BUDGET OF FUN. VAKIOUS SOUKCH9. An Autninnat Idyl Then Yntt'II He member Me A Prccantlon ttf Mewiw-A Crcataro of Hbit, Etc, Kto, The ros from the witil mw-tnunf Cpon the grass are falling, Ani geese l happy argosies Fly southward, wildly call ng. t'non the top rail of the fence The itiirrele madly chatter, And in the forest, deep and rimse. The chestnuts gaily patter; And Mary Jane will noon commence To make the buckwheat batter. Then Yoa'll Itr-membcr Me. Restaurant Waiter (to departing cus tomer who hat failed to give him the accustomed tip) "You'll not forget me, will your" Miserly Tarty "Xo, indeed. I'll write you a letter when I get homo." A Precautionary Measure. Enamored Voutl "Your father treats me with the most distinguished consid eration. Tlio other night he called to me as I was leaving and reminded me I was forgetting my umbrella." Sweet Girl "ics, papa was afrnid you would lo coining back after it tho next C vcu i n g. " I 'It iladtlpli ut liecurd. A Croat urn ol Habit. "Arc you going o-it riding?" "Yes." "Why do you take that bell along in Itcnd of ti whip" "Iterance, you see, I bought tills horso from tho street railroad company and ho won't move unless I ring a bell." tlifjaule JJIutter. Not One to Hiiccoa. First 1'oetiral Aspirant (to second ditto) ".-o you ay you tent oft inoro than a hundred poems and never hud oue returned C Second I. A. "Tbat't what I said." First P. A. ''It's a phenomenal suc cess! I wi-.li I knew I ho secret." Second l A. "Well, I've sometimes thought it was because I never enclosed 'jiostago stamps." Lijt, Ho Iilkcil to He Accurate. Tho farmer's wifo ran out to tho road jand looked up and down. A tramp was IthuHiing along,when she hailed him. "I Way, did you see any cows in the corn in jthat corner lot:" I "No, ltia'um,'' ho replied as he lifted pis hut, "I didn't see any cows in the fcorn, but I did seo some of the corn go- fug into tho cows at " iiut tho was oil. Li e. Didn't Ilooogiil.e the nivalre. Mr. Hyum Kegs (from Kalamazoo, with ntenso disgust I. "Here, waiter, 1 irdcrod raw oytcis. What on airth ire these nasty blark stones! Waiter (petrilicd) "Ojstaht, tah on 0 hair-shell, sah!" Mr. Hya.ii Kcggs "HafT-shcll, it itt )h, git out I I've eat a million canned lyttert out homo, aud never taw a thell lu ary one of themj' strtud, Careful or life RfrnoT. Woman (to tramp) "I a'poee you've traveled a good deal in this country t" ' Tramp- "I know every toot of it, tfa'ari, from Portland, Maine, to the Rio Grande." 1 Woman "Don't ye git tired o'.travol ln' sometimes?" f Tramp ' cssionaUy, Ma'am, I am Oppressed with more or less ennui : still, Mtnrn'a (infill,,,. I.Ira l.niml -. Itham 10 broaden one's mind." Tin Epoch. Two rit-ture. In Courtship "What makes the stars jo dim to-night?" she asked. "Your eyes are to bright thov out shine them," ho taid, as he tenderly fercsscd her hand. Alter Marriage I wonder how many elegraph poles it would take to reach from here to the moon?" the taid, tausingly. "Uno, if it wat long enouuh." he knappod; "why can't you talk sense?" Y-JJuntoli Courier. What. Ciin Ha Tnlt I9 I Claro (shyly) "You will have to gain rapa's consent first, Mr. (Sampson, ero I Mr. Samp-on (heart throbbing with opo) "Lnu I see him at once, dear luia?" I think SO. Mr. Samnson: and nnnn ii lo absurdly practical, he may ask tome fuuusii questions. H hat will he ask? lie mav want to know how much vou pe woitu, aud oh, Mr. Sampson Ueorge i-nd the ttttinu dronnud an sweetly from ler lips) what will you tell kirn? Sift- Learning to Shop. Tretty Miss "Have you any plowt?" Jeweler "i lows" "Yes, or harrows!" "Harrows" "Yes; or rakes, or hoes, or monlnir nuchines " 'See here, my little miss, vou seem to be out of your head, und I don't know but may be I ought to cull a doctor or policeman or " ;" )h, mercy me t Don't do that I My cad is all right. You see, I wanted to o shopping, and as I had not any money ia told mo to be careful not to ask for knvthing the store 1 went into wat likely wuatem siock." rtaUttUlvUM JUcord. Food lor a Lover. He "Amanda, thin la the nent HtG leataii.. . . 