A MOONLIGHT RIDE '
...v op JERUSALKM.
. rn-of Nhmilli' VIU
to Jrruaai" j
n.. y rut no tn 'A' night 6
JiJl- rnl tiffti th wall nnd turned
A dead city i mow tugg.tUv. than a II"
I, . eliv-iswt Horn than PW-nt Home
'ln, .r.bir thin newly frescoed cathedral.
, . ih. tt it" to i't ruin I. by moon-
ii. TItX.ni is far ...or.f.seln..1,
' J th traveler after sundown then before.
v .. m. stand by daylight amid the monas
M ' M..ro4 Ahl.y. and study
Lk.rMl oriel and resetted stone and mullion,
the? r, their strong witchery by
Xl.t. P"n.. of you wnwrnhw what
the enchsnler or scoimni ... t..
Uftba last Mimlral:"
WoiiW"! IN n tw '' weirnse arign.,
Uo visit H l7 the pala aieonilxiit.
ra.huictoit Irving descrilsas tha And-
Wi moonlight P" ' Alhambra rums
i. .mniintinor to an enchantmint. My text
Iresents you Jernsa'em in ruin. Tha tower
Sowd The tm down. Tha wall down.
r(rrlhinF down. 'hemih on horseback,
lit m'omilucht looking upon tbt ruins. W liila
ri.ies. there r " friends on foot going
with hlrn for they do not want tlia many
fcorws to disturb tha suspicions nf
tha topl. These people do no know
ha ret of Nnheminh's hoirt, tint thay aro
toning w' "r ,M,,y cuard. I It '
f lirkin" hoof of tha horse on which Nf ha
rnith r'les.as ha guides It this way and that,
lem this cat and out of that, wlndng
Ihroiijili Ihnt (rata amid tha debris of once
frant JrTUal"lll. too norse nnnn to a
. i.-i - fl. fiiittl.l,l tiiinmnrv wlini-n lm
aaii nsi. ' . -
faiuiot No" "hit olf at tha charred
Jumliers Now lit com along where tha wa
rnn l'r tlia moonlight lnhM from I ho
ioutli of tha hrui-n dragon aftr which tlio
tl m noma I. IIarv henrt'd Nchantiuh!
jdilini II mid rut, now liy Ilia old horn!
io:ti'l, now ! tha defaoal lainiila. now
iinld I he mam of tho r.ty thai'. hJ Bona
owii iin lrr liatl-riug ruin and ronlii;ra
(ion. 'Jh wooriing aity known not what
Shm ah maaiH. lit ha (fottini; ria.-.y( Ilnra
liown irsonnl aorrowa, adiled to tho nor
own of the nntion, tinhalanraJ hU inUlla.'tl
till tha inidnl ;hl; exploration no nti
Cubruiiah nn liornehack ridea Ihronnh tin
lull Rule, by tha towar of tha furnacM, In
bit ICiuk'' ro l'T tl'" drafon wall, in nnc
mt. id unil out, until tha niiilnijlit rido ia
onipialtJ, and .Nrheuiiah dimnoiinti from
iia l.(r. and to tha omixad and runfimnUa I
ji.I inTfilulou body guard, doclaraa tha
il sev.-1'rt ol hia heart when ha xv:
'Come, now, let ui Imild .leruealoni."
'Wbnt, Nalieiuiah, bare you any inotmy''
'No.'' "Have yon any liitiKlf an
bority"' ".No." "llavo you any olo
uatiref ' "No " Yet that midnight, moon
glil ruin of Nahemiah ravulta 1 in thi glori
di nbiiddine of tbe city of Jnialuni, Tha
lopla knew not how the thing wa to li
ne, hut with Rieat (iithitiinnu thay rria I
it: "lf tiriaupnowanil build thacitv. '
rn ) pie lauuhrd and raid it eon Id not ha
tie. SMiie peoplo wera infuriate and of-
rat iiIivii.-bI rioltura, fnylne tha
kmc thould not ha done Cut tha
feoruineii wnt right on, standing
to tha wall, trowel in one hand
arnrd in tha other, until tha work waa
luriou.il " fomp'eted. At that, very time, in
r'. Xenolioit was writing a history.
mt IUU) wan making philosophy, and
mo-itbanea M rattling hU rhetorical
lundar, hut all of them together did not do
l much for tha world oa thia midnight,
ioonli(ht rido of prayiiiK.cotirogeou, home
rL, ctw mouthed Nehaniiah.
Mv ',in ect tlrat inipre.nea me with tho idea,
h a i'ii intanre thing la church affection.
i.v ' ,e bridle of that horee and atop Neha
Why are you riekliif your life here
t!i HKhtf i'our bone will atumbleoyer
mi Mil Ai.'i OA yj(f. Htop hia uao-
rip'xiure of your lite. No: Nehemiah
Ul ii' xtop. Heat laat telle ui the whole
, y I lo lela ua know ha w aa an exile In a
r d"l mt lend, and ha waaaaervant, o cup.
inrei m the palace of Artexerxea lxn((l
anil, and one duy, while he waa liandiug
cup of wme to the Klnif, the King aaid
him: ''What ia the matter with yout You
not nick. I kow you muat have tma
aat troubl. What ia tbe matter with
mr' Then he told the King how that ba
red Jerusalem wot broken down;
iw tlmt hia father' tomb had
wu ilMecrated : how that tha Temple ha t
len dishonored and defuced; how that the
plU were acattarad and broken. "Well,"
v King Artaterxen, "what do you wantf"
ft'ell." a:d the cupbearer Nebennah,
1 want to go hon e. 1 want to fix up
la grura of my father. I wont to re
(ore tha beauty of the Temple. I want
t rebuild the moHonry nf tha city wall.
:!, I want, pawporla ao that I Hhall
fil be huid'Tfd in my iournoy. And In
in that,'' you will I'm. I in thw context,
I nant an order on the mm who kep your
rent. f,r nnt ho much timber aa I muy need
the rebuilduiK of tlm citv." "How long
all you he gone''1 Naid'tlie lvinif. The
M of aU'iice i arrinel. In tot
l-te iIi.h hfrniin ndeiitui't' coinva
tenikaleni, mid in mv text we
id h ut on horiielMick, in the m.dniglit.
