IOW TO MAKE FRIEND3.
rBKj THE DEFENDERS COME,
I ucrf& and Wlne Art Discussed
I e ti n TtlmoTA.
.lit the sacred nd tfiTln of mtit0
I P- object on
'hTSw-r heard of any one prcacWg-
i Ood t nought It of enough importance
Jliui ta th. middle of the U.ble these
Jdn of Solomon. Isiunded on one side by
1 .Gimtlnp. of Isaiah, the greatest of the
'I?h,r It S-tm .11 a matter of haphazard
niMir friends we have, or whether ws
'lyfrbii.tall; bul thot Is nothing
F . ".I .!.... It
There if it law whioh
r1" ilnn nd dlsoendon of
"T! .. . ti. .11.1 nnt "fust hammn so."
rr' than th" tides Just happen to rise
E' fall or the sun Jurt happens t rise or act.
liYsHenee, an art, a God-giyen regultv
tii m how friendly you are tootuon
f Ti -.in tell roil how friendly others are to
K I dn not say you will not have ne-
turn
Indeed, tne wny m get
"i. i. t.i have ardt'tit enemies if Ton tot
Lir enmity iu doing the right thing. Oood
L mi inl women win -,r.
,h bill ''" nuiK'iii. ...vt. " ...
. . . I. . InH 1 . f pmi RilhnrAnt
Sour frind will gather doner around you
L-tntenf the attack of your assailants. The
I , .. I, .on Via IuiMii. VnliU
t, riiir i ll'-"""- j v.. j-""
Lljuti'r will think of you. The beet friends
L.lt hnd aiitieared at some juncture when
L. vre ciwiHy lmnilwirdcil. There have
L-xi tini'" in my Ufa when unjust assault
C iitij'li'il iv f rionds, as near on I could
I'-llftli. aolll out n miiiuiv. m ou hi u
ami !" some "ple by many cords thut
Litr time nr eternity iwi break, and I
tu warrant that ninny of those cords were
Liit. I hv Imnd malevolent. Hiiiunn na
na .:iilw n1 'sen nisiut niiy-iiiuo ceu-
k ni.'". ' npiBiii oi inn i. i-miinne
lUin. i'"' "r" I"'"', running inn io-
nr nirrminii on n mmn in mo luvvr
H , Hk"l; Iml iliiTiiKniAl ii-ost ono Koa
utof limi'iin niitiire tlmt wmliil fi'ly
.'-ircfro'n Hint ahipwrerk, and tlint to the
..witMn to t.'ike tli" pnrt of th'Mn unfuirly
nit with. IVIirii it (: thoroughly doniou
britid tliab Romo oho in tMinir tHrso
Lil, dltln'iili at tlin itart iliinucrouf
niii wero liinv rnoiiL'li. tlurciiilors
L!lv fiitluTi'd around an tUii.'k as honey bees
Ci a tivllm of lriiiil honnyaucklo. If, when
kt ufm 1'V the furina, you can hare erace
un ut k''i vinii iiiiiiiiii mini, anu tire
fc ar iKiltliK, yu will llnd yourself after a
ilr with a wimio cordon or allies. Had
It tlio world given to Christ on His arrival
l'slintiiio a very cold sUouldor, there
Mid not havelioon one-half as many aneels
kmiTini trlitrr out of thu hvmn IkmiWb nf thm
kr IminiT ill lilnclc lids of midnight. Hod it
t b.'on for the heavy mid inzoUand tortur-
kneroM. Christ would not havo been the ail-
a;rl ami loved of inoro people than any be-
z who ever touehed Pnit on eithor the enst-
fcior winteru hemisphere. Initooil, thero
ln, of piviii): up in dospair berauso vou
kvf eniMiiics, rejuieu in the fa't that tliey
k.lr (r you the most helpful and ciituiiMii
r 'l!iiiier. In othi-r words, thero is no
nileiife. hiiinim nrdiuholio, that run hinder
y tixt from iMiuinij truo: "A ninn thut
i h fru-nds must show himself friendly."
It i my ambition to projert, espoel.illy
on the youiiK. a thought whieh may be-.
ilysimpe their destiny for the here and
i' hrejtft.T. lleforo y'ou show yourself
knilly you must lie friendly. I do not reo
Dinwid a druiiiatizisl Kenlnlfty. There is
rh a thins ns pretending to lie cn rupport
Mother when we are their dire destruct
i, and talk against them ami wish them
Utility. Judus covered up his trenehery
s rinoundliit; kiss, and caresses may lie do-tii-al.
better the mythological G'erbt
y the three-headed dog of hell, barking at
than the wolf in sheep's clothing, its
ncilod hide covered up by deceptive wool,
dits deathful howl cadauced into an inno
it bleatlnif. Disraeli writes of lird
uifrwl, who, after committing many
Iraije upon the people, seemed suddenly
bwome friendly, and Invited them to
"nquet. After inotit of the courses of food
J Nfn served he blew a horn, which was iu
times a sipml for the servants to bring
tho dessert. Lint in this case it was the ei.
