rOB'S COMFORTERS. tnMOX BY lilt. TALMACJK feopta Who Annojr Ono Who U In Ironblo, Instend of Mympatlilz Ins With Him. TlXT: "itiitrablt Comforter nrmum nit -Job xvl., a ITltA man fit T Vi art a a-m . . . tnelnsof his family, the loss of hi prop. rty. the lot of his health; but the most et - -Kn( t II IT I h i n t ftinfc oatn ' e : th tantshring talk or t how who otnrhfc to have vtnnntlilzo.I with him. Inking round upon tiirm, and weighing what they tinrt saiil, he utter the words of nr text u'Lri .11. i rimi l..t .... .. ... ,,.... ...s. mi. nm iiim mri ma world! T la it ntiestlon I nftn Hhp i ..... never satisfactorily answered. Uol made the world fair and bemtiful at tha mart. If our tlrst parent hnd not sinned in Kdon thev mieht have gone out of that garden nd found Illty paradises all nround the earth Kurnpe, Asia, Africa, North nnd sU.tiitl. " tnntow MhrHa flF fl-illf taaf Iralui-. am,. I 1 1 uppoe tlint whwi Oo I poured out th Uihnn A fliA It iilillr..l twuiMuJ ... . i . .... ,,u. b in nm : II,i.Iuh ah. I u . iihh- vii- ii'mw"ii ami me t-tistpienanna, the whole earth was very fair and brautiful to look nr"n. Why dll It not May sol Uod liad the power to keen back sin and won. Why did he not keep them baokl Whv not very cloud roseate, and every step a toy. ml f""rT soimo music, and all the ages a Innff itlhnen of ltl.a man at.. I .1 .. I . "i 4 -- iii niiiit-sv, W1H tnenf tied ran mnko rone a easily an he can omi" n linn ii. or, um, ine predominance of thorns! He ran make Rood. fair, rfpn fruits well nsgnarlad andsour fruit Why o much, then, that is gnarled and sour' lie can make men robust In health. Why, then, r there so many invalid) Why. nut have trr our whole race perietual leisure, instead of thi tut; and toil and tiisale for livelihood' 1 will tell you why lod lt nitt como into the world hcn I p-t on thethir ide of the Kivrr of Death. That, ii theplooo whrra,., qtietion will Im nnv..ro,l and aurh myster- l.alaiilvod Ho aim tlila .I.I.. .. . "inn i nmi i hit ni tnipU t answer thonn.ntioti only lllustratei inn wiiil iii--i in., u nii-i in fliNiTiry, All I know i ono Ri-ent fai t, and tlmt in. that it herd of woi' Iwivn ronie in ukmi un, train- .,...,, ....... i-.iiij u iiur nn'i iioailtl ill. A KM'nril fit thn trnln ,,r I.M.... -...I - - -- n i-iiuii, iiiiii i ewonl nt pvitv (fntrt. Mure tmopte un der tln LT'iuikl llinn on It. Tim yards in vast, nmjiirity. The nix thousand willtiMS ll.ive lllllclii Iniirn a.'nr llm.i II... ... thousand miiiiiiht onn oovor no Troiiiilo bnt taken th tendiT heart of thn world in its two ri)ii.:h liimds. end nini lnit it nniii ti... nut ion wail with the nironv. If nil thn mounds of Brnvi vnnU that lia'vo bneti liftisl were nnf siiln liv al.li vm, " UllKlll. lf llll thotn an I on nothing rlso, Kdinir nil around tli u..l uit.l t . i in i iiKuin. nn i nrounii Bgnin. I heso nro the inrtn. And now I Imvo to ny that, in n wor!i lil;o this, the mildest ertipntinn is tlint of giving coiiiloleni'o. ThiH holy rieii( of imparting rnmfort. to the Irniililml wit (iii.ilii i.n .... .. ... .. i .. v - ....,i.i mi hi. ii hi niiiiv. There are ninny of you who rould look .. 1 1, r..,i mini. . i your very iHst irleii'la WIIOUii.ll VI, II Willi nmi ni.A ........ I..1..II... ..fc ... .. . . .. , ,ri j llliuilli III,, end yi t In nlil triitlifullv to s'ty to them in Vnnr iliiid.fn....l.l.. nil: ii . J" . .. """, .uiaeruiiio conuoriers are yon I. ' I rcinnrk. In the first plire, tlmt very volu ble people fire incoiius'tent for the work of Hiving romfort llilil.nl and Klipliru lm, the Blft of lanzuiiRo, nn.l with their wor.ialmit bothered Job' life out Alas for these volu- tie jx-nple that ro anmnn tho houses of the fn,l,,,iu',,,.,""a t.nlk' n'1 tlIk. talk, mi l talk! I hoy reheirse their own sorrows, nnd hnn flint ,,11 el... . . as . .. , piior Ruui'i-ers tliat thv loel ha I now, but they will feel worse after while. Silence! )0 you ejepwt with a thin court plnstor of words to Ileal n wound deep as tho soul.' Step very gently round bout n broken heart. Talk very noltly round those whom (ioil hnn liereft Tln u go your wn v. 1 leep ympthv has not much to say. A (lrm jtrasp of the hand, a compn ilonoto look. Just ono word that means ni uiuch as n whole ill tlonnry, and you Imyo given, pei lmiw, all the comfort thats aoul needs. A nun has a terrible wound in bis ?.m' ,TJ10 "llrK'cn conine and bimls it up. Now,1 he snys, "carry that arm in a slins nnd be very careful of it. Let no one touch it.1' But the neighbor have heard of the accident nnd they come in, nnd they any: "Let us see it And the b-indii -n is pulled olf, nn I this one and that one must feci it, nnd bow much it is swollen; and there is irrit iti.m, and iiilliiiiiin itioii. nn I exasperation, where there ou'ht to bo liealin-; and cooling. Tin ui-fio-ui comes in, an I says: '-What, docs all this mi-ii.' on hnvo no biHiness to much those biimlaes. That wound will never lieul unlcws you let it alone." So there are sou's broken down in sorrow. What fiev inns', want U rest, or very careful and gent'e trcitm -nt. -but tho iiei'lilii rs hnvo heard of tho lien-ive-UlOllt or of th (K. MM they come ill t svni nlhie.and they ynv, "Show us imw llio wound. What were his !iu-t winds' He lieuise now the wholo scene. How did you fenl vt bi n ynu found von were an orphan Tear,ii of th" biin laes her", and piillin" thuii oil' there, leaving a plmMI v woiiud that the bnliu of (iod's gnicp b id ulrea lv lip -nn tO llenl. lib. ,.t no liiill'ieioilS pontile, with, over tntiliii.' tongit s, K., into ,10 homes of tuo ilitii smiI! J 'Afiui I iviinrl.