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XALMAGh'H hUNDAY C'-i:.
MON. ..
teonanraf Ciiiinldorrtl from a
Duniticss) standpoint.
t
Tkxt: "Onrllinrm f pmfinl' tin'ooff
Jim i an i minis or fie i "hi' now
and of that H-nct is focome." I. Timothy
I A happy Now Year to one and nil I
I There I n gloomy nnd sissiva way of
aitlng for the events of tho opening yenr
to come upon ii'. n I there Is a heroic way
sf going out to meet them, strong in God end
fear inn nothiiiir. W hen the body of t'ntilino
Was found oil t tin Imttlo Held it m found for
in advance of nil his troops and among the
-T-ssaemy; anil the I et way is not for ns to I in
rtown ami li t the events of life trample over
na, but to go forth in o I bnstinn apirit do-
Ltermincd to conquer.
Tho nasrs were mnde out, and some of
you have Just entered into business partnor
diips, ami others of yon take higher position
T in the eomnicreiiil establishment where you
were emraized. nnd others have entered upon
i new rub rprise. ami there were last week in
iW 'these cities ten thousand business ohnnges.
r Von nre expecting prosperity, and I am de
termined tnr as i nave anviiiiux m iu
with it. that rou nhall notlc disnpKinU'd,
Ms and then-fore I repose, a God may help ine
Itnia morning, to protect upon your awn
tlon a new eiement of snoots. You will have
in the business tlrin, frugality, patience, in
dustry, p -i-sevcrance, economy a very
trong hustnea firm, but there needs to lw
one nii'inlHT ndded, tnl.hticr thnn them all,
and not a si lent partner either the one in
troduced by itiv text: '-Godliness which la
rrotitnblo unb nil things, having tho prom
ise or the lifii that now ia on wod n ol that
whit h is to come."
I ttpposi you nre nil willing to admit that
Godliness I mii) ottillt in Its rteriinl rela
tions; hut perhaps some of you any: "All I
want is an opportunity to say u prayer he
fore I die. nn. I nil will he well"" There nro a
great many people who suppose that if they
can tlunhy p t ticly out of this wi.rM into a
better wi'nd. they ili have cxhatiaV-l tin)
entire advaiitiik,e of our Imiy religion. 'I'll y
talk thoti'h ri liKioii were a men tid of
recognition wim h we lire !) Rive to the Lord
JexUH mi our wny tip to n heavenly mnna on;
a though it eie i. n admission ti ket. of no
ne exi t 1 1 to Kive mat the dm r of heaven.
And there nre tln.u-niiils of people w ho have
preat n.linin.te.n foru religion f the shroud,
ami a reli:;ioi: cf the i o:lln, and n reliKion of
the henrc, mi I n relipmnof the cemetery,
who have no npjn h.tioii of a religion fur
the hunk, f r the liirm, for the factory, for
the warehouse, for the jewelera shop,
for the ln oki r's ofllce, ftow, while 1 would
not throw nny slur on n p mortem
religion, I want thia morning, und on tho
firat Hnhlmtli of tho new year, to eulogize tin
ante-mortem religion. A religion thut la of
no tiiw to you while you livo, will lie of no
use to you w hen you die. "(iixllim-xa is
Cifltable unto all things, havinK the prom
of the life thnt now is as well aa ot that
which is to come." And 1 have always
noticed thnt when tho grace U very low In a
man's heurt he t:i Iks a grunt deal in prayer
meetinpi aU lit deaths, and about colllnx, and
about chiircliynrda 1 have noticed thnt thn
healthy Christian, the man who is living
near to Q.kI, and is on the straight road to
Heaven, ih full of jubilmit s.itmfnction, and
lbH bI.,. ..t .... i.r l..
raip.-v mini, i iitt uuiii ui b.ua iuu, uuni', "
standing well that If Hod hel hiiu to livo
I '-eht He will help him totlie rinht.
1I.A' 1 ,. . I f iL-i n
ui-im, iii ne nrs oiiice, i remitrK ini toi-
i ..a is giKsl fcr a man's physical heallii. I
-111 lli iiieiiii to hii v that it will restiirM m.
A.. IS Ldown constitution, or drive rheuma-
L ji the liinlis, or neuralgia from tho
I ,ul or pleurisy from the side; but I do
. that it givea one kuch habits and
Illgdon "Oin h cimditiiin as Is most fnvor-
otVu'L'rt ry'oal healtlk That I believe,
, . 1 avow. Kverybodr knows that
local f of spirit is good physical advan-
i loom, unrest, deject inn are at war
Iufr... I .1... I I
VvrV Jt3S.;, .. o& till 1L1II1.X. U lOMCI'4
tlw vitality, it s iu-kenstlio circulation, while
l Maration of spirit pours the very balm of
he ven through nil the currents of life The
jim of itiv i unty which Mimetiines hover
or an Unreifenerate man. or imiiiiipm mum
,'iim with the blast of ten thousutid trumpet
jui iiuw, lie st. iiepieiing nun niost ex
.tianstiiig, while the feeling that all things are
wuraiug logeiuer ior my gooi now, and for
ny evci lasting welfare.is conducive to phya-
LSI tlflBllll,
You will observe that Ood!inos Inducea
ndustry, which is the fotmdution of irnrul
health. There is no law of hvgietie thta will
Ukeop a luy man well. 1'leurisy will stab
hiiu, rrysipvlna will burn linn, jaundice will
discolor him, gout will cripplu him, nnd the
intelligent tilivsicinn will tint ne.Mu.fil a mil,.
septic, or febrifuge, or anodyne, but saws,
and lianiniers, and yardsticki.'and crowtmrs,
aim pu naxes. Itiereis no such thing as good
phymciil condition will out )i! ive wtirk of
fcoine kind, although you nIioiiM sleep on
down of wun, or rule in carriage of softest
u- i -lerv, or nave on vour ihi.Ih nil h, Iik.
uri mat were noured from tlm
ll ''t...'lil Hid Slur:!- Our reliiMitn
C i. t. tue bank! nwnytothe Held: awav
tie si.,.,! awav to the factory! do some
th ti. ti.i; il enlist all the energies of your
p'l. I' u i and soul." "liiligent in Lust-
- ' ' t in spirit. Kt rvmg tlia lord:"
' ' I the bare hack ol ttie idlor nnd
.11. down the sharp lash of the npos
i"sits: -ir any man will not work,
- I he eat."
