.jnanrr weapon.
Ua0 "B CAVILLERS.
rbllosnphr'a Uoplle. to
Worldly Philosophy.
T. ''Tfirr U mM UU thai; gire U
I Psmuel ML, .
from nis pin" .
.rr fast when It i chasing
mm.- .. la frvlno- ti
l"1- - ami auk him
th b'?" . hwhlrh to defend
Th. Vr r not ewwtomcd
f . .ni.iilr h in: but suuuciiiy wi"
n.f.,llr wrapped up ami lamaway-
. . -i i,f rin Until formerly uwi
K . own that sword, Mil while ho
irhi lf-no wMn.h fight
P". I "V ....i ii.iil nn hardly kmi
(joiiain. .... .. '.,.,i
L..I ..IT it Ulltll HW 1" .""
r..rl.l stretches mt hi hand toward
F r. ..rH .ml says: 'There In nono like
, ve it me." In other worila, "I wut
,f,ma ban-l the sword that has beer, .used
,,tme and again tho cause of Uod.
w eiveu him. Well, my friends, that
i th. flrt r tlie last sword once used by
nl iHillsmie inuiunj "...
; .rimi i lliin n. """ " '
i,.ln mo, to nhow you that many a
kn Wlllin I"" -. --is- -
I .1 i. vet to I captured ami used
17 i ,le. and I only imitnUi David whin I
W Ia.. -.. I . I, l.l .1 n li.m
khcut mv nniw i'""" ...
,,, n n) cry: "There In none like that;
Lnmrk, flmt. that thin in true In regnr.l
rim title exploration, i ou snow umv
i pd lil-xDVrrleS 111 OJnioiiouij nun
. . . 1 ..I..
r nii) chronology were uin wiuio
It'... .1.11 ..t.il. uuil.l, V l.alllfl (lllf.
bi.smiy. i j .... j ......
Iilirnt"ry ami "in mnimiauiji
l.i. 'Vn. we will prove, ley I tie very
f ,ir of the earth, and by the movement
,,. hiavi-iilv IIhh. Hint mo iiinieiMB
Hint (''liristinnity, na wo bavo it
i nu n. i a positive ininii1ion." (JoimI
"nuil'ied. The feliiw-oiie, the I-oyileil
iheel'trii' batteriiM all in the IibikIh of
! ili.tiw. Hut one ilny, I'hrihtinnily,
l.,ui for wmio weapon with whieh
i' nil itwlf. Iinpenl to nee the very old
I flint tluso atheiiitie l'liilifitinoa hnd
hitint; nj;ninit tho truth and cried out:
ti none like that; Rive it mo!" And
linis, iin.l (iiililin, and Kepler, mid
Newton oame forth nnil told mo worm
in their ransacking of the earth
i iiven. thev hnd found overwholniinir
L.-eof thel'Joil whom wo worship; ami
I llilile lienn to Hlinke llseir Iroui mo
i. ami Shatter, and Zoixlavesto, with
h it lial Iss n eoveiTsI up, and lay on thn
fcf the m-holur, and iu the lalmroUiry of
tirnmt. and in tlie lull of the ('hrlHtiuii,
frnnsl and uimiiswervil, whilo tlietowera
iniilniKlit heavens vtruck a Hilvery
in its iraise.
Ir liy philosnpliy nnid: "Matter is eter-
l lie worm aiwnvs won. uoi um not
it." Christian ohiliwoiihy plunut ita
Ar into rocks, and HiuU thnt the world
kni'liiullv iiimle, mid if gradually niiulo,
t inn! nave oeen aomu point ni wnieu
lcesn started; then, who started it? nnil
t olijis'tiou was overcome, and in tho
three won In o the liiiilo we llnd thnt
i iHte-l n mni;iiirii-ent truth wheu ho
"In the U'ciniiinir."
h-Ml V I'liilosoiihy, nnid: "Your nililo Is
it iuiieeiirnto liook; all thnt Htory in thn
'otaini'tit anum and nirain told. aUmt
Lrniy of tho looiiHta it In preiMwterous.
is nouiing in i no coining l tlio lix'iist
In army. An army walks, locunta tly.
piiv eixn in order anil proresaiou. Ick-ukU
hit onler." "Wait !" mid Christjiin iilii-
hv; and in lNKUn the aouthwcsteni nart
Uiu rountry, C'lirUtiaii men went
I nomine the march of the lociut. Tboro
len riut beforo me who must havo no-
In luat very part of tho country tho
IK up of the locust like an army: and it
Iniii.ltliat all the nowiipaiHira unwit
I oko of them on nn army. Why?
leem to linve a mnimnndor. They
liko a host. They halt like a
No arrow ever went with
Iliter flight than the Iik-unIh romo
even turning onuIo for tho wind. If
in.l rises, tho lix'usta drop and thon riso
after it has gono down, taking tho
line of mnrch. not varvine a foot. Tim
pi ile riuht every time when it Koeulis of
peoiuiiig liko an army; worldly phil
ly wrong.
Nlly plulonophT said: "All that atorv
the light 'turned as clnv to tho Hour
lilyan absurdity." Old time worldly
pliysnid: "Hiv light come Htrniuht."
Mian philosophy Niid: "Wuit a littln
I ' and it goes on ami mnkcH iliscovcriex
puds tluit tho ntmosiiliere curves and
f the r:ivH of light around tho
t literally, "hh the clnv to tho nen.!.''
(Jlihle rilit iii;uin; worldly phllnsopiiy
igiignm. "Ah," wivh worldly philoso-
all that illusion in .lull ii1m.hI. lll.k
Untions i,f th earth is siniulv i.l,.
