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BIO BCOS.
UrMOV IIV Ml. TAl.MAOK.
H Tnk" Mnr Stock In Common
feoplA than In Great Gat:,
Ttt: "A man of artrit ttaturt. irko
ngtr and to trr Jour and twtnty, (a
ntach ft'inra, nmt nwn viv rout,- ami na
'tounnth' nonof tht giant. JSul when ht
Itrarl. .luntlhait, tht ton ofShimra,
to rid' liro hrr, tlew hint." I. Chronicle
i., A. 6 and 7.
Malformation photographed, and for what
easonf Did not this passage dip In by a
Mistake into the Sacred Scriptures, as some
imes a paragraph utterly obnoxious to th
litir gets into hi' newspaper during hit ali
enee) 1 nut tliiii Scriptural errata! Ko,
n: there I nothing hnphnzard about tht
dK This passage of Scripture wan a ccr
sinly Intended to be out in the Bible a tin
suwnge: "In tho I eginning Owl created th
leavens and tho earth," orf'Uod olovel the
rorld that lie gave hit only begotten mn.'1
Ami 1 subset it for mr text to-day Wwiw it
charged w.tli practical and treiuendoui
limning.
Hy the icnp!e of God the Philistines had been
onquercd, with the exception of a few giant,
be racenf giant i mostly extlnct.I am glad
osnv. Tlere is no use for giant now ex--pt
to enlarge the innmie of museum. Hut
ilierewcre many of them in olden time,
johnlh wns. according to the Hible, eleven
feet, four and a half Inchon high. Or, if
nu do not l-lieve the lbble, the famous
'llnv, a secular writer, declare that nt
rvte by nn eaitli'iiake a monument wns
iroken "p'n, discovering the reinuini
if a giant forty-six cubits Ions:, or
lixty run-' fi-et high. Ho, w bethel
on pri'li-r tucre I or prorene History, you
ut come to the conclusion that there were
n those olden times ca-e of human nltitude
uniis'mn and at,i-dllinir. David had
mashed tli" skull of one of these giants, but
here were other ginnlsthat the Davjilrnn
ar had let yet subdued, nnd one of them
fttnnd in my text, lie was not only ot
CAIpino stature, but had a surplus of digits.
To tho ordinary lingers wu annexed an
sadilit lonnl finger nil I the foot lud alio ft
feupcr. .nuns ad h udum. ) had twenty
(our t rinination to hands and li-et
here others have twenty. It win
wt tii" only instnnco of tho kind.
Tvcriiier, the learned writer, says that the
Xnipcror of iiv a had a son endowed with
the same imml-r of extremities. Volcattus,
he p'H-t, luid t lx linger on each ho ml. Mail
TOtiu in his celebrated lettersspeak of two
families near Iierlin, s;nidnrly spiipod ol
limnd mi l fiU All of which I can believe
ifor I have seen two cases of the same physi
cal superabundance. Hut tin giunt of 'ths
text I in buttle, ami at David, the darf
Israrrior, h:id dispat'i!d ino giant, tht
,lrother of Iiuvid slays this tuoiiHta-r of
miy text, and there he lies after tht
1 tattle in Hat h, a dead giant. His Htaturt
did nt mi v,) him, and liiNsuiierriiious apiwn
dices of hand ami foot did not save him.
The l-roli ih.lilr was tliat in the battle hit
eixtli ttnger on bis hand mado him clumty in
the u of his weapon, and hit sixth toe
crippled his gait. Heboid the prostrate, and
inaiiorniaiMi giant r the text: "A man
great of stature, whose Angers and toes wort
tour and twenty, six on each hand, ami six
cn each foot; and he also was the son of the
giant, l'ut when ha defied Israel, Jonathan,
the son of (Shimoa, David's brother, slew
turn."
Behold how superfluities are a binderanct
rather than a help! In all the battle al
Oath that day there was not a man with
ordinary hand and ordinary foot and
ordinary Mature that was not better oil than
this puvMc.il curiosity of my text. A
(physical ai.-e is apt to run in families tht
probability is that this brother ot David
who did the worlc was of an abbreviated
atature. A dwarf on the right side la
ittronijor Hum a giant on the wrong aide, and
111 the bod v, and mind, and estate, and oppor
tunity that you cannot use for God and the
twtterment of the world is a sixth linger
nd a sixth toe, and a terrilio hinderanee.
The most of the good done in the world, ami
tbe most of those who win the battles for the
right, are ordinary people. Count the lingers
vi me.r ngm nana ana tney Dave just live
no more und no less. One Doctor DurT
among mimormries, but three thousand mis
tionnries that would tell you they have only
common endowment. fine Florence Night
ingale to nurse the sick in conspicuous places,
but ten thousand women who are just as
good nur.-t-Hs tlioiiKh never heard of. Tho
'Swamp Ancel' wat a big gun that during
tho war made a big noise, but muskets of or
dinary nil bre and t-hells of ord nary
beft did tht execution. 1'iesidunt Tyler
and his i'ii in net go down the 1'otoiniio ono
day to expi-ruueiit witli the reiremalter, a
great iron (rim that was to affright with its
thunder foreign navlet Tlie gunner touches
It oil' and it explode and leaves cabinet min
isters dead or. the deck, while at that time nil
tip and down our rousts wero cannon of ordi
nary hornnblctohethudcfensiiof the nation,
and ready at the llrst touch to waken to duty.
The curse of tho world it b g guns. Alter
the (Hiliticians who have made all the noise
go home hoaise from aiiitry dis -u-sion on tliu
t-vening ot the lirst .Monday in November,
the next dav the ie iplo wirhtiie silent ballots
Will settle evrrvthl, nnd sttln it riglit. a
million of the white slips of papi;r thev drop
making al out as much noiso us the fall of
an apple !i!o-somi.
Clear ba"l; in thn country to-day there are
mothers in p'atn npron. and shoes fashiouisl
on a loiicii last bv the slicM inaUer at the end
of the lane, rocking babii-s th.it are to be the
llart ii J -nt hers, and the I'arndays, and the
r.ilisons, ninl the l.jsnvii'cks, und tho tllnd
tones, an the Washington, and the (ieor 'e
hili llul.ls of tbe year I'.ws, and who will
make tho ontli ci'iitury so bright tint this
much luii'le I iiiiii-teeiitli in comparison will
"fin like tlm dark ages. Tho longer
I Hve tlio more 1 like common
folks. Thev do the world's work, bear
ing the worln't burdens, weeping the
world's Fymimthies, carrying the worlc s con
solation. A nong lawyers we see rise up a
llufin Clioute, or a William Wirt, or a Sam
uel Soiitliiuiil, but society would go 1 1 pieces
to-morrow if there were not thousands of
common lawyer to see that men and women
get the r riifiits. A Valentine Mott or a
Willaid 1 in ker rises up eminent in the modi
cal profession, but what an unlimited
sweep would pneumonia, and diphtheria,
and s.-ar!et fever, have in tho world
I' it wero not for ten thousand
common doctor. Tho old physician in his
gig rolling up tb lane of tho farmhouse, or
ruling on horseback, bis medicines in tha
addle bays, arriving on the ninth day of the
lever, nnd coming in to take hold of the
pnl-o of the imticnt, while the family, pale
with anxiety, rt looking on and waiting for
tin dec ision in regard to the patient, and
Bearing lam say: "Thank (iod, 1 havt
tnuHtero '. tho caso, lie it getting well," excitot
In me mi admiration iiuito equal to the men
tion of tho names of the great metropolitan
aoct-.rs, Tam-oast or liross. or Joseph C
liiitcliiiisoii, of thep ist, or tbe illustrious
lviii;j nu n of the present
let what do we see in all departments!
