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under the tierce lash. Often theY fainted,
The Sabbath Chime, It was a titling gateway to the path of
death.
le portioned outfor nw, And ate,: Um
Um emerging eame a third
Father. knOW that all my life
And the Mangos that will eurely come terrible sethe. Thet et tlte house of Cala-
I do nut fear to sou ; phas, ond that at the house of Herod, is ma-
llet 1 est: hue for a, present mlue, motel et the house of Pilate. Jesus is gbv.
101011 0l( ol,asing Moo, en over to the soldiers, faint with pin,
I ask Thee for a thoughtftil love. His bath bruised and blootbstained. The
Through conetanttouching wise merciless soldiers 'nook Him.. They put a
To moot the gait with joyful Mlles,
And lento the weeping vett t crown of thorns upon Hia head, end a reed
And hear at leisure from Imola for a scepter between His tied hands, and
To soothe and aeilleathize• ol,on " eaoh with his derlaive homage of
I would not hero the renlesa win '
bonded knee each with his infamous spit.
That hurries to and fro, ting, each with the blow over the head from
Seeking for some great thing to do the reed scepter, which Ha bound hands
Or secret thing to know; could not hold," they pass before 1Ehn, cry -
And guided where 1 go. Ilieg'" Bail, King ot the Jews 1" mocking
would be treated tis a child,
and Im:filing Him,
Wherever in tha world I am, Bet now Pllete makes another endeavor
In whatsoceer estate, after justice. He sends for Jesus end brings
1 have is fellowship trills heart,'
To keep met cunt va e Him forth again before the multitude,
And a work of lowly love to do Forth He comes thormarowned, with !tenth
For Ulm, oa Whole 1 wait. tied, and Um red robe oast about Him, with
So look Thee for the daily etrength- the " weariness of His dreadful agony " upon
To none that ask denied. His eyes, and lila blessed lath stained with
And ft mind to blend With outward lite- the marks of blows and spitting. And
While keeping nt Thy side ; Plato appeals for pity. " Behold the 50142 1'
Content to 1111 a Mile sates
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It Thou bo gloree. But there is no pity anywhere, save in
the hetet of Christ foe these his euemies.
" Crucify Him 1" " cruelly Him 1" is the
That Beautiful Prayer. only greeting, " Take yo Him toul crucify
Forgiving to we pray to be forgiven. "And Him," says Pilate, " for I 'Intl no fault in
forgive us our trespaeses ad Wo feeler) thoso Him." The Jews answer, " Wo lava a
who trespass Against us."-.1/rm. 12, law, and by our law He ought to die, be -
Tho chscip.es of eur Leal had not been cause Ho made Himself the Son of God."
long in fellowship with Him before they Here at last is the real acousetion. And
leerned to think very highly of the privilege after the strange events of the early morn -
and duty of prayer. They had seen in their inn, and in sight of the face of this Innocent
day -what we may see in ours, though not 02110100, Pilate is stmrtled at the words.
to so sad an extent -prayer reduced to a He remembers the mysterious drea(16 which
mere form of words, having little or no his wife had last night, and whith she Game
meaning on the lips of those who thought and told him of, warnine him and sayipg
vain, prolonged repetitions of arases 100r- "111600 thou nothing to 110 with that just
thy of being called prayer, ge, impressed man." " He made Himself the Son of Clod."
were these early followets of Christ with the What may that mean ?
Master's views and sentiments concerning " And he wont agein into the judgment
then nets of devotion, that Dun day they hall and saith unto Jesus: Whence art
made the strange eequest, "Lord, teach ns Thou? But Jestts gave hinnuo answee. Thee
how to pray 1" We oall 111110 33 strange request saith Pilate unto him: Speakest thou not
because they had doubtless been used to the unto me? Knowest thou not that I lave
forms of prayer common ie the synagogue pewee to crucify Thee, and have power to
acid in the home. Were there not moreovee release Thee ?Jesits answered: Thou couldest
the psalins 01 1)0(1,1 and Asaph, of Agar and have no power at all against Me except it
Habakkuk It is quite evident that Jesus were given thee from above ; therefore, he
had 00 spoken of the groat question of that delivered Me unto thee bath tbe greater
prayer that they felt as if they wonid be sin."
grateful to have not an example of prayer, Pilate appeals to the people. Here is a
so much es a mcdel that might serve as the Man perfectly innocent. There is no fault
foundation upon which they should build a in him at all. But again the great mob
prayerful life. They did not ask so much break% out in threats and ourses. "If thou
for u. sample prayer as for some word that lot this man go thou art not Cassar's feieed.
should teach them "160(0 to pray." The Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh
answer came. Tho prayer was offered. Brief aosss esssfts m
enough to be easily remembered. John's " When Pilate therefore heard that saying
memory caught and retained every word. he brought Jesus forth." The time has
Peter's fervent bectrt tras like a, sensitive
tablet that taught and retained every phrase
of thatilivineprayer. 80 (10 way j udge 11 2085
with the dociples. The prayer was so
brief and short a dein of golden links that
nothing could be easier for a truly devout
mind than to grasp and comprehend the
whole. Be this to it may, the iniayer waS ut-
tered by one Lord, =implorers and repeat.
ed by his diselplee, by them transmitted to
the world, and now it is graven on the
world'a memory and heart never more to be
erased or forgotten. That brief but crowd-
ed prayer has been translated into all the
languages of mem There is 110 00100 nor lam -
page in which that prayer is not heard.
