THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Froiu th N w York Oliwritr. INTERNATIONAL LEBSONB. HT KK*. MSKSI MUKOVT, . D. MARCU '2'.) —Christain Diligence.— '2 I'lim. 3 : 1-18. Ooi nnv TEXT — B* not weary in well doing.—2 The*. 3: 13. Tl>* Second Epistle to the iuis wh probably written not long uf. ter Ibo First, and from Cornitb, Jtha -aim- place. The occasion of it scents to have been j some intelligence which had reached the Ap stle of ccrtiin disorderly things which were on the increase among them. These were not Hew, The Aposile had taken tote of thent in his First Epistle. The discrdi r- had their origin in part in an expectation th y hud somehow eeiitte to entertain, that the I)uy of tl.e I,Old was close upon them. This had , made them restbss in feeling, and led a : p-rt of their number to neglect their ! common avocations, to surrender to idleness an 1 iis always attendant e\ ils. The main purpo-e of the Epistle was to correct these erroneous impressions snd to counteract tie so evil tendencies. It .s largely made up of consolations, ins*ruction and admonitions. Of the admoni ions some of the most import- j ant are found in ihia, the third chapter. j We have here : 1. An intimation ot the v due "f intercei iry prayer. —l'aul begins by asking his j Tuessulonian brethren to pray for him, ; self and his fcllow-tvorkets (v. 1 ;) and soon go-s on to utter his own prayer for j them (v. 5.) Two things, vcr\ ne-r to liis heart, were that the go pel might lc glorified in tinny conversion*, and that those . eonverte I might h su-lwii< 1 in love I < ' iod ai d t 'hi istl ke puticin c. Ti>secure tiie.se lie was unwearied ill luhois; but, Ikcuu-o the Lord .s lai liful, he had great confihnoein prayer, lie would have th>* prayers of all around. II „ "Brethren, pray for ti. was not i In-art less, f irmal request. 2. .1 •"! re ,;> ,/ -'.ir.-A ! t ).- _ When I* ml was at Tli-ssil inie.t he u "gentle'' in his wars, "even hs a nurse ehensh'th her children" I T n . 2. 7. It it here he iiouui'-l a differ* nt nun ner: ',' Now we command you." There must need* Ik? sternness sometimes, Tlire ten ng evils mut be mot with ' vig ir. It may never be our duty to con mtn>l • but it may often be our duty to fake n firm stand, to speak plainly, and to act with decision. Ttiat concernin which the Apostle speak* is the disorderly walk of certain of the Thcssalonian '"hristisns. There we-p some who did not. o good soldier*, keep in the Christian line. They broke from the ranks. They failed to walk after the tradition, or instructions he h d given them, and that, notwithstand itig his previous exhortations I The*, t 11,12.) What shall a church do in sui ha esse of jiersistent inconsistency ? Paul says, "Warn the unruly" (I The. 14. i Jim what if this is ineff ctual? " Withdraw yourselves !'' We should give no counte nance to the wrong-doing ; if the cane is " m rious a* to require it we must sepa rate the offender from the church, *- nr.fit to represent the gosp 1. p. f( further on. we ere reminded that all this is to Ik- in no harsh spirit, but in a f rit'rnsl way, and with n purp >r, if possible, to bring the off un set them . an example of self sup man's | ' -esd for naught, but wrought with bor and travail night and day" (v. 8.) io nee the force of thi allusion, note hat hi diligence at that time was not i "quired of him. lie had the jwiwer. o r • /At, to look to them for support. The I iborer in apintual things is worthy of l.ia hire; aa the Master himself had ! night (Matt. 10:9.) But. f or their -akea be chose to surrender his right. By that example he shows to us. as he lid to tbem, how the gospel regard? in lust'y. It puts honor upon it. To earn one'* bread by some form of labor is Christian. Of the nobility of nanu.il labor, and of iu compatibility •vith the highest mental and moral and piritual worth w have a demonstration in the example, not of Paul only, bat t the Carpenter's Hon also. 1. .Stern law Jar the idle.— ltigbtly to read the tenth feme one muattako care to put the emphasis on tbe right word, ft i* not aaid that, if, fur any such rea son as that by age or bodily weakness or mental defect, or the impossibility for a iin - of finding aught to do, one does not work, neither should he eat. The ompliHM* is on u>uhl or will. "If any io.,t not work." Bo if this ia g>'in-reus to* art such hh would ga My •arn their own hrea it is stern t ovard those who will not. The divine law is that in tie sweat of his face man *h Ml eat IceuM. In his pieseut state this is a henrfiocnt law. Man is h-t'er and hippi r for it. Aril it is a law which the eons'itution of thi gs measurably compels men to k-ep. He who, by theft or fraud, or gambling, hop* s io evade i', sooner or later find th t lis has made a mistake. Often such men come to want ; or find that theirs are, after all. the hard*at of toils; or that their bread is nt sweet to their ta-te, and nourishing to their life. I'lle VM'-e, too, is "11 i d ration respect ■ ing our duly to the lazy shout us; the at le-hodied tr-onps from bouse to house, or the wasteful poor who are content to live uj on cluni v. It ia a fair question if the gospel does not forbid the support of i hem at our own, or public or church expense. Ill.idviscd chtiiv i- no kind I lies*. '|'o encourage dependence is to i intliet an injury. And yet we are to take care that our withholding has not another and only selfish motive. .*•. A lharp word J-r bwtyhodu4. — Two things acre reported concerning tho-e who had broken out of the I'tirisiian ranks at Th'-ssiilonicu : first, they were idle: and secondly, they tv. re "busv. bodies." A busybody i* a meddler in I other people's atl'iirs. Tois is a fsult which naturally goes with i llene•. p.- >• ■ pi** who have little work of their own to do, or who in gleet thi' which they have, i re comm. nly meddh-r* in the atl'iirs of others, free with i oil us* 1 nd i ritiri-m, . tatth rs and seand ilmongi rs from house to house. The A post le's cine for mi ll dlosomenesH is I|iii,'t work ; tile spiiit ot independ lie,' wliieh Would eit one's own bread a. d i ot another's I*'. A romprrh'r,Aire ride tiro''. Msliv interpretations have 1 given of the exhortation t i I•• unw. ui-d in well. ■l' eng. It 111 iy mean, "a i r all, do not denv you self the g .|of giving, though other* are all deen ng But do in- re ger oral -ense i- j . rli | - i|,.. trti- •• It not weiry r,f su\ and ev. r\ form of we Id,, ng appointed you: make it a 1 nr-t an pr io iple to eain your own h-cad. whatever other* do; and todi charge every duty I'rov i lenee ~r the divine word or Spirit my lav ,i|Kin v,u. Never give ovi r. I'BACTI' il <1 oi.l-TluVs 1. It wv* in'endcl that working and praying hoiil I tog- th< t n-i her al -lie will procure the toll tie-sing. '2 Nit to tin I some way of testifying against a brother's discrd< rly walk i to be in a measure responsible for theharin it dors ; we can always give at !