J eoiilo not satisfied with ordinary spheres of
work and ordinary duties. Instead of try
ing to k, what they can do with a bun 1
f five lliijtors they want six. Instead of
tuual euilowiiiont of twenty manual und
dal addenda they wsnt twenty-four. A
certain am. .nut of money for livelihool an
for the siiiiply, of those whom we leave be
lund us after wo have departed this Ufa it
Important, for we have the best authority
for saying: "Ho that provldotli not for bn
Jn' i.0,".'1 ".8'lljr those of his own
bousehod it worse than an inQlol,"
iut tbe largo and fahnlous sums for which
nany struuifle, f obtained would be a hin
"rani!e raiher than an advantage. The
anxiutiea and annoyaiusst that those have
wiio., estates have become plethoric can only
told by those who possosi thern. It will
lie a goo I thing when through your Industry
nnu puhllu proeritiet you can own the
!T,".Vn,'','h ""' llve- 1u "Piosoyou
own lltty housot und you have all those ronU
jo collect und all those tonanU to please.
nui'lHsai you have branched out
v.J buin,''Mi cceset uutil in almost
ery uu-ectioa you havv iiVMtmeni
The fire ls11 rlngt at nl?ht; yoii rush up
stair to look out of tho window to see If It it
In any of yrur mills. Epidfmlo of crime
Comes and there are embezzlements and ab
scondings In all directions, and yon wondor
whether any of your bookkeepers will prove
recreant. A panic strikes the financial
world, and you ere like a hen nn Inr a sky
full of hks and trying with anxious cluck
to get your overgrown chickens safely under
wing. After a certain stage of suc
cess hat been reached yon hay to trust
so many important iMngs to other
tha, you are apt to become the nrev of
others, and yon are swindled and defrauds I.
and the anxiety yon had on vour brow when
you were earning your first thousand dollars
is not eo,ual to the anxiety on your brow now
that yon have won your three hundred thou
sand. The trouble with such a one it he It
wprenn out use tne tinrortunate one in mr
text. You have more fingers and toes than von
know what to do with. Twenty were useful,
twentv four Is a hindering smwrflulty. Dis.
raell says that a ICIngof I'olnnd abdicated his
throne nnd Joined the pnople nnd became: a
porter to carry burdens. And oma one
aUed him why he did so and he replied:
Tpnn mv honor, gentlemen, the load which
I quit Is by far heavier than the one you se
me carry, ma weiirnnest is mit a straw
when compirod to that world under which 1
labored. I have slept more in four night
than I have during a'l my reign. I beg-In to
s a King mvself. Klect whom you chooe.
for me who am so well it would i madnes
to return to court"
"Well," savs somebody, "sneb overloaded
prsons ought to be pitied, for their worri
menia are real and their insomnia and their
nervous prostration are genuine." I roply
that ther could ret rid of the bothersome
surplus by giving it away. If a man hit
more houses than ha can carry witHont
vexation, let hltn drop a few of them. If hit
estate Is so great he cannot manage It w:th
out g"tting nervous dvseisia from having
too much, l"t him divide up with those
who have nervous dvstpsia lieenuse thev
cannot getenonrh. No! they guard theirsixth
llneer with more care than they did the
original live. They go limp ns with what
they call gout, nnd know not that, like t le
plant of my toxt, thev are Inmcd bv a niier.
fliioiH to. A few of them by large chari
ties bleed themselves of th s flimneial olrnnt v
and monetary p'ethori, but many of them
bang on to t!i hindering superfluity till
death, and then n they nr" compelled to
give thn money nn nnylmw, in their last will
end to-dinu'iit tlw generously give so-ne
of it to th lird. exp'cting no doubt
tnat He will feel much oblige.)
them. Thank (iod that mien In a while w,i
have A l'eter Cooper, who. owningan inter,.)!
in tho iron works at Trenton, siid to Mr.
I,rs'cr: "I do not fe-l quite easy alwiut ths
amount we are making orkiug under on"
of our patents, we have a monooolv which
vms tome something wrong, l'lvervbodv
ba to i-otiie to u for It nnd we
are mnklnt money too fast." So they
re luced the prl-a, and this wb.je our phil-m-t'iropist
was I'lillding Cixsr Institute, w hich
mothers n hundred institute, of kindness an I
mercy nil over the land. Nut the world h id
to wait fWe thoimnd einht hundred years for
l'eter Cooper. 1 am glad for the bencvo'etit
instttut on that eet a legacy from men who
dur.n thir life wero as stingy as death, but
who in their !wt will ami testament I -stowed
monev on hospital and missionary societies;
but for such l-stators I have no resp-vt.
They would have taken every cent of it with
them If they could, and bought up half of
leaven and lot it out at ruinous ront. or
loaned the money to is estlul citizen at two
)-r cent a m uith and got a corner on huros
and trumpets. They lived in this world
tlfty or sixty year In the presence of appall
ing suffering and want, nn t mado no eirort
for their rolief. The charities of such people
are for the most part in "paulo jHvit future"
tens and they are goin to do them. The
probability is that if such n one in his last
will by a donation to benevolent societies
tries to atone for his life time close-fisted-tiess,
the heirs at law will try to break the
will by proving that the ol I man was senile
orcra.y, end the expense of the litigation
will about leave in the lawyers' hands what
was meant for the American Bible Hocletv.
O ye overweighted successful business men,
whethor this sermon reach your ear or your
eye. let me say that If you are prostrated
with axietiei about keeping or investing
these tremendous fortunes, I can tell you
how you can do more to get your health
back and yonr spirits raised than by
drinking gallons of bad-tasting wator at
Saratoga, llomburg or Carlsbad give
to Ciod and humanity and the Uible ten
percent, of nil your income, an I it will make
a new man of you, nnd from re.tless walking
of tho floor at night yon nhull have eight
hours' sleep without the help of bromide of
potassium, and from no appetite you will
hardly bo able to wait your regular meals,
nnd your wan cheek will fill up, and when
you din the blessings of those who but for
you would have nerihl will bloom all over
your grave with violets If it be spring, or
gladiolus, if it be autumn.
