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BAPTISM OF FIRE.
6KAHCHIXO AMOXO TUB RUINS.
Jalmsge Tel In the Lessen of the De.
traction of the Tabernacle)
f j-cxT: ".Viiw of thttt thing more me."
fccts xx..
The Hov. T. T)e Witt Talmage, 1. n.,
nrrachH fit ttic llrooklyn A-adoiny of Mil
tic his first srrmon atvr the destruction of
the Uncivil Tala-rnncle by fire. 1 1 in au
dience waa'of vast siso, nd public Interest
waii extraordinary. The opening hymn was;
0t move In niTrlnn way
Ilia iriiniirn to perform.
Di-i-Unta 111 footsteps In the sna.
Ami rlilo uixm the storm.
Pr. Talnmge ' subject was "The Pnptlsm
bf Kir' and ho aald:
Hnt, Paul, have ymt not enough affliction
tonmve von? Are you not mi exilo from
your native land? Vt Ith tho most goiilnl and
loving nntiir, have yoti not In order to Ixi
free for missionary Journey, given yourself
Jo crlihacv? Have you not turned away
from tl" maguitleent worldly suoeosse that
would have rrowned Tour Illustrious genius
Have you not endured the shni-p and at inking
neuralgias, like a thorn in the flesh! Have
you not been moblied on the land, and ship
wrecked on tho sea; the sanhedrim against
T,,u tho ltomnn (tovermnont against you, ail
the world nndall hell against Vou
What of that?" Fays l'aul. "None of
those thing move me!'' It was not because
bf itiii a hard nature. Gentlest woman wa
never ntoro easily dissolved into tear, lie
could not even Ix-ar to o anylxxly rry, for
In the midst of his sermon when lie saw aoiuo
one weeping her s'ls a'oud, "What menu yo
tn i nnd to break mine heart for I am
Crtvlv nt to lo hound only, hut also to din at.
Jerusalem for the inline ot the lird Joans."
What then ilid I 'a ul menu when lie said,
"None of these tldngH move mo"" Ho uientit,
"l will not l diverted from the work to
hiili 1 have loon called hy any and all the
tdversities mid cnlninilio."
1 iluiik this morning I express not only my
own tooling hut that of every mail, woman
u l little child belonging to tho llrooklyn
luliernaeli'. or that was converted there, or
roniforteil there, or lileiwsl there, when 1 look
tcanrd the blackened ruins of tho dear nnd
cniix-erntod st and with an aroused fnitli
In a loving tiod, cry out: 'Mono of theso
thins niovo me.''
When 1 Hiy that, I do not menu thnt wo
have no fotdmjr ulsn't it. Instead of stand
ing here to-dny ill this brilliant auditorium,
it would bo on ire consonant with my fueling
tn it down ninoiig the ruing and weep at tho
words of David: "If I forgot thoo, U Jerusa
lem, let my right hand forget her cunning."
tVliv. let nie s:iy to the strangers hero to-day
in explanation of tho deep emotion of my
fl.rli, we had thero in that building sixteen
years of religious revival. I believe that a
hundred thousand souls were Imrn there.
Thev raiiie from all pnrU of tho enrth and
we hIi.iII never see them again until the books
are opened. IVhy, sirs! our children were
there baptized, mid nt thoao. alters our young
men and lnnidens took the marringo row,
and mt of tlnise gnt we rnrriod our lead.
IVIk'ii from tho roof of my houso Inst Sun
Jay morning nt M oVlork 1 aaw our rliuroh in
Haines. I smd: "That is tho last of the build
in I from whieli wo burled our De Witt on
that eolil OwenilHT dnv when it aoemed
all BriKiklyn wept with my household."
And it was just as hard for you to
give up your lovod onea aa for ua to givo
up oiiin." Why, liko tho beautiful vines
that still cover some, of tho fallen walls,
iiir nilYvti'Mis nre clumliering all
over the niins. and I could kisa the
lilies that mink tho place where it
once sIimsI. Wliv. now thnt I think of
it. I cniuiut think of it aa mi inanimate
pile, but as a aoul, a mighty soul, an
niilt-striictiblo soul. 1 am auro that majestic
urgnu hail a soul, for wo liavo often hoard it
(jKT.k ami sing and shout and wail, am) when
(lie Mini of that orgnn entered heaven I think
HnuiM, and Haydn, nnd Mozart, and Men
ielssolin, and Heethoven weroat tho gates to
weliijiuc it. Ho 1 do not use the word of my
tut in n heart Ii-hh way, but in tho sonss that
we imit not and will nol bo iliverted from
:mr woi l' by tho nimlling disnKtera whii-li
have befnlloii us. Wo will not turn aside one
inrli from our dotoriiiiiinlioii to do nil woenn
fur tliopiiMMit and everlasting linppiiioas o
nlltlie pe.ip!u whom wo mny b.'ablo to meet.
"Nun" of tlieso things niovo inc. Nono of
Ihi-f things inovo you."
When 1 looked oiit through tho dismal rain
from tho roof of my lnuiso mid aaw the
ehureli crumbling brick bv Indole nnd timber
i v tnnlMT, I snul to iiiy.'ll': "Doi-Htliis moiiu
that my wurk in Brooklyn is ended!' Docs
this l. iiiiinute my a-isiN-iution with this eitv.
h'Tolhnve lieen moro thuii twenty your
gla.l in nil its prosKrilies, mid mid in all it
uiu.fi irtimw?" And n still small voieo cani
jo me, a voice that t no longer still or kiiuiII
tml iiu.t emphatic and commuuiling, through
pruMire of hand, and liew.s)iaorcilutuu, and
telrsraiii and letter, and contributions say
iiig: "tin forward!"
