THE SCRAKTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNENGr, 3)EOEAEBER II, 18S)T.
II
Life Story of
a Mao of GodL
Tlie Priest of the
the Corner.
Henry Austin, In the Illustrated Ameri
can. When Victor Hugo In "Lea Mltw
nblcs" drew the character of the Rood
priest, Ulshop Ulenveiitt, many critics
denounced It ns u ei-osh cxasKerntlon
on the part of the master of romanti
cism. The career of Itev. Or. UoorEe H.
Houghton, rector of the Church of 'ho
TmnsllRuratton, who passed a win nt
his home In New York, on November
17, presents an actualized clerical rliai -ncter
no less superb and thus contra
dicts theso superficial crltlcH of Huso's
blsh'op.
lie achieved fame accidentally. He
had no um'bjtlon to be pointed out and
admired of men. Ho simply did his
work In the simplest and quietest man
ner, and yet there Is perhaps little ox
ntJKeratlon In saylnc that for many
years Dr. Houghton haw been the most
picturesque flRure, ns veil as the most
winning personality, not alone In the
ministry of the metropolis, but In that
of the whole country.
Horn In Deerflold, Massachusetts, seventy-seven
years ago, he qrevv from
youth to manhood, from manhood to
old atje, almost In the soft shadow of
the vlne-embrolderod wall of the little
church which he established and built
up on East Twenty-ninth street, just
around th'c coiner from fashionable
1'lftli avenue.
In the eaily days of Dr. Ilouchton's
ministry I'ellevue hospital had no reK
ular chaplain, and Dr. Houghton re
ceived frequent Invitations to come and
comfort the dying and the sick in that
Institution. Ills eagerness! to offer the
last c insolations of religion, regardless
of creed or condition, was noticed and
n ported about by word of mouth all
over thi upper east side, and thus his
popularity hotran outside of his own
denomination.
Day end nlch't this priest was sent
fur and he always eame promptly.
Lateness of hour or violence of weath
er, nntliiiu; prevented his hastening to
the bod of sin and pain.
He hid been educated ps a theolo
gian, end in the discussion of nice
points of doctrine 1 man could be
more adent. but doctrine was dissi
pated like a gray mist by a swift wind
and a Might sun when humanity called
t his heart for a message of comfort
anl of elver.
U the 'breaking out of the Civil war
In ul'ered his services v. Itliout compen
sation as rhaplaln of the first milium
hospital established in New York. This
was the fashion of the man. Ho had
he'ped for yars to support the church
he had founded, turning over to it en
tirely a lopaoy he had received, and
her ever he had a ehanct to give ser
vice. Instead of selling It, he had eager
Jnv In the giving.
When the draft-riots occurred and
the nfgroes of New York were In dan
g i' from the Copperhead Tammany
thugs, ivunv colored men and women,
sniltt.n vlih panic, eame, as If Impell
c1 I'1' instinct, to this generous priest
for tiri.'r etlon. Many lineats nl per-
ml chastisement were ent to Mm
i) i'el made against him by the T.in.
T.'i.sy inn, but be paid no attention to
s'eli thinrjs and walked the streets of
N' i Yoik, clad In the shining armor
ef sfi'1! ,' goodness,
Tl.. d,ed that brought him fame
: not one of his own doing; that is,
iw iiol one of his seklnrr to do. He
) . f rme 1 It as a move matter of course
In tpe !.ei". Ice of that Master who deem
C'1 It no derogation e.f His human
ard He. divine dignity to sit at meat
vlth publicans and sinners.
It fame about In this way. An actor,
the eMer Holland, of repute In his
art and in his life, died on December "0,
170. Joseph Jefferson, therefore, un
dortonl: the arrangements for Holland's
funeral and culled with some friends
on a clergyman named Hellne, who was
pastor of a fashionable church on Mad
Ifcor avenue.
Tils Dr. Saline evidently considered
himself the salt of the earth and no
t if the scum of creation, for he llatly
refused to bury the dead player, and
" h"n JeP'erson asked him If there vas
fiiv 'iei!ymir, nearby who would be
will', g to . (induct funeral services over
an nrtnr, ho contemptuously replied.
