FAREWELL Lt wonos of uooit ClIKKII. F . ' th IIolT iVn1. ins Miubark- . tir T Po "Witt Talmnge, D. D.. on M"1. v:. ....ii.otis of friend through the r l;ll him until tho .hip." Hi Lt'iii .... .... ... fr;.i.pnntl Mow in full: T.fc.n ..re tlinn twctity-fiv mljlion peo- l" ." . I . .li mn the won!. 1 countries to whom my wtrinon " k Vv week, in Knglish tongue and Ilia Kinnnosa 01 1110 I - ..r.-M r"'., ...I ... tiioirraiher on the eve of for tho Holy Land. 1'alentino. read this sermon I will I mill Is" i .... i. lw ffoiio a few week, on a V ,' (on -iicy. i K' because I want for r'. ', i..,.rer niul render, to see. Ueth- nnd Jerusalem, and 1IHI Nnnroth, .yd. III-. . n- ,.,,,l LrT. !!. nr.. ntul rlnttli nnd ki num. sinmo ; - - - -- if f.ir o-lloin, Life of Christ, co liecauso 1 ' ml mitt 1.A sne torwviii, tnp.illftnt, the kyJJ, the grvlT Mll and o,lmr canvas. Faith is our canvas. Hoist it and tho wind of henrcn will drive you ahead. Hail made out of any other can vas than faith will lo slit 1 1 titter by tim flint northeaster, tuning fnith nover lost a Imttlo. It will crush foe, blast rocks, quench lightnings, threeh mountain. It Ha shield to tho warrior, a crnnk to the mont ponderous wheel, lover to pry up pyramids, a drum whom bent give, strength to the .top of tho heavenly soldiery, and mil. to waft ship, laden with priceless pearl, from the Inrborof earth to te harbor of hos-vn. Jlut you are not yet equipped. You tnun have what aeamon call the running rigging. This comprise, tho ship' braces, halliards, clow linos and such like. Without these th yards could not lie braced, tho sails lifted nor tho canvas In nnywiso managed. We have prayer for tho miming rigging. I'iiU-m you undtmtand thia tacklliut you are not a sniriu lai aeamnn. by pulling on thoee ropoa tou hoUtthe snila of faith and turn them every whither. The prow of courage will not out tho wave, nor the nail of fnith spread and flap its wlui, unloju you havo strong prayer for a halliard. One more arrnnjoniont nnd you will lw mvly for the son. You must have a compass which is tho Iliblo. lyiok nt it ovrry lny, nd always sail hr it as Its needle ixiinU u want tno mar of Ucthlvhem. Thmuah fo,j and darknem and stiirni it works faithfully. Hmrch the Scriptures. "H ox tho compass." It mo jfivo you two or three rules for the voyage. Allow your npiotitie and iMisxions Miiy nu unoor iiiK-ic passnzu. Ho not nllow ...t.i.iiiiil iT.niliic when I have Iw-cn i "n sitings of tho sacrcil plaiwe. Troy thmn ever to come up on the promnnitdn de'k .irul Journeying auu my snie my ilVl' Mortiry your nininUrs whifh nro uiwm the enrth. Novcr allow your lower nature nnv. i i'VT.-r auuiT jour i'ier naiuro any irn . .u.mnl il.ntartiiretii nronoiince ! thing N'ttor than a stooraire itiusnin ij.s f ":!!! i.i.ii.'t ion upon nil my frh nds In waU-hfulness walk the decks as an armcl sen. "l.ifc . .w.n fTT-n.tmHnm . i nn.l .1...... -. r l . n, mml in aliancn nf ' nT K-riiious are reail In anaenco ol iiin cr 'iils gaineroii ous on mo ''I ,IU.,i..U low... nil ... - nuil 11 no K ' . . i.lvrill II " ,w B'lin" '"I I" n " " . I 1:1.- I.-..I u... i. "' much as in me is, I am nady . .'. f 1 I.. ...... tl.itt nra nt l(..r...a Tin. IH mill I liui vit iiior" ' ' . 1 1 . . . , ,s,ut i n liinil or sea. lie was an oi.i n,.t fr.tiu oivillHiiion, mil in.ui irv- . at 1 . I I if Inivi'l. 1 ilium no couiii nnvo f...ll '0 ft VP''! n(T.S4 lliv iu.iiK'i riiniHlll 11 i.iuc '.i Inn snip cnpmnis. i uu sail I twviT riV'IK'il ni imtii ior ihmur a mini i er" If I mil nuvice iiiwi ncen (axon, tvw vn.'UlJ never uavo gono asuoro u I ti !ti" v"1 went scudding nnder Imro . I will wns tlio oiny seu-ixiHscsneii nun I'.aui sml, turning to tho excited crow ,,;ninu(! 'iiKi-ni;i rs, no excimms, in a ..tllst n.'ind ulsive the thunder of tho l and tho wrath of tho tea: "Bo of ' c mm now co to sea wun ninps, aim i .... . l''H. nlVllllI.'I II lMll'a.,is wiirni uy ihiov I Willi ''. know noiiiing ot tuo lierils or , nl ittviKutiiHi. Ilorai'e iiuu tuat tho h I'ir-t vcntiirol on tho s must hive jil.c.irt b"imd with onk and triple brass. I'll, ihi'ii vi'iitur.M oniv irom iiraiiinna to ml mi'l from inland to isluml, and not ,,m aftiTsiiri'.til their sail for a voy.nno that tMi ha prepared for thosn who love Hiint I utter not the word farewell; it Is too sad, too formal ft word for me to Seak or write. Itut, coii.idorlng that 1 have your hand ti'jhUy claxp.vl in botii of in!n I iitt.T ft kind, an affectionate and n cheel ail gsxl by! SUNDAY SCHOOL. lil-SSOJJ IOII NOVIOMItl.lt 10. 'OoTld' lynmcnt For Alisalom," 1 1 Keiiiuc , 1H: IH 5:1 'Joltlcn Ivx , I'rotcrljn 1 Tl U5 Note. tlncl, nnd shoot down with groat promptnesk anything like a mutiny of riotous npjs-tites. Ilo sure to look out of the forecastle for innttnrcra 'I'liniu. nrd ml.l I 'lifiut in O. and invalid niul ncd ones who cannot nlioul in tho church. The frigid xono pnv. i .i.. i..-i. but t whom I have long fo-wors will sink von. SUvr cl.