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TALMAGFS 8EUM0N.
I Brooklyn Dirine'a Bermon at tho Oaj
French Captte"
.tt- "Jrhofhrbn, Ihfdaughlfr of Kinif
f iHnzlnh, ami Hint htm from omontt
lL Vino "" iraicn iitit noun, ni rnr i
fj i n- Aim "'' hi ntir.se, in fie hrrf-
""" II1L-I...I. II... i.-
jJkflUn"" l.oo.i'.o, ,nw. rif- mi mil.
Wnn -In'' lrn M"''nr "'' ' hnuxit
,'tthr Lnr t Ir""-.' -H Kings, li 3. ').
Grn'itn"i'"-' " -.-. -....I
rhil.lrrn'" children than they were with their
i forty years f age, if discipline be
LrtfMrv. chastisement In uwil, but at ev
ifrandmother, looking upon the
i,lhavior of the grandchild, is apologetic
di'P" " i""""11"" confectionery rr
i-i M i unlhtiiiy niiira lAAiitif.tl (h.n
..... mullnwini of old ago tuwanl childhood.
jjrgnitmnthm take out her fiocket handkor-
.kif ami wipes ner ro euu pins mwn
DI I.. .irt Ik. u..-
C ItTl HX1S 111'" M vi. J . ... .... inr-
!hi,vou anil rebellion descendant, nml
"i don't think ha meant to do It; lot
I'll I,. r,,wsnll.1 f.s. I.I.
brhf i"r in tha future." Mr mother, with
fkf aeronii generation around her a bolster
said ono dny: "I uprxx they
tliuM t' dlwlpllnail, Imt I can't do It.
Crivliiithcin ar not lit to hrimr up ;rand
rtuHrcn.'' But here, in my text, w liave a
-niiiiln'1tli'r nf a different hue.
I hve within a few day been at JeniM-
Un, where the ixi-urremw oi inn lexi vook
w,trf, anil the whole w-ene rama Tlridly be
In ni while I wm Koiinjover tlio iii'te of
.i. .n.-iiMit taiiiiile and i liinlilnz the tower
rfthi- Kiiin'" iMtlni'e. Hera in tho text it in
old Athaliaii. the nuwiily inurilernie. Nlie
jujllt to hnve lieen honorable. Her father
VMI tvltij; ier niiKomiii wh ivnifr. rier
ipc mi a Kins. Ami yet we Hnd her plot
line for the extermination of the entire royal
fmilV, Im hulinR hor own Rrandchildri-u.
Tbeen-iutioner Hiiiye are tmarinmeii. l ne
mIic i rnl wnn ina niooii oi i rincee ami
ji,.-.i. (In all ar Khrieka, ami
tn l thrown up, and truele and ilertth
pnn. 'n merry! Kill! Kill! But whilo
thiv.rv (loor of the imld'-e run with rnrn-
tl;i. ami the whole laud in umlr the
rhadon of a Krrut horror, a fleet footetl
vutuaii. a rler(ryinnn' wife, Ji-luwheha
br nuiiie. lU'uithily approai'hea the im
wrial nursery, peizen upon the grandchild
that hud poiiiimiow yet eno.ix! nmnxeiTe,
mn it up tenderly but In liONte, ihiji;1m it
ti.iint her, file down tho palace utah-n, her
wrt in her throat lost sho be dixcuvered iu
thin I'liridt inn nbduotion. (Jot hr out of the
r a ipiiek a you can, for ehe roi'rieea
pre'inun burden, even a youn King. With
ihi youthful prizo he priwsen into the r'Mini
of tlio niK-ifiit temple, the church of olden
time, unwraps the young ivlng and puts him
d iwiL wmnd axleep an he in, and uihuik Iouh
of the peril that haa been threatened; ami
therefor ix yeara lie in secreted in that
rhurch apnrtimyit. Mennwhilo old Athnlinh
imaclis her lipi with i-atmtui-tloii, and thinks
that all the rovul family are den, I.
But the ix yeara exnire, and it ia now time
for jrouiiK Joasli to come forth and tttko the
throne, and to pu h bat'k into ihxmce nud
death old Athaliah. The arrangeuieutri are
all ma le for political revolution. The mili
tary rome olid take puhiesMioii of the temple,
wwear loyalty to the bjy Joash ami stand
arimnd for hi defence. See the aharpeaed
wnis and the btirnihv Hhioldn ! Kvery
thinst iareadr, Now, Joash, half affrighted
at the nrmed" tr.'.mp of hi defenders, wared
at the vociferation of hi admirers, ia brought
fiiurili in full rejulia. The wroll of authority
It put in lu hands, the cornet of government
it put on his brow, and the ticonle claunwl.
ml waved, and huzza1!, and trumueted.
What in tlmty Haiti Athiiliah. ' What la
tUt wituid over in the temple!" And
the fiiea to see, and on her way
thy meet her and say: Why, haven't you
board! You thought you had alain all the
Mviil fmiiilv. but Joash hns como In linlit."
Then the ipii-enly niurderexs, frantic "with
ms p'aniie I her mnntle and tore it to tat
ters, and cried until she foamed at tha
Bimilli: "You have no riKht to crown my
grandMin. You hnve no ri;ht to tako the
jtiivi'n.iiieut from my ulioiiUlor.. Trenton!
Tr.M)n''' While she stood there crvin? that.
themililai v starteil for hur aimt. nml h
tiok a khurt cut throuli a back door of tho
temple, an, ran throiiKit the royal stables;
but tlie listtle axes of the military fell on her
in the ham yard, nml for many a day. when
the Ii-t-v- were beimr iimIoo.I fnun tlm
chariot, after drawing out vounir Joush. tho
Aery iUvtU would snort ami rear paiui; tha
Plj""". a they smelt the plac of the caruue.