I'erhnps tome of you will take this advice,
but the most of you will not And vou will
try to cure your swollen hand by getting on
t more lingers, and your rheumatic foot by
getting on it more toes, und there w-ill be a
high of relief when you are gone out of the
world: ami w hen over yonr remains the min
ister recites the words: ''lilrsacd are the dead
ho d.o in the Lord," persons who have keen
appreciation of the ludicrous will bardlv lj
ul.le to keeii their Ini-e straight. 'l!ut
whether ill that direct ion my words do good
or not, I mn anxious that ail who bnvo only
ordinary equipment be thankful for what
they have an I rightly employ it. I tliiuk
.vou all have, figuratively as well as literally,
linger enough. Ho not ()0g for hindering
superfluities. Standing in the presence oi
this fallen giant of mv text mil in
tins post-mortem examination of him
let us learu how much better off wo
nro with lust tho usual band, .the
usual foot You have thanked liod for a
thousiud thing, but 1 warrant you never
thanked II, m for those two implements of
work and locomotion, that no one but the
Infinite ami Omnipotent (iod could have
ever planned or inude, the hand and the foot,
nnly that soldier or that mechanic w ho in a
Imtll'i or through mnchlnerv has lost them
knows anything about their value, and only
the Christian scientist can have any nuv
eiationof what divine matrrpiut.i.s 'they
re. Sir Charles Hell, the Kngiisli
iirgion. on the bnttletleld of Wutor
liHi. while engaged in amputations
of tho wounded was no impressed with the
wondrous construction of the human hand
that when the Karl of Br.dgewub r cavi
forty thousand dollars for essays on tho wis
dom nml goodness of (iod, and eight IkmiUs
were written. Sir Charles Hell wrotohisei.
tiro book on the wisdom and goodness of
llod ns displayed in tho human hand. The
twenty-seven bonos in band and wrist, witr
rartrr.igo and ligament and phalanges of
the lingers, all made. Just ready to knit, to
sow, to build up, to pull down, to weave,
to write, to plow, to pound, to wheel, to but
tle, to give friendly salutation. The tips of
the lliiRers are so many telegraph ollluos by
reason of their sensitiveness of tou h. The
bridges, the tunnels, the cities of the whole
earth are the victories of the hand. The
hands are not dumb, but often spc.uk as dis
tinctly as tho iiH. V itU our baud
we invite, we repl, w invoke, we
entreat, we wring them in grief or
clasp them in joy, or spread them abroad
in l.eiiediction. The malformation of the
giant's hand in the text gloriilos the usual
bund. Kashionod of (iod more equisitoly and
wondrously than any human mechanism
that w as ever con tri veil, I charge you use it
for God and the lifting of tbe world out of
its moral predicament Kmploy it in the
sublime work of gospel handshaking. You
can seo tbe hand is just Hindu for that. Four
tinners just set right lo touch your neighbor
hand on one side and your thumb set so at to
clench it on the other side. By nil its bones, and
joints, und uiutc-les, and cartilages, nnd liga
ments, the voice of nature joint with the
voice of (!od commanding you to shake
bands. The custom is us old as tbe
Bible, anyhow. Jehu said to JehnnadHb:
"Is thine heart right as my heart is with
tluno heartf If it be, give me thine hand."
When hands join in C hristian s ilutationa
eospul electricity thrills across thu (mini from
heart to heart, and from the shoulder of on
to tbe shoulder of the other. Shake bunds
all around. With tho timid and for
thulr encouragement, shake hand. With
tht troubled aud iu warm buurtad sympathy,
hake hands. With the young man Just ere.
taring business and discouraged at tha
small tain and the large expense, shake
hands With the child who is new from
Ood, and started on unending journey for
which he needs to gather great sunply of
strength, an I who can hardly reach tin to
you now because you are so much taller,
shake hands. Acros cradles an I dyinj bedt
and graves, shake hand With ' your
enemies, who have done all to de
fame and hurt you, but whom you
can afford to forgive, shake band. At the
door of churches where people come In. and
at the- door of churches where people go
out, shake hands Iit pulpit shake hands
with pew, and Sabbath day shake hnn ltwith
week day, and earth shake hands with
heaven. Oh the strange, the mighty, the un
defined, the mysterious, tho eternal power of
an honest handshaking. The difference Ihv
tween these times and the millennial times is
that now some shake bands, but then all will
shake hands, throne and foot stool, across
teas nation with nation, Ood and man,
church militant and church triumphant
Yea; th malformation of this fallen
giant's foot glorifies the ordinary foot, for
which I fear you have never onro thnnked
'L .The twenty-six lionet of tho foot are
the admiration of the anatomist The arch
of the foot fashioned with a grace and a
ridse that i'rajan't arch nt Beneventum, or
onstantine't arch at Home, or arch of
Triumph at the end of Champs Klvsee
could not equal. Thoo arche s'tand
where they were planted, but this
arch of tho foot. Is nn r.d instable arch.a yield
ing arch, a flying arch, nnd reaily for move
ment Innnmeiahle, The human foot to
fashioned a to enable man to stand nm-leht
as no otner creature, and leave the hand that
would otherwise have to help in balancing
the body free for anything it choose. Tht
foot of the camel fashioned for the
sand, the foot of the bird fashioned for
the tree branch, the foot of the hind fashioned
for the slipjan-y rock, the foot of the linn
fashioned to rend Its prev. the foot of tht
bore fashioned for the solid earth, but tot
foot of man made to cross the desert, ot
climb the tree, or scale the cliff, or walk the
earth, or bo where he nee Is to co With that
divine triumph of amit.unv in vour possession
where do you walk In what path ol
rli!htounes or what path of sinlmvo you
set it down.' Where have von left the mark
of yonr footstep Amid the petrifaction In
tho rocks have been found tho mark of the
ft of birls and beast of thousand
of years ago. And Hod. can trace
out all the fiittep of your
lifetime, nnd tho. you mido llftv
years iuzo are as plnin ns thine mad
in the last soft weather, nil of them petrified
for the Judgment, Day. Oh, the foot! How
divinely honored not only in its construction
but in the fact that Ood 'represent Himself
in the Bible ns having f.-t: "The could on
th dust of Mi feet:" "Darkness wns under
Mis fis't:" "The earth i Mv footstool." And
representing cyclone nnd euroclydons and
whrl winds and hurricanes as winirel
tiTr"7"' """"" nuns, t ns putting
His foot mi these monster of the air and
wa king from pinion to pinion, saying: "He
wnlketh upon the wings of the wind." "Thou
hast put all thine und -r His fef," cries the
psalmist, oh, the footl Uivo me the nuto
biography of your foot, from tiie t mo you
stepped out of the crnd lie until to day nnd
1 will tell your exact character now and
what am your prospe-ts for the world to
come. That there might o no doubt aliout
the fa-t thnt lioth tneso pieces of divine
mechanism, hand nnd foot, belong to Christ's
jervico both hands of Christ and both
fi-et of Christ were spiked on the
l1,0?" .."'K1'1 through tho arch of
both Mis feet to the hollow of
llis Instep went tho Iron of torture, nnd
from tho pnlniof I, is hand to the back of it
and there is not a muscle or nerve, or lion
mong the Iweiity-seven bone of hand and
wrist or among the twenty-six liones of tht
foot but It lielongs to Him now nnd forever.