1. t i . i i .. . L u " unm nave mote aeucious fcmches I have mentioned to you but lould not decribe, and thie it Tom, the r-;r who nerves nie my favorite diBhet 1ft Mi.iL tine "How tweet, Adolphut." He "Al'l.nt ill -- 1-- i J.. fhey have birds, oyttert, and all the !"viuic oi mo teuton. " Khe "Your favorite dish, Adolphut, course. Waiter, you may fetch Mr. lKag t favorite order, which he lay I Waiter-" Yes, lady" (giving order)- de Iron. "Aim Yor h Sun. Vanquished. iou muliciout uuitaace!" exclaimed tho angry business man, "you hare been here every day for the last tlx months. How many more timet do you need to be told that I never buy anything of poddlors?" "I am carrying out the wishes of my late father, sir," said the peddler. "He railed on you 8117 timet without ever making a sale and then turned the job over to me. He died of a broken heart, sir, and I am fast breaking down, but I have a ton who" "I surrender," taid the bnsinest man, brokenly. "I don't want the blood of three generations on my hca 1. I'll take your entire stock if you quit and call it square." Chknqo Tribune. A Mean Trick. Out De Smith hat been engaged to a number of young ladies, but thus far hu has never married any of them. Besides being a gay Lothario, Gut is alto a poet On meeting a friend rocently Gut re marked: "Hid you hoar that I was engaged again?" "You don't tell me so? Whon are you going to get man led?'' "I didn't say that I wat troing to get married. I sm only engaged." "What is the young lady's name?" "Her name is Lucy. Two other young ladies to whom I was engaged were named Lucy. Thnt't why I engaged mysolf to this last girl. I can usu on this present Lucy the ronncts and love letters I used on the other two. Scei" Si'tin-j. A rolnted Itrply. After tho downfall of Napoleon in ISl'i, tho French ttovernmrnt became liable for the amount of ?.'0 million francs, which was to be paid over to Allies within three years, to reimburse them for the expense of the campaign. The payments were to be made in ll. in gold, but ns tho French were uiiaMo to raiso tho amount in gold, tho Allies had to be salislied with silver in payment of the other installment. Tho people of I'arit were naturally very much interested, and took no pains to concent thoir unguinh at having to part with their gold and silver coin. The subject was under discussion ono day in the mlon of Madame do Staol. A young German otlicer who was present protected against tho Allies lioing com pelled to take tho inferior tnotal in pay ment. 'You had better bo sntisfied," inter rupted Madame do Stnel; "we paid tho first installment in gold, tho second in silver, and, if pressed too closely, we might pay the third in iron." "Very well, Madame,'' replied tho German officer, calmly; "you can pny the third installment in iron, if you choose, but if you try it wo will give you a receipt in full in lead." I'enclope' Words of Comfort, "Penelope, can't jou say something to toftcn tho blow?" "mplored the young man. "Oh. Philip, rhilip! What can I lay? It is all over betw.J n us." "That doesn't eovtcn it any," ro joined Philip; "that's whtvt you taid beforo." And the unhappy youth looked mourn fully at a ten-dollar volumo of poems ho had presented her a few months before, and heaved a tigh so deep, to pro found, that it made hi shoes i.erccptibly tighter. , "Penelope," he continued, "when a young man builds all his hopes on the promise of, a young woman and that young woman deliberately goes back on that promise, it knocks tho props, as it were, out from under his hopes, and they come down, kerswash! Vou may have a perception sometime, Penelope," he added with increasing gloom, "of the feelings of a human being standing by a wrecK of this kind and looking at the debris of his own happiness." "I couldn't help it, 1 hilip," the re plied. "I have become satisfied that wo were not mado for each other. We should not be happy togothcr. We" "Is it because I am a mugwump?" ho demanded. "No, Philip, it is not that, I think, with proper nursing, you would recover from that in timo. Neither havo I any objection to your personal appearanco, your position in tociety, your hab its" "My habits!" he e aculated. "I hope not. Penelope Withcrspoon, I ucver m my life took a drink of unything intox icating, never chewed tobacco, never smoked a cigar, never went to a circus, nnd never wut in a bullioom. I don't drink tea or co:fce, eat pcatuuts, chow gum, read novels, swear, gumble, lie, use snu!i, play checkers, sit up late, at night, go to thontres. cat between meals, nor read Anielie Hives. I uuver kissed a young woman in my life" "As far as my experience goes," as serted Penelope, retrospectively, "I can certify that you havo not. "Philip," tho added, with a glow of tender womanly tympathy on her face, "you