. FOUND WANTING r PR. TALMAOB. 1UII of nin-r. fart fond icaf-n'-Danlel of architecture. t 'TZrn lm,.rf only tho-vl- tiling ' 1 " . m. .it.. V, v i n r IwMin - fnll The site having lieen t . ..),. ritr tn million men wore r1 E A-sring of her wall, and the 7a h.-r work.. It was a city sixty "n3,.iimf.T.we. Thm was a trench -'""IT." ?'I which the material Tbu, M n f lh. rtty had been digged. -m ptv I wi'iiv - " p.-- . T.t-n every two fates a tower of -.r.neina ln the Ami fro'" h " r." . . .trcet running straight r'Tt, to lh- corresponding Kt on the -.. A other-were tiny sireeis n. Li vi Through the ritr ran branch fc-Kn Thin river some- flowed bank, and to keep it th. nun f th rt,v " l"k" w"" oon" ",.,1 Into wt.irh th- surplus hi . .( rtm (hiring the time of freshet. :1 " wan k-l-t I" thi. artificial lake ,,,-,,.f .IroiiBht, ami in-n i-"" ,-., ,,.n over th- city. At either i..i.r .nanninir the Knphrate I, , iflliwe-the one w1oeo a Inilo 1 h,)f sn'iin.1. the other palace seven I half mil around. L ,,f,..f Neliiicha'liieitmr hail lieen lrn u-ht up in the country ami In a , ,,,, r.-Kion. ami she could not l-ar v ,iitrn-t "f Habvlon: anil . to please N,..u.-hsilnezair built tn th- mi.Ut V.otva iiiountaiii ' feet nign. uii Lttiin ' . ...i. ... built out into terrace u- n tin he. ' 'n the top or mwan iOT rot tint stone: on me nii ,. wl' and bitiiinan: on the top of .. i.., ..r. ,,f brick, close' y cemented: t-.Mi.if that a heavy iiheet f leail, ami Lt. pnf that the soil placed the soil so ttil a l.lininti cellar nan room w an il', n "t. There wrr pumi worked by v machinery, fetching up the water th- Knphrate to thin hanging garden. , called. o that there were fountain ms into the sky. Ici'lmg l'low and looKing up n mum I !-.n..,l n if the cIouiIk were in blorooin. Lth niuhtlie ky lenneil on the HhniiM-r ..slnr -Ml ill'" .eoui limiinv.wii uin i" Liwife. Well. he ought to Have ii.ll !ilipKM sue w lie'u.'wii. II .'uM nut plrae her nothing wouM. nnin thit city alo the t.'iniile of . mill imi-n-one tower the eighth of huh. in which there wa an obnerva ii,Tentr momer tnlkeil to the KtarH. n in that temple an image, juxt omi whii li iit wtinl wouiii ie our liny , lii'll ii'iiinm. nlfit n citt: The eHrtn never naw any- L I h it. never will see anything like it. fn't I have to tell you that it it going to nil ve.1. Th" King and hli I mice are Tliev are all iutosicateil. I'our . rich wine into the chulicc. Drink to 'ilth of tlie King. Drink to the glory Li.vl.m. Drink to a grent future. Imimand linli ri-l intoxicated. The L -it.s iiihiii achmr. with vucaiit look. fc'.niifitrd men ill with v"mit look Ut the nail. Hut soon llmt VHi'imt ak'- ' hi uiti nit, anil it in an airrightetl mill all the I'micei iM'gin to look and ti r Khnt h the mutter, ami they look at tame iKiint on the wall. And then there Lailurkni'-H into the room' ami imU nut linenf the golden plate, and out of the i' ill I up mil Hllt'W niei r fifiiit'n it nnmir .r of tierv terror circling around and iu anminl a though it would write; In-n it comes up nnd with tthnrp till of y it inwrilieii on the pltistering of the (he ilimin of the King: "Weihett in the kin and found wanting.'' The bang tor HU aainxt the gate of the ire "followed hy the breaking in of the A thousand gleaming knlvea strike i thoiiMind iiuivering hearta. Now D: i King, nnd he in watcd on a throne In that hull there is a balance (..hI kwiiuic it. On one side of the f'V are put rieUhu.rar'a opiMirtlinitiea, itlier side of the bulancu ure put Hul- kiirs Mils. 1 ho nin come down, tin rtmutiiK go up. Weighed in the linl k -fmind wanting. re has Ihi'ii u great ileal of cheating country n ith false wcightn ami uieus ni 1 lialanci-s, nnd the government, to llmt -liitenf thiiurs. Hiiixiititeil coin- a rs wlinx' liiinim-vt it wus to Klnmp nun mi'iiMires una iiiiium.'cH, and a al of tin- wrong has lieen oorrect4sl. fill, alter all. there is no -in-li tliini; as a fct lulaiuv mi earth. The chain may in-some of the metiil may be i-li)iM'.l. nne Htiv the ismiiiniw? lliav le a little kl-s. I annul always dptnd ilium ear) lily k i s A pi'iind is not always a imiuihL ii pay fur one thing anil you i-t mi luit in the li.'ilaiiee w hich is Mtispemlisl t ill-1 I (hk, a pound in a innmil aiiii is ri;;lit. and Hrong in wrong, uud a a -siiil. and eternity is eternity. OimI "t f.s t bushel and a perfect pH'k and a ' -alien When inerrnuntM weigh :k hi the wrong way. then the Iri the goods again. If from theiuiner- li ii iMirelhe merchant ihiiiih nut what els to lie a gallon of oil and there is Icm a gallon. i;,mI knows it, anil He calls His recording angel to mark it: "No nautili in that measure i, f oil." The, !' "nines in from the countrv. He hint - to sell. Ui Inn au iiiiiierli-ct measure. iiri out the apples from this imperfect ire. !nd recognize it. He tarn to the ding angel: "Mark down bo many iip too few an lniierfii't measure." heat nurrtelves nnd we innv fliejiL tlui II hut w cannot cheat timL nnd in kmit day of judgment It will he found pat what we learned in Uiyliood at i risir-iiiHi twenty-liiimlriil weight ' urn, nun one hundred and twenty i' t make a cord of wood. Xo more, ' And a religion Which ilium lint tnlfo tills lifu as well ax the life to come in f' giou at nil. Hut, mv friend, that i " kuul of lialiinci.fi I am to Mpcak of T: that is not the kind of weight and l am to speak of that kind of lil which nin weigh pruiciplo, weigh ne, wciqh men, weigh nations, and ' wnrlils. "What!" vou kav. "i ittios- 'lint our world is to lie weighed!'". Yes. ymi would think if (!od put on one ne Imhnciu misuuilisl from tho throne U. and the Pa reiiix- mid the II J. uinl Mount Washington, und ull the l of the earth, thev would crush it. No, Hi tune will itiiiiH whou tii will sit I mi the while throne to wo the world l is. and oil one aide will lie the world' niimtiiu, and on the other id the U mns, Dicvn will m the sins and away 1 ' the npisii tiiiiilics, and io,t will ny to i-si'iigers with the torch: "Hum that V .i ig)ied and fouml wanting!'' Pi will weii;h chiirclies. Hetukea great I'liat great church, ao-onling to the I'V estimale, must lie weiglie-l. Ho puts "lie mde the bnlimce, uud the minister . 