Where wnst Ihun '
fl sot t lie foundut ions of the earth.' Tho
llUH UO folllllllltiillls " I 'liriut i,i it ..I.l.
hv mines and Minis thut tho word iw
Jated "foundation" may bo U-tUr
Jut.sl "Miekets." So now hco bow it
nd if it is translated rlirlit : " Whom
thon when I set tho MMkeU of tho
1 11 hern is tlm siyii..f V II lu (I,.. l,..l
pf (iikI'h Imnil n socket larirn ni i.li
py world to turn in.
rldly philomiphy mid: "'What an atmurd
biiui josnua making theiunand moon
'iii. it tlio world had stopped an in
tho whole universe would havo been
gear." "Stop," said Chrlbiain phlloao
not quite HO quick." Tho world ban
lolloim one on ita own nils .! II, n
t around tho nun. It was not necessary in
11; thftn ufmt.i uiii i.. i...i.
, ., , mm uui. UUlll I1IOUOOB
n ie (it..pIi,.d1iy the ono turning the
I on lt own axia. There woa no reason
iie halt nir of t)m .,rtk i...i.i i.......
p ami disarrange the whole universe.
M right e.ii.1 (1h right; Inlldolity wrong
'me. I knew it would bo wrong. I
'hat tho timo hoa como wbon
Plum. n not liownrwUtauy aclentiilo
Have Nt nick hand In rUvuaI friii,U.in
JiM lllMIU. .1 1 i
-ri. I 1 " kibj can dig and
up antronomy can war. all
I i ..UH lhe armieji of tho
.'"",t ,,UV9 "torniml tho
I tho b? I'' WOrl,,' " i,,"ce. '"
! U' highest towori have flimi ,..f.
tl.L fr ' 10 'T" CbriBtianity
V. . J, 1,10 ""rvatorleg of Albany
I th . . ' """ out iU hand to
I tiifl l-.iiig K ieutiflo woa,K,m cry-
L V 7 I nono like that; Rive it me'"
UT '"1 ,m" 'tern.Mwo'f Hona hel,
-"i"5 ?l through
r hi U1"M,,l.,e 't wm "o iwwerful he had
rt hi, ym. And it ban been Ju,t , t
CS'r'rT KnoinU. a.,
y...l1lo,,'Wo,,J uu "to the midnight
Png worm"
ft ."",'rir'0Ut: "wwn lr Un.
L""n! Have merry, Lord Uod I"
tin of K:,'1"'.'";- faveling dh-
Umiu ii,.i . , u our
MauiTeS,1 i"' dow to Jericho
travBleri. flim l. lyp6 0t
ry houJ - if 8 U nuuiy nan who
WD unor WohedWnd hi. good
the waVof L ",Vur' oonaiatont at
r wwayof kee,,u,g the ijabbath
6
wbMi they ret Into Spain, on tho LortTt day
J wyi ro out to tee the bull flghta. Plato
mid that no city ought to ho bnilt
nerer to tho eea than ten mile, leat
It be tempted to commerce. But
thla trayebnic diapoiritlon of the world,
which wot adverse to that which la (food, ia
to bo tirought on our aide. Them roil tralna,
why, they are to toko ourDlblea; thenenteam
ahipa, they are to tranimort our mimlnnariea;
theae aallorg runhlng from city to city all
around the world, are to be converted into
Christian heralda and co out and nreach
fhrurt among the heathen nation. The Uoo
I pels are Infinitely multiplied in beauty and
imwer eince Itobinaon. and Thompeon, and
liurckhardt have como back and talked to
tia about Hlloam, and Capernaum, and
Jorumlem, pointing out to u tho lilies alxiut
which Jenua preached, the bench noon which
Tanl woa ahlpwrecked, the fords at which
Jordan woa poaaed tho Hed Boa lnk on
which were tomed tho carcaaBea of tho
drowned Egyptlana. A man said: "I went
to the Holy Land an Infidel; I came back a
Christian. I could not help It."
I I am not shocked at the Idea of building
a railroad to the Holy Land. I wish that all
I the world might go and son Oolgotha and
llethlehem. If we cannot afford to pay for
muleteers now, pnrhaM when tho rail train
?oos wo can afford to buy a ticket from
'onfitantlnoplo to Jopim, and bo we
will let to see tho Holy Land. Then
let Christinns travel! lAul speed the
rail trains, and guide tho steamahina this
night panting across the deep in the tihos-
pnoreeceni wane or tno shining reet or him
who from wave cllfT to wave cliff trod tho
stormed Tiberias. The Japanese enmoocront
the water ami son our riviliuition. and ex
amine our Christianity, and go back and tell
the story, and keep that Kinpiro rocking until
Jesus shall reign.
Where'er the min
Does his mcceiwlva Journeys run.
And the firearms, with which tho Infidel
traveler brought down tho Aah borsemnn
mid the incknU of the desert, have I icon sur
rendered to the church, nnd wo reach forth
our hands, crying: "There is none liko thnt;
Kive it me!"
Ho it has also Ix-en w ith tho learning nnd
tho eloquence of the world. lVople say:
"lleligion is very good for women, it is very
f;ood for children, hut not for men." Hut wo
in.ve in the roll of Christ's host Mozart nnd
Handel in music; Cnnova and Angelo In
sculpture; Itnphacl nnd Iteynolds in
puinting; Harvey nnd Hoorhanvo iu
mediciuo ; Cowper nnd Hcott in
ietry ; Crotius urn! Ilurko In slates
manship; lloylo nnd U'iluiitx in piiiloMiphv;
Thomas Chalmers nnd John Mason in thoolo.
gy. Tho mowt brilliant writings of a worldly
tmturo are nil nglow with scriptural allusions.
, Through senatorial spoes.li and through essay.
1st s iliscoiinw Mmni tliiiiulers and Lnlvary
pleails and Siloain sparkles.