asked mo to ray something to soften the blow. I think I Hn foresee a great future for you. Your habits have fitted you for a shin ing career." "In what capacity, may I ask?" "At a fioo-u-weok freak in a dimo museum. (Jhicaga Tri'jum. Squirrel Skins and the Weather. Tacked upon the wall in one corner of my room are three native trrav snuirrel skins. The agile chatterers that were once within these toft jacketa were shot last uctouer in the Maine woods, and their furs were tinned and sent to me at the tame time by an enthusiastic sportsman ofmr acquaintance. Tho ordinary way in which these tkint are preserved in the country, is by merely tacklnir them upon uuuu oronu sinuate, sprinkling a little salt over them and then tettinor aside for a week to dry. For almost a year now have these fun been upon ray wall in a toft, pliant and dry condition, at they should be. Last Tuesday, though, when " .iuiu.jjuui o was bu GAcuBMireiy sat uruted with moisture I found them soak ing wet, with great beads of water distrib. uted over the surface. The salt with which they were permeated, had limply been unable to withstand the humidity in the air, and bad. of a conseuuence. been dissolved by it. If squirrel tkint prove to be such an accuiate register of atmos Jiheric moisture, it might not be a bad dea for the (Signal (service Bureau to adopt them henceforth as standard hy grometers, or at least to use them in con nection with their other instruments. My tkint, at I write, are in normulcon ditlon again. "-Vn York Ntm. i RELIGIOUS READING. God't Love. Thr We. O God, R "Store me From sighs and twtrs to praise, i And d rp my soul adores thee, Nor thinks of time or Uc-; I nek no more in so. d or III, But union with thy holy will. TIs that which makes my t if am re, 'Tis that which brings me gain, Converting; woe to plesstire, And reaping Joy from psin. Oh, 'tis enough, whato'er befall. To know that Uod is all In all Madame Gulott A Prayer. The most beautiful and efficient feature of the order nf the King's Daughters la "The Prayer of Conaecratlon," which each King's Daughter Offers every morning upon rising. It la this: "K eh morning 1 eotk to glre my elf to my Heavenly Father for the day, saying, 'Take me, Lord, and use me today as thon wilt. Whaterer work thou hast for me to do give unto my bands. If there are thoee thou wouIdH have me to help in any way. Mud them to me. Take my time and use It as thou wilt Let mu be a vessel does to thy hand and mnet for thy service, to be em ployed only for thee and for ministry to others "in his name.""' Sincerity nnd Krror, Rlncerlty Is not that all-ntoning virtue which a certain clasa of thinkers aeein to re gard It. Sincerity will not save a m in from suffering the consequences of a mistaken cuurne. A man may sincerely beliuve an untruth and act upon his belief, but all his sincerity will not rive him f rein the conao quencos of his mistake. Ho may believe a rotten bridge to I xrfe tly seeiiro, but his sincerity will not prevent the I rliljfo from breaking down under his weight. Men say it ni ukes no difference what a man lltovos, if he is only sincere. This is a fallney In re ligion, as well as In temp.ral effiiira. It makes a tremendous diuVrencn what a man telleve. The man who believes a lie will be r'smned no matter how sincere he may bo. (.Evangelical Moengur. Praying and Working. I like that saying of Mnrtin Luther, when he ssvs, "I h ivi so much busines to do to day, tl.at I shall not be able to get through It w ith 1-sa than three hours' prayer." Now, most iHMipIe would say, "I have ao much business to do to-dny that I have only thrre minutes' prayer; 1 cannot afford the time." Iiut Luther thought that tho more he had to do, the more he must prny , or else lie could not get through it. That Is a blesee I kind of logic: may we under land ill "Praying and provender hinder no mnn's journey." If we have to stop and pray, it is no inoro an hindrance than when ton rhl r hns to stop at the farrier's to have Ii is horse's sluw fastened; for If hs went on without attending to that, It may be that ere long be would come to a stop of a far more serious kind. IC IL Hpurgoon. The Want of a Definite Purpose. A great hindranee to all religious work Is the want of a delinite imrpoen. It is said of some people that "they aim nt nothing and hit it. I'lie same milit I e sui.l of much of the Christian work of today. Tin very II rut thing to do is to have a delinite