i . r .. --i ff , THE "WIDE-OPEN DOOR. At,Ii CLASSES ARB WELCOME. Her. Dr. Talmege Rhowa Sow th Por tals of Hearen May be Passed. 1TXT: 'Mtirf, hehnld, a door tea opened sf hraren.1 Kcr. ir 1. John had been tho pastor of a church In Jlphesu. He hud been. driven from hi position !n that city by an indignant pop ulace. The preaching of n pure ami earnest gospel had made an excitement danger ous to every form of iniquity. This will often tw the result of pointed preach ing. Men will flinch under the swonk strokes of Imth. You ought not to lie lurpriscd that the blind man makes an outcry of pain when the surgeon remove the cataract from hie eye. It I a Rood sign when yoii see men uneasy in the church pew, ml exhibiting impatience at (ome plain ut terance of truth which smite a pet win that they are hugging to their heart. After the patient ban Iwn no low that for weeks ho mill nothing and noticed nothing, it if thought to bo a good sign when ho twgin to be a littlo crow. And so I notice that spir ittial invalid ore in a fair way for reovery when they iws-omo somowhat Irascible nnd choleric under the trout incut of the tnitli. ltut John had so mightily inculpated public: Iniquity that he hail been banished from hi church and sin', to I'otmas, a desolate island, only a mile lu breadth, against whoso nx-ky coasts the sea row ami mingled it voice with the prayer nnd hymning of the heroic exile. . Von canuot but contra.it the condition of thin banished atxwtlo with that of another famous exile, lxvlc at the axixtlo on l'nt- J mo and the great Frenchman on St. Helena. I Koth were suffering among desolation and barrenness becaum of offenses committed. IVrth had passed through live eventful and thrilling, lloth hud I eon honored ami de spised. Doth were imperinl nature. I With bad licen turned off to die. Yet mark the infinite difference mm hail fought for tin) perishable crown of worldly authority, the) other for one eternally lustrous. The one bail marked bin path with the bleached skull of hi follower, the other had introduced pence nnd good will among men. Tho one Lad lived chiefly for eolf-aggraiidisemint aud the other for the glory of Christ. The successes of the ono were achieved amid thu breaking of thoi ".amis of hearts and tho ai'iite, heaven-rending cry of orphanage and widowhood, while the triumph!, of tho other made joy iu heaven among the angel of iod. Tho heart of ono exile was filled with ro mnrn and despair, while the nthor was lighted up witj thanksgiving ami Inex tinguishable hope. Over St. Helena gath ered tho blacknoxs anil darkness, cloud, lighted up by no suuriing, but rent aud fringed und heaving with tho lightning of a wrathful Ood, and tho pray tlung over tho rock seemed to his with the condemna tion, "The way of tho ungodly shall periih." But over I'atmos the heaven were opene I, and tho sttormy ea beneath wn forgotten in tho roll and gleam of waters from under the throne like crystal; nnd thu barrenness of the ground tinder tho apostle was forgot ten asalsive him ho saw tho trees of life al Is'itding under the rich glow of heavenly fruitage, while the hoarse blast of coiit.'iul ing elements around his snireiing body was drownod in the trumpeting of trumpets an 1 Ikohaiplng of harps, tho victorious cry of multitudes liko the voice of ninny wuter and thohosuuna of hosts in nuiiitier like the star. What a dull spot upon which to stand and have such a glorious vision! Hud I'atmos bii'n Nimo tropical island, artxired with tha luxuriance of perpetual summer, and drowsy with brealh ol cinnamon and cassia, aud tos toluted with long aisles of geranium and cac tus, wo would not have been surprised at the splendor of the vision, but the last place you would go to if you wanted to llnd ls?au tif ul visions would lie the Island of I'atmos. Yet it is around such gloomy xite that Ood ) makes the most wonderful revelatioo. it was looking through tlio awful shadow! of a prison that John fhinynn saw the gate of the celestial city. Ood there divided tho light from tho darkness. In that gloomy alxxlo, on scraps of old paper picked up about his room, the great ilream was wntteu. It was wdiilo John Calvin waa a refugee from bloody 'persecution, and was hid iu a house at Angouleme, that ho conceived the idea of writing his immortal "Institutes." Jacob had muny a time seen the suu break ing through the mists, aud kindling tiiein into xhnfts and pillars of tlery splendor that might well have been a ladder for tho angels totrenil on, but the famous Udder which ho taw soared through a gloomy night over tho wilderness. The night of trial and desola tion is tho scorn of tho grandi-st houvonly revelations, l'rom the Iwrren, surf Ixviton rock of I 'ut mini John looked up and saw that dixir was opened in heaven. Again, the aunouncomcut of such nn 4xned entruni'e suggests the truth that Oo.l is look ing dow n ixm tho earth and observ ant of nil occurrence. If wo would gain a wide prospect wo climb up into a tower or Mountain. The higher up wo uro thu broad er tho landscape we behold. Yet our moat comprehensive view is limited to only u few leagues here n river and there a l.ako and yonder a mountain peak. Hut what uiu. miiHt I. theglorvof tho earth in the eye of iim "ho from tiiodixir of ncuveu behold.-ut aie glance all mountains ami 1-ikea and prai ries and wi'iins lands bespangled with trop ical gorgeousness and Arctic regions whit. -Urirli i.u..rlu.t I...