I i WORLD'S FAIR. 'rEi;rixKNr9i;oaF.sriov-. i-.a-e Tell How It May no j,t(,,.tloBl meaning. ll" 7,,,1-irr.iwHl when be found no iMifnl fan fair." Eze L tvH- 1 . iB 0 fforxU or for the Mr ' -i on a small scale or large .,ui'"'" .iv. for one nation or Mr , ' ,r 0,11 x I Zt brings us to the fain of .L.I la nnw Mfini ',yr.l 1 ?"!'.? nn au Island, anil pari ,-t.if "'." , At,nnilrr. the eonouerer. II ftllM. 1" . ' . - ' . of .1 1 1 Y wits " 1 ' . - . k ,.r l ' i J . i : ...ii:i ..i t- ..... JMH. Hill Ills Illil"J H'-mun k fc"1. lie balked. Having marched t . ih ben' h, he ordered them to f .raltt.i the i..l.n.l .n.l thm. 'ihicitT on i"' cpv ,t.'r and build causeway two to the Island. Ho they kTL.iTart nf the city which was on the ,h uUilh it built a causeway of f"1 I l.rtt k and stone, on whlrh hie rlr i. the eanturenf that part of ' .h'.h a th" l"lflT", " tnoush cl' .r v rtonld r"t Brooklyn Into the htti n ,rrh tntha canturo rBrrv''k- Tl't Trri,m . ,u"ewy Which yicauiirr ai hit ,t,il there, and by al- i....isit has permanently uniieii f 1 to the mainland, so thnt It V ., n t.lniul Init a promontory. ,,,. greatest of all undertakers for v, .-Yi.il having covered up for the ro.r" Mil t Hanllxi-mid 1'nlmyra aim iiibihh " i J. rirhn the hand. o small and i " ' i..n ,..... h'V is now i;no..'i.ij a,",,,e v- ;;;:"', hat left of Tyre. Hut, I1?":' .......nrl.-ent city it on.-e wasl nii i,,-. (,.- i ,f tnesea: V"""" , ' : H liail'iim CHHUllw; ni.-u i-umin h.'i e we nave in our miiini; L ! li- i'f wno.1, nlie liaa lieiifhen of rl Wa-re have for our maxM of I . . ....... i, alia lin.t kiailu nf lt,:Ml r.'..-.'-i . v"T from l"',h "'T text is takon, , ! .,-,-.fiHtuii: th" ri''hi"t oounlrii-i hi riiev traded In ... i.w.k in uiKin a worlda lair at. .t.,';..l ityif Tyre: i .w.k in uiKin a ,r". . . ... ..1 A ..... ,l...rl. ,1 it m a h.i"e fair. LndiT foil nnd I ir.n f r np the horwn of ti-duy , i .u r." i'l" of the xplendid aninmU '-h n-ariiii: and plim(-itiK and anortin l.Hrt...l. lll.U... nt-l 111.. P1" . . ..... ....I l.ul 1..I,. Il.u tt-.irlil ...I MIM" ' ,t t-.t" until Kfktel, who wiu a inin- . iv'ifcl'XI " f01I'I!I to . nmli lHiut horses, cried out in nU.,,y -Tliovof thehnUBe of Tocor '. . ! i .. .1, r Vuiim u itli horsen." lli'le n-:h-r .!i'-art-mn of thnt world' fair "if l' '"l ' I..l'KIT.l U l'.UCW, . 'nrrvthiiii; till ablaze with prwloun l!ike tnlled wu'W are the corala; I. '-sMi.-nt' nf fiillfn t.ky ur the sapphires; k,ri- i niMti' a-hlush with all color. jiutluit iimina we inlin'e? It in from ..i. ot rxlir whiiii wh oiieii, ami Unci U d with all !t.vli- of fahrio. Hut the riti- uinaao puH iiuvrii iihn nine r.-ha:tm,iit. and Ihtj aro faw.ui nuil LJ.ii.ivr-.-c ami iiiiiiii. on "X iA tin- propni!!, wo niniu ui no ,u;tuv;il fair with a display ij-.it from J'initith imp -if. m il a thut of our inodoni la , ..rMi' -hiun. And here U a inineral ; f:r. with MMi'iiueni of iron and silver t nn and Irad nnd K"'1'- Hut hnlt, for f- . iri'if. T-maii purple, all tints and .,, iiH ji nimosi unto ijio nini'K aim t;it a'.ni t unto the blue; wnituiR for laii'l'ini'i tis t order it made into mle r.,r m,"'j')ii nay; purpio noi iiko iiuii h is now mail" from the Orchillu Weed, the extinet purple, the lost purple, which lin-'iwith knew Imw to make out of the kiih- hl m- llii'ks of the Mediterranean. Uli, it th"v casks or wine irom iieiooui :h wi.iiiw hiinksof wikiI from the Irnek that onee past lire. 1 in (rilead. tJh, trail'leriuc riches uud variety of that I s fair at i'vre! .t tli? world linn copied theso Hilile '.-'ti.vl fairs in all KUccceding aea, it has lia.l its Louis tho Sixth fair at IrTt, nnd Henry tho First fair on Hiriii .imew' Pay, and Xuuariun ; at I'oili, and Easter fairs at h ni"l tiiH Scotch fairs at IVrtll Lit was tlie day when I was nt one it-'-rii . and iilterwar.l came tho Iajii- "r.'!s fair, and the ew i ork Mil fair, and tlm Vienna world's . mul tins i'uriian ivurlil's fair, uud li l-n ilei'ideil that, iu commeino- u of the iliscuverv of America in I tluTe shall lio held in this coun- i i is '.' a world's fair that shall is'lijise ir-ciiiii; iiatioiinl exH.sitions. I iay, I .t-'l the movement! Surelv the event ii.ietii"iat.-.l is worthy of all tho nrchitoc I Hid inn-ic and pyrotochnics and elo t an.! vtupeiidoiiH planning and moia- Ieiieinlitin-. ami congressional appro i. 'in wliieh the most Kuut-iiino Cliristinu Ji t ta? ever ilicanuyi of. Was any voy jtiiat tin world ever heard of crowned I ui h nn arrival as that of Columbus ll.wiiien? After they had been encouraged II -la-t few days by llilttof land birds and p-e brfini'hes of red birrries, and whilo li.ibiiswas down iu the cabin Htudyiut; t chart, Martin Piuzon, utandinit on I and Linking to the southwest, cried: 1 1' Uud ! Land V And "Uloria iu i wits snug in raining tears on all thu "M"i oi rxpeuitiou. Most apiro- ami patriotic and Christian will ei'miuviiiurutive world's fair iv Uivms to others th discussion ai uih "position and I won. . thnt noiue live or six of our cities aro "Hi to have it. for it. will o-U.. f winch it is as signed an inipulse of " fur a hnndr.Hl years Isav. lea v. I mi-rst,i bi leotionof tho particular . -vv.... uiiiiiirtsi, i want to Mir ' nL'l tl118 l'uil,t of Christ tail -l'll Wbleh .ni'.l.t ... l .... : I . kt'.ui , uBistiu, ami me f till- r' "i'" W8,get tu'"''l ot t II ? I" r, !'iI't Jir-t''. nd Pill make healthful public opinion. I 4n ot tsi as , Amerleau citizen .-apivu.