'MAGE'S SERMON. t0j ST THB SCARLET CORD. jmo Taught By tha Soun on tha Wall a J sriono. j . ,. ...... m , mi. fAtl auau i nnti brought out Hnhali. and f i ikr awt nrr hiohit, ana nrr rrrrtn ,,Trt "tt the narf."-Johu vl, 83. u wthiiit'c welcome wu given to Tjimsge In the Brooklyn Academy of L. wtieu nw .iwiit-i inn nrsi. HRrriifm r: , ....... fi-.,m tho lfi.lv I F ' pmupied, nu standing room, , tho space on behind the T,hr fllW- The two opening hymn Z ..u'w He the Tie That Hind" and " . . . . i ur.,.- k ... l. n Talmftfrn tnlil hi nitiU Lrtf ' rMleh home, ami speaking of L un-h which wm burn oil haexprassed L,t pliiire that the new wall were aU IT. L.mff The subject of the sermon wan " " .... .1.. U'.ll Th. m..k.. Mi. only few wk , I Waited l-.hn I sain; vn ywr pwiinp uwi mi 1 ,,ati-l pia'w i him uiir irve a a wedding present to t'loo. 1 1-1. ..n .m fliA irniVM nf im hi L, Wre are Herod' palacs that once r?i I. .' Where in the groat theatre from f'. rtime hich halome told tlie people J '., Hired was dead? Whore is tho r. - tree on the limb of which Lrkfiit when Jesus passed thin placet rn. i the wreck or the wail that Tell at LfJ,.wing ol me rmii iiiii nnr niiv iiiiai-b Ltill thev h(ivedi-flie(indll'l not hinder L (nun weinK i imnKinntion the wnrwh nf (TTthnin en the fnted lay. nave one house t br frull. Thnt m-ene renturini eo ounee U t,, me thniinh tt were yeter.ly. Ivrr i a Vlry 'k and mmI houe in the i, .4 J.-ri' h' . What in the matierr I it .tr' N. Wonw than that. In Jt r,; No Worse than that. Uitdeatn? iVi.rv" than that. A daughter ho for aihrr hi 'nie. Hy w hat inrernal plot hIi i . . t I ... . I . . . . . I . ! vmn fur her return. Sometime ther rifi'tt -p very niiirli like hern, and they I Lft III. mi'l HIT i-viiiiit. . lint iiiit vr Cl I k nain into disappointment. 1 lint Hrt Tlielll mm cirann oi vuo nioie. i... ..o .. 'q I iVU1lf "II IIH' vnil VI iiiit I ivy in luiib ihtor. inni is imt iioiii now. vrospien YrfnH' Il'illl Hit' I"' wiiiij bi in I'f iw. viiil tbnmj;h Jericho and see how liest it L, I. i.lci'il. oliiiur Ih the Kwt rDIIU, In ft.lKrliiiiK "ii the wall of the city. ,rt. IUIi.il- for that wan the name of tho Vt i-hil.l tlrtt. Italian uporeles llie I wo spun (their tiumuer off tho trnck; Imt vmliil' "he snvii to tlioin: "I will make ar.-nin with vou. 1 will nave your life if .. ..n uvu iiiv life, and the life of mv rran'l my mother and my lirothera and ;i u.tcpi when the viotorioim army ooimm tin1 etty. till, sho hail not loricotteu h"iiip yet. you wo. Tim wanderer never t home. v.....ner have the men untied the ararlet Irl (imii tlieir hoilies than they look up and Li -nv. ' Ymii had lietter get. all your ii. in tin hynse your father, your thi-r t. ur lirothera anil your sistom; you LlltiKTit'et t Iioiii in tins House. Aii'1, pit. afier V"ii have them here, tiiko this i i,! wlii' li V'Mi iiiivo put nroiiuii our Llwiui'i tie it ncross the window; and n nur virtiuioiis army come up, ami lh.it v arli t threnil in the window, they I w re this houso and all who in it. Shall it lie no?" cried tint . "Aye. live,' said Kuhah, from the wm- "it i'IiiiII lc n." Thut is the ecMYinil rwiiitliis Hi hie ilirtinii. There is a knock h,.,.n .if the old man. He look up, and ... "('.line in," and lo! . there I Italial), k- lust eliilil: hut uiit) Ims no time to talk. i.'iziith T m excitement around her, and riarstn them. "Uet ready iptickly, and with me to my house. The army is oom Tlie t in 'iijM't ! Make husto! Klyt r enemy " That in tho third iceuo in this ledrama. f) Ik hwts of Israel are all around about. Iuinei city of Jericho. Crash! goes the kt iie-H'ii'i'liK, heap on heap. 1 lie air Jff.iiunu with the dest, and uorrilihi with .twm i'l h dyiiiK city. All tho houso il-.wn. All the people deiid. Ah, no, no. i. iKK 'f the wall the only piwo of tho i li ft .tan.lin -thero is a house which wo t niter There is a family there that f Km ni.arcd. Who nre thev? Let us co n, lialmh. her fiithcr, her mother, her tin !. Iii r Msters, nil safe, mid the only lif. -t;iinlMis in all tho city. What ilt'iiem' Can vou tell lue ivhyy ( , it was nr.-t line in the w indow. That is the nl' Mene iii this Itilile di'iimn. ly (nvti.k theieni'i) foes coining iioii us, : deadly itud more tremendous, to over is "iir iiniii.ii tal interests. Thev will kniiile us down and .tiiIi us out forever. there liv some skilful mode of rescue Ml In tin til t nliice. carrvinir out tho Idea of text, we must stretch this scarlet isird the window nf our rescue. There ie n tune when a man is Miirroundisl la! i that in the front disir of his soul? It rhe threatenilis of tho future. What is kt mi theUiek dour of hi soul?' It is the 'f lie na.t. He cannot cet out of either tlii d. . nvh. If he iitlomiitsit he will nt t.. piM-es." What shall ho dor K-apo uh tlie window of timl's mercv. That .iliiui ha- heen noiirimr in for iiuinv a ilnv. I-I iiiviiinu mercv. (iod's liardoiiiiiK "'. (;...! all iiiinpiering mercy, tiixl's rlii-lnii: iiien-v. It i .(isy to net into sin. voiinir man. It i. 