OUT
Tli erows are tawing there to-day.
And blue smoke from the burning heap
Of biuh in curling up, away
Acress the hills; tlie hungry sheep
Kin off the fil'xt green blades of gram.
And move airing, wilh noses flown
And dreamy eyes, and where they pass
The yielding wid ia bar and hrnna;
The- Ini'k aits on the slanting stake
And sing" fr joy, and in the air
A r.ubtlc something tends to make
Men still lii-licvo in Hod, Out There.
ir.
I hear the clang of Kon?i and feel
The iar of tratllu in the tlnct;
I ki tiie ratwd beiar steal
Along, with sluillliiig, weniy fee!:
I hear men, prematurely bent,
Complaining of the wrong they bear;
I hear in.-n talk of "eent per ernt."
I see men crowding everywhere.
And through it a!!, ih'.y alter day.
I hear the doubter voice hi duubl
The eity'a hope in Hung away.
'ilie city Gd is driven out.
I IN THE CHUDLEIQIIS' SUMMER-HOUSE.
The Story of a
Ily Dorothy
WK hour of marvellous es
capes iiurt adventures
mure or less thrilling, yet
perfectly authentic, but I
think for sheer "blood-curdleness"
there lire few to bent a strange ami
liorrlbli! experience of 11 friend of mine.
As I UiltiU it limy intercut others I give
It bore tiR neiirly ns I can remember In
her own words. For obvious reasons
the names Riven to both people and
places lire purely fictitious.
It was In the winter of 1SS!) tlint I
received mi invitation from my old
friend Mrs. ('hudleixh l go and make
one of their minimi boufe-pnriy at
llntblln." tlK'lr Suffolk home. I cheer
fully accepted, for "digs" are a dull
pluce at any time, and if there Is any
period when they are duller than an
other 1 think it la during the "nr.prry
Henson." Therefore the INlh of the
month saw me stepping out of the
train at tl.e famllin:- little station
of Klmorstield. I found that Nornh
bad Hent tho carriage to meet me, and
hnd thoughtfully provisioned it with a
foot-warm, r and some rugs, of which
I was very clad, for the weathr was.
decidedly "sharp." There had been
more than one full of snow already,
and everybody prophesied a "white"
seasou.
After .1 drive of three-quarters of an
hour or so wo drew up before the
house, and my friend came, out on the
steps to welcome uud carry me off to
a coinfortaldo cup of tea in her bou
doir. When wo were snugly ensconced
before the Are and had duly chatted
about various subjects of homo Inter
est Norah Cliudleigh f?nld: "Oh, Mary,
deal', I am so sorry, but will you mind
Ripening in the 'summer-house?' Tho
faet of the matter is that Henry has
Invited a friend of his und his wife to
stay here, for ten days or a fortnight,
aud as it Is their first visit I lmv been
obliged to give them your usual room,
U the others in the ou.e being al
ready occupied."
Before 1 go farther I must explain
that the "suuinier-honse" Norah re
ferred to was not what Is usually un
derstood by the term. It nad been
built by the last owners of "Itatlillu'
(for what use I do not know) at a dis
tance of some l.'O or "00 yards from
the hotiso, and consisted of two Rood
sized rooms. One of these ' ad large
French windows round three side of
It, aud the Chutllelghs nnd arranged
It as i.n elaborate kind of summer
house, with book-case, easy chairs,
wrltlng-tablo and everything that
could add to its comfort. The other
they hnd fitted up as a bedroom for
nse when tho house was full.
I was not nt that tln- a nervous
girl, and the idea of sieepln;- quite
alon? away from the house aroused
not the slightest uneasiness In my
mind, so I readily acquiesced in the
proposal.
We passed a very pleasant evening.
Most of the other guests were known
to me, and Norah and her husband
made an excellent host aud hostess.
When wo were in the drawing-room
fitter dinner the conversation turned
upon superstitions, und from those,
very naturally, drifted to ghosts, and
we amused ourselves by recalling all
the stories of the kind we could re
member till the hour arrived for bed.
"Very silly subject for us to have hit
on, Miss Kent ley," said Colonel Chud
leigh, as lfo bado me good night, "when
you are going to Bleep In Bueb solitary
seclusion."
"Oh, Mary Ir not frightened; you
dou't believe In any of thoso things,
do you?"
"Xot I, Norah," I answered, laugh
ing; "it would take a very special kind
of Khost to frighten me."
Early hours were tho custom at
"Ruthliu," and It was only a litiic af
ter 11 o'clock when I left the house,
preceded by a maid carrying u lantern.
My room looked very bright aud cosy.
A good, big fire was burning brightly,
and a shaded lump stood on one of Hie
tables.
The girl Inquired whether there was
any way In which she could assist me
further, and receiving n reply In the
negative, was about to leave tho room
when she suddenly turned back, say
ing, "There Is something wrong with
this lock, miss, and the door won't fas
ten on tho inside. But if you Uko I
will kick -it on the outside uud take tie
key away with mo, und when I come
with your hot water In the morning I
can unfasten it."
I did not much like the Idea of being
locked iu, but an the girl said ibu
would bo sure to come early, and
hinted that they bed lately been much
troubled with tramps In that neighbor
fcoort, I thought It best to agree.
A soon as she was gone boyond re
call, however, I wished I had never
consented. The possibility of Are for
tho first tiaii presented Itself to my
lulnd, and I vividly pictured myself
locked Id there with no chuueo of es
cape and being burnt to death within
few hundred yards of my friends.
However, tuere was no help for it
now, and I commenced to undrss,
Before I l ad finished I was luughlug
ut myself for my fears,
w As I turned out the lauip I thought
THERE.
w.
Out there the yellow willow gleama, .