Situ urouud the rtiina. It ia t lit'oit tt I ho
ctac:,s of thin B' n that we discover the
dent atiacliiiient of Noliamiali for nucred
rumlani, whirl, in aii njeH (,, i)tt,n
a typj of tho church of Hoi, our
ru,ulHin. which wo lovo just us much
Nelieiinuh lov.'d liix Jeruaalaui.
le fm t is tlmt you love the church of (Joel
iiiucli that tlioro ia no aol on earth ho
rrcJ. unlets iv ii your own fired U. Tho
un h has boeu to you a i much comfort nnd
mmua'tnn ilia thare ia noth nc that
ain-t jf there have been timee when you
iye Un currie.1 into captivity by
kne. you lon-ed for the church,
' holy Jeruanlem. jmt as much ni
ihemiah longed for hia Jeruailom, and the
rt day you vme out you camo to the
( t.i.I,ord. When tho Temple waa
Jk, you walke I around and looked at it
a in the moonlight you atood liatrtulm; if
could not he.u- the voice of the dead
nn, the pialn, of the expired SaU
Mb. the church of (lol ia to you.
l Mfrlr' " roiio of the dark
a. a convention of ioo.lv eoo.lv nnnl..
I vo, r , '".,,,ros"0" ""J hv "f ed
lyour nnndaHin.t tlia church of Ool ii
Hutoly nothing You would ... ike m-.re
fniiai for it
iiuuy t.iuu for any
mil if it woro nel-
5' institution
f you would
UIU in Its dafancn
.""'.V'f 0f the kiny ".'
1 ' 'i v.," 'fi"tf"t thee, o J.ru Jem.
I my 1 ight baud forgot her eu.minu." V,
-ho. 11 ' V!"; ow" "lr.a. ce the
li In h,! i0,u,"'ii!!:'! tho'courago, tlio
tht u f'," of K!"nli In his mid-
P'nlZn o i: .ul t"!''th.M must he nn
5h a. e.n,miru.'!'' Wi,y wn8 N'0'
IliorJE, L 'r. tx-! Why w., ot
0I1 ,mtr.arrw'.thi' midnight r.dar
I Boi .it to Tr'' ? ' No- ihemiah
I mik?n r'.,I"1'1 th ci'r.
Val.on 1 . S,i Irlitiini- ex-
I :, . 111 lUle Kate, out that iraie
f 'ruiu ' Th.r"' 8utl,: All throSgU
r th, wofk o YT'" ''"Ploredlle.
? reawn0.' "-tructioi, can lioiin.
t. aPDan,. V " 'r. l"i Hum
'ore tha ri. .:;. ,"" not ITst
Ftiuu;. "?MT prate
taat there are
Tha
h uad ai uU'ibV;1.. JP-l.y w,ok;i.
f thay built! ti at iUo Wer l'iicat right.
,ur of reha r- t T.'W"VUPT
on mb.
atratutu of unrepealed aloa, The
trouble with a good deal of modern
theology la that instead of building on the
right foundation, it budde on the ilebrie of
an (inregenrate4 natnr. They attempt to
rebuild Jerusalem bslore. In the midnight of
conviction, they have een theghastlllness ot
thsrnni. Thay have auch a noir founda
tion for tha.r religion th'it tbe Hr.t northeast
storm of temptation lilowa then down. I
have no faith in tmn'a conversion If he Ii
not converted In the old fashioned way John
Uunyana way, John Weoley'a way, John
Ceivin'a my, Patla way, Chrisfa wv.
Ood'a way. A dentist onoi aaid to ma:
"Dose; that hurt!" Hald I: "Of course It
hurt. It it In your busmes as it it in ray
profesaion. Wo have to hurt bofore we can
help." Yon will never understand redemo
tlon until you understand ruin. A man tella
tne that aomo one la n member of the
church. It maket no impression on my mind
at alt, t limply want to know whether he
waa converted in the old fashioned way, or
whether he was converted in the new.
fashioned way. If he wa converted In the
old fashioned way he will stand. If he w
converted in the new faahioiiad way lie will
not atand. That ia all there Is about it A
man eomea to me to talk about religion. Tha
first question I ask him lit "Do you feel your
eelf to Is slnn'r1" tfhev: "Weil I
yea," the bantaiuy makes me fuel that tlmt
man wante a ride 011 Nehemiah'i horso by
midnight through the ruins in by the gate
of hia affections, out by the gate of hia will;
nnd before he has got through with that
midnight ride ho will drop the relgna on the
horses ne'k, and will ttke his right
hand and smite oil hia heart nnd say:
"Uod I merciful to me a tinner."
nui before he has stnlile.l hia horse he
will take his feet out ot the stirrups, nnd ho
wilt slide down nn the tcround. and he will
kneo). crying: "Have mercy on me, l Uod,
according to Thy loving kindness, a-cordini
1111(0 tho multitude nf Thy tn ler mercies;
b'ot out my transgressions, for I nciinowl
c.lgo my transgressions nnd my sins
lire ever Iwforo Thee.'' Ah, mv friends,
you sso this is not complimentary
comI. Thnt ia what makes some eo
pie so mad. It rooms to a man of a million
dollars nnd impenitent in his sins and says:
"You're n pauper.'' It comes to a woman of
fmre-t chock who has never 1'epentsd, nnd
any: "You're n sinner." It comes to n man
priding Intnse f on his independence ami savs:
"You ro bound hand and foot by the ilevil."
It comes to our entire race and says " You're
a ruin, a gl.nstly ruin, an illimitable rn.ii "
iitnii soniet lines says to me: "Why
do you preach that truth! Why
don't vou iirench n ifost.l witu
no repeutsnce in it! Why don't you fluttei
tnen'a beiirta so that you make them feel all
rightf Why don't you preach a humani
tarian gopl with no repentance in it, say
Inj nothing nbnnt tlio r.nn, talking all tha
limn about redtunpt ion:" I say: "(let thee
behind me, Katan." I would rut bet
lend five souls the right way than
twenty th' iiaiind the wrong way.
The redemption of the roswl ta a per
fect farce if tharo is no ruin. "Tho whole
tired not a physician, but thev that are sick."
"If anyone, though he be an angel from
heaven, preach by any other goepel than
thia," says tha apostle, "let him ! accursed.'
There limit be the midnight ride over the
ruins before Jerusalem can bo built. There
must lie the clicking of the hoofs before there
can be the ringing of tha trowels.
Again. My subject gives 1110 a sjiecimen
ot busy and triumphant adnea If thero
was any mun in the world who had a right
to mope and civo up ave--ytumg as lost, it
was Nehomiali. You say: "II was a cup
bearer in the ala' of .shushnn, nnd it waa
a gran I place." So it was. Tha hall of that
palace was two hundret feat a.piara,
and the roof hover I over thirty-six
marble pill-irs, each pillar tixty fent liiih;
and the intense blue of tha iky, and
the deep green of tho forest folia;, and
white of tho driven snow, all hung
trembling in the upholstery. Hut, mv
friends, you know very well that fine archl
tecluro will not put down homMdckuwu.
Yet Nehemleb did not Rive up. Then when
roil tee-Ad m going among these deso
lated streets, and by thexo dismantled
tuwara, and y lb? "7rtip graV vt Ait
father, you would augjioae that he would
have been disheartened, and that he would
have dismounted from his horse and gone to
hit room and aaid: "Woe is met My lather's
(rave ia torn up. The Temple is dishonored.