- u I ..I ...!...,:.. with cediirsand American wilds solemn with unbroken fori-sts of pine, Afrlc-un deserts o( t:litening sand nnd wiidoruensw of water uiihrokcii by ship's keel, continents covered with harvests of wheat aud riouud muize. the glory of evory on, the whole work! of mountains aud seas ami forest an I isluud taken in in a siugle glunco of their groat Creator. A we take our stand nponsomo high point single oh lee U dwindle Into such iusiiniiiicence th.it we cease to see them in the minutiie.mul we behold onlv the grand points of ttie fcvuery. But not so with Oixl. Although standing far up iu the vurv Ujwer of heaven. nothing by reason of its smallnes-iescanes His vision. Kvery lily of the Held, every violet under the crusts, the tiniest hiiliotron - aster and geutiHii are as rW inly seen by Him us prouuesi mugiioim, mm not one vein or 'Dior in their lent deepens or fades without Hi notice. From this door In heaven Ool sees all human conduct and tho world's niorul changes. Not olio tear of sorrow fall in hospital or workshop or dungeon but lb) " it, and in high heaven makes record of its full. Tlio world's iniquities in all their ghastli ness glower under His vision. Wars nil I tumults, and the desolations of famine uud rthciuake, whirlwind and shipwreck spread out Isifore Him. If there were no xjing in aii tlla universe but lio l Ho could bu huppy with such an outl.xik as tho door oi Heaven. ltut there Ho stands, no more istiirtxxl bv thu full of a kimidom than tho or ipping of a leaf, no moro excited by tlio rining ut a throne thuil tho bursting ot a I ml the falling of h delugo than the tric-kliug of ft raindrop. Earthly royalty clutolias ner vously its scepter and waits in suspense thu will of iulluined subjects, and the crown is tossed from one family to auother. Hut alxiveall earthly vicissitudes and tho us' viultof humuii utsious in uiishukeu security "'in I dim Kig of ICingH waU'liiiu all tho iiiaus of His empire from tho introduction Jt an era to the couutiu j of tho hairs of your head. Again, I l,xrn from the fact that a door UJUVen is OlDUdd that tliiirx i i u wnv of Mitrauce for our prayers und of egress for Hivinu hlossinjs. It dou not aoein that our weak voice bus strength auougb to climb up poods ear. Khali uot our iiravor be lost lu the clouds? llava words wings? Tha truth is plain: Heaven' door is wide open to rooeiva every prayer. Must it not be loud? "ugut it not to ring up with the strength of tout lutlsrsf Mil.). It. nnt la I. m l cnll ucli as drowning men ut.tor, or like tho ihoub 3 some chieftain in tha tiHtt.la Nn- a whit. Per I as good as a about, and the mere wish tue soui ut profouud ailonoa Is as gooi as I whisper. It rtaea Just m klgll and oeoni- I plishea Just a much. But ought not prayer to be made of golden words If It is to enter such a splendid door and live beside seraphim and archangel? Ought not every phrase be rounded into pep. fection, ought not tha language be musical and clasilc and poetic and rhetorical? Mo; tha most illiterate outcry, tha unjointed pe tition, tha clumsy phrase, tho sentence break ing into grammatical blunders, an nnwonlnd froan is just as effectual it it be the utterance f tha soul's want. A heart all covers I tin witn gariand of thought would bono attrac tion to Ood, butj heart broken anil contrito that is the acceptable sacrifice. "I know that my Hodeomer lireth," rising up in tho mighty harmony of musical academy, may overpower our ear ami heart, but it will not roach the ear of Ood like the broken voiced hymn of some sufferer amid rags and doso tanon looking up trustrul.y to a havlour's compassion, singing amid tear and an, "1 know that my Hedeemer liveth." I upKM that there waa more rhetoric and classic elegance in tho prayers of tho Pharisee than of the publican, but you know which was successful. You may kneol with complnteeleronce on some soft cushion at an altar of alabaster and utter a prayer of Mil tonic sublimity, but neither your graceful poituro nor the roll of your blank versa will attract heavenly attention, while over sotn t dark collar in which a Christian p.vipnr is prostrate in the straw angels bend fro-it their thrones and cry ono to another: "He hold, he pray.il" Through this open dixir of heaven wliat a long procession of prayers i continually passing! What thanksgiving! What confessions) What Intercession! Whntlxsooehlngsl "Aud behold a dixir was opened iu heaven. ' Again, tlio itixir ot iioaven is opmol tl al low us tha opportunity of lookinj in. Clirit when lie c true from heaven to Hot tinny left it open, and no one sine) hn tltrj 1 1) shut it. Matthew threw it still wider open when he came to write, an I rani puhc I tho o i r further back when h-i sx)ke of tlt- glory to b.j rev. silo I, nn 1 John in llevelatiou actuallr )ints m ti th ) hnrpi, nn I t'i waters, and tho crowns, an I th) thrones. There aro prjfouil mvt)rlM about that blesl pW.t tli it we cinuit solve, lint I'm' through this wi In ot u ! ir of heaven and see what you cm sim. II) I m!iii us to look and catc'.i no now so n. thin;? of tho rapturo an I attuuo our hearu to its worsnip. It I widoomm eiDiiili to si t'lirit. 