-.n- of i.-i-bors. . . .t i ..... I . I - . l l. . l ; ., ..... I rvvrp n n;-iiooii iiiiring nil mo voyage nil account ol how nmny furlongs you tunke n ! cinv. The niiTchiint keeps a day Isiok us well as a hslgcr. Ymi ought to know every , night as well ns every year, how things are ! going. When the express train stops at the i lxit you bear a Iiniiiuier snumliiv; on nil ' til" whools, thus ti'tting tho safety nf the rail train, liound, as we are, with mom than expnws sieiv toward a groat c torn it v, I ought we not often to try the work of suit- ' examination I Ilo sure to keep your colors up! Yon know ! tho ships of Kiiglniid. Hussln. Frnnro nnd j Spain by tho ensigns they carry. Sometime it is a lion, soini'tiiues an ca;;lo, aomotimoH a star, (omctim'W a crown. Let it ever be 1 known who you are, and for what port you arc bound. lt "Christum" bo written on , the very front, with a figure of a cm, a croirn and a dove; and from tho mitsMn-ad I Jet float tho striwucrs of Imiimniu'l. Then the pirate vessel of temptation will you I unharmeil as thoy say: "There goes a Chris t inn, Ixiund for tho irt of hoaven. We will ! not disturb her, for she ha too mauy guns aboard." Hun up your Hag on thi pulley: I "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, , for it Is the iHiwerof (iod and tho wiwloin of u.xl iinui Kalvation. 1 hen ilnvon hack, or lab iring under grat str of weather now to'vi. I'.efore starting, the winth. r changing from starboard tiu-k to larlsntrd, I irnu lud. nnd the vessel having Im-cii -1 up "ii tli" chore, the mariners placed iieuiih-rs nainsi ino ncrn oi iua hui nvrl It oir 'Ih V, Ht tUO latit lllOIIU'lll, :if Milo it. Is wore t.n n rmriiv snips oi nunien fi-sn-it "f p.v.s.'iigers being tlieexception; I ,o s irM nns not then migratory, as in .Ur, hou the lint desiro of a man in ,j".' e:ns to lie to ge into another The chip from which JonnU wns in overooiir.i, nnti in union ram amM prisoner, went out chielly with La " tiikmg n cargo, as now, so thou, i!i sere ai-custnined to carry a ling. In i tins it was lnscriijl with tho name l.itlirii deity. A vessel Uiiind for Hyra- I'uul mi it the inscription, "Castor and t. inoMiiiii wuie provideu wun an- Aiiriioni were of two kind thoso Inert) ilroppoil into tho soa, and thoe self thrown upon to tho rocks to hold ( .! Inst. 1 Ins last klud was what 1 uu' I to lien he said : "Which Iioihj wo 1 1 mi aiiehor t the soul, Isith sure nnd lf.it, and which cnturcth into that with- v,l." Tluit will what tho sudors i "ho k nin hor.'' Tho rooks and stmd nnd headlands not lioing uianpoil i -ncIi. earriisl a plumb lino, 'lliey would i. him niul i ue water lllty luthoiiis, ami nnd thou from hirlHianl to starUmrd look nrsive the toigallauU, and your heart shnll luat like a war drum as the streamer float on the w ind. The sign of the cross will mnko you patient, and tho crown will make you glad. 1 Hefore you gain pirt you will smell thi I lnnd breezes of heaven; an 1 Christ, the Tilot, will moot you as you como into the Narrow ' of Death, nnd fasten to you, and say: "When thou pnsscst through the waters, I will bo with thee; nnd through tho rivers, they shall i not ovorllow thee." Aro you ready for nicli a voyage? Make up your minds. The gnng I plnnkH nro lifting. Tho bell rings. All ulwiurd for henveul Tho world is not vonr rest. Tho challluch is tho silliest bird In all . the earth for trying to make its nest on tho rocking billow. Oh, how I wish that as I cm ; bark for tho Holy Lnnd in tho Kast, all to whom I preach by tongue or typo would em j bark for heaven. What you nil most need is ' od, and you neod Him now. ISomeof you I leave in trouble. Things nro going very rough with you. You hnvo hud u hnrU tmgglo with jxiverty, or siekni-ss or iierso cutiou or bereavement. Light after liglit ha trono out nnd it is no dark that you cau hardly ace nny bhhing left. May that Josus. i wtioi-omfortod the widow of Nain, and raised it again nnd Hi. I it forty fathoms, nnd'' tiie.lecim.so.IM lire, with Hi gontl" haul ot i.. ...... v. . k..i,MinliV U'nin unni'tjniir-t.i.nv All id t'.ill a s,'iiinaii'i Mini It thirty fathoms, thus ') JIA '. , ""yT ., , ' vivii.S their near approach to tho shore, t' U ,,Ml ,)av"1 l ,!"rM the wil- ii .i.rm.r ...,i ........... .1...' onioss, purwe.1 by his son, he was Ixmiis pil 'Uivi l' imtx.i iiiu n n t-v v niui i i in- raol. The pit and tho duiigi"ii were the livst icliools nt which Jo.uph ever gra liinti'd. The liurrii-a-io that uptot the tent and killed tub's children propar.xl the man of U. to write tho miignltlcont poem that ho n toiiiichsi the nges. There i no wnv tn get the wheat out of tho straw but M tlir.sh it. rnl'l" furniiivs on tho wild wind; and Thero is no way in puriry Uie gohl Put ui t'liristinu lAsseuirer. tinix.to.1 nnd burn it. Iyxk at tlio iioople who have alnnys hnd it thi-ir own way. They are proud, dis contented, useless and unhappy. If you want M find cheerful folks, go