THE "WIDE-OPEN" DOOR. AtX CLASSES ARB "WELCOME. Ear. Dr. Talmas; Shows now tha Por Uli of Heaven May be Passed. text: "Antt, hthotit, it door wa$ opened sf Airew.n Kcv. lv., 1. John had been the pastor of a church In F.phtsms. He hml been driven from his position !n that city by an indignant pop. ular. The preaching of n pure and earnest gospel had made an excitement dimer ous to every form of iniquity. This will often be the result of pointed preach ing. Men will flinch under the sword strokes of truth. You ought not to lie lurprised that the blind man makes an outcry of pain when the surgeon removes the cataract from his pye. It is a (rood sign when yon see men unensy in the church pew, and exhililting impntience at soma plnin ut terance of truth which smites a pet sin that they are hugging to their hearts. After the patient has lx-n so low that for weeks ha said nothing and noticed nothing, it is thought to Ixi a good sign when ho begins to be a little cross. And so I notice that spir itual invalids ore in a fair way for recovery when they liocomo somewhat Irascible find choleric, under the t rent incut of the truth. Hut John had so mightily inculpated puhlie iniquity that he had been banished from his church and sen', to Pntmas, a desolate Island, only a mile lu breadth, against whoso rocky coasts the sea rose and mingled its voice with the prayers anil hymning of the heroic exile. Yon cannot but contrast tho condition of this banished apostle with that of another famous Mile. I"ok at the apostle on I 'at- ' mo aniline great r reticnman on St. Helena. lUith were suffering nnnmg lnx.liitii.ii and barrenness because of offense committed. IWith had passed through lives eventful and thrilling, poth hnd been honored ami de spised. Both were imperial natures, Ilnt.li had l"en turned off to die. Yet mark the infinite difference one hnd fought for thoi perishable crown of worldly nutlmritv, the other for one eternally lustrous. Tfie one Lad marked his puth with the bleached skulls of his followers, the other had intr.xlu.isl peace and g'xxi will among men. Tho one Lad lived chiefly for eelf-aggrandisement aud the other for the glory of Christ. The successes of the ono were achiuvl amid tho breaking of thor nils of hearts nud til acute, heaven-rend ing cry of orphanage and widowhood, while the triumphs nf tho other made joy iu heaven among the angels of iod. Tho heart of one exile was filled with re morse and despair, while the either wu lighted up witj thanksgiving and inex tinguishable hope. Over St. Helena guth ered tho blackness and darkness, clouds, lighted up by no sunrising. but rout and fringed and heaving with the lightnings of a wrathful God, nn I tho spray Hung over the rocks seemed to hiss with the condemna tion, "The way of tho ungodly shall perish." Hut over Patmo the heavuns were oiH'iie I, and tho stormy sea beneath was forgotten in the roll ami gleam of waters from under the thmne like crystal; and the iNtrrenness of the ground umlor the ttxstlo was fnrgot tcn asalxivc him ho saw tho t reus of life nil bending under the rich glow of heavenly fruitage, while the hoarse blast of cont Mid lug oleinents around his suffering body whs drowno I in the trumpeting of trunqtet and thetiarpiug of harps, tho victorious cry of multitudes like the voice of ninny wuters and thohosuuna of hosts in nuuilser like the Stars. What a dull spot upon which to stand and have Mich n glorious vision! Had Pntums been somo tropical island, arlstrod with the luxuriance of perpetual summer, and drowsy with breath of ciunuiiiuii and cassia, and tos elated with long aisles of geranium and cac tus, wo would not have been surprised at the splendor of the vision. Hut the lust place you would go to if you wanted to llnd U'au tiful visions would lie the Island of Patm.ss. Yet it is around such gloomy sxU that God ) makes the most wonderful revelation. I', was ks.king through the awful shadows of a prison that John Oiinyan saw the gate of tbe celestial city. God there divided the light from tho darkness. In that gloomy abode, on scraps of old paper picked up about his room, ido greut dream wus writteu. It was while John Calvin was a refugee from Moody jsTsocution, and wus hid in a houso at Angouleme, that ho conceived the idea of writing his immortal "Institutes." Jacob had many a time seen the sun bro ik ing through the mists, and kindling tiiem into shnfts and pillars of ilery splendor tint illicit well have been a ladder for the angels to tread on, but the famous ladder which he saw soared through a gl.stmy night over the wildernets. The night of trial uud desola tion is tho scent of tho grandest li.iaviinly revelatioiis. From the burren, surf Is'uten rs'k of I'atmoi) John looked up ami saw that a ilocr was opened in heaven. Aunin, the uniiouii.