: r 4 ;, :.. fU si i!,m: .-.I- Tl.'t' :;;.v'.i.' I c.'a'nj- iiae - t!ie Im. in-!- 1? I' a'1 1'1 !' rH'. lite ?( t,i ! , i,v,i i.r r-:' I tl.e ti.'.; iiri-scr;tJ ( for oppo. te for t!.e i' uial iy- iml-ei nd tUf-e ) cil.ie"" DR. TALMAQE. ft am, ahoulder cam' That will kn I Meaaat th- mm iihc -or.i witn nil trie guttering, with j the rati ma of 'i Mi-irrni m mi i.r- nil -OS"! Hi hrii-t tiirnn-l HiwiiwaH ItliiTi i mi I a u. -,H..t i . . i . a-. N ft. . ..... ... -..- i "i.. C"' .'. "'.i-iic.ion iipo-i .Oliver, A SERMON FOtt ASCENSION DAY. Chrlat't Miraolea ao Many Powerful XjM on TMohlnf Ood't Truth. TtT; '.fJiiii your hrnt,. n v Mf-i a ta Amy Wo.-y W rom (." P. Io oi,!n timet when a Taf, ponuuerer re turn! from vu-torioua wr. the naoiil in ii . . . i j i i . . . rii i u.ini.-iri "iiiiih mn noi.i ot the a-atea I . . . . ...... A .1 1... I . - I Of N In Ili'l -,.... , nom oi in gatea j city and lift than fr.im their bmgs, ti vi to i: '-rbta city neeta no more more heaven than earth. Tivun of th eelea'ej inhabitant m nv.r saw o:r wtp. now walk arum ! Hun an 1 learn frvn Hia .ivairal rontour something of wnat our raci i will b whan, in the reaurr action, hea mi will have uncnunt 1 hod!, aa well a 'neon n ted apuit. On A'.-anaion Day Ha lifM Himlr through th atmo-ph )re of Patatlne, until, amid tha immarrsiria. He di appeared. He wia th only bdng tli ward! arm-saw whoenild lift Himaalf; aurely i'Ha rouM hft Hieiielf Ut can do the lemr aed of lifting ua. ( No flat foe de-sn h'i rhmha tio'hr kr, ( No tna et here exc-p-. to r.M on tuga. Christ lead ;i all the war: Ihrmnii th r tirtn hour, for Ho waa horn in Bethleaem SUNDAY SCHOOL. tt. to defend it ainrathia con.pieror haa through hnyhooi. for H pl it in a IiivkI. who itiu tha poet of pou. fortalli in Uiai!l. Jrhr.: wn war t.i? triiinipiial antrn- of into heaven aftr Ilia victurr ..v.r.i.. ,-, i ,rit!i and hll. It a a. if tha naU.ti. , tnh:iitanta hail Mid: "Here Haroman' Mik- off';' "mi I'uali liark tha holu of diw .u I' lako holil nf the d.Hira of n,.aH ai4 ,it thii from their hint-M of i.ilf Lit U t 'tir ha la. O gatw; an I h ye ift-fl , evenaaiiii noorfc; an I th Kin of -'itll i.-ont" in."' Am IU tha nio'inloiin of I';itiH no.ne . ni t iipliftiHK tliim Mount liTef. It n. .p-r. ration ".' mir I.ir.l niiiutrf. tin .r-ifofa home in Janinlani I'n. IV hi 1 1 ' Hivetr ' nnil t!i flrt slaui1 t-an- 1 r. lint how .nhnll I le.-rilie i;.n. hu near th- H...e f j, .riiiy, in wtiu-h wo had foi- two r eiicanin'1 amid the aim t,-ivd . ? wf i. J -rit'lio, mi l trt. j ,f n r I ater. of tin' !i-ad . th r , rv-- ir 'I'haifiii of ih liurn-1 iMt;- .f th i,. Mil vad 1 down mloth' ;. ,p an I .1 'lull tn tiiiti.' n ina-i. mil viifel ii ..of t'i hmiw (.f Mary and Martlm 1 l,i . -. e t 'lind our.elv in tirrui I .i li -. lu'li Tfvl with tin rii nn l j ' i' iv. n, 'ending .Mount n' .t ( ill, ! : nut and nnjr...tive rid,'-' It i n - In i I. i null- in h'lu'th, an 1 .1 ' I f.'.'t ...ml '.M-i f-"t al.ov.-th.- level of th-nv.-r ti Knit I'uvi l lljd with a hr-iA-n nivr it f'ninp .y led hn dxvuit it. ; ... M-:e th famou. T.nth I.r,o,i M ,r latt -n- m he.. iii -nt. I he iii 'theiii-n w.--m at t i ! if. A Inn the Imsf of tln hill M n -!: 1 a :. n and t,'i r',i' of tlio who l a ne r, .!i.u. From tli tr.'H on thi hill I nj,i wi-ri torn nlT and thrown into it,i if 'hr.t' triumphal ir,veioii, I p ' i iiithut v-i ,li4ii had walkad tw.-a ir .'mn IS-tnany to Jerualm. and Irom ,.i. i to M.'th.inv. Th--re, ajiu and H- h i I taught, Ili ,i -n... Half ,;. tin. iiiouiit titf-re I lln laiiit-nta-i .lni il-iu. JiTui.i!ni :'' From ita .i-. ito.'l flight h imewar whn Ha r.: "I li i-.iiMily iiikhou. Thern U ; in , lor Him t-j -Io. A a-n-ritli- i- 1-1 t nil1.' p -.) btwe.-n th" art.i a i t the uutr.t(M heaven. un I i I if .-red it. l"th n-ei" I 1 1 be r vi i l i I H- had put IIh reoiirrx'tioii 1 1 t .- I n" llni lj -rhree year of voltmt irjr .. I "II I-' I. Th" Kr.llld.wt, lend-i a-t. n i.i I- .y evor h -.ir 1 wai now t i ! i '! .nit i ihv.-t A --n stnn U in n n io . :i-n r iii-n. I'n-v lia l I' -n t i , in inv ii" of Mduex a'i I e-r-"- niiiliKl 1,-en tli 'uore "li ; -are I liy . "ii'-rii , o 1 of uiTriii. Thy ha I illnii t i -Uv until tli d iv ot " - i "ii II.- would tak- th- earthly Mil wave a siwit?r ni.jjhtiwr. nn I i 'iiuih ii i,.r tiian iiny I'liaroiiii. i :v Hr.'i l. th in nny " i-iir". Hut now - niitu -ip. n ions cnllap-e. I 'hrit tin i' la-t advii'e. Hn lini nll'ere l His ri,;.Viiv. Hohaa anuk-u Hia lat worl. i :ii'.- -iireu I nnar a on-i ant to n li- r vi ill,". A lien.'- lii-rioii. when Tti; -i r. .norii and iimt titp(':idoii : nil unrliN in ohntti-red. It ia ' ni' ii, miiim th - world w-n? rre te I, , .-ii l'i-; hi-r. It i- t;i law wlm-li 1 -v.'nt'im to the .rth. or ilv lui-d-l from e.irl'u, r.'l inn f. niii 'li kee)M the plan-ti whirling i "ur up an I our xolar KVKtom whir. .f,Mll-. ..ft-l all tile dm nirliiij around th- thr.me ni tio'l gravitation. Tlint ln i u, r"!ax" l. or iiroken. t l"t th - h i iy .."I. That law ha I lai i hold of Hun ur yi ir li"foiv, when Ha d".n-tvide I. I it - ;;ripnf Him Inn ,m,'. mi l -:. it i"i-!ine 1 to sin Him fr nn the T.-wiv". on Lake (ialilea, o:i wiiii-h l, to tii- Imttoui of tile la!e. That I iv.tiiti. ni miiat now ;ive way to nn I" the hi'.v. It iimv hold" thi r. hut it l aimot loinor hold th t ! th K"d,-mption. It may -n. Miiday un, hut it cannot hold the r.i;lite..iMieni. The tiugeri of that a--tit tonpeiito letg) the itiort illun ii'D'.' tie- Hiuld Iihs eTr seen, and ' at I woi-.l iiialtreatail. The etroii'- ! liat'll e wliii-h lillllos lllll.T ver i f ni--.iu:'t I liiu.t at last i?ive w:iv ii'-m h.-Mv.-eii thi-ro'-kof Olivet an 1 l ;.t 'ri.f f,Hit. Wati-hit. all '' ' y h it, all the earth! Watch li'- In ., ii.! t'hriat. about ti leave . i.-i. n,v.' ills friends will ii t i ...ii" tin i, tf in em. lute, cut. il'loiiht.-iupt by nnotliMc Calvar IIUI llll' l ' The ur ii law unliiikel Th aci-a I ne other tomli. I will I mi of tlm tu tr.'