Somewhere in unbrokou order that prayer
is being offered the Wid0 world over, and
from this moment to the last centuey of re-
corded time some lips, aye, thousands of
lips of youth and manhood and growing age
will besiege the throne of grace with the
owed " Our Father who art in Heaven "
taught by Christ to his devoted followers.
There is 0110 clause of that prayer that ehould
make us tatiee before we utter it. '.1forgive
us our trespasses us we forgive those who
trespass &mullet us." The is a tender but an
awful plea. It moans, forgive us as we for-
give. If with hard thoughte of others we
offer this prayer, 1( 02 01)113701' in whieh WO
invite condemnation. must; live as We
prey in this case, or it will be sad indeed
to have our prayers answered. If we would
offer this prayer aright we must come in the
spirit of the prayer. With perfect forgive-
ness to any or all who way lave notonged us.
There is a luxury in forgiveness. There is
Unuttered pleasure
In forgiving freed and wrong
Rippling through tho ;tool like measure
Sweet, of sweetest poet's song,
Happy they who 1e0111 a hill heart can
offer the prayer of Jesus through and
through. For them there shall come the
divined answer.
THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN,
The New British War Ship,
A TR,IUMPII OF NAVAL ARCHITEC-
TURE.
The Most Pormtdable Vess)1 Afloat.
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OTHER ROYAL SOVIMEIGN4 01? 'THE
NAVY.
The greet, ship which has just floated oub
of dock No. 13, in whieh she had boon built,
at Portsmouth, ie the laegeet man-of-war
that has ever been conatructed in England ;
and it is only fitting that the christening of
so magnifieent a vessel ehould. be graced by
the presence of her Majesty, and- that the
name selooted for the shIp should be 0110 of
the oldest and most honorable in the annals
of the British navy. Neerly 400 years ago
there Mel kIng'0 ship of the fiest rate call-
ed the Sovereign. Commanded by Sir
Cheeles Brandon, she greately dietinguished
himself in the action with the !Stanch, under
the gallant Primatiguet, off Brest, in 1 3 2.
Ten years later she was described OS 10
vessel of 8011 0110 (131(1 " marvellous goodly."
She then lay in the river, off Woolwich, and
being much out of repine wise, it appears,
soon afterwards rebuilt, No Sovereign et
Royal Sovereign is mentioned as haring been
engaged against tho Armada ; but, 11000011'
1115 to amp, the old Sovereign, patcheil up
or again rebuilt, fought on
gone nerAstoN
ender another name. It was not, however,
until 1037 that another Sovereign figured as
such in the lilts of the Kiug's Navy Royal.
In that 70061 18 first-rate man-of-war, which
in her earlier days was known as the Sove•
reign of the Seas, was launched at Wool-
wich. She had been deaigned by the cele-
brated Phineas Pett, the father of English
naval architects, and built by Peter Patt,
and she was the nest of our long bee of
pante and shaft hraokete being also formed
of Keel caatinga. The flat pieces of keel are
composed. of pates in. in thioknetei, whilst
tlte vertical keel las a thickness of lin.,
with a maximum height of 511, emitishipe,
diminishing to 3ft. 13111. tho first long-
itudinal, and tapering towards the metre -
gales. A novelty has both introduced
in this pornon of the structure, es the
vertical keel 10 perforeted to allow the
water to pass freely between the fleet
watertight longitudinel. Above there
is 0, seeond watertight longitudinal on the
port awl starboard sides, so that, aff a mat.
ter of fact, the 2011014 hull from ond to end
is largely eitholivideil, for the purpose of
minunising to the possible extent
Tull a ISK DANIina
to the bottom plating front reeks or torped-
oes. The frames have also boon epeotally
designed with reference to the great weight
to be carried, and tulditionel stiffness is
socered by double longitudinal bulkheada,
with:11 not only form .1, passage for easy com-
munication below the water -lino from end to
end, but support the middle portione of the
hell when the ends ars ilimultanuously ele-
vated ify Ware& A protective steel dook,
211:1. in thickness, extends under water from
the bow for about 71ift. and from tho thee
for a distance of about 72ft, Front this deck,
and resting open an armour shelf, Le built a
belt of gaol -foxed armour with a backing of
teake. The lower edge of the belt extends
5ft. OM. below the load draught -line, while
tho upper edge is carried 311. above the line.
The greatest thickness ie 18111,, the belt its-
elf extending ever a length of 25011,
out of a, total lougth of 38811„ and termin-
ating in armoneed bulkheads. At the
fere and after ends of the belt, and rising
directly from the protective deck, are the
larbettes, formed of manor 17 in. thick,
Superimposed upon the thick belt of light
armour, 41n. thiolt et the sides and 3in. thick
on the sereons, ranning across the ship ; and
behind this side armour coal -bunker. are too
ranged, whereby a 'ergo tononnt of addition-
al protection is secured. Over the
armour belt there is also a 3111. Steel
FARM COLONIES.