Ill-own furrow lie along the slope;'
The aky ia mirrored in the streams, '
And every aeed ia full of hope;
The cackling of the faithful hen
.Proclaims another duty done;
The Mac buds have burnt again,
The calves lie dozing in the aim;
The earth aecma palpitant below,
A senjc of life is in the air.
And all tilings have combined (o show
That God ia still supreme Out There.
IV.
On. ocoflfrr, cease a while to sneer!
Above the shouting of the throng,
The clnnnting. inid the roar, I hear
'P"! happy lark's immortal song.
"Thn city's ('od is driven out.
The iicu)!(.'h hope ia dead," you cry;
"Greed's slimy trail ia all about,
The strong aurvive, the weaker die!"
But ye that iinpriiy complain
Apaim-t the eity'a heartless way,
Ah. know ye not that Cod's donlain
Pti'.l atretchrs wide Out There torhiy!
-Chicago llccordlleraid.
in
Dreadful Night.
Fraier.
I heard a slight sound. I listened, but
It was not rep-ated. "Only Imagina
tion or something outside," I mur
mured to myself, and getting into bed
was asleep in a very few minutes.
1 must have been In bed n couple of
hours, I should think, when 1 awoke
wilh n start ami that horrid feeling of
having been --.aliened by a vague
something without knowing what.
I sat tip in lied and iwered across the
room. The lire had burnt so low that
only the mere outlines of the uirnittire
were vifliile; whilst nil tun corners
were lu absolute darkness, t listened
Intently for some minutes, but not a
sound broke the silence except a fair.t
tapping, caused, 1 know, by tho Ivy
being blown against the window-pane.
I lay down again and was just dozing
off whenthat sound was repeated.
Yes, there was no doubt about It this
time. A peculiar scuffling noise, and a
panting sort of breathing like that of
some large animal Issuing, it seemed
to me, from under the bed!
A horrible sickening fear seized mo.
All the stories of the evening before
flooded back on my memory. How ab
surd my own words seemed to be now
"I should not bo frishlcncd!" Not
be frightened. Indeed. Wii-n I was
quaking so wilh fear that I could hard
ly breathe! The noi.o had b.'on gradu
ally Increasin;,, nnd suddenly some
frightful thing rushed out from under
my bed, snuffled ncross the room and
flung itself down in front of the fire.
' It appeared, so far as I could make
out In the dim light, to bo a shaggy
sort of nulmul, rather bigger than a
large dog. Of course, I nuessed at once
what it was. Pome wild beast had es
caped from a traveling menagerie nnd,
wandering into tho grounds, had ar
rived at tne open door. Going in, it
iiad found n comfortable spot under
the bed aud had gone to .sleep there.
Such was my theory formed In a mo
ment of utter teiTor.
I lay speculating as to whether It
would be possible for me to reach the
door nnd eccapo before the creature
noticed mo. Then I suddenly remem
bered that even if I reached the door
in safety I should be unable to get out!
Horror of horrors; I was obliged then
to spend the waole night locked in
with a wild beast!
What I endured no words can tell.
My forehead and hands turned cold
and clammy, aud I trembled so with
fear that I expected every moment the
creature would bear tho bed shaking'
and thus become aware of tuy pres
ence. Half nn hour, or perhaps an
hour (It seemed teu to me it the time),
passed without nnythlug occurring,
nnd then the beast suddenly arose,
and, bounding across tho intervening
space, sprang ou to the foot of my
bed. I should havo screamed If I had
been able. Thank God, fear had de
prive!! mo of the power. Still the
creature did not seem to have noticed
me, for It only made u queer sort of
clucking noise, und then curled Itself
up, and In u few minutes I beard It
commence to suore.
All through .the long, long, weary
hours of the night I lay there, not dar
ing to close my eyes for nu Instant,
and In mortal terror lest any minuto
the brute might wake up and tear mo
to pieces. Never beforo or since have
bonis seemed to pass so slowly. The
fire burned Itself out In a very short
time, aud 1 was left with my horrible
compuuion In tho pitch darkness, and
d-ead and agony. I hardly dared even
to breathe as 1 listened to tho deep
snoring of the dreadful thing, and
whenever the sound grew softer my
heart almost ceased to beat with the
appalling bo.lef That my last hour had
come nt lust.
Mow ardently I longed for dawn
heaven only knows. 1 really felt nt
last that if It did not come soou I
could not bear the strain of this terri
ble expectancy any longer and must
go out of my mind. To add to my
misery I wes beginning to suffer from
most dreadful cramp, brought on
through lying still for so long in the
same attitude. And I hardl. dared to
move iu any way to esse myself for
fear of waking tho loathsome creature.
At length a pale Hue of light appeared
on the wall opposite to me, and as It
gradtiully inert-used In brilliancy and
dimensions I was ablo to distinguish
first various objects about the room,
and then the hideous thing on the be
At first, of course, it wus only an In
distinct mass, but as the light grew
and It became more clearly visible the
horrible truth was forced upon me. I
had been attempting to steel myself
for the revelation, and was expecting
I might S3e a wolf, a baboon, or even
a bear, but In my wildest imaginings I
hsd never dreamed of the possibility
of this! Merciful heavens! what should
what could I tio?
The shock of the awful discovery
overcame me completely. I was per
fectly puralysed with fear, and every
other sense was numbed for the time
being. X lay thus Iu a half fainting
condition, until the sound oh, bow
uusiieakuuly weleomel of the key lu
the lock roused mo to action, I sprang
from the bed, and, rushing from tho
room, almost knocking over the maid
I
ns I did so, dragged (he door to, scrrniH
lug, "Iek It! Oh, lock It!" nnd fell In
sensible nt her feet.