.iien- ea.uc-i .ei 11 n,U'.l,,n i-M srvi"fj l! 1 ml ile tl-n';u- on lK-nrt- Illi'J iw L'0"-tl'' flvania. 1" '" , Consul t l' le see. i:4 f"1 L.f gf Uie X ,t be.'ll CMl.K'l k f,.,tr " ui i. i ..-t lia.i.tM ,n bill I'l ..i.i, Mr. 11" the, mi l f ,er to eii'.i''. 11 ,e five I"l 8,,C, tin- Iruit. .t sill! It'd ' ! iMtnin sil - iu. Lorn, i,tiz "I. itn t iin. Hilv- ai M" st. p.. n- hinc ii I. .rd ui tha liiiietoueroo;: part, : f .r.-ver. ujU 'li an with pallid d k mi l -V"., the U,,,!M , lt ,r, ri.. it'i-.,.ii I aa Timn. rushing for- 'V ,11., L-ra , Hi. faar to hoi, I Win, th v aiv..t ( rea,.h all(l ,t , to tl.tHiii li,. Higher than the . IIV'I I, vn wh ,. Ii Ii.v l,,l her than t!i- olive mount. Huher. t of the IleUil"l,)iu I the Jordan whera le (Joloth where until on Htaira of lliilitir until intk u ihanthrt lak.'l,,,, ..,,,,1,1 ,,, ulL. lllXllllll'lil'S . .... ... ..1 Jl'miiig s,1. ii, i.., Hlll, Th. a "111. II ,'UI'l w. . . I . , . 1 "i iiiiiure win t mil in a few m 'iiii d.,:endm?, J 1 11 1. 'ilit. then id". th"ii he riv..Wi al, s.-i..-,iui ins ' n,d hand. Hut ut-pa.s bv and t. .,,, and no To '"'!'" 'Klit of earth. itl,i ,,,-nt of heu,, Al, nsin '.",inis liy one a..t,. ,.,ojr jk; 1 ;" 1 niu-tniasnUMtcrtj.l Him !lti aveu turn 011, j,1V;,t jlm '"'"""m untiit'iii, -. ,.sp.-ial laii a,, -il tli.'i; and .,!,,. t;a. '.tot the throii", yars va .'; aaaui to I tak Ml,.M U1M i ni l biuuers wavn.i .,.,,.. ' '. Hil l tlOXOlO '!? C -t 4 .lvn. , won lerin if I'eassMi t iUelf ents r une bai-k L'tl, u.l ' Hir.Mi,-',! Ili chariot vt. '"' linn In Ilia Ihr.in,'. i'i '.(."ir oiii.'ii ii irio I'ul "! i work la duiw," .iv.it.'st day in li.faveug je "tt'ii, of the throne thtjrtr 1 -r. -.. He ab licited for ,,1. Htd riea from all tin .. ..t ' ut. sHintlv i-iiaruliii. h-,i.. 'Hullulujuh! A-Uttti!" , '!uiiic. tiiou (,.nr hnnored J Jt liy ui.iry ilull ne'er bo tiit 1t that for at least fourtexn -niurche have, forty day. '"1't AsueiMioa Div: lor th- '-t itispiriiiK and glorious. '' inn uiic-r'-tnty out 01 rath; through injuatia, for H en ure, tna outragm of Pilate'- -urt roon; throno death, for He stitlr I it on Calvarv: turoiun till aapuU-hra, tor Ha lav t ire- dav within lt ilarkanal walla, tnr ,ujh raaurrei-tion, for tha toll I nmsoni T gave way nn tha flrat Katr morning: through ascension, for Mount Olivet wat -he I him an Ha climbe I tha skiea; through tha tuning gates, for Ha entared tb-in a.uid inani.'i'-eiit acclaim. And here 1.1 a gratifying .usideration that Toil neer thii;ht of: We will eim-Ijoi-.I just as Ha lo.ke 011 earth. Aa H rose from the tomb h asful"t from Mount llivt. We ahali a-Him as Ha looked on the road to Kmmauv as He appeared In the upper room in J -r isa.em, as tie waa that tlar of vah-dii-tory 011 th ri Ik from which H awung into t 1 asiei. Iiow much we ' will want to nee Hun. I was reading i,t a nian born blin I. He was , inarri-d to nn - 10 took rare -.f hi-n all those years of ilarkii---. A auraon said t him, "I can remove -liit blindness," and ao h" I did Hia sight .iv, mi him. a rose was baud" I I to the m:in wii . n--er b -for hid een a ros . an I li was in i Inili Mti ni of it. and his fam ilv wnom he I, id nv.-r a""ii biore now ap j pMiv I to him, an I he was in tear of rap I Iur.-. when Ii nn ld":ily cried out : "1 ousnt tint to hav- ask'.l to ae the nn" who rured in.-, ahow ma the tloctor." When from our ev.-s the trales of earth shill fall, ami we have our lli t 1 .oii of h - iven, our tlrst cry ount not to l "VVhr are my loved ona" Our tlrstcry ought to b--. "Whera is Christ, wii 1 madeai: tlilsp t.n!l' Show m th" ilo-tor :" (flory be to Cod lor ascend ( humanitl! f 1'ild a - realm it. mi l that it Is all in sym pathy .'or us, w.i would have use 0.1! a cour. age 111 tha conflict of this life as ha I Ch irlea the Tarelfth wh'li h was iii,-tatmg dispatoh'M to hi or 'tary. and a bombsh.-ll fell into tha room, and th" soretarv drnppi his pen and attuipted flight. Charies said t-i him: "l.i on with Tour writing What has th I. 'llbshell to 1(0 with th? Iertr I am die tiling1'' If th asoiid.. I Cirist boon our 91 le, nothing should disturb us. Our f. ll.nr eutt rer ret r'H'm A tellnw (a,-ing In on r tin-. And atlll r"iii'iii'T. In tli.- ski.-a, Ilia ttara. Ilia aouief. ainl ci"., f am t gla I that Christ brike tha natural law of Kr.vitatio-i when II s'.i 1 .t oir from His feet the clutch of Mount ( Hivet. IVople talk as though cold. inn. uii-ynipitii'-iic, natural law -ntr l I avai-Tiliiug. Tnreigii of law is 11 ma j-s tic thing, lint t!i- lio I who made it li.'i. a rilit to brc ik it. mil again and a jam Ins b-ok-n it. an 1 ag.ii-i and mam will break it. A law is only liol a way of loin,; things, and if li -cioo.-s to do them oui" ot'.ir way H- has a right to d 1. l.iw is nut ..tnng enough t i aini'-kb- tli- Al mighty. Christ link" liotinicil law wii.-n, one Mon lay morning in ', M ir, -li. on the t:iy from H-tlnriy to .l-i uvil nn. by a few words Ho tut nil a full l.nv.. tr-c into a lif"s ..tick. !Ic broke ichthyology ( i-al lav whu, without any natural 1 iudii -.Jin 'lit. Ho swim ; u great sc!i 10I ol tt.li into a tt:ii-t of l.tke Tiberias, wher.' tln-tlsh-erm-n lia I cast their m-'s for eight or t-n hours without the capture of a minnow; and by making a llh li, Ip p iv the tat by yielding from its m .u'h a Kotnau atat.-r. Christ broke the law ot a tot ins liy compel- ; lug. with a word, the angered nea to hush itslr-iMy. and the winds to ip.it thxir bel lowing H" broUe zoological law when Ha mad" tha devils pos-eis th" "dara . 1U-.1 o. i. .( h OnoiVnca 1 iiii ilv made enough bread for live thousand people out of ttve Ins ,-uits that would not ordinarily have Ii -en enough for ten of tha hungry. Ha iiroke intllctual law when, by a word He. il"ncei 11 maniac 111 placidity. Ha broko physiological law when, by a touch, lie straighten" I a woman who for eighteen vears ha t been hetit aim ot double, and when ila put spring into th" foot 01 iuhiimated l.a.iii'iis, and when, without medicine, lie gave the dying girl back in health to th-Syro-l'h'i'ti.i-iitii mother, nn I when H mad th" palatial home of the 11 il,lni iii resound again with the laughter of his reat.ir.