V -T V ?i t. 4 ' i J ' 1 TadIaGE IN JOPPA. IioblHr or Pore. "Ami nil Ihr wdWs ntoxl hy him ..A nhnwinrt th ronl ami ant 7, hit lnrm tntiil while h wnt tkrm. - An i-. rtrtiana of Joppa! Impressed a I am TnUf tnOpi". melon . t'i met I m Willi me im i mat jour iinr- fptll will' n ine onie i ci uiMiit-iH ImiMnl. Momon's oxen drawing the throtltfll Wis "rj mini n hid I,, Jerusalem, nothing ran make fwcot t int turn Joppa wm nit Ii, ''I ""'"K - IH J I.V the pr of all succeeding agne in U The illsasiers vi jour mmi wiien f ))(altflMll M't 1 OH IIITIMI .nM.T.Ml jrf hun-lred prisoners miwwrwl In hNirn'io'i iniiiim uiBKa iiiv loiifi "... t ..mi k.ii. nf ftf. 0 inr new unKni" . v ... ,ntur,( ws Miirwu in una w-nn uy with her needle embroider- ,T nam IncfTaeeably In the beneficence wr-rlil- 1 see ner mwng in yoimer In th doorway, ami around inmt are the pais iacoa oi me Hhr listens to uieir piaint, ana larir woe, she make garment h adjusts the mannratumt arti- put IM" lorm oi mis nivalin ,n4 to the cripple that comes crawl ki hmi'U nnl knwa, Hho eivca a 1hi nnp.li Kiro Miulnlo to t luil one. h sift" lii ininRM praypin aim u-ara hn.imii riKxinraeiniiciit. Than alio H I.-. Im pnvtl on the utroot cornoni li.'in i-lie MowimI, ami all ttiroiiirli -t tlircrT i hrard: "IHirraii is oom- ni in k look up KraU'rully in hr hi- liu In lnT linnd on tha Imrii- . i I 41. t 1 I , HIM !h" i'Hv aim uie nonu'ionfti ill) Willi nii)i itn i-iiir iitur iii-i- . . ii i. i i i Vi n llloii;ii nil wigi'i unit I Hi. 'in; and an "lie gxn out th li.ilf put mit with mil think tm-y An ot Iil'IH niioiii npr uniw iuii a trail in hi-r pathway. 1 hat niRlit a hnl .Kniht rlimlxi the hill and rcachoN H1 Ion little Niy writ clml, nml VhiTi ili'l tliPK clothra romp iroin!" t tell him. "Dorcas liai boan lin. ' wr iiliuf a woman m t riiiitiiuicr a ii. .ri-nn liroucht the oil. In anollirr in (ainilr that hail not boen at tnlilu t a wk are eothcml now, for Dor limiiKlit lirrttd. nTc i Kiiililnii iaiiK0 in that woman .livy wiy: "wnoro l Don-a hawu't nx'ii her for many a ility. i linnasV And one of them iMr up and kmx'kd at the diKir and nntiry wived. All throneb tho f wrrU liioliioiw, the iiowr idiiiw; mi'k" No bulletin lla.s)iiiiK from i- CTti ti'lliMe tho Ktneia of a Kins' iininn niiKimisly awiutoil for than from thiK nii'k lHnurni'trHW. Alax! .1 liiiTfUwailinir. wailing. I hat li lm uKitoI ) many chonrful liuslioil; that Imiul w hi rli i" Ip w ni.iii v Riii'iiiontH for tho II and Mtill; that ular .I iiiil lij;ht into the midnight of iifs m itiiiiiniHl hy too lilindilii! jo up from the rivir of drath. In i foi-snkvii place in thia town, llit-re is a sink child ami no linlm; tlirr in Ininiror anil no lirwad: iWi' in Riiilt and nocomniifioration; tliero is a broken heart and no llu-re mo iltMpairing looka and mv, ami frantic gesticulation ry; "Dun -a in (lcadr' They send stl ivtir, who happen to lie in or Huh place, ttoiiiiiui! with a v tiit mime of Simon, i'eter urtre tiiri'iixli the crowd around the door. i in lue prwrnce or the dead. What :i..u ainl jfrief all aliout him I Here f ul tlie poor pooplo, who show the which tliis poor woman had made Tlu'ir crii'f cannot be anixuued. '.' I'eter wonts to perform u mirn- in ii'.i no it amidst the cxciUil lie kimlly order that tho whole The door i uliiit naint iv The nKtle HlumU now with ll It is a wriou iiioniHiit, you ii you me ulone with a lir;u e nKitlc get down on his kiicex nml then lie comes to tho lircles one till rcnilv for the Hepiilcher, ircnili of Him lio U the resur - rxclniins: "Tnbitlui, arise!" lir in the fountain of life; the "'; lli nerve thrill, the rlieeU II f eyennim; she sits up! I'll thin subject Dorcas the disciple; WiM-mctir-; Dorcas the lumeiiu.il; W" l' liriVrteil. t " it that wor.l disciple in my I 'I'l have known this woman wiu, a I fu' h music tut that never camo it wliii-h is not chordod and I 'iivine (race. Hufore I show you F"i-k of this woman, I want to II i'l- r generated llimrf Hi.. 'le Kli.l i.r all CI r ' Hi" wives and in,.tlit.r. in,! sisters of all tho earth would -l aMii herdiiiciiilejihip. Ik-fore you 'ire. mid of the liospital.before vou u-nii.uilioii and trials ",,,v. I iliar(o you, in the 'l, and by the turmoil and tho juilKiiient day. oh. women! "tUii.l to the lirst, lust and illtv nf V..II,. .i. .... i.;. . L I . mo iweklliz IKI lll'lll'r at iw.u.w. u.li1. 111... ' trunit ahall aound, thero !'i"ar, and a wrock of mount "ntilioiit and no human arm D"U. Allli, 1st tha rwi.irr nt l.a ailliilst the Klilln.r rJ Iu. V "i'lst the live, l.pinK thunder iieuvena, calm and nlacid "V Woman' heart wlm li.tli ""t 'n t'hi isL- calm "mult, as though the tlra in the inj me glldingH of an autuin H' tliou-h the p, of the trumpet P" i'' i"ony of an orchestra, a "ii" voiih.h of the ky were but I'Kiiil burkting through a cute ti'iie wiih laughter, and ahout- " the di-ine! Would liml tl.nf. (".!'