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P ARISEES
Rev. Dr. Talmage on the Simplicity
of Christian Character.
A despacb rona Waseington says; he bas been seccessful in the decepe
—Dr, Talmage °hese as his text, time but, at the most eufortenate mos
I. Sam. :sts. 14;—"Aral ennauel said, ment, the sbeep will bleat and the
What meanetli then this bleating of oxen will below. Oh, my deer friends,
tae sheep ha male ears, :tee she low- let us cultivate simplicity of Caristien
int; of the oxen weeeh E bear t?" cheracter. Jesus Christ said; "Unless
ale serealeasites thougat they had you become RS thts /little child, you
cersquened God, end that ao wored nnot enter the kingdom of God."
carry tate exc.'s:et/ea His. threats We petty play !Lep:erne etteeetteseey
ageless. them. Tbey bed jEuu-eilere4 now. but the Lord God will, after
the ieraelites ia eattle and out of while, expase our true character. if
beetle. and 131t. ne )autrege untried. we are really kneeling ta the world
For fear lemeree yeers this 'eel been . while we proiess to be lowly suisjects
goine oa; ztud they ell I; '"axt vititer of Jesus Christ Abe sereent has already
dare etoe pe.aith us, or el- has for- been removed and all the hosts of
gottea to do so." Let ',i,3 $'(.e. •.....3141... la''aV en are gazing on our hypeerisy
In I, Gods propees, tehs eta! to st'o Goers universe ie a very public. pE
eloaa and sley al! the Ameichites, eot ant/ -oti cannot hide he esrisy " 't.
leavtng one tee th •na lave; alse t0 G0i4i; out into a world of delusion and
deetrey ,el the beests in their Foe- shame, pretezel to be zio mere than
eeeeSeet—ose ebeep, camel, 'aid .ss. you really are. If voa have. she gree
are; Ameletntes end Israelites meet ; of Gel, prefees it. Prefese no ea
• impete oe be t le isi, te• eel/ ea time e 041113%I.‘. Bat I want Um wo
peal, ana thane is 3 41:Ytt'n. i:t1$3. :Olen to, keow that lettere there is t
these Es a eienal waste!, tee -ante eat heittserite itt ;ae ehoreh, there are f
and beat; janelitte rain ots shields ; hundree eau a te, of it, for the rens
arms, tan ireta Loathes; ane Itetele rellthet 1'as' taste ;e :arisen. Ilaece are rn
;see see totes. nese ee,,,,,e ov413; ehe ili 3,:,:, neelee else will how aetore y
30 i threats; the cry or Pain; the eenee, tate tans t.rietellegle, ai8el
1
fettenea eel; tile gel:gilt:ea tiC: thrut- vet ei.o are eineettleue
1la your p
!teeth of revenge; the curse les4eit, all the a llis'' th°•1 ata la Y"ur °own
innneen eleneasset teetii—en aranyes 3U:ogi, 4'11' dinging for Nit awn a
deet a -ere -ere Snorits (4' dl,'1 kin Ai g -11:'•'n. f°7 ll11:'"iffe7tlana• In aalar pr
seete, witb eyes Inteleat. rani It -meths a• aee e net'h" 'h et thee ere eves
ere" grianieg verogeenee. 11 tz.zr.lo thane, feienalp. but nfter a whne y
Israellteal Tee) beaeleese and tt'S find zlzt tt til' -'i hare lle flaaa- neea k'I
tiam2,1:141 men r. we tlehr ;teeense ants eatareoent. the nlyssa of a. snoke. cl
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an 1 :4 !i;"4'Zi 44 6,;.1:i3 fi:4E le• centrzet ‘: a" anon otior PrnInn elterl wa
en ot ot Into slui ,IT.v,,,,,, tti,o fq.,,,,14 'Llreleft NN,:;1:1 4;144:U414 Goa. TI
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, tea! .'.--:,:lVi, enc.. anon I be aron snit n ; trynn
; t 0 tatene it off tea the ehealalers
ethet. petnee. Littasen lettere is ti.
la;,i, 4,,zzfi SgENB E;ha news fro.a tate bat- ',S'tral in a:: the ;tees. You canoe
tin. non loos ,,,?4 tt, s tientn lento—for 7 tl:da"4- °Cr l'I-:' aasaaasiblate or any si
L;,•-ro. .s n:i ,,se Wis,) gin eit.a; iteort °:, °II' tb° "1".3.0 inro a tither vcopie
13,-4n tlien tile ffeGu, te• I,..ei ,erite—%i.lwro A 't young ni,tn wil
anti tie fklys: "1 Ler; neeeee tlenl.e less "I %maw I an% neeng wrentr
eon-met:el went of the Lent. :sane:el"' 441/4' I b ive not bad any 0 hence. 1 bal.