umong thoso who have been purified bv tho lire. After Rossini had renilered "William Tell" the live hundredth time, n company of musicians enme under his window in l'ari and soro na.loil him. Thev nut lux in his brow n til the applause and enthusiasm Iissuil turned ti a friend and nid: "I would give ill this brilliant scene for a few days of youth and love." Contrast the melancholy foolim? of Kowinl. who hnd everything that it hi'lisi in its bowim ! A few s..o,,l I this world could givo him, to tho joyful ex- iy Kixxl-hv, a liut look, nud the ropes rionoe of Isaac Watts, whoso nubfoi tumn uu the sails nro hoisto.1, and tho ""To iuiiuiuoralile, when no says: nre luiulis hi. ami Pnnl Ur.o. f 'ail over some of the same water hey ul- rniuaii 'U was white with the wins i. hut at tho Ih-st wintry blast the iiuiiiH'Hes to the nearest hnrbor: kn now the worlds commerce priwpor lunryns wen us in June, and in Mlil- all over the wide mid stormy deep I 11. at palace of light, trampling the -'in lor foot nnd showorinc tho xnark nl'! furniiivs uu tho wild wind; and Christian isissenger. tinix.ted and I'd, sits under tho tin Iter of tho smoko- l''i.ing oir upon tho phosplHiresi'ont n wliii-h is wi ittou in scroll of foam : "Thy way, O ll.xl, is iu the sou, nud itli in the great wati-rs!" in those days of early navigation that Tou,of ineii, women nnd children on H'll nf tilt! Mc'liturrnniuin 1'nnl i to linve the isiinzreeation to whom hn riuelusl, mid thev are coma down tn i ''It. It ii a solemn thliur to tiart. uru w )'iy traps that wait for a feet. Tho solid irroiin.l tnnv lirunlr -Ik and the sen how many dark invs- "uleb Taul sallod, but before colnn I " urge you all M eniliark for heaven. ' bureh is the dry dis k whf.ro ao.il am pm.). I out for heaven. Iu muking a vos- liu voyage, tho first need U sound "r. The fl.sir timber ought M bo I Huff. Kiirtlia.,lnl 11 u.unu !.-. tsble to run their jiblssmis into theeyo ' temiMwt. whim ran. .lit I.. him. h.iu fMiul hlie "rd are w ith your Th Mil f Z!ou yields A IhnllKun.l Sl.erv.1 swiHt, Defiire w rottoh the h. aenly flolJJ Ur walk I tie golUeu laruvui. Then ll our soups aW.und, Ail. I every tear Ivo .try; We're niarelilim through Iniliianuel'l (frounJ To fnlror worliU uu IiIkh. It is pwsiiority that kills and trouble that laves. While the Israelites were on the march, amidst great privations and hnrd- ahira. they behoved well. Aftern whtlo.they wharf"r, T!r W f iPraV ormcnna tho sky .hu'kenesl'witu h"An in t ii .Z" 7i7.,: VJ Vi : Koat umlUUiiitM nil uuout 1110m; ami inn b , wi sttvinu vi uiu. s-n enough for thia craft. 'uul have l.r8 tr tt helm, to truldo r " tll "-nft. Niilthor nrldu. nor am. ".iiii win uo for a ru.ldor. an 1 tingling the hnud-love mur- 1 Wurk. wlneh l.,i ... . . rm I.-. 1 . twm uikhi rui Bt hr , ,,-love, n..t like broolts which .uiue yet ,! ,Hlthill(? ,ut )1VC hku rL- l.r.1!'" I'1' 11,0 hUim "l ,m" it ! '"""w w fucUiry iMinds '" "III Hot IIHKJ l.u .... .1... ..: 1 . "are '." ,,,,""i!,1'ryiK: "lW - tr PWln -il and Vine d l"'1 thotaveni. Th.re must J 5 ""-wiK'sl M cut and override s ar. ,1 U C1,r't''' H.rsovernii.-o. s d. h'rc". "",,mti u-K'i that i " thlhM '""'u. In a ininuto H ti nt"::'' .l 19 vil-and that f ,r 1. .1. 1 . .7 . oiiiiil over tttiwi..f. l"tIhU ll 1 ,u 1 """P' "'i mi. . wmou strikes iu front Mi.ttroubl fSA rVIHM(.kAiI.,lH ..,1 1 1, ,1 sv-.s,, HoiHiAi r niiu FJ unt t luMi .... k-.ut .i i wvwim uu 1110 prow: ? With th7ri"Nono1Jo Th.0:'..?:. jour fear. 1 in ti h . "i"1 ronquor. Know WuZ l!Zk ot cau run I '". "lr"uK !"'r. "Which hone S hold on to your anchor "If .aVsiiT 18 m uor wrongfully. r ltwt U lf the way drag "... iiav. Va.ul. .r. nt "m they Uv Um Hylua iiU ruelites nto and ate, nnd stutfed themselves until they died. Uh! my friends, it is not hardship, or triul, or starvation that injures the soul, but abundant supply. It is not the vulture of troublu thnteaUupthoChristiuu' life; it is the ipiails! it is the quails! I cannot leave you until once mora I con. fuss my faith in the Saviour whom I lutvu preached, lie is my all in all. I owe more to tho grnoo of (bxl thnu most men. With this ardent temperament, if 1 had gone over Ixiard I would liavo gone to the very depths. You know 1 can do uothing by halved. O to grace how mvnt a tlehlor l)ll) I'm coilatralueU lu be I think all will Ui well. Do not be worried about me. I know that my KIiiiiit hveth, and if any fatality should befall me, I think I should go straight. I have lieon most unworthy, and would be sorry M think that any one of my friemls had Ihu as unworthy a Christian as myself, liut (lot has he!nl a great many through, and I hojie lie will hulp me through. It t. ft lone account of shortcomings, but it lie is going to rub any of it out, 1 think He will rub it all out. Ami now glvo us (for I go not alone) your benediction. When you send lotUrs to a friend iu ft distant laml, you say via such city, or via such a stoumer. When you send you good wishes