-, that n'l thos pers ins nr i Jacoiiu etent to give nnv kind of comfort who act merely ns world! v plulo oj h rs. Tln-v come in and say: "Why. this is what von ouc,ht to have expecbsl. Tho laws of nut iro liiuvt h ive their way;" nnd then tht-v get elo quent over omelhintc th-y hiivcsei it in post litortem pxnmiiiiitioiia, Sow. nw.ivwtlh all human pliihwphy at such a timo.' W hat dif tcren.si duos it make tn that fath.ir and other what disease the.r son ilicd of lie in A'w, mid It mnkei no diirerMi"e whether tl." troiiiilo was in tho epigastric or hypoi;astr'u reion. If the philosopher be of the ntoical school he will come uud say; Von ouht to control your feeling You must not cry so. You must cultivate a cooler temperament. You must have self reliance, self govern ment, self control;" an iccberjr reproving a hyacinth for having a drop of dew in its eye. A violinist hns his instrument, and he sweeps his fingers across the strings, now evoking strains of joy, anil now htrains of sadness. He cannot play all the tunes on one string. The human soul is an instrummit of a thousand strings, and all sorts of emo tions were made to play on it Now an -anthem, now a dirge. It is no evidence of weakness when one is overcome of sorrow. Edmund Ilurke was found in the pttture Held with his arms around a horse's neck, caressing him and some one said: "Why, the peatman hns loet bis mind!" No, thut horse belonged to his son who had recently -died, and His great heart broke over the grief, H is no sign of weakness that men are oven onie of their sorrows. Thank liod for the relief of tears. Have you never been in trouble when you could not weep, ami von would have given anything for good cry( David diil well when lie mourned for Ab salom, Abraham did well when he bemoaned Surah, Christ did well when he wept for J-aiirui, and the last man I want to ice como anywhere near me when I have any kind of trouble is word I y philosopher. Again I remark that t'.iose porsons are in ?onimtnt for the work of comfort bearing who have nothing but cunt to oirer. There are those who have the idea that you must groan over the distressed and B'llirte.l. i Dure are tunu in grief when one cheerful face dawning on a man's soul is worth thous'iud dollars to him. Do not whine over tlmaiiiictwl. Take the promises nt the (Jos pi, and utter thoiu in manly tono. Do not nfruid to smile if you fool like It. Do not lnye any moro hearses through that poor soul. Do not tell him the trouble was fore--ordained; it will not be any comfort to know It was million years coming. If you want to llnd splints for a broken bone, do not take t Iron. Do not toll them it is Uod's jus tice that weighs out grief. They want now o hear of (iod's tender mercy. In other words, do not give them aqua fortia wheu tuey need valerian. Ai'ain, I remark that thou persons are poor Wuforters who have never hail any trouble themselves. A larkspur cannot lecture on we uttture of a suowtluke it uever saw mnwflsk; and those psople who have al ways lived In the summer of proiperity can not talk to lhne who are fronin In disaster. Ood keeps aged people in ttie world, I think, for this very work of sympathy. They liav h.sn through all these trials. They know all that which irritates and all tu:it whluh loothes. People who have not hnd trials themselves; cannot give comfort to others. They may talk very beautifully, and they may give ynu grent deal of potlo sentiment; but while pootry Is a perfume ttritsmellsswoet.it mike very poor salve. If you have grave In your pathway, and somebody comes anil covers it all over with (lowers. It Is grave yet Those who have not hail grief them selves) know not the mystery of broken heart They know not the meaning of childlessness, and the having no one to put to bed at night, or the standing In a room where every book nn I picture and door is full of memories -the door mat, where she sat, th cup out of which she drank the plaisj where she stool at the door and clapped hor hands the odd figures that she s Tibbie 1 the blocks she built into a bouse. Ah, no; you must have trouble yourself before you can comfort trouble In others. But come alt ye who have leen be reft and ye who have been comforted in your sorrows, and stand around thpse filleted souls, and snr to them: "I had that very sorrow myself. Ood comforted me, and He will comfort you," and that will go right to the spot In other words, to comfort others we must have faith In (lol, practical experi ence and good, sound common sense. Again, I remark, there is comfort In tha thought that (tod, by all this process, is going to make you useful. Do vou know that thisw who accomp'lsh the most for Hod and heven have all been under the harrow f Show me a man that ha done anything for Christ in this day. In a public or private place, who has had no trouble and whose path has been month. Ah, no, I one went throuirh an ax factory, and I saw them take the bars of iron and thrust them Into the terrible furnace. Then Isnweated workmen with long tongs stirred ttie blaxe. Then they brought nut a lr of Iron and put It into a crushing machine, and then they putltb-twism jaws that bit it In twain. Then thny put it on an anvil, and there were great hammers swung by machinery each one a half ton in weitrht that went thump! thump! thump! If that Iron could hnvo spoken, it would hnvn said: "Why all this batting! Why must I be pounded any morn than nnv other Iron!" Tho worl.men would Imvo said: 'We want to make axes out of you, keen, sharp axes axes with which to how down the forest, nn 1 build tho ship, an eroct lioutes, and curry on a thousand enter prises of civilization. That's the reason wo p niiid you." Now, lio l puts a soul into tho furnace of trial, and then it Is brought out and run throtuh tho crushing miii'hiii", and inen it comes down on the anvil, nnd Uxin it blow after blow, blow after blow, nn I tho soul cries out: "Oh. Lord, what doe all this moan;" (bid savs: "I want to mako some thing very useful out of you You shall bo som-thin to hew w.tn nii'l som-thing to build with. It is a practical process through which 1 nm putting you." Yes. mv Clirist tiau friends, we waiit more touts in the church