TALMAGE'S SERMON. THE SCENE OF CHHIST S YOtXTH. ATour ThronRh the Orand Old City cl Kuutth. f TrxT! " II? cam (oNntnrrth, ichrrt ITt ro brought tip." Luke It., 1. f What a splendid n'eep I had last night In Cathnlio convent, my first sleep within door sines leaving Jerusalem, ami all of us a kindly treated an though we bad been the Pope and hi college of Cardinals nam ill that wa r I Uut evening the genial sis terhood of th convent ordered a hundred ,bright-eyed Arab children brought out to sing for me, and it wan glorious! Thit morning I come out on the tep of the con. rent and look upon the inot beautiful Til lage of all Palestine. iU house of whits limestone. Guess iU name! Nazareth, his torical Nazareth, one of the trinity of place that all Christian travelers must ace or feel that they hare not seen Palestine namely, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Namreth. Bnby hood, Imyhood, manhood of Him for whom I believe thre are fifty million people who would now. If it were required, march out and die, whether under ax or down lathe flood or straight through the fire. tJrand old viliags in Nazareth, even putting side iU sacred association. First of all. it ia clean; and that can be mid of few of the oriental village, Ita nnighlxring town of JJablouf ia the filthiest town 1 ever aaw, although ita chief industry i the manufac ture of soap. They export all of It. Naia reth ha been tho seen of battle passing it from Israelite t Mohammedan and from Moliaimnedan to Christisn, ths most wonlrrlul f the battle be ing that In which twenty-five thou. mikI Turks were beaten by twenty-one hundred French, Napoleon Honaparto commanding, t!ie greatest of Frenchmen walking these very at recta through which Jesus walked for nearly thirty years, the morals of tiie two, the antipode. the snows of Kiissi and the plague nf Kgypt appropriately following the one, the doaoio gicsof earth and the hallelujahs of heaven appropriately following the other. And then this town is no bountifully situated in a great Kreen bowl, the sides of the IkiwI surround ing fifteen hill. The Ood of nature who ta theUod of the llible evidently scooped out thia valley for privacy and acparation from all the world during three most important de cade, the thirty year of Christ boyhood and youth, for of the thirty-tbres year of Christ stay on earth he apent thirty of them in this town in getting ready a start ling rebuke to those who have no patience with the I0113 years of preparation necessary when they inf. r on any special mission for the church or tho world. Tlio troublo ia with . most young men that they want to launch their ship from tho drydock before it is ready, and hence so many sink in the first cvelone. AlK'hrist's boynoixl was sient in this vil lage and ita surroundings. There is the very well called 'Tho Fountain or the Virgin," to which by His mother i side He trotted along holding her hand. No doubt about It; it Ih the only well In the village, and it his !een the only well for three thousand years. This morning we visit it, and tho mother have their children with them now as then. The work of drawing water in all ages in those countries has been women- work. Ncores of them ore waiting for their turn at it, three great and -everlasting springs rolling out into that well their barrels, their hogsheads of wntjrin floods, gloriously abundant. The woll is sur. rounded by olive grove an I wide spaces in which people talked ami children, weariug charms on th-dr heads as protection against the "evileye," are playing, and womou with their stings of coin on either side of their face, and in akirt of blue and acar. let and white atid green moveon with water jar on their heads. Marv, I mippose, almost always took Jesus the bov with her, for she had no one she could leave Him with, being fu humble cir cumstance and bavins no attendant. I do not believe there was one of the surrounding fifteen hills that the boy Christ did not range from bottom to top, or one cavern in their aide He did not explore, or one specie of bird flying aerosa the tois that He could not call by name, or one of all the species of fauna browsing on those stoops that He hail not, iecognize.1. You ee it all through His sermons. If a man becomes a public speaker, in his ora tions or discourse you discover hi early whereabouts . W hat a boy sees between seven and seventeen always sticks to him. Whim the apostle Peter prea-hs you see the fishing nets with which be had from his earliest day len familiar. And when Ahum delivers his prophecy you hear in It the bleating of the herds wtiich he had in boy hood attended. And in our Lord's sonno and conversation you soe all the phase of village life and tuu mountains lifo sur rounding it. Ho hud in boyhood seen tho shepherds get their Hocks mixej up, and to one not fiuiiiliur with the habits of shepherds and their flocks, hoplt-Bsiy mixed up. And a sheoiistealor a pours on the scene uml dishonestly demand some of thoe sheep, when he owns not one of them. 