EET UN snot wo simmer SERMON. The Prime Minister. DR . TALMAGE'S “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, T have set thee over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis dl: 41. Y ov cannot keep a good man down. 0d has decreed for him a certain ele- vation to which he must attain. He will bring him through, though it cost Him a thousand worlds, There are men constantly in trouble lest they shall not be appreciated. Every man comes in the end to be valued at just what he is worth. How often you see men turn out all their forces to crush one man or set of men. How do they succeed? No better than did the government that tried to crush Joseph, a Scripture character upon which we speak to-day. It would be an insult to suppose that you were not all familiar with LIFE O} now his jealous brothers threw him in the pit, but, a caravan of A ban merchants moving along on their camels, with spices and gums that load- ed the air with aroma, sold their brot! to the merchants, who carried down mto Egypt; how Joseph was sold influence IE TOSEPH | nto seeing S€ him iphar or he becar ou in ¢ it whom we a irrevocable law of and Pharaoh will Chrysostom when tha by Eudoxia, the empress, se her saying, ‘Go tell her th ¥ y siave of eatened with death or = I FEAR NOTHING Bl 1 nobility of character will applauded, ere was something in a and Felix which demande respect for Paul, the rebel agains government, I doubt not they would willingly have yielded their office and dignity for the thousandth part of that iarue heroisin which beamed in the eve and beat the heart of the 1 abla apostle. The | and ling are compelled to honor in aearts, though they may 1 with their lips, a Christian firm ir secution, cheerful in proverty, i n losses, triumphant in death, fir Christian men in all professions an od of nidael ot eul Te * and honored and successful. John | Frederick Oberlin alleviating ignorance and distress, John Howard for the body and the soul, Elizabeth | Frye coming to the profligate of New- | gate prison to shake down their ob- duracy as the angel came to the prison at Philippi, driving open the doors and snapping locks and chains as well as the lives of thousands of the followers of Jesus who have devoted themselves to the temporal and spiritual welfare of the race, are monuments of the Chris. tian religion that shall not crumble while the world lasts, A man in the cars said: “I would like to become a Christian if 1 only koew what religion is, But if this ly. ing and cheating and bad behavior among men who profess to be good is religion, I want none of it.”” But, my friends, if I am an artist in Rome and a man comes to me and asks what the art of painting is, I must not show him the daub of some mere pretender. | will take him to the Raphaels and the Michael Angelos, It 18 most unfair and dishonest to take the ignominious failures in Christian profession Instead of the glorious successes, The Bible and the Church are great picture-gals leries filled with masterpieces, Furthermore: we Ysarn from wtory of Josenh that this THE is alleviation. RESULT OF PERSECUTION malicious brothers, and his false inpris onment, Joseph would never have be come Prime Minister. Evervbody ac cepts the promise : ‘Blessed are they that are prosecuted for sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,” but they do not realize the fact that this principle applies to world ly as well as spiritual success, in all departments, Had it not been for Eschines who brought impeachment tion, De Corona, would never have been delivered, Men rise to high positions through misrepresentation and the assault of the public, abuse is all that some of our public men have had to for their eleva tion, It has brought to them what { talent and executive could never have achieved. Many of those | making Tort for pl and powel great effort will never su rely upon force who are not of end It is the § { t heats viel, | faults oxen he Baby stoned to lonish ole HS count Lray ing his neck st VER THE POI thieves, these these hel, ARRESTS, these ret ICE these burglars, counterfeiters, these ] ey all bury their iniquity 30 deep down that it would never come to resurre But there was some shoe that answered to the print in the sand, some false keys found in posses. gion, some bloody knife that whispered | of the deed, and the public indignation, and the anathema of outraged law hurled him into the toinbs or hoisted him on the gallows, At the close of the tion, and the Helvetians, Burchard Monk was so elated with the victory that he lifted his helmet to look off upon the field, when a wounded soldier hurled a stone that struck his uncovered forehead and he fell, Sin always leaves some point exposed : there is NO SAFETY IN INIQUITY, Francis, the first King of France, wis discussing how It was best to get hig army into Maly, Amari, the court fool, sprang out from the cornet sald to the king and his staff-offfcers : ‘You had better be thinking how you willl get your army back out of Italy after once vou have entered,” Whitefield was rid- i 1 i | ing horseback in a lonely way with [814] the | ed to saddle | aprany owt from the thweket and put | hand out toward the gold, when White- field tarned upon him and said : “That i belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ bags, A highwayman | empty-handed into the thicket, power of If { became God’s avenging minisiter, vou can hide any great and protracted sin in your hearts, 0, conscience | some slight occasic set ajar this door You wanted to keep closed. in this you along with that burning in vour heart within for days stir out hatehwavs, y 1 lip, or Mi Ol hi tran pose that life you get SETESSION as a ship on fire hinder by Ki CPI 1 flame Lys {1 own the may thao » judgment that iniquity will blaze