"jHE castaways.
THE CAPTAINS SAT.
..- iha Anlrltnal Rhllto
VldlM'Te"" " '
wrote-
v.... tt4 Ihnt hit nny mean J myrl)
TT. ' j "Cor. is.. 27.
ft .i.-nrefcticonf you who HvBontho Pv
I IB,JtTwholiveon thi. Atlantic coast
Pnr-'.prmt-ly ik m thi. marine allu-
ETth lit, for nil who know nbuut tlia
km. "l""'1 the r,w'T' .
i , in,iiM tlmt ministers of re
! h..1n others Into heaven and
i1"0 .i.-.i-.lves. The carpenter that
PTih rk did n"t get into it 1
I Will
Ionia.
r1!' nm no securitr. Cardinal
." 1 ii-r 'havimt tieon ltted by king.
fi'1'1. ...... iniiul forolmi ambassador
I I kat'illC
tlieu
in darkness.
P "7 '.i. t eminent
minister of
'". ,. , .1,1. mnntrv haa ever
iw,wn, i . pianilnatlon. found
K,JivJh. not figuratively l.nt literally,
f e nmy have hand of ordination
C ,L IimhI ami address consecrated mwiii-
ilMirily reach the realm celestial. Tho
Wtm nmA K1' tl,rol,S!; the name eata
r ' i.ilii?lavman. Ihorn have been
f 'L ..t .Ihnwreck where all on board
, f shipwreck wncr an on oonm
, ei'vpting the captain. Atus! If.
-iip-aclipil to nttior. 1 myself should
..wn." Uod forbid it.
or. . . .
ink
i i.-ve oniiini"i s.i..- v" ........
wlnt thev thought nlx'iit this word
ami I find they dilfer in regard
: I .....III,., n.n..nl
I tbf j used, while Ihoy ni;roe in regard
tbe uiinnmn. . -
wiim ntvl -.linw you that men may I.
L. ...iiiiiial iiistawny and how lmally
LTdrift int.. tlnt calnmity.
r . ,1 1 1.. ...... I .... ... 1 nillna A .xlt
l-ivf .ill -toed "I"'" 11,0 i" "' fli'iny oi you
l1Vf IT'''! I"r o,Tiul- "',", nmo
tvl Vl'MN 111 K1 rnv n' 1 1,1 "'ni't,
. I i I I - !...
( i-ri if" I'ai'iain, nnu im'io ii nimunr.
1 TMUi'T l All' '1 II' , lll v M v n m.ntij
.i.r,,f vi i nlio. tlinimh once roll did not
i. iiitroiTiH-o between n brlit and a
L.t mi.) between a iliniuond knot and n
r17-. . ..-.i.i.i i. i.i
'it ibi'l VII Ml'l. "'I1 "ine'iiK11 J"'ii
t ia nit ut Hi" weather irons jnelc brneo,
,1 iln.iih von ooulil not man the fore rlew
mpts n"' '"" ", n fniniliar wih a
in ni you "' e wi,h J'',ur rittlit hand
I if it iTi iiivoswiry you could lake a
rlrar aenwn to" the mouth of the
kr'r without the Iors of a Wilkin nail.
k.ll. t li. ro in a dark mht in your memory
u 'M I lu vessel iK niuo iniiiinimpooie.
' .u aw it win w iHliliiiu townra me iioro.
' m Ih-.iril the cry: "llreokeni ahead!
.ui'l en tlm le liow!-' The vennel
rurk the riH-lc and you felt t ho deck
riakitiR ' under yeur fct, and you were
njnnnv.ni when tho llerrulin drove on
.t coit ef t'alfrnrin, na when the I'ortu-
bri,; ivi'iit sin yiii1,', k ii i Linn j, (jrimilni;,
-tshin: on the (oMiiliviiiH Hut whether
a luive fnllowi-ii tlio n nr nor, jou all
.Vr-iUui'l tlio I1t;iirt when toll you Ihnt
l,fe rnv men, who, ty their niiih and
n:'it 1 1' n. mo thrown l its I Driven
fore the eale! Wrecked for two world.sl
fc-tuwavs! Cnitnways!
Ilr tulkiiitr with wniio sea cnptalna, I hnvo
k'liui nut that there ure throe or four emiMcn
It rach a calamity to a vessel. I liavo Imsmi
;! thnt it coiin'i nomelimes-from cn-atiiiu
! liclitu on the heach. Thin won often tut
olden times. It is not liuiuy Venn n;'o.
Utl. thnt vniibondii lited to wander u
Ll don n tho beach, KuttiiiR vokmoU anlioro
IhcniiMit, tlirowiuir iiii laine litfhtH in their
t.ncc nnil deceiving them, thnt they may
knxiu ana ransaeli tliem. All kluils or
Iferna arta wero ued Vi cccomtdiith thiM.
bid ona niirht. on the Cornitth eoajit. when
f was coming In fmrfuUy. aonia villains
k a lantern and tied it to a liorw, and led
' hnne up and down the bench, tlio lantern
lnKiuK to the motion of tho horse, and a sen
I'tam in the ollini; saw it, mid mado up lint
imithnt ho was lint anvwhero near tho
lore, for he ni id: yThero's a vessel that
;it lien veol. f J it has a movnblo liirht."
