eatery in a 'year I" Cbae day, the
police knock at the door, and say: "I
want you." ."What ?" "I want you."
Discovery has come; disgrace, ira-
for the efe of her daughter ; she was Prlsonment loss of the soul.. The way
be discouraged. She says, Yea, Lord,
I acknoseledge, I are a Gentile dog, but
reraember that even the dogs have
Some privileges and when the door is
But you need not look through the
wicket of the prima to learn this, and
to find the frozen feet, and the bruised
brow, and to hear the coughing lungs
open they slink in and they crawl, un- resulting' teem crime.. Every man
der the table, and when the bread or
the meat sifts through the cracks of
the table, or falls off the edge of it,
.they pick it ;ape and the master of ,tbe
house is uot angry with them. I don't
ask for a big loaf ; 1 don't ask even
for a big slice; I only ask for that
which drops down through the chinks
of the table—the dog's portion. It is
the crumbs I am after." Christ felt the
wit and the earnestness and the strat-
agem and the faith of :that woman,
has found out in his own experience
that "The way ofe transgressors is
hard."
SIN D.EMEANS US,
sin is cruel, sin is desperate—it lacer
-.
'aties, it mauls the„.soul, it chains you
like a dog, it drives you out like a
dog, it throws refuse to you like a
dog, it whips you with innumerable
stripes like a doe. There is a legead
abroad. of ante one of whom it was
He turns upon her and sayse—
foretold that she would. the of a ser -
have conquered me; your daughter Yerotus pentSs bite. The father to keep her
well now. Go horn°, mother, but be- 1 away frona that, built a castle far out
fore you get there she will come down, an the sea. He said no serpent cou.ld
skipping out to meet you." crawt there; bul one day a boat came
under the caalle, . and the daughter
There I see the mother going. She --- saw grapes in it, and, letting down a
feels twenty years youngere.g.eiting on , rope, a
in. life, brit she goes with a hale run. •ne got the grapes, andwas eat-
ing them, when elle found 'a serpent
Amid an outburst of hysterical laugh-
ter and tears they tueet. The mother- entwined in the ,clusters. It stung
breaks down every Lillie she tries to her, lind she died' Sin may seem Isis
tell it; the daughter with cheeks as cian''''' and ririe' and. to have all Us?:
rosy as before she fell inahe first fit; wealth of the vineyard, but at the las
the doctors of the village prophesy_ "it biteth like a serpent, and sting-
ing that • eth like an adder," Oh! have no -
THE CURE WILL NOT a. aSaa• thing to do with its approaches. RI
because it was not according to their peomises you a robe; it will cover you
rescription. But I read in, the old- with rage. It offers you a chalice of
It luxurious. leverages; it will fill you
est medical journal of the. world. "the with - woemwood It ProMiSes Ycli a
daughter was made whole from that
very hour." • thronel it will drive you into a kennel.
Inthe feat place, I learn from my Again, royeeabeect shows you ,Jesus
subject, that sin treats us like a dog. with Ilie beek tuenect 'That women
— not as dogs are now treated. Land- came, to -Him, and said: "Lord, spare
er, in. bis pictures, makes princes of the life of my child.; it .will not cost
11 the canine, family. You sometimes you anything," Jesus turns Ills back.
d th - 1, e d d , • . He. throws positive discouragement
he St. Bernard dogs are admired all upon her petition. Jesus stood with
he world oyee. There is one of there His face to blind Bartimeue, find ith the
foamy demoniac, and the limping para._
a collar on his neck inscribed svith 1 e i
the names of twenty-five persons whose lai 'Lee
i ie e hushed it,
lives he saved from the snow. The saga- f agrave wb.en He broke it-sbut
cit and feithfu]ness kindnessr
e dog have conquered the respect anr°1:%-ivstilel dayortis
so ago11eIvearsiheedsaasny
the world. It dashes from the ship's - a repretentation of Jesus Christ with
eck• to save the life of the man over- allis back aimed, lie raid; "No," And
ard. He rushes into the wild surf .iatieis eEleela.eetietthearet yeeniwinaerei,Yes goof irshela.eanegeb,
an
brings ashore the exhausted bath-
. With its wenn tongue it licks to life ita.nritdi la,...4.j. ittet;.[1esia, , and Rome, and aiereeea
and, you will. fine Christ
e freezing wayfarer. From the Liffy
rid,ge a child fell into the water. A with full flee and , profile, but never
g stood on the bridge and saw it with Hil baek tnened* Yet; here' in
IL and. leaped after the child as it thi4 plssege, He earned away from the
me to the surface, and seizing woman. And tea some. of you have
Jesus with
nay, but firmly, brought, it a,shoriat, come at times' and found
gentleman stood an the bridge, look-- Elk' f"e" aw3Y freni You Here feselne-
ng down' at it, and said "Haw very briaelYhessvheoriie'CIToliold4. fto0r"n431,e°1..ceyi.uainsidiale.
