nun OUR HOME RELIGION I - . f TALMAOE ON FAMILY FRATEHS. Domestic Devotion la Not a Thing l Hid from Tour Company. to . TtXT! "Antnrtn unit snvnotfse, we will err tht Lant. oemta rtv., Id. Absurd. Johut You will bar no time nc family religion; toj are a military character, ami yotr tins will bs takao up with affair eonoectel with tha army; tou re a atatesman. and your tima will ha taken up with puhllc anin; you ara tha Washington, tha Wellington, tha McMahon of tba IwB-litigli host; yon will have a great many questions to rttle; you will have no tlma lor religion. Hut Joshua, with tie Mini voice with wulch ba commanded tha run and moon to bait and stack anna of light on tht parade ground of tht heavens, says, "As for nie and my houe, wa will aerv the Lord." Hefore wa adopt tha resolution of tliii old soldier wa want to ba certain it ia win resolution. If religion ia going to put. my piano out of tune, and clog tha feet of the children racing through the hall, and sour tha brrad, and put crape on the doorbell, I do not want it in my house. I once save f to hear Jenny Lind warble. I have never given a rent to hear any one groan. Will tint religion spoken of in my text do any thin; fur the dining bait, for tha niimerr. for the rarlor, for the deeping apartment? It is a great deal easier to invite tli agrernble gutet th.tn to gat rid of him. If tou do not want r vision, you bad better not ask it to come, for after coming; it may stay n great while. I-aec Watt went to visit Nt. Thomas and Lady Abney et tbeir plaoe In Theobald and was to stay a week and staid thirty-five yearn, ami if religion onen geta into your household the probability ia it wilt tar there forer-r. Now, the question I want t discuss la, What will religion ! for the household? Ouestton the lint: What did it do for votir ;)itlii' Imuse if you wr brought up ins K- JL'hristian home f Thnt whole aeene lit vanishel, but it Voin- back to-dav. The hour for morning i rayi m fame. Vou were invited in. Hnnie t ijwbat lldgety, you ant and listened. Your - father made no pretention to rhetorical I grading, and be Just went thrjuglt the chap- (tor in a plain, straightforward way. Then S S ou all knelt. It waa about tha mine prayer jnurning by morning and night by night. if jf or he had the aaine sins to axle pur Ion tor, i! Uml he had the same ble-einza. for which to aVe grateful day after day aud year alter ear. The prayer wa longer than you would ike to have had it, for the game at ball was waiting, or the skate ware Tying under tha hed, r tha tchool books needei one or two (note looking at the lessons. Your iarent. Somewhat rheumatic and stifTeuad witti age, nund it ililllcnlt to rise from tbeir kneeling. Die chair at wnicb they knelt la gone, the Jible out of which they reai ha perhaps alien to pieces, the parent a-e gone, the hildren scattered north, east, south and i t. but that whole sceue flash? upou your 0i emory to-day. 4 Was 'l hit morning and eveninex-rcis9 in tour father's homo debiting or elevatliu? i it not among the most sicred reminis ncasr You were nit s devotional as some f the older member of your father's house Who were kneeling with you at the time, and J ou did not bow your head at closely as their id. and you looked around and you saw Jfl-t tbe posture your father and mother assumed whilo they were kneeling on the ajoor. i lie wnoie scene la to photograph t v 411 your memory that If you were nu nrtist jii could draw it now juntas they knelt. t jVor how muoh would you have that scene nuiiei aieu in your meuir-yr it ail came lack to-dny, and you are ! , tha homestead ?nin. Tatner is there, ni' ier ia there, all you children ara tbeiv. Jit ia tba same old f ayer, oiiening with tha aama petition, using witb tha same thankaziTlng. Tba kuiily prayers of l)-.0 aa fresh in your Aeuiory at though tln-y were utterait year (ay. ..'lbe tear trtut am ta HKtm- yoar eye Uellt nil that scene. Clone, ia itr IV by, pany a time it. ha held you etady in ttie itrui;gle of life. You onoetarted for a nlace, and that memory jerkel you back, lnil you could uot enter, i The broken prayer of your father bat had flora flT ct on you than all you ever read in Siinkespeare and Milton an I Tennyson an I j)unte. You have gone over mountains an I acrons seas. You never for a moment Kot eut of tight i: that domestic altar. Ob, my friemlr, u it your opiuiou this morninj that the 10 or 1 1 minutes tubstractid from atcli Uuy for Imuiiy devotion waa an econ otiiy or a waste ot time in your father's hoin'lii'M? 1 think foine of us era coniiug ta the cinclu-ion that the religion wuich waa in our lather's hum) would be a vry epprupruite reliiou for our Inm If fain I f prayers did not damage that lioumhold, tiM r is no probability that they will dumaga OQi' liouieliolt'. ui'l'Uo,l dend?'' said a child to her fatbpr. .2.'!!w.,'0,1'e, "w"y you nk that?" J ell, U suiil, "when mother was livnu, rf used to htvo praytrn, but sine her death w haven't had family prayer, and I didn't niiw nui uai uo 1 was dead too." A family toat is launched in the uuriiing with family prayers is well launch d. iii eikfa-t over t w family scatter, some to scooo', some Ut l su,eboil dutifii, Mime to bu-uuens. During t iIujt there will be a t.ioumn I iwrils J "ai Vl"' of thestredt car, of thescif. I mgf the ungoverned hor.c, ot ibemis- , " ' " w,e nroutej to Jiper, or multitu Jin ( t'liiptatious t do wrong. V otenieiThere between 7 o'clock in tae morn , , . r fnnd lu o'clock at night there may ba a r Jnient when you will be tu urgent uet of i' I t td. iienidit that, family prayers will ba a a aaiar auvantace. A faihr went luto the W to nerve bis country. Hit children I yed and cultivated the