.Mfm THE RIVER ,EV. DB- TALMAOlE-8 lUlMOff. Lrllt of th Christian Vanl.h If H Bat I Put. Hi" Tru.t in tb. Lord, and Hi. f !... ,h th,r 8,d 1 Assured. I fT.rr- "Ad ' priVsfs '"' haP ' or ,Meriii( of f tsttd flood drm on !f "iZZd "..!. r fe Jordan. tin' ' o;ie were Hissetf KT or rnl-i."-J-bu. Ml.. IT. tWashlmrtoo cress d ths Dslawar who liot with? 0 10.0.4) mm. bat h. ril I it by Tb. sr..litcrt,t tb Itsd He, ,,.. ,b- Mm orchestra that celebrated th fialiiveranc of th on irmy sounded th ing"""f th. other. Ihie Jord.nl Cmtsage differ from Tber wan no mo Vfic of human lifa-not so mucl tb-low of a linchpin. The anua.d of th host, madeno of priests, advjncsd until they out tlieir foot at thebrim of th rivr, when Im mediately th street of Jerusalem wer no mora ory land than th bed of that river. Jt was a " th wt?r n"1 n drawn . nnd then th dampness had Iwen soaked uu with a pooR', ami men vj w wie roau hal Iwen wipel Jr- . , , Yonder goes a great army or Israelites the hosts in uni for ji. Following them the wive, th children, th Hocks, I lie herd". The people look uo at th crystalline wall ..f the Jordan a tbef Pe and think wh ho awful disaster would coma to tbem if be for tbey rot to the opiioait hank of that Ajalon wall that wall should fall on them. And the thought make th mother hug their children close to their heart a they swiften their pace. Vuiek, now I (jot them all up on th bank the armed warrior, ttie wive and childnm. flock and herd, nod let thin wonderful JorJanic passage be completed forever. (Sitting on the shelved limestone, I look off upon that Jordan where Joshua crossed un der the triumphal arch of th rainbow woven out of the spray; th river which af terward became th baptit try where Christ was sprinkled or plunged; th river wher the at th borrowed ax miraculously swam at the prophhet's order; th river II lutriou In the history of th world for he. rote faith and omnipotent deliverancj an I typical of scenes yet to tranipir In your li fe and mine scene enough to make u, Irom the sol of th foot to th crowo of tho Lead, tingle with infinite gladness. Kt.ndinir on the scene of that affrighted. I fueitiv river Jordan, I learn for myself and 1 for you, lirst, iu uusw.-ie, wimn inevBro J tom-hel, vanish. Tbateit says that- when vthe priests came down and touched the wsterthedKof the water with their feet the water paitl. ineyniiinot wade in chin dwn or waist deepor knedepor ankle deep, but a I soon as their feat touched the water it vanished. And it make ms think that almost all the olwtacles of llfeneod only lie approached in order to l mniiiered. Iliflli'ultie but touched vanish. It it the trouble, tbediKlcultr, theobstacle fir in the distance, that seems to bu;e and tretncnJ uu. The apotlos Paul and John sonmed tt dis like .-rows ilotN for the a pintle t'sul tells us I in Philippians. "Bewar of dojt. and John J mmi to shut th gate of heaven against all ithe canin soecie when he says. Without are doe.'' Hut I have been told that wha.i thoao animals ar furious, if tbey come at you, if you will keep your eye on them and advance upon tbeui tbev will retreat. Whether that be to or not I cannot tell, but 1 do know that the vast majority of tb mis fortune and trial and disasters of your life that bounds your steps, If you can only get vwir eye on them, and keep your eve on them, and advanoe upon thsm. anil cry, "Begone,'1 they will slink and cower. There is a beautiful tradition anions; ths American Indians that Manitou,' wat travel ing in th invUiblworld, and on day h oamalo'a, barrier of bramble and sharp thorns which forbad bis going on, anl there was a wild beast glaring; at him from the thicket, but as be determined to bo on lhiswavhedtd pursue it, and those bram bles were fouud to ba only nbantoins. and (that beast was found to be a powerless Khost, and th impassible river that forbade him rushing to embrace the Yaratilda proved to be only a phantom river. I Well, my friends, t'ae fact is there are a Vreot many thinits that lok terrible across iiur pathway, which, when we advance upon viiiBin, are oniy me puanums, only tae an- larnoiir, oniy me delusions oi lire. Uinl ulties touched are lonquerad. l'ut Your t into tli hriui of the water, and JorJun I'ti eatH. You tomotiiues see a creat duiv perform. It is a very duti;reehle duty. ,'ou say, "I can't eo throuKh it: I haven't lie courage, I baveu't the intillicenoe, to i through it. ' Advauce upou it, Jordan (till vaiiinb. I I always sigh before I begin to preacH nt h greatness of the un lerttkitig, but. as "on us 1 start it becomes to me an exhilara gi in. And any duty undertaken with aeon. ti ltnt. spirit liocoiuu a pleasure, and the biu-hxr the duty the higher the pleasure. )illluulties toucned are couquereJ. There rua-reut many people who are ufraid ai iath in the future. Good John Livini(xto:i nee, on a sloop coining from Kli.abethport i New York, was dreadfully frightened be i'iue he thuiiKlit he was i;i)in to bedrowue I is a sudden gunt csme up. 1'coplo were sur briM.l at bun. If any man iu ail tue world to ready to die, it was good John Living - 1 bo there are now great many good pen. la who shudder in poxm; n giavayard, ud they hardly dare tnink of I antiu ln auie of the Jordan that intervene. But uce they are down on a tick td, theu ad ieir feait are gene the waters of death nsliinz on the bench are like the mellow oice of ocean shell tuey suiell of the bl w- ms oi me tree or life. The music of the 'tveuly choir comes tteaiimr over th tor. an I to cros now is only a pleataut il. How long the lioat it cominz I t ome, rd Jeu. come quickly. Christ the Priest iwri, ana the dyinsr Christian i ovor dry shod on coral beds and flower ueaven and paths of pjarl. lB. ronld wt nuke our Coubts remove loeie ilouoiy Uimbl thai ne And vivw tbecsnSHQ tbat tvs lovj " Uu unbe louled ve: o d e but climb where Mofe stood lh lndcups o er. ? Z .",' lrr"m ' ilsitb's cold flood IDU d frivhr ... I- .1 Apsln tl.;u 1 ui v.,Ti..i . Jan,c P"K leaohes me f Z. w ,lBt"l.'"i ' everything t iat Oil j J?;. ' ""odputan invisible dam across t Twailr ,iy0U Woul'1 ,"lv,, "Pl'). for I,::' "V.ve ?vcrdo wud the regio.rsull wouu hmv. . DBt Krat ueation W& oi ,,J?0,t" river, to that, ao the water baited and thruliSn 'Uriu not overttowimc 33a or .MKW,,otry- the complete ne wcui. L!" doe. I ' thv were .ml. . ',oipl until I hav coii. ; """"O""! through it I k tboof m:"1? . ,Kl br gurmenu I k tboof Z " '" Rurment. m-t. and th ."