THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA, jjOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMi SA1UKUAI NIGHT TALKS By REV. F. E. DAVISON Rutland, VL jxccocooooccocooocococccij SONGS IN THE NIGHT. International Bible Lesson for July It, 'oo-(Acte 16: 16-40). The niblo Is not only a vol ume of thcolocy, a record of ra tional history, biography n 11 1 poetry, It Is also a music box, playing solos, du ets, choruses, oratorios and hallelujahs. As we turn Its ptgea we hear the song of the new birth, the song ot thanksgiving, the song of victory, the pong before the throne. And in this lesson we have the song In the night. What a picture is here presented! Two men, with backs bleeding where they have been flogged till every vein drips blood, are in an underground dungeon, chains on their wrists, their feet fast In torturing stocks, the proa pect of a violent death at dnybrea'c resting upon them. Is there any in spiration here for singing T Uncover those bleodlng backs and see It that mangled flesh gives any occasion for praluo. Lift up those chains, ex.'.ui lne the cruel stocks, put your hand gently on those fevered brows and see if you can discover anything that would lead human beings to sins. And yet, we are told that at midnight these two men had a real Pentecostal prayer and praise meeting and made that old Phillpplan Jail vocal with mel ody. "And at midnight Paul and Slhu prayed, and sang praises to God." And this praise meeting was not the boisterous bacchanalian revelry of lutoxicatlon, nor the senseless strain) of the demented. It was Intelligent, eobcr, earnest, heartfelt, enthusiastic. It was the duet of men who were con fident that God was on the throne of the Universe, and Uiat He was work ing out His good pleasure for the eternal Improvement of the race. The world says. If you are rich you can sing. The world says, If you are suc cessful you can sing. The world says, If you have good health you can sing. The world says, If you have plenty of friends, you can slug. But If you are poor, and unsuccessful, and sick, and have no friends, take the advice of Job's wife In a similar case. Curse Clod and die. But at midnight, In a dungeon,, with lacerated bodies and timbs in shackles, prone on the ground whoro they had been flung, no eye to Pity and no arm to save, Paul and Silas sang a song in the night the echoes of which are in the air to-day. The fact is, this is the only kind ot singing that la Immortal. Anybody can sing In day time: only the Im mortals Bin0' in the night. Joseph sang that kind of music In Totlphar's prUou. The three Hebrew worthies sang it in the flery furnace. The lions den echoed it In the days of Daniel. The cells of the Inquisition have resounded with such songs; songs have mingled with the breaking of bones on the rack, and have risen above the roar of the flames Into the ear of the God of heaven. And it Is so to-day. The circumstances have chanced, but the midnight that men f.ro still called to pass through Is Just as black as. ever. All over this earth the scene of the Philippian Jail is be tas re-enacted. LJsten to the song3 that are still going up from huuiaa tips songs where wealth has been swept away, eongs where health has gone and tho river of death is In sight, songs In the chamber where loved ones are sleeping their last sleep, songs amid the upturned sod of tho cemetery, songs at midnight, becauso tho morning star shines already on the horizon. And this song of Paul and Silas had a. mighty result. "The prisoners heard them." The Jailer and his family were transformed because of It. The song did not exhaust itself on tho lives of the singers; It refreshed them; It saved others. Once ou a Southern battlefield a Northern sol dier lay dying. Crushed by the shot of the enemy bis life blood was slowly ebbing away. All about hlin, in the darkness, other mangled forms were lying helpless and alone. But this man was not alone, for there was a great peace In bis heart, as the mo ments brought him ever nearer to the home of his soul. Thus in the mid night be broke out Into song: "When I can rend my title clear, To mansions In the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes." And as he was singing, one and an other In the darkness took up the strain. Here and there trembling voices Joined in, and pretty soon, all over the battlefield a multitude of voices were lifting the song of tri umph: "I'll bid farewell to every tear, And wipe my weeping eyes." Thus they cang until one by ons their Hps .