The rest of this narrative I did not
lenrn till some months afterward. Tho
mold, dreadfully alarmed. Instinctively
(ltd ns l told her, nnd then ran for help.
I wns parried to thn bouse, where I
received the prompt enre and attention
of a doctor who was numbered among
the guests.
lie said that I must have received n
very severe shock; of what nature ho
wns, of course, timiWn to say. lie ex
pressed grave fears as to what thn ef
fect might be. on my brain, nnd or
dered that I was to kept absolutely
quiet, nnd on no nccount to be ques
tinned in nuy way.
Tims all chance of finding out the
cause from mo was effectually put n
stop to. The only way thnt remained
was to Interrogate the servant. She
was sent for, nnd p.tgerly detailed the
lit tin that sh3 knew, with the result
that It was resolved to go nnd examine
too room. Colonel Chudlelgh. accom
panlcd by several of the other gentle-
men. Immediately set off for the pur
pose. As they were crossing the lawn
they observed two men in uniform
searching among the shrubs and
bushes.
Ou catching sight of the Colonel they
Immediately came forward and ex
plained that they were looking for a
dnngcrous lunatic who had escaped
from the Klmcrsfleld Asylum two days
before. They hnd been beating tho
whole country-side, but their efforts
had so far been fruitless. They .bad
thought It Just possible ho might have
entered these grounds and concealed
himself somewhere, but ns they had
found no trace of him such was evi
dently not the case. At this point, ono
of the gentlemen suddenly exclaimed
"Look in tho summer-house!" The
whole parly hurried thither, the door
was unfastened, and sure enough the
dangerous mnniac was found there!
II'j was secured after a desperate
struggle, iu which be succeeded In
wounding one of the keepers with n
knife (how and from whence procured
remains a mystery), but he was ulti
mately safely taken back to the asy
lum. In course of time I got better, but It
was years before I qulto recovered
from the horrors of the night I spent
locked up with what proved to be a
homicidal maniac Tho Wide World
Mugaziue.
Glaiter and Glacier.
"Our boss Is just about the most
absent-minded man in the world," said
one of the clerks lu a largo office Iu
Carondelot struct, "nnd his wife Is con
tinually calling him down about It,
but It doesn't seem to do any good.
Strings tied around his fingers, cards
in his hat, and even plain memoranda
right before his eyes on his desk gen
erally get him tangled up nil the
worse. When we had that last cold
snap a few weeks ago, his wife told
htm in the morning to be certain to
send a man to replace a broken pane
In ono of their bedroom windows. He
knew bow' mad she'd be If bo forgot,
so he kept repeating the word 'glazier'
to himself ail the way down on the
street car, and as soon as he got his
heud In the door he shouted to the
office boy: 'Johnny! write "glazier" on
my desk blotter Immediately!' With
that be felt safe, nnd It would hav
been nil right. I dare say, If the fool
kid hadn't written 'glacier' instead of
'glazier.'
"Tho old man thought no more of
the matter until late in the afternoon,
when ho happened to notice the mem.
on the blotter and began to scratch bis
head. 'Glacier! glacier!' he muttered:
'I wonder what the dickens I intended
that to remind mo of!' He thought
a long tlmo, then suddenly he bright
eued up. 'Ah! I have It now!' he ex
claimed; 'glacier a mass ot ice! That
means they are out of Ice tit the house
and want a quantity. So he rushed
over to the 'phono and ordered 'JOO
pounds of Ice to be sent up to his resi
dence by a special wagon. That was
the coldest night of the year, too. I'd
like to know exactly what his wife
said when he got home." New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
A Food Cost of l ive Cents I'er Day.
Tho following is the scale of dietary
employed in tho Middlesex Jail!
Breakfast One pint of gruel made
from oalmeul or Indian corumeal, aud
eight ounces of bread with syrup.
Dinner Jive ounces of cooked meat,
without bone; eight ounces of breud
and eight ounces of potatoes on threo
days in tho week; eight ounces ot
bread, one pound of potatoes and one
pint of gruel on two duys In the week;
it pint of soup and eight ouuees of
bread ou two days in tho wct-k.
Bupper One pint of gruel and eight
ounces of bread, with syrup.
In tho case of those who ure sick or
Insane there is a little addition made,
namely, mill:, sugar and teu. There
is also a little additional strength of
food given In the cuso of those who ure
subjected to hard labor. '
The total cost of each person Is flvo
and one-half cents a head per day;
omitting the allowances for t: t sick,
tuo total cost would bo five cents each
per day.
The foregoing looks like a menirer
diet, but Governor . Iiostou says the
ordinary prisoner goes out into the
wi nu after a few months of this regi
men, practically made over, as much
so ns If ho had been at a sanitarium.
Wbat light does this throw on a
greater simplicity and less expensive
ness of ordinury llfef It Is generally
recognized that rople eat a great deal
more than the exigencies of good
health demand. A greater simplicity
as regurds both quality and quantity
of diet, and we would have few
dyspeptics. London Advertiser.
Mary Katsrcd ft Froteat.
'A woman whose maid accomnnnimi
her to a vegotarlan restaurnut In Lon
don was soon the recipient of a nro
test. "But, Mary." she areued. "th
food Is pulatable you cleared youi
Tilfttftnnrl It la rortnttitw uhAl..'.A.
. -v . . t, n jjurawiua
Vhy do you object?" "It aln"t tlurt
bad to tusie, ma'am," responded Mary
firmly, "but I don't call It wholesome,
no, ma'am, not when they fill a body'i
plate with tomato and cabbage and
parsnips and potato all at once, and
give you Squall tilings without auy
fish In 'eoi, ami atoose things without
any goes in 'ei, ,wd croquette thlngi
mude of nuTd ap greens. Sure, ma'am,
hi gives me confuulun of the stomach:'1
FRIENDLY INFLUENCES.
