LS “world, this glorious world, it may be said, FOLLOW DIVINE LEADING Rev. Dr. Talmage's Discourse on the Merciful Interpretation of Human Behavior, We Will Not Pass This Way Agaia, So Do Your (ood Now. —— " Wasuisaros, D, C.—This discourse is & most unusual presentation of things that take place in many lives, and Dr. almage pleads for merciful interpretation of human behavior. The text is Joshua i, 4, “Ye have not passed this way hereto- ore,” . In December, 1880, I waded the River Jordan, and, although the current was strong, I was able to bear up against it, but in the time of spring freshet, when e¢ snows on Mount T.ebanon melt, noth- ing but a miracle would enable any one to eross this river. It was at the dangerous springtime that Joshua and the officers of army uttered the words of my text to the people who were in a few hours to cross the Jordan. About that crossing we say but little, because on a previous occa- sion we discoursed concerning that piling up of the waters into crystal barricade. e only speak of the march to the brink of the river. No stranger thing has ever occurred in all history. The ark of the covenant was a brilliant chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, on the top of which were two winged figures facing each other. It was five feet long and three feet wide, Poles were thrust through the rings at the side, and by these poles the ark was lifted. This splendid Ror was to be carried three- uarters of a mile ahead of the hosts of srael on the way to the crossing. That distance between the box and the advance ing thousands must be kept because of reverence, There was a sanctity in that divine symbol that they must observe by keeping three-quarters of a mile away hey must watch that glittering box and follow; otherwise they would lose their way and not arrive at the right place for crossing. They had never been there be- fore, and they must be guided. For that reason Joshua utters the words of my text, “Ye have not passed this way heretofore.” And the subordinate officers at the head of the regiments repeated it, “Ye have not passed this way heretofore.” What was truthfully said of the ancient Israelites may be truthfully said of us. We are making our first and last journey through this world. It is possible, as some of my good friends believe, that this world will be corrected and improved and puri fied and floralized and emparadised as to climate and soil and character until it shall become n heaven for the rans ymed, but I do not think it. I have an idea that heaven is already built somewhere. Our departed friends could not wait until this world is fixed up for staintly and angelic residence. Having once gone out of the world, I do not think we will come back, except as ministering spirits to help those who remain in the earthly struggle or per haps to look at the wondrous spectacle of a burning planet But, leaving that theory aside, we are very sure that we are for the first time walking the earthly pilgrimage. “Ye have not passed this way before.” Every min ute is a new minute, every hour a new hour, every century a new century. Other folks have gone over the same road we are traveling, but it is our first trip. New ap- Pearances, new temptations, new sorrows, $ joys. That is the reason so many lose ot way. They meet some one on the road of life and ask direction, and wrong direction is given. We have all nm perplexed by misdirection after ask- ing the way to some place we wished to visit. Some one said to us, “Take the first road to the right and, having gone a mile on that road, take the first road on the left, and vou will soon reach your destina- tion.” We took the advice, but our infor mer forgot a turn in the road or forgot one of the roads leading to the left, and we took the wrong road and were lost in the woods, and nig! on, and we were put to great irritation and troubl The fact is bi lifetim " tak: I nity them blaming them roads, bu not in m perien La] tirely in old age dr for the two stages of verse What do would he { A man of ners to advise a man tim achievement that might be iripossibl vice review their own su then tell us what is | realizing that our circur our ant ral and mental and me Most of the great that have been made have been made un der human advisen Bo, a'sn, it may be raid to every nat have not passed this way before own republic is going through novel experiences Conld wisest statesman twenty years ago have prophesied present eondit Every President, every Con gress, has new crises to meet and new anestions tn settle So prophecies made about in this country fifty years from now may turn out as far untrue as the prophecies made fifty years ago by the greatest of American statesmen when he declared on vonder Capitol hill that it was unwise to think of civilisation or pros