f lbflisil no prehension till ho heard tho
In (,'rntiiie .n tlio Hliip'a Ixitti.tu, and it
at to pie ,s and the vidians on shore until-
I'd til t' . i-noliaes and treasures thnt wero
fc'lnil A the laud. And 1 have to tell you
1st l Jx( are n multitude of souls ruined by
IvIitN on the heneli. In tho dark liirht
:i:mr ibnuer, false religion ko'-i up and
mil the shoiv, shaking its lantern, nud men
kolfnnd take that tliekerinc niul ixoirimr
Hathesi.nwil ot safety, and tho cry is:
niiu ine main lopsiiii io ine iimsi! All is
fcil:'1 nheii tiiidden dest ruction coiueth iiH)ii
liia, and t hoy slmll not esciis. Ko there
all kinds of lanterns bwun on the lieach
1 lilosi.i.liioal lanterns, educational Inn-
kns, Iminaiiitnriau hmtenis. Men look at
m niul m e deceived, wlien lher in iw.tli-
W- hut (io.l's eternal liht house of tho tins-
mat can keen timm Irom bccomini: ensta-
rv- "nee, on Wolf Craif liirht-
I'J. they tried to build a coi-
tlsurn of a wolf with its mouth
n. hi that the storms limting into it, tho
If would howl forth tho dantrors U
bnncrsthat mi;ht Imi coming anv whore
Nr the coast. Hf course it was a failure.
f'lwiall new inventions for the saving of
ii'ul nru unnvaiiinir. What tho hiiiiin.ii
V Hunts is a li-ht bursting forth from tho
Mauuinc on tin. great houd-w-tho
liyht of jiardon, the light
"nufoit, tho light of iiertv-
Oll 1111 'lit U tter 1-, tivnielit. anil iliw
r-yall thegnvit light-housi's on tho dun
f"iu 1-o.vrta the llarnegat lighthouse, tlm
Uut K.ick: liL'ht house, the Klierrvvor
iiihiHtae, the Longshiiia lighthouso, tlia
lyheail liclithouHo than to nut out Uod'i
Ht uem lamp tho tlosiiel. Woo to tlnwo
1.1 HWillir fitlsii llilil.,rn on Ilia IvuMi till
n cranU into ruin. Casta wavs! Costa.
il'T talking with sen capteina I liavo heard
'iiioiimuHsiiiw como to tliis culnm
l y the sudden swisip of a toniest. For
aiice, a vessel is sailing nlong in the East
uiid there is not a suiglo cloud on tho
: hut sinldenly the breeze, freshens, and
ro are swift feet on the ratline, and the
li: "ay, haul away there!" but bofi.ro
' run knimre the Issmis and tarouiiliii
E ht, hways, tho vessel is groaning ami
rk'"K Hi tho grip of a tornado, uud
V, ' irtiigii oi iliu sea,
'ToudMile it ris on to tho bonch
over, having thocrew to struggle
iiiirii isini .. i .....r.ri
" I have to tell yon that there aro thou
."'""''"''""'oyed through tho midden
T i t. iiiilnti,m. Bumu riMlt ludui-e-
Miitii uoss, or to sensuality, or to
'ikt, or to some form of dissipation,
'"l'n them III l,..u 1....1 ... ...
.. ,, - i.v-j iiuii iniiu -
ti if they hud time to consult
1 "o-ir frielnlv If I.... I i ... .l..lil.
,A ,. ' ...i-w nun iniiu in uoiin-
e, ii,,v ,,,,.1,1 w,,..i-;f.
'ih i suddenly an eiiroclydon on tho
Hue an f ul surge of temptation tin I
l''fili. And
WO OIUlll
h tin i ' Broat Bm,,y We
kn.ir uieei. lie khui t must
. u l.""k me by tho ann and prcased
""lllT. am ilii.ui i.:. hi
l ...mi uiu i-up until mo uuif
UVer l"e eiigo, and in an evil motnout
Jif.ii ru"1utioni were awept away,
i "if,, outraging of Ool ami my own
lrkt "r lUM ry u: "i uau nara
tl ,port u,y fn"y. I thought thai
VmiZ Dyne uoception, uy one
ia 2" 1 lu'Kht "lrin out tTO rrom
"i m n ' a lU9 temptation caino
v,.a "rueiy i could uot Uoliuerale,
r1" Wrnni ... i i , j
, .--a nu uaving uoua wrung
It n ulJ ut tl-" ,
"Jler.14 . 8it,',..th.at I'"1"''
I ji . ' I 14 HID tUU U , fUlU UU W UIO
tlior u i uvi" Irokon loose from the
tii.lJ 1 1 Du' easy to tie the parUxl
kl t .7 ofu " t" ""' "
Vmlr 6 ro" that the temptation
Wis!' wme """IKX'ted qiuirtur. A
, i "rK"J itoaiia, aaioiromsouin-
uui iuo wma cuaoging to tut
town, o thai God would hare mercy np5
thoae upon whom there cornea the andden
jwoop of temptation, lent they perish, becotn.
Ing nnaUwayst castaways!
,Vii?inf Wlib ,efPtln I hve found
u"'? r''i wnie to thia rul-
7hJU m.UKh "hw There are
three million men who follow tho ar for .
living. It j aimple fact that the average
of human life on the ami. leaa than twelve
Thi? com"" ,rom tho ,act that men
by famUiarity with danger nm.etlmea be-
rerecKie-the ceputn, the helmsman,
the atolior. the man on the lookout, become
recKlese, and in nino out of ten ahlpwrecka, it
in found that some one waa awfully
to blame. Ho I have to tell you that
men are morally shipwrecked through sheer
rocUlessnesa. There are thousand! who do
not care where they are In spiritual tlilnga.
They do not know which way they aro anil.
Ing and the ea ia black with piratical hulks
that would grapple them with hooka of steel
and blindfold them and make them "walk
tho plank." They do not know what the
next moment may bring forth. Drifting in
their theology. Drifting In their habits.
Drifting in regard to all their future.
