He Leaves Washington for the Far West. A Description of the Special Pres- | idential Train, The President and Mrs, trip to the far West left Washington at mid. for their use. employes were at the station witness the departure of the train, Among those who wished the Presidential party a pleasant and safo trip were: Private retary Halford, Miss Wanamaker, Liou. tenant and Mrs. Parken and Secretary Proce. tor. As the train drew out of the station the President stood on the rear platform of the last car, and removing his hat, bowed a good-bye to those waiting to ses him off The party consisted of the following. mamed persons: The President and Mrs Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs, Dimmick, Mr, and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Postmaster. General Wanamaker, Secretary Rusk, Marshall D. M. Ransdell, Mr. and Mrs George Boyd, Mr. E. F, Tibbott, thy Presi. dent's stenographer; Major Batger of the army, and representatives of the Press As sociation, Mr. Boyd will have general charge of the train. Private Secretary Halford is detained in Washington by the {lines of his wife. Sec. retary Rusk will accompany the party ouly as far as Galveston, Texas, The Presidential train consists of five cars which have been thoroughly overhauled and elegantly furnished. Each car exterior is painted in the Pullman standard color, with the lettering and orna. mentation in gold. One car is inscribed “The Presidential ‘Irain.” Next to the locomotive is the car Atazalan, library and smoker, with large compartment for the storage of bagzage, Behind the Atazalan is the dining car, Gor mado, which, besides a dining-room, contains a tonsorial department and bath Toe next is a sleeper, the New Zealan 1, upholstered in steel [rieze plush, which is followed by the drawing-room car Ideal containing one large apartment exquisitely upho in white, and the woodwork painted white At the rear end of the train is the olserva- tion car Vacuma, containing six small draw- fng-rooms, cach upholstered in silk plush of different colors, the woodwork inted alike, and an ol windows of the ste wl ng the train his trip President Har- weded as far as Knoxville, Tenn, where, in the evening, a reception in his hon or was given by Colonel E J Sanford. The President's train arrived at Roanoke, Va, at 8:50 o'clock in the morning, having made the run from Washington on schedule time There were no special incidents on the route Fifteen minutes were spent at Lyochbarg for the purpose of shifting the train from the Richmond and Danville Road to the Norfolk and Western, A large crowd was gathered at the station, but thers was no demonstration, Another brief stop was made at Blue Ridge, where a athered at the station. The reception anoke was enthusiastic shook hands with many husdred peoj fn response to repeated demands m short speech. Mrs. Harrison was pr with a handsome bouquet. Many obtained the President's autograph. Radford, Teun., acknowledged the honor of the President's visit in a cordial way. Mahy of the inhabitants were assembled at the station. and they cheered the President heartily. All the villages along the route wore a holiday appearance the peo. ple cheered Justily when they served the FPresident The students of William and He of Randolph and Macon Colleges gave ven their college ories as the train moved slowly past. All the pub- lic schoolhotuses and many private business Bouses were decorated with flake. Greeneville Tenn.. the home of Andrew Johnson, was specially cordial in its welcome to the Presi dential party one feature of which was the waving of flags and the tooting of horas. The President here again addressed the poopie The next stopping place was Johnston City Tenn. Theres were about 3000 enthusiast) persons gatherad around a gaylv fecoratod stand in the public square The city was decorated for the occasion, and displayed a profusion of flags and bunting. The Prosi. dent addressd the assemblage and thea sped on to Knoxville. The second day's journey of the Presiden and party extended from Knoxville, Tenn, whence he left at 4:30 o'clock In the morning to Atlanta. Ga. The Presidential party ar rived at Chattanooga at 85:30 o'clock. At the depotdtepresen tatives of the Chamber of Commerce and public officials met the Pres dent and escorted him and his party in ear riages to the foot of Lookout Mountain where cars were taken for the summit The track of the Western and Atlanta Rail road. over which the train proceeded from Clarksville to Atlanta, marked the line of the route taken by General Sherman on his famous march to the sm Reseca proved the most interesting to the President of all places along the line of the road At Kingston and Carterville the President made brief « hes. Marietta was the only stop made before reaching Atlanta Greeted by the din caused by the blowing of thousnds of steam whistles, the train entered Atlanta A special car, contain ing one o w heavy guns of the