.''. "v,;,y Mrth would thia 'at the feet of JiUs! 1 ""n'1" tho benefactress. K'l'l the story of tne rrown. tn6 ' "'"'J of t1H worii; the pastoral '""iiseslull of the redolence of ' '" 11 rustle with the silk of the "B the pruis,, of tn, .,,,)W j u. '"oi theimilln i.s...... 41,., 11.. h';l in the gnr.leu of Eden t- llv lian rllt. rlt .M ,. I . '.'.-"r and U-iufiu-Uon. It ..riiieor 1B hlfh priest; it fash 11 tho niii ient UUmiacle; th. ' Kiu Kolomon lis r.,M of guw,n Kliaibeth; and In low plac. by the ' miiM W l"K "d ""'" Hiiii . i 1 jwnere, 11 no rii'iKs, it lias i,r.u,.l.u.i oiiie host, of peIlury and Eliv have found liveli 1 ""'o'lgU it the maiuiou of rin I u 1 """"i'im iu au neellJ "t the COU- 'llo. I admit J.- I it Un. I1 Uluh1l more juartyr ."" Punctured the eye; Itooa ami w "im "line and ..,"'.hur niluistriea t) th in 1 1 1 I ."'y of tharitiea of the oo n..kV 'nv" v - or a ........ . ... . . .. f knit Miidag, t l'l'Jthi m..C . f.i umiiui tor tne t,'?i.wbo i tne trefootL p Into the Mylumt of tha aufferlng and doa litot bearlng that Ooapel which ia aight for the Wind, and haarinir for ih At jnd which make the lame man leap like a hart, and brlnga the dead to life. Immortal health Wuimling in their pulse. AVhnt t-ontiaat between tho practical henrrolonc nf this woman and a Rreot ileal of the char ity of thia day I Thl woman did not apenrt hr time Idly planning how the poor (f your rity of Jopi were to be re lieTed; he bsk her needle and relieved them. Xhewa not like thorn person who arm iiathlte with imaginary Borrows, and go out In the street and Inugh at the boy who baa niet hlljasketof o.ld victual, or like that :haiity which mnkea a rousing speech on the iMMievolent platform, and goesont to kick the beggar from the atn, rrriug: "Hush your miserable bowling ' Tiie aurTeror of the world want not so much theory as practice- fc!'rJ?fTh WT " ,,H,,ar"5 not ""uch kind wisho as loaves of bread; nt so hiH-li .mile, as boea; ,, .0.1 Men yousf a Jacketa and fmrl. I will put one earnest Christian man, hard W,Ihi",t,.tln",t fllrt1,,"u"',n' m.Te th,riS on the subject of charity. There are . great many who have fine ideas about church archi tecture who never in their life helped to build a church. There are men who can give you the history of Buddhism and Mo hammejUnism, who never aent a farthlna; for the r evangeliaation. There are women who talk beautifully about the milTering tt the worl.1, who never had the couragolike Dorca to take the needle and assault It I am glad that there I not a th. i -"" " j wiiicn iiuoi record of fo. male benevolence. (ok any to a iani ,,,,1 j people, tome now and hear the widow' mite . rattle down Into the ssjr bo. The I'riin-e) j nf C'otitl sold all her jowel that she might help the famine stricken. Queen lilanche, I the wife of Ixnii VIII, of France, hearing that there were aomo erwms mi justly in ! careerated in tho prisons, went out amidst I the rabble and took a stick and struck the ; dixr as a signal that they might all strikoit, j and down went the prison door and out ...1.1.1.1.. .Ll.L ,. . . tU- i-ninu iiih prisoners. V'lccll .Mauil, tho wifoof Henry I., went down amidit the oor and washed their sores and ad ministered to them cordials. Mrs. Hetson. at Mntagordn, apinvtred on the lattlellei while the missiles of death were flying around, nud careil for the wounded. I there a man or wuinnn who has ever heard t the Civil War in America who has not iicard of the women of the Sanitary and Christian commissioner, or the fact that, lie fore tho smoko had gone uprom Ovttyabiirg and Houtli Mountain, the women of the North met the women of the Houth on the battlelleld, forgetting all their animosities while they Imuud up the wounded, and cloned the eye of the slamf Dorcas the lienefac tresa. I come now tn ieak of Porco tho lametiteil. When death struck down that gooil woman, r.h, how much sorrow thero was in this town of Joppa! I Kiipsw there were women here with Inrger fortunes; women, perhaps, with handsomer faces; but there waa no grief at their dfiutrture like this at the death of Koreas. There was not more turmoil and upturning in tho Mediterran ean Neo, ilashinj; against the wharves of this seasrt, than there were surging to and fro of grief liecausn Dorcas was dead. Thero are a great many who go out of life and are unmiasiil. Thero may 1st a very Inrgo funeral; thuremay Ilea great many carriages and a plumed hearse; thero may bo high sounding eulogiums; tho Im-11 may toll at the cemetery gate; thero may lie n very fine marble shaft reared over tho resting place; but tho whole thing may Ih a falsehood and a sham. The church of Hod has lost nothing, tho world ha lout nothing. It is only a nuisance alwted; It is only a grumbler ceas ing to find fault; it is only an idler stopel yawning; it