"Tl "i-i-'s the little church around the
cnriier. where they would do such' a
thing. I believe."
Whereupon the theatrical delegation
waited unon Dr. Houghton and weie
r-n Ived In a most brotherly way. Of
ciiii.S". thev talked afterward not a llt
'1' about the dlfereno" of the treat
ment they had received from th" two
e li'Vgyi.ien, nnd that phrfire of con
t miit. "The little church around the
i' ruer." attained a wide puhllcity.
Ti Is has e-fr since been the nlek
r tme of the Church of the Transllgur-
It is altogether admirable
when a man, by dint of
suecr win, wrings a lor-
tune trom niggaruly
circuuT-tanccs. The
world is full
of instances
wlier e ni e n
have done this,
but never in
history was this
accomplished
-. - MJ U ..VLB. M..H
ft unhealthy man,
j v- Ill-health not
" 1 .......-.
every physical
function but ev-
iery mental fac-
'ulty and every
moral quality.
If a man will
stop and icason
for a moment,
he docs not
have to be a physician to understand the
causes of impure blood, or its far-reachinjr
effects. When a man's digestion is disor
dered, his liver sluggish, his bowels inac.
tive, the blood is depiived of the proper
food elements, and the sluggish liver and
bowels supply in their place, the foulest
of poisons. The blood is the llfe-btreani.
When it is full of foul poisons, it carries
and deposits them in every organ and tis
sue of the body. Rone, sinew, muscle, and
flesh-tisSue, the brain cells and the nerve
fibres are all fed upon bad, poisonous food.
Serious ill-health is bound to result. The
matt is weakened in every fiber of his body.
He is weakened physically, mentally and
morally. He suffers from sick headache,
distress in stomach after meals, giddiness
and drowsiness, loss of appetite and sleep,
bad taste in the mouth, shakincbs in the
morning, and dullness throughout the day,
and lassitude and an indisposition to work.
Sooner or later these conditions develop
consumption, nervous prostration, malaria,
rhctiti-atism.orsome blood or skin disease.
l)r I'ierce's Golden Medical PUcovety is
the best of all known medicines for ambi
tious, hard-working men and women. It is
the great blood-maker and flesh-builder.
It makes the appetite keen and hearty, and
the digestion and assimilation perfect, the
liver nctive, the blood pure and rich, the
nerves nteauy, the body vigorous and the
brain alert. Where there is also constipa
tion Dr I'ierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used, noth of these great medicines ore
for ale bv nil medicine denier
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Little Church Around
ntlen. and If one asked the average
New Yorker today where the Church of
the Transfiguration was situated, the
nun would look puzzled; but nearly
every one Is able and eager to direct a
stranger to "The Little Church' Around
the Corner." Still It Ip a mistake to
suppose that the burial of George Hol
land from this church' was the first ln
stnnce in which Dr. Houghton otllclnt
ed at the funeral of one, ef that class
of people who for centuries have been
considered under n. kind of social and
ecclesiastical ban. Just nfter the Civil
win nn English actress, who was also
a writer of some note. B is burled from
the Church of the Transfiguration, nnd
several players In consequence became
the rector's personal friends.
Since the Salln epigram, however,
this church has coine to be regarded as
the special sanctuary of the dramatic
profession. From Its portals Lester
Wallack, Harry Montague, Kdwln
Ikioth, Dion P.-iucIcauU and others of
less note have had "the bringing homo
of bell and burial."
Not funerals alone. The marriages of
many players have been solemnized
here. Dr. Houghton said In one of his
ermons: "My friends the actorsCod
bless them hither brlnsr their brides
for the wedding, their babes foi the
bnpUMii. their deed for the hurial:
hither come that their sick nvty be
visited, their mourners comforted, their
perplexed and troubles and sinful coun
seled and relieved. Alas! alas! that
this last Is so Infiequentlv, so cscep
tlonally done!"
