J a; li 1 AMONG THE BEDOUINS 1HB ANCIENT CUSTOM REIONS. Traveling in the Hlatorlo Land of Tent, ed Abode. ' Tjext.' "Fcmmutrh at thnn knotrett horn or oncump in the wildernets," Num. z., 31. Night after night we hare slept in tent In Palestine. There are large vlllngea of Bedou ins without a bouse, and for three thounand jt ar tht people of those places have lived In black tent., made out of dyed (kind, and wbn the winds and rtiirmi wore out and tore loose those coverings others of the same kind took their places. Noah lived in a tent; Abraham In tent. Jacob pitched his tent on the mountain. Isaao pitched his tent In theyalley. Lot ? Itched nil tent toward Hodom. In a tent ha woman Jaol nailed Hlaera, the general, to the irround, first having given him sour milk railed "leben" as a snporiflo to make him sleep soundly, that being the effect of such nntrltlon. as modern travelers can testify. The Syrian army lu a tent. The ancient battle shout was "To your tents, O Israel!" I'aul was a tent maker. Indeed, Isaiah, mng niflcently poetic, indicates that all the human race live under a blue tent when be says Uod i"stretcbeth out the heavens as a curtain and m-eaclcth them out as a tent to dwell in, "and Hexekiah compares death to the ft-llrln- nt . Atent, saying, "My age Is removed from ma las ashenherd's tent" I In our tent in Palestine to-night I hear vomethiug I nover heard before and hop f never to hear again. It Is tho voice of a I byena amid the rocks near by. When you f may have seen this monster putting his I month between the Iron bars of a menagerie 1 he is a captive, and he give a humiliated and suppressed cry. But yonder in the uiid t night ou a throne of rocks he has nothing to I fear, and be utters himself in a loutt. re f eoundlng, terrillle, almost supernatural 1 sound. splitting up the darkness Into a deeper midnight. It begins with a howl and mils with a sound something like a horse's whining. In the hvona's voice are defiance and strength and bioodthirstiuess and crunch inf broken bones and death. I am glad to say that for the most part Palestine is clenr of beauts of prey. The Yopards, . which Jeremiah says cannot (iiauge th-lr sjtots, have all disapeared, and Uie lions that once were common all through his laud, and iicd by all the prophets for illustrations of cruelty and wrath, have re. -eatod before the discharges of gunpowder, if which they have an indescribable fear. Hut lor the most part 1'atestlna la what it origi nally was. With the one exception of a (wire thread reaching from Jop(a to Jeni- talent and from Jerusalem to Naxartith and I from Nazareth to Tiberias and from Tl I berlai to Damascns, that one nerve of civili I aatlon, tho telegraphio wire (for we found I ourselves only a few minutes off from Brook. I lyn and New York while standing by Like f Galilee), with that one exception Palestine U lust as. it al way s was. Nothing surprised me to much as tha per ? alstenee of everything. A sheep or horse falls dead, and though tha sky may one min ute before bo clear of all whig infivomin ote after the skies are black with caglos cawing, screaming, plunging, flghtlug for room, contending for largest mor;jls of the extinct quadruped. Ah, now I understand the force of Christ's, illustration wli-n Jls' (said: "Wheresoever the earcx U there will the eagles be gathered together." The Inng , evity o those eagles is wonderful. Thev live n.iy and sixty and sometimes a htindreJ years. Ah. that explains what David meant when be said: 'Thy youth is renewal like the agio's." 1 saw a shepherd with the folds of biscoat far bent outward, and I wondered what was contained in that amplitude of Bp care!, and I said to tho dragoman: "What bag that shepherd got under his coat?" And the dragoman said: "It isa very younglamb y he is carrying; it is too young aud too weak nd too cold to keep up with the flock." At j-that mcwent I r.w the lamb pgtit bead out Tum the shepherd's bosom and I said: "There it is now. be mh'i description of the tender- of Ood-he shall gather tho lambs with bis arm and carry them In his bosom." Passing by a Village home, in tho Holy Land, about noon I saw a great crowd iu and around o private house, and I said to the slragomnn : "David, what is going on there?" .tie said: "Somebody has recently died there, and their neighbors go in for several days after to sit down aud weep with the be reaved." There it is, I naiil, the old scrip tural custom, "And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them con cerning their brother." Early in the morn lug passing by a cemetery in the Holy Land I saw among the graves about fifty women dretsed In black, nud they were crying: "Oh, tllV Chilli'" "llh. mv lnmhuti.lr' "111. n, K father!" "Ob, my mother!" Our ilragonm'u lorn us mat every morning, very early for three mornings alter a burial, the women go So the lenulcher, and after that every week K ery early for a year. As I saw this group just after daybreak I said: "There it is again, ,tlie same old custom referred to in Luke, the tcvangelint, where ho says, 'Certain women (which tt'lD'A nni'lv In tl u..m,t..l.... I I I But here we found ourselves at Jacob's I P"". the most famous well in history, most tf Idhrfinguished for two things, because it bo- I fjungod to the old patriarch after whom it I MB. imtttml A.i.l ... ,,..., !...?,. I .1, !..... I -.....', mi .o w,ii-, 1 ... (.llllln LVlil.i I 'l,;r unLI A . u kiuirv nam, maMti u nil .itrii 1111 .1, to the Haiiiaritan woiimn. We ilisiiiount from our horses in a drizzling rain, ami our dragnmnn, climbiug up to the well over the slippery stones, stumbles and fright ens us all by nearly falling into it. I meiiN ured the well at the top aud found it six feet from edge to edge, rionie crass and we'idtt ana thorny growths overhang It In one place the roof is broken through. Large stones imbank the wall on all sides. I Our dragoman took