-herf rifliteousness to utter. I.'' , s"K-'' stUm is that it is not win.., - -i .. ... lenunrisiiun, to continue, Slid licrsistellt nrt..... ..f A ; tl",7i.t" "'little and dciiiecato other ,. " """ecu if..m; on for yeai's, but sp.llt S11M11S to Cllllllini.tu H.l .1. lo wliero tl1B World's rair shall bo Of ills, Ussioll lvlo,.. .. 1... juruthe Kicoew of the lair as a ifi-e.'it i ' 1 " l" enterpnsa, after tlml.s. ... or.; U.v4arll ,, Tlll)1. teih , HK """'tUful rivalry Jt '' "!'. '""y" bt-ar me out ill ""'r', ':"i be no cirxI to I Uin . Vif.k Su, C'hl,". by C'hicaK,, t a .1 1 ttuJ Minneajs.lu.liy r awl .Ssutt ,. M1i ..I ' ... -i . luiuuirii bile ' nu T. rV-',"y t,wo Proximate Cities. S hk indivulimls. h-ve thir i..,... V"i-J. All our American cit- IS) i.ii ..v.. !..: . Wi, . . "u'"i'n. uat "Uat publlo lil,i-.-i,.-i wi... Lie" vyl U''"t cadoiules vtunij... ii i""u uuiversuics: Kuir ?tu: '!!" B' acious, aud aa ve' n . "T (fnwationsof wouieu aatl.il Jl ' uuu"uropiU who du T t ,o W,ltli. Uleir ow charitlea XXX TW'.?1 thousands Karden. . V i uou BlT lor I) Tons Jl . . I' "" la!it Bleep uiey ar th, fxutm o( crima . ' lUilt they are center- ..f i,.t..iu. r an 5 LJrervoirs of religious in. "uuuuill, u win bo well mr tne eotintry rtintneta M reese tatktnn ! irains the ritie. and It will be well for the rity of one locality to stop talking against the citloB of other localities. Now York will not net the World's Fair by depreciating Chicago, and Chicago will not Ret tU World's Fair by tximbnrdlnsc Sew York. Another surest ion concerning tho roniins expomtlon: let not the materialistic and nonetry Idea OTer power the moral and roll- f;ion. Jlurins; that exposition, the first time) n all their Uvea, there will be thousands of people from other lands who will ane a coun try without a state rellKlon. Ixt ua, by an Increased harmony among all deuominationa of relijrion, tmpresa other nationalities, as they come hero that year, with the superior advantage of having all denominations equal in the sie'nt of government. All the rulers and chief men of Kurope belong to tho state religion, whatever it may be. Although our last two Presidents have been Presbyterians, tho previous one was an Episcopalian; and the two previous Metho dists; and going further back In thnt line of J'residontii, we find Martin Van Huren, Ihitch Reformed; and John Quiiicy Adami a Unitarian; and s man's religion in thii country is neither hindrance nor advantage In the matter of Klltioel elevation. All Kurope needs that. All the world needs that, A man s religion is something between him self and his (Jod, and it must not directly or Indirectly be interfered with. Furthermore, during that exposition, Christian civilization will confront lir barisni. We shall aa a nation havo a f;reater opportunity to make an evnnce ixing Impression upon foreign nation alities, than would otherwise lie allorded us in a quarter of a century. I-et the churches of the city where the exposition Is held le open every daj, aud prayers lie offered and sermons Iireachcd and doxologics sung. In the ess than three years Iwtwccu this and thnt world's convocation, let ns get a bnje tism of the Holy (ilio-d, so thnt the sit mouths ot that world's fair shall lv fifty l'entecosts in one, and instead of three thou sand converted, as in the former Pentecost, hundreds of tliousm Is will lw converted. You must rememls-r that the Penlecost mentioned In the llible occurred when there was no printing-press, no Isu.ks, no Chris, tian pamphlets, no religious uewspais-rs, and yet the influence was tre mendous. How many nationalities were touched? The account says: "Parthlans and Moles and Klninites,'' that is, ssiple from tho eastern countries; "l'hrygla and Pamphvlia," tliat Is, the west ern countries; "Cyrcue and strangers of Home. Cret and Arabians," that Is. the southern countries; but they were all inovi-l by the mighty ses'tucle. Instead of thu sixteen or eihlcu tribes of iieople resrts' at that Pentecost, all the idiicf nations of Kurope nnd Asia, North and South America, will Imj represented at our world's fair in ls'.ij, and a Pentecost here and then would mean tho salvation of the round world. But, you say, wo may hnve at that fair the people of all lands aud all the machinery for gosiielization. tho religious printing presses and the churches, but all that would not make a Pentecost; we must have (lisl. Well, you can hnve Him. Has He not been gra ciously waiting? ami nothing stands in the way but our own unlsdief nnd indolence and sin. May God brisik down the barriers! Tim grandest opportunity for the evangel iation of all nations since Je.us Christ diisl on the cross will be tin world's exposition of lsirj. (IimI may take us out of tho harvest field before that, but let It bo known through out Christendom that that year, letwen May and Novemlier, will Im the mountain of Christian advantage, tho Alpine and llimalayaii height of opportunity overtos ping all others for salvation, lust'-adof th slow orocess of having to send the (Jospel to other land by our own Ameri can missionaries, who have dilllcult toil in acquiring the foreign language ami then must contend with foreign prejudices, what a grand thing to have uble and influ ential foreigners converted during their visit iu America aud then have them return to their native lands with the glorious tidings! Hi, for an overwhelming work of grace for the year iw.rj, that work bcginuiii in tho autumn of lHsu' Another opHrtunlty, If our public men seo it, and itU the duty of pulpit and print ing press to help theiu to see