It is a part of the .-urlous fellrlty and
singular Impllcity of this truly priestly
and prlncly life that, with nil his Oa
teini'l fondmss for the dramatic pro
fession. Dr. Houghton was never in u
theater but once.
Not that he disapproved of the stage.
fn the contrary he believed that the
highest kinds of plays are an education
to the race; but his abstention from
the theater was due to the force of an
early sentiment. A cousin had per
suaded him. when he was a lad of
fifteen, to visit the old Chatham Street
theater, and the sorrow of his mother,
when she found It out, made such :.
deep Impression upon him that ne nev
er went again.
In the regular congregation of his lit
tle church around the corner there
have been for years many players and,
when annoiine meiit was made, not
long ago, tint the expenses of th
church had gone far beyond Its Income,
number of the theatrical guild gener
ally got up a subscription at once which
more than canceled the indebtedness.
Hut it wps not alone or especially
for th? members of this long-tabooed
pi ofusslon that Dr. Houghton estab
lished his church of the living Christ,
and maintained unswervingly his min
istry of mercy with all the ardor of. a
youth, all the unflngrdm; zeal of a
devotee and rll the practical wisdom
of a man of the woild. In a sermon,
which he preached four yours ago, he
tenlc the public entirely Into his con
fidence as to what he had endeavored
to make the Church of the Transfigur
ation stand for in the minds and hearts
of men a personal ministry of mercy
and of blessing:
"To that ministry no sin. no degra-
da'ion, no sickness, no possible peril,
has been or can bo n barrier. The
gambling house.the house of Ill-repute,
the prison house, have been open to it;
there has been no place shut against
It; there has heen no man or woman
who has needed to hesitate to seek it in
time of need. And, thanks be to Cod.
during all these foity and five yent-
not so much as once has the foot of tho
petsonal mlnlstiy from the Church of
the Transfiguration withhold Itself
from crossing nny threshold through
fear of possible peril. Fiom tho dying
it lias come out of the Gambling house
at midnight, and from the house of
ill-repute at the dawn of day. And the
lrxnd of that ministry, despite of warn
In,, in the midst of pestilence, has
h'ld the head, as It should, of the pestilence-
smltren, for receiving tho body
and blood of the Lord "
What a sublime picture is here this
vigorous, stoimdefying man of God,
with kindly, forgiving eyes and ven
erable beard, white as snow, coming
forth from the gambling house where
some poor swindler may have been
struck down In sudden quarrel, or may
lnv collapsed with consumption,
which makes a special prey of that
piofesslon'
Mr behold with reverent eves this
mai" of God standing like a statue of
peace and spiritual brightness in the
garish room where some Magdalene In
agony and remorse Is breathing her
last. With soothing hand he seals tho
glazing eyes, and niurmuis softly In
the falling ear the pardon and the
benediction of Him who died on the
cross: "Neither do I condemn thee. Go
thou nnd kin no more!"
Surel;,, when one regards a life like
that of Dr. Houghton, the pitiful ex
amples of a Saline, a Chadbaml or a
Stegglns become obliterated in the dust
of their own lnelsnlfioancp. and tho
true character, mission and glory of
Christianity stand revealed In the light
which leads the world on.
SO.MK PASSPOIt'' UI'tJULATIONS
Vexatious Itchtrictmos in Itussin
nnd Tiiikev.
From the Youth'ii Companion.
There nre few countries In which
travellers now require passports in or
der to promote their convenience and
security. In Itrazll und Venezuela u
passport must be shown to the olllelals
before oiui Is ulbnvod to leuvo the
country for a foreign port. This Is a
vexatious measure, enfoiced apparent
ly for the sake of enabling a few olll
elals to collect small fees. In Cubu
passports are produced whenever trav
oilers arrive or depart. This precau
tion Is considered necessary In view
of the political condition of unrest
prevailing In tho Island.
In Hussln passport regulations are
enforced with great stringency. No
traveller Is nllowed to enter the empire
until he has obtained a passport and
convinced the IttKslan consular offi
cers at the port from which he sails
that he Is neither a Roman Cathollu
priest nor n Hebiew. The question or
dinarily asked Is "What Is your relig
ion" but It Is designed to provide
against the entry of either of these
two classes.