" i in orttitit In this day. when so
: " s nbtut nnntomy and hvs ology
l -utics an. I some new ktylo of
evi r and anon spring tnr uiwi
nt you should understand that
ho.l of imdii iiiti is tlies. Iioiil of
' ' ' ' ' h declares that "fioijlimxs is
. to all things, having tliu promise
'it now is as well as that which
!o if you start out two men in
' ' ' nth eipial physical health, and
' ' r i in shall get the religiou of the
hr.st in his heart, and the other
' 1 it. thnitiio who Incomes a son
VliniKhty will live the longer,
ijt fo will 1 latisfy thets and show
' 1 1 ' nark that Godliness Is good for
.1. 1 know some have supiiowHl
Jllt O. s.iii as . m,... ... i... ' .i..
r l. ,? . ,,u ,,,,0"x-t K into a I.
" tig ni'M. h-o far from that, reliirlon
lartl? ,A ""'""n'-y K the Intellect, new
will mt i 'ii'iglnatiou, new force to
f11 "re ut wh c i 11i,w.i1 iiil.....!
T'Khtst torch. Th rf..
r 1 l,r,st H the fount It it nut nt l.i,.l.
nag bos
Iipitl its clearest draught,
iredforth no such inspiring
Helicon
m as th,
r"'of ti.:
"" w irom uinler the
'ur as crvstaL lt.illi-i,.n l.,.w
1 B-w rn,
v to l'o.sv. weeninir lit 1 ir
Thoughu," teaching in
llaiuieg m (.Miarles W.-s
fl'w's"Tu
hyma
and rushing with
lldor thritinri,
I'm,ll
V okL" 'I he religion of
i in studio and iu gab
aticaii, the best pictures
I9 Christ h..
I'Hsrtandr
Visa's -A,-
jittion,-' l',Bl
on," Huphael's "Trana-
V"It scent from the
iiliif Hush." ami An.
r "U.t jUli
Juilmn
music of
I" Hsiitlnl'i
iteiigion has mads
rid Haydn's "Crev
H ' I it pcsmiij
in," Mozart's. "He
at religion which
fucn indestru,
U llfUlU mi.,,.
monuments, anil
f of worldly
le highest proiuon-
nave any ifocC
F'liwi! .Nuw. I m
ilevation and en-
l.t inenui lllt.lplni:
nu liodlioeas aa
Iter than belles-
,-K..rayiile UsU
Mh harnea th. ,,!
lhrirti.,. bt-tter t
ter than maths-
K all intricacy
niuiouiamnai
llH and victory.
i if snow mm the
e ml lutti.i
t It Will n i. .,
iriUt and show
VT. ' flories i
M of a wate,-!,!,.
I undttr th
.-o with the
where Ood
prlds, that
Veriug Ilia
atues.
r..onlCreat
k n.ww,.'""of he
. , . "t lie
utlii them Mil
Again t remark that Godliness Is profit-'
able for one's disposition. lord Ashley, lav
fore he went Into a great Itattle, was h.r.
to offer this prayer; ) lord, I shall lie very
busy to-day; ir I forget Thee, torget me not
With such a Christian di.osition aa that, a
nian Is Independent of all circumstances.
lurp.ety will have a tinge of our natural
t-moei ani-nt, (. If a man Isi cross and sour,
and fretful n .orally, afior ho becomes a
Christian fss will always have to ls armml
against the telielllon of the evil inclina
tions; but religion has tamed ths wildest
nature; it has turned fretfulness into grati
tude, despondency Into good cheer, and those
who were hard and ungovernable and un
compromising have been made pliable and
conciliatory. Good resolution, reformatory '
effort, will not effect the chnuga. It takes a
mightier arm and a mightier hand to IhmvI
evil hahita than the hand that bent the how
Of Ulysses, and it takes a stronger lasso than
ever held the bulfalo on the prairie. A man
cannot go forth with any human weapons
and contend successfully against these Titans
armed with tip torn mountain. Hut you have
known men into whose spirit the inlltieni-e of
the Gospel of Christ came, until their dis
position was entirely changed. Ho it was
with two merchants in Now York. They
were very antagonistic. They had done ail
they could to Injure each other. They were
m the same line of business. One of tho
merchants was converted to God. Having
been converted, he asked the Ixir.t to
j teach him how to bear himself toward
that business antagonist, nnd he
I was Impressed with the fact thnt it was his
I luty when a eust uiinr nk I fur ccrttlti
' Kinds of goods w hich be ha I not, but which
he knew his opponent had, to recommend
him to go to that store. 1 aupfiose that it
al nt the hardest thing a mm couM do: but
btlng thoroughly converted to Go I. he re
solved to do that very thtiig.nnd Iwmg inked
f(i a certain kind of goods which he had not
he'snid: ' You go to such mid such a store,
i anl you will get it." After awhile, merchant
. milliner two lound the customers rnmuw
, so sent, and he found also tint nc reliant
nuinlM-r one had b i brought to tiol.nnl
he sought the stinu relil ti .Now they urn
good friends and go. si neigldniis, the grace
of Go I ent.relv di ul'iu.r their dis;t.isitinti
i "I lh," says some one, - have a roinfli,
; JngKel, iuis-tuotis nature, nnd iclcuion can't
tio anything lor me ' I vni know that
' Martin I .til li- r an I 1'cib.i't Newt ci mul K.. Ii
i ard Haxter went uni.'in.ii, nil-con ...i mii
natures, yet the grace of l.od tiirne 1 tli. iu
into the mightiest tts,.( ulnesl A miinut ic.
