an! .it i, II '.It .,,1 T:.:l V'.M t:. N-.3 1' n 1 tU hti 1 n.'U ; 1-4 ii i.:hl ,. .ii . S3'" h.-n ,i:u Ibf IIU THE DEAD LIONS. LsEB SIDE OT TBtB PICTURE. L T;roK Deaorlbea Soma Violets ? . . . - - Mcmoera 01 society. ! h'rfnf rfof i beCftr fan a Lfion."-Eccles. is., 4. PiMff I the strangest, the loveliest, I v.,P,t tn" weinipsi., mo iivbi, oi mm,.. P,i,.n iT Miwi the lawyer, Joshua the . ...1 fl, .,!,-.. tf-m tin. builder r!l'.' ' linvld tho shonhord. Daniel the ' ':;.... Amo. th herdsman. Mat- rJjTth'o custom houso oflloer, Luke the dic- Pllll the SCIlomr, uoill, Ho rAiir, nut, rt' oomplrto harmony from the niicMlo !-f the Hible. which is the eighth Terse ..I,.,n0 IHIU'II -i "'" I---'." , .L tv tn the upper and lower ltd, and tl the 'shortest passage, which in the thir- ,iii verso oi lun ....-.-. -Jltll " --.. .,l.,h I. tha ninth Ms . i.,ut jOiati,., jf VithMr. nmi 01 In "iio." -e - - - . ... Imoorfection in ail the 77:t..l!;l IS which it in composed of. It not only X.,verthe past, but over the future; " hoover the past, over vo Emit frrv!Hit, a in iieeond i ? ule-rnpliic wire, in Job; at Strain, a i Nahrnn; nd Intrn r".1" ;..!! I, the name of Tn I nuuiuei; and a rail- introduce us LYfctin.lrvnian by the nemeof Tobul Cain ..lupbuil'ler by the name of Noah, and , tin, nnniAni Ann n I. nun " M.m H.,hitmin hail tjt tn.kn ilnf hi home, and bow much be paid for 1. horse. ut t'w tning in mm TiTBHinn Ur,, r.rr"hiiive tmnlt interest me an much friithestn. those short, term., sentea 1 . ...,,tl.. ur nm of which HIT Krt'l'cm'1 "A llv,m- doiJ iS bctU'r lta"' V ,. ,-nl.iht o un l tho v.. .1 tuiiMf kit iw thiit ttn. .Motion'! " 10 " v" Lr'minl i iifvnonym lr thn U-mitiml, I U I" Y " ' : . ti... .ii.ii.tiitt'.l iii m. iHMm. ntifi j.i uii.tit, lis the llikhlun(l4 of Srot- Lfni;ti' -n. i wrtw- u.i4 ...... A r' . i ...xii it ivtilr tPti tnnil lii'i ii ,i""t vu-,tvi'ln ovrp wh'mo Mfotj e ni'ibt. ltit SolomiMi, thiUhor .. ..- 1,-...I ill JiTllS'iU'lll. Alltl thn doif l( air ; l.oi in tho text wan Uog m Jorusa- i i ..r.i.tj . . .ntrt in row iu wiu'itj pui.ihmi - -.,. ti.r mill iroiii wuitb i. rti v ii i u-t I ,,f jtTUiIni i iiny, mm nwri . . 1 X. I lit !.J ..-ii?. fiui uiulorHtaiid mo miir ..... ..' i.nij ttiutti tliM rlitir nf . t ....I ...lirltf nn.l h-iit- t mvi ntfictol with pnniHiUs, ami tuicr t l " ' ..:. I.v lli,..-r hni,)itti k 'r-r All tin HTM nown iti iu" '. I, uj written in I'nli'Mtilii lr r '4 in fi-m. T cn;itijTiloi! land, the dog is umI iu 3',, ,tu.m c.iini'iiriwin. Il.ix.iul aaid: u.rvmit a il". Hint lie annum no mis ; v ill i-il : i.VCTl III" ool fill, i i.i" .. i . . i. .1 t... :! -A.iici I al' fn:n the M ut -r"a table. Ili. JIV. Ill l illilii"l.l.,'. i Join,. Kpcu'Ciig Ol ucuveti, u;: i.l : tit are !.;;. .1.. ... e. Ha t!i" other wr.i'i, vim iiiwniiriui, k-is- en.l loud voicl, and nt its rier the l.-t. v f!i' nn.l the mountaine ircmnie. ii Lairv. linn tor MreiiKtu, ami when lia uiae revive 1 the muscular comjmctueKa W ktf.hin wonderful, and -the Kniro vi me r h'.un.N Imclc from tho tetidons. ny uriir-' ntf of the forests of 1'iilestitie I then' of firearms, of which the lion is .1i..-i!ii.!v nfrultl, they haTo ,liwii)earel a ).. e where ouco they riineil. hut j re very hold in olden times. Tiiey iilie I art iinny oi oversea wnuu umrcuiiiK m-ii !'.' loiiin. They were so niiiuerotw LtniietliotiMind lions were aiain in xorrv k iu the Hiiitihiieiitre oi ivomo. inn L-mry lion, the Cum lion, the hom-Kal linn, A;:ruu lion, tiiiike ti a most ansnrum clmpter In natural history. As it of the Kihlu was written in regions ihaiinti-l. this creature appears in almost ;no( the Ilihleus a sim le. svil umlerstooil its liubiti of nltjht imi un i day nluinbprinK, ns is seen n bikil-s.-ription: "The youn lions roar T the.r prey and seek their meat fro'ii !. The mil urieth, they gather them- ritto ther, and lay th'Jiu down in their C And again ho cries out, "My soul is at li!i.'' Moses knew them nmi said, . jii is couched like a lion." tvimpsui t thi :n. for ho took honey from the car- -uf i kl.iin lion. Solomon knew thcrn and 'The Kind's wrath is ns tho roar of u sul iioin, "The slothful mail says. Ki a limi in thn way." Isaiah knew a, nivl mvs, iu the millennium, "The l'iil cat'straw likn'an ox." Kzekiil t:n-ni, un lKiivs, "Tue thir l was in the "I nlieii.'' 'l'uul kuew them, andsnvs k il-hverel out of the mouth of the lVti-r knew them, and says, "llio I s a niariui; lion wulketh alMiut." St. i kacw tliem, and says of Christ, "lie tue I.ieii of tlio tribe of Judah!" . "hut d'ts my twit moan when it !ivin;do and a dead lionsido hy side, v the former is Iwtlor than the latter? li ieuntliat small faculties ac tively usih! ui uiure vaiuo than great lacultios un--oye.. How often you see it! Homo with limit 1 capacity vastly useful. 'ke. that which llod hiw irivou him und "Mv nieutal endowment is not lare, 11 "w..rld would not rate me high for uivilirfciice, and my voculiuhiry in "I, mid my education was defective, Uto e(Hsi whnt 1 have for (lod mid r-a""- Hh'l tho nmkinir of the worhl and Impiiv." He nuts iu a ktTU Slltl lid a word them. oicniiriicre4 .ut luarted man, gives a Scripture in consolation to snm bereft. . picks tip a child fallen in tho street ""I'limi hrusli olf the dust and puts a "' pw-e in hia hand, tolling him not t ' that the l)oy i sinning before ho gets i Lie corner; waiting on everybody " n letter to carrv or a messuvM to It 'ile, into a mil trnln nr ntfi'm 'r b-xit. or khop, with a smiling fuco "- tverylsidy to thinking: "If that u. with what upiteurs small equip la hle.be hiLimv wdv i.iimnit I fi'iT in,, re than lie lias. !e eoiinllv Une day of that kind of doing n 'lV ll'lt HtllOlltif. I.l fim,.li lint f.trtir ' "lint no oho but (loii Himself can h "it its iniiiiiMisily, are ten f thousands of such poonle. ir, 1 (,f iiciMiiiintuiico is siniill. The eii over at the store. Ho is clerk j'ler or iliiivmiiu. and he is known ' ,e wl" sit, near him dear buck in ;'; li under thu gallerioa, uml at tiie li. r he comes in kuiM-kiiig tho ' 'n hi shiK-s, und threshing his arms Hl boily to revive cin-ulution, on -Jimary inormiig. lint if ho should ''tow there would not 1 a hundred ' " would know about it. He will Jo"" "ll"lu tU6 Mewapaiiers but i' , )!iat iil lw the auuouuuuiiient of " II some oiut will ,.uu r. i... i... 