idea ot what we desire to acomplish. The true object of the church is to C'hristlaiiio tho race, to lead men und women to accept Christ ns their Saviour, and to cultiv.ito in them the Christian graces. The dnni-er Is that we will lneo sight of this great purpose. The object of the Kundsy school Is to Christianise the rising rnco through the teaching of the word of flod, tolling our youth the way to Christ, and teaching the a the walk In Christ, In our opinion, tho great reason so many pastors and (Sunday school teachers fail is they do not have a Used puriose and then go to work to accomplish it Aim nt something if you wish to hit it. We have beard of a hunter who, in a fog, could not t.'ll whether tho object in the dis tance was a bear or a calf. Ho he said he would lire in such a way as to hit it a bear and miss if a calf. We lancy some religious work Is done iu this way. Hartford Hull (tous lleruld. "Look to Thy Conscience.' Wnuldst thou preserve thy faith, look to thy conscience. A good conscience is the bottom faith sails in; if the conscience he wrecked, how can it be thought that faith should le saful If faith be the jewel, a good conscience is the cabinet in which it is kept: and if the cabinet tie brokon, tho Jewel must novds lie In danger or loilng. .ow you Know whstsiis wasto tho conscience: sins either delilwrately committed, or imponitontty con tinued in. Oh, tako heed of dolilierate sin: like n stone thrown into n clear stream, it will so disturb thy soul, nnd muddy it, tint thon, who even now couldst see thy interest in the promise, wilt now be ut a loss, and not know what to think of tliytelf. Tiii.v are like a lire on the top of tho bousn. it will be no easy mutter to (pioneh it. Hut If thou hast been so unhappy ns to full into such a iilougli, tike lined or lying lu it hy iiiiiiitcn'e; the sheep may fall into a ditch, but it Is the swine that wallow iu it; and therefore how hard wilt thou llnd it, thinkest thou, to act thy faith on the promi-c when thou art, by thy lllthy garments and besmeared countenance, so unlike one of God's holy onrsl It is dnngercus to drink poison, but fur more to let it lie in the ho.lv long. Thou canst not act thy faith, though a be'ivor, on the promise, so as to apply tho pal .11 it presents to thy soul, till thou bust renewed thy rejientauce. Uuruull. Family Prnycre. There Is one mark of a household In which Ood is known and loved, which is too often wanting in our duy I mean ibe practice of family prayer. Dopend upon it, the worth of a practice of that kind cun only lie me ured by its effects during a long period of time, und family prayers, though occupying only a few minutes, do make a great differ ence to any household at the end of the year. How, Indeed, can It tie otherwise, when each morning, and perhaps each evening, too, ull the members of the family, tho oi l aud the young, the parents and the children, the master and tbe servants, meet on tho footing of ierfect rquality tiefore the Kternul, in whoso presence each is as n thing, or loss thun nothing, yet to whom each is so infinitely dear, that he bus redeem ed by bis blood each and all of them iiow must not the bad spirits that are the enemies of pure and bright family life flea away the spirits of envy and pride and untruth fulness and sloth, and the whole tribe of evil thoughts, and make way for his gracious presence In the hearts of old and young alike, who, as be brings us, one by one, nearer to the true end of our existence, so does he. and he alone, make us to be "of one mind in a house" here within the narrow presence of each home circle, aud hereafter in that countless family of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, which shall dwe1! with him, the universal Tarent to all eterni ty. Canon Liddon, The liquor traffto in the Samoan Islands is being carried on to-day solely because the United States Government refused to enter Into an agreement which all the other powers interested in bad signified their approval of. It is claimed on good authority that the na tives are being literally murdered by the im SortHtion of drink and fire-arms, to the great etriiuent of trad. According to the statement of the ex Mayor of Ht. l.ouls.the revenue from saloons was over :J00O lees than the expenses with which they taxed the city. This exclusive taualaV nwu--iuK w homes and iudi- VEMPEItANCK HEADING 8tr and Think. My boy, when they ak you to drink, Htop