THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. from the New York Obrver. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. MY HIT. IIKMRT If.tiftOl'T, P. P. MARCII lft.—The Coming of the Lord. 1 The*. 4: 13 ;5: 8. tloLiiKS TEXT.— For if we believe that .lesus dt*-d and rose again, even so them also which sleep ill Jc*u will Hod luilig with him.—Tboa. 4:11. Not many months had passed since the Apostle had gat here-1 atTiiessnlonica the little thick to whom this Kpistlo was addressed, lie was uow at Corinth, j where Timothy, who hud remained for a time iu Macedonia, rejoined him, bringing report of the state of things in that infant church. It was no doubt that report which moved hint to pen this letter. The church was largely composed of gentile converts, who had many thing* yet to le#rn. llow slow is our own progr-ss in the knowl edge of the truth! It is not strangc that they had need to he taug'it many of the first things of the gospel. Turning to the last verse of the first chapter we get a partial key to the par ticular passage before us. It tln-re ap pears that the conversion of the '/ (T es. salonian* had been a turning from idols (a) "to serve the living and true Hud,'' and (4) "to wait f-r his Son from heaven." S iwe see that their waiting for Christ's coming was no small part of their religion. That Coming was to he triumphant and glorious. Now, from this anticipation two tilings arose. One was such a reckless rxpecta tion of the possibly immediate dawn of the great day as to make them neglect ful of every day duties (v. 111 -. a* many among us were in the time of the Mii lerite excitement of some years ago The other was a fesr lest their friend* who should die before the (' niing. might fail of a part in it- triumph ano glory, if they did not lose all -hare in the eternal kingdom. This fear evid-nt ly gave them much trouble ; filled them with no little distress. Hence the nee 1 of both the comfort and the admoni tion conveyed in these verses. AVe shall he well repaid for the ntt *ntic n to the ■several point* presented. J. The sorrow nj unbelievers over their tleal not, unlike 'bit of others, unmixed witb hope. —lt is n it -aid that they will not keenly feel the Jiang c.f separation Faith does not destroy our natural n-n sibilities. Ihit it is said that their •-ar row will be mixed with comfort to which the rest of the qrorld are strangers. The , heathen had no confident expectation of any life beyond the grave. "All hopeless are the dead," (Theocritus) ' None ever ,wake again," (Lucretius i. and "Moce de.i 1 there is no reeurrec. tion," (.Kichylus), abound in the writ ings of the wisest of the ancients. And so now, for those w ho spurn the gospel, there is no comforting assurance •re specting the future. Men do not always consider how much they lose when they turn their hacks on the gospel. They can guess that we shall live again, and that by right conduct here we may gain a happy hereafter. But at best dying is to them "a leaji in the dark." As they stand by Open graves theirs is a sorrow without admixture of hope. 2. The behoving dead not to be left behind when Jesus appeari in glory. —"Them also that sleep in Jesus will Hod bring with him," i. ., with Jesus. Some would read the sentence, "them, which sle*-ji, will God through Jesus bring with him." And it is very plainly taught that Jesus i the resurrection and the life, and that it is his office to quicken the dead. But the meaning which here lies ujion the face of the rendering, in the Revised as well a* the Common Version, is better. They that "sleep in Jesus" are they who in death are still in union with him, being what and where they are through his merits. All such will God bring with Christ when he njipesrs in glory. The ground of this hojie is said to be the resurrection of Jesus. The The**a lonians believed that he both "died and rose again." Though he died, he still lives. If this he o, how easy also to lielieve that all who have come into union with him, though now fallen .u*lee|i, have not been j-arted from him. They sleep in him. They are where he is. Because he lives, they live also. The tliief wss to he, that very day, with him in i'aradise. It is reasonable to antici pate that they wilt therefore ujipear witli him in the day of hi* glorious com ing. But i'aul does not leave us to con. jecture. He affirms that all such, '"will God bring." 