Snmuel L. Houtlinrd was mighty in thn
court room mid in thn senate chnuibcr, but
he rowrvisl his strongest elixiuunce for that
ilay when ho stood beforo tlio literary so
cieties nt l'rlni-eton comineiiceinent nnd
V loaded for the grandeur of our llilile. Daniel
Vebster won not bis chief garlands whilo bo
was consuming llayne, nor when ha
opened tho butteries of bis eliMuenco on
Ilunker Hill, that nK-kiiig Sinai of tho Ameri
can Involution, but on t lint dny when, in thn
famous (iirard will case, bo showtd bis
nlToetion for tho Christian religion and
eulogized the lliblo. Tho eloquence nnd tho
learning that havo boon on tho other aidn
camo over to our side. Where is (iiu
Isins's historical pen? Where Is lloliesplerre's
sword? Capturoil for l!od. "There Is nono
like that; give it mo!"
Ho, also, bos it boon with tho picture milk
ing of tho world. Wo nro very anxious ou
this day to havo tho printing press nnd tho
platform on tho side of Chrihtianity; but wo
overlook tho engraver's knife and the
painter's pencil. Tho antiquarian goes nnd
looks nt pictured ruins, or examines
the chiseled pillars of TheU's, nnil Ninevnh
nnd l'ompoll, and then comes buck to toll us
of tho beastliness of ancient art; nnd it is a
fact now, thnt many of tho finest siieci
mens merely artistically considered of
sculpture and painting thnt aro to be
found amidst those ruins aro not fit
to be lookod at, and they aro locked up.
How I'aul must havo felt, when, standing
nmiiLst those Impurities thnt stored ou him
from tho walls and thn pavements and tho
baxars of Corinth, ho prouchod of the pure
nnd holy Jesus. Tho art of tho world on
the side of olincurity and criino ami death.
In Inter days the palaces of Kings worn
adorned with pictures. Hut what to un
clean Honry VIII. was a boautiful picture of
tho Madonna? What to Lord Jeffries, tlio
unjust Judge, the picturo of tho "Lost Judg
ment?" Wdot to Jforo, tho unwashed, a
picture of the bnptism in tho Jordan? Tho
art of tho world still on tho sido of super
stitition and death. Hut that is b 'ig
changed now. Tho Christ inn artist
Ko" across tho water, looks at tho
pictures, and brings buck to bis American
studio much of tho power of those old mas
ters. The Christian minuter goes over to
Venice, looks nt tho "Crucifixion of Christ,"
nnd comes back to his American pulpit t l
talk as never Is-forc of the siiireriii'.;s of tlio
Saviour. Tho private tourist g(Hs to llomo
nnd looks nt Itaphitcl' picture of tlio "I just
Judgment." Tho teurs start, ami ho gis-s
back to his room in the hotel, nnd prays tiod
for preparation for that day when,
KhrlvrlliiK like n leireheil senill,
'I lie flunliiK heitveiis UiKeiher mil.
Our Sunday-school newspapers and walls
nro adorned with pictures of Joseph in tho
court, Daniel in the den, Mliudrnch in tho
lire, I'aul in the shipwreck, Christ on tho
cross, oh, that wo might, in our families,
think more of tho power of Christian pic
tures! One littlo sketch of. Samuel kneeling
in prayor will moan more to your cliildreii
than twenty sermons on devotion. One pa
tient face of Christ by tho liund of tho urtist
will be more to your child than fifty sermons
on forbearance. The art of tho world is to
Ixt Uikon for Christ. What has liceoiiio of
Thorwaldsen's rbisel and Ohirliitidajo's cray
on ? Captured for tho truth. " Tboro is nono
liko that; give it mo! "
So, I remark, it is with 'buxluoxs acumen
and tuct. When Christ was upon earth, tho
tisoiile that followed iuni for the most iiart,
had no social powition. There was but one
man naturally brilliant in all tho aKwtlo
slilp. Jistcph, of Ariiiinthea, tho rich
mini, risked nothing whon hnoirureda hole in
tho rock for the dead Christ. How many
of tho merchants in Asia Minor
iK'friundod Josun? I think of only ono, Lydin.
How many of tho castles on tho beach of
tinliliw entertained Christ? Not one. When
l'etor came to Joppa, ho stopped with ono
Simon, a tanner. Wlmt Kwer had Christ's
nume on the Itoman exchange, or in tho
buxurs of Coriuth? None. Tho prominent
iiiou of the day did not want to
risk their reputation for sanity by pro
tending to heone'nf His followers. Now that
isull changed. Among the mightiest men lu
our groat cities to-day aro the Christian mer
chants aud the Christian bankers; and if to
morrow, at tho Hoard of Trade, any man
should get up ami malign tho namo of Jesus,
ho would be quickly siluiiood or put out. lu
the front rank of all our Christian
workers to-day are tho Christian merchants;
nnd tho ente.rprisin of the world are coming
on tho right sido. There was a farm willed
away some years ago, all the proceeds of
that farm to go for spreading iulidol iKK.ks.