lintens, noel be Leers tat" drove oft a la l't -'r wba 4lesP:IiIti tIod• and
,tite. p t haelaptrluept,neetts oef:t.. s.eveotutilaitatt :04ft-tata:t%I:ia," lel, w1hon•;%1•1;isn:t dtioeere off iGeordles3.
amts. Samuel Neve to Slot: ,,ix you ,, 5u—itis my bringing up." Ale no
hne rinn, a, �i oni :,(, en two eine l tit" .4 °arta man has been out los
the ethialelsites and all tile begets in afetoagh in the worli to zee what i
th.er p0Feus.slun, Is Lett meat:el:1 I he ;1.1:a7olin‘ riun;;111 tion se° witat in
Jab: rit7'nif"r t:'C'e7..:;itil,v itenhiglee :1:LI7uteitilli:d el 7; li It.lv.7:117111.1,tuieilritsti f' e'st: ne rs a lutiL3 Ill i:taill:rtbi:r glntrbPtiraldaa) yhjiloist
angressions awl saveci these whites
are moat reepectable It will eot do.
Eternal war egainet all Om Ainalee
kiteS; 110 merey for Agag.
I leans, turthen, from this 'subject
that it is vain te. try to defraun God.
Here Saul thought he had elleated
God oat of them she and oxen; tont
be fest his crown—hei lost his eraPire.
You cannot cheat God. Row ofteu
i bas be ea tleat Caristiaa teen be.ve
ha a Large estate, and it has gone.
The Lord God came into the count-
ing -house, and said; "I ita.ve allowed
you to have all this pruperty for ten
fifteen, or twenty years, and you have
133t done justece to My poor children
Wheri the beggar callea upon you, you
needed /aim off 'yoar steles- Wheel
nay suffering children appealed to you
for help, eeu heti no raeroy. I only
asked for so ranch, or so anima; but
you did net give it to Me, and now
1 mil telte it an." God asks of us one
seveuth et our time in the way of
.Sabbeth. leo you suPPene we Pas
flee, get au titter nte that tone suceesefteals
;away teem Eta trate ebject? No, no
oci bee del:weeded oa3 seveath of
o time. If you take otte hour of
tirae that is to be deveted to God's
ore 1 seevee and insteed of keeping His Sab,
rid 1 tette use it fer the purpese of writiug
ene Intim aceounte, or trrating worlaly
hal galas, (lief NNW eert tiely bring you
an '' hen) jadeureat tor the abuse of that
an I time. Let a mu attempt to du
ath , het we -iv -4 ttoJ forblas /elm to do, or
Tat t, to gat oat into a pl era where God
3°) tens hita rest to go—the netura I world
I
l'a
is w1 es 0 14 is ageiaet Wm. The
11' 14,711:Lino- are ready to strike bim;
e- 7b2 fires to letrn into; the stye to
:"-', ennine bira; the water' to drowa him;
nu ' aon Lin- earth to *willow him. "-those
a ; wbose priecely rotten are woven oat
ea' beetn-strinees; flare"- witase fiats
'3° /muses are bunt out of 3%1415; thoSa.
St
N.b S3 el/re:sate; fouu.,thas ere the
t asireeert, -set nee:was—be ve lae:e
he . eftsliy cheated 'Ilea/ Tite la
vP. day e ti. ;low etser iste It will 1
feand set o.a thse dey tlitt Gael vill-
a ki:etzele not o de itie ettoalaess and His
sat -ray. bat tile teener to take care of
et His OWn retie -4 and he riehts of His
r Ch trete awl ;it riehl a of tits toPlon'sn-
s L:I treu. It will ba Beet) in that
Irv; settatett ;41
flea mte neat he Lee etivea .rte
cue ;•estar ha niet
tiny, tbdL augh we moy bay° robbed
n wItaver htve 31.1CCOSS•
g Italy robbed Gel.
aie• eltranian friends, as you go out
to the world, exhibit an open -
11 hearted Christian franknees. Do
0 not be bypooritical In anything; you
, I ,
• are never safe U ti yeare. On the
" mast inopportune moment tbe sheep
t will 111..;416. and the oxen bellaw. Drive
-I oue t1i3 last .1.zu ilekite of sin from
a your soul. Have no mem on Agag.