farm. Hit wife f tyiNi. One of the sous till afterward, iituer is lighting, and wa ara digging, an i J jther is prayiug." "Ab," said someone, faying and uiging aud lighting will I ! us nut of our uational troubles. f e may pray in tht morning, "Uive us t t day our d..U braad," aid sib down in I fnes and starve to deiti; bui prayer ' f hsri1 w,ork will give a livelihood to any "fly. l'amily roligiou part for both Jii. lt ut Love an altar in eioa one of I hoiueholdf. You may not be able to Oiulate a prayer. Thou there ara 1'hilip auu mere are AlcUuir yers, and there are 1'ullip Doddrldge t yrs, and there are the Kpiscopal church fern, and thro are tooresof oooks with 1 t I t. janauons jut tuned to the domettic C-ti rtn " . CvtT i i lm,i'"y housmold in prayer." u tLr i .? "V1 k"0,r t""1 " ' your duty to .j. r,"'P t " a mietimea belter i t'um,,.t.uerft'a "outsold to lead. She 1 T'lWr. wanu of outohold. I .r'1 U,a ,4ur'lturet wiU a mow f a ir i'' !,"1'""'""- Hl knows more of r beuir o ''.'l U ,'la'"1' uJ P'vs ftKM-Vtllllll I V .. . 7 i7 i i. . " '"omei -wut a murJer Cl v r'OU ,,nwUl'r w haughty and Walter Ncott'. m..ti,.. t !U(LKtht hV,- 8Ue- from tbeir ouTi- d-ea, Uoodmenalwav, have good mothers. ,riu 1-ra may once in tenor twenty tW! hi , i au exception to tba rule htf 7. J i . l m after she had seen his d a oh with the BUTndw " taverward laid, ''rSat kl- Wwt rJ ' young man recti td furlo.iirh i . waa asked why ba mX 'uTL lad. "Wheal ieft hum, ( toW ' t wontd Im a ChrWltii In the armr. an 1 I waa resolve! not to go home until I could answer bar first question." O t. the "'moat omnipotent nowerottha mother! Hut if both the father and the mother be rinht, thti the children are almost eure to he right. The roan paonla mar make a wide enrye from the straight path, bnt they lire almost wire to no Tie baoc to the right roa I. It may not be until thi death of one ot th parent. Uo"'t It la that w heir m on ear. "On, he was a wild young man, but ' tather a death he has bean differ entr The fact It thst tha father eoffla or or tba mother' coftiii ia often tbe aJ tor of repentance for tb child, fj'i, that was a stupendous day, the day of father burial. It waa not the officiating clergyman woo male the chief Impression, nor the lymoa tabling mourner. It was the father ailesp in the casket The bandt that hd tolM for that hniis nold to long, foldei. Tha hrnin o.mlt ir after twenty or forty year of anxiety almut how to put that family in right poiltion. The lipt closed after so many years of good advice. There i ri mors tpnri t i 1 1 n o iw mnthT' grave than In father's grave, nut over the father's to nb 1 think there I a kind o awe. It is at that marble pillar many a young man hat bean revolutionised. Oh. vonnff man with i-iiuv n....i..t tu dissipation! how long la it sine yrnt have hcen out to your father's arav Will not go this week? Perhaps thestormtot the la.t lew days may have hmt tha heaisU ne until it leaus far over. You lied imtiw out an I aee whether the lettering haa been ilcfscel. You bad better f.nnt ...I whether the gnte of tbe lot i pinaa.1 V.,.. had better go and im If you cinnot fin I a ruion in tbT rpringmg graM. O.i. voun mar, go out tbii week arid see your father's grave! lUligion did so iiiuah for our C iristian an. catry, are we not ready this tit rnm t lie " rmmiiimg nurown hnunholiN' If weilorrc'ivjft, let it come tnrou Id t ie front door, not through tne back other worda, do not let nt srnu 'ile It in. 1 her are a great many fa:ntlie whu w.,.t to be religious, but thv do not wtr.t anv no iy outiiile u know it. They woul I he niorntled to death if you caught them at i ieir iniimv p-ayer. ineywuuld not sing in we workup ror feur the nel-nlxirs woul I be.tr them. 1'hev do not have nr.iver rh.n they have company , 'ineydonot now much about the nobility of the western tripper. A trjvter u,.,., along was overtaken by nizht and a storm and be enter I a cabin. Them were tirrtarms hung no around tiie cabin. He was alarmed. ll-i had a targe amount of mono with him. but he did not dare to venture on into the night in the stirm. He ni l not like the loom of th household. Aftr awhile tne fitter, the western trapper, cinia in, gun on shoulder, and Wiieu tne traveler iuool at him he was still more iitTi ihteJ. Alterawhile the family were wiilsnerini? together la ono corner if the roo.'n, an I tht traveler thought to himself : "On ! now my time hat one; 1 wish I whs out In tbe storm an I In the tiiht rather than here." Hut the swarthy man camn u i to him and said: ".Sir, w nre a rouh peo ple; we get our living by bunting, an I we arj very tired when the uiglit come: tint hefor.. going to bd wi always havoa habit of read- mg a little out of thi Iiihle and having prayer, and I think we will have our ikimI custom to-night, an I if you don't believe in that kind of thing If you will ju-t step o it- i'ii u uuur i in- a iiitte wane I will be mu.Mi oblie.1 to you." tJh! there nr finny Christian parents who have not half the c nirage o that western traoper. Tny do nut want their religiou proj ictuig too cornmcuouily. They would like w bave it near by so as to call ou it in case of a funeral, but as to having it dominant in the household from the lit of January, 7 o'cioc; a. in., to the .list oi l)e cjuioer, 10 o'cloeu p. m., they uo not want it. They wjuld rather Jie an i have tnrir families permit with them tian to cry out in tbe bold wor.li or the soldier iu my text. "As for tue and my boute, wj will serve tbe Lord." There was, in ray aucMtral line, an Inci dent so etraagely impreasive that It aeenn more like romance than reality. It has omtlmMbe3MinecetiratJy put tortli thai j I ticw give you tbe true lucldeut. ily grani father and grandmother, living at Somer ville. N. J , wentti Uaskiuridge to witness a revival under tiie ministry of the He v. Dr. Kiulev. They cima Dome si imprenod with what they had sem tbit they ivttolvai on the salvation of their children. The younx peoplrt of the boil 19 wr to go off for aa evening pifty, aud my gran l uiotuer said: ' Sow, whm yon nrs all rraly fur t'je rarty, come to my room, for I bave some. tuiug very Important to tell you."' All ready for dopartur.