Tin- Hint thought I hand yon from tliissul
Jei't i that the extermination of riirhteous-
new i an impossibility . AVhen a woman is
pwl. she i apt to lie very pxid, and when
he m lad. Hlui is apt to be very bad, and
thi Atlmhah was one of tho latter mrt. Mie
Would eltflnunHto the Uut ui.iin ..r tl,u
house nf liavid, thrnui;h whom Jesus wan to
come. There wax plenty of work for ein-Ulni-m
ami umiei-u'ters. Whe would cleai"
the hind c.f all Cod fearing and Uod lovinj
oile. She would put an end to everything
tiierial iriminality. She fold her
5" , "ay: "1'tie work U
""lie; it is completely done." Is- it In
the wa,,lmg clothes of that church apart
ment are wrapped the cause of Ood, and tha
CaUKeof L'ikhI ''ovurmnui.f 1M....1.. iu..
or the house t.f pavi.l; it U JoahIi, th Chriii-
(V lt Jt(Bll tllM iLltll.JiKrt- I lia,: V
.n.u!"y' H'1, him ouderly; nurse him
P"'IJ. Athuhuh, you may kill all the othor
thUdien, but you cannot kill him. Eternal
aefenses Bre throwu all around him -...I
u clergy ninti' wife, Jeuonheha, willsnaUdi
om up fl(1(ll tU8 MUU)J nm-py Blj wiJ
TOn up and down will, him Into the house of
'Lord, and there khe will hido him for six
"",''. ut ,l,e u,", of that time he will
literati,,,,.
IVl'H. IMP r,Mn.,.lu I..... ...... .
IK. V , , josi, ospoor u ixik'ii uoea
'" rld always mnke of extinsuishiiijr
Zt TT: M"lratltlon m .. mil
bouiit "'''J'"'1"""!! ura religion."
Iii,w.i . -v lousamt ('iiristuiiK,
" 3l,t hu"',ro 1 ' forty-foin-Uiuuwud
CUntis. And tlio sevih,. .,f
J t ion ihaa beonswuns tlirougli all the
rf,,. i ,'",,ll"i hissed, and the guillotina
""'I ls. ,, tiii) .lstUo K,.osl,u,1; ,mt ,,,
"ie in . f i lu.tianitv exteriniiinto it? I lid
wey exiernnmite Allian, tho first British
nliee: iiii.,,ii... i.. u...:
up I i . .. S'iiii. ni'J nwiss l-0II'ller;
I if j" ' I'i'-astle, theChristiaii nobleman;
i1" lul1"1': t'" Aral.iun martyr; or Anne
of "r:'"l"rs,or Ciaiimer? tiroat work
11.. . th,,v f it. Just at
ill ,,!'" ,vl" th-y thou.-ht they Imd slum
m H e royal family of Je.-us. somo Joum
nf ,.r .. ' "ill, llll'l UK J IIIO ruiMiie
l'"er. , wil.w vury Mvlur ot L.hl.io.
"ini M' iirr in I ..... I.. i. .i.
.."ill lehty srivs- ''I'll i,,,t ,.,.,.,,;.,.. ,
th' tV 1!",' U. Srl''l't,ir' were" thrown into
lh ...... I "' pie on, ami
aet L 1"U':1 "I ln t,la lM,l,lio "Ilium and
ten t5 1 ,""""'" f indignant con-
w'll itKele liiii-l,.,! ,, i i , .....
, ------ m ..leu, nuu iwiiuu'i mil-
Thni !. e'1l"T"'l the Il.blo out of exisU-uce.
'Uoiuaa F.'iitm v . i,i . . . ,,
ftl.i 1 , tu my .'go oi uea-
YW i i B!"''l'ilt"l tho Heripturos. Your
nas""'Btoui,a pusillauiuioiu christian, but
1 'n tha foe of niblHj ,, of chur,.lai e n
Cm l""y "!ua,,!t "Poii that word ! All the
"ytlhlie. that have ever been created on
tiliti?- ""t U "ipared with the ho.
Ina.V1,-,wt th1 riaid ono
u 'I. in hi. uilldel desperation, t his wife:
nirei,18.1 U,t b" re"''ig that Bible, and lie
that ioi" "wy fr"m "" Aud though iu
"at- Bihleivju, , r(,.k , hatr of thZ doatl
iv.r.i ,e ".ly L'hiM tlmt (Jod had ever
iu. , TL! l'lu'l tie book with iu
ton j,U tbM np- uJ birred it with the
-M.fi Pton it, and cursed it, and said:
aLl.f.'.,'rur hv" uy " "1 that uuuui.
"lull hereT'
J!" ,mny. Individual and organited at.
Est. i i?Ve "n ,1"ldo to terminatt that
u . .Te thy l'"' H,v y
-Jiated the Aiuerioau Bibla bocietjj
TTave they exterminated the Brithh anil
Foreign Bible Hocietyr Have they eitermi-'
nated the thousands of Christian Institutions, '
whoee only object it la to multiply copies of,
tha Hcrlntnrea, and throw them broadcast
round the world? They have exterminated
until instead of one or two copies of the Bibla
In our houses we have eight or ten, and ws
pile them up In the corners of our Habbnth
arhnot rooms, and send great boxes of them
everywhere. If they get on as well as they are
now going on in the work of extermination,
I do no know but that our children may
live to sea the millennium! Yea. if there
should come time of persecution in which
II the known Bible of the earth should lie
destroyed, all these lamps of light that blase
in our pulpits and in our families extin
guished In the very day that Infidelity ami
sin shouM be holding a jubilee over the nnl--Teraal
extinction, there would be in some
closet of a backwoods church secreted copy
of tha Bible, and this Joash of eternal litera
ture would come out and come tip and take
the throne, ami the Athaliah of infidelity
nd persecution would fly otit the back door
of the palace, and drop her miserable carcass
under the hoofs of the horses of the King's
stables. You cannot exterminate Chrhstf
nityl You cannot kill Jnash!
The secoml tnought I hand you from my
subject la, that there are opportunities In
which we mar save royal life. Yon know
that profane history is replete with stories of
strangled Monarrhs and of young Princes who
have been put out of the way. Hero is the
tSirV rf m vmini VlHrf . . .. I IT
I T L i " 'i'l WHIT
! Jehosheho, tho clergyman's wife, must havo
: iremnieu as sne rushed in'o the Imperial nurs-
err ana snau'neo up joosn. ins aha unshod
him, lest by his cry he hinder the escape.
Fly with him I Jelmshelia, you hold in your
arms the cause of Hod and g-od government.
Fail, and he is slain. Hucceeii, and you turn
the tide of tho world's hlstorr in the richt
direction. It seems as if between that younf
King and his assassins there Is nothing but
I tho frail arm of a woman. But whr should
j we spend our time in praising this bravery of
expedition whn (Jod asks the same thing of
, you and me? All around mare the imperiled
cnimren or a great Mug.