pebbles and dropped ft hem In, and from tho time thev left bis and to the iiiKtant they clicked ou the bot- in you could bear it was doep, though not ueep as once, lor every uay travelers are, plying the same test, and though in tho le of Maundrell, tho traveler, t bo well win unureil and sixty-five feet deep, now it y evnty-uve. ro great Is the curlo.suy tha world to know about that well that ins tlin drv senxon a Can trim Anderson ceuded into Ibis well, at oue olacd the !' so close he hail to nut his hnnilti over bis IU In order to get ttuoUKU, and tUeu hu uled away and lay at the bottom of tho II as though dead, until hour utter rjcov ' he came to the Mirfuoo, t is nut like other wells digged down to a intain that tlds it, but a reservoir to fitch i fulling raiiiH, ami t that Chriht refers rnspe!;itig totheamsritau woiunu about piritual MUpiily Ha said He would, if axked, e given her "living water," that i, water mi a flowing soring in distinction from tho ter of the well, which was rain water But iy did Jftcob make a renervoir there when ire U plenty of water all around and uiidaucu id tipringH uud fountains and room ily no need of that reservoir? Why did rfl'ttli f-ri tr. tlin vuhI btiiuhu itf Iwtrintr mill is lirst completed, when, by goiug a littit way off, he could nave water from other V..nui..u a i. r 1 as wine. He wanted his own well. Quarrels lid wars ni;ht arise with other tribes and lie suniilv of water mlaht be cut off. so the piovelsand nlckaxesaud borius instruments Fre ordered, and the well of nearly four Ihouwnd years ago was sunk through tha jiki rocjc. When Jacob thus wisely Insisted on having isown well he taucht us not to i e unnecea- ily deuendeut en others. Indenendonce ' business character, independence of moral taracter, independence of leligloua char ter. Have your own well of grace, your N well of courage, your own well of divine v i'l'ly. If you are an Invalid ru bave a t right to be dependeut on other. But if Uod ' has given you good health, comraou sense f, ,nd two eyes and two ear and two hand aud two fett, He equipped you for iudepend- t?S0' " ,n adverse except Himself. If lUehad meant you to be dependent ou other Jrou would have been built with ft cord - round jour waUtto tie font Woujetodjr ;. No; yon are bnl't with common sense to fashion your own opinions, with eyes to And your own way. with ears to select your own mustn, with hands to fight vonr own battle. There Is only one being In the nni verso whose advice you need and that is Ood. Have your own well and the Lord will fill it IMg it If need be through two hundred feet of solid rock. Dig It with your pen. or dig It. with your yard stick, or dig it with your ahovel, or dig It with vour Bible. In my small way I never accomplished anything for Ood or thachiirch.nr tho world, or iiljf lamily, or mysolfTi'Xcept m'contraJlo tlon to human advice and hi otedience to divine counsel. Uod knows everything, end what is the use of golmr for advice to human beings who know so little that no one but tho all seeing Ood cin realise how little It Is? I suppose that wheu Jacob betsjn to 'dbr this well on which we are sitting this noontide people gathered around and snid, "What a listless expense you are going to, when roll ing down from yonder Mount Oertzlm and down, from yonder Mount Ktval and out yonder in the valley is plenty of water!" "Oh,' replied Jacob, "that is all true, but suppose my neighbors should got angnre l against me and cut off my supply of mount-" ain beverage, what wonld I do, and what wntil.J my family do. and what would mv nm ks aud nerds oof rorwaril, ye brigade of pickaxes and crowbars, and go down into tha depths of these rocks and make me independ ent of all except Him who Alls the bottle of t he clouds I I must ha ve my own well I" i ymng man, drop clgara and cigarette and wine cups and the Sunday excursions, and build your own houe, aud have your own wardrobe, and be Tour own cnnltalUtl "Why, I have only five hundred dollar in come a year P sav some one. Then spend' four hundred dollars of it in living, nnd tn per cent, of It, or llftv dollars, in benevo lence, and the other fifty In beginning to dig vour own well. Or If you haven thou sand dollars a year spend eight hundred dollars of it in living, ten per cent, or one hundred dollars, in benevolence, and the re maining oue hundred in beginning to dig your own well. The largest bird that evor flew through the air was hatched out of one eg, and the greatest estate was brooded out of one dollar. I suppose when Jacob began to dig thl well, on whose curb we are now seated this December noou.it was a dry season then as' now, and some one come- up and savs: "Now Jacob, suppose you get tho well titty feet deep or two hundred feet deep and there should be no water to 1111 it, would you not feel silly?" People passing along the road and looking down from Mount Oerizim or Mount Kbal near by would laugh ami sny "That is Jacob' well, a great Ti.ilo In the rock, illuitratlng the man's folly." Jacob replied: "There never has been a well in Palestine or any othor country that oncn' thoroughly dug was not sooner or lator filled from the clouds, and this will bo no eiceiv tion." ' For months after Jacob had completed tho well people went by, and out of respect for tho deluded old man put their hand over their mouth to hide a snicker, ami the well remained a dry a tha bottom of a kottlo that had leen hanging over the fire for three hour. But one day the sun was drawing water, and the wind got round to the east and it began to drizzle, and then great droit splashed all over the well curl), aud the heavens opened their reservoir and tho rainy season poured its floods for six weeks, and there camo maidens to tho wall with eiuuty pails and carried them awoy full, and the came.'s thrust their mouths into the troughs and were satistted, aud fie water was in tho well three fcjt