-.l boy, an I when, without knife or bittery. Ho net cataracte I eyes to .l ung again, and the driuu of deaf cars to vibrating again, an I the nerves of paralyz I nn to thrilling again, and then when in leaving th earth H". telle I all atmospheric law and pliyainlogh-allaw, and that law which has in it with and cables and girders enough to hold the un. verse, the law of gravitation. The Christ who proved Hims -lf on so many occasions, mid especially the last, nuusnor to law, atill lives; and every day, in answer to prayer for the goo I of tha world. He is over. I'lduig tht law. Hies... 1 b i lil that we are not the subjects of bliu I fatality, but of a sympathizing divinity. Havj you never s-ien a typhoid fever break, or a atorm u 1 denly ipiiet, or a shi a b .i'u'-n I right it- -lf, or a fog lift, or a parched sky break in showers, or a perpl".iity ilimitang!" I. or tin inconsolable tnke solace, or the wayward riform nt thorall of praver I have si-mi it; multitudes have "hii it. Von have, if you li-ive Iimmi willing to see it. Heri, In not the f mill cure. Ilecuiise impostor, attempt it is nothing against good men whom bid bath honore 1 with marval oils restorations. I'ronou-.ice nothing impos sible to praver and trust. H -eiuse you mid I cannot etTect it la no reason why oth-rs may not. Br tha same aiguucuit I rould prove that Katihael never painted a Madon na, and that MendaUs .hn never wrote an or atorio, and that I'hidias never clns-le I a statue. Uecausi) we cannot a"eomplish it ourselves, we are not to i-oiiclude that others may not. There aro in immensity graat ranges of mists which have proved, under closer telescopic s-rutiny. to be tha store house of worlds, and I do not know but from that pas.ige in James, which to some of us is yet misty and dim, there mav roll out a new heiveu and a new earth: "The pray u- of faith shall save tlm sick." The faith i.-u.'ist.s may, in this war against diseus, lie only skirmishing be fore n general engagement, in which all the inula li"s of earth shall be routed. Surely allopathy and homn-opathy and hydropathy nml eclecticism need I'tvenloiveiii'.nt from somewhere. Why not from the. faith and praver of the consecrated'' The mightiest school of medicine mav yet b" the school of Christ. I do not know but that diseases now by all achools pronounce 1 incurable nny give way under lio-pid bombard ment. I do not know but that the day may come when faith and m aver shall raise the dead. Strauss and Woolstou mi I Spin .. and Hume und Si-lileiermaidier rejected tha miracles of the far pist. I do not pro pose to be like them and rejuct the miracles of the far future. This I know tha Christ of Ascension Day is mightier than any nat ural laws, for on tha day of which I speak He trampled down the strongest of them nil. I-aw is mighty, but He who made it is mightier, Itrive out fatalism from your theology, and give grace the throne. .Standing to-day on the Ascension peak of Mount Olivet I am also gladdened at the closing gis-ture. the last gesture Christ ever I made. "He lifted up Hia hands and blesssed them," says tint inspired account of our ! bndlction tion Pi.tatin, benadictlon upon II tha e-t,,. T.m-rud a ri1 fV Him In at th atart on a cr4 lla o' atrtw. and at laat thrust Hon oir with th point of the apear; but benadictitn' As-. .1 ling until, beneath, Ha mwom una ail' t,s r,thehem whara they put Hon anion tha rattle, and Calvary on theoth.- aide, w hre thev put Him among th thieves. As far aa tna excite I and in tenaitUd vis,on of the groun on Olivet couM a Him, and after H im .ao far up they could no longer hr Hia worda. they saw tee gesture of the ontapraa I hands, tha ban. adictnn. And that l Hia attitude to-day. Hi b-ne bctiori upon tha world'a climates, and they are changing, and will keen on changing until the atmosphere shall be rommingling of Oc:ohs-nd Jun. Hene diction upon t'u deaarts ti,l they whitn with Iny. and blua i with ris. and yellow with 1 cowslip, and auierald with grass. Iiiedu 1 rtoti upon g ivrn r.ents till thv become more ju.t and liumaue. II -ne lition upon I nation till thv knl in prayer. Bnalic tioti upon tha whole earth until every mount- ain la an 'Mivaof cou -ration, and every lake a liable, on whoa, mosaic of crystal, I and opal, an I sapphire divine a'.leiid rsliall j walk. I INTERNATIONAL LKSSON SUNDAY", MAT 13, FOR 'Tha Tranaflguratlon." Luka it 31.30-a Oolden Tet, Luke Ix. S3. "Thie ii My Sen, My Choaen hear ye Him." Oh. fake tha b-n Ii-:j . oof His par ton. ain nra voting an I sinners ol I. sinii -r- moderate and sinners abandoned. Take th" benediction of His comfort, all ve broken h.art"d under bareiveniunt and privation and luvr.a I woea. Take Hia beiii, Ih'tion. all y'sn-k bla, whet h.-r un, lr acute spi.ma .f ,;liu or in long protracted 111. all, lion. For orphanage, and L-iiil ll"sne, and w idowh.s, I a Im-:i"Iu-tioii. For cradles ami trundle b ! and rock ing .hairs of oct .genarians. a b -nedictsnn. For life a id ford-itli. for tiuie and for eter nity, for earth an I for h -av. ii a h-n, dic tion. Sllblilll'-t gestur ever 111 I I ', til" la-t ge.tureof mi:- ase-nli'ig l.ird. " Vol He lifte I up Hi. hands a:i I bl.