Gen, Booth's scheme es Practised lit Bel.
rand and Germany,
Attention luta lately been dream to the
question of fee colortioe an a moans of out-
• erting the homeless vagaloarle of our
streete into toeful laborers. For light upon
the subject, it is neeeaaary for us to thee to
the Continent.
The beggar oolonies are more analogous to
the trainIng labor colonies which we are
asked to promote. The two moist important
institutions:A' Lb [nista in exiatenoe in Holland
are those at Veehnizen and Onneerschaue,
ovhtsh ia 1380 oontained '2,020 and 400
inmates reepectively. These colonies are
supported by the State, and are moupied tor
the most part by beggars and drunkards,com-
niitted to them for definite periods at the
iestanee of the police authorities, Destitute
persons, however, are also admitted on their
own'application fereiteitliesre). The colonists
are thinned and occupied in farmwork and
other hal u tv ies, and theyreaelve small wages
101 1121111 Irmo ; they have every opportunity
afforded them of exahauging a lite of tag-
rancy and cadging for one cf honest work,
The results, however, in this direotion are
very slight. Most of the inmates on their
diseharge return to thelrformer 000tipations ;
readmissions are the rule rather than the
exception ; and of 3,233 persons who were
in the colonies la Deuember, 1835, 425 only
were there for the first time, while forty-
three had been admitted fifteen tittles or
more. In vietv of these facts Englishmen
would scarcely regard such lobar colonies
as a good inveetment for their philanthropic
capital. When Sir John MoNeil visited
the Dutch colonies in 1633 he reported to
the board of Supervisioti for the Relief of the
poor in Scotland that it took fifteen eoloniats
to do the work of one day laborer. If a
Dutchman was made a colonist and kept a
pauper at the rate of ilt 1 Os, a year, the
oost of treating &Sec -nehmen in the Hanle may
would be R8 10s. it you., or more than twice
the actual cost of meietaining a, pauper in
Sootland tvithout the pretence of letting him
earn hid living.
The German worktnen's colonies are still
in the experimental stage ; but ns they have
been in existence for some eight yews the
experience which they afford is well worth
the consideration of ell who advocate the
introduction of a similar system into
this country. The colony at Wilhelms-
clod was founded in 1887, it provided accom-
modation for 360 men. 13y 18813 sixteen
others (exclusive of branch colonies) had
been opened in Prussia, alone. The admission
to these mettlentents is entirely voluntary.
After a short period of residence the inmates
receive some small remuneration for their
work; and in this way any laborer, who
through mishap or his own fault, had been
reduced to destitution, has an opportunity
of earning a character and also of saving a
sum of money sufficient to provide himself
with clothes and the tools required for his
calling. The average stay of each colonist
is ninety-eight days. These German colonies,
in their constitution, resemble the insti-
tutions whieh are suggested for our adop-
tion in .England much more closely than
do their' Dutch prototypes. But we must
not forget that the conditions under whith
they work aro very different from those
which obtitin in this country. The most
noticeable difference, perhaps, is the non-
existence in I'russia cf poor -law system.
The colonies, in fact, to a great extent do the
work of our workhouses and if the advo-
cates of the German system claim that a,
percentage of the men admitted to the
settlements tun subsequently absorbed into
the ranks of independent labor, we might
reply that many laborers who are forced in
haed times to take refuge in the workhouse
ere to be found afterward pursuing their
proper avocations. That a larger proportion
are benefited by their stay in the German
colony than by residence in the workhouse
it emald be difficult to prove. The manager
at Wilhelmsdorf states that butt a stnall
minority of the men who pass through his
hands do well, while the bulk return to the
life of vagrancy which they lecl before their
admission ; and Mr. Davy, who visited the
colony throe years ago on behalf of the Local
Government Board, expressed in his report
a very doubtful opinion as to the desirabili-
ty ot trying itny experiments in this direc-
tion in England.
Ou the whole, the experiment of farm
colonies, both in Gormansr ancl in Holland,
can hardly be said to have met with slush
success as to justify us in hopieg very ex-
tensive results 6.001 the adoption ot tho
system here. -SSS Jamea' Gazette.
three -deckers. Her tonnes.° has been vari- dook, worked so that horizontal deck pro-
ously stated, but theme to have been 1,547 ; 1 teetion extends frotn end to end. Objection
the length of hor gun deck was 137 ft., and has been taken to the fact that the side
ermor stops short at t he auxiliary battery.