?K w.bo,- ' '"! 11 a deli ver,nw, T wonder Utter than that' wio1 ldo oaiethliig siMchedthwer.-j ,tb P"1' would hav. .KhA,T thought there . rough whichih, r u1 Draw oft the Z?Z h,u,.1, I CWo, and tn.r w'luT! ?f ""son or th .Tp.i b.ps SSyt1 -SJ V n-ny dva, r nt would dry un. ! b'for tu ,Bd f ut. lmmdiat.rS ufiJ,"",M? ' rough tb depict j,prov'1.". P?tb up. Oh, lb wuinu,!!0 ' ttCio.ldiM.1 uZTw,e vrything la pvrrect clock uuivrter ruuniug ver aiac It was wound ap, tb fixed start th pivot, th ronstallations th intareaovinc wheels, anil ponderous law th welgbta and mighty swinging nsndutam, the star In th grt domaof night striking th midolgkt,and tb tun, with bratsm tonga, tolling th boar of noon. Tb wildest comet hft chain of law that It cannot break. Th tbistl down flying hef or tb schoolboy's breath . It controlled br th tarn law tbat control th wan and tb planet. Th rosebush in your window I governed by th tarn principle that govern th tre of th universe on which tb star ar ripening fruits, and on which God will on day put Hit hand and that down th fruit a perfect universe. No astronomy has ever proposed an amend ment. If God make Bible, It is a eomplet Bible, standing amid tb dreadful amidst light! ul troths, yon teem to be In th midst of an orchestra wher th wailing over ins, and th rejoicings over pardon, and th martial strains of victory tnak th ebon it lik an authem of eternity. Thit hook seems to you th ocean of truth, on very wav of which Christ walk sometimes in th darkness of prophacy, again In th splendors with which tl walks on Galilee. In this book anostl answer to prophet, Paul to Isaiah. Revelation to Genesis glori ous light, turning midnight sorrow into th midnotn Joy.'dUoersIng every fio;, hushing every tempest. Tak this book; it it the kiss of God upon to soul of tost man. Perfect Bible, complete Bible! No ntau ha ever proposed any improvement. God provided a Haviour. He Is a cou plet Haviiur God-man livinity and humanity unite! In the tarn person. He sit up th starry pillars o! th universe and the towers of light. He planted th radars ml th heavenly I.elitnon. He struck out of tb rock th river of lif. singing under th trees, sinking under the throne. He quarried the sardonyx an I crvstal and the topes of the heavenly wall, tl put down the jasper for the foundation and heaped up the amethyst for the capital and swung the 1 J gate which are I'ipetrl. In on Instant He thought out a uuiver, and yet He be came a chll I crying for His mother, feeling along the tides of tb minger, learoiu; to walk. Omnipotence sheathed in tb muicle and fljsb of a child's arm; omnisoienca string in tbe optic nerve of a child's eye: ioftnit j love beating in a child's heart; a great God appearing in the form of a child 1 year old, 5 years old, 13 yeari old Wbiie all the heavent were ascribing to Him glory and honor and power on eartu, men said, "Who is thit fellow" While all the heavenly hosts, with f old I wine about their faces, bowed down before Him crying, ".loly, hoiy," on earth, they denounce.! lllm as a blasphemer and a sot. Hocked In a boat on Ginnearet, and yat He it I that utidirke I the lightning from the torm clou I and dii mnste 1 Ibanon of its forests and holds the Ave oceans on the tip of Hit Itoger as the leaf holds the raindrop. Ob, the complete Saviour, rubbing His hand over tbe place where we have the pain, yet the stars of huaven the adorning gams of His right hanJ. Holding u In Hi arms when we take our last view of our dead. Hit ling down with us on tbe tombstone, and while we plant roses tncre He planting con solation in our heart, every chapter a stalk, every verse a stem, every word a rose. A complete Haviour, a oomplt Bible, a com plete universe, a complete Jordanio passige. Everything that God does Is complete. Again, I learn from this Jordanio passage that between us and every Canaan of suc cess aud prosperity there is a river that must be passed. "Ob, how I would like to hav sum of th ei'apw on trie other sid!" said some of the liraelites to Joshua. 'Well," says Joshua, "why don't you cross over and get tbem?" Ther is a rivor of difficulty between us aud everything that is wortu knowing. That which cost uothlog it worth nothing. God didn'tJnu-nd thit world for sn easy "parlor, througn which we are to I t drawn in a rockiug cuair, but w are tit work our passage, olimb mast', tight beltlae, caI mountain and ford river. 