-, they came to her room, and she said to them, "Now, 1 want you to remainder, whilo you are away this even, ingg, that I am all thi tim j in this room praying for your salvation, and I stall nut c?B.ie prayiug until you get bick." The yotiug pp! went to the party, hut ami I iuoiiiujchi, niiariuetot tue night they cjiil.l not forget that their mut'iei' was praying ior them. Tue evening psed, and tba putted. Tlio next day my grandparent heard mi outcry in an adjjiuiii; rom, and they hmiii hi ami f juii 1 their daughtec iiiiplurin the Milvation ot tue gospel. Tin daugnter told them that hur brothers werj ai the barn aud at the wagon houm under powerful cuu v.ction or sin. Toey went to the barn. They fouud my I'ncie Jeuiab, who aft -r-ward bfcame a minister of the giMpjl, cry ing to tl for mercy. lhey weut to lie waon boute. They louod their soj Divid, who after wirj bee tine my father, implor ing Ooi's pardon and mercy. Ujforoa great while the whole family were saved, and David weut an 1 tol l the stiry to a you-u woman to whom be was alliance I, who as a rejult of tbe story became a t.'hriscian, an I from bar owu lips uty mother's 1 have re ceived tha incident. Tiie story of that converted buui!ioM ran through all tbe neighlioraool from family to family utitil the whole region wa wneiiuej wun reiigiout awaKeninz, mi l at the next communion iu tha village church at Hoiuervilleovr V!XJ souls stood ui to pro- lens the faith of tbe gonpel. My mother, carrying the memory of this cen from early womanliooi Into further life, in after years waa ritolveduion tne salvation of her children, aud for many years every week ah met three other Curisf utu mother to pray for tbe salvation of their faiuiliet. 1 tuiok that all tbe ine.nberof thoa families were saved mvself, tbe youtigett and lust. Tuere were 1'J of us i lill Iren. I trace the whole line of mercy buck to that hour wheu my Christian grandmother st iu her room imploring the blessing of Uol upou her childreu. Nine of her des;eo lants bee tin) preacher of the goaoel. Many of her i'.e scsndantt are in lieavau, inauyof tbeiu still lit the CuriiUaucoutliL-t. Vli it pay for her to spend the whole eveuiu? iu prayer fur bar iiouteboldf Ask her before the tnroue of Ooi, surrouuded by her children. Iu the presiiiue of tho Christian church to-Uuy 1 make this record of aucavtral piety. Ou, there is a bauty, an I a t-.-n lerues.', and a sutilimity in family religionl There are but four or rive pictures in the old family Bible tbtt 1 iulierited, but Ouro never lllustratwl a itible as that book u il lustrated to my eyes. Through it I can see into marriages and burial, joy aad sor row, meetings and partings, Thauksivin days aud Christian festivals, cradle au I dvatbOedt. Old old book, Seak out aud tell of tbe sorrews eomforted and ot the dying houri irradiated. OiO, old book, the bauds tbat bold tbee are ashes, tbe eyet that tier sued thee are closed. What a pillar thou wouldst make for a dymj bead. 1 aaluto all tbe memories of the post when 1 press it to my heart and when I press it to tuy lira. Oh, that family Uibl! Toe New 1'wU meot in aniall type U not worthy of teiug called by that nam. Have a whole BiUe ,a large type, witb tbe family record ot mar riage aud birth and deaths. What If tbe curious should turn oyer tba leaves to see how old, you are? You are youagar now than you will ever be again. The curious will rtud out from thoe with whom you nave (Mtrd la your childhood how old you ft will ry dow fram generation to generation, ful H of holt memories. A hn tdre I year aftar you art deal It w.ll be a benediction to those wh come after yon. Othr book, w.wn out oi Tallen apart, will be flung to the garret oi theellar, but this will be inviolate, and II will be your protest tor centuries against imqnlty and In behalf of righteou-et. Oh, when we see what family religion dM for our father's household, do we not want it to oome into the dinlng-ro-im to break th brea. into the nursery to bless the young. Into tne parlor to purify tbe soclalitiet, into the library to control the revlinr. Into the bedroom to hallow the slumbr. Into the ball to wjtali our going out and our coming in? Ave. there are hundreds nf ml... in tki. home ready to cr oat: "Yes! Yes! Aa for me and my house, we will serve the lior.i," There ar two arm to this subject. Tne one arm put it han I on all narent. It sav to them: "Don't Interfere w.th nne children' welfare, don't interfere with their eternal happineea, don't you by anything yon do mie out your foot an I trio them Into l tun. Ktart them under the shelter, the In iirancr, the everlasting help of t' iristian parentage. Catechisms wdl not have them, though ratea-hisms are roikI. The rod will not save them, though the ro I may be tiecs ary. Lessons of virtue will not save tne:n, tiiough tby are very ImoorUnt. Ilecoming a throiih and t'nroiigit. up and ilown, out and out Christian yourself wid make them Christiane." The otlitr arm of this hia-t miti it. hand iiooii those woo had a pious briinin up, but who aa vet have dinpKiiut-! tho expectations exolte I In regard to th m. I said that children bruiu.it un in ClinstHn houteholds, thuiuh they mig.it mate a wiile curve, were yry apt to come bac to tha straight path. Have you not been curving out lonj enough, and i it not most tiftt tor you to begin to curve in? a .i.