is only a dissipated fashiomihlo parted from hi wine cellar; while, on the other hum), no useful Christ Ian leaves t his world without being missed. Thcchurcli of Ood crios out like the prophet: "Howl, Jlr tree, for tho cedar has fallen." Widow hood cornea nnd shows the garmontt which the iloimrted had mndo. Orphans are lifted up to lock into tho calm faco of the sleeping benefuctrcKs. Reclaimed vagrancy come and kisses the cold brow of her who charmed it away from sin, and all through the atreeU of Jopna thoro is mourning mourning bo cause Dorcas is dead. When Josephine of France was carried out to her grave, thure were a great many men and women of pomp and pride und jhwi tion that went out after her; but I am most nirected by tho story of history that on that (lay there were ten thousand of tho pi sir of France who followed her colllii, weeping nud wailing until the air rang again, because, when thoy lost Josephine, they lost their hist earthly friend. Oh, who vould not rather liavo such obsv lilies thnn nil tho tears that wero ever ponnsl in tho lachrymal that have been exhumed from niicieut cities. There muy lie no mass for the dead; there nmv l 110 i-ostly aarcophagiis; there may be' no clulsirate mauwileum; but in tho damp cel lars of the city, and through the lonelv hula of the mountain den. there will be mourn ing, mourning, mourning, bo niise Dorcas is dead. "Illessed are the dead who die in tho Ird; they rest from their lalsirs, mid their work do follow them." I 8euk to you of Dor-as tho re-uirrected. TheaKstlo came to where she was and said: "Arise; and sho sat up!' In what a short compass the great writer put that "She sat up!" Oh, what a time there must have Is-en around this town, whon the aiiostle brought her out among her old friends! How the tears nf joy must have started! What clap. ping oi nanus mere must nave leon ! n hat singing! What laughterl Sound it all through that lane! Shout it down that dark nlluy ! Let all Joppa hear it! Porcus is res urrected ! You and I liavo aeon tho aamo thing mauy a time; not a dead body rosinu-itatcd, but the deceased coming up again after death iu tho good accomplished. If a man lalsir up to fifty year of age, serving God, and then die, we are apt to think that hi earthly work is done. No. His inlluuuiw on earth will continue till the world ceases. Service rendered for Christ uevor stop. A Christ inn woman toil for tho upbuilding of n church through many anxieties. through many self denials, with prayer and tears, and then she die. It I fifteen years since she went away. Now the spirit of (list descend usm that church; hundreds of souls stand up and confess the faith of Christ. Has that Christian women, who went away lifteeu years ago, nothing to do with these things 1 see the Dowering out of Iter iioblo heart. I hear tho echo of her foot utepa iu all the songs over sins forgiven, in all tho prosperity of the church. Tho good that teemed to be buried baa couio up aain Don as i resumx'ted. After a while all theso womanly friend of Christ will put down thulr noodlo forever. After making gurineut for other, soma on will make a garmuut for them; tho lost robe we ever wear the robe for the grave. You will have heard tho last cry of pain. You will have wituussed the last orphanage. You will have couio iu worn out from your last round of mercy. I do not kuow wliore you will sleep, nor what your epitaph will I; but thero will mj a lamp burning at that tomb and au angel of Ood guarding it, and through all the long night no rude foot will disturb the dust. Sleep on, sleep ou! Soft bed, pleasant shadow, undisturbed repose! Kloeu on I Aalpp In Jmu! lllastml alaept From whlcu aoua avar wak to waap. Then one day there will be a sky rending, and whirl of wheel, and the flash of a iiageant; armies marching, chaina clanking, banneri waving, thunder booming, and that Christian woman will arise from the dust, and aha will lie suddenly nirrouuded sur rounded by the wanderer of the street whom the reclaimed, surrounded by the wounded aoul to whom she administered I Daughter of Ood, so strangely surrounded, what means this!1 It iiieaua that reward ho come, that the victory i won, that tho crowu is ready, that the baiiiiuet i spread. Shout it through all the crumbling earth. Slug it through all the living heaven. Dorcas is resurrected I In IK'A, when some of the soldier came back from the Crimean war to London, the Queen of England distribuUsl among thoin beautiful medal, called Crimeau medal. Ualleriea wore erected for the twu Itouaes of Parliament mnA im rvw! .mil t -1. 