I fur nsKassins to enter and slay tho guests,
i pretended friendliness was a cruel fraud,
i there are now people whose smile is a
.hood. Hcfore y..u begin to show your-
I frivndly ynu must lie friemlly. Oet your
irt riht w ith Uod and man and this grace
II become easy. You may by your owu
iilution get your nature into a semblance
tlii virtue, but the grace of ihxi cml
Uiinely lift you into it. Hailing on tho
it Thames two vessels ran aground. The
liers of one got one hundred horses iiud
Ud on the irnuinded ship and pulled
tn pieces. The owners of tho other
)uinled ve.. wait.sl till tht tides
i" in a:nl ui-ily I'oiiteil the ship out of all
Ml.le. N,, wo may pull ami li.iul nt, our
"ui.ied hiiniHti niituns and try to get into
i.T condition; I, ut there is tmtliin;; liko
iJcunie tid.i of Vihlu uplifting grmsi to
ft us into this kindline I am eulogizing.
hen under the flnsli of the Holy Oliost
fcs'ourowu foible and defects ami de
ivuios, Wli i,,, vt,ry inu,It al(l V(,
y with others. Wo will look into their
iraeters lor thing coiiimendtory and not
iimitory. If you would rub your own
little inure vigorously you would llnd a
tfin it, the extraction of which would
1 you ko lu:y you would not huvo much
e to shudde r your liroadax and go
;i to split up the beam iu your neigh.
,r.roy- '.""iHii spirit keep on
"ring the characters of those you
i., , aud I nm sure you will ftud
, ' .' ln,tli",u ,"Sntful and fit for a
ndstionof fnendllnoss. You invito mo
aie to your country seat aud spend a few
w.-f i yHUl Arrive about noon of
"titiful summer day. What do you do f
"tailow of the great elms. You tuko me
inhea,rt,,r,Ulake' tl19 "itt.l trout
.1 in nii "i"-1 U'ong the white pillars of
E . JL " vxi uk nle tl10 fdl "d
where you keep your Hue stock, aud
P ythe Durham cattle, and the Gordon
Irni'" L, ulKn topping stoxls by paw
lend iieigblug, the only language they can
ft. akmg for huriifws or sadiUo, and o
r turn down the road. Then we go back
u'8 tuu, "d you get me iu tho right
I fv 1 how 1,10 the Kensett
Li. ?'"r1'It the wall.
tZ1." ",.u lul" the musiu room, and show
Ne biid cages, the caiuirics in the bay
f . aw..nuK the robins in the tr tj.i.-
tii."U; 1,l1!8Vj,p.,!"Joyed myself more in
M iih length of time. How, why do we
,.. I. . rKrl tothi vlmroetors
, -, ..,,.1 .now ma nioom and the musiu
him Lrtgnt fountains? No ...
loiiKa.;dl-,tmehow you that mais
i .. i' lei'e is a green scummed froir
I" st , 'BroB'tylr, and I guon,
. -e, b'll!".UK'r" '"""t boa blai-k snake.
Ives wiVf. .f . n"ur or two TOXixio
t With the UUiMlliees. t)h. mv f.....,,lu
viHiw.f "I" the faults and extol
.li.l... i . Jinois
once
""i or uulvepuil
p..i..iiinu.. in
i S .? ...tuoralM for a
as (t m u """"rwiuj sweetness, as
. :.WU 'urther oil in th e season
V W . 7. wuwb'tl up from tha
Shod. .I?, hwr """thing bad about
I tak. sup,5sfi to be
Mth.tm:,I.aorpt tb,tt "'"i
Iittw., " chrcrl wiU take oft
te"aui7-?re, If cent, for the habit of
ItuM b.U,U beIon t the man who
ltaJ"tury!.th"u 1 wi" take oir
I:
oil Uen?v.ri'!Ll 1: Th. will
Ihi ni.n .. P eu. irom Ui tact
r talnn . I'""" '"B Will Itttlloll. o,
f tokeu 011 vority.Uv per ccut. liut
I hare not heard til wtde of the story at all,
and for that reason I take off the remaining
twenty-five cent." Excuse me, sir, I don't
believe a word of it.
, Hut here comes in a defect!-) maxim, m
often quoted: "Where there is so much
smoke there must be some flre." Look at all
the smoke for years around Jenner.tlie intro
ducer of vaccination; and the smoke around
Columhna. the discover er; and the smoks
around Martin Lnthar, and Bavonarola and
T5allleo,and Paul, and John.and Cliriit.and tell
tne where was the fire? That is one of the
Hatanio arts to make snjoke without Are.
Slander, like the world, may bo made out of
nothing. If the Christian, fair mlnded.com
tnon sensical spirit in regard to others pre
dominated In the world, we should have tho
millennium in almtit six weeks, for would not
that be lamb and Hon, cow and leopard Iring
down togothorf Nothing but the grace of
Uod can ever put us Into such a habit oi
mind and heart as that. The whole tendency
is in the opposite direction. This is the way
the world talks: "I put my name on the back
of a man's note, and I had to pay it, mid I will
never again put my name on the back of ny
man's note. I gave a beggar ten cents, and
Ave minute after I saw him entering a liquor
store to spend it. I will never again give a
cent to a beggar. I helped that young man
start in business, and lo, after a while, he
came and opened a store almost next door to
me, and stole my customer. I will never
again help a young man start in business. I
trusted In what my neightsir promised to do,
and he broke his word, and the I'salmtst was
right before he corrected himself, for 'all
men are liars.'" Somen become suspicious
and saturnine and eelllsh, and at every addi
tional wrong done them they put another
layer on the wall of their excluslveneaa, and
another bolt to the door that shuts them out
from sympathy with the world. They get
cheated out of a thousand dollars, or misin
terpreted, or dlxaptiointed, or betrayed, and
higher goes the wall, end fnster goes another
bolt, not realizing that while they lock others
out, they lock themselves In; and sotno day
they wake un to find themselves Imprisoned
in a dastardly habit. No friends to others,
others nre no friend to them. There's an
island half way between Knglnnd, Kcotliind
and Ireland, called the Isle of Man, and the
sea dash against all sides of It, and I am told
that them i no more lovely iduce than that
Islo of Man; but when a innn tiecomes Insular
In his disposition, nnd cuts himself off from
tii main land of the world's sympathiisi. ho
is despicable, and nil around him I an Atlan
tic Ocean of selfishness, lkliold that lslo of
I Man I
Now, supposing that you have, by a divine
I regeneration, got right toward Ood nnd hu
I inanity, nnd you start out to practice my
! text: "A man that hath friend must show
i himself friendly." Kulllll this by all forms of
appropriate salutation. Have 'vou notice. I
that the head is so poised that the easiest thin 4
on earth Is to give a nod of recognitionf To
swing the head from side to side, n when it
I waggod in derision, is unnatural and un
pleasant; to throw it back, invites Vertigo;
but to drop the chin in greeting is accom
panied with so little exertion that all day
long and every day you might practice it wit h
out the least semblance of fAtigne. Ho also
the structure of the hand indicates hand-shaking;
the knuckles not made so that the flngeri
can turn ou, but so made that the flngeri
can turn in, a in clasping hands; and the
thumb divided from anil set nloof from thu
fingers, so that wbllo the lingers tako your
neighbor's hand on one side, tbo thumb takes
it on tho other, and pressed together, all the
faculties of tho hand give emphasis to thf
salutation. Five sormous in evory healthy
hand urge 11 tohnud-shaking.