-oinetit of sii"h an opened entrance suggests the truth that (lod Ihlis. king down Umiii tho earth und observ ed of ail occurrences. If wo would gsju a wnle prosjMvt we climb up into a tower or mountain. The higher up wo uro tho broad er the landscape wo bcholil. Yut our most , comprehensive view is limited to only a few 1 leagues here a river ami there a lake uud jim.ii'ra mountain peulc. Hut what uiusf iiiistl theglorvof tlio earth in the eye of linn nho from tliodoor of ueaveu beholds ut .ie glance all mountains and :-ike and prai ries and (vun lands bespangle.) with trop ical Korgfousnesk and Arctio regions whin wkIi everlasting snows, Lulmnou mujustio with cedar and American wilds solemn with uiibmken forests of pine, African deserts of glistening suml nnd wilderness j of water unbroken by ship's keel, continents covered with harvests of wheat uiid rioand maize. the glory of every xonn, the whole workl of iiiounUins and seas ami forests an 1 islands tkeii in in a iugia glauco of their grout t.reaUir. . Ah we take our stand upon some high point single ohjectnilwindle into such iusigmilceiice that we ceum to see them in the minutiie.und we Miold only the grand points of the sviiery. But i,,t so with God. Although Htaiidinn fur up in the vory tower of h aveii, nothing lv reuson of its smallmski escapes His vimoii . Kvery lily of the Held, evory violet under the grass, the tiniest uoliotrop , aster an i geniiiiu nre ft ,,1,(1, y seen by Him us he proudest niugunliu, nud uot ono vein of "lor iu thuir lunf deonens or fadoa without lit notice. From this door in heaven llol all human conduct aud tho world's moral changes. Not one tear of sorrow falls in hospital or workshop or dungeon but Ho ) it, and iu high huavon makes recurJ of u fall. The world's iniquities in all their ghastli Bns glower undur His vision. Wars an 1 tumults, aud tho desolations of famine uud "rthoiiake, whirlwind ami shipwreck Jpread out Ijufore linn. If there were 110 "'g in all the universe but Go I Ho could he happy with such an outl.sik as thoihsir of leuvun. Hut there Ho stands, mi muro isturhod bv the fall of a kingdom than tho "Topping of a leaf, no morrf excited liy the rising of a thronethun the burstingof u Imd. he falling of n deluge than tlie trickling of raindrop. Karthly royalty clutoli.w ner vously its scepter and waits iu suspense tho Will 0 iiillumed siilijects, mid the crown is tossed from ohm family touuothor. Hut above nil earthly vicissitinKsj and tho us aultof human tiiissiom iu unshaken s.vuritv ''i l tin King of ICingi waU-liing nil th-i au of lbs umpire from tlio lutrUuetioii Le J Ura 10 Ult' CO JUtiuI ut tuo kir of your , Again, 1 learn from the fact that a door n luaven isopmad that there ! a way of utrau'e for our prayers und of egross for miviiiu blossings. It dons uot seem that our .yolu bus strength euough to climb up Vuods ear. Khali uot our prayor be lost w the cloudsr Have words wings? The "uth is plain: Heaven's door is wide open to n luVa, "ver'r PryeT- Must it not be loud? "ught It not to riug up with the strength of "ut lungsr Must it not be a loud call, lieu as drowning men utter, or like the shoub M some chieftain iu the battle? No; will, r i u Kod as shout, aud the mere wish lu "ul lu profouud kilouoe is as gooi a t whisper. It rise Just as klfH and aocom piisnee just as mucn. uut ou ught not prayer to be made of golden ! It It to enter pnoh a splendid door worus ii i is 10 enter soon a an ml live beside seraphim and archangel wugnt not every pnraae De rounileit Into er fection, ought not the language be musical nd classic and poetic and rhetorical? No; the most illiterate outcry, the unjointed pe tition, the clumsy phrase, the son tones break ing into grammatical blunders, an nnworde 1 (roan is just as effectual if it be the uttoranco it the soul's want. A heart all covers! un witn ganands or thoughts would be no attrac tion to God, but Jk heart broken and contrite that is the acceptable aacriflce. "I know that my Kodeomer broth, " rising np In the mighty harmony of a musical academy, may Dverpower our ear and heart, but it will not Mach the ear of God like the broken voiced hymn of some sufferer amid rags and ileso ianon looking np trustrul.y to a (saviour's rampaSKion, singing amid tears and pan.;, 'I know that my Itedetmier liveth." I siipiose that there was more rhetoric and classic eleganco in tho prayers of the Pharisee than of the publican, hut you know which was successful. You may kneel with complctoeWnnce on some soft cushion at nn altar of alabaster and utter a prayer of Mil tonic sublimity, but neither your urac.rnl poture nor the roll of your blank Verse will attract heavenly attention, whilo over som dark collar in which a Christian pauper is prostrate in the straw angels bend fro-ii their thrones and cry one to another: "lie hold, he pray.i!" Through this open hor of heaven what a long procession of lira vers Is continually passing 1 What thanksgivings; What Confessions! Whnt intercessions! What lesooehi:tgi "And behold a door was opened la hiwven." Again, tno ilisirot nnaven is npmel t) al low us the opportunity of lookin J lu. Christ when He c ime from heaven to Hethany left it open, and no one sim-1 has ds.ra 1 t shut it. Matthew threw it still wider open wn.-n h came to write, and 1'iuil pinlii I th .1 r further back wlien h i sp-i'e of tli- g'.orv t ! revill, an I John in I'veiatio i actu.illv sints im ti th i liarpi, an I t'i'i waters, and tho crowns, ail tli throne. There are iirifoii.il mrlr. nlsmt that bless si pln.vt til it wo 'ckim t solve. Ilut loo t thr.ni 'Ii tins i .i 011 ud r of heaven mid sm wlint y. iu cm se . Gil means us to l.vik and c.ifc'.i up n nv s. n.. thing of tho rapturo nn I attuu.i our h -arts to us worship. It Is wide open en iu jh to s t 'lirist. II - hold Him, t lie Chief am mtcith ins ml. all tho hum-rel pnnoof Imvu at Hufe.-t. With your enkindle 1 fni'h .n no !' tn ranks or glory. Waidi how theit 1nlms wave, ami hear how their voie ring "hssls clapping their hands, streets 1: Irani- lug with gold, uncounted multitudes ever accumulating in number and ever rUing up into gladiler lios'iiinas. If you cannot staml to look upon that Joy for ut least one hour now con 1. 