REV. DR. TALNAGEY SERMON. The Brooklyn Divine's Bunday Sermon, Subject: Vhe ¥P rgue of Lies” Text: “Ye shall not surely die.” —Genesls . That was a point blank lls. Ratan told i} to Eve to induce her to put her semicircle of white, beautiful teeth into a forbidden apricot or plum or peach or apple, He prao- y said to ber, “Oh, Eve, just take a bite of this and you will be omnipotent and omniscient. You shall be as gods.” Just ite was the result, It was the fast lis t was ever told in our world. It opened the gate for all the falsehoods that have ever alighted on this planet. It introduced a eo that covers all nations, the piague of es. Far worse than the plagues of Egypt, for they wers on the banks of the Nile, but this on the banks of the Hudson, on the banks of the East River, on the banks of the Ohio, and the Mississippi, and the Thames, and the Rhine, and the Tiber, and on both sides ofall rivers, The Egyptian plagues lasted only a few weeks, but for six thousand years has raged this plague of lies, ‘oe are a hundred ways of telling a Hie. A man'sentire life may be a falsshood, wirile with his lips he may not onca direotiy falsify. There are thoss who state what is sitively untrue, but afterward say “may ? softly. These departures from the truth are calle “white lies;” but there is really no such thing asa white ie, The whitest lie that was ever told was as black as perdition. No inventory of public crimes will be sufficient that omits this gi- gantic abomination. There are mea high in churoh and state actually useful, self-deuyiog and honest in many things, who, npon cer- at all to ve depeadei upon for veracity, when they are lying. ifirmity. I bave known yto have been born lars : Prevarications, moral croup or spiritual scariating. Bus attainment and frow ciass to class until they have become regulariy graduated liars, our finest residences; they crowd the she ves sidewalk from curhbstone to brown stone facing; they cluster around the mechanic's hammer, and blossom from the end of the Churches, Some call them “fiction.” styles them ‘‘{abrication” that they were Some You might say tion, misrepresentation, but, as I am ign rant of anything to bs gainel by the hiai: of a God defying outrage under a lexic grapber's blanket, shall callthem what m father taught me to call them lies I shall divide them into agricuitural, mer. ecantile, mechanical, ecc.osiastionl, and social Lies. First, then, I will speak of those that more particularly agricultural. There something in the perpetual presences natural objects to make a man pure. trees never issue “false stock." beat fields are always bonest. oul in the night, not paving for the piace they bave occupied. Corn sbocks maxe false assignments, Mountain brooks are always “current” The gold on the grain is pever counterfeit. The sunrise never flaunts in false colors. The dew sports oniy genuine diamonds. Taking farmers as s ciass, | believe they are trutaful and {sir ir dealing and kind heared. But the regiom surrouniing cur cities do pot always sen thissort of wen to our markets. Day 03 there creak through our streets and abou the mar<et houses farm wagons that hav ROT An bonest poe In their wihiceis or a trut ful rivet irom tongues to tallboard. Duriag the last jew years there have tines wien domestc economy has dered on the farmer's fircin. Neit taxes, nor the hign price of dry goods : the exoroitapey of laoor, could excuse much that the cily bas witaessaxd in tue oehav of the yeomanry. Bythe quiet firesic & io ¥estcnestar and Oranges Counsies | ® there may be seasons of deep reflection and henrtiy resentancs Rural districts are so customed to rail at gress cilles as givea up to fraud and every form of unrighie Lait our cities do uot abs.raoad the sbonina tions, Our citizens have learned tae import. ance of not siwas ys trusting to the size and style of apples in the top of a farmer's bar ary in ihe V § Fe of no wating farther down. Maay of our people are ac custorned to watch aad see how correctiv a not many honest milk cans, halls. weep over their sis, all the surrvua ling ecuatrise ought to come in and weep with them, urs it into his mammoth ola. There ougnt be no such Lostility r~You get your money easy." they got «It eaxy? t those who in the que eid swith those who stand today amii the er. eitements of commercial life and see if they ud #0 is very casy. assurance that his corn and