M iu, send them via the throne of God. Wo shall not travel out uf tho roach of your prayers. There U a leene where spirits dwell, Where frlen.l hnl.U liil. r.otirse with rrlcnill Tbousk lumlerisl far, ly (slili we meet Arouud one euiiiuiua suerey suak Ami now, may the blessing of Clod com down uxui your bodies and upon your souls, your fathers and mothers, your coiiiianious, your children, your brothurs and sisters, and your fi lomlsl May you bo blessed lu your business aud In your pleasures, in your Joy. and in your sorrows, In the house ami by th way I Aud If, during our separation, an (now from the unseen world should strike ftuy of us, uiay it only hasten on the rapture. Pinn, hearing of Absalom'. rel?IlIon toiik hi servants, and followed bv six hitn dred faithful I'hilistinos under Ittal the Oit tile, fled from Jerusalem. Zndok and Aliin thar also, with the Invite hoivring the ark, went with him, but David sent back the ark. saying that If od delight 1 In him He would bring him bnc't to his city and threno. Hmlinf, thenrchlte. I)avld's friend, wn. also sent back, in order that, perchnnce, he might be used of txl to defeat, the counsol of Ahithophcl. who had turned traitor to Iavhl nnd IwM-omo Absnlom's counselor. It turned out n Hnvld had trusted it would; Absalom accepted the advice of Hushai rather than thatofAlilthoiih.il. and Hushni sent word to liavid which hnl him and all who were with" him to ero over Jonlan tn the other side, and they cnine to Mnhniinlui, a Ivitloal city nf (hid, where long before tho angel of (tod met Jacob (Uen. xxxll., 2). Alsmlom nnd Ms ntmy nlo crosm-d tlfo Jordan, nnd then follows the record of the conflict, nnd the death of Alsmlom nt the linnil- of Jonb n he hung by his head in nil onk. The Verso Imnnxliiteiy prec-ling the mre which begins our I'"wm m snys; "They tisik Absnloni nnd cast him into a gn nt pit in the w.xmI, nd'lai I a very gre.it h np of ton. upon him." ThuspiTislnxl Isnn'iful Absalom. 1. "Absalom' inoniimont." This is the R. V. translation Instead of "Absnlom's plaoe." Hero is the renird if something thiswicke.1. wllllul, wayward sou ha done) in his lifetime that his niiiuoiiil-ht be -rict tinted. In Absalom's life evr r-thl:ig wns for Alna lom, and his name, nnd his pleasure; it might lx mid of him a of DclshnxTar, "The (J1 lit whose) hand thy, breath Is, nnd whose are Ml thy wnvs, bust thou not glorllix." iDan. v.. U.1.1 The life of a Christian is to deny self nnd plonso I (iod, magnifying His name; unto such lie I says: "I will give lu Mine house, nnd within My walls, n pl.ice and a Damn ls-tter than of i ions nnd of daughters; I will give them nu . everlasting name that shall not li cut ot,." lit, '.M. "Then said Ahimanx the son of 7.n. lok: L.t me now run nud henr tho King tid ings." This wns the son of Zndok tho priest, nnd he had already endangered his life for Dnvid when he nnd Jonathan, son of Ahlathar, brought word fmm Hushai to Ilnvld that ho should flee ncros the Jordan (chap, xvii.): now he is nnxiotn to oonvev to Havid w hat lie thought would beglud tidin; for him, but Jonb will not comx-nt. "Then said Jofib tol'ii-hi: (Jo tell the King what thou Imst Keon." Wedo not know any thing more about thi man thnu is here re corded, nor why Jonb sent loin instead of Ahimanx, uuI-h the rivs.ni is found iu the words "what thou host Mien." Hi iinm sig liltles "l.liiek," an I he may have been a mi--Honnl attendant ujion Jonb. mid seems to ha witnessed the kill'ng of Absalom. 'ii, "Then Aliiiiiniix ran bv the way of the plain and overrun Cuslil." This "iw or fill brother," for such is tho sigiiillcaiui. of his uames.wns so onger to boar tidings that he again pleaded with Jonb to let him run after Cushi, nnd Jonh finally consented. Hn was so sw ift of foot that he ou'vati Cushi nud got to Pavid first. This rem. ml us of that other ilisi iplo who outran Voter and camo lirst to the sepiilcher (John xx.. 4). Hi. "Aud I hivid snt between the two gntca, and tho watchman went up t'l the roof over the gate." . Wo now pass from the battle Held with its twenty thousend slain (verso 7), and tho monument which Absalom did not build for himself (tho heap of stones), to behold David as bo receives tno tidings from themes engers Ahimnax and Cushi. !T. "And the watchmen cried and told the King." He sees llrst the onennd then tho other running alone, nnd he report ench to the King us lie comes in sight, nnd now wo may fancy tho anxiety of the King', trem bling heart till he hear . the tiding. Wearero minilod somew hat of Kit ns he sat in the gat waiting M hear tiding of tho battle, hishenrt trembling for tho Ark of Ond (1 Ham. iv.. 111), but Ell seem, to have been nearer to Ooa than David, for Kit trembled for tho Ark, not for hi sous, while David's only anxiety was his sou. 27, 'J. "All I. well." This was tho shoutof Ahimuux, as he drew near to tho King with the tidings that the King's cnemine worn overcome. The wutchmun recognized