turer cares lint erv I ttle lor a sttvitu that
lowly runs thro'.i):ii the turn Inn , but a strung
, torrent that lea) from rock to rock,
and rusliet w ith mad energy through the
j valley and out toward the sea. Along that
river you will tlnd fluttering shuttles nnd
I grinding mill nnd Mashing water wheel. And
a natuie, the smites t. the most rugged and
the most tremendous, that is the tmiiire litkt
turns into grcntcst usefulness. Gh, how many
I who have leu pugnacious, and hard to
plcas. an I ims 'ilile, mid more bothered
j nlsiiit the limb) in their neighbor'! eye than
I niHiut tt. Is. nn like ship timln'r in their own
I eve, who h ivo leii entirely changed by the
i grace of ti.nl. and have found out that "lio l
! Iiiiest Ispro'ltable for th" life that now is as
well as tor the life which is to come."
A jain I remark that relmion is good for a
; man's world iy inismess. 1 know the geiittrnl
I theory is, the more business the less religion,
tlio more tebgion the less business. Not so,
I thotu-ht ir Hans, in h s iliography of n
Cliristuiu .Merchant." whim ha says: "lie
grew in grace the last six years m his life
I more than tit nn tlm.t in Ins lifo; during
those six years he had moro busln -si crowd
in him than at nny other time ' In other
' wtirds. the more worldly business a man hus,
I the more i.pHirtmnty to serve God. H
religion exliilarat- or retard worldly busi
1 nest." is the the practical ipiestiou for you to
; ilisctiss. Iloes it hum like n mortgair over
the farm; I it a had debt on the ledger? is
it a lien against tin estate? lines it crowd
the tloor through which customers t ome for
broadcloths and silks' Now, religion will
hinder your business if it be a bed bus.ness,
or if it lie a good business wrongfully con
ducted. If you tell li b 'hind the counter,
if you use false weights and measure, if you
put sun. I in sugar, and beet-juice In vinegar,
anil UH In hatt.r. sn l -, tnr ima tidiiK t.'.at
which is another thing, then religion will in
terfere with that business: but a lawful
business, lawfully conduct-l, will find the
religion of the Lorl Jesus Chrict iU mightiest
auxiliary.
Iteligiou will givnnn equipoise oT spirit, it
will keep you from ebullitions of temper -utul
you know a great many line busiiuwset have
lss,i, blown to atoms by bml temper -it will
keep you from worrime"it alxiut freijuent loss,
it will keep you industrious nnd urompt. it
will keen you back from s pinn leritig and
dissimtioii, it will give you a kiu.lue
or spirit which will be easily dUtinguislij-l
' from that mere store court, sy which,
hakes hands violently witii you, ask
ing about the health of your family when
there is no anxiety to know whether your
I child is well or sick! Hut the anxiety "is b
: know how ninny dozen cambric pocket
j handkerchiefs you will take nnd pay cash
' down. It will prepare vou for the practical
duties of every-dny life. I do not mean to
' wy that religion will make us financially
' rich, but 1 do say that it will give us, it
will assure us. of n comfortable sustenance
at the start, a comfortable siilwistonoe all the
I way through, and it will help us to direct the
. the bank, to manage tho trull In, to conduct
' all our business mutters, and to make the
most iusiL'nllicant alfjirof our life a matter
I of vast imiKirtanco glorilled by Christian
( principle.
I In New York citv there wn n merchant
hard in his dealings wjth his fellows, who hid
! written over Irs biiiilciiig.honse. or his count
j ing-hoiisn room: "No compromise" Then
I when tome merchant got iu a crisis and went
: down no fault of his, but a conjunction of
j evil circumstance and all tho other mer
chants were willing to compromise-they
would take soventy-llve cents on tho dollar,
I or llfty cents, or twenty cents coming to
1 this mini last of all, he sail: "No compio
I mise; I'll take one hundred cents on the dob
lur, and I can alford to wait." Well, the
i wheel turned, nnd after a while that man
I was in a crisis or business, and he sent out
j his ngents to compromise, nnd tho agents
said to the merchants: "Will you take llftv
cents on the dollar!" "No.'' "Will you
tuke anything" "We'll take one hundred
cents on the dollar. No compromise." And
the man who w rote tho inscription over his
counting-house die. I in destitution. Oil,
j we want more of the kindness of
; the (iospd and the spirit of love in
our basiness enterprises! How many young
men have found in the religiou of Jesus
Christ a practical help! How many there
are iu this house today who could testify out
of their own exs3iiein o that Godliness is
profitable for tho lifo tint now is. Thcro
were times In their business career when
thuv went here for help, and there for help,
and yonder for help, and got no help until
they knelt before the i-ord crying tor I1U
deliverance, and tho Ixml rescued them.
Iu a bank not far from our great metropo
lisa village bank an ollioer could imt bal
ance his accounts. He had worked at them
day after day, night alter night, an 1 bo was
ick nigh unto death us a result. He knew
he hud not taken one farthing from that
bank, but somehow, for some reason inscru
table then, the account wouldn't balance.