'itei liiuch k linu r. i... . i..... tw j. iu. itm ,,u lilies. ." ";uie up glorluusly on tho other I , - i wu" watched Hun all f .. 111 K'v" bim a holier soat und a ,,"" "J gramior eternity than ,i ' bad on eartU, before bis word honor. i.l. .! i.i toil L it - "', urn, m 1.1 uia tutiiio it- ti. Christ uiM in I.uU.. h 'i. rJl' 1 '?.' ln "ven some who had j'ir would laugh there. 1 tuuik a laueh at .iuii.,i.c ....i ! will r...r r. ..." r ' ,ct sueu tin. loi, ..i.i . . i Lt sll .. -wmmiu una oi wuoill 1 hn ?. U m,J t"k8 procexlence of P, U1? Wno " thU world felt them um n'i ""'f'y-nine per cout. more i J Jho wbUper wiftgo round the " llim lllllu.a. 7 asa J,. 1 M that 'll " " Sail it be jwsuulo that thut was that -,"U..our troot?" "Can it ls "at u . .,,... ... .., ,., r .. -vj.. uur ruuruur iU lutu our IUU11I .1 ,!... thu man that UMllarf' "i uuver pmtld have thought ft. TThat rrvetml of thingal We were clear ahead of him on earth, but be la clear ahead of us in heaven. Why, we bad ten time mora bmins thin lie had, wa ha I a thousand times more money than he had, we had social position a mile higher than he had, we had liinmner ableopportunltips more than hs had, but it see:ns now that he cmvnnliahml more with bis one talent than we did with our ten;" while Solomon, standing among the throw, overhears tho whisper, and swj the wonder ment, and will, with benignant and nil-suggestive smile, any, "Yes, it ia as I told tho world many centuries ago better is small faculty activlv used than great talent un employed, 'better ia a living dogtliaa a dead lion."' The simple fact Is that the world has 1een, end the world is now, full of dead lions. They are people of great rapacity am! Inrgo opportunity, doing nothing for tho Improve ment of nicictr, nothing lor tho overthrow of evil, nothing for the salvntion of fouN. Somnofthein are m iiietnry Pons. They have accumulated so many hundred of thou Miidsof dollars that you i-an fed their t cad when they walk t.ifough any stre 't or come into any circle. lneycan ly one nnniicnu move u;wt the money" market. lnste ul of the ten per pent, of their income wlrio.i the lliole lays Mown as the tirotier iiroiiortlon or their Pontriliutlnn to Iho catl'O of (lod, they do not give five per cent., or three per cent., or two pir cent., or one per cent., or a half per cnt., or a quarter j-r cent. That they are lio:is. no one doubts. When they roar. V all street. State street, Lombard street and tho Hours) tremble. In a few rears they will li.j down and dK They will have a great funeral, and a long row of tlno carriage, and migijtln-t repit 'nn ill roii rromtn organ, ami polishes snatt of Aberdeen granite will indicat', when their dust He, hut for all ne t' tho world that man might as w-ell have never lived. As an experiment, as to how much he can carry with him, put a ten cent piece ill liio palm of his ilea I hand, nml five years after open the tomb, and yon will find bo lias ilroppe I even t!i" ten cent piece. A lion! Yes, but n de.id lion! lie left nil in treasures on earth, anil has no treasures iu heaven. What shall the stone cutter out upon th olxiisk over him? 1 su;;i'st, let It. 1m tho man's name, then theilit of bis birth, then the date of his death, then the appropriate Script ur. tmso-igo: "Bettor is a living dog than a dea l lion." Hut I thank O.sl that we are having just now nn outburst of splendid Is-netlcenco that is to increase until tne earth is girdle I witn it. It is spreading with the smss1 of nn epi demic, but with just the op'Hisite elTe-t o' an epi Iconic I in yotl u t notice how wealthy men are opening free libraries und building churches in their native village? Hiiveyoii not seen bow uieti of largo means, ius'.end of leaving great philanthropies in their wills for disa;;sunte heirs to quarrel ah nit nml the orphan courts to swum;,, urn In coming their own executors and ndmiuis trotors? After putting asido enough for their families (lor "lie that provideth not for his own, and especially tnoso of his own household, is worse than an ill. Idol "I, tiiey aro saving: "What con I do, not a'ter I a n ilenil, but while liv.ng and in full possesion ff r.iy fnculties, t properly dins-t tho build ing tif the churches, or tho hospitals, or the colleges, or tho llbrai ii-s tlmt 1 desicn for the public welfare, an I while yel I have li.ll capacity t enjoy the sittisfni'tion of seeing th" good nccompliilnsl:" There aro bnd fa-.li-ions and gisi lxshlons, and, whether good or bad, fashions are mighty. Olio of the g ssl fashion now starting wl'l sweep tho earth the fashion for wcu'thv men to ilistributi, while yet alive, liieir surplus aecumuhit ion. It i being helpisl by tho fact that so many largn c totes have, im mediately after the testator's death, g no into litigation. Attorneys with largo fee uro employed oil both sides, and the case goei on month'aftcr month, nml year after ywir, and after ono court decide.i it nscends tn an other court and is decided in the opiKwito direction, and then now evidence is found, and tho trials are all repeated. The children, who at tho father's funeral seemed 1 to have nn unuoutrolablu grief, alter tho will is read go into elaliar.ite pmnsa to provo that the father was crazy, und therefore in competent to mako a will; and there are men on the jury who think that the fact that the testator gavo so ir.m-h of his money to the lliblo society, ami the missionary sneicty. or tho niicuingof a free library is proof positive that lie was in ii:e, and that ho knew not what ho was signing w hen ho subscribed to the words: "In the iiaino of I lod, o:it n. 1, bein ; of Koun l mind, do liitiko this my last will and tvstaineiit." The torn wills, the fraudulent will-.