deep, and fifty pt deep, and two unirol feot deep, and all the Boiouln of tha neighborhood and all tho passerly realized that Jacob was wise in having hi own woll. My hearer, it I your part to dig vour own well, ami it Is Ood part to (III it. You do your part and He will do Hi part. Much Is (aid about "good luck." but peo ple who are Industrious and self denying al most always have good luck. You cau nf ford to bo laughod at tiecause of your appli cation and economy, for when you get your well dug aud 11 Uod it will be your turn to laugh. But look up from this famous well nnd see two mountain aud tho plain between t'o'iu, on whiclt was gathered the largest religious audience that ever assembled on earth, almut five hundred thousand people. Mount Genzim. about eight hundred feet high, on ono side, unci on tho othor Mount Kbnl, the former called the Mount of Blesh ing nnd the latter called the Mount of Cursing. At Joshua's command six tribes stojd on Mount Oerizim and read tho blessing for keeping the law, and nix tribes stood on Mount Khal reading thu curses for breaking tho law, w'uilo tho live hundred thousand people ou thu plain cried Amen with an emphasis that must have nude tho earth tremble. "I do not believo that" ays some one, "for those mountain tops aro two miles apart, and how could a voice be heard from top to top!" My answer is that while the, tops are two miles apart, tlin bases of the mountains are onlv half a mile apart, and tho tribes stood on the sidus of the mountains, and the air is to clear and thu acoustic qualities of this great mi tu ml amphitheatre soiierfuct that voice, cm lu distinctly heard from mountain to mount ain, as has been demonstrated by traveler lllty times in the ia.st lllty yeurs. Can you imagine unyihiiig more thrilling nnd sublimo and overwhelming than what transpired ou thoso two mountain Hide, and in thu plain between, when tint responsive service weut on and thousands of voices on Mount (terizim cried, "Hie. .e l shult, thou lit in tho city, and blessed stmlt thou be in tin tlelil.", blessed shull lie thy basket and thy store," anil then from Mount Kind, thousands of voitMs respond)' I, crying: "Cursad bo v thut removeth his neigbltor's luudmiiric ! Cursed be hu that maketu the blind to wh i iter out of the way," and then there rolled up from ull thu spiic.-s bet we -ii the mountains thatonu word with which tli. devout of eurt'i close tlieir prayers and the glorillud of heaven Ilulsli tlnir Uoxologiua, "Amen! Amen:" that Hceiie only to bu surpassed by thu times which are coming, wlieu the c-iiurches nnd thu urademies of music un 1 tho audi toriums of earth, no longer luru enough t hold thu worshiper of Uo.l; tho parks, thu mountain nidus, the great natural ainpliitho utresof thu valleys, shall lui tilled with the outpouring populations of tho earth mil mountain shall reply to mountain, as Mount (ierizim to Mount Kbal, un I nil t he pcoplu between shall usenbo richmt an 1 honor mi I glory und dominion nnd victory to (io l the Lamb, and there shall arise an am n hUvtiei Ixiomiug of thu h -avuiis mingling with tin thunder of tho suns. On uud on wo rid", until now we have come to Hhiloh, a dead city on a hill sur rounded by rocks, sheep, C04U, olive gardens an 1 vineyards. Here good lill foil ba'kvar I ami broke his neck, and lay deu 1 at the uews from hi ba 1 boy. Pbiucas aud Ilophni: and life is not worth living after one's cbiidivti have turned out badly, and more fortunate was Kli, instantly expiring under such tid ings, than those parents who, their children recreant and proiligate, live ou with broken hearts to seo them going down into Uee;iu. and dojper pluugu. There aro father and mothers hero to-day to whom death would bo, happy release because of their recreant sous. And it there be recreunt son here preje-.it, and your parent bo fur away, why not bow your bead in repentance, and at the closi of this service goto the telegraph olll'-j and put it ou tha wing of tue 11 jhtiiin; that you have turned from your evil way? Before another twenty-four hours have HtJied take your feat off the sad heart of tho old homestead. Homo to thy Uod, O prodigal I Many, many letter do I got in purport say ing: My son is in your cities; we bave not heard from him for soma time; we fear some thing Is wrong; hunt him up aud say a good word to him ;his mother is almost crazy about him: he is a child of many prayers. But how can I hunt him up unless he be In this audi ence? Where are vou, my boy? On the main floor, or on this platform, or in these box, or in these rreet galleries? Where are you? Lift your right hand. I hare a message from home. Your father i anxious alout you: your mother U prmvlng for you. Your Ood is railing for you. Or will you wait until JC it fall bscklifle,aiid thehesrt agaiustwhich you lay in infancy ceases to beat? Vr'hat a story to tell in eternity that you killed Uerf 11 J Uoill Avert that catasuouhal ' Eut I turn from this Shfloh of Ell' enoV Jen decease under bad new from hi boye and find close by what is called the "Meadow of the Feast" While this ancient cltv wae In the height of its prosperity on this "Mea dow of tho Keoet" there was an annual ball, where the maiden of the city amid clapping cymbals and a blare of trumpets danced in glee, upon which thousands of spectator pared. Itnt no dance since the world stood ever broke up in such a strange way as the one the Bible dnscrilies. Ono night while by the light of the lamps and torches these gayietiea went on, two hundred Beniamites, who had been hidden behind the rocks aud among the trees, dashed upon the scene. They came not to Iniure or destroy, but wishing to set tip household of their own, the women of their own land having been slain in battle, by preconcerted arrangement each one of the two hundred Benjamites seized the one whom he chose for tho queen of his home and carried her away to large estate