-s.e I t iem " I - our at tit 11 I- the s.ii.i... . jt tlo- clenched flat or tin open palm - (.it wrath or ia It. kin lna.a ' la it diabolism or diri-tiam'- Ood give us the ura -e of t!i- op -n palm, op-n up. ward to get the b"ne lictioii, open ilownward to pronounce a b -ii" lift ion A la Iv wa-pa-a-itig along a stre-t and suddenly ran avain-t a ragged boy, and aliesnid. "I 'beg your par tlon. my boy. 1 did not m-wi to r.111 against you: 1 am very sorry." A-iltielsiv took off thepiecMif a cap he had upon his head an I aid: "You have my parting, ladv, and von may run agin in and knock ma clir down; I won't car. ' And turmng to a comrade he said. "That nearly took ni" tT mv feet Jin. In Iv ever askd til V pirduig before " Kind ness' Kindness' Fill tli- world with it. Thr haa always been 1 , 1 mu -hof disregard of others llliis-r.it -1 in ,:o, in K-i land, w nen t.t. is 1 acres of tu ir-li - wer drained for health an I for crop raising, and the sportsin -n tlos'roy 1 th drainage works be cause they wanted to keep th. marshes for bunting groun I, where thev could shoot Wll I d'U-ka. Th" -aui" sltlshnss in all ag". Oil, for kin lne.s tim' would mak" our life a vin phonv suggestive of one of tli- nnci-nt ban tpiets where evcrvthing wa -t to music; th" plat"s broiigh' in nnl rr-n ive tithe a 11111 I of lliilsic. the 111 itlolls o keeping t mi" with the music t'c lifting an I propping w ith tin- rising and falling -.f th- music. Hut. in-tea l of the miisif of an earthly orchestra, it would b - th" music ..I a h s.iveulv cbai'ui, our words t!i music. f km I thought., our steps th" music of h-'.pful .1- Is, our mile th" music of cncoiiragiu z I nks, our you'll and old age tic- III'-! nn I la-t lui'sof music con u, te bv tin- pierced ban I toa: 11:1. op.-ue I m loveiin t snread tl..aiiwar.l in l.-:idicti 1.1 onOlnetio height- ,.11 As.- -;ii .11 Day. I'.v sn-.v u iv iiom es- ir.. i Cit.-t lil.ttllilel Io the Itiron- ol Qj !. Smuggling Opium. 1 IT. H. M irsp, of ciiii ago, Ins '.nen art otlii'ial ir. the t'iiincsc (lustoms ' Set vico nearly twenty years, lie tells .tuni- in tore.tiui facta nliout thn ojiiiun Imim1. ''All the opium til it coin, a t . fl,l litllllst'T fi-o... f',t4.i." r ll.A III, .sl-t I from Hone Koiiij, which is a free j rt of entry. While a vast ua'itity of opium is raieil in China, no ai cur it titnata has over In-cn m ade. Ivich ye n Iinl::i semis 10,11'in.H'M) puiui N of the ,rtg t China ami nlnuit 1 ."tM.'lll'i poutn;a nro iiii iortcl from Persia. This is the raw lm; which 1 boiled in Hong Konj. Whiic the Chinese laws against :a 11 ts,l 11 ... 1. t.-.. ... .1. .. - . -....".. --.i. msint an eight 1 ays after tlieae aayinga." Theae aavinga evi teiifly refer to what ia recorded ( thh, chaiv ter from , ver.ee lt f) ar. including the teati niony f icter concerning Christ, Christ', own testimony coii.-erning Hm appr..ching sntTei ing, an.l death anT reaurres tion. and that those who follow II, m must l rontent to suffer w ith Him: but that there is a future glory awaiting all audi w hich will more than recompense for all the .ulTeritig. and that some. .r them would t , tl ,hy lind a.-on the glory of that kingdom. He also tce, . a " l"efcrr.s their life in thn world thev would Irsaeth.i world to come, but ir willing p. renounce) this world for His sake they wou.d receive mi, I forever iniov the glory of ti, kingdom of o,N. "Hetts.k IVtcr and John and Jamca, an 1 went up int., mountain t.i pray " The, are the three whom He tts.k witiilliui to ks Janus , dangliter raiatsl to In,., and the sanm three He t.vok nearest to Him in the gard.-n i f (teths..tnnne. He -aw tit to ,.l.t these to e with J I mi on the, occasion. He cl.s-t.., twelve ,,t of all H,e follower, ,i Ho tniglit ipinhfy for siasual aervlce. II,. haa nu . l.s t nation through whom He yet .urpo-s to make Himarir known to tl, woi ld He is now gathering nn elect I'liur. h nit of all nations which ahull reign with Him aa prn-st klne-a when through His. .let Israel He will si.Ulue the world unto llim.flf 1 l-.lc. tlon. w hen un I Tsf.svl, is g,,ri.nis ' -.. "And aa He pravi-d, the f.i,l,j , ,,f Hii countciiniife was altcr.sl. nml Hi- raiment ' was wh.t and glistening " Matthew and Mark say that He was transtlgur.s Maitli. w aya that Mis la.s-tlidahine as the ii,,,; Mark ! nya that Ilia raiment Iss-ame shining ' '..ling wliitai aa snow, as no f,.r tirt ti j can white them; Matthew a.iya Ilis raiment ' was white as the htfht. Hen- was for a brief 1 season the oiit.shuiing of that glory which wna hidden in that mortal lly .luring Ilia ! humiliation, reminding un of the Harden of relcnwben man made in the imnge of (!,( I was clothed with light as with a garment I and pointing us forward to the ream-. I rertion and the time ,f the King I tlom when we shall t. like Hun for ' we shall m e Him as He is; and the rik.-lit.sun I ahall shine forth as the snn 111 the Kingdom ' of their Father ti. John 111, Matt xiii 4.1- ! Dan. xii, ;li. .Hi. "And. behoM, there talk.sl with Mini , two men, which were M.ws and Klias " Moses, the -rvnnt of the I.o,d. di.sl on Mount Nebo Usi) years la-fore this, and the ; le.rd bnri.sl him in a valley in the land of Moab iDeut xxxiv). It was nlsmt XI year I incej-.h jah waa translat.sl without dying ! (II ki. h i, and .-t here are Is.th alive' and i Well, mid if Jude ix.. refers to tl... r I th.x-arvera I 'j"" "r -Moai-a's Isxly. then N.th st..s here in j .tiver. ition " ir imiiioriai l-ell. tt. I(l,-i.t I,. (j,s, f,,. me nie t-i.-riiai and r,.r the assiiran- that if I we are. 11 Christ w shall Is. alive mid well Hm years h.-mv. "inm v.-ara hem-e, v. to all i "' "'"y- '"eiensing fellowship with Him. I " bo ap ur.s in glory, and spake of j Hi divciiM. win, h llesht.iil.l accomplish at Jerusalem." This verse :iM, the next nro ' peculiar to f.iike.Muttbew mid Mark simply saying that M. nu, Klijnh tallo-d with Jesus, mid omit ling all r.l.rei to th.. dis. , ripl.-sU'ing heavy win, -,,.,, ,t ysdraw j near and listen to the subject ot their cm I vcr-s'itioii, for it must U. the most important I t,f nil events that thev N-uk of. They do j not siik of the great Uoiuaci empire, nor of I the world's pr.yress: they .Io not even speak ... ,nro.ii,iiii,,ii in israei, nor 01 me liirth or RELIGIOUS READING, j TEMPERANCE- t'ilt .IKs 1 a' a IKK. I'hcre i a word wh eh. murmured low Ilv hlimbleat , l,i, f hllliuil W .H-. oara sw ift. st to Hit- eiernal car And atigei.s hush tlu ir harps to h, ar "I-'ur .leans' a.ike." It la the one true countersign That passes everv guard divine; The golden kev that, borne from far, Tlie inner temple can iinl.ar- j or Jesus' aakP." Al! precloua thlnga In earth or hesvrn 1 he Father to the .