Atlanta Artillery, ran in advance of the Pres dential ~ train, the cannon firing as the ear rolled on When the oar Governor Northen, with a large delegation of Atlanta's best-known citizens, received the party, which after a few words of greets ing. was taken for a drive around the city, After the drive, which consumed two or three hours, the party dined special train and went Hate Capitol at T o'clock, President held a public Executive Mansion at Presidential party saw the social side of At- Janta life, Hers Mrs one hundred of Atlanta's leading society Indies to assist her in the reception to the Jadies of the party ww loa y TOY “The Presidential party loft Atlanta at nine oolook on the third day out from Washing ton by way of the Georgia Pacific. A great crowd filled the station, and before the train started the President and Postmaster Gen eral Wanamaker spoke, thanking the people of Atlanta for their hospitality. The Atlanta Artillery gave the train a parting salute, From Atlanta to Birmingham, Ala, all the stations along the line of the road were the National colors, and the dent Lithia Springs, Wa, andemoninm Harrison, with | the party who will accompany them on their | | as | the | large crowdmssembled, | his party were ese General | dential i o'clock that evening for | aged entire | triad | lished his headquarters at | about friendly | this work. | the position by a convention of more than six | hundred delegates appointed by the Gov. ob- | | Southern Exposition, but stopped ] in their | Onts~No, | Northen invited about | a HS i A— —— o—— On the fourth day of his journey President Harrison made the run {rom Birmingham, Ala., to Little Rock, Ark, The special ar- rived at Momplia, Tenn, at eight o'clock, | ght run across the northern after an all n wart of Mississippl. No stops were made in that State, however, and the only incident of the run occurred at Jasper, Ala. That town was illuminated with many bonfires in honor of the President, and nearly | twenty-five hundred of the inhabitants gathered at the station to pay their re. spects, It was 11 o'clock when the train reached there, and the President, Post. master General Wanamaker and all the ladies of the party had retired for the night, A large crowd, including the local militia, gathered ut the station in Memphis and y | oheerad the President when he appeared on night on the special train especially prepared | Owing to the lateness of the | hour only a few persous besides the railroad | to | the platform. The party were immediately assigned to the earriages which awaited them and driven to the Merchants’ Ex change. The President was escorted up the fron steps and introduced to the assembled crowd by Mayor Clapp, who welcomed the President on behalf of the city. The President then made an address, after which the public reception was begun, the President standing in the doorway wel- coming the handshakers, The public recep- tion was conchded about eleven o'clock, and the Presidential party, under the escort of Governor Eagle and staff, left immediately for Little Rock, The President and party | received a cordial welcome at the capital of Arkansas, A the train President fired and the military salute reached the city was chesred by He and the rest of sted to the State House, where a formal address of welcome was made by the Governor and responded to by the President, Secretary Rusk and Postmaster Wanamaker. The President then held a short public reception The presi party left at a quarter to w= fexarkana., —— A SOUTHERN EXPOSITION. was ven The Soutl™ Products and Resfurces to be Exhibited at Raleigh, N. C, The fourteen Southern States, and New Mexico and Arizona, have joined in establish- Raleigh, the capital of Permanent Exhibit of This effort is of the several tate admirable ns of "n ing in the city of North their products and resources. Carolina, a made under the direction vernments, The location is an ) The two principal railroad syste: y South pass through Raleigh. The Ki ad & Danville has a traffic combination the Pennsvivania Railroad; and Air Line has connected with it the nion and the Bay Line of m with the Seaboard Old D steams ng Line lir between Raleigh and the N y Permanent Exhibit the 1st a great 5 f Ucto Pas 5 o invited orn sored race, man Each Southern Htate will have cial colored commis sioner who will ver and have control of the exhibit from his State exhibit will in itesl! draw thousands o ple from all over the land, to learn of progress made by this peoy le who, jess than generation ago, were in slavery Hom. John T. Patrick, the leader in indas progress in the N uthern States, has been made Secretary, and has already estab Raleigh, N. C His efforts for the past ten years, to bring business redations between the North and South, especially fit him for He was unanimously electad to the yy ibis { poo f the srpnors of the several Southern States, and Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce | of all large Southern cities Mr. Patrick is not only Secretary of the is Commissiones of the Department of Information of the Southern Inter-States Immigration Bureau It i= his special duty to furnish information | about Southern subjects, This is done through | a system of co-operation that has be inaugu- | rated between Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and Immigration Bureaus all over the Southern States. The way it is done ix cortainly a very systematic arrangement, Any one desiring information should write to Mr. Patrick, at Raleigh N C. Mr Patrick has the letter printed and sent to the various cities and towns, and quirer receives directly and authentically the information desired. This is all done without any cost to the inquirer; as the Southern States have joined in sustaining this organization The Bureau i managed by an Executive Committee composed of one member from each State, who is elected by the delegates from his State appointed by the Governor The General Manager is General F. B, Chil ton, of Texas. Ths Farmanent Exhibits and the Southern Exposition are under the man agement of this organization ——— the In Tie Commissioners of the College for Colored People met in and decided on Savanuah ypeting « gives a large and $15.00 reorgia Niate Atlanta the That city ¢ subarbs over other tia fon the ON tract of land a THE MARKETS, 16 NEW YORK Beaves TTT | Milch Cows, com. to good Calves, common to prime Sheep. ... lamin . Hogs Live Dressed . . | City Mill Extra. . 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The Total Loss Estimated at Over $2,000,000, The most extensive fire that has visited Chicago, IIL, in several years broke out late on a recent afternoon at Kohl & Middieton's Museum, on West Madison street, Within two hours $2,000,000 worth of property was reduced to bare walls and ashes, covered runs on the Madison street from Union one building of Halstead street, in- | sluding the museum, John M, Smith's The space side of to within south tmmenss furniture store and the adjoining bullding, Peat's four-story paper wars. house, on the opposite side of the street on corner of Union, the site of the first police station after the Lig fire of 15871, and the fine business block of the Haymarket Theatre, tho best building of the west side. The Hay- | market Theatre, in the rear of the business | biock, fortunately escaped without damage. While the last performance was in progress on the ground floor of the museuin sa cloud of smoke broke from under the stage, followe i almost instantaneously by a gust of flame. It is said the fire started froma “lamp jug- gler.,” The audience, which fortunately was aot as large as usual on afternoons, started precipitately for the doors A wild panic foilowed among the 400 per- sons in the building, most of whom, how- ver, ware on the first floor, watching a va- riety performance, Those on the first Hisar ware first apprised of their danger by the stampede on the upper floors, and as they arose to their fest and fled precipitately towsed the front door, the fire appeared at the rear windows, in- srensing he terror of the crowd, The emergency brought out a hero in the person of a policeman, Patrick Sheehy foreimg his way through the frightened people who were madly retarding each other in the jam at the exit, he stationed himself at the head of the stairs, and drawing his revolver, declared his intention to kill the first person who refused to obey his orders By coolness and determination be in quieting the panic, everybody reached the The exception was C. H, Mesmenger, a young man, who, before Officer Sheehy rea hed the stair landing. made a rush for the front of the building and throwing open the win fumped out into the He stone pavement and was unconscious picked up One old woman wh crowd fell when near the bottom stairs and broke her arm She was § up by friends and taken away ina carr The last clam crowd | when the stage and a sped in Hames, wh upper 8 od for the « osities The m down the fire escapes helplesaly about ; the inanimate « The excitement were on exhibition on pitiful. They were practically unable to themsal ves, owing to thair abtmormal develog ment or lack of development, and could or with dificulty be restrained from throwin themeslves from the windows Clare Dale, the big-headad boy; Zola Lorenzo, the a bino: Mme Carver, the (at woman who weighs #0 pounds, and her son, wh of a boy and exhibited nan 1 the piatforne. Mme, Carver hobbled Gown fr the platform, and, seizing the midges dragged herself tothe rear window and was awit to throw the child out, when she Was resteained by Manager Belmont who with difficulty ried them down the stair ways A. D IaFayette, the Iather of the big-headed boy, who was 80 too-heary be could not walk alone, rushed to the assistance of his son, and while lead. ing Bim out, found the albino almost blind, by reason al her weak eyes, groping about in the smoke With sade! boy