11 hold Him, the l!liief niu mi t i th im m I. till tho baunere t p inin of Iii ivmi nt lli ifivt With vour enkindle I fai'h lo i!s no " these rank of glory. Watch how heir palms wave, und hesr ho-.v their voici ling FIimnI clapping their Iniiids, street gleam. Ing with gol.l, uncouiitixi inultitiiile ever nci'iimuhiting iu mimlH-r and ever rising mi into gladder hosinnns. If you cannot stand tolixik upon that joy for ut least one hour how could you endure to dwell niuong it lor ever? You would wish yourself out of it ill three uay, nml clioose tun cart it n.'um or any other plucj where it uiu not ulvvays Miin.lay. My hearer In worldly prosperity, allbient. honore I, healthy mi l h ituiv. lo k in mxni that company of tho le leeuie I, an I ) how the pxirsoiif in heaven is better otT than vou are. brighter iu uiinarel. richer in elate. higher iu power, lleurers, nlllii'ted nnd trie.l, look iu through tiint op . n ibmr, tha you mnv s i to what gladness und glory yo iireiioniing, to what life, to whit rovnltv Hearers pleased to fascination with this world, ".it her u: your souls for on ii'inr - .'uitivo iT)iiii iiixiii riches tu. in never fly uwny, lix)ii health that never sickens, upon sopters that never break, upon -XKctntioiis that are never disappointed, ixik ill and co if thuro are not enough crown to puy us for all our liattles, enough ret to relieve all our fatigue, enough living fountain to quench nil our thirst, enough glory to dash out for ever und ever all earth's sighing and restless lies and darkness, lint ties ended, team wiped away, thrones plucked from thu bosoms, stalls healed, the tomb riven what a scene to look uxm ! Again, the dixir of heaven stands open f ir tho Christian's tliml entrance. liuith to tha righteous is not climbing high walls or ford ing deep rivers, but It is entering an open door. If you ever visit the old homestead where you wure born, and whilo father ami mother are yet alive, as you go up thu lane in front of the farm house, and put your hand ou the door and lift the latch, do you HiiuiJiler witu lear? rio, you are glad to en ter. Ho your last sickness will bo only the lane in front of your Father's house, front which you hear tho voici of singing lxforo you reach the dixir. And death, that is the lifting of the latch before you enter, tho greetings and embraces of the Innumerable lamily of tho rightoom. Nay, there is iw titcti.for John says the door is ulready open. What a company of spirits have already en tered those portals, bright ami shining! Souls released from tho earthly prison house how thny shouUsl ns thov went through I Spirits that spud up from the Humes of mar tyrdom, making heaven richer us they went in, Kiunug meir iioius uuo uiu ceics'.iai Har mony, Aud that u.Kir has not l.iun to shut. It redeemed by grace we all shall enter it. This side of it we have wept, but on the other side of it we shall never weep On this side we may have grown mck with weariness, but on the other sldoof it we shall be without fatigue. On this side we blood with tho war rior's wounds, on thoothersido we shall wave the victor's palm. When you think ot dying w hat makes your liruw contract, what makes you breathe so deep a sigh? hot makes you gliximy in passing a graveyard? Fol lower of Christ, you liave Ixjen thinking that death is something terrible, tho measur ing of lums's with a isiwerful antagonist. tho closing jn of a conflict which may bo your everlasting defeat. You do not want much t i think or dying. I ho step Isivond this life seems so mysterious you dread tho taking of it. Why, who taught you this lesson of horrors? Heuven's ilxir is wide oihiii. and you step outof your sick room into those portals, Dot as long as a minute win elapse lMtlwooii your doimrturo and your arrival there. Not half so long as the twinkling of un eye. Not tho millionth purt of on instant, There is no stumbling into darkness. There is no plung ing down into mysterious depths. The door is open. This instant you ure here, the next you aro there, When a vessel struck tho rocks of tho French coast, whilo tho crew were clamlxTing up tho bouch acugo of birds iu the siiip's cabin, awakened, began to sing most sweetly, ami when tha lust man left thu vessel they were singing yet. Kven so in tho last hour of our dissolution, when driven on the const of the other world, may our disem liarkation from this rough, touting life Ik) uniid tho eternal singing of a thousand prom ises of doliveranco and victory! f or ull ropontiug and believing souls tho door of heaven is now wide open, tho door of mercy, the do r of comfort, for tho poor est us well us for the wealthiest, for tho out law as well u for tho moralist, for Chines.) coolie as well us hi Kuipiror, for tho Rus sian Ixior us well nsthoCzir, for tho Turk as well iu tho Sultan. Richer than ull wealth, moro refreshing than all fountains, deeper than nil depth, higher than ull heights and bron 1 ir than all breadths is tho salvation of Jesui Christ which 1 press upon your consideration Com j ull yo trav elers of tho desert under these palm trees. Oh, if I could gather boforo yon that tre mendous future upon which you uro invited to enter dominions and princi palities, day without night, iinutviM under thu throne, nut tlio four-uul-twenty elders falling b ioro it, stretching olf in grout disttnc s Hi i linn Ire I nn I forty und four thou md und thoiisiu is of thousands, host beside host, rank beyond rank, iu intl liitudisluni.'