When tho traveller arrives at a Huh
slun port, with a ptissport which has
been properly vised and, countersign
ed at n consular, Pfileji-lt l critically
examined by a police? officer nnd duly
registered.
At tho entrance of the hotel another
police olllcer takes possession of the
document, nnd, In the course of twenty-four
hours, returns It with a permit
for a limited residence In tho coun
try. When the traveller departs for an.
other city in the empire ho must havo
tho passport countersigned by the po
lice. This process continues until ho
reaches tho frontier, which he cannot
cross unless tho passport has been
vised find stamped by the police. Not
Infrequently tourists are stopped at
tho frontier, nnd subjected to serious
Inconvenience because they have ne
glected to comply with the police reg
ulations respecting passports.
All this red tape causes annoyance
anil Irritation among tourists, who tire
apt to overlook the fact that Husslnns
as well us foreigners are compelled to
observe these police regulations. It Is
the business of the police to know
where everybody lodges. A permit Is
required It a nutive removes from one
quarter of n town to another. Every
body Is registered by the police when
he arrives or departs, and foreigners
when they are In Ittissla are dealt with
on equul terms with permanent residents.
l'AKAOlSK POK COOK AND ,11 All)
Doineslic Science, Syrncnso .Model,
litis a IMiico lor Best Young Men.
From the New York Sun.
If the cooks nnd the housemaids only
knew what beautiful schemes are be
ing meditated for their benefit they
might be so happy that they couldn't
live through It. However, as It Is said
that Joy iever kills, the Sun will take
the risk of publishing the fncts.
At yesterduy's meeting of tho House
hold Economies association the servant
problem was up, as usual, for discus
sion. Dlffeient women told their tales
of woe. Some of them had tried to
carry on cooking .schools and other
classes where domestics nnd other
working girls might learn how to do
housework. There was some complaint
Hint the girls did not fall over one
another In their engerness to attend
these schools and classes.
Finally, Mrs. Lamed, of Syracuse,
announced that In her city they had
solved this pioblem. They have eighty
gills In the "domestic science" classes,
and slxtv of those are servants. The
girls have a good time cooking various
things, a better time eating them, and
afterward, oh, rapture! their best
youpg men come and take them home,
by the longest possible way around, of
course.
Tills beautiful scheme was highly ap
proved by all present, and Mrs. Alex
ander, the vice-president, went so far
as to propose a still more effectual one.
She suggested that the "best young
men" of the class members be Invited
to come and help eat the things cooked
by the class. If Mrs. Alexander's sug
gestion is followed, matrimony will In
vade the cooking school ranks and
claim their brightest ornaments.
Dr. Mary Green, the president of the
National Household Economies asso
ciation, read a paper yesterday. She
exulted the Importance of housekeep
ing, nnd said that recently, at a great
meeting of women at Nashville, they
talked about almost everything under
the sun except their homes. She said
that domestic science Is taught In the
Hoston public schools, and that she was
amazed at the knowledge possessed by
girls of 14 or 15 years. These girls, as
a final examination, prepared and
.served a six-course dinner, doing ev
everythlng, even the buying of the
food.
She urged the women to secure the
introduction of a similar pourse into
the New York schools, and told them
that unless women demand these
things men will be slow to provide
them. She said that many women are
as Ignorant of housekeeping a.s was
Kate In "The Manxman," but that very
Siiflay Sctol Lesson for Iscsiiter 12.
PAUL'S LAST
BY
Secretary erf
INTHODl'CTION.-Luke closes his na".
ratlvo Willi Paul a prisoner at Itonie.
Acts xxvili. ."0-31J. It Is generally be
lleved that the npostle obtained his bb
eitv ohout A. D. a, that ho visited the
churches In Macedonia nnJ In other parts,
and somu think that he carried out Ids
pin pose to pn ach the Gospel in Spain.