The time rolled on, and the morning of
the day when the boo',s should pass
under the inspection of the other otHcor
arrived, and he felt himself in awful sril,
conscious of his own integrity but unable to
prove that integrity. Thai morning he went
to the bank early, and he knelt down before
God and told the whole story of his mental
anguish, ami he said: "O Ixrd. I have done
right; I have preserved my integrity, but
here I am about to be overthrown unleaj
Thou should come to my rescue. 1-ord, de
liver me." And for one hour he continued
tho prayer before God, and then he rose and
went to au old blotter that he had forg.HUm
all aliout. lie opnned it and there lay a sheet
of figure which ho only needed to odd to
another line ot figures -some lino of figures
he hud forgotten, and knew not where he
had laid them and the accounts wore
balanced, and the I .ord delivered uiin. You ure
an infidel if you do not believe it, Ths Lord
delivered him. God answere.1 his prayer as
He will answer your prayer, (J man off busi
ness, in every crisis w hen you come t Hun.
Now, if this be so, then I am Mirsuaded, no
ycu are, of the fact that the vast majority of
C hrlstiant do not fu!W test the value of their
religion. They are like a farmer in Cali
fornia, with tifie-n tho:isnid mow of coo l
wheat land and cnttnring only a quartr of
an acre. Way tbt you not iro forth and
maie the re I ji n of Jesus t 'hrlsi n pra -tlenl
alf sir every il iy o' your business life nnd
all this year, i e .inning now. an I to-nv.rr.w
morning putting Into practical effect this
holy religion and demonstrating In vonr life
that Godliness is pfolltnole here us wll oa
hereafter f
How can yon get alon without thts re
ligion) Is your physuvil health so good you
do not want this divine tonlcf la your mind
o clear, so vast, so comprehensive that you
do not want this divine inspiration! Is your
worldly business so thoroughly established
that you have no use for that religion which
has Ussn the help nn I deliveranceof tens of
thousands of men In crise of worldly
trouble And if what I hive said this morn
ing is true, then you so whit a fatal blunder
it is when a man a I journs to lire's expira
tion the uses of religion. A man who poet
nonee leliginn to sixty vears of age gets re
ligion llfty years too lite. He may get Into
the kingdom of God by final rcientani, but
what can compensate him for a
whole lifetime unnllevi.ited ami tin
comforted! You want religion today
In the training of that child. You
will want religion to-morrow in dealing with
that Western customer. You wanttsl re
ligion yet"rday to curb your temper. Is
your at in strung enough t" Uat your way
through the lloo is' t an you without Is'lng
encased In the mail of t-o I s eternal help go
forth amid the assault of all hell's sharp
shooters Can you walk a one ritim these
crumbling graves and amid these gaping
earth pinkos.' Can you, waterlogged and mnst
iivored,outlive:h"galef Oh, how many tlier"
have t een who, nstpoiiiiig the religion of
Jrsus Christ, have plunge I into mistakes they
nevcrcouMcorr s t althou -h they lived eighty
years after, and like sersMiti crushed under
cart-wheels, dragging then- in iulel bo lies
Under the rocks to lie; so tin se men have
fallen under the . le-e .' nwful an.i'v,
crushe I here, destrnye I forever, whila a vitst
Inultit.l le of tubers h.no taken the reiimn
Of Jesus Christ into everyslny life, nut first.
In practical business ntfinrs, and e .udly,
on the throne of liesv. n y triiiinpli, hnv. il
ItistraNsl. while angels i sike I on mi l n imi
vet?iit approved, the glorious truth that
"I Midline's is proiitaiile utilo nil things, hav
ing the promise of th" iit" which now is as
Weil US Of tllltt which is to r,e."
TEJII'EUAXCE.
"It'a Nothintt t" Mf.n
"It's not'diu tome," the mother said,
"I hsve no fear that mv boy Will tread
. 'I heilowiiMiii d nth of sin and shame,
' An I crush mv le art and durkcn h;s name."
. It was sntiiethtn; to her when her only son
' Ir.. m the path oi right wasiarly won
And tna llv cast m tl e l!o,ving lowl
i A I nine I i isly nn I slnjie recked souL
J "It's ni thiti; t m t," the young man cried;
: In his i yes was it flush of scorn end pride
I "I heed not the dreidlul things you tell;
I can lule inyseif, I know lull Wi II."
I
. M wnssntnetliin ; to him w hen in prison ho lay,
I The ictiiu ..( , h i nk li.'e ebbing away
I As he 1 1 on, lit .f the w relci e l child mid w ife,
j And llie iiniiirn'iil w reck of h;s wasted life.
I "It's notlnti-' to ine," the voter sal I,
' "The patty's loss is mv greatest dread,"
I lien he e,i e h s ote ior the Inpii.r trade.
Though hearts wi ra ci uslusi mid drunkards
ma .e.
It wns sotnefhing to him in after life,
When his daughter became a drunkard's
w Pe,
And l.er liini-r.v children er e I for bread,
An I tiembiM t to hear their father's tread.
The Yt'tlirtsMr tlm Saloon.
rlpsaking of the Sunday saloon, Andrew
Tatum. agrnt of the Citizens' league, Chi
cngo, said a lew tfays ago:
"It is the wifeand mother who has to suffer
from the .Sunday saloon, it is the undeserv
ing ntiu he pless who are made its victims. I
remember one case of that kind. It was over
in the I'tstplaines street police tmirt, A good
looking young man wus in the dock churged
with drunkenness nnd disorderly conduct.
His wife nps Hiel agan st him, a young wo
man with a buby in her arms "A lttjr
husband and a kinder father anil a moro in
dustrious and capable workman never lived
than my husband when the licpior is out of
him. All through the week we live happily,
end ho is solior because he is busy. Hut when
(Sunday comes he has time and money, and
w hen he gets drunk he abuses me and the
children till hs is that stupid he falls asleep,
I tlreud to have Sunday come.' Her name is
Mary lingers. Think of it! In a land called
Christian the laws tor the protection of the
people ure ignored, nnd the fhr.stinn Sain
bath that most viple look to as a day of rest
and comfort, a day of reducing, is made a
dreadful thing and a terror to the helpless.