3. The. living, as respects participation in that glory, to have no advantage over the dead. —Observe the Apostle's care, at this jxtint, to have us understand that what he is now about to say is no conjecture, or infrrence of bis own. He sjieaks of things beyond human jienetration o r search; and therefor* by revelation, "by the word of the Lord." And what he says is that we. who may still he alive at the Homing, shall not "prevent" (Old English for jim-ede, go before) those who nitty have fallen asleep. In deed, "the dead in Christ shall rise Jim" ; it in "then," or iifte*, that tholiv ittg shall 'if caught up together with thetn, The "we," which are alive, clearly re fer*, not to I'aul and other h<-l evetaof that particular generation, hut to such believer* a* ahould ho living when the event should transpire; tut "an Ameri can citizen might nay, 'To day we are fifty million*, but one hundred year* hence tee nhall be one or two hundred million*,' without ut all intimating thut he expected to live *o long," As to the general description hoi® given of the manner of all this, it would not he ea*_v (if there wore time for the undertaking) to decide just how far it i* literal, and junt how far it i* figurative or symbolical. It would he profitless t* attempt to discriminate between the va rious view* which have found advocates. The main point* are the one* which aro profitable for incitement and cheer,and these are all plain. 1. Unending fellowship with Christ the common portion of all believers.— And *o shall we ever he with the Lord." "We" includes all believers, of every age. "We" implies fellowship wiih one another. Believers, freed from imper fection of every kind, will he good company. No higher society could he desired, save that which shall also he enjoyed, iiuinely, that of* iirist himself. And that fellowship with one another and with Chri t will never he interrupt ed. "Wherefore comfort one another with these word- >fl n recall tlieni ; | often repeat tlieni! In them then- is ' great support and cheer for times of or ' row. .1, To 1 i-I -■*' ■- 'fit re i/>• " < 'or ii I * . the nri ■' j , vi, t tb.ire tbr ,' ■y. It would -ccui that the Apoai'n liad already told tho.- to whom ho wrote that the time of the Homing would he -udden. and without premonition. 1 •' that h<- had no need to wri'e. They knew it well The dav would come a* a stealthy thief, l o tb wicke l it would V,e a surprise. I >r such ah el lived in uncuDCt-rn, and iv.-re wont without r- • son to think •>! tliemsclv, ,c* .11 peace and safety, it would he a day ot dc-iiuc tion. But the true believer should not be surprised. The day w ill he su-ldeti and unannouneed, hut he should he always doing work* of light, not of darkness: always watchful mi I sober. And for def use against every assault <-f evil he has the ample armor of faith and love and hope. . I in tie -•> can not hut prevail in the - 'g -oil tight" ; ami make sure of the crown the Lord, the righteous judge, will at that diy give to • all them that 1 ire his appearing." . t-R\' TI At. JfOOtsTI-iXS. 1. In times of s<>riow even worldling* often con fit * hit the i-iuei-l the'dm tian is supeiior to their own. T-o-y have all the fears which HRitsie and II -lie of the hopes which calm his hr-a- disquieted by denials sometimes uttered in their name. Our* is a more sure word of phropbecy; arid all wo need to know it tells us. 5. To he "forever with the Lord" is to be where there is neither sin nor nor row. but fullness of joy and pleasures forever more: it is to he'like Him," and to share all good with hiin. To this all are invited : notie will lie excluded save those who refuse to come into relations with him. f>. It is a duty to "comfort one an other" ; to cultivate and express tender interest in the suffering and sorrowing. 7. There is something far better than to lie studying to find out just wh*n Christ shall come again. That is. to be prepared and watching for a day whi< b ah oil bring destruction to the careless and disobedient, and blessing and glory to Christ's true people. Therefore, let us not sleep a* do other*. Home-mado Bonnets, < Ins of the pleassntest things to know sl.out Alexandre, the Princess of Wales, is tbst she know* how to make ber own bonnet*. It bring* her nearer to the universal heart of women than any thing she could do. The first thing sbn did after entering the (Queen's house hold at Windor castle, was to make over her Majesty's bonnet. Of course that bonnet needed making over badly. Imagination picture* it at once. A heavy, funeral affair, covered with crape, bugles, and nonssnse. Such a bonnet as no one except Victoria or a Cape Cod women would wear. It is no wonder that the fingers of the Princess