out bef God and the universe Fi Lhe et at He rth Hse pari CONN FE Howeves Hnking event : i century to cent To God thes are all one event, on one plan, Crreat Wor ks. Lord (rind one develope it, one Ssvstem. and marvellons are thy Almighty ! Furthermore SOY THE PROPRIETY OF LAYING UP for the future. During seven vears of plenty Joseph prepared for the famine, it came he had a crowded The life of most men, in a we le from this arn storehouse, struck, We have no admiration for this deny- up, this grasping for the mere pleasurs of seeing how large a pile you can get, CAUSe As a8 a dollar comes in it is went out to see if it can’t find another dol lar to carry home on ite back : 18 an intelligent and noble-minded fore caste See 1 men ndred dependent SOOT love to and ki the blessings of God sends Lo on, which while they do stint themsel in the present, do forget their duty to fore the (x0 to the ant, thou sluggard, and be hich ide, overseer, ot pro- at in the food in which we families them for and Hpon tion home, for a le Lis Ve ¥ 11 fail avs Wises. W Ww having na orn x % HAVINY No gu rues ne her Ie} videth her Sumner gathereth Now there I'WoO WAY Lie ise all was as | could, Sudd a soundes ju deep-drawn just behind made me give a start an gloomy My ey weaped at, that I wa the of the gateway. Dack leaned a man, wrapped so closely in a large capa that even had there more light 1 corld not have distinguish. ed his features. He took no notice of me, and after one look I turned and went on with my diawing. A few minutes more and the girl took her let- into the ente's hand, and tripped away, and ne on Ory the i 8 not “ in been cseribis The THE INTERIOR OF AFILICA. ker's Journey -- Incidents of the Trip. The natives of the Uganda district Him, considering that the mortals would not worship gnificant not be re- ferior deities, especially the god of the I " I'hey have also a god of wai we NE § tune and Mars, Warrior who have died in battle are as demi-gods, This is very the Homeric my ment of Uganda is based system, The chiefs own land duties of magistrate 18 a right of appeal, and important cases before a f or "1, Wo } 1 wv thology. chief chiefs The kingdom ¥ t whic of 1 attered TOTes all ves breeding and im Indian natives a 1 ino wit) With madan) the prev nt as i are driven which 8 CO cattle their being “‘jumped,’’ as the Cape ex- Pression runs; the built of wod, The are a mixed race of Wagogo and Wassagara and other tribes, Toward the west stretches an inimense plain; to the north are fields of dhurra, and to the south and cast vast forests--a paradise for a sportsmen, as all Kinds of game--lions, ht to at doors are strongiy a Jom sian nad nhabitants § plenty and famine, It is seldom that seven years of plenty, ness bears a rick harvest, You hardly know where all the money comes from, comes so fast, You are ase You in- Y ou won content with a in only a You vest more and more capital, der how men can be business, gathering These are the seven years Now, Joseph, is the time to thousands, wan there do come seven years of fam You will be sick, you will be un- fortunate, vot will be defrauded, you | | i | : that no more customers a tumble-down little flight of steps, The blind beggar also rose and moved slowly off, and the archway was deserted. sm Snail Racing in France. there, lofty mountains; indeed, it were diffi- more romantic spot than that where our traveler rested, ———— A Little Hustior Gots a Job, He got fairly well tired reading form of sport last season, The snails board in a darkened room, with only a solitary candle at one end of the board, They naturally crawled toward the light, and that was the race. | aspirants for the place had to say of themselves, but finally he struck a let. ter that really rested him, It was writ. ten on a very much soiled and crumpled white and read about as follows: “1 am 12 years old. 1 hain’t got no father nor muther, I'm an orfan and I've got to hustle. It betes hel how Heavy bets were laid on the result and sometimes as much money changed the hands as at Longchamps, One advan- fit for the table when they have finished their racing career, My legal friend read no more of the letters, but immediately sent for the writer of this ons and gave him the job, The urchin has settled down to *“‘hust- ling" in earnest and doesn’t complain any more about the hard times THE BEACH AT LIDO. Music, and a Dip of Old Ocean. I find Venice far more fascinat than Florence, It i8 a relief to be fre from the noisy streets, with their hars sounding venders and lond | , and the all raying don penetrating lime dust, to float past ouses. half Liki palace Aan reclining by the strong I find here plenty ser 11 Blu lying these people advantage in who are seen to when restrainedly ws wr cas MIAIY ER frir a HUnagy i AY 105 an ion to the Lid who are ir destination LINES, Hose hurry and must read quickly. The gondolas and steamers well per. sonify the past and present respectively. The former camly and slowly moving along, regardless of time, as if life were a dream and there were no need of haste. The motion is much Jess jerky than in a rowboat and more agreeable than a carriage. The speed is. not great, but, then, why need we always rush along ¥ The steamers — those time saving transporters —- ii the line of swashing waves behind, which wake the gondolier from his reverie and make his boat rock unduly, reminding him that this is no age for dreams, but that he must be up and doing if he does not wish to be left far behind by modern progress, reli ea— A recent computation makes the ve. locity of the solar system in space only about 10,000,000 miles a year. By a different method another computer lias determined the rate to be about 625, 000,000 miles a year. 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