1 you en lure to ilweii among it for ever? You would wish yours -If out of it in three days, nnd choose the earth n.jani of any other pluci wli.ro it wits not ulw.iys riiinday. My hearer in w.irldlv iir...ieritr. alllii.-nf,. honore I, healthy mi l h ippy, lo l: iu iiihiii that c uiipaiiy of the re loomc I, and how Hie px.rs.Mif in heaven is b-tterotf th in you are, brighter in apparel, richer incstat. higher iu ixiner. Hearers, nllli.-ti'd und tried, look in thron-li tnat op.-n d.sir. tha you may s -o to what gladness and glorv y.ei are coming, to what life, to what rovoltv. Hearers ple.isivl to fascination Willi this ivorl.l. sillier n;i voiir souls for on noi.r - :mtive ls. iisni nones 111 111 never fly away, lixui health that never sick-Mis, uixni sc Miters that never break, iiihiii cxKctations that are never disappoint; 1. I.xik ill and if Hi iro nre not enough crowns to pay us for an our ismics, enougii re-a to relievo nil our fatigues, enough living fountains t-i quench all our thirst, enough glory to d.ish out for ever uml ever all earth s sighiiignnd restless- 11. ks nud darkness, liuttles ende.1. tear wipe.l awav, thrones plucked from the Isisoms, stabs healed, the tomb riven what a s.s. no to look Uxn! Again, the disir of heaven stands open f r the Christian's lliml entrance. D.vith to the righteous is not cliinbins hiirh walls or ford- inn deen rivers, but It is entering an mien il.xjr. If you ever visit the old homes tea.1 where you wure Ixirn, and while father and mother are yet alive, as you go up tho lane iu mm 01 1 ne lurm nouso, ami put your hand on the door an I lift the latch, do von shudder with fear? No. you are elud to en ter. Ho your last sickness will bo only the Inne in front of vour Kuthnr's hou., from which you hear tho voioi of singing beforo you roach the door. And den th, that is tho lifting of the latch before you enter, tho greetings and einhraces of tho iiinumcrahlo lamily of tho righteous. N'sy, there is no iiu'ii.ior jonn says the door is ulready open. What a company of spirits have already en tered those portals, bright and shining! Souls reliia.se.1 from the earthly prison house how they shouted ns thov went through I Spirits that spo I up from the Ilamis of mur tyrdom, making heaven richer us they went iu, Hiuring their notes into tho celestml har mony. Aud that d.Kir has not b'guu to shut. If reih-emeil by grace we all shall. -liter it. This side of it we have wept, but on the other side of it wo shall never weep Un this side we may have grown sick with weariness, but on tho other side of it we shall be without fatigue. Gn this side we bleed with tho war rior's wounds, on theotherside we shall wave tlio victor's palm. When you think of dying whut makes your brow contract, what make you breathe so deep a sigh? What makes you gloomy in (Missing a graveyard? Fol lower of Christ, you have been thinking that death is something terrible, tho measur ing of lances with n iowerful antagonist, the dosing in of a conflict which may bo your everlasting defeat. You do not want much t think of dying. Tho step Isivoud this life seems so mysterious you dread the taking of it. Why, who taught you this lesson of horrors? Heuven's d.x.r is wide oixiii, nud you step out of your sick room into those portals. Not ns long as a minute will elapse ImiIwccii your departure aud your arrival there. Not half so long as the twinkling of un eye. Not the millionth part of un instant. There Is no stumbling into darkness. There is no plung ing down into mysterious depths. Tho door is open. This instant you are here, the mixt you are there. When a vessel struck tho rocks of the French coast, while the crew were clamls-ring up tho buuch acuge of birds in the ship's cahm, awukenol, begun to sing most sweetly, nud when tha lust man left tho vessel they were singing yet. Kveu so iu tho last hour of our dissolution, when driven on tho coast of tho other world, may our disem barkation from this rough, tossing hfo Ikj amid the eternal singing of a thousaud prom ises of deliveram.-e and victory! f or ult ropontiug and believing souls tho door of heaven is now wide oxn, tho door of mercy, the doir of comfort, for tho poor est as well as for tho worthiest, for the out law as well at for tho moralist, for Chinese o.Hilio as well as his F.mpjror, i'or the Rus sian Issir as well ns tho Czir, for tho Turk as well im the Sultan. Kiclier than ull wealth, more rofrosliiu ; than all fountains, iUs-Hir than ull depths, higher than ull heights and broa I -r than nil breadth is tlio salvation of Josui Christ .which I press upon your (Mit-iideratioii Coin; all yo trav elers of tha desert under these palm trees. Oh, if I could gather before you that lie moudoiK future upon which you uro invited to outer doiiiuioiis nud princi palities, day without night, martyrs under the throne, mil tli four-un I twonty elders falling before it, stretching oir in great di.-tmces Hi 1 linu Ire I ml forty and four thousand uud thousands of tlioiiounds, host Imsi.lo host, rank beyond rank, in lull into distance, uali 111s of tin sue i li.yo.il nations of th save I, until nn; ilic visions cease t j ciU-h any thing more th in the faint outline of whole e.npire.i yet nuUlrelching beyond tUo cap icity u un y vision sivo tin eyo of God Almighty. 