ami beautiful residence, for these two hundred Kenjamitea bad Inherited the wealth or a nation. As to-dar near Rhitoh we look at the "Meadow of the Feast" whore the maidens danced that night, and at tho mountain f;orge up which the Benjamites carried their rides, we bethink ourselves of the better land and the better times In whh-h we live, when such sceues are an impossibility, and mid orderly groups anil with prayer and benediction, and breath of orange blossoms, and the roll of the wedding march, marriage is solemnized and with oath recorded in heaven, two immortals start arm in arm on a Journey to last until death do them part Upon every such marriage altar may therr come the blessing of Him "who sctteth the solitary in families!" Hldo by sido on tho path of life! Hide by side In their graves! oldo by side) In heaven I Butwatmiftt this afternoon, our lnt day tiefore reaching Nazareth, pitch our tent on the most famous battlefield of all time the plain of F.sdraclon. What must have been tha feelings of the Prlnre of Peace as He crossed It on the way from Jerusalem to Narnreth? Not a flower blooms there but has In its vein tho inherited blood of flowers that drank the blood of fallon armies. Hardly a foot of frround that has not at somo time lieeu gul led with war chariots or trampled witu tho hoofs of cavalry. It is a plain reaching from the Mediter ranean to tho Jordan. Upon it look down the mountains of Talior and Oillioa and Cur inel. Through it ragci nt curtain seasons the river Ivishon, which swent down the armies of ISlsero, the battle occurring in No vemlior whim there Is almost always a shower of meteors, so that the "stars in their courses" were said to have fought against Misera. Through this plain drove Jehu, and the Iron chariot of tfio Canaanitcs, scythed at tho huts of tho wheels, hewing down tlieir awful swathes of doatb, thousands In a minute, 'ibe Hyrlan armies, the Turkish armies, the Egyptian armies again and again trampled it. There they career aeros it David and Joshua and Godfrey and Bichard Crur de Lion and Baldwin and Kaladin a plain not only famous for the past, but famous because the Bible says the great decisive battle of the world will be fought thero the battle of Ar mageddon. To me the plain was tho more absorbing because of the desperate battles here and In regions round in which the holy cross tho very two pieces of wood on which Jesus was supposed to havobeen crucified was curried a a standard at the head of the Christian iiost and that night closing my eye in my tent on the plain of Eidrnolou -for there are soma thine w can see ln-tter with eye shut than open the scene of that ancient war come before me. The twelfth century was closing ami Knladinat the head of eiifhty thousand mounted troops was crying: "Ho! for Jerusalem!" "Ho I fur all Palestine!" and before them everything went down, but not without unparalleled resistance. In ono pluce one hundred and thirty Christians were surrounded by many thousand of furi ous Mohammedans. For one whole day tho one hundrod and thirty held out against these thousand. Tennyson' "six hundred," wheu "some ono had blundered," were eclipsed by thoso one hundred and thirty fighting tor the holy cros. They took hold of the lances which had pierced them with dtath wounds, and pulling them out of their own breasts aud tides hurled them book again at the enemy. On went the fight until nil but one Chris tian had fallen ami be. mounted 011 the last horse, wielded his buttle ax right and left till his horse fell under tho plumie of tho jave lins, and the rider, making the slini of tho cross toward the sky, gave up his life on tho point of a score of sear. But soon after tho last iinttio came. History isirtravs It, poetry chants it, painting colors it, und'all ages ad mire that hint struggle to keep in posnenslon tho wooden cross on which Jesus was said to have expired. Itwasa battle iu which min gled thu fury of devils ami the grandeur of angels. Thousands of dead Christians 011 this side. Thousand of dead Mohammedans ou the other sido. The liattlii was hot test close around tbe wooden cross upheld by thu bishop of I'tolemais. himself wounded and dying. And when tho bishop of l'to! finals dropped dead, tho bishop of Lydda seizisj thu cross ami again lifted ft, carrying It onward Into a wilder and fiercer fight, and sword ugainst javelin, uud battle ux Usm helmet, and iiinrciug iieur against splinter ing shield. Horses uud men turnbhsl into heterogeneous death. Now tho noodo 1 cross on which tho armies of Christians bad kept their eye begins to wuver, Ivgiusto descend. It falls! ami tho wailing of the I 'bristiun host nt its din!iciiraiicu drowns th' huzza of the victorious .Moslems. Kilt thut standard of the cross only Kcciue I to full. It rido the sky to-day in triumph. Fivo hundred million souls, the mightiest army of the agi-s. are following it, and whern that goes they will go, across tiiu earth uud up thu ini ;hty steep of the heuvens. In thu twelfth century it seemed to u'o down, but 111 thu iiineteuiith century it is the mightiest symbol of glory and triumph, and mean mora thun any other standard, whether in scribed with eagle, or lion, or bear, or ,Uir, or crescent. That which ISnhidm tranipl.td on tho plain of K?d melon I lift to duv for your marshaling, T110 cross! The cross! The foot of it planted in tin earth it saves, the top of it poiutilig to thehtuiveliK to which It will take you, und the outspread b-ams of it like outstretched arms of invitation to all nations. Kneel nt it foot. Lilt your cyo to it victim. iSweur eternal ullogiuwe to it power. And as thut mighty symbol of pain and triumph is kept before us. we will reulizo how insignificant are tho little crosses we uro callisl to liear, uud will 111 ji o c.u -fully carry them. JIuit Jfwui bssr the rron slono, nj tits ioriil tfo fre? No, tltum's s cruts for sery one, Aud