'Well," says the two honest shep herds, "wo will soon settle this matter," and one shepherd goes out In one direction and the other shepherd noes out m the other direction, and the sheepsteuier in another direction, and oaeh one calls, and the flock of each of the honest shepherds ruah to their owner, while the nheepstealor calls and calUagaln. but get not one of tho Hock. No wonder that Christ, years after, prenching on a great occasion and illustrating His own shepherd qualities, uy: " When Ho puttcth forth His own sheen lie gocth bsforo them, and theshoop follow Hun, for they know His voice, and the (.tranter they will uot follow, for they know not the voice of the straugor.'.' The sides of these hills are terraced for grape, i He boy Christ had often stood with great round eyes watching the trimming of hs grapevines. Clip! goes the knife and off fulls a branch. Tbo child Christ says to tha farmer. What do vcu do that for?". "Ob,'' tay tho farmer. "that is a lioad branch and it Is doing nothiug and is only in tin way, so I cut a off." Then the farmer with his sharp knife prunes from a living branch this ami that tendril and the other ten Iril. "Hut," say the child Christ, -'the-ie twig that you cut off now nr.) not dead; what do you do that for" "011," says the farmer, we pruuii off these that the main branch may have more of the sap and so be more fruitful." No wonder in alter years Christ en id in His sermon: "I am tho true vine and My Father J the husbandman; every branch in Me that bearotb not fruit He tnketh away, and every branch thnt beareth fruit Ho purgcth it, tlmt t may bring forth more fruit." Capital ! No one who had not been a country boy would have said that. Oh, tin country boy of Nazireth, como forth to atone for the sins of the world, aud to correct the follies of the world, and to stamp out the cruelties of the world, and to illumine the darkness of the world, and to transfigure the hemispheres! Mo it has been the mission of the country boy in all ages to transform and inspire anil rescue. They coinu into our inurclian ii and our court room and our healing art and our studio and our theology. f hey lived ia Naxttreth before they eutercd Joru aalem. Ana but tor that aiiuual lntlux our citie would have enervated and sickened and lain the race. Late hour and hurtful ap parel aud overtaxed digeetiv organ and crowding environment of city lifo would have halted tha world; but the valley and mountains of Nazareth have given rresh aupply of health aud moral invlgora. tiiin to Jurusalem aud the country save the town. From tho hills of New Hamp Miin, B.i the hill of Virginia and the hills of Georgia come in our national woqueuce the V ebtrsaiidtheClavandth Meiiry W. Lrrady. Krom the plain borne of Massachuiictu and Marvlami com into our national charities the tieorge i'eabody nd tbe William Corcoran. From the cabin of the lonely country region com into our national destiuies the Andrew Jacluoui aud the Abraham Lincoln. From plow hny t furrow and village conntei and blacknnlth'i forge come most ol Pr dty gianta. Nearly all the Men slaha in all department dwelt in Nan areth before they came to Jerusalem, t send thi day thank from these cities, most ly made prosperous by country boys, to th farmhouse and the prairies and the moun tain cabin, ami the obscure homesteads ol north and south and east and west, to th father and mother in plain horaenptin if they be still alive or the hillock under which thev sleep the long sleep. Thanks from Jerusa lem to Naxareth. Hut alas! that the city should o often treat tha country boy as of old th one from Nazareth was treated at Jerusalem! Wain not by hnmmers and spike, but by In.trn mentsjuat as cruel. On every street of every city the crucifixion rowt on. Everr