SERMONS OF THE DAY.
RELICIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED BY
PROMINENT AMERICAN MINISTERS.
"Christian Cheerfulness" 1* the Title of
the Eighth Sermon In the N. W Herald',,
Competitive Series—By a llrooklyn
Minister— l)r. Tnlmace on Home Life.
TEXT- "Rejoice in the Lord always: and
again I say, Rejoice.—Philippians, iv.. 4.
What is so common among men as the
disposition to see only the dark side of the
events of life? Many of us h ave a tendency
to exaggerate our ills which amounts al
most to melancholia. If It is not always
high tide in our course of fortune we sink
Into a condition of morbid despair. We are
too apt to forget that in nature the tide
must fall as well as rise. We do not realize
that it is the part of wisdom to make the
best use of the opportunities we have. We
compare our circumstances with tp o ® 0 °*
others who are more fortunate and brood
over "the slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune." •
The tendency to dwell upon our ills grows
with time. In the beginning it can be
checked easily, but in time it becomes like
a torrent gaining impetus with its descent,
until it is bevond control. Now and then
we receive the sad news that one whom we
esteemed as upright and godlv has allowed
this morbid tendency to obtain such head
way that it unseats the reason and with it
the sense of moral responsibility. Then we
learn of the self-destruction of such a one
and we are not surprised. It was almost
the inevitable consequence of a false, one
sided view of life that is supported by
neither common sense nor religion.
With reference to the character of the
mind men may be divided into the matter
of fact and the exaggerative. While the
former are liable to be unsettled and dis
contented occasionally, the latter are apt
to be so as a rule, because their minds, be
ing imaginative, create for themselves
ideals which they seldom, if ever, attain.
Nevertheless, the normal condition of life
is one of cheerfulness. God teaches us
this in nature, which, as a rule, is bright
with sunshine, gay with color and illled
with joyous sounds. Laughter and song,
harmonv and beauty are the radiant fig
ures of that living picture whereby our
Heavenly Father points out to each the
road to happiness. It is the desire of
every earnest mnn to please God. There
is no better way to do so than by showing
oursolves satisiled with what He gives us.
A preacher once said: "We do not please
God more t>y eating bitter aloes than by
eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day
is not more heavenly than a day of sun
shine. A funeral march is not so much
like the music of angels as the songs of
birds on a May morning. There is no
more religion in the guant, naked forest
In winter than in the laughing blossoms of
the spring and the ripe, rich fruits of au
tumn."
How few cultivate a sunny disposition!
now few make an effort to bo cheerful
when thev feel unhappy! There are some
the hard lines of whose faces never break
into a smile. There are others who know
only that mirth which is provoked bv arti
ficial means, such as a joke or a ridiculous
incident. Some are cheerful only when
they have driven a good bargain. You all
know the business smile worn by those who
are unxious to gala your good will or your
money, l'erhaps you are acquainted with
people who wear a mask of cheerfulness
for the outer world and u mask of torror
for their homes.
Little do they who go through life dissat
lslled and cheerless know how much they
lose of that which is sweetest in human ex
perience. Not only they but all with whom
they come in contact are robbed of a por
tion of the blessing of existence. We owe
. it to our families, our friends, in fact to all
our fellow men, as well as to ourselves, to
make brighter, not gloomier, this human
life. St. Taul's example shows that even
in distressing circumstances cheerfulness
is possible. His injunction, "Rejoice in the
Lord," was literally obeyed by himself.
The consistent Christian must be cheer
ful. Even when the knowledge of his sin
fulness weighs heaviest upon him he be
lieves that God is forgiving and merciful.
The bitterness of his sorrow is sweetened
by the promises of God. The gloom of his
soul is illumined by the light of God's love.
However forbidding the darkness by which
ho is surrounded, however great the suffer
ing to which ho is subjected, however mer
cilessly the hand of misfortune may tight
en its grip, he knows he shall be higher iu
the esteem of his God and more fit for his
destiny if, with patience and a cheerful
heart, he bears these things. The conso
lations of his religion will never fail him if
he appeals to them. Gloomy Christianity
is a misrepresentation. However weil
meaning those may be who dwell only on
the sufferings of Christ, only on the wrath
of God and the punishment of sin, they do
God an injustice and teach only half the
truth. There is nothing to gain from such
a repulsive presentation of religion. It is
not natural, necessary nor fair to our fellow
men to minimize those features of our re
ligion that God has made most prominent.
There is a bright side which it is of the ut
most importance to emphasize in order to
win men to religion. The dawn of redemp
tion and the Joy of spiritual triumph for
ever obliterated the sorrows of Calvary.