Ahl- niaux by his running, before bo came near enough M lx seen ns M his features. Home of us want to do thing Just like other peo plo, but Heripturo teaches us that Hod take u mun ns he is, and work through oue In one way nnd another iu another way and all equally for His glory. Let us see Jesus only, and yielding fully to Him, let Him work la and through us by His spirit nt He please. ii'J, W). "And the King said: Is the young man Absalom tafeV Ahiniaa. had cried: "It is welL" but the King replies: "It i. well with Absaloinr" He seemed tobaveuo heart for any but this wicked son. It U ft Wonderf nl picture of human love. 81. "And Cushi said: Tidings, my Lord the King; for tho Ixrd have avenged the thi day of all thorn that rose up against) the( " Thu from the mouth of two witnesso the fart is established that the enemies of the King are defeated. , 3'J. "The onemle of my Lord the King bo as tluit young man is." Htill unaffected by the good tiding of the defeat of ths enemy tho King ugalu asks: "Is the young man A& snlom safe" and receives bis reply In these not doubtful words, which declare that Abia lulU is death .. The thinar which lie fonred ho Come upon hun, auu now tn His hoarrr nuown forth, and ft I proved that wicked Absalom i tnoroto bun than hi faithful soldier or captains or all hi people. Itt. "U my son Absalom I my son, my son Absalom! would (iod I hail died for thee, O Absalom my son, my son." Perhaps there are uo more pathetio wonts In all Hcriptnre ' tnan iBie, hub mere are various way ot j looking at thein. Absalom appears to bo in I deed a lost oul, passing out into the black ' nesa of darkness forever, and well might ! David wish to have died iu hi stead, for he I was ready to moot (iod and Absalom wo not; but then Mod wa overruling all thi vi., 141. and He is infinitely wise aud awod." David was In tills L-rief for Absalom'. honoring him more than Ood (I Ham. ii., U'.h ; and whilo hi great love is commendable, bis idolatry is Dot. Let those who foolishly oy, "I do not want to go to Heaven if my wue, niy uuhiinnn, my in, my ctuiighter, ' bit brothor or my sister i not there," con sider well those words of our Lord Jesus Christt "If any man come to Me, and hath not hi father and mother, nud wits aud cnuuren, and urotnron ana sisters, yea, bis own life alao, be caunot Iks M7 disci vie." (Luk xiy., 3d.) Lesson Helper. A. CATHOI.IO CRCBADER. . Mis. tialll A. Moore, of Philadelphia, Presideut of Bt. Maluchy's Indies' Total Ab ttinence Boclety, ha the honor of being the first Catholic woman to addrm a mil.lio uu sembly in the preneuc of ft bishop aud iiriests. This was at the last annual conven tion of the Catholio Total AhtUneno Union held recently at Cleveland, Ohio. Mis Moor lends thi oasuraue to Mis WUlard: "I am with you heart and soul in the fraud motto, 'So sectarianism in religion, uo eo tionalism in politico, uo sex iu cltixenship; but each and all of u (or Ood aud horn aud nativ land.' " Au English guide, while showing the beau tie of the little town Saltalre, whirs no liquor Is allowed to lw mid, explained that the "rat of morality" wa remarkably high while that of mortality wo very low, twiug bout thirteen to th thousand. RELIGIOUS HEADING. (M 10'. It Isn't thi thin j . ,. ..o, dear. It the thin ( you leave uii.loni Which give you a bit of heartocho At the sotU.ig of tae sun; Thn t-'iidor word forgotten. The l"ttor you did not write, The fl iw.-r you might have sent, do ir, Are your haunting ghosts tonight The stone yon might hnvo lifted Hut of tho brother's way; Th bit of hearthstone conns d You hurried too much t say: Tho loving touch of the hand, dear, The gentle nnd winsome tono Thnt Jou had no time or thought for, With 1 1011 1 ilo enough of your own. These Utile acts of kindness. 80 easily nut of minil. These chanc to lie nngols, Which oven mortals find Thoy com 1 In night nnd silence, Kirli child's roproac iful wraith. Win n hope is faint and llagitig. And a blight has dropod ou faith. For life Is all too short, dear, An I sorrow I all bsi great To siitTer our .low rompnssion That tarries until bxilntc; And it's not thu thing you do, dear, li s the tiling you leave undone, Wiiich give you thu bitter heartache At the setting of the sun. Juryiiivt E, Songster. nst as yon are pleased nt finding fault, you nro displeased at finding perfection-. Lartttrr. Here is a noe.le.1 1 ssm well put by a "llt tloone:" ' Two little glr: w.t.' "playing church. One raid: 'Now, w aro to iiave prnvor. You kmvd down and Isi n 'renl I hrlstian;' I'.l Just sit down nnd put my hands tii to my face. I m going to be one ot those "styli-h Christians. " C'hnrity Is more exton-lve thm either of the two other graces; w hich center ultiinato- ly in ourselves; for wn believe nnd wo ho for our own snk ts; but love which I n most di-inU rest. (1 principle, carrio. 