THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. From th#N York Ob*erYr. INTERNATIONAL LEBSONS. T HV. MB9BY M.QROOt, D. D. FISH. 17—The Conversion of FTIO Jailer.—Act* 10 : 25-40 tioi.nKN Tkxt. —Believe on tli* LORD Jesus <'hrist, and thou shall Ih oaved, Hiid thy house.—Acts Ift : 31. As the Gospel finds no two souls in precisely the same mental and moral state, so the experience of no two per* son. brought under it. power will, in nil respects, be the same. There are some marks which every * conversion must Lear. It is, in all, a sin-forsaking and trustful turning unto Ood. Jlut the circumstances and manner, and imme diate outward indications of such turn ing may vary. To help us to see this, as well as to see the suitableness ami preciousness of the gospel for all hearts, ve have the storv of the conversion, not of l.vdiu only, hut of the jailer also. Note some of the more striking things here brought to view : I. Songs in thenight. —lt was now mid night. And Paul and Silas were in "the inner prison'' at Phillppi, that part which was furthest from light ami fresh air. probably dump and cold; their feet *'fa*t in the stock-," an instrument of torture as well nsof confinement; their lacerated and bleeding bucks smarting from the '"many stripes" which had been cruelly laid upon them. And yet there was so much of trust and gladness in their hearts that they could sing as well a- pray. They "sang praise.-;" and heartily, too, for "the prisonei heard them." Their joy overflowed. Here i- an indication of the power of the gospel. Could one be ill u worse plight than these men. Tliey hud no earthly assurance that they would ever conic out alive. What sustained them They were sure God's eye was upon them; that the Master knew they were there; that lie could deliver th-in if their carthlv work was no longer needed; that death could not scjmratc tliem from his love; that in Christ'- keeping they were forever safe. What a contrast there i- lo re to what wo often witness, indeed, to what mu\ Ik- sometimes true of ourselves ! In the midst of countless merries, of bit— ing-. all undeserved, with no i'l, save such a. our own fault- may have brought upon us, how often we murmur and complain ! We think we have a hard time; too many burdens and crtt—•■; too few comforts and delights. Is there not something wrong with our faith? It j must Ik- very weak. Have we aught of "I J. Prayer won derfnly answered.— The [ answer, in this instance, came in the < earthquake which oj>oned the pri-on 1 doors and loosened the prisoners' chain-. ' \\ bother the earthquake w i- a mini. le. ! Or a providence, i-a question one need! not concern himself to answer. It was > of God: it brought more than deliver- I once; and thi* clearlv came in answer t. tlieir eri> -. It was a testimony to others that God was with them; that their go pel was from heaven* Why do u-<- have no Mich wonderful answer* to prayer? Were we to pray with like joyful trust an 1 to give ourselves, as these men did over to the Master's direction and di po-al. perhaps we might have them. Possibly we n< w do, but fail to i niii-ct the mercies with our t.*> di.tru-tful pe titions. Then, God knows liest bow to give nnd how to deny. Our faith may need the discipline of delay, even of de. nial. 3. A heart prepare/ for the facing met sage. —Roused from his slumber, tlie jailer, who doubtless slept where he could see the pri-on doors and always had bis sword at bis side, at once saw that the d.ior* were o|en, and inferred that the prisoners had fled. The Bo man law made the jailer responsible for a prisoner, and liable to the punishment due to one who should escajK-. This man, like many better men of hi* day, looked upon suicide a- a simple and projK-r way to escape from dishonor and suffering. Drawing bis word he wotild have killed himself but for the intcr|x>- sition of the A|xs>tle, wbo hastened to osure liim that the prisoner* were all there. "Then he called for a light, and sprang in, ami came trembling (adore Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said : Sirs, what must I l, to be "aved r 11 is not likely that Luke bos recorded every word that was uttered. But enough is told us to inukn it plain that the trembling of the jailer, and bis ever memorable question, are by no means to be explained as incited by fear of the magistrates. The prisoners being safe, he had no occasion for such fear: or had tueh fear still lingered. Paul and Silos were tiot the oos to protect him. More over. the answer of Paul and the wel come the jailer gave to it. make* It eer- Luin that the latter had other safety in bin mind. He may have already listen ed in these men,on*ont<- of tire "many hv.r 'j<*. -I?