Somehow matters have changed and now
ull the proceeds of that furin go
toward the missionary cause. Ono of
the finest printing presses ever built
was built for tho express purpose of publish
ing infidel tracts and Issiks. Now it tlx
nothing but print Holy Hibles. I believe that
the time will come when, in oominerclal cir
cles, tho voice of Christ will be the mightiest
of all voices. aud tho ships of
Tamilian will brine; present and tho
Ouoon of Khoba bor glory and tlie
wiso men of the Kast their myrrh and frankin
cense. I look oir upon the busiuesa men of
our cities and rejoice at the prosiiect that
tliolr tact, and ingenuity, and talent will,
after a while, all Isj brought Into tho service
of Christ. It will be ono of tlie mightiest
of weapons. "There is uono liko that; giro
it me I"
Now If what I have said tie truo, away
with all downheartoduess! If science Is to
bo on the right side, and the traveling dispu.
siUua ol tho world vu tho right sido, aud tho
teaming of the world on the right aid, and
tho picturo making on tho right tide,
and tho business acumen and tact of
tho world on the right side Thine, O
lord, la tho kingdom? Oh, fall into
line, all ye peoplo! It is a grand thing to bo
in such an army, and led by tnch a com
mander, and on tho way to such a victory. If
what I havo snid Is truo, then Christ is going
to gather up for Himself nut of this world
everything that Is worth anything, and
thore will be nothing but tho scum left.
A proclamation of amnesty goes
forth now from tho tbmno of (od, saying i
"Whosoever will, let him como." However
long yon may havo wandered, however great
your sins may have been, "whosoever wilL
let hlin come." Oh, thnt I could marshal
all this audience on the side of Christ. Ho is
tho liest friend a man ever had. He is
so kind He is so lovely, so sym
pathetic I cannot see how yon can stay
away from Him. Como now and accept His
mercy. Heboid Hiru as Ho stretches out the
arms of His salvation, saying: "I,ook unto
Me, all yo enils of the earth, and be yo saved;
tor I am Uod." Make final choice now.
You will either 1 willows planted by tho
water coursce or tho chaff which the wind
ilrivcth away.
RELIGIOUS.
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
LE890N Foil BUN DAY, JUNK 80.
TIIK CROSS.
Dr. R. R. Rforrs, in recent discourse,
makes the following chspieiit allusion to the
cross: "I do not msrvel Mint tlod loves the
cross. The world shows His Mwcr, Hit t.io
rroas shows His heurt, shows Ills love a'ld
self -sacrifice. . . . I do not mar
vel thnt Ile seta It up in thn white, unfading
snow on tho breast of tlie inulitv western
mountain. I do not wonder that Ho blazons
it in a resplendent constcllntioii n ie ng t1 e
Mors, nnd when the mod -m id"rent astron
omy tells mo that the sun, with nil His sys.
tern, is movin.; through space nt thn rate i f
Hliiuvd mx hundred millions of miles in n
year, nnd Hint other suns nro n ovin Ike
wise witfi no iquil rapidity, I nt that nil nro
moving, ns f ir as yet. can is n-inrtain"il, by
tl.e mo t d 'lievt fens of the niilit ii.t t. -life
ijsv in r ght line, of ilu-eot i hi nnd n 't In
rlo-i il circular oi lnts, I sometime ask mv
lelfwheth'T it m iv not l that mxiie of
Uiesn courses will ln found by nnd by to b
transverse to others, so tliat tho univorsi
itself shall nt least m ms'ii by us to 1st
biul.l.sl Binl fashl . lie I In tho '"""' id
tho irusa."
Tlie fact that wo know a thin? to ls wron
does not prevent, our doing it. Knowing
thnt a thiii is wrong r strains us from iu
rominisKion only to the decree that our
know ledge Hint it is wrong issulfusisl with a
living sense of the sinlulne-s nnd lil'nlinlili
ness of th act couteinpl'itisl. It is tolerably
clear where our work mssls to Is- put. How
Oan I learn to hate sin? Not by st.idving it.
Looking at tho dark ness ilisn nut make it
blacker; it makes it brighter, ami the lunger
you 1'Hik the more threads of whiteness you
will Hint iu it. Nor can wo lscomo mors
conscious of lb" sinfulness of sin by nuv re
solved mid heroic xtroiiii"g and pnslu m' o
ourni rnl perception-'. Sin ill-closes its lieiu-oui-n'svi
only ns it is t .li.-l, I in the liht of ll
rfect holiness of Almijity (i.sl. Ths
ground (.till needs the sky; the nether
firmament vet bangs Um too up'r. Christ,
that bundle of heavenly Miiisliine, ii
this RToss world's onlv hos-. History cnu
not Utterly fail till it has sueec d d ill ex.
pungii g tlio memory of the thirty three yean
of the ierfis't Jisii'. It wiis inliods e
that David saw the foulnevs of his own ndiil
terousliess. The ird upemil tho hietveus
aliovo u', nnd h t the Kiel mil shine iu tin
midst of our days, and cause bis ow n ro
V.aed holiness to work within IMthe Tfcct;
kuowlodgoof sin nnd the srfecl alihoi-reuce
of it. Then we are wife: silo from the devil
and a w hole hell full of his angels; safe at
I'aul wss safe, who-tood unlliiicning Isiforu
tho thorn, because ho hnd hnrd I ho voice
that were unutterable; safe as the Lord wax
safe, who ftepissl f. rward triumphant tq
Calvary, because on tho mount he had gath
ered armnment from tho prophets, and Iss-n
suffuwd with the light mid wrnpss ntsiuti
with thn glory thrd iisn him from tho uu
Cuvured ht-avmui. Jlev. C. 11, I'arkhurst.
jotoi:h riinisTiANsi.
No ono will question that there Is room for
more gladness in our world. Who is tosu
ply it if tho Chri-tinn l'Ks not? When
thoughtful men seriously propound the in
quiry, "is lilo worth living?" il is surely tinm
for nil who love Christ to answer thut ques
tion by the most pmcliciil of melho is to
show tho Win Id the glndn ssof bo life which
Christ inspires. Wordsworth Iiils given us
an immortal islo on the happiness which
comes from duty. Wo want u singer to in
spire us nil w.th n not li-ss lloble aim the
dulv of li'ippiiic.-s, uud hpiciully of happiness
as l 'hristinns.