'f lle.lr atld the l,inl,l.i,, ti, ......- o- "lnr thuusiiiids of ilullur. Hu jiut 'a f'ini,i.ii the balance. On the other f tliutscul.i li puts what that church to what it consecration ought to "t us fvinpiitliv for tht x.r ought to net its devotion to all good ouglit to lie. ""11 Olid hide Tlnit wi.l.. ,w,o,. .1,.,.. h" cliurch, in.t Ikmii-hIiIi, to stiowl tli 1 islsi in !, " i-.i I... Hi? -'-"' iiiiis's iiob iiiiiiiu P lllTeniSJ alxillt VOIO- nil, . I. ill,-, nr. r.,... try- A clmrch U built furonii thing to 's'uu. if it savis a few houU when it f'ne a multitude of souls, God will iniiiioriiismouu,. Weighed and found ho (iisl mtimatixi nation. How V tune He ha init the Siinih inonurt hy n icali, and found it iuimlllcl (tut utul iiued it! The French Kinpire was ft on oue mile tlieaoulmand Hod weighed MTench Umpire, nnd Naiioleou said: f uo' "tuarged thu boulevard? lid I mri ainoM) ine finnea of the Champa Kir-' Rave I not adorned the Tnllorie Hara I not built the glided Oretra Hoti.er' Then Oorl weighed that nation, and ha put on one aide f tin nsdea the Kmpernr and th- bmile--n't the Tnilerie. and the Champ lyw, and the glhled Opera House, and on th ether ide he put Hint man' abomination, t tat man' lihertinistn. that man'naelflshneaa, tl-.at man godles ambition. Thi last came down, alt the tirtlltanrv of the scene van ihl. What t that volisj rominif up from Sedan? Welchexi and found wanting. Hut I mutt become more individual and more personal in my addrca. Home people say they do not think clergvmen ought to lie pcmonal in their religinu add reuses, but ought to deal wlthmihjecUin the abstract. 1 do not think that way. What would yon think of a hunter who ihnuld ro to the Adi rondack to siiisit dwr in the alwtract Ah ! no. He load the gun. he puta the butt of it against the hreaat, he run hi eye along the liarrcL he take mire aim, and then crash go the antler on the rock. And an, If we want to be hunter for the lxrd, we must take mire aim and fire. Not in tb- abstract are we to treat thing in religious discussion. If a physician isiim into a (ek room doe he tmat disease In the abstraetr No; he (Hi tile puinc, U4KC the rtliiunosis, theu fie iimkn the pretrription. And if we want to heal oiil for thi life and the life to come, we do not want to treat them in the alistract. The fact i, you and I have a malady which. If imcured by grace, will kill us forever. Now, I w-ant no abstraction. Where i the bulm? Where U the physician 1'eople ay there I a day of judgment com ing. Mr friends, every day I a day of iudg nient. and you nnd I to-day are being van vasxed, inspeded. refghl. Here are the Isalance of th nnetiinry. They ere lifted, nnd we must all bo weighed. Who will coma and lie weighed llrst? Here I a moralist w ho volunteers. He i one of the most upright men in the country. He come. Well, my brother, get In. get into the ImtnnccH now and lie weighed. But as he get into the balance, I nav : "What i that bundle vou have along with your' "Oh." he snvs, "that i my reputation forgiioilneM, and kindtim, nnd charity, and generosity, and kindline generally. "O my lirotfir! we cniinot weigh that; we are going to weigh you you. Now. stand in the ncales yoii, the moralist. Paid your debts" "Ye." you aay, "ald all my debts." "Have yon noted in nn upright way in the cnmniun(ty" "Yes. yes." "Have you Ihs ii kind to' the p.Mr? Are you faithfiil in a thousand relations in life" "Ye." "So far so jivk. Hut now, before you get nut of this m-nle I want to nsk you two or three ipiestions. "Have your thought always been right1"" "No," you say "no." I'utdowii one mark. "Have you loved the fvvrd with all vour heart, ami noul. and mind, and treni;thv" "No," you any. Make another mark. "Come, now. be franl; and coufcs.1 that in ten thousand things you have come lOiort have you not?" " Yi"." Make t'ii thousand marks. Come now, get me a lxk Inrge enough to make the record of that moralist' deficit. My brother, stand in the wiles, do not Hy away from them, I nut on your side the wale all the good disils you ever did. all the kind words you ever uttered; but on the other aide the scales I put this weight, which Sod nav I mint put there on th" other aide the scales and opxiite to yours I put this weight: "Hy the deed nf 'the law shall no flesh living be justified." Weighed and found wanting. Ktill. the balance of the saiictu.iry are sus M'iidisl and we are ready to weigh anv who come. Who shnll lie the next' Well, here is n formalist. He come nnd he get into the 1 m la nil's, and ns he get in I that all his religion is in gonullexions and in outward observance. A he get into the scales I snv: "What is that you have in this pocket"" "Oh," hesar, "that is West minster Assembly Catechism.'' I say: "Very good. What have you in that other ixH'ket:-" "Oh." he snvs, "'that is the Heidelberg Catechism." "Very good. What is that you have under your