They are born of Almighty parentage, and
will come ton throne or a crown, if ermitted.
But sin, the old Athaliaii, goes forth to the
massacre. Murderous temptations are out
for the axsassinntion. Ynleus, the Kniieror,
was told thnt. there was somebody in his realm
I who woulil usurp his throne, and that the
I tiame of the mail who should be the usurper
I would licgiu with the letters T. H. K. V. 1..
ami the edict went forlh from the Kmpcror's
1 throne: "Kill evervlnxly whose name begins
with T. H. K. (. 1)." And hundreds and
, thousands were slain, hoping by that nm.
. eacre to put an end to that one Usiirer. But
; sin is more terrific iu its ilenum-uition. It
matters not how you sjiell your mime, you
come under its knife, under its sword, under
! its doom, unless there Im some omnipotent
relief brought to the rescue. Hut, blessed be
Uod, there is such a thing as delivering a
: roval soul? Who will snatch away Joash"
I This afternoon in your Sabbiith school
. class, there will be a I'rine- of (Jod some
I one who may yet reign as King forever lx
, fore the throne; there will be some one iu
I your elns who has a corrupt physical inher
itance; there will be some one iu your class
I who has a father and mother wlio jo not
. know how tu pray; there will be soma one in
I your class who is ibwtim-1 to com.
j utaml In church or state some ('mm
, well to dissolve a parliament, miiih
j Beethoven to touch the world's harn t;'iii,
some John Howard to pour fresh air into the
I lazaretto, some Florence Nilitiiii lie to band
' ae the battle wounds, some Mis Dix to
sisithe the cruid bruin, somo John Frederick
( Hierlig to educate the h.isotto I, some David
Brainard to change the Indian's war whoop
I toa Sabbath sou , some John Wedeyto ncir
I slml three-fourths of Christ jnd mi. sum 'John
Knox to make Queen turn pule, some Joash
to demolish idolatry and strike for tho king
dom of heaven.
There are sleeping in your era lie by night,
there are playing in your niirs.-rlH by day,
imwriul soul waiting for dominion, ami
whichever side t!n cr.i lie th j get out will
(levido the destiny of omiiir'i. For e:i -'i imn
j of those children sin ml hollns c intend
Atnuliatl on tlio o:io side and Jelios i-lii on
the other. Hut I hoar pople s.iv: "Wh it's
the use of bothering c'lildren with relii nn
instruction? Lot tiiem grow up an I cirxis i
for thennolvos. Don't interfere wit'i th-ir
volitioa.'' Sunp no sotn i on ha I sii 1 to
Jehosheba : "Don't int rer'( with that youu -Joash.
Ut him grow up an I deride whet ir
he like the palaceoru.it, wlietlvr he wants
to be King or not. Don't disttirli hi voli
tion. Jehosliehi knew right well that uu
le that day the young Kin ' was iv."n I, ho
woulil never bo reei,') 1 at nil.
I t?H you, my friends, tin rcisui w. don't
reclaim all our children I'ro.n w lrldlin i-i
bei'iiuso webfgin too bite. I'aivut wait un
til their children liu b -ror.' th 'y f .i"'.i them
the value of truth. Tivy wait until their
children swear b ifore tli'ey teach t!i-:n tlio
imp irtanei) of rigiite mm c inversion. Tin-y
wait until their childron nro nil wrappe I up
in this world before they tell them of u bet
ter world. Too lt. with your praver.. Too
lata with your discipline. Too l.vo with
your benediction. You put ull care
upon your children between twelve
mi I elghtj.m. Wny do you u it put the chief
cars butweju four mi I nine? It i t u Into
to reiiuir a vessel when it ha got out of the
dry docks. It i to i late to s.vn Jo.iOi after
the execution- have, brolceu in. May (Jo I
arm u ull for thU work of sn itching royal
soul from doath to coronation. Can yon
imagine any siihlimer work thun thi soul
saving' That wa what ftushe I I'aul s c)i-ek
with enthusiasm; that was wh it lei Miiiisou
to risk hi life umi I Bornesiuu cannibals;
that wa what sent Dr. Ab.n-1 1 1 pread,
under the consuming skie of China; that
wan what gave courage t- 1'iiociu in
tne thiiM century. When tin military
ottleers came to put him to death
for Christ ! sake, he put them to bed that
they might rest while he himself went out,
und iu his own garden dug Ins grave, an I
then cam back and said: "I um rea ly;"
but they were shanked at tho Idea of taking
the life of their host. Ho said; "It is tlm
will of (io I that I should din," and he stood
on the margin of bis own grave and thev be
headed him. You say it is a mania, it 'fool
hardiness, u fanaticism. Bather would I
call it a glorious s.-lt'-ii'm igation, tin thrill of
etoriial Hatisfa ition. the plucking of Joash
from death, and raising him t c or ncition.
The third thought I hand to you from my
textis that tha cnurch of llod is a good hid.
lug pluce. Wne.il Jo'ioih o.i ruovn into tha
nursery of th' King and pick up Joash,
what haall shu do with him? Shall s'w t.iko
liini to koine room In the lialico? No; for
the ollleiiil desperadoes will hunt through
every nook and corner of that building.
Shall she take him to the residence of sotuo
wealthy citizon? .No; that cm, mi would uo'
dure to burlior the fugitive. Hut sin im, I
tuku hiut soiiiiwhere. Hlie in'H i t!u cry
of the mob in the streets; nIid heae.i the
shriek of the dying nobility; s sii i
rushe.i with Joash unt the room of thu
temple, into tlm house of (ioj, an 1 then sho
puts him down. Hh i kiuws that Atiialia i
ami her wicked assassin will not Imtii tr til i
templu agruatdeal; they ura not nut to g
very mut'h to chiircu, an 1 no bhu s as d iivii
Jousli In tue temple. I Iciru no will Iu h ' ir
ing the song of tho worshipers year ait -r
year; thura ho will broathe t!io odor ot tlio
golden censer ; ill that sacred epot ho will
tarry, secreted until the six year buvo
paused, and he oomes to enthronement.