llesldi-s this, every dnv when you start out,
load yourself up with s;iiid thoughts, kind
words, kind expressions and kind greetings.
AVhen a mun or woman dots well, tell him so,
tell her so. If you meet some ono who is Im
proved In health, and It 1 demonstrated in
f irth and color, say: "How woU you look:"
tut if, on the other hand, under tli 9 wear and
tear of life he appears pale UUJ exhausted,
do not introduce sanitary subjects or say
anything at all about physical conditions.
In the case of improved health, you have by
your words giveu another impulse toward
the robust and tho Jocund; whllo In the
case of the failing health you have arrosti
the docline by your silence, by which he in
cludes "If I were really so badly off, he
would have said something about it." We are
all, especially those, of a nervous tempera
ment, susceptible to kind words and disoour
aging words. Form a conspiracy against us,
and let ton men meet us at certain points on
our way over to business, and let eaeh ono
say: "How sick you look:" though
we should start out well, after meeting
the first aud hearing his depressing salute,
we would begin to examine your symptoms.
After meeting the second gloomy accosting,.
we would concludo we did not feci quite as
well as usual. After meeting thf third, our
sensations would bo dreadful, and after meet
ing tho fourth, unless we exported a conspir
acy, we would go homo and go to lied, mid
the other six pessimists would Ihi a useless sur
plus of discouragement. My dear sir.mv dear
madam, what do you mean by going uliout
this world with dislienrtoiiinentsf Is not the
supply of gli huh nod trouble and misfortune
enough to meet the demand without rmir
running a factory of pins ami spikraf Why
should you plant black and blue iu tho world
whoiidodHo seldom plants tliemf l'lentv
of scarlet colors, plenty of yellow, plenty fit
;;reen, plenty ot pinlt, but very seldom n
plant black or blue. I never saw a bluck
llower, aud there's only here and there a blue
bell or a violet; but the blue is for the most
nart reserved for tho sky, and wo have to
1U up to sis) that, and when wo look 1111 no
color can do u harm. Why not plant along
the paths of others the brightnesses instead of
the glooms? Do not prophesy misfortune. If
you must Ihi a prophet nt ull be an Kzekiel
and not a Jeremiah. In ancient times proph
ets who foretold evil woro doini right, for
they were divinely directed; but thu proph
ets of evil ia our time are geuarully
false prophets. Koine of our weather wise
people are prophesying we shall have a sum
mer of unparalleled, scorch, it will not bo
that at all. J think we are going to huve a
summer of groat harvest and universal
health; at any rata I know as much about it
as they do. I,at full all ti e weather proph
ets agreed in saying wo should have a win
ter of extraordinary severity, blizzard 011 the
heels of blizzard. It was the mildest winter
I ever remember to have pussod. Indocd,
thu autumn and the spring utmost shoved
winter out of the procession Heal trouble,
have no heralds running ahead of their snmJ
bcr chariots, and no one has any authority,
in our time to announce their coining. oud
yourself up witli helpful words and iImsIl
The hymn once sung 111 our churches is unlit
to be sung, for it says:
We hnuM npoct some danger nnsr
Whrr We xshimi itfllsUl.
In other words, minagn to koep miserabla.
nil tho time. The old song sung at the pianos
a quarter of a century ago wasright: Kind.
Words Can Never Die." Such kind words
have their nests iu kind hearts, nnd when
tiiey aro hatched out and take wing they cir
cle round in flights that never cease, and
sportsmau's gun cannot sin sit them, und
storms cannot rullle their wings, aud when
tbey cease llight iu those lower skies of earth
they sweep urouud amid the higher altitudes
of heaven.
Oh, what a glorious state ot things to have
the friendship of Ood I Why, we could afford
to have all thu world against us and all other
worlds against us if wo had Uod for us. He
could iu a iniuuto blot out this universe, aud
iu another minute make a better universe. I'
have no idea thut iod tried hard when IIul
made all things. The most brilliant thing
knowu to us is light, and for the creation of
that He only used a word of command. As
out of flint tho frontiersman strikes a spark,
so out of one word Uod struck thu noouduyl
sun. For the making of the preeut universe
I do not read that God lifted so much as a
linger. The iiible frequently speaks of
God's hand, aud Uod's arm, and Ood's
shoulder, and Uod's foot; then su
pose He should put band and arm aud
shoulder and foot to utmost tension, whuS
".ould He not maker That God, of such,
ieiuonstrated and undemoustrated strength,
011 may have for your present and everuut
Vg frluiid. But a stately and reticent friend,
nd to got at, but as approachable as a
mhi try mansion on a summer day when all
.1 doors and windows are wide opuu
Christ said: "I am the door." And Tie ft a
wide door, a high door, a palace door, an
always open door. My four-year-old child
got hurt, and did not cry until hours after
when her mother came home, and then tha
burst into weeping, and some of the domes
tics not understanding human nnture, said
to her j "Why did you not cry beforer Phe
answered: "There was no one to cry to."