arm, standing in thi balimce of the innctuary'' "Oh," he say, "that i a church record." "Very good. What are all these bonks on your aide the Imlnnee?" "Oh," he say, "those are 'Calvin' Institute."' "My brother, we are not weighing book; we are weighing you. It cannot be said that you are depending for your salvation upon your or thodoxy. Do you not know that the creed and the form of religion are merely the waf folding for the building? You certainly nre not going to mistake the calfolding for the temple. Do you not know thnt men have gone to perdition with a catechism in their pocket" "Hut," aay the man, "I enma myaelf often." "Ah! thnt will not save you." '"Hut," snys I'm lniiii. "I am aympatlietlc for the mmii" "That w ill not ave you." Sava the mail. ''I sat at the " communion table." "That will not nave vou." ''Hut." n ys the man. "I have iiad my name mi the church records." "That will imi save yon." Hut I have been a profisor f religion forty years." "That will not save vou. Stand thereon your aide tho balance md I will give you the advantage 1 will let you have all the creeds, nil the church rce ir.U, all the Christian conventions that were jver held, ull tho communion tables that w ere ver built, on your aide the balance. I in the it her side the balances I must put what o.Kt suvs I must put there. I put thi niilli.ni isuilid weight on the other aide the balances: Hnviiiz the form of cimIIIiii-ss. but dcivvnig the power thereof. From such turn away." i clems I ami round wanting. Still the balances are Misnciidcd. Are there any other who would like to be weighed or who will lie weighed Ye, here Mines n worldling. He gels into tho walo. f can very easily we w hat hi whole life is made up of. St'K'ks. dividends, pereciituires. tiuver ten nays, "iniyer thirty uns. iiei in. my fnenii; get into tm-se nainncc ami im weighed weighed for this life and weighisl fur the life to come. Hegetsin. I Mini llmt the two grent ipii'.- imis in his life are, "How 'henply can 1 buy those giants ami now enrlv can I aell them" 1 find he admire Heaven Immune it i.sn laud of goldund money nuift bu "easv." I find from talking with him thnt religion and the Sabbath are mi interruption, a vul gar iuteri iintion. and he hope on the wnv to church to (irilin upn new ctihtonier. All the week lie tin lxen weighing iruirs, weigiiing uieatM. weighing ice. weigiiing coal, weighing confections, weighing worldly and ierishitblo commodities, not realizing the fact thnt he himself has been weighisl. i In your side the linliince, O worlding! I will give you full nilvnutnge, I put oil your aid" all t he bunk ing houses, nil the Htoreholiscs, nil tne car goes, nil the insurance companies, nil the fac tories, nil the silver, nil the gold, nil the money vaults, all the aalety deposits ull on vour side. Hut it doe not add one ounce, for at the very moment wo nr.- congratu lating you on your fine house nnd upon your (il'lncely income lie I und theniigcUnlv writ ing in regard to your noul, "Weighed uud found wanting." Hut 1 must go faster uud speak of thetinnl Kcrutiny. The fact U, my friends, we are moving on amid astounding realities. These pulse which now are drumming the inarch of life mny, after a while, call u halt. We walk on a liuir hung bridge over clia.nu. All around us are dangers making ready to spring on us from ambush. We lie down fit night, not knowing whether we shall arise in thu morning. We hturt out for our occupa tion, not knowing whether we slmll come hick. Crowns la-iug; burnished for thy brow or Isilts forged for thy prison. Angels of light I'etidy to shout lit thy dclivcreiice, or tleiid of durk'iewt stretching up skeleton hand to pull I lien iloun into ruin cniiMimiiKit ". Suddenly the judgment will bo here. The aiiK"l. willi one foot .mi the sea und the other foot on the hind. will swuir by Him that livc'ii forever und ever that tim - mll Immio longer: "llcliold, lb' cometh w ill clouds, uud every eye shall acu Him." Hark to thu jarring of the mountain. Why, thi is the setting down of the fcculcs, the balance. And then there Is a Hush a from a cloml, but it i the flitter of the shining balance, and tin y are hoiste.1, tad all nation ure to lie weighed. The uu forgivell get ill UI this aide tho liulunccs. They may have weighisl thiuiii'.lve ami pro. iiouiicisl a llattering dwiaioi. j Tlio world may liuve weighed them uud pronounced them morul. Now they are lieing weighisl in tiod'a bal.ince the bulance thai call make no inUtUike. All the properly gone, all the title of oVtinctloii gone, all tile woriuiy in vetisnagouv, there i a oul, ubnolutely uoth- in but a amil, an immortal amtt, btt dyinft aonl, aoui rtripped of all worldly ad vantage, a aoul on one aide of the aealea. On the other aide the balance are wanted Sabbath, disregarded sermon, ten thousand opportunities of merry and pardon that were cast aside. They are on the other ide the ralea, and there Ood stand, and in the prea enre of men and devil, cherubim and arch angel, He announce, while groaning earth quake, and crackling conflagration, and judg ment trumpet, and everlasting torm repeat it: "Weighed in the balance and found wanting." Hut, aay onie who are Christian: ''Cer tainly you don t mean to my that we will have to get into the balance. Our ain are all pardoned, our title to heaven ia am-tir-. Certainly you are not going to put na in the llancl," Yea, my brother. We mnst all appear before the judgment eat of Christ, and on that day yon are certainly going to tie weighed. O follower of Christ, vou get into the