<• tst (lie testimony of u tetter life. 3. Th*re is someth ng bracing in tlie example of go-l and faithful men Mm h jof the Bible teaching is by ex uiple. It i is a k iid of leaching particularly suited to the yourg, nn 1 which few or none ever outgrow. ' I. The minister has a r.ght to t, g.evl support from the elmreh and e,,ngreg:i j lion over which 'i .<1 hns t him. 5 l'ue meo who seek t get hread or wealth w thout honest work, or without giving a fair equivalent for what t> • y get. violate the divine onb r; what ih. v g-t will not enrich or -at sfj s.nuel . w if w ill prove a cur* •. I'. Til" mall or Woman whngiv, S n- th j ing toward lb- support of the rah p lie attends, c-it* others' bread, ni, I not hi* o*n. And rnr*ly does sm h i.t. id f- I th" SOIll. 7. VVh"n < tiri-t shall < onie is i„t > V-- ih"l . it is on- lutsines. to w.tfrh hu I pray an I rk up to the ,|uy and hour ■ of his appearing. Making Cremation Esthetic It is not a d sngie- .hie jotirft. y on which we now propose totak. our re -, 1 l -. 11l to v I-Il the tin *1 disj -It I ill ~f I a friend'* remans in tlie ilea! .reuia lory of th< future. Our fnend h. di*d and through the usual announcement* we learn thai the I ist rite* will h> pn r | formed m the colum'aiitim at i given hour. Repairing thither at the appointed time, we pissed through a grove of stalely tree*, the sooth'rig murmurs of whose rustling leave* bring p*aee and quiet into tbe heart* of those who mourn and gather to pay the la!.. *. The pill ri uioted, we lee Upon the till!- all urn provided betureh and. at d contain ing the a-In -of our 'ri nl I In- i- now *i-n|e.f in'o one of tfu* nielo . ind the fen monv i* over. American and Rritinh Railway. v TI.IKIM. iiiSTlt i I'lii-i*. Ir UV Til* HI- lIN I ' ■ I : II 1 ' 111 I I 1.. Vr t* IN. .I. i. it. K-l , J*o ' i • > it •• I 1 id' lilt 111 O"I bar list l.i . tb S i tb* i "1 A mere . n,.- 'inn i i *i. - e..*ne by t * .• gi a lii < u ~ I I, ur-d.i. . "ii Fri*'ai I *eeur* I, 1-\ the same mean .a birth in : e cbrute.,'-iiam-r | Alaska, which left LirW|po| Bfltfbn ! ll* "ii ; and 'i •• v n day* or lo> r from t.'ue. n-'..w n I lin i. I ,i N. w York It a i- i fine-und'i n -ruing, ind h v mg I e' i 1 the r -t of the j •**'-ngrr*, "ek kid ' my b.igga,' t • til" hotel I i intend'd to go to, a It.end and ui>*e f i w.i ked up t iwn. After booking our • name- and rc. ling e in* Icttir* and having a look at tb" | iper-.w. j rooerd ' cd to our spartm nt-, wher. wefcund the baggage awaiting u*. The rr t of "checking wbieh in my < ie annum! ci to fifty rent* or J. for thr e piece* w i afterward*, inclmb I in the hotel \m Tn . dav la'er I left for the W<**t f.y . the.limited eipre** ..fill* I'ennnlran * Central llulj nd. My '■ki *. whi. h I had secured the day before m nti* of the railway offices in Bradwat i • f r from the lio'el. ro*t f.Ti to < h ' ig<\ wth *lO extra f r he ij-.-.if *lr. p r.g and 'lining ear* . end my baggage, is need rareelv t e .Sid. n i • lieet . I fr< iii lli hoiel n New S'.'fk t" Oic i and 'bagel for in (he i II n- ll*. i. 1. The J d *t nee by thi* road i* a 1 tile under lO* I miles, whiel W i done Ii "villi five hours, and 'lit ty til nr. '<■ nd he' 'Oct wus )■ * than a ' 0.