it, will be the calling at that timo and place of a legal peaco congress for all uations. The conven tion of representatives from the (..overn ments of North and .South America, now nt Washington, is only a tyie of what we may havo on a vast and a world wide scale at the international exposition of s;;rj. By one, stroke tho gorgon of war miht be slain and tinned so deep that neither trumpet of human dispute or of urch unj-'I's blowing could ri-surreot it. When the last Napoleon cn lied audi a congress of nutious many did not respond, and those that did rc- spoml gathered wondering what trap thut wny destroyer or the rrench Hepuble' and the builder of a French monarchy might spring on them. But what if the most iH.pu lar government on earth I mean the I nited (states (ioveriiment should practically say to all nations: On the American continent, iu ls-iy, we will hold a world's fair, nml all nations will send to it spuciinens of their products, their manufactures and their arts, aud we invite all the (iovennuents of l''uroe, Asia aud Africa to send representa tives to a peuce convention that shall Iss held at the same time aud plan', uud that shall establish au international arbitration commis sion to whom shall I referred all controver sies between nation and nation, their dis-ision to be final, and so all nations would 1st re lieved fr.uu the expense of standing armii-s ami naval equipment, war having been mudu an everlasting impossibility. All thu nations of tho earth Wirth con sideration would come to it, mighty men of Kiiglan 1 and lierimiuy aud France and Rus sia uud all the other great nationalities, Bismarck who worships the Lord of Hosts, aud Hailstone who worships tho (iod of Peace, and Boulunger who worships himself. The fact is thut thu nations are sick of drink ing out of chalices made out of human skulls and filled with blood. Tho C tli ted Mutes (ioveriiment is the only government iu the whole world thnt could successfully call such a Congress. riupSise Franco should call it, Uermany would not come; or tieriiiaiiy should call it, France would not come; or Kussiu should call it, Turkey would not come; or Knghiud should cull it, nations long jisil cms ot her overshadowing power in F.uro would not come. America, in favor wiin all until. nalitiwt, standing out independent ami alone, is the spot and lMMwill bo the time. May it please tho President of the Tinted States, may it please the Secretary of State, may it pledso the Cabinet, may it plca-u th .senate and House of Representatives;, may it please the printing jiress -s and tha churches and the people w ho lift up and put down our American rulers! To them I make this tlin-ly anil sol emu and Christian npR'ul. Do you not think people die fast cnniigli with out this wholesale butchery of war Do you not think that we cuu trust to pneu monias and consumption and itpop.'.ii-4 ami palsies ami yellow fevers anil A-natiu choleras the work of killing them fa-t enough? Do you not think that tha gr.'edy, wide open Jaws of the grave ought to be satisfied if tilled by nnlurut cause with hundreds of thousands of corpses a year? Do you not think wo can do something better with men than to ilush their litu out against casements or blow them iutc fragmeiita by torpedoes or seud them out into the world, where they need all then faculties, footless, armless, eyeless Do vol) not think that women might be apjxiiiited to ail easier place than the edge of a grave trench to w ring their pule hands and weec out their evesight in widowhood and child, l.'ssuess? Why, the last glory has gone, ou' of war. Thero was a time when it demanded thai quality which w ail admire namely, cour agefor a man hud to stand at the hilt o his sword when the point pierced thu foe nml while he was slaying another the olht-i might slay him; or it was bayonet charge, But now it is cool aud deliberate murder, ud clear out at sea a Ismibshull can la hurled miles away into a city, or while tlmu sands of private soldiers, who have no inter eat in tun contest, for they were cuu. seripteif, ar losing tbetr Hres, their Ueneral tnar sit smoking one of the best Havana cigars alter a dinner of quail on toast. It may be well enough for gradu ating students of colleges on commencement ilnf to orate about the poetry of war, but do not Uk aliout the noetry of war to the men of the Federal ot Confederate armies who were at the front, or to some of nn who, as lnemlers of the Christian commission, saw the ghastly hospitals at Antictam and I lagers town. " An! yon may worship the Iord of Hosts, I worship the "lod of Peace, who brought again from the dead our Ixird Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep." War is an accursed monster and it wai born in the lowest cavern of perdition, and I pray that it mar speedily descend to the place from which It arose, its last sword and shield and musket rattling on the bottom of the red hot marl of hell. I t there lie called peace convention for ls'.rj, with delegntea sent by all the decent Government of Christendom, and while they are in session, if you should some night go out and look Into the sky alsivo the exposition build ings, yon may find that the old gallery of crystal, that was teken down after Hie Beth lehem anthem of eighteen centuries apo wai ung out, is rebuilt again in tho clouds, and the same nngellc singers are returned with the same librettos of light to chant "(llory to Hod in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men.'' Again. 