venr how it ten thousand of the slain. Ob, how we grind them up! Lnder what wheels, in what mill, and for what an awful grist! It the city tako hotter care of thae boy and young men arriving from country. They are worth aaving. They are now only the preface of what ther will be if, instead of sacrificing, yon help them. Boys as grand as the one who with hi elder brother climbed into a church tower, and not knowing their danser went outside on some timbers, when on of those timber broko and the hoy fell, and tho older boy caught on a beam and the younger clutched the foot of the older. Tbe older conld not climb up with the younger hanging! to hi feet, so the younger said: "John, f am going to let go; you can climb out Into safety, but you can t climb np with me holding fast; I am going to let g ki mother fur me, and tell hor not to foal badly; gool-by!" And be let go and w as so hnr 1 dashed upon the ground he was not recognizable, l'lenty of such brave boys coming up from Naia reth! Let Joru.alom btt caroful how it treat them! A gentleman long ago en tered a school in Germany and he lowed very low before the boys, and the ta.-her eai.L "Why do you do that?" "Oh," sail tho visitor, "1 do not know what mighty man may yet be developed among them. ' At that instant the eves of om of the bov Unshod Are. Who was It? Martin Luther. A lad on hi way to school passed a door step on which sat a lamo an 1 Invnltd child. The passing boy said to him: "Why don't you go to school !" "Oh, I am lame anil can't walk to school." "(let on my back," said the well hoy, "ami I will carry you to school." And o he did that riay aud for many day until tho invalid wa fairly started on tho roa 1 to nn education. Who was the well boy that did that klndnef I don't know. Who was the invalid he car ried? It wa Robert Hall, the rapt pupil orator of all Christend om- Hettnr give to the boy who come up from Nazareth to Je rusalem a crown instead of a cross. On thl December morning in Palestine on our way out from Naziretn we aw Jut such a carpenter' shop a Jesus worked in. supporting His widowed mother aft'-r Ha was old enough to do so. 1 looked in, and there were bamnr.tr ami saw and plum and auger aud vino and measuring ruin and chisel ami drill and adzu aud wrench and bit and all the tools of crHntry. Think of It! He who smoothed the surface of the earth shoving a plane; Hn who cleft thn mountains by earthquake pounding a chisel; He who opened tho mammoth cave of the earth turning an auer; Hn who wields tho thunderbolt striking with a himmer; He who scooped out thn te for tne o" ii hollowing a ladle; He wh flash's the moruiiig on the earth ami make the midnight heavens quiver with aurora c in structing ix win low. I c.inuot un lorstand it, but 1 bolieve it A skeptic said t an old clergyman: "I will not believe anything I cannot explain." "In loed." slid the clrgy iniu, "you will not bolieve anything you cannot explain. I'luaso to explain to mo why some cow have turns and others have no horns. "No," said tho skoptio, "1 did not mean exactly that. I mean that I will not believe anything I have not seen." "Indeed," said the clergyman," "you will not believe anything you have not seen. Hnvo you a backbone?" "Yes," said the skeptic, "How do you know?" said the clergyman. "Have you ever seen It?' Thi mvsterr of Godhood and humanity Inter, joined I cannot understand and I cannot ex plain, but I believe it. 1 am glad there are so many things we cannot understand, for that leaves something for heaven. In about two hours we past through Can, the village of Palestine, wh -ro the mother of Christ aud our Lrd attended tha weddingof a poor relative, hnving ome ovsr from Nazareth for that purpose. Th3 mottur of Christ for women nrj first ti notics such things found that the provision had fallen short and she told Christ, and He to roliovo the embarrassment of ths homilt por, who had Iuvited more guest than tho pantry warranted became the butler of tba occasion, and out of a chutor of a fow sympathetic word squeoied a beverage of a few hundred and twenty-aix galloas of wlue in which wa not one drop of intoxicant, or it would have loft that party as maudlin and drunk as the greit centennial banquet in New York, two year ago, loft Kcuators. and governors, and gtmerals, aud niorohunt prince, the difference bi-tween the wlue at tbe wedding in Cana aud the wine at the bnn