r UK glomous ciirist. Lg paiidon fob all bins. Must Stand Above AH El to in All True Preaching. h.r, "Iff Hint enmrth tout above i i" '.. i t..i... in ni 'y,,(."-J..lm III., 81. ' mot onnspicitott character of history '...' ....., llm nlntrnnii The Hieroe diamonded with light, pointed down .1 lt..L.t..l I I . tl..p ffrtlll Ule !' 1111111111 saj, namillTH hti.-ti-" ,,f 1,10 fl""r ,,f prophecy, Zrof genealogy, tho n"""r ,,f chronology, ilinCT 01 eventsan live linger nmiiiiii ! direction. Christ In tho overtopping bnrtof nil time. Ho l thn vox humaim In "Fmll,,.( tt gracefulest lino In r II sculp- mrf tnf IIUV raqiMetn- IIIIIIKIIIi ifl iik'iii m1li'lc in n" I"'"1'"?, the acme of all Jmiiii. the 'I'""0 cathedraled gran- Jiir '"' " '"oratloii of all splendid Inn- ffCr'H'k nlilinlwt In mnde up of twonty r itt.r.aiid wl' Christ compared llim. Li( to the first letter ana the last loiter, mo ?h nl the omega, Ho approprinbsl J,' ilimlf all the splendor that you C. ill out cither with those two Ict- u ' -II l. lla,ii tkutii "I .l- il..lin taint tlte I Inietr the lii(?iiin(lii nml nil l'-V.r. .f-...w. .......... - -.1 tl... (!.-.( tin.1 111 ! " llr if ftnil Hie ' no, ... - ...... .- j.rffi-r the worda of tho text, "alaive "'hat il" It mean? It mean, nfter you Lt f nlol up nil Alpine anil Himalayan ?tint.f". tho glory of Chriat would have to L,i it, wmga id doacend a thousand r..,,, to touch those tmninut. relmu, a Hii mountain of Thoaanly; Osao, a high nml ( llvrmtiia. a hleh mountain v..iinTni" Kt invtliolugy tella ni when tho plant nrriit against tlm Risls they pilod up theari iivumtniiiK. anil from tlm top i.flhoin . . t. at.- I. . at... I... ril I" Mum lllv lirni imik; iiiiv iiiu M'ifciiw iv cl,n' t'lioi'lfh, nml thorn waa a iiun failure. AnJ artT all tho rihiiU Lli ami l'lii'l. prophetic anil aiKwtoliu ,!,; (niliii'l nml Michael AiirpIo, artiMtie L;,l, i-lniuliiin ami ncrnphim nml aivh JTn. iTli Ktcil pinntn have failod to rhnili W top 'f t'hi iat a glory thoy tnlRht all unit" III the ironla of tho t-xt nii'l any: H" that i i'ini'th from alivo i nUivrall." 'irt. l'l.rit must Iki nlnivo all rlw in our whin. 'Micro aro an many liooka on t,:n;.tn fi-attcrnl through tho country thai all liivineii, a well an all rlorymen, ltt niM? up their tllllliU M'llllt IxTlllollH jatiit In he. That aermon ia imt pITecluul aliin nut poinlmlly puta forth Christ an UriMi'ilnnof nllainaml tho correction of all ni-m.liviiliinl, atM-iul, political, national. Tbi-r.' i no reason why wo ahouhl rim tho Dili's" i'liiiii!es on a few plirn.'. Theienro It,,.' nhn think Hint if an pxluu tatliHi or a 4iviii ; hnvo froijueiit mention of justi ciiieii. Miiictillcation, oovi'iinnt of wrk' nml covenant of uratv, that (bfref'Te it must lie profoumlly vvaiii(ilirnl, hiln tll. V lire SUSDicillUS of a iliswuino vhirli 'i"iita tho siiine truth, tint umler 4iir.i.iit phraseiilugy. Now, I nay thnro is Dfltliin in nil th opulent roalm of AiirIo ljni.iiii.ni. of fill the worl I r en si ires Unit wn iohn ii I linn tic Latin mid tlioiiiio'k ami tl..- Iii.l'erwri ieii. lint we hnvo a ri;iht to mti sti.-tl it in reliulous iliscus.sion. Christ at the I'Xiiinple. His illiislrutiona wci'j from tli.. .'ia-'. the llowerx, tho miiltlo, the snlve. tli'' l.-iriiviii'l fowl, the (TVsIhIk of suit, as will ns 1 1- mi the sims nml the stars; anil wo do n it tn"s'se in our Mnbl.atli-si liisil teach in; :in l in "in- pulpit aiMress to b J put on tho lim il 1 kit.iw that I hero ia a great (lenl s ihl iu our dnv auiiinst woi'ila, aa though tliey worn autlniit,-. They may Iu mimisml, hut they have mi imperial power. They are tho lri'l;i! hetween Hil uml wnil, botween Al- minlitv !isl ami tho human i nco. What ili l (lil i.i ile u; on tho tallica of stoniw' Worils. Vint ili'l Christ lit tor on Mount Olivet? IVoi-.ls. Out of wli it iliil Christ utrikotlni pnilt for tli illuininution of tlin universe? iut uf worils. "jut thero ho liuht," nml lijit wo, of coiirso, thou-'ht la tliocnrco, au l nniils nro only tlie ahip; but how fust wniiM vmir rnrn t on without thn fhii' What you nooil, iny frietuN, in Mi your work, in your SnMuith-a-liisil 'cliiss, in your reformatory insti ! ut ii ms, mnl whnt wo all nooil is to en lar.'e our vncalmlnry when wocomo to speak Isnit iliul ami Christ ami honv.cn. Wn rule I "iv l. 1 nori. to i lentil when there is sie'li lllMiiitiilile roiiiiive. Sliake.sitaro cmplovel tilli -n thiniMtiiil ilmerciit ivonls lor d.n ma In- 'iii'iiics; Milton euiployisl i-i;;ht tlx m mil I iliiii'ii ut wuii Is Tor Isiolic iiuriiosns; I'.ufii- l hoiite emiiloyoil over cloven thou nml ilil'i ieiit worils for lrnl iiariioses; hut tbe iii.-t i t us have less than a tliousaml WiHili that wo can imiimul'o, less than llvii Line Ire-1. mni that mukes us so stutiiil When wo i-nnio to set forth the lovo of Ohri-I w aro Kiin to take toiiilerist. jiliiii-i' iliyv whorover wo Ami it, uml if it La never Ucn usm in that iliivotion li -fore. ail me nn.ro shall wo us it. Vt lie.n wo ciiiiui to apeak of tho Klory of Christ, tho 'eii'iinii.i-. no nro print; to clraw our similes frmn tniiniphal iirch nml oratorio nii'l Mvrylhinj; Hrnii'l ami atnimi.lous. Tho .French navy linvo olt'hteon llaa by ln. h thev (rive hiijlml, hut llioso nxhteou llum they can put into Kixty-six tlli'llMin.l iliiTcrpnt iNitnliiiialions. Allil 1 tavo to toll vmi that these Ntan.lariU of tlm t-rnss may be lifUxl into i-oinbiiiationa iullnito anil vnrietiea evorlasting. Anil let inn auy ki ihese ynuiifc men who eomu from the thn rjniiiil Ki'ininuripa into our inr vices every Kililiutli, nml nro alUv a whilo uolni' Ut tirraoh Jiv.ia Christ, vou Willi huvo tho liu-gisit liberty nml unlimited n-souri o. You euly have to . resent Christ in vourown way. Jonathan KilwnnU prcaclnsl Christ in tlm acvere.