-son hath given : Ami ne, tliromrh holv gatea ..f prayer, May enter In and freely share--"For .l.'.ila' mkc." Though p iry earea i.pprraa our vr-iM, And aormw tills onreiip wlrh tears, The ho.e tint ang. ls e iimo-. know, I lie peace nf (,, . oiira below "l-'or .lesii,' sake." Oh. Vt us then that watchword lake. .1 no in ar ,iie a 1 r,,. "(or .b And w In n we la, our Imrde lie oiira tuc !--tori and the "Fur Jcslls- sake Us' a ike '11 ilow n. irow 11- SUM To be In III v W,e., ;. r. a '; . In tin- f nth, in, I that 011, 1 jure ; baptlMii o Jesus, I, ut of Ills death which is ; atsui 10 iiKe I'lu.s. at Jerusale 11. That death 01 win, 11 no nu,i iimis. If l,,.,, speak tng to the disciplea onlv n wwk ,e fore: Tha auf.uriiiga r.f w Inch He .1 ike after Ilia ' ti. I.I ! ... .. ' "j 1 roiiuet (l,u xxiv , a,',' v; 1 1. 47.) Mossa. ae.d Klijuh, had alr.-u ly ni,.v.d htin.lr.sN of years f rest mid bli.ss l.y virlun of the.- sulTeringa itlsmt to Is- iic. (,iiiplisls Every rod, fin. s s,,ul from Al. I dtovu had btsn risl.a in.sl, not by I, I.- I of nnmuils slain an aacrillccs, but by this bits. I s.s.it to lei ".he I, the precious 'blissl of Christ as of n Lamb without blemish and without, spot All Scripture may be summed up under two heads, "Tha sufferings of Christ, and glory that shall follow1 , r,.f. i.. in. ll, KrisHieveiir 01 inn lu,t la I J 1 leillll -n.,1 r-,... opium aiiiugglino; are more slrin'ein than ! nrertion. The gr.vat ..vent of the mture is 111s coming in power and glory U. "Hut refer and thev that tnosc of this country, the Ho-iy; kono; smui;lcrs i;pt lot- of opium into other Chinese p .rt-. Tin; most roomon method is to put up tin- .iriio in tim ati'l throw the boxes nvc rliu.-tnl in tin- -ivcH before rcachiii'g port. TTii! p:n-W.n;.-s aru tied to wriL'hts anil anchor,-, I to tl, nt iti: r.if t-i of li.itiiliii.i. Th,-n thn I1.1U1I10,) 1 lloats arc pickc'l up by the stiiuggle--mil the opium t.Kc:i ashore. "Ilii-h aiei powerful arc the foil'' IC0111; amiiggleri. Thry an.' org ini.eil in Urge Inn. Is, with almost pci l'i-i t me ho In of operation. If the drug is t iken over thi- mountains, aruic I b.imls are em4oye l to transport it. We have Chinese fin.pi iu tin- ,'u-touis I Icpartmeiit ami .harp lioht-, lietwceii the soldiers and .-mug- "lers arc of Ire, j. tent ulluiicucc I'uele Sam a 1111 I'mlprtuker An otViciT of tins L'niie 1 States army who dies U entitlcl to for his funeral expenses, a private yets Alt), and a noil conimissiotieil otViecr tj 1 5. On tin-utath of a naval oiliccrat a foreivfn stutioi mi amount not exceeding one month's sea pay is -grunted for this puriose. If he dies in this country he ;ets notLiur. Hut these- arc by no means all the p ople whose burial expenses the nation lays. Any 111:111 who has been u soldier it the l ite war, honorably discharoed. w lw dies within tin- limits of the Histriet of Col umbia whether or not he is in food .stati linif with the (Jia.id Army ia a riigdit ly I iw tr .1i) for tin liipiidittonof his undertaker's bill. The other 1 ay u very interesting- rise arose iti relati.ui to the payment of tliis f.'iO to an oldtxldier who win so utifortuii ito in to fall town dead close to the District line so ilosc, indeed, that it could not lie aettlui oil hand w hether he had died inside or out side. It waa a .piestion ot $!i', vhiuh nobody could legally pay for the liuvcni merit uulcsa proof was conclusive, and so surveyors were sent out from the:orp; of i'ii''itiPers to determine the joint ,11, 111111 were licnvy with shs.p." Here 111 tint pr.sseiice of His glory thev are ao drowsy that they can hardly k.s.p awake; and 111 (ietlisc mane, 111 the presence of His agony, they actually shs.p, nml y,. tii.-s,. thr.s. w.-re the most highly f ivond of the twelve. The man of sorrows could not tint sympathy enough even in His most intimate friends' to kis-p them awake cither in the presence of Ili.s siil ferings, or His glory. "Ami when they were awake thev saw Hia glory, mid the two men that stood with Him." He was gracious nut., them and sur frrnd tll.Ttl not to lose all. IWJ. "And if came b) pa.ss, ,-ts they d. p.ii't.Hl from Him, 1'iiter said tint , . I. -sus. Master it is good for us tube here, nod let us make three talsrn.ac.s; i,t knowing what he snid.'' Had be I n wide awa'a-i and lieartl the ronvei-sation betwe.-n J.-siis, Moaea and Klliah he would i,r,,l.i,i,lv h,.v.. n 1 '-"'ked nioro wisely and have kuuvvii what ho - . unu t..lb,... ..1 .(.mini, lalUb. M "While He thus spnke, th-re rani" a cloud, and overshadowed th.m. and they le irtsl as they eut-re 1 into tin- cloud " All through the wil.eine. - thn I .or. I went I. fore tie -in in a pillar of cloud '' When the 'labeinacle was .-r.s t.sl "a e,,udc,, 'its tim tent ol the congregation, and the glory of thn Iird lilled the Tabernacle;" and when tie. Temple Was ll.sll.'llt.sl tie 1 h H IS filled with a cloud and with the glory of the l.rd iKx. xiii . '.'I : .xl , 1 1, chr. v . 1 , II, In the vision of Ismail (vi . 4, the house was tilled with smoke, and Kz-ki.-l ii , 1 ,,w ti great cloud, and a lire infolding itself, and a brightness about it. At Ilia a-eeiision a eloud r iv.d ilim, and when II nici again it will U in the clouds ot li,.u.-n (Aetsi.,'1: Matt, xxvi., id . So nl-o w hen tlio risen mid traiislats saints nns-t linn in the air. it shall be in the clou Is 'I. Th. iv., I,,. ;r. "And th.-r.i came a voice out of tlm cloud, saving. This is My helot cd Son. hear H uji.' Matttiew adds, "In wlioiu I am well .eas." Thelt. V. says, "Tim is my Son, my chosen; hear yo Him." At His baptism the voice from Heaven said. "This is my be. loved son, m w hom 1 am weil please. I " (Matt. 111. 17, Mark i II; l.uke 111., -JJ.i On a third occasion w hen Jesus prave.1. "Fa ther, glorify Thy name," the voice from Heaven said, "I have both glorili.