fairly tingled to weed it out, and add a touch of refinement and good tense to the homely structure. Aml she does it every time the Queen buys a new bon net, which is not often. Madame Louis* the greatest authority in London on the subject of bonnets, admitted that tin Princess hui given h-r many of her Let ideas on the subject—auiong them, "that Minplici'y wa m ut* brought out *eveial small capote*, ordered by the Princess, to liow u* what good tnte *hc had. One bonnet * a fine straw, faced with black velvet, trimmed with a broad band of black velvet ribbon caught down by jet buckle; a cluster of tine white lilace wu the only decoration. Her bonnets, traveling dresses and walking suits are sl)lish, tut severely plain. History will recoid that the Princess of Wales has done more than any other women of royally to improve the fashions. —■♦ - Disowned for Life The marriage of Mr. John Farr to Mie* Justine Levy at Scranton lias pro voked a marked sensation. In the Republican of yesterday appeared an ud vertisemeat, surrounded by * large black border, as follow* : "Gone and forgotten. We mourn the nisrriage of our *iter. Justine Levy, t> John l'srr, a* death, and disown iier for life. Signed, Levy Family." Mr. Farr i* about twenty-six year* of Kge. He war formerly a student of I. i fayette College, Easton. Hi* father i*°: liquor merchant in the Hyde Park por lion of Scranton. Young Farr i*a bright, energetic m >i, and a) out a year sgo was city editor of the Republican. Afterward* he w* one of the owners of the Hyde Park It' ••<• and KAI subsequently employsd <>n the Hyde P.ii k Chun-r. A'lien Mr. Motri*. the editor of the f'-urirr, was elected Sccrc'ary of the L h"ol B >ar-l, by made him ue.-'iinl - i-retsr*. He i still em ployed in this rapacity. He is al*<> n noted athlete, and ale* montlisago lie w.h victor in a running match with a I'itt*t>>n ili impmn. Mr. F irr * wife i* a H-Lri -v. anil i* hetwt< n ventecn snd eighteen year- of age. IL-r father i* dead, rdie 1 :-.*•■ I With lor r, Mr- Flei-eher. •*n P*-ihe and her hti-Lmd met L>r the fi:t time .n the *tc.re l.i-t um ikt. They were intr-.-luced by Mr. Wormer, a member -f the Hehr*-w faith, \fter wards the girl and Mr. Farr met at a dancing school, slid they I - came infst list- d with ea h other. Mr. Frr nn ■ *-rl occn-ion* callol upon her at Flei* Cher's store. He wis requested to di* continue hi* vi*i'. Then he visited the hou*e where the girl bosrdod and in a *hort time he wa notified by her moth er and brother to leave. Mr*. Levy W • nine very trk and "luring her illness he implored h*-r daughter to give up K*rr. The daughter promised to do so, but met ber lover frequently. Then Mr*. Kieiaciier. the girl * sister, prevail e 1 upon an sunt of Mr. Karr to come to the store snd try to get the girl to re n "Unre tlx- young man, but Miss Levy pcrenipturiiy relu*el to give htm up. Hie wsa abo )>ealen by ber mother, yet •tie i-rrsi-itcd in her determination. Finding that nearly every means of nesting -hr was cut off, Farr paid his st'< nti->ns t". her by means of the tele phone between the office of the School B ard Se-rtary and Fleischer's store- Fleischer notified the Telephone Ex change that he would take out hit tele phone if any more connection* were mvle between hi* store and the Secre tary's office, Karr wa not l>affied, but continued to communicate with the girl by means of a telephone in a dmg store nesr her homo. Mi*s I/#vy was rarefully watched and 1 er iter accomj anied her to and from the house at meal hours. The girl occw'oßslly met Fsrr at the house of Mr*. Seeley, * friend of her*, on Penn sylvania avenue. Mis Levy'* brother forbade Mrs. Seeley to entertain ber, and made it mandatory upon the girl to le in the house at 'J o'clock eTery night. On Wednesday evening la*t a Mr*. Cohen requested Miss Levy to write a letter for her. Mis* told her sistsr *he was going to Mr*. Cohen's and left the houre. < >u the wsy she met Karr and they went to an ice cream saloon. ♦*," *aid ho, "if I w.i* alio*"- 1 to h"-k up j ir f-itm." "Now. y ,u are 'impo-ing' ,n me. an-l I w 'fit '! ni l' it. If that'* y-'ur'rule, I think it' i va-e wln-r<- I'd Li* • i-t.f -i in h tting you with a V. k.'" "lie 'coin jo*cd' mis*, mil I'll speak •planer' to 'chae' away your f'-ar*. N >t f-r all th. ' qu • n' in Christen 1 >rn would I 'take' a lv.,n ag of y >jr ignorance, and I w il l give vou 'nro-.f that vou are not my 'dupe' -rather. I would 'slug' the per* n who hn 1 'lea l' y-.u to think so. "Ah ye-, I know." she replied. "Those r•->ta |- I' senienr-e* I've heard I fore, hut ina shorter of time than this I've k town a printer to t*k<- an Vai L.i Put I couldn't 'column' mans gentleman who'd do*o; c- ild yu "I'd I ke to put a 'displayed head' on him," w,• the foreman's reply, as be went oir to swear at the "devil"' • 1 >wn the elevator. /loader. Tho Events of tho Year. The year Ik's.'