Dr. Talmage Says Influences Gncc Hostile
Are Now Friendly to Christ.
Weapons Pormcrly Used Against the Lord's
Armies Captured nd Put to
His Service.
ICorrrtplit lnot.i
Washinotok, D. C.-In this di.ronrae
Dr. Talmage calls the roll of influences
once antaaroniatic but nnw friendly to the
gospel and encouragea Cliri.slinn workers
text, I Samuel xxi, 0, "There is nono like
that; give it me.
David fled from h!a pursuers. The world
runa very fast when it ia chasing a Kood
man. The country ia trying to catch David,
and to slay him. David goes into the
houae of a pneat and asks him for a sword
or spear with which to defend himself.
The priest, not being accuntomed to use
deadly weapons, tolls David that be can
. aupply him, but suddenly the prieat
thinka of an old aword that had been care
fully wrapped up and laid awny the verr
sword that Goliath formerly used and
lie takes down that aword. and while he is
""wrapping the sharp, glittering, memor
able blade it flashes upon David's mind
that this is the very sword that was used
against himself when he was in the fight
with Goliath, and David can hardly keep
his hand off it until the prieat has un
wound it. David stretches out hia hand
toward that old aword and aaya, "There
ia none like that; give it me in other
worda, "I want in my own hand the
sword winch has been usnd against me and
against the cause of God. So it waa
given him. Well, my friends, that ia not'
the firat or the last aword once lined by
giant and Philistine iniquitv which ia to
come into the poaaeaaion of Jeaua Christ
snd of His glorious church. I want, as well'
a God may help me, to show you that
many a weapon which has been uaed.
against the armies of God ia yet to be cap
tured and uaed on our side, and I only imi-i
tate David when I stretch out my hand
toward that blade of the Philistine and
crv, "There ia none like that; give it me!",
I remark, firat, that thin ia true in regard
to all acicntifie exploration. You know,
that tho firat discoveries in aatronomv and
geology and chronology were used to battle
Christianity. Worldly philosophy came out
of its laboratory and out of its observatory
and said, "Now we will prove, bv the very
structure of the earth and by the move-,
ment of the heavenly bodies, that the
Bible ia a lie, and that Christianity, as we
nave it nmong men, ia a positive impoai-i
tion. ' Good men trembled. The telescope,
the Leyden jars, the elcotrie batteries, all'
in the hands of the Philiatinca. But one
day Christianity, looking about for some
weapon with which to defend itself, hap-i
pened to ace thr very old aword that these
atheistic Philistines had been using against
tho truth and cried out, "There is none
like that; give it me!" And Copernieua
and Galilei and Kepler and Isaac Newton
and Herachcl and O. M. Mitchell came,
forth and told the world that in their
ransacking of the earth and heavens thev
found overwhelming presence of the God
whom we worship, and tliia old Bible be
gan to shake itHcIf from the Koran nnd
Shastcr and Zcndavesta, with which it had
been covered up, and lav on the desk of
the scholar and in the laboratory of the
chemist and in the lap of the Christian un
harmed and unanswered, while the tower
of the midnight heavens struck a silvery
chime in its praise.
Worldly philosophy aaid, "All that atorv
about the light 'turned aa clny to the acai'
ia simply an absurdity." Old "time worldly
philosophy aaid, "The light comes straight.
Christian philosophy sayB, "Wait a little
while." And it goes on and makes discov-'
eries and finds that tiie atmosphere ourveai
and bends the ray of light around the
earth literally "as the clay to the seal."
The Bible right again; worldly philosophy
wrong again. "Ah," Bays worldly philoso
phy, "all that aiiuaion to Job about the
foundations of the earth U simply an ab
surdity. 'Where wast thou,' Bays God,
'when I act the foundations of the earth?',
The earth rfcis no foundation." Christian
philosophy comes and finds that the word
as transited "foundations" may be better
traualared "aockets." So now we see how
it will read if it is translated right.
"Where wat thou when I set the iiocketa
of the earth?" Where ia the aocket? It
is the hollow of God's hand a aocket large
anougn ior any worm to turn in.
Worldly philoaophy aaid: "What an ab
surd tory about Joxhua making tho Bim
and moon stand still. If the world had
stopped an instant, the whole universe
Would have been out of gear." "Ktop,"
said Christian philosophy, "not quite so
quick!" The world has two motions one
on its own axis and the other around the
sun. It was not necessary, in milking them
stana still, tuat botn motions should be
topped only tlio ono turning tho world
on its own axia. There wes no reason whv
the halting of the earth should have iarred
and disarranged the whole universe.
Joshua right and God right; infidelity
wrong every time. I knew it would bo
Wrong.
I thank God that the time has come
when Christiana need not be scared at anv
scientific exploration. The fact ia that re
ligion and science have struck hands in
eternal friendship, and the deeper down
geology can dig tho higher up astronomy
can soar all the better for us.
Tho armies of the Lord Jesus Christ
have stormed the observatories of the
world's acience, aud from the highest tow
ers have flung out the banner of the cross
and Christianity now, from tho observator
ies at Albany and Washington, stretches
out its hand toward the opposing scien
tific weapon, crying, "There is none like
that; give it me!"
I waa reading of Horschel, who was
looking at a meteor through a telescope,
and when it came over the face of the tel
escope it was so powerful he had to avert
ms eyea. And it naj been juat so that
many an astronomer has cone into an ob
servatory and looked up into the midnight
heavens, and the Lord God has, through
aoino swinging world, flamed upon his
vision, and the learned man cried out:
"Who am I! Undono! Unclean! Have
mercy, Lord God!"