I have made and I now make npieal to all
I hrMi iidi.in to help us. We want all Chris
ten.loin to help, and I w ill acknowledge tho
receipt of every contribution, great or small,
itli my own hand. We wunt to build
larger and U-tter. We want it a national
church, in which people of nil creeds and all
nations may Mm! a home. Tho contributions
irtaii) sent In mako a small heurtod church
iuiiosMiiie. ii ouki not l bo a aorry
lrtc e for ninr,.lu no, I litnti it tit am oKssst.l.
imi hy Israelites and Catliollca, aa well as
i i r0,l"e commonly callodovi.n-
gellcal, I sliould. instead of Ilia
1ir.l t.ivl Almighty, raise n, fluttering rag of
mail sectarmuisiny If we had threo liuinlre.l
ihouNind dollar we would put them all in
"lie great monument to tho inercv of Ood.
Iiple ask on all aides about what we shall
pmlJ. 1 answer, it all dependa on the coutri
hutiou, ent in from horo and from the ends
t the earth. I say now to all the Bantust.
i. " havel" it a baptistery. X say to
! KlUsconHlinnii weOinll ,,.. in ...
, heretofore nt our communion table por
twiuof the Liturgy. 1 say to the Catholic
! hll have a cross over the pulpit ami
3 rolMy on tho tower. I say to the Motho
;, we mean to sing there liko the voice
li mighty thundering. I say to all donomi.
atinus, wo mean to nrem-li k religion.
fi'leasheuvennnd aa good aa Ood. Wo
Juve said we had a total loss. Hut thero was
i wa il i only things wo saved
ko... . ' """"" luiiuiug, ami i
"that fnct as tvnieal (l.nt. w. ... l,.
I .rj1!"",?"'"" Wil1' ul1 L'l"-i'ton.loiii. -1 U-
1 "'Oik, if nil the Hi-o.,1 Iv., n ...! n
I''riH. ,'0",''a''i!',, 1,""l' 'vh among
I tin, Lui , -i'""i"i iui-l-b us me lip emt
. u I f l!" I'iK'ltry. And
IitlU nt u i i , lnuiiiei urickH or tno
CtlZf fi"" r,ubu"l""''zar, 1 doclnro ui
i lv, t M,ke UttVB "very stone
1 orS J'"' f. W'.ml'1 lH the' totter
Vuol ?v nl'l,',,ana both r Christ and
tr ri i Th on VrM,i fiht, some of you
fuTtwow Vn""Jl! Amen I"
inLu. .0rdj' J"mt 1 Mr now a moat
fcTfti; mV"U this our Bratier--W
AuU1;8 l'""" ot Fire, are Halle
Aenl "Moneof thoae tUlnjpi move
-uUrV?ik,,t nV'1 mol by two or Uiroe
I "If. church took Are I do not
... " been charva,! nn i.. ni..
ki U.f tUa r,i owtrohi tho Ught-
er. ili ua8eu lUura aeveral thouaaud
it tli, .t. . i , "Bn may UaaU
K thunder." Ever .mee
tryin. to ,Iu,,'ll.Krfuka,, tU wor1'1 ua
, C to tame the liirhtnli. ..,.i ti.-
'hft"" but they
a WZ , " ""' ne uace. Uut
rOod ,.. i "" natural
W iud does, aud that Uod U
our rather and beat Friend, and this thotnhl
Wi ara alan Mlnf.mt k n. i.
- , a,j WIW llll-iniMKI
consolation that cornea from fraternity of
aorrow. The people wha during the last six
ten years, sat on the other side of tho aisle,
hone faone were familiar to you, but to
whom you had never spoken you greeted
them this week with aiml t,e .....
laid: "Well, the old lilaoa la ffonn " V....
lid not Win t to Him tk W an.l . . .
the aleove near the corner of the eye, and
M-eteuded it was the sharn wind nia.lt
ir eyos weak. Ah I there was iioth-
ntr thm mut.tor Witt, i
was your soul bubbling ovor. I tell you that
it is impossible to sit for years around the
nine church firesidn ami not have syiniwi-
Ihln tit nnftitii.in M.......I..M. .1.-.
' " " J"ll IWI lUb
you would like those people on tho other si.lj
ui mo aisie, oiKuit whom you know but little,
prosijerod ami parjone,! and blessed and
saved. You foci as if you were in tho aamo
tKiat, and you want to glide up the samehnr
lor and want to disembark t. tl, anin..
wharf.
If VOII linf. ....I !- I I I i
t-- j A e.""i iui HTni hiiii iuai anil
sine in Biimvient heat, they will melt into a
.'NiinrliitiiiifAfA i r 1 1 . . . .
-.........,,., ,, A reaiir iooi nine
last Sabbath s tiro has fused Us all, grow
..i.i nuiui w, lino one. it seems aa It
we an nan our iinn.ts on a wire connocted
M'illl III nlA.tll. I I I . I ... .. .
...... .... hii.ijt, mm wueu mis
church sorrow started It thrilled through tho
wluitn t'lrdii ami I& nil r..lfr l. ra..
........ , ...... .. .... ,, lv ,u nuui'K, inn
oldost man aud tho youngest child could loin
l,al,ila 1,1 II, la N. lal.,. ... II... II..L . .
,.n....n ... ...... ,,.,,, ,,!,., iii niniimnor sniil:
"I oiected from those altars to lie buried "
and one of tlio children last Halilmth rri,'l.
'(irandiin, that placo waa next to our awn
house. ' 1 eu, we are sutmortcd an I con.
Ildeutin this timo by the croaaof Christ.
That la used to the lire. On the dark dav
when J onus died, the lightning struck it from
altnvir anil tlm flnmiMi nf lii.ll .lfi.1,.,.1 in.
agninst it from lienentli. Thnt tearful, pnir-
liil, teniler, liloHsed cross still stnuds. On it
wo hang all our hopes; bcn.'iitli it wo put
down all our sins; iu tho light of it wo ex
port to iimko the rest of our pilgrimage.