liter s a cro fur urn. As I fall asleep to-night on my pillow In tho tent 011 the plain of Ksdraelon reaohinc from thu Mediterranean to the Jordan, tli' wuUts of the rivor Kihon soothing me us by a lul laby. I hear the giithoriug of the hosts for the last battle of ull the earth. And by their representatives America is hero and Kuropj is hero and Asm I here and Africa is here, aud all heaven I hero ami all hull 1 here, and Apollyon on thu black horse leads the armies of darkness, and Jesus on the white home leads the urinies of light aud I hear the roll of the drum and the clear call of the clarion and the thunder of the cannonades. Aud then I hoar thu wild rush as of million of troops in retreat, and then the shout of victory as from fourteen hundred million throat, aud then a song as though all the armies of earth and heaven were joining It, clapping cymbal, bnating the time "The kingdom of thi world ars become the king dom of our Lord and of Hi Christ, aud tie ball relgu for evor aud over." 1 nil National Fsrmeri' Alliance opens Its annual session at Oca la, Florida, on the first Tuesday of Dec-ember. The meeting will aim be marked bv an exposition, at which the re source of Florida aim specimens of all the natural curiosities of the State will be dis played for the instruction of visitor. This exposition will remain open during sixty day. There are 208,740 railroad bridges In tho United States, spanning 8,213 miles. SUNDAY SCHOOL. THE LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 3. The Crucifixion, Luke S3: 33-47-Oolden Text, Isaiah 63: 18-Notca and Comment. 83. "And when they were come to the place, which is called "Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactor, one on the right hand ami the other on the left." Our last lesson left Ulm In their hands to do their pleasure with Him; and after tint scourging and mocking wo se the cross laid brutally on that torn nnd bleeding back, and He goes forth bearing His csoss (John xlx., 17. While It Is not wild that Ha fainted under it, the fact that they turned Pinion the Cyrenian about, and compelled Mm to bear it after Jesus (verse '.'(I), looks a If He may have sunk beneath It. or, perhaps, tumbled through weakness or loss of blood. Then hear Ilim as Ho says to the women who follow, "Weep not for Me, but for your eelves and your children" (verse !1S). And sen the two mnlefactor each Ixoring his cross. Thus follow to Calvary vr Oolgothn, theplnceota skull (Matt, xxvil., 8.1). And now sre the throe) muses, each bearing it living, dying, agonizing burden; 011 either aide an evil iIimt stilTerine Justly, but in the midst the Holy Jesus sulTering'the just for the unjust, (aze intently umu Him su tier ing there for you until mil get a truly broken and contrite heart becauso of your ins, 34. "Then said Jesus, 'Father, forivo them; for they know not what, they do.' And they parted His raiment and cast lots." Can you see Him trfpcd of His raiment, laid down Uxn the cros. the nails driven through His ipiivcring flesh, and then heur Him pray, "Father, forgive them." As v.m see and hear all tins let your heart say, 'oh, my soul, soo whnt He sintered for you, nnd never cense to thank Him for it; see His compassion for Hist murderers, and in liks manner pray for them that despitefully use you. 35. "And the pwople stood beholding. And the ruler nbo with them derided Him, nav tne. Ho saved others, b t Him save Himself, If lie bo Christ, the chosen of Ood." Their cinelty knows no Isnmds; they have now done their worst; they havo midlled Him, but they cannot cease; and as He lumps hi greatest physical agony insui the cruel cros they deride Him. llocoiild have saved Him ssdf If He had wished. Not ull thnponerof men or devils could havo harmed Him unless lie had permitted it. "And tho soldiers also mocked Him. coming to Him und offering Him vinegar." The suuVring and rtesth of Christ rove il the hearts of men thetruechiblren of OihI, who In trial forsake Him; the professor onlv, who, being tempt.sl, sells linn; those high est In reliKlous thiiiK, who, lsingonly hypo crites, hate reality; thoso highest in tem poral power, who know nothing of eternal realities and care only to please people; the irreligious (as thine soldiers), who care for nouo of these things, and the ntiscouring of the earth suffering just punishment for their crimes all have their hearts rovcalod by the cross of Christ. 37. "And haying, If Thou he the King of the Jews save Thyself." They could not understand a King who had no followers and eemcl to have no jiower. They knew noth ing of the powers unsi-ii by mort.il eyes; horses and chnrlota of ilro were thiius they bad never seen nr known about; legions of Human soldiers they had seen, but legions of an k els, never. 1M. "And a superscript Ion also was written over Him, In letters of Oreck and I Jitin and Hebrew, This is the King of the Jews." The chief priests objected to this, nnd wished Pilot to write, "He said. Iam King of the Jew" (John xix., Ull; but Pilate insisted on keeping it us he had written it. Thus to Jew and Gentiles In all tho Innguagos of tho li s man empire was proclaimed thu fact that this crucified Ono was a king: and by the thr "e language we are reminded that Ho was King uotouly oi the Jews, but of all na tions (- h. IX.. V; I s. Ixxxvi., 9). 8tf. And one of tho malefactors which wore hanged railed on Him, saying: If Thou be Christ save Thyself nnd us." Rulers, soldier and mnlefactor all utter thu same taunt, "Save thyself." When ratan ssike through I'eter it was to tho same ell'ect, "Pity thy self" (Matt, xvi , '.;, margin); and in this olL repcated cry we rccoguiz tnu samo adver sary In each (Cor. iv lli. sV). "But the other nnswerinir, r.dmkod him, saying, I Hist not thou feu (iol, seeing thou art ill the khioh c. m lemniif.oii ' Hardened, Indeed, must havu been the li eu t of this condemned man, who, knowing that ho must very whiii ims't Ood in the spirit World, railed even to the last; but people urn still known to go to tlieir exccuiioii cur.ing (iod to the la.st, so hardened may thu hourtof infill man Ihm'oiiic. 