It remains, however, to be stated that,
while ,the side of the ship at this part is
whollsr unprotected, the guns aro protected
gy 0111, screens and the 000W5 by artnoured
emplacements. And in order to
1110001111 A SAFE FASSAGE
for tho ammunition from the several maga-
zines to the guns of the secondary armament,
armoured tubes hare been speeially fitted.
her beam was 47r1. 6in. She °airier ,
ditTorent times, from 100 to 120 guns, and
had IL complement of 8115 officers and mem
Sho was in several of the aotions of the first
Dutch war, notably in that of October 28,
1632, when she sank her immediate oppon-
ent, and latex she had among her many
captains Jereteinh Smith, John Cox, John
Wetwang, Riehard Iladdook, and Sir
William Reeves. Portraits of some of these,
and of Admirals Sir joseph .Jordan and It is also to be !toted that, with u view o
Prince Rupert, who flew their flags m her, t preventing water front finding its way below
will be seen on the walls of the forthcoming
the protection deck, means are provided for
Royal Naval Exhibition at Chelsea. Captain
alosin the severe openings by watertight
Cox commanded her in the four days action
covers, while in the.case of those which must
come. Action must be taken. The unmst with the Dutch off the Goodwin in 1060, and
1 necessarily remain open cc flier- dams have been
gained a knighthood as his reward. 811 fitted with the stune object. Tho Royal
was also in the action with the Dutcligin
Solebay in. 1072, and in two actions in 10,3, I Sovereign trill he completed for the use of
an 0dz01001. She will he lighted througeli-
in the latter of which fill William Reeves
was killed. In 1084, as she was crank and 1 out with 1611 11151011011011 of over 000 electric
lights, en(1 will also be equipped with four
a bad sea -boat, she waS rebuilt and out clown
to a two -clocker. In 1600, under Captain 1 electric seaealnlights of over 75,000 -candle
power. each of which will be worked by dyn-
John Neville, she 01611210(1Torriugton's flag
I 3311108 Under protection. The ship in action
at ' will be fought from either of two conning
T:10 isATTLE OF MAINLY towers, of which the form rcl 0165 10 armoured
Head, and had as her master the afterwards 1 to the extent of 14in, and the after one to
celebrated John Benbow. In 1 602 she was 31n.
flagship of Vice -Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval
et the victory off Cap La Hcgue, and later GBEAT GRAVEYARD OF THE WORLD.
in the year she was joint flagship of Kille --
grew, Delavid, and Shovel. In 1663 she
The Isthmus of Panama.
carried the flag of Rear-Achniral Matthew
Aylmer, tuul In 1600 she was accidentally More mon have died and are buried on the
burnt at Chtitham. •A new RoyalSovereign Isthmus of Palle= along the line of the
a b00 -gun ship, was launched on the 25 11 of proposed canal, than on any equ.d amount of
July, 1701, at Woolwich. She served as territory in the world.
Rooko's fIttphip at Cadiz, her captain being It was in 1887, the year before tho final
John Fletcher, and afterwards for a brie collapse of the canal scheme came, that
period, bore Sir John foake's flag in the chances took me to " the Isthmus," as 11 15
channel. She WaS !rebuilt in 1728, aucl was more usually described. How many people
ocennortded at varioue times by Samuel aro buried out in Monkey Hill? Certaitily
Faulkner, Robert Allen, Thomas Smith 8,000 or (1,000; probably 12,000 or 15,000,
(" Tom o' Ten Thousand"), the Honourable but ins all a matter of guesswork as to the
Edward Boseawen, and by that William exact number. 13u11 the ground about Aspin -
Boys, the story of whose fearful experiences wall only holds a small percentage of the
in an open boat, when the crew tvere reduced 11100 who have cited on the Isthmus. The
to the practice of catinibalism, forms one o city of Panama, of course, lays claim to the
the Inest shocking chapters of maritime largest number of burials, but I can say with -
history. In her last flays she was flagship out exaggeration that the entire lino of the
at Splthead, and in 1768 she was broken up. railroad and 0161101 11010 the Atlantic to tho
TUE NEN 1100,61 SOVEREMY. Pacific ia a. continuous graveymrd. At Mato.
011111 alone over 3,500 Chinamen met their
The Royal Sovereign is the largest battle- death 111 050 day. That was 25 or 34 years
ship hithetto constructed for the British ago, while the Panama railroad was being
Navy, and forms ono of eight ordered to be
built under the Naval Defence Act -four in built and long before work on tne canal was
begun. Ton thousand Chinamen lad been
the naval dockyards, and as many by con. lwought f vom China to work on the meal.
tract. Tho names of the others aro the
Hood, Renown, Repulse, Ramillies, Resolu- Over one-half of them wore camped at what
is 110 .0 Matochin, Small -pox broke out
Hon, Revenge, and Royal Oak, the whole of
whieh are barbetto, With the single exeoption among them, and the inortality became so
great that the Chinemen, always easily ex•
of the Hood, which is a turret ship. Ph° cited, became panic stricken, and, prof erring
genesis of the type is fully explulnes in rho to ate by drawing, ran down tho steep sides
parliamentary papers recording the comer- of the hills near their camp 1611(1 (1,108' them -
once on designs for battleships held between selves into the Chit -gees Rivet'. As 1 toxemia,
the Board of Admiralty and distinguished
naval officers at Devonpurt ; in the statement 3,500 of them were drowned. It, was becanee
of this 100t that the 1101110 Of the °amp MIS
of the First Lord explanatory of the navy cheneed to Muerte:ohne, mneete meaning
estimates for 1880-00 ; mud m a paper by Mr. .. (1ell" in 02)11411811 and Chino signifying
W. H. White, Director of Naval Construe -
sentence nuat be said. Pilate dares delay
no longer. Pilate sits in the seat of judg-
ment. Beside him stands the innocent pris-
oner. Before him is the raging multitude.