.i, nations of th ) save I luyon i nations of th j saved, until imj ilie visions ce.uo to catch anything in ire th in tho Liiut outline of whole e;npii j.i yet oulslrutcliing Ixiyoud tlio cap icity of uny vision siv.i th) oyo of Oixl Almighty. Th-n, after 1 had fluishol thoskatua, I w mid lilie to us'c you if that place is not grand enoiixli mil high enough, ami if any thin x could bo alio I, uny purity to tho whiumoi. of the rouiM, any piwer t) t it ut ilmuiin ( t nridn's of ii. I Nvoi'shiu. Aud ail that may b vo:n The .beat man to dispurse a orowd U a Tick-pocUet. SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON FOH 8TJNDAT, JULY 97. " Lost nnd round," Luke xr, 1.10. Notei and Comtnanta. Oolden Text,"There la Joy la tha Presenoa of tha Angel of Ood crerona Slnnar that Iteponteth." 1. "Then drew near unto ITIm all tlio pub licans and sinners for to hear Him." What ever ele these might have to forsake In op dpr to lsj His disciples, th"V would not havo to renounco that which is the hardest of all to lay aside religiousness, of self-righteous. ness for they did not profess to have an v. They were despised by tho holy pcoploot the day. 1 he Kingdom was not for tficm. So thought the righteous in their own eyes, w ho considered thcniM-lve whole, and in nnnced of a physician. Hut how differently did He think who looks on the heart nnd not on tho outward opi-arnncc. Hear Him as Ho talks totheso greut profes.ors, "Verily I say unto you that tho publican and the harlots go Infci the Kingdom of Hod Is-fore you." And the reason was that these sinners, know. Ing their sin, rex ntel und believed, w hilo the srll-rightcou thought they needed do repentance (Matt, xxi., Ill, ;.'). "And the 1'haris.s-s and scribe nmr n.ured, saying, This inntt receivcth sinner, ami ciiteth with the n." Thev said a grand tine thing when thev said "This man rrceiv clh sinners." He said Himself, "I came not to cull the righteous, but sinners to reMnt nncu" tl.ukev., IS). And Paul. bvtheSpint. ring it out ns "A faithtui saving and worthy of all ncccptat ion, that Christ Jesus came into tho world to favo sinners" (I Tim. I., 111. It is strange that these people, who would not receive Hint, should try to hinder others who felt their ns of a Saviour and were willing to receive llmi; but it w a even n Ho said, "leshut up tho kingdom ot Heaven against tueiii for ye neither go iu yourselves, neither "-niter ve them that are entering to go in" (Matt, xxxiii., IM). What a contrast to the 'HUsvsod aro tho p,or in spirit, for their is the kingdom of llraven" (Matt, v., liii, which fell from His gracious lip. It was then even as it i now, the self righteous ure ngmnst Him, but thoMXirun l broken in spirit nro for Him. I). "And lie spake this parable unto them." Tho wholo chapter is ono parable in threo parts, showing the love of the Oixxl hhep- nerii, me niuriinmi ino rather, in searching for nnd welcoming I nek the lost one. Tho leson bviliiy bring lfore n the llrst two jmi ts of tho curable, tho third (sirt lsing ro Mrvel for next week. 4. "Oo after that w hich Is lost until Ho And It." First wo have tho Sen as the Good Hhophcrd atckiug the slusp which is lost. '1 ho fame illustration is found in Matt, xvill.. 11-U, in oonnrs-tion with His saying, "Tho Hon of Man is come to save that which was lost." The sinner ii brought Is-fore us ns a lost and heliih-ss soul, uunble to do anything to restore himself; not knowing tho way back, nnd even if bo knew it ho is without strength to get there. See his condition lc-tcrilx-d In Kom. v., ti, S, 10; without strength "-ungodly sinners enemies. Hut the Shep herd is inrry for His sheep which lias gono astray and lie net out to timl it. Just iisin he garden of l'den He sought Adam w hen bo had sinned und wns billing fromOixl, mo He has been ever since, nnd is still seeding the lost who have gonenstrny. And Ho seeks to some purpose, for lie seeks "Until He llnd it." lie laid aside His glory which Uo had with the Father U-foru tho world was, aud bumbled Himself to Ix-cmue n man, nnd a Fervnnt, nnd n Micrifh-c (John xvil., 5; 1'hll. ii., !N that He might snve the lost. A. "And wlu n Ho hath found it, llelnyeth It on His shoulders, rejoicing." Out iu tho desert Ho heard its cry, sick and helpless, and readv to die: nd the crv of tho helnlesa reached His heart. Ho said to Moses, "1 have mrcly seen the affliction of My people which uro in ICgyi't, and havo heard their cry ; for 1 know their sorrows" (Fx. Hi.. 7). "In nil their ntlllctiona lie was afflicted, nnd tho angel of His preeciico saved them; In His love and in His pity He re deemed them; and He bare them and carried them ull thedaysof old." "And of Benjamin Ho Mid, he shall dwell between His shoulders'' (Isniah Ixvlii., 0; lH'Ut. xxxiii., 12). Sco Israel's High Priest carry ing thu whole nnt iou on Hi shoulders and on His breast (Fx. xxviii., Vi, WJ), and consider the welfare of thnso who have such strength nnd such love as that nt the great High I riest, who is also the Uood shepherd, mail' ifesteii on their behalf. 