3 Down with ewer eitts—down with your
' egitte—aown with your worldliuess. 1
; keens- sent cannot achieve We work
n by your own arm; but Almighty grace
3 is alativicut—ttiat ehica saved Joseph
15 the pit, thee which delivered, Dan -
1 lel in the den, thet %villa sbielded
Shadraele aTeshaeh, and Abednego,
bat wIsicit cbeered Paul in the ship-
wreck.
that teuslies would. hwe el:mulled the
cheek of Saul. No, no. He says, the
army—not himself of ("onset", but the
army—had saved tbe sheep and oxen
for sacrifice; and the they theueht
it would be too bad anyhow, to kill
Agag, the Amalekne lenge Samuel
takes the sword. and he slashes Agag
to pieces; and then he tenses the skirt
of his coat, in true Oriental style,
and rends it in twain, as much as to
say; "Yon, Saul, just like thin shall
be torn away front your empire and
torn away from your throne.' In
other words: "Let all the nations of
other words: " Let all the nations of
earth _hear the story that eaul, by
disobeying God won a flock of sheep
hut lost a kingdom?'
I learn first, from this subjeet that
God will expose hypocrisy. Here Saul
pretends he has fulfilled the Divine
commission by slaying an the beasts
belonging to the Anenekites, and yet,
at the very moraent he is telling the
story and practising the delusion, the
secret comes out, and the sheep bleat
and the oxen. 'bellow.
.& hypocrite is one who pretends to
be what he is not, or to do what he
does not. Saul was only a type of a
class. The modern hypocrite looks
awfully solemn, whines when he prays
and during his public. devotion show.;
a great deal of the whites of Ins aye.
Ile never laughs, or if he close laugh,
be seems sorry for it afterwards,. as
though he had committed some great
indiecretion. The first time ha gsts
a chance, he prays twenty minutes in
pulalic; and wben he exhorts he seems
to imply that all the race are sinners,
with one exception, his modesty for-
tbidding the stating who that one is.
There are a great many churches that
have two or three ecclesiastical hypo-
trites 'in it. When the fox begins to
pray, look ott for your thickens, The
more genuine religion a man has, the
more comfortable he will he; but you
may know a religious imposter by the
fact that he prides himself on the fact
that be is uncomfortable, A man of
that kind is of iraraense damage to
the Church, of Christ. A ship may out-
ride a b,undred storms, and yet a
handful of worms in the planks may
sink it to the 'bottom. A. man may,
through policy, bide his real charac-
ter ; but God will after awlaile tear
open the white septalchre and will
exist's° him just as thoroughly as
though Th branded Upon his forehead
will aaveto stanl tor atimstai: and an -
ewer before Gud. You hese had a
ettnscience, you have had a Bible, and
the influente of the Holy Spirit. Stand
tor yourself or fall for yourself. Here
is a business man. He says; aI know
I den% do exactly right in trade, but
all the dry goods men do it, and all
the hardware men do this, and I am
not responsible." You cannot throw
off your sins upon the shoulders of
other merchants. God, will hold you
respcnsible for what you do, and them
responsible for what they do. I want
to quote one passage, of Seripture for
you. I think it is in Proverbs; "If
thou be tease, thou shalt be wise for
thyeelf; but if thou scornest, thou
alone shalt bear it."
I learn, further, from this subject
what God meant by extermination.
Saul was told to slay all the A.male-
kites and the beasts in their posses-
sion. He saves Agag, the Amalekite
king, and some of the sheep and oxen.
Gee chastises him fax it. God likes
nothing done by halves. God will
net stay in a soul that is half His and
half the devil's. There may be more
sins in our soul than there were
Arnalekites. We must kill them. Woe
unto us if we spare Agag. Here is
Christian who says; "I will drive out
all the Amitlekites of sin from my
heart." Here is jealousy, down goes
that Amalekite. Rare is backbiting,
down goes that Aatalekite. "And
what slaughter he makes among his
sins, striking right and left. What
is that out yonder lifting up his head?
It is Agag—it is worldliness. It is an
old sin he cannot bear to strike clown.
Oh, ray brethren, I appeal this morn-
ing for entire consecration. With-
out holiness no man shall see the
lend. I know men who are living
with their souls jfl perpetual commun-
ion with Christ, and day 'by day are
walking widen the sight of heaven.