bariey will ve growing all the night, moment by moment adding to bis revenue, the merchant tries io £0 to glee) conscious that that momeut big eargo way be broken on the rocks or dam- aged by the wave teat swoeps c.ear across the burricane acc, or that reckless specu. lator may that very hour be plotting some monelary revountion, or the burgiars we prying open his safe, or his devtors flesing the town, or his landlord raising the rent, or the fires kindling on the block t conta s all his estate. Hasy! Is it? God beip the merchants! It is hard to have the paios of the hands blisterad with outdoor work, but a more dresdfal process whem through mercantile anxietios the brain is comsumed, in the next piace we notwe mercantile Hes, thos nedore tae counter and beaiad tae ecunter, [ will not attempt to fy tie different forms of commercial oR ia There ars merchants who excos themes, ves for deviation from trathiuioess because of what they call commercial custom. In other wor.s, the muitipliostion and wniversatity of asin turns it into a virtue, There have been large fortunes gatoersd where there Waa sob tue qivp of ua uted toll in the ine; One Epa tem flash from the bronze Dragiet; Bot sae Giop nesdle woman's heart bloo | in the crimson prush, while there are other great establis. ments in which there is uot one door kno: not one brick, not one trinket, not one thras of .ace but has upon it the mark of dishonor, What wonder if, some day, s bani of wil that bad been wrung and worn ous and bis. tered untll the skin came off should be placed against the eloant wall paper, leaving ite Be Ta Fo Ba ort rome day, walking there shonid be a voice accosing tae oocapmst, aaying, “Six cents for making a shirt,” and, fiying the room, another voice s ould sav, “'welve cents ror an army blanket,” and the man stotid Sry to sleep at might, bus ever and anon be arowwe!, until Jetting tu sn ona elbow, he should shriek ous, “Who's One Sabbath night, in the vestibule of m sthureh serv oe, a woman fell in conv Sons, The doctor said she needed medicine : not so much as something to eat. As she began to revive in her delirium, she said, gaspingly: “Eight cents! Eight cents! Sight cents! 1 wish I could get it done; Iam so tired! I wish I could get some sleep, but | must get it done! Eight cents! Eight cental” We found out afterward was making garments for eight but threeol them in a dav! Three timey eight are twenty-four! Hear it, men and women who have comfortable homes! the employers of theses women. They beat them down to the last penny, and try to cheat them out of that, garments to work on. When tie work isdona it is sharp'y inspected, the most insignificant Saws picked out, and the wages refused, and wmetimes the dollar deposited not given back. The Women's Protective Union re- portsa case where one of these poor souls, foding a place where she conld get more wages, resolved to change empioyers, and went to get her pay for wbrk done, The smployer says, ‘Il hear yom are going to leave me.” Yes," shesald “and I am coms to get what you ow me” He made no answer. Soe sid, “Are yon not going to pay me “Yes” hesaid *'I will pay you” and he kicked her do ua the: ai=, There are thousands of for*unes made in commercial spheres that are shrouzhout righteous, God will let His favor rest upon evary scroll, every pletured wall, every traceried window, and toe joy that Hashes from the lights, and showers from the music and dances in the children’s quick feet, pat tering through the hall will utter the con. gratulation of men and the approval of God, oughly honest. There is never any nee of faisehosd. Yethow many will, day by day, beur Ly hour, utter what they know te be than cost. If su, then itis right to say it. { to pr ous enterprises. As long as a church is feeble, anc the singing is discord- ant, and the minister, through the poverty of the church, must go with a threadbars coat, and here and thera a worshiper sits in the religious sympathizers of other churches will But let a great day of prosperity cone, and even ministers of the gospel, who ought to be rejoiced at the large- misrepresent and falsify, starting the suspie- fon in regard to themseives that the reason they do not like the corn is because it Is not ground ia their own mill. How long before woshall learn to be fair in our religious eriti- ecisms! The keenest jealousies on earty are The field of Christian wir