and think. Just think of the danger ahead Of the hearts that In sorrow have bled O'er hopes vhnt were drowned in the bowl; Killed with death for the body and soul. When you hear a man asking for drink, Ktop and think. The draught that he drinks will destroy High hopes and ambitions, my boy; And the man who a leader might l la a slave that no man's hand can free. O this terrible demon of drink 1 Htop and think Of the graves where its victims are laid, Of the ruin and woe it has made, Of the wives and the mothers who pray For the curse to be taken away. res, when you are tempted to drink, Stop and think Of the danger that lurks in the howl, The death that it brings to the soul, The harvest of sin ami of woe. And spurn back the temper with "Nol" u A", liexord, in itmperanc Hunmr. Pertinent AdvioTto Young Men. A writer in A'iore anil Fabric gives ths following pertinent advice to young men, whether they lie mechnnlcs, mill liamls, or workers In other channelsof industry : "In the first place, shun the saloon, us iu them you will never llnd the least possible incen tive toward education, fame or honor. Keep from standing around street corners nnd clunr stores; let the wooden imago of In dian sulllce for tobacco sign. .Make up your mind that your Creator has created ?ou for a higher purpose thun to decorate he front of a cigar store. I'iirn to love solitude nnd study; procure some gnu I txxiks and perio. lica Is; choose only those that will instruct you: learn to love the studv of the sciences; you will llnd themdrv mill unin teresting nt llrst. no doubt, but you can lenru to like them and lscnm-i eager to grasp everything new in thit line and nt tins stage they liecoine intcre-tiiu to you. Take one or more vihi- on your trade or culling; avoid dimo novel literature; always N-ruse that w hich will l the. most lieiicHt to vou. If you nre-ilotlcient In inathemaiies, n'inn a knowledge of them, ns it is indissnsilie to you, nnd according to all learned iiiku's tes timony there Is no studv winch renders so acute or so well developed the reasoning power-III man ns tho study of mathematics, fsoitlwith mechanic and phvsicsor natu ral philosophy; they render the reasoning powers more acute, eiuihling us to see the cause aud effect much quicker." Why tho Drinker Is Tired in tho Morning. Dr. H. W. r.ichtirdsim, of London, tho soted physlcinn, says he was rei-ently aide So convey n considerable amount ,,f convic tion to mi intelligent scholar by a simple ex periment. The scholar was singing the praises of the "ruddy buniM-r," nnd saying lhat ho could no) get through the day with tut it, when Dr. Kichnrdson hiihI to liim: "Vill you feel mj puis,, a. I stand hero!" Ho llllf so. 1 said: "Count it cnrefully; whut does it my l' "Your pulse is seven! y-fonr." 1 then sat down iu a chair Mid asked him to count ngain. He did so, nnd suid: "Your pulse lias gone down to seventy." I then lay down on the lounge, ami said: "Will you tako It ngaiuf" He replied: 'Why, it is only sixty four; what it very extraordinary tiling:" 1 then suid: "When you liedown at night, that is the way nature gives your heart a rest. Vu know nothing nbout, it, but the Deuting organ is resting lo that extent: mi l f you reckon it up it is a great deal of rest, Decnuse ill lying down, the heart is doing t n itrokes less a minute. Multiply it by ihj mil it is ..si; multiplying it by s Inmrs, nnd itlnu a fraction it is .'hssi strokes dill'ereut; did ns the heart is throwing six ounces of blood nt every stroke, it makes a iliircrcti.-e f .'U.ismi ounces of lifting during the night. When 1 lie down without any alcohol, that a the rest my heart gets; but when you take four wmo or grog you do not nllow the rest, lor the influence of alcohol is to increase the lumber ot stroke, nnd instead of getting She rest you put on it something like l.'i.lKM txtra strokes, and the result is you rise up rery seedy and unlit for the next day s work till you have a little more of tho 'rud ly bumper' which you say is the soul of muii bere below." A Righteous) Vordlct. We rejoice that n Chicago jury has nt last taken the part of the widow and the father less against one of the vninpir. s of societ y, that sucked the life's blood out of the bread winner, und hclied to send a genius of un usual promise to an untimely grave. Mis, Lucy A. Klkins, the widow of the painter win we "Mount Miastn," and other brilliant works of art. hud plui-cd him highupou the