oftio l. Not morn we Iges to split with; wn have e:iou;h of these. Not more bores with which to drill; wn have too m any bore.. What wo really want is keen, sharp well tempered nxes, and if there lie any other wny of iiiakiuj tli.in than in tin hot formfe nnd nn the hard nuvil, and under the heavy haimicr, I do not know what it is. Itetnem. I r that if (iod brings any kind of i hast is i intiit upon you, it is only to miiko you use fill. Do not sit down disco'.irag.sl and sav: "I have no more reason for living. I wish I were dead." Oh, there never was so mucli reason for your living as now! By tins or deal ynu Imvo Issoi consi.ciMtisl a priest of the Most High (iod. (io out and do your wlmlo work for tho Master. There Is also a great deal of comfort In tho fact there will bo n family reconstruction in a liettor place. From, Scot and, or ICn land, or Ire an I, a child emigrates to this country. It is very hard parting, but h. come"., after a while writing home ns to what a good land it is Another brother come, a sister comes, nn I nnot'icr, and aft-r a while tho mother comes, nnd alter a while the father comes, an I now tliev urn all hero, nnd they have a time of great congratulation nnd a very pleasant reunion. Well, it is just so with our families, th :y nro emigrating to n liettor laud. Now ono goes out Oh, bow hard it is to part with him' Another gos. Oh, how hard it is to part with her! And another, and another, and we ourselves will lifter a while go over, and then we will be together. Oh, what u reunion! Do Vou bo liove that! "Yes," you say. Vou do not I You do not believe it as you believe oilier thimrs. If vou did. ami with tho Bauie ' emphasis, why. it would take nine tenths I of your trouble o!T y.mr heart. Tho fact ; is. heaven to innnv of us is a great fog. It is nwav oir somewhere, filled with an uncertain I nnd bid, 'Unite population That is t!i kin I I of hen veil that many of us die nil iilxiut; but I it is the most tremnndous fact in all Hi" j universe this hoiven of tho (iosp. I liir departed frienls nro not allont Tho rcsi ; deuce in which you live is n it so roil as tlei , residence ju which they stay. You are allnat, : you who do not know" in the morning w hat, , will happen lielor.f night. Tliov nro houe I and safe forever. Do not .therefore, pit v voiir d-parted friend who hnvo died in ( 'brist. j 'I'liey do not, ins'd any of ynurp tv. Ynu might ! as well soml a li tter of condolence to t.lii-im j ictoila on her obscurity, or to the llotlis cliilds on their poverty, list) pity those who have won the palm. lo not sav of tooo I who nro d -parte I: "Poor child! "la sir j father!" I'oor mother!" Thev are not ! poor. You nro hmh- vou wlmso homes I have bis'll slinttere I not tlieV. Yotl do not dwell much with your families in this I world. All dny long you are olf to business, i Will it not be pleas nit when you cnii Ixi to- got h'-r all tho while! If you h ivo had four children and one is gone, nnd nuybo ly asks how many children you have, do not bo so iniidel as to say ihro. Say f air ono in heaven. Do not thiol: that tho uravo is tin ; friendly. You go into your room und dress i lor some grand entertainment, and you como forth beautifully nnparelol; nnd the grave is only the place wliern you go to dress for tho glorious resurrection, and wo will como out radiant, ra liaut. mortality having be come immortality. Oh, how much condol ence there is in this thought! 1 expect to see my kindred in heaven: I expect to see them ns certainly as I oxiect to go home to day. Ay, I shall more certainly see I hem. Kignt or ten will come up from the gravoyurd back of Homerville; end one will come up from the mountains back of Amoy, China: and another will come up from the sen olt Capo Hattcras; and thirty will come up from Ureunwool; and I shall know them bettor than 1 ever knew them here. And your friends they may be across the sua. but the trumpet that sound hero will sound there. You will come up nn just the same day. Homo morning you have overslept yourself, nnd you open your eyes and s sj that tho sun is high in tho heavens and you say, "I have overslept and I must be up and olf." Ho you will onn your eyes on the morning of the res urrection in the full blaze of (foil's light, and you will sav: "I must l up and away." Oh yes, you will come up and there will be a re union, reconstruction of your family. I like what Halburton, I think it was good old Mr. Halburton said in bis last moments: "1 thank liod that I ever lived, nnd that I hnvo a father in heaven, and a mother in heaven, and brothers in heaven, uud sister in heaven, and 1 am now going up to see them." I remark once more: Our troubles In this world are preparative for glory. What transition it was for l'aul from the slipery duck of foundering ship to the culm pres ence of Jesusl W hut a transition it was for Latimer -from the stake to a throne! What a transition it was for Hobert Hall from insanity to glory! What a transition it was for Hichurd liuxter from the dropsy to the "saint's everlasting rest!" And what transition it will lie for you from a world of sorrow to a world of joy I John Holland, when he was dying, said: ''What means tins brightness ill the room! Have you lighted the candles!" '"So," they replied, "we have not lighted any candles." Then said Let "Welcome heaven!'' the light already learn ing iiion his pillow. O ye who are perse cuted iu this world I your enemiea will get olf tha track after a while, and all will speak well of you moug the thrones. Ho! ye who are sick now, no medicine to take there. On breath of the eternal hills will thrill. you with immortal vigor. And ya who are lonesome now. there will he a thou. and spirits to w olivine ynu into their com- paninnsnip. x- ye oeroii sonis: mere will Is no grave digger's spade that will cleave the lido of Umt hill, and there will be no dirge waning rrom that temple. 