Chnrlet Kendo, the great writer, lost tht
joint of his lorelinger by feeding a
bear. Ixik out that your whole hand geti
not Into tho maw of the old Cerlrus of
isTdition. Sir Thomas Trowbridge, nt tht
battle of Inkermann. lout his foot and when
the soldier would carry him away, he said,
"No, I do not move until the battle is won."
ho if our foot be lamed or lost let it las in tht
aerviiss of our Clod, our home or our country.
That Is the most beautiful foot that goet
about paths of greatest usefulness, nnd that
the most Iwnutiful hand that dot the most
to help other. I was reading of three women
who were in rivalry about the appearance of
the hand. And the one reddened her hand
with berries, and said the lieuntiful ting
mado hers the most beautiful. Ami
another put her hand in the mountain brook,
and said as the water dripjiod off, that her
band was the mo.it beautiful. And another
tiluckisl flowers off the bank, and under tbe
bloom contcndo 1 that her hand was tho most
atua tivo. Then a oor old woman ap
IHMired, and looking up in her decrepitude
asked for alms. And a woman who hail not
taken part in the rivalry g i ve her alms. And
nil the women re-olve I to leave to this beg
gar tho iiuewtion as to which of all the hands
pr.sieiit was tho most attractive, nnd she
aid: 1 ho most beautiful of th-m nil i thn
one that gave relics to my no v-ssitios," and
ns she so sail her wrinkles and
.... .. I.,..,.,,, mm hit ooiiy ills-
appeared, nnd in plain thereof stool the
, ' "'"K "Ho stun: "inasmuch ns ve
,1 ll It tA mm rif tl.n l i. .
M et l," " .'" to
o! end wiio to pur. hiisn the service of our
,, i.s.l ii.-ie on eann or in resurrec
tion state, hud His own hand nud foot luo-
ruled.
newsy Nou:a.
iiXIiiN Is to have an electric railway,
Cac.i. St'iiric. is still at Kiel, (iermtiiiy.
Tn k crops in Franco oxceed nil expecta
tions. Tun ryo crop of F.uropo is considerably
short.
Moiimom are Hocking iuto Wyoming in
great uiiiiiIhts.
Thi iitv million trees bavo been planted in
Kansas this year,
Iw'K.NToit Kihsom iiys bu has found a sure
euro for yellow fever.
Tiik honey crop of the country Is below
the uverngu this season.
Acan'ai. will h, Hin bo built between tho
liluck und Caspian rums.
A Ciiixamw is refused naturalization
paier.s by a St. I-ouit Ju lu.
Tiik C7.au and C'arma have doclinej to re
ceive On uu Natalie of Sorvia.
Hkavy losses have occurred to cranberry
growers from the, severe frost.
Ax eagle carries off the six-year-old child
of a Kuu-iis farmer un i devours it
Ax electi in bolt killed four people of ono
fuuuly in Cosulu, Mexico, recently.
IIi'm ii imiii in I'ittsburg swindle au aged
and respectable cilieu outof lu.iMO.
In Kansas drought bus caused a severe do
cliiii) in thu condition of the corn crop.
Tiik King of Hhin lias donated to the Hap
tist mission ut Bangkok the sum of f'jio.iiiiu.
Turkic carriages nnd five cubs form d tho
funeral train of ex-Murshul Uaxulno ut
Midrid.
Tiik prospect appears to be that the onion
crop of t he country will fully e juul the large
crop of lsij.
Tiik amount of loss to cro litors in Kuglaml
and Wale through bankruptcy lust year was
f.r,.'j74..'i "i.
TllKKinof (Iroece, accompanied liy the
Duke of Kpurtu, visitod the Clermun Kaiser
at i'otsdum.
A provision At. Government bus been es
tablished in llaytl. Order it restored and
business is brisk.
HoiiKHT Homkhvili.e, of New York, was
torn and trampled to death by cattle on u
Western raucu.
AnoiT lbTJ regulur passenger trains enter
and leave tho depots of Now York City
very twenty-four hjurs.
Tl(K tierinau (ioveriiuieut wants to build
morn inen-cf-war. and is going to ask the
lUtichsla for money to do it
Tub Swiss t ioveriiment will ask the Swiss
l'iriiiiiiiunt for a credit of ",0o l.nou to sup
ply thu urmy with Improved rifles.
TllK Cotton Spinners' Association, at Man
chester, hnglnnd, decides to run on short
tiuau to dvfuut the ni'tculutivo rimr
SUNDAYSCUOOL
LKSSOX FOll Bt'NDAY, OCT. 7.
"Ihe Commission of Joshua," Joshnft
1. 1U Golden Text Clmp. vl. 1 1.
JosnrA ite is lo lie for twenty -five year
the great figure in front of Israel. After
forty-three yenrs of tsindnge in Krvpt, ho
had during the forty y. nr in the Wildernrs
been in personil nttetelnnce on Moses, Thus
he loarnrd the purpose and policy of O sl
towards Israel from the nobles- of teachers,
wlios- generous devotion nnd stem self"
control the tmpll could hardly fail to nd
mire and imttato. Still Joslitn was nar
rower ths n Mis s, nhont ns Sherldnn wn
rammer then (Iranf. H w,is tho son of
Kun (pronounce.) tioon), "flsli." His grand
father Elishiimn h ul h.in head ot the tril
of Kphraim. Mn now comes fiom n uUr
dinate stntion, nnd enters tin tho t-isk of
nettling Israd in ("n nut, ir,ving to this tho
temniivler of bis life. What manner of
man he v.n. will n' utul it tlv npsir.
Mosks DK.vn. Th.s settles all questions a
10 Moses' diip'ira'ieo, The thirty dav of
mourning hul not Iss-u a delusi n. lb re
one may for n moment pnur, nnd think of
moral life. Its end conies to the most v gor
on and effective. The summer sun b nze
long and fl ic ly, but it sinks, end idght
comes on. So .Mows has cone Isdow the bori
ron, nnd tin i o for his p!c iiolhing more.