bal ance. The bell of the Judgment i ringing. You mut get into the balance. You ijet in on this side. On the other aide the Imlauce we will place all the oprtunftie of gissl which vou did not improve, all the attain ment In piety which you must have haL but which you refused to take. We pla"e them all on the other side .Thev go down, and your aoul rie in the scale. You cannot weigh against all thotte imperfection. Well. then. wemut give you the advan tage, and on your idn of tne cnl we w ill place all the goI deed that you have ever done, and all th- kind word you have ever uttered. Too light yet! Well, we must put on vour Hide all the consecration of your life, all the holiness of your life, all the prayer of vour life, all the faith of vour Christ init life. Too light yet! Come, mighty men of the pat. and get iti on thnt aide the scale. Come, i'avsou. and lfcsldridge, and Hmter. get in on that ido the scale and make ihcni ismie down thnt thi righteous one may ! saved. They come and thev get in the scales. Tito light yet' Come, the martyr, the I jt liners, the WieklilTe. the men w ho suffered at thi stake for Christ. tict in on thi aide the Christian' lialaneea, and see if run cannot help him weigh it aright Thev come and get in. Too light yet ! Come, angels of I bv on high. I't not the righteous erish with the wicked. Th-y get in on this side the bal ance. Too light yet ! I put on thi ldo the balance all the seep ter of light, all the throne of power, all tit crowns of glory. Toolight vet. Hut lust nt that point, .Jesus, th" Son of thai, coiin-t up to the balance, nnd lie put one of His scarred feet on your side, and the balances Is-gin to ouiver nnd tremble from top to Isittom. Then He put Isith of Hi warred ft on the Iwlance ami the Christian's side come down with a stroke that sets nil thelil of heaven ringing. Tint llockof Ages heavier thanntiy other weight. Hut, aavs the Christinn. "Am I to 1 allowed to get olT mi easily?" Ye. If some one should nne and put on the other side th" scale nil our imperf'S'tioiis. all your envies, nil vour Jenloii.ii, nil your inconsistencies of life, thev would not budge the wale with Christ on your side the scales. o free! There 1 no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesii. Chains broken, prison houses omiiiis, sins pardonisl. lio free! Weighed in the balances, and nothing, noth. in" wanting. oh! what a glorious hope Will Vou ac cept it thi day Christ making up for what you lack. Christ the atonement for all your sins. Who mil ncis-pt linn" Will not thin whole audience say: "I nm iniitllciciit, I nut a sinner. I inn lost bv rcn-oii of inv trans, gressioii. but Christ has paid it all. Mv lord, and mv tiod. my life, my pardon, my Heaven. Lord Jesus. I li.nl thee. Oh' if you could only understand tli" worth of that sncnllc which I have represented to you under a figure if you could iindcrt.iiid the worth of that sacrilliv, this whole nudicmv would thi moment accept Christ and l saved We go away otr. or buck into history, In get some illustration by which we may set forth what Christ has done for us. Weius'd tint go so far. I saw n vehicle Is hind a run away horse dashing through the street, a mother and her two children in the carriage. Th-horse dashed along ns though to hurl them to death, and a mounted policeman with a shout clearing the way, nnd the horse at full run, attempted to seine tho ,a-vn horses and to save a calamity, when hi own horse fell and rolled over him. He wa picked up half dead. Why were our sympathies so stirnsl Because he was liadly hurt, and hurt for other. Hut I tell you In day of how ( 'brist, the Son of OimI, on the hlixul red horse of aaeriHce, came for our rescue, und riale down the ky and nale unto death for our rescue. Are not your In arts touched1 That wus a siicril'ce for you and for inc. O Thou w ho didst ride mi tlier.il horse of sacri fice' come this hour nnd rid" through thi assemblage on th white horse of victory. HEMGIOUS. Tin: I'.iut.r. If Hie n.lde is ii it a r e'ution from (io-I, lin n is them nu lling in all lh iimvers that can till the loiupig soul nt man -Then must that dent hie'. sp.rit. on w iti fi. rover, per is' uii 1 1 v hover over .in abyss ot unfathom able doubt. If truth is not found in tin boil, where t loll is she to b ' found In (le-i-mV- Thev bill us that iiatur.l religion j t iilMcient lor i II the wants of our race. Hut win-re is her hohice for licit soul that ling for some' I11114 innr Mib.t.iuiial than iiiigut t ha' can b" Iiiiiutl on 1 al l Ii -1 .tui I Ir 11 111 diiring something t Irtl w ill si, in" ti l th 111 p r. ks splend .- whin mil lire s"nll heave li"l-l.'it grnan- Oh'w hoieio y it lind all till-ill il" sin' What evi icnc h ive 1 Irotil nature a b sik that I -lull l e nt la-t found siip-rior to th" btute-tliat I fha'l live w In 11 this mnt"i in I si 1 11 tin "shall ha - c criiui ble I into dust1 None whatever, i-'or, it be fore the p nod nf mv cr iitimi ull w:ia 11 ni-t'M-l lice how do I know thnt alt r the t r minus of mv mm t.il in theic will imt nguiu be uii eti null nun cxi-ti'tic ' I Inc llnng I am t iii'.'ht f i'i 111 111 - rcluioii of iiatui" that "lind is love. ' Kl'nlll tin I cup dude most po'ilivelv that he would not create niir r ice, with nil our powi i s und capneiti a nf mind, w tin ut g rii 11 nig 11a nil additional ninnies tation i t ins goi iliu ss-telling us soinctliicg ot our de-tin v whi'ii time is no more. Hut. in the iiiilTi rso tin re i 110 siicli knowledge 0I1 1 1I I n 1 If it Is 111 t fnUll'l III llli) llll