41. "And wh indissl justly ; fur we receive, the due reward of our ih i ils; but tins man hath done nothing iiuiiss." Anotinr testi mony to the innocence of "This Man." We have hear I it from Judas, from Pilate, from Pilate' w ifc, indirectly rum llcro.l, an I now from the thief oil the cross. II. nv be came to this know lisln we are not told, but we re. joice ill his added testimony. 4'J. "And be said unto Jesus, Lord, rem -ui-iter 1110 when ThuiiciPiuest into Thy kingdom." This is grand. Not only does he contest, him self a justly punished wicktsl man, but bu coiifvsu thut the mini at his side In 1111 inno cent iiiuii suffering unjustly; that notwith standing all that has been 1I01111 to Hun 1111 I raid to ilim Ho is really u king and has a kingdom; and he humbly u- kj to bu roiiiem berjd lu that kingdom. 4J. "And Jesus said unto him. Verily 1 ay unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with Ma In Paradise." What a trophy for Christ to display among tho redeniul! What a re demption for this mnlefactor to obtain! H i saves others; ves, even to tho uttermost, but He wives nut llunself. 44. "And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over ull the earth until tho ninth hour." Hu was crucilled ut thu third hour (Murk xv., ".), which would lu about U o'clock. At tho sixth hour or Vi o'clock this darkness sot iu. which continued till Ho died at Uo'clock. Thu miii refustsl to shine longer U)on such a scene; earth put un ""SSf'And the sun was ilarkeiien, nnd the ell of tho teinplu was rent ill thu nii l-t." Thu veil wnsu sviiibo! of His holy or lb-sh. Asin tiibernuclu and temple, tho veil con cealed the glory of (iod; i during u'l iln stiiyoii earth thu mortal body of Christ con cealed within It the glory of (iod. 40. "And when Je-us bud cried with it loud voice. Ho said. Father, into Thy bauds I commend My snuit; and having said thin Ho guvo up thu ghoft." Tliis is thu last of Hi seven suyings on tho cros. For thu other iu the order of ntteraucu seo verses Ut, 43; John xix., 'Jj, 'J7; Matt, xxvil., 4H; John xix., 3iJ. Thoy tell of for giveness. Paradise, provision for our need while beru and the Infinite cost at which all bus beeu purchased. The last confirms tho fact of lite apart from thu body or conscious txisteuce after death. 47. "Now when the centurion saw what was done, he gloritlod (iod, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man." 1 et another testimony to the innocence of the Lord J emu Christ iu addition to thoso mentioned iu erse 41. We hope the centurion truly be lived on Him, but we are uot told. Ltitun Helper. ukbh Art roOD. In a reoent Parliamentary debate mem ber of Her Majosty' Government 18111 some thing about the "nutritive" qualities of beur. That beer ha simulating qualitius may be at once admitted, but "nutritive" power are quite another thing. A barrel of alo aua lyxud how a follow: Qutirtt. Albumen (Hush forming) I Malt sugar (uuferiueiited 'J Uum (of no dietetic value) U Alcohol (iiiloxicatiuj spirit) 1 Water 13D ' Total.'..............'. 7t4 -- VUifjow A'cuniisr. RKLKilOCS READING. TIICST. A picture memory brings to tries I look iht,i. the vi ars ami ee Myself beside my 'mother's knee. 1 feci the gentle hand resfr.iln My seltl-h moods, and know B'.'aln A child's blind sense of wrong and pain. But wler now, a man grsv grown. My child hood's in edi are In tl. r kl'oivn, My ni'ithir's ilia-ti-iiing love 1 own. (irny L'rowti, but In our Father's sight A child still groping fr u, ii,, l'o ruid his works and wajs arijjlit. I bow myself beneath bis hand; The pain It-i f for g I was planned; 1 trust but cannot understand. I fondly drenni Its needs inii-t he, That ms mv mother dealt with me, o with His children d. ak th lie. 1 wn.it nnd trut, the pod will prove That here and there. In low, above, The i h.isti nin;; heals, the p.iiti Is love. - J. W. Whitlier. I.OVK IN Tllf III M R. Nofhlngran be more beautiful In the slhi of Cod than a home i-irile where the lord ri igus in the hearts of the members, and w here oc for cu b oile r Is manifested in looks nnd Inn, ,. Hit dreadful the home marred b iiiikiudiiess and lii krriiii;s. Fam ily ipiarn Is uie the bardist to heal, tho tll'-t W retched to 1 lldlll e. Pally t lutits and lliuirs kep such Wounds open, until finally h itr.-d fori o h other runic- in inter il lian.f of the terriole denuii ciuiioiu of tin- ,v, npture a ;.inist tliosewho iherish h:il in the heart. '" Is tii.- kcMi .tc nf bi ivcti. mi l the luippv. o 1111; In. . thr pun-t type of the paradi-e iil.nxe. w hue Live and joy rternaily feign. ; hri-tiau at N utk. A IC;ir.,IIT I'linM ITI P Wn t.. "I renu lulu r giiing Into 'he eountrv ot oin j.arth ular oc aiion for inv aeation. At the firm where I lisL-e.l there wits all old well, working ultli a sweep Hint Is, a big beam working on a pivot, with a bucket at one i n. I, w lin h -vas so suspended that the buck" t end niiild he dropped lulo the w ell, which Was about sixty Ice! deep. I not bold of the beam and swung it round till the bucket toucl.i d Ibe w all r, and I got a 1: I drink. .lust then the old farmer came out; he hail seen me at the well. 'I hale no iloiiht Hint Is fair enough water,' he said, 'but you do not know how tu get a right g I'drink.' and coming oi r he m led the beam and sent the Ion kc t down Into the water about twenty feet, nnd I i;ot a draught taken from the very heart of Ihe living ruck. "Iliad thoiii;ht the water I had drawn myself nil thai could be desired, but w hen I tasted the otner 1 thought I had lo'Vi r drunk renl water until then. I haw often thought that yoiiiii romcrta do not nil deep enonxti spiritual draught. Hie I0111I1 of the hem of Christ's n iriiient, faith as a grsin of must snl seed will sso you, but If, dear friends, yuu wish to know Christ iu his Inr nhaii-tlhlo fullness mi must drink deep of the living water winch He so freely glca." Kev. lioo. V. Pentecost. "a sorr iswk!i Tt i:ntii aww wihtii.' The Bible ays, "A soft answer tiirni tli away wrath." 