-ro closed in death. Thai was a song in the night worth Blngin?. That was a battle Bhout of men w'ao were "conquerors and more than con querors through Him," of whom the 1 ethlehem angela sang In the mid Bight Cfinturlos nj. DEBIT AND CREDIT. A Dit of Wit and a Bit of Wisdom Apropos of Unpaid Bills. One of tho most amiable men who tver dunned a delinquent debtor hat condensed the argument of his calling into an epigram and pasted It on th back of his collection book. It readsil j J MAN CAME rrtOM DUST : I DUST SETTLKS. I ARE YOU A MAM? . . . I In one of the offices of the Depnr ment of Education, Nw York City, hangs a card which gives tho othef ide of the philosophy of owing money. "There Is something ennobling," it says, "about the patience of our trot"! tors." Women Like Pockets. "Talk about tho small boy and h'.t desire for plenty of pockets," remark, d Harry New, manager of one of the biggest concerns In the city or in tht west, manufacturing women's gar. ments, "no youngster with his first pair of trousers is half cs excite! about his pockets as Is tho averagi woman buying a cloak or suit. With, in the last few years the Question ol I pockets has come to be an Important matter In women's garments. Worn en not only like pockets for carrying rarlous small articles, but they caft even like thorn so placed in thelf coats that they can walk with thelf hands In them, the same as a man. It's getting so that we manufacturer hardly dare put out a garment wltbi , out paying attention first of all to the pocket feature." Cleveland PUla i Dealer. It Is All a Matter of Taste. A strange fact Is told by traveller! who declare that the Arabs In the A Berts of Africa have contracted a vl lent dislike to running water, and wl only drink from stagnant pools whett ; on Journeys. This has become so much a matter of habit, that while . the mo3t poisonous-looking watef agrees with them perfectly, pure run 1 nlng water will In a few hours mako j them violently sick. This prejudice against fresh water Is common amongst the animals of the desert also, and Is frequently acquired bj( ; European travellers. At first, how 1 ever, when the latter drink of stag, nant water it produces nausea anu even fever, but when once tho system becomes Inured to It, running water affects them in precisely the samo way as it affects the Arabs. Her Answer. An Atchison girl had a proposal of marriage Sunday night and asked ft week to think it over. She went to all of her married sisters. One, who used to be a belle, had three children, did all her own work and hadn't beea to the theatre or out riding since she was married. Another, whose hue band was a promising young man at the time she was married, was sup porting him. A third didn't dare say her life was her own when her hus , band was around, and a fourth was j divorced. After visiting thorn and hearing their woes, the heroine of this 1 little tale went home, got pen, ink and ' paper and wrote an answer to the ) young man. You may think it was ' refusing him, but it wasn't. She said she could be ready in a month. Houses Built of Meerschaum. The town of Vallccas, in Spain, is almost entirely built ot meerschaum. j Vallecas has on its outskirts great quarries 01 a mecrscnaum 100 coarse for pipe making, and a meerschaum built town is tho result an Ivory white town that Rhinos In the Spanish, sun. In Morocco meerschaum Is so plentiful that they use It, when soft and fresh, for soap. It gives a plentl ful and cleansing lather. Ekdlschehr, in Asia Minor, supplies the world'! meerschaum. There are 2,000 mines, large and small, and 8,000 Kurd and Persian meerschaum miners wors day and night in them. The meers chaum conies from the earth yellow, and turns white after ten days bleach Ing In the sun. Setting Fire to a Whale. A dead whale, seventy-five feet long, came ashore at Phillips Cove, on the Maine coast, and large numbers of tourists went off in motor boats to have a good look at the monster, Then the town authorities towed the car cass two miles out, and Inserting into At sticks of dynamite, sot the ex plosive off. What was their astonish ment when the whole animal burst Into flames, fed by the whale oil for which whales were once so much hunted before the discovery of petro leum. The flames shot ten feet high, and the carcass was several hours t3 burning, the beach being lined wtta astonished spectators. Real Diamonds. Mrs. McBride It was awfully thoughtful of Uncle George to give me what he did for a wedding pres ent. Girl Friend Why, what did he giro you? "Haven't you heard? Why, you see, the other guests sent plated ware and paste Jewelry mostly, but Unole George gave me real diamonds Just think of it! a wholo ton of Lehlgti coal to begin housekeeping with I" Lincoln's Freedom from Can't. One of the delightful things about Lincoln was his freedom from can't He never set out to "set an example. He lived his life simply and natural ly, thought out and spoke the thought that was in him, did the work he found to do and let his example shift for itself. 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