gacious that: dog is—how very kind
d faithful!" But lae -as tb.. 11. d has been in a' nanell anxiety
.ubeilt
Se
a
f'
mg well dressed, should never be con- IT
spicuous. Rich, quiet. tones prevail, in
bluets, browns, red browns. tans; green
and light tans.
The stitching is usually two -toned,
and the fillet embroidery is neatest of
often latroducing a thread of black ith
and most delicate. As a rule, light- d
weight gloves have light -stitching, and ho
the piques and heavy makes have a
broader embroidery. The Paris point , er
glovos decoration is much in vogue, th
and pique gloves are usually finished ; B
with spear backs, whielt is, after all, do
the best idea for heavy -weight. Selffa
-
stitching is again quite popular, and ca
all bleak ot any shade of kid is much go
seen. The snap is still first choice for A
street gloves, and in some of the fash-
ionable new shades has a beraiseher- sa
teal' top, the color of the glove made an
to stimulate stained. ivory. There are tb
but two on seine new gloves, but the ell
longer wrist is still to be had. Glace Y10
18 universally selected for the, street, fe
while the mousqueteire in suede es fay- 110
ered for evening, and for the /atter ro
the tint is very often a a eciet eream 11
shade.
So
roughwhen he eaw it was his own tahTasusoNtiVL3 Itsb0(1.11(.414' he6iY. IcidPittlagrelra.ne N'sl-Te-
ilet that had been saved. ,There is has come to airiest, and said; "Lord,
way in which you on so deeply of- . • y,'' L. L.. said:
nd a hatter ae bY nseltaeatiag his "Lord Jesus Christ,. look this way. 1
unds. The finest pieture in the eeme wile A soul. sin -sick. Look this
mei of Dr. 3oltn Browne of Edbaburgh, way." wee did christ say? "you
e celebrated aathor, is a picture of are a Sinner—you are a. elle sinner
Rab," the do Immo, tal h., you are condemned sinner-- you
ott sang his praise. The meetiff, are a dying. sinner. Do yoti eet eel
TI1TE S
inetiOn? Weat were the five nei
atee weieh this Ssrropeoeniolen w
•Mae etofea hitteeneee beheld es
compared with 'the eighteen /inner
Yeers whioh see bas rejeteed, bee°
Him? Courage, sorrowileg 80
"Weeping may endure for a nig
• but Joe comete in the morning." Ma
a maxi Juts put his hand over hie eliou
dee to fid the eros, Wg'oiie; but en briaging his hand ba
again, he bas struca the erowel ;MIA
bead, eadiaet with power and. •
gler
r e e horses dashing down the etre
They draw a cbteriot. Who is in
A man with a baedage ever his/as:mit
and his head wrapped in folds,. W
is it?
•
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heaven following Hina on white horses,
in His right Intel the draeyn sward of
universal dominion; the moon under
His -feet, the stars His tiara; the sun
only tbe. rocket shobetp in the signal-
servioe of His* great host ; burning
worlds only the bonfires of His vietery.
13ut row see Ilim suraender — faith,
hunaility, and .prayer triemmbant.
There are soine things svhich are ina-
possible for Christ; He cannot break
His oath; He cannot despise the nem-
bie.He cannot: resist the cry of faith.
Heaver sheathes its sword. It seems
as if the prayer of the Syrophoenician
w-oman had coneuered omnipotence.
The cavalry troop that John saw com-
ing down the hills of heaven fall:back-.