't s Sum- to ect out of it. A younir man t" tl'.e luirlile counter of u liolid. He a l.riiiidv sinasU callud ho. 1 stip- K. Uai it siuasho the man that take ...ne i, intoxication in it. A tho fy limn iiveive it ho doe not Heeui to " ex cited. It does not give anv glonsi- to the . ye. Ho walk homo in Imauti. apparel, and all hi iiS'tM "niliant. T,t drink i distri not filing :r,'.v him, but it is the llrst step on a od. l ears liav. 1 1,-, vl ... I I In El y.miig man ufter ho hasgono the whole -"l ef uVMiMition. u i midnight, and ho " a hot. . perhaps the vrv ono whore ho i r uie Hint .i, ...Lr a .i .i:; i U n iieiiiiiiiu in USill ries from the lusl and inmo to "IH.I..W. nn, it H ,,siy lifted: m it. Then ho pusht back tin "iiikik uiiil iiuts liiM r,,f ii. sill Tli..., I ,i ...... .. invn ipiiii npi 111, at-illlian tin U his ililli-ne.l IluIv '""Xiiiiiiiie, on the ptiveiuont. O, if do j nanci a llttlo ir lie had conio " "H tile si iiel.it In. I, I. . il.... T... ..o 1...I.1.. , - - . , ,,,i, WWUII ll.'l.ll, " 'He Wa f,. I,!,., .. I .. I .. I . i eii'i oil Jon, niio li'l "at ii.,, he niado one jump, and was 'II I'll !her: AVo must take this red cord ' and st retell ii across tho w indow '"'ii-eholds. When tho Israelitish 1 lllllll, II,. :.. ...II : Ei.. i ' "K'oosi aerirno iney sain: i ..i" ,lml i tho window?" Koine on.. o Is n Mcai'lot line " (Hi " Kiii.l ""uei., "that must bo the house that - I, spareil. Don't touch it." That - thick enough, and long enough, nnd IU(,ii i-miugu. t.i mivo Hahab, her v her mother, her brother and Mert,e entire fainilv. Havo our i7.'Tn ?"' 1'rot.s-tion? Have vour 'nil been consecratoil to Christ? llave ,i i Wll"c4 in the bhxsl of tho aU.ne- P" 111 Hi, Ml e....... .1 ;i.. I.,,-., -u mi von nave iniiinjr EunLi . .,w mo where it I you are a K ' kneel. The sky is black with ideV.V .i i ' yuur 'ouilly lnrnile or LtTiT t U a tutd thing for a lit nf 1 '""1st; but to ho down in the i hi V iue paiu io noaven, iio -th.t '" y c"mo UP "! trip over ,7 ' lorrllc. It i a Had V a mother to reject Christ; lh r 1 "Dr miiy arounu nee, I lku lhom hy the hand and load II "'to. rath worldliuo, away uJ and Heaven. A la I alas! vou , iur vhildreii, oh, fathor, oh, mother, inan f,u.i .1 i. ,oiaU sbulter vou owe thn.11 h nam. Hold iln'n'1'' 0",",ei'rtdLj,ronouuc,Ji Lril,.i '-""uu mo. xou canuo F'JtoWp it away from them. Now, I ttand here, you do not aee any hand outstretched toward me, and yet there re haiida on my brow and hand on both my ahoulderi. They are hand of parental bene diction. It la quite Rood many yearn airo now ince we folded thoee hand a they benn the last aleep on the hunk of the llaritan In the vtllafre cemetery; but thoee band are itretched (nit toward me to-day, and ther are Just a warm and they are just a gentle a when 1 eat on her knee at Ave year of age And I shall never shake off those hands, I do not want to. They hare helped me o much a thoueandTUmea already, and I do not expect to have a trouble or a trial betwen this and my grave where thoe hand will not help me. It waa not very splen did home, a the world rail ft; but we had a family Bible there, well worn by tender perusal; and there wa a family altar there, where we knelt morning and night; and there wa holy Rabliath there: and Wretched in a straight line or hung in loop or festoon, there wa a ararlet line hi the window. Oh, the tender, preo tous, bleaeed memory of a Christian home! I that tho Impression you re making upon your children? When you are dead anU it will not lie long before you are when you are dead, will your child say: "If there ever wa a good Christian father, niflie wa one. If there ever waa a gixsl Christian mother, mine wa one?" . Hti'd further, we waut this acarlet linn of the text drawn acrom the window of our prosiiect. To-day, my friend, we lt in tho window of earthly prospect, and wo look o(T toward tho hill of heaven and the landscape of eternal beauty. Uod hna opened tho win dow for tin, and we look out. We now only get a dim outline of the inhabitant. We now only here and there catch a note of tho ex quisite harmony. Hut blessed lie Uod for thi scarlet line In the window. That tells me that the blood nf Christ taught that home for my soul, and I hall go there when my work i done. And n I put my hand on that scarlet line, every thing in the future brighten. If from thi window of earthly prospect we can almost ai our loved one who went away, then from their tower of light, I think they can fully n. And o I wave them the glory, and I wave them the Joy, and I say "Have you got through with all your trouble" aiwl their voiis- answer: "'(lod hath wieil away all tear from our eye.' I say: "I it as grand up there a you thought'it would lie?' and the voices answer- "Eye hnth not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, the things which Uod lint Ii prepared for those t Imt love Him."' I says "Do Vou have any more struggle for bread'' mid they answer: "Wo hunger no more, wc thirst no more.'' And I nay: "llavo you I wen out to the cemetery of the golden city?" and they answer: "There is no death here," And 