Now I have to tell you that while human
sympathy may be absent, divine sympathy
is always accessible. Ulve Uod your
lore and get His love; your service
and secure His help; your repentance
and have His pardon. Uod a friend? Why.
that means all your wounds medicated, all
your sorrows soothed, and If some sudden ca
tastrophe should hurl you out of earth it would
only hurl you into heaven. If Uod I your
friend, you cannot get out of the world too
quickly or suddenly, so far as your own hap
piness Is concerned. There were two Chris
tians last Tnwsday who entered heaven; the
one was standing at a window iu perfect
health watching the shower, and the light
ning instantly slew him; but the lightning
did not flash down the sky as swiftly ns hit
spirit flashed upward. The Christian man
who died on the same day next door had
lieen for a yearor two failing in health, and
for the last three months had suffered from a
disease that made the nights sleepless and the
days an anguish. Do you not really think
that the case of the one who went instantly
was more desirable than the one who entered
tho shining gate through a long
lane of insomnia and congestion? In
the ono case, it was like your standing
wearily at a door, knocking and waiting, and
wondering if it will ever open, and kins-king
nnd waiting again; while in theothercaC
It was a swinging open of tho door at the
first touch of your knuckle. Olvo your
friendship to Uod, nnd 'nve Uod's friendship
for you, nnd even tho worst accident will be
a victory.
How refreshing is human friendship, nnd
true friends, what priceless treasure! When
sickness conic, and trouble cnuie. and denth
comes, we send for our friend first of nil,
and their appearance In our docrwar In any
crisis Is re-enforcement, and when they hnv'e
entered we say: "Now it is all rilit:" oh,
w br.t would wo do w ithout friend, fs-rsonal
friends, business friends, family friends? Hut
we want something mightier tbnti human
friendship in the great eTigencies. When
.fount ban Kdwnrd in his final hour hnd given
the last good-hy to all his carthlv friends,
ho turned on hi pillow and closed his eyes
confidently nying: "Now where is .Testis
ef Nazareth, my true and never falling
friend? Ye. I admire human friendship as
seen In tho case of David nnd Jonathan, of
l'aul nnd ncbiphoni,of Herder and (i oet he,
of Goldsmith an Reynold, of Heaiimout nnd
Fletcher, of Cowley and Harvey, of Krav
inns nnd Thomas More, of losing nnd Men
delssohn, of 1ju.1v Churchill nnd Trim-ess
Anne, of Orestes nnd I'y lades, each re
questing that himself tnliilit take the point of
tlie dagger so the other might Iks sparisl; of
Kpujiiiiiondas nnd lYIopidn, who locked
their shields in tattle determined to die to
gether; but the grandest, the mightiest, the
tenderost friendship iu nil tho universe
i tho friendship between Jcsu Christ
nnd a liclioving soul. Yet nfter all
1 have said I feel I havo only done
whit. Jniue Marshall, tbo miner, did
Iu 1S1H, in California, before its gold mine
were known. Ho reached in and put
Uhiii the talile ot hi emiuoycr, 'upturn Sut
ton, n thimbleful of gold dust. "When did you
get that?" said his employer. The reply was:
"I got It this morning from a mill race,
from which the water hnd bs n drawn otr."
Hut that gold dust, w hich could have lcn
taken up between the linger ami thu thumb,
was the prophis-y and swsuuieu that revealed
California's wealth toall nnaiou. And to-day
I have only put liofore you a specimen of tls
Value of divine friendship, only a thimbleful
of mines inexhaustible and infinite, though'
sll timo ami all vluruity go ou with the ex
ploration, TIIIC CItOWTII Oir TKMI'KIlANOf!.
Any ono who reiiiemlsTs the ilriukinrc
habits of thirty or forty year ago, or any
one who has studied the record of sociul cus
toms in New Kngland since the settlement of
the country, must beaw are that a steady aud
immense gniu in the direction of temperance
lias been made, which ha extended to all
classes of society, eicept possibly to thu very
most unfortunate. The drinking customs of
tho past generation are w ell known. Hcetirs
nt the tables of the wealthy and cultivated
were tolerated, ami in fact expected, which
would now iircclaiuiahly disgrace reseetubli
people. The clergyman had his pitcher of
rum on the pulpit with which to moisten his
litmus ho discoursed upon the moral virtues.
There are ,till extant bill for quantities of
intoxicating liquor, used nt "raisings'' of
church buildings, und pnid for by the parish,
which show an astonishing consumption of
intoxii-ont.H and an absolute toleration of their
use The pail of rum sUmm! iihiii thecouiitcr
of t tie country store, and customers helped
themselves with a dipper. Tho results of all
this were what were to he exMH-ted. In tint
parish ns-ords of deaths, a hundred year
ago, tho words "alcoholism" nnd 'drink''
placed opposite certain names us the cause of
death, figure with startling frequency.