Behold the victories of prayerl His-
tory tells us of Queen Caroline who
in 1820, tried to get iW
eto estminster
Abbey at the. coronation of George IV.,
her offended husband. With six shin-
ing bays and in a caatiage of state, she
rode up to the door. She tried this
door; sno admittance. She tried an-
other door; they derbanded tickets. She
came to another door and said, "sure-
ly yOu Weisel not .keep out your
Queen;" but they said, "We have no
ordere for your admittance."'" So she
mounted. 'her carriage and rode away
in derision. Let me say that the at-
tempt to get into the temple of Christ's
mercy will be fruitless if we conae
with pride and come in pomp We
cannot ride through the gates in state,
..—we cannot conae svith plumee or pre-
tension. Richly robed Queen Caroline
failed at Westminster Abbey with
George IV.; but the Sygophomician
woman of the text, at the door of
Christ's mercy, succeeded with the
Lord of earth and heaven. She want-
ed only the crumbs—she is invited to
• SET UP AS A BANQUETT.ER.
The kin,gdom of heaven is large enough
when you get into it, but the gate is
so Iowa -hat you cannot come in save on
your knees. 0 man! 0 woman! out
of Christ pueli your way this day in -
'to thst kiegdona. With earnest, ina-
portunate, confident, persistent pray-
er conquer all the. obstacles in your
wag. 1 suppose the!: the people who
were standing around about the wo-
mand enaround about Christ, said,
"Done bother ,fesas with that matter.
You can't make any impression on him.
He hes no medicine. If the doctors of
your vialge can't cure your daughter,
Christ: can't do it; besides tint, you
-can see, from His looks, flint He don't
on re anything for you." The women
knew better. 'With Prayer, she seized
and svith omnipotent cure
Christ v
seized the inalid; and "she was
Linde. whole from that very hour." Ohl
ring the diseases ot your body, bring
the diseases of your soul, to Christ; if
His face be teu.ned away from you,
keep on until He shell turn His face
to you.1 Persevere, implore, beseech,
agonize and coneuer„
He drives Ile in front of the Pia
where tbe peophet lives. The chart
tem' cries: "Whoa! Whea,!" They el
there. They wait for the propbetrr
eoes out, He doee not come. -
'Merely sends word "Goewasil in t
jeadan, and thou shalt be healed." A
so we corae for Christ's mercy. • Th
euerey May not have appeered as we e
peoted, but let us be willing to take
at any time and in any way sha
001110. Blessed are all they' that p
their trust in Him.
. Again, I say an my subject Jets
conquered by a homan soul, Thal w
man ;said:• "Take this disease awa
frone my daughter." Christ responds
to her; , "It is not tneet to take th
clailaren's bread und east it to th
dogs." Then she roused her soul int
an acuteness of expression geld°
equalled by poet, or painter, or canto
or satirist, when she said; "Ye
Lord, but even the dogs eat of Eh
crumbs that fall from their master'
table." Then he turned and flung pal
den, and healing, and help into he
soul with the words: "0, woman
great is thy faith; be it unto thee eve
as thou wilt. And her daughter wa
made whole from that very hour."
have talked to you sometimes of Jesuhe
tconquerer. Listen, now, about .Te
sus the coneuerect - You htve seen Eh
on the white horse of victory, al
wili, aeon ell: Crucify him! Crucify
goat:auk AY (19.1,c1• yet,
arlIwYar edeta tiblirse,tilr;0\11'
have he plishing on After the bailout'
obetiuth•oist twilot:t'ide,nosrvahyexpi, put
soeuet tiltliattheonat-
rection of the Lord Jeelie Ceriet would
huatir 0 elertobiolgohotspyetain, iiii,d0o.pteoate ea sIllayoutlitoe
exert: any more energy in, the Divine
direetiOn than yot do ie the evoelalY
enter tbe Itiegdate, of heaven by Vies-.
dieitrle:et,ioceo, alleuet jutipst'taoe neouherlais.i, Sat4rivtehtio
SYrollbsenioian woman eid, aud
HEFUSTaD TO BE PUT OEF,
and Pray, and pray age pray again,
until He shall turn His facie of bene-
diction and mercy upori you.
Are yon sitting here this morning
tannaoved while your last opportunity
of salvation is going away from you?