1. There waa a great audience to wit new the distribution of the medal. A Colonel who Iwul lust both feet In the bntOo of Inkernmn was illed In on a wheel chair j other ennia In limpingiHji their crutches. Then the Queen arose berors Ihron In the name of her government, and litter! worth of cittnmr-n-dntion to tlie ofllcem and men, and distrib uted thnee nieilnls, insi-rilicl with the four great battleflelils, Almn, Ilalaklavn, Inker man and Hilsto)Mil. A the (Jueen gave these to the wounded men and the wounded officers, the lnd of music struck up the na tional air, and the people with streaming eyea joined in the mng : Orel save our arai-lnoa ui-en! l.mi live ear n.'lile iueral Uul the ViHspn! And then they shouted "Huiata ! Iiutji Oh, it waa proud day for thone returned wan-lorai Uut a brighter, better and glad der day will pome when Christ shall gather those who have tolled in HI service, good oldier of Jesus Christ. He shall rise he fore them, ami In the presence of nil the glorified of heaven He will any: "Well dons good and faithful servant !" and then Ha wll'l lilrllniW the unfoVia or eternal vli-tory, not inacribed with work of righteousnea which !T. T8 ,on' ,mt wltu tno' tour bat tlefll.!, dear to earth and dear to heaven. Jtetlilchoml Naxarethl UoUiseinanol Cal vary I TEMPERANCE. a i.rc 0 Ttt LiQUonmcs. TTnacriiiiiiliina 11. i.n.u v. . u , and wide the itatement that in Dea Molnea, Iowa, there are si xty-four large brick store, house in tho center of the city "unoccu pied." The oica HepUtrr prove that ther --...j riuyvj wmiousn, ami mai onea building which aa a saloon gained a reputation so Isvl that no IrgitimaU busiucsi wui'i sauni 10 go inere. HALoona MKAJt ccMmRrsa. A celebrated orator. In sneak in it of Rnrrn. xnento, says: "The last thing you pas by as you enter the cemetery gate, and only sixty f.u.t. frr.it, if tm m in.- 1 1.1.... ..... . w i. ri u. auww uiiii . .1 1 1 1 which confronts a mother after laying away her boy, a victim of tho liimor tralUo, as sho pa out at the gate, i the legalinsl busi ness that destroyed him. Inside tlie cemetery are plact set apart for tho burial of Oil! I Fellows, Mason aud memls-n of the Im proved Order of lteil Men. It aoemed to mo that what waa most needed in wine-cursed Cnliforuia was an improved order of w hite U1UU. A remarkable movement ha taken place among the caste of Ahlrs, an influential brotherliiMsl of Itetinres India. As a result of the remarks of the Hon. W. S. Caino iu the Hrltisli House of Common Inst winter on the Ihpior traltlc, a meeting of the Ahirs, liumltf-riiig :t,lr.i, was suiumoned, and the ipiestion of alsilishing the use of liquor from their caste was discussed without cessation, ami with the greatest earnestness, for nix consecutive hours. The presiding ortii-er was a (listinguishnl Mralir.iin, w ho had heard the ss-ech of Mr. Cuaae in the English 1'arhn. inent. nnd was so arousrt by the startling condition of alfuirs as pictured by the elo ipient orntor, that ho determined 011 the sxt to bring the question before Ins own triple. Hi powerful liilhii-iu-e and the strong f-ling of the brotherhrMHi suciveilisl in bringing about the remarkable result of prohibiting all liquor drinking iu their custe regulations. Tliis is h method purely Hindu ami is their regular court or justice from which there is no appeal. This astonishing movement seem but to hnvo Is-guu in India, as alrendy the village castesof tailors, blacksmiths, h li ters and oil sellers have promulatiil thumw total abstinence law, until there lire now bi tweeii -40,)MM nud .VI,(H) jieoi.lo subjii'teil to the inexorable regulation of their ressjctive ciuites. Tho liquor seller have appealed for a nilnctlon of their license fees on the ground that their business is ruined. Can we not prolit by tho fervor ami righteous conviction uf tbeao idolaters ('iii(i'iuu. ktrva work, Accordfrtg to tha testimony of Jocrpo Thomaou. not all the ages of sensuality and Idol worship and warring have done so much to demoralize and brutalize tho Africans at lms been ctroctcd in a generation or two through strong drink. It is when removed from drink in the interior that tho soul of tho natives are comparatively pureand stain, less, whilo brought iu connection with th nearest coast they have lieconio bhu-k and di generate. Tho huiiu was truoof tho Indian races iu this country. With all tho age lie hind him the red man could never liecoiiie a lieiid nml a devil till rum made, him so. W talk of paganism, heathenism and all thvrest, but thero are thousand uimn thousands in our large cities whom strong drink has made more heathenish, depraved and Ood-forsakcn than paganism could do if it hnd nddod cen turies in which to work out its natural re sult. If evolution were to lie taken for granted in regard to native races, strong drink aptiears to lie tlioono thing above nil other w hich arrests it and son, Is them on the line of lioK'less degradation. Iu case of mul titudes it equally arrests it in Christian coun tries, so that nothing is to bo hopod fur by any natural process, if oveu through th (race of