Tho walla are broken down. Iheve no money
with which to rebuild. I wish I had neve
been born. I with I were dea I." Not so says
Neuomiah. Although he had a grief ao
intense that it excited the commentary of his
King, yrt that pennliess, expatriated
Nebemis.il rouses himsdf up to rebuild the
city. He gets hit permission of absence. He
gets his passports. He l.a.tans away to
Jerusalem. By night on hor.-mlia 'k he rides
through the ruins. He overcomes thl mist
t jrooious opposition He arouses the piety
ami patriotism of the people, und in les than
two months, namely, iu flftv-two days,
Jerusalem won rebuilt. That's' wlmt I call
busy and triumphant sadness.
My friends, the whole temptation is with
you, when you have trouble, to do just tha
opposite to tha behavior of Nehomiali. uud
that ia to givo up. You siy: "I have lost
mv child und can n'vjr smiw asain." You
Hiiy; "I hnvo lost my property, and I never
can repair my fortuno-i." Vou say: "I havo
fallen into sin, and I never can start
1 ugam for a niw life " If Sat.tu cum
I make you form that resolution, and
1 nil lie you lie-p it, Iu has ruined you.
r'ii'i i.t irib nciii, ut crusu you, HUE IU
uroue you, to animate you, to propel you.
The blackiiinilh does not thrust the iron Int'i
the forge and then blow nwny with the ba.
Iowa, and tliuu bring tbe hot iron out on the
anvil and heal with xtrokd attr stroke to
ruin tho iron, hut to prepare it for
it better use. Oh, that the lxrd (.lot
of Nehemiali would rouse up all
broken hearted h pl to robuihl. Wuippsd,
betrayed, ahipwrvcke.1, imprisout 1 laiil
went rigl.t 1111. Tho Italian martyi
Aluerius sits in his dungeon writing n letter,
nnd he ImU it "Kroiu the (Intertable orchard
of the leonine prison. ' That ia what I call
triumphant sadnost. I knew a moth r woo
buried bsr baby 011 1'rl lay and on Sabbath
upptaied in the house of fiol ami said:
"live me a class; give me a Hahbath s-hool
class. I have no child now left me,
and I would like to havo a class of littlu
children. Give me real poor children,
(live iiiu u c!asj off the back utreet"
That, I say, is baautifu'. Tlmt ia tri
umphant no, lnes. At II o'clock this after
noon, in a beuuliful parlor in l'blla lelphia -a
parlor pictured and atatuette I there will
be from ten to twenty destitute children of
the street, it has lie-n ao every Sabbath
iifteruoon at II o'clock for many years. Tboie
destitute children lec-ivo religious instruc.
tion, concluding with cakes and sandwiches.
How do I know tlmt tbat has baui going 011
for many years 1 knew it in this way.
That waa the i)rl home in l'hiladelphi
where I wot called to comfort a (Treat sor
row. Ttmy had a splendid boy und
be hail been drowned at long llranch.
The father and mother nlino.t idolize. I
the boy, und the sob nud shriek of that
luther and mother us they hung over the
loltin resound iu my curs today. 'I here
soemel to be uo use of praying, lor when I
knoll down to pray, the outcry iu the room
drowned out nil the pray. lint the Lord
comtortod that sorrow.' They did not for
get their trouble, if you nIiouIiI goon tbs
Miuwiest winter afternoon into Laurel Jlill
you would Und a mom. uncut with, the word
"Walter" inscribed upon it, on I a wreath of
fresh flower around the name ) think there
has not lon an hour nil thwso years, winter
or suintiur. when thorj was not a wreath cf
iresh llower mound Wnltu's name,
tiue thi Christian mother who aim I thaee
.lowers there, bavin no child left, Sabbath
aflernoom others ten or twenty of the lost
ones of the street. Tlmt Is beautiful. That
ia what I call buy and triumphant t idnen.
Here it a man who has lot hia property. He
does not go to hard drinking. He does not
tlestioy lut own life. He comet and says:
"Harness me for Christiin work. My
inoney'a noue. I have no treasures
oil earth. I waul treasuroi in heaven. I
have a voice and a hurt to serve (lo l." You
ray that that man lis failed. He has not
fulled ha hat triumphed. Oh, I wish I
could persuade all the people who have any
kind of. trouble never lo give up. I wish they
would look at the midnight rider of the text,
and that the four hoof of that
beast ou which Nehemiati rode
mignt cat to pieces at! your
riiacouragemenU and hardships and
trials. (Jive up! Who is going to give op,
when on the bosom of O'od ho can have nil
his trouh)e hushed f (Jive lip! Never think
of Riving up. Are you borne down with
poverty! A little child waa found hold
lug her deal mother's hau I In
the darkness of a tenement house,
and some one coining in, tho lit
tie girl looked up. while holding her dead
mother's hand, and laid: "Oh, I do wish that
Uod had made more light for poor folks."
My Hear, Uod will be your light, Uod will be
your ahaiter, Uol will lis your home. Are
vou borne don with tin bereavements ot
life) la the home lonely now that
the child is gone! I) not give up. Think of
what tbe old texton aaid when the minister
asked bim why he put so much care on the
little graves in the cemetery tit much more
care than n the larger graves, nnd the old
texton aaid: "Mir, you know that 'of tuch it
the kingdom ot heaven,' and I think the
Saviour ia pleased when He tees so
much white clover growing around
these little graves." Hut when the minister
pressed the old tx ton for a mire satisfac
tory answer, tht old texton said: "Sir. about
these larger gravet I don't know who are the
IOrd'e saints and who are not : but you know,
rlr, it ia clean different with the bairns. "
Oh, it you have had keen, tender, Inde
scribable sorrow that come from the loss
of child, do not pive up. The old sex
ton was right, It ia all well with the bairns.
(Jr. if you have shine I, if you have tinned
grievously sinned until you have been cast
out by the church, sinned until you have
bean cast out by society, do not give up.
1'erhapt there may In in this hoiiss one that
could truthfully utter the lamontation of
another:
(nice I t pure a the snow, hut I fell
fell like a ike, 1 10111 hesven to lictl
Kelt, to be traniiile.l ss una In Hie street
I'ell lo be s-ofte. at. spit on and best :
I'rayinr. cursbm, wirlimj to die.
Pelting my mill to whoever would Inn-,
I'esllng in ehsme for a mnreM nf liretd,
Haling the living and fearing (he dea I.