under bis arm, he alts and dragged, rather ti to the stairs WAY and reached t Itt iy firetaen to bring th Severn! times it seemed as if the men we Th ed abandon the heat ut succeeded ex opt 4) in safety and with one wlreet street foil } Was in of th ’ oO the hardy a BE nkevs ware x and i? pissing at the s made fuel among the mite a Wes Loet re age wer on Te the hg the an led, her eo treet werk pd wok i fire « and joy nginem nearly i) fir int + LL EE «i Wo ther eng ins = Was hesral lefatigible superiors stand the be y ir wives @ nerve di they manage wo ying the bow by was heightened hs hat they knew at least a8 hundred wore of wi in the splaved the fat basement of 1 estat ke al anytam territ nz the ot i wi nly $15 & Middieton loss EN) KX) insurance policy having expired last Beside this Kobl & M idleton HE bie stone and foundation for r new theatre on the extreme east ely f the was EX, $2 Slaw iv) iron Brothers" store, sast Consume | oss, 8 a A. Kasmpler, jeweler, k worth $55. 000, the bulk of secured in fireprool receptables On the ppowite the An aggregate of $50,000 $0,000; Irmann, cigars, of Haymarket Theatre museum ine on whi rmnoe, ried a hh was side of street Peats Nenate $0 FN building, foes House tenants | STREET When the fire broke out Dr. J. Z. Ber. eron was attending Mrs. Sarah Macks in a tin ome of the buildings subsequently burned. When the fire got too closes Dr, Bergeron wissd the sulfering Woman, and wrapping her in blankets, descended three fights of stairs with his burden and carried her to a refuge near by. In less than fifteen minutes a fine girl baby was born amid the crash of falling walls and the hoarse shouts of the firemen. Doth mother and child are doing ab ———— Hallstones Big as Eggs and Tw People Blown From a Buggy. The heaviest hail and wind storm that eve visited that section occurred at Gainesville, Texas, on a recent night. Hallstones fell me large as hen’ ogee and to the depth of several inches, drifting in many places a foot deep Trees were stripped of their foliage, and the young fruit was swept from the Ww Gar den and fleld vegetation is badly damaged Searcely a house in the city escaped with whole window glam In the adjacent country the wind was as destroctive as the hail. Large numbers of dwellings wers blown down, barns were wrecked, and orchards and forests were laid Fowles were killed in great numbers io and a a buggy to oh the ng Indy while driving Hoar beet agreeable Bavor | their usual foe the use of roots for feeding must becot { more common THE FARM AND GARDEN. MARTINS, Every farmer who desires to mike his Lome attractive and pleasant for himself and family, should not fail to provide a home for the martins, They are always cheerful, happy and gay, and their merry prattle is welcomed by everyone, Be- side this, they are said to be good to | keep away chicken hawks. Make your boxes now, while you have some time. If you will take the trouble to dress the lumber and paint the box, you will be amply repaid for your work, for every day through the spring and sum. mer they will remind you of what you | have done for them, — Farm and Firende. POTATOES FOR SEED. Potatoes to be used for seed require no | special preparation. They should, of course, be sound and in a dormant con dition when taken out for planting, und the usual practice 1 to cut the tubers into about four picces—that is quartered divide them g not exceeding two or thr DU SOME growers ¥ even more, leavin eyes on each piece, dropping three or four pieces cultivated in rows, to fil teen inches Dusting the wood asl in each hill, or, if drop a piece in the t tubers with hard in I as it prevents the every twelve row, freshly cu or rolling them prove benef] ul, will usually atiacks of wireworms and adds something in the way ol n from follow ing borer Lh lime an h tWO Year mowings and the much for nearly ail snd when the ground is plowed different crop it will not riched from the clover, paratively free Ir shade Will prove to varieties of weed for only be et will But it must y that land may be so un but be £ 0 Weras aut be | tie srg 0 A fertile that « it withe ver cannot be grown upon ut first manuring it and putting con for while a many have the very poor land er he soil into a suitable ceiving th d, kinds grow fertilize: hates Delta, great words {acuity without — New ff our roo i ble sdditional use De eX pected in the than from the The substance a pear future sweet, juicy of many of have long made it a favorite esculent {or the table and stockmen now the large sorts more aod more food When fed with or the combination is probably as go the varieties Are using as cattle hay fodder be furnished for mi in lieu of grass Where grain have been cheap, raising beets has not beet practised, but as land and 1 bx substitute as can COWS hay ' i | > stock feeding extensively ANIMAS Al yme more valuable ne sugar-producing But it is as a ! plant | that we may expect the most profitable be fo in Burope