HE SUNDAY SCHOOL. | From the Now York Observer, INTERNATIONAL LESSON BY MEY, HEVRY M.GROUT, D, Bb, -Gio i's Works and Word, — Palm 19: 1-14, aoLpex text, —Thou hast magnified thy word « ove all thy name.—Psalm 48: 2. The author of this psalm was un. doubtedly David, though of the date and circumstances of its compositson It was probably when Avgusr Gl, nothing is known, written in his earlier manhood the experiences and impressions of his life under the open heavens were vivid and fresh, The psalm divides itself into three it we in His easily distinguishable parts, In bave (a) God's glory as seen The revelation God makes himself in his word ; and (¢) The writer's prayer under the sense of dis WOrks ; {by ol its sweetness is in its present and prom. ised rewards, every true ‘servant’ secs and feels, But with some it is otherwise. They wish the Bible had fewer warnings, fewer demands, It is precisely these to which they chject, But for these—so they fancy—they could love it, Alas, they do not per: ceive its real worth ; nor their own greatest need. Better than gold are the admounitions which would turn our feet from sinful paths; sweeter than honey are the words of promise and love addressed to all who welcome God's ory. 3. The ery this word awakes in allentive hearts (12-14),—From thoughts of God's majesty, wisdom, purity grace, seen in his works and word, the Psalm- And Oh what a He and ist reverts to himself, contrast! God's word is turns this toward his life, He looks within, penetrating, searching. a lamp. own heart The And is light what iselos ) ins—real, many and great! | v C | disclosure of sins-—real, many ¥ | and the conspirators boldly defying the | “Who can understand his errors! t nce from the author of both, The second part is the crown of the whole. | T+ it the mind rises from the first ; and | from it thought passes to practical ap- fri hie third, Thus we ob sion in 1 | discloses, But sin is progressive. Easily, inevi tably, the unrepenting goes from one This also the word | degree to another. this: “Seeret faults,” serve that the perfe nan {pr GUSNLES of | tals word 18 the central thought, With thos tv mind, note the chief things the psa m is fitted to impress: Who ws of that A being of wonderful or. His y concearning a wd mejesty | speaks on his wu works tell; us much | Panlreminds us that, in the things he has made, his “eternal are distinctly seen ly rand godhead was the 1:20). Particular glory of God, sre Lhe the firmament showeth his handiwork." Whether all things or wee ation of eation ol were the 1 LH they may not io declare that their bei the glorious almighty, all wise and good CONLCIONs, Then three striking things m tet give It “Day unto day and night unto night'’ is It is lend, their “voice mony thus n. is the story repeated. “There is no speech, no language ; not heard,”’ It “Their line (their measure or extent gone Not even an is is universal, out into ali the earth.” angel's voice could so speak ; for some times it would cease from exhaustion; being articulate it would be intelligible | to a single race only ;: and it could be heard only in a single place. The shin. | ing orbs in the heavens speak al 5, to | ill, and everywhere, ‘In reason’s ear they all re And utter forth a glorious voice Forever singing. a» they shin “The hand that made us is divine Bat, of all this, the preeminent preacheris the sun. Behold him And, coming [he broad canopy in his tent. like | ft} Orin an Eustern from his robing chamber on the morning bridegroom of his wedding day, or an athlete gird joyous splendor from the for the race, with what he is does Nor Ea La his use ind streagth eastern gate, circu, vast round, Pd ng, tal How wonderful The with and n less “Nothing is hid from the heat ther: He warmth everywhers triumphant, carries comfort, ble is such a Creator! heathen, if attention know that he And they would but listen and pure minds, might is both almighty and holy. their ignorance, ‘they are To designat« " this different names are used, ‘mw, the testimony, the statutes mimdment, the fear, the judgm: Lord, Note that the psalmist is not speak ing of the ten commandments merely, nor of the statutory part of the seript He had the vealed truth, so far as it mind, Moses contained history, prophesy, po etry, admonition, precept and promise of whole had the books ures only. re been re venled in For Now, concerning this word, we have as many statements here as it here has It is “perfect, converting the | nymes, foul ;"” and “sure, making wise the sim- ple.” It is “right, rejoicing the heart’; and “pure, enlightening the byes,” It is “clean, enduring forever” ; and “true and righteous altogether.” This is marvelous, On every sentence we might linger until weary. And yet the Psalm. ist had only a portion of the entire word in his hand; and that a portion which some would now disparage. How rich are we who have the whole! Bat note the two things which the Paalmist adds respecting this word, To discribe it he employs two striking fig. ures, It is “better than gold.” “sweeter than honey.” It has intrinsic value; to an uncorrupted taste it is a delight. Gold, we often think, buys all things; but the word comes more richly freight. od, Honey pails upon the taste; the word, never, Then, note a perticular illustration the Psalmist gives of its worth and sweetness: “By them is thy servant warned ; and in keeping of them there in great reward.” A large part of the value of the word is in its admonitions, calls, cautions, and alarms. A part of | transgression." | tle, and often unnoticed; | ous, deliberate disobedience ; ed tyranny, of evil; and | ture, | President by their party. of | { liminary sins,”” sin's “dominion,” First, heart sins, sub then consel then the habitual mastery, the bitter yet cherish UN If the deep plunge for which one ma and ngth find no place for repentance, All Perceiving it, mercy may the word dis the I have no pardon, salmist a cry ol confession, t in the truly humbled sol. e works and word of | pardon vandering wwement and hope. For, pote how in the last verse, tne Peaalmist ery loses of sadness, and takes on that He would be w He would be approved one trust, holly a new cre and thought. He prays for this, t deep feels mfidence now, as well as He And there is ¢ humility, in his utterance, bis ery is already answered, $0 his closing word is one of appopriating trust. Looking into the face of this glorious and holy Une, he can yet say, “0 1 Redeemer, Ns wed my Strength and my PRACTICAL SUGGEST How (vod in nature, The habit wa of God blind the eve that can s of with all h and ennobling The he AaVens partial revelation his glory, t i. How an tu ly diligently should we read a prizing ils warni tions and promi “Ret ire and read num ber and } Lord walls Redeemer, Bonds of Iniquity REA ~ AN PARTY When Blaine wa Rept i June, the In an lepe | Haseachusetts hel appointed a committ | to m authorized publi be honest man has Ans to hones yminated for This the bese n n vild ress was issued last Saturday after pre explanation of tne origin, spirit, and purposes of the organization the report proceeds tO say WHAT THEY MAVE SEEN, We are told that the past of that party is glorious, and that weare there. fore bound to support its candidate to. day. We yield to nono in our pride at its great achievements as in our de votion to its principles, but when the lesson of its past is forgotten and its principles are abandond its name slobe eannot command our allegiance. The question is not what the Republicrn party has done, but what it will do; not what it was; but what it is ; not whether Lincoln and Seward and Summer and Andrew and Stanton and Fesseden were great men and leaders, but whether Blaine Robeson and Keifer and Elkins and Clayton snd Kellogg are men to whom we can safely confide the future of our country. For many years corruption in high Mice bas beon oconspicious, It has shown itself in every department of the blic service. Wo have seen a Vics President driven into private life by proof of personal dishonesty ; ‘a Seore- tary of Warimpeached for participation In felony ; a Secrotary of the Navy charged with corrupt practices and leaving office under a cloud of sasploion, and | "nl See how the Psalmist marks | presumptuous | “the great | only to appear as a Republican leader in the House of Representatives; a Sec- retary of the Ioterior forced from his office by charges affecting his personal and official character, an Attorney.Gen- eral compromised by evidence of petty fraud, We have not forgotten Colfax and Belknap and Robeson and Delono and Williams, WHAT MORE THEY WAVE SEEN, In the Treasury Department we have seen 'prominet officers implicated in Sanborn contracts and suspected of complicity in the gigantic conspiracy to defraud known as the “Whiskey Ring," and the private Secre, tary of the President indicted as con- spirator, while the Minister who sought | to punish the criminals was dismissed In the Post Office | ment we have seen an Assistant Secre- of the revenue from office, Depart. Senators Route" | tary conspiring with { United States in “Star | Government which was powerless to se- | cure justice in its own eapital city, the last Speaker disgraced by proof that he