No intliieiicn or power is more manifest in
nature than th it of joy. it is tho great
mainspring Ktnrting nil the wins Is if ink
nature activities. The sun deli ;lits 'o slime.
Tho stars never hsik tired of their ciilni
wiitchlul ga.o. The str.ams rejoice soto run
and sing. The Mowers delight in blossmine'
Joy laughs iu a llnni-niid littlo bud, nnd
dunces in young leaves, mid enrols iu tlio
song of birds. Thn very gins however ym
cut it, or trout upon it, lifts up its head
with a in w joy every morn
ing, nnd welconii'S you ill your evening wea
riness to the ro-t of its cisil, playful shadows.
Tho littlo child, fresh from (Jod, comes to us
with joy on its dimpled fne and glinluess in
its play and merry movements. No feature
in nature is more marked than thnt of joy.
Coleridge said that "the sunny hues, and
fair forms, and breathing meets of lint lire
made it iniM)ssiblo for him to ls a jarring
nnd dissonant thing umougst the general
minstrelsy."
Joy is both full of insight and Is medicinal.
Our best po-ta del ght to depict its iKiwer in
each of these ministries. Wordsworth said
it was "w ith an eye mndo quiet by the deep
swer of joy that ho saw into tho lifo of
things." Then he felt sensations sweet pass
im into bis purer uiiml, with tranquil resto
ration. Then ho came to know that blossist
iiiixxl in which tho burden of the mystery of
this unintelligible world Is lightened; and ha
kss-umo a living soul. If this bo the ministry
of the Joy of nature, surely the "joy of tho
Iird" would lighten inuny durk problems iu
life lift many a burden, chnnge the homo
nml tho business of many a weary and
tinsl child of Cod, and fill thuiu with
blight nens aud song. 7i (Juivtr.
Good, the mora communicated, more
abundant grows.
Tho Lord may load you round, but He will
lead you right.
Ho who stsunx not to himself more than ho
is, is more than ho seems. (loelhe,
Man originally fell by losing his confidence
lu Uod, and cun only be raised by the res
toration of bis coufldoiice: iu other words,
unbelief was his ruin, and be now stands by
faith. '
"Since from thy liounty we recievo
Such proofs of love di vino,
Had wo a thousuud hearts to give.
Lord, they should all be thine."
t'teiieui in American AJrssengtr.
The story is told of a woman who freely
dsod her tongue to the scandal of others, and
luado confession to tho priest of what she
had douo. lie gave bur a ripe thi.tle top,
aud told her to go out lu various directions,
and scatter tho seeds one by one. Wonder
ing at the is'iiaiice, alio obeyed, aud then re
tuinisl and told her confessor. To bor
amazement, he bade her go back and gather
the scattered seeds; and wheu she objected
that it would bo impossible, ho repliod that
it would be still more illlllcult to gather up
and destroy all evil reports which she had
circulated about others. Any thoughtless,
oareh etilld can scatter a handful of thistle
toed before the wind in a moment, but tho
strongest aud wisest meu caunot gather them
again.
From th Trl imphal Entry to the
Iteanrrco Ion.
From Bethany to Calvary Tho twatve lea
sons now coming under review begin with
tho Triumphal Entry and end with tho lles
tirrection. They may be arranged In three
rmpa. 1. Tho Kingly Coming. Less. 1-4.
Tho Saviour's Borrow. Less. KS. 8. Tlio
Redeemer' Triumph. Loss. W-13. The royal 1
rldo from Bethany to Jerusalem was followed J
by the rejection of the heir and divine Son,
and giving a summary of tho com mam I- I
mentA, and tho final fall of thn temple. The '
tho command to watch. A truo friend
anointed tho Lord at llcthany, and He ap-
E tinted the Ixjrd'i Supper as a memorial of
Inuelf. Then passing through tho agony
In Gethsamano, lie waa betrayed by a tnlso
friend. His own people comlcmued Jesus;
and then brought Him to tho Humnn gover
nor to be sentenced; Ho suffered on the cruel
crost for our tins, and rose for our justifica
tion, QCBATIONA.
Introductory With what great event does
this review begin? With what end? Into
how many groups ninry tho lessons bo ill
Tided? Stats the three.
1. Tho Kingly Coming From what plneo
was the triumphal entry made? Who pro
cured tho beast on which Jesus rode? How
was it covered? How was tho way strewn?
Who greeted Jesus? Hv whnt cry? Into
what sacred building did Ha enter? To whom
did Jesus sneak in parables? Who planted
a vineyard? To whom did tho man let it?
What did ho ask in return? Whom did he
end to get tho fruit? How were they
treated? How was the hair put nw.iy ? W ho
asked Jesus which was tho llrst or greatest
commandment? What did Ho say wns thn
greatest command? What was tho second?
Who railed Jesus's attention t tho mag
nificence of the temple? Whnt did Ho say
of it? What perils to disciples did Ho fore
tell? 'J. Tlie Saviour's Sorrow Whnt signs o
coming trials did Jesus describe? What worn
all to do? At whnt fen d did n w oman nnoiiit
Jesus's bend? In whoso house? lu what
town? How did some disciples :penk of her
act? How did Jesus commend her? Whero
was the Passover prepared for Jesus? How
did the disciples llnd tho pines.' What
memorial did lie appoint nt that time?
Whither did Jesus go after tho StipxT? Ity
whom was Jesus Ix-traved? In whnt garden?
Hy whom arrested? W hose ear w as cut oir?
Whither waa Jesus taken by the ofllcers?
8. The Redeemer's triumph Who sought
to put Jesus to death? Hy what kind of wit
nesses? How did tho high priest require Him
oanswer? What answer did Jesus make?
What was tho verdict of tho Jew u.li isiunoil?
Before what governor was.li-uis next taken?