-t nrnnieiit ovor M'iiueil, anil John runyan praolie, Christ In tho miblimest n. kjf xy ever compostst Kilwanl l'uys. u. sick ml ejlmiisltsl, feanisl up Uaiust tlm M or Jli pulpit ami wept out his ilisoourse, while t"in hittlcM, with tho manner nml the Vnii-oaiiil tho start of an actor, ovorwhelnio I nisan litorv. It woiil.l have been nilill'eivnt Uin if Jonathan lOnwanls hail trio.l to rile nii.l ill oaiu about the pil-rim's pr.1410 J"tlieceu,i;i ,.jyi r j,m Hunyrt,, m, . le'it'l mi esMiy on thehmuau will. 01 uuier Inau tho liht, froiiitu- tli'iit tin I'iuiiI'iiiis, ,lo .pr than tho so is, nro all th-v.' iiili. l theuii's. Soiik has no im-lo ly , H j wei s Jiiv no swivtnosa, Kiiusot sky has 111 color .inure l with tlinso i;lorioin til i.ira Th u 1 oarve.ta ( j,, ,,, Hpri , ,,!,.!(,. tlian wo ii M.lilu thmii. Kin.lliiiK' pulpiU with J, """ "' ami producing revolution with 1 i..ir m-er, li-litinx "P ilvini,' beds with J'M'ir ulory. they nro tho sweetest, thought r the ii t, u, thoy are tho most thrilling J miration f,,r tho orator, nml they oir.-r " liiost intenso weno for tlio uili-t, 7 1 I'')' 'o to the enibussador of Din ;,V '"' 'ithusiasni. Coinploto panloii for uium -inlt. seot.t oiimliirt for Khaslly JCmy llri-htest hopn for Ki iinme,t death. ima lost r. siii ns.tion for darkest sepulchre. In i. i.' '"K-I to preach! Christ over all '" 't. Il,, l.ii r It, lliasuirerin, His miracle, " I'imliles, His sweat. His U-atu, His I.I.shI, " , "toneini.nt, His intor..o,ion-what Klo. I","' '"""! Dowocxoi-fisofnithr Christ n,. 1 "''J"-''- 'o wo havo lovo? It fastens ni jeu. nv. wo a fondue for tlio church? 1. '"J-atiaa Christ dio I for it. Havo wo a ". I ' heaven? It U bocausn Jesu wuul "eW, tho hernia and tho forerunner. 1 no royal robo of Uoinotrlua won to costly, tJ T?J "'J1, t,mt ,tnr I I"11 It olf 110 fhri "u'1"' put It on; but thin robo of aim ,n'h','r1tl' that, tho iooreat and tho mil,.?1 tlm wunt '"y "WUr ; ooundoil Ki-aro may much more ahouml." I,. L."'my 1"".iiyin,aaM Martin l.utlior ii iil' Ir- ."1V "'. "y "I'wl" Tho fact ll tiit .L 1 3 "1 BIIIBI 1IIO lai'b fimiVi Jno.orawny (Jorman atudent had and ''""K vr did make him iiiiuU; T '"" "O founj how. thromrh Christ. ' , .paruonod and save-L lie wroU friHuil .i... ,0. 7 ... 1 f . o- jai unio uvur auii ua inf.f. ....i 1 T Ilia i.n. .... . onlv . , , ul "w. XOU KUUI w no "i ll exu,l the mercy of Ood; but we that rae. ,u, b v,rT wfu ii"ior praiae Ilia UeJ- it be that you re ao Uo pratlr lotlatieal that jron foal ynurarlf In ursi riK spirnoni arim, ami mat rrom. Hie root of the hair to th tip of tli toj ymi are acnrlnaa and Ininiaciilntc? Whnt yon nmvl la a looking t(nn ami hero It Is In tha Hililn. l'oor, ami wrctclird.auil mieraliln and bll.ul nnd nakM from tho crown of tho head fi tho ole of the foot, full nf wounds and putrry(ti'.r on No henllh in ua. Ami than take tho fact that Christ entliensl un all tlin imim aainat 11a and paid them, and Uieu iffcrel ua ma receipt. Ann now much we nwl IT m In mir aor. rowal We are independent of circumstance if we have Hla (rraxsa. Why, Ho mulo Taul iii(t In the duiinon, and nndor that grac Ht. John from dmmlate Tatmoa hoard the bloat of thn apocalyptic triimpMa. After all other cnndlea havo been amifred nut, thla ii th? light that seU hriirhter and hriihf tln tlio perfect day; and aftor, iindor tho Hard hooia or calamity, all tho rsvila of worldly enjoymeuta have been trnnilo.l intt disip mire, at tho foot of the eternal rock tho Christian, from cupa or graniui lily rimmed and vine covered, put out tho tuirat of hi oul. Alfain. I remark, that Christ ia almve all in dying alleviations. 1 nave not any aympathy with the morbid ity abroad almut onr demise. Thn Knumrnr of Cnnatantinnpln arranged that on the ilaf of hla coronation tho atone mason should 001110 and consult Mm about tho tonilwtona that after a whilo he would need. And there are men who are nuHioinanlai-nl on the sub ject of dearture from this life by ibath, nml the more they think of it tha Icaa they aro prepared to go. This la an unniauliucmi not wormy 01 you, not wormy oi me. Falndln. tha great"t conqueror of hla dar. whilo living, onlerol that tho tunic hii had on Ii tin 00 carrioil after litauenin on iiiaaiMr at the head of hia army, and that then the aoMfur, ever anil anon, siiouiit atop ami any; "Keliold, all that la left or Mntmiiu, me r.ni- tieroraud conqueror! Of all tho SUitea hn coiiipioreil, of all thn wealth he nc-uiuulnted, nothing did he retain but this shroud." 1 have no avmiwtthv with audi l'havior, or aui li abieird demonatration, or with tuucli that we hear littered In rear.l to doparturo from this life to the next. Thero is a com- monaonsicnl idea on thi subject that yon and I need to conaider that there urn only to tyhntof dearture. A tliousamt leel unnorgroumi. oy 11nioi torch toiling in a miner a shaft, n ledneof rock may fall upon ua. and we may die 11 minor' death, hnroutnt siii, falling from tho el in wry ratlmoa nnd broken on tho haU yards, we may die a sailor's death. On mission or mercy In hospital, amid broxen Isiinw and recking leprosies and raging fevers, we niny diu a philanthropie s death. On thn Held of bnl tie. aervin;; Oo. and our iHMintry, ainga through tho heart, the gtm carriage may roll over us, nnd wo may dio a patriot'a death. Hut, after all. there arc only two styles of departure tiie death of the righteous and tho death of the w icked and we all want to din the former. Uod grant that when that hour comos you may be at Inline. 