Thert beet ind for the beet, hundreds of use will ale now | sugar factories yielding satisfactory rev. enues to their owners and paying mill fons of dollars to farmers for sugar beets In our own country it has been well as | certained that there are large areas well TERRIFIC STORM IN TEXAS. adapted to its cultivation, and in Cali fornia and some of the other States the manufacture of sugar from the beet has assumed proportions that are decidedly encouraging for the future, If in addi. tion to its successful manufacture aided by large capital and expensive machin ery some fortunate investor shall point the way to a feasible and cheap method | of domestic manufacture then the most | enthusiastic believers in the possibilities | of the sugar beet will have \belr hopes realized, —-New York World. FWERT FEAR, We are all admirers of this sweet. scented annual, writes Gypsy in Fara and Fireside, but many seem to fail in | cultivating it. Propare the ground early, even in March, if there comes a warm spell so that the frost may be out of the ground. Plant the wsead quite thick and about an inch in depth. The soll does not need to be wo very rich; just good, common garden en. riched with a small amount of thorough. ly-rotted manure, Right here is a point I wish amateur flower would idle | rishment to the young plants, | | Iuid NRA a—— - think they are not going to amount to anything, and that they were started too early. Have patience. Keep down the weeds and give them “rope.” By und {by your care will be rewarded, sod thousands of blossoms nod you a happy good-morning. Do not allow secd-pods | to form if you wish the bloom to be con tinuous, It isa good plan to plant a few for seed by themselves in some cor- | ner of the garden, where they may ma- ture early and not injure the looks of the flower display. If you make several different plantings | of two weeks between, you will kave a | succession of bloom all summer. But begin early, or the last planting will probably give you but very few blooms, GIRDLING GRAPVEVINES, ago, one, Colonel Buchatt, of Metz, in | France, was experimenting in girdling or removing 8 narrow ring of bark frcm | the bearing canes of grapevines for the | purpose of its influence on the fruit. By a ring of bark a half inch in width the downward or return flow of assimilated by the removing sap, after it has been leaves, is checked at the point of bark. that his invention or discovery would be of masanty the fruit as well as improve its qual but denuded wood. Juchatt claimed value in hastening the ty, the latter claim has rarely been admitted by vineyardists in this country or Europ of the ed ex This girdling or anpular vine hae been pra | tent in this country tonsively in incision iced to a mat sought to determine 1ts trae of value in the for wine-making nroduct l grapes ne-making purposes YAEM AED s Iie hat Li Knot or iis remedy for black knot The Rura regard the Reit New } i bh Ne leaved trees enba FWAY IApic as th f » ve the best of the pu 1 } } The colored » the B DArGInes: 4 Winds wrt cherry, one sing ANY Tes] ek Tartarian, while Chickens like ripe tomatoes, ) in a prime NY an in the Thow wh ’ carefully, A Airy honestly and tastily have aa wmense advantage over otoer . all being s bad as things equal, ii BID Vick good seasons sweet scented of years bad thrive white, violets 4d for quite a number planted where they are apt to And Will RIWAYs says that y wel r Iw places in the sod, the grass does not crowd them 100 One of the best safeguards against a to use land pisster in the of ars hiVs plaster will answer after the moisture and is of itself a { ROREON 18 A very small amount Put it on the hills It attracts rtiliner, of corn. covering seed Many cellars are damp that « ald be drained with drain tile. A spirit level on the cellar window aod sighted, affords an easy method of learn. ing the difference in the slope of the land where it is desirable to drain the sill | cellar, The broadcast seeding of fodder corn is one of the agricultural absurdities that some farmers persist in following. Fod. der corn should always be grown ia drills three feet apart and carefully cul tivated, argues laziness and a head that does not | think. The old fashioned pumpkin growing in the cornfields of our fathers will be remembered by many of us. Upon the whole. we think that when we ‘im. proved” upon the methods of our fathers | in this matter, we did not make much of an improvement. The pumpkin is not to be sneezed at for pies, and it is no | mean feed for stock. Root erops consist mostly of water and are often overestimated as to value for stock feeding. They make an agreeable change of diet, but they cannot rock. oned directly as fat or fesh-producing, Nearly one hundred and fifty years | Then one can get a heavy crop | | of good fodder: but broadosst seeding APILiL 26, Lesson Text: “Nineveh Brought te Hepentance,” Jonah iil, 1-10 Golden Text: Luke xi, B82 Commentary, 1. “And the