The fuel, is thnt the general community ha
ndvaiictsl in a most marked degree in point of
tniiis-rance. The change has been so radical
that it has cntcr.sl into the life and habits of
the nsiple; and it has h.vn brought nlxuit by
the inllu.'iice of individual opinion nn. 1 tho
growth of individual coii:k'iico. ilvstun
'I rcnsciijit.
wnis;:v rv. nt intitav r.rv.'.i.T.
Captain l-'.touch, Third infantry, has reHrt
rd to the War Department the following re
sults of the investigations of Captain Jlun
liey. Third infantry, into the reccutlv report
ed Indiuu outbreak ut thu Mole Lues lbuorva
tion, I). T.:
"The shooting of the white man was tho
result of ilrunUcmiess. Three families who
left th tieighlsirh.ssl of the Indian camp
wero new arrivals. Swedes, and wore fright
ened olf by drunken Indians. They were
nlsmt six miles oif. Thu Indians will deliver
up tho one who did the shooting, Wailela,
ns si sin as the Sheriif conies for him. He will
not liMive his present wlierealsuits. The all. Kit
ing tMk place in tho Mille Ijcs country.
There seems to lie some apprehension oil the
part of whites and some ill will on the part of
Indians, partly because, of the accidental kill
ing of one of their number hist w inter, by a
whito man, nnd partly Iwausu they still
think they have some title to the laud here
abouts, but there is nn danger of an out
break. When drunk they may have made
threats, but there is little in them. Tho whis
ky and alcohol trade is tuj vjri featui'o vf
tho niutUtr."
rxfiLAftn crowino RnnF.n.
"Rev. K. E. Hale, says in the Cosmuimlilan;
Whether any of the great moral wars w hich
have been ut on foot by such men as Futlier
Matthew, or the Washiiigtouians, or by thu
red ribbon movement, or thu woman's union,
can show as great a result as this, it would
lie hard to say. Tho reduction of tboumoiint
of liquor commmed in Kngland in the last de
cade was, till 1H.H7 so considerable as to af
fect visibly what Mr. Gladstone called "the
drink revenue." The year 1S87 brought 1111
increase, but it was sup)Msed that this was
due to the festivities in consequence of the
Queen's Jubilee a sad enough issue to a
popular celebration. At the moment when I
write thuso lines, we have not Mr. lialfour's
budget soech of and can aot tell whether
the consumption ot licjuor full again after the
jubilee was over.
All this reduction Is due to steady "temper
ance work" of the old-fashion kind in Kng
land; totho"itel Itibbon Movement," and
the "ISalvution Army." aud other vigorous
and manly endeavors to make men rufiiso to
drink who drank before you persuaded them.
Undoubtedly such work can be advanced
by exiedienu like those of "prohibition,"
and by every device by which the nuisance
of the open liar is suppressed.
But tho two clubsut of niove:ucut must go
baud lu Uaud.
J The real anarchist, says Rev. P, B. Hen
on, D. D., la the saloouUt. but Instead of
hooting him or stringing blra up we give
him a charter as illimitable as the wlud aud
lutiku UiiU au Aldoriuou.
SUNDAY ' SCHO'JL.
StnjKCI' r'OH Mt'XD.W, .It'IiY 14.
'lli fnrmwliil Dcittli or F, I " l
lain,, iv., 1 lit .oblcn Icxt I.
f-iuii., Hi , l:V nio-.
J 1. "The word of Pnmiinl enmo to nil Israel."
iTbat is tho word of the lord through Samuel,
for ho, as the Ixird's prophet, would iealc
jthe Lord's mesaago (Hag. I., lit); and thus all
.Israel would know through liltn the will of
the Lord. In studying any portion of tint
'history of Israel we must remember thnt
Ithoy were chosen by Ood from among all tint
'nations of the earth and placed iu that good
land In order that He through them might
'mako Himself a name nnd 1 ningniuod by
them In the eyes of all tho nntions (II Hem.
Til., 2.1; 1 Chr. xvll., 21; lsa. Ixiil , 13), Ho
showing in evory way that lie hnd mado
tbwn a peculiar people unto Himself (Kx.
xix., 51. "Israel went out ngalnst the Fhilis.
tines to tattle." It was during a forty years'
loppreeslon of Israel by the F'hillstines that
Hamson was enabled by tho Spirit of Uod to
'do his mighty works, nnd it was by tho i'hll
stincs that Israel was defeated when Haul
and his sons were slnln; if we judge from I
Bni. xvll., an, 45, we are to look upon them
AS dellers of tho living Ood, the Uod ot
jlsrael, over whom truo Israelites should al
ways have tho victory. (Dent. Xxvlii., 7.)
1 S. "Israel was smitten befom the I'l.sli..
tines." This Indicates that Uod wan not wit h
them, forbad Ho been in their midst victory
would have Wn certain; "one should chosft
thousand and two put ten thonmml 1,1
flight." Ho hnd promised to light for them
when He sent them forth (Petit. I., :; lii.,
a; xxxii., Wn, so that this going out against,
the enemy and this defeat was not the remit
of Ood's loudiiig. Whon they were defeated
nt At it was because of sin in the ramp, und
the sin w hich Ell knew ami did not put aw 11 v
may havo lssn partly the cause of this dc
lent; but our next lesson will tell us thnt lin y
had as a nation forsaken Usl (chap, vii., ;ii,
and this jiidgmetit reminds us that "the hand
of our (iisl is upon nil them for gissl thnt ss.k
Hiiu; but His isiwer and Hi wrath is neniiist
all them that forsake Him." (Kzra viii., Mi.i
8. "I.etusfeteh the ark of I ho covenant of
the Lord; It may save us." They
did not look to tho liordto n:,ve them, they
wero not nt thbi timo worshiping Hun, but
idoU, and tiiey Kca' of this holy vessel ivs if
It were nn idol w hich pcrtinps may have
more power than tho other idol which thev
worshiped; but their iniquities had separated
between them and Und, ami their sins hud hid
Ilia fai-e front them (Isa. lix., 2; ,Tcr. v., 'J.'.