Within slghtof such a wrillco, who can fool
iio has it hard!" In thu sight, of suchnsvm
Im1, who can bn iliscoiirneil, however grenl.
the dnrknoas that mny coiiiednwn upon him
Jesus lives! Tli lovin-.;, patient, svnip.it hiz.
ing, mighty Jesus! It shall not !' told on
earth, or In hell, or in heaven, tlmt threo llo.
brew children had the Son of tiod beside
them in tho lire, and that a whole clinc h was
forsaken by tho lird when they went
through a furnace nlsiut two lnni.liel Iwl
wide.
O liord Jesus! shall we tnke out nf Tin
hand tho flowers and the fruits, and tho
brightness n ml tho Joys, nnd then turn awny
because Thou dost give us one cup of bitter
ness to drink? Oj, no, Jesus! we will drink
it dry. Hut how it is chmigod! lilessed Je
sus, whut has Thou put into the cup to
sweeten it Why, it has bocouin the wine of
heaven, nnd our souls grow strong. 1 romo
now, mid place both of my foot deep down
into tho hhickciied ashes of our consumed
church, and I cry out with an exhilaration
that I never felt sinco the dnv of mv hoiiI'm
emancipation, "Victory! victory! through
our Lwrtl Jcsiih Christ!
Your tinrps, ye trt'inMliia snlnts,
Down from the willows tnke,
I.0111I tn the prnlws of love itlvlno
Mil every trluu awake.
We are also re-enfontsl by tho Cath
olicity that 1 have already referred to. Wo
nre 111 the Academy to-dny, not Invaii'-e.
wo havo no other plnoe to go. I,nst Sub
Itath morning at 9 o'clock wo hnd but one
church; now we have nlanit thirtv, all nt
our disHisal. Their pastors and their
trustees say: "You may Ink our inniii
audienoo rooms, you mnv'tnke our levturo
rMims, you may take our church parlors,you
may baptize iu our baptist erica, and sit on
our anxious seats." Oh! if thero bo nny
larger lionrtcd minister or larger honrtei'l
cliuichis any where tlmn in UrooUlvn.tell me
w here they aiv. thnt I may go and aoe them
before I die. Tho iiiilleniiiin has come, l'co
lo keep woniloring when it is coming. It
has come. Tho lion and the lamb lio dowu
together, and the tiger eats straw liko nn ox.
I should like to have seen two of the
old timo bigot, with their swords, fight
ing through that groat tire on Seller
tuoiiiorii street liwt Ktihhath. I am
iure the swords would Imvo melted, and they
who w ielded tboni hnvo lenrued war 110 more.
1 can never soy a word ngninst Riiy other do
nomination of Christians. 1 thank (lod I
never havo been tempted to do it. I cannot
ho a soetnnnn. I have been told I ought to
be, ami I havo tried to Ihj, but I have not
TOotigh material in 1110 to mnke such a
struct tiro. Kvcry timo I got tho tiling most
ilone, thero comes a lire, or vomothing else.
Mid all Is gone. The niigolsof tiod shako out
oil this air, "lilory to liod in the highest,
tnd on ourtli mi'c, good will toward men."
1 do not know but I seo on the horizon the
first gleam of tlio morning which shall unite
II denomination iu 0110 urgnniziitiou, dis
tinguished only by the locality us in apostolio
times. It was then the Church of Thvatira,
sud tho Church of Thessalonioa, oiul the
Church of A nt loch, and the Chun in if Uiodi
eon. So do not know but that iu the future
history, mid not far on either, it may be sim
ply a distinction of locality, and not of creed,
a the Church of New York, the Church of
llrooklyn, tho Church of lloston, tho Church
if Charleston, the Church of Madras, tho
Church of Coustutitiuople, tho Church of
America.
My dear brethren, we cannot afford to be
ieverely divided. Standing in front of tho
reat foe of our common Christianity, we
a-ant to put on tho whole armor of Ood and
unroll down in solid column, shoulder to
Ihoulderlouu commander I one triumph!
The trumpet lvo a martial strain
i Ismel! tint theo from the ftittit;
Arise, the coiuhut to niulnlsln;
Arise, and put thy foes to IIUIil.
"vTe also fool reinforced by the thought
.hat we are on tho way to a heaven that cun
lover burn down. Kires may sweep through
t her cities but I am glad to know thnt tlio
Sew Jerusalem is llrcpronf. Thuro will bo
10 engines rushing through those strnuts;
Jiero will bo no temple consumed iu that
lity. Coming to the doors of that Church,
vo will Hnd tTiem oen, rcsoueut with songs,
in. I not cries of lire. Oh, my dear brother
Hid sister! if this short 'lane of life
lomes up so soon to that blessed pluce, what,
s tho uso of our worrying!" I have felt a
rood nuiiiy time this Inst week liko Father
Taylor, tuo sailor preacher, llo got in a
ong Hontenco while ho was iirenchiug one
lny, and lost himself, and could not liod his
way out of tho soiitoncc. llo stopped and
mid: "llrethren, 1 have lost the nominative
if tlii sentence, and thing are generally
mixed up, but 1 urn bouud for the kingdom
tnvhow."
And during this lust wook. wh-n I saw the
Uhliing to and Iro ami tliooxcit4mut, I said
io iiiysolf: "1 do not know just where wo
hull start nguiu, but 1 am bound for thu
liiigdom anyhow." I do not want to go
lust yet I want to be pastor of this people
until 1 am about eighty uino yom.iof age,
nut I have sometimes thought thnt there are
inch glories ahead thnt 1 mny lie ersuii.ld
10 go a littlo earlier for instiini-e, nt eighty,
two or throe; but I really think that, ir we
rould have an appreciation of what tiod hu-s
11 reserve for ua, wo would want to go,
itopping right out ot the Acndeiny of Mu;lu
lito the glories of the skle.