-, t'.ip broken wills have recently bis'ii innd- such a spectacle tonngel.i and to men Hint nil over tlio laud successful men aro cal!in in nrc'ii tccts and saying tn them: "How much would it cost for mo to buiid a picture pil lory for our town?" or, "Whot plniiseim ymi draw me out for i concert hall? ' or. "I 'am speeiully interested in 'tho incurables,' and how large a building would uccoruhiml.ito three hundnsl of Mich patients''' or, "The church of liod has Ihm h a great help to mo nil my lite, and 1 want you to draw me u plan for a church, commodious, bountiful, well ventilated, and with plenty of windows to let In the light; I want you to get rinht at work in making out plans of such u building, for, though 1 am Weil now, life is uncertain, aul before I leave tho world I want to ssi something done that will bo an appropriate acknowledgment of the goisluess of ()od to me and mine; now when can 1 bear from yon?" la our own city w,i !iavo many examples of this. What a grandeur of boiiellcenoo has our fellow citizen, Air. l'ratt, demonstratVil, building educational institutions which will put their hands on tho Nineteenth century, und tho Twentietii century, und all tho cen turies! All honor to such a man! Hoimtsuy so when bo is dead, sav it now. It would l a good thing if some of tho eulogies woeluvl on tombstoins were written on paper in ti.uo for tho philanthropists to read them while yet they aro alive. !, post mortem praise, uud more unto-mortcui! A poor Scotch, lad came to America nt twelve years of ng, und wont to I'lttsburg. Ho looked around for work, nn I b-.-auie an engineer iu a, cellar, then r s to become a telegraph messenger boy, then rosi to a posi tion in u railroad iillloe. lhon rose to a place in a telegraph ollloc, then rose to l Miporiu tondeiilof n ruilroiiil, tiieti rose till he became an iron uud steel maniilai'turcr, then !',,- until be oiicnisl fnst libraries in his native laud and last month a free library in Alle gheny City, and now oilers two million dol lars tor n tree library in 1'ittsburg. This ex ample wi!l I hi catching until the earth ii revolulioni'.sl. How mnjestii such men in comparison with i.oinu I wot of, who amass wealth a id clutch it with Isith hands until 'Vaili Is-ius to leol for their heart strings, an I then tln-y dictate to mi nttoruey u last w ill und testa ment, in which tiny spito soino uauhter because slm married ngniust her lather's wish, ami lliug u lew crusts to (ioil ami tuf Icriug liiiuiaiiity, as much us to say: "I have kept this surplus property, through all these si' v ere winters, uud through all thco loug years, from a ueisly atnl stub-ring woi'ld, uud would keep it longer if I could, but as I must give it up, take it, and much good may it do you"' Now wo bctiu to iimlcr.itaml ill t-xt: "lictter is a living dog than u dead lion." Who would attempt to write tho obituary of tho dead lions of commerce, the dead lions of law, the dead lions of medicine, tho dead lions of uncial iiirliieuce? Yost cupucKy had they, and mighty runge, and other men in their presen -o weroas Hiwerless as the uu to!u) or heifer or girulfe when from the jimglo a Nunildiaii lion sjirings upon its rey. Hut they get through with life. They av down in their magnificent lair. They have mode their lust sharp bargain. They have Bsjken tlieir lust bard word. They have commit ted their last mean act. When a tawny inhabitant of the desert rolls over helpless, the lioncNH and whelps fills the air with shrieks and howls, ami lash themselves into lamentation, uud it is a genuine grief for the poor things, liut when this dead Hon of monstrous usulessness expires, there is noth ing but diuuiatued woo, for "Hotter ia a liv lug dog than a dead lion." My text ulso means that an opportunity of the living present U better thuu a rreut im portunity pissed. TV spend much of cmf time in eiyingt "If I only bad." We can all look luick and see some occasion where we might have done a greet deed, or might have effected o i Important rescue, or we might hive denlt a st.ro'io that would hav accottiplisheil a vast result. Throng,! stupid ity or lack of appreciation of the crisis, or through procTiistiuntion, we let the chance goby. How much time we hnvo wasted in thinking of nhst we might have snhl or might have donol We sM-ud hours and days and years l'i walking around that dead lion. We cannot resuscitate It. It will never open Its eye again. There will never lo another spring in its pnw. Dead as any feline tmr of South Africa, through whoso heart thirty year ago llordon (. lim ning sent tho slug. Don'tlet us give any nmro time tn tho deploring of the d-ad pust. There are other groat opportunities remain ing. They mar not lie a groat, but they are worthy our attention. Small opportunities nil nrouml, opp irtnmtics for tho saying of :iiid words and doing of kind dirsls. Help. lessiip to b heliKsl. Dishearteneil one to be encourged. IiOt ones to Is found. Though t'.io present may be insigniflennt ns coni:mrel With the past, 1 Hotter is n liviiij; dog than nile i I lion. The most uselisnnd painful feeling Is the one of regret, ltepent of Inst oportunitiia wo must, an I get panion wo may, but re grets weaken, dishearten and cripple for fu ture work. If a sea Captain whooti"o ha I char .'0 of n Whito Star steamer across the Atla'itie (Vinn, one f' ggy night runs on n r,H'K off New'oumilnnd, and assengers und ship peris,!, shall he refuse to take command of a small lntup the North Hivrr, an I snyt "I never will go on tne wster auairi unless I can run ono of the White Star line'.'' Shall tho engineer of a lightning express, who at tho station misread the telegram of th trnin dispatcher an i wont into collision, and for that lias Im'oii put down tn tho work of engineering on a freight train, say: "I never will a ;am mount nn engine un less I can run n vestibule express?" Take what ymi havoof oisirtunity lelt. lo your lies' with