1 suggest In regard to the World'i Fair that, while appropriate pluces are pre. pared for all foreign exhibits, we make no risun for the importation of foreign vices. America has enough of its own, nnd we need lio installments of that kind. A world's fair will bring all kinds of people, g'ssl and Iwd. The good we must prepare to welcome, the bad we must prepare to shun. The attempt will again be made in 1H'.2. as in 1M7I1, to break up our American Sabbaths. That attemp', was made at the Phila delphia Centennial, but was defeated. The American Sabbath Is the liest kept Sabbath on earth. We do not want it broken down, and substituted In the place t hens if the Bru'scls Snbbath. the Vienna Sabbath, tho St. Petersburg Sabbath or any of the foreign Sabbaths, which are no Sab baths nt all. 1 think the Lord is mole than generous in asking only llfty-two.lays out of Ihe Hi'sl for His service. You let the Sabbath go and with it will go your Bible, and after that your lilierties, and your children or your grandchildren will be here in America under a despotism as bad as iu those lands where they turn the laird's day into wassail and frolic Among those w ho come there will be, ns at other exssitiolis, lordly people who will bring their vices with them. Anion- tin Dukes nnd Duchesses and Princes nml 1'nnccs.ses of other lands lire some of thu Is-st men and women of all t lie earth. Bis tiiemlsT Karl of Kintore, Lord Cairns nnd 1ird Shaftsbury. But there is a snoblsn-y ami flunkeyisin" iu American ss'ietv that runs after a gran. Is-, a Duke, a 1ird or a t'rinee, though he may be a walking laza retto and his breath a plague. It make the fortune of some of our queens ot society to dance one cotillion with one of these princely lepers. Some people cannot get their hat off quick enough when they see such a foreign Ijord approaching, and they do not care for the mire into which thev drop their kiusr-s as they bow t worship. 1-t nn splendor of jiedigrcc or any sitnp and para phernalia of circuiiiHlani'c make him uttrae. live, l'hero is only one set of Ten Com. mandinents that I ever heard of, and no class of men or women in all the world are excused from olsslieuce to tin we laws written by I'm. cer of lightning on the granite surface of Mount Sinai. Surelv we have enough American vices without making any drafts ujsm Kurs-nii vice for ls'.M. By this sermon 1 would have the nation made aware of its opportunity and get ready to improve it. and of some iwrils midget ready to combat them. 1 rejoice to believe thnt thu advantages will overtop everything iu that world's lair. W hat, an intrisliiction to each other of communities, of stub's, of republics, of empires, of rones, of hemis pheres! What doors of information will be sw ung wldeoH'n for the boys and girls now on the threshhold! W hat national and In ternational education! What crowning of industry with sheaves of grain, and what imperial robing of her with em broidered fabrii-s! What, sclent itlc ap paratus! What telescopes for the iuliuitinld alHive and microscopes lor thu infinitude Im neuth, anil instruments to put nature to (ho torture until she tells her last ws-rt t ! What a display of the muiiillccwo of the God who has grown enough wheat to make a loaf of good bread large enough for the human race, and enough cotton to st's-king every foot, and enough timber to shelter every head, making it manifest that it is not God's fault, but either man s oppression or indolence or dissipation if there I any w ithout supply. I 'nder the arches of the chief building of that exposition let capital ami labor, tis long estranged, at last Is. married, each taking the hand of each iu pledge of eternal fidelity, while representations of all nations stumi round rejoicing at the nuptials, and saving: "What God liutli joined together let uotiuuo put asunder." Then shall tlm threnody of thu iieedlu-womau no longer U heard: Work. work, work! Till the hralii Ik-kIms to kwlni; Wor. work, work 1 1ll II yes sre heavy nml illln. hl-Allt Hllil S'USM4.t llll'l liUll'l, Kami an. I susm-l met s-ain, Till v.T tin tiiltt'iin. I fell luOeep, And sew tlit-ln uli In a ili.-Hiii. O, Christian America! Make ready for tha grandest ex'vositiou ever seen under the sun! Have Bibles enough bound. Have churches enough established. Have scientific halls enough endowed. Have printing presses enough set up. Have revivals of religion enough iu full blast. I believe you will. ''Hosanna to the Sun of David! Blessed is he thut coiiioth iu the name of the Lord!" ThrntiKh the harsh voters ef our day A low. .( iirelU'le II mts its way; Through eli.tnU nf il.mht anil eir.sla nf fear A llKlit is breitkluK culm ami clear. That -nmK ef love, now- low and fur, Kr loris- shall swell from rUttr In star; That lulu, til., liresklns day wlilvli tins Tha tfuliiru splrca Apoealy psoi SUNDAY SCHOOL oiblelessov roit OCTOOUI. 13. DANUKltrt KIIDM IIKKR nHINKINO. in apiH-arauce the beer drinker niny be the picture of health, but in reality he is most incapable of resisting disease. A slight Injury, a severe cold, or a shock to tho body or mind will commonly provoke acuta dis ease, ending fatally. Compared with other inebriates who use different kinds of alcohol, he is more incurable aud more generally ill. eaed. Itis our observation (hat lieer drink ing in this country produces the very loweit kind of inebriety, closely allied to criminal insanity. Theinost dangerous clnssof ruffians iu our lurj;e cities am lieer drinkers. In tclleotiially a stupor amounting almost to paralysis arrests thu reason, (jjiauging till tha higher faculties into a mere animalism, sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only with paroxysms of anger, senseless and brutal. 