Word of the Lord came unte Jonah the second time, saying,” From the belly of the fish Jonah eried unto the Lord, and the Lord heard him, and spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonsh upon the dry and (chap. il, 1, 10). Jondh's prayer is mrgely made up of quotations from the Panis, as many as eight or ten different Pealims being quoted from (see marginal ref- sence), teaching us that afflictions open up the mine of Feripture, and wake ’ to us | words before unheeded (Fs. exix., 67, 71) it | Jonah in the fish's belly was not hid from Jod's sight and hearing, where can we hide trom Him (Ps exxxix., 7-10} Observe the shedience of the fish, At the word of the Lord it swallows Jonah, and at the word of | the Lord it casts him out. Consider also the | little fish of Matt xvil, 27, and the muiti- wide of Jolin xxi, 6 and ask yoursell if like them you know no will but His, 2. “Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great Wty.” How very gracious of the Lord Wo | some to him the second time with the same message (chap, 1, 2 How very patient and long suffering He is with us! “And preach unto it the preaching that I bud thee.” This is the wholes responsibility | of every preacher, for we are simply essen. gers of the Lord of Hosts, “Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever [ command thes thou shalt speak.” “Son of man, go, get thes unto the houss of Israel, and speak with My words anto them.” * Now will be with thy mouth what thou shalt say.” and Jf testifies that the Fatber yndment what He should i..7: Beek. iil, 4; Ex. iv How careful we shoul correctly, and speak it f the toly Spirit went into Nineveh, rd of the Lord Now what be should } therefore go, and I Ana 4 our Lord gave i nec my and speak 8.1 enter into the deys bad he across the coun he distanos wiitation snd Hawever lonely : Yet forty days verthr Whata great and With § VERE San Y h believed God, put nck. mi even WO bh His servant, message, and is there is power the ov a King Oo where the 4 (Eccl, vii with God was a majority in this case, ana 0 also was it at Pentecost, when through Peter 3000 became truly penitent and accepted Jesus Naz reth as Saviour and Lord and Messiah (Acts iN.4 Sut here isa whole city of ball a million nie affected by the word of one mann not the word of a man, uw» {rom the mouth of a man, but the words are the words of God. 13 does not say thal the people believed Jonah but that they believed man Grow ‘ For word oatpe unto the king of Nip evely and be arose from his throne, and he laid his from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes So the word of the Lord through this humbie man ren ven the heart of the king on his throne, and be humiies himself before God, as woll as the lowest in the city T And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh, bry the decree of the king and his nobles, saying The king and bis great men have put themselves ob the side of Jonah and his God. This is surely a great victory for Jonah, and we would ex pect to find bim full of joy beoause of iu Th. his message, and to see even th for (od against 10 | but no, Very augry, and wanis robe Lael © to de char [2 peither man 0 bh flock, taste anything: Jet them not fool & drink water Surely this was a great and thorough repentance, at jeast on the part of the king and his great ones who ordered this severe fast. If you knew any one sO bar demoed by sin that he would neither eal nor drink till he knew his sins were forgiven you would be apt to consider him very much in earnest . “But = sackcloth, and or include t Though they sis + man and beast be coverad wit v mightily unto God.” Why s, fort had not sinned! t vet they suffer because of man's sn, and Loa | chap. fv. 11 The creation was made subject & vanity. not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same iu hope; be cause the creation itself als shall be deliv. eo Catlile &Y res {or oatie ered from the bondage of corruption into tae glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom. vill, 20 2 That the very beasts shall yet be blessed by God's redemption see Isa. xi, 60: Izv. BB “uy jet them turn every one from his evil vay. and from the violence that is in bh hands” Outward sorrow without a turning away from sin would avail noth for God searcheth the heart Avd in sorrow must be accompanied by the actual turning Sway from all evil, 2 “Wo ean tell if God will turn and re pent, and turn away from His fierce that we perish not™ Had they such as lerasl had how they would have been | emoouraged! If they bad known of the re petanes of Ahab, how It might have ' them (11 Kings xxi, 10. “And God saw their works that turned from their evil way.” “The eres the Lord sre in every place beholding the evil and the good” and “the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are poarfect toward Him" 8: I Chron xvi, 8. pleased the evil that Me yer f BIT aan
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