What did l ilato ask Jesus? Whom was 1'ilate
willing to release? Whom did tho peophi
choose? How was Jesus treated by tho sol
diers? Where was He crucillcd? Who worn
crucified with Him? How ninny classes of
persons reviled Him? Whnt did Jesus say on
tho cross? What did tho Unman centurion
eay? Who came to the scpnleln oof ,isns mi
Sunday morning? W hat did they sec rolled
wny? Who sat wilhiu thesepulclire? How
did lie greet the women? What woman saw
Jesus early that morning? Who sun Him
toward evening of thnt day? To whom did
they bring the good news? ' How was it ro
oivixl;1 Ltusoii lleljier,
TIIK WOHKINIIS OK I'lUIIIIIIITIll.V.
Tho Pittsburg (I'enn.) l.nvltr publishes
fourteen letters in reply to inouirics minln of
editors in lown, Kansas and Maine ns to llm
working of the Prohibitory law. The re
plies uiuy tie summarii-d ns follows:
First llnve (lriinkenne-s nnd the crimes
therefrom diminished under constitutional
prohibition in your State?
Iteiiiies were yes, !; no, 2; doubtful. 1.
Tlie Maine editors all replied that us that
State bad bad statutory prohibition for
thirty years Ix'fore theconstitiitionnl umeiid
ment was adopted that it had uiudo no prac
tical difference.
Second Has It lieen found possible to
effectually enfore prohibition iu your State?
If it has, by whnt means has enforcement
txgen made effective? If not, to w hat do you
contribute tho failure to practically en
force it?
Replies were yes, I); no, 3; doubtful, I.
Third Whnt has Imsmi tho llnaneial eirx't
of constitutional prohibition:- Have tno
revenues of your citv nnd town treasuries
IsH'ii affected bcut'oViully or injuriously
thereby?
lb-plies were favorable, S; unfavorable, :p
doubtful, '2.
Fourth Whnt has Ixs-n the effect of pro
hibition on tho business of your Suite? Ibis
it tended to stimulate or dcpre.x general busi
ness? Hcplics were favorable, S; uufavorable, M.
Fifth Is tho intelligent H iiluuent of your
State, as ropresctitisl by its lending men in
the various walks of life, favorable or un
favorable toward the working of con-tun.
tionul prohibition?
Replies were favorable, 10; unfavorable, ".
not able to answer,
Sixth Do you regard constitutional pro
hibition ns, on tho whole, conducive In the
general welfare of your State and its people,
or otherwise?
Replies were favoruble, IU: unfa vol able,
13; unanswered, 1. (
A BAUKtKI'KU OS TKMI'KHANCK.
Ono of tho most estimable ladies of Minne
apolis heard of a temperance liK'ture in a plant
w here she was not cxss'ting it tho other
dny, says the Minneapolis 'fn'ooir. It. was
iu a liquor store, and the inun who delivered
it was the disMuserof sour luiish and i'v;nae.
The lady is nut only a ilrm Ix'livcr iu teuix'r
unee principles, but n iiromiiient worker in
one of the proiniiiontcliiirchcs in the city, us
well known as any in tho city. I'ndcr or
dinary circumstances she would not use
brandy to season niiuce pies, but It wits uu
urgent cose of sickness am I slut wanted as
good an articlo of brandy as could bo bad.
She atiked her physiciun where the Ix-sti-ould
Is) found in the city, uud was given tho unru
lier of a prominent firm on Nicollet avenue.
As she was down town that morning siio
went for it herself. Tho man w ho Itllisl tho
flask asked no questions, but hxiked curiously.
"1 amusing this for diphtheria," said tho
lady, as she took her change. "1 should not
be purchasing it if it were not for u cusu of
sickness.'
"Diphtheria!" said tho man who was wait
ing on her, "I know all nlsiut that. I've
bad three cases in my own family this spring."
"I supiMHHi you usod tliis same remisly, did
you" said tho lady.
"Not a drop of it," said thn man Ix liind tho
lxirina tono of horror. "My wife won't
have it in the house and 1 never touch it my
self. Wo aro temperance people. It Is dan
gerous stuff to have around uud we won't use
it even for sickness."
The lady took her change and went out
thunderstruck, while tho temperance man
begun mixing whisky sours for u group of
gentlemen who had just como in,
TUB XCONOMT OF PHOUIHITION.
A correspondent of tho Newcastle I2ng.1
Daily Chronicle emphasizes the economy of
prohibition by careful statistics. He shows
that in lHh8 in that district the pro)iortieii
paid for manual labor in making spirits was
not quite two pence in every sovereign's
worth of liquor, and that only ten ponce out
of every pound spent in liquor went to the
working classes. Any one therefore who
bought & worth of alcoholic drinks lost year
benefited tho labor market to the extent of
four shillings and two pence. Contract this
with the statement that of 5 spent for shoes
'J goes back for labor, and of i.5 sjient fur
woolen cloth 3 goes back to labor.
Whether or not the world would be vastly
benefited by tho total and final banishment
trout it of all intoxicating drinks, swims to
tie not now an open question. Three-fourths
tf mankind confosa thsafllrsssfUve with their
tongues: and I believe ail tha rest ackuowi-
I Idgo it In their heart.
TEMPERANCE.
AT WO.
Dare to say "No" when you're tempted ta
drink,
Fauae for a moment, my bravo boy. and
think; "
Think of tho wrecks upon life's ocean tossed,
For answering "yea" without counting tho
cost.
Think of tho mother who bore you In pain,
Think of tho tears that will fall Uke rain;
Think of tho heart, and how cruel tho blow.
Think of her love, and at once answer "No."
Think of the hopes thnt aro drowned in tho
howl,
Think of tho danger to Ixsly and soul.
Think of sod lives, once ns pure as tho snow:
I,Mik at them now, and nt once answer "No."