The justice, mercy and love of God irradi
ate prismatic light on the sombre picture
of sin and judgment. JAMES E. NIEH,
Hector Church of the Epiphany, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
HOME LIFE.
Dr. Talmace Preaches On the Cares of the
Household.
TEXT: "Lord, dost Thou not care that
my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid
her. thereforo, that sho help me."—Luke
x., 10.
Yonder is a beautiful village homestead.
The man of the house is dead, and his
widow is taking charge of the premises.
This is the widow, Martha of Bethuny.
Yes, I will show you also the pet of the
household. This is Mary, the the younger
sister, with a book under her arm, and her
face having no appearance of anxiety or
care. Company has oome. Christ stands
outside the door, and, of course, there Is a
good deal of excitement Inside the door.
The disarranged furniture Is hastily put
aside, and the hair is brushed' back and
the dresses are adjusted as well as, in so
short a time, Mary and Martha can attend
to these matters. They did not keep
Christ standing at the door until they had
elaborately arranged their tressfes, then
coming out with their affected surprise, as
though they had not heard the two orth'me
previous knookings. saying: "Why, is
that you?" No. They were ladles, and
were always presentable, although they
may not have always had on their best, for
non of us always has on our best; if we
beßt wou 'd not be worth having
on. They throw open the door and greet
Christ. They gay: "Good morning. Mas
ter; come in and be seated." Christ did
not come aloue; He had a group of friends
with Him. and such an influx of city visi
tors would t.irow any country home into
perturbation. I suppose also the walk
from the city had been a good appetizer.
The kitchen department that dav was a
very important department, and I suppose
tluit Martha hud no sooner creoted tbe
guests than she fled to that room Mary
had no worriment about household'affairs
She had full confidence that Martha oould
get up the best dinner In Bethany She
seems to say: "Now, let us have a division
oi labor. MArtha, you cook, nn<i T'll ait
down and be good.'' Bo you have often
ters * Sreat difference between two sls-
There is Martha, hard-working nalns
taking, a good manager, ever inventive of
some new pastry, or discovering something
jjn the art of cookery and houskeeplnif
There is Mary, also fond conversation'
literary, so engaged In tfeep questions of
sthics she has no time to attend to th«
luestlons of household welfare. It Is noon.
Mary Is In the parlor with Christ. Martha
is lu the kltoheu. It would have been bet
ter If they had divided the work, and then
they could have divided the opportunity of
listening to Jesus; but Mary monopolises
Christ while Martha swelters at the Are.
[t was a very important thing that they
should have a Rood dinner that day. Christ
was hungry, and He did not often have a
luxurious entertainment. Alas, me! If the
duty had devolved upon Mary, what a re
past that would have been! But something
went wrong in the kitchen. Perhaps the
fire would not burn, or the bread would
not bake, or Martha soalded her hand, or
something was burned blaok that ought
only to have been made brown; and Martha
lost her patience, and forgetting the pro
prieties of the occasion, with besweated
brow, and, perhaps, with pltoher in one
hand and tongs in the othor, she rushes
out of the kitchen into the presence of
Christ, saying, "Lord, dost Thou not care
that my sister hath left me to serve alone?"
Christ scolded not a word. If It were scold
ing, I would rather have His scolding than
anybody else's blessing. There was noth
ing acerb. He knew that Martha had al
most worked herself to death to got Him
something to eat, and so He throws a world
of tenderness into His intonation as He
seems to say: "My dear woman, do not
worry, let go; sit down on this
ottoman besldo Mary, your younger sister.
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and
troubled about many things, but one thing
is needful." As Martha throws open that
kitchen door I look in and see a great many
household perplexitlos and anxieties.
First, there is the trial of non-apprecla
tion. This is what made Martha so mad
with Mary. The younger sister had no esti
mate of her older sister's fatigues. As
now, men bothered with the anxieties of
the store, the olTlce and shop, or oomlng
from tho Stock Exchange, they say whon
they get home: "Oh, you ought to be in
our factory a little while; you ought to
have to manage eight, or ten, or twenty
subordinates, and then you would know
what trouble and anxiety are!" Oh, sir,
the wife and the mother has to conduct at
the samo time a university, a clothing es
tablishment, a restaurant, a laundry, a li
brary, while she is health officer, police
and president of her realm! She must do
a thousand things, and do them well, in
order to keep things going smoothly; and
so her brain and her nerves are taxed to
tho utmost. I know there are housekeep
ers who are so fortunate that they can sit
in an arm chair in the library, or lie on the
belated pillow and throw oil all the care
upon subordinates who, having large
wages and great experience, can attend to
all of the affairs of the household. Those
are the exceptions. I amspoaking now of
the great mass of housekeepers—the wo
men to whom lire is a struggle, and who,
at thirty years of ago, look as though they
were fortv. and at forty look as though
they wc-ss'flfty, and at ilfty look as though
they were sixty.