Hew do I knowt They tell me so., I
believe them, They would not lie
about it. Why can we not all have
this ooneeerationn Why` slay some
off the sins in our soul and leave others
to bleat and bellow fax exposure and
cendemnation. Christ will not stay
be the house with Agag. You must
give up &gag or give up ahriet.
Jesus says; All of that heart er
none." Saul slew the poorest of the ,
sheep and the meanest of the oxen,
and kept serne of the 4i5est and the
tteet; and there are Christians who
the word, altelaterite." Eh may taint- nave slain the mast unpopular al their
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MIGUATION Ole JELLYFISH.
The problem, of how the apple got;
into tbe dumpling sinks into insigni-
ficance beside that of the jellyfish and
the crustaceans in Lake Tanganyika,
but J. E. S. Moore, who has come back
from. Central Africa believes he has
discovered bow the fish from the sea
got into the lake in the 'middle of the
continent.
Mr. Moore is one of the young men
at the Royal College of Science,
South Kensington, England. He was
leader of an expedition largely su.b-
si.lized by the Royal Geographical So-
ciety, and after a year's 'march o£
over 2000 miles from Zambesi to
Uganda he has come back with hun-
dreds of specimens and several im-
portant additions to the knowledge of
Central Africa.
Mr. Moore and the twenty Ujiji
boys who accompanied bira lived on
goats during the ascent and descent,
driving the goats and killing them
when food was wanted. The Ujiji
boys were so struek with the phenom-
enon of ice that they triad to carry
bits down to Ujiji. The tropical sun
nearly boiled the ice on the way.
Between Tanganyika, and Lake Al-
bert Edward is a lake called Kivu.
.he nest atlas paolished gives it as
about one-tentla the size of Albert
Edward. Mr. Moore, who was ac-
corapanied by :Malcolm Fergusson, an
Englieh geologist and geographer,
found that Kivu is larger than Albert
Edward. The norte end of Tangan-
yika was found to be fifty miles west-
ward ot its tmexibed position.
Tim priraary objece of the expedie
tion was to dredge and sound the
lakes, with reference to the merlin,
forms whieb Mr. Moore found there
four year ago. The qaestion was
Whether the jellyfish end mustu.ceans
erlainally got into ?ranganyika by
way of t/ae Nile or the, Congo. Having
determined that these marine species
are to be found 55 none of the lakes
north of Tanganyika., Mr. Moore be -
lives that Tanganyika was once
joined to the seaby way of a great
leeia el the Cane° state -
Whets eitee teylka wee left high, if fiel
not e'y of Atrien, the tem
jelly.: ceinaceans of the sea to
temeteett and tneir deettend- .ie
ante are fieurnieng to -day. .they '-
have been there matiy- thoudands of cwho
years, for fossils they resemble fs,r8 tho
to be found below, the chalk' level., pea
THE SUNDAY SCI1001„.
INTERNATIoNAL2EssoN, ()cr. 28.
1Proinzat Son, Lulic 15. 11-24. Gettten
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PRACTICAL NOTES.
'Verse 11. A certabe man aad, two
sons. The man tepreeeets our loather,
the sous two sorts of his ebilelree.
The witole story alioald be oarefully
read. It has gone into litmatere en-
der' the title of "Tie Parable of the
Prodiga/ Son." Many eareful students,
believe that the emphasis of the gore
tIsh 17:41etet 117artnir t hthatat is t9r2t ti Lm
tgiYen
o it at all it sbould be the title of
"elm jealou Bristlier.' Another sag-
gestio4 cone as profound is that it
is "The Parable et the Bereaved
Fathere" emphasizes Our healrenly
Fether'a eatiernese to save his lot
hildren eon rnjeicing aver tbe
eared, Ali three viewa shouiel be kept
hi WWI As we pneceed with this mar-
veloue story,
12. Father, give me the portion f
geode that feilleth to me, Really,
no
9ZtiQA fell to Wet, He was t
le
anger eon, and would, according to
wish law inherit only one third of
o patrierehal eroperty, and that
ly at the death of bis father. It
was a aelfitili. and unreatieneble
4, not justified by tile law
ry or its cuntome, Ile want-
ezt bie saecial favor for tbe lemon ef
nPiuviclueruetr:Itubthent41 hisllivtgZe44\Vlailtt
be bad no right to do. Ile could not
tne reeponeibilitiee ot lite
until liatie i, and he could not proper-
ly meet inuse resoonsibilitlea after he
had divided h:e resources betweca his
tee Furthermore, be does not seem
be strictest attune to have done this.