(Horn, xv, 'It). During this tlnif, ho
wiotu to Timothy (first epistle), und to
Titus. Suequently he was arrested
and sent a second time to Rome, und
there condemned to death. It was while
tho sentence vva3 hanging over him, when
he looked upon his departure as near ut
hand (verso fi). that he wrote his (second
letter to Time thy, the last literary vvorlc
of his life. We must today study a few
verses of that letter, if membeiing ih it
It was penned in the Roman prison. li
foie beginning, wo will do well to put our
selves within those walls In our thought
and then read the entire document. The
last words of this great man. spoken to
a sou' In tho ministry, will lovcal him In
a most Interesting light.
CHARGE. The chapter opens with a
most solemn call to duty. Paul felt that
after his departure one must tuke up and
carry forward the unfinished work. Tim
othy was tit Ephesus, rapidly becoming
the third center of the Christian relig
ion, Jerusalem and Antloch bavins pre
viously iliat henur. Ho was therefore ,x
horted.tP 'preach tlfo word, to bo diligent,
to repipvo and rebuke with all patience.
(Verse 2). A fearless, Scriptural, earn
est ministry was enjoined (Titus I, 13),
showing that Paul had a lofty lileul of
tho pastoral ollhe. It was to him no sln
cure, but a position in which one mlslit
Kcrvo tho Master. He therefore pressed
this duty upon the highest consideration.
He surfl-tntmcd Timothy Into the presence
of aoUjU'ti of the Lord Jesus Christ
(verso,;!), as- he did In his first letter (I
Tim. v. 21). Ho even reminded him of
tho Judgment, when at the appearing of
Jesus, all his servants must give ac
count. (Matt, nxv, 19). These earnest
words from an absent and beloved friend
must have gone to tho heart and pro
dueed a lasting impression.
WARNING. Why was Paul so earnest?
Why did he not leavn Timothy to learn
his duty In the school of experience un
der tho guidance- of tho Spirit? Partly
because the future would bo beset with
trouble. Possessed of prophctlo fore
sight, Paul saw that a day would come
when the members of the church would
lapso Into a lower state of religious zeal.
(Verses 3 and I). History shows that
there have been rrny er.ch Instances.
1-eoplu embrace Christianity at first from
conviction. As the numbers Increase,
worldly Influences enter. Rhetoric, elocu
tion, rltimlUni, and many other features
are Introduced to gratify tho taBto of tho
congregation. Afterward, men re fa so
sound doctrlre because it exposes and
condemns them. They select ministers of
a delicate mould who will satisfy their
Itching oars, and not disturb their con
science. Turning away from tho truth,
these people will seek after fables, fas-h-tenable,
foolish stuff, that Is utterly
worthless. (I Tim. I, 4). Honpo whllo the
church will hear, proneh the doctrines
that tond to build up holy lives. (II Pctr
II. L').
FAITHFl'IJN'BSS.-Tlmotliy must not
few men are ns kind ns Pete was.
When Kate put before him food ruined
In cooking, he ate as much as he pos
sibly could. When the chops were be
yond even tearing or cutting, ho quiet
ly put them In a piece of brown paper
and stowed them away In his pocket.
Dr. Green predicted that If women
would give themselves heart nnd soul
to the newly awakened interest in
housekeephiR, stories of women like
Kate would become nnchmt history.
SIIAKl'Sl'I'AIM' IX liO.VOO.V.
To Suppose Tlmt Shukcsponro Wns
Not Known to I'ducuted Londoners
Is Absurd,
John FIsko In the November Atlantic.
Shakespeare's London wns a small
city of from 150.000 to 200,000 souls, or
about the size of Providence or Min
neapolis at the present time. In cities
of such size everybody of the fdlehtest
eminence Is known all over town, nnd
such persons are sure to be more or less
acquainted with one another; It Is a
very rare exception when It Is not so,
Uefore his thirtieth year Shakespeare
was well known In London ns an actor,
a writer of plays, and the manager of
a prominent theatre. In that yeur
Spenser, in his "Colin Clout's Come
Home Again," alluding to Shakespeare
under the nnine of Aetlon, or "eagle
like," paid him this compliment:
"And there, though last, not least In
Aetlon;
A gentler shepherd may nowhere be
found;
Whose muse full of high thought's in
vention Doth, like himself, heroically sound."