perity the other side of the Rocky Mount sina, and according to his belief the Pa cific coast would be the perpetual abode of barbarians and mountain lions, and must not think of annexing those forbid ding regions Many prophecies in regard to our nation failed and many vrog on Cor future will fail. because it new roa f it takes n that road is ar . ninion of a Mor roe or a Jefferson in the far past ia not o as much va as the opinion o w men nov How could men know in what it wonld be best for this nation to do in 19017 It ie belittling as well as unwise for our statesmen, who are quite equal to the statesmen of the past and who have in addition to the predecessors, att that were img our own, to deper have been dead for ior t came ame no one ' inate There are so many different AN ur Ww ord temuperan mistakes ent on ” na? conditions we Im travel our arnt 1523 iinments in knowledge in any decade but 1 on advice of men who three-quarters of a econ tury. In all other things the world has advanced Can it be that in statesman ship it has gone back, and that this open. ing of the twentieth century must consult the opening the nineteenth gentury? “Ye have not passed this way bef Yea, onr entire world ie on a new path way. It may be swinging in the same old orbit as when by the hand of the A) mighty immensity was sprinkled with worlds, but it has been rocked with earth quakes and scorched with voleanie fires and whelmed with tidal waves and wrought upon by climatic ehanges—eitios sunk, and islands lifted, and mountains avalanched into valleys Bo it ix another world than that whieh first started in the solar system. Yet in all the time changing and wil) keep changing until the hour of its demolition. Of this beatiful world, this lustrous ewible of ore." “Ye have not passed this way before.” What is the practical use of this sub. Jeet? Instead of putting so much stress spon human advice and instead of asking the past what we ought to do, follow the divine leading as the men of Joshua followed the golden lidded chest of neacia, natural talents of their | which was the symbol of the divine pres That three-quarters of a mile dist between the or sacred Dox and. the front column of Joshua's troops mightil impresses me. It was a forceful way o teaching reverence for the Almighty. They needed to learn that lesson of reverence, as we all need to learn it, Irreverence has cursed all nations, and none more than our own. Irreverence in the use of God's name. Hear you it not on the streets and in social groups, and is not a profane word sometimes thought necessar ¢ cosity? Irreverence for the Scriptures, the phraseology of the Bible often intro. duced into the most frivolous conversation and made mirth provoking. Irreverence for the oath in courtroom or custom house or legislative hall by the conventional and mechanical mode of its administration. Irreverence for the holy Sabbath by the way it is broken in pleasure excursion and earousal, Irreverence on the part of chil: dren for their parents, insolence being substituted for obedience. Irreverence for rulers, which induces vile cartoons and as sassination., Irreverence in church during prayer, measuring off song and sermon by cold, artistic or y Pol criticism, and in prayer time neither bowing the head nor bending the knee nor standing as one does in the presence of earthly ruler, thus show. ing more respect for a man than to the King of kings. We ask not for genuflex- ions or cirdumflexions or prostrations, but when prayer is offered let us either bow the head or bend the knee or let us in some way prove that we are not indiffer- ent, No one has come to midlife who has not been stung of ingratitude. On the battle field of Alma in 1854 a wounded Russian was crying in anguish of thirst for water. Captain Eddington, of the English Army, ran to him and gave him drink. As the captain was runaing by to join his regi- ment the wounded soldier shot him. most all languages have proverbs setting forth this perversity. English proverb, to point jo- { | Monongahela, $10: Sidney Leroy, $17; John P. Jenkins, Six Mile | I Run, $10; James M "burg, $8; Samuel Jordon, Moshannon, | $17; Amanda Reeder, Turtle Creek, $8 Al | “Bring up a raven and it will pick out | ’ your eyes.” Arabic proverb, “Fat the present and break the dish.” Italian pro- verb, “The ass, after having drunk, gives a kick to the bucket.” An old proverb says, “If God were to be so complacent as to earry us on His back to Rome, we would not thank Him for His pains if He did not also set us down in an easy chair.” You will never be happy in this world if you do not do all the good you can and ook for no responsive gratitude. All the damage I did a man who is my enemy was to take him from a position where he re ceived $700 a year salary into a position where he has