had We have seen shamefully abused his appointing power {and in face of this evidence, which has { destroyed the confidence of his consti candidate of for Rignal { tuents, again the chosen | { the Republican party the high office, In the Service we have, seen a Superintendent in I'reasury Department + chief clerk, and the guilty protected, V iblie the vo have inished. but yet to see them le patronage he evi! lisreg arded travagance, minished, Fitally, we have party relying for continuance in { power, not on whievements but on the mi its opi : its leaders not seek ing to prevent, but to encourage onents and Ne have aon these that thereby, at in order niry's expense, they might be furnished with arguments for their con in § finuance OW er uses and oor Ve elded to this ch wa ate itself from the might emaneij who had degraded it rol of the men i rinal chara these ert it ter DOW 800 men promoted a1 x» preiud Cape Ks only to perpetuate the managers, and not to adv prosperity of the country, inate for President is a with the abuse of official Pp Its candi man charged the basest of public Crimes his eight years has never dared to demand wer jor own pecuniary advantage-—who for { that full investigation of the charges | { which his political associates would | gladly have accorded, and by which | | alone those charges can be met, lieve him guilty, and we know many of his prominent supporters share our belief. Their declarations before his nomination, their silence or their gaarded language in public addresses since, sre conclusive evidence of this, He is convicted by his own statements of deliberate falsehood on the most sol emn occasion. The men who in the past have disgraced the Republican party are united in hig support, and admitted to a controling influenc in the conduct of his campaign, while of the honest men who are joined with these, the leaders are largely either holders of or eandilates for public of- fice, who urge their fellow citizens to follow them to preserve the party than because they approve its chief, In fine the Republican party has to-day no policy which its dures to avow and a leader whom it canno! defend, At this very moment it forms an alliance in West Virginia with the advocates of dishoness money; in Washington politi. eal amossments are attempted under disguise. {fender infamous, |liean' has made men blind the | 1 frauds | : | Republican | progress of corruption [| ¢ ment ol same | to vote in Congress t | the | | these question n we |e Upon | the evidence already produced we be | that | WHAT THEY WILL DO AND ADVISE, It is idle to hope that, with such leadership, the abuses of the pust can be corrected or the party reformed. Under the influences which now domi. nate its councils the tendency must be downward : and their is no elesrer proof that this tendency exists than the facts that honest men are found ready to tolerate and excuse offences which a few years ago would bave made the of- We see in increasing {fidelity to party great dangers to our Government, and it is an omen of dis. aster when this fidelity leads of charac ter and position to throw their influ ence in favor of dishonesty, and to mis lead their fellow citizens by misrepre- | senting the facts and obscuring | issue, The fascination of the name ‘Repub of offences which otherwise they would condemn. It is our imparative duty, thercflore, disregard the appeals i | the | which in the language of Washington, | it is “the interest and people to discourage and restrain,” and the to consider how Lest we can the slay in Govern- our country. Leaving the Congress the great (11168 of legislation, and reserving the right elections opini the St ional such men as represent our on tending in to vote in the future as we have in past, we Presidential eos a simple . i @ principle k challs nge, the acknowledged chamsg : and polit honest The leaders t of I'he Are their oined, men, the foremo cannot for an instant hesitate choice or doubt what the true lemand, We ally ourselves Wh the party, still le anction of our country past. {5 present candid 1 his fidelity to the pris sand in the coming mands and will receive out support. (sro tans, Chair MM 3 NiLtiams Ware, M Pierce, Jaber Fox F. F. Raymond Stephen M. Wel Winslow Warre: bald M. Howe Darwin } Samuel Hoar BAGGAGE DELIVERY A “ . e to my nde at ati ohe F. BARNES, e XU ALE Anti)? The cnlohontnd vapetaton Bice Uproar 18 Sbiiatet y — dry Sign Hos Forllios the Skin. Rathod nye here eat» ELE 4 te Tuoprommned bot EIS) ER & MLHOELSON, L320 Race Sirart, Prinden io, Pu, HOMES FOR SALE! 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