Again. I remark, that the travellmr dis
position of the world, which waa adverae
to morals and religion, is to be brought on
our side. The man that went down to
Jericho and fell amid thieves was a type
of a great many travelers. There is many
a man who is very honest at home who
when ho ia abroad has his honor filched
and his good habits stolen. There are but
very few men who cau stand the stress of
an expoditiou. cix weeks at a watering
place have ruined many a man. In tho
olden times God forbade tho traveling of
nien for the purposes of trade became of
tne coi-ruptinj inlluencea attending it. A
good many men now cannot stand the
transition from one place to another.
Some men who aecm to be very consistent
here in the way of keeping the Sabbath
when thev get into HiMiin on the Lord's
day always po to see the bulltights. Plato
Said that no citv ouuht to ha built nearer
ht the ica than ten miles lest it be tempted
to commerce, liut this traveling disoi
Von of tho world, which was adverse to,
that which ia good, ia to be brought on,
our side. These mail trains why, they
take our Bibles; thane steamers, they'
transport our missionaries; thesa sailors, i
rushing from city to city all around the
world, are to be converted into Chriatian
heralds aud go out and preach Christ
among ths heathen nations. The gospel
iuhniUly multiplied in beauty and power
since Kobinton and Thompson and Burck-i
hardt have ec . back and talked to us
about Siioam and Capernaum and Jerusa-i
lem, pointing out to u the lilies about
which Jesus preached, the beach upou
which Paul was shipwrecked, ths fords at
which Jordan was passed, ths Red Sea
bank on which were tosaed the carcasses
of the drowned Kgvptiana. A man aaid:
I went to the Holy Land an infidel. I
eame back a Chriatian. I could not help
It.
?n,.,1nl shocked, as some have been, at
tlw building of railroads in the Holy Ind.
I wish that all the world might go and aee
Golgotha and Bethlehem. How manv who
could not afford muleteers now easilv buy
tickets from Constantinople to Joppa.
Then let Christians travail God !f(
the rail trains sad guide ths atenmshira
Una night panting across the deep in tho
phosphorescent wake of tha shining feet
of Hun who from wave cliff to wave cliff
beatormed Tiberius. The Japanese com
Jtcuias tha water and sue our civiliiuiiin
anil examine our Christianity and gn naca:
snd tell the storr and keep that ' empire
rocking till Jesus shall reign
"Where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run."
And the firearms with which the infidel
traveler brought down the Arab horseman
and the jackals of the desert have been
surrendered to the church, and we reneh
forth our hand, crying, "There is none like
that; give it mo!"
SO it haS also hlVn tvitll tllA Urnin. it nil
eloquence of the world. People say, "Reli
gion is very good for aged women, it is
very good for children, but not for men."
But we have in the roll of Christ's host
Morart and Handel in music; Canova and
Angelo in sculpture; Raphael and Rey
nolda in painting; Hnrvev and Itoerhaave
in medicine; Cowper and Scott in pootrv;
'jrotius and Burke in statesmanship;
py e and Leibnitz in philosophy: Thomas
Chalmers and John Mason in theology.
The most hrillinnt writings of a worldly
nature are all aglow with Scriptural allu
sions. Through senatorial speech and
through essayist's discourse Sinai thunders
and Calvary apeaka and Siloam sparkles.
Samuel L. Southard was mightv in the
courtroom and in the senate chamber, but
he reserved his strongest eloquence for
that day when he stood before the literary
societies at Princeton commencement and
pleaded for the grandeur of our Bible.
Daniel Webster won not his thief gar
lands while responding to Huvne nor when
ho opened the batteries of his eloquence
on Bunker Hill, that rocking Sinni of the
American Revolution, but on that day
when, in the fntnous Girard will ease, he
showed his affection for the Christian reli
gion and eulogized the Bible. The elo
quence and the learning that have been on
the other side come over to our side. Cap
tured for God! "There is none like that;
give it me!"
So, also, has it been with the picture
making of the world. We are very anx
ious on this day to have thn printing press
and the platform on the side of Christian
ity, but we overlook the engraver's knife
and the painter's pencil. The antiquarian
goes and looks at pictured ruins or exam
ines the chiseled pillars of Thebes and
Nineveh and Pompeii, and then comes
back to tell us of the beastliness of ancient
art, and it is a fact now that many of the
finest specimens, merely nrtisticallv consid
ered, of sculpture nnd painting that are to
bo found nmid those ruins are not fit to
be looked at, and thev are locked up.
How Paul must have felt, when, stand
ing amid these impurities that stared on
him from the walls and the pavements nnd
the bazaars of Corinth, he preached of the
pure nnd holy Jesus! The art of tho
world on the side of obscenity and crime
nnd death.
Much of the art of the world has been
in the possession of the vicious. What to
unclean Henry VIII. was a beautiful pic
ture of the Madonna? What to Lord Jef
freys, tho unjust judge, the picture of the
"Last Judgment?" What to Nero, the
unwashed, a picture of the baptism in the
Jordan? The art of the world on the
wrong side. But that is being changed
now. The Christian artist goes over to
Home, looks at the pictures and brings
back to his American studio much of the
power of these old masters. The Chris
tian minister goes over to Venice, looks
at the "Crucifixion of Christ," nnd comes
back to the American pulpit to talk aa
never hrfore of the sufferings of the Sav
iour. The private tourist goea to Borne
and looks at Raphael's picture of the
"Last Judgment." The tears start, and
he goes back to his room in the hotel and
prays God for preparation for that day
when
"Shriveling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll."