ever since received $2500 a year. He never forgave me, but has pur sued me with pen vitriolic The worst enemy you ever had is the man vou introduced and favored and helped But be not disturbed or even irritated You are no better than your Lord If the world had had any thankful ap preciation of His coming it would have filled that Bethlehem caravansary with flowers, which bloom there clear on into the December month, and Herod, instead of attempting His death, would have sent a chariot to fetch the infant to the palace, and the oyer and terminer of Pilate's courtroom would have sronounced Him not guilty, and instead of a cross and a erown of thorns it would have been a coro nation, with all the mighty ones of the earth kneeling at the foot of His throne But closely allied is the other fact which we hinted at in the opening—that we will not pass this way again. This is our only opportunity for doing certain things that ought to be done. On all sides there are griefs we ought to solace, hunger we ought to feed, cold that we ought to warm, kind words that we ought to speak, generous deeds we ought to perform. All that you and I do toward making this world better and happier we must do very soon or never do at all. Joshua and his troops never came back over the way they were marching toward the crossing of the Jor dan. The impress of the sandal or the bare feet of each soldier showed in what direction he was going, but never did the impress of the sandal of any one of them show that he had returned. We are all facing eternity to come. There is no re- treat. Alertness and fidelity would not be #0 important if we could truthfully say “I will be back here again. The things I neglect now I will do the next time I come I will be reincarnated, and I will resume my earthly obligations. Having then more knowledge than I have now, I will dis harge my earthly duties than I can charge then do not give solemn ewell to tl ns and ties, but a cheery til I see them again” No, t say that. There will be no new rected edition of the volume of our fe After we make exit from the se of the fifth act we can etter t i ob . sat one Fe} smiling and ns of ple have lived { all the human Seven persons of have returned, the son repaath, Lhe young man ruler’s Tabitha, hus, Lazarus and Christ. Among all ages to come I do not suppose there be one more who will return to this having once left it At this point 1 ask you to notice the fact that my text does not call attention to the crossing of the Jordan, but to the way leading thereto. We all think much of our crossing of the Jordan when the march of our life is ended, but put too lit tle emphasis on the way that leads to the crossing. What you and I need most to care about is the direction of the road we are traveling. We need have no fear of the crossing if we come to it in the right In other words, we need not care death if our life has been what it We will die right if we live me : To aaugnater, =» "hat an absurdity it would have been wr Joshua and his men to have asked h other questions hike these: “How can ross the Jordan if we get there? Will he water be too deep to allow us to * Will we not all be so saturated we may lose our lives by exposure? many of ws can swim? Had we bet t wait until the annual freshet has ded? No such folly did they com- They were chiefly anxious about the that they bad “not passed before” were ignorant of and to keep their ve the golden covered acacia box, wing mounted, which was the ark of the covenant on O hearer, stop bothering about your exit from sublunary scenes! God get your heart right and then go ahead. If the Lord takes care of you clear n to the bank on this side of the river, 1 think you can trust Him to take you from bank to bank, from the willows on this side the stream to the palms on the other vide, from the last kiss of sorrowing ones on this side to the welcome, saintly, cheru- | bie, seraphie, deific on the other side One Easter morning Massena, the Mar of France, ropesred with 18.000 armed men on the heights above the town of Feldkireh. There were no arms to de fend the town, and the inhabitants were wild with terror. Then the old dean of the church cried out: “My brothers, this is Faster day! We have been dependin on our own strength, and that fails, Let vs turn to God. ing the bells and have sorviee an usual” en the bells ran out swautly and mightily from the chure towers of Feldkirch, and the people thronged to the houses of prayer for wor ship. The sound of the bells made the en. emy think that the Austrian army had come in to save the place, and Massena and his 15,000 soldiers retreated, By the time the bells had stopped ringing there was not one soldier in t. So put your trust in God, and when ts of troubles and teiuptations march for your over throw ring all the bells