6'ciVnfiyfo ytmericiui. Tn KTATUK or Tll BAI.OOJT, Senator Colijnitt, of Georgia, in a recent tddre.it. is reH'i td as saying: They huvo iu New York harbor a statue of Libert American liberty and a grand ronccp'tion it is. But what would it lie it modeled according to thu idea of the advo rate of the licpmr traffic? a reeling, red -eyed, llobberiug, debauched man, and at his foot a woman crouched, with her hands uplifted to the man who has Is-en brutalized by drink but who Is her nat ural and sanctified protect or, her brow bleading from blows indicted by hia hands. That is the Idea of liberty aa conceived by the men who advocate the sa loon. ONB OF A THOUSAND INSTANCES. About 3 o'clock on a recent Sunday morn. big, Kdward CUHhman, walking through itreet in New York, discovers a man lying grunk in a gutter. He arouses him and gets im on his feet, whermipou suddenly thu in furiated drunken unui attacks the policeman, biting htm frightfully iu the neck, and then seizes his lower lip aud drives his teeth clear through the flesh until they meet, aud finally l ...... V . HI .. V ..BUI. lit .OB JHIWQJS ful jaws and chews aud mangles it in a hor rible manner. The brave otlioar L-ocato the hospital deprived of liberty for some week. "The) Ark Drought to Zlon," 2 Sam. el 4, 1-12 Golden Text, I'm. 87. Comments, 1 ravld nelnf now King over alt Israel, ami having taken the stronghold of the Jebusites, which tip to this time had lieen a continued disgrace In their midst, he atoms thinks of tha Ark of God, pitches a tent for it in Jerusalem (y. 17) and proceeds to bring it thither. As soon as Israel, redeemed from "Egypt and brought down to Mt. Sinai, entered Into a covenant with .lehovnh to le Hie peculiar people, a kingdom of priests (Kx. xlx., 6, ), He commanded a Talssrnaclo to be erected, In which He might dwell in tholr midst as their King and Lawgiver. The Ark of the coveuant wns the first vessel of the Tabernahla concerning which He gave commandment to Moses, and a knowl edge of it. aud its significant and history is essential to a right understanding of this lesson. 1. "Again, Havid gathered together all tha chosen men of Irnel thirty thousand.'' The f rev ions chapter tells In Its closing vers of ha gathering of Israel to defent their ene mies the Philistines, and how David, on two different occasions and by different methods, successfully overcame them, being guided by the lord in answor to prayer tchap. v., 1! t); but this is a gathering not to ovcn-oino enemies, but. to rejoice in the !ord; and It wai held after due consultation with the captains of thousands and hundreds and every leader. (I Chr. xill., l-ft.l 3. "And David arose, aud went with all the people to bring up from thence the Ark of Ond.'' The miirgui of this verse, and also'I Chr. xiii., rt, savs that thsy went o Baalsh. Hint is, to Kirjnth-jearim; ihe ark bad been here in the house of Ahinnd.il since the time when the Philistines sent it home iu a new cart drawn by two milk cows, le.iving their calves shut up at home. It. had bis-n with the Philistines seven mouths, theTnber liaclo being nt Shiloh, from whence the ark had ben taken. (I Ham. Iv., 71. "Which is called bv the Name, even theName of the Uud of Jt.-iLs that sittetli upon the cherubim." ill. V.) Here is tho most intimate association of the Ark with the name of .lehovah; It is a wondrous type of the Lord .lesns Christ as the end of tho law for righteousness to every one that be lieveth (Koin. x., 4); as our mercy scat or propitiation for sins (compare Heh. ix., ft. and Bom. id., ','"i, It. V. margin!; ami as one with His church, the light and glory of enrtli in tho days of the New Jerusalem. The wood and gold are suggestive of the human ity and divinity of Christ; the mercy neat in explained by the passages a I ready given; tho tables of testimony, safely kept In the Ark, peak of Him who rnmu to fulfill all right eousness, and of whom it is written: "1 de light to Thy will, () my God: vea, Thy law Is within my heart" (Ps. xl.H, while tho thought that the cherubim represent the church. His Is-slv, Is sufficiently established by the fact, that they weru lx Men out of the same piisvcs of gold which formed the niercy icat (F.x. xxv.. Ill, margin). 8. "And they set the Ark of God upon a hew cart." David failed to inquire of the Lord in this matter, else we should not hnve had this sad record. He knew better, for bear him: "Then David said, none ought to carry the ark of Gsl but the J.cvites. for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the Ark of God, and to minister unto llnu forever (I t'hr. xv., 3i. Why then did he'not do right t the first? Some of us would say, I didn't think, or it didn't seem necessary to pray Ibout so smnll n matter; tln-ro was no dan ger, you know; it wasn t like going to war with the enemy, just going over to ICirjatli- Iearim to bring the Ark of Jerusalem, and If t came all right in a new cart from the Philistines, why not bring it in anew cart to Jerusalem ? So David had to learn by thastisement that God's appointed wny is the tmly way, and thnt He will not tolerate any ' new cart business" among His redeemed people, C4, ft. "Aids wont liefore the Ark; and David and nil the house of 1st a-l played be fore the Lo.".! on nil mnuuarof instruments." Itwnsa grand di-plav and in a good cause, and the man who would dare to Hud fault, simply because the Ark v.us in a cart drawn by oxen instead of bring on thu shoulders of thu Ijcvitcs, would ileserve to bo cnlhsl nar row minded and a croaker; nevert licless he would stand in the minority with God, and be n ble.