Do net give up. One like unto tha Son of
(lot comas to you to duy. saving: ",io and
m no mora." while be cries out to your as
railants: "IM him thnt is without sin cast
the first ston at her. " hl thero is uo reason
why any one iu this li'ius. by reison
i-f any trouble or sin, should uive 11 r.
i Are you a foreign -r, nnd in a strands land'
.eiisniaii wi an exuo Are you paunllesif
Nebennah was poor. Ara yon homesick?
Neheminh m ho.untick. Are you brokon
hearted Nehe 11I1I1 was broiteu hearted.
Hut iujl soe him in the ttt rid
ing !nng the sn"rile;ol grave 0." his
father, and by the dragon well, and
throti(h the Ilili gate, and by the King's
pool, iu an I out. 111 an I out, tho moonlight
falling nu the broken masonry. hich throws
n long shadow at hi"h the horse shies, and
at the time tim that moonlight kindling up
the features of this man till vou see not
only the mark of sal le.iiinisc.mce,
but the courage, the hop, the enthu
siasm of a man who knows (hit Jerusalem
will be rebuild"! I pick vou uo to duv on'
ot your sins and out ot your sorrow, and 1
put you against the warm heart of 1 'brist.
"The eternal (lo I is thy refuge, and under
neith are the orerlaHtiuj; arms "
I.ntliurliiH M11111I1I l.cnrn.
A court (Icrinioii tlmt (should lie n
lcMMon to l.Hlliiiti m ih that nf llip p;cn
t r.il term of tin- Niiii't ini ('ntrt nllirm
UK tlm $l.i.liiili v. nlict in tlm "Jfuliy
Uiint cntiii 1 1 1 lit iip.'.iikoiI tho public
not long Hiiicc. Millionuiro Arliucklo,
the " I tul iv Hunting" of tho cotnicul
coiucdy, ai'i'i nlo.l from tho venlict on
tho grounil t hat thu uwunlof f l.",lM)l) in
favor of Miisx (.'iitiiilill, for hia ro
f us vl to marry her, wan .xccHHive; but
tho court ilcclnreH that it wua not v
rt'HHivo, and intiniutctt pretty laiily
that Mr. Arliucklo milit luive fuved
vvorrte and yet havo no reason to com
jiluin. The jury, it uy, niight very
wet A&te awurddj AniiHtnea(iiy J.uu
agua iimtcad of oonHidering only ac-tuid
dumugcH. Itut the Lotharion aio
mighty hard to tonoh. Thuy keep
right on ir.ivi.ling ciiiihch for hnita liku
that of "Jtunniu" uguinst "Uaby Hunt
ing," jtint the Han. o 11 h if "Jlminio" and
"Jiahy" wcro m-Tvr heard o', Kovoral
anitH of the Haute clmructor havo been
in court nitu'0 that nnn was tried, and
nn doubt thero are lota tiioro to coino.
The woods aro full of Vm, ho t ) upeak,
nncl probably tilwnvs will be, no mat
ter how much gunning the law may
slo. Tho utter failure of )esnom in
court to produce an idle t otittsido ban
a fair illtihtratiou in t li oiun of Frank
Jltiilgoon. the fast young man with
plenty of money, who ii in Hirioim
trouUc on ace. unit of the death of a
pretty girl in whom ho was "inter
I'hted." Ilildgeiin knew well enough
that the course he wtia taking might
bring him into tho clulolie.s of the law
any moment, but lie waa willing to take
tho cham es, 11 h he hud done before, and
Went straight uho id. '1 hat's tho way
with all of them. They'll tuko the
diances and never mind the law until
tliey aro really in its grip. "Never
too lute to mend" in all very well, but
the Lotharion never think f mending
till ago uhch them up, and smno won't
mend even then. Huron Chevrial, of
"A 1'ariHiau 1'omance," hau many
counterpart. Xeir Vurk h ltrr.
One Kulny Dny.
Drip! drip! drip! The cloud worn
black in tho nky and t ho rain would not
Htop, although llad.lv and Hay stooil
by tlm window wmhing for thn bright
H'lliHhiiio to dry the prnm ho that they
could run over to auntie'M to kco (iracie.
Mamma wan nearly beside liernclf
with their lioiHe and teiibittg She bad
tried every way to ipiict tliein, and alio
wiih no tired.
Tho door opened nnd Aunt Iiottj
came in, wot und dripping. "Why,
what's tho matter with my boys?" hIio
asked.
Tho Htory was soon toll, nnd uho
said, "Is that all ? I thought the ex
pro train wn xmiiHlicd up, or the
roeking-liorso had his leg brokon.
We'll booh have the huu bhiuing, iu tho
house, at least."
Then alio begged nonio old nowapa
peci of iiiiitumii, uu l t iking a pair o(
aeiasors sat down by the lire with a boy
iu a little arm-chair on each side.
Kuril wonderful things an thouiaharp
seisH.irs cut from those .Id papers I
There worn team-horses and trotting
horsi Bund B;uld!e-iores with men on
their backs, and horses that could only
stand titill. There were cows, and
pigs, and dogs, and cats, and and
everything!
lluddy and Ray shouted for joy ami
forgot all ubnit the rainy day, aud
when at last Aunt Lotty said uho must
go, mamma bade her good by with a
rested look iu her poor tired face and
laid hIio was a suuhcum.
And tho boy had paper anima'a
enough to lust them a week.
Among tbe f itnout cases of existence
without lojd or drink it taat of a fait
of lit) da Just completed by a shoop oa
a farm near TuacoU, lit. Ths poor ani
mal wn impribouid all thai timo bo
ucatU a straw stack.
SABBATH SCHOOL
TUB LE9SOV FOH MAHCII 21.
nilnd nartlmopua," Marks., 40 .VJ
Qolden Text 1 Mark x., 1H
Kxplana(ory Note.
4(1 "And they ram to Jericho." .Tesns Is
drawing near to Jerusalem, there to c em
pllsh that deceeae or exodua of which M.m
and Klljah talked on tha mount of tranatig.
oration and of which Iia llimsnlf had so
often spoken (John il ,IU-'.'I; Mattaii.,:, lit;
Mark Till.. 81; ix.,31; t.,aM, UI, s,"; the death
l.reflgnred In all the eacriflcea since the Lord
tJott first elHhel Adnm and Kve with the
coata of ekina (den. liL. Sli; this atonement
which provides the only salvation for sin
ners, aufllrieut for the aina of tne whole
world, rfllrient for all who receive iu
"Aa II went out nf Jericho," I.nke enyt
thai He healed a blind man as He came nigh
to Jericho, and that Uo then entered and
pesaed through (l.uke xviil.. Hi; xis: , 1);
Matthew aya ttiat aa they departed from
Jericho there were two blind men sitting by
the wayside, and that He l.ea'ed tbmn Imth
(Matt xx., SJ-U4): these accounts rend in the
eiinlet way ream to indicate that then
were three t.lind men heahxl at this time,
one aa He entered Jericho nad two as ilo
left It, llartlm t us living nmi of the two.