'I'll -n, after 1 had lluislie I the bU.iUm, I w mid lue to us'; you if that pluon is not grand onotifli and high enough, uud if auytliiur could bo a I lei, any purity to the wiiiluunss of tho robes, uuy p iivor ti fit u'Ihiiihij tin 1 1 rs of IU worshiu, Aud all that 111 iv bs voors. Tiik best man to dispurse a crowd ia a iiick-pocliet. SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON FOB SUNDAY, JULY 27. " Lost net round," Luke xr, 1.10. Notei nd Commsnts. Q old en Text, "There li Joj In th Preteno of the Ancaliof Ood ever one Sinner that Itepenteth." 1. "Then drew near unfo riim all the put Means and sirners for to hear Him." What ever elethi-se might have to forsake in op. der to 13 His disciples, thy would not have to renounce that which is the hardest of all to lay aside religiousness, of self righteous iiesa for Ihey did not profess to have anv. They were despised by tho holy people of the day. 1 he Kingdom was not for tiiem. So thought the righteous in their own eyes, who considcrrd thenc-clvos whole, and in no need of a physician. I'.ut how differently did He think whohxikson tho heart nnd not on tho outward apiienrance. Hear Him as Ho talks to these greut profm-ors, "Verily I say unto you that tho piihlicans and the hnrlots go intt. the Kingdom of God lefore you." And tho reason was that these sinners, know, big their sin, re nte.l nnd Micved, w hilo the srll-rightioiis thought they needed no repentance (Matt, xxl., ill, ii. "And the 1'lniris.s-s nnd scrilss ninr n.urol, saying. This limn reeciveth sinners, and cuteth with tho 11." Thev said a grand tine thing when thev said "This man rceelv Hi simn-rs." lie suid Himself, "lcamenot to cull tlivrightcinis, but sinners t. reissnt-uni-e" (Luke v., :(. And I'anl, hv theSpint, rings it out ns "A fnithrul wiving and worthy of all He-rotation, that Christ Jesus came into tho world to savo sinners" (I Tim. I 1"I. It is strange that these e..ple, who woulil not nn Ive Him, should try to hinder others who felt their ne.s of n Saviour and were willing to receive Him; but it was even ns Ho said. "Ye shut up the kitiL'.lom of Heaven against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suiter ve them that are entering to go in" (Mutt. x"txiil., l.t) . Whnt a coh.m-t to the "llles.se.1 are the nir In spirit, for theirs is the kingd of Ibavcn" (Matt. v.. lih, which f, II from Ills graciuus lips. It was then even as it is now, the self righteous uro against Hun, but theisMirun l broken in spirit lire for Him. II. "And llespake till parol. le unto them." The whole chapter is one pnrable in three t arts, showinK the love of the (i.xxl Hhep lierd. the Spirit mid the Father, in searching for nnd welcoming lack tho lt one. Tho lesson tivday brings before us tho llrst two Al ts of tho parulile, tho third part Isjing re surveil for next w.k. 4. "Go after that which is lost uutil He find It." First wo have tho Son as the (!! Shepherd Ms-king the slns'p which Is ht. '1 he same illustration is fcun.l iu Mutt, xviii,. 11-14, in (s.nnisrtion with His saying, "The Son of Mini is come to save that which was lost." The sinner is l.nmght Is-fore us ns a lost and helpless soul, unable to 1)0 anything to restoro himself; not knowing the way back, and even if he knew it he is without strength to get there. See his condition dr. tcrilssl in lloin. v., ti, h, lo; without strength ungiHlly sinners enemies. Ilut the Shep herd is icrry for His sheep which has gono nstray nnd Ho nets out to liud it. Just ns iu tie gur.ii 11 of l'.den lie sought Adam w hen ho had sinned and was hiding f nun God, sit He has been ever since, nnd is still seeking the lost w ho have gone nstray. And Ho seeks to some toiriMise, for lles.-vks "L'ntil He finds it." lie laid aside His glory which Uo had with the Father Is-fore the world was, ami liuiiib'isl Himself to In-coiiic n man, nnd a orvnnt, nnd a mcriflco iJchn xvil., 5; Phil, ii., .V) that Ho might save the lost. a. "And whi n He hath found it, Helnyctli it on His shoulders, rejoicing." Out iu tho desert Ho heard its err, sick and helpless, nnd ren.lv to die; sml the cry of the helpless reached ilis heart. Ho said to Moses, "I have surely seen the a miction of My people which uro in Egypt, and have heard their cry ; for 1 know their sorrows" (Kx. ill.. 7). "In nil their nlllictiona lie was afflicted, and tho nugel of His presence saved them; In His love end in His pity He re deemed them; nnd He Imre tbem nnd carried them all thednysof old." "And of benjamin Ilo said. he shall dwell between His shoulders" (Isaiah lxvlii., 0; lrut. xxxiii., I Ji. Soo Israel's High Priest carry ing the whole nation on H is shoulder and on His breast (Kx. xxviii., l'J, '."J), and consider the welfare of those who have such strength nud such love as that of the great High Priest, who is also the Good Shepherd, man ifested on their behalf. ft. "And when Ho cometh home." Thank (I.xl for this, thnt, having found the sheep which was lost, Ho bringeth it home. Ho docs not loseuny by tho way. Of those whom tho Father give to Him He loses none. "Kcjoico with nn-; for I have found my heep whli h wus lost." Not only is his own heart glad, but ho will have his friends and tieighlsirs to rejoice with him Issause tho lost is found. Jesus would havo Ills hs. pie to rejoiise with Hun, for He soys: "These things have I spoke unto you, that My joy might remain iu you, nnd that your joy might lie full." 7, "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall le lu heaven over one sinner that re pehteth." If a shepherd is so glad over the recovery of a h st sh.s-p that ho causes his neighbors b rejoice with him, "How umch is a man Is-ttcr than a sheen?" f.Matt. xii., 14, And how much is the lluding nnd bringing homo of a lost roul better than the llu ling and bringing home of a lost sheep. Hut hero is a revelution of tho uussm by 0110 who has loeii thoro und kuows all about it; joy iu heaven, and why? liccauso u sinner bus rcN.'iitod. Ilut had thov not better wait till tho sinner gets homo to heaven before they rejoice? No, for where there is true l.