'The Irish Times tells of a cise in w bii'h a gentle action send the same J purpose; ". brave, active, ml. Ihgent ter rier. oeioiiLMnx to n I l.iy irien.l, one .1 ills covered a monkey, belonging to an iiiuer.tnt organ grinder, seated upon a bank wtliiu the grounds, uud at once made a dash fi.r liim. The monkev. who was attired 11. jacket and hat. aw lilted theoii-ct in sie h I; li ilislurhed traiiipillily that Ihe dog halted w ithin a few feet of linn to reconnoitre. Both animals took a long, steady stare.it 1 ai h other, but the dog was evidently rrioi crlng from his surprise, and shout tu 111 ike a spring for toe intruder. "At thl critical juncture, (he moiikry.w ho liail remained perfectly quiet hitherto, raised his pnw uud gracefully saluted bv lifting bis bat. The elicit 'was iua;ieaf. The ib gs head mid toll dropped, and be siieaknl oil to (he lioll-c, refusing to leave t until bis polite but mv-terioiis gin -t bad de parted." There nrc times when some ani mal net more sensibly than soiuit people, and this poor organ-grinder's monkey preached an excellent sermon to all who arc too ready with fists or angry words. It takes two to ipnrri'l alwas.' and if one won't the other can't. Mi tlnidi-l Protest ant. Xl'i Ul l m 's 1,1st M-nvicr. He bud been l"iling III Ihe fever stricken ileus of Pun. Ice. Typhus fever had laid Isdd of liim : but. Ignorant of the run f the languor and pain w hi. li oppressed him, be had gone to cell br.ile a marriage, and r. main. . I for the entertainment which fol lowed. None wire there who were no friends In bis faithful frivolling, nnd thought that thi- grave uiaiiiu r w u due to ph tistn and not il.iu s. Nunc one nf them said : "oo iiuw if 1 cannot lease jour minister." Ni savin.r. he ent a llltl" girl of nine years to Mr. Ml bej ne w ith a inarrime fan.r and a li..il.U. I. W hen t h . h Id :ii proui bed him be brightened un, "Will im put this ..n'' sail she. "Yes, if i mi w ill show me bow." U ben it was all arrange. I, be aid : " I bave in lie what Jo" asked Inc. ill y.111 listen w hlie tell vmi a slot "' So he l.i ". 'ii to till J is r the "sweet story of old " 1 ry soon six other little girls gather, d round and lisleneil Willi upturned faces vrhlle he told them how thu Lord j'i -u had come down from heaven to 1 arlb, ami then died to save sinners. When be h ad tiui-bed, he laid Ida baud on thu head of each child and 11-ked i iod M blessing nil biT. Nxlll lifter, III' hllid be felt so ill he must retire. He went home to his bed, and lii a few days be was with the Lord. This was bis la.it service. I'.ril. iT TOWSKII. C ) D K M V K n. "Ill old times, iu lier.iiany," began 1'iiela Fnl., "th-y ba I curious laws, by which I-very oil end in g cri 1 11 iiril, not excepting Iwe tles an I nuts, were tried lor tlieir crime and sentence 1 often to bu cxeominuuiciite.i. Perhaps you do not know that llibert llrowu ing's poeui, 'I'iiu Pied Pip T of Hain.'lii,' Is merely tic translation 01 11 Cjriiiau legend of that town. "Tliat similar laws exiit in this country, is shown by a dog being 011 trial for his iif'i iu ouu of thu ICist.ii'11 Slates. J'owsur was charge I w ith having a savagu disposition 'dangerous lo tint lio lily weal of this Com luoiiwealth.' The plaint ill' swore to having been bitten by him without liny pl'ov.s'.i tiui, and wnnttsl the huii'lsomo animal kill. si. "l'owser's owner objected, and retailieil couusul for him. The plaintiff finally ac knowledged making Towsir drunk w ith strip of meat soake I iu brandy, an 1 to other wisu molesting him. "A iiumUir of witnesses told of Towser' general g.sid behavior, and thun thu dog was brought forward for his own defense. 'At his master' command,' our informant ny, 'hu played dead, stood ou his held, and thou mounted thu steps to thu Judge's desk, slink ing paw with that ofllciul.' "i'hu Judgu was much pluaaul by thi and aid: " 'It wa the ruin, not the dog, that should be condemned,! and order! that the plaintiff, who gave it to bun, shou'd withdraw the suit and pay the costs of thu trial." "iid they excommunicate tho rum?" asked tho children. "No," wo tho answer, "but thoy should have done it. Wu, ut least, will excommuni cate it from our sideboards, as tho old Cur mans would a general pent." Temperance TEHPERANCP, a nnritKAnn'H H'H.it.OQUT. "No. I can't get It down!", tsball I ever forget The pleading loin's t f tbnt young cadet As he rniKsl me up (I had fallen downl, Tb"il Jiiekisl up my hat. Which was minus n crowty And snid. "Ph ase don't 1 'rink Hint hiiii drink ! It ivthnt w hu h iiinkes you Fall dow 11, 1 think," Mv throat is so dry, 1 waul my flip, Hut the moment theglnsl 'nines up to my lip, I think I can ss That fair young fac, As he ban b's my hat, Willi boyish grace; An la voiis bki my boy'. Saving.! 'Please don't drink It is that w iiicli makes yuu Full down, 1 think.'' For I ha l a boy once, Jnt ns iroisl'iin I fair As this, w ith bright eye. And brown, curling hair. I lifted no warning My fair Isiy to save; And, alas! he now slis'ps In n low drunkard's grave! And Ids grave by my tears I lad never Imsmi v. i-t, Till I heard tho "Pi. ns.. don't" ( if Urn young en let. yes, I'll dash il nwnv I And II 1 more shall the Is.u l Ti.ii' li mv lips, tint has Well 11I :h i nniisl my soull 1 f.'iir lue I lour lere.l M v bri;ht h iu elb iyl I'.utu ma c me do it . lie was uni'c mv j..y. 1 may help save otiiers-- A till I'll never fork,-.'