!Are there any signs that the winter
is breaking up in your. SOU1? Is tile
only sound. there that of the bittern,
and the owl of the night, end the peteel
Wheat 'a Akink of the perils that hang
arotn4 those who „have not aecured
the pardon of the Gospel, I feel that
I must leave the platform and take you
by the shoulder, and cry, mit' in your
ear, as the angel. did te Lot; "Esealee
for thy • life; end look not behind
thee, rieither tarry thou in all the Pain.
Escape for thy life, !eel thou. be eon-
suened.e I know thetelte critics Fame -
times, sal I am too importunate in
pleading with men about, their souls;
but how oan I observe formalities and
oratorical pcopirties when I see site
ting before ine thousands within a
short lime of heti and heaven'?
Will you be like the Syrophenician
• Woman upon whom Christ tinned His
beck? Ch I He will not turn it for five
miautes ; but from those Who finally
reject hirn, Cheist welt turn away, and
no entreaty, no cry for merely, no groan-
ing will win his Lamm'. The harvest
will be past, and the summer ended,
and the day of grace gone for ever,
Can 1 hat all be true or is this a fable?
Am I merely imagining It.? Will there
be no ordeal when you and I, my
brethren, must stand. naked and hear
our doom --Christ saying to some one
on that day: "Come, you bles ed '—
that invitallot phiming like the very
belle of heaven? Will there be a cry:
"Deptirt you, accursed!" Coming from
tee study of the Bible this morning
into your presence, feel everwhelmed
by these 'truths, and I ery out : If the
Lord. be God, follow Him. Make up
your mind whether the Bible is right
or not: If it is wrong, quit these as-
semblages; they do not amount to mays.
thing. If the Bible is wrong, tatop
praying; it does not amount to any-
thing. But if it is all. truth, if I
ara an immortal /elan, and yet a dying
man, it this' body must soon' perish,
and then ney soul rise up into the pres-
ence of Almighty God, and stand be-
fore Him in judgment, oh! let me ap-
preciate it, an let me act upon it.
By the crushed heart of the Son of
God, by the flaming throne of heaven,
by the raging furnace of hell, fly for
thy life! "Lt the wicked forsake his
way." I do not ask what sins yon have
committed. I do not coir,e with a. par-
tial Gospel. I do not sa,y : " This man
anaY receive the Gospel, and for that
man there will be no mercy.'" I tell
you that Christ's arm of mercy is
stretched out far enough to take in
all this audience, saying, "Whosoever
will, let aim come and take of the wa-
ter of ille freely." Did you ever have a
better offer than that?—pardon for all
your sins, comfort for all your trou-
ble, shelter in all your temptations,
peace 'When you die, and joy for ever.
And all without money and without
price." May tha.t Almighty Spirit, with-
out. which Lbe heart, stays hard, and
all Christian entreaty is unavailing—
may f het Spirit this nioriaingeet befoie
you the stupencleus issue of this hour. 0
eternity where shall I spend it?
Where will you spend it? 0 eternity!
Joys that .will never fade! sorrows
that never end—which shall be mine?
Which shall he yours? „„.
• "To -day the Saviour calls,
Ye wanderers, come;
0 ye benighted souls!
Why longer roam?
"Toeday the Saviour calls,
For refuge fly;
The storm of yeegeance falls,
Ruin is nigh.
e The Spirit calls to -day,
• Yield to His polver ;
Oh, grieve Him not away,
'Tis mercy's hour."
•Wby, sty friends, yea talk as though
-
there were 0 greater amount of perse-
vera.nce to be Used. in the matter of, be-
coming a Cheistiah than in anything
else. Let; me say, you have. five. hun-
dred. times in your life exeeted more
pereeverance and put forth more de-
termination than would have made you
Christien. You put it out itieworally
directions, If you had tekerwa thou-
stindth part of your worldiyaearnest-
wigs, and w,ith it gone toward
lehriet, you would. he ve f,ound
Him, How ' teen se.e.k for *the
wealth' of . this world 1 • Is te-se•
man utterly discouraged if, he does
relt nia,ke fortune this 'year? Does
he not keep on 'trying and trying ?