You think, O, man of the world! that yon
have all tho cares and anxieties. If the
cares and anxieties of the household
should come upon you for one week, you
would bo lit for the Insano Asylum. The
half-rested housolceeper arises in the
morning. She must have tho morning re
past prepared at an Irrevocable hour.
What if the lire will not light; what if the
marketing did not come; what if the clock
has stopped—no matter, she must have the
morning repast at an irrevocable hour.
Then the children must be got off to school,
What if their garments are torn; what II
they do not know their lessons; what 11
they have lost a hat or sash—they must he
ready. Then you have all the diet of the
day, and perhaps of several days, to plan;
but what if the butcher lias sent moat un
mastical Ij, or tho grocer has sent articles
of food adulterated, and what if some piece
of silver be gone, or some favorito challoe
bo cracked, or the roof leak, or the plumb
ing fall, or any one of a thousand things
occur—you must be ready. Spring weather
comes, and there must be a revolution in
the family wardrobe; or autumn comes,
and you must shut out tho northern blast;
but what if tho moth has preceded you tc
the chost; what if, during tho year, tho
children have outgrown the apparel of last
year; what If the fashions have changed,
Your bouse must bo an apothecary's shop;
it must be a dispensary; there must be
medicines for all sorts of ailments. You
must be in half a dozen places at tho sama
time, or you must attompt to be. If,
under all this wear and tear of life, Martha
makes an impatient rush upon the library
or drawing-room, be patient, be lenient!
Oh, woman, though I may fail to stir up
an appreciation in the souls of others in
regard to your household toils, let me as
sure you, from the kindness with which
Jesus Christ met Martha, that he appre
ciates all vour work from garret to cellar
and that the God of Deborah, and Hannah
and Abigail, and Grandmother Lois, and
Elizabeth Fry. and Hannah More is the
God of tho housekeeper! Jesus was neyei
married, that ho might be the especial
friend and confident of a whole world ol
troubled womanhood. I blunder; Chrisl
was married. Tho Bible says that the
Church is the Lamb's wife, and that makei
me know that all Christian women have c
right togo to Christ and tell Him of theli
annoyance and troubles, since by His oatl
of conjugal fidelity He is sworn to sym
pathize.
Again there is the trial of severe econ'
omy. Nine hundred and ninety-nine
households out of a thousand are subjected
to it—some under more and some undei
less stre«s of circumstances. Especially ii
a man smoke very expensive cigars, an(°
take very costly dinners at the restaurants
he will be severe in demanding domestlt
economies. This is what kills tens of thou<
sands of women—attempting to make five
dollars do tho work of sevon. A vounf
woman about to enter the married state
said to her mother: "H<jw long does the
honeymoon last?" The mother answered
"The honeymoon lasts until you ask youi
husband for money."
How great are the responsibilities ol
housekeepers. Sometimes an indigestible
article of food, by its effect upon a king,
has overthrown an empire. A distinguished
statistician says that of one thousand un
married men there are thirty-eight orlm
inals, and of one thousand married men
only eighteen are criminals. What a sug
gestion of home influence! Let tho mosl
be made of them. Housekeepers, by the
food they provide, by tho couches tbe\
spread, by the books they introduce, bj
the influences they bring around theii
homes, are deciding the physical. Intellec
tual, moral, eternal destiny of the race.
You say your life is one of sacrifice. I know
it. But.'my sisters, this is tho only life
worth living. That was Florence Night
ingale's life; that was Payson's life; that
Christ's life.
FRANKFORT LOTTERY CLOSED.
Legal Fight of Twenty.two Year* End* In
Abolition.
The forty-one offices of tho Frankfort
Lottery scattered over Louisville, Ky. 112 were
closed for tho first time in twenty-five
years, and no drawings were made at the
principal office at Third and Green Streets,
Tho lottery is closed for good.
The mandate of the Supreme Court hai
not been received, but the owners of the
lottery felt that nothing would be gained
by keeping open, as Criminal Judge
Barker announced that his first act would
be to proceed against the lottery without
waiting for official notice. Thus has ended
a light that has been waged for twenty-twc
years against the policy-shops of
vllle. The company had two drawing!
daily, and its profits averaged SIO,OOO a
day.
Quail a Pelt.
McDonald County (Missouri) farmers re
cently Issued a general invitation to hunt
ers to come and kill quail, the birds having
become so plentiful as to be a pest.