He Is gone! " I lie niu'lit c imeth wherei-l no
m in c in work " We have seen Mo- s' whole
tome cn e so to train a mnu to t ike up the
task Which be hitn-elf si to lay donn, ns
that the work shonl I o on nn prosper So
all wire and thoughtful men ere doing. Thev
wish their business at d est ill s, their i-cli ,l
nnd cbiiiclii-s, their c nnitry nnd thn world.
t thrive nf or their own Vep u tuie. Did
Mow- from on high w itch J. whu i's emi r f
AntsiK ! This sound nr.. like the note of
a trii!ii:. Jo him could m what risk wns
bdore Mm. To lake Iwomillinii :,c oss ,lor
fl in in the fece id nnem mv v,is ;,l out upcil
to crossing the lie I Sei. The I iv. r Ibi.h n i.l
Strong before liim dese 'Cd, m ;is f , . -f 1 1 : I
couiKii thirty fisd iii a mile, nn 1. tli 'inli s i
cnsikelas o un tin ee nrles in m iLie - imc
It is y. t at its m.iiit'i ii i i bs iicle lot n,i l ible
ton In st like l-r.iol. Joshui no del a rous
ing (all tosucll a t e k ll' s... ve le.w nil
thmuscen rr in him '. ills nrisiiig lue int (tie
arising of all. Tin-army is .ini, l,e I in th.i
ceueral, and his iiiime st ands or tne Hlii.le.
F.very entet pris.' must in unit r lo I. -uec s
f til have lis iiatinni lea ler, - I'or sxiie- must,
follow and si inn coiiiinan I, t liuiih bolh ls
lii'ide of clav '
Tiik DivinkI'i.ax This ist ol new plin,
but lor Joshu i's Ii -nelit here it isnvclv t',:d.
Has the r'.tcroal Hub r any m w p n:i -.' II re
Isa country lib nit a Inrje as New .1 is y
thoimli tbe Ih.uii.Is here named, w loch were
rrnchisl under Solomon only, votild bnvo
mado it Iwii-e ns lure,, ns Vntts U.mi i or
Ohio. The stitement is i ot, '1 v,l ,v. ,' oi
'I intend to give,' but 'I h ive given.' (such
are (Ksl's promises. Uu .how idearly c en.s
in here man's put in m illing b:s own I r
tunes! 'We then, us workers t, got her with
him.' Hi is thu lariner or the unnl ier: s in
fact we nil hit. Israel is lrctovv rk with
the divine plan, or to icfnsr; lo work vigor
ously, nr la.ily ; and accor lin to its w.,rk
ing will the i-issiil t lie. liveryman's life is a
Jilnnof (iisl, and its on'o me will I e nc-ord-ng
to bis eo-woikmg with that, plan
CoNTlxrnrs Nli'TmiY. Tlie l'romis.il
Ijind is mark, d out i v the limits here iniiii
!. The great sin is the Misbteri aneaii on
the west; the greit river Is the Kuplnutes on
the north, and some hii.iki i si pi ,re miles t bus
IkhiiiiIcI were lull ol htrong pmple. Tle se
were not nil nt ontv t i surrender. Iliiiitis
quest was to be by stculv progress, reselling
the list ions one after another, is time and
strn gth were given. An unbroken ch illi of
victon, s wu to stretch across tho land.
Great conflicts ami strong weie st adily to
result in Israel's favor. "One should i has a
thousand, and two put ton thousand to
flight." For ressons snti-tnetory to divine
justice, the Hople of Cnnaao wero to ! ex
tirpated. As last ni Isr od could move over
tho laud, its present occupants were to vanish
liken mist in the morning.
Tiik Divixr I'iikskxck llei cefoitb this
was not to be In a pillar of cloud by day and
a pillar of lire by night, ll v s to be a
Kpirituil presence, such ns in battle bo'h
armies would feci rut neither of them would
see. It ens now time to give Israel a less ,n
in (lnH-nding, not on thu sight, of thu eye,
but on tho word of the l.iu.1. When they
met tho enemy, they Were i.ol to d, u1 t ill
their he'irt the pre-ence of the foil oi I lit
tles on their side. 'I his wouM lie met und
matched by a fisding on th- part f their
enemies that he was against tie in. I'll is tho
Hearts of Israel's warriors would l strong
and their lighting lleclivc, win e the I, earls
of tho Cannaiiib'M woiiiil nu ll and their arms
wool I weaken, nud yet no one could "pcnlv
soo why tliis should lis It was l ee ll-o II
spiritual (i"d would n le there, "Not by
'visible might or by vi-it ! 1 power, but
by my spirit, niith tie- U.r.1 of l i sts "
Mlil'.NliTII AMI ( OI'IIAlii: - 111 the II, bie.V
the former triers to I "r o III t. ra-piug, t ho
latter to liruitie.s in h ildiug. The loruicr, it
loitter of ili.sli, is ia-.er I hill til' la' ler.
"Teiiux" was one of t . e "fiiiir x's" r. ipiuel
in n roiuaii general. J i-bua was stion.; of
heart but be was u,ov entering upon a trying
task, mid he nu. d sl the help of foi till
words, I ,i k" lit nut m our u r. be nisi lid lo
ma'i li ai d kis p. ,ud we.ku ss in the
leader is 1 ll i ll Us to I lie 'ii nn, and Joshua
bad always looked up to .Mo-es lor guid'iiicc.
Ill llis great defra' ol tne Am ib kites, Moses
from a Inllti p h i I wa ebed th li"ld. His
turn to c num. in I ha. now co ,,e, .ml ho must
le seli-ceiilrrcl, for he is to cimpete I lie
great trails.. clioll Which -Mo-es bad Is-gutl.
Tbe lad now heartens liini Ui u roit, vigor
ous and pl'esisteut elf i t.
STKK.T (JIIKIilKXi'K. - When Hiermilll set
out Upon Ins mai CO ID tile K II, t if llll Is s lid
to liuve as-lit bull very lull liislructions ns lo
tho ctinpuigo. Tills was not b-s-ause Sher
man was inisiuip' t nt, I ut on mis., be nut
competent to lend so gioit a movement.
Then, was left r om enough for the pay of
Sherman's ulnlit ic.s, and all the U-'ter it wut
for him to bavo lull liislructions, Nojoshuu
in 'lilting up Ins sp-nr of flame to buttle on
tho mountains gic u" is t keepall the move
iiiunts in iiurmony with the covcunnt rules.
Ho it is with us all. Insi e of thu comiiiiiiid
meuts is room enough lor nil our energy nud
SIIKIIClty. If Wo keep "solid" wiLli l he stilt
Utus of ihe Ioi'd, we uro III l unge ol Ins ef
fective u.d.