quet in New York leing, that the Lord made the one and tbe devil made tbe other. Wu got off our horses mid examined some nf these water iarsat ("ana said to be the very one that held the plain water that Christ turned into tbo purple bloom of nn especial vintage. I mnasurod them and found tbem eighteen inches from edge to edge and nine toon inches deep, ami declined touccopt thoir Identity. Hut we realizl tho immensity of a supply of a hundred aud twenty-six gal lons of wine. Among the art and Invent! ns of tho fu ture I hope there may bo souui onu that can proa the juices from the grapo and so mingle them and without one drop of damning alco holism that it will keen for year And the more of it you take the clearer will be the bi-ain and the healthier the st )inai:h. Aud here is n remarkable fact ii my re.-ent jour ney I traveled tlirougli Italy mi l Gi-.ec aud Kgypt and Palestine and Kyria n;id Tur- aey, ami now many intoxicatwl peopl i do von think I saw in ad those II vj great realms' Not one. We must in our Christianized lands have got hold of soino kind of beverage that Christ ill 1 not make. Oh, I am elail that Jesus was nreM.it nt. that wedding, and last Dwernbor, standing at Cana, that wed din r came luck! Night nan laiiHii on mo village ami Its surround ing. The bridegroom had put on his head a bright turban and a garland of Howers, ami hi garments ha I beun made frugr.tnt itli frankincense anil camphor, an odor which tbe oriental especially like. Acaampaului by groomsmen, and precede.! by a band of niuaician with ilutes and drums aud horns, and by torches in full bla,-, he start for the bridu's home. Thi river of ttre Is m.-t by an nlior river o; fire, the torches of tho bride and brides- maul, flambeau answering flambeau. Tho bride is in white robe and her veil not only cover her face but envelope her body. Her trousseau is as elaborate as th resources of her father' house permit. Her attendants are decked with all the ornament tuey own or can borrow; but their own personal unarms make tame the jewels, for those oriental wo men eclipse In attractiveness all other except those of our own laud. Tb damson rose is in their oheek, aud the diuuinnd in the luster of their eye, and the black, nes of tbe night In their long locks, aud in their step ia the gracefulness of the morning. At the first sight of the torches of tbe bridegroom and hi attendant coming over th bill the cry rings through the home of tbe bride: "Tuey are in sight! Get ready I Heboid tbe bridegroom cometh ! Go ye out to meet him !" A the two proces sions approach each other tbe timbrel strike and th soug commingle, and then the two processions become one and muron toward th bridegroom' bouse, and meet a third procession which ia maid up of the friend of both bride and bridegroom. Then ail enter the house and th dance begin and the door i shut. And all thi Christ use to illustrate tha joy with which th ransomed of eartb shall meet Him when He oome garlanded with clouds and robed in tha morning and trumpeted by th thun ders of tha last day. Lxk! There Hi come down oil th hUl o' heaven, th ftridegroom! And letu start nnt to hall Him, for I hear the voice of the judgment day sounding: "Behold the Bridegroom cometh! Go y out to meet Him !" Andthe disappointment of those who have declined the invitation to the go pel wedding i pre sented m1er the figure of n door heavily closed. You h?ar it slam. Too late. Tho door is shut ! But we mut hasten on, for I do not mean to close my eyes to-night till I see from a mountain top Iike Galilee, on whoso banks next Habbath we will worship, and nn whose water the following morning we will take a nil . On and up we go In the severest climb of all Palestine, the ascent of the Mount of Beatitude, on the top of which Christ preached that famous sermon ontheblnsseds blessed this and blnsed that. Up to their knees the horse plunge in molehills and a surface that givisi way at the first touch of the hoof, and again and again the tired beast halt, a much as to say to the riders, "It Is unjust for you to makens climb thesis stw.s." On and up over mountain sides, where in tha later season hyacinths and dasiesand nhloxe and anemone kindle their beauty. On nnd np until on the rock of black basalt we die. mount, and climbing to the highest peak look nut on an enchantment of scenery that seems be the beatitude themselves arched