6od make everything, Tlubi difllcij'ijo po Jor tb same reason that He put tbe golddowu in the mine and the pearl clear down In the sea to make us dig and dive for tbem. W acknowledge thit principle in worldly things, ob, that we were only wise enough to ac knowledge it in religious things! You have score of Illustrations under your own observation whtr men nave hid the hardest lot and been trodden under foot, and yet after awhile bad itetsy. Now toelr homes blossom and bloom with p.cture, aud carpets tbat made I oreign looms laugu uow embrace their feet : the sum ner w.nds lift the tapestry about the window gorgom enough for a Tursish sultan; impatient steeds naw and neivh at the door, their civ- riages uioviug throuO the sea of New Yor I life a very wave of splendor. I Who i it r Why, it it a boy who came to New York with a dollar In Ins pocket aud nil hit est t. slung over bis shoulder in a cotton haudkercuief. All that silver on the dnncingspau is petrified sweat drop.; tint beautiful ores it the tadtrl calico over which God put HUhaudof perftctiun,turniiig it to Turkish satin or Italian silk; tnose dia monds are the tears which suffiriog frox i as they fell. Uu, there is a river of ditUulty lietween lit and every earthly auhieveiueut. You know thtt. You admit that. You know this U with regard to the acquisition of knowledge. The ancients used to say tuat VuWsun struck Jupil.r on the head and the goddess A wisdom jumped out. iliustratiug tin truth tbat wisdom come by bird kuih-ks. There was a river of ddllculty tielw!e.i Mliiikespuare, the boy, holding tbe bursa at tnedoor of the liOndou theatre, and that Kbtkespcare, the creat dramatist, winniug the apnleus of all an- ! dience by hit tragedies. Tuere wat a river i between Keujauuu Kranklin, with a loaf of ! bread under Lis arm. walking tbe street of Philadelphia, and that sain Ben ainin Kranklin, tne philosopher, just outside of Boston flying a kite iu the thunder-storm. An idler was cured of hi bad habit by looking through th win low, night after night, at a man who teearxl sitting at his desk turning oft one sheet of writiug after auotber until almost the dawn of tbe morn ing. The man sitting there writing until morning was liuujtnoaa Walter Hoott; tie man who looked atlnni through tb window was lockoarr, bis illustrious biographer afterward. I.urd Mtustleld, purui by tbe press aud by the populace, becauso of a car lain line of duly, went ou to discharge the duty, and while tbe mob were around hliu deuuamliug the taking of bit life be vhojk his fist in the face of tb mob and taid, "Sirs, when one's last eu t coms, it cannot come too soon if he falls iu defense of law aud the lib-rty of his country." Au l so there is, my frieiiils, a tuj. a tus sle, a trial, a push, u anxiety, tnroufh which every man must go before be came to worldly success an 1 worldly achievement. You ailmit iu. Now be wise euougn tu ap ply It in I'dligioii. K:nineut Christian char acter is only gaiiud by the Jordanio passage, no msn just happens J to get good. Why uoes that man know so inucb nliout the Hji ipturesr Ue was slu lying th Bible wbil you were reading a novel. He was on lire with the sublimities o." the Bible while you were sound asleep; by tux, tussle, push ing and running iu the Christian life thit man got so ttroug for Uol; in a hundred Holferinos he learue I bow to fight; in a hun dred tblpwreckt he leirnel h?w to iwlm. Tears over sin, fears over Xion'i desolation, tears over tbe impenitent, tears over the graves made, ar thj Jordan which that man bad passed. Borrow pale tbe cheek, aud fade the ay, and wrinkle the rrow, aud withers the handt. There are mourn lug garment in tbe war Jroli, and there are death in every family recorJ; all around are tb ratio of tb dead. Tb Christian bat passed tb Ryi tea o.' trouble, and yet be think there I a Jordan of death between him and btwvtn. He comes down to that Jordan of death and think how many hav beeu lost ther. When Molyneus was exploring th Jot-dan iu Palestine, be bad hit boat all knocked to piece in tb rapid of that rivar. And ther art) a great many men who have gone down iu tb river of death; tb Atlantic and Facing biv not swallowed to mauy. It is an awful thing to mak shipwrecks on tb rock of ruin tnastt falling, hurrlosne nylnf, death coming, gros nines in tb water, moaning In th wind, thunder in th tkr, wbil God, with th finger of light ning, writs all over th sky, "1 will tread them in My wrath, and I will tramp! tbem InMyfnry." Tb Christian oomes down to thit raging torrent; and he knowt he must pas out. and h cornea toward th tini hit breath get shorter, and hi last breath leave him a b steps Into th stream, and no sooner doet bo touch tb stream than it Is parted, and he go through dry short, while all tb water wav their olumee. crying: 'Odeath. wher I thy sting? O grave, wher it thy victory" God shall win away all tear from thir yes, and there shall be no mora weeping, and ther shall be no mora death. Horn of your children have already gone up tb other bank. You let them down on thit tida of the bank; they will b on th other bank to heln yon up with supernat ural strength. Tbe other mora Ing at my table, all my family present. I thought to mysalf how pleasant It would be If I could put all in a boat and then go in with them, and w could pull across th river to th next world anl be ther altogether. No family parting, no gloomy obsequies. It wouldn't take Ave minute to go from bank to bank, and then in that better world to be And the time will come whsn these shoe w wear now, lest we be cut of the sharp placet of thit world, shall he taken off, and with uosandle.l foot w will atop into ths bed of th rlvr; with feet untrammeled, fre from pain an I fatigue, we will gain that last Journey, when, with one foot in th bed of the river and the other foot, on the other hank, we struggle unward. That will be heaven. Oh. 1 pray for all my dear people a safe Jordanio passage! That is what ths dying Christian hu-and felt when ho said: "How the can lie flickers, Nellie! Put it out. I shall ale-p well to-night and wake in tb morning." together forever. Wouldn't it be plessant for you to take alt your family into taat blessed country if you could all go together? I remember my mother in ber dving hour said to my father. "Kather, wouldn't it lie pleassnt if we could all go to'ether'-' But we cannot all go togetbr. We must go on by one. and we must be grateful if we get there at all. What a heaven it will be if we have all our families there to look around and a.