what remains. Your shortest w in-t-r day i worth more tn you than can be tho longest dov of ii previous summer. Your opportunity bow, as compared with previous o;isrtuiiitie. may be small as a rat terrier couipaiisl with the lion which nt Matuhnsa, fatally wounde I bv the gun of Iiavid I.iv-itii-tone, in its death ngoi'V leaped ir.smthe nussiotmry cxiiloreriinil with its jaws rrunei t!ie Ihi;io of his arm to splinter, and then lolled over and expired, but, ' lictter is a living i'.og than a dead linn." My text also moon that tho condition of j the most wretched man u'ive is bettor than that of ttm most favored sinners departisl. Tiiechance of theso Inst, is gone. Where they lire they cannot make n:iy earthly asset available. After Char'.cn nine , is dead he was set in an ornamented sepulchrr on a goldivi throne, an 1 a crow n wis put on his cull brow, unl a sce-iter ii bis stiT hand, but that gave him no ihu:iir.ioi iu tho n?xl world, l me of the most Intensely interest ing things I saw last winter in Kirypt woi l'haraoh of old-ii tim , tho very I'lioraoli who otiiires-isl the Israelites, 'fhe inscril)- tions on his sarcophagus and the writing on his mummy bandages prove lievond contro versy that no was I no I tiaraonoi iiiiueiimis. All tin Kgyptologist i.ml the explorations n:;re that ii is tho old scoundrel himself. isibln arc (In very tis-th with which In gnash--1 ngniiis tho tsraehtish brick maker. 1 here aro tie Mickets of the merciless eVol with which lie looke I u;Min the overbnrdeneil p.siple of (io I. There is the lia'r that lloatisl in tho breece off the lie. I Sea. There are the very lips with which In commanded them to inahe iiri 'ks without straw. Tliou-aml of years afterward, when the wrapping of the iiium.-iy were unrollisl, old l'hurouh litteilup his urm a if iu implorution, but his i-kiniiy bones cannot again duti'h Ids shattered s 'eptre. He is u dead lion. And is not any man now living, in the fact that ho has op portunity of rep 'iitanee and salvation, ls ttor olf than uny of those departed ones who, by uuthority or possession of influence, were p i-itively li-mino, and yet wlekeii What a thing to cougratula'.'i you on I your life I Why, it is worth more than all 'the gems of tho uiiivor kin Med into one precious stone. I n:n nlive! What does that uieiri? Why, it, mean that I still bavo all opportunity of being saved myself und help ing other to be saved. To lit alive! Why, it means that, 1 have yet nnother chnlioo to correct my past mistakes und' mako sure work for heaven. Alive, nro we? Come, let us celebrate it by new resolution, new self examination, now c,ius,sTation und a now career. The smallest und mot insiguillcant to-. lay is worth to us in no than live Inn lrn, yesterday. Taking iidvnntagn of tho pres ent, let u get pnr loti tor nil the past and security for nil the future. Where are our forgiven sius? I don't know, llod don't know either. Ho say: "Your sitis uud in iipnties will I remember no more." What encouragement in thn text for all Christian workers! Despair of no one's sal vation. While there is lie there is hope. When in Kngland a you is lady ask, si for n class in a Sunday-school, tlio superintendent said, "Hotter go out. on the street und got your own class." She brought in a rugged Mid llltliv lsy. Tim superintendent gave him go ,l nppurcl. In a few Sundays be absented himself. Inquiry discovered thut in a street tight h ) hud bis decent nppurel torn o!f. Ho was brought in and a second time respectably clad. After a few Sunduys ho again disappeared, and it was found that ho was again rugged nml wretched. "Then," said tho teacher, "wo can do nothing with him." Hut tho hUimriuU'iiiletit tlttvd Liui up ugaiu ami started him again. Afteruwhilo the gospel took hold of him und bis heart chiiugi!. Ho started for the ministry und !Haine a foreign iiiiss.onary. ami on heathen grounds livisl und trans.atol tho Scriptures, und pivucuisl, until among tho most illustrious names of the chnrch on earth mid in heaven is tho name of glorious Kols' i t Morrison, lio forth und save the lost, and rememls-r however depraved, howovor ragged, mid however lllthy ami undone a, cnild is, or a man is, or a woman is, they uro worth nn elfort. 1 would ruther bavo their opportunity than any that will ever bo given to those who lived in magiiitlceut sin ami splendid unrightMiusiiess uml then wrap their gorgisiust.iiM-stry around them und without a prayer expired, "jlctlor bi living dog than a do-id lion. In the grout doy it will be found that the last shall I ilr.st. There nrj in tho grog shop uml in tho haunts of iniquity to-day those who will yet I Me Models of holmes and j, reach Christ t tho people. In yonder group of young men who camo hero with no useful purpose, there is one who wi'l yet live lor C.irist und perhaps dio for him. In a pulpit sUwkI a stranger preaching, and ho sunl: "Tho last t nun 1 was in this church was lif te 'ii years ago, and tho circumstances wero peculiar. Three young men bud come e. pooling tn disturb the i-orvice, uml they bud stones in their HH'kets wlech they uxpin-Usl to hurl nt the preacher. Ono of tho young men referred t refused to take part in tho URcuilt, an 1 the other, in disgust at, his cow ardice, left the building. Ono oftlej threa was bnngisl for forgery. Another is in prison, condemned to doulh tor murder. 1 was the tti.nl, but th.i grace of find saved uie." My hearers, give no one up. Vhe case may Mom desperate, but tho grace of tiod likes to uiidertako a dead lift. 1 proclaim it this tlay to a.l tho iHsiiloKreo (iiace! Liviiu an I dying, Ihj that i.iy theme tree (iracol Sound ii across thu continent, sound It oorohs tho ataH-'Krea (Irui-e! Sssll out thuso words iu flowers, lift them in arches, build thoiu in Minnies, roll them in oratorios Free U race! Tin t will yet IMonio tho earth and peopio heaven witn nations redeemed, t'ruv Urace halvatlnu 1 Oh, I ho JuyfL I suiuid, 'Ti. pleassnt Iu our ears, A sovL-n-.gu IiUm for every wound, A coraial lor uur lesrs. Hurled In sorrow srd In sin .It drain's (lurk door we lay. Hut we srlM 'or grua UivIlo To sua a Uisvci.l day. A willow in Now York haa. it !a al,l brought a suit for iltimu'res mniiint a well-known liuuruloist for taking Jier hu.baiir brain, nml also for vioh.Hnir uu alleged contract to give her $1000 for using bur LuaOuud a a medical ob- ICCt It'SSOU. SABBATH SCHOOL INTKIt,NATIN t. l.V.SHO n VI tit, O. roit laon Tri ClirlaCa hmr of feite," ImkoTl, 27-ilH f.oldcn Toxti Iiiike !., Ill t'oiiiiiieiitary. 