Would Ood that wa were as wise as Je.
hoshelia, aud kuuw that the church of Uod is
the best hiding place. Tei'lmp our parents
took ua there hi early days; they snatched us
way from the world and hid us liehind the
baptismal fonts and amid the Bibles aud tha
tiKalm books, (. glorious incloxure 1- We
mve lieen breathing the lirwuth of tbo golden
censers all the time, and we have seen the
lamb on the altar and wa have bundled tha
phials which are tho prayers ot all saints,
and we have dwelt under the wings of tbo
cherubim.. Glorious inclosure I W lieu my
father and mother died, and the proierty
was settled up, there was hardly unythiug
luft; but they endowed us with property,
worth more than any earthly iosseisioii, be
cause they hid us iu the temple. And whea
days of temptation have come upou my soul
1 have gone there for shelter; aud when as-,
saulted of sorrows, I have gone there for
comfort, and there I mean to live, 1 waut,
like Joash, to star there until coronation. I
mean to be buried out of the house of Uod.
Oh men of the world outside there, be
trayed, caricatured and cheated of tha
worhl, whr do you not come in through h
broad, wide open door of Christian commun
ion? I wish I could art the part ot Jeho
sheba to-day, and steal you away from
Tour perils and hide you In the temple. How
few of n appreciate the fact that the)
church of (!od is a hiding place. There ara
many people who put the rhruch at so
low a mark that they begrudge it everything,'
even the few dollars they give toward ft.
They make no sacrifices. "They dole a little
out of their surplusage. They pay their
butcher's bill, and they pay their doctor's
kill, and they pay their landlord, and they
pay everybody but tha Lord, and they come
In at the last to pay the Ijor.1 In His church,
and frown a they say: "There, Ixird, it is;
if You will have It, take It now take It, take
it; send me receipt in full, and don't bother
iue soon again T'
I Udl you there Is not more thnn one man
out of thousand that appreciates what the
church ii. Where are the souls that put
aids one-tenth for Christian institutions
one-tenth of their Income? Where are time
who, having put aside that one-tenth, draw
upon it cheerfully? Why, it is pull, and
drng, and hold on, and grab, and clutch; and
giving Is an afltict ion to most peiple when it
ought to le an exhilaration and a rapture.
Oh, that (lod would remodel our souls on
this subject, and thot we might appreciate
the house of tiod as the great refuge. If
your children are to come up to lives of vir
tue and happiness, they will come up under
the shadow of tho church. If the church
does not get them the world will.
Ah, when you pass nway ami it will not
lie long before yon div when you pass away
it will e satisfaction to see your children
in Chrlstinn society. You want to have them
sitting nt the holy sacraments. You waut
them mingling ln Christian associations. You
would like to have them die In the sacred
precinct. When yon are on your dying tied,
and your little ones come up to take your last
wonl, and you look Into their liewildorod
faces, you will want to leave them under the
church's benediction. I don't care liow hard
you are, that Is so. I said to a man of
the world: "Your son and daughter are
going to Join our church next Sunday. Have
you any objections?'' "Mies you," he
said, "objections? I wish all my chil
dren lielonged to the church. I don't attend
to those in ntter myself I know I am
very w,cke but 1 nni very glad thev tiro
going, ami I shall be there to see them. 'I am
very glad, sir; I am very glad. I wunt them
there." And so, though you may have lieen
wanderers from (Jod, ami though you may
have sometimes caricatured the church of
Jesus, It is your great desire that your sons
and daughter should be standing ull their
live within thi siu re I inclosure.
.More thnn that, you yourself will wont the
church for a biding pluce when the mortgage
is foreclosed; when your daughter, Jut
Moeyiiing into womanhood, suddenly clasp
her hand in a slumber that knows no wak
ing; when gaunt trouble walks through the
parlor, and the sitting room, and the dining
null, nml the nursery, you will want some
shelter from tho tempest. Ah, some of you
have liooii run ii;hhi by misfortune nud trial;
why do you not come into the shelter. I said
to a wid owe I mother al ter she bad buried her
only son months after I said to her; "How
do you get along nowad.'ivs?'' "Oh,"
hhe replied: "I get ulong tolerably well ex
S'pt wuen the sun shines.'1 I said: "What
do you moan by thnt1" when she said: "1
cin'tbear to see the sun shiue; my heart is so
dark that all the brightness nf the natural
world sis-ms a mockery tome.'' (I, dark
encd soul, (, broken-li-arlisl nmn, broken
hearted woman, why do you not come into
the shelter? I swing the di sir w ide op'-n. 1
swing it from wall to wall. Come In! Come
in! You want it plncj where your troubles
shall b,i interpret ml, whero your burdens
shall b.i unstrapped, where your tears shall
be wiped away.
Church of Uod, bo n hiding place to all
these people. (iivo them a seut whero they
can rest their weary souls. Flash some light
from your chandeliers) upon their darkness.
With soma sooth in 2 livinii bush their imefs.
O, Church of Ood, gate of Heavou, lot toe go
through it) All other institution are going
to fail; but the Church of Uod its founda
tion is the " Hook of Ages," its charter is for
everlasting years, its keys are held by tho
universal proprietor, it dividend is licuvcu,
its president is Uod.'
Mure as Thy truth ulisll Inst,
To .Ion klnitl lie idveii
Tlie lirlulil.il Klorli s i .iilh ran J lel.l,
An I lirUht. r lill.s i.f Ih sv-ii.
(iod grant that nil this uudicii'M, the
youngest, the eldest, the worst, tlie liost, may
Und their safe and glorious hiding place
whore. Joush tout! 1 it iu tlw tomiilo.
NEWS! GLEANINGS.
Tiik fir. i k army contain about ;,iinn of
ficers and men.
Tiik life insurance in force in the entire
world is estimate I at V('fVrri.in;i,
Tiik City Council of Frankfort, the State
ciipittl of K-iituckv, has prohibited the stile
of cigarette.
A llrmiiii.sT t Tiii,i I t be opened in
J'aris, w.ier.i thero are a!mt .'Mo followers of
that religion.
I.kadvim.k, Col., has priKlmssI more than
fclo,x i.iiii l , g,t silver an Ilea I during tho
past ton years.
Tiik New Orleans City Council ha p.is.l
nu or.linancj mukitrr wnokini; In Ktre-tcurs
U mis teiiien.'lor.
In tlie past eighteen months tbo Russian
(loveriiineiit has expelled li't,m. Hebrews
from the Umpire.
Di'iusit tlie last year pension attorney re
ceived l,:il:,.'ii:i out of thu all ounces made
to the pensioners.