Po, I remark, it is with business acumen
nnd tact. When Christ was upon earth
tiie people that followed Him for the most
part had no eociul position. There was
but one muu naturally brilliant in nil the
apostleahip. Joseph, of Arimatliea. the
rich man, risked nothing when he offered
a. hole in the rock for the dead Christ.
How many of the merchants in Asia Minor
befriended Jesus? I think of only one
Lydia. How many of the castles on tho
beach at Galilee entertained Christ? Not
one. When Peter came to Joppa he
stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What
power had Chrisfs name on the Roman
exchange or in the bazaars of Corinth?
None. The prominent men of the day did
not want to risk their reputation for san
ity by pretending to be one of His follow
ers. Now that is all changed. Among
the mightiest men in our great cities to
day are the Christian merchants and the
Christian bankers, and if to-morrow, at
the Board of Trade, any man should get
up and malign the name of Jesus, he
would be quickly silenced or put out. In
the front rank of all our Christian work
ers to-day are the Christian merchants,
and the enterprises of the world are com
ing on the right side. There waa a farm
willed away some years ago, all the pro
ceeds of that farm to go for spreading in
fidel books. Somehow matters havo
changed, and now all the nrneecitu nf thnt
farm go toward the missionary cause. One
of the finest printing presses ever built
was built for the express purpose of pub
lishing infidel tracts and Looks. Now it
does nothing but print holy Bibles.
I believe that the time will come when
in commercial circles the voice of Christ
will be the mightiest of all voices and the
ships of Tarslush will bring presents and
the queen of Sheba her glory and the wise
men of the East their myrrh aud frankin
cense. I look off upon the business men of this
land and rejoice at tho prospect that their
tact and ingenuity and talent are being
brought into the service of Christ. It is
'one of the mightiest of weapons. ' There
is none like that; give it me!"
. Now, if what I have said be true, away
with all downheartedncss! If science is to
be on the right Bide and tho traveling dis
position of the world on the right side and
the learning of the world on tho right
side and the picture making on the right
side and the business acumen and tact of
the world on the right side, Thine, O Lord,
is the kingdom! Oh, fall into line, all ye
people! It is a grand thing to be in such
an army and led by such a commander
and on the way to such a victory. If what
I have said is trne, then Christ is going to
father up for Himself out of this world
x'verytuing that la worth anything, ond
there will be nothing but the scum left.
We have been rebels, but a proclamation
of amnesty goes forth now from the throne
of God, saying, "Whosoever will, let him
come." However long you may have wan
dered, however great your crimes may
liave been, "whosoever will, let him come.
Oh, that this hour 1 could marshal all the
world on the sido of Christ! Ho is the
best friend a man ever had. He is so kind,
He so loving, so sympathetic. I cannot see
how you cau stay away from Him. Como
now and accept His mercy. Behold Him
,na Ho stretches out the arms of His ealva
ition, saying, "Look unto Me, all ye ends
of the earth, and be ye saved, for I am
,God." Make final choice now. You will
either be willows planted by the water
courses or the chaff which the wind dnv
eth away.
Klavator In Chnrclttit.
There are something like 165,003
church edifices In this country, many
of them large and costly modern struc
tures, on expensive sites. Yot so far
as we can learn not a church In Amer
ica avails Itself ot the elorator. The
business advantage of the elevator Is
obvious. Where land Is expensive It
pays for Itself many times by making
practical a repetition of floors other
wise out Of tho question. Instead of
spreading out the modern structure
shoots up. Elevators In churches
could be used for two purposes: First,
to Increase the value of a gallery.
Where a church has a gallery this Is
generally neglected and the unpopular
part. An elevator might easily raise
pew rents sufficiently to make It a
very profitable Investment Office and
apartment rentals have been thus revo
lutionized. And, second, the social fa
cllltluu of a church could be furnished
without the expense ot additional lot?
and a separate construe tk-n. This
might be done without Impairing the
churchly character of the architecture.
Church Kcon oml.it.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
Inlcrnalionnl Lesson Comments For
May 12.
Subject: The Orcat Commission. Matt. xvlll..
Io-20-0olded Texf, Mntl. xxvlll.,2i)Mcm
ory Verses, 18-20-Comnienlary
oa the Day's Ussos.
If). "Then." Matthew does not notice
any of the important events thnt have
taken place between Christ ami ,s disci-Fi-L
l"f merning of thn resurrection
ihey did not go immediately into Galilep
J W'VV"' Jerusalem at least one week"
when Christ a p pea re 1 to them again, on
m...,., I, , np.i, jo. iv line thev wero
waiting in Galilee for the appointed time
of the meeting Jesus surprised seven nf
them at the sea of Galilee (John i): l-23
and fully restored Peter to his former nn'
sition among the disciples. Soon after
that interview occurs the special meeting
of to-day s lesson. This was His eighth ap
pearance. "The eleven." While there is
no mention hern that, anv besides the
eleven were present, yet it is the general
opinion that the whole body of the disci
pies had come together, mid that th ia was
the tune when Christ appeared to the 500
brethren referred tohvl'aiilin K'or. IS- 8
Into Galilee." Why did Christ have this
meeting in Galilee? This having been the
principal scene of Christ's ministrv. the
greatest part of His followers lived 'there,
and for this reason He chose to make His
most solemn and public apnenrance in that
country -Had appointed them." Jesus
lind evidently named theinnuntain. Lango
calls attention to Matthew's three sacred
mountains: !. The mount of the Beati
tudes. 2. I he mount of the Transfigura
tion. .1. The mount of the great Resurrec
tion Meeting.
17. "When they saw Him." There was
something mysterious and supernatural in
the manifestation of the glorilicd body.