Four years after this, In IMS, Francis
Meres published his book entitled "Pal
ladia Trunin," a very Interesting con
tribution to literary history. Tho
author, who had been nn Instructor in
rhetoric In the University of Oxford,
was then living in London, near the
Globe theatre. In this book Meres tells
his readers that "the sweet, witty soul
of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honoy
tongued Shakespeare; witness his
'Venus nrffl Adonis,' his 'Lucrece,' his
sugared sonnets among his private
friends," etc."
To suppose that such a man ns th!.s
in a town the size of Minneapolis, con
nected with a principal theatre, writer
of the most popular plays of the day,
a poet whom men were already coup
ling with Homer and Pindar to sup
pose that such a man wns not known
to nil the educated people of the town
Is simply absurd: There were prob
ably very few men, women or children
in London, between lo9i and 1010, who
did not know who Shakespeare was
when he passed them In the street;
and a.s for such wits as drank ale and
sack nt the Mermaid, as for Halelgh
and Bacon and Selden and the rest, to
suppose that Shakespeare did not know
them well nay, to suppose that he was
not the leading spirit and brightest
wit of those ambrosial nights Is about
ns sensible as to suppose that he never
saw a Maypole.
HINTS I'OK TIII.V WOMKX.
!ly Following These Instructions You
illny Jlulic ii Cnin olTlosli.
From .the Ho.-ton Transcript.
It takes time to gH fat Just as it
takes time to gio.v chin. The candi
date for added flesh should get all tho
sleep possible from nine to ten hours.
In addition, a nap In the mlddl of the
day will helo. Willi' napping, no
stays, tUht shoes, or bands must be
worn. If one cannot sltp, one should
lie down In a darkened room at least
thirty minutes Instead. In the morn
ing a cold plunge, or. at leaat, n cold
sponge, must bo taken, dashing the
water on the shoulders, neek and col-
WORD
2 Timothy !IV, 1-8. 16-J 8.
J. E, GILBERT, D. D., LL. D.,
American Society of Religicms Education,
be moved by an such deplorable condi
tion in tlie church, If It oc-curs in his time.
He must bo faithful to his trust, what
ever comes. (Verse 5). Watch in all
things bo a elosn observer of all that
passes and note thu tendencies (Malk xill,
ST), prepared to met evuy emergency.
"Kniluru ulllletlons" they are suru to
come if a man stands for the right In tin
evil world, and lefuse to be a party to sin
(Matt. x. -'."), but no one may abandon his
calling though poise cuted. (John xvl, 3.'!).
"Do tho work of an evangelist" what
ever other tasks ho may assume, he must
never lay down the exalted service by
which souls are to be won to Christ.
"Make full proof of thy ministry" show
to all that you aro really culled to be a
minister, nnd not merely the incumbent
of an otllce; pe.iorm your duly so well
that everyone will confess that yon aro
Indeed an ambassador for Liuint. If
these Instructions were followed, Timothy
would have a single purpose and become
a man of one work. (Phil. Ill, 13). Such
men always achieve abundant success.
DRPAinTUB. Tho apostle after these
advices to Ids brother minister, next re
fers to himself. He realizes that death
Is not fur distant, and speaks of It, a- It
really was, as un ottering or sacrlllco
from which ho does not shrink. (I'hll. Ii,
17). It is rather with the utmost calmness
that ho declares his readiness (verso U) to
dtpart, us If he were ubout to enter up-m
a Journey. That refclgnatlon otlglnated
in part from a review of his csaro."