> since their arrival in i Pliilippi. And now the wonders of this night, and the strangely unselfish eon; duet of these preachcra, assured him I that their word* arc true. His con science is fully aroused; bis judgment la convinced, lie knows, Ito feels, that be needs "to be saved." Just what was the preparation for the 0 saving message thus wrought? It was "Mr alarm of an awakened sinner for the safety of his soul." A startling event, 1 bringing the sense of the nearness o| > death close hoiqe, was one means to this, ( Awe of these strange godly men win I another. The Spirit, which opened Lydia'* heart, deepened the feeling j The man's inner eye was looking, be _ vend any (tower of earthly magistrates t to a "judgment to come." I 4. The one way to be saved. —Paul's all swer to the jailor's question was on with which all New Testament reader* are familiar, lie did not say t "Youi N fears are groundless, irrational, without I foundation; divert yourself, dismiss your apprehensions ; fear i an ignoble, ( base motive, cowardly and selfish." It is now the fashion, even with some who set up to be Christian teacher*, to say this. Pnul assumed that the jailer's fears were just, reasonable, and to be effectually curel only by a clear nnsvrei to the eager,question. Kiglitly understood, the answer ot Paul on this occasion is not only the true, but a suflicient, one for all. And yet it is important to understand it rightly, t ur Saviour often gave its sub stance in other forms. He said : "Take up thy cross and follow me ;" "come to 1 me;" 'Teja-iit ;" "ask. seek. kniK'k "he that U-lieveth shall be saved." True faith seea in Christ the sinner's ' Saviour from sin's power as well n* its ' curse. It goes to him, and accepts liim, ias such. This implies that the true be 1 ; liever is now desirous to be rid of tin as well as guilt; to be fully saved, not '] saved in part. So, crediting all that is told us of this divine Saviour, he puts himself into tiiat Saviour's bauds for pardon, strength, guidance, and every spiritual good; takes him in everyotlice and work in which he i* presented ; trusts him only, him fully. To the earnest -eeker this is clear and suflicient. I 5, S,me eijns of true conversion. —The 'jailer wa* now eager to hear the whole ( "word of the Lord," and to have this word come "to all that were in hi* ! hou-e." A new spirit come over him; namely, one of kindness and lore ; hard and unfooling mn were made keepers of criminals, but this man now tenderly washes the*e prisoners' stripes for which j he had before evinced no care, brought th-m to hi* house, and set food before them. Moreover be "was baptised, he andall his, straightwaythus accenting the badge of discipleship a* well ns the | sea! of forgiveness and grace. And all this was at great peril of bringing upon i himself the hatred which h id overtaken 1 Paul and Silas. The fear of firwl and 1 love of t hrist now lifted him above fear | of men. ft. A Christian asserting his personal rights I —Discovering that they had gone p.o far, learning, perhaps, that the nun they had so unjustly treated wer- It man citizens, the magistrates "sent, u < sergeants, saying, "Let those inen g< " But Paul refused to le thus re'. He had Itecn openly beaten in v i.ti m of law, and now lie would n >1 null i these unjust magistrate* to rseap* re •possibility for what Ihry had done They would quietly buU up a mstiei only dishonorable to themselves. 11 •• declined to lei them off n that easy way. But all this was not for hi* own sake. It was not pride or self will It was in the inteiest of justice, and of the Christian cause, which would he all the bolder and safer for it. So wa are to stand up lor right* when the cause of righteousoesa and the safety of the f'hurch are at stake ; and to surrender them when greater good i* thus accom (dished. nUCTICAL SI'OOESTIOX*. 1. Where unbelief ia full of fears and complaints, faith trusts and sings. 