1 look out through the heavens, and I say: "Where do you get your light from nights, and what do you burn in the temple" and they answer, "There is no night here, nnd we have no need of candle or i 'f star. ' Ami I say: "What liook do vou sing out of?" and they answer: "the Hallelujah Chorus." And I say: "In the splendor mid magnificence of thodty, don't yon ever get lost ?" nnd they answer: "The Ijiinti which i in the midst of the throne leu. let li us to living fountain of water." O how near Ihey wcm. Tlieir wings d you not feel them Tlieir hnrM do you not hear them? And nil that through the win ilowof our earthly prospects, acros which Htrvtclielh the sennet hue. Ik1 that my choice color forever. I It too glaring for you? Do you like the blue tieinuso It reminds you of the sky, or the green liocause it make you think of the Mingo, or the black liecause it has in it tho shadow of tho night? 1 take the scarlet because it shall mnko mo think of the iirii-e that was paid for my noul. O tho blood! the blood! the blmsl of the Ijimb of (lod that toketh away the sin of the world. I ee where you are. Vou ore at the crossroad.. The next tep decide everything. I'auso bef ore you take it; but do not jutum) too long. I hoar the blast of the trumpet thnt wake the doad. Look out! I-ook out! Kor in that day, and in our closing moment on earth, tatter than any other defence or tarricade, however high or broad or etuiiendou, will be the little, thin, acnrlot thread in the wiu dow. TEJU'ERAiNCE. WHAT DOKS IT COST. How many of (iod' gifts nnd mcrclo Are I'hnuged from blesMiig into ciirscal We make of all the food that grow A part, the rnuw of hun-au woe. The gram with which lie crowniil the field, The vineyards ami the orchards yi-ld If used for f'ssl to hearts make glad, Instead of drink to drive men mad. Then could tho hungry all ta fed Ami not a soul need want for bread. I 'Ii ! ilid you ever pause to think How much this nation pay for drink, In money, lauds. ;u fruiU and gruins. In lives and souls, in hearts and brains, And no return for all tfiiscost llut enmo mid grief r Its worse than lost. A'dicim! CurswtU. Vr.MIIKHSHIP OK TUB W. C T. H, The annual report of the National Wouinn' Christian TeniHTa:.ce Union for lsu, jut piililislnsl, show s a totjil member ship for lSNiiof M ,.'ll n gain of It.' I over the total pail meiulicrship of Thi doe not include member who, from any reason, have fallal to pay their due on time, nor tho largo iiiiiiiIht of uurcjiortod I'nions, honorary inetiilxTs ami l.oyal Teincrnnr(i Legion which, together with tlie MJ.i'MS paid member, make the total memlsirshiii and supHrt of tho Woman's Christian 'I eniperauce I'liion ut leant !X',J0t and doubtless nearer ".Vl.tiUU. TKMPKflANrB NKW'.S AND NOTM. One man in ix ia the British Navy 1 a total abstainer Tho largest wi'oon in Dubuque, Iowa, ha boon clobe.1, and uUo the principal brewery. In U'LJiii. cllllullB It ,.ut n sj.li-ion.ke.ioer fnioo in ono week for t he gloriou privilege of veiling iiiuiftii'iiiui ui nmn. Ooneral Von Moltke say that "beer Is a far more dangerous enemy to Lioriiiany thau all the urmiosof France." A woman in Kast London, w ho ha been committed over !i:UI time for drunkenness, ha just died in a polico cell. Who is ra niHiiisible for this? Our Consul-Ocneral at Iterlin reMirt to tho Hocretary of Huito that certain brewer of (iormniiy "are exporting to tho L'nited State wt-is taor ailulterated with salicylic acid." TuoNashvillo hmie claim that th money lliat Tennessee pay annually to tho whisky ho (15,iss,(ho wruld inivtull thu rcgulur xienw of thoKtnto for ten years. Nash, villo saloon receipt ulonu would carry on the Uoverument. Gus Kidder, of Fort Dslge, Iowa, ha lioon flmsl tKs"' for violating the prohiblKiry law. W, H. l!olbv, a prominent business iimn.'wa lino llnwl 1000 for allowing liquor to ta sold in a building owned by him, alter an lujuuo tiou wa granUsl. The Washington Star ay: "After a pain fill lllnos aud In the iirime of llfo ex-Senator Kiddlelrgr died at hi Virginia home. The tory of hi career, with iUuegloctcd oppor tuuitiea, I a practical temjiorauce lectur, lie waa his own worst enemy." The political strength of the 8000 liquor doaler in New York city i eatimated by one of their own loader to be notloa thau 40,000 votoa. The same authority ay: "lu almost every county of the Bute there I now a liquor doaler1 association, and wa are all pledged to vote together " The Chicago Temperance Educational Bo. cloty ha Hgured out that the average yearly consumption of malt liquor In the United Ktate for each Inhabitant waa, for the year 1H40, 1.30gallon for 1M0, 1.58 gallou; for 1W 8.i gallonr, for 1H70, 6.01 gallons; for 18X0, W.61 gallon; for l&S, 11.51 gttUoun; for ltfttf, U.ta sllou SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON FOB SUNDAY. MB. 10. "Jha Mlntatry of John. LukaS: 7-23-Ooldea Text. Matt. 9: t-Ix-Blanatorr Notea. T. Then amid He to the tnnltltode that rama forth to be baptired of Him." lie had not come forth from the wildemea of Hi own accord. He did not