1 on want tho hand of your kindred in your hand. You want your children to surround vou. S'oti want the light on your pillow from cvoa that havo long rerl.vted your love. Vou want tho r.Kim atill. Vou do not want nny curious strangers standing nround watching yon. Vou want your kindred from afar to In-nr your last prayer. I think that is tho wish of nil of us. Tint ia that all? Can earthly friend hold ua up when the billow of denlh coino up to tho girdle? Can human voh-o i-hnrm open heaven's gate? Can human bund pilot us through tho narrows of death Into heaven' harbor? Can any earthly friend ship shield us from tho arrows of dentil, and in the hour when Mutati shall practice, u)sin us hia infernal archery? No, no, no, no! Alas! poor aoul, if that is all. Hotter die In tho wilderness, far from treo shadow nnd from fountain, alone, vultures circling through the nir waiting for our bodv, un known to men, and to have no burial, If only Christ could say through tho aolitudos: "I will never leave the-, I will novel- forsake tin." From that pillow of atono a ladder would aoar heavenward, angola coming nnd going; nnd neroaN tho aobtudo nml tho bar renness would come tho sweet nolo of heav enly minstrelsy. (lonlon Hnll, far from home, dying in tho door of a heathen temple, mid: "(ilory to thee, () Hod!" What did dying Willicrforeo say to his wife? '-Come nnd sit Is-sido mo, nnd lot. us talk of heaven. I never knew whnt happiness was until I found Christ.'' What did dying llauuali Moro say! "To go to heaven, ' think what, that is! To go to Christ, who died that I might live! Oh, glorious grave! Oh, what 11 glorious thing it H to die? I Mi, the lovo of i 'lirist, the lovo of Christ!" What did Mr. Tupltidv, the great liymnumker, any iu his last hour? "Who can measure the depths of the third heaven? Oh, the sunshine that lllli my soul : I snail soon bo gone, for surely no 'one 1 nil bvn iu this world after si. eh glories ns Uud luw main fosted to my soul." What did tho dyin; Janeway any? "I cnu ns .nsily dio as close my cyivi or turn my bead iu sleep. Heforon few hours have passed I shall stand 011 Mount .ion with tho one hundred nnd forty mi l four thousand and with tho just men inade iierfis-t. nnd wo shall ascrilxi rich "s, and honor, and glory, ami majesty, mil dominion unto (!od and tho linili.'' lir. Taylor, isindemmsl bi burn nt the stake, on hia way thither broko away from tho guaril.smen and went bounding aijd loaiug and jiunping toward tho tire, glad to ?o to Josus mid to die for Him. Sir t 'hnrUti lure, in last moment, had such rapturous vision Hint ho cried: . "Up ward, upward, upward!" And ho great was tho pencu . of 0110 of Christ's (lisciiilos that ho put hia lingers iikiii tlin puU'i in his wrist nnd countisl it and observed it; and so great was 1i(h placidity that alter a while ho said: ".Stopped!" uml hia life bad ended hereto ls'giii in heaven. Hut griuidvr than that was t liu testimony of tho worn out first mis sionary, wlnfn, in tlio Mainartinn diingMou, ho critsl: "I mil now ready to bo olforooV.nn i tlio time of my deiartiii-o is ut hand; I havo fought the good light, 1 havo finished my course. I huvo kept tho faith; henceforth there is laid up for im 11 crown of righteous miss, which the Iord. tho righteous Judge, will give me in that day, uml not to 1110 only, but to all them that love His upeur- lug: 110 you not wi that .lirist is ulsivo nil iu dying alleviations? Toward tho last hour of our earthly resi dence wo aro Hpoediug. When I see thn sun set, 1 say: "One day losa to live." When I wo the spring blossoms wattertsl, I say: "An other season gone forever." When I closa this ISible on Habbiith night, 1 nay: "An other Sabbath departed." When 1 bury a fi'ii-nd, I say: "Another earthly uttractiou gone forever." What niinblo font tho years have! .The roobucka mid the lightnings run not so fast. From decudo to decade, from sky to sky, they go ut a bound. There ia a place for us, w nether mui'lied or not, where yon nnd 1 will sloop the last sloop, mid the men are now living who will, with solemn trade, curry us to our roiling plaeo. Ay, it ia known in heaven whether our departure will bo u coronation 01 a banishment. , Hrightcr than a banqueting hnll through which the light foot of tho dancers go up and down to the sound of trumpeters will bo thn aepiilcher through whoso rifts the holy light of lioiivou atri-nmoth. Hod will watch you. lie will send Ilia angola to guard jour aliiin baring ground, until, at Christ' btthoat, they khall roll awuy thn atone. So, also, Clu ist ia abovo all in heaven. Thn Hi bio distinctly auya that Christ ia tho chief theme of the celestial ascription, all tha throne facing Hi throne, all tho palma waved boforo Ilia face, all tho crown down at Hia foot. Cherubim to cherubim, aora piiiui to veraphiin, redeemed spirit to re deemed spirit, aUatl rociU the tiaviuur'i earth ly Bucrtflce. Stand on Home high hill of heaven, mid in all the radiant sweep tlio most glorious ob ject shall be J onus. Myriads gazing on the sours of His suffering, In ailmica first, after ward breaking forth into ncclumaliou. Tho martyrs, nil tho purer for Hie llnme through which they passed, will say: "This ia Jesus, for whom we died." The npoatlea, all tlio happier for tho ahlpwrock uml tho aoourglng through which they went, will aayi "Thia I the Jean whom we preached at Corinth, and at Cappadocia, nnd nt Antlooh, and at Jerusalem. Little children clad In