ladder of fume, has under thedrum shop act, recovered fc'iooil damages against a Chicago saloon-keeper, who, ile-pite her cntrentien to the contrary, persisred in selling her liu-diund, who was a victim to iutemis-rancc, strong drink. The on tiers of the I. milling where tho saloon is located wore found equally responsible with the saloon kceH-r. It was shown in lie testimony Hint the ilis-cascd artist had Issvn Induced to part Willi some of his valuable panl'iigs for a mere song, in order to raise inoie y to buy more alcoholic o.son. The saloon keeper who will continue to sell liquor to u uiiiii ho, by his indulgence in the intoxicating cup, is ruining lis life nnd Issggaruig his iiimily, is iu every sense of the word hut we have already ilciv'iiats him a vampire. The amount recovered by Mrs. l-'.lkins is said to Ihi the largest sum ever r.H'OVered iu the country in a ca-e of this kind, but we think it was by far too little. Whut can f.'SKMi do to compensate the widow nnd children who were ho ruthlessly ri bbed of the one who should have Ih- ii their stay and support, nnd who could so easily bae earned n princely income for bis family f We are glad, however, for tho lesson which has Usui taught the heartless rum-soMcr to whom law hiisbrought hoiuelhe.Scripturedenunciii turn: Woe unto him that givetli his neigh bor drink, that put test thv I ottleto him, nnd nil ket hiuidruiik-iiuls!' i',-airie Kirm r Temperance News and Notes. Kentucky has 4li retail liquor dealers; Louisville six saloons to each church. Unlicensed liquor saloons are called "blind pigs" in Minnesota. A severe libel ou the pig- A temperance society with eighteen mem bers was lately organized at Kiuklung, China. The recent bumiuot of tho Commercial Travelers' Convention, held at Minneapolis, attended by U6u guests, was served without wine. A new beverugo has been Invented In France intermediate between beer aud wine, aud which is to be sold under the name of Utrley wiue. Drink seems to be prevaleut In ftelglum as anywhere else )erliupi more so. A uews puwr published in r landers states thut "the daily consumption of a workingman not a drunkard there includes at b-MO A. u.. a 'worm killer;' at 8 a. m., 'an eye opener;' at 11 A. m., a 'whip;' at 2 r. u., a 'digester;' at 6 F. M., a 'soldier,' and at v. M., a 'liuisher.' " The regular yearly expenditure, without counting extras on festive occasions, amounts to U1U trsucs, WXI to IM) francs being the usual wages. The following message has been received by Bishop Crowther, of the Niger mission from the Mohammedan Kmir, 'West Africa: "It is uota long mutter; it is about barasa (rum). Harasa, barasa, barasal It bus ruined our country; it has ruined our people very much; it bus madu our people mail. I Leg you, Malum Kipo. don't forget this writing, because we ail beg that he should beg the great priests thut they should beg the English Wueen to preveut bringing burasa ill to this land." Eight conductors and trainmen of the Long Island Railroad were recently dis charged because they entered saloons and drank during hours of duty. SUNDAY SCHOOL, XII K LK8SON Von OCT Oft Kit 28. The Fall of Jericho jah. O: 117. -Golden Text, Hot, lit ao, Explanatory Notes. 1. "Jericho was stralghtly shut tip." Ai If to say, you cannot enter here, nor think to scale these walls, for we are too strong fot ?ou. Hut there was one houe In the-citv roin whose window hung a scarlet thread nnd In which was gathered a company ol those who feared and trusted in the Hod ol Israel, llleswsl household of faith and pre cious sure of the scarlet line. I He ii., 18-i.M ; Vl.. )-'..) This i'Tsont evil world is as cer tainly doomed to judgment as was the cit of Jericho, and although it may shut ito I up in its fancied self security, the time drant near when it shall Ins said "conio. my people, enter thou Into thy chambers nnd shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself ns it were for a little moment, until the indignation lis overpast: for. behold, the Iorl comet houl of His place, to punish tho inhatiit lilts of the esrth for their iniquity," "As it was in the dnvs nf Noah, so it shall be also in tint days of the Son of Man." Luke xvil.. '.'U.l nur eves see tho same pleasure loving, business atisorlssl, eel, secure, unrighteous world Judgment is at tho door; tin. on iy safe ones lire th ise who, like liahali or Noah, believe tio lnnd prove tlei renlity of their faith by obedience nnd by seeking the safety of other i. '.'