All! that Is a good land. Why, they tell
me that in that land they never have a heart
ache. Thoy toll me that a mail might walk
live hundred year in that laud aud never
aee a tour or hear sigh. Thoy tell me that
our friend who have left ua and gone there,
their feet are radiaut aa the sun, and that
they take hold of the baud of Jesus familiar
ly, and that they oiatn that baud anil see in
the liu of it a healed wound that must
have lieon very cruel boforo it was healed.
Aud they tell me that there Is no winter
there, aud that they never get hungry or
cold, and that the sewing girl never wades
through the biiow bauk to her daily toll, and
that the clock never strike twelve for the
night, hut only twelve for the day.
See that light in the window. I wondow
who set it there. "Oh!" you sav: "My
father that went into glory must have set
that light iu the window." No; guess
again. "My mother, who died fifteen years
ago in Jeaus, I think must have set that light
there." No; guee again. You sayt "My
darling little child, that last summer I nut
I away for the resurrection, I think she must
have set that light there In the window." I7o
guess again. Jeans set it there; and He
will keep it burning until the
day we put our ilngwr on the
latch of the door ami go In to lx at
home forever. Oh ! when my sight gets black
In death, put on mv rvellds" that sweet oint
ment. When in the last weariness I cannot
take another step, just help me put my foot
on that doorsill. When my ear ratchea no
more the voices of wife and child, let me go
right In, to hare my deafness cured by the
stroke of the harpers whose Angers fly over
the strings with the anthems of the free
Heaven never hums down! The fires of
the last dav, that aro already kindled in the
heart of the earth, but are hidden liecauee
tiod keeps down the hatches those Internal
Area will after a while break through the
crust, and the plains, ami the mountains, and
the seas will l consumed, and the flames
will fling their long arms into the skies- but
all the ten ors or a hiirnlnir world will do no
more harm to that heavenly tempi than the
lire of tho setting sun which kindle up tho
window glnss of the house on yonder hill top.
Oh, blessed land! Hut I do not wnut to go
there until I ace the Mi-ooklvn TnlsMnaoln re
built. You say, "Will it W" You might
nswell nsk me if tho sun will riso to-morrow
morning, or if the next spring will put gar
lands on its head. You and I mny not do
it yon and I mny not live to see it;' but the
Church of (ind iIim not stand on two legs
nor on n thousand Iocs.
Hnw did thelsrnelitesget through the Rod
Sea I suppose somebody iiibv have come
nnd said: "There is no nissl of trying; you
w-lll get your feet wet; you will spoil your
lollies; you win niown yourselves. Who
ever heard of getting through such a sea ns
that' How did they get through
it! Did thev go back? No. Did thoy
go to tho right? No. Did they go rS
the left No. They went forward in
the strength of the lord Almighty; and thn
is the way we mean to get through the lie. I
Sen. Hy goini forward. Hut snvs some one:
"If we should build a larger church, would
von bo able w ith your voice to till if' Why,
I have been wearing mvself out for the last
sixteen years in trvin to keep my voice iu.
(iivn me room w hore I can preach the glorlo.
of t 'hrlst and the grandeur of heaven.
Forward ! We have to march on, breaking
down nil bridges behind us milking retrent
lmMisihln. Throw awn v vour knnpsnek if it
imHvoM vour niurch. Keep vour sword arm
free. Strike for Christ and Hi kingdom
while you may. No p.-oplo ever had a better
mission than you am sent on. 1 'rove vour.
solve worthy. If I am not fit t
n your leader, set mo aside. The bright
est goal on earth thnt I enn think
of is 11 country parsonage ami. 1st tho mount
ains. Hut I nm not nfrnid to lead vou. I
have some dollars; they are at your disHsal.
I hnvo good physical health; it is yours ns
long n it, lasts. I have enthusinsiii 'of soul;
I will not kisip It buck from vour service. I
hnvesoino fuith in liod. nnd I shall direct it
toward the rebuilding of our uew spiritual
house. Come on, then. I will load you.
Come on, ye ago I men, not vet passed over
Ionian! Civ us ononioro lift ls-fore you go
Into the promised hind. You men in middle
life, harness all your business f.-iciiiti to
this enterprise. Young mini, put the lire of
your soul into this work. Let women ronse.
crate their persuasiveness and M.i s,(neo to
thlscnuse, and they will bo preparing Issno
bet ions fort I1.11' dving hour ami everlasting
rewards; nnd if Siitan really did burn that
" abermiele down, as some insiplo say he did,
bo will tin. I it the iniorcst job he ever under
took. (iiM)il-lv. old Tulieriinole. I put mv fingers
I" mv lips nnd throw a kiss to the departed
church. In the Inst dnv. may we Is' nble to
misi't the song there suiig. and the pravers
there olTcrsl,tind the sermons there preached,
tioisl by. old place, where some of us first
felt the (iospel peace, and others heard the
last message ere thev Ih-d n way into the skies!
tiood-by, llnsiklvn 'I'nliernnele of lsTM! Hut
welcome our now church. (I seeit as plainly
is though it worn already built!) Your
into w ider, your song more triumphant,
your ingathering more glorious, llise out
of the ash.w and gns-t our waiting vlshni!
Hurst 011 our souls, oh day of our church's
resurrection! Hy your altiir may wo lief re
pared for the hour when tho lire shall try
every man's work of what sort it l-i Wel
come, Brooklyn Tnbornsol.i of INW!
TOriJliAXCE.
OOli'S CLOCK HAS HTnl'CK TIIK HOfn,
A tone inleil thro' the solemn ulijht,
The city clock tolled One;
It said to every li-t nin ; ear,
Another day' la-gun.
Ho, in our mil ion's gloom, a penl
Kings out our triumph hour;
It tells how honest, isirnest work
lircuks dowu tho tyrant's Mjwor.