(Wire 7). He nserts that ho had fought
a good light, a reference to tho nature
of tho conlllct rather than to his be
havior. (I Tim. vi, 12). His course wns
flnlsliLil, a figure of speech derived from
tho raco lu the Olympic games he had
reached the goal. (I Cor. Ix, 2C). In tho
midst of all Ills struggles, in tho ciirne't
pressing forward (Phil, ill, H), ho had con.
stantly kept the faith (Rev. ill, !). having
been truo to tho doctrine of Christ, and
the work laid before him. This personal
lefcreneo was not In tho spirit of boast
ing. Years befoie. Paul had laid hi
pride t the feet of tho cross. (Gal. vi.
11). Hut this Is the volco of triumph lifted
up at tho end of a long and faithful life.
PROSPECT. Rut what lies beyond?
Tho past, although secure, Is of llttlo
worth, only as It prepares for tho future,
Voltaire said toward tho close of his ca
reer, "I tako a leap Into the dark." Paul
felt that In departing ho entered upon nn
estato of blessedness, tho prospect of
which hud long cheered his heurt. (Phil.
I, 23). In tho old Grecian games, the suc
cessful runner was honored with a crown
of laurels, which was placed upon Ms
head In tho midst -f the u-ssenihled multi
tudes. Paul, seizing this figure, declares
that for him there 1b In waiting a crown
Lnf rIghteou-ness (verse 8), which Jesus
tho lord nnd Judge, will bestow. (James I,
12). Hy this he meant thu rewatd of Im
mortality and sloiy, purcheied and be
utovved through Jetus. (Hum. II. 7). Im
mediately on rr.tiklns this statement, as
If ho feared some fulto Impiosslon might
bo left In come mind, ho takes a broader
view, and rwteps out lr.tn the extended
realms of God's far-roactdriv mercy, af
firming that the same reward awaited all
who love the appearing of Jesus. (Tilus
II, 13), In this Inst clause ho refers to
an event yet future, with which the
lar-bonc. drying with n Turkish towel
nnd avoiding heavy clothing. A thin
vonii'n Hhould avoid cumbersome
wraps, henvy-welirht dress goods nnd
linings. She should not tiro herself
bicycling and she should have plenty of
fresh air. Diet deserves u considera
tion. For somo drlnklpg malt liquors
Is u grent help, but mnny cannot stand
It. A diet with nn eye to ucqulrlng
llesh' should conslBt of liquids-milk,
witter, but not coffee and tea; no hot
breads, plenty of butter and cheese
nnd good cocoa. The very thin woman
should have five meats n das, should
ctit marmttlad nnd plenty of warm milk
and cream. Indeed, If warm milk Is
drunk before retiring it Is In Itself al
most a sure cure. Above all, eat
slowly and never exerclao until lmlf
an hour after meals,
PGRFCCT HAPI'INeSS.
Whnt would make you perfectly hap
py? If that question was asked of ten
people, ten different nnswers would
probnbly be the result. Each person
has his own Idea of perfect happiness.
Some would like to be wealthy, some
learned, some fnmous; others think
they would be perfectly happy If they
were beautiful, talented or accom
plished. But there is something very
necessary to happiness that few of
them think of. If a person was en
dowed with all tho blessings before
mentioned, but J
lacked health, ISy?,
ne coiuu ue su- w
premely miser
able In spite of
h I s supposed
good fortune.
Therefore per
fect happiness
depends upon f-vfVSjfi
goou lie. lllll. -'V V
thy man living 7 ' l'M'VJ"i
In a hovel with
n dry crust only for food, can be happy.
A man living In a palace with all the
delicacies or the season spread in an
appetising array before him, can be
the most miserable of creatures, excit
ing only pity nt his wretchedness. Ca
tarrh is the most prevalent disease In
America. Are you suffering with ca
tarrh? If you are, you are not happy.
most assuredly, nut there Is no need
of your remaining miserable. Pc-ru-na
cures catnrih cures catarrh of the
head, nose, throat, lungs, bowels, kid
ntys, pelvic organs; in fact, Pe-ru-na
cures catarrh wherever located.
If you want to read some of Its cures,
address The Pe-ru-na Drug" Manufac
turing Company, Columbus, Ohio, and
a book written by Dr. Ilartmnn. on
the subject of chronic catarrh, will be
sent to you free.
Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na
Almanac for 1S9S.