For a, moment be stops their clamor. "Be-
hold your King 1" he says. And they all
cry out : " Away with Him 1 Away with
Him I Cruelly Him 1" Pilate sttith unto
Chem : "Shall I crucify your King ?" Tho
chief /ideate answered : We have no Ring
bat Ctusar," Pilate delivers Jesus to be
crucified.
"Suffered under Pontius Pilate." Thus
clay by cloy in the confession of our faith we
take 11011 1110111011 Governor's name upon our
lips. Pontius Pilate will never be forgotten
Wherever tho story of the Passion is recit-
ed, and wherever the mossageof salvation 10
preached among well the part -which Pilate
played will have its reoord.
And yet not by any means such a bad
Man was Pilate. Not tio bad as Caiaphas,
not so bad as Herod, not so bad as the com-
pany of priests, not so bad as the rabble of
Jews. Our Lord Himself said that the
burden of "greater sin " rested upon other
shoulders than Pilate's, Only a wen -moan-
ing weak man ; with good intentions, but
not strength enough to carry them out ;
with a quick mausoleum, but without
Ottr Lord Before Pilate,
There is a sound of shouting before Pilate's
palace. Jesus has boon brought baok from
Herod. Pilate sits again in judgment, the
street without is througecl with an excited
multitude. The sun is up, and the city is
maths
Tito crowd cries out to Pilate to keep the
Governor's custom. At that feast the Roman
Governor geve the people the pewee of
pardon. They might open the prison gates
and take one -prisoner out. Pilate hopes
that they may choose the Prophet of Nazar-
eth. It would seem rt reasonable hope. Tho
Prophet of Nazareth had been the people's
chainpion. He had peon:hod especially to
them, and they had listened gladly. He
had gone about nmong them, healing their
sick, helping them, doing good, givuig His
strength in thew metrics Was there none
there on whom those blessed healing hands
Pad rested 1 Was there noun who had been
lod from darkness in light, from grief to
peace, following the glinting of this blaster?
Was there no weary and heavy laden one
among them all who had foend rest? Where
were they who had carried the palm branch-
es, and sung the allelujahs They were all
hostile, or Patna, Not a voice was raised
for Christ by anybody. It, is not Jesus of
llasaroth they wants Another will please
them bother. Lot as have Bitrabbits. And
Barabbas was a robber.
" What then shall 1. do ?" asks Pilate,
"(01111 Jesus who ie called Christ ?" And
back comes (.110 10050(001', ft hundred times re-
peated, swelling into a dreadful, universal
clamor, " Creelfy Iiiin 1" " Crucify Him 1"
" Cheurify Hite !"
"Why, what evll bath Ho done ?" de-
mands the Governer. " I have found no
ormso of (teeth in Ritn. I will therefore
ohastige Him, and let 1Iim go."
"And they were instant with loud v010e01
requiring that Ole might be crucified."
Pilate is efotid. Title great tumultuous,
01101111115 mob, utterly bereft (inob like) of
sense 140d110001't this dtsordorly, wild, Cathie
ening, insane, savage mob scares Pilate. Ho
does nob dare to stand for justice in the face
Of 11, HO deOS dare, hoWeVOr, to make his
peetcet. Pilmto, after all, is braver than
Peter. Ito takes water and W051100 1110 hands
before the multitude. " I am innoctont," be
ketones, "0f tho blood of this just pone%
Soo yo to it." And a groat shout; goes up
from all the people, "Ills blood bo on us
and on our children."
Pilate delivers huts to be seourgod.
With book bared anti (001 5.0(1 hands tied to
16 low pillar, Jesus of Nazareth, 0114 Lord
obedience to it ; with a dim sight at
spiritual things, with some appreciation,
with some faint recognition of the holiness,
the mysteriousness, the unearthliness even
of Him who stood at his judgment bar, but
with a question at the end of it, with the
mark of interrogation punctuating 3311 1115
worthiest•thoughts ; earnestly desiring to
save Josue, perfectly oonsaious of His mis:
skin, and of the injustice which was Wine'
clone Him, yet hesitating to met, and at last,
conquered by fear. Such is the man 10110
delivers Jesus to be =aril
Have wo no relationship 101111 Pontius
Pilate? 70 111500 such an utter ancl complete
unlikeness between him and us ? Would
we hare behaved so vory 'differently if we
had sat that day in Pilate's seat?
Christ stands forever epon trial. Pilate's
opportunity, Pilate's temptation, oomes into
tho lot of every one of us. Before us is an
inuifferent or hostile company, in one way
or another against Christ-porhaps against
His law and will, offending marmot Hun by
dishonest action, by lying or unclean speech,
by words of unkindness and unbrotherliness
-perhaps against His truth, denying Him,
oryieg out against Hitn beoeuse He called
himself the Son of God. And wo have to
make our choice, as Pilate had to make his
choice, between Christ and them'to be for
Christ or to be agminst theist, to stand, even
theugh we be 0.10(10, 201111 111(16, 01? (.0 95 down
and join a hostile e1'OW11-in Ono way or
another this enters into the common lifo of
us all, And what do we do when the crisis
comes ? To speak or to keep silence I To
stand our .ground or to yield to the will of
tho clanioriug multitude ; to be on Christ's
side or 011 the world's side -which do Ivo
ohooso?