-- you aay. "they were too rigid.' Well now, my brother. I think v.iu have a pretty goo! character considering what vou y your parent were. I)i nut Ima-t bio nutcii a Tout the style in whicn yuur parents brought you up. Alight it not be possible that you won d tie no eie -iiti n to tue gen eral rule laid down, an I that you mi 'lit spend your eternity in a different wjrld from that In whicii your parent arj upend ing tbeirs? I feel anxious ahou'. you; you fel anxious ahout yourself, t )u, cross over into the right path. If your parents prayel for vou twicj n lay,eacu ot them t wice n i'a for 'JO years, that, would make 'J.i.'iO'l prtvers fo.-you. i'hink of them ! I'.y the memiiry of the crndlo In hloh ymir childhojl was rocked witn tho toot that long ago ceased to move, by the i rili in wiiK-h yuur own clillilr.n sliiuiu-r night by night under li.id's protecting care, t.y tn t so graves in wluc I sieuj) those two old h -arts that beat witu love so long for your welfare, and by the two graves iu which you, now the living ftith.'i- and mother, will lind your last rep , I ure you to the dis charge o.' your duty. Thou-gli parents may in rovonant lis Ami httre the r hesreu In view, Tney sr net hippy till the - 'l ooir ciiljreu u ippy iou. O.i, you departed Christian ancstrv, facaers and mothers in glory, ben I Iron t It j tkie to iUy and give new emphasis to wnar. you told us on eirih with many tears mid anxieties! Keep a place for ut by yuur bliss! ul l If, for to-lay, in tha presenc of etrth and heaven an I hell, and by tha help of tne cross and anil I overwhelming un I gracious mtmoriet, we resolve, eacu one for himself, "Aa for me and my House we will serve the Lord." Civilization Itriafi Short Sight. The mtijrc; ot sliortsititeilucsi in animal waa urulcr ronaiilenttion at a meeting of the I'arn Academy of Medi cine, when M. Motnlt, of Angeri, uiain luiuetl that tbi defect in vision it one of tho products nf civilization. An unex pected proof of thi view waa fouud in tbe condition of wild beast!, at tiger, lion, etc. M. Motal, baying examined i&ei'r ete by meaut ot' ii' ojhtbaliro C0e, duooveiel that tbcie captured after tbe ago of ix or eight month re taine I tbe lon sight natural to thorn, but that those tuado captives ucforo that age, and those bsru ia a tato of captiv it j, were abort-tighted. Some time lioce a cato wu publishe I of a horse in this country that wean spectacle!. Tbe farmer who owned him, having come to the conclusion from variosis symptoms that the horse waa shortsighted, got an oculist to take the necessary measure ments, and had a pair of spectuclos man ufacture 1 for him. They were made to fasten (irmly into tiie headstall, so thai, they did uot shake out of pluce. At first the horse appeared startled by this addi tion to hit haroens, but he soou got used to the flushes aud liked them. "If fact," said thu owner to a llrook lyn Ku'lo mau, "when 1 turned him out tu paaturu he le't uneasy and uucoiufort able without his goggles, and ono Sun day lie hung around thu barn and whinnied so plaintively that 1 put the headstall aud gaggles ou him, mid lie waa so glud that lie rubbed my (tioulder witb his uose." It it thjirg-iit that thu viuti of Khying, wluc t spoil so uiuoy otherwise valuablo hornet, is induced by shortsighte Iness. Tho animals caunnt see some particular object sutliciently plainly to feel ante that it it of a harm less nature, and so shtet away from it. Owner of dogs may often prove that their pets sutler from short sight, and it will ol'.e.i be found that a dog in unablu to recogniio people with whose appear ance it it most intimate when they arc a little way off, while another dog at the same distance has uo diflkutty whatever iu recognizing thetn. Dogs have been provided witb spectacles in the tame way as tho farmer's ln ie alluded to, and hive been conclusively shown to have derived great beoetiu from them. New Orleans. Picayune. Why He Dldu t lell Him. George Butler, Canon of Winchester CuUoJrul, was the sou of Doctor liui ler, tbe head master of Harrow. Tue boy grew up to be a dignified aud nr. oils luau, a power in philanthropy and the church, but that he had a ue niiire seuse of humor is shown by ouu anecdote of his earliest years. Doctor Duller wore a tine suit of black, with knee breeches aud doth gaiters, and with hi powdered hair was a liguie calculated to movu auy school boy to admiration aud awe. One morning Utile George watched him at lie set out for school, aud observed that hi lather wore only one gaiter. When Doctor U Jtler returned he said to the lad : "You were here, Ueo.'ge, when I weut away this morning. Didn't you see that I had on'y one gaiiert" "Yet, papa." "Then why didn't you tell me?" "Because," answered George, inno cently, "I thought it would amuse the boys." Philadelphia Record. Nero was food of music and attained real proficiency la the art. are. Hty a ftmllf Bible. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON rOB SUNDAY, MARCH 2 Quarterly Hevlew. Isa. si., iv 0-30. Commentary. t.Msn I. -Home from Rahvlon (Kit I.. 111. (olden test (lfii. ., ;i,t ..rB; lord thy Hod will turn tliv captivity, and and have compassion upon thee.'' 1'b'e gifts nnd railing of (Jul are without repentance (Horn, xi., 'g!H; whatsoever Ht purposes shall in oita time be accomplished, and everything hail nnne to pas easctly as He says lsa. iv., 21: I',, xxsill.. ,. He d0..th iocr . lug to His will in heaven an I on earth, nn I fln-la wining servants, both among men and angela (Dan. I.. K, The rebuilding of the temple is tiunesuv of the temnle now built, the ciureh of Uol iKph. ii, l.rHSoyt The Templj llegnn Ii I-I.ll. tlolilen t.xt iKa. in., lit n, -v ptaited the bird, Iwauso the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid." Hemo n. la-r the key to the book of Kir is -The house of the Lord,'' a phrase used fifty times in the Imok. I'Iih thoughts of this lemut cluster around the work, an I the workmen, end thanlTeringK, and t ie wilimi hearts, "ciisilelightinto dothe father' wdl and always almnt His Father's business (IV. xl , John viil., u"!, mP pattern In nil our UiillV l.fe. I.PiMir.1 III Kiii inaiivrents (Hn?. i, l-'.. i.olil.ti text ll's. rxtvii., 1 , "Kx-eiu the l.or.l I. mid the hons tnev lai , m vniii that bmld it." Kcad the Imir looks of llaggni, . .harlan, h ;rn nn I Nehennal-. 1 hose who ar.i used f li t tnu.t Im .iron and of gcM),l cotir.ig.' strong to do.iud tins will mni" onlv by it knw.eilL;.i of II iJoh i ;, !i; i,,. xl.. ;t.'i, Uraei, hi n, . ten npie-, sa the illsc .iii-.i,-eiiiMiitN ,t yr., n. list be like Caleti and .loslnia, nnd m.. o;vy I bid nnd make Ilia business tue Mrs' ronivi u of our live-. Wh-n w. put our nlTiir, first, all will roiiie to linn ;ht, l.tsaiiv IV.l,H,ui. I!i. Hih I're-t (v. -I'll. in., l-lni. t; ,i,,.n t. yt ill .li. iv., IP. "Ae havn n ri'iit High I'm-st that is pa-n-ti into the ienven Ji.iis, the Hm of UikI." t tne uf Milan's wax s of diM-nuraiti; eople is to imint th 'in to their miiIiiim"ss and ft II them that Uol cnimit is. iu-h nil worthy o ies ns they nr. It is all too tin . that we are ami ul and unworthy, but Je-u, ntir High lYiest, is our righteoiiMiess ill t 'or. v., '.'li an I our coniellnesi (K.'k. xvi 1 1, and having ac-vpteil Hun He stuuds loi ns agnint nil Hi cusr-, an I v. ill i., Mich us e are us vcv.uls tlin.ii "i which ! will acconiplis'i llii pica. lire tl'.ii , ( l ', lleb. XIII.. M. yi . I.Kshiin '.- -1 he Spirit of the I, ird .'. m-Ii. iV., l-ll.J. (io'll-'ll text l.'Cil. iv., I'.,, "Hot. by lni;;hf, nor liv . ower. i.ut by .Mr Spin, Spirit, snith tiie 1. -, i.r H.Ms." .No vori of tio. can be loii'i by hiiuiiiu wisdom, Moss had no sav w uitever in the ,.., . ,,f the tiilieru.'icle, ii ir In, I I' m I or Solo'inon ill the temple; the former was to he inn ie acci riling to the partem shown inm m ,, mount, hii I the latter t a-, given to Hnvi I by thu Spirit ot the lord iK.x. xav., 1' ; l t'limii. xtvni., I'.t . ' l.f-.u I. Peilicating tho "'ettiple I'..-. vl.. Uol i text il's. cxxii., as gla,, when they h.ii. unto ine, l..t u, to Into thehou-e nf'thii I, ir.l." iia; until Z t'linrinli, the lirn's ine..r ii.-r., licmg .tiengtheiie.l tlieiiKOiv.'s tiy theworU mi l viMoiisiif the li-il, so en otira ;e I thepi. pie that the buil.liuj w is lln,li,.., all ,t,, treat joy dedicate I unto th . , .r,i. I.Ksanx VII. Neiieinial.'s tViver i.N'eli. i.. 1-11'. fbililell text (IV. xxx., 1";, ,,,-,, be Thou my helper." Nch iin ih, in tli '. king's palace nt Habv Ion, hears ot llmde-o-lation of the Holy fit v, the wall broken H..WI1 end the piopie In great nlllichoii and remoach, and lie Is air cla l that he weeps nnd mourns and fakts au prnvs for sivcrnl lay. l.i. ntifyin; himself with his people, he i-onl rases their smsiiii I reuiuids Jeliovali of His prn-uiM-s. The result was that the lxird incliued the king to let N-iie:uu' toJeru-alem with authority ti rnlii wafi'sortti city. i . Ijcbwisj VIU. ItelHid ling tha Wall (" y.,l-'.'l'. tiolilen ts-xt l.Veu. tv, iii, "Ae ma.te our prayer nut i uur O il an i c n, watch against tuein.' U lh men an. . mrn ot ail occiintions tvere iva iv mi I joined Nflieiniah In the wora of. i.u l.lin the wall, for th i Hiile bi I a mm I to wor Neh. iv.. Bi. Hut when unytiinii is rcully lieiug doue III the lira's iiainetliea.ivert.il becomes very active, and the o;io-.ili.in ac this time was aiiiietliiug tremendous Dun as to wibs and wristeiii-e. 1, a us -i ..r well Neheiinah ii strenMi nn I bo slron; us the I, or. I. I.hs.m'N IX. !'..i.ij the l.ver iN.,. vi ., "1-11. tlllllllll llXt ikS. CXlX., ,N . -lliM-ll 'thou tnine eyef, Jiat I may m-.io. I oii tlrous things uut ot I hy law.' I h.i t-;iml. uu ltlie wails nniy be omit, nut tuey ui iv i.o thrown down aau.. Tner ia just oiu tinu on earth that nn never u away. I'ho Word oc our timl shall stau. I liu-uver" u. xl., M. He are to ie:n it. mi l lielieve n, end tnus under.tiu.l it, nnd then ilo it, lor "lie that uoeth tlie wul ot lio I ulihlelu loi tver'' tl John ii., Ki. l.ttSSUN X. Ket -p.tig the Sabliath (Nell, nil., l.)-:.-.'i. t.ol.l. ii text il'.i. xv . s . "i'. -ineiuU-r IheSttbliiitu iluy to hee it noiy, ' Llnu-wventh of our tune tiu l oncteutu of i.ur money uul. Im l rlullv given w holly up totiod lor Ills ei vice u tue very least we can oiler on t Hum Uvo line.. It are redeemed, then we are nil In-, nil nine, tnuiiuy, taleiilx, every tiling. Pill it is ie-i to make liuu siiim ut tue -event u and tenth to begin with, le-l us us individual tee tt.il We cuucii'iitlouly keep the l.oi I u.iy uli he lines nf 1st. Ivin., it , 1 1, n ul prav for i.ur rulerj that they uuy have grace to do as Noheiniali did. I.Ksrsuv Xi. Ksther ll.-for. Hi.. Kinu (Ksr. iv., IU-1 T; v.. 1-tl. ti.il.leu text il'r..v xni. ,'.!), "Judge righteouslv, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.'' Kroin this iMiok we learn that lio I is ou the Hel l when most invisible; that flu is aMe to deliver when deliverance seems iuios.ible; Hint, those who dig pits for the righteous will fall into them theius lives; that the p.xxl deeds of the right'NUH nr.) record.) l and will Indue time lie rewarded, nui many otlur such practical lewous. Lksmum XII. The Vanity of (Jrnven Inm ges (Isn., xiiv., ! Ii. li .Men ti sjt (Isa., xlv., 3i, "I nui the l.irl, mi l th-ru is nouu else; there is uo Uol boides .Me.'' When people turu from 'ihu truth, tlmy luy tliein selves open to ov.ry d lulou. W Imu-v.