-e all the children ara present) You would rather have them all there, and you go with bare brow forever, thsn that one stioutd be missing to complete t he gar lands nt heaven for your coronal. Th lird GoJ of Joshua gav the n a sale Jordaulu pissage. Kven children will go through dryshol. Those of us who were brought up in tin country remember, whu the summer was coming on in our boyhood day, we always longed for the day when wo worn to go barefooted, ami aftr teasing our mothnrs In regard to It for a good while, an I they consented, we remember the delicious sensa tion of tbe cool grasi w.iou we n'. our un covered foot on it. On word of comfort on this subject for all the boreavdd. You see, our departs I friends have not been sulimergod, have not beeu twamped In the waters. They have only crossed over. Tnesj Israelite were Just as thoroughly alive ou thewstorii nanka of tbe Jordan a they ha I t-n on tti-s eastern banks of the Jordan, and our de lated Christian frien ! bsve only crossed ovr not sick, not den t, not exhausted, not extinjuisoed, not tilottjvl out, but with healthier respiration, and stouter puises.and keener eyesight, aid b-tter prospects cross I over, thir sins, their physical and mental disquiet, all loft clear this tide, an eternally flowing, impassable obstacle be tween them and ad humiu and satanic pur suit. Crossed over! On, I shake hands of congratulatl m wit 4 all ths bereaved in the consideration th it our depart I Christian friends are safe) Why was there so much Joy in ctrtain circles in New York when people beard from th friend who were on board tbtil belated steamer' It was feared that vessel bad goo to th bottom of to tea, and when th friends ou thit aid beard thst tb ttennter uaa M-rtaisA toAsty to -w postal w not a right to congratulate the people in New York tbat their frien U ha I got safely across? And is it not ri jut thit morning that 1 congratulate you that your deptrti J friend are f on th shore of beaven? Would you bare tnem back aatn Would vou have those old parent Lacs again? You know how hard it was sometimes for tnem to get tbeir breath In tae stilled etui osphereof the summer. Would you have tbem Isick in this weather? Didn't tney use their brain loni enough? Would you have your chil dren bac again" Would you have them take the risks of temptation which throng every human pathway? Would you have them cross tbe JorJau thre times? In ad dition to crossing Itnlreaiy, cros it aain to greet you now an 1 Drm cross bac4 after ward? Kor certrinly you would not want M keep them forever out of heaven. Pause snd wesp, ni for ths fre-d fvon ptin. ttui that inn sign of luvn wjtild Ormg them litc sgsln. I ask a question, and tberj seems to come trick the auswer in heavenly echo: "What, will you never be sick agiuV' "Never sick again." "What, will you never be t.irod ugain?" "Never tire I again." "What, will you nevr weep again" "Never weep again." 'Wnat, will you never die again'' "Never lie again." Oh, ye armv of imparted kindl e I, we li'iil you from bank t hank I Wait for us when the Jordan of deat j shall pin for us. Come down and meet us half way bit ween the willowed bauktof earth and the palm groves of heaven. May our great High Priest go ahead of u, and with bruised feet toiioh the water, and then shall be fulltllel ta words of my text, "All Israel went over on dry ground umit all the people were gone clear through Jordan." If 1 us you what shall bathe glad hymn of this morning, I think there would b a thousand voices tbat would cboosi thu tame bymn tbe hymn that illumiuet si many death cnamlir ;ho hymn that has been the parting hymn Iu many an iusluuc tb old hymu: Un Jordan t tiormy banks I ttand Aim cast a wistful To smaii's fslr and nsppy IsuJ, Where my possession, ue. Oh. the lrsniHrtiD4, rsptumut sreur Ttist rise on uiv tiL'lit ! fewest fields array ul Iu living gieeu, And rivers of dolluut. The ttnutail Dull 1U:,'J. A polii siiiaa'iu Central Park, Now York City, tbo othor tlay noticed two little girls dodging busily about tbrouifh tbe crowds, and stispi'i-iio tbat they with up to tomo niitclncf followed them. Presently a woimtu Hopped him and said tbut tliuro hud Lcen a piece cut out of hrr dress. Two other women im mediately discovered tbut their dresses hud been similarly rmitilutud. Tbe po liceman thereupon arrested tbe girls, und found thnt eacli bad u pair of icissors.tind teveral bits of cloth tbut they had cut from different dressei. A man who said tbat ho bid sueu ouo of them cut at hi wife' drew, weut with him to tbo stu tiou bouo to lodijj a complaint. Tbe i;irl, who were vety much frig Identic1, said in tho most iuooceut iinnner tbat tbey wautod some rntf to make clothes for their dolls, nud that as they did not know how else to get them tbey decided to cut them out of Indies' dresses. The gentleman concluded not to make a c jrn plaint, and the girl were taken to tbeir mothers, who were advised to keep a better watch on them in tho future.- J New Orleans P.cayune. The respective age of a bride and grooui, recently married at Arthur, Jud., 1 were eighty-one tad seventy -nine years. 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOB SUNDAY, MARCH 19 "Timely Admonition," Prov. tlll 15. S3. Ooldn Tt: Kpd. wM IS. Comcmntary. Notet A Missionary IsMon bs alo mmsj snggealed fir this ilate. Title, "Hod T.iat Men Make," Isaiah tb v.; Ir-m Kv. Mr. Htearnt bat prepared his oo nnienttry in tbe LsaetHt Helper for this lesson. tf. "Tbey that make a graven Imsge are all of tbem vanitv, and tbeir delectable thing shall not prollt." Jehovah will yet r known in all the world, ant In so far at we by word an I deeii make known that Jesut it Jehovah, the only true Ood and only Haviour, we hav th missionary spirit. Israel was Uod's chosen peoole to lis Mi witness-, but Idol wer witnesses unto i themselves that they wer vanitv. Com- Par verse a with this verse. Tno wnu now not do I insy worshlo vanity, but the people of ( 1 ar to worship Hun in sp rit and in truth. 