4. "So the people sent to Shiloh, that they
might bring from thenco tho ark of tho cov.s.
Iinnt of tho Iiord of Hosts, which dwcllctli
between the cheruUm." Thus they add sin
to sin and are so blinded thnt they ! not tho
eunrinitv of this sin. Consider thu signili
canctt of this holy vessel, mentioned eleven
times in this chapter, ami that its place in
the tnliernni'le was In the Holy of Holies into
which the High 1'ricst alone entered hut one,
year and never without the blood of thu
sacrillre, typifying tho blond of Jc.mis Christ ;
Consider also UieeipnHion"dwell,;tli Is'tweeii
the clicrubim" found here for the llrst time,
and only seven times iu all Scripture III Sain,
vi., 2; II Kings xix.. I ft; I Chr. xill., ; I's.
lux., 1; xeix., 1; Isa. xxxvii., Ifi); carrvim
us tack to Kx. xxv., V!!. whire we Hud it
origin. The 1ord of Hots will I si cut nat.sl
by, and do giat thinjTs for, cverv suitont,
heart that humbly sH'ks 1 1 tin. but when su h
blind and blasphemous hsmU niprou'A Him
they can only expect His w rath.
6. "All Israel shouted with 11 great rfnout."
It was not like tho great shout when tho wal 1 1
of Jericho fell, or when the foundation of tho
sws. ml teui)le w as hud (Josh. vi.,2H; Kzru ill.,
ll-i:i), for then it was a sliout tss-nusn tho
Lord was in their miilst and the work was
for His glory, but thia was simply tho shout,
of Israel without reference to the glory of
Uod; it may have been a loudor shout than
on tho other occasions, but it was all noise
with no power to it.
tM. "Ooii It como Inbi U10 camp." When
the I'hilistlhos heard tho shont, anil under
stood the cause of it. they wtro afraid, sii
posing the ark wan Israel's Uod as Dngou
was theirs, but although they truuible at tho
possililo results, remiuuboring what they had
heard of the wonder iu Egypt and in tho
wilderness, they aro ready to make trial of
tho power of their gil against Israel's Uod
and urge their soldiers to Im strong and quit
thtiiuselves like men, least they bissmio ser
vants to tho Il-brew. It i not to bo won
dured nt that tho I'hilislimw knew not the
()o of Israel nor His niightv Nwer, when
Israel knew not their own God nor reins I
upon Him. Hnd Hu indeed come into tint
tamp ot Israel thnt would have sot thsl thu
matter.
10. "Israel was sinltl.'ii; there
foil of Israel thirty thousand footmen." Is
rael was chosen to rely upon Uod that Ilu
might shew forth His power, and whenever
she failed to do so her defeat was sure. Two
thiiigswere rtsiiinsl of br; that she should
Ixi holy and by implicit reliance upon, and obe
dience to her Uod, magnify Ills name. Tho
name two thing aro required now of every
Christian and of every church.
11. "Thourkof ti'.xl was taken;
ihn two si in of Kli were slain." The next
twochnpters toil of thu joiirnoyingsof theui lc
in the land of Philistines, und how the hand
of the Lord wits itgainst tho pisiplo wherever
it rested until they were glad to return it I 1
Israel with an ottering. Uud will see to II11
own glory and w ill care for His own nrl.,
even if His people despise Him aud the enemy
sis 1111 foraUmu to proKH'r.
l'J-17. "Kli sat upon a wat by the wayside,
watching, for his heart tivmhl'cd for the ai li
. 1 Uod." Only twice outside of these llrst foul
chapters of I Samuel do wo llnd the niunoof
Ell in the Iliblo (chap, xiv., 8; I Kings, ii.,
1J7), yet be lived to be US years old ami judged
Israel forty yiyvrs. no (loo not m to have
wulked very closely with Uod or to have been
very intimate with Him.
The glory of Israol was not tho liouso of
Eli, of which four diisl thut day, nor oven tho
ark itself, precious holy vessel though it was;
but Uod Uiiitsolf, tho Isrd of Hosts, the tl.sl
of Israol, whom no l'hilistino could touch,
aud whom tho death ot ail tho priest and
prophets that ever livod could not affect.
J.ot us fix our eyes Umhi Jesus, reiy wholly
upon Him, keep His cciiimuiidmontH, magni
fy His namo, seek His glory, nnd losing bin lit
of self, or church, or denomination, except in
so fnr at they may honor llim, hek with tho
whole heart and all our might to hasten the
completion of Hu church uud tho coming of
His Kingdom. 1
1H. "When bo made mention of the ark of
U.sl e ho died." Tim man of llenja
liiin who brought tho tiding; from the field
of battle broko them to Kli us gently us pos
sible, roeervlng tho worst for tho lost.
"Israel is Hod, a great slaughter,
thv two sous aru deail, tho
ark of God is taken;" but it is fc much for
tho old mail, and when it Is mentioned that
tho ark is gono he fails buck ward and dies;
mid now the ears of all Israel are tingling Ihs
rauso of the judgments of tho Lord ii.n Out
house of Kli, on account of sin tolerated in
highplacee. (Chap, iii., 11-14). What shall
it belike when "tho Lord ooiuetli out of Hit
place to punish the iubahiUtnts of thennrlli
lor their iniquity" (Isa. xxvl, S!i), and how
would you stand should lie como to-day r
L$on litlytr. .