1 he river of Ucd, deep an the joy of heaven, will roll on be tween bank odorous with halm, and over depths bright with jewels, and under skies roseate with gladness, areoslcsof Hint nolmr down the stream to the stroke of glittering oar and the song of nngelsl Not one sigh In the wind; not one tear mingling with the waters. There shsll t hsthe my weary soul In ses of hesvenly rest. And not wsva of trouble roll Across my pesceful brcttU TFMPKItANCK HEADING. Chnrllo' Htory. The family pledge bung on the wall. And on it von could sen The names of m imirvv M iry Jane. And Charlie that ai me, We didn't dare to ask pnpa To write upon it too, So lettaspace for him to fill; 'Twas all we dared to do. ITe taw the pledge as soon a he Came In the door that night; An I wi.en we saw him reading it. It put us in fright , He didn't say a word to us About tha pledg at all. But oft I saw him look at It. W bile banging on th wall. And every night when ha came home. Ho stopjie I and read it through, We all kept sti.l about th'n words, Although wu knew them true. Four weeks ha 1 pan I, and then one nleht V hen pa ca ne horn i to tea. Ue tKV the plod jo nown fr in its uaiL And then ho turnsl to mo: "(lo pet the en and Ink, my boy, And let mo till that spice. It look so I are." he slowly sni.l, A (piisT look on Ins face. And then mamma it down ami rriod, iMie s li I it Was for jovl, An I Mary Jane she cried som too, 1 ibdn'i l iu a boy. But papa nv ho did n nt drink S.nce that llrst night whru wo H id hung lh.it pie Ige upon the wall hero ho our nam could see. And ever since that sp ic i was filled Mamma just said to-night. ' 7 hi mli i Im-k mav be oar little room, (. tie cornor no'V is II -lit. I. . Iliitchinsori. Hnlomi Sprciul i tin Drink llnlilt, "Tho S iIihiii creates n iloman l where none befo!' exisln I. that It may proilt bv supply ing that demand. It nrtilicmliy stimulates nn evil liaint, that it may thrive liy pander HU to it. It III tuo li '.ally bns' Is doliiktli hery, poverty, anarchy nnd crime for pay. It pnrpoteiy so k to multiply the number of drinker, an 1 hen at ot drunkards. It in vnd -severy new community, cUmmnds trib ute from every home, and lies in wait with froth enticements for each now generation of youth. I'.ai'li one of our two hnn tied thou sand drinkilix places forms a distinct center of aggressive force and skillful de vice for spreading the drink habit among men. Kverjr plnusitiln temp, tit ion and solicitation that train" I tali-nt can suggest nro us.-d to entrap the young, the ignorant, the toiling and tint hoinele-is, with I he kuowlcd that n customer on'H se cured Is usually a customer for life, l-ixpo-riencii in lien' -s that four llftlis of Ani Ti. an drinking nnd ilruiikciini-s is due in the first ins auiv. n t to any natural nppet to of our pi-ople, but to the presou nn, I sleepless ef forts of this gigantic enginery, working seven days a week and t weiity -four hour n day, unrestra lied by anv scruple ami every where cnntomiitunu of publio aud private right." Clinton U. Fitli. Drinking Among llnglUh Women. Jt scemsthat th' women of Kugl.aiid urn in n bad way ns rejiir s Innk. Dr. Imlncli ha Info-m-ii the Uiiusii Medical Association that women dr. nk o exc s as much ns men, nnd Hint in l.ivi rpisil it is tho wives who drink. 'J he use of op urn, chloral, and other narcotics is much moio inevnloii! niiion vtou.cn tlinu niuoin: men. Women, liow.-n.i- 1 have a I o tcr excise for tln ir t-xecsses (hull I the other sex. They drink, us a ruin, ls I cau-ethcy l.nvesome won ying ailment, and keep on until ih- habit is si.:tlel upon them. itli li arci.tn s the iM.-inniiig of the ahusu IS I geiicialy traceable, says )r. imlncli, to loclira: pre-cription. ".Mks I Sroadtsiiit , the well know n inis-ioimrv of III- Clinch 'ii lllp i.-ince t-, i.t v." gives the int. r 1 1 ii ; fact ill it though wn in. n oft n drink h-avilv, j the ! i st ci iitirmed drimk irds among tli-'m ; (ireM-hioin att.icKcl with .l.-Lrinin tivn She declares that she ha nut s.s'11 a s,ng In I iiistnnco of this disease iiinong worn n dur ; ing tlin la-t twelve inontlis. altii ingli sh.. h;n visinn many c,i.sc ..I illllllilllg Women. AVio 1'orfc Ann. "Di-ink, Drink. Drink." The following extract is from a seruinn de livered by u iaiiiiiiihaiii, im-luinl, clergy in in: lu ink. drink, ilrink" It Is tl !,o ot tliediin.rcou w ills; the blight of nu ll iilnii iloiasl holm ; ihe ilire of each proi i s.inii to I lie gallows' font, 'lirink, drink, drink!' It ir, the tcli n s fortitude; the g.ainl.liTs goad; the coward's courage; the assassin's inspira tion. 'Drink, drink, drink:' Toll all the ives iu I'.nglund, and how they would con delimit: Canvass the cottage m llii'iiiing biim. and irlean the s.ilf ruires of ilni u .i j who sit bcsulo the. rsi-iiiity tires, nii'l whollv to me pawn snop tor the clnldrens crust; vhi le the baby's blanket and the wedding l ing its.. If hns been bai ti red to fill the drunk nr.l's glass; nnd learn the moral, as they hide their bruised an I blackened bosoms and pi es their hands ngainst their broken hearts, of thehavis: of the 'drink, drink, drink!' Stol? ond think and V" will vot 'No!' " I'lro Water an Ind Inn Stumbling Mock. An Indian 1'rinces writes to otllciul circles In Washington: "One of the greatest wrong, is the introduction of llro water among my M'ople. I Mpoul to you as a iiati ni to see thut thn Indians nro educated. Send les tlnsilogy among them mid more true Chris tiunity. Mend honest people. if you have any among you. An Indian despise deceit. Wu have nieut reason to I hi proud that we are Indians. We have never b-ea known to inniiulucturo ulcoholiu drink to destroy body uud soul. Neither have we language to tuke liod' name iu vuiu." C7ut.tiut .