Tub Hook ok tiik Law. Careful study of
a great uullior, liku the romp iiiy of a noble
pel-son, bruits u-. something, even better than
the gaining of bis thou-hts. It rurirhes end
inspires our tusli-s und feeling. Ho who
wou d write pis try of Ins ow n, must read
cur fully the pis-li y ol others, not t o copy it,
but to bo in-pired mi I ii tune 1 by it. Sou
Huie ay sclnsil to ichcr must try to get im
bued with tho lussou, mid thus is Jos. ma to
study the law. In reading tho Scripture
and Ihinkingthuiuover, thctoiiu and working
of our own thoughts become Scriptural.
Joshu i, liken musician among great, in ist is
of music, will coiuu to pure nu I ierloct ideas
of his own c illing and t u bright symp i' by
with the divine plan by leading, and re-reading,
thinking and le-lliinking, wu it Mom
had written.
Ktccwn: " No such word us fail!" Joshua
would never outer ll Ih'l 1 of bstt o but be
would find the Uiiiuglii.V theio Iwioro bun.
Thu itiviuu eye would wutch t o current of
the light, and, if J .ali.ia i.cled wolhisp irt,
all things would work for vidory. Noi
would his success end with bis own life, oi
with tht conquest of Caimuii. l.iko otlioi
Iialioiiul hemes, bu would liuvo for ull 1 1
time an example for wan ing s aints und pat
riots, ut which they would tuko heart uguiu
If "to must llglit, if wo umld reign," wt
ueesl exumpUi like Jo-ii'i's to renew oui
fulling courusO, And wh.it (! sl w . plo isu.i
toa-suro linn, w.is siid to ull Ins si-rvaiits
yesterday, to-day und forever ; "I w ill novel
leuvo tbue uor fnrsuktt l!u."
A mission paper published at Ramokov,
Piilg'ina, state that, the W. C. T. Union, un
der Mrs Ixs-ko n vice president, bus already
acrouipllslied much and luut prove of groat,
Lttuelit to liuleuria.
TKBirEMINCi; ItEAOINCk
TIia liOinotinito Irlnkcr.
Tl ey drink ili. ir whisky and Is-er,
'lo liiifchut they Iwn iisi the knee,
And of rn they said with a sneer,
"A lemonade in inker is he "
He never would with them "go round,"
He left them to frolic at will;
They're all ot them under the ground
Me t drinking Ins lemonade still,
Muiray't Majazint,
(steeple nnd Qiilrksnnds.
Tn Iho county of Kent. Kngl.iml. nv Ihe
Rev. Wilbur I. Craft, in the l i.irc.'i the
little borough of Tenterden, containing
alsnit Ave ihniisand Inhabitants, Abom
tnlrty miles away, in early tunes, was the
estate of F.nrl Oodwine, on the sen const.
Half a century nft-r the Karl's death, about
mt years ago, the bishop of the diocese built
a steep e to Tenterden church. A lew months
nfterwnrds tho sra swept through thn dikes
and carried away the Karl's estate, w hich be
mine a dangerous omcksand. known since ns
(iiKslwin Sands. So sismrr had tho angry
sen rarriol oT hi prey than the villagers
gathered together to ask themselves whv the
i ill innt v had oc"iirrml. The older men of the
villngo were asked for their opinions in turn.
At length one old man, glinting to tue
Steep o thirty miles nway, sail solemnly,
"Tenterden steeple was the cause of (ioislw in
Saul.'' 'Ihe remark was gnsded with a
burst "f laughter, and for cent ni b s was used
as u iirovero whenever nnv onu fell into
the illogical nrgiimeiit known ns jiovr (,ic.
rcio, propfrr ioc iiftT tin, therefore, Ih
i aus of i hi. But later explorations prove
that Ihe old man was right. Historic docti
melits show that reventiesi previously lie
voted to keeping the se a wall in repair were
taken by the bishop, lctius the sea had Ih-cii
ipiiet for a yenr or two. to b nld the church
si s-pie, and so til" dike lul l b.mi lie-le 'led,
and gave way before the wild charge of the
waves, nud a fair estate Iwcanie a deadly
ipiick-snn I.
Why have tho flood of intern! crane,, in
the last, thirty year cnptnrrd so much of
our national estate, nud ma le it a imirksninl
full of luvnsed pits id itratli' ') , nt.-rd 'ti
steepai was the rinisi. ol lioolwui Sands."
Our rhiirehe have given too mm h uf I heir
time and money and energy to 1 uildmg
Ste. p'es of reel, si l-ticism, nil I loolllt'e to
the piir I e al dike bu I. bug of pr. v lit ve f '
form work. I .it us n.,t put int., the st, i pie.
blli'dl'i; of rhiireli priie tlm liwnrv nnd
eflo,-t und Worn that is more imp rauvclt
II. rded to make ev, I V Snbbaf h sc'aml II reg.
mentor comoanv i,i ihe t ,,, ir,c,r .i'i7.
t i:i ik' I'u ry Chri-iiaii an ab-laitier mei
nu iidv.s'nte of a' .stiii,.,.. Down there
in the pews tlet-e urn nieii nnd
even Iki wl.os. Il'ldiel f,-,.s nnd
I rv breath pi,,climi that Ihe a.ol,,,,e
l ood is break iu tti rough upon th m. h it
is the miiii'-ter, bung no there m the pulpit'
Steeple-hui 1. 1 1 tig - i r. aching about, m; ,.
nrob ition lor dead heathen that ciiiuot Ihi
lie i h by any tli ones we mnr devj-n. Mmi
of i nid. hark: Do you not hear the crash of
tin' Wil l sim i,n the neglected dvkes rloso at
baudf Do v, ui not se,. in,. n 1,0,1 bovs nve,
woni"ii nn I girls right before whose fair
estate of health and homo nnd hop. will soon
Iss the drunkard's ipnrksaiid, if veil do not
strengthen the old dikes of tho pledge and
I'rohibitioii'
( '"iiiu d.wii from your steeples, (I men of
Ibsl. preacheis, teachers, pureut.s, nud
streiigtlieii the-.) dilos.
Think of a preiclor's ims'ting disctisiiM;
"The I'olltic of Calvin" when the po I ties of
the devil, with it mid waves r rum, is
dashing against .their ery doors! Well has
it been said that a pulpit silent on the temper.
nnee ipiestion discredit itself ns o h ns n
pulpit silent about d slionesty. lioth of these
ipie-t tons are "in oolitic'' as sub jects of Jek;
isl ition, l't not that fact make ronserva'
lives negWt the dike of Prohibition, nor
radicals the equally important dike of the
pledge.
Trni pern ii In Iho niblc.
I. Who wus the lirst drunkurd.' (icn, ix..
lilt.
Who took tho first temp ranee pledge;
Judges xiil., ;i. II.
II. Didanvliody nieiitioued iu the liihlo ever
take n pledge of h.s own accord ' Don. i , :i.
I. Wns be healthier und wiser III cou.i
ipi"iicrf Dan. I., la. 17.