"1 nnmt to maxo tne work," stud a young
mau to an olV (ray-headisj man of 70. "Yes,"
he replied, "it will. I thought just so. I have
buried two boys in ilniniii kd's graves. I am
an old man aud feoble. I have sjsnit a com
pctouce in drink, and now 111 v ivvrtycniu
s-lsmeto work when I should have rest. Yes,
drink aud it will make you w ork, young num.
The saloonkeepers of New York are making
an effort to introduce the system ef ootu
satrtinenta in their establishments, with placet
where women can enter for drink and
where mon and women can drink together.
The uewsjiapersaro already polntingout that
this will be one ot tbo most baleful results of
"free rum."
RELIGIOUS BEADING.
"urn. cnii.r.nr.x, r.ovx o anotiixh.
A little girl, with n happy look,
Sit slow Iv rendl'.g a p unlerou Isiok,
All bound with silver and edged with gold,
And Its weight was more than the child
could hold;
Yet deat ly she loved to ponder It o'or.
And every day she prized it more.
For it snid-snd she looked nt her smilini
mother
It said: "Little children, lore ono another."
She tlKii-Tlit It wn b-nntlfnl In the Hook,
And the l-sson hone, to her liesrt she t.sk:
She walked oil her w iy with a trusting
grace,
And a dove-like Ionic in her mock yount
face, ' "
Which snld jnt n plain a word could say.
"Tho Hoiy bible I must obey."
So, mamma, I II ho kind to my darllni
brother,
For little children mu-t love each other.
"lm sorry lie's nnughtr, nnd will not play;
Hut I'll love him still f,.r I fhl..b H... ...
j To make him gentle nnd kind to lint
v ill 11 iietter shown if 1 let lilul see
I strive to do w lint I think I right,
And thu when I km-cl in prayer tonight,
I w i'l clap mv hands e mini. I my brother,
And say, 'Littlec hildrcu, love one another.'"
The little girl did ns her llible taught.
And ploisimt tmhisl a tho change It
wrought;
Fur the Isiy looked up lii gln.l sii'prla,
' ",' "l "M,." h"r ,.,nK
! ,, , , '", """i ' 1 'i 1 ""l K'"nk' .
- 1 1, hi- mi 10s iMor s cihs'k;
And (I.h lonkisl down on that happy mother,
W hu:-e little children lovid each oilier.
t.ivK or faith.
Ititvev ucxer thought of the llfeefa
child? Whv, the life . ! 11 child is a pel f.s't
lileof faitli. That little child -what can
that little child do? Why, it could Imt llnd
its wnv to the stiis't end and back again. It
would b ' lost if you trusted it ulonc. It
collld lint lil.d thu ict luenl. If left, to
1 1 f . i' w. iil. I .In. of want. The little cm.
could not tin nisli a shelter for its head t -flight
And vet, lia the cinld nnv fear
iibi-iit If has It any sort of ahirin about it?
N. t lit nil. I low cines it the child s life is
Ho happy? Ileouuso il is, instinctive! .-, a life
of faith. The child could Hot buv the next
loaf, I nt It has a linn b lief that "father''
can. It ciiiild not provide for itself the gar
ments for ban. 1 row. but it lias iinboun. led
faitli in 'father' and "inotlierV power to
do it. It is a life of p 1 feet faith.
A I HIUl's) l.oiltr.
There I often n depth of w isdom In tho
thoughts nnd sat ing-. of the little one which
liuitiiritv tin fnilisl to fathom, and which
those who nre but "children .f a larger
growth " ini,;ht do well to applv. Such w is
itoin was beautifully cxemplilled In the caso
of a little gu I wim once returned to her homo
from a jaunt In the wood., h r fa e c ivereil
with 1110 quitu bile.. "Why did you not
drive them nwnvV" said the mother. Thev
would not , -o, " said the child. "Whv del
you not kill th. niV" "It Would imt' hav i
In en right," was th answer, "Hut I liavn
teen ynu kill tin in nt linme." urged the sur
prised mother. "Ye 111 mini 1," argue I tho
child llriuly, "If they c in" Into mv hoiiso
and bile me. I kill them. Hut if I go into
the w iniiIs that is their house, aud 1 have 110
I cht to kill tie in."
WAIT AMI SKR.
"I never let bairn or fools neo niy pfi
tuiix until they are done," said n Scolcli
nrtist t me one.., quoting n familiar prov
erb of Ins cotintri meti. We nto all but
bairn in Und' si lit, and we sadly piny tho
f.H.I in regard to His pro i. lent ml dealing.
As 110 artist is willing to huvu Judgment
plonouinssl uhiii painting or statue until
the woik Is complebsl, so our heavenly
Teacher bids lis Hissessour souls ill patience.
"What I do thou know est not now, but thou
ltalt know heivaltcr." Wo must wait ami
sec. This world is but the preparatory
Sfh.sil, in which riiai'aet 'r Is on the easel or
under the chisel; exhibl'ioii day will como
in another world. bsl's hand lays on dark
color vi ry often; llisrhu l cuts di p. No
trial of our faith is joyous, but grievous;
in vert heless, afterward, it may wurk out tlio
vti 1 lull weight of glory.
I'll VHP I'll A V IN HKIIlKr?
l'rayi i fulness w ill scnrc. lv In. kept up lotij?
linle-s you si t apart time- an. I si a-, ns for
pl ayer. 'I'll ere me no t iines laid down in
Scripture cxoi.pt by the example of holy
111. n, f.r Hie Lord Iru-ts much to the love of
Id- puiii' and to the sp. iiilaueou- motions of
the ini cr lile. He ii c not say, "Tray nt
7 o'clock in the morning or piny nt,
in -hi at or !, or n. or 1 1 ,' but s.ivs. "'i'l'iiv"
i'l I c iisin:;." Yet i'l. rv Christian will'
linl it 11-i lul to have his regular 1 111111
t I" I 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . and 1 doubt Whether liny,
eminent piety can bo without these season's
being carefully and i-crupuloii-ly nb-ei yed.