into kle and room led Into vallev and silvered Into wave. The view is tike tliat of Tennessee and North Carolina from the top of look nut Mountain, or like that of Vermont and New Hampshire from the top of Mount Washington. Hail hills of Gallilee! Hail take Uennosaret, only four miles away) Yonder, clear up and most conspicuous, i Bated, the very city to which Christ olntd for illustration In tbe sermon preached here, saying: "A city set on hill cannot lie hid." There are rocks around me nn this Mount nf Beatitude enough to build tho highest pulpit the world ever aaw. Ay.it Is the highest pulpit. It overlooks all tuno and all eternity. The valley of Hat tin, between here and Itko Galilee, Is an amphitheatre, a though the natural contour of the earth had invited all nations to come and sit down and hear Christ preach a sermon in which there were more startling novelties thou were ever an nounced In all thn sermons that were ever preached. To those who heard Him on this very spot His word must huvo S'em'il the contradiction of everything that they had ever heard or read or experienced. Thu world' theory had beju; Blessed aro the arrogant; blessed ara tho super cilious; blessed are the t -arless; blessed are ther thnt have everything their own way; blessed are the war eagle; blessed are the persecutors; blessed are the popular: blessed are the Herod and the CVcsars and tbe Ahub. "No! nol no!" say Christ, with n voice that ring over thesn rocks and through yonder valley of Huttin, and down to the opaline lake on one sldi and the sap- iihlre Mediterranean on thn other, and across Cunqw in ono way, and across Asia in the other way, and around tho erth both wavs, till the gloho nhill yet he girdled with the tiiun beatitudes: Blessed are thn poor; bless ed are the mournful; blessed are the meek; blessed are tho hungry; M' ssil nro the mer ciful; blessed are the pure; blessed nre tho Iieu-emakers; blessed are tho persecuted; ilusaod are tlio fills! y rovile I. ' TnK OIISAT TIlAfT WSTItiniTOB. England has. It seems, lost "the Napoleon of Tract Distributors" by the death of Mr. Charles Watson, of Providence House, Hali fax. Tho deceased gentloman is said to have been firmly convinced that tho more tem perance literature Is scattered broadcast ovor tbe land the sooner will tho volco of the eo nle demand local opinion. Accordingly, he, for morethan forty year, supplied gratui tously temperance trade and books. Ho onto stated that in twelve month bo had distributed nearly 5,000,1)00 tract. TEMPERANCE KIWI AND HOTH. A prominent Nebraakan estimate that tha annual liquor bill of that State I fJI, 000,000. The largest local W. C. T. Union In Illinois la that at liloouiington, which number member. According to Dr. Norman Kerr the two things to guard against In case of th ap proach of cholera are panic and alcohol. low claim tb honor of being the first State to erect a Woman' Christian Tetn- Krano union cottage on It fair ground, diana ha followed hor example, and now New York 1 to build. The British Woman's Temperance Associa tion recently held a social meeting for nurses at the Morley Booms, Loudon. An address wa made showing how nunos could promote tompernnce aud Christianity. The State banner of the Colorado Woman' Christian Temperamw lnlnn lear the text, "Oh, woman, grt ia thy faith, be it unto thee even as thou wilt," with blossoms of the goldon roil, symbol of courage. Archbishop Reynolds, of Adelaide, Aus tralia, ha taken tho total abstinence pledge before a vast congregation, in order to give an example to his poople. This is an exam ple that the minister of all denomination might well follow. There ore SiH.OX) wonnn in th Woman Christian TemMtranco Union, laS.000 iu the King's Daughters, 100,000 In the Woman' Belief CoriM, and 3.1, 000 In tho Kactern Star, an aggregato of nearly 500,000 banded to guther under various names for loyal service to all manner of human noed. A call Is issued by the National Temper anco .Society for the tenth nutioual conveu tiou to lie held at Saratoga Springs in June. HUl. All religion bodies, national ami State, and all national aud State temperance 'rgnnizntions aro entitled to delegates. Knch body may send seven dulugutes, of which the presiding olUcor and secret try shall be two. One HuudrcJ and Fifty Venn Old. Hero !s a pine tree ISO year old. Tho sketch was iniido in Japan a few month ago for a