of and faith and Christian triumph, and the threaten. ing perils of yodr life will fall back, and your deliverance will be celebrated all up and down the skies. The God who led through the wa never passed Sela will be with you at ol the crossings. + (Copyright, il, L, Kiopseh, ) shal By the grace of | i ever since, | | president's chair PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. fhe Latest Condensed Dispatches From Many Points, STATE WILL NOT ACCEPT $102,000. Claim for Spanish War Expenses Cut Down at Washington, and Harrisburg Officials Are Dissatisfied Opposition to the Proposed Secretary of Commerce by the State Grange $50,006 for a School. Pensions granted Pennsylvanians :— Alfred Masonhimer, Allegheny, $6; Nelson R. McNeal, Claysville, $8: John H. Fish, Philipsburg, $6; John Daniel, W. Clark, Floyd, Wilkins Williams charged Thomas arrested at Carbondale was with Peters, The children were watching Williams through the window of their | home when he drew a revolver, it is al leged, and fired two shot took effect in the boy's face and the other crashed through the girl's ] Wil liams, it said, mmtoxicated when he fired the shots watching his antics Elizabeth Shar to death in a field nea two miles from Wayneshor Waynesburg Satu with a huckster, d f Blacksville *d for home of town One non her Mattie Pringle, employed in i" ch the State licited to use its energy reement of the law that of mill feed mmending a taxat pr estate 1s adulterat: re all corporate personal perty at the same rate t the real taxed for the } ment fund report fav rural delivery rod § . enehnt Of A To ir ynted pry Ve was ad ring the extens systen pted has 11 Wa tile he bakehe 2 hole throu 1 the clothes Wall surrour A fire apparently gin destroyed tl { John H. Miller wiles. a number lements, sev wheat and «¢ BACCO were 34 00 I'he County Commissioners fixed the Pottsvilie at valuation of property in i decrease of $150.48 from J $6,174,021, a the valuation of last year make it nece n fror mills rease may ne rate of taxan Uf to eight A gang of men emp! ware & Atlantic m building a line to Dublin, number of hours of work ; party left for homes The Ernest Silk Mill, of Fast Mauch Chunk, has been sold to D. GG. Dery for $75,000, subject to a mortgage of $10 000 in favor of trustees, who are 1 ele pl from Siruck on ad their res { dents of the Mauch Chunks While playing on a flat boat along the river at Muney, Theodore Brass, the s-year-old son of Ollie C. Brass, fell ! into the water and was drowned The Meadeville Theological School has received a Christmas gift of $30.00 in the form of an endowment for the from an anonymous donor An order will soon be issued from National Guard headquarters announce ing that the Spring inspections will be. gin in February Mrs. William Uecifert was badly gor ed by a bull on her farm in Mahanoy Valley. Michael H. Smith, aged 28 years, was killed by a train at the West Third street crossing, South Bethlehem, of the Phila. leiphia & Reading Railway Denlinger & Charles’ grist mill and a creamery adjoining, at Intercourse, were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $4.00, William Habbings, of Dent's Run. died at the hospital at Williamsport, of injuries received by being crushed be tween the bumpers of a train, | the Federal buiMing, before Judge Ald- { the Berkshire hills. | daverous, and one would never suspect | him of being humorous. shooting a boy and a girl, the children of Thomas | that was general and prolonged. | easy natural movements, cost you | canes Candy Cathariie, the feiuing, pus ® A Boston Boy Edified. It was at one of the summer schools that flourished up New England way every year, and the white-haired lady had just finished her address. Among the crowd surrounding her, swayed by a congratulatory spirit, was a little boy— a Boston boy. Presently, when he had his opportunity, he shook hands and said ; “1 was very much pleased with your remarks. 1 have been waiting for years to hear you speak on this topic. It was one of the best addresses on the subject 1 ever heard.” The boy was nine years old, the sub- ject of the address “Motherhood.” Fire Salvage. It was in the Equity Court room, in rich, and it was an insurance case, with a witness on the stand from way up in He was tall and ca- After a long description of the fighting of the fire by his fellow-countrymen, he was finally asked by one of the lawyers: “Well, as a matter of fact, the build- ing was completely destroyed, wasn't it?” “Well, we managed to save the cel- lar!” Judge Aldrich joined in the laughter, Easy Subtraction Ascum—I suppose you haven't had time to figure out yet how much your cashier lank President—Oh! yes, we knew in a very short time Askum—Why, 1 great deal dank President—Exactly,. 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