There ia no need to attempt to reconcile thwe
account ao as to try end make cut that
Joeus healed at, this time only one or two
blind men; there Is nothing hnie to reconcile
exc t our hearts to tha faviour. nud that
we tiecome as little children, Iwliev.ng what
lie says.
"lllind Hartinneus. this son of Tim i tii."
The one nnme explains the other, llnr signi
fying a eon aa in Matt xvl , 17; Acts iv , : ll
We are not niton told the names of th w
who were hralni, and just why wo should lis
told the name of I his blind limit is s.nucn hut
of a mystery. What an honor to have bis
name recorded iu this Dook of Honks tin I
handed down to all Generations as on hoir.
Jesus healed; but think nf tin- greater honor
of having our names written in henvrii
1,1.11. x.. VO )
"Hut by the highway side iM-gginc." dnlv
a iHHir blind begiiur. picture of tittn-help
least.esa, having nothilig uud unnido to ilo
anything but pltoo.nl v nek alms of tlo o
who were Mti.sing by; what n picture of she
inner, wretched nnd miM-rnlilx, and pisir
and blind and naked iliev. 1I1 . In, but if
ainuetra were only as sensible of their blind
lieaa and poverty as ilartimn us, bow good it
would le for them.
47. "Ho beard that It was .Juus sif Niin
reth." He bad ofter heard of Him, lor His
fame had spread over all the bind, and ns bo
liaUned to the reirts of His wondrous
works, making the di-af to bear, the dumb to
sjsvik, the blind to . the lame to walk, thn
sick tote whole, and even the dead to livn
again, he bes-amo convinced that this was
none other thnn the one of whom the
prophet had spoken and forvtold thnt lbs
would do these very things dsn. mv , ft, n.,
longing, no doubt, in his heart that hoiiic day
Jesus miirht puss that wny ao thnt lie might
cry unto Him and lm benl.vl, tor he b-id
beard tbat it waa written In tho rcripturn,
"He shall deliver tho nroily when ho crieth;
the poor also, nnd him thnt hnth no hnler."
(1's. I111I.,
"He begun to cry out, and any: Josus, Son
of 1'nvKl, have n.ercy on me." Would it le
strange if, aa he heard tho crowd approach
H.g, he Inwanlly folt that tho day of his d.i
ltvprancsi hail come, ami nervously ukedt
Who is it I w hat is comingf Then as they
told hun that it waa Jrat.a, with wlmt eirn
eetneea he must hose cried out Here wu
the opportunity ho hod longed for, the
Mighty Une of Isruel was at liund. and he
must cry unto Him: to do otlmrwee would
Indicate eitber inditferenco or unlielief. Here
ia poverty and holpKswnesa crying unto th
source of all richea and blessing and the only
plea ia the manifest and 1 ihred need. That
la U way to dm uc such pleading always
brings toe answer.
s. "Many charge.! him that he should hold
hia pnace." Aa well tell a man who (a drown
in, or in the third or fourth story of a burn
ing building with no apparent means of aa
rnie, to hold his peace; as well tell this man
that he ia not blind, ami poor, and needy, or
that Jesus can't st. p to attend to tieggai's.
Ha knows better, he low long realixl hia sad
csuhIiUoii and ha lielieve that Jesus of
Nazareth, the Son of David ia a de
liverer for Just such as he, and there
fore they cannot abut him up, but
their effort to do ao only makit bun
cry the more a great deal that the rkm of
iavid would have mercy on him.
411. "Jesus stood still and commanded him
to lie called.'' ph-saml Juaua, hearer of th.i
try of the nevdy, Thou dimt net inspect the
rich because i.f hia ricln.s, nor deepise the
poor because of his poverty. The poor man's
opportunity has prava.lml and the lir.l of
Heaven and earth atoia In grunt linn his de
sire. Think of tho result if ti l.a thia oppor
tunity go by, for Jckiis never parsed that
away again, il was his Ittst cha .
"He of good comfort; risH. llncallethtni-c."
What a word that was for the p.mrllinl
liinn; how his heart must havo leaned within
Inui. This word "Ho nf Kn,u clur." the
Haviour iimxI to tho I Ural tic, tlm woinini
with the iksuh, thn diseip,es 111 tlm storm,
and also to thw eleven mi the lust nigbt le
fiTo Ho was crucdled iMatLix.J,'..', xiv , V.7;
John xvl., Mi, And to . lav lie is saying the
same wonks to every utile fd,tcmmt tmswd,
troubleil soul wIk comes to II. 111
.'iO. "He, casting nwny Ins garment, roso
and came to Jens. ' 'Hie ltevia.l Version
I .ays that he "prong un;'1 he lost no time,
Mi l that he mij:ht not be binder A Ins cJ.ls
asiuo nia outer garment and quickly riimn to
Jews. He slid not say to nuv one, please
arrange my cloak, tlx my turban, makn mo
preseutable. tell me bow to come Imfore 10m
but aim ply knowing his need, and that
JeaU oould heal bim and was now calling
liiui, h comes to Jesus Just as he ia. Oh, for
such a sanso of our need as hu hud of his,
then would we hear no more of "110 clothes
lit to wear," "the we ithsr is too stormy, or
too hot or too cold," hut sinners aud samM
would till thn places nf puhlio worsiiip with
the cry: "Wo would sie Jesui," "I'ell 111
about Jesus "
5L. "What wilt thou that I sliou'd
unto tbeef Thsy are now face to faco, the
helper and tho helpless, the Almighty and
the undone, nnd theso are tho words of Jcnus
to the lieMieching and expectant heart of the
poor blind beggar. Jt is written that
Ahoaueru sn.d to tho (,iuien, "What wilt
thou, (Vuurii Kjithcrf and what is thy
reueHtf it shall lio ev. u giveu I bee
to tbe linlf of tho kingdom" (Hnth.
v., U); also that Solomon gave to
the Quoen of Kheba all bur desire, whaUoevai
she asked (II Clirou. ix., I'J): but a greater
than either of those Kings is here, even t h
same who said to Solomon that nii'ht ut
(iibenu: "Ask what 1 sbsll give then." til
Chron. I.,7l. TheMsiiiswho says to us: "II
ye abide in Me, and Mv words uludn ,11 you,
ye shall ask what yo will and it shall IhmIoii
unto you." (John xv 7i.