2. The heartiest, gladdest singing in this world ia in Christian lands, in hearts to which Christ haa brought peace and hope. 3. Some who cannot speak for Christ, may aing for him; and there it great power in that; none of our churches make too touch of aong. 4. Many a cry, like that of the jailer, rise* in the heart without reaching the lipa ; do not suppreaa it: Christiana are glad to hear it: to utter it ia to deepen the aenae of need s be thankful for any influence which wakea it. ft. The jailer, like Lydia, at once wel enmed and obeyed the goapel message. To delay i* to form, and then fix, a habit which may oerer be broken up. ft. He who haa found Cbriat a -Saviour will confeaa him aa aucb, and a* Master and Lord also. Lydia aod the jailer did thia, by the appointed ordinance, "straightway." In our own eaaier times there ia more peril of aelf-deception, and so convert* are detained awhile for trial. But thia abould never be too long. There la more safety in the fold than without; and the Master wants ua there. * Gen Hanoook'n Vacation. • HOW Ilk MNJOYKD lIIM.HKI.I, AM) WHAT 111. I MAW ON HIS WEtnKHN.TKII'. I- —— t General Hancock returned to New I York on Wednesday hut from bis Call foroin trip, on which lio departed in <• search of health two months ago. lip is dropped quietly in on Governor's Isl.nd ie in the morning, and was unpacking hi* I, trunks when a reporter called on him in the afternoon. When asked concerning "• his trip he said : is "I went out by the Northern and <1 came buck by the Southern route. I !• went directly through to San Franciaoo It was a delightful and recuperating *, change. My health lias hecn entirely restored, i was hurt before I wen! i* West, and feeling very badly. But I " have gotten entirely over that, and •S expect to resume my command at otict lr upon hearing from Washington. I hue II two months' leave of nbence. Genera Sheridan voluntarily assumed command *' during that time." 1 "Where did your j lurney take jot ° from San Francisco?" v "I went t<> l.oj Augelos, Yuma, K I'asrj, fuc*on,Sab Antonio, Hot Spring bit tie Kock, Helena, and St. bonis from Helena I went into the country some thirty miles, to my son, who is '' planter there, for a week. I came from I San Francisco around by our Mexican ( border, s* you see. The Southern rail , road is practically our Mexican and Southern frontier. With its construe lion and operation we shall hear very little more now of the Indian raids willy which that section forcmerly was greatly afflicted, and which compelled the Gov ernment troops to constant activily ; there. The railroad enables troops to | lie moved rapidly from point to point i aero*.* the country. It permits them to ( he massed at any desired point, instead jof having small bodies placed all along the river as heretofore. The cattle raising industry attracted my attention both going a*nd coming. I -aw thegreat j cattle ranges both on the Northern and •on the extreme Southern route. The ' cattle men are very much trouble 1 just now in Texa* by the f.-ncing question, | which will have the tendency to deter ; inves'ment, awaiting its cncluaion. f ipilnlists will not invest their money until thov know iu-t what they may II I 1 expect. "Wn.it did you see of interest on the Pacific coist ?" "Every thing is very bright there as fsr as I -aw it. there has i>*en a most 1 wonderful advnncment in that country since i left it, but the thange ins been made, ! am told, within ten years or less, it islwenty-lwo ami a hslfyesrs since I left California. I went there j twenty fire years ago. Tne evidence of , their prosperity are to be seen in every I direction, it is due in a measure to the . extension of the railway systems to the Pacific an I up and down the coast. i'tiee have increased the population, with which increase lui come the 'lis I every that land before Mipjoeed to be fit only for herding wild borsea or cattl is |K, sii,ie of the highest cultivation, w.ih the m*t satisfactory results. It WA< in Southern < 'alifornia, in and around ' A ngt FM. tlial the most remarkable evid M e of growth and prosperity were prr.ei,teii -it was something marvelous. Fart it ,s t> attributed to the South ern railroad, which has afforded them a mean-of mrkeling their supplies I'he-r froi's, vegetables, ami grains find ; res Iy purchasers in Arirona. The land in siiuilisrn i alifornia is capable of a degr-e of cultivation that is simply j wonderful. There are fine hotels in all the chief rities and towns." j "I should like, General, if you have no objection, to make some political in ' quiries." "That is a topic upon which I have made an inflexible rule not to talk. My position in the army makes it im i proper for mo to diousa political sub ! jects. When I was a candidate for ! President it was expected and de ; manded that I should make public ex 1 preaion of my views upon public mat | ters, and WAS then excusable. It would | not be excused if I should do so now. I have not spoken on politics since my candidacy for President ended. I have seeo various reports of expression of opinion said to have heen made by me. They were invariably false. One such | report appeared in a ft. fouis paper , the day after I left there. It was wholly , without foundation. No, I cannot , speak on that." A Romantic Railroader. Thcra oanio to Chicago, last week, as i host nnd entertainer of Puke Owin, in a special car, a young man whose career p haa been almost a* romantic as the r "duke'a" is famous. Jerome A. Fill p more is his name. Born and reared on a , rocky farm in Pennsylvania ,he at tended i a country school in summer with bare , feet and a straw hat, with his hair stick P ing out of the crown. One day, > when he was about twelve years old, I surveyorst came by his father's farm i with their tripods, to survey the Dels ware, Lackawanna and Western rail I road*. The boy looked on curiously and wondered what it meant. Nextyear the rails came and with them a locomo tive. That was enougli for the boy. v He would neglect his chores and steel i off to watch the locomotive. He refused n to study. He would steal tides on the e gravel train* and associate with the d workmen, H'hen the road wa> corn is ! ploted and c<>ul trains were put on, one ii j day Jerome turned up missing. g - Active search was made, and in a week | or so the fat, sturdy boy was found, 'I ! He was a brakeman on a conl train at 1 $25 a month as a starter. The agent >■ near his father's farm had put him on g the road, and the old folks were furious, y That was about twenty-five years ago. it There is no need to follow the boy in I his course. It was always upward, d Last week lie cams to Chicago with his •e family and DukoGwin, in a special ear I as general superintendent of the Central ,1 ' and Southern Pacific railway sy dem, and J ! everywhere recognized and admired a* I one of the finest railway managers In 1( the United State*. His salary is $l5, 000 a year, and it would, perhaps, be •i doublet! before lie would be allowed to , leave the company's service. Boy*, the s< chances are not all gone by any means Tho Shopping Crnxo. ,i Shopping is the art of wearying one* ~ I *elf in the attempt to find out what one | doe* not want. The pleasant fiction d ; obtains in certain fashionable circle* I that shopping is the labor attendant upon providing the children and madam 1/ with clothing and the house with y furnishings. But no gentleman who ■- ha* escorted a Isdy or two through a y four hour shopping tour, and at the end 0 carried a* a net result six towel*, a few t handkerchief*. „ ribbon or two, and r> : forty-three * pattern*, will oth , i rase* it i* not the result, but the pursuit , that pleases. How much fun tlipreisin j ringing through a - .re of -hop* and r i pricing things that *he ha* no intention ,- , of buying, in hunting for bargains that a-<- never accepted when found, nnd • j allowing the imagination to > loth* her ; in "purple and fine linen" at a cost of < gingham and calico, to mm c\<-r ha- or I will comprehend. A man i*n nuisance to a shopping In ly. n id sho] i -ng la n , nui.in-e to a inan. Where the fun r c inn -in he fail* to understand. When , , he hi* occasion to buy any thing he rush*-* into n store. a*k for what he I wants, inquires the price to show ihat 1 lie i* wide awake, say*, "do it up," pays , i the money-and i gone. She ask* for the , ! goods, feel* of them in a knowing way , a*k* the price twice thesecond tiinea* ! though he felt sure *he had misunder j tO"d the first time and immediately become* convinced she r.m do better . j elsewhere, or begins to doubt whether it , i* what she wants. She rushes wjldly i 1 into the next store, prices the same j good* anil finds them higher ; goes to , | *t >re after tore. looking at other things that she think- she may some time want, get* led off on false scent* ami conie* back to the firt More to find that i all the good* she looked at in the morn ing are sold, and finally goe* home with I a few pattern* and a paper of pin*, I without the good* that he c.ime out in the morning fully intending to buy.— 1 f nmmrrrinl Mojpirinr. ♦ I Tho "White Lady." A few nights ago the famous "Weisse li.