-r is more to us than tiod Imsmuioh nn idol. Of ten It Is some work of our own liuu.U. If we have learned to know the true Uo l It is not merely for our own beuetit, but that we may make Him kuowu to other. The Sa vior's great command to preach IlieUospol to every crstiir is binding iiion every one us n l if we are willing to be me. I by Him, His "nil powr," and Hij "fo, 1 nui with you," are ours for His service. Our ilmlv prayer and constant aim liuul 1 bu to kuow liiui. LesMOii Hulour. AMiTHKit iiKr.)K4.r.ur NKKnr.n. A .nong the ipM-lious whic.i cmU'inr o:i Inwiimkurs nt Alluiuv la tne providing to. another Mint Ititormit ry. Tid stiti llourd of Charitien mc i iniiuuds tint IJIiuirn Holoruiatory, which is overcrowde.l, im r, lleVAl by thu erection ot a new I'.iioriiiwto. y building iu til en-tern pjrt of the Stntti The iiour l pres 'tits strong reasons in .im port of its leco nuien iutiou, au i It reiuaiu-. to be seen whither the Legislature will nc. in axoi-Jaiictt therewith, i lia tax -puyer.-. -U the Kmpir Stath may, however, well in quire way there is need ot this additional reformatory, 'au i what lullum --. are at work to create an increasiuly large nuuilMtr of wayward laiys and young men with crim inal tendencies. In tha lasi analysis thsi j is no doubt that tb liquor licmse system ot tho Hut would be fouud largely rei(Hiiisibla lor these uutoward tenden-.'ies. New Ybi'4 'ieuierauoe Advocate. Cbilc bo signed a treaty witb llilivi dsecnbing tbe territorial limits of thi twj rtubliur, settling au oli boundary dispute. TEMPERANCE. Tne trirc'g Afpxau . Pmlle not so bri ihtly front the cup He loiks np-ia, D.-ar C'iict' tho t nat many loves, And I -but one. I'll deck my lip with sunny ml!e As bright as thine. My cseek shall glow as rosy reJ At ruby wme. Pals svrn' I nine arts defy. He is mm i own, Th love light in hi eyes shall thine O.i tue si me. Ah '. euld I wake tweet f.yra'j note Tny .mil ,n mnv Far from thy 'wilderin aria I'J bear My lansoiiieil tort. Put s-iijln no mire frjm out tha cup H 'o iks it .on, JJ.'ar t t'cv thou hast many loves. An. i l. utone. Tim VoltA V.'itsT bntsK'm'ioTiil'.T nt Ta The mi l ien death nj a man in a lodgin?;. muse in .er r one night reontir, brought to lisiit souiethlng of the hist.ir o( a r.'iimr- mm. Th d vetsc I sv.is from a notable au I wealthy family In Masaacliu sett", one w.iiclt I-. reco;in, ns n limlinj laiiiuy in tins State. II . no nln (f tha rmtel Stnt -s Seuntor mil siatesuxiu, t'tinrles Sunnier nn 1 was a crnduat.i or Har vard I'ol.cge and valedictorian or Ins c n-s. Kor a number of vears he was S'lperinten nrnt of the riililic.sciiooUof I'.ill liivei . hoi I In; thnt t osition when the war lirorfcout. He iiiliste.1 in a .Massachn--tts regiment, nn I Hid vaiiabl rvice on tha Held. II, spina (even languages Itiuvuly, nnd was e.,.ully well cilucat".! oil-n win.-. Jim ilcitii w.i I roiulit at :it by nu over In.liil ;enc in ill ink. Kory.nr- he hat liei nn intem. pel ate man. I In-love of l.ij i ., t:ii I'sns'O, Ills ml., -iii'.in n .livorc Ir ini liiui; thei-.iu ( Ins mi i I. in Np,Hiintl con-crr.ili.,-..v.-r him; and Hie e.ii.i ,r his Is'ing o-tr.ic:. I by h.s iren l au I relaliv. -. He was worih nenrly M.iKil in his ow.t ti'Wiie, but I r ye n s h hn. t been c-i up -lit-J lj work lor any exira ni uiey he desire I. TPMPkRs.vo: tvsrm crtoN t; i:var.n. I 'urill I lie sel !-. of ent lll.-l l-ll,' a l I suc cessful ineeroi -s -,ii,., y ll niry S inter et nud Mi-s Willnrd h-iva be mi IioMiii; HI tlio north of I-; iimid, n sne.-ial gntlierinj of (chool teacjers toK pincj at Mid, lies. I iron ;li. Tins t iwii is in tne c 'litre o' the vast iron li-.lrici (In l-Inbs'i Pittsburgi, w liern tin -tV 'Cts of tli . lerrili.e sink ) of last su inn ! am yy-tun Hurn i n -. tl in nert Is still V sit.l.-, The i-iji-iln'i.in is nliiM.t en tirely iimin I oi ti.e w t;c-iiriiui4 classes, nn, I the inil.i -nc . nf the hoard oreienient iiy iciiik)! t eiciier i- natur illy u potent for.- bir i ilher gisi I or ul. It was, fii.-rofore, witn p-ciiiir siiti-liicnou ,,t M- Wiilirl nnd l.a IV Soni.-r-.'t inn le this t liir lir.t ioint of ilepurture in th:r cimnaign in lavor oi the intro.luctin.i of scientiMc t Miip-r.in.M m. li ne ion in I'liM c sch m. ,. At least n hundred te .filers wet u present Mht -te.it lis of whom 'vere tv.imeii an I, nlliiieuli 111) time was h mte I, a ills ussi i-i of consider, able niii-n.i; inn follo.v. nu I it r.isolir.iou in lavor of t -mpi r.inc i ins1 ru tion w is car rie I. The b ill has -me i be n kept rolling by the letters full or -u ;g sti-in- n li.i: i v rial of th.. t-ai'li-rs h-iv wri'tMi, nn I which. It IS ie i, will tun I t ) elll, ;,it tm iiitij.s t nu I lapi it to th Knells.! v l.i a llollll cole. btf.Kri-'. f :-"..'i rs i-i-- nr.i-i;i:Nr-, 1 irnukenu. ss ro is man o r -n u, .lar Ins un lersta idiii.', droiv.is hi- in "iiorv wildeltlis nu iui it o i, liar I mis lr- w I'n", ex-lb- In-, p'l-s'nns an I Iu-' , mi strovs tlivvit il operatins u;' In- ...n: IkhIv. I'i tinlentiiss c irr ) l-s ti n'.rai .- human f.a .-, rums h -nltii. brut -s i i serious l-Vlls ail I diseisis, ' ;--, jrs ni th Ihi y, cnaii ;es in in in" - nn , be. ill ill I le an I f ten I 111 V I'runkrntiesi ,, t'ua font ut-r and parent of nl vn-es mil iu; it .!.-str -ter . Ilo i iii't :-, fill I peiceoi :a nine., .-.n -i i - t o menus, prevents t-it. ii from I tw I" wastes their n n-. iry -iri-i -i.-n cnil-es di-c.ir.l- an I pi u f Is mil ; ... : ,u bors. I i link .sun s, renders .t- vi -tins .;n:e .lull nn I iu-eii,iii.'e in i-.