No Uod, no Christ, no nettled antici
pation ot eternal felicity: but all tho time
coming nearer and nearer to a dangerous
coast. Home ot them aro on flro with evil
babit, and they shall bum on tlio sen, tho
chnrred hulk tossed up on the barren loaeh.
Many of them with great troubles, financial
troiiUea, domestic troubles, social troubles;
but they never pray for comfort. With ait
"KRfavation of sin they prav for no )ardnn.
They do not slwr for theliglibdilp thnt dancet
iu gladness at the moutli of heaven's
barlsir; reckless as to whom they
como out, drifting further from tlod, further
from early religious inlliieiicee, fniiher from
happiness; and what Is the worst thing aluiut
it is, they ore taking their families nlong
with them, and the way one goes, the proba
bility is they will nil go. Yet no anxiety. As
unconscious of danger as the pn:eiigen
nlxwiril the Arctic one moment before tlio
Vest crushed into her. Wrapped up in the
business of the store, n it roincniliering Hint
ws in they must iiuit nil their earthly p
isions. Alisorlicil in their social jm
sitinii, not knowing that very soon titer will
have attended the Inst levee, mid whirled in
tho last achottishe. They do not ilolilierntol v
clusiso tn IsTtlincd; neither did the Kreiicll
frigate Mislusn aim for the Argiiin bunks
but there it went to pieces, 1 wish 1 could
wake you up. The Hrils are so augmented,
you will die just its certainly as you sit tVro
unliws you liestir yourself. Aro you willing
to Isxnuio a caiUiwayf You throw out no
oar. Y'ou take no surroundings. You watch
no couipasH. You nre not calculating vonr
Ix'srings whiln the wind la anaft,
nud yonder is a long lino of foam
Ixiuiiding thi horizon, and you will
Ihi pushed on toward it, and thou
sands hnvo Hrished thero, and Von are driv
ing in tho siiuio diiwtion. lleady alsnitl
Down helm! Hard down! Mail the lifo bontl
l'ull, my lads, pull! "Ho that being often
repn i vol hardeaetli his neck, shall lie sud
denly destroyed and that without remedy."
lint some of vou nre saving within your
selves: "What shall I do?" Do? Do? Why,
luy brother, do what nnv ship iIikm when
it is in trouble. Lift a distress signal. On
the sen there is a Hash ami a Iumuii.
Yon listen nnd you lisk. A vessel is
in trouble. Tho distress gun is Bounded,
or a rocket is sent up, or a blanket
is lifbsl, or a bundle of rogs any
thing to cntch the evo of tho passing
craft. Ho if you want to bo taken o'l
tlio wreck of your sin, yon must lift a dis
tress signal. 'The pulih'cnn lifted tho dis
tress signal when ho cried: "(lsl, lie
merciful to mo n sinner!" l'ctor lifted the
distress signal when ho said: "Lord, save
in is 1 HM'ixh!" Tho blind man lifted the
distress signal when he said: "lrd, thutmy
evos may lie opened." The jailer lifted thn
distress signal when he said: "What must I
do to bo saved?" And help will never como
to your aoul until you lift some signal. You
must mnko omo demonstration, give aomo
sign, niake some heavou-piurciug outcry for
help, lifting the distress signal for the
church's prayer, lifting the distress signal
for heaven's pardon. 1'rayl Pray I Tlio
voico of tho Lord now sounds in your cars:
"In Me is thy help." Too proud to rniso
such a signal, too proud to lie saved.
Thero was an old sailor thumping about in
a small boat In a tempest. Tho Inrger vessel
had gone down. Ho felt ho must die. The
surf was breaking over tho Ixint, nnd he said:
"I tookolT my lifo Isalt that it might sism 1kj
over, and I thought snmowhnt indistinctly
about my friends on shoro and then I bid
them eiMnl-by like, nnd I was nlsnit sinking
buck und giving it up, when I saw a bright
Ktar. Tho clouds wore breaking away, and
t!iore that blessed star shouo down on mo,
and it seemed to tnko right hold on me; ami
somehow, I cannot toll how it wns, but sonic
how, whilo I was trying to wutch that star,
it seemed to help mo and seemed to lift me."
O, sinking soul, soo you not tho glimmer Ihv
tween tho rifts of tho storm cloud? That U
tlio stnr of hope.
Iesilutru-k, Icennoit the llilo to stein,
Whim suililealy n stsr armn,
It wa Ihe star u( llelulrliein!
If there aro any hero who consider them
solves castaways, let mo say (od is doing
ovorything to save you. Hid you over hear
of Lionel Lukeii? Ho was the inventirof the
insulmiorgiblo lifo tsiat, All honor is due to
his niuinory by hcAfaring men, as well as by
laiidsmun. How many lives he saved by his
invention. In after days that invention was
Improved, and one day there was a perfect
lifo boat, the Northumberland, ready at
Hnmsgate. The lifo boat being ready, to test
it the crew came out and leaped on the gun
whale on ono side to see if tho Isjat would
Upset; it was iinixihsilile to ujisnt
it. Then amid tlio hu.zis of ex
citeil thousands, that lioat waa luunched, and
it has gone nnd como, picking up a grout
many uf the shipwi-ecked. lint 1 have to tell
you how of a grander lnunchiug, and from
tho dry dis ks of lioavcu. Word came up
that a world was beating on the rocks. In
the prchenco of tho Kitoiitates of heaven the
life bout of the world's redemption was
launched. It shoved olf tho gulden sands
amid angelic hosanuas. The surges of dark
ness bout ugainst its Ixiw, but it sailed on,
and it comes in Right of us this hour. It
como for you, it comes for me, Houlisoull
pet into it. Mnko one leap for heaven. Let
tho bout go past and your opHi-tuiiity is
gone.