10. "Who hath formed a god or molten a graven image that is profitable for mill ing?" rurelv only thus who are blind and foolish, and Clol has nmnounc.xl a woe iiin all such illab. i i, l'h. Israel, Hi own people. He commanded not to worship graven image (Ki. xc, 4. ji, and yet they forsook Him and did the very thin tie commanded them n it to do. He has com manded us to be Hi witnesne in the power of His Holy Hpirit (.Act l.,si, tellinusor old thnt ilis work cannot he done bv might or wisdom of man, bur onlv by III rspirit i.rch. iv , fii, vet we, like Israel, turn from Him and think iiwie of men anl moue than of Him. 11. "lb-hold, all his fellows shall In ahamed: ami the workm.-n, they are i.' men." Nothing but shame and ronlu-mn can artend thone who turn from fjod to men, for without Uod nothing cin le done (John xv., ft). Hnl wora tbat will stand must lie Uod working in us to will and to do of Hi good pli-asure; all else will com to naught. "The loftiness r t man shall lie bow I down, and the hsiihtin- ss of men shall t ma te low. and the I.wd alone shall lie eialle.1." VS. "He ishuncry and bis strength failetli-, he urinknth no watr and Is faint." 'J'bis is the eoiith who with lire and hrnnmar nn I tont; fashione.l the ni"Wl of the Imne to lie worshiped, but -i itol whieu Ins linn. Is make i- innot strengthen hen nor give him drink. Contrast the true Uod, who giveth power to the Mint an I t i them tuat hav no might. He im-reavlli ttrt-iiKth. He iviurs water upon him that i tlnrstv aivllli i-ls upon the dry Kiound (Isa. xl., xiiv., 3i. l'l. "The cirH-nter mnketii it after the figure of a man, niH-ordnii; to the Ixautv of a man. that it may remain in the house." A wooden man, made by n man, and yt wor shiped as a god and tiler nr lots of th-ni In the world still. We profess t kn.iw it mnu, who was a'so a csriienter, an I at tli same tune true (iod Uol manifest in ttc fl-uli; whodie.l for us and rose aain from the ii. -a I and is now at thj right ban 1 of (but. truly Uol and truly man. having all I'ow.-r. If wa do really know Hun a our own Sivioiir and Uod, then He lives in our Ihi lie a Hi aho le, and Iwm in the house He cannot be hid; nut how i it he is so lit tle seen" 14. "II beweth him down ciltr: hi plautet.i an esh. an I the ram doth n mrish Ir." He uses trer which the true Ul maes to grow, and which are nourished by ram from beeveo. but knows nothl'u of tree of righteousness, the planting of Mie l.ird, that He mijht lie xlorillel (Isi. Ixi.. . And why? Hes-tuse the men who ought to be like trees planted by tbe river of water, brirminn forth fruit in season, are forsaking the only foiiutniu and turning away from UihI (IV I., J; J,-r. il., I.I). 15. "rie maketh It a irraven Imige an I falleth down tberetc.' Th same wool wi'.li which be wermt himself and bakes his bread by wotsliiis as his go. I. Us do not know ryv "r,ls htm life and brea'h nil 1 nil things,, and seem not to have b-wnl of th-t Uod woo fed Israel for forty years witn bread from heaven. Jesus says to us thit He is tbe lirea I of l,Ue which came down li o n beaven, and thtr Ho -ires Himself lor the life of the world 'John vi., ft). 10. "Heeateth Hi an. be ronsluih roast an I it satislle)." Meat aud drink an I the u iiir ishmentol hi animal lire are all he car- lor. He lire like the brute bessts, liks those to-day who say th-y h ive in iim i lor church and relixioii; they must earn a liv ing, and llnuk thut things of hssveii an only tor tho.e w.io are sick and iyiur, or ued puople and little tlnl rin. 17. "And the resi-iue tnei-eot he in iketh a goo, and worsiilpvth it, an I pr.iyt.i unto it." Are we reading of ri mtli S't. i.hm lers or of h-.);i!m from tne h-art o. Alnci, wlii know uu tM-tter? No, wearer-M ln of p.-o-pie nr t Isi d.-1, an I of ins.ii; in isr.iel, I list Nation wouu Uol e tltl ainjvj all -Net ion', that tin-u l them He miht b known, mid this tells how th -y had Mll.-n. Itittvait, I) ihui-i'li of Uod, ere you con demn tin-in. Israel liecaine ail empty vine and I'l-utunt forth irmt unto liuimlt (ilos. x., I). What are you doin with your en tertainments au I lecture uu I line music an I works of men's lu ai ts and Hau l", lowiu ilonii to these things and to ieopie of cu. lure and intliienc -, instead of uoaiu- t Jl.ol alone. l. They have not known nor u i l.-r-stood, tor ne Imtu shut tlieir eves In it thoy cnniior. see." i'ne greatest tiling "i si lo is the kuo.vlode ot Uol; it Is b-ttur Hutu ll sartbly wis-joiii or ricaes or mu'lit iJr. fx., 2 24). Jesiitsairt, "line Is life eternn', lo know Thee, the only ti ll Uod. niidJe-.ut Christ, whom Thou hait sent" (John xvu I!). And Paul counted all thiiw but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ (Phil. lis.. Hi. Hecause Israel delib erately and willfully turned away from her Uod Ha therofore shut her eyes and hard ened her heart. Compare lsa. vi., U; Math, xiii., I I. Vi. "AU'l none con.lilcreth iu his heart." No one teemed to have sens-i enough t.i say, Here is wood of which I make tiro to nunn me, aud lake my bread, and roast my ment, nd the rest I worship as a god, falling dowu to the stock of a tree. W ben one men turn away Irom the word of Uod. they are ready to b-lieve any delusion, aud th.-y will tln l plenty ill Thees. ii., lO-IJi. 