-.ir l ! tlcir et. r.iul f.i vntioii, it .ih i .,'s I he u lr i ti ,ie irin ; tiia wor I otU.il iii-M iio'i- :ui I i n -r f , : ions. Hi shut, the giit o.' t.i-s.jiil a -Hiit -t. nil t'-- I- I ,', o.i l . 11 lj .1 H U S I'Vl'. I'l iin'.en-l n'tu-kt :ti in t.. I I' 1. v -1 of tha I .1-1 ; l i ll Il l's , ii . . ; ii-, than t ii- In ure, lu i ,e, !n n n Ii III II'. -Ill I Mliij-Cl . him l i l; state, Wiirse tu in in I inn I irnukeniie-a r -n l rs m in Ik f nnd ii ilille. or the ii. -i -it. -in . ...;rt... I vi'lunt'ir I Wie.i-.led all .-ri nn' Vll'til ; I brut. s ti I in into bal co it;, i ii v un I . In--s of I'Ui.u-j. cu'iiiiiiu ;. ,.- .1 .-men -suit illeu,..-, an I i M-it-s him t) .1.--il.iMo.i mil ile b. -iu.' ..'i v. i 'i ii'ii.i nu-'ss .- ni - i II Mie.s, ih"tr iv-in- ilil-lM. IllJ'liel i III il,n' I'-, .ll'.l i .1 'II I l-ll-t . I : VIO.nl -s .-llll e-ll.'-l's, -II nl. w if!., i-rev -iits nil im i,- iv . n, mi:,,, ) . ; c. :i'- iniKir, ruins tril', , i-i -ii 1 1 111- ,-i'il CIIHIII " , Mil, I I- !!! t . Ii .-.l.lli.ul,lll ot roil'., t . I h lll.elills wrl - it II- .1 4 ' Ills' the llV.n f:.1. .ii.iii be. Ills im-.- mi I yen :e.iii, , ilrnw ! dvii His henve - in il- li.-t n m-, i,,ln nn II til 1 bles-e I i'i-.i nf Uo', Ml! i I el ll llll llM-lel -' lil llll . r.ini IV., T, mil.'- timut Ills cii'-in--. Iri-imlm on tn ,-. . .' II, b!o I O,' III- I ' l lll S III, ,l-ii , i.iu oi His love no, I -i'i'' i li.-r . -ill n Ik ii ucs their in le lo-in v ii -re.i! t-r. "a 1.1 e 1 I ie li t lu'Vvv, ir-jpnANrs m.v. . ami -r,st. f "I nu i the ul h'li Uv;mi' never a T"e eb- .'1' au t ll i II ;, Th -re are iii-ii i Im st irv tii",:- i-'nl In-n to Ii lp the luvw r tn'te i hi S, ii row h is n l :li:er s:n hor-H.. ilie gravity I 'rut v.-r lii'o.vn i in nu i-i ii ii I-. cm n ilrinis. I'iIi.im tliou-nu l .lr, in i ii- I- w.-i-' la-t year rie! i,, !;a:jiu; o. tins ininb-r 1 n .1 -ro w lieu . I he t,,., v., i no,-o; the Slat.. J ri t'l'iK lias I IKS t Mil Ol ili'l' ll D libllj lui.-al from thu publ.t.- s.-inc i lor in- il. il nil ,ii . in... aril-. Mrs, A very, 01' I. in mil, I'll., ha- oir-r 1 't u :i e ol laud iiii I a c itMn ni n u-c I as ah tor n n I, an, nn !,.- in , ,!ii-, oii,iii of the W. (I. i'. I.. The favorito tinole in 1 1 , 1 1 1 is -lill iin c tiled tiie ", mi c ii'.,(il." I'm- n im I-' Is in ii lull th- truth. A id . i u tu p. it nn 1 j have the whole Irulii. lr. Un b it, writing I i n 11 iv.-., i-u-ni'. Ntat.'s as I un re-ult n: Ii : ex I l':"!! -e ta.lt v ill :l i c inn. j v of ca i.e. a . io.i Te. no a an-' i lin-i, a , ii ii',. o ' h ilnl u il ni'iliria'es Iriv v ot recovering Ir uiian at' n The until i-ers o- tlie 1. 1, Il i-ii t il rei'.iiiiy Ii i I to ic a lega 'y h'li 1 1 Un unpilti, .'In imn very old wi.i.iunl uriulv, n.n.u- iw of t-er lor. l'nlicj statis'ics s io.v t'rt' tin nrre.'s for ill iiiil.eniie-s in I, mi Ion ni-, a tu i .-.inniil rale nt one t ) ever I la i in i n, i-ii ., in ini-. iiiiiihniii one t I "i I, in M iu iet ir on i 1 1 kcvenisiiie, nnd lu 1v ir,iu.il una 1 1 tllt'. A nojd ileal of c iiiinlaint has been li -ir l alx.ut luc of ajiaci tor rxnitnt ii' ni tne Wor, n's Fair, bin tin einty-rlvj li, i r bars will be ace mono lata I li tue wnl,A btuitiou has to In crow lei into t ij Juii tj do so, says the v o.c . A lady writing to th i I. n Ion newspapers from a la iloilauie west, eu I address urge I society c-jiiies to aiistaiu tram ilriii.ing I'hsmpague iluring the L mi. an I b give t.i ittouey tuns savel to t m po ir. Tue appeal lsacurioui one, an 1 the a.u uptiou uiki.i wuicu it is conll ieuil bas. is scare iiy tl tb Wriu to Ihei icU wa.ueo. o. K iglsui. RELIGIOUS READING. littINK I'KKP, ''He not ttalisiied with gleaning H.antv inia-iires fur thy oui. When Ills pastures smile with blossom, And tlmtl ma) st enjoy lbe w hole. "I tint satislii d wild sipping r'rnm Hie wa.side rill of love; Oh. drink frcelv from the fountain, This I by happiness will proxel "Take am! use Him to Hie iitinn-t, eer ant hen food is nigh j 'i lmu t-aiist not I'Xh iust its an ret ncas, Nfr bold biti-k a fresh supply." A Isll l's IIIMis-t IM -. faille a liuiiilicl .vfursngo iili.un Cow per w role the-e inic : "O. Italy! Thy Snlilmtlis will be soon Our alili.-l Ii-. . In.i',1 nui, niuiu'i'v hi;, I btlf fonii. l'leachiiig and pranks will slisrr tlie unit ley n enc. iiirs. p irci llcl out. as tliine have rter been, 'oil's wnrsliip and the tnounli'liank bc lei l II. Mint ns dm prnpliil Lit thai lav le l.'c-t 'Villi holiness nn. I rniisi i ra'i il rc-t. r:isti,ne an. I bnsnnss boili it -luml.l exi'lllile And bur Hie ili.i.r tin- linni f ll,, v Intrude, V"blv ill .ttln!iii,,., iibon- ,' , I'.y ileuls i. i In, I, ll,,- wur.il -ilmulil never iui. Hear ill Its ile:iin. He rails it a ilcliejlt. A 'lux ot luxury i Iimtvi'I alight. W In n the i;ia.l soul . iiiitdc Ili um's wr' C'liie gtie-l . i's bai.ejiictting. in:. I lnil provides the lea-t. I!ut lr il.i-ii'e iM.-.'iigt , and , :mn..t rnine. I In ir aiisin r tn tl. e . .ill is 'Sol at liniiic." till ! - '-'.pin r i mi ; n t; ..I -r. A p n 1. 1. pin r name. I ai'tbns .! sire. I to liavc a le it ful -.inn of li s I ra inls. nnd lie i. till ted b: I ,, , rx ,,, .r,n ,,r ,lt. ,r things lull,., tu at kit . Hie Ml,tnt llieic ii on Inn. l,t a mm n i, n in l.i r .. . i i. i is s aid "'inn If. I th I,i,, n,, il,, mi up Willi d.lleteiii -am i -. ii ii!;. b-.-t waa rcat'y. "ie hr-l. si I hi. I H.,1,1 . ..in , ,,i' .-1,1,- ill-Ins nn, I tin .Ii. -.-ii. mi.- all loiigiie. X'ltitlnis . uii iita n, -ig,..r. "i.in.t nr. Ii r too. " .ii, e. :,, v I I., .t Mnnps the market ntlm .l.-.l "' i,,l.' I. phul the siM'tani. hate 1 o'.vi.i vo.ir nrdirs. Ma-ti r ii, f i.:;- ' bill-:, .