I.atk advice from tho NicurntruA Canal
show that tint work is apparently in a satis
factory condition.
Siir. IViii-i'u l, ,i ...i
.,,,, ,,, , f.iiiii,..ii iiiincx-
nliouist in Canada, huj beuii elected .Muyor
wi " ui'isor, wmario.
( 'OLIIILKII llllMieer u ra n,,il ... I !., .
South Carohna to Florida, wlierj they ure
j.. "ijiinr-i inncr wages.
At Tucauiohe, in (itiutomala. the hovs In a
Kchcs.l recently snizl tho muster nud lianed
him in the school house.
Til it amount of money required to pay the
,. viMj-rnns iur my prosX'lll liiinn-
cist year is ub out $liM,(Hl,()Oo.
Tiik Sacramento Hivur is fast resinning
its normal c in lit ion. The sand bar that
threatened its nuvig itlou is diKap;i viring.
Siimk remarkable cave have been dis
covered iu Western Au-traliii. Two of them
would ah"oi'dai!comino.lationsfor 'JuXJ.txjo men
c nil,
(ii!nx ciMsdu:: in Chicago h, is!l
.'.iu so 1 th i death of Jtio p,.r..nn. Tho re.-ord
for liw last four yjurs in nearly it thuusai.d
lives.
Tiik historic buililing at Harper's Ferry
Kiio .vu us J,;l Brown's Fort, is 1 1 Im ibi.
riolisli.) to make w.iv for r.iili-o 1 1 im,
1 im Municipal (ouncit of l'ari. in order
to get rM of the boggars, ha rocoiuiiwn In I
tho (. overii'mint to ostabiisU agricultural
mIoiii is in Fnuio.i.
Thk l'oter's iiutica for 1SS: yleldod to the
rop:!),ij(i) dofbus less than iSvi. The lega-i-iiu
bopjoat!iixl t- tlm I'oiu during thu year
t nouiit to IsiW.OJ I.
Tue Brazilian Koderal Army is to ba In
creased from 14,50) t a,8f4 m m. Tho c il
loction of customs duties will be intrustod
bureaftor to military mjii.
Thk iimw l.rtil.. ....... kri... .i , .
D. I i t. ";'- flllSSISSipp, Bl
St. Iuis has three spaui, each out in
ovui ii.i tour grauiii piori, tua
w. hub ueillg ut BlUUl,
TllB Boulanglst agiUtlon is being revived
In rrauoe. A grund banuuut wai given
rwently in ParU to which all friends of the
"hraveGoueral" were sumiuoned.
Mies Cauhik Bdrmiaii Kiuiohk, of rhlla
dnlphia, luu i Just been a linittod to practice
before the United States .SupreunOourt. Sue
is the fourth one of her sex who iuu sought
(or or obtained this distiuctiou.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
IiBSSOW FOB BUNDAT,JANtJAnY 10.
"ThsSongof Zaoharlas," Lnka I., 07-80
-Oolden Textt Luka 1..70
Commentary. 7. "And his father Zachnrlas was filled
with the Holy Uhost." After Mary hail
spent some three months with Klu-alsMh sh
retnrneil to her own home. In due time Ood
gave to F.liutlNsth the promised son, and wher
the day came tocimimciaethe child, the peo.
Pie who had ritne together werenlsiut focal'
him Zacharias. after his father, but hit
mother said that he should he called John:
his father being apicale.l to asked for a writ
ing table and wrote, saving: "His name ii
John ;' then were the ears oened and th
tongue l.vs. which had Nen clou il nd silent
many months because of unbelief (see vks.
9", t) and a he spake nud praised (bsl he
was filled with the Holy Spirit and uttered
this prophecy.
. "ftleesivl be the Ixird (bl of Israel "
Thus ends the first, eeiimd and fourth books
of I'salms (xli., 1,1; Ixxil , 4S; cvl., 4 Mling
of Hod's mercies and deliverances, past ami
future, for His people Israel. The name I
first found in F.x. v., , when Moses and
Aaron demand of I'hat aoh that he letO.sl s
role go. and Is always associated with
ttod's iniei-ial Interest in that pisi.le. The
prophet Jeremiah associate the twotiths,
Loril of Host and Uod of Israel, nt least
thirty times, indicating His power to care
for His people and deliver them.
"He hath vlsitisl ati'l wrought redemption
ftr His iwple" (U. v.). it wn, f,lr ,,.
re.l years sim-e Mala. hl bad sai.l that the
liord would tsitiie on Ixdialf of hi (ssiiile,
nd many more hundreds since Cod bad
covenanted with David nml Abraham, but
now His time had emu. tu work redemption
for them and to redeem them if the nor.,
willing. That we should uns'klv, pn'tientlv
ami trustfully wait tho Lord's tiiue is one of
the Rreat leon of Mcriiture ex-mplllhsl in
isitriari-hs, i.rophcU, BH.stls, ami iu our
turd Hims.'lr.
'Wl. "Ami hath raised up an horn of snlva
tlon for us iu the house of His servant Da
vid." The horn is the srmliol of strength or
tMiwer. Hannah sing of her born nud the
In th of Hi anointed; David sun: of the
horn of hi salvation, which is ,lelionh a
Knm. il., 1. Hi; I's. xviii . '.'i; and iu I's.
cxxxil., 17, Jehovah lliiiiielr savs that in
Zion He will make the horn id "David to
bud. Indicating the coming of the Mes.iah
fr. ni the bouse r.f David.
m. "As lie si.ake by the mouth of hisholr
r iphete, which have bei'n much the worlll
.'n.'' The same si.irit now m .sliimr
r:
thr nigh Zacharias had sokeii in times past
by the prophets, and afterward through
John and Jesus nml the nsistles, and will
even to-duy speak through those who yiel.j
tlien selves unto Hun (J I Vt. i., V!I; 1 1'et i ,
II; Acts lv., HI; I.uke xii.. I'.h, ami thelloly
Hpint speaking is none nthr than (iol
spending (lleb. j., 1, o; J,,!,,, (jj , 4it,.
H. "f hut we should be saved from our en.
emii sand from tlie hand of all that bat., us."
I-tu remeiiilMT that this liaison, although,
like nil Scripture, w ritten for our instruction
(lloin. xv., 4) refers primarily nml clncilvt.i
Isnt. I and her salvation I nun all her enemies,
BsJI e prophets had foretold.