27. The pommand, "Ioto your ennm,n strike the average pltien of tho world a strangely a it must have appeurel to the Ualihvan Jew, It seems tn him unnntiiral. It is not according tn human nature, but to the divine. The verb "to love'' liu a' least three different meanings. (I) Tn be pleased or delighted s iC;, t. iie fond of. or to r 'n.ird with atTis'tion because of ipialitios w Inch ex cite fileasing sensation or desires. In this sense we ought to love (!o.l nil I nil :,, d p" son, (th To have lieni'Volcnon low ard or ti have a moral regard for. In thi sense we ought to love eiiemi). (.1) lovo is uc I in a bad aenso of lust. It is the love which ha beni'Volonce tow srd others nml a regard for their moral well being which we ought to exorcises toward enemies. Wa may hnte the sin, but love the soul of the sinner. This will prompt n- to do good to those whoso characters we cannot approve. it. There are four step or grades U'tweeti wickedness and pel feet righteoiisM is-: (Ii Mail may hate those who love him. This allies him to devils. Had men hate llod, who lovo them; "tiod sn loved the world," etc. Uohti iii., 11), M Wan may halo whoever hates biiN, This is human luiluro. It is natural to give blow for blow, hard words for bard words, halo for hate. (II) Man may love those w ho love him. 'I hi too is human. Men generally are up to that standard; even ''sinners also love tlio-e that I love them." (4) Man may love Hewe that bate him. This is the divine rule. It i not limMimmiui "to act out .man psinre. It i takes grace and a Christ like mil ore. a re- j newed Hitman heart, to "ble-w them that ' curse you," and to "pray for them that, do- I spitefully tiso you.' Christ nn the i-ros prayed for Hi enemies, and Stephen alsodid likewise while they wero stoning bun to ,leath.B W. The blood fends prevailing iu the Kast llisded a (.lisrp rebuke. Tin. ciivt,,,,, wss blow for blow, I.l,,,,,! forl.l.Hl. and the spirit of retaliation ran through whole f ninilio. nnd geiiorntioiis. The principle h,. taught i that, followersof Christ nro to siibnni i.i iin.1 nll'er wrong rather than to take the low into their own huiul or return vii lenee f.,r rio letice. It surely does not re.iuu o us to plnco ourselves nt tho mercy of a ilriniki-ii man or allow a crazy person tn bent out our brains, with no effort, to havo our Iim. Tho rule Imsol.v qualill, iite, ns; but the spirit of tb' priiic.pl.. .,.u's tn tho fouiulalioii of all true Christian life. Again it is not iinliscMininate giving that is commended, but the spirit ol true, wise ami considerate charily. We might uive of some things and in such a inaimor ns to rum the soul of thereceivor. To jnstifi such acts from thiscommand iscompMolv to per vert its purpose and iiirnnuu. It is the hnbit of generous, uiiK-lilsh end Imiug lR-iievo-li'liis) that Jesus would hove His dis ciplisj form. "Wo are not to turn the world into a groat piNiihoiiso,' n.,r to ensiurne,. vagalsmdisiii nml slnflli-ssii..s.' The spirit flint would lend a Jew to fo.sl a Jew only, but kick out n Centile t., siarvo is tiie spirit tin lird rebukes. i to tlm's., of our chun h, but leave olin ri to shift for tlieinselve-," ik a similar spirit renppoiirin m modern times. The spiritual msdv mav sometimes lio fnr beyond " 1 1 1- church," and yet be rcu lied by some vnlunl.s'r I liri-liau agency. Vm comoiand applied tier.', wo urn tn I,,!',, i. htidi nu i:...i may give u alulilv. III. This is know n us tie Saviour'.-. Col. Ion Hide. This law hud Isam originally written in the li"iii ts of men. but waslo-t in thn ruii. A few grvat minds had grnpi.l after mhiii thing Jikv it, but found it only in a ie alive format tlio best. Coufiicni alM.ut .Vsi II. C, states it iu thi way "What I do not wish men to do to me. I'nl-owi-h n,t t,,,, toinin." Jis.isput this 1 1 Ml Ii in a po-inve form, nnd not ii.erelv leipiu e I nn :. ', -laming from eii t,, cur u-i ;hl, ,r , lie ii, i..,n . in to do the Mini,, m,,, , I c) 1 1,,.,,, j, , ,,,,;,!,( have i tilers do to us; n nil ilip- mo be- tWis'H these two pl'lllclp is. Man may return? ill C, - , f..r :;..... evil for evil; tiiis is huuiaii: i v.ni .mil r, do tllllt. (7.1 Kvil for gilo.l, thi . Is ilev ,s i; but some I'lid men ,o t liiii an I v I like dellH'lls. (.11 Ci o I f,,,- , v ,; ,, ,i No tllllllks lire to be ui.u ,,;' I . -.; Ill ,1 that lovf us, hi- f,,- doing n.. , I to th .s.. who do good to i.; sinner, ,o l,n ; m-.-.p:, . would not mi (hat "l e l-- ill,',.' vi, uu II hillllel's, ill. So Ion if ymi 1, , 1 ),, (',.... I), il V ,11 ev- p.'ctwill i.-pay you. that i. till on the 1 ,vm r level of eoliilni Milllll lilf'ii. 'I hero i no proof of Christ-h;,. .,,,. iii s,i, ;, ,. ' j, disciple is to ri-s- to a lii::l',' pi f , ., ili:i I. i uu morn ueurlv nl I 'd i.i id., sj.lr.t , f that I mini- who so .,"v.,l t,,cii..,:, ,,, ,1,,,,, tl'iit He gave His inly I t i i i V. ii, tha wl!iiM.,.cr believi th iii Hon might 1 1 -1 i , so but Imve i , rln-tni; hf ", ,;,. , i e ices Christ died or us. 'i,, , , . whieh Christians should ex, , .' ... toward thn worldly, tho t...n:i's of Chi -t an i .1 lio. Christ-like. :i". Are Christ;,,;,, ),, ,,!(,.(. .x mildic lo l'f".-u l c ' for this ..:, ' ,i Jier-'CCIll -.1, ;,llll'-t I. IIMl-Wr-! ', . , lie llllcked III pi.s e, in tlio siv , I, .,.i,, i 1, lire orlol'll llni'l f o,,i limi, by 1 1, . ,.,..'. w lid 'loiislsiiud Ii iv u i i ,i ii. ! , ,i, i , re ward? Nay, tin. r !! i is , . ii.. ercising this Ion i b .i , . , -. ,, neiuioH exalts to h-.ii,Ih , , H,., Most High, s ho i, km I tov.irl ii.