J he more devoted and loving discinlcs
ynrp prnhj i bly the first to recognize their
J.ord 1 hey worshiped Him." They
gaye diyine lienor to Hi,n, which was sig
nified by some outward expressions of
adoration 1 hose who see Jesus with a-i
eye of faith are alwavs true worshipers of
mm. iney are ready to bow hiiml.lv at
!" feet nnd give Him the love that is due
II mi. ftut some doubted." Certainly
none of the eleven after what had taken
place at previous interview! ni I. i.....
but if the -.on were now present, we may
well believe this of some of them. Lnnze
lino oiners agree with this idea. These
doubts were afterward removed from their
minds and all doubts should also be ,re
moved from our minds. The resurrection
of Uinst is the greatest miracle of which
we have an account in the Bible, and has
been esliihlished beyond the possibility of
a mistake.
"And Jesus came to them." (B. V.)
Jhis drawing near was manifestly a sne
einl approach unto those who were doubt
ing. "All authority." (H. V.) Authority
and power differ; for many have authority
to do what they have ro power to do,
win. e others have power but nn authority.
Our Lords authority implies power also.
Christ was about te commission His apos
tles, and send them out with authority as
ambassadors to the nations, and lie first
??"? . m ,,v w,"lt authority He acts
Hath been given." II!. V.) He did not
assume it, or usurp it. but it was given
Hun; lie was legally entitled to it nnd in
vested in it by a grant from Him who is
the i'omitain of all power. (!od set Him
King I Pan. 2: 01. inaugurated nnd en
throned Hi,,, Luke 1: V.2. As Clod, equal
with the rather, all power was originally
nnd essentially His. but as Mediator, ns
Rod man, all power was given Hun. "In
heaven and in earth." Christ has author
ity ami power in heaven. 1. to intercede
JV1,1 ;.l,p Anther. 2. To send down tho
Ilolv Spirit. H. To raise up His followers.
4. lo give them a seat at Ilia right hand
in kingdom of endless glorv. He has au
thority and power "on earth." (I? V) 1
lo convert sinners. 2. To sanctify, pro
teet und perfect His church. 3. To sub
due all nations to Himself. 4. Over
death. 0. To judge the world. 0. Ho
also has authority and power over all tho
forces of nature.
, II). "Co ye therefore." This commis
sion is given primarily to the apostles, who
were to carry on and establish the work
Christ had inaugurated. What must have
been the feelings which such a commission
""'"kened! We conquer the world for
.the. Lord, who have scarce conquered
our own misgivings we, lisliernien of Gal
ilee, with no .learning, no mean?, no influ
ence? "And mnke disciples." (R. V.)
Ihey were not to go and Rubdue. or pro
nounce judgments against the nations, but
r IV! di'c'Pk's bv preaching the gospel
of Christ a gospel of pence and love.
Henceforth they were to be fishers of men.
If we are true ministers nf Christ we will
win men to the truth ami thus lead them
to obtain snlvntion. "Of all the nations."
!i ', ,,' '"" ,vor'' of Christ breaks down
the middle wall of partition which had so
long excluded the (ientiles from the
visible church. The apostles at first were
forbidden to go to the Gentiles, now thev
are sent to nil nations. The (ientiles are
to he christianized without first being
made Jews. The commission given to the
llPOStleS is still hinrlinir nn In. f..:.t;.
church. Christs words, according to Mark,
are, "Go ye into all the world, nnd preach
the gospel to every creature." How can
( hnstians fold their arms contentedly, in
the presence of the world's great need?
Baptizing them." This was to be a sign
that they hnd left their heathen religions,
and had become true converts to Christian
ity. "Into the name." (K.V.I This means
that converts are pledaed bv baptism to a
fnith which has for its object the being
designated bv that name, and which
brines them into union with Him. The
word "name" has a wide and deep mean
ing: it implies a living reality, a power,
and in Scripture, when applied to God, is
ei'uvalent to the Godhead. "l'at her Holy
Ghost. He-n we have the Irinify clearly
set forth. There is One God. with one un
divided name and nature, who exists as
three Divine Persons, under the personal
distinction of Father, Ron and Holy Spirit.
20. "Teaching them." It is the duty of
the apostles and ministers of Christ to in
struct those who becomo disciples or learn
ers. "To observe," etc. What Christ has
commanded must be taught and observed.
e are to "observe ' pay attention to and
obey, all things" not merely those things
which suit us best, but all the moral du
ties, without exception, that Christ has
commanded. "I am with vou alway." Lit
erally, I am with vou every dnv. In the
person of the Holy Spirit. Christ would
never be absent from them a single day.
This should be a source of no little encour
agement to all true ministers of the gos
pel, lie is not coining. He ia here with us
now. 1. Ho U with both the weak and
the strong. 2. Ho is in the battle aa well
as the victory, a. He is with us in life
snd in death. 4. In time and in eternitv.
"Unto the end," etc. Unto th end of
time. "Amen." Omitted in B. V.
First Fabllsher of Ctiaaorr.
The first collected edition of Chau
eer's works was published by Pynson,
who Issued ths first of the three parts
In 1B28. In 1E32 there followed an edl
tlo by Tbynne. and othsra appeared In
1&G1, 1598, 1802 and 1687. to say noth
ing ef that which came from the house
of Llntot In 1721, which has the dis
tinction. In tho opinion of scholars, of
belax the worst ever printed. The
name of Thomas Tyrwhltt Is justly re
membered In ooanoctlon with Chaucer
and this by reason of the scholarly
edition of the "Canterbury Tales,"
1775-8, to which he added Information
notes and a glossary. Not until Dr.
FurulvsJl produced his six-text volume
tn 1848, was Tyrwhltt's work, aa a
vhnle, superseded. New York Post.
The Sonndj or Aaln!a'. Vnlcoa.