Ood. t.ABon leaders wiio AnnoB IKjCon. It I a hoiH'flll siirn of the timna hat ih leeulerof tho late 1ondon Dik-Ic strike, John Hums, diM-lared in a reoent speech that "he hal never drunk intoxicating liqnor In hi llfo. and hail nover 8inoksl." ami that "bo would have nothing to do with a strike that would minister to the vilest passions of men, or pan der to their drunken habit by giving money away that ought to go to build up t ho consti tution of women and children." When tlie great body of workingiuen will Join In s por jsitual "strike" agaiunt tho brewery, distil lery, and the saloon, under such leader as Air. Hums, the greatest oppressor of lalatr will lie msjodily overthrown. It I also significant and encouraging that Sir. Powderly, tho ollleial head of Knlghta of Lalior on this Hide of the Atlantic, is out !Kken for the prohibition of tho liquor trnf Ila, and that ho gives hi aid to Sunday clos ing, where saloons exist. Ou a recent Sun day aftemoon in Chicago ho addressed flvo thousand people in one of the lurgo halls of that city upon "Sunday Closing of Saloons." and hi address was greeted with reinurkabio eiithusiaaui. Xational Temytrunc Advo cate. Tn DRINK TflUL'BLK ABROAD. Not the least iniMirtent of the international .onference recently held in I'uri was that which met to study the drink question. The Luroiienu countries have liecome alarmed at the dnngerou progress of ali-oholism, and are searching for mean to stem it. In Framw and lielgium Oovorument Com miMioiia have considered the question and Kuggosted various remedies. Drunkenness until a few year ago was all but unkuowiiiii rranue. One might have walked tho treeU of Fan at any hour of the day or night with out eeing any one tho worso for liquor. But now druiikennoH 1 there iu iu worst form. 1 ho report of the recent Congress contains figure which prove that drink is uow one of the chief cause of crlino and of lunacy ourteon tier cent, of the lunatic under treat inent in France owe their insanity to alco holism, and in lbW it was the cause of VJ accidental deaths and 808 suicide. Home statistics of tha number of HnUOr saloon to inhabitant in different European criuntrie were given at the congress In F.nglaud there is a licensed house for every 21 inhabitant; in Austria, one to m in. hablUuta; in Denmark, one for every 1U4- j Italy, one for every 17S; iu Holland, one for yery 14U; in France, one for every IK) peo ple, and in lielgium one for every 43. Tha llolgluns drink more than any other people ' j iw,wo,issj mrea 01 liquor every year, which gives 00 litre to . 1 1 i '"""s raria U pretty well pro vldea with liquor shops, or cafe, navlng one amollir everr KH t.ih,.Y.I...- irti" K l "" of liquor oouuua per head of the lnhubit- UlttM aVllttaaia ..1-11.1 1 .... iiu miuireu lui-IUded, is 0 and Fraaci fc ' " rruutl I SUNDAY SCHOOL TIIR tiKSSOJf FOIl iF.cnMin:it R "Solomon anil thn Cuccn of fsheb,S Kinif, x, 1-1.1 OoMcn Text, Matl. xil 4a Votes. This leason breaanta to n Solonum at thai jei-ynmitof his prosperity; he had nwke for wisdom and Ood bad given him wisdom which excelled tha wisdom of all the children of tho fcast and all the wisdom Kgypt, so that people came front all King, of the earth to hear his wisdom. (I King lv.. :io,:w.) Iln. RTt? jll' 1d "' th h- '! "f l!?.!lTo n lM,rtlo "f ls chapter which follows our lesson and in ICoHea. ii. "i th" gul'w, ,,f Kurt" l"-nnt or Uierame of Solomon comwnlng the name ot the Lord, she came to prove htm with l?",?1 J'l"."'". 'r,1 ' hnd this visit i. f,,iy.tWrr,,',,1,,,ot.h.n',r,",ll, "I'bron. ii.. .. , . ..., .., ,v lumi event or more than ordinary uiportance; and our Saviour s reference ti If. i .. ... ... ranca vet fiitm-a tn..i. . .. j-- nns evidently tha uttermost part in one direction or the then known world, a country ''",d 'ttr""" """th the Red Sea. To thi remote land tho fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah hail lieetl enrriiwl t t . rv 1 . .1 . nere and throuehout the lemon that it was not Solo. r . -nimr llfllllf Blirt C (rT tlsll lliaiaa mtu .1 1. I . l . . . " - r,"'." "oiomon iiemgonlv the human aud visible channel of this rreat J "Kl,.n,, I 1.1... m . nun 01 an inar was In her heart.' hho cam,, with n great train of camels bearing spices, very mu. ) gold aud precious st.nrs; somewhat us the wise men from the East un,., I,, . .. King of the Jews, luring gold, mid frank incense, and myrrh (.Mutt, ii , 1, U. ,i as all nations will yet do when mice the glory or the lord is risen iism Israel lx i8, Al!.! Ho.o"' bil'l her all her 'piel tions." 1 he tirt verse savs that she cam to prove him with hard question. ,t now that ahe s.s and hears him, every question is answ-er-Hl. Seelnt; Jesu is th- way out of very difficulty; ,! the mmiy tiling which Ut!W "n"'!' 