-d it and will glorify it again" ijohn xii. rio that wn have three distinct testimonies from the Knt her eomvriiing His Son. JVI. "And when the voice was past, Jean was found alone." Matthew savs that when the disciples heard the voii-e thoy fell on their faca and were sore afraid; but Jesus came and touched them ami said, "Arise and bu ; "HgregatioinlNt V 1 lllitsiliMiv. s to br strong, and If w 'ro.'ig. we tcu-t be steadfast oust n tw wat. h n.aiiist all la f:'. 111 it. ,,iiie 1 .. lent ad.iys, . -in to imagine it ia i,r inan.v to t.ari'le tie r d.ttta al.oiil the truth of the H;lt,t . and 1,. :! in ueLinent ,ei it,,. 1 1 r t . I a "f '""I. ,..o. ni- so hon, t. so 1 ut !- i:.t ir. .0 :i, 1, p, ,; 1, nt. Hut j, it w ,.v Blt -. I.. r rt.r 'ruth i. siir.. to m, . t w 11I1 .1 .11, t. an ; .litti uti. a iu r. luri-n. mil t!i. are t-, the nun. I 1 1 Ml,, , i , to tli. I 1 in. an. of 1 pateling our men t.i' -tiid apir-'nu cut rg:-s. and .let. iopieg our li,., ra. stieii.;;,. t,it lo i , ,.iii. m ., in,, in an it iii't-; ti. re o. un, , r-ainty al nit niall.'i a l.f tile of. .. -t III' 'III. Ill to ollVselvea and ll. its. and in v. r to tmc to ri-. out ,,f p. 11, Is a proof .,f wi ikne.s .,f . -I,.,, (, It impel ;;, oui- 1 lernal s if, t . In fi:t. lud-.-iston in religion, wliititir tin. be ' . in.. . is ileei Idly untnaiilv. " A lloilb!. -lllilel. , til-Ill." It r It. a' .V. .1.1 III. '. I I ;s , , "Is iin.tai.:,. iii a.: hi. Wats." 1 ne ho 1 m not m ik, up !cs mind to w hat course he w ;: like in , it . mi 1 w inch m ist, r he will tmt is i.nii. ha 'nig In tw 1 . 11 two is .lire o a 1 f, , !, 1 .,, ineonsi ti nllv. M w :i, ti i , no , onti b-nce eithi r in bis n,,l men! , r Ins prin.-ipli a. Ili-iotigiiig ,i.in,, Cy to tu itln r tin ( huicll nor the o,. he la tnote l w ith suspicion by .l,, T,,. , a'.out by oppiisiiig . iirn iits, he is r--a.lv to I, a carried down by the stream 11111, h 'father rrom tin- right mid safe course than ho Int. n. led. Jsinea the First of Fng'atid and the Sixth of N'oCand was a man of tills sfainri. Though c.n., r.,iia nf tins fatal defc t, lie ia kill to 1 1 1 e, on a i it 1 ain occasion, apt. ol 11 1. . I n minister to pre 1. ti b fun- linn, who . kingillarit apt m In. . h,,i. .-,.f aim il,te t-Ms. 'I In i ri .1, In r. tt ti h tl,e utmost gr it 1' ,. an Hindu 1 d lit- t. t tis from .luinea the li r t and sittli "ile tied it 'it.-r. Ill is like a w n. ,,f tl." ! a. driteii w itli the wind and I t." The witty in. . liar. Ii fell Hie for f the a;:u- on. and aa,, aloud, "lb- is :,t n e nln adi "' I, It I tie, t the il-scnui'-c pro, In, 1 , Upon h;s In oil we nre ml t,e, ; I nl it w..u . be in ! if a vt it. r.'ls it., i d t ike the waning totlnni .... ,l;i t. N 1,11111 I 11 11 , t, in "Al." , re .pinions n Iter ,r,.p: I..-. It IM. 1.1 I'. VoW. Il l Us ,lt t.l.. 1 , I , " i", 1 . 1, . c 1 n. 1. nee, an-i w lei ale Till, a ot tl, . an.) lint p ut of 11, g,, . :,r ti r to the ..'ii, r -ide. l et tie in .t in, I lie hind the . io ii'. guns. There cm l,e no coin pr.,in.c biiviien iiilbli'iily and 1 hi i-t laim v. due ii. th il- iiid-out opposition of hum, ';. Ity r at In r.-Jian the w ork ,. th ose t ho I. I'. ' Hi. Hill..- I .! 1 1 1,. mi ir 11. w ho a, . . pt the 1. 10 .1 ., s :,e I ,1,, ii. a, ei pt tin III. ho he. In v.- 111 the inspiration of the .-i-ripturea and 110 not b. liet, in Hn- in-pll it inn ot the , I ip. '.iiii -. ti'iiuiiiiug their 1,1'lti f on oi'.e ldr to suit the . . pin 1. 111 of Un- world, trininiii g tin ir I 'diet on the 1 11,, r . 1. 1, to auit the pric of lli.'tr n w ii h, 11 in. I I. eltng (hat in or 1, r to .1. inoiislrat. th, ir courage th. j uiu-t m u,,. I'e- III'.,- a t irg. I and .1 t at l.o I. Tin re is i tic 1. that en. ouiages me t.i v inn. h. and th it 1.. that the .i,r. iiiade out to 111 III 1.1 tin. 1 1 1 1 : 1 r-e before tin y Were born, and 1 I pi.,l...l,, make out to 'manage the unit, r-e a itt'e w hi e alter tin t are .1. 1 I. hi e I !. 111 i.id that the antagonist of ti e 1'. be and the critics .,f Ihe Itihle go c ar ot 1 r w In ft- thev b.-loli". oil the ,. il's ..e. - I a.k that a!, lie Haul. ,,f this 1 ..,,' eo in.- out 1. nij and al'titcjlio ,, in belnf of It. I'i 1! ISo.-'k. w In, h tt a. th. I,, -t lull, r 11. in. t 011 ci , r r. . i . d :r,.in inr am e.tn . Illld tt 111. h tt III I., the l.e.t leaev ol tt 1 r , liiMr. ii w In n ,,11 I id th. iu ou , a. the f, rrt 'to 'le- goM, n ,1'e W ill i 1 III Ige, l . II' . rt . f. ;. ate t' I-1' Is ' Tt It I r IS s u VA I IMS V 1st . I .111- ,s a I neti. a! on, -lion i .-rini.g w ht.'h then-i. -great.-r nn-ipi-r. i.-t.. w I ! a theological iinpnrt Hi. -r i.l'.ui ant mi., one. Winn, .viltatiou in . ran. e f: ,. m the p .tt i r of am. tl. tt hat liei . h:. tit in tin il": : 111-1 li g . inlltlohll fl "111 plitil.,lli lit. Iiottl tt r, be ot.-r:. "If I, II- 1. : 1 1 a I'.. it tie. Hut :' -1 1 , 01 lint the t I lie I ft . , I.'- pent Ul.'l- Is Ii It uiu.t I f a go, be tel. elite. I of. ... a, .. : I II 1 I . . a " . . . .,. . . f ,-f, I ' uiraiu, Rll'l Wlieil mey mtisl Up their ao.jr louii.t .i...v im it.wi. ii... ....... niiji , Divt in.- saw no man save testis only, ot feet outside the line an expense of 1 a font to hi surviving relatives. With. iwjtoH A'fir. tt! Senate ty .....iimt agai'1 through th"'d' liail delegation- '"1 iierelvfof l'tlU'1 manual "u' n 'ten, when fro.n Olivet we , t..,iu ,i.i.pt,ire - ttscen.iing. ine haiiio "'ud His hands. Gesture are often mora aiir aee"u tuTlcaut than wonls, attitude than argu- nature ssgnit. t'lirist. had niAila u vMstnr of e..n had aetUj,... wl.Hii witli Hialitiffel Ha writta on tlm "' -'tupt when w ith Hu finger He wrote on tin led, hHa'l-ououi. gesture of repulsion when Ha said 'r"iu Jitseiih'a tomb blitet. Our human to- at- .Tii.t. hi thev ,'TTV tin.. Mi H.eu.i, hands, feet and the entires., ,. i.i,i.i i..,.ii ..J,., .. ' iui.1,1. Humauitv ax-Dinled nnu,, ,),. Hu ,,,. . t?.. L;"ly that .keeps t hrut .in aym- ir,,Pes and hvpocntei. Hut Hi last tli r' ho ar8 til1 iu. tuatrul- ure, Hia Olivetie geiture. is a gesture of r'"J.