London "paper. Dwurf tree aro regarded with tho utmost favor by tbo Japanese of tho old regime, A Mountain Retreat. Lift. RELIGIOUS READING. Til TAfcT. livery new day Is a fresh beginning. Eery morn Is the world made new ; Ye who nro wenry of sorrow and sinning, There is assurance of hope for you. All our psst day are forever now over. Tha tasks are all done, aud the lent are all shed. Yesterday's errors let testerday cover, Healed le the wounds which hav smarted and bled. Yesterday now Is a part of forever. Bound in the sheaf -. tilt h the Muster holds tight. With glnd days, and sad days, and bnd days which never shall visit u more with their bloom or their blight. WellSet them go, iince wo ennntit rellv them, Csnnot nr.do, snd ran never alone: (.id In his mercy forever torsive them ( Only the new 'days arc truly our own. Diligent then, let us wisely Improve them. Knowing that soon our ammnl must be given; Tleverent In feeling, and f.illliful In duty, Lvery step on ward a pri'gres toward hiavru. OOD LOOKS AT Til HFsRT. They who busy themselves with mant nutwsrd work of rlmrity, and engage lieirtily. If may be, In some "plil'anlhrop;i: csilse," without active loe to Christ, with, out being at one with him, without seeking hi presence and spunling time with him, re wanting In every i aencc and stamina of Clirl-tlmi charity. Thev nre wanting root to live nn ; and It would be well if Ihev seriously rxnmined tin Ir benrts to see If there be mi seltish tno. the some indilrclMctit tlmt Ins in view sorb as the desire to lie l bona lit well of bv their fellow creatures, ami the ncipiiriiig Inlliieiice over others, a restlessness of mini! which, by doing something for others r:ititics tor a time and 'inlets it. Good works are In them selves ever to be eommc inlctl, but tied looks nt the heart nnd sees why we do tln in. At'il those persons nre most pleasing to Mill w ho, nut of pure loveol Jesus our Lord, are sweet I v constrained for bis sake to succor all who are in distress, lu need, sick ness, or any other adversity, as far as they csn, and suv nothing about it to themselves. Kor is it not the periill.ir nature and excel lence of l hristian character to feel, when wo have done nil that is in our power to do, ll-itweare still uiiprnlil.il'le servants, and eoiiM'ipicntlv shou'd grcallv shrink from making our rhr.rilahiu a lions known? I'l'lioiuns a Ivrmpis. itovirl.rss. When Dr. William Butler was speaking in Itsreilly, In India, com iTiiiii the objects of missionary labor, Bubo Bain ('liiiiidi r Hose, a well educated 1 1 1 1 1 1 - o, was interpret ing lor Mm. A inoiu; ' tl.rr objects of mis sionary labor. Dr. Butler luenl ndt!iees tablislimeiit of the Christian limnr in India. As he uttered the word home," the Inter- retcr, IboiK-h niiiiiiint,d well with both angiiacs, suddenly i-t'i)isv as if in confi ion. mid lt. Butler feared that lie might ho ill ; but l.e tcrncd to the ini.-Kion:irir.s sitting on the platform, ar. I said : "What ntn I to do w i h that word 'home?' We have a word for hiie, and one for 'mniily,' but none lor home.' " He had been in America, he knew what a Christian home was, mid lie knew it was so foreign t' IliudooWm that they had neither the nleii to express nor llin word to ex press It. There Is no real home, until Its foundation Is laid in the grace and fear .f God. h iid the Psalmist, "Lord Thou hast been our borne in all generations." lie is the homo of Hi people, tbelr refuge In every tinm of need, In every time of troubla. And lie setteth the solitary In families, and give to) them the blessings of a Christian home. Happy nre they who know the blessedness of such a home, but how sad It is to think thst some have no h urt to enjoy the pr i leers which such a home ulb.rils. Thev breakaway from Its restraints, nnd rush) outward into darkness, mid not only lose the blessings of the earthly hoive, but mis the ioys and glories of tne heavenly, tlio cteriuil mine, the city that hath foundations w h'se biibdcr and w hoso inuker is Go I. I lie Armory. t.iwtkivi roiiw Aim. Thoiich I sin not just inw iu the funia.s. as you arc, there Is no know in how soon I shall be, and I remember well enough how the furiiii.e feels to have deep syuipohv with you In your trial. rvtnpitliy, but mt regret ; I iiin't make mvself feel very sorry for chrit's iliscipli s whi n he takes them In hand, lie diM-s 11 so tenderly, so