I am oxecting that thero will bo whole
families hero who will get into tlmt life boat.
In lw:i, the Isalielln cniuo ashore olf Hast
ings, Kiigland. The nir wns tilled with
sounds the himrse sea tiuniHt, the crash of
the axes, and tho liellowing of the tornado.
A ixtut from tho shoro came under the stern
of tho dihuhled vessel. Thero were wuutost
nd children on board that vessel. Rome of
the sudors jumied into the sinnll lxat and
said: "Now give us tho children." A father
who Btood on deck took his first born
nud threw him to tho boat. Tho sailor
caught him safely, and the next, and the
next, to the lust. Still tho sea ris king, the
storm howling. "Now," said tho sailors,
"now tho mother;" and she It uiied, and was)
saved. The Ixmt went to the shoro; but be
fore it got to the shore the lamUmen were so
impatient to help the sulfering people that
they waded clear down into the surf with'
blankets oud garments, and promises of help
and succor. Ho thero are whole families bore
w ho are going to lm saved, and saved alto
gether, (iivo us that child for Christ,
that other child, that other. Oivo us
tho mother, give us the father, tho
whole family. They must all come iu. All
heaven wudes in to help you. I claim this
whole audience for Uod. I pick not out one
man bore nor one man there; I claim you all.
There are some ot you who, thirty years ago,
were consecrated to Christ by your parent
in buptism. Certainly I am not stepping
over the right Ixiund when I claim you for
Jesus. Then there are many hero who have
been socking Uod for a good while, and am I
not right iu claiming you for Jesus? Then
thero are some here who have been
further away, and you drink, am
you swear, and you bring up
your families without any tlod to tako core
of them when you' aro dead. And I clnira
you, ray brother; I claim all of you. Yon
will have to pray sometime; why not begin
Suw, while all the rijw oud purple cluster ot
filrlne promise bend orer into your ntrV
rather than postpone your prayer until roar
chanoe Is past, and the night drops, and the
sea washes yon out, and the appalling tart
shall be announced that notwithstanding all
your magnificent opportunities, you hare be
come a castaway.
KELIGIOUS.
OMCTIMC BOMEWBCnC
Unanswered yet I the prayers your Hp hart
pleaded
In agony of heart these many years?
Dos fait'i begin to fall? Is hops departing?
And think you all In vain, those falling
teerf
Bay not, the Father hath not heard your
prayer.
You shall have your deeire--eomottme
somewhere.
fJnansw-red yotl though when yott first pre
sented This one M'tltlon at tho Father's thron
It seemed you could not wait the time of
asking,
Bo in Rent was your heart to make it
known:
Though yenis have passed since then do
not dixpatr.
The Lord will answer ymi omtlms soma
where.
Unanswered yott Nay do not any un-
sro nted
Pcrlii. ps your work Is not yet wholly
done.
The woi k lsgin when your llrst prnyer was
lit tens i.
And Uod nill flnl-h what Ho has begun.
If vou wid kispp the lin eiise burning there.
His glory you shall see sometime some
w here.
Unanswered yet! Fnlth cannot be nn
Bliswereil; Ho- f. ct are firmly planted on the rock;
A unci the wildcat storms sho stands un
diiuut d.
Nor ipiiiU IxfiTO the loudest thunder
sin ok.
Hho knows Omnipotence has heard the
prayer,
4ml cries "it shall bo doiiu" sometime
somewhere.
wrrnons or ritfucii wowc.
A lnrgn urn unit, of energy Is spout In hut
rying fr. in plnce to place.iiiid taking pirt in
all kinds of gatherings wifi n more or less
tell ions clmracter. 1'roperlv speaking, tliii
can Imi dl v be called Work, tluni;li it iassos
current ns such with large numbers of Chris
tian ssnpi. in tunny ens-s it is neither inoro
nor hiss than self iii lnlgont diipi'io i, nn I
it operates ns mischievously ns dissipation id
WnysdiN'S It breeds often nil habitual f
vi rishiioss of spirit, ijuite incoiniatildo with
that restfulncss of hpirit without which
thero cm U tin healthy growth of I hristinn
rhnrncter. It results not seldom In the de
velopment of n siip'rl'cinlity and smallness
of spiritual understanding flint are none the
more Is'iintiliil that they ore liukisl with a
calm self-con)', lenceaiid self-iinportnuco thnt
Irritate and rox I. It disinclines to the
cultivation of those holy graces that
Ihnil isli U'st in the at nioHplioro of steady loy
ally to neat et duly. Kvidencn of this ten
dency surrounds u everywhcn ami. In
Iueseiice of it, ills not nnnoeessnrv to insist
lint our met In sis should never Is. such as
to lower the tone of Chiistinn charncter
among our church m mlmi s. Tin y slioulddo
Tictliing to fosti r flint iMMvii: fiir i nl'lie.t
and cc.t. meiit tii m.ilts for ill ipi'et wo k
of self cultur which is of such vast iniKr
tniice. I cannot stay to apply this principle
to such ma: ten as tho irrepressible l.n.mr
and iiiterminnblii soiree. 1 will only snf
that my III in conviction is that neither in
the one case tmr the other is the gamn worth
tho cnudle; nud that, further, 1 can con
ceive, without any stretch of imagination,
w hat n saving nud n profit it would be, Isith
to past r nud isv le, wore it laid d iwu ai e
law thnt no member shall Ira cxpcct,l to at
tend all night lung at a teo-ni ot in ;, where
sermons are resented and speeches laughed at
and sacred s ngs are hail. si with rounds of
indtHt'iitaiiplnuse. Jiisrih Corbett, V. V., in
Hit C'muuiu lYesbytcrinii.
tiik ixKinrt.'H KiiKr.p.
