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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
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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-
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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.
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