wisely, so lovingly, ntnl it i nn hardly be true -ea'u It ! !hat lie isjiftas near ' and dear to me when my cup is full of eaithlv blc-siugs ns it i an h'Hit s he is tt you wlio-c cup be is iiiiip... iug. I have always thought they knew and loved him best who knew him in Ins character of chastiser; but jeThups one never loses the memory of his revelations of himself iu th it form, and perhaps that tender memory s ol den and hallow s the day ol prosperity. At any rale, you and I seem to bi in f nil s; m piit'hy: your empty run is not empty, 'mid my lull one would be hitter if love tnl'lin-t did not sweeten it. It mailers very little on what piitha we nre walking since vv'c I'm. I him lu every one. How nsliained we shall be when we get to heaven of our talk about our trials here .' Why don't wo slug song In stead' We know Imw, for be has put tho songs Into our mouths. I think I know something aboMt the land (if Beulali, but I do not live in It n l, uml what is this joy If it i not n beatitude, if it Is not a (orelusto of tt:nt which is to come? It Is not joy In bat which he has done for me, a slimeis, but adoring joy lor what lie Is, though I do not begin to know what he Is! It will take eternity to learn that lesson. I wish I could put into words nil tho blessed thoughts I had list week about l.od'sib ur will; It was a week of such sweet contei't with the work he gave mo to do. Natuially I hate musing, and losing the air mukes mo feel unwell. ilul whul can not God do with us? I love dearly to have a Mn-tcr. I l.iucy that those who have strong wills nre the ones to c joy God's sovereignly most. I wonder If you realize what u very happy creature I h.ii,:iiiI how much too good God is to mc? I do not sec bow he enn beau sin h mercies on a poor sinner, but that only shows how lilllu I know irf hi ni. But I inn learning t . know him, and shall go on learning forever mi l rver, and so w III von, I am ""t sure that It Is best for us, once safe and secure on lb Buck of Ages, to nsk ourselves too closely what this nnd that experience may signify. Is it not better lo bo thinking of tho Boek, not of the fiat thnt stand upon if? It seems to me Unit wu ought to be unconscious of ourselves, nnd that the nea er wo get to Christ the more wc shall bo taken up w ith him. We shall Im like it sick man, who, after he gets well, forgets all tho old uii touts he used to ta k so much of, and stoii fi-cling his pulse, ami just enjoys his health, only polntliiL' out his phvalrlai, toull w ho urn diseased. Mrs. Kiu.ibeth PrcntUs. God has a particu'ar p"ar and a special service for every soul. Do not mistake about this! A man may be in the wrong place, but It la his dolii. and the right one ia empty because of his failure to UU it. God makes no mistakes whuu h places men. Bishop Wordsworth. It I a miserable smsllnMt nt nfn t tw shut w ithin the small circle nf a r.- IWh sonal relations, and to fret and fume when ever a cmim is man on u from God's wide world without. If we are I dependence of man upon man, and grudge lo take hold of hands in tbe ring, theapirit In ..a la .III... ....II - l..d .... . ,.. U i. tuuvi cm vg uiunu. iLusric biuenon. SUNDAY SCHOOL THE LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 30. 'J3u Risen." Luke 24 1-12-Oolden Test I Corinthians 15. 20 Com mentary. t. "Now upon tha first day of the weolr, Very early In the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing tho spice which they had prepared, and certain other witit them." On Friday nfteruoon His Ixvdy wrapped In linen, with nlsmt a hundred pound weight of spices which Nicodemut provided, was by him and Joseph of Ari innthiv lnld in Joseph's new tomb, where in was never man yet lab. (John xix., SS-4J). According to Matthew and Mark, some of tlss women of (talilee who follow el Him, ministering unto Him, snw Him ilie as they stood afar off, or rather were standing afar off when He died, and also saw where Joseph and Nicodemus buried Him. Then they re turned and prepared spires nnd ointments and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment (xxlil., Ml). Theso are they who como so early to tint sepulchre. With sad and heavy hearts they come to add one more kindness to the many which they hav already stowed, ou Hun whom they loved so well. !2. "And thev found tho stone rolled a way from thesepulcher." They said as they came, "Who shili roll us away the stone from the door of thesepulcher:'" (Mark xvl., it) But they llml thnt difllculty removed ere they come to it. Wlieu lovo loads us on in His service, even th nigh it often bo unnecessary and tinlN'lieviug strut t. His love anil power roils a wnv all the stones, bow much mure does He do this w hen our service is believing as well as loving! 