11 out i f our selvisj Into ibmires nnd endeavor of pro moting the interests of other beings. .I'fcr bury. (iivo us, oh, glvo us the man who sing nt his work! He his ih'ciiii ition what it may, he is cipiat to any nf those who follow the same pursuit in silent siiIiciiiics, lie will do mora in the same time, ho will d 1 it bet tor, he will p rsevere longer. hie is icsm ly t'lisible of fut.guo while he marches to music. Tli very star nro said to nciko hiuni my a thoy revolve iu their sphere. Wondrous I the strength of clnor fulnns, altogether pa-t cuh u a'ion Us po. wers of eieliirnno , Klforfs, to l. perma nently ii olul, must Ihi uniforinlv j 'Votis, a spirit nil sunshine gra s.ful from very la 1 U '-s, l eati'itu! b 'ca'is" bright -Cii lyr. A single bitter word may disipiiet nn en tire family for a whole day. Oil" surly plaint" ca-t a gloom ov -r tm h nis"h I I, while n smile, like it gl",tm of sunshine, may light up the ilai k '-t and weariest Ii ' iris. Llko Ulioxpeetod flower W uieh spring up nh ng our path, full of fi 'shn -is, fra;ranc. nud IxMiuty, so kind win .1 and gentle net nnd sw.sit disposiiii.tis make glad the sa T"d spit called homo. No matter how hunililo tlio bIhsI", if It be sw.s'leue l w ith kiuilii' S. and smile, the heart will turn lovingly to ward It from alt thu tumults of tho worlil, ml homo, if it b over hoicelv, will 1 the dearest spot beneath the circuit if the un. Ltanyelirul Mrmr 11 ;e r. The pcojilo of (lod net 11 if the fields now o fully p 'ii to missionary IhIi ts would al ways I o oj on, but this U not tho cii-. If not occupied by Christian ini-siiuiarios thy aroniit to Ui pio-ix cup d by other forc, wlilcli nro sotin times oven more ddlicult to eiicouuti-r thnu 1 110 original hoithoiilsiii ot the poiile. Commerc , with tho immoral ity if nien-hnnt who conn under ti e g. n eral niimo Chri-tiau, is n ternlilo bin Iranco to missionary Inborn, if it gor into n hen then country before the people have l limed the nature of missionary w. rk. Iu Western Africa todav tho race is lictwi'ii rum mid religion. Where rum has gone lirst, real re ligion hns had hard work to iiiuho headway. Moreover, if Trotes'iint delay, the r.pro s.ntativ of a corrupt Christianity nro nlwny ready to outer in 1 nnd make tho pe..pl nominal Con-J v.Tts, who are harder to ln won to Cliri-t than n'al beath"ii. 'Il.e American II -aril slni U d a mission to l'111.ilas kingdom iu southeastoi 11 Africa in I'-M, but throiuh various cuii-es it wns not fully begun. I-nat year two missionaries arrive I at the capital to begin the work, but the r.irtuge-o had got there ahead of them, n"d they wvr.j sent away witli these words from tun king: ' Tell those who sent you, your f.x-t have delayed too long. Had y. u" Iss-ii the hi st here to mourn tit- death of mv father, yours would be the place now occupied by ttei I rtueso. Thoy mine llrst to mourn tiiedeath of my father. They nre my touchers and the t-'aeh-ers of my people. I cannot mairigo two set of tende rs at one and tho same time. Lojj ti.f Jiistieuurii nniNKINll A PARK. My homejess friend with th-i chromitlo noi while you ure stirring up the su ir in a ton-cent glass ol gin, let inn give you n fact to wnh down with it. You si.- you hnvo longed for years for the free, iiilesndent life of the funnel, but have never Uen uhlo to got enough money together to buv a farm. Hut this . just where y 011 aro mis taken. Kor severul years you' have been drinking a gixxl imp ov. d f 11 rut at the rat nf 100 sipiare foot ni a gulp. If you doubt this statement figure it out for yourself. An acre of land contains sili.-Mio .piare feet. K limating, for convenience, the land ut H:J.f" r acre, you will mn that it bring ti.e luu I to just one mill per s-iiiar i fo.it, one c.-nt for ten Hpiaro fwt. Now jxuir down thu tlory d'si and i i ngino you are swallowing a strnwls-rry paich. Call in live of your friends and have thoiu help you gulpdown a &) loot gar.l 11. Uot on a pro liuigiHl spree some day, nnd st how long a time it rupiires to swullow a jmsturo largo enough to food a cow. 1'ut down that glas of gin; there's dirt ill it -Id) sipiare toot of g.xsl, rich dirt, woith til3..'sj per acre, Hub U'tidi tte. OOB'S WOI'.K AM M.vVs WOHK. Man's work iu U'liutifvii the earth is rory ditfenuit from liod's ' w.n k. God's work is seen in iiinjiistic p 'uks w hich pierce tho sky, in fonnuii ; walcrfalls, iu patlilcss for ests, in tai.ltsl bushwoi d-, in noli vail")', iu ever-chniuing outliu s if oar Ih ami heaven. Man's work apiseirs in prim foot path, in inoiiotonoui.lv ii-iiiuued heilg.w, and ill Usls of llowors s it nut wall iiiatheuiutical cxnctmsj which sugi -sU a neat diagram in I", icli.l. We never tiro of lied' work in beautifying tho world; th re is it newness of surprise iu it whu.li never fails. We do gro.v i.'em y of the do.. 1 levels, the haul, straight lines, the t.u' i.i.i i a1 balance ot circles, triangle and p .r.ido! grains, into which niau "iinjroMs" Cod's work. Aud when we t.irn to thi HiU uud 'H thut lsr a . appourl the tuuclcd order of Cod's