It would have m hard thing for Pilate
to have been a C11040;111 that rilootl Feiday.
It would lave meant universal unpopularity.
It would love meant unknown evil in the
future. There might be complaint to CleSIII!.
There might be a charge of treason. Pilate
might lose his position, probably his life.
It is a hard thing to be a geplante Christian
toglay, To choose Ch
riet, rather than tho
world ; to do the ideal right, rather than
the easy Wont; 3(01)0 continually of Christ's
spirit, kind, forgiving, iselpftd, rich in tor -
e100, keeping the temper, laying 110 to the
pursuasions of tomptation, setting constant
11'16t011 ;Spell the lips, the ears, tho eyes
(shear abriantely 11011301, no matter how
emelt loss that means ; always absolutely
trahful ; always reverent ttntl intro in
speoeh and thought, daring to protest
(Loftiest umehristian specoh and us:tien-
t() be Christ's soldier aud servn.ut. Never
the solaier of Pilate or Herod, never the
servant of saunas oe C.:denims-who of us
does not know how hard that is 1 Who of
us has not aoted Pilate's part ?
Presumptton og es iii ignorance and 0 na
bs rtfin,-(,14811p,
There in not a °banter in the history of
human nature, inure instruetive both the
heart ana understanding, than that which
r000rds errors -4801111100,
Studied convoesation is most tedious ana
defeats OW11 Oil am, w malt in cony or-
KEEPRIG EGGS rusm
murvolous and neeful Experiments 010414-P.
811 011111)5,
" How long eau an egg be kept fresh and
wholesome, without the aid of preeerva-
tives?" This woo the question address-
ed to Prof, Saundere last fall, when the mat-
ter of shipping eggs to England was receiv-
ing general attentlon.
T‘ That is 11, problem whielt we are trying
to work out in the poultry department a
the Experimental Farm,' replied the pro-
fessor, and if you come out tame after- .
noon I shall be pleased to show you.what has.
been done."
Thio shot t conversation (muffed in No-
vember last, and it was resolved at the timer
to run out to the farm and look into the ex-
periments which had been referred to, buts
other engagements came in to prevent this
plan being carried out. November passed,
Deeemlor came and went and the New 'Year
ditwned. In January Prof. Saundere wars
again spoken to concerning the egg experts
ments
"How are those eggs getting mlong, Prof.
Saunders ?" wa.s the question asked.
" Strange to say, we haveuit been able to
spoil a single egg yet," replied the director..
" We have kept senut of them at a tempera-
ture of from 78 to 84* Fahrenheit sines the
latter part of October last, and up to dete
we. heven't found one to be bad. We have
treated others even more severely, and yet
they remain fresh at this date. It is begin-
ning to be a problem with us now, whether
&II egg can really be spoiled." January ancl
Febeuary came. On the 2m1 01 111161 month
hia excellency dissolved Parliament, and. the
country was plunged into the excitement of
a general election, Eggs were never once
thought of. The weeks sped by, and. the
crucial fith of March come with its triumph
for Sir John, 00 Sattuslay last, more than
a week after electioa day-, the correspon-
dent agaiu met Prof. Saunders.
" Profeaeor ; what about those eggs ?"
" Tltey aro still fresh," was the surprising
reply. "Wo intend to toot oee from each
batch th1s afternoon, and you had better
come out, and see them for yourself."
After so many invitations and failures to
respo»d, it was thought best to put no fur-
ther tax on good nature. The correspondent
Went out to the farm in the i11 10010016, and
was present when the tests were made by
Prof. Saunders and Mr. A. C. Gilbert, tho
poeltry manager. The test in each case
was very simple. An egg from the cliTerent
batches was brought into the ofilae and
broken into a tumbler. It was then care-
fully examined.
No. 1 -This was an egg laid on October
27 last. With others it had been packed in
bran and laid away in the oellar. It was
four and a half months old. Prof. Saunders
broke it into the tumbler and it was found
absolutely fresh and sweet. The albumen
was clear, aud the yolk firm.
tion, their designer, read at the thirtieth
session of the Institution of Naval Archi-
tects. From these sources of information
we learn theta number of elternative de-
signs went prepiteed for the consideration of
their Lordships, with speoial reference, as it
would appear, to the principle dieposition of
armament adopted in meant years foe battle-
shipag and thet the eventual ohoice was
inado in full vieW of the most emelt types
constructed or
IN 001106E OF ODIfferilUOTION,
for the Royal and other ilegieti. In thin
e080 the Mello:Ay decided noon bhe nature
of the gun to be carried before finally deter-
mining upon the character of the ship.