-.scd man even tlioiiyh against tho King. (I. "I.r.ah put forth his hand to the Arl; of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stum bled. ' (.Margin nnd II. Vsl Thu worst stum ble was on the part of David when he em ployed this method, but thut was not so manifest nor did it Kt-eni to endanger the Mfuty of the Ark ss much as this stumble of thuoxi ii. The danger of a wrong step does riot alwavs appear at first, and the sin is cften made manifest only through tnilure ou the part of those not directly resMisihlo. 7. "The anger of the lud was kindled against Lr..i, and Gel smote him there for bis error." I 'will signifies strength, and strength is a good thing, but thu work of the Lord is not dependent upon the strength of men; His strength is made perfect in our meekness, and His work is accomplished not by Ihu might or power of mun but bv tho Spirit of the Lord of Hosts (11 Cor. xii., H; y.ech. Iv., tl. In reference to the sin of VxY--th It i written in Num. iv., 1ft, '.ti. that the high priest uud his sons were to prepare the holy vessels to bo carried, nnd thnt the Milts of Kohaih, who curried them, were not to touch them, nor wen go iu to when they were covered, upon pain of death; I '.ah in taking hold of tho Ark disobeyed this command, as did also the nieii oi Belli shemesh (1 Sain. vl., l'.h; altkough thero seems to have lieen some reason for 1'znli's act, and there was none whatever for them. Learn that thero can bu no excuse for disobedience. H. "And David was displeased." It Is a sad affair when the servant of the Lord, I lie King or peasant, becomes displeased w ith bis Muster. It shows how disobedience al ways leads to other sins and strikes nt the very root of fellowship with God. A (iod of Love can do no wrong, can by no means makes mistake, and the only right thing lor His children to do iu to walk with Him in cheerful submission, 1. "And David was afraid of the Lord that day." Another result of his sin, which pray er and obcdieiico would huvu saved him from. 10,11, "The Lord blessed ( Ibed-cilom, and all ills household." David refused at. tint time to have anything more to do w it It the Ark, and so it was carried into the house of Ohcd-edoiu, where it remained three mouths. A three months' blessing for ( Ibed-cdom nnd a three months' loss to David, for the infer ence is that David did not return to thu Ijord with all his heart during this xriol, but con tinned out of fellowship with God. 13. "So David went and brought up tho ArkofGodfrom the house of I Jbed-edom into tho city of David with gladness." llu hears of tho blessing that lias come to the house of Ohcd-edoiu, and now docs what he should have done three mouths Ix-fore. He confesses his sin, saying to the f-vites, as he called upon them to bear the Ark: "liecausn ye did it not at the first thu Lord our God made a breach upon us, for thut. wo sought Him not after the due order." But now the Levites having sanctified themselves bare the Ark of Goil usui their shoulders, with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, ac cording to the Word of the lxird (1 Chr. xv., 13-15). Ijcarn the blussedness of strict ohedi ence and learn also that were Josus is re ceived anil honored in a heart, or home, or church. His blessing will lie there, others will see or bear nt it and seek liiui for themselves. Ltuon llelptr. ' Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts', U an d to be tho iinent scholar in tho United Ktutui Senate. He is thoroughly ground ed in the classics, read and uponki German and French and has a smut tori tig of Bpanlub, Hit library is one of thu flueat private coliectlom t tho caultal. RELIGIOUS HEADING. rosjsoi.ATto. Oh, hnnds! that toil fr m morning's light Until tha shndows i f the night, Thnt ow III doubts and fears Toll on I Tho reaping shall b-thine; The purple fruita.e of tho vino (shall bless the oming years. Oh, feet! that tread through sunless days And starless nights in Ihomy wajs, The mountain steep nnd cold Tress on I The gat" of piirndi-o Is ranched through pain and sacrifice, Through storms, the Nlcpln rd's fold. Oh, hearts! that bleed but cannot break. Whose daily pravcr is "Take, oh take The llfo that thou ,nst giv, n!" Ho comforted I "Not mine, but Thine'' Shall make of grief a joy Divine (shall light the patn to Heaven. l'n in fs-WrtMii iVrsf'iffrrtit. FRAt.TY TO Tit IMVIsltlMt v.oltt.0. Character thnt Is robust mil masculine ami reliable, conn's of great, al-", inex haustible truths, as grent rivers How from springs thnt are never drv. Kneli character lias strength for foundnlloiis of church, of stato of society, of humanity. Men enn sa'ely build on It. In troublous titm-s, it holds ns granite mnsonry abides in storm and fl'sid time. Among these elemental truths for the building of strongest etuira" ter Is fealty to the Invisible world Though they ore out of sight, the race has recog liiz.il them nnd moved In tlm prcence of tin ni. They hnve had power in all hiiiunn history. Tiiev havo bis-u the most potent forces in the rml m of tragedy. Men hnvo felt that beyond this (nief life, often so brief ns to s.smh to be in itself a inelauclioly failure, there certainly is another life of compeiisjit urns nml