• merely gare up control
wanwar4 boy and kept eouteol
r
doe aod otelient one, for ho
y retained his own autbority
the eller eon's share.
Noe tintoy oans after. ire who
ayes in 41.,-414ce and sees it within
401 CASA utAver have patience, The
:sooner he G411411 rid hitnself of bis
either arta the eynugogue and the
Sabbath the bet ten The elounger son
• time& tunether, and took his
urney, tlasie beuteuce uaiglat etand
AS A concise biography of every sel-
fish nOul. Into a tar couutry. No
matter llOw disposed be was to engage
ifl "riotous living," he would be re-
trained 50 :ong as he dwelt in Ilan.
tine, for ,though Gentilei lived in
rge numbers tunong the Jews,
"specially in Gallic» and Perea, arid
thounh heathen praetices ,were femi-
liar tb kuust, et the Jews, and though
the jews themselves by Utak fre-
que.ney of divorce and their bad habits
had greatly lowered moral standard,
there was, nevertheless, a control-
ling sense of propriety wince made a
heavy line ot demarkation betweeu the
Hebrews and other nations. The places
o indulge unrestrained in pleasing
ace were the centers of the pagan
religion, and it was to Corinth or to
Ephesus, to Rome or to Alexandria,
that, this young man went away. "The
far oountry" represents estrange-
tnent frora God. Wasted hie substance
with riotous living. He recklessly
scattered his opportunities like one of
the abandoned ones. There is leo such
waster as a sinner Nebo wastes time,
opportunity, physical vigor, mental
power, aoly character, neighborly in-
fluence.
14. When he had spent all. And that
time came soon. The four scenes fol-
low each other quickly: 1; Impatience
with restraint; 2, Opportunity to in-
dulge self; 3, Self-indulgence; 4,
Want. A naighty famine. Famines
have been common through all history
until the last century or two, and
are now frequent in the East. We
weuld hare thetn in our own coun-
try were it not for the modern inven-
tions and methods of trade which
make every part of civilization de-
pendent on every other part and a
diminution of pressure on any single
locality; but where, as in the East,
In our Lord's time and now, vast
populations are packed together, and
dependent for food on what they
raise, these famines cannot be avoid-
ed. This .faraine stands in the par-
able for the painful hunger of the
soul, the heart craving for divine
tlaings. That land. The far country,
the region farthest away from the
benign rather. He began to be in
want. The larger a soul is the same
it hungers and thirsts, and if it does
net return to tbe Fount of every
blessing, who only can appease the
orayings of the Iniman heart,. it raust
pine and suffer with famine.
15. Joined himself. He glued eimself.
He stuck e,gainst the nsan's vull Re
was hungry, starving, and did not
care how 'such of a bore he made
himself to others, All his riotous liv-
ing, which doubtless included many
a banquet and many a spree, had been
unavailing, to win him a single friend.
The f rep dem of sin had been -turned
into slavery. He sent hem into his
ds to feed swine. The Most con-,
ptiblu work the.. tho anclouts had
do, 'FInd cepa-tittle'. loalhiji 0a
. Jesus is here picturing a man
was. as ,v‘reked r1 wreLebed as
publicans and 5haners whom tbe
risecs hated, 'Ind it would seem
by tbe.e assoeiating Isbn with tbe
which were a detestation to th
tion, he would emphasize the deg
blots to winch the young Irian
so as in turn to make plain thEt a.
ant svelcorne ef his father,
10. Re would fain have eilled 111
ly with the leuska that the swill
eat. He was eager to quiet the p
1 hanger witle the carob peas.
re given to the pigs. Tb.