run without being sent, for the won! of Ood came onto Him in the wllderne (verse 2) and He came forth at Hi command. Wa should always ta sure that Otd I calling, and not enter upon any; work simply twrausa we think it right to do to; when lie putteth forth His own sheen He goeth tafore them, and the sheep follow Ilim, for they know His voice (John x., 4). ') generation of vipers! (It. V., ye off spring of viierl who hath warned yon to Hoe from the wrath to come?" Matt. Iii., 7, saya that he addressed these words to the many fhnriseca and Nndduceo who came to hi baptism. They wore tho religious peopln of the uav, iiiny uesn iiK-a ny .lestis in ill eight woe in Matt, sxiii., aiid by the (spirit in Act txiii., 8. The religion of the former waa all outward, to ta seen by men, while tlieir heart were full of hvpocrisy and iniquity (Matt, xxlll., 2M; the latter denied the resur rection and that there were angel or spirit. Jesus called them by the same name a John, and told them that they were children of the devil the father of lie (John viii., 44). H. "tiring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance." They trusted in the fact that they were descendant of Abraham, and therefore the promises to him were uro to them; they did not see that in order to ta true children of Abraham they must, talieve as he believed and live a be lived. They were like those in our day who think thnt.lie cause they have taou bnjtid In infancy nnd In due time continued, therefore they nre Christian and sure of heaven, no matter how they live. (. "Kvery tree, therefore, which bringeth not forth good fruit i hewn down and oat into the tire." Jesus used the verv same word in Hi sermon on the mount (Matt. vii.. I'.h. and tnueht the snme truth in His parable of the barren tig tree (Luke xiii.. H-li). In the creation the word to every living creature was: "He fruitful and multiply" (lien. I., "'J, VJfl. To the disciple .lrsu wild: "Herein is My Father srlurilled, that ye boar much Iruit" (Ji'din xv., H. 10, 11. "The people (U. V., the multitude) aked lum, saving: "What shall we do, then,M Having heard His words to the religious lend ers, the common people ask w hat message He ha for them. Tliey made no taast of their f:HMlne, diil not display their religion, per iap felt that they hud none to speak of ; thev were the working people, and it reouired all their effort to earn enough and keep tsuly and oul together; but they had heard theory to repent, for the kingdom was at band; they had come to ta hitptircd, and now how can they show their wi mtTit y Theausweris, I!y doing good with just what tney nave. I'.. i;i. "Then came also publican to ta 1 baptized, and said unto Him, Master, w hat shall we iio? ' 1 nese weretne tax collector, whose temptation, and ierliaps ciMom, was tocollcct more than the regular taT, so that ! theirown pix'kets might ta well lined. They I were apt to ta thieves and covetous it Cor. vl.. Id, and for them John has by the Spirit i just the right word. Kich .ncrhctis, chief among the publicans, seem to acknowledge I that he had made a good deal of money in j thi way, but w hen Jesus came to his house and heart he brought forth fruits meet for I repentance by restoring fourfold to every i one whom ho had wronged" (Luke xix., H). I 14. "And the soldier likewise demanded of Him, saying: And what shall we do?" Hi answer to them is nearly in the word of Micah vi., a; "Do justly, love mercy and ! walk huuiblv with thy Ood,'' anil remind 11 ' of I'aul's word to Timothy : "Uodline with : contentment 1 great gaiu; having food and raiment let n ta therewith con tent" (I Tim. vl.. n, 8). So they all got It Just aw they needed, and we can fancy the look of each party a they swallowed their own medicine aud then watched the others taking their. 1ft. "All men mused In their lieartsof John, whether he were tho Christ or not." Not since the day of Malachi had preaching like tins lioon heard. Those who hail read the prophets might truly say, llu talks like Kliji.h un l Micali. Hi. "Ono mightier than I cometh, tha lntchet of w hose slim- I am not worthy to uuliMise." He clearly gives them to under bland thnt he i not tho Christ. "He shall baptieyoii with the Holy (J host and witli lire.1' The water baptism wu a Kvmlsvl of the inward renewal, and a token of subjection to the Olio unto whom they were haptiod, the King of the coining king dom, then at band, but Ho Himself would give them the siwer to serve Him and pu rify them troui all tlieir dross; ami tins .11111 achi had foretold a well a the other proph et (Mai. iii.. !-:; Kzek. xxxvi.. 'JT '.'HI. IT. "Whose fan is in Hi hand, and He will thoroughly pure Hi flr, and will gather His wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with lire unquenchable." Hud Israel received John oh tho herald of Christ, and received Christ a tlieir Messiah, tha kingdom then at hand would have come to tho daughter of .ion, and all thi been ac complished; but in Matt, xili., :), ;)'.M:i, Jcku declare that thi harvest will not ta now till tho end of thisugo; and tlie reason 1 found in Matt, xii , 14, where it i said that the i'hiirihoes hail determined to kill Him. In Luke xix., ll-l'.i. Ho most plainly teaclio that the kingdom shall not come till Here turn from tlie far country. 