-. -p i. ting distance nt home 11 it in the manner j of traveling the 'Lifer ence i- .o c i w|, !m ingly in fi\ ir of America. The mby whiel. lian in v n the mm *ouip n if. manner. Heated t\ conceal .j *tc*tn ( jiip'-, a c infortwi b* t*-irpcr itm m< . in iint'iim I night ntnl ct iv, an I alth'-ugli • now Mr<*ak'*'l the \ I'eg A' ie. end MimHer stream* w * e rover-d w tl* n-e. | nob I I* II 11. II g 11, I |. . 1,;.'. I"'d : I to think ruif*. A'*., a lie. <—* iry (Mirlion j of their traveling impedimenta. < Mir i hideou* lead frv>twsrmrw were cog* pietioushy tbslr alsrsi s. \t eiih*r end j of (lie ear w re espn i< u* lavat.m. - and ; relative eonveienec* -one for lailn , the ! 'other for gentlemen, rquipp. d with soap, elemn towel*, bru-he*. combs, Ac,, and a filter with freah drinking water. From the time of having New Vork till arrival at Chicago, no passenger need leave the ears. Attached to thesleeping i a dining esr, equally mimptooslv fitted and also a smoking car, both of which I are specially reserved for tho*e who piy ! the extra $lO, and which, tlicreferr. in ' reality constitute first el*., aceonimods- ' tion In the dining ear, at fl each, one ran have three meat* • un'ort tin* rare* Ful'iii.tn* seen "fi thi* line, n cl I venture to *av no Kufnpenn iiioii'U' li travel* by r.iilssn sumptuously nc our republican cous in*. At d.iwn I saw from my c"in f ortshlr be I. hi ivlii'h evryihing was rerui J ul Misly fie || ami clean, that we wetc ] gliding, wit ii 'Puree rmy vibration, over j ih * pra r'cw cif ll'inais; nr d on i.eir ng I Cliieago I cheeked mv I aggiigw to the • irniid Pacific, whither I wns esrr''d bv nne of the hotel ciniiiihus- s, and where I found it shi.rilv a!trwards. Sub.,. 1 que nt'y iv in trnv I ng' through the St etc '.if 11 iti"i ; biw'.and Minne-citi, for eon ' -iderable distance hy team, 1 li d fre 1 qtieiil oeca*ioi.s to "cheek" my heavy bnggsgo hy rail to vnri'iil* point in advMice mi n.y route, sud never in a *ingb* ilistaine did I e.\p*i i*n'c any • liflieul'y in procuring d* hi err of it on , the product on of my 'checks." < >n my return at the end of Noveuilaw, and huvii g to u • for rugs. Ac., and in til* comfortable curs, I checked all mv baggage, save * dressing big, from a 'tition not far from the Manitoba frc n'ier, stiaiglit through to New York tin my arrival there three day* ift.-r' wind*, ir stead of "cheeking" my b ggage to the hoti 1 where I intended to put up, I ' rf eek.-d" it to the clca k of th" steini'rby whi' li 1 was to sail the following m< ruing, and tl ire, on [driving fr< ni the Intel, I four d it aw ..t,n • n • it th- the " ind of tin gangway a- Un ahout to imhurk never hiving once "'II Or tloobbd 111V * If si -lit it lice I left I. '< 11f eld, n . - away, u l biv ng *ha ig"l •ir < in I hti' .f r-iad ■ ■ it St. Paul end t . ago. N vr, mark 'he c ntr i*:. I ariivent I IV.-l|< 1. g.ve Up n.y 1-i.gg ge to (he S>l "v *•" t li .:1s IV •i v, wit! .ut ny voucher cr clieek being int,-r ..I h nd proce d I I i: . tr< • t t.y • *u 1 tirbsn rsi aT fr< ni tl • Am- ili'in feflosr traveler* si' rn'ull) *t gtnntised s* "t urk*. ' sr.d into which we W' re h>ekc d like cr m i -it" 11 w*. s wet. gloomy 'Jay, and after mv j.!*.