0. "And when Ho cometh home." Thank (xl for this, that, having found the sheep which was lost. Ho bringeth it homo. Ho docs not lose any by tlio way. Of those whom tho Father sives to Him He loses none. "Ucjoieo with nic: for I buve found my t-heen which was lost. Dot only Is his own heart glad, but ho will have his friends and neighlxirs to rejoice with him Issnuse the lost is found, Jesus would have His miplo to rejoice with Him, for Ho says: "Thn things have I spoke unto you, that My Joy might remain in you, ana mni your joy miuht lie full." 7. "I sny unto yon, that likewise joy shall lo in heaven over one sinner that re penteth," If n shepherd is so glud over the recovery of a lest slus-p that lie causes hii neighlxirs to rejoice with htm, "How much is a man Ixitter than a sheen?" l.Matt. xii.. K'l, Ami how much is tho lluding nnd bringing home of a lost loul better than the nuking una bringing Home or a lost sheep. Hut hero is a reTelution of the unseen by one who has l.oen thoro und kuows nil about it; joy 111 liouvcn, and why? Jiisauso a sinner bus reixntod. Uut had thov not better w nit till tho sinner sets homo t-) hnavou boforo they rejoice' No, for wln-ro thero is true repentance, there is eternal life, nnd Ho who begins tho good work will perform it until the (lav of Christ ll'hll. I., In M. "F.ither what woman having ten piece of silver; it she lose ono piece, doth uot light n cnndlo nml sweep the house, iimlseokdil igently till xho llnd it." In I ho sheep there niitiht be a consciousness or its being lout, but a pi we ot metal bus no feeling and is not conscious of anything. It may ho that wo nro thus reminded of tho soul that Is "dead iu sius" (Kiili. ii A), mid requires tho eon victim; ixiwcr of tho Spirit (.folio xvi., H) Tho woman with her light is theactive agent in thisense. and, us In the former, she seeks till she llnds. Israel, a a nation, is com tia red toa woman (Isa. Iiv..l,fi; Uiii., II, etc.), uud so also is thu church as a whole 111 Cor. xi., 'J; Hoy. xix., T, M). Tlio word of Ood is tko Light, ami the Spirit of Ood is in His Word (l's. cxix.. IU1: John vi.. W. U. "lteioicu with liic: for 1 have found the piece which I bad lost." Aguiu, n in tho formor case, aro friends und neighbors culled noon to rejoice. All who havo the Spiritof Oixl ouuht toreloleo in the work of the Spirit wherever that work is manifest; and if we wure filled with tho Spirit w hat u going forth there would lx nrter lost ones una puck sliders. It friends uud neighlxirs rejoico in the restoration of a piece of silver to its ownur the niis-ii of moiiev bein tlio noculiiil' uroixirtv of its owner, how much umro should Christians rejoice in tho conversion of every soul, w herever on tho faoo of tho whole earth that soul may lJ suved, boeaiiM) evory redcumed ono liecoinns n member or that Isxly ol which nil tlio redoomo I form a part, and of which Christ Is tho lica 1 U-pli iv.. l.-i-llll. 10. "Likewise, I say uub you, thuro is joy In tuc presence of tlio uugels ot Ooduvor ono siunor that reneiitetli." Not only thoro shall bo (as in verso 7), but there is joy in lion vou over one penitent sinner. If wo saw only one soul saved as 'ha result ot u day s teanliin; or pro'icblng. we might not feel vry much en t-ouragtsl; but whun we remember that every renunutiit soul, young or old, luiuit or groat, causes Joy in heaven, it ouht to initko us rojoice, too, with greut joy. Think ot Jet. -is patiently und diligently seeking the soul of Nicodemus. ami lust u patiently ami uiu guutly the soul ot the poor sinful woman of Samaria, aud let us bo om'ourago I to more uiugout personal ellort. i.moii Ilciier WlIKX the bad boy puts u botit pin in Ilia teacher' oluiir. ha i at least justi llnd iu predictiuK au curly mriuK. RELIGIOUS READING. Tom HFsYFMi.Y rTit-a ksowktu. All our burden, a't our woes, All our loud of care, Ood our loving Father knows Kro wo lift our prayer. Still he bids u on hint wait, Hlds us seek hi f.ice : Hot In vain we supplicate At his throne of grace. Kot In vain we tell each griof And our sorrow all ; For be wait to give relief Unto those who call. In each sorrow let us ea Summon unto prayer; I.ct rneli want a chminel tie, Through which grace to share. l'oMly let li ever plead Willi our Ood on hljli ; Claim his promise for each nerd, Sure of his renlv. ' - lit. M. Olford. ST Nil PAST. Tfymt rnnnot innke the headway in pro muting righicoiisnes nroiind you which you desire to in.ike, can you not at least succeed in holding the ground w hleh lis been won' You can maintain your own high standard of conduct if you can do no more. There Ii groat force In" that text : "He ye steadfast, Inimovah.e." It present a picture ol one undergoing strong prcsure from the people or the social condition, around him to yield hi moral Ideal, vet Mitvcssfiillv standing linn and loyal. The other cIhiisc of this text also contains a suggestion not to be overlooked. The w hole sentence run thu : "Its' ye tendfnt. Immovable, nlw uvs Abound big in the work of the Lord, forasmuch a ve know your labor Is not In lain In tho Lord." You may r.ot be able to udiancc nt ireent, but you nut abound nnd on rllow list w here yon stand. You may have to be ike the hniiibiiu. rather than the river, but yoll cull do uood none the less, loiilnay 'know" that your labor is not in vuln in the light of Ood. - I'ongrrgstionnliit. A t.trr m i, or ih.kssmim'sk. llraven isa mind free from anxictv, from sorrow, from nil trouble; it is tin lite with all psln and cr Ing eliminated ; it I life re juvenated, purilleii, iH Hiititii'il, full of bles- ediirs ; a reunion on that otln r side w here loved ones have been inithcring for six thou sand yenrs: It is a great home in the Father's house; audit I to he forever, eternal lite through -lesii Christ our Lord. And the word today in it ilarkncs and iinnetv noed simplv the enioymciit that miii nnd I tinasess a we look into this emptv grave in" .