hos handles hit, Next I speak of social lies. This evil makes much of society insincere. You know not what to believe, come you do not know whether or not they want vou to come, When they send their regards you do not know whether it is an ex- srassion of thelr heart or an external civil. ty. We have learned to take almost every- thine at a discount. Word is sent Not at themselves, They say, “The furnace has no fire in it all winter, 30 unusual! barrenness of their table when most luxurious entertainments to win = APPeArancs, as though it were unusual, whon siways at bome they look just so, wonid make you beliove that soms nice { for it? If not, then you have fasifiad. You say that that article cost you tweaty-ive { dollars. Did it? If so, then all right did not, thea you have falsified Suppose you are a purchaser, “iy bea is not worth more than four, Is ft worth no more toean four dollars? Then ail right preciate it, you have falsified, You il it a shary trade. The recording ane street or in Eighth Square or Brookly Hill told one falsehood.” it insignilicant because relating to Toe article you can put needies, Ba not deceived. | chased may be so small your vest pocket, but bonor will reverierate through all mountaios of eternity of bandkerchiefe. Your customer askw “Is that ail silk? No cotton fa in¥™ ¥Y answar, “tis all silk Was it all silk? gn, all right Bat was it perily Then you have falsified Moreover, lost by the falsehood, he may live at Lynn or Doylestown Pourh + cotton? comes shopping he will Jook at and say: “I will not try there! That place whers | got that han ikarcuiel.” that by that dishonest pick your own pocket and Almighty. in Bo st ons how many fa sehoods in trade day told by hardware mon and clothiers and fruit dealers and dry g and importers and jews ani! coal merchants tobacconists? Lies buckies, about ribiyons, shout carpets a ves, about coats about sa about watches aboul crragess, an books—ahout evervihing. Ia ' DAME oO be Lord God Almighty, 1 arrsiga o falsmboods as one of grealest nd town I notice m Ww and stationers about sadiles, or k nats pe % bo r hae 4 next han coal lles no a to the we Oa ~ cine of men iarenit we 0a ni for tas bg AG srt.aans in» yo cli 3 their mand he CRIT at shelters us fo negis that clothe for Loe car toss i rspread influsn bom oC What ia called ty.” but in the latter anerity I thio t jar, We so stalwart men of toil the highest vouwi- bios tn ezrity, Many of them answer all our xoectations, and stand atthe [roat of ral g- rus and pbhilasthropio enterprises But this clas, like the others that | nave name, bas in it those vho lack in the element of reracitv., They canact ali be trusted i mes when the demand for labor is ja impossible to mest the demands of ths public, or do work with that prompiness nad perfection that woud at ober Limes be possible, Bat there are mechanics whosy word ean. | pot be trusted at auy time. No man has | right to promise more work than be can Jo »I tiie exoect of $i Wednesday, fava, but it istbirty. There have been houses oail driven, every foot of plastering put on, every yard of pips laid, every shinzie ham. merel, every brick mortired, could tell of work who have hot the tims or sirengih to | fo more than five or six pieces, bul by prom. | ison never fuifiiied keop all the undertakings within their own grasp. Tas is what they call “nursing” the job, How much wrong to his son! and inmit to God a mechanic would save if be promised only 80 much as he expected to be adie to do, Bociety has no right to ask of you impoan- bilities, You cannot always caleu'ste cur. get the help that you andicipate. bot sow I am speaking of iousise that you know you cannot keep, Jid you say that that shoes should b> men of, that coat repaired, thoss bricks lai!, thas haruees sewed, that door rrained, that soout fized or that window glazes by Saturday, know. ng that you would Then, before God and man you are a liar. You may say that it makes no partice ar diffarence, and that if you had told tne truth you would have lost the job, aad that people expect to be disappoiniad, bus tae ex cuse will not answer, here is a voice of thunder rolling among the drills ani planes and shoe lasts and shears which sys, “All liars soall have their part in the lake taar buracth with fire and brimstona” I next notice ecclesiastical lies<that is falsehoods told for the of wivanciang ec urches and