!. The Jileadlllg "Please d. .u'l" 'f the youn 111 let. Mi t. I.. .1. Ob(jiin '. i.. -,iior .1 li-oc.IfY KO WOMlVIl TIIKY I'l lllT ftl HIintTI'iy. lhm tiirl'x W'iiif on. Spirit ( 'iiviidir 01 loll tl'.e following llgures of tiiu luiuiber of bar rels of bisa sold by tl i'ht lar ;eit lag -r Isst breweries during the vear ending April !IO, S'.H; Alllieuser lhlch.'.St. bulls, li.'ll.ll.M barrels; Pah.t Brewing C.niiiianv. Milwnu km', tiOVJ.'ii; Joseph .s. hlitz llrewing Coui rany, Milwaukee. 4ls,s;i; Cei.rge Lliret, New York. Jl'M.ii.'T; Simtenbratierei, Mil. Iiich, Briiuerei. ;i'.i.l 111- liwen Miiiucli :u's 1 Mil; .llltnll IMcller, I. .nii.i, ;ki,4s.,- St. oiorx iirauerui, X lenun, .'sl,4ll. r.vrrvr oy a v iat, ctiyw. -. The s.s-ial autocrat of the sele four hundred" of this city is Mr. Ward McAllis-t-r. It is atiuoiinced that ho has ls?cn. itr.r.vl l.v II. ..-.. l.lu f .1 . u : t 1 j .11 iie-ni 1 icni rs- I iiown. "i.ooo for a winter's course of leo till'.. .Ill luHi.ilt, If i j .... ..... A , . - ' ' " ' .'1' SllllllUIli'lS w liether he will a 'cift tin offer or not. Is is said that the wine merchants hold him ill partieulHi' reverence, and the reason given t'te.efor Is that hu "can do a great deal for II brand of slcrry or champagne,'' Ho i ueeine.1 very high authority by these s.s.'ial a.iirants, who ar.i eager to secure his favor, concerning ii-stlietic wine-ili-inkiug.and as to the van 111s kin Is of wine to Is selected for the grand social entertainments, of which he is thu master spirit. It Is this social winu ilrmknu ciisbuu, thus fost 'red by wealthy, extra fashionable society, which, while it I II I lo wis I, will null. the suppression of tho sain. m in the slums extremely ditlleult, if not altogether impossible.--.w Yuri, feinptr- 111-''' .Idl'lie.l, , TENIT . sji'r. S H Ss" AM) NOTK. "Shame water'' is the 1, note (jiv.-n t , strong drink by natives ol Alnci. Minnesota has tlin W, C. T. I" . union rouiMscd entirely of Scandinavians. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, "l resident of Mime W. C. T. U., Is one of the two lady manager of thu World' Fair chosen from her State. There has been n gniu of tw uiti five cr 'cut. in the inoiiibersliip of the W 1'. I' U. in the lii .tiict of Columbia d o . .' the last year. Sa 'raniento. Ca!., W. C. T. I . nUiut to) erect 11 t.'iiiM raiice temple 'o-t ii 51'g.issl, havnii; alreidv sejiired a b t 1 'n luember has d uinti'd tl Vi and uuotii. r " townrd thu building. Since last Apr 1 milk h i I serve I as a dally ration to patients m 1 !; .i.t hims under the control of thu I.01, o 1 'oily Council iust a 1 of alcoholics, a l: - m- ileal ollleer uuuiliiiloil.ly testily as t-, 'o o I re-ults. Judge II. M'H'shall lluford, of Lexington. Ky., bite of the I oiuin HI 'oiirl ol' Picas, hu biu'omu insane from ill inking whisky to ei cess and bus b'-cii sent to 11 pin.it ' asyluui. lie is about forty years of nge an I is one of the liost law el s in the State. Tho Illinois V. C. T. C. now has a mem bersbip of over foiirti en thousiui I, having; added over twelve hundred new in burs during the past vear. Sixty seven thousand dollars havo been expended in loi'ul work and liltneii bundle I thousiui I pag. s of btera tur.t distribute I. Tnerc 111 M i.iss) cbiliireu III thu Loyal i'eiiiperau.'H legions. A llll.l I in in r. Ncvi r In the history of tho church hue there been a gri alcr d. in and or 11 louder call f..r "a hold front" III 01 at prt-ciit. The perilous times bale eiilne: ''.Men are lovers of lie il l " 11 selvi h. envi t iiiis. I k rist 1 rs, pro'id. Id a -1 dieiil 1 rs, 1 1 is. il .1. 1 i -cut to parents, untliaiu.liil. unholv, lovers of pli a-uri s more than of Cod, ha ing a form of godliness bu! den 1 ing tin- p.ni it t In roof." It is I u iew of t hee Seri plural fads I bat wo need more un n w ho will make 110 1 oluiom-j-c w ith -In. and w ill not tin u cow aids w hen Ihe lingi r of si oru or the soireof wrath i raised. Some years ago a sailor af Ihe close nf a praier meeting laid a blank card I. . fore hi fneild, n .lle-llllg hnn to write few word 011 il , I cause, as he said, "You will doit Inure plainlv than I can. "Write these wolds, sir: "I loVe .li slls; do yuu:'" A Her be had written tliciu h" said : "Sow vou iiiu-i tell uiu w hut you are goin to do with the card." lie reilied : " I am going to sea tomorrow, nnd I ma afraid il 1 do in.t take a stand at unco 1 innv begin to be ashani. il of mv n ligion, and let mvelf lie laughed out of It altogether. Now nssoon ns I goon board I shall walk strai . 'lit to 111) hunk ami nail up this card upon it, that everyone may kuovy thai I inn a I hi i-tuui," The spirit of boldness ns manifested by (he j oung sailor Is ihu prisent need on the part'uf Individual members nt large. Carry nut your religious conviction to the lelt. r, meet tho eiieiuy with l.odmss. lit him understand where you stand nnd under what flag you sail. A few weeks ngo one of our American ships was pursued bv a suspicious rrnfl. The captain run up the inast-hciid tho American flag. Tint enemy turned away, beran-e he knew that the powers of this nation would bestirred. Likewise when your assailant meet you and the darts of the enemy are thrente ued, raise your ban ner, unfurl It. stand under It, let your alle giance to (iod be known, uud tho enemy will bu made to feel that with you is a holy unction, a Pivino power, thut cannot and Will not fail thee. tmly he true to God when In the thickest of the light, when made the butt of ridicule, or when templed lu yield (o wrong. Stand II nil, la 1 man, be a Christian man ; lay No; any to vour associates with tho calm earnest ness of one who has looked Into eternity, "I cannot slu against Cud." Put on the whole armor, present bold front, and In Csl'e own time tho guns of the enemy will lie silenced, the sky will clear, the noise of tha battle w ill ii ae, snd nil Heaven and earth will be made to ring with the shouts of a II mil triumphant victory that will be our forever. '.I J i . I -eskw tt I . "', s-f -''' Vr. WW
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