A way niivuig the hills of Northern New
England were two inll h i iieilibnrs, who
hud livisl to iiiau's esiate, biuuii;,; uud blas
pheming against Co I.
(Ineof tliem hoard the (lospel meisa;e,ond
hearing, believed unto cterunl lifo. A short
tune afterward tho converted man went to
the house of his lull .el neighbor, uud suid to
him:
"I hnvo c iiie to talk with you. I hnvo
boon couverle I."
"Y'cs, I heard that you had lsen down
there und gone forward for prayers," siid
the skeptic, with a sneer, "and 1 was sur
n isisl, f r I ha I thought you were about us
sonv I do i mim ns tic re was in town,"
"Well," said tlm t lirist .in, "I have a duty
to do to you, nnd I want you to stop talking,
uud hear mo. 1 haven t slept, much for two
nights for think ng of it, 1 have got four
sheep in my thx'li ti at Ixdong to you. Tliev
came into my fold six years ago, and I know
they had your mark mi them, but I took
them and marked them with my mark; ami
7011 iinpiire i nil aroiin I and could not hear
anything of them. Hut they are in my lluld,
with tho increase of them. And now I want
to Kottl'. this matter. I have lain awake
nights and groaned over it; nud 1 have come
to get rid of it. And now 1 am at your op
tion. I will do Just what you siy. If it is a
few years in stale pris 111, 1 will snfT r that.
If it'ts i" -;r.cy or p;-. 1., r.y j i 11 want, my the
wont. 1 have a too l farm and money at in
terest, an I you can have all you ask. I want
to settle this matter up, mid get rid of it."
The inlldel was einiu sl. He began to
tremble.
'If you hnvo got them shoop, you ore wel
come to them. I don't want in, tiling of you,
if you will only go uwnv; a man who will
como to me ns you Ifavo B metliliig muse
have gut hold of you that I don't under
stand. You m ly keep the sheep, if you will
onlv go away,"
"No," said the Christian, "I must settlo
this matter uc nud pay fur tho shoep; I shall
not lie mtislle I without. And you must tell
1110 how iiiiicIi,"
"Well,"niid tho skeptic, "if you must psy
for them, you may give nu wluit tho sheep
wero woi 111 wle 11 thoy got into your Held
aril pay me six per cent, interest on tlio
amount, and go otr and let me alone."
The man loimted out tho value of the
sheep and interest on the amount, and laid
it do" 11. 1111 1 then doub'ed tin. doso, nud luid
ns iiiiicIi down beside it, nud wont his way,
leaving a hud u his neighbor's heart almost
ns henv v us that which lie himself hud Ixirne,
The lull result of 1 1 at scene is only known
to Und. Uue tlni'g is certain, tho inlhh 1 was
s. eu to fr quont tho house of prayer, and wo
may Is!) sure I lint ho oft 'rwnrds Ixilloved
there was some power iu the UssL. nud
that nil Clni.liuiui were uot by uucrilus.
'7l til lif ui'l.
acvANCK or total aubtimbfyck PninotPLis,
A total abstinence journal called Lfl
I'euilU (is Tim limine t bos been establlshisl
in Krauce. In a recent issue i'rofessor U.
lunge, who is considered an authority upon
alcoholic subjects, referring to the advance
of total abstinence principles, says that whou
Mice established they suiter no arrest by ob
stacles, but are continually progreesant. lie
reviews the prohibition movement ia
Amorica, and says that iu England there are
6,000,iHXj total abstainers; iu Norway,
MO.UuXI; in Hweden, 60,000; in Denmark, UU,.
0O0. He continues: "The society of the
Utue Cross, at ten years of age, counts 6000
members, and tho inovoinont gains from day
to day. They have established the fact that
where the principle ot total abstinence ia
once accepted the movement stops for no ob
stacles; it continually progresses, until at
last it secures a strong majority in the Gov
ernment and attains its end the prorentlou
by law of the sale ot aloohollo beverage."
C. 1'. Hl'ntinuton has gone to Europe to
consult with the King of Belgium about the
proje'tod Congo (African) railroad.
TEMPERANCE.
. A tntntftAifCB CAMp-stirrma shitt
The white mists from the wood arise,
Idke the thin smoke of sacrifice,
From Indian slurs in the shade
Where once the red man bowed and prajod
The soft rreen mass Invites the knees
To bend ha worship, and the trees
Lift their stont arms in list nlng air,
And leafy lips seem whispering prayer.
Penes th this roof of braided bouglil
We may renew our sacred vows;
For here we see, like lire dlvino,
The burning bush and the flaming vino.
This is the tomple ot the Lord,
Here nature rings In sweet accord
Jfer hanpy hymn of grateful thanks.
From shady groves and grassy banks.
As vapors rise toward tho sun,
As brooklets to the ocean run,
As plants spring upward from tho sod
Our thoughts here turn to heaven and Clod
The rocks are altars bv the brook,
And psalms are writ iii nnturo's Issik;
The toworlng pine, a tapering sj.iro, '
The radiant birds our rinfclng cliolc,
Red blossoms aro tho fragrant urn
And censer ciiis, where incense burns;
God is our trust, and He will bices
Our worship in the wilderness.
G'cof-fj W.Uungay, in Aufionnl AilvoeatA
Til WIIIHKY IIAIltT.