The whole world hear tho welcome stroke.
And fresher forces riso
To Join tho few who long hnvo fought
With faith that never die;
Our foe fall hack in wnv'ring lines
Aud tromblii for their power;
They know defeat U drawing near,
Uial's clock m struck the hour.
With God there I no compromise,
lie hatoth every wrong,
With Him as leader of our cause,
With ballot, prayer, and song,
We'll work united, brave, and strong,
Until tho whisky power,
Throughout the world, shall suroly know
Ood clock ha struck the hour,
tun (a W. Smith, in National Advoeala.
CLOSE TIIK HA LOON.
Ona of the most significant signs of tht
times, say the Sutiuiwl Atlvocutf, is tin
crowing opposition to tho Kaloon by tin
Itoinau Cathollo Church. The growth 01
this sentiment the pnst year is remarkublu
Mot only through its "Leagues of the Crc'
and tho Catholic Total Alsdinonce Union,bu
an iiicrousing number of Catholic paper nr
outspoken iu till direction. Tho Cathntit
L'nivrrsr, published at Cleveluud, Ohio, in
rocent article says:
"The Kaloon nt night Is tho ponderer ol
nlnety-uino-hundredth ot the crime and
vice of a large city.
"Close the saloon at night!
'It tho City of Mexico plan be followed
In our lurge rilies six A. if. to six p. M. ami
give the father and husband an opportunity
to mako the acquaintance of hi family.
The saliKiiiUt ought to himself work for thut
opportunity, and mnke his calling moro re
spectable and less odious.
"Draft a bill closing saloons from six p. M.
to six A. M , with iniin imminent and initially
that will dismay olroiidcrs; closing saloons
on Sunday; making the license 110 loss than
HOOD; punishing with imprisonment anil flue
tho adulteration ot liquor or sale of adulter
ated liijuor.
'Then organize your committees; go to
Columbus and push this legislation. Let
bishops, priest and ministers throw their
0a-n influence into tho seals of this moral
movement."
TOK IJQUOn EVIL I!f AFRICA.
Au International conference on the affuirs
of Africa is to beheld in Knglaud during the
coming autumn. The Native Itacc and
Liquor Trafllo Committee have recently and
yory opportunely presented a memorial to
Lord halisbury through the Duke ot West,
minster. The memorial recalls the language
of statesmen 011 the subject, that o? the
muiier among others, aud urges the iin
portauco of united action 011 thu part of the
civilized powers. The Queen has been pleased
to receive a similar memorial. This vigorous
action will meet with a grateful acknowl
edgement from all friends of Africa. The
replies received awaken hope, but the matter
is one of such moment as io call for prayer
from all Uiose who have followod the awful
record of evils which have flowed from thai
terrible trafflo. H'itmii,
An empty whisky bottle found in a row
boat tells the cause ot an accident which ot
Hi r red on South Watupa l'oud, Fall Uiver,
Hans., whereby five persons lost their livae
Louis Dubois took a party rowing across the
bond to gather grape. While returning the
boat was upset, ami though the water was
but five feet deep, oidy one ponton waa rescued.
RELIGIOUS BEADING.
Tn. ivinsfdo aiDR.
Workman of (lod. O lose not heart,
But irarn what ()s Is like;
And in the d 11 kit batth II di
Thou shalt know whore to strike.
fhrloe blest is he to whom I given
The instinct that ran tell
That Oik) i nn tho Hold When Lie
Is most invisible.
Blest too I ho who can divine
Where renl li-ht doth lie.
And dares to take the si lo that seem
Wrong to man's blindfold ejo.
Then lenrn to scorn the prnlso of in n,
And lenrn to love with (lod;
Vor Jesus won tho world through shame,
Aud beckons tin) His road.
For right Is right, and (Jnd i Ood,
And right the dnv must win;
To doubt would boill-loynlty,
To fallvr would be sin.
t'rrttrrick H". fofcer
oonrr.t, AssunAirit.
Forty-two times tha (Iro-k w irl trins
la teil know are found In t ha first pplstln of
John, showing tho enmed desire of th. Holy
Uhost to lend t he Is'liover out of tho eoldntnl
ilnrk region of doubt nnd dp-ad into the
liberty of the children of Ood. ,HehoM"
(know or see) "what manner of love the
rather hnth Iwstowed upon u, that we
ihould Iho cnlh-d tho son ot Ood; therefore,
the world knoweth u not, becnuso it knew
Him not. Holovod, now nro wo tho ous of
Hod; nnd it doth not yet, appear whut wn
llmll Is, but wo know that when llo shall
lHar wo shall li like him, for w o shall sen
Mini n He is. And every limn that hntli
this hope In Him purnl 'tli himself, even a
lie 1 pure.'-
With such an nnrane nn i such a h iw
It is not strnn : tli if tho w.ir I fov nnd ro-
ol..v shiii'i liko br.-ht .md Isviutiful stnn 111
the four go-p., in th nets ol lb ' ,mi '
III tho viiriom epistles, n-i I even ill t'u
IsK.k of K -vei ito'ii. Il dooi 11 it i h II
rhildron toliegloimv, but hup.iy, happv 111
Iho day is Ion .. happy In tli nii'lit of allln--lion,
hearing H.s wo d, "I'nstin nil your
rnro upon Him, for 11 1 caiethor you."