whlto will av: "This ia tho Josu who took ia in Hia anna and bleascd lis, nnd when tho storms of the world worn too cold and loud, brought ua Into thi beautiful place." Tha multitude of tho bereft will any: "This ia thn. lean wlu ts mi Tor to, I ua when our lunrt broke." Many who wandered cionr off from Cod and plunged Into vagabon lisui, but were anve.l by graiv, will iay: "Thiaia tlin Jimiawhn pnrdounl ua. A e were bait on tho mountains, and Ho brought ua home. Wo were guilty, and Ho baa nindo 11 whito naBnow." Mercy lioundleaa, grace unparnl lelil. And then, nftiT each ono ha recital hia peculinr delivernniva nnd peculiar mer cies, recited them a by nlo, nil tho voice will conn together Into a great chnnia, which will make tho nrchee echo and re-echo with tho eternal reverberation of gladness nnd pence nml triumph. r.dw ai il I was ao anxious to go to Hie Holy I.atid that when hn waa ntsiut to expire ho oiipuniaie.i np,o.r 10 unvo ma ncirt, arter his decease, taken to tho Holv t.iml in At I one had pasaod over; divided again for F.lljah Minor nml his request was complied with. ' and Kllaha, and a third time foe Kllshn; but Hut there are liundrcla hwlay whose heorta ) both the Ark of the Covenant and the priest are already in tho Holy Land of heaven. who bare If. Elijah and Kbsha, and all tlm W here vour trea.sur. are there are your ' prophet, aa well as all the Bible and the hls lusirta nlao. Quaint John Hnnyan, of whom . iorv contained In It, toint u to Him whom, I aiHike nt tho owning of tho ilia- t ti,i. t.,.i.. comae, caught a glimpan of that iilaco, mid iu bis quaint way lie anid: "And 1 heard in my dri-ani. and lo! tho bells of tho citv rang again for Joy; and aa they osiksI the gate to let In tha men 1 looked iu after them, nnd lot tha city shone like the aim, and there were atroula of gold, and men walked on them, harp in their bands, to sing praise withal; and after tliat they shut nil tho gnU, which when I bod ecu 1 wished myself among them!" I! Ill llMflllV PL t Ml VP IIIWJIVHVIU llliillUIUi mia. niuniii pr. crtAi.Mrri. "I look upon Ihut-r and I oildridfe at two moat Improsive writers, nnd from whom you nro most likely to curry away the impression that a preparation for eter nity should be the main ' business and an I let t of time. "But after all. the Bible should be tbe dally fiercife of those who Iiuto decidedly embarked in this gnat business, nnd if rend with the earnest acme nnd feeling of it being ti. nl'a lucj-sn o: if perui'd with tho tiinie awe, and veneration, and cutiliilence, ' lis if thn words were ucliially coming out of bi mouth: if while you met. you rend u ith the desire and the prayer that" it might be with understanding and pn.'fit. you nre in a tar more direct road to 'bioomo wi e unto solvation' than any I her that i nn be rec ommended to you. There is no aithjcct, on w hich people are readier to form rush opin ion than religion. The Bible is the best cor- , rective to thc.-e. A mini ahonld sit dow n to it with tho dett-rniiiiaiioii of inking hi lea aon just us lie lind it. of founding In creed iqn ll the ole principle of 'Thus "aith tha Lord,' and deriving hi every idea and lit every impreasion of religious truth frmn the authentic ri-conl of (tod s will. His regular and earnest atudv of the Bible waa one of the first and most tioiiceable etlecta of Mr. Chalmers' conversion. Ilia nearest neigh bor and bu st frequent visitor waa old .lolin Hontlirow, who, having om e seen better day, wa admitted to mi ray mid privi leged lumiliarity, in the exercise (.f which oil": ''jy before the m-inorabie illn's, b aaid to Mr. I hniio.'M, '1 tiud Voti ate busy, Sir. with one thing or utinthcr, but come w hen I may, I never lind you at your stud- li s for the .Sabbath. ' -oh un hour or two on i Saturday evening is quite enough,' was the minister' answer. I "Hut now tho cliiinge bad come, and John on entering the manse, often found I Mr. Chalmers poring eagerly over the age of the Bible. 'I lio dilVeretice wa too Mriking to escape notice, mid w ith the free- I ilom given bim, which ho whs ready enough to use be said, '1 never come now, Sir, but I lind you nt your Bible.' 'All too little, I John, all too little, was the kigniliruut re ply." W f lr. Vtalmrr. I The trttcjt philosophy of prncr Is learned In the deepest distress. It I then OihI It everything to u: tlm hcler of the lielples. Faith is pure reason. That mar seem a rtrunge pnr.id x.but it is literally true; notli i 1 1 if is so rea-i 'liable as to believe the Word ol iod w ho cannot err or lie. .iunj"n. "I will follow thee, b'tt ' w h.it feu r fill poaMhilitic are wrapped up i.i t.i.'it ope in nocent little word! It 1 1 it tin- power of the kevsol'tlie kingdom of heavci. Muming There is Midi aciitVeiVnce hit v. eon com inn out of sorrow, nierclv tbanktui lor relief, nnd coming out of sot row I'.ill of sympathy w it h tru-t in linn who liu i lius" l i:, 'AoV'n iiiu"k. Itcnieinber. dear render, the lovo uf men mid women is very sweet, but nil must pa nwav, and what will you do it' yon have no wealth that tadeth, no love but tin- love that dies, when ilcu'li shall conn-'.' Spur- (iod, who I liberal in nil hi other gifts, shows ii by the w i-e ivoiiolnv of His Provi dence how cin uinspi ct we oucht to bo in the management id our time, tor ho never cives u two moments together. 