14. "And many other thing In Hi exhor tation preached He unto the people," or, a in tho ltevisod Version, "With many other ex hortutiou therefore preached tie good tid ing unto the people." That the kingdom was ut hund, Hud that all their kin might ta forgiven, and they enter into it, wa sure ly gixsl tidings, and would have proved so to tho nation bad they been mock enough to re ceive the tidings and Hun who brought them. 10, at I. "lint Herod tho tetraivh, added yet this above nil, thut ho shut up John in prison." Had John not reproved Herod he might have cscupul the prison. Had he not taken such a decided stand agninst evil, and so fearlessly rebuked it even in high place, he would have made it easier for himself, lint John was set for the main tenance of righteousness and tho overthrow of iniquity, and wu willing for hi Master's K.ke to wulk in the footsteps of the prophets (II ( 'broil, xvi., 10 xvni., 'Ji'.i. 'Jl. "Jesus also being huptized, and praying tho Heaven wasopened." Wo step back now in the record to the greatest event mull John's bnptizing. According to Matthew and Mark, it came to pass in those day that Jesus cumo from Nazareth of I Inlilce to Jordan unto John to be hitptizcd of him. Johnut llrst refused, feeling unworthy to baptize such an one, but Jesus persuaded unit John consented; then, as Jesus came up out of the water tlie heavens were opened. Luke is tho only ono v. no re cord His praying at this tnne.and this is out of seven dilfereiit occasion oil which He is spoken of a praying. 'J','. "And the Holy Christ descended ill a bodily shaiielikea dovo upon Him." Hoi the true ark in whom alone the Spirit find' a perfect resting place, reminding u of Noah's dove returning to the ark, while the raven, unclean bird, could find a mating place on any dead carcass. Ho U tha only refuge from coming judgment. "And a voice, came from heaven, which aid: Thou art My beloved bou; in Thee I am well pleased." At the transfiguration the kume voice said the same words. If wa are well pleased with Jesus, then Uod will ta well pleased with us for Ilia sake. Leon JUIjier. AnviriH from California brought the new thut iu the Kierras the snow was seventeen feet deej) on the level, and in maiiy places it hal drifted to a depvu of thirty feet. At points along tlie railroad, thu telegraph poles were entirely out of sight. RELIGIOUS READING. ! Twt raises or cmsist t otoar. tn the Cross of Christ I glory." Sweetly sung with lisping tongue. Caught hit lips tha sacred story Iored one o'er hi cradle lung: Caught hi ear the tuneful measure, Ere hli heart saw in the rhyme Uortala' hope of heaven's treasure, "Tow'rlng o'er tha wrecks of time." 'In the Crosa of Christ I glory ," Hang his youth's maturer years, ' Sing a blithely, promissory, A the lark when Hnui'V.L.' nears; 'Whcu Uis woe, af life 0'1-rtake me, Hose a bubbles children to, "Never shall the Cross forsake me." Ah, would he forsake the Cross? "In tha Crosa of Chtlst I glory," Troudly sang hi itiunluxsl's prime, Tho' hi tout swept transitory A tha whispering wings of time; "When the sun of blin is beaming," Ah, so blindingly it shone, "From the Crosa t e radiance streaming," Lighted tip hi lips alone. "In Hie Cross of Christ I glory," Hang a trusting child again. Bowed the head with sorrows hoary, Now as humble, meek as then. "lano and blessing, pain and pleasure," And a I these hi soul had tried; Hearts ami lips mured forth the measure, "tly the Cross are sanctilied." "In tha Cross of Christ I glory," Tolled tha bell In measure slot "In the Croof Christ I glory," tiang the singers sweet and low; Bpake tha pastor of the glorv "Tow'ring o'er the wreck of time, Over there is heard te story, "Gathered 'round ita bend sublime." Tlit Century. til l Ilosl lTAl.tTT. "T pray you, O excellent wife, cumber not thyself and nie, to get a curiously rich din ner for this man or woman w ho has alighted at 011 r gate, nor bed chamber mado ready at toil great cost; these things, if they are curious in them, they can get for a few'shil lings at any village; but rather let tho stranger see, 'if lie will, in your look, ac cents, and behavior, your heart and earnest ness, your thought and w ill, which be can not buy at anv price, in any citv. and which he may well travel twenty miles, and dine sparingly and sleep hardly, to behold. Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth ami love, and 'ionor, aud courtesy Mow iu all thy decda.'' Btst'Tin 1. H.i.t'aTavnn. There Is one unique curiosity at ttte til lege of Ktretat. At low tide you may see scores of women bearing largo sacks of cli.t lies from the tow n to the edge of tho sea. There they dig pools among the small and rounded pebbles, and wash until the tide return. "In salt wuter."' vou ask with wonder. No, iu water as fre-di as our New Kugland rills. Water tl owing from the steep lime hills under a deep Inn" of hbly shore. The wavelets sometime dash the salt foam over the brim of these temporary fountains, but the puro stream soon drive it back, and the fresh, spark ling, lluid rrystul llowson. Thus, thought 1, 11 I looked on those hhis, doc the love of Christ in the heart. the we I of water springs up within us. drive back the wavo of worldly evil that often tor a time dashes over into tne fountain. It tastes but a mo ment ol the world's great Hood, but is w hole louio and sweet anon. tailor 1 .lf.i;,i.-in. to in SAvru rutsT it cask or rutr. . Fuch wa the inscription 011 a strong, well-built cabinet, which stood near the main tiitrancc-liall to a nobleman' man sion. After bis death the chest was opened, and found to contain ull the toys, clothing, etc., of an only child, who had long been dead. f; h was the father's love, Unit bit had preserved and cherished every memento of the depuited ono, a the choicest of ins treasures. If, then, these perishable relics were so dear to him, how sacred to us, who nre par ents, ought the living originals to he! Wo should inscribe on them a choicer motto I than to he "taved lirst in case of lire'' "Saved llrst for time and eternity !" Saved before wealth, honor urease; saved from the I thousand vicious intliienccs which surround them; suved from the pitfalls of sin and Satan: suved from the lalse sentiment, the skepticism, the infidelity of the ace; i-avc I from the fawning sycophan-'y which is paid I lo lor'" ".ml wositn, si too ixpensa 01 true worth; Mkvcd from tl,e moral Cowai lice winch is too often manifested in high places, filled by men who dure not advocate a j n -t. and righteous cause, unless it is popular. Cur son and daughters must ho saved I mm all these things; aud many others, if we would tiHve them become blessings to the World. lv(Wi .l.il,oi(. XVII. al'MKIKH. T It a part, I wonder, of the fruit of that "forbidden tree which brought death Into the world, and all our woe," that so many of 111 are too ready to say of others the thing which are unkind, to attribute the wrong motive to our fellow-beings, to judge mi fa'rlyf Is it not, iu truth, one of it worst cllcctH, since no oiib can think of Kden, Maoe, and bounty in a world w here it I h,s ihle for one person to speak with anything but gentleness and sincerity of a neighbor. "Charitv thinkclh no evil," sav the best of books, linking the sweet declaration iu golden chain, on which tho several descri tious Of charity, or love, are strung like gems which glitter and Hash ut every turn. "A lie tbut is half a truth, is ever tho worst of lies," i tho conclusion of a poet who sees deeply into the heart of thing. Do we remember this when wo permit iu ourselves the license to speak douhtingly of Some friend whose good I'amo should be a sacred trust; when welisleu to ll.c innuendo, or fail to resent tne slur 1 ait upon the character of the absent; when we happen to know something con cerning an ncqiiaii tunc, w hich our lnucr conscioinncss tell us would better be left to silence and w hispercl iu a confi dential corner, thenco presently to bo bruited on the boii.-c tops' Should there Hot be cultivated iu every child 11 dclicato sense of honor, whieh ln.uld in t us u guurd on the dour of the lips, barring tho way for censorious, evil, or untrue speech'.' "My thy words slnilt thou he justified." "Hy thy word condemned." Would not society be better, our limuc life happier, our frienoshipH stronger, out own souls nobler, if wo were, liod he'pilig uh, determined licrenfti r to speak iu kind lie only of the absent, iitnl therefore, thu defenceless'.' And, iu case where such speech is unfortunately impossible, is it not a Christian duty to bear in mind thut silvuet is golden? .ALCOHOL AMI TIIK IM AOINATION. The Quarterly Juitrmtl of Jurhrirtii re murka: "The man who, while poisoned by alcohol, commit crime, should lie tho sul joct of vtientilic inquiry." That may Is., but we should also suggest that ho ta kept, away from ali-ohol, or that ulcohol ta kept uwuy from him. Tho sumo periodical, referring to the act ion of alcohol, atlirin that: "It is one of the cu riou errors thut alcohol stimulates tho im agination, and glvo a clearer, more practi cal insight into tho rolatlo.i of event of life. Tho whirl of thought, roused tin by the In croaHod circulat ion of tho blood in the brain, is not imagination; it i not a superior in sight or concept ion of tho relation of event, Dut i a rapid production of previous thought, soon merging into confusion. The inobriute never croatos any new ideas or new views; all his fancies are tumultuous, blurred, and liurreii. Tha apparent bril liancy is only the flash nf mania, quickly fol lowed by dementia." Ureat indcsl is the al oouolio duluaionl r'iiji(iunce AUvocat. w as - 1 - mu. - PENNSYLVANIA. A carefully wrapped up bnbe was found In banket by Washington ioUcemen Thurs day night Leman Wallace, agml 90, died of pneumo nia at Taylorstown. ll was first attucked wil l tbagrlp. Henry W. Ilane, aged 80, on of the oldest