Postage stamps In England are gummed
with a starch made from potatoes.
j THE REALM OF FASHION. 1|
Feminine Footwear.
These shoes are the latest novelties.
The high shoe in the center is for
those who feel uncomfortable in a low
shoe. It is cut out in scallops on
cither side, the lacing thereby revealing
the stocking. The shoe at the top is
an entirely novel cut, but is becoming
to the foot, especially when worn with
a colored stocking to match the dress.
STYLES IN SHOES.
A glittering embroidery of jet outlines
all the openwork strappings of the
glace kid, which radiate from a narrow
central strap, also wrought with jet.
The model at the left laces from the
toe right up to the ankle in such a way
that the charms of a pretty openwork
stocking are displayed to exceptional
advantage. At the left of the circle is
a dainty shoe in glace kid embroidered
with jet. Note the pretty arrangement
of the strap at the side.
Stylish Girls' Coat.
Short, stylish jacket coats are al
ways in vogue, and always stylish as
A GIBL'S COAT OF TAN-COLOBED CLOTH.
well as comfortable, writes May Man
ton. The model illustrated in the
large engraving is made of tan-colored
cloth, and is finished in regulation
tailor style. The broad backs are
seamed at the centre, and are joined
to the fronts by means of under-arms
gores. The fronts are loose, and are
extended to form pointed revers. The
right laps well over the left, where the
closing is effected by means of buttons
and buttonholes. At the neck is a
high roll-over collar, which closes
with hooks and eyes. The sleeves are
two-seamed and laids in pleats at the
arm's-eye. Pockets are inserted at
convenient distance from the lower
edge of fronts, and ore finished with
stitched over-laps. The garment is
lined throughout with silk, the revers
being [self-faced and interlined with
tailor's canvas, as are the sleeves, for a
depth of three inches at each wrist.
With the coat is worn a hat of velvet,
with a Tam crown and ostrich tips.
To make this coat for a girl of ten
years will require one and one-half
yards of fifty-four-inch material. The
pattern, No. 7264, is cut in sizes for
girls of six, eight,ten, twelve and four
teen years.
Clilc Little Basques.
The pleated round waist and the
full Knssian blouse waist contest for
favor with the numberless chic little
coat basques, very short, very smart
and very much trimmed. Sometimes
we see the basque portion cut in one
with the waist, and sometimes added
on. In other instances, the coat or
basque effect is confined to the back
only, while the front is slightly pointed
or quite round. The back is in one
seamless piece, and is arranged in
endless ways below the belt-line.
Short jacket-fronts made by leading
French coatmakers open on full vests
of any soft material that gathers,
pleats, tucks, or can be arranged in
effective surplice folds inside square
or tiny rounded jackets of some heavy
textile.
Dainty Ornaments For Dnn and Hair.
Aigrettes, both black and white,
with tiny ostrioh-tips or bowa of vel-
vet, still hold their popular plaoe as
hair ornaments for the evening. An
other approved fashion is a black or
white ostrich-feather rising from a
bow of black velvet. Out-steel, too,
is used for hair ornamentation in con
junction with either velvet or feath
ers.
Dog-collars of jewels, or made of
bands of velvet studded with pears,
jewels or jets, are more in vogue this
wintei than for many years past. This
style is an approved one by the woman
whose neck has lost its youthful
primness just beneath the chin, and
will undoubtedly have a long reign.—
Woman's Home Companion.
Ited is Again the Rage.
A great Paris house shows a row of
counters at which nothing is to be seen
but red cloths. Every conceivable
shade may be found, and the variety of
material and range of width and quality
are really marvelous. Red is having
quite a following in Paris just at pres
ent, the darker shades being the most
popular.
Black Velvet Costumes.
All black velvet costumes trimmed
with jet or embroidered bands of
moire ribbon are much worn by both
youthful and elderly matrons.
Girl's Afternoon Costume.
The model given herewith, and de
scribed by May Manton, is at once
youthful aud stylish. It is trimmed
with narrow black velvet ribbon and
made with a full front of soft tan-col
ored silk.
The foundation for the waist is a
fitted lining that closes at the centre*
back. On it are arranged the full
frout and the revers, that extend
down both back and front, and are
widened to form epaulets over the
shoulders. The sleeves are two
seamed and moderately snug, those of
the girls being somewhat larger than
those worn by their elders. The neok
i9 finished with a straight standing
collar of the silk. The skirt is four
gored, and has all the fulness laid in
pleats at the back to give the fan ef
fect. It is quite plain and is lined
throughout. At the waist is a sash of
black velvet ribbon that harmonizes
with the trimming.