And there ure ten thousand such women as
Wary Itogers in Chicago."
Temperance News and Notes.
The W. C. T. V., of Tennessee, is actively
engaged in work for the colored sjpiilation.
Mere than lio.ooo children of school age iu
the city of t 'hicngo ure ulJ to be ad iicled to
the use of strong drink.
A wide awake Loyal temperance lyglou
Is connected w.th near y every local Woman's
Christ iun Tempera no I'ulon in Nevada.
A children's organization, comp.ised of
nboiit ten thousand ineinbei-s, is connected
with the Norwegian Total Abstinence So
ciety. Kighty-flve per cent, of the whole numlior
of churches in the state of New Y'ork, now
use nnlerniented wino, un advance of liftren
ler cent, over lust year.
Coder a retail licenso fee oft 1 000 at At
lanta, ta., according to ths C'oai'i uion,
there are nearly as many sahmns us before,
and more drunkenness exists than in all the
previous history of the pluce.
Thomas Jefferson said: ''To the use of
ardent spirits is to bo attributed much evil
legislation, if I were again pluce.l in a posi
tion to do so, my first question to a candidate
forolllee would be: "Jio you dr.nk ardent
pints' "
A Aukland, New Zealand, the Hoard of
F.ducatiou recently passed a resolution re
quiring a half hour's lemis'rance 1-sson to be
taught each week iii all the pubiin schools of
the district. Thu law comes into force next
April.
" When you feel a course is wrong,
And conscience tells you so;
Though a friend should bid you err
He firm, and answer Not
Thus, in every step of life,
A good example show.
Nor tear to seak that littlo word
No! No! No!"
In the light against tho saloons, men are
being captured every duy by the seductive
influences which liquor-sellers know howls
throw around them. Homo duy these modern
i'bilistiues may capture a Salmon, who will
pull down the pillars of avarice and npwtite,
and then the whole structure thut keeps up
the tralllo will c,ivi way.
j here are thirty ruin shops to every school
throughout Western Hiber.a and thirty-live
rum-shops to every school throughout Fast
em Siberia, and In a country whore there
exists such a disproportion between the
facilities for education and the facilities for
intoxication, one t annot reasonably expect to
find cloun, orderly or prosperous villages,
ay George Ketinuu in Cmturu.
A striking commentary on why the saloon
don't go is furnished by an incident which
occurred ut IHackburn, Koglund. A bouse
wus built for a laser shop at an expense of a
thousand pounds. A wealthy man living
near ths intended public house objected to a
license being granted. The magistrates re
fused tiie license as long as this rnau lived
there, but whsn he left, although a petition
signed by several hundred jHsrsons wa pre
sented, ths working people objecting to the
demoralising influence for their childreu, Jet
the Uoente was Immediately granted.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Woitlrrful Word.
Wonderful words, our Father has given,
Bent to show plainly the pathway io heaven;
Wonderful Hible, so simple that even
A child can understand.
Wonderful words, in simple and plain,
Yet, as we read them again and again,
How they grow deeper! and who can retain
Fully, their meaning to grand f
Wonderful book and more wonderful lov
Gently descending on wings of a dove,
From the bright glory and beauty above,
Down to this sin-darkened land.
Wonderful! Wonderful! How ran It lief
Wonderful homo that Is waiting for me.
Wonderful glory, our glad eyes shall see.
When we are at his r.ght hand.
(Anna K. Kydor.
Wasted Ycnra.
What a remarkable promise that Is of the
Lord to his repentant jsmple: "I will restore
to you the years thnt the locust bath eaten,
the canker worm, tho caterpiller. and tho
nnlmer worm " The past years of unfruit
fulness may lie restore I.
Christian, it may l that with you tho mm
Is going down. 'You have but one lifo to
live. Count up the yenrs of your Christian
life that the locust of worldlincsa nnd the
canker worm of tho care of tho world, nnd
the caterpillar of sinful pleasure, and the
palmer worm of secret sin have devoured
and made unfruitful! How dreary the re
cord I Can they Ih restore I to you I There's
the promise. Claim it. Kly to Christ.
Henceforth know nothing anion,; men but
htm cruc lied.
Iie unto tho world. Live unto righteous
hess. I'ray for the restoration of these do-
I vourcd years. It III iy be that even you miT
reap a harvest that will tin. Iden your heart
I through nil eternity. There is no tinii tor
anything else. IChapliim C. C. M'c'utsj.
Agra lo Come.
"That In the ntes to come he mlcht show
the exceeding rices of his grace (a kindness
toward ui in Christ Jusus." Kph. 2:7,
: (K. V.)
"The ages to come" what a wonderful
I pros tct I How shall we. the short-lived nnd
' short sighted children or time, hear to In .k
j Into the heights nnd depths of that eternity
called by .St. l'ltul tha "ages toc unel'' Ail
wo can know is bv divino revelation, nnd tho
I glimpse here n If or led us ns to the glorious
I future of God's ssplo is ns elevating to tho
spirit ns it Is comforting to the heart. In
! that grout future (lot will bevo a work to
I do; He will show His eoplo that which they
i could not npprelieml or understand now. All
j that can hero Ih known of the cxenslmg
j riches of His grace is poor c iiuparud to whnt
has yet to I revealed "In kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus." Thn centuries
' of time ure not long enough to show nil this;
i it requires the "ages to come'' f. r its full
i display. The work nci-ouiplishisl by Christ
j in His li'e mid iu His death was in one seti-o
ended when on the cross llecried, "It is lia
Ishe ll" let its glorious results shall know no
end; the "ngoi to come" will only unfold
! more of their "exceeding richet."