eifflio here, especially conong the,youtg,
, has given up the idee at least of get-
ting 'a • • corapentency I Let me •tell
you that of you bad sought with one -
hall of Ile ea.rnestness a,ftet Clariet
and eternal treaetrers svhich cbarace
terieed, *our search for etirthly perish-
ables, You woutd long ago have had
tile joy and. peace of the Gospel, So it
is with the honour e a he weeld. Haw
raee push ,oute their energies in, that
direction and toil ancledrudge, anal Yet
how 1 it tie they are wor t h aft er ey
are gotten 1 How mightily it was. il-
lustrated in the, history of William
the Conqueror.' The world bowed
down before bet, and yet when he
eanae to die,. the rabble rushed into the.
roora end stole the pictures, and Ciotti-
..e.11y stole tae Islet 'shred. of clothing
off the corpse' of William the Cm:1(113-
(43'0r, And then, weeen they came to
bury him in the chancel of the ehureh,
a, mien stood ,tip with' a etrong protest
that aetuallY staggered back ,the peal -
bearers, and procession, and inquired
why* suet a miserable earcass as that
should be let down into the church
(lance). ? All the world honouring
biro; little while before--noW ell the
glory &pieta! The world Which tine
criee td Yoe: Hesanria tlosannel."
ISER INFALLIBLE StGar„
Mrs. SeIldoreellolme—I knew it was
going to turn warm.
Mrs. Gofrequ i.—Cltilblains ? •
lying, toothless and. blind and lame, oxi the, glories of heaven to be given to
the doot met, is the pet of the whole elle as wayward as you eeee beeree
ho
uteshold.
But, do rice, diecouraged, 0 seeking
But it was not so in the time of .
Ch
Mrs. Selldom-Holine—O, no, Nothing Ti
of the!. /tied, My husband had just an
pot on bis heavy welter underclothell
-
ing, lehat's how I knew. ' ca
le Gentile in the way ot depicting hi
s arms 0 waning Sinner, jests will
„ u own 0 pac .of ily sins
rise, nor is it so in the East to -day. e
e whole land is filled With mean avatrneeesd.0 aes'imfyeeftrotemnYthoheeev: thrtenElpieutfdeeoewine
re; they ate foul and verniin-cover-
es, tby pack of sine at His heel. Then,
, and snarly, and the mast eign'a if perchanCe He step beelswerd, He will
nt thing that e jew- noel& say aboixt ,, ...
Lail ever it into thine outstretched
• At Davenport a. soldier was brought lia
before the commeeding officer tor setae; se
itg pari tie hie kit, when the following no
dialogue took place: C,olonel Nosy, gi
Privet u Mut phy, why did you sell te
yoUr boots? Private Murphy — "S
worn 'em fos two years, lenge and , Go
trod, • was to call hun a dog. T
ems
turn His tace at the right time. EC'
as if the sagacity of the dog was ,
1 discovered ..i.ri those deys. job 153aijaher that aaeraY PaStPaned is iternY
aughtented. lit the aters 'f th
woy
vas him' kick in his thirtieth eha-P-'1 eclat eoine to floocl-tide, theewill break
re Ahishei Said, in regard to Devi& e„„,,,ey the dam, . i. ,
hall this dead clog ellree the king?" '"" l. the arrow -head be
Bath said to David : "Am 1 dog, that i. draatw'nitclelea4'bhaeckniaoolehoetebd6Wia'ritthierag°;
ll`zaele•Wishing to d-ePiat 11I1
theIght themli
y were y own mper-teal th
I
Colonel--Nething of the sort, sir, Theee, sto
111)010 belong to the Que,en. Private' his
aitetplty.--Tee ewe eorry, ,sorr, but "I
al,
I reknow' :the lady took twelves, do
Collepse -of . Pix
ett eeaneSt (rat agailast Ine 'with elt
1Chriet turn His baele to thee, it is chilY
wild nesrl. Ta -
hatred for some d of ein, gkial' that the dawsi on Hie bee may be
416V0 effelgent, Oh, whet are the fe*
s thY s"Yant a dor. that I 811°Wri cleys Or 1801115ottee Of aarkieees and proge
teied to set forth the dan-
this thing)/ Paul, ta the gat cOntpared With the eteine,1
POINTS OF A OAT.