W e re ul in I lie old traditions of Janie-tho
Ap -tie that lie luaynl so much that bis
knees ciew haul throm li on kms'litc':1
sii l 11 is n corded by Fox. tlnti
I nt hut, during the timo of hi im-.
pi isoiuueiit w a- s i much upon Insi
l.n.e. tint frequently the hioi- old man)
could m l I No to his meal-, and bad to l
lilt d up by his servants. W hen he could no
l'.njiT preic Ii and wiis nnniiii.il within stmio
walls his pi ny . lii went up to heaven lor his
omitry, and we are iu these time rn '(iviiii
t lie blessing. Daniel piayisl with the win
dow o)h. 11 daily mid nt regular intervals.
".Seven tunes a dav," until one, "will I piaiso
Tin e. David declared tint nt "evening,
mid morning, and ut noon," would he wust
iihiii (iod. Oh, that our intervals of prayer
were imt so distant cue from the ollmr;
would Cod that 011 the pilriui ige of life tlio
well at which wedritik were more frequent.
In this way should wo continue ill pr.-nur.
Hjiui yfon.
rrifNKAnns' nvscrrsTA.
Alcohol, says Dr. Oswald, in the Vote, has
bcuii mistukeii for a peptic stuiiulatiL,but fow
physicians would now deny thu correctness of
Dr. (iiahuiii's conclusion that "110 form of
indigi'stiou is 111010 dilticult to cure than
drunkard's dyspepsia." Thu proiiuiat.i cause
of thut eiMM lemsi cuii be realized by n study
of the plates in thu lli itii.li College of hiur
pisnis (ora similar set in the Medical Depurt
luent of Columbia College, New York), rupriv.
si'iitiiig thu progressive ult'is't of ulcohol 011
the tissue of thu hiimuii stomach, liish nd
of the tuilo reddish color of the gastric mem
brane In a statu of health, the lining of the
drunkard's stomach exhibits all the evidences
of chronic iulluiumaMon; engorgement of tho
blood vessels ulceration, contraction nnd
coll.. it y of thu mucous teguments nnd au
uplilhnu, or mildewed iipiwuraueci of the
lacerated surface. Alcohol often completely
chunges thu structure of tlio liver, it studs
it with tubercles, ami by olwtructing thu
vascular ducts expands thu diseased orguu to
twice, and sometimes to fjv.i times its naturul
size, but at the snino time more uud more
disijiiulillus it for thu proper jHTforniuueo of
its functions. Tho weight of a healthy liver
varies from five to eight nind; anil 1'ro
K'ssor Yoiimuu mentions the post mortem
examination of au English drunkaid whose
liver was found to xvcih fifty pounds, uud
who, nevertheless, had died from a d llciuncy
of l ii... Hy congestion the blisid vessels and
the bile secreting cells, beer as well ns brandy
tends to disorder digestive functions even of
moderate drinkers; and ni'ler continuing tlui
uso of alcohol for tie years, few dram-drinkers
fr.il to exp Tienco tho consequence! of tho
diiMiisu known ns "fatly degeneration of the
liver," a complaint xviu'ch iu many cu de
stroys Hie tiis-ue of filiir-llfths of the affected
oiitnii, sa Culwix. doatrov w coiTapt tho
,1s.'Vi sUIWl -
Thire Score and Tn.
Mm. Jnliit Ward IIow has Jn
cdeliratod, at lior home In Ilostoa. tho
seventieth anniversary of her birthday.
Sim was tlio recipiotit of many pift
nnd Jotters front th loading author
nod reformer!. AnionR these was
Lfniitifiil clioonUtn jsit in rcimti
cilvcr. I'pon tho Ixtttom wns th fol
lowinir inscription: "I'rcsenteil t
Jnlia Ward liowo on her sevctitietl
l.trtliilny hr tint rrtiiightly Club of
C'liicngit. Jfay 27, IXH'.t."
Tint letters contained cotiprnttila
tionjt from Dr. Oliver Wrtnloll li.lmes,;
Uoorjro Williatn Cnrti, Hiflinr.l Yat-t-oii
(lil.ler, Mr. MucVnf;h, of thai
Cliicnpo I'ort nightly Cluli, Scttlptor
JIT. I V WA1SII 1.VK.
Slnry id lemio unit ullu-r. Ir. tliUcp
lroppcil iidn poet iy with this M'liti
I lent :
if hm few have lomi.li'.t out mi full n life,
rrientf ef 1 nil, ti ...11, ni it'i.l Imlv pi 'nee;
l'..i t 11 11. 1 i-m;e, fit.. ml, m'I.t, niotln 1. i'e.
Lmg I) Ii cro that 11, .. I.. i. an nlnill ni.
A Fourth of July rpUndo,
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I'll. 1 TTirot tlrpliiins A Idiulli of. Inly
episode.
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Tub testimony In tho A. T. E tow art wilk
contest in Now York city covered lfl,(KK
folios, aud twenty-five copies of it have Isjen
luoile at a cost of alsmt (-tS.Utm. If there is:
a comproiuise, Judge Hilton will have to iay
this and everythiug eluo. IloncixjConkliug'si
rutsJuer was ),(xKi, und those of sevcrak
other lawyers wore uot much hss.
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