*me," or White Lady, the tpintuj /a miltarit of the H hcosolletn family,!* re ported to have lasen seen by the senti nels before the Alte Schloes. The ■ legend of this appsrilioo is well known. An ancestress of the ilobentollerns • f'ountes* Oriamund, is said to leave f her grsve and. in solemn and measured and step, the corridors of the Alte Bibloas in Berlin whenever any member of the family isabout to die. Notwith I standing their profound scepticism, most Iterlmers, strangely enough, still ' believe the story of the White l.*dy. i The capital is quite excited over the f pretendid apparition. All are talking • about it and wondering what member 1 of the dynasty is next destined to die. r The White Lady is a ghost who has fre r quently been seen ia di(f*rent castle* L and palaces belonging to the royal family of Trussia. She Is supposed to forebode tb death of some of the royal family, especially one of the children. , Her last appearance was in 1879, just , prior tolhedeath of Princes Waldeinsr. r A soldier oo guard at the old castle jvac . witnecsof the apparition, and in hie , fright fled to the guardroom, where he i was at once arrested for deserting bis 1 post. > Twice she has been heard to speak. In December, IC2B, she appeared in the , palace at Berlia and said, in Latin, "1 , wait for judgment." Again at the > castle, of Neubnus ia Bohemia when • she fid to the Princes in German, "It is and the lady addressed died in a few week*. There are two white ladies in fart one tho Countess Agnes of Orlnmund, I who is referred to by our Berlin coires pondent, and the other the Princess Von Rosenberg, who lived in the 15th century. The former was buried alive in it vault in the palace. She was the mistress of s Margrave ol Brandenburg by whome she had two sons. When the Princes became a widower Agnts thought lie would nirry her, but be made tbe sons an objection, and she poisoned them, for which crime sbe was buried alive. Another version is , i that she f-l! .n love with the Princes of Parma end made away with her two j • daughters, who were an obstacle to her 1 marriage, for which crime she was j 'loomed to "walk Die earth as an ap. 1 * priuoi).' : j The Piiucess Bertha is troubled be- ' I j cause an annua] gift, which she left to ' 1 j the poor has been discontinued She j appears dressed in white and carrying , ' | a* her side a bunch of keys. A Pathetic Romance. | Hop Lo- i* a laundrvmuii in Junction j | 1 ity, Montana. A tribe of Indain* wu* ' I encamped act'.*- the river, and, • uual ; f visited tli*- town. Hop became enani' i Orel of a female of the party, and o| f rial to share hi* ri<-e ami lauiidrv back room with In-r, a PRNJIOKAL *he at once , accepttw|. Hop at "li"- sent $5 to a St. . Paul firm to g<-t a pro*, nt for the *ril<-. j ami received in return and elegant *ilk | I 'ire. witli a train about five f<-et long- ' Vris> •<1 in her garment* Mr*. Hop ' j ( ro.-.-d tin- river to exhibit her*e|f to ! I | her ja-ojde. After tin- fir-t murmur "1 1 H*toni*linieiit at her itpp-aram• t|„. , | warriors lield a brief consultation, and j agT'i-d to alter tb* dr<--* soa*to< inform ' j strict!) with their idea ( .f tie-pr<.| r ' j thing f"t a Mjiiaw to w. ~r. They ct to j j work with their knives.and carefully l h< rout of the ; house, and *he returne>i to her iM-op|>- Ito reive the -.in] ?Is - dm ir t broken bride. A writer in tue Washington Afw ug get a novel [dan for [>roviding for the i poor of that city. It is nothing more ( ! nor )<-*• than to have the pokerplayc-r cor tribute- He says thereare 500 game* going on every t.igiit in private hou*< * and he a-ks the le-st to take 10 cent' from the jiot of every band played, r<- j trsin the ram* a* uea-urer and [dace the amount retrained every week In i the hind* of a grand treasurer, and h ( ' in turn to pay the money so received over to the treasurer*—• quallv divider!, j of the different charitable associations : of the city for the alleviation of ih* ' many poor and dis.resaed applicants ! forcharitv. In this way he figures that ! aliout .VO could be raised every night which would rertainly go a long way to ward* relieving the poor of the city. Ijulrk Railway lime. Tirrl,fr*,l, /'I., Jan. 1,*0. Thii it t'i rcrti fv ft rf w hart appoinlrii f'ink I', fibtr, 'tit for tkr tat/ of ovr 'path T"i>n Ji.tilroaJ Walthti i* thr t/ntm * / HtV'fnnU. !■' k i ;ll W Melt Cnlritl. BY IH.MMKR P HI LLAND See. 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