The roar of a lion can be heard far
ther than the sound ot any other liv
ing creature. Next comes the cry of
a hyena and then the hoot of the owl.
Aftr tbrso tho panther aud the Jackal.
The donkey can bo heard fifty times
farther than tho horse, and tho cat ten
times aa fur as the do. Strange as it
may seem, the cry of a bare can bo
heard farther than that of cither tho
eat or the do..
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
May 12 - "Practice Cbristlaaify.' I Jobs
III.. U-IS.
Perlpture Verses. John XV. 13; Itom.
vl. ,'S, 4; Phil. . it, ft; Hrl). sill, la, 13;
I John Iv. It, l!l, 21; vll. 12.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
Mere promise without Action, prst
fesslon without practice do not uiaJte
renl Christianity. The rainbow !
beautiful, ,nt we value It most be
cause. God bus fultilleil 11m promise
which It represents. Profession Is
beautiful; but only practice gives It
value beforo God.
There Is no service like his who
serves been use be loves.
Our relation to God Is shown by ovr
bearing toward one Another.
HKLKCTIONH. i
How much we take, how little give, '
Yet every life Is mennt
To help nil lives; each man should live
For nil men's betterment.
When Itidley was Bishop of Lon
don he wrote Ihiiavtd'n wealthy and
powerful member of rhe? Itoyal Coun
cil: "Christ lle-th abroad in our Iin
don frtreetB, without lodging, hungry,
naked nnd cold. Will you not help to
lodue Christ?"
Ah! In all issues of poor human wtrlfe
Naught lx-irurs reward save a sweet
ministering life,
Man's mission lies In goodness, nx-rcy,
love;
These, nurtured here, eternal bloom
above.
The crusaders of old used to bear
painted cross upon their shoulders. It
Is to be feared that many amongst
ourselves tnke up crosses that sit just
n lightly. things of ornament, pase
xirts to respectability, a cheap substi
tute for a slruggle never made and
crown never striven for.
When the Interpreter had done, he
takes them out Into his garden again,
nnd led them to a tree whose inside
was all rotten nnd gone. Then said
.Mercy, "What means this?" "Thla
tree," said he, "whose Qiitslde Is fair,
nnd whose inside is rotten la it in
which ninny may lie compared thai
nre In the garden of God; who with
their months spenk high In behalf of
(Jod, but In deed will do nothing for
him; whose leaves nre fair, but their
heart good for nothing but to be tin
der for the Devil's tinder-box." Bun
yan. EPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
May 12
"Practice Christianity.'
tlL, U-18.
1 Jens
This has often been called the prac
tical n'e. But it is not so practical
ns It might be uud ought to be. There
is nothing so practical as Christianity,
nnd we nre not quite Christian yet.
This is rather the utilitarian nge.
Kverylioily Is asking not whether a
tiling Is right whiidi moans to be
truly practical so much as, "What
will it profit?" Is n good test. It is
quite proper to ask of our Christianity
what it Is good for; what it has done;
what It can do. And Christianity need
not hesitate to show for Itself. It
needs only to point to the world nnd
say, "The nineteenth century is my
monument."
Its inspiration Love. "We know
thnt we have passed from death unto
life," says the apostle John, "liecause
we love the brethren." And again ho
says. Hereby perceive we the love
of God because he laid down his life
for us." The test of nnythlug that
comes to ns asking our support Is
whether it seeks man's good. We
have been In the habit of thinking
that that only Is practical which
achieves some degree of worldly sue- '
cess. But we should learn that the
most impractical tiling In the world
Is scIiInIiucss, and the most Impracti
cal jieople are the selfish men and
women about us. He who preaches
kindness is often contemptuously re
ferred to ns u mere Idealist, a vision
nry. There could not be a greater
mistake. The renl visionary is he who
looks for merely Immediate result-
and does not take In the far-dirant
future eternity as well as time. He
who comes to riion with love in bis
heart Is pretty sure to study men and
methods even more carefully than the
Hellish man.
Its Expression Self-giving We
should not allow ourselves to think,
for one moment that love Is a mere
lueory or mere feeling. To think
thus is the sure road to sentimen
talism. It is loving in word. But
to truly love Is to love In deed.
"Hereby perceive we the love of
God, because he laid down his life
for us: and we ought to lay down our
lives for the brethren. But whose
hath this world's good, nnd seeth bis
brother have need, and shuttcth up
his bowels of compassion from him,
how dwelleth tho love of God In
1)1 in?"
RAMS' HORN BLASTS
f-T- HERE is often
more of Christ In
the kitchen than in
the cathedral.
Your worth de
ponds on what yon
have.
True flshors of
souls have little
ur for bread and
butter bait.
A man may hart
a keen mind with
out a cutting ton
gue.
It Is always harder to use the heart
than to work the heud ta religion.
A man will usually wince on the
spot whore his conscience Is must
worn.
The burial of Chris!, was the sowing
of the ssed ot eternity In the soil ot
this earth.
When the devil becomea the defender
of the faith It Is time to revise the
creed.
Too many want CVod's light on tbalr
heavenward way while they wrap their
lives in fog.
The only man who Is A 'tod to dts- '
semlnate his thoughts Is be who can
concentrate them.
The man who serves God for Hla
rewards will serve lh devil When he
otters him raise.
Usually a woman might as well go
to hell toave the devil aa to marry
a man ia reform him.
A man's Interest in religion will be
aocordlng to the amount of principle
he has In It,
Many who are- willing hat their
work phould be done by proxy will be
surprised to receive their reward that
way.
He who cannot forget the kindness
be has done Is little better than he
who remembers the Injuries he has
received.
He who defies danger dofcita do-feat.