-tdiocufc. Jiiisland Mmle India Drunken. Archdoneon Karrar's decdarot Ion thut Ktig land found India sober und mado it drunk mi, liaslsien callwl in ipiestion; but the pastor's assailant would have be-in mora comfortahl If be hnd kept still, for Dr. Knrrur has proved beyond ipiebtion that what he said wu true i ',,"rto" r M'tdras, ileclaru that uuiouti the Hindoos "tho vice of drunkenness hnd Ulsupiieared till ro-intro due d under British rule." The curie ot the civilized world it strung uruiK, " In leaving life annuities to a number of hi servants the late Lord Morthwich, of Kug land, coupled with his beipiests tho condition thut if any annuitant should be either di rectly or indirectly coiiceruod in keeping a public-house, cider - house or beer-houso, his or her annuity is to be discontinued. In Cincinnati the I .aw and Order Ieague talk of Impeaching tha Mayor for rufusiug to enforce the Huuday-closiug law adopted by the lust legislature. Tub great Rpreckel's sugar refinery in Philadelphia will be 00 by 100 upon the grounsi aud ISJ high, having tluruxa stories. SUNDAY SCU001 u LK3,ON iron SKPTF.MDi:n o. 'ThAUnbellof nl the rcoilc.".Vnm. lr. 1-10. Ooldcn Text, Hob. 111. ID. Explanatory Notca. This Is the continuation of our Inst lesson, and shows the sad result of nnls-lief. Jeho vah had delivered them from the ower and bondage of 1'hnraoh: bad made a way for them through the Hcrt sea; had fed them with food Irom lica yell day by day; had brought them water out of the rock; had given them fhsdi to eat In abundance; had fought for them agninst Amnlek nnd con (ilerpil; hnd sikeu to them from the burn ing mountain; bad shown them his great lovo nnd power tn so many wnys and had tome to dwell visibly among them in tha tatmncle riveted for Him in their midst; the pillar of cloud an I of tire, symbol of His pmencr, was visible to nil the millions ol Israel, and yet these ten unlielieving rulers in Israel seak of the strength of the sons of Anak as an olistacle too formidable to Iks overcome. Was there evor such untie lief and such utter forgetfu'nessof a present almighty tiod f Your Lord and riavinur Jesus Christ is ahlo tosavo to the uttermost all who come unto (Iod by Him, is able to save ynu from your sin, is able to keep ynu from fulling, and you have only to yield youiself fully to Him and 1 obedient aud it shall lie dona. 1. "All the congregation cried," but It was neither a cry of victory nor n cry for help: it was cry of despair, lvauo they saw no helier, had no faith in (foil. Contrast tho cry of Abljnh, aud Asa, and .lehoshaphat, and the speedy answers granted to them ill Cbon. xiii.. It; xiv., 11; xvul., Uli, nnd lie of goxst ccurnge. "And the ople wept " In xl., 4 we llnd thrm weeping because they hnd nothing to rat but innniin end they were longing lor thn fmsl of Kgypt; now they are within siL-ht en I n-aidi of the grape nnd pomegrnn lies nn I flg of the hind flowing with in.l i nil I hoin v. but III their ryes the d tlicultie were ton great, mi l as thev left (in I out nf their cal I'lilntions they wept in despair, and well they 111 IS lit, lor where there Is no (iod I here uillst I e utu r despair, l ilt bow sad to m-k tin wis ping hen He who dries nil pairs is ready nnd waiting to deliver it thev would only let II in. "And nil murmured." In ch. xii.. It was Mirinm nnd A iron sieaking ugninst Mosi-s; now it Is nil Israel iniirmuriiig n.-iiint Moses nod Anion. "Tni'V desp se I t ie pleas ant I md: they l!icvv I not li s whim, but 1 i i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I in their tents, und Le.irki-iie.l not unto the voice of the I, or I " il's. ivi I J.'i I They I hi I nun mured nt Ma.ili and in the w liiierness of sin (Kx. xv., ','1: xvi , 1-1 i. and nil these nmi nun injs were ngani-t the I.ord il'.x. xvi., M, for all that is iimie to nt for n s, rvunt of the Lord Ho counts ns ilmi to hiiUM'If. tl.uko x., M.I 'I he love of li.nl winch I roiiglit thi.uoiit of llgypt was bring ing them, in tic best and kind, st wny. ton for i oils inheritance, but thev ile-pis.-l it uud li:n. mil murmured mil cnmpluiu.-d. (inr tio I, w ho redeem us bv the ptvioiis ll I of His dear Son. is bringing us to II s kingdom in the vi ry best and kindest way. nn I every rent of every day is the best liis low-mil devise, nnd every 'i appointment is Hi up pi'iiitmeiit, so that any murmuring or com pluming mi our part is' nut only displuming to I ni I i. Num. xi, li.but is tin. bug faiiltwith illlinite love. CniitldcU' e ill (ind I. lives lie room lor murmuring. It,1. "Itrturn into Kgypt.'' The w isli f.r death was twiiv repeat. ,( in v. -'; the return to I im pi is twice suggested ill tln-s verses. At linn b they iniide n calf and w.,rslns.d it instead of I io I; now they want a hiiuinn en ; tn I ii instead ot "liod himself, who was with them lis theircnptiiin '' ill. Chroii xili., 1.'. ) .Ni liemiuh says t hat. "In their li b . Minn the npisniited a captain tn letiirn tn their Loihla,!'. ' i Nch. ix., I l.i I Ii. w hat sin mi l ri'lsdlii.u on the part of man, what long suf fering and love and piiticwv on tho part of ('nd. This il is our liod: urn like Israel, and all these things are written for our learning. I'nul says: "1 mint all thing but loss for tho excellency of the know , sign of Christ Jesus mv 1-ord . . . forgetting those things which are Is hind, and reaching forth unto those things which nre Ik, fore, I press toward tho mark for the prio of thn li gh i ailing of (iod in Christ .lesus." illul. ill., s. l.i, i How few iliurn nro like 1 it ill. how innnv like Lot's wife, who though i s i a.l innn hndi'iii h it her heart tin-re nn I lonkd back. "Jesus said no man, having I Hi t his hand to the plow, nnd locking ba-k. Is lit for the kingdom of Hod i lsa. I X. ; so these inurmuieis cnu d II it i iitcr III I ause of lllibc.ict, but t In ir cureuse fell in the e lldel llesn.'' (I It'll, iii., I'.i; Num. xiv., '.T-.th. "i. "Mosi and Aurnii fell mi the r fac s '' S s al-n xvi , I, J .', c. xx.. '. 