ad justments into which all would ls tut r. iluceil on their departure from ' the seen and temporal. They havo recog. in.'d nn invisible heaven, the future homo of thosi.who walk wi'h G n, and they havo : picuicil it in their imiiguuitious n n world ot ine Tcs.il.le b aut y -hi I 1 Ii- Tie , r i gliie an invisil 1" hell, tie. Iu'nr dwell ing place el those w ho are. nn.l wdl be, far from G'sl, nml its ghn in and dn adlul inbery have warned nwav from it th so who could poorly is'ar its terrors. We nn d to be wrought i n by those invs. Mea;enc. s which hold in themselves mys teries nml unsoed solutions of that which is of great st moment to us. If 1 nni only lu re, nnd am to have no heieaft r, w hat do I cure? What matfeis it wheth. r I sfntnl wdl or not, if I am tomorrow to fall i ut of mill I nnd out of consciousness-:' if this frame nnd organism is to sink into uiiorgaui..H iishes? if my name is to b ' but an "h.i in Miiiie (le-.-itid roi m of the past? if nil that 1 acquire and nil that I nclii.-ve ni.'to be but the down of (lowers which the wind shall drive In fore it? Tie re is no siifilcient motive. But if, on the contrary, there is a shorn to which ivn him sailing, if a'l the might v currents I ear us in that direction, nnd the trade winds I hov without ceasing thit her-ward, I fisd the inpiil-' to Is. ready to land, to be ready to gi t th" inhabitants, Iom ready to enter on He new ble w ich is before me. 1 am s ui re.', to pi cp.ir it ion.to make the in.. st of tlie ) iw. ts w hich I have. Tho voyage is a sli.tl.t t him; c unprii i-d with th " land an I tl e Id" to w i ich it is can .ing mo. I dis lain t i be uin- tic rue as tho'uh I w.r to Ih drowned in t'ie port w1 en I shall hnve lead e I it. The pi. s ..n which li.-.hts are gleaming ahead nr.. for laieiu g, and they are but th" on trance to no uudi-eovi rd coiin'ry whoso mystery only enhance its at tractions. The iulliionc of invisible w rl i, li'ln-vcd In, nnd lived for, and liu.ii- I unto, is masterful upon the character, D makes the man more of a man th in he cul-l othcrwiso be. It lifts him out of the range, ..( animal life into the realm nf immortal-. .Vr .'iic tlc'.t Hurt, IK I)., in V V lAsrar. T.IVR IIONKSTLT. If we would live honestly, wn must s very careful not to run In debt, ut least when we sih no sure way of paying. Wo ought pot only to pay our debts, but to pay them ut the time lixed. Tlm law of Moses Uinde il a duly to pay every man his hire to a day, nnd uo( ! t the sun god nvn upon it. That wis n good law Pay your debts ton day. There is no better Use lor money than to pay d'-lits with it Il is a b id I hie ; for children to get into the haldt of exchanging or trading uwnv their things. It makes them do wrong in many ways. Weou-Jit to b honest to tho old and young, to the rich and to the poor, to God and man, K n I r a a a a : 'I'd t1" lliii.gs iliat are God's, smd Christ. Give him all the praise, uud honor, nnd service, which lire Ins du . We must take our rules of Justice and hon or from the Pihl", It is not ught f..r us to don thing, nier. ly b cause .!hers do it. Many do sinfully. If wo follow th. in in sin, we shall b millty before G nl. Nor is it enough for us to do what, is right iu tho sight of God alone. We must "iirovuln things honest in the s'ght of all men." Wo must not only do right, but wo mu-t seem to do right. We mu-t not let our good be evil p-k"ii of. If you ever think you havo m ule a bad bargain, slick to it though to your hurt. 1 find hound tosiy, tint even if wo show just ice and honor in nil wo do to men, wo cannot be saved, unless wo hnve love to Gisl mid faith in Chris'. II" who would go to h. uv. n by his honest y, and not by the merits of ( in 1st is a thiol and a robber." To try to (. o (o hc.ivcu iu unv other way than by ( hi ist, shows that wu wish to rob him of thu honor of saving us. If wo would please Cod, W" mu-t i'ivu our hearts to Christ as our .Saviour. NKW'TO AND VOI.TAIIIK ON I'll! ll'll KCT. It is a singular and most remarkable fact that Sir Iviao Newton, in liis work ou tho pt-ophis-ies of Ihmi 'I and Bevelation, sai l that if the predictions of theso book, were true, as he knew they were, it would bo nec-os-ary that n w modes of traveling should bo invented nnd brought into use. And ha fin t! said that the ku w ledge of mankind Would be so increase 1 before ii certain dato or timenllii'lcd t in tho prophecy, nam ly the I'.'''. I M'ars (which most coinuieiilatois ngiis-iii fixing not far from A. D. li-ii' ), thut men would b . aldo to travel at tho raio of On miles au hour. Voltaire got hold of this s'nteni nt of Now ton's, uud, iu sm cring spirit of skcpticim, said, "Now IikiI; nt the liuglil v mind of New ton, the great ph'losnplu r who discovered th law of gravitation. When ho became nil old man and got into his d- tugo hn began to Mihly llit I k called the Bil le, and in order to credit its fabulous n iisenso hu would li ivn us In hev.i that in o knowledge of man kind w ill yet bo so increased that wo shall bv-aiul by bo ablu to travel lilty miles an hour! Poor dot an I!" Doubtless the sneer of the philosophln infi del iill'oid 'd u laugh to his i-k -pi ical Irieiids, nnd bo h ho and tiiey pr-l.ul'ly thought it evidenc" o his wisdom and ol th t nipcrstl tii.us w nknnss of New ton. But the most coiillrnieil skeptic, if hu should get into a railroad 'rain to-day, wi.tild bo Coiiipell-'d to say thnt Newton was tha wisu philusuphur, and Vollairn thu poor old dotal d. Iu nioro senses than one, ns the