! is one which will Le sally remembered as s year of sorrow and calamity. Happily there was no great to destroy human life and pro", perty , but, on the other hand, while no ' country could boast of prot of mercan tile failures i* a very long one, and the number "f failure* of great magnitude is shunt unparalleled. Strikes have been very frequent, and have affected many countries and many trade*. Rarely has there been a year when the element, disease, and the csrel , in-ss of men, have c uie-l the loss of so i many live* a* wo* the cose in IkHi. fhero were earthquakes, at Atbeli*, in Aha Minor, io Iscliis, where four thou **nd person* perished, and in Jain, where the le-* of life was nearly on; hundred thousand. 1 tornadoes, in tbl- sn-1 other cotin trie* !!■• >■!-, n in India, where linn dr< i f villages were rubmerged ; the • holers, in In La inl Egypt. famine, ,n \ i Minor and Hayti the horrible offer at Sunderland, in England, where two liundt-l seh's 1 children w.-re eru.*h< ito death ; the esj • i • ■ • til"- steamship I'ipboe, while launching. H.'h the I , -,f one hundred on 1 fin . live*; the Ants Jewish riot* n Hun gary arid II i- - i.i. *uch i* a j .it .1 i.st ol the horror* of the y<-r. The gr<-.it rtn-n who bat.- pi -1 aw e. .re many. Froi i the It tynl circle are mi-*ed the • 'otute d< Chsmbord. wh-i ilai'iit bee.itne king of France, and , l'rinee Frelerick '"harle-. brother of the Kai. <-r William of Germany. < ;.imbetta,'trn* gr< itc-i Fret. !i IL pub Lean ; Gen. L'haniy, s hero o! the wtr I*7l, G -rtfchak-'fl. the great liu-u, cbtn< ellor I.o! 1 (tier-tone, who rns-le the Rank of l.ngland what it i* tc d*\ and Karl Marx, the founder of the revolutionary society known a* the Internal.on..'. L.,*c dropp- I from the rank* of foreign sta'e-men and [x.liti Ci-an*. Among \im rienn statesmen uhobavi die-, besides Alexander 11. Steph ens, Governor of Georgia at tli time of hi* death, and ex "enafor Edwin I. Morgan. Nor muil *<■ forget William E. Dodge and Peter Cooper, eminent philanthro pi*t*: Sojourner Truth, the colored lectures* ; or "Tom Thumb." who, • mall a- he wa, filled a large place in the Cnmmuoity, a generation ago.— ! Touih't Oompaniciti. ADVIOB TO MOTHERS. Ar yov llflutl** •< nigM n *ot Vy m slik rSf)fi It mothsrs. Iboro M So mUiok* sbosl It, It ritrw* djrs oi,tor; *od dtsrrb'Mß. f-O l *'o* U>* ou-M*rb sod boo • It. rsro* mlrvd rolb. ooftos. tbo runt, rodorrs Is A*asm*tl ■,**-( flu* lotto ssd osorg; to tboobolo, t;*tom Mst Wisteo't MttSlMlttCl ros Cmu- BB* TBSTttltt* k* elott*osl t® tbo toolr. ssd v* tbo tri|,n(obo - tbo ..Moot ssd tw*t f-ttisU l-hjll '{snisnd tinroo. ta 'So t'Bitod *tto* ssd I* tor **lo b; all-Irogaitl-ib- t, 1 "* ibr oort*. Prtrv ii rosu sbottlo. -7-Iy. Railway Time. RorlrforJ, 111., Jan. IRBO. TViij u to rrrfj/v thai we have appointed F'jnk P. Ftla tr, nolt agent far the tale of our Quirk Train llaxh ad Watrhet in the town of BelUfcntU. Rotkvoxd Wat* N CowrASV. BY BOSKII p. HULLAIfD, See. Having most thoroughly tested the Rock ford Quick Train Watchea for the last three years, I offer them with the fullest confidence a* the best made and most reliable lime keeper for the money that can be obtained. I fully guarantee every Walsh for two yeart. " FRANK P. BLAIR, No. 2 Brorkerhajf Row. AUother American B 'atehet at reduced prieet. Piotrrojf, Jan. 27, 18*2. The Rockford watch purchased Feb. 1579, haa performed better than any Watch t ever had. Have carried it every day and at no time ha* it been irregular, or in the le*t unreliable. I cheerfully recommend the Rockford Watch. HORACE B. UORTON, at Dighton Furnace Co. Tat-icron, Sept, 18, 1881. The Rockford Watch runs very ac curately ; better than any watch 1 ever owned, and T have had on* that cost 1150. Can reootnmond the Rockford Watch to everybody who wishes a fine timekeeper. S. P. HUBBARD, M. D. This la to certify that the Rockford Watch bought Fab. 22, 1879, haa run very well the past year. Having set it only twice during that time, ita only vatlatlon being three minutes. It has run vary much batter than I avar an ticipated. It was do! adjusted and only cost $2O. R P. BRYANT, NEW JSTORE. , u " sat z „ , Stock. ■* n . 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