'I his was tin mil V t hing to i!n in such a ca-e: cry tmini in I nil I lm. tllHIl tn llllll. lli.vv wntnlerlul lllllt liod Will let II- pi' .. I H llll llllll llll I be iiiovc.l by our plea ling il. " .'i shua and I 'uleli rent their cl ith s.' Ca'eb ha I st n,i n I e i ,' xui , , but u w ibisli'in jnins liii.i ill laitlital t siimnny, nil I tin c 111 c t lie old V t n: 111, t ll" t linn- i ii, s i Isrilll Willi Were OVer tWent. e.lls o ag' when tiny h it l'.vpt wlm t n'. :e, th.. g hind ivs. :;o, : s,. t,,it iimis nlwir.'s Imuur tlinsi- w ho have faith ill hnn. nn 1 tln.iigli tin uiibelii ! ol i it lii i'. may cans,, long unit ng nil tho pill 'f lii" Ul.-ll o t.lllll, et tt.cy nre lile-si d while thev wn t. i, - "All CM e. d.llg g' o 1 ;::tl 1.'" I'v.'Mtlli! Illll.cliev cr till t ti e. nt. -s tint - x l li. . but hear Iiii t le-r l In se two I'.i it hi ill ones: "If the I nl delight in Us, lie it, I bring, us into lies laud uud u ! c it Us." Th.-v do not I, list it nnv power or wis lout ul.n. t he other ten, it bsiity to the poHci'i,; t!i l.nrd. "1 iilini-iil iiinrn nteindaiitlv than tht-v nil.'' savs l'aul, "yt not l.l utthegra Mind which was with me.'' "He that g.nricth, let him glory iu t a I.nr l." l ( nr. xv,, bi; i., iti.) If liny ask bow can the I.ord lake delight in such as we unit the answer is: "The Lord taketh pleasure iu them that fear linn, in thtsie that hope ni His mercy." (I's. cxlvu., 11,1 P. "lieU'l not against the Lord. ' "l-enr not the jsiople," "the l.or.l Is with us." Con liilence 111 Illul ols'dlelliat to I ind. stsiing lit) ?no but Jesus only: this would give s-ifeet r-st Mini iN-aco and constant victory. To Moses nnd Joshua mid liidt-nu. to .leremiah nnd the pruphcts, nnd the last word of .lesus to the nsistlcs wn simply "1 am with you." A clearer apprehension of the meaning of that prouuui, nnd of th unchanging lovo of Him who uttered it, would ru move nil fear uud urge us t a ch-cr-lul olsnlienco nt all tunes. How little they knew him, those other ten and that favored uatiou, and how they did 11111111 lor stand Hun. It wo just so when llecainn iu human form in the rson of Jesus of Naza reth they knew Him not. they received Him not: nnd even the twelve whom llochoio tu Ids apostles misunderstoisl Hnn even unto the end. Allour miirmuringsand fears und dis tilHslieiicos arosimply evidences that we, too, inisuiiilei-stnnd Hun and do not nppris-,Hte His love; for His si fet t love citsteth out all feur, end a iniiid stayed 011 Him has erfoi't pt-atxi, in. "Stone them with stones." So they world have done to Moses il'.x xvii., -Ii; so they were ready to do to Christ tJohu viii., Ml; x, Jill; so tliey tlld to Stephen mid l'aul (Acts vii.. M': xiv.. I'.'l. Truth is never popu lar; " 1 hute him." suid Ahub of Micuiuh. the prophet; "put bim in prison, nn I ftssl htm with bread of alllictl.in n I with witter or af fliction " ill (. hi on. xviil., 7, "ii. So thnsM wlm stand for the truth will tin I luttied even in our day from those who are of the world. The faithful huvoever Iseu, ami will 1st till 1 Income, " a littlothsk." but their enmtort is the joy of Hi pi est lice and fellowship w.th Him. iu this chapter (v. VII we have tho llrst as surance that "all the mirth shall ls tilled w ith the glory of tho I.ord," and the statement follows the assurance of the forgiveness of the sin of Israel; eveu so ahull it be, now au elts't church, soon an oloct nution rest red, thn the con vel-iou of tho world. f.csauii Jfrlr. RELIGIOUS READING, , niiiii"if. Pmils are built as temples are Sunken deep, uim-vn, unknown, lib s the sure foiimlntioii ston Then the cour.es frame I to Pear 1,1 ft the cloisters pillared f-tlr. J jist of nil tho atry spire, Sirlnn liravenwnnl, higher anil higher, Nearest sun and nearest star. Bonis are built as temples are Inch by inch in gradual r'so Mount the Inverts! innsonrle. Varrtng uesilons have their day, Kings arise nnd puss away, laborers vanish one by one, St ill the temple is not dnno, Still completion seem afar. Pouts are built as temples nre Here a carving rich and quaint, 'J'hore the imsife of a smut; Here a dts-p hnil pane to tell Hncred truth or miracle; Kvery little livl s the much, Every careful, careless touch Adds a chiiriu or leaves a scar, Pouls nre built ns temples nro Itascd on truth's rloinnl law Hure nmi steadfast, without flaw Tlirough the sunshine, through the snow, 1p and on the building gtsst; Kvery fair thing lluds its place, Kvery hard thing lend a grace, Every hand mav make or mnr. iKrum The Stin!.y Lsuool Times, llssisn Jnilg-me Jta. Jesus never tnentloncl any of earth's great men (so cal let 1 1 with words of praise. There hail liecn grent coiupintor before Hi tune, liko Alexniitler the (ireat, but He never al luded to them. There hail l?en philosophers liko l'lnto nmi Aristotle anil Socrnt-s. but Ho never stko of them, I'.ich men hml re ceived tho notice of their fellow men, but He never incut imiod one of them by n unc. None of those of w hom human histoty ss'ak most largely came 111 turn word 01 ccin liietidntion from Hun or frcm li s atstles In I Inter yenrs. This should I id 11 muse aid ; make us stop nnd 1 link whether our human 1 Judgments are lint toially faulty. Have wo i not put the seal nf greatness "where it ibs j not It, long) Iu what respect is the world Is t- I ter today for the existence o llrll llli-ll llliit 1 Cro'siis, of coinpieinr like A 1 x md, r, nf phllnmpht r llhtt l'lnto, of iiutl t rs like Cicerof What really vnluable thb-g slum tl wo losn hnd such mi n never existed (ittt In r 11 1 1 t lut contpiei't rs f the world to gether, and say whether thevlnve bisn as Useful to tins w n Id as ono Joi n lliiuvan or one John Wesley. ut all ymir philosopli.c d books t'lKi-ther," mid ilecliipi whether they have nt inpli-lied us much for huin.'itiit v its the r.isthtol l'aul to I In I ialat I His. Match liisiutrck ntnl I .til In r. nmi judge whether politician or Tenchcr has the i -t of it iii the long run. On ti e other hand, if vmi blot out Abraham, Joieph, M..sc. Hivid the s tiver nn t Inivld the king', I'.lij h, Ismali, Jt Im tho llnpti-t, l'aul, from iiuinnn history, ynu Usher In blackness of darknes..