c eaiij.; heights, depth and wandering uniff's, which defy the utmost reach of thu human inii.d we recognize that the beauty of (i si's work lu the Hook is Use the bounty of li xT work In tho world; and ure thankful that, at least within ttie oover of Holy Heripturo, man cannot Intro luoo the prim order of ft dond system. Huinauly ouking. the liitile would not have been so new or so living a book to day, if it had not been written iu tho ordr of a 1' elcal treatise, beginning with an ex ai't detluitiou of Ood, and ending with a minutely prvolse exptsiition of eechatology. tlod gave the bible, ha gave the worhl, in that apparently disorderly order wherein Hpear the truest beauty aud the doopjst unity. Uisi loft to 110 man the work of muking trim ilowar-bedt aud equally trim ysU-uu of theology. A S. Time. ' TEMPERANCE.' I m.f niiuiox nAjcti. ParV clouds hung hoavy o'er mir land, ' Vice stalked abroad, with powerful hand Iald low the g.xxl and wise; The hearts of wive and mother, bled To know their cherished ones had fled From virtue's snored tie. From 'mongst these clouds a star appear, ; A gleam of hi each Istsotn cheers, It shed a heartfelt ray; Hath mndo a brighter prospect known, The light hath on too drunktrd shone, He' dashed his cup awny. The Christian's hoic, ths Christian', theme, At length has como. The matchless schem Hath leti proclaimed around; It doth the mother' hojx. restore, A wife's complaint nre heard no mora. There's rapture in the sound. Advance ye now, Ilhio Kiblxin band, And scatter blessings through the Unit, Oh leave no path untrod; l"t not temptations thoe nlhire, from purposes so w ise, so pure, Hut plni thy trust in U.xl. -tr. II . C'oo.r.in Ittttllr A jc fur 7Vmnranc S-T ATtSTIOH AMI COMMOSt BK.fsr. The ststeineiit Is made that a coinmlttoe, appointed I.v tho Hritish .Mislual Aswx'in tiou, rojxirts the nvcrage ago of total abstain er ,0 I, rlfty-ono year and twenty-two .In vs. habitually temperate drinker, slxty thr.s. vein's nnd thirteen .lays; careless drink ors. lifty-nine years nn.l sixty-seven day, nud halutiinl drinkers 111 ty-srven year and tlftr-iinie .lavs. A.-cording to the., remarknblo figure the tial.it iml drinker may reasonably expect to live lx year longer than tho total nbsti nonce unit', w hile the temporal or inoilerate ilrinker iniiv count on outliving his isil.l wiiler iit h.-hisir sonio twelve year or so. No I'.'.iil.t the-., st.'iti.itics will Impress n great many people, I ml it. should I... rocol le, tod that stutisiios nr not nlwav reliuble. Wo must, exerei-e our iNiuunou sense in puss ing iiii;iiient upon these mutters. Tho llnt isii Meiliral Assoeiation may i-sno its reports by the aeon, but in; perieetly suite man w ill lieliove thut a fellow, who is all the tlimi full of honor, stands a better ehuni e of living to n good old ago than a man who lias never touclm! alcohol. The thinj; is not reasona ble l'.ul these lli'ures may bo a plod without nnv tlotiinge to the cause of total alistinenin. I ,ef us take 11 common sense view of them. Admitting that the av. r ;o total ali-tiiii iieo 11111 il.i s ut tho ne of flliy-ouo, helinsen. Joyed, alter reaching iiiiiiiIhshI, thirty veins of his lite, in the lull possession of bis facul ties, and with a eolit union capacity for work nnd pleasure. ( Ml th" other hnii.l. Hie biiluliiiil drinKer, lifter leaelung the ago nf twf-ity-otie, it is fair to . say loses alxuit half nf hi time, nud really live only about ciglit.S'ii years, for the time passed iu ino. brioty, and its resulting illness, and them se.iient lfn id cniplovnieiit should not Isi count.sl ns a part of a useful, enjoyable life. Viewed ill this li;;hr. the total iilistiiienco man ai tiially lives llftv one years, but the Ini 1 .1 1 11 n I drinker lives only tlur't y-nnm years. It w ill t.ik" soiio'thlii ; Ih-shIi.s slatislir to convince sensible j pin that alcohol is the genuine olixirof Inc. Allnnln t.'onstitutiun. rnr. nunc bivkr. "The Citi.s. 1 .f the Hlai k Kiver." I the H le of a vivid lis-tnro recently ilelivernl in different parts nf Knghi'id Tile river is al cohol with it thre .lark tribiitarie w ino, beer and spirits. "Last y. nr," said the l. turer, "the l-'ugli-h people uctmillv swab lowed W.Oisi.issi gallons of w ine. J'..".'. , I pullon of s-r, and :Ui,isi,ii g.illons of ei'irits. th" whole Is-iiig siillii ient to loan a lake flffei 11 feet d.s'p, I J11 f ei t wide nnd ten miles long, lu h'inling i 1 .," i.issi upon this.the country has created the 'city of reel, lug men,' with l.om.imo luliiilutants'iind list,. (sl licensed houses to I in Tea -.0 their liilinlior; 'the city of tho blixHbtinned hand,' with Ite 7's;.iJ0d criminal inhabitants; 'th eity tif tlio iron doors, with it Bi.i)0 hutiiHii beings i-onliued iu pn.ii: 'th city of the men in b'l'".' w ith its .'l,ii"i se lieemen re. 1 tn r." I mainly through drink, uud costing inoie than AM.noii.ooo e.erv Joar; 'the. city of the Mile i l k.' r.spiiri:ig Is,. (in doctors iu t oo l ulled Kill;;. loin, n hell !" Would Is. sulliejent but fill llleohol; 'Ilei city of the restless foot.' wnh it. loving nriuviif .'iO.inni inual onils. and not n doen teetotaler niiioiigsi tin in; 'the i iiv of the lireles grate,' mil all the misery which llelMsl to litis., the bitter .'I V "f outcast l'll- don; and 'the sad city of tho midnight troot,' with -1 1 x ), 1 s rm ii.