- in. Iliniil.lul nu III vil, eh. ,st', ,,,..,.,,.1,.. I,. low. ug tins exiunple, ni'iv I in, h, ,, , ,, iod unl.oint h.ir., 1,1,1, ; (in i.t. , , one of the attribute of (iod Himself; were it not so, nil men must have miserably per ished foivvnr. Disciple are to imitate the Kathur iu this blessed grai-o. Harsh, censorious judging of others ia a common fault of worldly men in nil ages. Th" motives of others r censured and often I hiiritubly judged, uud u spirit of fault tin, ling works much harm to religion life nml growth. Wear not exhorted to re gard all men alike, irrespis'tivo of tlieir character. A man is not to be a "roikIisIi weakling," thinking or speaking of wicked in en in the same term that be would of the godly. While uvoid'iig a ci iisiirioiiK, severe, harsh spirit of coiiileiuna tion, ho is not to tly to the opposite extreme of counting all men alike good, and go so far n even to excuse, the devil for bismost fiend ish nets. Tile disciple is to hnvo tiie loving, forgiving spirit of tlio Father, even iu deal ing with (he sinner, w hile ho must condemn In sin. lis. In Christian conduct there Is to be a generosity born of tho renewed nature, like thu divine. Not judging, but giving, must bo tin) clinractoristic t,f Chrisl's disciples. This bouMdlos generosity is tn go out toward saint und sinner. If you would liiwe geiieruii measure, give it; thus again tho Col, leu Kulo ns a positive principle is enforced. The gift will be in your Isisoiu; an Kustern figure. For in the dress then worn there was a large hag-shuped foldnlmvo the girdle, which was used instead of aH ket to carry ordinary articles that might be nooded. (lifts of tins ions stones, rings or kuepsakm might easily be carried iu this largo bag-shaHl fold ovol' the bosom. &'uni(i!-,Vc7tuo H'urtd. . ... CnECI.EY AND rilCKKNg. Murnt llalstead in the Contemporary telli of Horace (ireeley, that presiding at tho din ner given Charles Dickens nt Delmoiiico's by tlio press in 1W18, while "Dickens partook freely of the wines, (ireuley did Hot turn hi glasses down, but thrust them out of bis way, with n single exception, ami in thut pltti' a Imuuiiful red rose, which had been t iirnisliod for Ilia boutouniore, ami during the dinner lifted bis gloss tn his nose as olten a others raided glassM to tlieir moutlm, and the iragr.ince of tint ro, w as ull tloj klimulaut he wi.nljd." RELIGIOUS READING. IS TI1K I.OM, tU'jr. In the long run fame find the deserving man ; The luckv wlgbt tuny protsr fnr a duv, l'cit in good time true Inert leiid the van, And vain pretence, iiiuiotkcd, goes its way i Hut fortune smiles on those who work an I wait, In the long run. In the long run nil godly sorrow pnv: There is mi better tiling thuu righteous pain. The alcpple night, tlio awful, thorn crowned day, llring suro reward to tortured soul ami 1,'iun. I'liuieanl'.ig jov enervate in the end Hut sorrow yields a glorious dividind In i he I jug run. In the long run all hidden tliitiLi nre known; The eye of truth w ill penetrate the tilglit. An, i, iiimhI or ill. thy secret shall be known. However wt-ll ti- guurded Inun the light; Al. the unspoken nnuives of the breast Are hit homed by the tear, und -land von feat 1 a the bng run. in 'lie long run nn iovo ts p.nM ny love; i Though undo valued hv the heiirisof earth. The great eternal government above beeps tr:ot account nnd will rislectii its work. tiive thy love freely ; do not count t lit Cost j bo beautiful utliing wa never l ist In long run. - .sW,rf(vf mr nr. i i pv. William 1'. (ihidstoiie sav: "If asked w I at is the letnedy for t ho deeper Sorrows nl the ii ti i , i in heart what a man should ihii lly look to in Ins progress through lilo as the (lower that is to ut ni ti him under triilx anil eniilile Intu iiianl'iillv to confront In-, ill :, " mns, I must point bun to muhc thu g winch, iu a we, I known livinii, i i nllisl, ho i, , . ,,i! sf.irv. toi l i t' m nn old. old Hook ; and taught itli an old, old teaching, which is Ihe gp-utest all 1 beat gilt ver gi ,en to iiisnk m l " w It XT UNCI -i x noN i. It i t he receiving of .lesu- Christ personal ly in His perlecl lite and Inline. s to reipii and live in our heart un l life. It is to i -liuuge our illlperf tloll for His pert'eeHon ; to ecaso from our stru.',:les ami take lli strength; to beeotne -o nnilcl to 1 1 nn uud so ilejs'uiletit lllo'l llitiliiirv moment that Ho shall lit erslly ' dwell in u and walk in U-," and live avaiii His incarnate lite in our llosh as truly us He did in ancient I iulilee and .lorn sa'.etii. This is the inxsterv of mysteries, the secret bid from ages uml goiior.it ioua, it U "Christ in you, the Iiom of glory," "TO TIIF tt'otlK!" Members of the Iord's Kingdom ought to tone up the praycr-iiieetiug. t ipen your inoiilh and prs -r the l ord in the congregation. Stop bring tonirue tied by fear or lido. There's ai la-s in the Sun il' -school that needs a teacher. Ymi have Hot I it 1 1 k 1 1 1 in tin, school for years. i mi bad your little ones nt hi. me." Now they nre Itfns n and it may bo ll, mn away. Siart over ug mi. lie ew your youth by waiting on the Lord. Where is the limit of service to Christ ' I Ippoitunity is the measure i, I our obligation. K now thy opport unit v and improve it wi-ely' Ymi have a work that no other can do. ' Doil. Ihiiliiow. XI XMIINi.ToN N SW FXIilNil, 'I he follow ing, taken from one of ( iener.n V Hshinloii's otilers, show s w hut Hint hon ored man thought nl Hie wicked and foolish Jiraclii e of prolanc swearing: "Many and pointed orders buve been is sued iiguinst the unmeaning und uhi miiiu blc prin t ice of prolanc sweating, imtwi li stnttiln g w lilch, w it Ii milch rco.li t. t he i Ion era! observes thai it prevails, if possible, tin, re than ever : Ins feel i in. arc i out innal ly ttouinied by nal lis and nn P-i a' u uts , ,f t he sold, eis win never he is lit healing of tlicin. The i, anient th.'t 1 !.