The Prairia r'unner has lusisUvl l.es yet
-that the true way to diminish thn imiiio l
erato drinking of spirituous and fermented
liquors is to hnvo it considered degrading for
persons to l seen drinking nt public bars,
and especially thnt tho treating habit Imi
abolished. It will liecomo so as six. 11 as the
aversge man Wumei ashamed to be stii iu
driukuiij saliNins. It is public opinion alone,
educated thereto bv the more solsT-minded,
that can bring this als.ut. Awomplished, it
would reduce tho public dram shop utiisniuM
one-half at once, nnd, llnally, do away almost
entirely with these pest-holes of drunkenness.
It would make .Sundays orderly iu our great
cities, savo money to "tlio homes: of working
men, eliminute uino-tt:tli of the ci innniils
from tho couutrv, end carry the hundreds of
millions of dollars now viciou-ly spent in
drmk into making the homes of the now in
touipernte classes comfortable. It would do
away In a great measure with strikes and
other lalxir troubles, for then the working
tuen could think not onlv earnestly, but co
gently toward righting tho ililicreueei be
tween employers and themselves.
It has been said that the consumption ,,f
spirits Is yearly decreasing through I he ens :
ment of prohibitory laws. The New York
Trtbun gives, from ollleial soups-s,
the decrease and increase iu sales to tlio
people from 177 to N.s7. A digest shows
that, taking tlio iimntitie consumed in vm
socutive periods of throe vcars, the average
In 1HS8 was l.'.':i gailons, against I Hi eall 'iis
iu the three years endiiig with Ihtii. This in
eludes everv man, woman and child iu tie.
eountry. What a presentation! Iu ii,
rounttug flvo in lividunls ns tic iiveni ; i
family, this would give each adult over : i't
gallons of strong whis'.;y yearly.
Tit it TnAFt'ic isj RTiiosu Dnixir.
I have n loathing. I have a thorough di
gust for the gew-pawsof ritm-boiiglit wealth.
When I got into the horse-cars and smell the
foul stench of Honor; when I go into the
streets and II in I tlio sjiino, I see Im-IiiihI mo
Unit brownstono mansion on our nock, built
ot rum, and behind that again I seo the pallid
faces, shivering forms, and Muttering rags ot
a iniuiWloes host. And I would have had
one of tho daughters of tho owner of that
mansion stand by at the door nnd watch her
father's victims as they march into the docks
of tho pollis court overy day. 1 would take
another child, and the police should lead her
through all tho dark alleys aud pn-ssagos
where broken-hearted mothers, and children
without parents or food, attest to the iiiannor
in which her parent made his money. The
rum-soller is the root of the evil, and until it
is made a critno to sell intoxicating bever
ages inteiuxrauce will coiitiuue to exist.-
Wendell rhittijii.
DON'T MtlNK.
The first effect of alcohol on the system Is to
accelerate the notion of the heart and raiso
the tiiiHiiiitiiri' of the In sly ubi nit 0110 degree
uud 11 half. It i.i tins elf -i-t which makes It
valiinhlo in cnsi- of fainting or cnllapse.
Tho secondary efTivt is, however, to lower
the temperature, which sometimes falls two
or three degrees below the normal ixilnt ot
ninety-eight degnsss, nud tho wnrmtli of the
Ixxly cannot bo restonsl ns quickly as it is
lost. For this reason drunkards ure inoro
likely to suiter from exposure to cold than
touipcrato ptsiple, and the stupor of alcohol
is apt to iu. into the sleep of dkuUi. Tho
Uvnlal.
TKMTK11A NCR NEWft AND NOTt.
Tlio be"r garilon U tho primary school of
lnti'iiiM.'rauce.
In Chicago, says a leading brewer, eighty
six per cent, ot tho saloons aro coiitrolod by
tho breweries.
The beer bill of Chicago lust year wasfcyi,.
8fi,lHH). No wonder thut iu Cliicugo thwo nn
complaiiita of poverty.
Iu Kansas thero is but 0110 pauper to every
IXiMof tho i)oiulntion. This shows that pro.
bihition proliilnts imuperism.
Of thd suventy-llvn criminsls in the prison
at riUcktou, Cat., all but one acknowledged
strin g drink us tho cause of their binning.
Tho uioinborshlp of tho West Washington
Territory W. O. f. U. has Inuinwtd mor4
than forty jser cent, during tho hut season.
A loading worker has said: "Uroat Issues
mnko great men; but when the sea ot politi
cr.l issues gota shullow, little llshus only cuu
nriin."
What you want Is not to shut your isirts,
but t shut the doors of the Milium; ami then
you muy ojstn your ports as wide as you
please.
It was stated In the House of Lords recent
ly thnt the merchants of Knglniid ship every
year to the west coat of Afikit UO.OOO tous
of rum uud gin.
Tho Salvntion Army recently caused to b
rroseiiUsl, in tho House of ('ominous, u x'ti
ion iu favor of Humhty cloaiug, si'Uisl by
alxuit 4,V,IW) piTHous.
Tr. V. 1. Walluco, ono of the most oettvo
V. C. T. U. workers in MiiKsachusetts.idiansi
with her husband a largo medical practice iu
Neodliam aud lloston.
It Is better to walk through mud to church
than that our pavement, overy brick of
which represents some loyal wife's or or
phan's tours, sacrillces, aud 'agonies, bo mode
by saloon money.
A prominent physician statos that out of
833 moderate and Immoderate drinkers with
whom he has conversed, 101 acquired tho do
sire for wine and other aicoholiu pobsius by
thoir use in articles of diet.
There are l.W.OOO public houses In Belgium,
or one for overy forty of tho population, and
tlio annual consumption of spirits is alsiut
uiua litres per head. Tho Government pro
poses a heavy duty ou all additional public
bouses.