""-' ". 'To H-rform tlie mercv priirnis.sl t
our l ilhers, and t remember His h.ily ci.v.
enatir; the oath which He aware to n'ur fa
ther Abraham." In I's cv S o the cov
enniit is sjioken of as one made w ith .Vl.ta
ham and isuiMriinsI to Isaac, Jacob and I,
rael. and oneof the iiromisei in the c iveimnt.
is distinctly snid to Is. to irive tie in the lj.n l
of Cuniiuu. If any one will take the trouble j
to read carefully the oft repeated covenant
with Abraham "iu lien, xil., xui., xv., xvii., I
sxli , they will sim? the full terms of that cov
enant, und surely be persimdiMl that it is spe
cially for Israel,' a ml look beyond even our
days.
74, Tj. "Delivered, serve Him,
t in holiness ami righteousness Isfore i
h .n all the days of our life." One glance al. I
Israel present condition, Ihis) year out of 1
their laud, still sifted among nil nations and
yet preserved, the rebuke still resting upon
them, clearly imiiciitsw that the words o the
Spirit through .achnria and the prophet1
have not yet bis.ii fiillllled. Ami the .as.m
is not far to seek. They rejected John nud
did as they pl-ae 1 to linn iMntt. r.vn , I'.'i;
they reiis-ted Jesus, their Mcsiah. und cru
cified Him. ami the kingdom which w isnt
band, iiichiiling Israel's deliverance u:i I re- !
torntion, is j.istHiiie till II-shall -ci u-j t. 1
power u.nl glor,' p.- -led bv uiioth-r ,l..iu !
the Ilaptist, even I'.hjih himself, (,s His f ore.
runner (Mai. iv., r... lint while .ra -I'
blindness continue because nt their iinlielief
and ri j "'lion of their Messiah, lie is taking '
out of nil nations a people for lbs mum, 1
nml whoever is willing to receive Jesu as '
their own H-rsoiial Saviour bis-omes thereby j
a child of Abraham (not an Israelitci. a child
of Und, mi bisr according to the promise
(Hal. iii., 7. tjii, t.-.ii.aml shall in due tune tin I
what it mean to be a joint heir with Christ,
a king and prie-t unto I ;.l. wliii.lesiissn,
Is manifested a King of (lie.l,.s. King of I
Kings nud liord of l.rds. win. ini.il nation
shall serve, and before whom all krig smill
fall dow n it's, hill, III.
70. "And thou, child, shall lie called the I
prophet of the higbe.-l." Ziicharms now
HH-uks of his sou as the herald of the Messiah '
and tlie prophet of the M,m High, he no
longer doubts the wordsof liabnel. j
"Thou ialt go before the face of the I.or.l '
to prepare His ways." If we have the spirit.
of John we will not seek nnv repiitntii
glory for ourselves, but be gladly consumed
as we prepare His way who is soon to come
again.
77. "To give knowledge- of salvation Ullt,,
His people by the remission of their sins."
Nono but the Saviour can give salvation, but.
His servants can give the knowledge nf sal
vation, and thev should all he telling id Ills
salvation from day today tl's. Uxi., . e,.
H "Through the tender mercies of our
Clod." All salvation, whether tint ionnl or in
dividual, is of grace, and only of grace; m
long a we think in nnv way to mint it. we
cannot have It ; but when we come etnut v. I
crying (iod be merciful to iue a sinner!'
then snlvutioti is ours.
"Whereby tho ilnyspring from on hil,
hath visite.1 us." Tin. dayspring, iiccor.lmg
to the iiiargm, signilies "uu rising,'' (.r
"ltraiii li," and clearly refers to .le.us. who
is the Sun. the Morning Star, the liianeli.tlu.
I.iglit of tli World, the I'rince of I'.aee.
The lo-vise. I Version say 'shall visit," in
Ktead of "hath visit -d. ' nud include-, no
doubt. His coming to Miller ur.d His coming
to reign.
i. "I'o give liht to them that sit ill dark
ness." "Darkness and tlm shadow of ileath
are the exii essiiius use I in isi. ix., 'J. t. de.
ecribe the coii litiou of the p oole at His lirst
coming. 'Darkness and gross'.lai kuess" are
tho expri hsinus iis.-d in u. Ix., , tode-j nlie
the stt'of things w hen liesliall Collie llgalll.
Inasmuch as light m .uitle lellowsiiip with
ton, it is easy to see iinw ni tue progress of
this Niiietis'iii h century may be but gross
darkness iu ( .oil's sight.' for whatever is not
lijrht from ( 1 nnisi l,e darkness from the
"To guide our feet ill th" way of pe.ic . "
He is the only one Who can do it, and with
out 1 1 nu wo shall never llml peace cither here
or hereafter; but a heart ill which lie dwells
has always peace, for wisdoms ways iiml
l4jiii arouina-autiienx and pcacu.
BO. "Tne child grew and waxed strong In
spirit," etc. The song of .uchuriasis finished,
it llrst word was "lilesseil" and iu last
"i'eace" our days and lives will tlm begin
and end if Ho is our KedtsMiici- and King:
This is now a word alone concerning John:
alone with (iod, unhindered und unbiassed by
the teachings of man he continue to grow iu
body and soul, until, like F.lijuh, ho comes
forth from (Iod to deliver His message. Let
us attend Oud's school, and, like Mary, sit ut
Jesux's I let. .esjon Jlelper
A wire ropo weiirliinfr 40,000 pounds
and two and uliulf miles lonj,' was sliijipci
from the Mallard Itopo Work, Wilkes
burre, I'cmi., tu tjcattlu, Washiiiytou.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Titr nu ii r.n.
Ye Another chief la carried
From life a battle o i his eprnrJ,
To the great Ynlnnia rloistcis
Of the ever living years.
Yet another year f ie mummy
Of a wnrlik'e giiitit vast
Is nichcti within the pyramid
OI the ever-growing past.
Years roll through the palm of ages,
As tlm drooping rosary speed
Through the cold and passive lingers
Of a hermit at bis beads.
One year falls and end its ismaiicc,
One arise with its needs,
And 'tis ever thus prays Nature,
Only telling years for beads.
Years, like acorns from the branches
Of the uiiint oak of Tune,
Fill I be earth With health v seedlings
l or future more sublime.