the color of chocolate and the s
at swebeet at snhs tat;tleeT„ bulTva4r au sglcokeed
food, at leaat not for numan
No man gave unto bbn Becau
ma.n care4 for him, This was Per
Jy emturel, though, it was very w
Jolla does -not utter one word in
parable, wItieh jestifi es Olierwise
men in hOltling in coutempt their
en brothers and sisters, Every
that it was worth while to matt
is worth our wbile to save, and
cermet SaVe a man by scorn. S
sares t tte Alleviate the distres
etealuslei:vtie:atnimela.nlista, oeberlfilssthi;ultpe
that istaritiee areetoended and ma
17. Came to himself. He bad
living to Satan; WAY his better ee
again ;rive to rule, The firet step
ward salvation itt to realise
wretebninese of 4in. Hired sere
The butablest saint Is leeppler
the bighest eioner. Enough ant
spare. Those look for nothing 1,
Labor tor God. I per. Even in
life sin gives but A barren,Unaa
recuropense; and wiiat of
to met Tim first motive wit
prompte tate einione to repnatane
eoinetimes the loweat one, the Pt
sure or necessity. Any motive
'smelly taut leads to the ahead
t sin and eine nearcb after fel
18. I win arise ann go. It is
e, eat, good deed to form a good
bation ; it is a greater. better
to rry it ant. 1.44,1t OA. your g
re,soluttnone into action at once.
make a good resolut
wtty mane it a
r A 0 ttIRS.'0 a g
'men step out
Oita road to virtue will lead to eau
liten other and give you obealiii
isapetus toward goodness. IniVe s
nett against beaven. "Heaven" slats
for the Goa al listavea, th3 goodn
of our Father who is in heaven,
bad sinned against Liroviden
against every revelation and eve
appeartume or good. It is well 1
him to aoknowledge tbie first of a
Nothing so well become the sing
as humble itonfessiort. But the wor
may mean, "I have sinned as high
heaven." Before thee. lie grea
ly wronged his facher, and fele th
he must directly confess the wro
ha had done.
19. No more worthy to be call
thy son. Oae of the tokens of tr
repentauee is deep consciousness
unworthinesti. Weil said Mr. Mood
"Repentance is rigbt-about face."
20. To bis father. It should res
"'toward his tattier." His father d
not let him twine to lam, but in
him n great way ofi. His lovin
eyes had wearily watched for his ba
bay's return. Had compassion. Oha
aeteristic of God and the godlike ma
Ran. God. hastens to meet the r
pentant sinner. Fell on his nee
Like a true oriental, who never hid
his emotion. Kissed him. Over an
over again. Professor Wright pares
as it, "He rained kisses upon him.
21. The son said, He begins
raourn.ful confession wthich was to
profoundly felt to be ever forgot
ten 'but he was cut short by h
father's demonstrative affection.
22. But the father said. "Wise
the faraway wanderer came back,'
says Dr. Ouyier, "he found six things
a father, a home, a weecome, a ring
a feast, and a sang." Bring forth th
best robe. The long embroidered
robe which was worn by all Jews o
quality. Put a ring an his hand. A
token of dignity and power. Poor
men'in the East do not .wear rings
Shoes on his feet. -The shoes were
really sandals. This, too, was sym-
bolioal. Shoes were worn only by
freemen, never by slaves. The &n-
eer saved is after all net a hired sere
v -ant. He is received as a loving son,
and his eerrice henceforth is a service
of 1CrVe.
23. The fatted calf. Reserved fax
an occa,sion of fea.sting. Kill it. In
the warm elimate of the Ea,st meat
must be eaten very soon after being
keeled. Eat and make naerry. Chriat
often represents his relegien by tbe
figure of a feast, never by th,at et' a
funerul. Flesh food is a luxury in
the Orient, and the eating ot it is
often accornpaniza by noley clement-
etratien,. • eactla as wineedrinkeng
would produee with us. The thought
that a feast of exubeeant joy -was
abeut; to be partalten of in hailer of
the. hurlable return of the :wayward
boy.
• ,
24. Dead. Dea.th is a figure .af
.unrepented sin. Aliv,e again. True
life begins when ttue, sinner, 'dead in
trespass and sins .is awakened to
alife by, the vose,e nighteohnness.
,
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went,
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that
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hape
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se no
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a of
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beet;
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The greatest oT teults, I should say,
is to be c,oneeious af none.—Qtrtyle.
Sometimes is it the ()ashler that gets
the besi of the ru.e on tee bank.
%Vienne
HERE AND THERE,
When the knight of the fourteen
century came into a company
friends, he lifted his helmet, signi
ing, "I am safe in the presence
friends," The days of Ow knight a
nO more, but the polite practice
lifting the hat is a survival of t
knightly ouetom,
'Upon tbe accession of Janette V.