'JO. "He feeleth on ashes, a deceived heart bath turned him aside that be can not de liver bis soul." If we heed uot promptly and only the word of Uod, satan will con tinually deceive us and give u ashes for bread. Hoe how the church is deceived to. dny. fancying that she is Israel, and that her mission is to convert the world, and thit she has plenty ot tinio to do it iu. Hee how the wuple follow those who destroy the Word, and leaven their rood till It teems at if tne whole was leavened already. le-t US turn eyes and heurts to lliiu who I "expecting till His enemies be made Hi footstool" (Ueb. x lHr, and tillt'd with Hi spirit live tu make Him known, olieying to the utmost Hit command, "lio ye into all toe world and preach tbe Uosfiel to every creature;" then shall we realui Hi "Lo, I a.u with jou alwav." Lesvni lleloer HOMK DKIXklMl IN KN.iLA.VD. The announcement it nude tuat t'i llritish tiovei-nmeut T jjijus to dedl with the very serious snd growing evil of bonis trinkiug by women of the middle an I lower middle classes, 'i'h exiatencs of this vici is due in large uieaaure to granting to retail grocers liueuses tor the sale of wine, beer and spirits. Hinc this system wa estab lished. Shout tlVMntt, .. e , mrwr .1 ..... I. , -J J - U. IUK demon hat enttred thousands of decent household and bas stayed there with con. equenore that are tot I almost daily iu tbe ponce and divorce cojrta its victims would lose caste if teen drinking in taverns or hotels, but it is deplorably easy for tbaui to arrange with th family grocer to supply an occasional bottle of wine or spiriUaiuf enter It iu th bill as tea or ootTse. The thing 1 doo every day in thousand of homes, and almost tb only way to kill it it to abolish tfia grocer's liceuse. which the Ooverouieul w spected to do. New York Buu. TEMl'tllASCK. ltCKIM ASD rAMfXC. And now romea Count In Tolstoi wlfk h assertion that drunkenness was one of ,b r"nt '-nln in Ruma. 9 bejin to wonder If ther i any really wirieapre I iiMai9r nowadavs Ut CO human fa m I h ... i l. . . - .., wiiM-r, maaicinoi fiend It not present a a contributing rau Voice. resuisioj inniry. iu ixTrMHiH!cic A.vo rrvcfi. Tb I jiw of Life publish ths following concerning '.nteinVr nc and fevers;" latempersnc is ratl a one of the chief predisposing causea of yellow fever. ' Prom my own knowl.lgp," tivt the author of "Iropicsl Disea-M," "a. well as Ironi the oWrvation of nMiert, I aver that those who Orink nothing but water, or make it their principMl drink, are but l.ttle affected by the ciimote, cm undergo the gr-t-t fa tigue without iiiconvemeii'-e, an I are l subject to the conlaio.i of troublesome or ilanterousdiw,,.' "Kir twenty years." Ir. UC. Warjt writes irom Hu liatra, : bavsi bad the o;.K-rlnnity of n.nH-rvltig the comparative effect of the use of of spiritu. on h.pio s and leas stimulating drink bv different classes of the imiive-, anl I tin 1 hat wh'le the former exieise tiiemselves with Impunity to ev-ry degree of h 'at, i o'd and wer, the latter cm em'. ire ii'ithr wet. nor cold for even n abort licr.o l n ilhuu: great danjitr lo their health." Tivrt r" MUf sKM. Mow long tho b -;if has prevail'i l tlit if Tnu are goini: nut into the cold yon cannot stand r without having mi-tlnu to wnrni you! And p.-oil. wonl I t.wtifv before a trourt of Just i'i tint it did warm t.liem! How nmnv doctors liav bee:j giving il. ar-i giv. iili? It tivdnv, Wiihii the'fr nr." r lid, to help to warm the imt innt ; nn I y t, mi. Mr. . Iluvis, the cluneal ther n iiiii-ler t -lis y m accurately, t' bv sli-p. that Irom tnirty iniiiut" allcr it. is t.iket', on to the end o," its intttieiice, th teiiiperatur- Is iIiiiiimis.ik I thi holy is g-tfiiu cold. The patient would toslify the contrarv. Why Hnuiilv for Ih reason that the nn:e.tliti.; eir s-t .limiiiisiii's bis cons 'ion-n s o. wii.ithr it is col I or nor ; but. be finds iint tiie fin-t the next morniii.'! Ilnd his sensilnlitv remnn- I h w in id Ihvh l.nown when he was getting cold, mil he would admit tho proix.r precaution. iMik iige.'ii wh'Mi July co n-, au I tln -un is pouring down, mid the Inn if -r, stripp-i l iilinoft to the sk n. is .h! vm - or wo'-'im.-. mid ilrippin with p -rsp r ition. Watcd him ns be no in trout ot 1 1st silo.j.i. ynu will sen him g,, , nl, ( in t-k -ti-t 1 v the sjiui- dr. nk III it In. ..k Inst J inn trv t k i.i n'f the cold. You meet linn at tin d sir an I ask linn liy In. -pnds Ins m iu.iv for m" i a piiriiu-e. From his very lojks yo i ju i lli.it Ins lainllv nr poor, mi l ar. pei-iimi-, needing the n.'.vssiirie of life, II will r. pi: "Uli! I i-nnii'it. stand tins bHt without something to protect mi fr ml it" .-x-s.-t I y reversing the case. If wnrniel him in January, mil now it k-si him cool 'h-. sainn ilciiisioti ! ( prot . ts hlui Irmit i . heat," he my. Tne sun's ray p-mi-iM him us friH:y with the uicili l in his bloo I as It would without it, but In dots ii. n il. ali;'. it; an l h iiice hniilruls aud hunlr.-li, year utter ye ir. persist iu tins praede, till jierhaps a Minsiroke arrests them and sn Id.-n diyi th follow.. I, wive their lir.iiu clear an I Ire from the ttioiriin ciT t-t of nic ih il, an I the w.l1 kuow when to jt l oil the ah i 1 side. Tllg OtlFAT MKXA'.'g TO N ATI A r, Mrr. lr. K.ra M. Hunt, in a aeries of most val uable articliss iisiii "ilacj V'lestions and Health,'' and the relations of aicoliol un 1 to bacco thereto, writes: If statistics did not show largo increaso In the consumption of alcohol, wj would bo able to succt it in studying the etiology of disease aim the widen we hive of sums) worm at the root of the sapling life or tue atlon. W hav lived amid tbeoolorel race Iwfor and after and dunug th war, and trsert fr nl point to study relation to .National force aut ts-rpeiuity. We have lived in Mtatee passing through the ordeal of restricted tavern license, of free saioon license, of loci I oiition, and at Inst have seen the saloon lit politics, au l iiiteii jnrtof the lannly life of the people. And we