Think of a mniihiMxi with rum tainted breath,
Think of ita end, and tho terrible death.
Think of the homes thnt now shadowed with
woe,
Might havo been heaven, hod tho answer been
"No."
Think of lone graves lioth unwept and un
known, Hiding fond boca that wore fair as your
own.
Think of proud forms now forever laid low,
Thnt might still be hero, had they Isarned to
say "No."
Think of the demon that lurks in the bowl,
Driving to min both body and soul.
Think of all this as life's Journey you go.
And when you'ro assailed by tho tempter,
say "No." 1 '
OoodalCa Sun.
True tit Ant k i th cnoss.
A now crusade has commenced in the Tto
limn Catholic Church, which has attract. s
much attention in the community. Tho
"league of the Cross" is nn organization
Mnrbsl by Cardinal Manning in Knglnud nnd
It has extendi! to various ports of this coun
try. The following is the pledge:
"1 do solemnly promise, with the help of
tiixl, to nbstaiu from drinking or trenting in
miIixuis or like places, and from entering such
places without strict necessity. I also prom
ise to attend the meetings ol the league, to
observe its rulisi, nnd to do nil I cun to pro
mote its objects, nnd induce others to join
it "
In St. Peter's, one of the largest Roman
Catholic churches iu the city of Un .oUlvn,
with l'nth.'rs V'miisioli, Harry ami Wnnl, n
large orgnniit ion has Iss-n formed. Father
Bnrrv nt one of the niis'tings mud :
"We have from twelve to llftii'ii thousand
1 1 n i mill Roman Catholics in this parish, the
nren of which is cij-ht bhs-ks long by throe
blocks broad-thit largest parish hi the dio
cese. F.vcrv corner of every block uliiiost is
I irnted wtMi a rum-shop. Tlierenresixtv-
tive sal. xitis nlxiut. ninl we llnd thnt drunk
I'liness is constantly increasing. For every
ilri.nkar.l we ns laim the rum-shops make
ten new ones. The parish is like a ship with
strained tinils ru. The live priests hero have
been lulxiring to pump it dry. but the water
rushes in faster than ever. Now wo nro go
ing to stop the leak.
"Tho branches of this tree of intrriis rrncn
sprout faster than they can be clipped, so tho
only thing to do is to strike nt the nxit. We
lire like an iniilnihiiire corps ou n buttle-fleld.
As fast ns we IU one vvoiuiiled man up, ten
newly wounded nre brought to us from tho
front. What is the use ol our work w hen tho
bullets nre allowed to Hy as fast as ever" Wo
nro not even holding our own, for, as I Mild
before, ilrinik.'iiness is on Hie increase.
"There is no use denying the proposition
that snli xiiis produce drunkenness. ami drunk
enness prixliiecs oriino. Airainst this state of
n Hairs, therefore, wo propose to strive. Of
course wo must necessarily hurt Hie saloon
biisiuess,uiul that uiuy anlacmiize tbesalism-kiM-pcrs.
We cannot help that. What wo
nre goinir to do is 1. 1 save our pimple from jx-r-dition.
This is our duty, nnd we mu-t do it,
no mutter whom we hurt. We have Hod on
our side and have no fear of any forces w hich
may array themselves agnfnst us. With (tod's
help wo must w in.
"Never in the history of our couulry has
tho subject of iiitenqxrauco received such
consideration nx nt the present time. Light
is now sins! mi it a.x never Is fm e. Religion
and philanthropy have t how n their raysuxiu
it and laid bare its depths of iniquity. No
intelligent limn bus dubious views on tlio sub
ject. Tlie evidence Is clear no clearer if
written by an angel. There nro no faltering
Words. We know it to lx onoof the greatest
vices with which mail can bo nfTlictml. Per
haps it has never raged morn fiercely thou
now, and men nre organised to com' it it."
Ml salons and i.iqron. !
Seldom has there been a more interesting
deliate in the British House of ln,U than
that w hich took place a few nights ago on
the liquor traffic in Africa. Complaints have
been uiade from time to time by the mission
aries in let lets from .litl .rent .'.liters to the
II. niie Hoards; und iu various ways and nt
ilill'ereiit, times tho Hoards havo brought
the facts beforo the Hoverilliient. There
hulls, however, bavelxs-u small
It is only latterly, nml partly through thn
inlet-position of one of the native (,iiieens,
that t he matter has been miihii-Iv Ii Hiked lit
by the upper classes, nml by the Ineii in
xiwer. Among the more prominent persons
who have interested themselves iu t lie mat ler
is the I Hike of Westminster, who, nilhoiigh
In- litis not cut. bim-i -If otf from nil the en joy
ments of social life, lias come to be a potent
pei'Miiiality iu moral and religious i ireles.
The subject to w hi.-li we Inn e i i lerivil above
was brine-lit. Ix'loie the lion., of Louts bv
the Duke in a sx'is-h of imn-li weight, ft
was shown by tlm Duke, ned bv othei-.i who
followed iu the same vein, that the Km op. an
settlements in Alrieu, instead of being
"centers of civilization and liht, nnd moral
In alt hi illness were really cancerous sores,
thrust illg their l-ixits deeper llll.l deeper Into
the laud, uud spreading disease and dentil."