10 T m,,ll ,,,,rk "ivsterious will all be cleured up when we s,-i Him as lie is. 4, 8. "And when the Oueen of Shelia had J,?.". mi 1, j thero was 110 more spirit iu her. She had seen the Wisdom of Jehovah through bun aa he ansna-red all her hard questions, aud now she beholds with her eves hut house, his table, his servants, thoir stand ing, their apparel, his cuplieuinrs ami his ascent to the house of Jehovah; and as she liH.ks ujsin this seven lined rainbow of glory all sense of her own lnisirtunce is gone with! out an effort. A sight of the glorv of Ood In the face of Jesus will erfictiiallv blind us to the Importance of self and to the nttrnc tivenees of this present world. W"" " rnirt that I heard." So must all those have said who, having Uur,l of the fame of Jesus, came to prove lluu every question was fully and wisely an swereiL every case of ilisenso comnletelv cured. 1 ' 7. "HowlieitI Is-lievednottlie words." She must have believed something, or she would not have come on thi long journey; but she did not lielieve all she heanL for it mvi led too grand to ho true. Israel oppression ,y the enemy was always because "they believed not in OimI and trusted not in His salvation " Zai'harins was deaf and dumb for a season because ho did not helleve Ood; and we are warned to take heed lest there Is. in nnv of us an ovil heart of uuhclicf, ami lest we thus come short of our rest. d'. Ixxviii Luke i -M, n-i; Heb. iii., (v.. i-:t ' x,",: tiee, 011 the other hand, the blessin g of faith a seen in Abraiu, Daniel, Mary uud others (U"J; V-'' C; L,"- v' Luk A.-u xvil.. 85). ' "Behold, the half was uot told mo; thy wis dom end prosperity exce ileth the fame which II beard." It is iuiHwsiMu to tell the half ot the hundredth purt of the gisuliieiu of (Jo, I either of that which has U-.-n muuifeslisl i:i the gift of His dear Sou or of that whi-h i laid up for those who fear Hun (1 John iv 0; I's. xxxi , 111). "Eye hath not s.-ii,nor car heard, neither have entered int., th" heart of man tint things which O.sl hath pr.-oar.sl for them that love Hun. but Ood hiith r.w veulrd them unto us by His Spirit" (1 cr ii., !, lot; and yet how few believed the thingi which aro revealed. . "Happy thy men, h.q.py these thy ser vants which stand continually lefore' th that henr thy wisdom." rhis wus her estil mate of the privileges whii h they eiijiTe and we do not think sho sei.l too much-' but whether tho wh ijovisl tlusw privilege I bought as much of t hem" as she did is auot her matter. !. "lilissed Ihi the Nird thy OimI, who de lighted in tbH to set theo on tho throne of Israel." In II Chnm. ix., H, the throim is called the throne of the Imrd, ami Solomon is said to bo King for Him. Such is the state mantalso coiuvruing this most wonderful of all the thrones of earth, in I Chron. jiviil., fi; ixix., an, pointing us forward to Jar. Hi.. 17; Zeph. iii.. 14 15; Luke I., :, Xi. "Hci-ause the Iird loved Israel forever," or, as iu II Chron. Ix., M, "To establish them forever.' The unsearchable and unchange able love of Uod i the reason of nil His deal ings with Israel, or with the church, or with nations. I'l. "There came no mora such abund ance of spice as these which the Unpen of Hhebn gave to King Solomon." Oold worth three aiillion of dollars, precious stone and of spice very great store; such was her of fering to the King because of tho name of Je hovah. What life from the .load it shall lie when the kingdom j restored to Israel, and the wealth of the nation i poured in ii)sin them liecause of the name of Jehovah. (Item, xi., 1ft- Isa. Ix., 11, It. V.) 11, l'J. "No such almug (or nlgum) triwi were seen unto this day." The navy of Hi ram brought not only gold and precious stones, but a great plenty of these tree which Solomon seems to have Used chiefly for musical instrument (II Chron. Ix., 1 1). Thus we have the Uentiles supplying the ma terial for prayer and praise, inasmuch u incense was a symbol of prayer (I's. cxli., U), and the musical instruments were to praise God with. 18. "And King Solomon gave unto the Oueen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever sheaskod." llesidea that which he gave her of his royal bounty ho gratilled hur every desire. He gave as a King, rovally and cheerfully. Do we in any measure reali.a that we lire joint heir with Christ, that, Ha will fulfill tho desire of thorn that fear Him, that Heia saying: "If ye shall ask anything in My Name I will do it," and thut we aro even now blessed with all spiritual blessing hi Him, while Ho eagerly longs to show 11 all Hi ploryMFs. cxlv., 1H; John xiv., 14; xvii., !Mj Eph. 1., ). A full surrender to Him will cause us to enjoy all these thing and Himself as including them all; but there U no other way. "So she turned and went to her own coun try, alio and bor servants." Shecamo think ing a good dual of herself, and laden with present for the far famed King; she returned