--a, lour Bui i iis, i, ii jr nrt sii tllilllf ' He L nil come to drv the tear of ttie mourner, to make the bed of the dying soli. and light up With bone the iepanire of those w ho love us, to comfort jo'j and mi w Ull the hle-sed hols' that nil' loved one are gathering iu Hie ll'e tfian, in the henvi lily home, never in.. to go out. You who ban' tbl. liope are i.-i vour own; mui lire boiii;!it wit h a price; theret'ore cloiily Chrit in vour body tml vour spirit, w hicii ure his. lKi v. -'. (i. Hutler, 1. 1. PTI V ll V STKI-. One denial of spiritual truth lead to an other, until the lirst of departure end in the falling away ot n ilreailful axistay. A mini plays 1 1 am let on the thcatrc-slagc who was some years since nn orthodox Cougregiitlonal minisier in lirooKiyn, ..t. lie hrst he came unsettled ns to the doctrine of tlio atonement, then successively abandoned the incarnation of tied iu Chrisiand the inspira tion (if the Scriptures; then a future state of rew aros and punishments. Ho was called to aucroed Robert f'ollver of Chicago, but so rapidly did he u' down into the nbys or utler iinhelier, tliut even the bxise creed of the 1'nllsriun was too con lining to hi "lihrralism." and ho startled that congregstion of skeptic by announcing Ins Inability longer to defend any distinctive iloetrinu of our holy faith. Ho proclaimed himself hii iigno-tii sure of nothing, not even the existence of Ood. nnd so turned to destroy the faith he once preached an aw ful warning of the rapid apostasy that fol low the l.ii in I ot one fundamental doctrine. A. T. Piersoii, 1). I)., iu llniiiiletic Re view. MVKK llTi.: Some vciirs ago, when Ira.elllng through l'alesllue, wn were ncarlv benighted. Wo hud lelt Hebron in the morning, nud had come leisurely along passing through Rethle- hem, und visiting the gardens of Solomon on the way, 'i he suu began to get low ere we taught our llrst glimpses of Jerusalem, and ou reaching the plain of liephaiui we had to increase our speed. In u little the sun set, nud wo saw a man come out l'rom the .IhI'.i Bute und stand upon a small hillock, shout ing with nil bis might, a if forewarning of danger, and -.cstieulatiug wildly, its if to call our attention to w hat he was HiiuiMineini;, What is tiic m ui saying?'' e asked our guide. "lie Is shouting, "I ell. in: Vcllali: "What does that mean!'" "Conic along! Come uiong'." We now found that we weiv about to ha shut out and this messenger had come out to warn us that the gate wa about to be dosed. Wc made haste, a we did Hot at ull relish the thought of being kept all night outside the wall. Wc w ere jiit iu time ; no more. We entered, uud the gut'' do -d behind u. 'Thedoor was shut." iM at t. xxv.,10.1 Tho lesson we learned wa "Mske hnste!" a lesson w hich some of us never forget. So m ar being shut out or the earthly Jeriisa. jc ui ! Wliat It we were to he not almost, but altogether, shut out ot tho heawiur city I - I lr. II. iloiiur. ('AMOR or ll K. KT TIIK ISKMr.PV. 'Why don't you preach i i K oniebody usked I against theatre. gning!" Somebody usked me, alter llilllliai Ing that this was an open habit umoiig some piofessing Christians. "Why ilou't you jirouch against Sunday pleasure-driving!'" usk uuoiliur. "And 'why don't you de nounce the sin o christian men selling Honor, or renting their store for others to sell ll?" asks stlli u third. Well, w hut Is the use to exhort a man agulust these thing if his spiritual instinct are not strong enough to keep from them? Y ou may, by preaching, produce a inoinen- tary change of purise in n-gird to them; hut a change of heart I the only periiiiineni remedy. 1 cure little to turn a linn's face from The theatre, if his heart is still there, lugging all the while ut hi Irresolute will, nml begging for another indulgence "A mail must have some ciijox iiicni, lie sav bv i av of excuse. To which 1 replv. "Indeed he mti-t. And if the Christian n annot llnd siif- lieicnt enjoyment lu the servici; of Ood, in the holy delight In praver and praise nnd labor for ( liu-t; if he cannot get pleasure in the coinpunioiislilp of Christian brethren, in the st ud v and feeding on the Word of (bid, what wonder that wc should llnd hi pleas ure In the glitter und gaiety of the theatre, or in the charm und intoxication or me novel. Preach neainst .lav-gmiig to such a one! As well exhort the stone not to fall lo Un earth, when ilelai'hcd from the in iiintain side. Argiimei.t cannot slaud against the law of gravitation, if the love of Christ if not strong enough to bold a urinian in I'liiiiiiiiiiiioii u n i I hrisi. niv lireaeiuug. IboiiL-b r were to sneak W illi the tongues or men and angels, can never lie strong enough to hold him away from thu theatre 'Kuv. ur. uoruon. Tim enrpo of lea recently shippd from I Korwav to 'Now York u imjireguato I with I korosouo oil, which is tho uuai carg i oi ui u't. w ,lJ u tll l"yjr ot tlmt y' TEMPERANCE HFf.r-DKlt, kke hence lint bright docnnton Which sonio unwisely dia'ii; I've known the gay exchuntr To wither In art and bran.; To scatter woe. wherever 'Tis wolcome-l and caressed; th ui touch it, taste it m-ver, 'Tis safest, wisest, Is-st, llan's life i one of trial, 'Ti poisoned at it fount'. And ti by self-denial He'll reach the Holy Mount Where (lows the golden river Of indellnite delights. And pence shall dwell forever Above the slurry height. J.cr. J. Catcj. Pitit::tsrt ox TitK tNcnnASR if isntA. Knglish ndvoenti of tho excise admini. (ration in India claim that drinking ha not Increased. Rev, Thomas Kvan. in a letter to the IUniti.it, show the contrary to bo true. Among other startling change large ly duo to Fuglish influence and example liu mention the fact that within the last eight years half a dor.cn Indian rajahs havodicdiii comparative youth through Indulgence in spirituous liipiors.also that the largest liquor contractor tin year In Allahabad is a "holy" Hrnhmin. w hile the contract to supply tlio city of Lucknow with Inpmr W held 'bv it HrHhmin and a Ra jpoot from Jool. Iu fur mer times high caste brahmin would have scorned to cuan iu such a bu.