The cause was clearly siinted out. It wns
cheap spirits gin and sometimes rum. Im
port. si. as it was shown, in largo quantities,
these llery uud poisonous coiiqxiuii.ls, when
brought within tho na. li of tlm nutives, nro
eagerly sought nftur, and exercise a most do
iiiorali.ing liilltiencc. F.vcry product of the
country is brought to I he traders to Ixi cx
chaiigisl for them, and, instead of bales of
nicivluinilise, kegs of spirits are token into
the interior, where their destructive effect
hatllo all description. Il was stated ou g.xsl
authority, by the Duke uud others, that
w herever the spirits were intrixlnrcd cotton
goisls uud other products of civilization
censisl to be ill any extetisivo ileiiilind. Tho
npx-al to the (iovernmenl was therefore
bused on trade us well ns ou buinauiturinii
eiinsi.lcrati.ins. It was shown that much
g.sid had followed tlio enforcement of strin
gent luw s iu .uliiland and other parts. As tho
result of the del.ato the iovernuieiit has
promised to take all xssiblu steps to remedy
the evil.
it remains to lie seen what will bo done, .t
is most L-erUiinly onoof tlio disgraces of this
nineteenth century that we should im build
ing and tearing down in this fashion send
ing iiilssionarii-s nnd sending rum to heathen
hinds at one and the same time. Mail and
TEUPKHANrB NF.WK AND NOTES.
A saloon kecx.r snys the letters W. ('. T.
V, means "women constantly torment us."
Tho W. C. T. U. of Bangkok, Slum, pro
clfiiiiis its activity by means of a bunuer at
tho Paris Kxp.ssiti.ui.
Sum Small hasn't Is-eii a new spiix-r para
grophor for nothing. He defines high liceuso
as a high lio with no sense in it.
(Inventor Humphrey says a proposition to
restore the saloon in Kan mis would Im voted
dowu by at least VM.OUO majority.
ThoW. C. T. V. of MinneaiKiIisw ill soon
open a large coffee palace, where two thou
sand people can be fed iu one day.
There is not a single liquor saloon in Tyr
roll County, N. C, and consequently the law
yers in the county are on the verge of star
vation. The Niagara Square W. O. T. U., of Buf
falo, N. Y., has been iucororat.-d uud pro
poses to establish a woman's sanitarium aud
foundlings' homo in that city,
A recent canvass of the schools of England
roveaJed the fact that ninety-five ier cent,
of the young people taking first rank wore
members of the Hand of Hope,
GraMaopperg In Minnesota.
Professor Otto Lupgcr, of tho Mlnne-j
sot Experimental Farm, U reported aa
bring hopeful that the prMshopper pest
in Otter Tail County will bo exterminated.!
So far, bo has had good success in!
smothering tho c fig now In tho proper;
state to hatch. This is dono by plowing,
the land deeply where tho cpg are laid,i
thus breaking the mosses aud preventing
the young 'hopiiers" from reaching tho
surface. Tlie dry weather has operated,
against full success, nml the fall and win
ter wero also favorable to tho life of tho
rj-'ps. .
The adult female locust lays its eggs
in favorable localities, in lurgo communi
ties, in cylindrical masses, from half to
ovApnsniNii r.Y (;HuoriM-.i;n.
three-quarters, nnd sometime nci-'jy nn
inch in depth. Tlio v;s nre now just!
rciulv to liutoli, nnd rain would be of!
bem tit in prcvtiitin;; I lie yiuiui; "hoppers''1
from rcm-hinv; tin' surfiu c. Tlio hatcliinv;i
is i-Npcctcd to continue two u.eUs. (
'I'he l.cuislalurc of Minnesota appro
jiriatcd iJ'.'lMli) ni the last session fur uso
in the destruction of the rrgsof the grass
hopper. Soiiin 40(111 acres have boon,
planted, uud l'rofcxsor Lugger is hopeful
that the elTorts to destroy the pest will
be successful, tint w itlist iindi nir the dry
weather. A (rood, soakinu' rain wotilil
improve the prospect of subduing tho pest
very materially.
As illustrating the manner in which tho
etru-imifises nre laid, the cut show .4
the locust ovipositing, nn oe;ej mass,
individual eggs, the ei II filled with
iggii nnd the inatincr of forming tho
cell. These tire left with iiceess of nir
nn.l iiieins of escape for the insect.
Tlie object of the deep plowing is to
break up uud cover the whole so that tho
young will not be able to reach the .sur
face. i'rairit J'tirmrr.
UliUkiiiLT Is Hough on Shoes.
Tired men mid women who have laid
aside the old reliable hluckitig-hriisli for
patent shoe polishes, applied with a
sponge, may profit by the ilictiiu of n son
of St. Ciipsin when u patron brought hint
a ;air of shoes worn out after a inontli'a
use. The uppers were cracked und cut ;
tip re was a dissolution of partnership be
tween the welts nnd mlcs, and tlio sliapo
was hopelessly spoiled. The customer
considered himself a light wearer, under
ordinary tests, uud found fault with tlio
shoes. "Not u bit," said the shoemaker,
lis he showed h dozen others similarly
ruined, and ns lie explained irreparably
so. "That all comes of those shoe pol
ishes; they're the best friends we've got,
tin nigh they client us out of repairs.
Most of them nre made by boiling to
gether shellac, borax and aniline black.
They rot the leather quicker than any
acid you could name. The old hlackinif
bru-li gives more trouble, but tlie polisli
lasts and it gives the shoes a fair cliaticu
for wear." .s'm -'ni iicit.ro 1 7irnnV-.
Assisting u Suicide.
It has been held iu Kiiglaud that if
two persons agree In kill themselves, and
one survives, the survivor is guilty nf
murder.
In Arkansas assisting another to c.nii
m i t suicide is murder. In California aid
ing, advising or eiirnuraging one to doj
so is a felony, lu Kansas if is man
slaughter in the lirst ilcirico. In Mas.
suohusctts it is murder. New York Inn
no .statute on the subject. .l.nV nml -jirtn.
The Long Inland 17-yenr lonusts are
ilMiiigui-lm.l by tho red eyes, others
having black.
Udo and tho Soda Water.
Ktit Torlt Herald. )
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