The new Earl of Carlisle 1s a strong teoto
taller, and so is Lady Carlisle. (Since he has
had the management of tho estates as one ot
the trustees he has closed all the public-houses
n the property. Tho collar at Castle Howard
contained some of the bout home-brewed ale
In Kngland. and the brow-houses wsio fain
us everywhere; but they hnvo beeu entirely
destroyed and the vats emptied.
Daring the famlno in Irolaml, in 1870, Itrlt
Ish and foreign charity, publio and private,
jontributed d,3O5,00O for the relict of the
Itarvlng population. The very some yeur
there wunt into the tills of the saloon keepers
la Ireland 10,875,(XX, paid in mainly by the
poor working people. Is it any wonder thut
there was starvation? If there hail boon no
liquor, saloons thero would probabjr Uayu
ksiuunoiuiroruuifox;d. :
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY SEPT. 1.
Subject "David and Goliath." I Sam.
xvll., 02-B1 Golden Texti Rom.
TliL, 31 Commentary
After the spirit of tho Lor.! came mightily
Upon llavid, as we learned in last week s les
son, the spirit of tho Lord depnrt.il from
Haul, and an evil spirit from the lord troubled
kirn (chap, xvl., I t); and that evil spirit i
mentioned five times in the closing vcrns of
thechnpter, as well as in chaps, xvlil , 10:
Xlx., V. Haul, having refused to obey Uod
and follow Him, is simply left by Uh1 to the
guldaniss of the one whom ho preferred.
David, after bis anointing, returned to the
care of bis father's sheep: Saul, having
learned that lie was n skilllul plover on tlm
harp, sent for him tnat he might, thus quiet
him hen troubled with the evil spirit, nud
so ho lieeainn Saul's armor lsarer, but seems
to have at times returned to feed his father's
sheep at Methlehein txvil., l,"i).
3!i. "And avid said to Soul, Tt no man's
heart fail because of him." The armies of
Israel and of the I'liilistines were Iu but tie
arrav iixni two mountains facing each other,
ami between them lay a vallev; for forty
days, morning nnd evening, tiolinth, the
giutlt, thei'liatnploii of th- riiilistmes, sbxvl
nnd cried for some man of Israel tncomcand
fltht with him. say ing. If le kill m we will
I your servants, and if I kill him vou will
j be our servants. Tints lie dolled or reproach, d
1 ne armies 01 israci, tin 1 inasimii'ii as tin was
a man over nine feet high, his ent. of mail
weighing over I.VI pounds, nnd the head of
hissx'nr alxuit twenty poiin ls, no man in
Israel wiim willing to trv battle with him.
Iinvid hnd thrisi brothers 111 the nrmy, but
among all th-tli iii:'inls of Israel there was
no nun, from the K ing down, who had fsitli
enough in Uod to 1 out end wit li tins prom I, ihv.
Hunt ami wicked advervu v. At this time
I lav id arrives in camp, bringing from homo
some food for Ins brethren nud a present, for
the captain of their tlious-iud, nnd. seeing
how nintt.-rs stood, expressed sin-jirise that,
the armies of the living Hod should be dellisl
by n man, and he nu iinciri uiiieised I'hilis
tine. H11 is brought before S1111I and says to
him the words of this verse.
!U. "And Sml said to Iinvid, Thou art
not, able." Saul, like nil his soldiers, saw only
with his natural eves, and looking upon
David's youth and apparent inexperience ill
mutters of war, said: Thou art but a youth,
while this Philistine is a man of war from his
youth, and therefore thou m t not nblo to go
agaiiu l him to flu'ht with him. Iu Saul's
ees it was simply a uucstinii of man against
man, nud so it seen-cil to be iu the eves of all
Israel, and the Uod of Israel, the L.rd Uixl
of Hosts, was not thought of, mindi less relied
Umui. How could a pisiple whose history
from their Very Ix-glnning was so full of tlm
mighty power of I onion tl.o'r lulialf ever
forget Hun or fail to trust iu Him
:i4-:iii. "He lint h detlisl the armies of thn
Living li'sl." The Living ( Imi was to Iinvid
a far greater reality than this mass of ih'iinnt.
and blaspheming llesh nud blood. If li.md
was but 11 youth uud iiii-ki'hsl in tlm ni t of
war, he knew the Living Uod and lul l per
sonal dealings w ith llll i.
Hi. "The Lord that delivered me,
will deliver me." This sounds like the great
apost In to the Uontiles w hen he said: "I wns
delivered out of the 1111 unh of thn lion; and
tin Lord shell deliver me from ev.'rv evil
work, an I Hill preserve m. unto His lieavenly
kingdom." II I nn. iv , IT, is. What simplo
coiithlenee in Uixl, what giund nssuranee;
and vet so many Christians cannot get ls
yoinl "I hoo it is well with mo," "1 trust I
am a child of Uixl."
lis, "And David said, I cannot go with
these; for I have not proved th"in." When
Snul saw the grand confidence of David iu
the Living ti.nl, he said, "tin, nud the Isinl
lie with thee;'' '.hen he armed david with his
armor aud David assayed to go, but hu was
glad to put it oir, for he was not accustomed
to rely upon such helps. He hnd no armor
but tli presenn. of tlod when he slew tho
lion and the boar, nnd ho would go now with
the same.
4U. "And he drew near t the l'liilistine."
Tutting olf the armor whieh he had not
proveil, ho took his stall", and w ith his sling
III his liiiinl, which he had proved, lioelmsn
live smooth stones out of the brook, nud put
ting thorn into his shepherd's bag lie went
forth. We can onlv use iu tic service of
Uod tlio truths which we have proved in our
own daily life; what we have not eaten for
our own beiiellt we cannot well give to
others. Tin. Itibh' brooks are full of stones,
each of which, told forth in the power of the
Spirit, is capable of killing any giant of un
belief or fear or proud defiance. How many
in ymir liiblo liavo you nlreudy marked
"tried an 1 proved.