It is obvious, theu.tlmt the chilling lni.t of
uncertainty, which bangs about m inv pro
fessed Christi in in these dnv, do" not
srlso from I'm Word of O.sl. It conies
rnther from fnlsn tonching, thnt ha accus
tomed them to look into their own In oris 111
vain son rcli lor something thnt d"serve
henven instead of lo kni simply nnd singly
to Christ 11 nil our Milwition ninl all our do
liro. They hnvo Ii 11 tnulit that it I pii
uiniplinii to believe thev aro saved wi'liout
any righteousness of their own, nnd without
ny tavleaiiisticnl oiibnatices; nnd conso.
ucntlvns thev havo no renl joy iu their
thoughts of Ood and eternity, nnd tho heart
?ruvo happiness, thoy iinsivi r tin-description
given of religion nt tha close ot the
arts nt dispensation when moil .shall I si
"lovers ol plensiirisx morn than lover of
'iisl: bnving e form of f ioilliuc, but deny
in f the nowt-r thio-o f.'f
Hut let usiisintclli-oni believers turn nwiy
from this formality mid worldlim-s. and .hs-
Mntent and c.itch th hnppv s ram of tnio
Christ inn experience as fouud in i 1'etr l.
"Whom having not soon, yet believing, yo
fejoico with joy uns eikablo ami full of
tlory; riH-eiving tho end of your fuith, ovoil
iho salvutiou of your soul."
TtlKlll I.ICIIT IHII NOT HIIINK.
'A professor of religion, say you Hut )
have known her llicsj two yeais, ami shu
never once inentione 1 Iho subject in my
presence." So saiil a buly a day or two sino i
who was l.orselr a profo-sor. It brought to
mind tho word of Jesu to hi disciplo',
"Let your li ;ht shine." Hero nro two pro
foss d followers of Christ, uoighbor for two
years, and conversing often with each other,
without either discovering that the other
was a proroas -d Christian. An I what win
Iho roifou? Their light did not shine. In
still I of putting it upon 11 ciiidlostick, It hnd
been hi I iiml T 11 budiel. How iii'iny p'e i.
ant mil prolitnhlo hours would tli so two
year hnvo ull'orded, h;i I thosn two imlivi I
unls spoken often to each other of Ood
lin-ici. s! How much mole brightly would
have glowed thu II imo of Christian l ive in
their hearts! How inue i m ro fti-jugtli
mi-ht they buvo neipiirol to ro.si,t thu
ailver-.ni vl
Tin ir light did n' t sbi. 10. Whnt opportu
nilics for doing go d pus. is I away in thosn
two yens! How to mv Imppy infill. -no
might thoy have exorte 1 upon tuos" nrouud
tin 111 which wcio not iiiipiov.il! Whit an
opMirtiinity was there for tlio power of
darkues t 1 work! How 111:111 v t ire tho en
my must hnvo s-jwed durin
of two year.
that long uiUt
Their ligut d d not shine. Ho who pur
rhnwsl them with In own precious
coiumnud-d them to lot 1 1, shine. It wa a
duty they owed to Him, their Saviour and
lt"ilooinvr, to lot it hliino. It wn n duty, for
ttie neglect of which they will hnvo to givo
an account iu tho day of judgment. In con
tact with one another for two uh'il'i yea-s,
and not know that each other were jirofea
sor of religion! How littlo did thoy f.s.l for
temporal and eternal welfare f each othur't
toul, H'dfolllKIII,
rmEAT is rEnsoNAr, i.ttignTV!
Owen llefferan and hi wife and dailght.
if this city imhilgo thoir pi rsonid liberty I
(irnikiiig sutecn pint or nle. Tho liitlni 1
striki-s his wife iu thu eye, then sei.es lii
(laughter by the hair and khii-s a kettlo
M aiding water over her, to vindicate his sit I
Is-rior Hronal lila-rly a lord of tho houai
ntld. The Sia-iety for the Prevention
Cruelty to Children interferes and finds thnj ,
a sii-Kiy miuut, sintering lerniiiy rrom tie
gleet, was exorcising it orsotml jM-rfy t
crow up as lawt it could, while tho persona;
liberty of the pnreiita to inebriate theniselvii
hy beer nnd other "temperance" drink liu
rendered all the children more or less iinlas
die, and deprived them of their personal
libert y to I ei '01110 sound -minded men un j
women, (ileal is the go-l of feruiente
drinks! Will Dr. Crosby .how 11 nil instiiue(
of a family reduced to such degradatior
through the use of ten? AYw To7, l oice.
A REMAniCAItl.K PINNKIl.
A remarkable dinner wai lately given In
Norwich, Kughiiid, by a well-known tcnqsir
ance sheriff, (ieorgo White, to celebrnto the
wedding of his daughter. ICIegnnt Invita
tions were issue.) to 1 100 pf the uged poor of
the city, and fully two-third of this num
ber roNpouilcd. Tim dinner was an elaborate
one, and served in rimkI stylo by the priu
clpul citizen of tho town. The oldest guest
was ninety-six yoar of nge, and there were
several over ninety. True to hi temper
biico principles, Iho only drinks fiiriiishod by
the sheriff were milk, lomonudu and cuft'oo.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES,
One can get drunk for a halfjamny in Kinw
barley, South Africa.
Nearly 20IX) English churches have adopted
the uso of unfurmuntod wine at communion.
In Switzerland seventy per rout, ot the
young men are said to be unfitted, by the
use of alcohol aud tobacco, for military ser
vice. The Rev. Ram Jouea ei presses his opinion
5f liquor aa follows: "1 think liquor is a
xood thing in ite place, but I believe iU right
place Ulu hell."
Mrs. J. C. Batehnin says that the rope
which threatens to strangle our nation ha
three strauds the saIoou, impurity aud Sab
bath desecration.
Biz "joint keepers," of Dodge City. Kan
sas, wore lately seutenced to thirty days in
the county jail ami a Hue of 1U0 each for
violating the prohibitory law.
Athol (Mass.) Y. W. C. T. U. has rented an
entire block on a business street aud begun
to "take boarders," to aid her financially and
give bera larger jkhjof lutiueuce,.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
fiKSSOM I'OIl SUNDAY OCT. i1.
"Sin, 1'orjlvenc anil Poimjc," Psalm
12, Ml Golden lixti llom.5. 1
Notes.