-II.. v. A. !'. Schaulllcr, l. !., in S S. Times. Isilr at as Alii 10 the 4'tiaprl. In the bt nutiflil home of Mr. John Crosby Jlrtiwnnt (.Iratige, In thn neighborhood of New York, is one of the most remarkable collect 1011 in America, crimps iu the world. It consist nf ss'cmiciis nf music tl instru ments iroiii the primitive s'..p'e nf all ipiur- I tnisof the earth. Tlicre art, strmgisl Instru- ' inelitsof every shut 11 at d tlegietof cotii plexity, from ii single mrd strt tche.l over n small ccp-liko resnnatnr to the kiinii of the Arabs, which re-einbles the Intel Hal si rue. turn of a piano, but Is plaved by a plectrum ! iiis'e-nl of n key board. Th 'i'e are wind in- 1 tlinu, nits, Ir, 111 the s.nglit reed nnd metallic ' ti nmi ct or w l;ii I . to a sin ill in- ni I li 1 11. Tlieru nro ilruins of 1 very simp" 111 d sie, some of them made of wood, some of metal, some of clay ; s ni" simple ntnl others coin Knind: soma with burl ario ornatn nts or painting, other viirmu-ly mini , end deenrat.sl bv tho higher nrt of India nmi tho '.Moliiiiiiiuedaii land of Western Asia mid Northern Allien. Then them nre castanets, pvonant metallic burs, ntnl sundry nondescript nnd i to us unmusical iiistriiiueiits, suggesting an ilillni lis.' diversity of taste. Tho chlel in- 1 teres! of tho eoPectinll, Imwevi r, centers in the Idea tlint music Is 1111 endowm-'iit of the whole Ii 11 11 ut 11 race, 1111 1 that il. "Iniili charm to s. oth t he snv ig 1 breas!," ns Well as to en-let-lain 1 Im ni'i-t cultivated of our kind. '1 hose w l,o hnvo traveled in theeasthnve been struck with tuo univcrsil passion for sin h weinl iipisic as A-intie and African love Mllietiser sing by the Imur ns they trudge Is'hiinl their nnium!- over the stony road-o'' Ij lianoti, Th.. Arab, dug and play on their ni l pipes und tlriim ur 1111 1 the Clllllp tiles nf ttie desert. Tim lo.ltllieri nf the Nile row to the uielnnc; olv dirges which bavit is tne down to t!i, in (run th- nii. i -iit Kgv ptiau ritual of th" il. . -d. At wedding and at funeral-, i.t I n ths nnd 1 1 tri !l als, in j. y and in ml low, nnd csp, oially in n-i li- nil- VVi I ship, 11,11- C Is I he s. vii-,' 11 n I ll'-iigil'. ot the simpl- r r ict , even inou than i f their cu1, :v iiti -I I. in-li-- I. M s. local e li-t e ll"t I sei slow tt p-T-Ci iv. and litil .'.i this fact. M :s,c Ii is t-.i one ot the most i.i.veitiil aid-to the -pre id I ,f tle gospe'. K- eci'ilty is this the oaso uiii"iig 1 1 e poet -a 1 race of Asia, ntnl among II ei" in r. til l 1 the Arabs. They have a 1 Ms-ion for tic s;c, 1 nd a long 1 1 1 x - t.t mu-ie. living iir--io'iafies has wrought ill' t'.,r tilelll l S s'.'lil wnie'lC till Hies tl.e Cl!' 1: e tlii''c-t v il h t ;i iiii'ior i. tins ,1 d evtia 1 11. 1 1 n.-ii-v I' Mv,,lt of th" l'a-t. M.mv Si'lr d 11 s, ti.it - v e ai it fi n-wgn, I a v-- t ran- at d mid c, m 1 .1 -set psalms nnd lyums 1:1 the Art'nc I lignite. I'r I. au, ii.rn.fivot t t'e St 1 inn I 1 le.t.tnl I 'ol','g.., a"d 11 1 ier Inn U v. Messrs. . I. s up, l'o-d nnd Mr li.i'.l. ck, have t int orated a ft iiip't te sy-tem i f noti tmn, adapted to the reversml cr ier of th" Arabic pruning, nnd urraiiged l.un '.red of the Is'st ttlii"s of the Kn-t and the West ill 11 hviuii bt.nk which rivals thont 111 n 111 our Amerl.'an churches for variety auda tnpta- ; tion to sts'ial and church worship, nnd is iu general u-o iii tho school, families and churches of Syria. Nor Im instrumental inns c bts-n neglectcl. , A harmonium is considered a necessary part of tho uppurutus of every school. In the larger center, pianos, anil in Beirut a fine Dia t rgsn purchased I v local sill scription, , p on the choiu of praise (rom voices well trained ill the servico of song. Some of the misMoiinrits carry 11 small tin veiling harmo nium with them i n their j uriieys, ntnl llnd it of the greatest service in calling together 1111 audience n the scnttorttl v illages muong winch they I ibnr. It mav encourage those who have contributed to supply such instru ments for scbiHiU and churches, to know thnt no mm of money given to missions d sw more permanent g oil ttiau that spent in sup plying tlcse simple ai Is to tho collection und organisation of people for the worship of liod. ICuurch at Homo und Abroud. Cltvul thouuhts. liki the louvet, give out a swtet smell if luul up iu a jar of memory. If rich, bo nut too Joyful in having, too solicitous iu keeping, too sorrow ful iu losing. Our own hands nre heaven's favorite In struments fur supplying us with the ir-vv-arun of life. The tic ginning of hardship I like the first taste of bitter tiHsl it seems for a moment uuLcuruU.'; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy ymir hunger, we tnkj a u oilier bite in I llnd it jtossihlo to go on. Contentment protlutvs In some measure all these ell eels which the alchemist usual y 1 ei its'-, to what lie calls the plulosopher's stone uud if It does utt bring riches it t he same thing by buiiihiu tho desire for thcin. IA Id. M.u. lleligion gives to virtue the sweetoot ho'S to uiiit'isuUng vice, just uliiriits, to true ro-l-entai'CAt, tho mmt (Htwertul constilutions; nut she endeavors above all thing to inspire In men love, linxkuvss aud pity fur luju. lMciltvMlUH'4 IVORD OF WISDOM. A fool is always licptnnlng. Leartli foreseen navcr cnn.o. Never Iry to out-lilne but lo ploasa. When two uarrc!, Iioth are in Ilia wronej. Tim liar is sooner caught than tho cripple. W hen the head is sick the whole hoily is sick. A man's own husiness dots not dedlo hi finnfers. Ho who hns cnoug-li is ri her than ho who h i tnoro nmi is il smntctiteil. Appratnnecs w II go n