"The blind man s:si. unto Him, lr I, that
I might receive my sight." He did int say
I am slow of unicch, I cannot speak heioie
this multitude, 1 cannot, tin i words to tell
my need, but simply, deilnitoly an I in a few
words he tells Ins need. Tint most helpful
prayer meetings I over attended were lho.se
where the prayers s-onsiste l of hut two or
three sentences right from tho h.mrt, telling
out the real full need of the soul, nnd from
twenty to llfty such prayers iu iuick nuc
cession. ha. "Jesus said unto liini, Co thy way;
thy faith had ma iu theo whole.'' 'I'lio kuiuo
word that went forth at creation goes forth,
as He epoake. on bohalf ot this poor man. and
is aver going forth as freely and readily 011
behalf of all who look upconlldingty to Ititii,
for "the eyes of th Lord run to nnd fro
throughout the whole earth, to show Himself
sU-ong iu the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward Him" til Chron. xvl., ti.
"ImmediHtely he roreivod his sight." It
could uot be otherwise, for all sickness,
blitiduess and death r!ea before Him who is
tbe Lifo and the Light. The entrance of
His word giveth light Only believe, rucelva
His word. "And followed Jesus iu th
way." Another trophy of Uraoe, another
victory over th prince of darkness, another
earnest of th deliverance of the whole
creation from It bondage and groaning,
when 11 shall mnia in power ami
f 'ory. Iet th reader ssv aa in Mi sight
Use He opens-1 my eyes, whereas J ,, WIU
blind do 1 nowsnef And if rr,t what do
jeer Have I eyes and heart oiv an I all for
Him who opoiied mr eyes, and do I seven
days Iu the week follow Jssie in thn warf
fJ us aim to bs people wholly devoted to
Jesus, clean and empty Teasels entirely all
Trnr Ucrolsrn.
Iet others write of battles fought
On bloody, ghastly fields,
Where honor greets the man who wins,
And dentil ton man alio yields;
lint I will not write of him' w ho Unfits
And vanquishes hia sins
Who struggles 011 through weary year
Against hitmelf and is ins
He is a hern, trim anil brave,
Who tlgh's an unseen foe,
And puts at last In-neatli his feet
His passions base aud low:
And stands rreet in manhood's might,
I'ndnnted, undismayed
The bravest man who' drew a swor.l
In foray or in raid.
it calls for something more thnn brawn
Or niuscln to oVreomn
An enemy who mnrcheth not
With t anner, plume or drum
A foe forever lurking ninli,
With silent, stnaltliy tread;
forever near your lain rd by day,
Attnght beside your bed.
All honor, then, to that bravo heart,
'I 'hough poor or rich he lm.
Who struggles witli bis leis- . part,
Who ei. piers nnd is fr..
Ho limy not wear n hero's crown
( 'r till n hero's m vc,
Hut truth will pln.-e his name anion,;
Iho bravest ol tho lirnvv.
I'rinking In Ancient Times
U would be a itrent. mistake losuiipose Hint
the medi eval iiihalntantsor northern I'.uropi
weiv tneru hordes of drunken liarbnriaii-.
Iho fiivorito bevnru,;e of the ancient leu
tors w.i a the lightest kind of I o-r-brewed
111 1 amp kettles, on then- moiithlv ilavs of
merrymaking, w, e i their p aitmus, ni l.'el,
were limit"! only by tho veto of rat'iec in
dulgent 1 biefs, who knew ho s um the
ll'ectssif tha symposium svoiild be neuti'alie I
by the 10:1 ;h, nut door sports of their fol
lowers. In time of w:ir tho beer-kettlo win
often buried for months to'etbar, and tlei
llclhic warriors w ho titiudiliutn I a Com in
army on the plum of Adriiiunpla were, 011
the whole, pprhaps the s ibt rest men nf their
limn. Iu subsequent centuries the bibulous
propensities of 1 ho Saxon rustics wercgroiilly
limited by tlie.r poverty.
A "IViifossoi-'' A lm ia m W'antpil
Am. nc tl sri mils in New York by the
North lirrinau l.lovd steamer lr.iv. on tho
.'d lilt , wss 11 clinmpngiie 'prufessor."
I rofessor I'. P. II. dim inter, of Wurteuiburg,
mvvntor i.f a new svst iu of makiu
( biinip;lie I'rnin -t II winas. lie mi l 111s
assistant, Pr Unite, it is announce. I, have
come to tins lounli y 111 response to tlm in
vitation of New Hmk inn ItiHrchsnts, with
aiew to uppiving his process to ( 'ulifoi ma
nluta mes. He expresses the opinion that
tmericn ciiu i ncome an extensive exporter
of cbauipaiic nud still wines Am- 111. rnso
In champagne and nine mill. nig 111 tha
rniintrv is to In dep.ored. t'enr in no
fomio in nee I nf 1 haiiipann "prolessorshin"
Jil this sido nf lh Atliintic, nnd it would be
well for investing capitalists t.i taku note of
(he signs of thn tunes in various states
n Inn mil I Kilul.it 011 a. ready obtains, and
others wheieui I'roliilutnry constitutional
niiieiidiiinut. cuinpaigns nrn now pending.
I.Ike breweries nn I ilist.l'eries. wine pro
ilucing vineyards and champagne Inven
lions are i-ei ta.nly dnstiiin.l.111 the not dist int.
I ut. ire, to become poor paying pr.qs.rty 011
American soil. Trm)tn;incn .i froiofc.
Oriiik llradlv (irip '
"A vl'm.S.v c! ffun a "say. 11W n:,if,-r
nf Mfli nl A form, "I wascalluil to the
nin ynrl in lierby to see a mnn who had
fallou from a scnfToM while under the infill
euen of Inpior. After dressing his wounded
head. I spoke to him of tlm folly nf continu
ing to iii'iul jc Ins pulsion for drink, and ob
tained his promise that lie would abandon it.
Not long alter 1 learn. I that hn was drink
ing again, mid bis excuse was tlmt it nnuld
not ilo for him to abandon the practi.sj too
lilhleuly. A few eeks alter this, lie culled
at my nllice and rn I n; to do some.
Miuig or other, ns I1.1 felt vary much as he
did once Iwilnm h iviiiu a lit 1 said to him
'John, sit doHti hem and Int us consider your
ras a little.' I drew a picture of 11 proier
nus limi.lv nn I happy fireside, then mother
f a lilichte I hoiiiii and himself Mnldering in
II ilruul.wrd's rave: and appealed to linn to
lecidn V.I11. I1 slinulil prove to be the true
pictmv. '' poor fellow burst into tears,
'doctor,' he said, 'let un tell vou the truth.