. "."See. 1 have given into thine hand .ler Ichix" Thus said the captain of the Lord's host to Joshua, and tins captain was none other than the Lord Himself, the sune who sai l to the Father concerning His follow. ts: "The glory which Thou gavest blp 1 have given them" i.lolui xvii., ''.': and who savs to us: "All things lire yours, ye ere mv witnesses: go ye, therefore; o, "I am with you." We have only to t hank fully receive, gladly enjoy mi l hasten to possesn'fully tint land of our inheritance, that thus we may glorify (bsl and honor Mis name. II .". Here are instructions clear and simple for the seven days, and the re-nlt of llieir ols lience is plainly stated to l the full nf Jericho, not bv their power or might but by th t direct hand of UcnI. The men of war, liiimt'ering over ''n.i us I (Num. xtvi ,Mi, were to compass the city oin-o a dny for six days, and on the seventh day they were to do ii tiven times; seven priests, each with n ininist of rum's horn, were to precede tho ark of the covenant, blowing their truuiM ts, tho armed men goin; llrst but until the seventh tuno on the seventh day there was no sound of a human voice to o heard (v., 10, nothing but the sound of the ram's horns blown by tho seven pr.csti who marcho I be fore tho Ark, The signith mice ot thetrutu-s-Lsof rum's horns is most Ii -dutiful and in structive; when Isaac was spued to Abraham it was a ram that was oit'erel ns a burnt offering in Ins stead illeu. nil. I:i; on the groat A'liiual .lav of atonement it was n'so a ram that was offered us a burnt olfering, both lor the priest and the people il.ev. xvi i; the eont mini burnt offering every morning and evening was to be n lamb of the first year (Num. sxviii. lb, and alwavs a main 'without a blemish" i-v. i, Mi; thus the ram ever ssiks to us of the burnt offering. Tho horn s gmties siwer nud sonntiiu -s domin ion ithotoii horns are ten king.," I inn. vii.'.'l ; so that when we heir the sound of the ram's horn trump Is it is like making all to hear of the power of Mini who is our burnt offering. Tho trumpets of (iidenn's tlino hundred were no doubt triuns ts of ram's horns. The whole Hihlo cries; "All hail the power of Jesus' name;" man is nothing He is every thing: Mows is notliing..loshua is nothing, all Israel is nothing but only vessels to honor Him an I show forih Urn lilorv. tl II. As the Lord commanded Johua to he rommiiiided tin sople; nothing added, nothing left out; he was siiniily liod's mouthpiece, liod s ohodicnt servant, doing ins win, waiKiug iu ins ways. 1 lie central olijis t in the itrent procession was the Ark of the Ijord, nnd the only sound was thut of the seven trumiH-ts: "So the Ark of the Ixnd coinpn-sod the city, going about it once." Tims they did the llrst day and returned and lodged in the camp ut llilgnl. The plant of ro ling away the reproa h of Kgypt, losiping the pussovor and submitting to the glorious Captain, is tho only place to start out Irotii each morning nnd reluin to each evening; the llesh reckoned dead, "not I but ( 'hrist;" the blood clean tin,,' Jesus Himself satisfying, and our bodies u living sacrillce unto lluu each day and hour: this is the starting plaeo in the morning mid the resting plu e iu the evening, nnd ns we go forth each day it is to Is'ar the Ark nnd blow the trumpet: or like Gideon's thro hundred let the light shine nnd blow the trump t; iu other words, loir Christ about everywhere and sound forth His praises as l'elNiuer and King. What did the stople of Jericho think of this great procession, the strange looking priests bear ing on their shoulders that mysterious some thing, coven-d with n liluo covering (Num. iv, .', li, the seven trumpet blowing priests nnd the silent iiiultitu lef As they saw Isruel, having coinpassoil their city once, return to their tents ut. Ii ilgal, did they laugh ut Mich, a strange proceeding: did thev say: "Well, there Is a mighty ho.