,eia mi;ftt
r.KAriN'i am i.t.rxMs.i.
Tt must have sis?mrd n ondctful position,
that of the twelve Apostle nf the Lord.
Twelve tiii-n, and the lieMs white for hnr
ved: and the world the held of their labor.
What a lirst sii kle sweep wos that which
gathered into one w.i(he "about three
thoii-nnd souls"! Hut for us. in our day,
toil ns we niBV. we seem to "atlo r only 'a
crain here nml nnotber nt n long interval.
I lad but the lirst love ami e.il I sled, how
ililleretit the world might lie' Hut now the
harves , long neg ei led, seems tisi vast lor
any reapers who can bring, and those (hat
should be of the reapers ure, alas! more
otten i.l those who mar and trample I he
grain. Mow much has perished nngnthcred,
perislnsl under the onward rush id com
merce, under the iron heel nf war!
And so we go on, doing m,t what we
would, hut what we can vet do. Seeing im
goodly stacks tint others hove garni red.
and ourselves going about the licld, t leaner
utter the harvester. Ticking up of mean
w hereby to live, u few i nuty cars, for the
dieanie I nf harvest of wealih. of fame, of
world delight; pulling down the great barn
of lain v to build smaller: ven, uio-tly living
li'oin hand to niou:h, with no nerd fur any
place of store, (ircat harvests fur others.
I n I of scatter, d grain for nursi-lvc. And
dolibllivs belter so. .Sioii,1 u( llmne.
STIsrti.TII or Till. lil t'CtH !'.
The t,. lamented (Jrudv, in hi rcret t
speech in Huston tisisl, the following beaut i
I ii I words.
Itislhcpri.le, 1 believe, of the South,
with I cr Miupli and strong faith and lor
boniogeiii oii- 'ople, that we elevate t hen .
the citien ahi.ve the parly, and t he en i cm
ahoe everything. W e leadi a man llml
bis hest guide at Inst is bis own cons, ielli ;
thai hi sovereignly rcts beiie.it h Ins own
Inr; that bis on right arm und his own
stout heart are bis best d i ndenccs; t ii.it bit
hould rely on bis S. me f,,r imthing that be
can do for himself, and on bis Oowrn
Incut for nothing that bis Mate i an : t '.it
him, till', thai be should stale! upright and
sell respecting, dowering his ta:uilv in the
sweat el' bis brow, lm dig to ,is scale, h. nl
to In Kcpiiblic, eiiinrst in Ins allegiaiii e
wherever it rests, hut building m hi-i
bis altars above bis ow n heart hstonc, and
enshrining liberty in hi ow n heart l
plaue That is'a sentiment that I w.uild
not hae been afraid to avow last nig ,.au
vet i' i inightv fond di nioi rat ic .1 ruie.
1 ppi:iue Why. let me tell you, I wen! to
Wasliiiigloii the other dev. : ami I stood mi
thecapitol lull, and my heart he.it .piii k as
I look. il at t he towering tnai h e id inv - .tin
try's c:i.it..l, and the mist g I'hered in nr.'
eves as I thought ol its trciu-tidous si;:tili
caiice, und the nrinies, nu I lie' licasur,',
und the Judges, nud the? Frt'ideiit, aiid
tho rongrcjs. nm! (he Courts, nml
all that wa gathered there. Aud
I felt that (Im sun in all it course
could not look dovu on n l etter sight thnn
that majestic home of a republic that had
'taught the world its best lessons of liberty.
Applause. Audi felt that, if lumor mid
wisiloni and justire abided therein, the
world would at last owe thai great house in
which the ark ol the Coiivenanl of inv coun
try i lodged, it linitl uplifting nnil ,s re
generation. Two days alte. ward I went to
visit a friend in the country, a modest nuin,
jwith a quiet country liniiie. It was just a
simple, uiipieteniious house, en t nboufwitli
'great big trei-s, encircled in mcfl )'t' and
'licld rich Willi the promise of
harvest. Tho fragrance of the pink and the
hollyhock iu the front yard wns mingled
with the annua of the orchard and of the
gardens, and resonant with the cluck of
'poultry and the hum of I s. Inside were
iiiuiel, i leniiliiii ss, thrift mid comfort.
;'l here was the old cl.u k that bad welcomed
.with steady measure cwrv new coiner to
the family', that Im 1 Inked the solemn
reipiiem ol the. lea I, and bad kept company
with the w.it' -her at the hr.Mde. There,
were (lie big. rclful beds, and the obi open
lireplnce, and the old family Hible, tliuuil'gd
Willi (he lingers of hands' long since still,
and Wet with the tear of eyes long since
:closed, holding the simple annals of the
.family, ami the heart and the conscience of
the home. iiiitside, there Mood my
friend, the master, a simple, upright,
:idcpendcnt man, with no mortgage
on his roof, no lieu op bis growing crops,
iiuastcr ol hi land and iincdcr of hiuic!f.
There was bis old father, an ngeil, trem
bling man. hut happy in lint heart nud
home of his son. And us they started lo
their home, the hands of the old luilli went
down on the young man's shoulder, lav
ing there the unspeakable blessing of the
honored ami gralel'ul lather, mil enno
bling it with the kniglith 1 of the I: flh
commandment. And us they got to the
'door the old mother i a me, with the sunset
.falling fair on her lace and lighting up
her deep, patient e while her lips,
trembling with (lie rich inn-ic of Inr
heart, bade her husband and her son wel
come to their home, beyond wa the house-
w lie, liusy w it h her household cares, clean
of hciift and muse cm e, the buckler and
helpmeet of her liusliaiul. Dow n the lane
ame the children, trooping hoi liter the
cows, seeking, a truant bird do, tho piiet
id their home in-t. And saw the night
rome down on that house, falling gently, a.
from the wiles o the unsisui dove; ami the
old iniiii, while a startled bird called from
the forest, ami the trees were shrill with the
cricket'. cry, mid the stars were swarm
ing iu the sky, got the family
around him, mid, taking the old
llihlo from the table, called them In their
knee., tin' little baby hiding iu the folds of
its mother's dress, while lie closed the record
of that simple day by calling down (iod s
beiicilictinii on that family and that home.