A good cat—the kind you want to
have in the house, if any—will have:,
A round, stubby pug nose; full, far
cheek and upper lip; a well-developed
bump on top of the. head between the
ears, betokening good nature.
A sleepy cat that, purrs a good deal
is apt to be playful and good natured,
• By all means to be avoided is a cat
with thin sharp nose, twitching eams..
It must be remembered also that a
good mouser is not neeessarily a gen-
tle or desirable pet. Although any
good cat will catch mice a she is not
overfed, gaiek, full expressive eyes
generally betoken a mousing cat.
The greatest mistake—and probably
the most common one—in the care of
domestic cats is- overfeeding, particu-
larly too much neat. in the wild aife
a cat late exercise which enables her•
to digest food. In. the lazy heuse life
the same fall feeding leads to stomach
troubles and to "lite." The best
remedy for this trouble is no food for
tvvesity hours.
';'HE BEST LIGHTED CITY.
Paris' is now said to be "the bese
lighted, city, in the, world and" a model
for all „pities that. are bent on intro-
ducing electric lighting on a grand
scale, It, is the great installation un-
cles the vast central markets of Paris
that hos .enabled the municipality to
committal, the situation and to carry
Out 5, scheme whirthhas been seetled,
not hestily, bit after a patient, scien-
tific: .and systematic steely. This in.-
stalatition, however, has never been in-
tenaea for the general week of light.
ing. It ,is foe eeperimentai purposes,
end alee for acting ea e regulator of
charges, each division of the city, rad-
iating from the centre, being lameed for
Ili:ailed term to a reepohsible electric
tonipany, • The old troubleriorlie ones-
tiOn of bow to diepoee of wires 'never
851565 111 Peri% Where, thaoks Duality
to• the subWaeg, there are •ftbeollitela
no obstruetive wISOL
THE -SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, DEC. 11
"Trying to Destroy awes wore." aer, 38.
0,0-134,• 41(i1ten Test, isa, 40.
PRACTICAL NOTES. 'a
Verse 20. •They went in, The "via-
Ces,• The court. • !Doubtless.- sue inner
rectangle et the palace, Lice the serag-
lio of the Turkise Pathan. They
end up the, roll in the chamber of.
Elishema the scribe. In the archives
of the secretary of state. They did
this without the king's knowledge,, It
was; doubtless ,to their minds • a mast
valuable manuaiript. Told all the
words in the earS ef the king. Though
they- dared pot venture wi 111 the roll
into Tehoiakina's peesenee, neverthe-
leis,•however careless the king and
his courtiers insiglat be, they felt that
the.meeaige must be sounded in his
ears. •'
21. Jehucli. An • official messenger.
To'fetch the roll. He wanted to hear
the prophecy for henselt. In the ears
of all the, princes. This wai the see-
ded finite thee heard it. Stood beside
the king. • They • respectfulle • stood
while lie sat in stete on his -Pereian
rug.
22. The king sat in the win'tee house.
"The house of winter" was tbm inner-
most, most sheltered part of the
palace. The ninth month. December
A 'fire on the hearth. "A fire in a
PCL'! "ila a brasier" — (Revised Vet -
sten. In the East rooms are warmed
by Brea of charcoal: burned in pots of
earthenware which are placed in a
depression in the middle of' the room.
23. 'Wlaen Sehudi had read three or
four leaves. Three or four columns of
writing. He out it with the penknife.
The king did. He took from jehudi's
hand the scribe's knife, which was used
for mending pens, and slashed the man -
script. On the hearth In the firepan.
• 24. Yet: they were not afraid. These
pitiably bad men die not know in what
crisal hour theg stoad, and even the
princes svlao looked on Jeremiah with
friendly eyes did not share his horror
when- thc roll curled up in the flames
of jeboitikim's' brasier.
25,'Elnathan, ete. Princes. Made in-
tercession. Tee word indicates the deep-
est: feeling. They would have helped
Jelmiakim to do right if he had allowed
them. Hewould not hear them. He had
determined to do wrong.
26. The king commanded Jerahmeel
the eon of Hammelech. This should be
“the son of the king ;," although not
Jahoiakim's son, he was evidently one
of the royal family. Of the other two
men nothing is known. To takee" To
lay hold of, as prisoners of "state. He
would not only burn the prophecy, he
would kill the prophets. But the Lord
hid them. Perhaps by „supernatural
means, but the devout writers of this
book believed that all things, even what
we would ealL most natural, were God's
doings.