1'lnin. atiaighlforwntd inoialily and every day i igliieoiincss are better tliau all emo tion nnd dogui.ii.im and all cliurchism, nv the world, und 'lit istiaiiity snvs luiieb the same; but plain, straigli'liirward rmhtcoii iies and every day morality conies most aurel v when a nuiii is keeping close lo t 'lubt. .1 1- fn.va. All the best things nnd treaaim- of thi world are. not fo be produced by t ncli gen erntioo for itself; but we ure u!l intituled, not to curve our work iu snow. Unit w ill melt, but each and all ol' us to be coiitinu lillv rolling a great, w hite, gatlieting MioW bull higher and higher, Ic.rger mid larger, along the Alp of human power. limkin. The presence of (iod in a church j never a secret. It is nut proclaimed in the peal ing thunder, the rushing wind or tbe shak ing t-auh. Ii tirst token is the still small voice. But it i n voice not boisterous., and not even beard ut lirst by the multi tude. But it is u voice of power, mid when it utter itself, it always tells with a'rane and wotulrou etlect. JiMww ' TlIK I.ATKST SNMtK. "The newuet fud iu Now York," sayfl the Chicago tVoimooa (liquor organ), "in tlm little tlirou-ouuco cix'ktuil bottle that hold just enough for two drink." Thi latest in vention nt the ingenious und cnuuiirg Drink Devil is a "pretlily-sliupel" bottle with a "nickel-plated wrew top," which, together with the two "hniid-ini.xed" ilrinka it con tnin, ia doled nut for a quarter of a dollar. ThepriMif that it is tho Iievil a huudiwork u in tlio temptation which this neat contrivance hold out to men who would not think of currying a larger Isitllo about with them. Jt is an especial -niiru and trap laid by "that) old Mcrpciil, culled tho Devil und Satan," to hasten th steps of the unwury down to hell ami espHcially young tippler uml "mode rate'' drinker who have never made it a practice to lug liquor about with them, but, perchance, will lind no inconvenience iu slid ing a t.ny two-drink viul into their voat pocket. What lusxt? WHAT IT COBTS. The actual amount nf malt liquor con utuisl in 1SS wail Tti7,,V7,0.'M gallon. Thi includes not quite 3,000,0011 gullous of im ported ler and ale. The manufacturer' price to the retuilar u rather above than be low twenty cent per gallon. At twenty rent the cost to tho dealer would be $1&3, 617,411. Tho retailer get un average of nitty cent per gallon, which make the cost to the consumer lt!0,fii,i;t, which tha Americau people spend annually for malt liq uor, priiicipuly ber. The mot careful -timnte put the cost of wine to the consumer at 7'J,ri70 ,13, and of distilled spirit I7'.I,. n,HH0. Thi give u a fraud total of 4'J,1U0, nearly 1,000, 000,000, spent annually for liquor by the iienple of the United tiute. C'ufAuiio t'ifuen. SUNDAY 6CII00L lesson ron Sunday, fib. 83. "Tha Temptation of Jeans," I.ukstv., 1. 13 QoldenText! Hebrews il. 18 -Note and Commonta. 1. "And Jeana, helnr full nf the TToly Ohort, returnul from Jorilan." Thla leaaon aeema to follow Imiiiliatclv the last one, which told u of the baptism of Jean by John In Jordan, and of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Him in thn form of a dove. We might, with much protlt, atop toajMnk of tha Jordan divided for the millions of Isrnel to pas over into the promised Intnl. when the Ark type of the aame Lord Jesua stsd in the midst on the tiriest' almlildera tilt everv filled with the Spirit. If thn Hth verse of the chapter waa included in our lesson, we Would then aav that the leason latins and nda with a re"rd of Jesua returning from certain place tilled with the Spirit, llrst to lie tried and then to minister; and if we are not willing to lie tilled with the Spirit for trial, can we expect that Uod w ill till us with Ilia spirit for aor vice? 1, 'j. "And waa led by the spirit into the wilderness, heing forty dava tempted of the devil." Wa haveneen the Hoi v Spirit in the birthof Christ, and at Hia baptism, nnd now we aee Him tilling the lending ( hrist; and. i whether we aee Christ preaching, teaching, ! working nuraclea, offei-mg Himself a sacri-fli-e, or rising from the dead, It is the Spirit In Him that doe it nil. i "And in those days He did eat nothing and when thev were ended. He afterward hungered." The forty days' fast reminds us nt the faslingsot the two men who niter 1 want appeared with Him on the Mount of Transfiguration. Of Moses it is written, in reference to both period of forty dnvs and night w hen he was in the mount w ith (!od, that he did neither eat brend nor drink , water (Dent, tx., !, ll, ami of F.lijah it i written that he went iu tlm strength of that meal (which the angel had prepared) forty day and forty night onto Horeli the Mount E Ood (I. King xix., m. There is no doubt more in the forty dava' fast of thes. won derful three than we have yet seen or shall see till the kingdom comes; but we shall do well dnv by dny tn see no man . live Jc.-u only latt. xvii., to. I ll! "If Thou be the Son of (Sod, command thi stono thnt it be made brend.'' Tho fa ther of lie insinuates thnt perhaps lie is not thn Son of (Soil, but on It a mere man. just a poor carpenter from Na.y eth, tonkins pr" tension of la-lug some grent one, and (Suit Ho had better return to His humble homo or else give some token of Ills power. It it a poor thing for the Son of liod to lie hungry when he can. by a word, turn Mon-s into bread. I.et Him satisfy His hunger, oe not the render (if lie or she lie a Christian) recognize in this temp tor the k'Uiio olio who ha olten whispered to you: "If you were a child of (Soil, would lie lot you waul for this or that which you certainly need'' Can lie really lovo you as you think Ho does ami deny you tho very iioces-aries of lit.-, or keep from you t,hi little gratification"' Thus the tempter of f-'.ve and of Christ still seeks to overcome the (hildren of (Sod by leading them to question the love of (iod or to doubt that they are His children. 