" Thwu was," WO are told, " n, considerable
weight of opinion that a 12-1(1011 gun of
modern design, and of (thee 50 tons in
weight, might, be mask which would possess
sultioient power for most purposes ; brit,
AS no 011011 glin Was ill existence, and as guns
of 75 toes (0015(11 (051,0 carried in exist.
1115 forcigu ships, while the (17 ton 1 4-inelt
,gun was thoroughly successful, and all tho
detailof the anumition and mounting had
boon settled, 11 20110 genorally agreoa that,
for the three loading battleships, 674on
guns Were to be preferred for the heavy alt.
intunent." nue decision has since been
applied to all tho ships M the class,
As befits her woolens bulk and weight,
the constructiOn orthe ship has been made
exceptionally strong. The hull alonnabsorbs
mot:less tame 0,040 ons of tho total die -
placement, ancl a that mount ebout 7,200
has been worked into thosteucture itinee the
keel pinto was laid clown on Ootobor 1,
13(1(3, tip to the time of the floating out of
;loth, a period 0( 1082 than 17 months. This
10 00 record of progreas whloh is believed to
Pc wholly beyond preciondent either in a
Government or in it private yard. And
Title ItlatArglaill,Til AlwAtilnlitIgNT
Is oil tho more creditable to the Portsmouth
establislunent, Beetling that the Royal
Sovoreign was btrilt in the open, (Ind that
work had frequently to be eueponded in
sation that the heart shoula flow out. We vonsequence of the very tovere winter. Sho
cannot every moment pronounce an epigram, is built entirely of 111 Ild steel, (60 (1,00 now all
--tChanning, ships in the melee, the stem and stern
Colt -tette She Be.
A subtle something in her face
Bewiteffing snffictibeguiling fsraco:
Such chsrmful oyes, all mirth and 1000;
A golden aureole above:
Fattrancieg she, tho fairest fair ;
'ho 111110 %each, of hoe beware.
Do halt. rash tv000r, turn and lice 1
Silo will servo thee as she served me.
Cloquotto she be,
'rho' fair to 800.
She'll catch 11100 in love's tangled web ;
Chinaman, tine name hes moo become pot • Bold thee fast by a mystic thread :
(‚50111(1 10 Matochin. It is a common saying, Tho love gods 0010 11(100 Molina,
believed by many on the isthmus, that every
tie on the Panama. Raliroval represents 0.
dead mon,
Curiosities of the British Penson List,
For nearly eighty years the House of
Commons hos bee,0 itecustomed to vote 0
pension of RIO a you to 0 person who ap-
pears in the 170030014(00 08 the " Daughter of
Toulonese emigrant." What hoe name is,
and why her father's emigration established
a claim on the BOHAI' =payer, are ques-
tions frequently asked in the House of Com-
mons but never answered. Tho general
vague iinpression 10 that the unknown father
of this anonymous dttughtee emigtatecl at
the 111110 (1)01 Nepoluott was a captain in the
Urenoli artillery atol began to distinguish
himself at Toulon, and that is neatly alum.
deed years ago. The Teettsury recently dis-
covered that the lady is dead, 118(1 11118 year,
foe the first time within the memory of liv-
ing man, this emu of RIO will not be esked
for in Committee of Supply. A peneion of
711)1)0 coxed to be payable when the Mar-
quis ot Normesty died ; but notwithstanding
this seeing theta is an inevease of 1120140(in
tho Estimates this yette for superannuation
allowances to Colonial governors. The ad-
ditional allowances which explain this not
increase aro three of 000 each to tho re-
tired Cievernore Sir H. Robinson, Sir John
Popo Hennessy, and Sir A, 14. Gordon 3 aud
one of 180 to 10.0. 17. lAtborde, formerly Ad-
ministrator of St, Lucia,
• • •
This 10 °illy sure, that there is nothing
sure ; and nothing more miserable, and yet
more arrogant than man.--tPliny.
Shut the door of that house of pleasure
which yeti hear resounding witli the loud
voice of woman.-ESitaill,
11 in easiest to be all thinge to all men
but it is not honest. Self-respect must be
saorificed,every hour of the day.-CAbraltam
Lincoln,
laziness of mind, or inattention, aro as
great enemies to kuowledge as
[Chesterfield,
While from her cleanty finger tips
Sho waf ts 16 MSS for, g How d'yo (10 1"
'North lowered lids. Rho laughs at you -
Do halt, rash Wooer, turn end 1140 1
Sho Will servo 11,0000 Sheffert-0cl me,
Coquette she bo
'Dso' fair 10 000.
To a Thrush,
0 Mavis, carolling loud 00 7011 hero bough,
Making the orchards ring
With message 00 1110 spring,
My heart doth blose thee noty,
For lo 1 whalloy thy fresh notos bring I
na, life again - that thou
From winter's frozen fount has learnt so soon
to sing
Sing on, sweet bird, T pray ;
Sing louder, sweeter, higher,
Till the shy Melts bursts to hear thy lay,
And sots Iny garden plot on flee
Bettor to sloe onblle;drear day
Than later, whon thefull-voiced their
liolde mirth mid revel mid. the snowe in 'May,
Joy when needed must comes
And thou, inure thrush, are blest,
Like him whose dirge anthl the falling leaf
Delpd Iv; to bear the chill of an Ennui's grief.