-ar1 faoa actira, Uaud aeara, dlctiou. Hi lifted up liu Imndi and A Census of the Iluffalop. An old Vyoming hunter estimate- that there nre not over 500 hullaloen ot the I am ao glad He lifted I gloho now. There arc less than 100 wild bisons, about 300 tu cnptlviU ami 200 in YcllowHtono I'ark. Nearly all ol the wild on en have heen located. Tenty live are known to be iu Texas, :0 iu Colorado, 2D in 'Wyoiuitioi' uml Moitanu, and 13 in Dakota. The bin herd g.id to he in the ISritUh pcususiiou.) u rut a tujth. even Mosim or Klijah may be put on a level Iwnuutwus, mere u no aalvutiou in either cf them. MosisA and the prophets wrote of Hun, but He is the end nf the law for l ight- rounnu9.s io every one Hint Drill-vein, ami iu Him in Hia tlrst and second comings is the fultlllmeut of all prophecy. To Jcmis only must we look for salvation; to Jesus only for grace to help iu every time of need. Jesus only in to be our patiuuee, our wisdom, Our strength. "And they kept it rloso, ami told no man in those daysany of those thing which they had aoeii." Matthew and Mark say that He charged them to toll the vision to no man till the Son of Man ihould la) risen from the dead. To thoae who would not rts-oivo Hun He would give no such tokens nf His glorv aa this; those revelations were only for those who had accepted Him, and only (or a few even of uet), Lemun Helitr. mi!,. I. and is often thought. Is i .cape In II i cape ealil:ot, I I'. .'.Ill-"' i! is I .sen- d let I c tl. ' aim, a. it is f s ih an. ,ii. ary to sait ation, hut lit aort tl.at in e.li th n,.t to If tl ilv thought la in ut ci an, e from punisliin.'i.t , then ii is nut genuine repent in. .'. i.o.ll) sorrow ha. little or no though! i,r i in. i. Inn. nt. it ,), .ire piirili. at if heart. It hot. mii, and loir.s for . lent. .ai:c- from Its potter. Il Is of the a line sptril tt hi. It Ilia', I the In al t of till- apnstll- w In n lie ,h eillll ,, "Fur I could w !h that III) se'f vt i re at t ill sc from hi i-t, for tut brethren, my kin-iin-n. according; to th- th - h." It is not tt Ith the true ennwrf. what shall , c .ine of tu. I, lit what hall I hi:' lie forgets ) i iii If In his aiiti. lt ir tin moral We:f lie of others, c tt oll. not he sated ill Ills :: -, To him thai would he no -sU.Hion. f .r in knows thai ther in be no real and p. rm Hu nt joy tt hill- sin dominate, the heart. An.l h. know, as well that concern :il.,ie lor th,- . o n. i .pieie e. of sin i not hatred of a n, w hereby i 'i rn.il saltation is secured- No int. iiig. iii mind tt ishing to le.itl a moral lite i ignorant nt this theory. Hut uiiluip pi'y mailt .in h p rsoii hate not tet a. i n the plague of the r In arts, no r felt the in e, of the appii.-atiou of atoning blood to wa.li aw ay tin ir sins. Nor hate thev U mi brought to tin- hiitnhle c, , million of the publican, w ho "tt n'lM nut lift up so bin, h as hi ci , s unto hcat .'ii, but smilt a upon hia bn naf' saving, I.,,, I be merciful tu me a sinner." If was not slat III lest lie should be punished, t If f Hia he thought nothing. It was sin that troubled him. and fimn It In- sought dellteraiiee through '.he nu ret of I o.. I.et no one then i make the fatal mistake nf regarding auirm for the eoncipiciices of sin, as anxiety to be ilclitcreil from its putter; for one tni'sea. .he other seeures eternal life, -;K"li",.us Herald. A religion new. paper printed In China has the following: "At IVkln Ihele is a pi, ,iis lad) . the u ile of a foreign merchant, w ho spi ic Is Iu r time In doing guild. One da) she w cut on n ti.it to the home of a .Man, hn lady of high rank, .-he took eopiea of ihe Holy Scriptures. A young lady was pt.setit who took great Interest In the run M tsiilion. She heard Ihe old story of the (itispel of Jcslls, win) died for a world of sinner-. The young lady bent forward to catch i verv ttaird ; uml, tt hen the christian visitor ha, (.-Hi, lil'le, I, sbe said : -I am g'lid toil hate come to tell me this, .-nine day I will have a place buill w lu re people en nieet to worship this tod and hear this gospel t reached. This young lajv Is now tha uipre.a of China up and Jit-red bv him, paxtor have o'er and o'ar pull from In lip Mini" t in eni th and in Tr.T him oNi-r nonn. roiannad bv ahs.hol, blear eV. r rift(j Cursing loa fate as he shnlll.x aloiia. ' Crushed and bereft of tl nee earnest will he had, i ... . . j i-iiiniesa. iiomeiiva, and Jeered bv tha i in "ii j. Frienda have aasi.te.1 prayed with him - lie haa Isn resi ued and lost . nut do not give Inm the euo r-iak to bun kindly and try him once more. Though 'lis disheartening tieterto thrive with him. Nad his relapses from virture t-. shame Hive him not lioa.!evsiy up if t,,u strive w ith Inm Puma spark of gssl may Is. fantitsl t.i name. Home sitent iiieniory haply a inothcr'l Voice, Teaching him virtue and w isdmn of yore Hay le recalled to In. ear in- another's voi.se Speak to Inm km liy mid try him niore. lluist in His i diai ity taught those w ho .-.una to Hun. Ill deeds .hould 1s- r.lon.s seventy timea a.-. . . . cuccor the l.vist her" and toil do th ilim. inea.. era Ih. pr.s epts lieot en V) then wh.-n laboring hard f..r humanity, Never l.heve that vu b..r in vain, kindness will is.mpier the ,li imkai , . insa-i-it y, Sa-nk t,,t un eentlv and try him again t nilii-li, A .M,i,f,, , ,, Jn, ,l,,yv. TIIK mil-Kill VK (-.), litis The Temperance Congress, wbe h was t.i liave Is,.,, held in New York ,n M ,t . ... Is i, ,,,tpn,s Ull,, .1 ii M, , . -,-'." .'sionsot th.. congress e , ,.., ," 1 A H . Jni in II, ,,, the llr...-,.wav Tal-rnce ai tin. .-oriierof 1 liirty ronrtl, ,.,., nl, ,iri),,1 ay Ihisismeiessproinis.w.t.iU. the mos r,,; w,Kr.,,,-rV:- "f t"'l-ra..fe adv, r ... 