4. "lt'is written that man ihall not live by bread alone, but by every wol d of Cod." Thia Is the reply of Christ, to the tempter. The outward indications were thnt Cod had failed him, but Jesus places the w ord of Uod against all other evidence uml rest un moved on what i written. Believing is bet ter than seeing. 5-7. "If Thou therefore wilt worship me, nil shall be Thine." The statements of thes Verse thnt the devil limit Him to mi high mountain nml shewed Him nil the kingdoms of the world In it moment of time, cannot bo understood or explained by ns, but can be re ceived, on the uuthority of the Kolv Spirit, who, through the servant of Cod, wrote these things, nnd implicitly l eln v. .1. The lull power of tl.edevd we lire not I iinibnr with (nor do wo want to Ini, nor a it tiillvio vealoil. ,b sas elew hero calls liiiu ti.o prince of this world, and I'uul spe ll; i of I nn ns th prince of tie- power of the air and the god of tliisworld. while .Iohn. in lievel.it ion, sneak of M time w hen I ii" dci il will give to Anti christ that w hich iu our lesson l o ollered to Christ; so Hint his i.. .a-1 in bis t' lnntat mil does not seem to have been nltogi I her a ring one. '1 his world is the Lord'.' by oroni ion . Il. guvoit to Adiiin, but Adam, bv his m. g.ivu the devil a claim to it which l:o lias uof failed to llinko use of, nml it e, true lo lav that "Tho whole world belli in the evil on- ' il John .. in. It. ). Tins statement i-true not onlv of heathendom, but nls i of Chri-t -iidoiu, mid, iu some nuasine, of the Christian clnin h. If the inaiufi-t works of the t v 1 1 indicate hi property, tnen that which bo does not con trol is u small section of carl t mi l a small number of people. Hut Daniel saw iu vision thn kingdom nnd dominion under tlio whole heaven given lo tin' Son nf Man and to thn saints of the Most High iDuti. vn . I.'l, 14, '.'7, mid this temptation was to obtain by a shortcut mid apart from suffering that w liieli in due time w ill lie nil His. (See B..v. xi , 1, i"i. H. "f let thee behind mo, Satan; for it is writ ten. Thou shalt worship tin- Lord thv Co,, and Hun onlv shnlt thou serve." Again .Ii-sim is victor, and the sword ol the Spirit is the ain-ciivsful weapon. The Word of llisl imiioih to Jesus than ull the glory of all the kingdom of thia world, und eagcrm-sn to do the will nf Uod crowds nut all else, 11-11. "If Thou Is-the Son of (Sod i-a-t thy elf down from hence." The conMict is now In Jerusalem, tlio Holy City, and, on a pin nacle of the t'Miinlo, and in presenting this temptation the adversary also 'eUs to w ield tho sword of the Spirit, but ho did a - mi many do to-day, quoted only the part of t in pus-age which seemed to hint bis plll po-.e, nuuli in that which would have coudciiiin'd him. Th i Words qllolisl nregivoll III the I'm.Iiii ll' xci., O-bi) ms the result of making tin- I .nr. I. tho Most High, one's Hi t nge and I l ibitat ion. Vo do a the devil miggested would sun Iv lie u censing to abide under the sh.ulo.v of tho Al mighty, nr to tuiiko the V,.,.t High one's habi tation, mid therefore, the condition, b' iii'.; broken, the proun-o would bo foibiicd. Abiding in Christ nnd in the no nt ('.oil wo liood lour no evil, but ale piTUeliy s.i.'o iu Ills keeping. l'-i. "And Jesus, iiimwnriug', sni.l unto bim. It. is said. I'll u .-hull not te npt t ie liOi-d thv (Sod.'' Again tin sword of lie Spirit dashes, mid llus tinm it h i word from Dent, vi.. Hi. the context of w'.iieh i: "Yo shall diligently Uei-p tlu cominniid luentsnf tin Lord your Cod, and thou shall do that which Is right, and i.o.l in the sight of the Lord." If we would not I mi guilty of tempting llm I.oi-.l, lot us keep His cnmmnutlmcnts nnd do right in His sight. Listening to uny other voice but His. even to the voice of the best of men, we lire apt to bo led astray . Hi. "And when the devil had ended all tho temptation, he dcpui'tcd from Hun for a sea son." Mntthew and Mark add Hint, angola :aine and ministered unto Hun. Although no human eyea witnessed this conflict, who can tell what hosts of angels, good mid bad, were present: the bad 111 lull sympathy with their louder und eager for bis victory, tho rihsI in full sympathy with Christ, but com pelled to stand aside "till the enemy was van iiuishiMl. With joyful heart they now re fresh Him n victorious. Ho accents their cheerful ministry; while satun and hi fol lower retire lo plan some new device where by they may perchance obtain a victory over thi Holy One of (Soil. Ami now we are in daily conflict with this mhiiih adversury. ."Fur we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, uguiust powers, against the world ruler of darkness, against the spiritual host of wickedness ii the heavenly place." Lton Ueljiti: TEMPERANCE. FROSTIX' Til TO?.. Wrerer we took are aeone that appall ti; The Drink Fiend goes forth on hi mission of III; In pitiful tone hi victim still call lo fight the good fight with earnest strong will; We'll never desist till thetruggle lo"erj We'll never desist till tho foe i no more. ffo laurel that tell of Ted carnage we crave; The won'aiu we uso are supplied us by Truth; Tl our mission to warn, to teach, and to save, And we overlook tmnn from old age to jnnth. W e'll never desist till the struggle IsnVr; We'll never deaist till tho too ia no morei No pol ler we hold with foe so f remendnu; We court not hi smile, we fear not hi frown; The courage we need onr duty will lend U, And the arms we have taken we'll never