27. The word of the Lord came to
Jeremiah. „God knew the prophet's
hiding place and gave him work to do.
The roll, and, the *wciede. • The roll of
the words; the manuscript.
28. Take thee again another roll.
Which second roll may have beea the
originel copy of the present book of
Jeremiah. 11 he.,s been supposed that
at this time Jerenalah wanderea as far
away from Jerusalem ag to the Euph-
ratea
29: This niessage we beve not heard
of before.; it is what Jehovah had orig-
inally sent to Jeremiah. Tale king of
Babylon is Nebuchadnezzar. Shallecer-
thinly come and destroy. Nebuchad-
nezzar had once been to a e t uealena, and
people knew what to expeot if he CI11310
again. •Cause to cease from •thence
man and beast. ..Aernost terrible pro-
phecy of desolation.. It denotes ths ut-
ter extermination of living creatures.
30. He shall have none to sit upon the
throne of David. After Jehoiakim's
death his youthful son attempted 'to
seat himself on that throne, but after
two months of tubulewee he was tak-
en captive to Babylon and never regain
saw the city of his fathers. His dead
body shall be cast out. A repetition
of Jer. 22. 19. Thisprophecy was donbt-
less fulfilled, hut we have no know-
ledge of the historic facts. '
31- Him . . . his seed . . his ser-
. the inhabitants of Jer-
usalem . . . the men of Judah. 'All
the different classes of the .community
are specified because all had united in
the crime. The whole of the little na-
tion was demoralized.
32. From the mouth of Jerenaia,herehis
means, as the same p/arase..means in
verse 27, at the dictation of Jeremiah,
Many like words. Many words that
agreed with those on the destroyed
soil. •, So Jehola,kim's sin, like every
other endeavor -to frestrate the plans
of God, failed. •
IF "WV WISH TO BE HAPPY,
Beware of the mart of two fa.ces.
Persevere egainst discouragement.
Take a 'cheerful view of everytlaing.
In. all promised pleasures put Self
last.
Trust in God and itaind .yoar own
busineia.• '
Cultivate e shoat memory as to all
'unkindness.
Do not talk of your private personal
e . 0
or family matters. '
Cultivate forbereranee till your heart
yields a fine crop of it. ,
Give your tongue more holiday than
your hancle or your eyes,
.Exaluine into your own shortcom-
ings rather titan those of °thee's.
• Act as if you expected to live a
hundred ,years, but might die to4nor-
C 0.1111)e/re youe. bleasin t
FOR TALKATIVE WIVES*
In a thriving eillege is loevited a
jesvelry store of high etanderd, ite pole
proprietor being joeepli Hedges, at
basinese man cm. no email ficele. His
wife Marian, is a faitbful life partnere
and does all she can to mtatethie home
ellase of peace and comfort. •
"Whatat the matter, Joseph 1" siio
asked, havilag removed, her eoet aed
bonnet and taken eeeet by tee fire,
They had just returted frena an
evening party. "Wbat's tile matter?"
she repeated; drawing nearer the gatea
"You have been so sober and torpid,
all ,he way home."
"I'll tell you, Marian," be replied,
"but don't be offended at: wile
about to say. Ware I terecite vol-
ume of small talk 'couldn't ten you
way you leave wounded my feelings tos
night."
"Mo—vvounded your feelings?" she
uttered, looking at her huebend Ip
virso.hir,eprineema.I. wy.a‘oIsuT,,,hd,raiestmectudsmosibnyegold bymiocueiloalne,ts?4"rvistula
Mr"Nop,anItis'sri:re I 4°11'1; what di -d
s'1,,:;e1.1, when I said thy wheel coet, 400]
you interrupted me and said only e85,"
"Was thee so ,terrible, I'd like to
know?" his wife asked, not ist the best
humor, for, like really others, she
didn't like to discuss her faults. ,e*
It was nothing terrible'' retureed
Joseph, "but very annoying to me.