TUB SIGN.
When tho twigs begin to rustle
And the birds are all a-bustle
On tho bough;
When an azure sky disclose
Promise sweet of .Tune with roses
On her brow;
When the brook that sang so sadly
Welcomes every Minbeam, gladly
Frolllcklng;
When to wood-songs' subtle rhyming
Countless echoes soft uro chiming.
Then It's yprlns.
When your clothes seem dank and cling
ing And you canr.ot hear tlie singing.
Since a cold
Gave your head that burz ci-statle,
Whon you throb with sharp, erratic
Pains untold;
When gooil-nctuifd folks assure you
That they know Just what will cute you,
And ou bring
A most harrowing melancholy
'Mrmgtst our friends who would be jolly
Then it's spring,
Washington Star.
church's Interests aro linked. (1 John
ill, 3).
Sl'PPORT. Omitting from tho lesson,
seven versed that deal with some of
Paul's fellow-workers, -aiio International
committee has brought tho sixteenth
verso immediately after the eighth, es
tablishing a relation of thought not alto
gether unprofitable. When, during ins
second imprisonment, tin apostle was
first called to answer before tho prefct
of tho city, nono of tho Christians stood
with him, he was left alone ns Jesus was.
(.Matt. xvi. Stj). Yet he prayed for them.
(Acts vil, Gil). Hut while forsaken of men
he realized the presence of the Lord who
stood by him, as on other occasions (Acts
xslll. Hi, and strengthened him. So up
poried, he vVas ablo to pri'aeh to the Gen
tiles a mt him (verse 17) u sermon which
was n . reported, and of whose substance
we ar not infoimed. Thus, he was de
liverer out of the mouth of the lion, es
caped tho temptation which Satan might
have offered ,(I Peter v. ), which ho in
variably does present when people are in
any trouble. (11 Peter d, 0). This Is
Paul's lJt receird of victory through the
gracu of Jesus Christ.
roNFIDIJN'C!:. i:vry favor whl.h the
Lord shovyM to His people In their dis
tress, Inerdsifeca their faith In Hlin. (I'salin
xxxll. o). It was, therefore, fortunate
that Paul's friends l&ft him, and that Dl
' Ine support came to him. Hy that ex
perience! ho not only triumphed over
Satan, but acquired new confidence which
ho exprenses to Timothy (verso lsj. full
nf comfort let both. "The Lord shall de
liver me from every ovil work," he says,
with firm reliance on His keeping power,
bko that felt by the saints In olden times
(Psalm f-xxi. 7). only mado more person? I.
His fears were all dismissed. Thereafter
no one eould harm him. (I Peter 111, 13).
Tho Lord "will preserve mo unto Ills
heavenly kingdom," ho adds, looking for
ward over the brief space of mortal life
to the fruition of his hopes, tho consum
mation or his work. Hero the epistle vir
tually ends. What follows pertains to
some dear friends. Rut tho climax of
Paul's life was i cached when with utter
dependenco on the Lord, he waited with
composure for his transfer home.
CONCLUSION. Wo are now to tako
leave of this mini of God. For nlno
months we have followed his history or
studied his writings. Resinning; with his
conversion wo have travelled with him
from city to city, irom country to coun
try, never vwnrled, but often refreshed
and stimulated by his heroic deeds ami
masterful words. Always and every
whero ho proved to bo a sincere, faithful
diligent, self-sacrlllclng steward of the
gifts of God, true to the vision by wlu ii
ho was called to be nn apostle. Thirty
years havo passed away, and he is be
come "Paul tho aged." (Phllem. 0). Far
from his native land. In a Roman prison,
nbandoned by timid friends, his heart
yearns for tho companionship of one who
hud been with him In hlu earlier lolls (I
Tim. lv, 8), whom ho oxhorts to come to
him, to whom he writes not knowing that
they shall meet again. That letter Is his
dying gift to tho universal church. It
tells of fulth, and hope, nnd love. It idiows
how a soul may triumph in the hour of
death und how the religion of Jesus sup
ports even unto tho uttermost.
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