lar down. We'll never desist t ill the struggle bio'erj We'll never desist till tho too ia no more. Talk not of hi wealth of hi Ill-gotten gnin. Talk not of the right which the law has conferred; Vpon wealth so obtained thero rest a blnci stum, Vpon it the curse of the orphan I heard. We'll never desist till the struggle Uo'ert We'll never desist till the foe is no more. Too long baa tlm nation thia tyrant endured; Too long has it head 'm ath its yoke been Wilt low; And never oh ! never can right le secured, Till down iu the dust lie thi terrible foe. We'll never ibv.ist till the struggle iao'er; We'll never desist till the foo is no more. iViidoiiuf Acfi-ucufe. HOT IXCK. A barque wa wrecked on the New Jersey const one wild winter night, and the only persons saved were two Isiy. who got to shore over the terrible billow on broken plts-es of timber. It wa a sad sight when next dny four hearses were driven to the village cemetery with bodies of viiinen. washed ashore in the night. The Isiy were the only mourner vho followisl the funeral managed by town olllcinl. Their homo were far away and they were wmiii to be sent back to the port from which they hint sailed. The di ieu inoii of the crew nf the doomed bark could not ls saved, although the life suviii'g crew nf a ncighlMiriug station did everything in human power to get lines or boats out to the ship w hen she went to piece scarcely a thousand yards from shore. "If boys' luck," said mm of thn lifo suv lug crew, when the 1 1 rem -his 1 boys cama safely through the roaring surf on their piece nf timber; "let a bov alone to get ashore, if there is a scrap of u shaving or a hen-coop to hnng to." "'Specially if a fellow's got sense enough left iu bis head to stick to his piece nt tim ber," said one of the roseii'sl Isiy a. Then it came out that the Captain and hi crew worn nil under the influence of liquor when the gale liegnn, mid that the greater tho danger loann, the. more they drank to lessen their sonsoof the peril. "It was pretty tough to sen such sailing, nml not dare to iqien nur mouths," sunl the other Isiy. "We'd never have gone to iiiis-es if they'd had their iesuls enough to hold her steady and nil' the shore." "That' just it," said his companion. "They didn't have tii-ir heads. A l.-llow' got to be ull thire,' if he wants to iniiko a port iu u storm." isn't it ii gisiil thing to l o sure that ono bus one' bead ut all tunes'' Many n young man lias iniide shipwreck of his whole life, because in a time of danger and perplexity liohns put into his mouth that which "steal the brain nwav." It is not luck but pluck which win, ami it i the truest sort of pluck to refuse any truco with such uu enemy, l oit' L'oHijiuiiiou. IT.nZKN IV nt.st CMIIS. A few w . oks ago the bodv of Frank flifTord was found in his robin at Whisky Flat. .Nov., partly naked and lio -u still'. A demijohn Willi a small quantity of whisky ill It v.as in in- t he bodv, v. htl" a btt le dog lav upon tlm Imsotll of Its lle.ld muster, Oil I lollght. MVIl.;elv W hell liLlodgi I ll is believed t lllll (.111. I'd renclled Ills ,.,1.111 Willie Intoxicated, mid ti ll he was u. table to disrobe and go I.i bed, but fell a . I. 'op on tlio (loor. and ns tin night was bulorlv cold. In" In death. At the cnroiior'n inquest it was t. '-tilled that Oilford wm a native i f New Bedford, Mass., aged ab. nit i.s y at -. The limling was that tint deceased came to bis death by ex posure. The Wall. rr l.nl.i4 llttllrtin saysr "There is a bit of I'ouiaucn connect" ! with Frank Ciirords life. Ho belongs to a wealthy family, it'l l wont to I'abtoruia in the o n ly til tics in Ins fat hers ship, I in the death of relatives lio fell heir to in. oo i. but us ho was cursed with an unconti'olnhlc iippotitn for drink, the courts appointed Ins sister ns his guardian, and h was iiuabl" to obtain iHissession of tils nioiiev Ho again went to the rneiiie const and tinallr isolnt".! himself on a cnttle range in F.miici alda fount v. Nevada. His death was a most miserable olio, thorn being no human Uung within many miles, and win In the on imr of t Imusauils h died ill iHiverty. He was limit-1 ut Hawthorne, Jiov." TKMPKM AM'K SKWM A Nil NOT KS. The "monoyeii men'' of f minion, Me., have oi'gani...d to shut up ull the sal. Kills in the town. The Maaanehusutt Home for hubriabi Women i about completed, and will uee'oin ininlalo one hundred and lilty inmates. Ilright colored silk handkerchiefs adorneil with representations of wineglasses und whisky-bottles ure now sent into thn Cntigo Slates' by the liquor men I'm free distribution ninong tlm utilises who buy their liquor. Itultiiiiiiie.iiis are alai-'iied over the recent largo increase in tlm number of saloons iu tluil city. A conimittoeof uifluontial cili.ens iippoarcl bt-roro tlm State Legislature and advocated llm speedy passage of H Ingh license bill. Tlm Nashville .not claims that the money that Tennessee pays unuuaMy to the whisky shops isiri.lsio.oooi'woiild moot nil the regular i xponses of tin Slate for ten years. Nash ville saloon receipt uloiio would carry on the Cmvernnicnt. Tho names of twenty-eight hnbitual tlnink artls have boon onuiuinim ntcd by the police allthorilie of lirliiit, (iermany, to every saloon-keeper uml rctuil liiiior-denler in that city, tlm latter being by a (iovei nineiit ordi nance forbiddeii to sell them anything. A llattle Crook (Mich.) tlian requctsl thn City Kncorder to order ail the sjiIooiis iu tho town not to sell him unythiug to drink. Tha HiN'onler took the seiisiole ili'iiiiiiard nround to all tlm giiiinills, told tlio proprietors to takn a good look ut him nml ti not sell him liquor on pit 1 II of prosecution. Tho Key. 11. K. Kophurt, a mininuary in Liberia, write a letter to tho Voice, in which lie give the following us a part of the cargo of thestouiner that carried him: lU.OuO cask of rum, 1 1 case of gin, HUi tons of gun (Hiwder mid 14 missionaries all on their way to Africa. Missionaries, rum, giu und gun powder what a mixture! A statement to tho effect that total ab stuiuer are shorter lived, on tho average, than any clas except immoderate drinker, ha beeii given wide publicity, aa it waa at tributed to a reputable British sclontitle so ciety. Home one who ha taken the trouble, to look iuto the matter, however, asw.