-K'iilani-e, there is eternal life, and Ho who begins tho go.sl work will perform it uutil thedavof Christ (Phil. I., (i. M "F.itlu r what woman having ten pioces of silver; if shu lose one piece, doth not light u candle nud sweep the house, and seek ilil Igeutly till shu Und it." Iu tho sheep there might I xi It consciousness of its being lost, but a piece of metal lias 110 feeling nnd is not conscious of anything. It may lie that we nre thus leiiiin.l.-d of the soul that is "dead in sins" (Kph. ii., Si, and requires the con victing power of the Spirit (John xvi., h). Tho woman with her light isthe active agent in this inso. and, as In the former, she seeks till she tin. Is. Israel, as a nation, is com parts I toa woman (Isa. Iiv.,1,5; Ixiii., 11. etc.), und so also is tho church its a whole ill Cur. xi., '4; Hev. xix., 7, X). Tho word of God is t 'so Light, and tho Spirit of God is iu His Word (Ph. cxix., I0S; John vi., tU I), "llejoico with mt ; for 1 havo found tho Jiiece which I bad lost." Again, as in the ormer case, are friends and neighbors called upon to rejoice. All who havo the ripirit of Gisl ought to rejoice iu the work of the Spirit wherever thnt work is manifest; und It wo were tilled with tho Spirit w hat 11 going forth there would bo after lost ones and back sliders. If friends und ueighliors rejoii-o iu tho restoration of piece of silver to its owner, tho pits-e of money being the peculiar prosrty of its owner, how much more should Christians rejoice in tho conversion of every soul, wherever on tho face of tho whole earth that soul may lie saved, IsH-ause every redeemed 0110 becomes a member of that Isslv ol which nil tho ivdts:no I form a part, and of which Chrbt is tho lieu 1 (lOph. iv., I5-1H). IU. "Likewise, I sav unto you, thoro is joy In tlio presence of the uu,;eis of Godover 0110 sinner that repent. -th." Not only tlntro shall bo (as in verse 7), but there is Joy iu heaven over one penitent sinner. If w e saw only ono soul saved as Vhe re-ult of u tlay's teuching or preaching, wo might uot feel very much 011 couragod; but when we remember that every repimtuitt soul, young or old, small or great. causes joy in heaven, it ought to uiako us rejoice, too, with greut joy. Think of Jesus patiently und diligently seeking the soul of Piicoiiomus, ami just as patiently anil dili gently the soul of the xjor sinful woman of Samaria, and let us be encourage I to mure Uaigont imrsonal elTort. l.eon Helper, Whkm the bad boy puts a bout jiin in Hie teachers ciwir, lia Is at least justi lied iu pruJictiuf ttu enly irbn. RELIGIOUS READING. Yotm tiFAvrrti.Y rtnt-a rsjowrth. All our burdens, s'l our woes, All our loud of care, tied our loving Father know! L'ro wo lift our prater. Still he bids us on hint wult, lllils Us seek his fire ; Not In vsln we sup plicate At his throne of grace. Not In vain we tell cadi grief And our sorrow s nil ; Kor he w aits lo give relief Unto those who cull. In each sorrow let us see Summons unto prayer; I.ct each wntit a channel be. Through which grace to share. lloldly let us ever plead With our (tod on Mill ; I'lnim bis lToinl-e for each need, Sure ol' his replv. ' -It. M. Olford. STAND r.(sT. Tfyott cannot make the hea.lwav in pro mntlng righteousness around you which yon desire to nmke, can you not at lea-t succeed In holding the ground w hich has heen won' You ran maintain your own hiuh standard of conduct if you can do no more. There is ji rest force In that text: "lie ve stt adrn-t, Imtnovah.r." It presents a picture ol one undergoing strum; j.re-sure from the people or the social conditions around him to vldd his moral Ideals, yPt Miivessfiillv standing llrin uii.l loyal. The other clause of this text also contains a suggestion not to lie ovrrlookcd. The w hole sentence runs thus ; "Ho ye teiiilfnt, Immovable, always .aliniiiid- uK 111 1 tie n 01 k 01 im i.or.i, lorasmiicii as ye know vour labor Is not In (am in the Lord." 011 rim V hot be able to a.li am-e lit .reellt. I. lit Voll can Hhmni.l nn.l nv ..i-ll.inr 11st w here (ou stand. Yoti mav have to he ike the t'ountniti. r.ithi-r ih.-m t !., rl,-.,,- l.,t you can do good none the less, von may snow nun your lanor is not 111 vain 1,1 the Ight of Uud. Cntign g.it loimlnt. A Mr rci.t, or iii.ksshinfss. Hraven isa tuitid free from anxittv. from Sorrow, from nil trouble; It ts this lite w ith nil pain and crying eliminated ; it Is life re juvenated, purilii-il. Is itiitinc.l, full of Mess, r.lnis. ; a reunion on Unit oth. r side w here loved ones hae been gathering for six tliou ssnd yenrs: it is a gn at home in the Father's house; timi it Is to be forever, eternal lite through Jesus Christ our Lord. And the world today in Its darkness nn.l anxiety needs simply the tnioymciit that you audi possess as we 100K into this empty grave. I'he Saviour says to us. " Whv ' wct-mst thnuP He had come to lrv the bars of the mourner, to make the bed of the dying soli, mid light up with hope the