-ine-s. lr:MKCAT BTATIHTIi'Sj. A Tew A'orl, letter says: ' In 1.H, with a population of M,ism ii, there were Ix-lwis-n i'.khi and l"oo pi is ineri. In sn, with tho fid, I n i, is ii population, we had .V i nil prison rs; in 1-Vi we had l.Voml insant; in ls.sil wn had ill, ono iii-nne, with .VI, om homeless chil ill in and 0"o ; a ii -.'I-in aluis-hoiisM; in isl't, with ii a population of :ui,inr.i;:sl, thorn were cun-iimi-l of distilled liipmr li.'.'l.l. !':! gallons, or about a half gallon ix-r capita, while iu lvsi, wttha population ol tH.irM.lliri, there were eon-iuned Jt.l'.oi, I H, S gallons, or about one. in. I one fourth callous k-i capita iu lsi'kl there were i'sl,:it'Kl,.i.'ti gallon ot nmlt lupinr, not ipiitu two gallon a lusul, while, in I--.SII, there were l-l.'t,TI7,sii7 gallon gu rlisl. or ton gallons lor every iiihubituiil N hithcrf rAMiKUl nt'K TO IXKIIIltATtON. Tnebrintes nro always dangerous subject to ndminister ether or chloroform for nnivsthesia. In all case tho heart i weak ened, and fatty degeneration of vuriou do glee is present. Any substance which low. crs its action is perilous, because ot the In nbihty of the heart to recover, and the tei doncv to paralysis. Hut drinkers have al ways fatty heart, nnd sudden paralysis is likely toapixiar with the lirst Inhalation of chloroform. Ill chronic case of inebriety, wheni extensive organic change have taken place iii tho brain nnd spinal cord, paralysis of the respiratory center occur llrst, and re-pir.ition stop Ix-foro the notion of the heart 111 such cases artillcial respirii. lion may prevent de-ith if promptly unvl. In nil cases a sudden cles-king in respiration mil lu art Ix-nl where ether or chloroform nro iisisl is a dangerous signal t( tho jjiuvcst importance. WHMSNS TrMfl.i: TO RDimiKTV. The Worn in Teuiperanen Iluilding As'n rial ion, au orguiii'itioii w ithin the Nationul Woman' Christian TemixTauce Cnion, yes terdav took out il permit to erect it thirteen, story building at tlio corner of Monroe nnd J.a Hullo st recti. Mrs. T. II Cure, who I ; ut the head of the enterpriso, said of it last I'Venin.' "Wo expect to build a nuignillcent Ktrue turn to I hi the heaiipiartT of tho Woman's Christian Temperance L'niou and tho Wo man's Nat onal I'ublishiiig AssiH-iutiou. Tho teinple will 1st thirteen stories high, and will bu built of red granite ami red pressed brick. The cost will lie nboiit !. mo.tKNl, uud tho money has n I ready Ix-eu raised by stock nud bonds, subscribed by friend of thu cause. The building will trout I'll foot on Monroe stri-et an I ninety six on 1 .1 Salle. Theiirchl. toot ore is modern iu design, with enough ot it Ootluc touch h -r.i ui.d there to give n sug gistion of church nrchitis'ture. Within a short tiu'.o we have entirely ehangisl the geni i al plan of the buildin,". Instead of a double entrance at tho mruer, wo will have ii main entrance on I m Salle street. Just in side this out ranee tl ight elevators will bo arranged in n semicircle. Tho ciitrnuco to W i Hard Hull, our assembly room, will bo on MonriHi street. This as.-nibly room will Ik) our pride, and, although it will aeisiiunio date only i lpsiple, we intend that it shall In. tu tempsriiiice ti l i o n i what the Westmin ster Abls-y is to Knglund' celebrities. Hero wo will pnerve bunk of record and all who have assisted lis ill building the temple will have their name engraved on thu marble tablets of tho walls. I ho Woman's Christian Teiiix'rani'o I ' 1 1 ii ii w ill Use only the Willard Memorial Hall und n few olllee suitei up tho llfth ll" ir. The rest of tho building will bo llttisl up for banks and olll. cs. Wo expect to get a rental of $'.'" i.ooo a year. The corner stone will bo hud September 1.1. nnd the Woman's l 'hi i-l ni l Tomperanci) I'nioii will that important event, the building by May 1. prop. rly celebrate 11 loH- to occupy 15'.'." (.Viii ii:.i .V." TKMi'i".n.Ni':i n::v. s and notcs. The face of n dissipated man is a record of broken c immiiu luieuts. Tim father who doe not train up his b.iys pros-rly helps tho b irlcs-per. A rosp 'cbiblo saloon, like n fa- hioiiablo hotel bar, w ill send u thou-mid iiiore souls to hell than un alley bolt lo shop. A inodoruto drinker is worth n thousand times mora to tho devil for destructive pur poses than uu out and out drunkard. It is ill th" nature of a practical, sensible argument ngainst iutciiipor.iueo that the hard drinkers constitute tlio majority of siiustroko victims. Sir Stevens liloekwool said lately that during the til'teen yours of secretaryship to tlio Uritisli 1'ost illleo, lie knew of lnouulll cials of that deportment w ho had boeu uc tuully ruined by strong drink. I r. Kdi , of Huston, says; "When