-1 girls; 'the city nf thu starving poor," w it Ii its nullum of pan pors; nud 'tho city of th" .Irink-sluin dead.' w ith its daily average of ;t'.ii victims. Miall t b" said of thu 'lllnek Itiver' "Men may come nnd men may g s Hut I How 011 for over." k tfolulUm vt Die reuinta. AX AI.COIIol.il' TKANf'K. Ill the xHuirtri ly Journal of iie'n'ief 7, rr. ( 'rothei s writes of the "Alcoholic Trun. e in t 'riu 1 1 1 1 it 1 Cases.' iiiaititaiiiiiig thut "the trance st.ite in iie hnety is u distinct brain condition, that "this brain state i one lu w hich ull memory and cniisciouut- of act or words aresiisiMMid.sl;" and thut "during thi trance pernsl crime against porsou or pros rty may lie 011111111 t.s without any motive or nputrent plan, usually unforsis'ii Blld lllletp.s'le.1." lie also lliaillLlilns that tin conditiou should m fully rocogui2.st by court and jury, and tho measuri of l esis.nsibihty and punishment suit.sl to each en mi; thut "they should not !o punished us criminals. In .r should they Ihi lll.el ul.sl us Mine men; they should lie housisl uud iMiitinisl in hos pitals." This alcoholic "trance," which make possible the unconscious mmmission of crime, certainly involvisi groat peril U the commiinity . This view makiHi yet moro ob viou the importance of abstinence, and the suppression of the drink triitlle, to tho cud that the dangerous alcoholic "trunce" muy le avoided uud proveuted. .YiifiomiJ Ail I'ociife. ft WATIONAL STRIKE A OA. INST Rti. The Allianrr .Yetos culls 1111011 the 111illi.ini rf Knglish, lrLsh, fsvtch and Wlsh s.pl,i to join in a monster national strike against the tyrant ale, wine and spirits, cry ing: "Wake up! One hum Ins I and twenty, three millions of pound were takeu from th xs-kets of tho British public last year by the roblier Drink. Who can estimate the sjv erty, the crime, and the misery the liquor onslucedr Juiu the driuU su-ikursl" TUB BUK1IITICH HAT Is Colli NO). A not Increase of nearly S77, U u Christian for the year i no insignificant return. The lent lis among ttie l'J. 7). M i Christian of 1 1st your must have made a largo tigure. This loss mi l all other losso have lus'n untdo .xxl by con versions and iinm;rutioiil unl nearly Imo.ooo gained in nddition. We 11 . w have 1-U, 7(17 churches and t",.'t.'2 minister, showing a net gain of L'.'-s.' churches nud iboo ministi-rs, A cl str u l.l.ti.ni of uu uv. r- of betwiHiu Um and elev. ii churches, and is many minister every duv iu thu your, does not npjs.ar to indicate diciins A Kiwor or growth. A duily harvest of "10 .ul i not syin;. toumtiu of thut decuy which certiin Coptics profess to discover iu Christianity lu this country. If in nddition to the grund totals of chiirchoi, minister and communi cants, and tho gains in each fur the year, wowou'-give the grand total ot the mil lions, yes, billions of money invested in Christian churches and Christian institu tion, uud the millions upon millions more raised for the sprout o( Christianity' Uos pel, we might Hope to oonvinos even th Theosophists, who think that now is the op portunity for Hu ldhism to take America, that Christianity has still some hold upou the p.Hiple ut ti country. Tin iad pendraf. , The Supreme Court of low ba. decided In favor ot the constitutionality of th pro hibitory law of that State iu authorising th seizing of liquor kept for sale, eveu though It Is sent from another Suite and is owued by person Uviug iu such other butte. r -s K. b . 1 jr 1 .k fl . f'Hni.elN - L ' ;v!ru 'l'J A v "3 - A. C. Will; it I'tnmuitt Ait Jinad- A l'litisiaii scientist, who lus liocn cx pcriuictiting; witli a view to .'isrertaiuiiin; the tratishiccKcy of larc bodies of water, say that daylight entirely leases in the waters of the Mediterranean ut a depth o 151 feet. A Sacilllce, Mi i ,1 s . PAirn.'j l 1 .,T--- Mrnr-cv'a 1 'I I !: Ii is, c t VoV in. ! 1.1 "Do you sell postage-stamp, here, Hub.'" nskcil old Mrs. Huryiu, cuturiny; (he drug store. "So, '111," rctiirucil the boy; "wo just i,;v 'cm away ut co.-t." I'h L MjWo Vnillsclf Solid. If vou liavc frt'.pii'lit Ilea. lie In . iliZI ness and fainting spells, iii coiii aiiic.l by cliills, crumps, corns, luinioiis.. iiillilains, epilepsy ii'ul jaiiuiiice, it is a sign that you arc not well, but are liable to li any minute, l'uy jour siiliscription ft vcur in ailvaticc uiul 1)111 make jnursclf solid for n goo.l obituary notice. Z.it tilte (-V. '. Ur.,?.- 1. Churlie bringu homo Curio. 2. (A rear after) Cuilo bring, honitx' Cbuilie." .
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