di-paiKtre nf those w ho love u, to comfort vo'j and me w Ith the hle-sed hoist that our l.tvcd ones uro gathtriug in the life etr-ian. in the heavenly home, never more to go out. You who have this Iioiic are a..t our own: ton nre bought with a price; thcreloro ploiily Chrit in vour l.o.lv Slid vour spirit, w hicii arc his. (Key. .. "0. Ilut'ler. 1. I. pti r hv sTKr, One denial of si.ii it nil truth leads to an. other, until the Inst o. dei.artiire ends in the falling away ot a dreadful aistasy. , man plays llaiiilct 011 the theatre-stage w ho w as some years since sn orthodox Congregational minister in llrooklyn, X, Y. He hrst he came unsettled as to the doctrine of the ntoiieiiient, then successively nliamlotied the incarnation ol'lio.l n Christ aud the inspira tion (if the Scriptures ; then a future stale uf rew.ar.is and punishments. He was called to bii.ti-c.I Itobert Collver ifChitsigo, hut so rapidly did he no down into the abyss of utter unbelief, thnt even the loose creed of the I "nituriun was ts run- lining to his "liheralism." and he startled that t'oiigreirstion of skeptics hv niinoiint-imr Ins Inability longer to defend any distinctive doctrine of our holy faith. Ho proclaimed himself nn Hgnostii sure of nothing, not even the 1 xi-t. n. e of God. nnd so turned to lestroy the f.uth he once preached - an aw ful warning of the rapid npostasv that fol lows the ib-tiial of one fundamental doctrine. -A. T. Picrson, 1. ., iu Houiilelic Ke- vicw. Mvkit 11 tsn ! Some venrs aim. when travelling through Palf-tlne. wo were nearly benighted. We had b it Hebron in the looming, and had come leisurely ulong passing through liethlc- bein, and visiting the giiM.-ns of ....ii.m 011 the way. '1 he sun began to get low ere we caught our lirst glimpses of .l.-ru-uh-ni, and on reaching the plain of llcpliaim wc hud to Iipti-usu our ss . .l in u little the sun set, nud we saw n man come out from the -Isl' i rate nnd stand upoii a small hillock, shooi ng with nil his might, us if forew arning of danger, and gesticulating w lldly, as if to call our attention to what he wus announcing. "What is the in. in saying:''' wc asked our g'll.le. "He Is shout in?, 'Yellah: Ycllah. "What docs that mean?" "I 'oine along ! i '0111c ulong'." We now found that we were about to be shutout and this incscngi-r had come out to warn us that the gale w as about to be closed. Wc made lia.te, as we did hot at ull rcli-ll the thought of being kept all night oiitsi.b- tl.c walls. V t- were ju-t 111 tunc; no inure. Wo entered, uud the !;ue clos d behind Us. "Thedoor was shut." (Matt, xiv.,10.1 The lesson we learned was "Make haste!" a lesson wlm h some of us never forget. So n. ur being shut out of the tart III v Jcriisa 1. 111! YViint if we were to he not almost, but altogether, khul uut uf tho heaven, j city J - Ht. II. Hollar. ( BAKOF or IIK.MIT -TIIK III'MmY. "Whv don't vnii preach 11 '11 i 11 t theatre. gnilig? ' Soniebodv liske.l me, alter llitimat uig that this was an open habit among some piofissing Christians. "Why tlou I you j.rencli against Sunday pleasure-driving?" asks uiioliiur. "And whv don't you de nounce the sin of ( hrlstlan in. 11 selling liquor, or renting their stores lor others to sell 11? 'asks stlii a third. Well, whut Is the Use to exhort a man against these things if his spiritual in-tin. ts nr.. not strong enough to keep from them' You may, by preaching, produce a momen tary change of purHiso in t.gir.l to them; hut a change of heart is the only permanent remedy. 1 cure lillle to turn a ni'iii's face I.'om the theatre, if his heart is still there, tugging till tho while ut bis Irresolute will, nud begging for iinotlicr indulgence "A man must have some enjoy incut," lie savs bv ( nv of rxcii-e. To which I reply. "In. I I be inu-t." And If the Christian 111:01 cannot tin. I siif- licieut enjoyment in the servici! of (.oil. in the holy .b light ill prayer and praise nnd labor for ( l.u-t; if he cannot get pleasure in the coinpuiiioiishlp of Christian brethren. '11 tnc stii.lv nn.l i. e. ling 011 tin- vvor.i 01 iio.i, what wonder that we should liud bis picas lire In the glitlcr and gaiclv of the I heal re or iu tho clmriii uud intonication of the hovel. Preach ncninst iilav-guing to such a one As well exhort tbe stone put lo fall to the earth, when detached from the in uiiitiun siilo. Argumei.t cannot sland against tlie luvvs of gravitation. If the love of Christ ii not strong enough to bold u Christian in communion wiLh Christ, in v preurhin though I were to spcuk w ith tlie tongqes of hien and angels, can never lie strong enough to hold It 1 1 11 awuy Iroiu the iiio urc -'i.uv. Ur. Gordon. n-.... i..s r.i,.tTit.lv sbloo.sl from 1 lis " Hlr" '" ' " . ---- - Norwuy to Now York was impregnated with korobouo oil, wnieu 1 mu muoi l lUip, aud It was s IJ IJ mo l'w "i -"" TEMPERANCE nrf.r-DKMiAr. like heneethat br.glit ileeantsu Which sotuo unwisely dra'ii; I've known the gay exchunter To wither hi art "nn.l brain; To si'atter Woe, wherever 'Tis w eicoiue-l and caressed rii Mi touch it, taste It never, 'T19 safest, wisest, Is-st. llan's life is one of trial. Tis poisoned nt its fount. And 'tis bv self-tleninl He'll reach the ll 'lv Mount Where Mows the gulden river t f Imlellnite ihliglits. And pence shall dwell forever Above the starry heights. Her. J, Catrj. rp-wtttso nx TitF iM-nr.vsK ix isjoia. Fnirtisli ..leu..!... ,1... .1...:..! ,,),. n'limui trntion in India claim thnt drinking has not lllcrxnan.1 l'..v- I'.. ..