If is not be. mi-e I nrn afrai.l of the
coiiH.iqiien.'.'S of stoppm.; snddaiily that
I do 1 . t give- up ilrinkiK. I can
no! do 11. I hue trie I and tried
ncuiu. hi' nil 111 vain. Sninet .in.s 1
hate gone 11 number of weeks without drink
me, 1, ut the thirst lor h'roiii; drink leturned,
nnd such wii my 111. :e- 1 limbic hnnl eiimi
1111 I .listi'i-s. f..r 1 urn tli.i. I I. .und it I 1 1 1 1 v
i.niM.s.iiil.i to keep nwiiv from it; and now, if
them wnsas...t on cm Hi tt here men could
live, nn I lid lint gi't spirits, HU I I culd
git tliei., I ttnii'd st;irt iu a iinnuf '"
'I I. ut li.ipi r laud h.e.i di unLards try in
vain to re 1. h is thn.r lo.t I.11 1 11.1111I of health
nil I ii'idep. nve. ins' nu ts I he eontra' t wit Ii
the powers of er litioti is ve iled 111 tli.i tun
uieiii tt I en the ml. 01 11 at ci '11.11 to stimulant
poisons lir-l yields to an iinnuiiiral upstile
-II. ul hi. petite which ninety nine nf a linn
dred topers can 11. -. pure oiiiy by 11 per-istent
disregard of the ilist.n tire borr. r at the llrxt
taste ni a "liariiiln-s sliiiiulitut " The burner
lice p i-sr I. tlit roid to ruiu is nil downhill
,111. 1 slippery. Not only tho ability nf dis
'rimilial ion, but ( he pnwnr of self control is
lost in th" mirroiiiler to the swav of a morbid
pis. ion, (inly ii'iturnl aiistites hnve natural
iniiits, -1 in. e.
A Hoy Iri-rilile Inlicrlt alien
The most striking illiistrutiou that is in
my reel's ti.ni at ths present mometit was
ill on- it hum I knee I run his birth until h i
mt bis linjtli by tho 1110 ,t trsgii al of sulci
Jul u. ts. und who was us peculiar 111 soma ro
il eels bvf.iru the fatal itiitiitnici) of drink ha I
a. tmill v ).'. d on hi.n us nl toi w.ird. tin Ins
pat.riial ride this boy iliructly iiilinrital tlm
alcoholic tjnit: on Ids muther's side, indi
recily. 1 fo wu-. u boy not wanting in a rest
lain nl'ill y, uud not wanting 111 a certain
hu.. illy i f build: but lie hud annul him un do
leriiiimilioii of purpose, ilo waa restless
without object, cjpri. ions, and olten Inel in
clioly. IU wus not iiilviiti.iiiuliyci.ini, but
is 11 without knowing it ha wUs Niiddonly
ami often desperately cruel with uuitnuis and
iluylnllos alike, lio bo grow up, not mak
ing much pro;isi iu any Ihiiiir, and curing
'ess lor pl.iy Ihuu ' a heulthy boy
sl.nuld. At lad, when bo was under
a.u, tlm tiistn loc wino, Mil almost in
it otitiy nr jtronti' 11 11 1 of tho suiim
tpirit c'i-ii, tt u i u: piirn l. "'lien ns it
were, Willi n bound, be pasted let., ilipn.mi
ma. I In ie were no .i nliiiiinury slaves of
,;uveli', ot occasional iiilodcation, with
pen ils in' reformation; lm ronp-ei uu.br
miwiv nr urgent temptation, lint a com
pint a tr.insf.irnintion 01 t be wliolo mini -or,
lather, Ihu whole youth into drunk mnd
nis. ile did not, would lint, cuilld not
reason on tha matter. lie was as cons -io n
of thn evil as wus anyone who looked at huu
iu his noist phuses. Ha had no desire what
over lo reform. It wus .his (onfes-niu that
lm eared tor lifj only so far as it gave him
the i pp inunity to indulge iu drin'. llaviug
110 pity fur hiuisnll', ho hud no pity for others,
slid diarei'.ardrul 01 Ins welfare, ilr;ge I all
who u;iproa"h-ttl him, ns fr as c o il. I. into
his own cnurs-i; not, l e it obstrved, from
sny deirs todo thiini wrong, but, from an
sctm. indifl'erimco. or. It may lie, l :uo. a'lCt
nf the relations la-tweeu i'u;ht and wrong;
and so, lor ninny years, lila dlslorts I way ol
life, u ecu me I, ns l himself sail, and ac
rursiiig. progrosie I, until 111 mere freak, an I
Tict. iu iu Hi actual not nf killing huu
inlf an awful cruelty 011 othois, he came to
his iiutimoly on l. Vyncer,
R-uaious.
liy and Ity.
By and by thn t, nth hnU brlghton.
And its outlln s rise to view;
As the mot lug mists hnll lighten,
And distil the evening dew;
W'hen tho gems nf gold shall glisten.
In tbi cloud siipieirtisl ski ;
While tho so il sluill l.sik nnd listen,
Hy and by, yes, by and by.
fly and by a frlngn of Ix-nutv,
Shall nj.snr beyond tbe liiin.
Where tlie npw -ril pith nf ililiy
Mists nnd metts iu Into divine;
Tlu nt th- I ,rd shall ri-e in glory.
Through the star depths draw ing nigh;
Crowning thus redemption's story,
liy and by, ji-s, by and by.
By nnd by shall c 'inethn ringing
Of the music from the thn me,
As the seraphs in their singing,
Chant the marvels thev have known;
And thn nxiiro heights shad thunder
With tbe chorals nf the sky;
'Till the soul sluill unit nnd won. lor,
Hy and by, yes, by and by.
fly and by the city golden,
Shall iii broad 'iei-sss't ivo stand;
All its miissivn bulk iiph dden
III the hollow i f liisl's baud
Then the ti mphsl heights shall glisten.
Near the tin nue exalt d hik'h;
W hile the soul shall loot nnd i-ten,
liy and by, jea, by nud by.
II i. Alfred (ay.
Mistakes In It. llgloii.
Mls'nkcs in spiritual mntt 'i s ni" dls'istr na
bccatisi' the i-siics nr.- etern.il. We i an niton
repair earth's losses, nr v ahutgi-omfor ably
wi'hoiit ttbat 1 ur inisliikes Imve co t us, but
the soul .,st I lost torev. r: the mi nke nf
cleosiii;; iMithlv riches for n troiMire in
h aven cannot 1 1 rc. te.1, ruiutsi i hatae-
tT cannot be rebuilt. The voting man who
lias tin. ttn away t lie rest raitits ol home, nnd
run that wiM coiii so of tv.i ke Ineis which
some call "pleasure ".and iithers'Sowiiii; wild
iiitt," can re, cut nnd reform nnd bn lor
given nmi siivcl. lie nmv lite and I e iisst.