find ourselves couiielle 1 1 say thut from a physical, social and sanitary point of view, inch as radically effects the prowess and per petuity or tho L'mted Ktates, we regard thu present freedom of hons-i aud tr.eilian of use of alcoholic In verni-a as a greater men ece to race vitality an I so to Nutionul lue than slavery ever was. It is sustain-d by tin. siiiue gri.1 lor Hi loleir. and easily hc (juirod Health, It seeks lo wield iimi ;;r . U'jo I tu" It-eif tne Miuni bold exercise of governmental power, it corrupts physically as web hs morally in tli miiii-i ilirwtioiis, onlytlmtit pei'iieaies mi mm generally the Iiihsm'-, the tiillllly s H-lal hie. lis bondilM is more ncncrnl. It .u t shackles on many u mini and w niiiiu o. misery, o. lun icy, nf ci line, w ho-K) clunk. ng is woi vi thitii that of the sluvo limn, un 1 It iaov.irsi.ers and dealers as cruel. 1 1 sells out of homes or burdens in the liuin.'s wivei and clul lreii, as many us were ever brought to the lilin.' in tra.liu marts. If wo c i'il 1 he o'llivious to all thu dir.-r.'-Uits to uidivuluaU, touiinds, t oul- lo real crtslir, when we ir hcuiii Umii Ihe vituls of ih.i body politic mid en lang.-r-in the l'.epublic in h 'illh as well as morals, III thut nice Vll'llltv whic.i is liidispeus.tlilu to Nnl iinilll existeiii.e, w.iin iy well resjlve to let 1 1 - t le.-sui.i give wav lo alarm mil alarm to n steady tilaii for N itional n-iniv, lr. I.ord tells us that in U nux lo-.s of rn..'i vitality wus Uu liit !cii tjwuid tiio djw.i lull." tkmpkp. wry. NKW S an: n-t. r.otll.sl I ..set is inu str ;i ; r l;i ul.-i'iol t i i it ii lux-r on .Iruiijht. The i'..!J miuislers of tin frjj cuir' i of bcotlan.l ar.. tol.il abstain. in. The devil nevjr f....s tli it he is losin; ground iu the home whnr.i thuid is a iimi irjto ilr.nker. The I'ositicks and C.rcaUtu of the I'.ui siuu ar uv ant iniiiiiv M jhiiiiiun lutiis mil cous.i'ieii(ly strict toetonleis. A.'ent Hrow.i, of 1'inn ltid i Agency, snyi the Indians ileum peace an I th-tl the chief daugi.i' is Iro.u ill ) 1 1' 'els ol w.iisl;you luuiu, yii-cii Anne, o' Knlau I, w.w extrjmely fou 1 in bran ly, mil n -r laji b.-'-tuu blunt.) I Hi it miioux tin poiulaui sue was known a " Iran ly-Kicil Sui.' Mrs. Ada M. 15itUiilMn lor, after devoting nearly four years to ui iu Iwlimf of teni peraiicd ine.isures III t 'impress, lias rvsiiuiu l ui-r linv pra.-ticj in l. u Iju, .Sjo. The l.on laluud Kailro.i 1 l'j:np iny lint liilor.y .il a. I its employes mat in lucre lace taat a iii'in drinks lui r will lie consider id by the cjuimuy sulli.-ecit n-4sou lor Im dis cuargc. Tbo St. I.iuis Hygienic CjIIo;. i of Physi cians and niirgeous, w.i.c.i u I nits 1 t i in mi and women, leache tliiroujhly uu 1 c,..ii. lilk'.illy thu fullucy of ulouolic m lic.itiou. It txpiuliK lo Un stu lent s tue daubers u wustiu,; vi'lality wil l u stiiiiuluut. l)r. Kichunisoii, senior physician In tin IV'iiiperaiic j Hospiutl, I. i.idaii, says it laure niarsauie tjet that tuopatiuius wnoare nun aostainors rarely mi tor t ieir accu.t xiitd .Hulks, lid say thit the aijuc of the teuiptutiou ih.hjuis ta uad to a moral icvat kiou against, ill us j. '1 hose wiio have wjrke J-a:non both classes say that a wuili barbarian is more hoiwiuss tuau a b.aci one. As regards morals, soiu savage t:'ilws, like tue Zu.us and Maoris, art abuita oi certain data in Iarupeau coun tries; at least tuey do not get uruuk until lubut or lorced tj uo j by so-called c.vu ix xl callous. 1 , s Aft irrigation company propose to daoi th Mobav at Victor Narrows, Cel., wber tb rivar passe through a granite gorg I7i fset in height and uot over 1J0 fssit wide. A lak will be formed nine uulot long, tbre to nv mile wide, and of an avsrage depth of thirty feet, with tutfloient water to Irrigate sWJ.OW aorta of Uovaruuent laud- RELIGIOUS HEADING. TARB MX llsSn. A lender rliil.l nf summer (lire, Necking; hrr Utile bed at liUht. Fansol on Ihe dsrk stair timidly. hUh. mother ! Tak mv hand. ' ssldahsk "And then the .Ink will all be 1 ght." We older rhildren crope our wiv From dark behind to dsrk before. And only when our b inds we lav. lcnr I-nr.l. in Thine. Ihe nlghl i diy, And there Is darkness ne. rmorr. Ileseh downward lo the sunle dsy Wherein our unides are blind us we. And f nth Is m til and hope delay: Tukc Thou the h unts of pravcr wc raise. And lit lit lee I (he light nf I her ' Illy .I. U. Whittier. oMr m; Mir i it tt: ti ntTt h nr i ns riliits l m mi:. There are major or rlnripal i haractcri lics of Un- ( in-Mint life. Hue in them it self-sacrillee. ' lnf are also certain minor or auhordiMHtc i liarti tcristirt of (lie Chris tian life, oriiictiiwc xvl-li to sav a word. The ( Im-liMii life is illslihguislied by h it may he called ri nti-h i-ne-s. tlexihility, nie-iinrss. t i free Hum har.ln.ss; it is lender. It is without n.irrow ties; It i. broad, it easily n.l.iusls ltelf to MryiiU rundiliiili; lis heart is hid nf slotie, but of llesh. The peril of In ruining bird and In. II. Xilili' l.eneslh the prcs.uic of the forces nf inodern life is gre il. Wc nic in d inger of Inclining hki' Niobc, as seen In the at ituie at 1'lomicc ; stern, sullen, hopeless rind he'i.. less. i...,,re the deadly arrows of the l ate. Itill Hum hrisiiau life lends lo keep one fi mil this Int. Inc.,. I,,. Iiein t thai g,. ,,,,1 i, love to ( hri-t Is responsive to the .nsuirin. Ihrol.s nf II,, ve. I he life -Unit has it oriuiii in 1 1 1 in b ud. to become it-eil et deeper and broader. The Cbrisiiaii ,ie Is :iU.. rlnrai teri -.1 bv Sell- fol i?el f ii In. 1 1 ..... .1... i.... i ...- i ... self-s-ii-rilu e iinlil tin, bread come to t:,si. liketlie-w.it lrc.nl l If indulgence. t drinks the Intter v. me nf i l.' di ni il till this w' olucs lotuste iiketlie spill k ling me i.f sel-ci.igritii:aiioii. It is ins- In. in i. "f H ow ii ineiiil.. rs. . red flow er nf elf-eonscliui-iies- hi ri.in. s I he -n.. w.l'le flower of self.for(j. ifiilne.. II If f.ii g,. iiilne-sof (he uri-t inn i- i i ..mpt.'