-mi iliii,u- Unter tl'itu ti'iiin ' I- in, i ii,,. ,. i, ii,,. bond ol CIVll s,,. , ti . il k. .-I' -, i,t ,. I'l'gau ol' 1 1 tills ami iiason.'. Itv tiis-ft ii if t!.e I ii ene tiina are li'.n'i. gn i riiiin i,ls i ,ial'lisift ami lii-(rii, te, : w 1 1 1 the lonem- m. ,, pt-rsiiadi', lli-tl ia t a in I nn -i.li in ii.si him , - ." --W ell, tin ii. ' ii I a ii I In., t'ni.kiiig to rati h him! "lb s -nn ni, ii, w ill.lin, nb in,, lo in,, inm . nn I .- I v -h ,.i i i t-t -.it my en ti rl.'iiliiui lit, go to a.ai l.i I if .-.un ini'l buv the w i ifst tilings Jin; tan ti ii 1 1 ." II,,. in t ilny bis ei anl prntnli l in llnng but inn-n,'-. A aiitln.s, in a v i,,i, i.i ,,-i.ii ,, ,limatiili . au t xpiaii ilimi Master," said t In' cert ant, "is I hlT" .1 ii thing w ur-e tluill tnllglie? Is n "I the t. ni-tie i. e :ii-u inm nt ,, iiil strife nnd i i n'rtit ion. I he .,iueler ol lawsuit-, and the -niiri c t-t il. ns nn. I tun-? Is it not the mean nl : i . . r . nflies . nt i iliiiunv slid bla-phi tin ' X itiilins -ni.l no more. ' The siiviit hail emu im nl Inm that the toiiguc, Winn ii.i'.l .iright. i t i.l'lt.c IriilhfU'lv con-siilt-rt i! I In be. i : hi n in tlie w orld. and the v.nt-t 't nl! things when put t.iai. ng use. kll,it,i i' ouu ; I'li'l-li . Tfl - 1 IN,. M t V AM i II i:T. The foreman in ;t lactorv becNinit'n"'r.., al to ' ,1all." M ,,,Wll' . , Ills III.,. Si, I' W note, iiskilti; in n: in i li 1 1' in bin, at ni elli. e. SN In n lie ii n it- into the nn in. Ins nia-ler in luirctl. Itoyoii want to see inc. 1,'IIllcs '.' ' . I. lines wa- cimlotiiiilcd. n:id b lil Hi g tip the Hole. u d : " I lie litter ' I h letler1' "Ob," -aui l.a master, . i t -lii'Vnl that I w sub il to see you, ninl w hen I sent you the nu -age. ) on cnnic at one-." "Mirelv, sir: siirelt, ir. ' n-piied .lames. Well, sic, here is nnol her letter sending for you by line npniliy in larnc-t. ' snid his ina-ti t. jjo'Jiiig up n -up ot p.i cr w 1 1 t-t some tcxls of .scriptiiro written nu it. Jann-s look the 'lJ '!S ''L ' P'11'' "I'JV Iv : ' Ci'tni tililo tue- ill'-- ",'f -thai labor',". I ti'. II s lip itiueri il. Ins ites lilled with b ars, anil, l l,, to i In-ke ivlii emotion. Ii" f ra- i .1 hi- ..u.. ii .l I. ii..,,,' r, I.u t. w n !i whiih he rntiTi l Ins I. n c, mni there he hi I im- a li n mniiii iits. n, t knowing what to ito. At h'tilh lie : 1 1 1 1 1 1 --. I ; - m I ju-t to bcl.i.'te Unit in lie -nine t av I beln te.l your Ii tli r .lust in tin- Millie ni ." ri'ioimsl the master. "It we r ive tin' witness of tni ii. the w itin -s ol i ..'.I is greater." This e'ciiiiit was owiu-d n iio.l in sitting laiui s nt li'iiriv. Me was a happy liclieter that n : v ir.i'hl I'I M'li ange. I n i: v.M i , i: ms. I h-I :,nl it tlie l.-il din - ,, .me iiniii mill wl.cii tiny a if aimie with i.o.l in pruter. It was mi with lllnaii ou I aruiel. with lltveki.tli in lii -I- knees; with liauici w lieu in ilangi r . nnl wilh the gn nl ami good nl all aei-. fl.nr- Ins and t,at iciis. We tilb n dear a piiiusiiiic -tan iiii-n, that pisver Is i Ii Nation nl -i, ill ami oiiimunioii witb 1 1. nl. ami not i Mi rnai f .riu-. lint it is, nnd nl wnvs has In, n. a but tint' (hose souls mo-t i Ib i tnail) n-laiii tin ir clt Naiinn nml i um in 1 1 tii mi nn ii Ii , mil w ho ninsi regularly ob serve tin- outward forms of religion, that is, of loi.rsf, il' lliev do it under--lau Imglv . A i'. hi, Inn ni nl -iii itual ileail Hess is iniiic likely to ilisiip.citr w hi 11 a per son haiiiliiaiiv tli-tolt s liluiseir to seen I in teiNiitvs with '.ml. than if he trusts In ill. tint, to Mini ii in lit mi ml and llll-lnes. iliiiio hpiii'c moments ol reliction, the grandest pntiirrs Iunc a fratne. The pictiim is w nrt Ii a tliitii-unil tlollars, the frame only il few tlolliir-: ami Ni t no arli-t nn oiild liilut a picture Million' a frinnc. u it in n illi the I'oruis of r, Iiii on. I In v arc w nitlt little riiinpui'i il to the trite ami li rn nl .spir:!.ycl tin y ate m 1 1 s'ui v In tlmt spirit. A ml niir snuls will beet ni uipt v. w illuiasl Hud di ud if we in gle I tin lu - 1 1'liu I'tbpit. Were it tint for Hn' fact that the Lord dot' bless siniple Ninril-, were il not that our feeble i lloi ts are so richly owned ol linn, t'oillil nut hope to work mii-ivs-l ullt for souls. A missionary tel ib"! nn nn iilcnt whit Ii si i ni's to illu-tiatc tin- thought, lie nn as calif. I at nn Iti'glii to t i-i, n ill in- in in. The mini had neglected Ins -ntil a sal t almn liiui nmis now nn il Inn a Ii in hours ol Ins tie i a. sc. I he im-ssouary prninnilv obeied thu iiinini'iis. ami, le.n Inn- Un- .;, k man'- lifl iiitc, pat tin ic ami tm-k him I'v the baud. Hut the Niilnr coiilil -ay nolliing. Not n tvoid could lie -iu il 1 1 i " n to Ins lip. A mni. ii lu passed umiil -ni inn -iitn, ; another minute pitsseil, ae.'iiu.ig almost an hour, nnd a third minute in the ,inn opprcs-ive si ein e. lint the uiissioiiary s hem t w in, i mliug tip au appeal to tiotl I'm help. The m'i ii.v whm broken I'V au cM lamiition Iroin the dying man, "Hn w lnil a gn at inner I bate been." He repented the words, when the mission ary in nihil, nl as lew win, Is sokc of the great Mtvinr i ter ready tn s:inu gri-Hl sinners. I'raycr follutveii ami the thing man was en abled (u cast himself and all Ins sins on him w ho in so uiaiiy tut rinds ol cases but prmcd hi nut-If mighty Iosunc. It is reports 1 that large amou'ttt ot otu wowat are held iu all par Wot Kast in Penn sylvania, es,wcially tu uear-tiy couutiea, awaiting biKb prictw. n. nf 'or any taking omnia. plated right cad It aver, tan. sr (St s,tssiie'isyisM'is'er.sitii a
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