emptied of self and laden with hi favor. Jesna will cheerfully receive whatever we willingly bring Him, but if wo come with any aouso of our own importance, aud get anything r?Ye a glimpse of Him, wa shall wonderfully fall In our own estimation and be glad to receive graciously from Him, in stead of thinking that we can give Him any thing. Ltmrnn JUlvrv. DIVOR0I AND DRINK. Iter. B. W. Plka, IX. D., iu Introducing Aliuuasion of tha divorce question in tha torth Amtricau Ueoinu tor November, states that a special study ot forty-five coun ties, iu twelve States, shows that drunken ne wa a direct or indirect causo iu ona 11 f th of the cases. Other esUiaatus glvtjuvua ioTgor percentage. RELIGIOUS HEADING. "Ktwrn ttt MoTHm." fUe mf on the porch In the sunshine, A 1 went down the street A woman wh.we luur was silver. l!ut whose Tic. was blossom twvet. Slaking me think of a garden. When, In spite of the frost ami snow or bleak November weather, 1-ate, rrngraril lilies blow. I licird a rootstep lieh'iid me. And the sound of a merry laugh, And I knew the heart it camo from Would be like a comforting atutT In the time and in the hour ol trouble, Ilolicfnl an. I lirnvA un.l ir...... One of the hearts to Iran on ' v lieu we think all tilings go wrong. I turned nt Hie click of the gate lutein And met his in.,l. i.w.l. A f rc like his Live ma iiI.i.bhm Like the fn-s ..r a .cannt book. Jt told of a ste.tilfast i,ur)se, Of a brave and daring will; A face with a promise in it. That, Uod grant, Ibe years fulfil. He went up the pathway singing; I saw the woman's eve Or.nv bright with a wordless wclcorua, As sunshine warms the skim. "Vnrk again, sweetheart mother," He cried, aud bent to kiss The loving face that was npliflcl Kor w hat some mothers mis. That boy will do to decnd on; I hold tint this is true From lads iu love with their niothen Our bravest henswgrew, heartd J-.nnh s gran lest hearts have been loving Since time the earth begun; And the boy who kisses lus mother Is every inch man! "x rrr jn whithhfap." A lady In iK.rsetshiro, Knghiml. wxnf In the home of n sick man. Joe Whithrcml by nam.'. Hie found hint very ill. After speaking with him f..r 11 few minute concerning bis limit h, she turned the con viTatio to bis state heb ,re Ood. lie mi-In-silatiliBly declared limt in that reqicct be w-aa nil right, as he bud never injured nnv one in bis life, and wn not a bit al'raid to die, altogether evincing his stato to bn one of stubborn seil-rii:li!eouMuss. Having heard all he hud to say without making much answer, she prois.-eil to re.nl to liilll u little fr.uii llie V..r.l ... i:...l 11. liuiili! no oliH-tiim, nud she acci.rdiiiL'lv opened her I'.ilile at Koiimns iii, t, rcmlin'" It as follows, very sloivlv, nml with 111 1 11 h emphasis, upon the words "Except Joe Whit bread;" "'What then? are we Wttcr than tbev"' No, in no wise; for we hnvo before proved both Jews and Oct. tiles that they arc all tinder sin' ccpt Joe hitbrend. " 'As it is written, there is none righteous Iio. tint one' except .1.. Whitlireinl. " 'There is none that iiiiicrM:inili'tli, the-e is none that sccUtli after tiisi cm i i.i ,I,,o Whitbrcud. " Thev are gone out .f the wnv, tbi v are logether become unproritnlile; there j,s 110110 that ilocth giiisl, no, not 0110' rxncB .loo Whitbrcud. " " 'Now we know that what things s.s-ver the law saith, it s:iith to them w ho nreiuiijer .he law; that every mouth may be stopssl, mi, I ail the world msv become guilty before (iod' except Joe Wbitlircad. " 'Tlierelore by the deeds of tho law tlicro snail 110 llo.il he jnstiiu-d 111 his sight' ex cept Joe Whit bread. " 'Hut now the righteousness of Ood without the In iv is inaiulVstcl, being wit nessed hy the lnw and the prophets; even tho rightc ti-ncs of O.sl which is by faith of Ji-s'is Christ unto nil, an, I iiui nil them that believe- for there is no dUlcrcncu' excef.t Joe Wlnthrcttil. " 'I 'or all have sinned, nnd come short of the glory of Uisl' except Joe Whitbri-ml." lieu sliecniue to the lust of these verses, ho cried out in great distress, "Oh, stop, mn'am! I cun t bear it any more! Oh, Mop, o."l. 11111 iii Hie. nlVcting surprise, asked what whs (ho matter, remarking, "I'm only putting ti rethcr what Uod savs and what you say. Uod says, "A" 'ive sinned;' nud vou'sav vmi have not; so must he 'except Joe Whit, bread.'" Oi a few words more passed, und she li ft. The next time she saw him, his face light e, up w ith joy, as he expre-.si d his longing to see her, that lie might tell how the word she read to him o d his eve to sec bis condition as a siuncr iu the 'sight of Uod, nud to accept Jesus us hi only Saviour from kin. "Joy and peace," said he. "have filled my heart since the hour I trusted in Ji ms." A few days afterward he fell asleep prais ing tho inline of 1 1 i 111 who is tho t'ri I of sinners, ami