poo l wnys hut reality will keep jjoitiif tight nlmiir. I ife will soon he ihinn. He not wenry or tlisliciii tciictl. Whit area few years of lo 1 in prusjipct of the eternal life! lienieinher that ffoml iiintiners aro thoughts lilled with kiniliicss nnd refine incnt ntnl then Iranslnt 1 into behavior. '.v not ostetiliilioii in die or deport ment; nothing run be more vulg ir. eo that costumes lit the time ntnl o casion. Nature i upheld by antagonist, l'n. sions, resistance, danger, arc edueiitnr. Wo nctjuite tho strength we have over come. J!o rutin to none: rudene hnrm not even the humblist ntnl poorest to whom it i directed, but it injures tho ex hibitors. Thero urn nn condition thnt can sue-ce-sfully compete with ciirnestnes of purpose burke I up by thata -teraud per sistent industry. We arc hanging up picture every day iiKout tlic 1 hntulicr walls of our heart that we shall have to look tit wlie 1 wu sit. in the shadows. There nre I w 1 wnys nf Icing happy: we may c.'licr diliiiiii-h our wants or augment our mem cither will do - thn rc -ult is the -nine. Few iiio.t i! nre fo in-t tisib e that their ulTc tion cannot lie on tie I by tin! lncs, tlie r t -on ti I bv sincerity, their hiti'ed I v scorn or tn-gli" t. A man -hou.d never let n-liameil to own tliit lie In. I e a in th" W'ttng-, which is It it sivi'i'; i i other word-, tli.it lie i wiser to tl iy tiim he was ycsler-tlav. A Chinese I ',iisi:i.ui at Work. I'll nn a ioil we were a-liore iti (' nit n. ( h : 11 1, w r t' a n ival 1 ;)'. cr in the 'il 'om-, si eing i-vcryth.tig cm i ni - that was to bo seen, when tiirniiglt the streets 1 ami! a largo Im t of troop guarilii": li.e men catrictl in lint basket su-p' inlc I nn l amb' w md f.otu tho shnil tiers of coolies. .-am, what n:e ill y going to do with tho" Intel.'" we as'ne i id one gilltb'. "I'll,'' siitl In-, they arc pirates, und the troop aie going to cut oil t ls ir heads." Wit follnvvc l, and in a slmrt timctamn to tin open courtyard just nlT one of tho main t hnroii'ghfari s nf the city. Tho soldiers lilt d in one cadi side, and tho Mandarin, wlm wore the blue button, cute 1 1 1 i 111 st. , f in H , hair. The live prsoiit rs were made to kneel ci th" ground in Indian liic, tln ir "tpiciit -' wcie coilt tl up mi the backs of tin ;r In n. I s, -in, 1 with a -light im -'dilution t!,o bat Kit of their tieeks wen: made pcife; t v bare. An o, liccr was sent lor theev.ee 1 tiotier, ami lii appeared, making tho salute to tin; Maiitl.it in. A look in hi fate revealed nothing save the saino Mol.d cxpte-sioti that is seen in all (hill linen, blithe carr cd liim cif wii'n 11 swag. cr, that plainly said that he was t lie tiio-t niiscrvi d i! nil men there, an I that it was an 1 i-y t.i-k that lie was ultont to perform. The pri-o:n r were Kneel in., their linii'ls t.c l 1 chin I their backs, and heavy baiul-oo ro.ls weigh I at each end wei c la tl at r s . tlic c lives of ! l;e;r :t g. The Mandarin ro-c ind red di" win.nit n' cxei utioii. 1 in tin- I t. t - of th,. p, i,p!,i who hid tl'lt'Ued tn see the 0e lit. .ns) atl exp'Csslttu i f ! ar a d :i::c'v ml tie; i ti 1. A 1 oiii'ii.i id w is gi,e:i, tlio 1 ei u: int. er '.Ml i.e. I to ti.t; -hie o! tinj lir-t in ri. at d . . t .v i t 1 long, t.a r uv Kni'c !roin limit r his loU: aite I t!:e 1 rd' r. '1 lit: si,! r-'me in. I ii i.t h.i 1 1 o ne ; !''. c liVe 4 tVerc 'o be til. ell. The tllell in tl..- it. ir cm -l s, ,, ev.-rv tu"Vt 1:1 :i of let c 'it :oii, r a i t' iiitn. To ti," w is ;i Itiiri 1. in Pc Ol' the ut-i t. A i:i ri birii in I'r cit iriuriin" it 1 : 1 : l t ! i VV a Km ic vv i- iii ; 1 I. - .1 1 ! ty ta :i ' f i.iood .1 .,1 111 ,.'l i hi Y t 1 lit- tir an 1 11 t !." tn : 11:. -ii. t ti t'.c 0:011:1 I. A great ttoit s-iiirt' l lr..;n lie 1,01 1,. .1: nd t he c oc 1 1, in. A tin ess bii.ly tho t.liic it take.. t one:- vv is I t si.,,, t if 1 ' lit" 1 0.11:11. i- 1, a; d a !.' 1 result, at: I in ! s tii 1:1 tin I" w r to this iinc the live li.cti wmn '.: hi adi d . We ran tn tiie bodies iti our curiosity to see il any nniscu', u- a. tion vv 1- taking p! a e, let there was tto::c In voud tho lowlv closing eyelids. Tiie i.ivv vv u I vindicated. The troops formed iu line, the heads were put in the banket that 1 lately tarried the bodies of the pirates, und the inarch was resumed through tho i-ty. : Ibdiitlliig the I ic tors. I Asnmewh'it smart tri' k was plsyetl ' on the tint tois of littstoii by th ' ' tif ' that city the other tiny, which sent a ro- porter, an athlete, in splendid condition J physically, to ten of the leading physi j clan for ad ii e. lie ties ribed a collce 1 tion of imaginary symptom, telling tlio ' same story to each. Not one of tho ex I a'liiners pronounced him a healthy man, I but every one of them gave a diagnosis! I atij a prescription the diagnosis and i tho prescription iu every ea-e ditTi-riiii j from the other nine. Hut in iusticc to I the iiietlical professiou it should be uti 1 derstv'otl that physicians h tve never been I trained to diagnose a lit, ami that it j what they were 1 a'.letl upon to do iu tin i " """"" j A FrcaW of l.iglitnliig. The Vic.ir of Midgham, Keading, 1 Kiiglatul, i vout her for a story about I ti a 1 recently in hi employ. Tho man ! was mow ing grass when a ruin storm I ciitno'ip, ntnl he tonK refuge under : i elm tree. There was not. tho iear f- hitns, any sign ol eitDer ttiuu.ter or lightuing, but a the man was wheltiuij his scythe he iieartl a hissing sound, un-l 111 an instant he was knoiked naiust the tree, tho sleevo of his shirt Jplit fiotu top to bottom, his arm rendered, powerless, his scytho doubled up, and 4 dole the si.e of tloriu made 111 tho briiu of bi felt hut. Ail thi without auy peiceptible uoise, except the hiw, or ttujf uash. 1 I'S'W'flftsvi-s'-i'rwff am, vwstw.it.it,t.-i., tV- 'WTSJ.SJ V tfc , I J ,,w-e .,t, . X tv
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