I". I I".". e.u le, tnere.' ne. that this is the H da. of t t'ne l'"st giit 1 f a In- I 'till rather to 111:111. Here "IiI'd and immortality nr.) brought to Iwht." "HIcssod Ui the l'iil for his gn a' giiotiuess uud wuiidci lul works lu tho ililUivn ot tii 'ii." rmusTiAN jnv. The Tt"V. IVnfessnr Kluislin, speaking rtv Celltly nil Christian j 'V, Ulid Welieednl to rill religion of all dullim- und of ull repul sive coldncs- uud sternui as. 1 he pel fci'iioii .f nil Christian rejoicing and living is juai il we colli I but do It as Chris! witutcil it to live tiuly uud altogether in the wornl, but not of tho world. He vv.is not tpiltti Mini whether it wa not the tltst s mpioni nf the Church con uptioii wlteii they put thoci u ivllx iipmi th" nltar. Tho .viuii'g brave- I curled, rejoicing nml cnmpicring Churcfi did not tin it. Is that tne last wmil nf the g "bH l - "Christ il (!' No! Tliat c ucill' d Chi i-t would nii'U 1 the worlds tics 11 ir if that mil'... It m Muni form. Whit, inul; sour II iiiinph, t ill' Imp ', niir l..itli, nur lii , nlir lejocilg ill the ivruilliiv (if Vict. TV, is '..tit itlciII il Christ 1 i mi, use 11 led, n ig ing; und III il i- tin) ( In ii! ll.cy Wi ill 1 iiu I 11:1. 1 id in the chiiiict 1 nf all tl u early I I111-: inn c iirches. Tim t lit - I imt, ltii 1 1 Christ caiuo in later Hut that l is -ii, reigning Chi i i mi tho lliroii" is "as it Laiiib that had be "i klu 11.'' 'J'hn lunrks of Ids ileal h. his aiim incut, are there. It w tlio ci ucill d, but tho ci uciUt il, tiiuuipliuut Christ. bcu riiuLitLK tiaiii. A few years ago oue of tho leading secular papers in Cincinnati made tho blateincnt tuut feventy-llve por cout. of the criminal raws in the court of that city were traceable to the liijuor trattic. Thi statement wa disputed. The managers of tho iiaper sent a roportor to examine the record, and he found by actual count that eighty-ouo per cout. of all the cake that reached the crimi nal court records owed their origin to the drink trafflo. H'ifni. TEMPERANCE. Tin COHQCBRIHO LtlTOW. For Ood, for home and native land, We raise toward heaven our strong right band. And proudly wave our banner white All itainleaa aa the morning light. Chorus: Use where It floats our signal light f f hir rlond by dar, our fire by night. Our sheltering wing, our fc-tiiiling hand Fur God, for home and native land. ITirongh runtotna vile and lianded hate, And lust that maketh desolate, Kearlesa we press our onward way, And hopeful hail the coming day. What though the world may call defeat Ourransic never tteats retreat; And when we fall we face the fi And loap to victory even so. For right I might, and right at Iat Khali sound on high her trumpet blast: And o'er the compter' d field shall tread. When avery human wrong is dead. Then prondly wave the streamer white. The emblem pure of Mod's own light. While pledged beneath its folds we stand For Uod, for home and native land. Ae. tv,- ISottom. D.D. WHICH WILL TOO HAVE Entering the office of a well-known mer chant, I lifted my eye nnd found ruvself confronted with the mint thrilling tetiier anca lecture I ever steered myself against in the whole course of my life. It was an in scription marked with a pen on the back of a postal card, nailed to the desk. The in scription read a follows: which WIPK IIU WHtHKV TBI BASIC OR Till HHTTl.lt IIOUC OR IIKI.I.' "Where did you get that, nnd what did you nail it up tuero for" I ask, si tho mer chant. "I wrote that myself, and nailed It up there," was his reply, "and I will tell you the story of that can). ".Some time ago 1 found myself falling In to a drinking habit. 1 would' run out once ia awhile with a visiting customer, or atthe invitation of a traveling man. or 011 every slight occasion that otTcrcd. I soon found that my busiueas fucultic were bis-oming dulled, that my stomach wa continually out of aorta, my appetite failing, ami a constant craving for alcoholic stimulants becoming dominant. I saw tears in the eves nf my wife, wonder depicted on the face of my children, and then I took a long look ahead. "Una day I sat down at thi desk, ami half unconsciously wrote the incriitioii on that card. t)n lisiking at it iimii its completion I it awtui revelation Durst 111 von me like a Hash. I nailed it up there, and read it over a hundred time that aftemiiii. That night I went home sober, and I have not touched a drop of intoxicating litpior since You see how startling is its alliteration. Now I liav 110 literary proclivitie.ant I regard thut card as an inspiration. It M-a: out three solemn warning every time I look ut it. The first in a voice from tho altar, the sennd from th cradle, and the third nml last from ." My friend's earnestness dec)cucd into a olemn shaking of the head, ami with that lit resumed bis work. 1 don't think I violate his roiitlileucn bv re peating the story of thatckrl. In fa"t,'if it should lead to the writing ot similar cards to adorn other desks 1 think he will be immeas urably gratified. Huturilmj f.'reiini.; Cuf, IT IB A MONSTKOfH KVIL. The evil of intemperance are manifest and so mnnstrou that the State iscompellisl to recognize them, and to take uct 1011 ngainvt them in its own defense. The Ktato is con cerned in ths welfare not only of its own communities, but of every tainily ami indi vidual under its dominion. The inllueiices which tend to undermine health and shorten life, to cripple labor and prevent thrift, to produce paiii?rs and Incrcaso criminals, are clearly hostile to the Htate, and it is the duty of tue Hut to suppreat.thoiii