Scotland, to the thirorie 1 Englan
in 103 th or.owrks or England a
Scotland were united, and the eu
port Of the royal arms have since be
the British lion and the Scotch u
core. There eras always before a lio
but on the left soma animal frora
family badge, as tImit 01 the Shea
tangly was a lion and a grealloun
The oldest Christian Isynan was co
lessee not only by it pagan, the Rom
Emperor Adrian, but by A perseeut
of Christians as well. The hymn be
gine, With the line, Vital spark
heavenly love," and wa written be
beavenly love," and was written be
tween the years 70 and, 185 A.D., tis
dates of the Emperor's birth an
death. The hymn was paraphrased b
Alexander Pone in the early part
Use eighteenth ceetury.
Tbe term " baloyan days" is deriv
ed from a pretty little fatale of ti
velio believed than during th
even days preceding' and followiu
tile winter soletice, Decembr 21,
haloyou or kingfisher floated on a
water in a nest in wbiob ber seem
tla
of
fy-
of
re
of
he
of
d,
nd
p-
en
an.
0,
he
rt
d.
an
or
of
of
41 deposited, and that during title
of her broodlog the seas were
alto. Our Indian sweater vorres.
ponds to the baleyou of tbe Stelliates.
Womee have superior rights in
Obina, even to the privilege of fight -
bag is the wars of tbe vonetry. In
the rebellion or 1S59 women did as
numb tightiog as men. At Nankin, in
1s13, :40,fitri) 11.04tIeil front various parts
t the country were formed into brie
ades of luau each, undee female of-
ers. Of these soldiers 10,000 were
s1oked U311114C4, drilled and garrisoned
in the city. But they not only fought
as men, but. took their alle.re of the
drudgery, digging meats, making
earthworks and doing all the things
tIsat fall to the lot of the common
oldie: in any war.
Queen Elizabeth was not only Queen
01 England, but also Xing of France.
According to the Salique law, no wo-
man could be ruler of Frame, and
hence there could bet no Queen, but
Elizabeth did not let that prevent
Isar assuming a title. "If I can not
be Queen of France," she said, "I will
be Ring." The monarchs of England
bore the title for 132 years, but on
January 1, 1801, Et was omitted for the
tint time since the days of Edward
of a canal or pond, which receives
the seed. The raft is moored to the
bank in still water and requires no
further attention. The straw soon
gives way, and the soil also, tbe roots
drawing support trom the water alone
In about twenty days the raft be-
comes covered with the creeper and
its stems and roots are gathered for
cooking. In autumn, its small white
petals, and yellow stamens, nestling
among the round leaves, presents a
very pretty appearance. In some places
marshy land is profitably cultivated
in this manner.
•e
MECHANTCAL DOCTORS,
elescteles or lasealavan4 May Hefore Long
1Wappear.
Mere doctors will soon be inedicak-
memories only, for mechanical dooter.
hag has made its appearance and bite
proven most beneficial in many in -
stamen, Many ailments are cured en-
tirely, or Mush alleviated, by the au
"anovemeut mire," It Le largely prae. 15
time in yalious contineetel health re.
sorts, where it is itnowe as Le ene,
chaeotherapie. Some seventy Ma-
ohineS, marvels of ingenuity, are cane
ed into play to exereatee the varteee
parts of title body. If a wrist that
has been strained is to be mede PC
whole, the haud LS strapped on to a
maelaine, a lever is turned that sets
it in motion, and the welst is twist- HO
a half carets backwards and for.
wards, probably very slowly and gent,
ly at first, but as it grows more flex-
ible at the rate, perhaps, of twenty
turns to tile minute.
Or an old geutleman is to be treat-
ed whose waist is no longer as supple
as in the days ot his youth. He is
placed in a kiwi of rocking cbair, tne
motor IA set to WOrk AAA the whote
hat* of the cimir sways froni side to
side, the body wall it, from the waist
downwards, And SQL with any alien
part of the human frame, Mere is a
machine to exerelee it When its ONVII.
er is too lazy, or too weak te do the
NvQric for ainetelt.
Not least among Wee 'wonders of the
meelmoteal
euro are what are tom-
er "percussion," 4' vibration," and
"kneading" mainlines, whiele worit
like a refreshing twain on jaded, and
weary bodies, One machine, for nie
stauce, consists of a aeries of little
clot/a-covered hammer; arranged ika
row like the banareers of a piano, aa
falling on tbe bedy in much the Knee
way as the piano laannuere strike the
strings. The pattering cotien of tte
hammere when applied to one's letek
create a warm, Invigoratiog glow.