-t 1 1 .: I v ul nse l.,,uiii ,1 ul g Iii. we are : u . 1 1 : 1 to exi-t and eii,,y 111 lui'i'tts of hie. is ii:ces-aiitiV ili'.l'ie- ca'ed ,.li, I prnliitie l in a liiiililn I a- v ihtnii us H is sli king. ''For the Mike tberefore, nt' rc!i'io,, ile i ency and ord, r. the ,, neral In pes und tru-ts that i.llieei i i, I iveiv r.tik will u-o their 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 n , nml ainhortty to i bisk a lice w hich is as uiiprnlitalile as it is wick", I mil 1 1 ii liifl 1 1 1 . If ollicers would make it mi invariable rule to rcprnnaml, mid ll that dues nut do. pnni It soldier-, l"r ntlensos of this kind, it ceil, I not fail nl' baviug Uie desired elici t." Til r i 1 1, i n x r i i:n virus. Tin more the Christ ian come to uiplei stun, I the lull iiupiut of the work of mis sion, t he heavier d, ies t ho bunion Ho llpoll bis soul. I 'ml, -r I he weight ol sin h a work it is no marvel I hut Dr. lullor. less than a century ago, when repul ed iu Ins hoggin.' fr, la i (our to door f, the iuoihv wit Ii which to send Carey to the In alio ii, should retire (,i Weep a lid pray ; iisbe-avs, ". I'reqin ll ly retired i, olll the Inure pulillc streets tn the hack i a II i ts that I might it, it bo seen to weep over my disappointments " I he only marvel is that so few of Chr si' (oilowcrs have the same zeal. Dr. I 'urpin tolls us nf a Moravian mother who iiinlrrstood I hri-it s call for workers in Ihe world s harvest : "A friend in mm It sad ticss uid to her, 'Vmir smi is cone.' "Is Thomas gone to Ileuvcii through thu mis sionary lit, .' Would to (iod that be would cull my son .lohii' John went, uud lid. The ciiiiimillee were sad, hut tint old lady nut ii i ul il them, uud exclaimed. 'Would that He would cull my lust son. Williatii!' Willmni went und' fell. Then she ex claimed. 'WnuMth.it I had a tliousatul sous to yive to l iod!' " How inuch are you wiv ing lor this work nf reconciling the worid tn Cod' All need Christ. Cod gave Him for the world, lie 'lusted death ho every man.'' lie is the Mipreiuc need of fiery mortal. Thi is a bold vlicre human knowledge und speculations aro of litl lo value, und of no authority. What ( !,l do, lures we can trust. Ileyond that nothing is certain. It is not ii ssnry for us to judge the heathen. It is sale for us' to ex peel thu' t ho Judge of ull the earth will do rigid; for Cod i no respecter nf persons ; but in every nation, lie that fear -th Hun and Workcth ri,;lileoin Cc.sd is uiccpted with llim." fiiNVKUTri) II V KX If TI I I'VeW, ft 'to of tin ino-t i oiuiirkable ullernnce linn ,c at t ho r nt, Sbiln Convent ion nf toin- perance people at Dcs Moines, Iowa, whs thn declnr.ition ot the nutgoiu I iovornor J.arra- Ihsi that, hi experience its Covernot ot tho Slate ha I ma in him lav uabln to prohibi tion. Ho said t hat le ha 1 i,i iiiorly opp, s, d it a uiipiactic.il, le, but that in eighty eoiiiilie., Ill the State t tin jails ha I been eiil ieii.aild tho iiiiiiils'i- of persons in the Slut i I'onitoittiary re,lucisl hv one half during his u liiiliiisl ra tion, ami that court uud people worn ug.rissl thut tho ciiuso of this was prohibition, Ho said thut tho tuxes worn less nml the mar kets better, uud that observing ull those things in tho a,l n i i ii is I cut i, of the all.nrs of tho Stale ho could not help but lns'oiimti l'rohibit lonist, Coveriior I jirrab si wns dis truiUsI by tho temperance pis, pin when elected, lost his known opposition tn prohibi tion at the time of its submission should hmd to tlio use of his position us (iovornor to be little and defeat the law. Hut Ins conversion to prohibition while administering n law ciMttrury to his jH-rsonnl convictions is not less n compliment to the character of the law than to tho sincerity uud candor of tho cou Vui'L tniim Siijntil. A meat famine lias Itoon impending iu J'nris, Franco, owing to tho wholesale butch ers throiiteniii'. tn close the abattoirs if their demand. concerning tlio importation of lur clgu cuailo wvru not grunted. TBMPEILVNCE. "PATA, " TO UK." A JfeW York State Senator, when sket at a K'H'in! ga'henng why ho would not take anything stronger than x"atr, issnld tolmve l'issuidis with the fo'lowm.T vor-e: What niaki-s me refuse a social glum? Well, I'll toll you the reason w hy His-ati-i a iMiimie, blno-eved lass is ever stand ing by; And 1 hear her voice above tlio tmie of the jr-t nie I merry glee. As w ith Imby grace she kisses my fnee, an,! says "l'apii, be trin tome.'1 What thou , -so I d tn mv las tn be true better than let it pass bv? 1 know you'll not think my relusal tn d'inH a tireoi It of ymir court"-)' ; For 1 henr Iter repent in no cuts sweet, an ! her ilciir little form I we. As with loving embrace she kis-i- my face, und says, "I'apa, ! true to mo." Id me oTer a lonsf to the one I love most, w hoso dear little w ill 1 bev. Whoso ilillui'lico sweet is guil litig my fimt ever hle's toilsome wuv; May the sun ever shine on this lassie of mimx, ft'oiii vnrrmv mav shelsi frisi. For w ith baby grace site hath kissed mv fa-y uud Mud "i'ap.i, be true tome," IvrnmATit ASYi.fxi. Just how muoh of inebrieiy I due to moral obliquity and just ho it much to di ease of a physical character may never bn delermiinsl. In the light of successful ex. poriiueiitutioti In tin euro of inebriety the advis'alos of mebriuto asvluui have on- courgement that is not to Is dospi-is by tlx opponents of such institutions. Tho niimlssr of tho latter, once considerable, is now steadily diminishing Tim subjis't I interesting m view of thoelTort to establish an inebriate n vlittn in Washington. Frmu l lpiali, tin Hon, mi jurist of the second cen tal y wh i urge I the iiccosj.it v for trnt in.; ui ehrmtos a diseased poisons, il;ovii to the pn-senl, then! has Issni a lourinsl mid philo sophic ,'irclo cnuipose.1 of lawyers, phvsi. cinns, s. ienl ists and literary nidi iu favor of n dep irture from the tmpolur opinion that I I'll It ki'll lli'ss s elltll'clv a VI, s. IllH stated by the Sfs-retnry of the American Associa tion b !' the ( 'nre ,,l lin bi totes that more than tiftv iitcbriate asylums have Imii estabhsho I III A iio'i n a. an I tliat in, no than t lurf v of these nro now III successful os'l'uto. Thorn nre said to be twenty asylums ,,r inebriate in llnlnu I an I Seotlan I, two in ( icrinaiiv, one in Sn ilei'hiu l. and a nunilHT have lusni ,r,,jcete,l in Franco, Norwny im.l Swisloii. 