I11I. lut lie can ii'tcr repair the (lama;.i
tvllicll II ' has dnlie to billlsell '.11 1 to nth is
In al the ages cf the iv.cs. '',;s L;, u
takes have an it. null cli arm-ter which 111
cri'ases their iintu i tance and danger. It is 11
bad thi. g to cmisc t cMition and wm-ry and
t. inporniy loss liy our cri in s, but tin ho ant
trilles cnmpareil to the wrongs ehl.h nrn
done to the nmils nf me 1 by lessllesn and
wanton and reckless sinn t, ' I mm told that
this is 1111 age ,,f m.ue mii,m.
and thnt etirtthin is riilucnl
to n cnmin rcial standard, and estimated ac
cording tiinrollt or loss. it., it so, it d u's not
pay tn make mi. t ikes in things t. ins.inl;
and nur lird said, "What shall it pi. .lit n
man if he ,:,ain tae tvhole ttoi Id and Ini lis
nttii a ul?" t inieliilinss, thnrnughnesH,
fail iluinesi. ! the qualiti m ttl 1 aii-eulli-
tiil. d in every phasi of hie, temp rl mM,
spiritu il. and tte shall lav up tr. 11. lire for
Uitli worlds. AVif l niA 1 ills, ! re-.
'I lie Id-vital 1111 I Itw Cimt.
Tin re can Imi no ndt aiice in spirituality
without sell deniiil. The hist uf nf tint
church ii a continued illustration nf this.
There are mi mniiv things tn lead tho minds
nf men away from ( lii ist nud religion, t lint
nretital, a Initio again, ii nis;essary to
ga 11 the attention 1 f sou's to the 1 11 1 itt 11 i-
of salvation. All worldly i xc.liineiits am
uiifnetidly to religion and d.ns-t the nun. I
from hpiiit.nl thugs. It Iia. Imi n (hsla
11I1111 in the history m the church tn utvnko'i
the I isipln In a si use nf their coluliii by
means nf revivals. iu this wav back
Kliddetl Christians hate Is-11 ownkled
to a Hens 1 if duty nnd tilled with 11 long
ing desire for the saltaioii if (hit world.
Wen i know thnt (iml's iice.icy In iv.VV
i.'.v n jr W V -"' :.Y ti-uo n vivnls
tho wm si l clearly biii. It will
tie admitted that a revival nf religion la hw
siralile, inui if it could bn purchnmsl 1 pay
ing n k'""l. fair price, there urn soino
chundie-that would Mi sure to have ni..
There are various things that stand in tint
way nf rmivals in nnr i-liiiivlies. There is
the worldly spirit, for ii'stuncc. The nieiii
bcrs nrc conformed to the ttorlil, f its dis
play, its amusements nnd its sins. There is
the unconcern nf pro iks, ,rs who do not si'ein
to I si nt nil troubled at tho
irreliginll n' the UlU'olivei ted, mid
they tjisqi tt hil -inner ore unsaved.
Nowtte undertake to say that the r a-oii
why churches do not enjot revivn' I'.llu iniit
is thev are not tt illing tn pay the price in
Mdf denial and cons.s-intiou tn (Jo.l. In
every iliiinh there nrn m.iiih rurncxl
souls w ho by fnitlil illness bate potter at tlm
throne of gtace. Hut there is n largo
measure ol the spirit i.f the world in ..ur
chili. In s, nnd this patnlvcs the s.iv r nf
prater and puts its I baud on every puiso
uftliechui. il. There al e sc. nisi of i bun s
ill I'oiuiis ti ul iu p-st tbS condition.
Solliing can be worse than the dead' mug 111
tliien. ii 1. 1 11 co. I'iiincli. Many I nte tint
fis ble slj ns i.f hie, but lire ill the sllilnbi I's nf
.Icatli. How sir II these i bnrchis
Is- awakeind'' I, t Christians csk io tn
bat e 1 heir faith reiiem . nnd pray that I h
tsitver nl sin and the world otei- ii-. may Imi
lokell. V e lut vi never klmlt 11 II chill, lit. I
be awiikeiieil o ii hlgh'-l' state nf
I'hi lst nui life nn. I no ctiv. r-i..ns
tn follow. It is the ttoi'Mly spud in
,uir heart - that I b ek. the onward irse of
lie ki.lgilolll of I'lillsl. Ilvel'l lllici.lls.i-
latisl professor is n lump nt ic -. to whom
lie bill lllll' realities of i ll 1 lilt y tire liothlng.
e have often bad our In at t pained ut tlm
great lack of eniisis-rntinn nil thn part sit
leading memlii i'S nf churches. Uod blexwl
us just as far as it is (Hiksible tn do so, nmi
thn cost of spiritual blessings will lie Uie cm
usTation nf nursclvca to his services. Hart,
liel. ihrahl.
Two million nnd n half is the number of
persons u'lui are said tn lm slat es tn Sabbatli
toil iu America, und tin y generally le-iivo
nn nn so than six i lavs' wage:: for m-vi ii days'
Work.
Wn are wanting the strength wo mid fur
the discovery i I truth as ' tiukeowii, ls
caiisii we do not rest enough in truth that tvo
Limw. "Kcst in the Lord." Tho greatest
things are kimtiii a. ready.
Li t i:s make a note of this, ns n point nf
hpilitiial tt isiloin, in ter to I'. sir i ii nil im-.iil-e
to pi. iv. Whi can tell with what
treasure lie is lad. n when the Holy Spirit in
this way knocks at ur heart's door.
lie tt lm never changed any nf bis n pin ions
never criecteil any . f bis ir.i.sinkes; nud bo
Willi tt as never w ise l Uollgll to till. I nut UII V
111. sink s III himself Mill not I." dial it.il ln
enough In excuse w hat lm rii koii.s iiiistal.ui
in nt In rs.
It is a bad sign when our clin-eii nsan
I'iates me choral fur every ..tin r reus a
but their religion, inui tvi. en nur talk is co
piously How iug mi alt oiler Kuhjis-'H, and
Ii. comes a I'.cihl i nine I driblet tt Ic u I'.-lig on
comes tn Ik) spoken nf '. .1. .l.n u i ii.
Many n. pie sm ii. their time in trying t
I rd the hole where sin got into the tt. l id.
If two linn bleak through thn ice into thn
mill pond, lliey had better hunt for homo
boli) tn get nut, rather than get into a long
argument uliout Iho bnlo they cm no lo tall
iu.
What can lm merit foolish than to think
that nil this rare fabric nt b avcii ami earth
could come bv chance, when II I the i-klll of
in t is not able tn make an nystor? Tn msi
rare ctl'i cts, and iini uusc; a motion, without
n n.ovcr; a circle tvi In nil a cent re; n timo,
wl bout no iteriily; a second, w it unit a
lirst; thes i arc things h i againsi philosophy
nud nimir 1 I'ca-on, tlmt be musl li a l east
in his i ii.lersiaiiiliiig w ho can Ih Iicvo in
them. The th'iig tor red, says that 111.tl.i114
forincl it; uud that which is mad ', is, wliilo
ill -t which made it is not! This folly ia iiw
Units. Jeremy Tajlir, (