1 .'' '" Ur '"'"" v. iill ten, ,iance M-Ietlea, churches, .Ull.lav s. h sil. tanners lha Inls.rrlub,, er other or- Kaiiiatioiia ,.p,.,. , ,,, Titcl to send representative ., ;,. i" "'" :'""8' ",M ,- ,i,s,ns- ai. n of the moral, r-ligioiia. and l.gi.sh,t,te lat te of leiupriance reform. ll-KIl -i-iia?Rn. The little girl w h- d.s-lar.sl when other ere talking als.ut Is-mg "Nss-totar' in their temperance principle, that she was '-rider total, ' was Wise in her felier,.!,,,.. H.r.l. eid.-r .b ulking i, a -lower way to drunken li than whi.kt diinking. but. if persisted in. i. . a. ..it,. , t,,,v '-, v.oe f.ti''tin.i "e..o. tell, of,, , id.i ,ra..s drunkard w ho kllhsl hi. aged ,th., , t,, ,t.,t ,, aunt, then tired th- hmis.. and put a bullet in bi. own hcid. m a village invar Wcstth ld, Ma.s Ihe toiuig man ' bud s.pian.leris hu tilth. ra iiioiift. abiis.-d hi wife till she .. ui'.sl l-c il .. -p. ,.,, ,in f,- MlJ ipi.u tere I bun-.-lf on lus kiitrerim? iutr....t pt -.ake m drink.'1 It is a si ti lel total. ;., ii i, tt bile b lllllla to K' it'll M.int i- 1 1 1 1 1 111' III Kttns or Al.i ollnl. sl'KKKIlKlta go on for tears under the f th-l lll Hlerule elTis t of mIc, letl, til") llte ll-tel- l,tl.-te I bey 111 I the first t'ige-l it.. a. lion jiud alwnvs 'aa.iima t tin', they It . I tl,.. I tit ..I c. others wiiohave It'.t so I n .ire tempt. 1 f-, K,, ,i htlle tillllier under some cv-itr incut, ris'i'rtntioii, work, Worry, or ,, ue . it tie, ni.niv in -'-.tivea for atiin libit ton and a. i n,,rk tlietn- eh., into the habit ol tlie si ud s'age, win. 'h is aA easy to reairaiu i nan ine nrst . i .ners -,, habit- . .. ... i i- gl "e, b-v uailv into tl,.- habit of the .' il l ei, re lis i ,,n. f- 't.o I iiitemperaiife Inal II J- , ,-, ..t ,rr. Iniin able. From this bi-i gnui Vu n-im- those lowisat in the aeri'-sof the habit oil al Tiholies, who siill'-r from general paralvsi., and who tit I v and literally represent the individual m the loui'th ilcgits. ,,f ii. nie alcoholic intoxica run ii, dead lo the world under the extreme pn.uv.ine, iiilliien.-t. of the spirit they have llllhlhe.1 These four classes of maiikiud form tha four great populations of constitu'ionally alfohohed hiiimimly that exists out of the bonds an I le.unda of childhis.l . It is fortu nate that a yet the llrst years of human life have Iss.ii , !, ei,)in,te. froiu the alc.i. Iioln- sp.-ll. for by this circiiiiistance a full mxth of the term of ea.-h life is largely saved from the in jury mid danger of aloUol. Yet even this more fortunate s.-lion is not alto-K-ther fi'ii-; for, unhappily, an agent which, like alcohol, is capableof intlicting souinrked nn lmiires.s.,n on the nertoiis centre is also eapable of inflicting impressions w Inch ias I mm parent to offspring and which imprint, bv inheritance, tbecii-iitutioiial luilut. The liiherifuiice of ibscase thus ac.piinsl from al c.liol is not so strong as that of some other di-c.scd conditions Iroiu other canst t, and it is not, according to mv obcrt ation. trans mitted further than the third generation, I ut it must Is- admitted as a factor tending to tin. production of alcoliolicilcgem-racy and to the llleren.se of the great fs ill lilt i ills, shur- iug iii oi roth. r of tlie great institutional tt.ige of alcoholic existence, un, in th" iu ilucsl series of aberration I mm the natural standar I ,,f health, whi.-li furnish the larg t class , f afl'is-tiotis, let.lilv mi l iiieiitnl. n n ilesiguctt-il lis the ulcoholio diseasei of liiau kind. TrttPKIlANCT. SEWS AND NOTKI. Tiftv members have Usm mt iiUy added to tUo W. 0. T. I', of .Mason City, 111. In New York, last year, 1 l-U hu-binda pr.K-ured ilu-oi from their wives on tho Igroinid of drunkenness. Din ing the sgiuio year 12,t l.' wives procurtsl divorct from their husbands oil the. same charge. Ilaroii l.iebig, the grent Herman ehemist, aaya that "a much llour a can ha on the point of a tab.'., knil.i coiititin as much iiiitritivo is.nstituent.s us eight pint, of the best ami most nutritious Ur that is inadat TIid salim managers of California, at a late in. .-ting of the Horticultural I'ouuniv kion, isimpluniml of thn fact that gal lons of mull ue dyedisgiiisisl at "cherry juice," to ll.ivor the w iiies'liit.l been shipped into the htate w ithin the year. It is estimated that ten jmt ivnt. of tha ease" of iii.sauity ar" cini-cd by tuletr -ulosi, and three per cent by coiihigiou diseases, the habitual and intemperate use of alcohol, opium and other narcotics cmi.v.s alioul time sr cenl. of all case. A tems-ran,-i( editor, of Lincoln, Nebraska, recently found acillln on lusiloorstep, placed them by the li.pior m 'li to indicate his fata if lie continue I to "p, rs-s-nte" them, where upon the editor sold tlm cllin for seven d il Jar.sauil prenciiUsl the money to the W. C. About four hundred and thirty soldiers Inuiatoa of the soldiers' home and prisoner in the military prison, lit Leavenworth, Kansas hiivn sigmsl the pleilpi) of the W. C, T. '., as a result of the work of the Statu Superintendent of the department of work among soldiers. An Englishman w ho insulated his lavlstea-l by placing underneath each post a broken-niT bottle, says he had not Ihdii fr.s, f mm rb m matism or gout for lliteen years, and that let began to improve imin.slintely after thn a plication of the insulators. A pajier, tpiotin thi, wisely atlds: "Ther i's inauva fellow who oui, I cure his gout if he w ould break o.f the bottom of hi glass bottle in tune." A milker of stoppers for la-er bottles, with a auit for infringement before th" I'liiled Status Court, gave some notion of the im mense business done in bottled beer, by stat ing that tlwro were :io,i.ni mm of his stopper alone in use in thcl'iuted State. They aro of course used over and over again, though it; ia not improbable that nu --halt of tli.cn ins., be, for one reason orauuthur, out of outimi- OUi usg twenty" , t t SensabaUgU- ,;kecUli s- jay y a.-ea-awrf1-!.".' a-'-t'H,.l'' 'v- -i i- U Ti 'WW
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