Vibration are applied to tbe spire
by a. series of rubber fingers, which
are made to run up and down, tap-
ping merrily away like a woodpecker
on a braneb, only the taps fall at the
rate of bundreds in a minute. Tin
rain of little blows from, tbe vibrain
in machine, produces a most
ant, thougb peculiar sensation ;
brings a speedy relief when tte
to a bead that fettle heavy and
gested. The kneadieg treatment
forded by a machine whieh wor
little rollers over the body w
"kneading" raovement.
THE IMPERIAL HOUSE.
.A. preliminary step in the process
of the dissolution of parliament is the
issue of the necessary writs by the
lord chancellors of Great Britain and
Ireland. Writs are issued to the tem-
poral and spiritual peers of England,
the representative peers at Ireland,
the judges ef the High Court, not be-
ing temporal peers, the attorney and
the sheriffs and returning officers
for counties and borough.
. The twenty-eight representatives
peers of Ireland sit for life, and there -
"fore in their GELS8 a dissolution mere-
ly involves a welt of summons to the
new parliament. It is otherwise,
however, with the sixteen elective
peers of Seotland. They hold their
seats only during the liletime of a
parliament, and have to be re-elect-
ed at each general election. The
electien takes place in Holyrood Pal-
ace, in Edinburgh; .,
Outside London and Middlesex the
returning officers receive their -writs
by poste and a record. of the times of
posting, receipt and.".return is pre-
served by an elaborate systena of
signed Et:eknowdedgments. The writs
are eetureable witlim thirty-five days
of their iseue, aael the retUrning of-
ficers are lhible civilly and penally
to the houtse of continents fax the pit -
pet' returns.
ANIBITIOUS FOISETIIOUGIIT. '
rose to his position from the ranks,
rost to " his position from the. ranks.
When he was a recruit in the 93r4
Highlanders, says an, exchange, he
had a rolling gait, and the drill. Cor-
poral used to laugh at him tor it.
Another recruit who laad, the same
habit proposed one day to 311cpean
that they slaould, join in giving the
Corporal a drubbing. -
leo, need eleBean. Some day ran
going to command the regiment, and
it would be a bad be,ginning.
poi
rIo
alt
del
of
T11
be
tin
Fr
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Go
THE COLT IN VALI, AND WINTE
Atter weaning., young colts
in given special care during 't
winter. If they are neglected I
be very ditfieult to make up tor
afterward even with the best of t
Put the colts in it box stall. Two
more can be kept together loose in
one stall 11 11 is large enough to give
thera a chance to walk around it
tle. In the winter especially the lees
stall should be, as well lighted as pos.
sible, for the colts will not thrive in
a dark plate. ,Never confine them to
a stall tied up fax any length of time,
as it will weaken their joints,. Their
feet may be deformed if they do not
get the mecessary amount of exercise
while young and growing.
Feed colts liberally, give all the
good hay they will eat up clean Wa-
ter at least twice a day, or better
three times. The grain feed should
consist principally of oats, whish
should be fed *three times a day. Let
the morning feed consist of equal
parts of oats and bran made into a
mash by scalding with hot water, and
let it stand until lukewarm, before
giving to the colts.. if two pounds of
carrots or mangels can be sliced ve,h
thin so there will be no danger of
choking, and given to each colt daily,
it will aid digestion and keep the bow- ,
els in good order by preventing con-
stipation. If colts refuse' to eat
roots at first, mix with a little
ground.feed. A spooneal of sugar will
prove irresistible if spriekled over the
roots.
When the weather is good and not
very cold, the colts should be let ouE
into a yard one or two hours daily for
exereise. In cord weather keep them
in. Groom daily whether they I
clean or not, but handle gently s
do tint `that scayed. Break
halter and take up feet ono
so they will become accustolnets
eandliug.
THE POPULAR IEL.
Never keeps a man waiting ii' silk)
ba.s an eagagement,
1.1 cereful to be col-rest:le dreseed
for every occasion, and. never ov
(tweezes.
she is gentle toward c,hildreo, ani -
mels and eleleely people, and poll( e
.toward those inferior to her in 80-
cial po,sition.
S.he writes to roen only on VeIv 0-
,
ciai
lSbe°,3neeaeSeir°ntsli'lles dress e e
list
.Popular girls are teie,r. spiteful,
seldom jealous a.nd never stun.d.
1'hgirl we picture goes on? of he
Way to do kind thing,s.
She is never .slarar/ys nOi
eintonnt inen to chaff her or :rue*
iliar, yet. she enjoys o jake,
merry-be;sr tee companions.