resident of Washington county, died at Washington Thursday. Citizens of Williannport are vigorously protesting against xcessivo insurance rates, end a number of people have pledged them selves to throw up their policies unless tho rates are decreased. The Kelly Jones Iron Works, at drecus burg, were discovered to be on lire Thursday night, for the third lime within tho past 10 days. After hanl work tho lire wo extin guished. A detective will try to ferret out the incendiary. Dishop O'Hara has Installed Father Syiuensky, a Polish priest irom H11ir.1l,, aa pastor of tha Polish Catholic Church, at l'lymouth, near Wilkrsbarre. It is thought thnt thi will end the long-standing trouble In that parish, a the I'olen have all along demanded tho apxtntincnt of a priest of theirown nationality. Jacob Downing, aged fifteen years, who had been employed a a punier on an oil well on tho Hutchison farm in Parker town hip, tlutler county, was scalded to death by the blowing nir of a Hue in tho boiler, tie ir which ho was sleeping. He attempted to crawl out of the boiler house, but was too weak to do so. He was found before life w as Fxlincti It is estimated that It will require tho labor of L'.ot't ineii .M years to extract all the conl from the territory bet with Itcynoldsvillo and Svkesville, which is now being opened up by Hell, Lewis it YatiK. The coal is of siqierior quality, the vein ranging In thick ness from live to ten led II will be dr wu out hy electric; cables, and the mines bril liantly illuminated by electric light. The Somerset County National Hank ha commenced business with a capital stock of something over ."V 00. The following olll ccrs have been choeen: President, Captain C. J. Harrison; Vico President, Win. H. Frca'e; Cashier, Milton J. Pitts; Directors Ilmi. W. II, Komitz, Hurrisoti Snyder, Jerome Stutlt, John II. Snyder, Jonas M. Cook, Josinli Sidit, John StiitTt, Hon. Noah S. Miller, Joseph 11. Davis. Win. Kuds. by, Hon. Sumtiol Snyder. A tract of land near Cl.ivsville, consisting of '.t acres has been le i-ed w it h an option mi the balance, comprising something over H nacre, by I'. F. Irwin. The operation arc to be cimmcnced w ithin 4n days from Fcbruury in. Albert Andrew was scutcn 1 at Hell- fonte to he hanged for the murder of Clara Price, at Karlhntie, no November 'JT last. Andrews evinced no emotion, and when asked if ho had anything to say was silent. David W, Morgan has been appointed postmaster at Franklin. Capta'n Thomas M. Fee, of Connellsville, has boon appointed crier ol Fayctto county court. John HiHlgsnu's 4-inoiiths' o!d baby fell out of bed into a pail of water, at F.ric and was drowned. Chain' flouring mill at Lnyton's station, was destroyed by lire, involving a loss of nbollt f I.!""'. Fldcr David White, who .lied at his homo in Oak Forest, ilecne county, had preachisl the (iospel rcgu'arly f,,r sixty years, and bud preached several limes within the past year. He was liorn iu ireeno county . nnd was u contemporary ol'Alcxan ler Cai;ipl,!l, whoso doctrine be adhered to. With the exception id tho briel illness which closed his life lie had never been su-k thru; week all told. NEWSY GLEANINGS. TliKedgisI tool utauufnctii-..s have formed a ti u-t . A sk kiik islil against the practice of duel ing has Is'.'n is. lie, I m Japan. TliK total revenue of Frai for ss;i as (CI I, '.'1 mi Km, ,in,l the total expenditures ','.' I. i"o, 1. I'lioi.nNiiKii drought an t frequent lire mad,, Cuba's sugar crop 11 very small ono this season. A tiwki, will b instruct, under tho Chicago Kiv.-r forty font b..!mv tin, surface of the water. TlIK S111, rein, I ',, net has allli'innd the con- rtitutiomilit v of tl .11 Ii pi'np.inil 1,1 lie iv. ipilled of Mol'lllllH Voters in Idaho. A cknsi uf the iioon 1111s residing in Iterliii nlenvi, tin. 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 .er to lm now iihki. Five ye.iri ago I hern were only J.si.'i. A nil. I. was introducisl in the faun ban Parliament toaoohsh Froueh as thnolllcial liiiiguagn in th,. northivc-.t territories. 't il K national H over campaign is finally over, and of all tho totes sent in seventy percent, were iii favor of the golden rod. Tun fashionable cY i, his to Kurope is open ing earlv this year, them already being a large number of New Yorker who have sailisl. foliv has Iiismi adjudged 11 find by a Wic ntn 'Ivan. 1 Justine, 111 a case of attach ment lor debt, and it was then ihsdamd empt. Tiik new passport regulations thnt 1 cntly cailin into fore- III Ulllil oblige travelers to carry their photograph annexed to their passes. Kivk warships for tint Turkish Navy have been hum, he i a1 on-taut 111, .pie. l ine of theo was a covet to, tlinsi were giiiilMints, nnii one was a torpedo boat. 'I'll K Italian Fast African Company will olVllllle extelisieo (ai-lones mill Whillcvcl edaldisliinents inav ' ne 'cv-s'iry to worl; great plantations 111 Af.