sects, or toe purposes of de- the Caivinies believes that God made some Th hag pa LTR Whe on oa Tt nt AsLing a pm lob what a Ba: tist bes Haves, for he will 10 say that the Baptist believes Im to be positively o to salvation, It is almost ime pasible for one denomination of Christians, prejudice or misreprassntation, to state the sentiment of an opposing sect. | a wan Gates Presbyterians, and you ask him whet Presbyterians believe, ho will tel you that they boillsve that thare are fants lo bell a span long. It is strange also how individual a are a i #0 iu regard to Soi #ith Telerencs i £ heirloom, and and a ones duke tie inter. “It was an ung on the walls of a castle, gave it to their grandfatoer. When fact is that painting was maie by a Hdown east.” and baked so as to mae others for ten who will lie ahou tn ths world be our i Ui lars a dozen, FPeonle small income we most make lieve that we are affluent, and 1i# Hie Few persons are really natural. When | say this I do not mean to siar cu'turad man pers. It is right that we shoud hav: more admiration for the sculotured marble than for the unknown hiock of the quarry. From many circles io life insdncerity has driven out vivacity and enthusinsn, A frozen di: nity instead floats about ths room, and lo berg grinds against iowberg. You must n laugh outright: it is vuigar, You mus smtis,. You must not das: rapidly acro the room; you must glide Fhere isa roun of bows and grins and filatterios ani obs! and ahs! and simpering and nambypamby- jsn-—-a world of which is not worth ons good, round, honest peal of laughter. From such a hollow round the tortured guest re tires at the close of the evening and assures bis host that he has enjoyed himself What a round of insincerity many peop's run inorder to wn the favor of the wor.qa! Their life is a sham and their death an une speakabie sadness Alas for the poor Lutter fies when the frost strikes them! Compare the life and deatn of such a one with tat of some Christian aunt who was one a b.essing to your household. I do not hand She lived single, that untrans everyboly's blessn Whenever the sick were to be visite | pour to be provided with bread she wen with & blessing She could pray, or sin “Rook of Ages” for any sich pauper wie asked her, As she got older there ware dav when she was a little sharp, but for the moa part auntie was a sunbeam — just the one [or Curistinas eve. Bho knew heltler than any one else bow to fix things, Her every prayer, as God heard it, was fui of everybody wh bad trouble. The Lrightest things in all the house dropoed from her 6 Bhs had peculiar notions, but the grandest notions she ever had was to makes you happy. Soe dressed well ~auntie always dressed well; bat her highest adornment was that of » meey an quiet spurit, waloh, in the sight of God, Is of great price When she ail gathered loving.y about ber, and ar vou carried ber out to the Sunday» class almost cas and th marvinve, ber ar Lh ter IReTs fied you Lows japon s ond of their eves the wor was the maiden it . Br ab ve inion the clasped genmel han is. Daa dancing fe Gieaming In gemaming brow {in with Finsh and rutis and laughter an} immeasurable merry making! But the Jangour of death comes over Sue loos and ture the sight Idzhts lower! Fioor hollow with Music sa‘ldens into a wai! ng wml 14 int Fiowers exchange their (ragranos [or a sick Glasses rattle Highs from the shoulder of eauty-—a shroutl Lights lower! Over the slippery boards, ir dance of death, gil eo jen ousies, disappoint Torn leaves and with eve | garlands only aall bide the aloerad feet Fowt Choking dampe. Chillines V olows Hands foldal. Eyes shut Lignts ous! The Baudit Monkey. Monkeys ‘n the East Indies are very bold and mischievous, An English res. dent at Ahmedabad, in Guzeoat, sbout three hundred miles north of Bombay, gives a droll instance of this, based. wn of the editable vegetable called “‘brin- jails” to his parents’ house for break(ast. In passing the house of the local police- man, this urchin was impudently suddenly emerged from the trees, rushed on the boy, and seized two of the brin. brought out the constable with his stick. to eat his ill-gotten fruit with contemptu ous gestures of scorn and defiance. Monkeys are a great pest in [ndis, be- Hanuman, the fabulous monkey-god, an incaroation of Siva, whose exploits commands an army of monkeys assisting the hero, Rama, to march torough the forests