*■ rut Vtii'Tican exj.erienee J felt like one who had " come down in the world." "n afterward*sp|>lring for my bigg'ge nt l.ime strml station, I wa net "ii y of 1 gd to produce mv card n* evidence of identity, hut I hsd to go down into a deej. dark cellar to point out the package* ; arid afterall this unnc i ce**ary ffother I had to psy more than it Newr York, where baggage wa* cur rie l double the distance. Put thech rg i a mere secondary consideration. It is the re*tl"* an*-' '.y and worry our •y stem *>r rather entire want of m tem needlessly itdj>o*p on yon from start I ing till arriving t your destination that i is o provoking, And it may not he mm pm| riale f|earer ■ and in ii.itely wor-e in America thsn st h une. so I I hat no *'tnc person would lli'nk • ' *truiggling a hot lie of "old j P. nil ii, * hat fin la* the ob|cc*t of exyoMng pi**enger* !• th" humiliating I ordeal d open ng si 1 turning over the : .'on'ei** f their portmanteaus in a windy ,I.>ck warehouse, unb-* it be from h*erly *tup d It eliional custom.*! •viol fi furni*h employment to a set of •eecly person* whose ippevrvnow and , iminm rsi,re not calculated to preen;ate for any possible losa to the revenue from the ant of an occasional ill conditioned passenger. Nothing would moreeffec-tuaUy serve to beaten the conversion of our American cousins to the doctrine and practice of free trade than to welcome them to British soil without having to undergo th* forbidding ordeal they have at present to encounter on landing on their own shore*. I respectfully subasil the suggestion to the consideration of tbeChanrcllor of th* Kachequer. But the most remarkable oontnut wa* reserved for my return lo Scotland. Traveling down by a night train. I waa half froatn with ookl till arrival at Cerlisle, wlitro we were detained an hour and a half for the London train, and where the fire in the waiting room merely eerved to remind one how odd, and comfortless the plaoe waa. Sleep waa out of the question, and I landed a* the Prince*' street station atifT and a most numb with cold. At the lxl clo-e hy, I repainl my n iui: d "moia'e ■ with a hot faith *i, ea).m in to drive a- near th" File trim platform j>o*-ib| ht! the i porter who came up to take charge of my bagg.ge whs told to tike it to the fib* train. Having no hose change in in my po.-k"t, I a*ki-d tlm cal, nan to wait till I got my tii-kec. ti m, with wh.ch all the traveling world i* now familiar I firt laratne acquainted iv th it s* a t.o> thirty file year* ago, nee when 1 have been three t me* in the rout try, and! i hud <>n raHi oc< :i-lon the mnie to admire th.* rimple and admiral !e *ytetn, which save* one from the.* woi-t •A .rii . traveling here. \'i tie.,n i ilili-il Ulclei-land how we ite-lt nit.mil to travel 111 carriage* ,ri w i we are half fr /.-n in w inter.which t v* y stu '.v m ►umruer, and in which itnii ler and other outrages may • eomm: ted with impunity, wi i e ir baggage ay Mem they regard a* -. ii| ly of harbir It i he, iiise I agree with iii\ Vmeri - ,ti fl .'-nd* that I ha\ ■■ fi'itid down the e reflections, in the hope tbsl they I may < -nti il-ute.iii however small degree , I" rouse our rai wi; dtt<* tor- t-i a r, - ft! 11 I'M lof the disgra' efuilv unoitn fo't.il • .Hid ill iivi n;. :,t .. "nim■ "f.l tton iff .r'l'd by th-ti. I the trav.-l ng j public. 