.'i. OiigM kings t) drink wine.' l'rov.
n.vi., I.
b. ( light milli ters to drink wine .' I lev,
vui , '.
i. Oil :ht we to make companions of
driinl.ardsf 1 Cor. v.. 1 1.
( an any liriitiliard niter the kingdom
of belivell ' I Cor. M. , '.i, 10.
'. I o s f.'od pr.'iiounce woe upon drunk
nrus? Isaiah v., 1 1,
o. Why has lie pronounced this woef
I-mnh xviii., ., s.
II. An) ill uukarls bkelv to get rich.' Irov,
xxi , I .
I'.'. What lire the roiis.Mpienees of drink
in::' I mv. win., ,;o.
I.I. How may we avoid the colise Ucii. es.'
I mv. i x ,n. , ;;i.
Ii. What i;l be the resu t if wedisregard
the. iihn"' I nv. xx ii , :l .'.
I a. I it i'.c to tamper wiili strong drink.'
1 rov, s. , I.
If., Win re w a , tlie Ill s! tempereiice soeiet y i
.ler. s v . , s.
I,. nut I I - lug di I Cod pronoun 'e no ni
the liit tem;s mn e society; ,ler. vxv s
I'.i.
Is. Is telllH'I'llllce II ic ' (i ll. V., '.'I.
ll'. W Ilell In tellip.'!' lllee li VUlUc' (iu!. V..
.,. I
Ml. Tobacei, nud opium in re not known
wle II ti c lable was Ml lit. ll. so ll ev lire not
lie nt e.iied I,, ii line iu the I ilile; but is tin r,,
an yt lung in tne :n.e t Ii it governs ull
leuiH i aii'.-e iiabils.' lean xiv., .'I.
Why He Itroku His I'lcilgo.
An interesting story was brought to light
I' ntly ut. the Sn,.,, iMa-s.1 hospital lieu
James .Murphy was brought ttieru to have an
Uuly wound on his f n e sewcl up. James
was a leading iiieiiiU'r of a Cutlioli" total
nbstiiiotieo so loty, and was in good stand
ing. Ono night 'lately he loiuid his mother
drinking w ins,., y. lie told her that he, too,
would lake lo the intoxicating cup if lie ever
again found her under theiniliiciiceof inpior.
W hen he returned for Ins dinner tho not
liisin his mother was drunk. A low words
Hissed Ix'tweell til. 111. fllld then Jollllg
Murphy took his membership papers iu tho
total ni stuieiice so'.ety irniii his pocla t,
tlirew t belli into the flic, and made a hoc lino
for the nearest saloon J drank ns much
vthike.v as he could hold, and was soon howl
ing ,li link. Iu that condition he presented
himsell to bis intoxi' atcd mother. She was
so em aged that she seized a largo i arth a n
wash bowl nnd struck him sipiarely in the
face, splitting his face okii to the bone It
was n terrible wound, nnd will uisiiuru the
boy for l,le. Sew 1 ork .Sun,
Temperance New nnd Votes.
A branch of the World s W. C. T. U. with
twenty -two members has been orgatiizol iu
i .iris,
Danville, acitvof .VriO Inhabitants in thn
c 'iiterof Hin dist llnrg re on of Kentucky.
is free from tho cur. so of Ii pior.
Seventeen women sat us delegate in thn
convention of the Cntiinii" Total A',.ti letioj
I ill ui of America, lately held ill lloslon.
Two boys, one six, the other seven years
old, were ivee'itly taken to tlio It-ceiving;
llospitiil,Sau l''raii"iHeo,ilriink und inseiisililu.
No lioiiort are sold on the vestibule train
of thn reiiusylvamii roa I, or uoou the
limited expross on the -Now York Central
road.
it is state! In the London pre- tint on thn
new Metropolit'iti Sewn it Works, whei o
'.'iiiiiiuieii are engaged, no iut ixiomit of any
kind are s'i uiitt -d. It was resolved to run
the w ork on temperanc i lines, und tn ru
suits liuvo Ishjii higlily grat tying. Work
bus proceed, si with regularity and steadiiie-s,
mid the large lusly of men have, buuu ijuiUj
exemplary in their behuvioi'.
Forty-seven million gallons Is theestinuite I
amount of whisky in bond in Kutiluckv at
tho present time. Almost ull the liisMllcrie
in tne State liuvo lsien closed by tho w hisSiv
trust in order to iiiuiuluiu .thu pileo of
whisky
BELIGIOUS READING.
The Illea.lns; ef ftona;.
"What a friend we have In Jou,"
Seng a little child one day.
And a weat y woman listened
To Ihe darling happy lay.
AH her life seemed dark nnd gloomy,
All her bean wns sad with care;
Sweetly rang out baby's tremble
"All her tins nnd griefs to bear."
fshe wns pointing out Ihe Saviour,
Who could rnrry every w.a;
And the one who sndly listemsl
Needed that dear llels r sol
rtln nnd grief were l,esvy burden
For a fainting oul to Isvir;
Hut the bnl.r, singing, bade l.er
"Take it to the Ird in prayer."
With n simple, trusting fpirit.
We ,k nnd worn she tin msl to (Iod,
Asking Chrit to I 'ike her burden,
As lie was the sinner's Lord.
I'en was the only refuge,
He could take her sin nnd rare,
And be blessed the weary woman
When she iaiu to Him in prayer.
And the happy child. Mill singing,
I .it lie knewshe had a part
In (bsl's w ond rou. work of bringing
1'encc unto a troubled heart
Christ inn Obsorvur.
Tlmt lale tt otn.isj.
At nnoof the village oti nur c tat, (her
re a g.ssl iii iny rough lislierm u. There
men good mniiy rliuirlns end initn:rrt
Ihrre, nnd they have tried fo d soiuetlntig
for I hese men intheir way; bu' finding they
eouid not, thev have given It. up. Tho
church said. "We have rung our I. ni
g god oil'- ipiartrtb- choir, und It you do not
Come, we cannot le dp it "
There is no roiatii in I f ir t!m p 'ople to co
and get the g, ss.; li e rotnniand Is to c n ry
lb- gosp,,. to the p opie- -"( 1 n Int i all I lo
w- ii ,,.'' that means rvervwaere. Mis
I'li-lp was given up lo , .., but h r pin st-
Sl lis -nid, "If Jotl go to ll'-ll i l l ige o
on our coast, pi i Imps the air nnv robe, g;
your life; but it is mi an fn! y w i. k d pi ,r.. "
I'll it ,Ille W, lll'lll III I'lM'.l tl ere . took ll
room. Sin. slept bin little the Hi, t night,
nil. I I Will IS 111' 'III 111,; Was sliepug ipiletlv,
I with h. r w ind, w-s i p ni f .i se.i nje. h'n
I she was uw nu. m d by the lough swe irmg of
; men under her Win low. Sim nurd not b-ar
lit, und, lais'ilv dies, mg, nt ,,,Wii t tint
i do r, ui., I s ii l, "t i iii' ii, mn n p,H,r, n.rk,
, dying Homaa. I h ,v me from the hil!s to
pr. lou;; my III,-, but you are going to drive
j me awav."