Cur l.lon to-lt y I one of the seven peni
tential psalm, the other being the nth. .Vst,
ftsth, llf.M, Cloth nnd 141: tin amltheitlst
are sii ,sisel to have lieen writt-n by I'avid
after thnt dark chapter in his life, slid if we
should judge by the ismtent of rach we
might suppose the latter to have lieen writ
ten first. In the title this is culled "A I'salin
nf David;" and In II Sam. xi., 1. '-, he
is railed the sweet psalmist of Israel, and it
1 written thnt "tho Spirit of tlio lird spake
by him, nnd His word was iu his tongue;''
therefore we mrtht to come to those words
of the Spirit through I'avid, Itrnily believ
ing 1 Horn. v., 41, and relying on the same
Spirit to give u the i-nmfort and instruction
here for us. The word "maschil," sls in
the title, nnd used bore for the first time,
signifies "to a-t wisely," and surely David
acted iscly when he confessed ami received
forgiveness.
I 1. 'i. "Transgression fovgiven, sin
covered, Iniquity not Imputed."
Transgression sigiiilhs the going U-youd
Isiinuls or lining that w I1I1 h w e should not do;
sin i coming short of the mark, or leaving
undone that which we ought to have done;
; iniquity siginlies anything distorted or wr
vere, ni' l seems to refer lo the natural heart,
1 w hich is all wrong since tho fall and mani
fests its p-M'verseiiess ill sin and transgression;
so that her we have th" whole mutter of
wrong ami wrong doing dUpni-d of and for
ever s-:tled ill liod' n;.p lnts lliiv, See if
. we can iiiiderstau I lii.it war. The Holy
I Spirit, referring to th-sc n rv words tells us
I in Hum. iv.. .V s, that tins lining awny with
Mil, sud consequent imputation ul 1 1 c h t 11 -'
lies, is apart. Irom nny work on our part,
' but isi m 1 rely of grace, throiili (he le lemp
' tloii that is III Christ .hstis, nnd Is freely
granted to every iH'liever. Th" words "In
! w hose spo il tlo-ro is no guile," unlievt" that
I to enjoy those hlcssin" tl-rre lunst In' on out
' J'arttiio nhseiteool all deceit ifor that is the
' wordisiidn sinetre conlessioii nf, and turn
I lug sway Iroin, the sin oi- truiisjivsMmi.
! Coming ihus, with true penitence and limiiil
1 ity, and trusting only in the merits ami work
of the Lord Jesus I 'hrist, who was inndo sin
: for us, and who bare our sins in His on 11 Issly
, on the cross (11 Cor. v., :M; I l et. ii., -I),
1 weniav lie a sure ns we nr" thai tiod ilvci
j thnt He, for Christ's snl.e, has blotted nut nil
that w a against us, mi l v ill ri-iiiemhor it in
more (Is, xliii., 'J."i; I'.nU. iv., Il'ii; that be
I ing justilled by faith we have pence with Ood
! through our 'Lord Jesus Christ. (OnMeu
I text.l
I it, 4. "When I kept silcnisv" Now. that l
' sometime a g,sl thing to do, and David
I lllore tllSII HICe plHetli-",! it Wisely ll's.
xxxviii., I t; xxiiK., I, 'J', but. when, 11s in
this case, there wassm to lie i-onfessed,it wan
' no lime to kucp silent, nnd h" here ii-ilr. us ol
hi sufferings on account of his sinful silnce
as a naming to us. "He that ism-roth liis
inshall not prosper; but w
f'V"keth them shall hav
hoMi confes.eth
r mercy."
'1 ackr.. ..rflcdged, Th ni for-
j gavest." Some one has said Hint sin iiucoii
. fesseil, like a gathering wound, swells and
torment, but tiio lam-o give relief; sincere
i-onfessioii is the lauce which brings the pi ace
' of forgiveness.
I tl. "For this shall everyone that I godly
pray unto Thee." Kvery sinner rejoicing in
J the forgiveness of sins is an iim-oiir.igeiuent
toother to coma nnd obtain 1 he like bless
ing; every Christian who has had th" joy nf
salvation I which they had for a time lost by
transgression! restored to him is an encour
agement toother I1I111 kslnleis to return.
I 7. "Thou art mv hi. ling place." N'otiot
; the word "thou," tliree times iu this verse;
it is tiod Himself who is our hid'iig phu-e,
iireserver and dullverer. David had bees
tiding from O 01 1, like Adam and Kve III thu
garden of Kden (lien. tit.. X, 10), but now, bit
sin forgiven, h hides in Ood from the adver
sary, who no doubt roured against him;thii
is a sure and sale hiding place, bill all olhen
will hesnciit unay (Km., .iviii , 17).
I s. "I will Instruct then and teach tl.ee In
t'ueway which thou i-luilt go." Kviileiitlv tin
J.ord is now i-piakiug in reply t-i I'avid, fm
no one can instrm-t mi l te n h liko ilun. ninl
110 one is capable but II1111. llo has not
promised thut we shall have 110 trouble, that
, we shall never pas through lire cr water; 011
I the contrary llo has told us that "iu tin
World we shall have tribtilal ion," and tn.it "all
that mil live g ully m I 'hret Jesus shall suf
ler persi-iitiou" (John xvi., :i:i; II Tim. iii.,
li-'i; but He has promised to he with us in th
trouble, and thus lend us, while llo prcservo
ii In. in being 111 any wuv injured by it. The
'. word hern translated "instruct'' sumille to
I muke sneccssfiil or prosperous, ns in Josh. I.,
7, o; 1 King 11., .1, wlicre it is so trnuslnteil;
but thoinoi common I il. I Testniueut word
for iiiKlructiou kiguilh's cluistiseiiiciit; It
therefore becoino us. if we sincerely desir
to le led Lv 11 1 111. to U-lievo that He doei
lend us, and ill what seems outlines to Im tht
most adverse circumstances, we should hear
Him ny: "I am tho Lord thy liod who
teacheth thee to prntlt,, who lendeth thee
by the way that tliuu shoul.le-,1 go" (Isu.
xlviii., 17).