of Soutuern India, to defeat the King of giants, to recover the eaptared The Teelandie Lutheran con ons in Manitoba and the Northwestern States recently celabrated the three hundred I'HE HOUSEKEEPER'S TOOL CHEST. time saves nine” is a very excellent saying, although the re- minder of the same may strike rather disagreeably on our ears when the veg- glected stitch has made room for a visible and unsightly breach. Like all sayiugs, too, this one applies In more wnys than one, and to the practical housewife a tool in hand is worth, rot two in the bash, but all those that lie in the carpeuter’s bag, Carpentering 18 wonderful what ean be done at home, “A stiteh in Jndicions keeping and handling of some few tools; it is neither hard nor dir y instance, and it pleasure to Lave nuo- be suggested by a fertile brain or a love of variety. There of recoms, for which ean be set apart as & workshop, impossible, or the title sounds too business-like, it is well to have a special receptacle for the tools, or they will inevitably be scat- tered about in different places, and not hen they are wanted, A visit to a tool shop will fascinate tne nuinterested oi server, and the number of articles that might *‘come in weful” is legion; but 1t 18 not wy ol ject to make an exhanstive list, nor g in its complete I will only suzgest some things which are frequently. wanted by the housewife, and whieli she would also puat- odds and ends. Of the carpenter or the handy man by ean be sent for; but why should the hoasewife be doubtiul of ber Own capab litien? Always have a good provision of pails An empty. shallow box will do to keep them in; strips of stiff eard-board anda little glue will make sui able partitions, serews, nails, hooks, tin in se pura o paces, it wonld be well to large dress-hooks for cupboards, Ness, course, Keon have i Ee i collection small iron and brass help, Then as to the tools, mers (ove large and one smal a plane, a couple of gimlets, iriver, file, pincers, wire-nippers, bradawl, a chisel and a with which to fix the article are work ng at to your table or any other avi able piace. There are woode visen which are for » me wrk a venien @ iron es. Do not get the glue nnd most necessay pot, a {ow tine of pant, and some good brushes. With aneh one ean be fade PH ndent aud do many a ureul turn in t bo Soak t pa nt-brushes in some turpentine, wash them in a hot soap lather alter using them, or they and be u eless for another time, A row of hooks ins by a enrtain in some room with other- will s«tinfac- dres<es or clothes that in simple piece do. Then wil Have two ham- Da i), YO 4} as oO er lee gin BROCE Figs ADY Te fies Or recess concealed wise little srcommodat on torily dispos « of wonld otherwise be mach and to fix such hooks is a of work ary woman can ling of the plan away with ust hat ‘something sticks,” and your temper vainly trying to open or shut a drawer hinrry, The » and driver restore the handle ti! rolls fe he way, ude wihi'n fires inna Tew i's will f.11 PREIS (1 {tiresome down at mt and with ti BD A NaRmmer, ind the ptes t irangh fixe i to your door, and dranghts. It 18 n:t a bad plan barnes in unserew o ko a few exira gas the hon the pincers will soor fractory one and remedy the light: # slight PRCA TM of aR, by way, can be temporarily stopped a small quantity of white lead, or som soap wel plisterad round the erac until the efficent workman procured. ® ood will necessarily be wanted for varions odds and ends. It is easy to make one's choice in a Inmber ward, fn r fanity fo est price, Three-quarter boards are the most nsefal for brackets, shelves, board somo thicker and more sab. stant al. I shonld advise any one ove who is foud enough of earpentering to embark on actoal odds and ends, nor to despise the collecting of segar- boxes. If the wood 18 well smoothed A short t' me sgo I fitted all the plain drawers partitions in lealy m xe | Lee a email bottle of aweet oil, with @o the rounds of the doors oceasiona ly to avoid oreak nr locks and hinves Do not forget that the doorbell will become hard to pull from time to time, thongh a drop of oil will remedy that, Putty is rather d flicalt to fix. It feel ns if your fingers were all thumbs as soon as yon at empt it yourself; bat patience and pra tice make perfect, and many an inexplicable draught 1s obviated by its judicions application. However, it is useless to go on enumer- eting the