And while I gaied the vision of Hint marble
i apitol fade I. Forgotten were it trcasiii' M
nud it!) majesty, and I said: 'Oh, surelv
hi re in the homes of the people is lodged at
last the strength mid the responsibility nf
this government, tl,u hope und the promise
of thi republic' i,oiid and long loidinuci'
applause. J"
Tho Modern Clwisimiis is u ilsy on
which peo lo cxcliinge .11 sorts of jooil
from thu t.wdricst oimcrack to dia
mond,, in the natiiu of u o I w 1'. A
in tho in ijorltv oi casus I ho gift (hi
expc.: c I, and even solicited, if not
actually (Jem iml .d, und us in nt givcts
ox, oc. soup t.ii.ig; in return it hi be
Ctinu a geut burden to many. This
fu-tt iru, bio "j w th driiLkcntn ss, t lot i g
iiipI bloodshud that always occur oi tin
dav mako it not iu any i-oi n i -m approp
rutin celurriiijiu of t v nnnivcr-ury nf
thu bcgintiino of Christ mi y.
The curt at Tojcka, Kan. , bat or
dirtd tint l optka lnsuiunco company to
tiive up lor thu ueiielit oi tue policy liuld.
ci thu amouut of inouey paid tu cortait?
Uw-uiakuii to iulluuuco iiifitlatiuu.
CJporje t'ranrlf Train. t
5fr. fJeorop Francis Train, or, a ha
rnlls hiiasilf. Citizen 'I 'rain, lias lonj
licmi called the greatest rrank in Atncr
k.l. Iii'lct 1 lie an rails hitnstlf.
ml M v
CK.olloK
KKtXCI TltAIV.
The oiit.ire
iven tile vc is an iaci-T?
lent likctics of the "psvclmliioieal cni;;
tna" of Miuli.on ritpiarc I'ark, New York
city, who was mice famous a it lecturer
and debater, lie is by many ilulilicil "n
crank," because he became a recluse ami
voluntarily lum1i, Me hiel not, up to u
year aoo, it is nlleocd, convcrscil with, or
even spoken to adult for tn.inv Vciir.
Ill mild ami p'caai,t weather he spent hi
day in Mailisi.n S.piute I 'mk, which hi!
Have a hi address, lie never wctit t
h! open air rcsi Icticc uitlumt puiiino a
huge bol,Ui ; oi cheap llowcr on t he left,
I ipcl nf hi coal . It i said licit In
talked lo cllihll'i tl, nf holil he isvci v
f.md, all. 1 I 'iit then p lytliitpg like
toiler skal'.', balls, carts ami hoops. ;,..
fore Miiisct Train lncamlce, on: of tint
park to hi civilicil home at a iieiidior
ino hotel. lie is always jottiir,' ilnivti
points'' for some L'.cat literary bomli
shell, iili'l he lloocls the papers with hit
( nioinat iral ami ralublilio coin) o-i! ions.
iienrs-e I'tam is Train was born in II, is.
ton. Match '.'ith. lv.".i. in i:;:i his
father, iimthi I' ami three -i-ti rs .lied of
yellow fever in New ( lrlcau. In lV'l'Jlm
was in colli ge in ('ainlitiilgc, V.a.., ami
iu IM lestablishcl the Liverpool I'ackcl
linn of Train A: Co. lb' wa inatiicil
October .'ith. l.s.M. In is.Vl Ic i stab
lishcil the house of lcooe Kranci Train
V Co., shippers, in Melbourne, Australia,
ami iluiing the :i:iir car ilcclim d tho
picsi'lcncy o the Australian Itcpublic,
In lvf,il ', he ilcvoti d himself t.ithe ill
tro.luctioti of street tailw.i in London,
but not siniceilino iu thi-, i rl tirmo 1 tu
Alnciii :l in M'.' ami became noted a it
public speaker on the issues of the .lav.
Many of his speeches have been pub
lished, ami he i,,s also wiillcn varum
works, ainn'ig others "An American
Merchant in Kutnpc. Asia and Austra
lia," "Vonn:: America in Wali strii t.
"Spn ad Kaglcistu," M-., etc. In iMl'i
Train was assaulted iu le.sion, Dayton
and elsewhere, on accniit;t nf hi utter
ances, niil :i 'i attempt wa also ma Ic tit
assassinate him at Alton. 111. Ho.
obtained the orij-iii I cipil il, u'emt
'.',(MI(l,(MI0. to foii-trmt tlm
I'liioa I'aci.ic Itailioad. in 1 SO 1'
he organized the Credit Moiiihcr wi'.h it
capital of i?HI,il(Hi,()(iii, ami obtaiucil
donations of latul ;rant fur the company
al (iinalia. In lti'.l he lui.Mii an activn
canvass for the prcsiilcitcy of t'ne I." ii i t 1
States, -,niili.atc for the (Irccnback
patty. In IS?'.' he wct:t to Kuropi! utnl
Iclivcml iiiany public spi i.-clic. ami ctt
liis n turn j 1 1 1 i i -hcil sonic .u'tj.c l oliscciu!'
literature ami A tit In my Coii.stocl: put
him in tin: Tombs. Train was as
ailjiiilgcil a lun die, Iml alter a year's
co.itincincnt was released. In 1 S 7 ho
became the champion nl the working;
men; ipiit eatino animal food, butter
ami t'liiiiiiiii-'iil lie refused tip (.Jreen
back rre'sMi'iitial noiuiiiatioi'. in 1S70,
also icfiisino invitation to lecture, I tr'
li7 i'.'cri,ili "psyih'jlogical cotivcr-"
satioll." ill M I'lisoti Sitlate. It wa in
Ihi year that he hecatuc ilioistci, cvi
ilciilly, with the wothl ami everybody in
il icM cpl chil.lrcii), ami Mopped talking
with adults. Train is said to In- very
t it h, und owns much n il estate in
Omaha ami other paits of tlm Weil.
Yankee llbidr.
d'oiiig llui k mi n I'ricnil.'
AN (JllJi:CT VV I IHKITV.
l.icli lhciker "My ilcnr fellow, voti
know I can't Im e.xpocteil to givo" to
cvorylKiilv who '(inic. ulutig. Thcru
uro ho niutiy iuiMiHtirH anmrnl, you
know, that ono liiinllv kiuiWH to whom to
Kivti; but 1 think ymi niuy Iih ilostu ving
of thcbo jit'iiuit!d,"--c,ii ruuo Lalacr.
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