Murder in the Cfnited States
There sr( 1.0 49.90 nitirdera in the United
Stated last year, and in five previous years
titero Wore reenuctively 0767, 2814, 2335,
1440 and. 18118, 'Phase liguros show that
Murders ate becoming mere frequent oath
year. In 181)1), while there wore 42:10 nun,
dors committed, tho wormers of criminals
put to death Wadi only 228, of whom 1 02 wore
leplly executed and 126 lynched. The
number of legal executions WKS higher and
the number of lynchinge lewer than in any
of the five proceedine years, The proportion
of murders to logol executions is as 41 to 1,
aed the legal executions atul lynchings cam-
bined is as 11) to 1. The Albany Jourtal 111
commenting mum these facts soys 1 " In the
older StateS jories aro bccommg more and
more reluctant to bring Mal erdiet of guilty
when the penalty is death, and as n, come.
;pence hundreds of oriminals each yoar go
unpunished."
There will always be something wort,
living for while there ate. shimmery after
noons.-40111'o Shreiner.
No. 2, -This specimen was laid on th-e
2511i of October last, or four and a half
months ago. It had been placed in the in-
cubator on 31st of October and kept at a
constant temperature of from 78 to 84 des
pees until February 1-0 period of three
months and 12 clays, It need. scarcely be
said that this represents a very mph higher
average than the temperature of our three
hottest summer months, and was only 20 to
24 degrees below the hatching hut. When
broken, however, this egg wasperfectlygood.
The volume of albumen bad shrunk about
one-half and it was denser; but there was
not the faintest trace of disagreeable odor.
To the taste it Was fresh and sweet.
No. 3-71110egg was laid on 5th of Novem-
ber last and had been subjected to unusually
severe treatment. From this time it was
laid 01181 1110 llth of February --0 period of
over three months -it had been left for half
of each day in (-bo incubator, and for the other
1)1611 (11 the colder atmosphere of the cellar.
This alternating extremes of temperature
each day would seem to be more than any
ordinary egg could stand. But when Prof,
Saunders broke the shell, the contents fell
into the goblet clear anti odorless. The vol-
ume was, however, considerably reduced,
and at the point where the yolk had rested.
against the shell there was the faintest pos-
sible trace of staleness. In every other re-
spect the egg was sweet and absolutely fit
to eat.
No. 4 -This specimen had also sustained
heroic treatment. It wal laid 011 the 7111.
December last, and on the 28rd ot that
month it loci been pieced in the incubator
and kept at a temperature of front 78' to 84'
until February 11. From that thne until
lest Saturdey 1(2 1116(1 lain in the open cellar.
It was broken, and seemed in every respect
as fresh as tho day it was Old. The air
epee was small, the elbumen clear and the
yolk perfectly sweet,
No. 5 -This one bad been laid on 3rd of
November last. It was then packed after a
very common method. The surface ot the
shell teas greased with lard and the egg
buried in salt. It was considerably over
live months old ; yet itwas perfectly sound.
It was neither better nor worse than those
which haol received no special attention. It
was simply a good, full, fresh egg.
No. 6 --This was an extraot•dinary
speoi-
111011, Along with half a dozen others abed
been laid in the office drawer during the
fleet week in August hot. It had been
given no treatment whatever. There it lay
throneh all the heat of August and Septem-
ber, the °hanging tompermthres of the fall
months, the severer extremes of winter, nob
10 feet from a base burner stove, and down
10 (110 hour ef the test. When Prof, Banns
dere got; ready lobrook this ogg that had
lain for seven menthe 00d a half in an office
drawer, the newspaper man stepped back
it pane or two, so as to be prepared for the
worth Back number eggs are always to be
suspected. Yet,when the table knife broke
the shell in twatn, the contents fell out,
sweet, fresh looking and perfectly whole-
some. As a matter of feet, Prof, Saunders
ate it for his simper, and promounced it firth
class in every fovea.
Hero'then were the proofs of the me
prieingfact Oat fresh eggs couldbo kept for
it long period without suffering material de-
terioration. The last egg examined WnS
over SeVoil months old, lying all that timo
in &comparatively warm rooin and surromul-
ed with no preservatives whatever. Yet,
like all the others, it Was per fatly good. III
would seem 1111(0 0140 egg packell away when
quite fresh may be kop1 at a high tempera-
turo for many months or submitted to ex-
tremes of heat and co\ d, without, suffering
to any appreciable 01(00111 111 quality. These
experiments oleo show that popular notions
respecting the ago at which an egg may be
said to be fresh aro in need of revision, If
a farmer's wifo labelled her basket "Fresh
eggs ; laid three weeks ago," she would find
no purchasers. When WO knotr, however
that 11 11160 been found impossible to soil an
egg within six months at tho experimental
farm, WO aro bound to believe that an 059 18
just as pod in its third week, or third month,
as when htid.
711 tho matter of friendship I have observ-
ed thatdiseppointment 11000,10 0(11067, 004'
from liking 0111! frtelltle tee well, but in
over•estinutting their liking and opinion of '
US,--ielusrlotte lironte„