How -trango thnt we allow otu selves to be
engtosxsl with the fires ,-if this life even to
' Its most petty trilles, wiiile such n prospect
as this Is set lsfor- us! How s.ul that wo
I should break our hearts over the losses nnd
I crosses of n day, ni tl forget "the exceeding
; riches of His grace " to bo shown in tho
"ug to comet" 11 be Sunday at Homo.
Ho the Next Thln-r.
A writer in tho Kvnugelist nlYors this sen
sible pusso of advice to the great multitude
of sople who nro Inclined to cross bridge!
U lore they come to them:
There are more persons who worry about
matters that belong nltt.gellier to tho future
thnn there are who are enxioutto do well
,'he duty of the present moment. If we
j w'. hi id simply do aiwnys the next thing, we
I should lie relieved of all j-rplexity. This
would also insure our doing well whatever
God gives us to thn, Instead of lisiklng far
I on for our duty, w i should then find it
always close Issforo us. Instead of trying
to make out what wo ought to do next year,
or six yenrs hence, wo smcild ask only what
we shall do the pr. sont hour. Instead of
Iwking for oar duty in luge sections, wo
should then receive it in detail. The law of
divine guidance is "tcp by Mep." One
who carries n lantern on a count y ro id at
night sees only one step before him If ho
tikes that, he carries ids lanteiu foiward,
and thus mnkes nnother step plain. At
length he reaches his destination in safety,
without once stepping into darknnst. Tlio
whole way has been inn. in light for him,
though only a single step of it at u tun".
This illustrates tho usual method of God's
guidance. His Word "is u lamp unto the
feet." It is a lamp, not a hinging sun, not
venn lighthouse, but a plain, common
lamp or lantern which one can carry ulsait
in his hand. It is a lamp "unto the feet,'
not throwing its Is anis afar, not illumining
a hemisphere, but shining only on the one
little bit of road on w'hich thu pilgrim' feet
are walking.
Praying nml Working.
There is the closest relutioii sulwisf ing bo
tween elToctual prayer and earnest work.
No one can come lo nn habitual cxpcrienco
of pluyer who is willing to 1st a slothful ser
vant. No ono can work for God without
drawing His strength directly Irom Him in
heavenly intercourse. The' Hev. Andrew
Murray, in his recent liook, entitle I With
Christ in the Schuol of l itiyur, ti ulhfully
ays:
"He that would do the works of Jesui
must pray in His name. He thnt would pray lo
His name must work in His name. Alasl
how much working there is in the work ol
God, In which there is little or nothing to 1st
en of the ower to do anything like Christ'!
works, not to smak of greater works. Thors
can be bet one reason; tn believing on Him,
the believing prayer in His iisiiih, this is so
much wanting. Ktrectuul working neodt
first effectual prayer.
"And now for tho second lesson: He who
would jiroy must work. It is in working
thnt the power for the cAV-tuul prayer of
faith will bo gained. It is the tliscipU who
Kivtsi uimsvii wiiony to nve ror Jesus s work
and kingdom, for His will and honor, to
whom the power will come to appropriate
the promises. He that would fain grasp the
promises when ho wants something very
special for himsolf, will be disappoint!!, be
cause he would luuku Jesus the servant of
his own comfort Hut to him who seeks to
Iiray the effectual prayer of faith, because
letieedsitforthe work of tho Master, to
him it will Iss given to learn it; Imcuuso ha
has msdo himself the servant of his Lord's
interests. 1'ruyer not only teaches and
strengthens to work; work toachus and
strengthens to pray. "
The) Danger of Oder.
It Isu great temptation for farmers' boyi
lo have cider lo which they can huvit con
tinual nee, si in the cellar. Many a tiruukiird
began his slavery to strong ilnnk by going
to thu cider barrel in fio cellar of the old
farm-hou.se. A cider-drunkard is su.tl to l
the crosscst kind of a drunkard. I'erhups
you farmers can tako a glass of cider now
ami then, and stop there; but oil uiuy have
men in your employ, or bovs giowiug up,
who will take more than thx'y ought to. The
strong must put no burners in the way of
tho weak. If you put cider in your ceilurs
keep it for vinrgar, an I vou will always
have a pure urticie on iiami to put up your
pick Irs with and use for your ork and
beans.
At a recent meeting of the Scottish Tem
perance Leaguo, Mrs. Mair, who has beeu
engaged in mission work iu Africa, told bow
she remonstrated with a chief for uccepting
a present of rum und giving it his people.
'The chief replied by asking her a question to
which she had no answer. He said: "lon't
the rum come from the same country that
Gist's Word comes fromf If we are to receive
God's Word from that country, why cannot
we driult God s rum to muku us feel good I"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
M SSON IOII JAXUAltY la
A Pabbath In t lie lifo of Jesus,
Mark I, !2I fU. Golden Text,
titike Ir. 10.
After the baptism of Jesus by John In .for.
dnn, Ha wns led bv the Spirit Into the wilder
I lees to hn tempted of the devil and was there
forty davs; by the sword of tho Spirit the
enemy was overcome anl compelled to tlee
and angels mluistere I unto Jesus (vs. I .', Hi.
Then Jesus returinsl n, the power of the
Spirit totinliltHstl.il. iv, lb; nml wherever
we see Him in all His earthly life He js goini
al out s)saking and working in the power of
thn Holy Spirit (Actsx. ;is. There isno way
for us to live a Christian life- that is, ths
life of Christ in tin sc mortal bo lu s -but by
Ifing emptied of self nn I tilled with the
Same Holy Spirit,
'.'I. "And they went Info f 'nrnntitn.'
John the Hapiist was ut tics tune in prison,
nnd Jesus was st mewhere in the latter pur!
n His first yenr s ministry. The work i.