-icu. lioVKHMlll Low ' II V. of Msskishippi. ill hi recent iue-uge ioreibly rccommeuils the l,egsal ill 11 to take steps to put ull end to the currying of conceuled weiiHns. Tiik exhibitof American Indian corn, that was to have 1 11 ueu at the i'uris Kx- iiosition, will take place ut the Ivliiiburgh 'Uii 1 hit ion, which opens in May next. Tiik Bulgarian lioveriiment, dispea,sl at Serviu for ihs'linuig to conclude u treaty of commerce, bus ilocidil to fortify tho Mill gariun frontier along th" valley of thoTinn.k, nnii is to coiiimeuco works immediately ut Widdm and f oiila. Tun coniinit tis' of tho African AntjSlu very Coiiloronisj of Brussels, to which the siilijis t was referred, ho ugrccd usm tho establish ment of ineasunst of surveillance over the caravan route in order to prevent tho over laud trunsMrt uf slaves. Fhani'K prodnciK umiiially JO, 00(1,000 tons of coal; Uoriiiuny, 70,000,011, and Knglaml, IH'i, 000,000. I'lio annual consumptinii of FruncH amounts to l.ViO smuds for every in habitant; iu Oerinauy, .'KHm siiiud; iu Bel gium, 4'iOO pounds; and in Kugliuid, 74J puund. rismoxs for (iextlemen. om Snggesttims for tleavy "walla. KEEN In the invisible dark shade will b color per manently seen iu iniisd suit- i n g and sprng ovcr coitmg. 'J no deslgier of fine cloth fab rics seem to have msdo a co 11 carted move to givn these rich and subdued color ing an oppor tunity to over come the prejudice which ha heretofore existed against them. In diai;onal and in wido wale good for spring topcoat the dark-green shad ings are quietly effect ire to a quit irte sistible degree. The doiiiile-hrensted long sack reeling jacket, mado lo lit loosely, i the bright particular hit of thi suasou iu the cloth ing business. Well-made trousers are seen at the r best under tho presont accented vogue a to nicstireinetils. 'I he tendency toward tho absurd balloon tovival ha been hap. plly checked. Tho correct trousers nro now out reasonably snug about the Inn with a straight fall nud n alight sharp taper toward n point at tho bottom. Aside from the crush hat, tho tall silk Stovepipe 1 tho only appropriate head gear to I a worn with e eiiino dress. Swelldom will welcome tho opeia hit back ag iio w hcii tho proper tunc arrives, for the silk hat is, upon occihioiis, very much in the way nnd decidedly incon venient to manage. Somo of tho nltrn swells will wp.ir white Waist, oat when tho the: inotiiel, r 1 down no r f'oeznn; point. The mo. tonal is washable, but minutely warmer than tho summer tnturc. Tho figure, I waistcoat i tho 0110 sop Cnst by tho telont less fashion mnl.lcr thi season to tho small army of men wit Ii re idy money to spend in costume, and possessing a well-defined penchant for tho natty and picturesque 111 lroM. In tho variety of etylo and beauty of workmanship tho American niiinufac. tnrcrs of cane and umbrella long sinco distanced F.tiroi'oau compel itoi . 'I heso article conio forth in woiuIiouh multi plicity of design ut this period of tint xoar, and for serviceability those of tho best quality tuny tie w in ranted to stand all of I ho test 111 contest with the best example on which duty wa cvor paid. As if to depn cuto and illseoiniteiianco the wearing of Iho high hat with tha suck tiro ;coat, somo of the leading swell havo taken to wcuritii' brown and lnihl-colorcd Dorbjwith tho garment. 'I Ins nttitudo makes tho associat 101; of tho high bat ami swallowtail even moro distinctively correct, mil furthermore nets us a foil to any Hiiu'gi st ion of en croachment upon t ho malm of tho skirt coat of full evening dress. A (inn Forty Feet Lone. Tlie Spanish (lovcrnmctit, detcrmiiioil lo emancipate the country from its ilc pciulciii e upon foreign nations tor it munitions of war, lias of lute years (lis played fjrcal i titcrprisc in the establish ment of work for the lmiUlino of war shins mnl cannon. x At Trubiii tlie (iovcrntiicnt lias crcctcil mi immense concern for tint production of heavy guns, and is now about to put iu Siemens furnaces for the i nstill"; of liifgh erratic steel for new ordnance. A mono the onus lately turned out ut Trubiii arc lour which form part of thu armament ol the new Spanish iTtiisci Pcluyn. Of these two are 111 ton 12 i licit f,'ins ami two arc It inch onus. One of the ton Kims, shown in our cnorav ino, was lately proved. The projcctilo ipcil vas of steel, weight '.(tit I pounds, lircd with a churoo of I lit poiind pris matic powder, which avc an initial velocity of 2Hitl feet per second and 11 pressure near ",0,0110 pounds per sipiaro inch. The onus arc built on the Hontorin system. The pcnctr.itino power at short ranee is Wi inches of wrought iron. Lcnoth of 01111 about 10 feet. Stieiitijit A nitriciin. The I'lip, the Plug" mnl the Pet. v . !; H I , 1 .' I . w -i sr. The llaby in that hat." IM .0 to Know wh.it "s The Puppy 1 11 moment later) "S-gi would 1 !" Jihije. ta.,11.., 1 ia n.mml tbla tialr Castor I i, 1 1 r j . .v ....... - j- - nJ I'oilux. (Iriuibtrv Those aro bad ... 1, nruiu lU'bvt' ' lice&iiHfl a iiiiii.oa iu. 1 w . a 1 , . - Cantor i pt to be auiod.' Ice manufiicturinn; companies are lie "inning to spring all over l'cuusyU vuuiu. Sf. d7 V-sr- r iA
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