a far as isissi. bio. The life of the humblest individual isai sacred as that of its moat honored citizen, and the Htate is under obligation to provide nil possible safeguards not only aj'smst all attempt to dettroy it, but against all epi demics and plagu-s ami source of disease. The State has the same solicitude for the. moral welfare of the citizen. In short, th State not only has the jatwer to provide for the public safety, the public health. and the publiu innnils, but it can not, as we bnve already shown by citations from decisions of the Supremo Court of the United State, "divest itself of thnt power. Tho very purios for which government is organized ia to exercise it. The State in its caro tor the public health prohibit the ml" of impure nml unwhole some article of food. Vnripe or docuvtsl fruit, diseased incut, adulterated milk, are seized and destroyed ami the dealers punished. The sale of article dangerous to hie or limb or health is regulated or prohibited. I ion nit of health ore vstabhahed to investigate com. mon source of disease, nml to abate them aa nuisances, and may exercise extraordinary powers lu the prevention or mipprcssiiui of contagious diseases. The ik ssity for pre serving tho public health is ho clenrly recog nized under our tiovernrnent that tho State may, despite the constitutional right of Con great exclusively to regulate interstate coin, inerce, prevent tho iniMirteV'on of infected articles and establish nunriiiitiue regulation. .Yum York Jii(7cniViit. tbk old tvi-o h Aimer "It don't pay, young fellnwj. There'.l beer down talr and there ice water in the pail in the corner. One cost money ami tho tother'i free; one makes tramp printers and the other saves 'cm. Stick tothe sahion in tho corner, fellow; drink at the sign of the tin dipper, ana you 11 always navo eye uni nerve to stick type when you're seventy." j Somehow tho boy always enjoyed tho old man' homely littlo teuiperauce lectures, ami ! lu the forty year he stood at the ca-o und Tvreachcd. If no wasn't unite to eiouuent as 1 Gcugh, every now and then ho coaxed oun tvpo away from the sign of tho glai-mug to the sign of the tin dipper. Aud sometimes the old man used to stimulate a little him self, but that wa long ugo. Ho would be gone a day or two, ana coir.o back quietly, penitent, and very obllviouBtotlio occasional remark of a mysterious charaeUir which would drift up and down tho alley. Hut thi didn't often happen, because the boys liked the old man and felt mrry fiT him, ami they respected bis penitence, and ttnally only tho now men or tne ul ever mid a wind about these annual disapiiearunce. All t Im old man would ever say about them was thut he hod "been up in the country to bury hi uncle." Hi uucle died hard, but lie did dlo at last, and the old man for many year stood like a eonquerer at the time-worn old cae with bit enemy under his feet. a rnxscK foii tiik workingma. Frank J. Klbley, a stirring spenker on tho workingman's relation to tetiqicrance, maid's most effective poiut on tin subject, Khai-iieiiing each with statistic and logic. Ho show that of eleven hiintliMil million of dollars, un estimate w hich ho nbly tiphoi Is, actually spout for intoxi 'iiting drink every year in this country, the laboring nieii alona contributo throe-fourths, nrulmut ''''-.j.ikiO,-(kki; a bum grta'er by n hundred million dol lar than the entire capital stncl: nf nil the luinl; in the country; u sum that if saved for a year and one-fourth would eiiiul the total vnluo of till the fiie"( i;i t!m l'iiit-d States; thut if saved for five yturs, would equal In value the accumulate 1 capital nf uii the mills uud factories, in tho country; thi.t if saved for six ami two-third years, would equal the valuation of all the railrtimlsiii tlio liitul, and that if saved for six imiutlm would give tho nation's lulioring men u capital equal M that of nil the ipiarries, sb amlHiat liuoH, telegraph and telcphonu companies in tho 1 iiiUhI States. In short, if tho laboring nieu elolie should save their drink bill for til teen year they might nociiinuluUi n capital equal to the valuo of all tho mine ami factories, quarries, telegraphs, telephones, bank and railroads throughout thi rich land. SUNDAY SCHOOL. V.KSRON Kill StCPTK.MDKTt "Daniel and Jonathan," t 8am. it: t-13. Golden Tet, l'ro. x villi 24 -Note, 1. "And David fled from Naloth In Raman and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done?' Haul, being constantly troubled with an evil spirit, bad sought on two different occasions to lny David (chaps. viii, 10; xix, 10), but David escaped out of his hand, for the Iord was with him, and he and Hamuel went and dwelt In Nnioth. If we are true children of Ood the presence of the Ird is ever with us, as a wall of fire round about us, and noth ing can reach us without His permission; and whatever He may permit to reach us, nothing can by any mean harm us, for our life is hid with Christ in Jod. Knemiesniay seem to pnwpcr, but Uod will make even the wrath of man U praise Him. As to David and Jonathan, we read thnt their souls were knit together, ami that Jonathan loved David a his own soul (chap, xviti , l-lt); and in David's lament for Jonathan we hear him saying: "Thy love for tne wa wonderful, passing tho love nf women." (It Ham. 1 , 8V) The lesson to-day gives an illustration of the wondrous love of these two men, but the golden text reminds us of the greater love of a greater King's Son, who has knit Hlssoulto ours and atl iped Himself of all His (lory that He micht save u from wrath