1 am. A< . N . ir. Mr Andy I>- nbergi r a- 1 f!..t*r". Irvin, the |M.pjlar h"ue snd < rnsrnental painter*, are making a t—laity of p*t'er , t angtr-g th • spring Will a'*, f.irni-ti piper if if. --el As rk pr.-mi.ttv *i. t t Mr Ir*l-Tl a' it K Hick, ha'rt. .-a a"- will r< iv pr mpt atlent un 10 t! BUHS & POWERS, M4CTICAI. HARNESS MAKERS,| I P -TAIKS Ali'tYK PKTOFFirH, I t lltghr y Strr't, fldU/'-nU, Pa. [ Arprey,arc I to dnnll kind* of Kanry and Hcaiy Harness Making at Kt'asoaiililt) Prlfc** itiid -IN TUB Most Skillful Manticr. *'r!"r d-r.? with tfatneei iri ilrpatck. We challenge eompetiuon in prioe* j i d workmanship. Hive u* a trul and be convinced. Ml work guaranteed I eh.re leaving' ihs hop. I Am. tjiiick Itallnay lime*. U -;rr.', rv.. Tp*. iw. Phil tl fo rrrt\(y that trr h ri-c . f-ink /'. /('air, './< ajrnt for ihr talt nf nvr ',' l ' Trim liaib ■id W air tut in ihf Uncn I >, BrtU/ovtf. Ihe KPORD WaTttl CoMIMNT. BY HtkSMKK P. HULL AND. See. Having moat thnrougtily tested the Roekford Quirk Train Watches for the I eat three years, I offer them with the fullest confidence h* the best made and moat reliable time keeper for the money that can be obtained, 7fn !tv ; ftooUnniJ lhe B Hhoee, ' CIIKAI'CT •S i < •I. h. Jt t Jrooeriea, I'rorititni, I Centre Salt an.) r Count. Fi|lj WK WK n'v * mry in I.AHCK CASH , < f'HKAFEIt \ '' 1 that way. y (i ' v K I'AKOAI.Ns For the nnl •Ml. A 0 I.\ VS. COBURN. PA. • u— j A " a (? Ps) / . " .*'2 Fcr,MLSn!\ •• tveiAS OiSCASESI . ret: wr:c. piMn.Es/ * -> : 'y\ Kj|SCWORV/ 77/ c FCR mm P t< u.| .<■ nr. n t. f • t! ,i e ~ atckts MM at If ninwenu ><• • ah f 11-mtum tn.pn.ni.pn.*.. ■S.tifw.j Ai . ctAMftnt, root. -viios, and j.ailit. mr*.rw*i%i. Oilin*T. i. an. aruri. In tb. aitrtrt t : ■ f.!mr i' itui: .u in >-thi!,.a J aa. n, t ..i*; A^ BBAL'fH U X7r!ALTHf nr. *..*• * 5 ,|. m*j w. a •*., , r , ' * ' . a |*. } *S- r\ " r • *.ad t. *• ' • '*va • * - • ' A • ■ 'i ailW V CUMtir,' : r rcxLG • *' I -• *M- ' r ' ' • "■*••. H. • - t7-'" ~'T ■ • CISW! ' LSOM, " - : .i. pp. <5 dpi ( 1 Thtoldfpt ami brat.vppnintesi Inetiluliov Air obtaining a liuauiua* lAluc alien. tor circular* addrnan. P. DUFF A SONS. To imparl a Prenionl Au*in-*# F.lo-ntion tiaa, for m.tii JMII Mid nltb *i.*t •iioomm txwn lb. aim el M'lOUlif., *o ;i fifth Artoa#. TV. biikbl •!•) baa km fnritltir. for tart a training aa wIU an.lift I.im ar an .nlrani, ujwn (• m< tira 1 4it * an; r>-" of Ilia Per rlrralaf . Mroa. P IhilT * Knna, rtliabeoßb. Pa PulT. PHik*aptng. paMtafcari b; Harp" * Brv., jutet. 4 la iwUt*. ;ias. Tha larr—• Morton lb arl.no. |.nbllabo4. A ♦or* for banh.rft.milroaita bn.in.aa mob ul prat to (at accvcntuita. I'm#. s}A>. I (Irr yotir Job Work don* at thp Or> TAB HKMOCSAT. A lUvoßßOca CV>t"T*K. air.—Tbcra ara dangerou* oouDtorfeitr in circulaUoa A purporting lo W "Walnut Laa: Hair •toror." The strongaat evidence ot it* | great value it the fact that pertka know ing iu great eflicacy try to unite/* it. Ka> h bottle of tha ornwutr bat a ft timiU of a walnut loaf—Mown la tha glaat; and a (Ireoa Leaf on the outeide wrapper. The "Hcetorer" It a* hartalae* at water, while it poeeeaaea all the proportion nrrettery to . roe tore life, vigor, growth and color to tha p halr. Furchaae only from rMpmeMr ymr lift. Atk your druggiet for it. Kach bot tle m warranted. Johnaton, Hollowav A -A. Ho PbMn*nVba. and H.lt ,% KnrVel N.-w Vefk, \t hoivtala Aiimi- d-lj I r