To make this gown for a girl of ten
years will require two and one-half
Glßli's AFTERNOON COSTUJEX.
yards of forty-four-inch material, with
five-eighths of a yard of silk for the
front.
Owl Flew Through a Cab.
Mike Murphy, engineer of the
"Blue Flyer" on the Baltimore and '
Ohio, was badly cut in the face by ,
flying glass from his cab window early :
yesterday morning. Mr. Murphy was
coming down the big hill at Casey- :
ville at a high rate of speed, and the i
air being quite fresh, he kept his cab .
window closed. All at once he heard 1
a crash and the next instant blood
covered his face, the result of parti
cles of glass from his cab window
striking him. He hastily reversed |
his engine, and, as soon as he washed
the blood from his face, looked around
for the cause of the accident. He ex
pected to find that some miscreant
had thrown a missile through the win
dow, but in a corner of the cab lay a
big owl, which had passed through
the window. The owl was slightly
disfigured, but would have been able
to fly had Mr. Murphy permitted it to
escape. He brought it to East St.
Louis, and will keep it as a memento
of the fast run at Caseyville. Rail
road men contend that the electric
headlight so blinded the owl that it
could not see to escape, and that it
plunged through the glass in its half
dazed condition.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
To Dress Wo unrig.
Three useful things to have in the
house as a provision in case of wounds,
are a spool of adhesive plaster, some
iodoform gauze and a package of car
bolated absorbent cotton. Cleanse and
dry as nearly as may be the cut sur
face with a wad of the cotton, using
moderate pressure and elevating the
part if necessary to check the flow of
blood. Do not apply any water. Bring
the cut surfaces together as accurately
as possible and retain them there with
as few and as narrow strips of the
plaster as will suffice, cutting them of
a good length. Then cover the wound
with a dozen or so thicknesses of the
iodoform gauze, which should extend
an inch beyond the wound. Over the
gauze apply a liberal layer of the ab
sorbent cotton, allowing it to extend
beyond the gauze. The cotton may
be kept in place by a bandage of
cheesecloth, or a part of a leg of a
stocking may be drawn over it. Mod
erate pressure, if evenly distributed,
is helpful. The pressure of a string is
hurtful.
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With local applications, as they cannot reach
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Half the Fun
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The eost of maintaining a cavalry soldier
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
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Smokers are less liable than non-smokers
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In one consignment, recently, a feather
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"I had a strong appetite for liquor, which
was the beginning of the breaking down of
my health. I was also a slave to tea and
cofTee drinking. I took tho gold cure, but
it did not help me."
This is a portion of an interview clipped
from the Daily Herald, of Clinton, lowa.
It might well he taken for the subject of a
temperance lecture, but that is not our ob
ject in publishing it. It Is to show how a
system, run down by drink and disease,
may be restored. We cannot do better than
quote further from tlin same
"For years I was tfV. "i
unable to do my | I ■—'t
work. I could not jf ] J 1 4
sleep nights or rest • L 3 . 1
days on account of r" 1
continuous pains in rU\( A.\\
my stomach and 112 J j/J j\A . \S,
back. I was unable 112 • ) N\ y.i■
to digest my food. —| 17, ,J?
Headaches and ]\| -J V1 w
painful urination /7\ \ I D
were frequent, and //\ \ I If
my heart's action II \\ 1 I
became increased. / / ViA I
I left my farm nnd U *<dJ\ I
retired to city life, V
for I was a con- """"T/V |\ '
firmed invalid, and | // yr—>. | \
the] doctors said I //! /1 \ '
would never be /fI jl K \
well again. I > II \
"Soon afterl hap- tsSSS? j V
pened to use four [jfA
boxes of Dr. Will
lams' Pink Pills for 1 HETIHED TO CITY LIFE.
Pnle People, and since then I have been
freo from ull pain, headache and dyspepsia.
I oat heartily und have no appetite for
strong drink or tea or coffee, und feel
twenty years younger.
"My weight has increased 48 pounds. I
cannot say too much for Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and claim that they have cured me.
"JOHN B. COOK."
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
sixteenth day of February, 1897.
A. P. BARKER, Notary Public.
To people run down in henlth, from what
ever cause—drink or disease—the above in
terview will be of interest, The truth of it
is undoubted, as the statement is sworn to,
and wo reproduce tlie oath here. For any
further facts concerning tliis medicine
write to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The name and address of the subject of
above interview Is John B. Cook, of 203
South sth Street, Lyon, lowa.
It is computed that all the houses
in Londou and New York could be
built out of the lava thrown out Jby
Vesuvius since the first recorded erup
tion.
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