ami evnlt us to His throne. J. "Thou shalt not die." David Inquires nf Jonathan why Saul, hi father, should thus iersistently seek In life, ami what h" had done to merit such ill treatment at the hands of Saul. Jonathan assure him that heshall not die, ami that inasmuch a hi father will do nothing without telling him, and ha given liim no hint of such a pursc, therefore it cannot be; but the sequel proved that in thi case the mind of Snul was hidden from Jona than, and thnt h- was really determined to kill David (vs. Uli a'h, Ivecause, a he said, while David lived Jonathan, hi own son, could not be established in his kingdom. .'I. "Ther- i but 11 step iN-tween me nml dentil." Thi was, humanly aeiikitig, true of David ami i true of every one of u. In (iod's hand i our breath and by Hi kind care wo live and move nml have our Isiing tiny by day, and whether nn land or sea it is equally true that the next step tiny usher u into eternity. Thi mny well cause the unsaved to tremble, but it should give no anxiety to one who i redeemed by the precious blootl of Christ and is therefore sts'king day by day to ' tio justly, love mercy and walk humbly with C!ol." 4. "Whatsoever thy soul ilisireth, T will even do it for thee.'' Thus said Jonathan to David in hi great love for him. There were many thing which Jonnthan wa not able to do for David, however will ing he might be, but Jesus, our Savior nnd King, will without fail do for u ull thnt our isnils desire for His glory, fur He is not only willing, but able having all power in heaven and on earth. (Matt, xxviu., IS; John xiv., l.'l. 14.1 .'1 1. ' If lie say thus: It Is well; thy ser vaut shall have peiiin; but" Hv thus ul renting himself from In accustomed nlnce for three days, David would certainly learn the mind of Snul toward him, ami Joiiiithnti would see it ami then know for himself his father's thoughts toward David. If any think that fiev deception here on the Part of David in hi shaking of going to I'ictlilclioiii, let them remember thnt iixl cannot possibly in nnv way tolerate sin. and never does Ho excuse it; and if David sinned in thi matter it must have brought him chastening. He certainly was not manifest ing the faith ami courage w Inch he ilisplnvisl when lie went against (iolinth; but ns to hi pructi. ing deception, who knows that ho did not go to llethleiiem to the sucrillco S "Therefor- thou shnlt deal kindly with thy servant, fortlum ha brought thy ser vant into a covenant of the I,ord with thee." David had already the love of Jonathan, and the love of all Israel ami Judnh Ixviii., I.itl), but hi one great enemy caused him to fear. and Jonathan was now to l the mediator standing U-tween Dnvid nnd hi enemy on ls'half of Dnvid, and there was a covenant tx'tween them " hich David calls n covenant ! of '"1r'1' J,,"" s ",ir Jonathan. It lias stotsl against the enemy on our Itehnlf Jonathan nlmnst lost his life nt this time on bi hall' of David lv., It.'h, but Jesus actually laid down His life mi mir behalf, nnd ha sealed with His own blond the covenant which He has entered into for us. ii Would imt I tell it iliee-" David had akod Jonathan to kill him. if he was guilty, rather than let I1I111 be br "light to Sauh Jnu nt linn's reply is thnt if he knew evil was de termined again ,t Du id ho would surely tell Ii i 111 . to. "Who shall fell me"'" Now Dnvid wants to klmw how he shall Hud out the result of tli" interview Istweeii Jonathan and hi lather He surely docs not honor the love of bis fritiiul. nor sis-Hi ti est. i-iii his friend, or bis friend' word very highly by these ques tion. He scellls to be greatly moved, lie doc not now sing: "I will not fear, though the earth ls removed." d's. xlvl., Hi ; lie tines not tall; like valiant David, a man after (bid's own In-art but rather like the spies who saw the giants and walled cities instead of sis'ing Inul. I .it us lent 11 i rout him that nothing llltlst evr lie allowed to enme bet tvts'll ns rilld (tod lest we too bo tilled with lear.s and dis honor Chri-t 11. "Come itud let 11 go out into the Held." ''nine apart," and Jo -us to the diM'iple. "Iti I the servant pa-s on, but Muml thou still awhile," said Sainin l to Saul. It, is wise, when we would have fellonship with liod, tn get alone with 1 1 nil mid shut out all else. It ! i wi-e, 11!... w l . n y., 11 would th ai pcrsnnally w nn a snul 111 Ills name, to tal.e them nlnne. with imt even a thud pari v near, and thus you will have tinno power with tliein; 1 have always found it so. I'-', M. "That thou nmyest go in peace, ami the Lord lie with tlusi." Jonathan now bol-ninly calls the lortlliod to witness that, whether the tiding from Ii is father bo gisitl or evil, he w ill surely let Duvid know; am) in tli- following verses, in most, remnrkable words hespoiiksof 11 time w hen nil the ene mies nf David sha'l have been cut off from the face nf th" earth, nnd ns if nut icipatiiic; 111 own atld his father a fall und David's ex altation, he causes David to promise kind-lics-i to hi house forever. Then follows tho a uiitofthe interview between Saul i.ud Ins sou, nml the wnv in which Jonathan ac quainted Duvid with the result. Hut even if the tidings wore to Im evil, nml Saul should seek the life of David, Jonathan says be is to go in peace, fur tho Lord ill I' with him. I'd'hups David re membered this w lien ho sang: "He shall not beafriiid of evil tidings, his heart is llxod trusting in the I-ord." (I's. cxii., 7.) Tho heart tliat. rests in the o c of Hun who stick ttli closer than a brother, whohns-hnwii