41 -41. "When the l'liilistine lixiked nbotit
nud saw I In v id ho disdained him." So the
flesh always desils.is the Spirit. Just us Isli
111 i"l miH'kisI Nunc, but the llesh shall bn con
ipicnsl and the Spirit will prevail.
4.Y "Thou comest w ith sword, spenr nnd
shield; but I come In the mime of the Lord
of Hosts, tho Uod of the armies of Israel,
whom thou host ihlhsl." Unlinth repre
sented simply himself and his own power
and skill; but David thought nothing of him
self; he represented tho Iird of Hosts, the
Uixl of Israel, and the question was not what
could David do, but what could he do lu
whose name David went forth,
4)1. "That all the earth may know that
there Is a Uod ill Israel." David says what
Uod will do, ami thai through him as the in
strument, but, tlm objis't will bo to honor
Uod and not David. Hud thero Issen In
David's heart any desire for his own fame he
Could not have gone forward so coulhleutly,
47. "All this ussembly shall know thut the
Iord saveth not with sword and sper; for
the battle is the Lord's and He will give you
into our hands." Son how I hivid is nothing
and Uod Is everything; it is runt's cry, "tint
1, but Christ;" "Not I, but tho Uruco of Uod"
(tial. ii., 1M; Cor. xv., lin.
4M, 4'.l. 'David liP.it.'d, and ran toward the
army to meet the l'liilistine." What a
moment of intvnscst interest it is as David
now runs to meet his enemy, nud as hu does
so sends with deadly uim, and more than
human power, a stone from his well tried
sling. In an instant the giant fulls Uxm his
f in'ii to tho earth, the htone having sunk into
his forehead. Where is now his strength or
the jxiwer of bis gods in w hose name he bad
cursed David lis has ceased to reproach the
Uod of Israel, his toiiguo is silent iu death.
Uod could have done it as easily without
David's help, but He chose thus to honor His
servant who delighted to honor Uim.
5u. "So David prevailed ovor tho I'hilis
tino with a sling and with 11 stone," Tho
giant's great stature, helmet of brass, coat of
mail, greavos, nud KH'ttr und sword were In
II moment rendered worthless bv the Uod di
rected stouo from the shepherd's sling.
"Cursed be the man that trust, th in man,
and maketh llesh his iirm, nud w hose heart
departuth from the Lord." "All tlesh is
grass, and all theg.xidliness thereof is as the
flower of tho field; but the word of 0111- Uod
shell stand forever."
fd. "David run, nud stood upon tho I'lulls
tlne, nnd bsik his sword (the giant s),
and cut oft' his head therewith." Thus the great
duller of Uod lost his head by his own sword.
Death seems to be Satan' mightiest weapon,
eut our David has through death destroyed
him that had tho power of denth, that Is the
devil (lieb. ii., Ml; thus shiTing him with his
own weapon; and although lie is still a roar
ing liou going about seeking whom ho may
devour, he is a conquered linn; uud the Uod
of l'tmeo will most ofTwtiiully and forever
bruise him under our fis-t shortly. As faithful
followers of tho I,oi d Jesus Christ let us seek
to become skillful iu tho use of the sword ot
the Spirit, which is tho Word of Uixl, that
with it we may effectually slay and give 110
quarter to tho giants of pride, s.df will, lovo
of praise, sluudnr, backbiting, envy, and all
the others who under their 1" id T are con
stantly attacking us. and whom wo too often
allow to overcome usaudthus bring reproach
on the nuuio of tho only Living and True
Uod. Lttiion Helper,
Th ritu Sense.
Taste.
Sir
Smell.
Hirlit.
Tmicli.
Aric York lUrahL
t'yrtiH w. 11,1,1.
This h tin j.'1'iitlcliian vlii laid tha
Ml.intic Cable, .Mr. Cjrus W. Picl.l, the
L'cniiiM of that ipiiinrkalilc family of which
Ihiviil Dudley ami Judge Stephen ur
Nuisiicii(His ineinlicrs. lie used to own
Ihoul $0,0011,0(11 1, until .Manhuttnu Klc.
1
.'.itctl ll.iilw:'.y :,t,:fl ilnijipcil, n few years
l;...i, it 0111 lt.'i lo (.!..in .M: . ;..i:M
(1 licvc.l Mr. Field f 11 1 1 (lie stock he luid
11. in. .ii) lUic fur, ut iihoiit 'Jo. Unee A
tk. t
None ltciiiircil.
'Let's ymi ami I jilii y niiinl ri'uiliiifi',
iiiid the first litllc girl, us tiny stood
Ut the nulc.
'Oil, no," replied the mtiiiuI.
4 'lint why?"
"liooMiiKo iimmiiiii ihicstft want 1110 to,
ami beside 1 know all v. hut is pin (in
uiiyliow. You've got n new liirctl girl
your mother is h;ivin tin oM dress nia.lo
over your sister's beau has jjouo back
mi her, iin.l your father hlnyi'd out all
tiight tho other night." Jfttruit Frt
t'nt.
Dr. von llulow was recently risked tr
conduct tho purfurmuueu of uu opcrcttis
which hu considered worthless. . lie do-j
cliucd, but went to tho show and occui
tiicd a conspicuous scut. Wlmt rcmlercol
him moro constiicuous was tho fact that)
he was attired lu deepest mourning.'
'That stulT," ho said, nicnninff tho opor-j
ctta, "is bcliiK buried, and I utn attiuuU
iug its funeral.'.. .. u
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