.
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.
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