- L' - . .. - ' -' . ...1, 111 n itMier to the Hmtlixt, shows the contrary to l ,i sim-'iik uiiiit siarinug cnauges largt- ... ...... ,..1.1,1 iMioi.-ii.-t. nii.t esampie no mentions the fact that within the last eifht years half n tlor.en Indian rajahs hnvodicd'iu comparntive youth through indulgence in spirituous liqiiors.nlso that the largest liquor contractor this year iu Allahabad is n "holy" Prahmin, while the contract to suppl v t'h.t city of l.uckn.iw with liquor is hold 'bv 11 lirshmin and a Ha.jHsit from J.xil. In for mer times high caste brahmin, would have ko.ruo.1 to engage in such n bu.-iue-s. atCMfirANT STATISTICS. A e.'W York letter savs: ' In with a population of M.isi 11.10. there were lstwis.u i'jkki and sm iri.uers. In ssu, with tho ,i,noo,isi:l population, wo h i l.'.s,..l prison ers; in ts.Vi wc had 1 .". s s 1 msau; in Kso hail Pl.'NNi insane, with .V. ,( homeless 1 inl iltvn nn.l r.il.oiMi ; ail-isin alms-house); 111 1-n.i, wiiu 11 a population ur otei. li s., there were cti-inn.-l uf distill. liouors 1 T '.M:l.i'.s;t gallons, or nlsnit a half gallon per copit.-i. wane in i-i-si, witna population ut tsi,(rii(.:in., there were consumed ,;l, p.si.sTS gallons. ..r nls.iit one :m.l on.- fourth gallons per cupitii; ill i-.si ui. li. merit t.l. Hhl, . I ;o gallons ol lll'llt liquors, not ipiitu two gallons a head, while, iu l"ssii, th.-re were (VI'l.TITXiT gallons irnz- rl.sl. t.r ten gallons lor every luhnbiUiil.' si uuuerr rAMIKMS PfK T(J IXKIIIIIATIOM. Inebriates ant always dangerous subjects to ndmiui-ter ether" or chloroform for nna-stliesia. In nil esses tho heart Is weak entsl, nn.l fatty degeneration of various d.s j;r.s-s ispresent. Any substance which low. ers its n.-t ion is perilous, because of the 111 nbility of the heart t i rts-nver, and the teis lency to paralysis. Hut drinkers hnve n! ways fatly hearts, and sudden paralysis is likely to appear with tlie lirst iuhalat'ion of chloroform. In chronic cast's of inebriety, where exten-iv.i organic changes have taken plai-o iu the brain nnd spinal cord, paralysis nf the respiratory centers occur lir-t, and re-pir.iti.ni stops Is'foro the action of the heart In such cases artillcial respirif tion may prevent death if promptly us.x. lu all cii-es a sudden ch.s kin In respiration tin lluart ls-nt where ether ur chloroform lire us.s is a dangerous si-nal f tho gravis! bnportuiuo. VV.1MVNS TKMI'l.t: TO SOIITtlKTV. The Woni tu's 'l'euix'rancit Itiiildiug As.10- ciali nn organization within tint National Woman's Christum Temperance I'mon, ye, terdiiy to ik out 11 permit to erect a thirteen story luiil. ling at the coi ner of Monr.x. nnd J-1 Salle streets, Mrs. T. II I 'arse, who I . at the head of tha enterprise, said of 11 last ..veiling'.' "Wo expert to build a luiigniilcent strur. turn to 1 10 the hoad.piartrs of the Woman's Christian TeuiM.rauco Union and tho ive man's Nat onal t'ublishiiig AswH'iutiou. Tho temple will 1st thirteen stories high, ami will bo buPt of re-l granite and its I pressed brick. The cost will im ulsmt I. loo. OKI, und tho money has already !cu raised by stock and bonds, siihscnltod by friends of the cause. The building will front I'M feet un Monroe strst an I ninety six on I. a Salle. Tlie archi tecture is modern in design, with enough of a Gothic touch hero ale I there to give a sug gcstion of church arch itts't ure. Within a short 1 111:0 we havo entirely chnng.sl the general plan uf the buildin.". Instead of a double entrance ut the c truer, wo w ill havo 11 nuiin enlr in n gt Salle street. Just in side this entrance the eight elevators will be arranged in n semi.-irci.'. Tho entrance to Willar.l Hull, our assembly room, will be un Monr.nt street. This n-v.e'.'bly r.xiiu will Is) our pride, nud, although will it.'emiiiiis date only ;.lp-ople, tve intend thnt it shall b. to toinpMunco rclorm what the Westmin ster Ablx.y is to Knglaiid's celebrities. Hero wo will pr.erve Im i!;s of record and all who have u-.istcd us in bud bug the temple will have their names engraved on the marble tablets of the walls. Tlio Woman's Christ inn TeiiiH-ran. e Ciiioti will u-e only tho Willnrd Memorial Hall and a few olll.-e siiitci up the lirthllo.r. T.ierestof the building will be litbsl up f.-r banks and olll -es. Wo expect to g.-t a rental ul t.'-". 1,000 a year. Theeoriicr stone will bo hud .September l.'l, uud the V..m -I u's ( 'hi i-t ci 'i T.'iiiperanc.i l iiion will .rip.-rly c.lebr.it- that important event. (Ve h-.pe to tipv III-' building by May I, JS'J.'." I.'iii-.i;;.j A.-i s. TKMI'l.t'.AN."-: .Ni:v,'S AM) NOTr.1, The face of a di-sipubvd man is u record of broken coinmau lin -III s. Tim fal her who does not train up his beys properly helps the b irli.s.per. A resp"ct;il,ii silo ei, lilie n fa I iotiablo hotel bar, will simi I 11 tlcu-an I iieee souls to hell than un alley bottle ho. A 1110 derate drinker is worth n thousand times more to tho ilevil for destructive pur poses than un out and out drunker I. It is in th" nature of n practical, sensible nrgument itgainsi in(.-ni..-r.iu'-.i that tho hard drinkers constitute tho majority of kiuistruku victim;. Sir Stevens I'.la. kvvoo I said lat.-Iy that during the lilte.