advantages of learning to make onesell useful! in the house; mending, upholstering, eatpentering, ete, ull come into the housew rk un surely as the ordering of dinner and the uanaging of the store aud linen enpboard 0 girls who are taught ‘wood earving a Little carpentering as a preliminary study would certainly do no harm, anil there are many things wo have nev r learned at schol that necess ty si d a modienm of spirit and woll-spent energy will tench us as well a8 an efficient professor, There is a proposit on on foot in Se. attle, Wash, 1o esta®i ah there a plant for drylog the codfish eaught in Al ke. un waters and maka Seattle the great dist thuting pint for Gab ou the Pucllio W SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON, SUNDAY, APRIL 6 ol. Saved From Fam!ne. LESSON TEXT. @ Kings? : 1.16, Memory verses: 8,9) LESSON PLA N. Toric or and Ne ring, THe Yuanren: Snning Gorvex Texr ron tHE QUARTER: | Godliness {a profitable unio all things. 113m. 4:8. Lessos Toric : Deliverance by the { Lord, 1. Deliverance A ¢c¢om- i pli<hed, vs, 1.7 t 2 Teli She LESSON OvrLINg:{ = VEU YETALOS { * VE. 511 liverance Assured “9 ha 40 Proclaim- a 1 ve that men would Goroes d'exr: Oh Praise the Lord for his goodne aE, an { Jor his to the chil i dren of yen, works 107 : B, wonderiul na, Daruy Hour Resapiw Al.—2 Kings 7 : 1-16. famine, T.—2 Kings 6 : 4 {awmine, w.-2 Kings Samaria, 41 a9 Saved from Horrors of T. F. Geu, Famine fore told, Lien. of famine, B. Psa. ! In amid periis, -—_ Lal © fam ne, 8 LESSON ANALYSIS, 1. DELIVERANCE ACCOMPLIBIIED, I. Foretoid: To morrow shall. ... { sold (1 10 morrow re sh bh ance (1 Sam i Then shall retie (Esther 4 : 14). I will deliver th glorify me (Pea, 50 Whoscever shall shall be delivered ave deliver Tis deliverance and thon 15). eall on the (Joel 2 : 32). { “, Ii, Doubtea:; i If the Lord should | heaven, might this thing be? (I). = 4 : i #5 Jslnine in { There was a pre (2 Kings 6 : Wherefore didst tlic 14 : 81. They worshipped him: ed (Matt 28 : 17. Except 1 shall see a John 20 : 25. Accomp 0 will not Lieve hi They arose and fled EheGs beh old there Kings 7: 5). i aceord- 7: 16) 12 Vhen they werecome, Was no man there So fine flour ing to the Kings of s Le Prov. os: 1 1. “Hear ye the (13 1 he was sold, 2K w ira} mics A ° RI £7 is Lt wicked flee when ive uel DELIVERANCE PROCLAIMED, ii. [.fa fish Aggrand zament: They carried thence silver, go do, and tad it (8, i I coveted them, and took them 1:21. | He that is greedy of gain troubleth his oun honse (Prov. 1 17 { Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth ( Matt, 6: 9). They that desire to be rich fall into a temptation (1 Tum, 6: 9). 11. Culpable Silence: We do not well: peace (9), Freely yo received, freely give (Matt. 10: 8, (Josh. « wih .we hold our Lake : 104, How shall they hear without a preach. er? (Rom. 10; 14). To him that .doeth him it is sin (Jas. 4: 17), iil, Welcome Tidings: 80 they came:. .. .and they told them (10). it not, to good news (Prov. 25: (5). Ahey made known....the saymng.... about thus child (Luke 2: 17). i They rehearsed the things that happen- ed (Luke 24: 35). To preach... .the nnsearchable richos of Curist (Eph. 3: 8B), 1. “They came ! ack, and entered in. to another tent, aud carried thence also.” (1) The srprised lepers; (2) The deserted treasures; (3) The aboundisg booty; 14) The rapid en- ricliment 2. “We do not well.” (1) What they were doing; (2) What they should have been doing; (3) What they finaly did, 8. *“Lhey told it to the ki g's house botd.” (1) Good news; (2) Prompt publioation; (3 Great joy. 115 DELIVERANCE ASSURED, i. Suspicion, They... hide themselves, . ... We shall take them alive (12), BéWware thou that thou bring not my son thither aguin (Gen. 24: 6). Beware that thon pass not such a place (2 Kings 6: 9, Bevare lest Hezekiah persuade you (Tea, 36: 18), 1 am perplexed about you (Gal. 4: 20), 1. Examination: The king sent after the how's... may ing, Uo and see (14), Bend thon men, tat the out the land (Num. 13: 3 ay, uz Stand and see, and ask for the.ald paths (Jer. 6: 16), the young child (Matt. 2: 8), Examining the scriptures daily (Apte 17: 11). Hil. Demonstration: 4 Lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels (15. 1 know that there is no God, .... but in Israel (2 Kings 5: 15). The people went out, and spoiled hee cawp (2 Kings 7: 16), Truly this was the Son of God (Magt 27: D4). One thing I know, now 1 see (Jehu 9: 20). 