Psalmist fnvs, "Tho i ntranco of Thy words giveth light" liht ns to all that, is interesting ami Valuable tor this world us weilaa for nil that )cr tains to thu world to conn'. As good old George Ib rls-rt well says, "Tho Bible opens to us millions of surprises." And (loot ho says, "It is a Isdief iu Ihe Bibl", the fruit o deep meditation, which has served mens the giiidi) of my niorul and lin-rary lifo." The lliblo is not only, as Dwight says, "a win dow in this prison-housu i f bos through which wo look into etenwly," but itisihe safest of nil guides for the lifu that now Is. Not only, as Klovel says, does It ''teach us tho Ix-st way of living, tlie noblest wuy of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying," but, as in tho cusu of Newt u, it often anticipates thu discoveries of science and indirectly forostvs mmu of the wt est in Tcutluusff uieu, 4m'icun Jftaiioiiocr, TENXSYLVANIA NoTif. The Washiiigtiin nnd Jcfrerson College) lias an incomo of (is) per day nt pre cut from two oil welli on its athletic grounds. Miss Snda Hey nolds, of New Custle, nnd Morris Cooier, a weathy Philadelphinn, lism to be married, became acquainted through a matrimonial advertisement. The annual convention of the W. C. T. P., of Mercer, convened nt Greenville. Kcvenly five delegates were present and tho reports) of last year's work were favorable. A 'ui year old g-iipcv ti.. grows in German .'own on a tr. inn :n.-:i men. ires twofel an I a half ur uiml. "Moneynii) m ; i-.v" ii the name given row of houses at West Chester occupied by newly married i uipies exclusively. At Curry w hen (he free delivery of mailt went into operation there were i.iM applica tions for 'he four positions nf letter carriers. The congt.'gatioti of the Gaslmlioppeii Church at Salford, Montgomery county liehl w hat was virtu iliy tlie one turn Iredtli an I forty fifth iitnit v.m- iry Sunday in n grove near the church. There wcretlnui studs present who are know n as the folloer ers ol'tlm vener i'iIc I'.ither M ii'ilenberg. wh'i founded tluKUd S'. n I'hurdi at tho Trnpsf 1 1' years ug-i, wh cli, supported by wai It lour feet thick, still siands. Samuel Powell, ot' Il.i..ards, ix ar .Ucksoti t enter, was killed by the cipl.isi.ni of u shotgun in bis hand. 1'lie large farm birti of Joseph Cruson, near 11 .ilivcr, together with his entire crop, two horses, ii yearling calf, all Ids farming utensils, etc., were entirely destroy c 1 by lire. I.'"i. (.Usui. M il guaut diphtheria is cpi letnic at Car. boU'l.iIe. Seventy live cases h ive h.vi ri' p irte I within the past week and there h:i.i lieen m.iiiy dcalhs, us a l.rgo p-r cent, of the c.e c.s prove fatal. In many iti-t nices whole families urc slricken down. William White, of West Mid I'..m0x. w.is roblie 1 of a gold watch an 1 ; . in liiincy while in a hotel at Bur,; 'ttsl.nvn. Brow n ( ' ciir.iii, the D.iwsou ike op t n'ors, have b.ciglit I acres of co.il nil lerly im; the Shcrw.Hid f.irni in Dunli.ir low tislnp. The price paid is $ H per acre. All the mines along the MoiioiigahcU river w ill be put in operation as so m (l there is a rise in t e rivers. At present there ar. nhoiit r.mi'i.imi lnisu.s ,,fc,,al loaded, and there is a. scarcity of empties. M( IN I' A V. The returns give a 1 h imK rati'-Jiniijority of Seven on ioitit balh.l in it... Ic-Mslutor.. ,,-iif. . one seat in doubt, which may increase tho majority to lime. In several counties the tote was very close, but il is not thought tlm ' idlicial canvass will make any material change. Toole, the Democratic caudidato i for governor, has a majority of about so). Carter, the I'.epublic.in i iui'liilati! for cuu gi'tos, l.ai u majority id about l.Jdy. niiitr or tiic iirrssniic.ers. . , Tlie orcutc-a of i-csin:ikcr-i Is Cii.tTcs Frcilctick Worth, mt Jlngli .liinin By hirtli, but liis lame was lundo in l'arl-1 tluritit; the secotnl ctuiirc, lie was born at lioiirne, I.iiu olic l.in.', and liis parcnl KiMireiiticcd him to u printer. Worlli disliked thu Business 'i-i'-iliii:;Iy ami i fcvcti months after cnli-riii',' it iil'.iinloticil ! tho jirint in"; otliec nml went, tu London, j lie hail secliicil clu.lo.vinetit iu u iliy I I'ouila aLnrc. while lie li Uuiiin."! iii i'cai'S. w - ' A''-"'"- .Iff a". if. a, I.4.W ..' .JKl ,-r- sat "P i 'V.-.V.i m situ s m:i:ii'i:ii'K wmiTir. While there lie conceived the ide:i of he.' lomiii"; ii ilri'ssmuUer, and thotiglit of 1'aris as the most clioilile (dace ill wliicll to follow out, liis inclination. lie luul li arneil tlie French lno;iiaoc Before f.'uin"j to 1'uri.s, where, when lie win ijimiti twenty-two years old, lie fouml cinioy PiTiit, After a few ycats he and iart hit lico-an liu-itn ss fur themselves. Tho juirlm iship cunt iuiicil until ls7i), in whii h year Worth bccainc ihe sole naiuo nf the cstiililisliiinnl. Worth had re ffivril medals fur ilcsimii nt the cxhilii tions of 1 . mi 1' ui mi. 1 Paris before he wai so fortunate as to make ilrcsses for tho Jlinpress Iliiociiic. This was the begin. Iiiirg of an illustrious icjuituliou which U Mill luuiutaiucil. liaUlntr B Kihi'llloii. Younjj Fircbruml "Wlmtl are they Nccjiino; you ou a milk diet yet? Why don't you kick." "I did, uu' I Rot meat) n ' crackers tho very next duyl" Li4. At amoctinif rf the Faculty of th rnivetsity ol I'ennsylvatiiii, there were only two votes in dissent t0 the no)o.-i-tloo to oimn the Institutioa to wouiuu. 'Ii '., . i ".iCS, "' - ' " "S-- , ,w. .J tss-sss J.-V - Srs s-r Vv" 1
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