"1 will guide thee with Mine eye." Xotli-e
the niRi glnal reading, w hich seems equal to
saying: "1 will tell you how to go and then
watch you to see thnt you keen iu the right
way," or a it is plainly stated iu Isa. xxx.,
'-'1: "Tin no ears shall hour a word behind
thee, saying: This is tho nay, walk yo in it,
w hen ye turn to the right hand ami when ye
turn to the left." With such grrat and
precious promise how quiet we should lie.
It. "He ye not a the horse or as the mule."
It i manifest iu every-day life that the big.
gest mule is not always thu one iu the traces.
and that a horse often knows more than his
driver, llalaain's as saw more than it
master, and niK-nod ita mouth to some pur
' l"; but the rule prevails thot horses anil
" have not the wisdom of men and must
and
must
be restrained and guided by hit and bridle.
Now, when men ami women, and particularly
Christians, need to 1st restrained by the hit
and bridloof I'ircumstuiicos, which are Ood'
providences, instead ot meekly and trust
ingly following their Shepherd, "it issuything
hut creditable to them, and dia-s nn honor to
that beautiful name by w hich they are called.
10. "Mauv sorrow shall ho to the wicked,
but he that trusted in the I .on I, mercy shall
compass him about." Sorrows touch the
righteous a well as tho wicked, but the sor
rows of the righteous are blessing in dis
guise, for the loving hand of tho I old is in
rvery one of them, and 110 mutter what they
look'likn thoy aru all giHslnes aud mercy, so
that the believer mav truly Miy in all hi
sorrow: "Sorrowful, yet ulwuys rejoicing."
(II Cor. vl., 10.) The sol-row of tho wicked,
on the other hand, nre only tho foretaste of
greater sorrows iu the future, iiln-u "The
wicked shall bo turned into heil, and nil the
oat ions that forget Ood." ll's. ix., 17.)
11. "He glad in the 1nil, and rejoice ye
righteous.'" 'ot circumstances uor feelings,
uot things around us or within us, not w hat
we do nur what is done for us, but tho lyord
Himself, and the Ixird alone, is to be our sal
vation, our Joy, our strength, and that at all
times.
"Shout for joy, all ye thnt aro upright In
Heart." We may ho glad and rejoice in a
very quiet way, but here is authority to muke
our joy kuown; the Inhabitant of Ziou is ex.
horted to cry out and shout because the Holy
One nf Israel is in tho midst (Isa. ill., ti); and
when the 1ord reigns supreme and alone in
any heart it will be hard to suppress a real
"Hallelujah !" As it is only those who come
without guile whocausreculve forgiveness, so
it is only the upright or sincere who can truly
rejoice in the Lord. faston Helper.
Accordino to an official statement, the
r mutation of Chili, imrtly estimated, la
115,815. This iuclude o7,0O7 foreigners
and about 50,000 Iudians. Santiago, has 1B,
&i inhabitant; Valiairuiso. 104,Uo'J.
A VERY bad Impression was made by the
Cesarewitch at the Oonnan autumn ma
noeuvres. He is said to be a delicate, stupid
looking lad. with execrable manners. - -
JUspUred iallaulry.
1.
nehrar-l a woman scn-nin
In iv ill tn ami lone y lirm
The crv of l.i nut v 111 ilist less
bhoiihl lie 1 1 Is.. Lruid Iu vain.
1!" liiirrli-.l ti tlit. .j..tt
! haw ii v 1 1 r 1 1 1 1' 1; t nir ;
lie rut (i l up t.. 1 hui l 't 1 ml ti an
A till tuuht. lilm by tli.' limr.
Yet. after nil. It proved
That tie tin. I ina-ic 11 uueMIn
"1 was Hun v kIviiii lhniiut
A lift ll-TiiHi H I'll.tille.
Diilng fur Tiiiilc
Alo ti-,' tin- North Curolina sntind men
in, I boys 1 atcli tcrrn.in in tlio winter
with ilrcdgr. Tim imirdic nre liurnril,
uul tlio tctr;iiiii, l.nricil in the mini,
feeling tin- warmth atul tliinkin that the
tirili''tiuu- lias conic, leave their l.cil.
In tin- summer lo wmlc for them, 11ml
when tlio tcrrupiii l':ivc the water they
arc lniHteil to their in sts by tin;. Tim
Initio loggerhead unil liawkbill turtle in
the sound waters arc riuij;ht in 11 ruriint
way. Foruuily tlu-y wen- spcarcil or
slnil, but their vitality i surli that even
when their licmls arc struck olT the tiutlo
swims away, livint; (wi i nmioh to get
out of the icarli of the lislicrtnaii. Within
tl few years the turtle have ln-cti ruptured
by ilivitu; for tlicm. The fisherman has
tlic puiiilcr of lii bout tied to hi iiukht
when lie dives. When he see 11 turtle
lie ilivcs so ti to come behind the creature
ninl seizes it by '.lie shell or neck hack of
it head. The turtle instinctively swims
upwind towat'il the surface ami tlio lu-hcr-men
ejuiiles it toward the shallow water
in shore ami when lie net there ho lui
this animal nt his iiierey. WiuJiinytoii.
st.ir. m
Nlllilleii.
eVv
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Mr. Win. (ioiiI "Say, Xatui, will yoti
.nko luncheon with inef I know whera
ihcrc's 11 nice lot of frcslt toumto riina."
Mis Niuiii (ioiit "Tliiink you, Hilly;
ut I've just t-iil I'll half of Mr. Mooney'a
wiish, mid I couldn't hold imothcr mouth
tul." (.
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