-n years of secretaryship to tlio ilritish Post illlee, lie knew of luo'lulli eials of that department who had been ac tually ruine-l by strong drink. Dr. l'-des, of llostoii, savs: "Whenn little wino mtsius too much wine, tho only sufo course is tollll abstinence. Il"l Wix-u a li 1 1 le uml too much there Is.i danger linu that tho moderate drinker frequently approaches without knowledge to himself. Men addicted to drink gradually throws till" the roslruiuU with which education, habits, conscience, and timidity surround lilm, and then a lower nature and the baser pa-ions assert them selves. Hence the diunkard is truly desig nate 1 us ono who is brutali. sl." Tho llostoii Tr tnsrriiil publishes replies from several of the must eminent physicians to this quotum: "Which of tlio ulcoholiu liipiors is, in your opinion, the least injurious lis a beverage lor a man who iiiii-t drink, or who thinks ho inii-i:'1 Th" replies at least, agree iii intiiniting tha-'. nnv man vyho thinks he must drink is in peril of bec niiiii a drunkard. Tho majority of tlmm consider uuy habitual use 01 alcoholic liquors us in jurious. The consensus nl tli ur Advice to lieulthy pi'. pi J is lu let uluuhoilg liquolw ulune. A working man in a Western town w here high lic'insohal h sm vole 1 iu an I prohibi tion vobsl out, rumo to a physician saving: "You know, tloctor, that I paid up all 111 v back debts to you, at the grocery, nud nil mound town, but tin silo .us uro coming, uml 1 shall go back to drink not b.a'aiiso 1 want to; the lird knows 1 want the very op jsmito. but 1 fuel 1 shall start ill again 1st cans t I havo not the moral courage to resist, and tliodoor is open before me." His ex perience is that uf millions who are coin;; tv) dusU'iiotiou lau Juy. fa ion Hijnai. "The Angel or the ( rlmra." The nntne of Klorctico Nightingale luu been familiar t) two generations ami will continue to Imlil n high place in history through tlie scrvicrs she rcndcrcil lo suffering men. Miss Nightingale was rnllrd "The Angel of thr Crimia" by the grateful Hrilisli sol.Iicis who owed so much to her lor her splendid work, during the war with litissia. A few weeks ago, on the ncc.isioii of her seven tieth birthday, nil l'.nglan.l ranj; with her praises. The I'rincu of Wales delivered a eulogy of her nt the training school fur nurses which she had foiiti.lc.l in London uud (Juecii Victoria sent her a letter of rnngrutiilul ion by a special mes senger. Hut that day was one of grief for her, for the telegraph bad brought, the hews of her sister's ilentli. Miss Nightingale was the daughter uf an F.tig lish country i;ctit!cniaii, uml was burn i:i Florence, Italy, while the family were mi u continental tour. While 11 mere girl she developed tlie bclicvuletit tlis position which has since made her fain his. She nursed Arabs in I'gypt, sM ti' much uf her time in the l.otnl.iti hospitals, nud filially resolved to ilcvutc hi rsclf en tircly to hospital work. She became n ptqiil at a (ii rin.ui hospital und went through a regular course of trainiv;'. 4 ' j X 1 "x v .: I :?-r. -Si'.:. -k.t 1 1 .-. I I,' I 1. 1 1 j - . . -' m w m V IS 1 i.iiiik.m v. xinnriNOALr.. .lust befute the Crimean war she fuuiplcl a hospital fit" siclt governesses. Itea.liiijr "Hull Kim" llussell's harrowing ilesi ritt timis uT tlie siilTi-rings uf the ick and wuiimlcil Hritish sulilicrs in the Crimea ami ut Scutari, she olTercil he services to Siilncy I let lii-i t , l ie S.-i 11 t iry for War, und tli.'v were pnuiiptly aci ept.-.l. Her splendid work there and its l.eiicli. t-ut. results are l.tiovvn thriiiighuiit the world. On her return to F.ugl.'iiul she was pre sented with 4!.'i l,(Ml(l fused by popular Mibscriptiun. She did hot apply u penny of it to her own 11-0, but applied it l. the founding 01 a t raining school for niit-cs, which is a pel inancnt surer s. Itiiring the Aii.ericati Civil War she was in constant roiii'spotnletPM- with the lady niirsrs who iitteiule.i inc military hospitals nnd gave them lunch v.i'.-i il.le advice, but the bad state of her health irevcnted her from coining in person. Tlie portrait which accompanies this sketch is from nn engraving 111 11 recent number uf the IHimtrutnl Ainrrir.iti, W 10 n - Itlontlllcnllons. It sotni titties hapiictiH that bodies urn I wrongly itlcntilicd at tho Morgue. Such mistakes seldom occur, owing to the great carefulness ()f the present Morgue ullicials. A woman who livr.l in 1'rovi ilrnrc wrote several years ago to her children in this city that she intended to spend Thanksgiving with thctn. She sLitcil that she was 011 her way, and would arrive 011 11 certain day. The day nunc, but she did not appear. The children In 1 nine ,'iliiriiicd when several days had passed without hearing from her, nnd a visit was made to the Morgue. A body in 11 collin was identified from tint itppeiuaiii r ntnl clothing as tliat uf their mother, uiid it was placed in charge of an iiinlurtaker t'ur burial. The funeral was held, and it was interred in Calvary Cemetery. Their door bell raug two days aflervvaiil, while they were at sup per, and iu walked the suppose. I dead woman. She h id missed her train und had not left Providence. .Ycm Turk W, ;-,'.. m fan a mill be shaved un Sunday? Irv I'liilu.h Iplii.i. m i ..riling t i a .hi ii.01 jll-t retl'lm d by .llioe I 'ril II V packer, lie ran ind, unless lie shaves hiliiselt'. Tlio Milkman's Misluke. & Mis. .Jones (somewhat deafi "Cun you .-t nn.' have ten cents' worth of en am to-day '" A? v'4 . SB '. ' y nr..'."-r 1 Milkman "Yis, iiihiii, but I inust say that's tho fiinnirst looking cun 1 ever poured milk into." Mnntxu' Weekly. ,..( -v 4 i-H ' L I K hi I S r s. ..'4 .-1 ' SA
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