.f lv Its terfect liiMlllituliiess. Il.n'lli is never self i oli.ciiiu-. I lie Hi , i U in,.. I vil li never thinks of llseif. I he etc never turns it u;ioti ltelf. The slrong. .1 and t. bet Christian character Is self forgetful. A third rhiiricii-iic ..( the i liristiuu life. Which some would cu I iiiiui.r. Inn w liidi soiiie w mi il c.ili lu .i.ir. i- lis In e.i.uii from care. The be-t t lui-li in goes lhroui:li tie world ns the Vti-e traveller throu:, Kurnpe. with lij, luggage. He is n,. cum tiered with nmnv tilings, lie hike, no .mx lulls thought about I, iiiii. it,, w. e nppre cintes )i i iii-.-i f far unite than hc npprei i.iie the things l.elouging to liim. In. I , the f all things would not harm him. lor he has till,, ii into linn-elf ihe most pic i u.s parts id c:i,'!i thing us It i utile to Iimi. lie cannot !o.e lum-elf. In- eaiiuot l i.e h . Uod. He hus .die id I hrisl's cnniiii'iii l. mi l lie.-niiie a lit ile child. He is at peace. P.Vsse.l. thiicc liles-ed, the I lirili'i "I Hie is responsive to all good. m,, lorgi'lfui 1. 1 .,.,( and wlm lias no -in xi iiis lluuiglit. ( I'lie A lv.imc. Ii.-w lo lit: t -i n i.. I seliilne-s is the result nf character, and Ihere.uie i-h.ii si ler ought to have our earn est re. ,,l w h it wc . an do lor other hut r ii her vi hut wc ate in ourselves, de liiands our first atb i.tinn. for to do good to others we must linl In. good ourselves. I'se fulness is to chnrscler v hat fragrance is to the flower. Hill the gardener does lint link the fragrance Ins llrst or gre.ili-t mm. Nay, rslher bit grand design i to produce a per fect flower, for he know s that if lie sueees d 'nice will ciuiie of ilaelf. In Ihe same way the t hriaiian s nrst eon. Ii should be with his own character. Hii prime iiuiliition ought lo lie, where be I tc lei p i hrist's word and lo ciuif.-s ilia name, innl hen he has miivcc.ci in that the .loot lo leg t mate and lusting usefulness will open lo him nf itself, or rather i hrist will open ii for him mi. I no man v ill he ahle to shut it. Hem e I caiinnt but regard it a unfortu nate mi. I Indeed unnatural, w hen lining run erts, who liave only iust luiiud their way to I hrist are i ncourage.l f,.ith illi to hegin to lalior among others. Tliev may I e instrii inciitnl in doing sninetbliig.'liiit iu thnt way they will never nl lam to mil thing like tin lilghe.i us. fulnes.. Their Inst dutv is iu Hit sphere in whli h ( hrist found I hem. to keep Iliswiirduhilt.il fe.s IIisuhiuc. Then lir-t enie nllglil to le for the lliinlf. -t u l, ,i: id the I In i-iihii i h.ii.icter in Ihe lowlvnii1 limited pl.i. e to vv h ihey originally lie longed, mid tliloitgh tl ieir fiiil htulness i p thnt the lord will open up fur them n l.t to suinetliiiig liiglu r. lo lie holy isoui priiniiry dutv I through thai wc piss u Usefulness.- ll'r. Tailor.' m ri N.: l n is Film. The strong men ot earlli tire not ti douhteis or I In disbelievers, Men who an lotcier telling ivliat they do not believe sr of no more account than lueii who are fop ever leliing what tlu-v do not possess. Win cures what a man .iocs not believe? Tin iies(ioii is, what does lie lielicve'' hat Im lie that is of any value!' What In has not i of no use to any one. Men wiio do gr.-s works believe si'lliel hlllg. 'I lie inventors the discoverers, the men who cross oceans explore lauds, solvit problems, and diseovei ureal principles, ure men vi ho can ait. what nlher people never have have seen; they can see 1 1 1 1 t which is invisible. I hey can siai a buililiug before :i stone is laid or a tim ber hewn. They can see a complete ma chine before a single part i if il has been formed. Men who see the Invisible, who discern the signs of the times, ho observe Ihe hand nf ,o. i-i nature, who see the working of his providence where others see only I luid chance, nr.) charged with eternal power mid lil cd vvllh II gliis i.f (iod; and passing through this ivorliftliey (111 its soli tary places w il Ii songs nn. I cause its desert to rejoice aiul b'ns.om like the rose. Have faith in (iod. Without faith It Is Impossi ble to please him," hut if wc have f ulli like a grain of mustard si c we ciin move moun tains. - ! The In i-ii iu. ."Hi lll,i in n 1. N'otlilng to do" in (his v nrld i.f ours, Where weeds grow up viuli (he filrcst flowers, Where smiles luive only a lilful . ty, here hearts are breaking every city? 'Nothing to to!" Thou Christian soul. Wrapping iliec round in thy .-Hisli stole, i ill w Uh the guruiciits n' sii.tli and sin: ' bti-t thy I.' r I h iih a kingdom to win. Trust Him ivl.i n inn t aiiiu.t li,:-. Mini. io not U v In prnet rate tne clou,! Inch He bring over you. mid lo look lliiough if. liatlier keep loin- eve lied t tin 11 ly ou Ihe . bow (hat is on the cloud. The mystery is Uod's; (he pioiuise is jours. Maul lift. If (lion neglecte-t love lo thy neighbor, In vitlii (hull protessest thy love to (iod; for by thy love lo i.nd love to Hiy in lglibor is begotten, and by love to thy ' neighbor thy love lo (iod is t-herislieJ and Increased. ijiiarlcs. All is beat, tin. ugh we oft doubt What the unsearchable dispose Of highest wisdom brings hIioiiI, Aud ever besi fuuui' iu tbe close. Miltou. There ar 293 building and loan asviocla. tiont in Mew Jersey. At tb close of th yar IQ'Ji tae total assets of lass organisa tions wa JUS,5J,0tX). TbeSut Lesvgu ba awvsuty-BUi aassioiatloni ou iu rolU ' sole hs fcrrtert Cens a 1 nf th nf both . No .eeelva anolal. int. Of the ps nf 'or anr Uklt.g utiiala, plaled right cad it -ymr. six, uaie J I j
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