who said I ciiuio not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Luko V. iij. .VltMji ((. A IIOV'H IlKl.tUIOSi. If a boy Is a loverof the Lord Jesus Christ, though ho can't lcud a prayer-ini'eting, or be a church olllcer. or i-reiiclier, hu can bo a godly boy, ill a boy's way nud a boy's jilaco. He ought not be too solemn or too quiet for a boy. Hit need not cease to be 11 hoy 1 lo calise he i a Christian. He ought to 'run, jump, play, climb, and yell like a real hoy. 1 Cut i 11 It all lie ought to bo free from vul garity and profanity. He ought to i-schew tobacco iu every form, nml liavo u hor ror of intoxicating drink. He ought lo bo peaceable, gentle, merciful gen erous. Ho might to take the part 1 small boys against large ones. He ought ti discourage lighting. He ought to refuse to be n party to mischief, to ierseeiitio!i, to deceit. And, above all things, ho ought now nml thi n to show his color. Ho need not always ho interrupting 11 gnmo to sny hu is a Christian, but ho ought not bo ushamed to say that ho refuses to do something he causo it is wrong and wicked, or hocnue hn fcars (iisl, or ii a Christian. He ought to take no part in the ridicule of (-acred tilings, but nice', tha ridicule of others with a bold stiitomcnt that for tho things of Uod be feels the del-pint reverence. .-Wit'J, TMK tU'TV OK 1-RAtHK. Praise when it is deserved iscf more Irn .Hiitalice to the giver thnn to tho receiver, l'raise docs, not immediately ullis t (he merit of him to whom its awarding belongs, If a man deserves praise, ho is quite as much of a man without praise us with it; but 110 mail ran In so much of a man, nor seem so much of a man, whilo withholding just pnisc. as w hile bestowing it. If, for example, 11 limn risks his life for another in an uct of unsel fish hToisM, it in no way all'ects his merit, that hu I;, given or is 'denied praise; but it docs ufl'ect tho merit of mi observer ol that net, that, ho renders praise tin stintiiigly, or that ho withholds it un generously. And the same principle is ner ntivo all along tho lino of human conuuet and of its observance, l'ruiio Is tho prico that an on-looker put upon a well-doer's Iiurformuiico; and the 011-lookcr measures liuiself iu tho measure of the price which he uwards to tho erformaiice of the well doer. In little mutters us in larger the giv ing of deserved praise is a duty, the perform ance of w hlch is even more lniortaiit to the one who owns It than to the one to whom it is owed. Tte man who deserves pruise can get along without it. The inun w ho ought to give praise can never get along as lit ought to unless he puys it all to the utter Ulost furthiug. Sunday ficwol Timet. Cnil.DREX BCSXT WITH TKMPTATlOIf. The rights of children are not recognized when 10,0(AJ children in Chicago are bearing the burdens of as many men, and are txntet with temptation that no man ought to face. "Suffer little children," said our Lord, and we suffer them to go about our street with begrimed laces, tattered clothes, and bare feet, iMaiiuoared with tobacco, and bearing the stench of the grog shop ou their breath H'ufUr I'ioino Afi7. I'ium iu tho Son p. "There's u tidbit up theK'. Gucaa I'll go for it." ' vw;wil I iliiln't jump liilll etioiiL'li tlmt time, lint" I - r Jr .i.J: Iiek "Say, Tointny, why don't yot get a donkey (" Tommy "Oh, it costs to much U feci it, pupa says." Dick "No, it don't; I make mj Uontcy cat olil licwsjiiipcrs." Artjiivj. The ALUs. Thn Akk:us arc .IcMiiln.l by Ir. Junker as the only voluntary iiommLs of tin; Central African regions. They con struct their little com--r-I i.-i- 1 r:o,s liuti in tlie shelter of the trees of the woislf, nml live iu 11 li-trict us lnni; as the 1 huso lusts. They prefer to abide iiiuoiir .si.1110 tribes nml nvoiil others. The rulers wel--otiiu them, nml they, l;in pran'tieisl nrcliers uml eininiii warriors, are cm ployed in the invasions of the territories of in ii 1i1j ri nf tribes. 'Ilu-y ssm-ss iio imlustrj-, iiiwl Iniy even tlu-ir uirow-lu-iuls iu exclmue lor meat, tlu pioiliiKj :if tlu.' t-haw. They are tiniiil ami cusjd. clous, mid J)r, Jntiker only unee saw uUiut one humtrxi mA fifty of thcin to-1etln-r, They t'uiijK t plojuily be itij. M iilied m d wails, mt mly us relatively very biu:Ul men. Tho J:'lietrictil Jt'tilnr predicts that within five years there will be more than one trunk line in operation in this country enrryiiiK through p:iH8ciij.'cr regularly ut mi average speed of nearly 200 mile uu hour. The High Collu n! Long Sermon. Bbowinif Deacon White dminjr tin first fifteen minutes, second fifteen ruin ute8, third fifteen minutes and (ouj-tU fifteeu tniuutus. 2'xa Siftintjt, j,Jaf roily 'I'imr iw is in the tioup!" 0lllislllll. . "V" I::. sr- cnS2Jl ! 1 1 ; .i- -U'V-r II rr: fisaMS.' rr sr. ' , , e sr
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