When I said my wheel. cose Ipoo, I meant
it, for that was its price, and your re-
mark was unoelled fo.r. The moment
you spoke a smile passed around the
company, and Leelt. as though they
reg,Tarndeend, smgaeina, cdounirimnogntbbooaesvesenri.n"g
yon
corrected me when there, evae no oat
casion to. It was when 'eves"' telling
akIrs. Daniels about my horse running
away. I said he ran nearly andle be-
fore I could stop hire, but you instantl
assured: the company that it •wasn't
over nalf a mile," •
"Indeed, I cannot see anything so
bed about it, anyway,' she answered.;
"you are .forever accusing me of my
faults." •
,eNow, Marian dear," he sae , draw-
ing his chair close to her and fondly. ,
caressing her golden head, "will you:
promise to never again correct me in
1
company and wound my feelings as you
have to -night ?" .
Mrs. Hodges made no decided prom -
Ise, but she resolved to do the best
she could, and here the inettee rested
for the present.
One night two weeks later Me. Hod-
ges gave &party at his 011Y/1 house.
After supper the company gathered
around. the fire to discuss the topice
of the. day. •
"Hodges," said one efeeker-ctstterse-e.
noted silk dealer named, Edmunds,
"how does Thomas get almarnowr
"Oh, fine!" returned Hodges; "be is
coining money how."
This Thoma,s was Mrs. Hodges' bro-
ther, and, one whom she loved dearIi.
"Glad, of that," said Edmunds, -I
feared he would have trouble gettbag
paid for those goods lie sent out westa
"No, thefe's no fear of Jim Thonmer
losing money," returned Hodges.
"Why, Joseph," interrupted his wife,
"don't you remember he told us the
other neght"— here Hodges cast a
quick glance at his wite, but she would
not notice it for she must correet her
husband's mistake—"he ' said he fear-
ed. he wouldn't get his nay for the
goods se.nt to Thurston & Co., and. oh
dear, I hope he won't lose all that, for
it would ruin him."
"Oh, Marian you don't understand
this matter," said her husband. "Jim
stands all right with the western
Igeeee know," elAiaklY "-
forted his wife, "for 'heard bina tell
about it, and if I was Jim I'd have no
moire to do with stole people."
Joseph Hodges could say no more; hi
face shosved his feelings as be cast
meaning glatces toward his wife.
About 10 o'clock the followitig even-
ing, as Mr. and Mrs. Hodges were
thinking of retiring, the door opened
and aim Thomas entered. ••
"For heeven's sake, alra. I What's the
raa.tter 1" cried Mrs. Hodges, perceiv-
ing las deathlike countenence.
ed"Tmeammerleined," he said, "yes a.ruines
"Is it eha,t western firm?" asked Mar -
"No," he said sadly, "bat the people
thue:rrTneohd7joelloseerri:mhea,endaolNivnison1°;:r ;im," re-
turned Joseph,
he "Plied 118°I.t-
"Somehow Edmunds has alicovered
thee. Ifeared the western firm, eied,
owing him a, Inge sum, lie has demand-
ed it iramediately. Suet ilnother
Entalate y°llgtnh000w(ancI :t 1:hlo woalcl s db be
an aoffef obeur t: 0 itve'8
• Marian sat pale and tremblitg. She
pismnly ea* what she had done, but,
alasi too lateen recall those few basiY
words, Looking up into her brother's
face she uttered in acetone voice: "Oh,
Jim, Cam the cause of all this, but
lid°11:1'.)tenblaumbaeftemr0e toi:lawe'rs'Iej;-• I:136•rellUlt
Of my fOolish- habit, of correcting mY
airs. Hodges slept little that eight,
aIid arose next morning, with an ach-
her, 05, aiim dit
her• brother drop from Peel"'
irot' to tilelser 4b;iflo;sootreb 01:te::erd 11E10747a de
• This eaeed. her somewhat, bee she saw
with the trifling annoyanceS
day.
Do the duty that lies melee
seeond duty vvilt alrettely have
elearee.
Be content to do the things
ahd fret not because you cuo
every( Sling.
Never eerily iri 'kind to a
agry word; it is the second
makes t he quarrel.
Make the, best of what y
d do not make yourselfinise
wishing for what you have 110
ge
paid
e to
pert.
both'
ter -
1 she
IbylulY
guin f
• Weak° •
eat he