John, though requiring so long n preparation,
years in the w ,Mci m ss, nun seemingly so
short nml ititsii iS'ssful. is now nearly oer
lie has but to tarrv it little m prison. aii l p es
from there out to his lied and Father. .Icsih,
the mightier thnn John, go- forth to lbs
Work w ith tlese lew fisherm .ti us the begin
ning of His followers, only to be roi-ted an I
hated ns John was. i M'iiH. x vn.," P.'.' lilt
the work goes on th Ushers of in n are inure
busy to dav thnn eer In lore, the tui-nU r of
Ills elect out of all llllll. lis isbcill.- I nillpiete 1,
tie mirriage of th" I niub driws n.gi,',
nn I He shall see i.fihe tiavidnf lli-.s..u
llll.l be satl-liel; tll.ll shlil we see lint
neither th- work of Joliu. nor th pr .phe! .
who Were I .lore In ill. nor tnt work of Jesus
Christ or the least of His laithttil fol,,. rs
llllS I cell ill Sliv sense or ill the leat ilegr- t
in vain; it is ours to I e lil'e l with t. e sp'rit
nnd I e faithful unto Hun. coveting only His
Approval, s e',;iii.; only Ids glory, "mi l
iraiglitwny on th Sa'ibatlidav I nleie I
into the syiia.im and taught. ' Th.s ,s III
lilth tune in this chapter that we tin 1th"
word "strni .-hi ay ' or "itiinic liatcly,'' w In. h
reminds in how we are to act in servants ot
Christ; we are tod i not only heartily I ut
quickly whatever our h in I. tin I tod , for
"to bun tied kiiotteth to .lo .-ood an I ibs-th
it not, to It i in it issin.'' ,,las. iv., I i.i
'J.'. "He taught thetn as one tint ha I n'l
thority.'' N t w ith the w isiloni i f in. n. ior
Hn bil l Hot been til their schoiCs. I III th
the wisdom ut liod, for lie wns nn. I ,s
"Christ," the power i f God, and the wi- loni
of God." 1 1 I or. i., '.'I.i
V'i. "There was in their sviiaco.-ii" u in ri
with tin uncle iu spirit." Strange p ...c ii r
such u sTson. and yet to ilay 1 1 c c m c such
Jsu haps in everv coiim-i.gatioii an I m in mv
a Siin lay m IiihiI class, i .vil s;.,rils p,,.,,,
and sK .ik, iiii.l net thn uj.li ne n mi l w.iuieti,
boys mi I g.rls. ns lunch as otcr. an I a man
or woman w ith an un Iran spirit m iv ol b-u
be f mil I iinn ug preaehers and le i. hers, lor
whosis.ver is not holy w im. 1 .1111.
"I. "I et us alone." What an we thin!, of
those w ho lioar the name of I I r st, uiel vet
do not want t'l bear of being li.le I w ith the
Hunt, ih il l to the world, sis. king lost souls.
Seinin g or going to the ihu k places of the
('tilth with the glad ti lings of .lesus. but
wh. li urged to Is- w holly the Lord s, an I lnvii
and serve Him with the who'e lieirt, giving
more tune to prnver nnd Ihble study, replv
by ihssls if not iu winds: "Let iis nlonel'
I 'im'S it not s.s.in as if the micleati spirit win
there in s. 'ine form ' What have we to
do with This, 'Ihoii Jesus of Nnnreth-"
Well, ladicver, how inlieii have vou. or
In oii want to h ive to ilo w.th .le-us of
Na-ar.tlif it vour utiswer ilecide what
aiantier of spirit is in you; mil until
you can say to Him ".Mv soul lo .getli for
I'Ihs'," you have not n right spu n. "Art
Tnou come to destroy us;" Yes, Jesus caiun
to destroy tho works of the devil; we have
promised to renoiiiico the world, the flesh
and the devil: let us piste ,"'Vi! V1T Vl'T. "I
know Thee, who Thou art, the Holy liuoof
litsl." The demons know II in und in a sense
Is'liove In ll.ni, I nl it docs n it profit them.
'1 he only know ledge of, and Isd.ef in, Hun
that prollls. is when it l a It t i n whole
licnrtisl leu ptinu of, and suiiiiiission to, I am
as tine's own Saviour and l.or.1.
'St. "Jesus rebuked him.'' not the m ill but
the evil spirit. If when we hear s-.ple say
unkind and cruel things we would leinein
I er that if they only had the spirit of t 'hrist
In them. isststslng them fully, tin y would
not talk so, it would help us pity mi l pruv
for them. Instead of lsing ungrv at them;
ml again, when wo hear ssipe av trim
things uboii' Jesus, us tins evil spirit did, wo
must not take thiitiisevidence that they sav
ingly know Hun.
:.'h. "When the unclean spirit had torn
Him, nnd cried with n loud voice, he came
out of him." ill illg collilllUlnl'tl bv Jesus
the evil spirit must nis-v . Hn casts them out
with His word. If you have an et il spin! of
Unbelief or pride or self cstc m or worldli
iu.s, you will nut get rid ol it by trying, but
ju-t come to Jesus und Ho with His word
will cast it out. It may tear you nnd hurt
you to lose it, and there may Is. quite u no sit
bout it, but the temple is tiie Lord's und it
must I e wholly His.
T. "With authority coinmittidetli He even
the unclean spirits, mi l tliey do obey Him."
This is, indec I, something new: here is one
who is might. it thnn the devil nnd his
angels, and they must oliey Him when He
Mtnks; mid they are iima"ii and M'i-plexisl
at this apparently humble und unknown
man, or known only us tho carM-uter of
.Nazareth. He is more than man, for no
man is as strong ns the tlevil, but here is one
whom the demons must obey, so Hu must bo
more than man.