1. “I will now shew you what the Syrians beve done.” (1) The factd Bee ; 12) The motive suspeeh king (1) Confident himself; (2; Suspicious of his ene mies; (3, Thoughtless of God. . “Let us send and see.” (1) Wise invest gation; (2) Prompt sctiomns 3 Buccessiul search. . “I'he people went out, and spoiled the eamp, (1) Fuemies routed; (27 Relief abundant. God's inferposit on; (2) Syria's disoow- fiture; 8; Bamaria's relief, 1) LESSON BIBLE READING, FAMINE, Ment of God Gen. 41 = 25 105 : 16). ometim protracted (Gen, ? Kinea 8: 1, 2). mes 26 ; Pw, 41 :% , Sormeti Gen, 12 : 10 ; Jes. : 24, wl 7:13 BEVETY ’ ngs b Resulting from war (2 Ki Je r. 14 15 " | Productive of pestilence (Ezek. } Matt. 24 : 7,. | Sa‘nts preserved Psa, 3 IR 19. A time for trust (Hab, 3 : 1 LESSOR SURROUNDINGS. INTERVENING Kv The predee wars of the king of Syria ceased for a time (2 Kings 6 : 25:, but Ben | badad + egan a new compaign with all i bis force , und 1 mege to Samara a reads fed, 1 hae hesling of Naaman probably occurrea in the | terval A famine resulted A mother, whose chidd | had peen eaten, appeals to the king of acl against another woman wHo res gle ber son for the same { purpose. The king rends bis clothes the sight of the eoyle, revesling the } = wearing. Making be sends a mes is apvounced by siting io hae re bidden to close the im. The king secms fo 1 hismessenger very close f 2Kings 6:33 is the king » reply of the camp of L ms to have L-e st of the , towards the Jordan. The various named are: the house of Elisha, the city toward the ca Rp f the king, and the camp of i 18: ’ . i NTH, tory f lard As intiun of | from the sie peace, ©. i ABT is 1868 10 : Ti 48 HANA, SAInIng to the elders They floor against i have { ! nd bably 5 lowe the close © Jar i ¥ 05 the €@ Ianguage iesson begins with Samaria, the capital of Israel, and the wich 1 Or nor { XKingaon 3Vrians out Sung en the famime wl in Chapter the siepa ollowed the in i aced Bil or B55 (ae of Lore oo Dax ®, 11 iI before INav al ology tts Cure dale 1s i fie xl : amine, ves B.C. rder of the : 4 . wilt DENTS, Aisha predicts that food we pis ntiful 1a Sanaria * to-morrow ut this time!” one the captains | expresses donbl; the pr phet says he ; sh ut not eat of it. Four lepers | & tring at the gate of the city determine to go to the camp of the Syrians, as this offere a chawvce of life; they soak the camp at twilight, and find it deserd ed. The Syrians had hoard a rose {of supernatural origin, apparently which Jed them to believe that «ll hail come to aid tie lsraelites; they therefore fled in haste. The lepers feasted and hii the spoil of two tents; but then, partly from fear of punish ment and pa tly from wish to teil the good news, they go back to the city, tell the porters, who tell the king's honse-' oll. The King arose, but sus | pected treachery; oie of his servants sngges's ‘hat the horses be sent in pur- suit, This was done, and treces of | panic and flight are found as far a the Jorden, The people went out to the { camp, asd the prediction of plenty was | fulfilled. Wis Bim Wil »e@ Light Witnout Fire. ———————. To obtain a hght instantly, without the use of matches and without the danger of setting things on fire ix, so cording to The Mining and Scientifie Press, an easy matter, Take a long via Jof the olearest gluss, put ints ita piece of phos horus about the size of a pea. Upon this ponr some pure olive oil hented to the boiling point, tie bot- tle to be filled about one-third fal then cork tightly. To use the light re | move the cork, allow the air to eater sud then re-cork. The whole empty | spnce inthe bottle will become lumin- ons and the light obtawmed will bea good one. As soon as the hight bee i comes dum its power can be incressed by opening the botile and allowing a fresh supply of air to enter. very cold weet it is sometimes necessary to heal the vial between the bands to increase the flmdity of the oil, and one bottle will last all winter. | pocket, and 1s by watchmen of | Paris in all mazazines where explosives | or inflammable materials are stored. Foreign exchanges report tht aswest granted ro o of a steckgreen ool © ben produced, al*er many years of ex- per: ment, 10 Tacin, 1% has been nam: ed the “Edison.” I AN Lin. Tax tvwe heroes are those herois ma ths trades of everyday Lie . r
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