'l he results nl o dis'tare I to l, lug.hl y gruti fyinu in tlo In f inuch disc, ,ui a eiiioitt dun to the iinperiect timl which many person innknof th" as) luiii'.. Out r,f a thousand let ters from the ti n le1 ol inmates of Ihe in. stiiuiion nt Km,. ototi, .New York, the pcrceiib, g,. of ti i.n ul,.,iiiicrs or tern s'tnto uniong 1 tni.iato-. after livn your wns (V-'',; at Washington Homo, Huston, after ten years, out of two thoiisan I cases there was a peroentnip of apparent cure of thirty-four. And so iu other insti tutions. The legal control of inebriates Is ing so flight the wonder m that tho su ci liasl-'cii so great jus it appear by these tig uro. .Most of tim no l,i into asylums hnvo been private institutions receivitr; soino Stat" aid. The appropriation asked of ( 'on gross, if gruittisl, would place the Washing ton institution on a solid foundation. Tho advis ates of this uietliod of treating iiiobri-nti-s contcn.l that their plan ha passed tho expi't iinolitiil stage, mi l that public beneliL from It uro usmii ed. It u-ii;iybm HI nr. T1IK "XIiiIiKIIXVK" TilllKKKU. At nu old f-is'iionol tempi ranee meeting in a Ilronklyn church n-'Mitly, Colonel It. 1. Chevis, of Keittnckv. was tho nrineinal I Kpe.il.er. Ho was introduced na native of n wlu.-ky in iiiu I ii, t in ing State, and wild that In felliiw-ua'ives wore too wise to drink much of thoHtutl'. "Wo make it," he nddisl, "but wo refuse to be poisoned by it. Statis tics show- the, t it is consume 1 mostly in the Nin th.'' He denounced the mo lerute drinker us a ;; real or ev tl to snicty than tim habitual ill niikar l. because th former had access to circles w hero his example caused more real leu in than a di unlcii ! c mid bring about anion ; In i inss ,,: io.,, 'iiii,si. Tho ss.Mikcr I , i .ill, . I thai Channel y liepew and other ;, ." on, 'in men had al t nl. tiled t ho presvnci I pi n ,1 1 v am ui ; Ihe win inn g classes to tho ll-c "1 s,r,t n-,11s lloilol'. fll.l s:o,l thill, till. ni"-l learned piiy -ictans leov pr, inouucisl in, nt, i iii iun ,ii ., in tea l ol iMiuclieiul, lor no ln'iu.d i urposi.s. 'KANAI li'tsXI." Rdward rven-tt Hale siv: ' I am ready to ai-kiiov I, ,1 go that the clergy are upt to bo a hi I le fanat unl iu tin. in, liter of temper unco. Why not. unlicl- Thev see the skelo tolts in the el "s, t, which other p s,p., , not sec. They l' i ,'eivo the eollMdcnce, uud they know w hy this la 1 never kept the ton prorti." Isi with'wl,,h h" e:.t ,, collee. They know wb.'if is th hidden i niiso of tho rum III this houscho!,. nil I Ihe I , I hopes nf that young married pair. If ) nl uiuit to make un active tempi ruuco uicinh i' ol uny in lif fcicnt liieti l. sol hint to work in prisons, in dial It V orgiiuiat ions, iu edii'il ion ; you will Mil, 11 lilld thill lie says less ll'-otlt lllislerato ilriiikiug, that he ,,ks les, doubtfully on strong legal nn ueiiri s tor We 'pui uieu on' of tempt. ito ii.'' TKMI'KIt A N'CK NKW'sJ AVP S-OTK. A drunken man sees everything double but his money. It is only thn man who save who sees his money double. Tho Ohio Statu C range doeliires that all legislation on the liquor question i-hoiild li toward the iuiiueiliate suppi i'-M'Hi of tho liquor trnflic. In Hungary the Stale ha acquired ton tin iiiKiiml public houses nun inns, a very largo number nf which are In bn clnmsl, uud thoro after roopcni assi'h iols. It Is found that, I'orly-ouo r cent, of the (runes for which prisoners uro lid I. in thirty two (ierinaii jails, were coniuut toil under thn inlluenco of ale ohol. The Ciiigross of thn l iiitod States can well nlford Pi listen and alllrni the plci from Massachusetts that "tim t inted States .shall Ken I no iinu'o Ainei ic.iu .Mislford rum to Alrica." The Cat h ilic Total Ab-tiueneo Socio1 y ia raising tlio mom v to establish u I'atlier Muthcw I'l'iifo-sni -hip of Toinpcl aitco in isiii lus'tion with the great ('ath" lial i'nivcrsity ut Washington. Tie TeiiiMi'aiie, Society of the Froo Chill', ll nt Scotland hiisnnlv I, , ll I hi ," v.ar in existence; yet it already inelu les U'f'J per sonally p'odgod lllllil.sle.il unl possesses a membership of iitl,ui"'.i. The o'fiiriacr, of Chisgow, notes t h" fact of tho propisisl World's Temperance ( ',ni grs, to bo hel l during the progr,-, of dm World's Fair ill lvij, and udls: ".So illalnl should send a (jnod ciuiting 'lit." Dr-. It. II. I'lii'uuier, of San Francisco, n rently n t iii'iie'l from a ya o.r . journey around tim woi'l I. i nnpanied by ins wife mil two sons, using water lively und no alcoholic, during tim entire join lie,) lug IU ill bint countries. z transpire that the loss of pl.1 jve.i Iu tho terrible II issiivaiupt disaster Iu Al'i.oua, when a dam burst away uml lot, a hugn in unit. uu of water rush down thn vullcy, sweeping everything before it, was dun to the ili'iiiikonuev of thn messenger who wo sent iu ample tune to warn the ne ,p tho v.oy below, but who exorcism! li s "personal liberty'' iu stopping ul u siiIihui uud getting so drunk thut ho fur jut to deliver his imv vigo. Thn Hrooklyu Women's I'mhilutinii Lengu eompliiin thut dnspiio their effort t; l.uvo thn compulsory scioiitille tomperanco Icssonn taught in the Liibhc schools, tho work i not tloiin thoroughly Several of tho nieinbera of thi leaguu are authority for tlio statu luent that the school miiuliurof chililivn what drink hour Is increasing rapidly, und that thn afternoon school work is hinderisl hy tho beer lunch, st which children aro accusU'me.l to tulio icuiiii'ly.
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