"Inline liutuly His fanio spread
abroad." If every one w hoso sins have been
fiirgiveii was truly thankful toli.sl for such
a pi I. eless blessiiii:, tbs s it not seem thnt they
ought to 1st ready to tell others that they,
too. might rcivivo forgiveness, and thiis
spr. nd abroad the fame ol Jesus! What are
ymi dniii, ilcir reader, to make Him known
tooili ns' or is it so that Ho has never done
iiinthing for ou win tn mentioning
'.' i II. From thn synagogue they go to the
home of Sim. in nnd Andrew, ,la mist and
Ji It n coiii- w ith them. It hud h en a strange
morning; never had such mi event hapisuii d
hi that synagogue before; the jsiwer of Gisl
had Iss'ii s.s'ii among them, for Jesus was
God manifest iu the flesh; nnd now as thev
walk tn Simon's home, who can tell
their feelings in view of these things
Were they awe I by the iimiufi-stat ion of
U -h power or were they tlllnl with joy lie
cause He had coiiiii of w hom the prophets
had sHikenf What does your own heart say
ns you remember that tint very same ono
says to you: "Lo I am with you always!" Is
Ho your joy and strength (inly let Him
take your hand and pusses your whole
bolyunl you shall Hud linn indeed your
life nnd light nnd joy.
II'.' ilk "All the city was gathered to
gether at tho door." What a company it
was, di scns-d und evil possessed, with their
friends who brought them; the siitferuig and
the anxious, all gathered unto Him, for in
the short space of a few hours the tidings
had gone well abroad that a mighty man
who could cast out devils had come among
tln iu. If every one among us v ho has heard
of Jesus and Utm hold by II m srould spread
abroad His fame disss it not see n as if our
Sunday schools and churches would lie tilled
too via (lowing!
81. "An l He healed m uiv. And
cast out many devils. ' Luke says that "Ho
laid His hum's on every one of them and
healed them." (Luke iv., -hli. There was
health In Him for thein all, nnd it was freely
given us they inssht.1, without money and
without price. We do not cVen read that
they hud faith to lie heulo I, although their
faith may la) inferred from the fact
of their coming; but we are sure
that there wero two great realities
very manifest, on their juirt a very
great and felt need, and on His part a very
great and overflowing fullness. He is just
the same to-day. He Is full and overflowing
with life and health nnd joy and pt-aco, and
if there was on our part a fait need and a
sincere coming to Him we would surely re
ceive of His fullness. God vrrant us a sense
of our used.
I And this was a Sabbath day' work: what
I A busy dav, and what untold light anr jor
; had come to hearts ami hoimsi which .miv
that morning had tm n full of sorrow anl
sighing. He had done it all, and that freelv-;
free ns heaven's air nnd sunshine and show
ers had Ih" blessings come to all tluste homes.
1 hero Is a Sabbath c mtiig to this world, and
there shnll lie nn more sickness nor pain nor
death, ts t aust He, this same Jesus of Nazi
reth, IIolv ( inn of God, shall le King over
all the earth. King or Kings and Iird of
Lords, Where will you Is) in thnt dnyf If
you will tmw receive Him ns vmir own Sav
lour, let Him ls y nir life and ior; vield
your lusty fully to Hnu that He may glorify
Himself through vnu: tin all Visi tun in
gratitude t Hun to pretid ahro-nl His fame,
then you shall surely Im with Him nml like
Him In thnt dav. an I reign with llitn over
tho earth, ministering unto Him, and to tho
Inhabitants of earth in His nnm. Lesson
i If'j er.
f nrlnslllos or Tjingritj)hy.
Tlio last issue of the London I'rin'inf
anii l''ir Tr le . rn i contains thres
ingenious lllustrnt. on. Iwoof llu-m innde
solely with lucres of tun Mile. Th
portrait of the old gentleman in spec
tin les is rrtiiiirknbly jjood It wns taken
by tho I (union .'miin i' frmn tlio illus
trated irosn t tus by Mcssis. I Ici.lenliaio
nil llolTiiiaiin, of I'rriin, printed j
Heir t'tisitiv l.'otlic of irniidc ii.. It if
about the neatest tliititr of its kiud w
have ever seen, lino it is:
I'cthns few coplc would pnicss tint
the i ar i attire licirwitli tlcpit led spell a
man's h.itnc. The ilni.lilc I'tm i . sli in the
cranium forma au L; tin- nose forms a
C: the upf.rr lin nn (. .... innntb sn
II
I ,','i'.Ti.,',.,i..'.r.1;'. .shizc:,: aw :.: .ono
chin nn N K. Col IN. This titiiv
i sL'tintiire is taken from the ;. ri Ai
' Yalirl'tfi'tr. the editor of whiih failed
however, toilccihcr the initial K.
It is odd how men will annet into licli
a lifo of self ri stramt und kindness ami
, good nature I iv u sin'e yieltling to ugly
i impulse. 'J'liere vere I)i iicons Almerthy
j nnd Taylor, for instance, both good men,
; both highly respected in the coiiitiiunitf.
and both deemed consistent Christum!
until there can.o the dilliculty ns to tho
tylo of tho new Iiiuimj of worship. It
was as pitiful tn it was ritllciilous to Be
these, two good inen "lighting over a
church." t'iVi(.n Timtt,
A Touch of Nattirul History.
tooleglcsU'
t'o to IipiI nt iiino o'clock. Sleep at
oni as you cun. I ut loss than your ap
petite ci uves. Get up from the table
feeling sprightly instead of stuffed. All
this w i I help you a'ong in life ainaing
ly and give you lots of thing to be
thankful for.
Nebraska contaus 71, 1 h.1 square
miles; was settled in Ib.'il at Oiuaha,
uud waiudtiiittcd iuto the I'uiou, Marcti
t, 1M17.
Tho Ilonng Ilo Hiter ii called '(. hia's
Sorrow because of its destructive cf
ficts,
" 'H
i k l.ltcnil llliislrutlon.
i
W 'WW
The professor and the
study,- Once a W'etk.