I One wn k"d liuiti said, "Who i going to
drive you nway, vou pale woin ,n;"
ton nre; yoii bate bruil swearing about,
my S ivi. nr."
I he mail trembled, and said, "I will knock
down tlm man Unit swear. .Nobody shall
swear while you are here." A mine, nut
along swearing. Said be, "You stop thai;
there is an angel here."
In a few day she look a little cabinet or
gan, hired a h ill, oi cue I the doors nud win
do s, ami the rough men gathered around.
She touched the keys and begun losing,
" What n 1 1 iend we hive in .lesii." lief ore
she had liiil-hed, tears were ill eyes llluic. us
t,i:nc, lo Weep. In a little while she had H
church, and nnd need of a minister, nud
they are doing g est thing there that never
w .uld have Ihi'ii done but, for licit pale
woman. 1 Dr. Hates, in Servicj for Jesus.
Prater ?l olives.
All prayer, wdintever tuny bo Its form, cr
whatever it may include iu'its sr ip, is urin
ated by some kind of a motive. When a per
son prays there is some reason why be does
so, !!,it whatever may I e the motive, it is
Very certain that it should be a givod one.
And we iniiv Ui very sure that whenever a
mayor is truly nnd wkelly indited by the
Holy Spirit, every motive which underlies
that pr .yer is gcssl.
Hut me lire inindlml to admit that not all
of Ihe prsyers of even Christian plo nre
govern, d by g,Hnl motives and pure pur
poses. So gre , t nre our infirmities that our
nml ives are often more or less corrupt, they
lire v it ml, d by p' rsonal ami, it ions nnd gross
i n'liisiiness. we nave nu illustration of nu
! uu woi thy motive in the rpist le of James, iv.,
i !i, where In-says; "Yensk mi l receive not,
I Is-cau e ye nsk amiss, that ye may nh-ih it,
In your pleasure." (It. V. In the preceding;
verse the apostle siys: "e have not, 1st
, cause ye n-k not.'' Now tlrse two stnto
tneiit s o no unit lo the Mime th ng, s i far us
the roc, iving is coneer ne I. In neither ciisit
, Is I hole inn Hung r- ivcl. Iu nt use
, '.here is no praying, and, n-ns, ipiently thern
, is no rci ia lug. In ihe other i-isit there is
j piiiyer. nml yet there is no receiving, b--.
cause the pr ye,-is umiss, it is luiilty, im-
pmpT Mild W l ollg.
I It is u M'iti Ii m il vicious motive, Thei.
, tillonris nn- rcpreseii;rd as asking (io, bu
I I vors for the purpose of spending them for
the gralillcalioii of their iu re piea-utcs ami
unholy desires. r uch a motive must ,,f
; necessity, ro rupt all prayer and turn ll into
n so nun inorki rv. Weiiave naotln i ulus
(ration i, an m, oithy motive in pravcr in
the c is - of J.i-n . nnd J bu. wliosoii.dit per
I Minal poii.!.,n iii ill, , kingdom ol Christ,
i Tie ir prnyi r wa ., that one ,, f i ni might
be s ale I nt b" right baud ol Christ, and tint
; other nt Ills alt in ids kin-d ill. There is
, ll'1 ev id that there was nnv wicked de-
I ilgn in th -ir milking such a p inion; but
! their motive was entirely improper, and Ibis
j so weakened it and corrupted it that n wa
I not. nco'i table. And how olteu is K.-Hi di-
! ness busily working ut the very I K of
piuvtT Olteli we pray for Ihinga which if le
' edv d would minister to our pride, our ca
, iiricious iimbition, and our personal glory I
Ve limy not always 1st truly conscious of
, thl.
I We may not always stop to think what th
real character of our motive is. lint to
lunch the more do we need the Holy Spirit
i to help our infirmities and teach us how to
pray, many a prayer is worse imiii ustnosa
lor want of a pro-r motive mid tiuo govern
ing principle, ll is ow ing to such a lack as
this I li ii t s-ope often pray for things w hicli,
il they were reii-ived, would prove a dulli
ng" and even a cm ss to them. 'They pray
for things which, if answered, would involve
tlirmsdves und their friends in uneudinu
trouble.
The true motive I f, uu 1 Iii tlio words of
our Saviour, when Ho mid: ".Not my will,
but Thine, be done.'' This is the supreme
motive which should govern every Christian
heart. We should inw- our wills without re
serve to the w ill of (io,, and desire no other
power to rule us, and no other will to mas
ter us. I-t us learu that, will by praying
thu Holy Snirit to rev-al it to us. If we
,my ncci'ding tod ul's will, then oiirpruver
will always bj answered. lllartfurd Relig
ious Herald.
Consumption of Malt Id,iiorsi.
The consumption of malt liouoi s is increas
ing with great rapidity. in Is in in this
country there were consumed il.uil.i.ooil gal
loi s ol mult lienors or 1.,'i'i s-r cupitu. In
ps.si there was no radical rlurigu in the
figures. In D' li the in. rea-e set iu in i urn .t.
Ju that year Iheaiuouiit of beer drank was
pil.i no in i gallons against '.'0,ni o.iiii i gallons
of hard li ii, is ami ll,ooo,'Xi gallons or
wine. '1 he p r cnp.ta consumption ol malt,
lienors was i xact.y e,(ti.il to I :,ut o the li ,r.
li, rs nml wines iu Is, ii tin, i 1 1 1 -i 1 1 1 1 1 1 , t on
ol mall 11 1 1. ors had double I in amount. 'I hit
iiiiioitut consumed ir I'lipitu w is a ill gal
lons. Tin-p, r ciipiiacoiisuiiiptioii of wines
lind hard Inpiors in the same lime was :J. il
gaili ns. 'Ihe, llguris for ss. snow ii tie
nn ii loiis growth in tin- U-er did iking habit,
'ihe lotiii t on iimptoii ill tint eur was
1 1 , I lS"i I gallons of malt liouors n:a n-t
ll-,t,ii,i .11 in Is.s J', grrutcr part of tho
leer consumed was Hindu 111 I his country,
nl out :.',.. on,! o gallons having b en iiiihu-i-i-d.
Tho ier c..pitH is now u..,s gallons.
Amei icun lieer Is last driving on-, the native
I'lllll lllld Wb .a!;y. In I Nil I I he I icriliutl citl
rnis wero the U er drinkers Now thu Anieri-
I CMC can vie with thu (.uriiiunt ill tlmt Juio
I VitivU l ie lim.
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