a littlo win.) menu too much wine, tho only sufo course is total iilHtiuDiieo. llctwooii n littlo uud too mucli thoro is a danger line that tho moderate drinker irispiontly iipprouohe without knowledge to hiius 'lf. Men addicted to drink gradually throw oir tho rosiruiiits with which education, habits, conscience, and timidity surround lilm, and then a lower nature und tha baser passions nssert them selves. Jbuioo thu drunkard is truly desig nate I us ono who l bruUili. si." Tlio Huston 7'r.uwWi' publishes replies from several of the most eiuiiiont physician tu this ipnutioii: "Which of tlio iiicoholio liouors is. iu your opinion, the least injurious ii u boverugo for a mail who must drink, or who thinks lie must'-" Tlio replies nt leosl, agree iii intiiuitiur IliaA uny man who thinks ho must drinli is in peril ol licroniln it ilruiikard. The majoiitv of tlnnii consider uny liatiituul uso ol ulcoholic iiipiors a in jurious. Tho consensus ot th -ir advice to in alt hy pisi(ilo U li let alcoholic liipiori, ulouo. A working man in a Western town where high lio'iino uu'l b wu vote I in on I prolubi timl vobxi out, camo to a iihysici.-tii saving: "You know, doctor, that I paid up ull my buck debts to you, at the j-rooory, und ull around town, but tin saloon uro coming, und 1 shall go back to drink not bocaiiso 1 want to; the Lord knows I want the very op (smite. Hut 1 I'ik'I 1 shall start in again bo cuiU'i I havo not tho moral courago to resist, and tho door ts upon boforo me." His ex p.iriuuco istluitof million who uro goiiij W dosti'uctiuu tuis day. -t'liiou A'ijuu, "The Angel of the Crimea." Tlio name of Florence Nightingale luis been familiar to two generations anil will continue to hold n high place In history through the services she rem I cm I to snlforing men. Mi Niohtitiefnlc was called "The An tret of the Crimea" by the ";rti'ful Uritisli soblicts who owed much to her lor her splendid work, during; the war with l.ussiu. A few week ago. on the occasion of tier seven tieth birthday, nil l'.nglnnil ratifj with her praises. The I'rince of Wales ilclivcrcd a eulogy of her nt the training school for nurse which she had founded in London un.l tjnicn Victoria sent her a letter of coiif;ratul:ilioii bv it spcciul me eiiocr. Hut that day wn one of cjricf for her, for the telegraph had brought, the news of her sivtcr's dentil. Mi Nightingale was tin daughter of an Kng lish country ejotitlrnian, und wn bom in Florence, Italy, while the family were on a continental tour. While it mere L'irl she icvcloieil the benevolent ili position which ha since made tier fam in. Shu nursed Arab in I'gypt, sie tr much of her time in the London hospital, nml linully resolved to ilcvote In rself cn tirclv to tiospiial work. She became u pupil at a tii rman hospital und went tlunui'li :i rc'iilar course of train'i!!;:. ''-a-viif., .a VMHiKM'R 5t0nm0ALC. lust lieforc the Crimcrin war she foundcil a hospital fo- sick iocrnec. Readinej "Hull Kun" Husscir harrnw in:; dcsi rio turns of the siilTcrini's of the -i k and w 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 Uritisli soldiers in the Crimea nml ut Scutari, she olTcrcd lie service to Sidney I lei lici t, t .le Seen tary for War, mid they were promptly ucccpted. Her splcinlid work there uud it bcnclii ent. result arc known tlinnihoiit the world. OiiIht ictiuti to F.nglanil she wa pre sented with i'.'id.dllll raised by popular Mibscript ion. She did not apply u penny of it to her own use, but applied it t the loomling oi a lr:iinin; .-i IidoI for nur-c, which is n jh-i niancnt succes.-. liming the American Civil War she wan in constant col rcspiunlenec w ith the lady nurse who utteuili i! nic military hospital nnd nave them much val'iilde advict-, but the bad state of her health prevented her from coming In person. The portrait which accompanies this sketch is from an cnoiaviii:r in n recent number of the lllntt riitnl A mrrif.iii , Wioiig Idenllllcntlmi. It sometime li:ipiciis that boiliu uro I wrongly idcntilicd at tho Morgue. Such mistakes seldom occur, owing to the jgreut carefulness of the present Morpn otlli inls. A woman who lived in Provi dence wrote several year iin to her children in this city that she intended to spi lid Thanl.sj.'ivini' with them. She sMtcd that she was on her way, and would arrive ou a certain day. The day came, but she did hot appear. The children became iiliiriucil when several Juys had passed without Inuring front ricr, und a visit wa made to the Morgue A body in n cotliu was identified from the appeal am e nnd clothiii"; as that of their mother, und it was placed iu clmroe of an undertaker for burial. The funeral was held, uud it was interred in Calvary Cemetery. Their donrlicll ranj; two days aflcrwiiid, while they were ut sup per, nnd iu walked the supposed dead woman. She hid missed her train and had not left Providence. nr Yiirk fun :i in hi bo -.have. I on Sinnl.iv? Irt l'liilaih Iphi. i. ai ciinlinej to a l- isimi 3 1 1 -1 ii-ti 1 1 i-rii I by .linlijc 'cun packer, lie i :i n in t , unless In- shaves himself. Tho Milkman' .llistuko. ft r-"s -1 nt: Mis. .Jones you let inehnvo to-day V (somewhat ten cents' worth of cream Milkman "Yi, mum, but I must say llmi' tho funuiost lookino; c-nti I ever poured milk into." Mnnnfu'i W'eilclu. m si- LrtsmmJfilm deal) "Cun . "IT i ' I u. turn- ' . 4. If
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