Hi love bv.lvui.; lor His enemies, ami who hav ing given Himself has civcn til! things with llilll-i If, s'llnuld be ablet 1 NIV t lilt h I till V lit, all turns: "Heboid, Hod is mv Suviour, I will trust nml not be ul'raid: for His thoimlits (o inn nre pi at e end imt ivil; ami II" linn li'll is ut) ivil'lliMiii;; lile." f.f. and Jleljicr. WGVLIN'ri Dl'.I.SKINii l't.A( K. The New York Sim; leecnt isiit, pava an appalling m-couut of woiuru' tiritil;ing I'lacts 111 .New Vni k city. Jimv 11, any Chri--tian women wouM be i;':t 'i ly shocked to lead nf the "luilies" bur'' nt .Muillards, of six table full nf women ordering drinks, "ab. tintlio cocktail," a "imnv of brmitly," i liam igue ami sherry; or to lu nr of tlui wtuiien' Lriu-ii-brac store, where young girls ami ma trons indulge in ull sorts nf Jitiiiu', limn beer and milk punch to whisky and brandy. Yet tho .S7if liiid not u word of censure for tlicso jiractics, but descrilic thu tiisa'at'cfuJ cuc Villi ajipajent relish. Ilinmr Is like an island, rugged and with. 1 ut 11 1 Hiding p luce; wo can never nioro re utter when wj uro once outtidj of it. (uVean. A Fort one In Pronpfft. A I t mmMA !' ' '1 t TfTv ; V-l, Voiititr llilivvr cjliio'iiilvl V 1 1 r t 1 i I ilic oltl 11 111 tl leave Inc.' Notliin. Worse lliuti tintliino. A tract of lutul ia tlio bai kwootls, witli untiling mi it but sunn? sprim; so Inul that the cattle ilrink.iii! the water take fit . " Dr. Levi llelicii'l - "Sliortsigliti tl Hoy! Tin re's :t fortune in llmt f.inn. I'ut up a big lintel, mlviTlisc the water us llvL'fia's Own Lifc-triviiij; ,iq lid' utitl imi will die :i rich man." llulhiiu. C'eiiel'.il .Lu ks, 111' Tomb. The tnliili nf Aii'ln w k -on is in f!ie uathwi 't l oitu r of tic t;:irilcn, thrci li iuihcl leil or so from the lieksoii ;n iiiiiiH'ti t , rial- Niislivillc, Tttiti. Tin '1, itctial i;i 'i in the 1 niitrin lion i snliil lin;cs.iiic, end the flight of veils li : s ni.nlc but ii'iit i 1111 111 --i. i-i on it. The tl.iiuc is .; 1 jj t 1 leil 1 iv ciiiht 1 11I1111111- of Ilic I ti it oniir ami lime l.irje -t' h Mle :is mil pr.tpiti t intli i luc I (tori citlii'i sj lc of tne t1111i1111111t1t.il piei c in : lie cent : c arc tv.o heavy slulis nf stniie, Ivic.tr lioiioiti.illv 1 1 1 o : 1 tlic ilnor nf the ! unit iihil i:i tl.em arc cut the iii-eriitio:i. Noi!iiio 1 1 u 1 i 1 1 be sitnilci than ntie, (ii ncral Atuli' W Jai k -mi. Horn M.iti !i ll'i, ITf'T. !;. I I nn' s. 1' !." -lis' AMlllKtV .lACKSnN's TOM II. tells .im I will ever tell the rest. I'oor It icliel. who never mw the While House to live in it and w ho never cured to po there except lobe with her illiistriuns husband, has one nf the most beautiful inscriptions ever cut in -tone nr graven in bi'oiic : "lb-re lie lb- rcr'ainsof Mr,. Ibn h. l ,lat k soii. wile of IV'-M' nt ..luck -.on. whi 1 die I tin' '-'.'I of December. sjs, a.;el mx!v i,in ii-ai't. ilerfuce ns l.u:'t her per-ou pleain, her temper aiuiable. In r heart kind She tie lighted in relieving the wants of her lo!!ow creii turns, and cult imii,' I that div me 1 It ,t .111-0 by the Itm-t lib ral and uiqn-etenditi 11 let In h I - To the poor -ic wa- a Is'imfa tu, to Ihe l l' il till e,ll:l'l". I til l wretched 11 comforter, to tic ptoqieinii- all iii'miim-nt. Her pu t y went hand in li.iii I with Iiei bciievii-leii'-e. nnd -le1 thnnk'-d her Creator for b inn i.'l ll 1 It ted to I o go, i, belli so -el I Mo ami so xirtiioiis sluiider ini,;ht wound but c till not dislmunr. en th at it. when heb iieher troui the arms of her husband, could but Iran-port her to tit buyout of her tiod." .lai k-nii miol.t have 1 1 : 1 1 1 11 more pre Ictitioiis inotiMini'iii . A slmri lime In fnri' hi- tli.tth ( iiiiiiiiiiiliui' I'.lliiitt lno-.i::iii ! 1 iiik- fiiiin a cruise in the Mcilitei raiicin t!u- s iiinpii o:i- id a Ii imati I'.nipi n r, in inii-t the ii iii,:ii.''. Il-' iilTcrcil it to the ia I'll sell nt. whi sint him tli- reply: "1 have receivt i jmir Kiml letli 1 viitii ils accii:ni ui i 1 m nt , ,'iml . t 11 1 1 1-1 p il'ilnn inc it' I 1 1 lint a. c: pt il . fnl I iln !l d think Iiu- s.i! i'oiih:os o a Indian I'.inpt inr a lit ifi i pi 11 In for I lie remains of an Ann lit an I Iciiini ral." Th" s ir iniiiauus tin 11 went to I in- inn ' iim of ; ir- Sinilh 'Oiii.iti In-'.'.t ut i"ti :i! Wa-iiiii"- ui. .V'.- I'm ir.-.. 'Ilic l.nnalif nf ii.ilitr. -.-vfJJ .- ',i.'(vv h r .'iTioii, v J .. - A lunatic living .'it K;.l!:ig, Dechli'i-d hecnuld Willi: I'll the cciliii.T, There Is lio llis d to tell When he trie I it be I. II, Ami hi wound-. t"nU n Imig time In ll -alin(. y,'iii'ii'i-';i I 011117 c'i'ii'. . Tlie r.iu'-'csl rolliiciiiun. S.i'. s tlic I'j.i! i.cljhi:i -,',, ii iru' : "Tlie. biugcsl pi'lii i-iii-.ii ill tlie I'niteil Stall s, with nm t i 1 hi io;i, is Lieut. .M"lin, wiiit is now in i li:u-c oi the 'I'wi nty litst ilis tuii l in H'c.-t I'i '.l i'l.'ipiiia. Jlc issi feet live itici'.cs in lii-ij l.t u:ul l arriis liiinsclf w ith tin-I ret isi.1.1 of vcicrau. Ni"ht nr day lie is uIv.hy.h nn the no, tho I itil ilh of his lii-tiict speak nf hilil with tho titinn.-t kiiiiliii'Ss. Jlc doesn't tell his weight tn atiyliodv, !ut jii'l'iiif; from his apjiciiruuce it must lie that of two or three ordinary men. He is 11 strict (lis lipliuaiian uiii) never usks it patrtilinuti to go where he is not w illing to Icml. t 1 . n . 1 " -w viiVl "".1 tV"'AT;:',v--k5 ,',';',:",'1; lA ST-.,-- . irtIVsJv-- l.t , 1 iiiHi Tj tvJTTssTTi 4r . . -siii -r. ... ---T i T 1 - . s.4r iVw ,
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