-t that the ratio i gained only by counting among tbe total absUiiuer all who die iu iufuuey. An International l'rhton CnngrcnH i to be bold iu St. 1'eteraburg, and the Hunsian Min ister pay (Sonrge Keiinaii, tho Century wri ter, the high compliment to request that ho may not be sunt a a delegate to represvut the United State. Ilofiion'a New Mtrlithon iWtoti linrhor hn a new lighthouse In' operation. It i nn Peer Island. A a ample of modern lighthouses it il well wurtli notice. V it Deer Island l.iolitli'iti-c, us it i olttcinll known, statu! on the southern extremity of ihe spit that makes out to tin sniitti from Doer Nlatnl. The water is six fed !ccp around it. The fount In! it hi nf the struct tire is a jgri at cylinder of inui, resting iu the sand, ami securely iiticlmirtl ami prntcctcil by mi:ih tliousaml of yards of broken slone tout have In en iliunpi il aroiiml it. This p.irt of the st i net ure i ."ill feel iu diameter. It swells nut, hell fashion, at the top, win re is ii wide promenade, prntct ted by n hand rail ami com M il bv a roof. Above thi rises the tower proper, in the form of u truuiatiil rntie. 'I'licic is a 'gallfly nloiim! the top nf the i niic 'I'lic lij.'ht it-clf is ft7 feet abovi nit m'I sea lcvt 1. It is a tiic wick lamp, ami will illuminate an arc nf the liiiri.'oti be .'inning; at a point mi the Imrioti Mtuth-uc-t by west J wist around to a point, southeast by r:it tbi at itegs t.ikcn Irmii scawatill. In clear weather the light can In seen I.'l ii ml icil mill's away by a in in oil a ship's tlct U i.'l feel above 'in- water. The strength ami ciunpnc's of iron and siccl make it certain that tlic-c tin tals will bo Used in the future iu all liohthiiiises which, like this, arc cpiisc. to the assaults, nf the waves. The nhl lahiotict stnuc towers arc mop expensive and loss 1 1 itn I ut al tic lor the keepers ami in tin way better than the iron lowers. The base nf the striu lute is pailitcil black, the titwi"- is linn, n, and the lamp i.s black. The lump shows a white iight, varied by a red flash every thiity secnini Arif )oi 't. Mr. and Mr. Spiirgcnn. The llcv. Chailcs H. Siurgcoii, hn for a quarter nf a century has lni u thn Icnline light ,,f the Piaptisi ilctiotniiint ii ui iii i:nglai:il, lias beett iC 'orl vct v ill for some time, fn tSr hut" rcrently waste- W -.- yJ portc.l better. MrA Hraik 0 S; urgci'li w :is the si'i:i Ty.."' V7 ,,f 11 'oii-'i"-';'' Jt -L-V 'y liiinistt f.aiiil was liorn ; WCSi i l al Kclvc.li ii, IN-cx, : - y. .'jil:-7 u j Xavo,i,,!: I.. 1 became the hull h tit Wutcrfoi'il. From Ihetc he went to New I'nrl, 'I'licatrc, in It, M't ' l; : :in Sniilhwark, London, in loil, ami in ISIil tin T.iln t nai le was built for him. Tlii buililing seals hetween (!l ll 1(1 ami Tmni persons ami is t roudt d when .Mr. Splirgeon is there. He has prcat .'n il to "II, iniil pctiplc in t'nc ( 'rvsfal I'alnt c ami t In At'ticiiltuial II ill. Mr. .spiiroctin is in t an inator in the Usual sense of the term. His voice is clear ainl'i sweet , ami he is VlT earnest. in n oung no w .is ntai i ic. i an i has two siins. I loth pit aclici s. line in M -n; MTUor.tis. Australia and the other in London. His wife it an earnest worker with Mr. Spin genii. Ills uiec ( liiirmeil Her. Jtic M ik, t ho Hut liiiliui I it it pas M'ii(.'cr caller, i iintctl for his sweet toned vtiict lllnl Illtnli like lisiHitit)tl. An.tiiig llm pasM'tiigor ut. tin li'Hit, xcdt'i'ilitv. was .Mi-.-t .Ichtiie Smith, tho lailiini'l ti'lnicraiiec i'Miii(,'i li d. Sho kl'I't Ull I'M in: .Inc. 11 ! 1. 1 notice. 1 nil his (.noil traits, lint llli'l.t 0 il.ilq' liis Ignii.l it x ih M. l'l'i'sietitly tlio Liistt rn tiuiii w:im llhnllt due uml .Inc. in his bhiiul, ml. Hint liuiiiiii f. uilvatii'i'il toll enter nf tho I'linlil lllul in ll sil Vet' tnilt tl tetini' vnico, Mini; o:it "All itliiiaril I'm- I 'hit tstiiuiit Ii, l'licilit ,1 iitict inn, lii-l(i:ik. llm III, gtnii, 1 'em in, ( 'hicac'i inui nil points ciiat. riis.s.i(.'eis will now pa .s nut to tint cars inui Mfii ;t' t heir -eat s. at tlm t mill h ir.i'S in tifut'ii minutes." .1 nt tstnrtoil to retreat when Missj Siuiili, in an cm up I nt di lniio :ii 1 1 1 1 iu 1 1 1 il him inui I'M'I.iiiiit'il : "(111, Mill li ai-, lovely in'.in ! What a I.im Iv vnico .ui have tu i 1 1 jLtr praises liiitn heiveii. Wull't Mill I It .1 I' ctlll.C to III V liicctillM mnl biii' for ii .(tie is very bashful, hut this (latter W us (tin In licit H'nl In- j 'I in.. i setl Iii ii), lUlihuad 'ii -i'hr. Tug nili in tlm Canadian Parliament to al t.l: di the duly on American corn imported ll to Canada to distill has been ikfeutod About the Same 'I'liiir;. 'lly leorKe:" saitl Mr. 1'nlar J'.enr, ns he g:i.et ut the ISnrculia; "it's a corker." "No," said Mrs. I'olur Hear; "it is not t tin ker. It's Aurora." J'uet. s"-'.V
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