-t of them, but It will take more win I Shan those seven men have to blow down tl'se mighty walls,'' did they usk if it could l their mighty God that they carried under that blue covering; did they return to their homos from w itness ing that great sight. mud nu.l dellant nnd self secure ns ever; hil l they no know ledge that thev had but six days more to live, nil I thut their only deliverer could be the Cud of that s plo Isra-1; when they knew w hat had lsn done to the kings an. I the cities oil the esst of Jordan hi., !i-l li, why did th-y not open their gates and seek mercy from the llodof 1-rnelt l ei h ius sninn answers to (heso questions may be found by asking somewhat similar questions f our scholars, or of those ul tout us wiio know thut any day death may overtake them, und yet they nro not ready imr do they iiiukeuny preparation; but busy, pleasure-loving nnd seemingly in different to eternal things, they go heedlessly on, notwithstanding warnings without num ber. I '-i II. "And tho second day they com passed the city once nnd retuimsl into tho cHinp; so they old six days." Just the same order of m irch, just the Kama solemn pro cession, the blowing of trumpets the only sound lieu rd, aud the kuiiio quiet return to Gilgnl without apparently any result; but they were olieying God, and the result was sure in His time. There is nothing for tint Christian worker to do but to s.-e only Jesus, oliey Hun implicitly though it make ono tip Mnr as a fool in the eves of tiio-st who know nut God, und go right on sure that lie will accomplish His purpo-e in His ow n time and way. Neither fear nor discouragement is becoming in one who follows Jesus, but a firm fuith and a cheerful obedience. 1'), Hi. "Shout; for the Ixird huth given you the city." If the people of Jericho watched these strange doings with either i.l creasing or decreasing Interest, there must have leen some excitement when, on tho seventh day, instead ot returning to camp, they liegnn to rompas the city the second time; nnd when the tidings spread within the rity that they were starting the third time, and the fourth, and the II fill, we can almost imagine thut by I he time Israel was alxuit to start the seventh time all Jericho whs alarmed and crowded tho walls to see what would be next. At the appointed timo the people shouted with a great shout (v. S), the wall fell down Hat, and except Knhah and all who were with her, every one and every thing In Jericho jstrished. 17. "Only Kahab, the harlot, shall II ve; she and all that are with her in tne house,'' And why Bocause she had fuith in God und proved it by her works; therefore she was) saved, and all who hearkened unto her and believed her word: uul not only so, but she IsH-uiue great in Israel, the mother of ili a'. (Matt. I., 6), ono of tho fuithful rei-civine; honorable mention iu lull. xL, ill, and' Slacedbythe side of Abraham in J as. ii,, 1-2.1 as just died by a fuith proving itself by works. Thore is nothing so grand as "I 'nilii iu God;" itmukesus His children, joint bene with Christ on His throne in thut day. Alt who perished in Jericho perished becnuse! they believed not (Hub, xi 31); .the greatest of alt sins la unbelief, for It makes Ood altar (I John v., 10), and despises the blood of the covenant, treading under foot the Bon of Uod (UeU x., an. Letsoa Jleljer, Appearances Are Deceiving Y777"rr Fat Hoy (from the Mncum, who it not looking for tho worst of it, dropt Into a tailor fhop tituinticed) "Did 1 understand you to sny you would tnnkt mo this suit for 2"l:" Tailor (who thinks he has struck a tucken "Yc. sir; I' vc only one prico.r Tut Hoy "Well, I will tuke this; you Can take my measure.'' etQIeSIP ( etQIeSIP tt I f . Fat Hoy "Well. I'm ready, sir." Tnilor (who hns Inch taken ini "I'x ruse nic, sir: you have made a mistake. This is ti tnilor t-hop; we don't covet balloons. You will liml n sail loft on the next square. Cincinnnii .Vcyurtr. Will llnve n rioiisunt Visit. "I think I will oof ono of those for my little boy," said Hrown, ns he stopped define a fakir w ho was making the day liiilcous with a bio; wooden rat tle, "ho likes anything that will make a noise. " "Then, nro you going Up town;" "No; I've got to go to tho telegraph ofticc tirst. Mv wife expects her mother to-morrow, mid I want to w ire her thut I'll meet her ut tho stution." Kjwch. Wont On UN Way Ki jolciii?. Dick (calls on Mis Smith, nnd ppict his rivnl nt the parlor w itulow too lute, having rungi "Is Miss Hmith inf" Hiiblio "Yes, sir." Hick "Very glad ot it. Hcastly weather ouUido. Lou't tell her I called. " 2'imo. Hard Luck. "By Jove! thnt was hard luck. It tells hero in the paper about an unknown burglar being kilted while plying hi tru.lo." "Well, what'a bard about that?'' "t)li, well, it seems kinder tough that the mail should be killed beforo he'd iiittd.i a name for himself 1" Consolatory. 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