3. "And thev entered in and found not the body of the Kird Jes'.is." Putting the various Beet. nuts together, It. would nem tiint.Mary Magilalsue was the first to tin t the si'pulcheV cmptv nil I the stuie rolled ownv, and that she, too, wns thn llr.-t to till Pi ter and John (John xx 1,'Jl. Then it would eeem thnt the other women came nnd saw nn augrl sitting upon the stone which had be ai rolled away, and also nn imgel kitting in the s- uli-h-r, mid thnt each told them to go and tell His disciples that lie was risi ii i.Matt. xxviit., ', ;; Mark xvi., ft, 7. Mary Mngdiilene senilis to have lingered after t no others, so blinded bv grief ami t.'.ars thai she either did not luioiv that it was angel who spoke to her from the tomb, or did not care to know; neither did she know Jest. Himself when Ho first spoke to her until He called her by mime. Bo blinding Is untvlb'vin?; grief. If Marv and the other women and the disciple had only believe I His simple statement that II. would rise again the third day they would not hnve Ih-ii found looking in a sepulchre for ,i lifeless body or si el.iu,; the living um ui,; tho dead. 4. "And it cam. to pam ns they wereniin'h rerplovd thi-ieiibimt, In hold two in-n sbHil by thent iu shining garments." Theso nro JU'obnbly the same two mentioned by il alt In' iv and Mark. Jesus sent tlieseventv, two and two before Hun (l.uke x., I'; the Spirit sent forth Paul and I'.ar.iabas, then Paul nnd Silmi, l.ai nnbas nnd Mark (Ads xili , '.': xv., ;i',i, siii. In the beginning of the rhui'i It's history, nnd nlso in Jesus' last days, we rend ol Peter mid John us fellow, laborers fl.uke xii., S; Acts ill . 1; iv., I'll. So nls we oft. mi till the iingels two to gether, ns when two w mpnnied the li'Tl to visit Abram and two npp.mr.--t at. the ascension (Gen. xvui., 1, .i il., 10i. ft. "Ami ns thev wvr. ufraid, and bowel down their laces to the earth, they said unto them. Why seek ye t lie living (margin, II. m that livelh) among the denii:'" See His ow n word to John long aftcrwnrd: "I ninth first, and the last, and thn living one; 1 was dead and IhIioiI I nm ubve forevermore'' (Kuv. I., 17, IU, It. V.). We l.'oiu from this verse thnt unbelief causes fear aud turns our face earthward. The remely is to look up ml seo Him wh ) is alive fcere-mnre, rnd who ha the key of hades and desth; who has all power in heaven and on earth; who ays, "rear thou not. for 1 am with thee." A. ' He is not here, but is risen: remember Jniow He snake unto von when He was vet in Galilee." It would not do for us to say of our dead in Christ tlmt t Boy are risen, for "risen" refer to the body, and the body re mains in the grave till the resurrection of tho righteous nt the coming of Christ; but wo mny truly say as we look into the grave, They are not here, they are with Chrit." 7. ''.Saying, the Son of Man must lie de livered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise agau:." Many times hud He said these very word just a plainly ns these angels now said them (Matt, xvi., '-'I; xvil., t!:l; xx., P.I; also John ii., 1'', Matt, in., In), but they h:i 1 never believe I tli'Mil. H. "And they remembered His words." That was t ie i ilit thing to do. If they ha I leinem lu red soonrr they would have sivel thi'msolvcr much sorrow. Tlio word of God is to bo received, krpt. hid or luid up in tlu heart, nt. n, titlhi d nl out, meditated on. 0. "And returned from tho sepulcher, and t'ld nil these things unto 111" cli v en, nnd to nil the rest." B-'iiii'iuberuig His woiduial.i us forget i in sorrow, ami turns us away Inuii tho dead to minister unto the living. If we huve not something to tell about .le.us our hearts must be very empty of the tilings which concern Him, nnd wo had better n--k ourselves if wo really know Him. Theroarn two uppearaucus nl Christ which occurred somewhere in cinne-tion with this lc.-on, though not meiit loiie 1 by Luke. II is appear ance to Mary Miig ialeiie bi foro Ho had ai 1'iMiied to tlni Pat her (John xx., Id, 17), and Ills H)i"j:n an- a little Inter to the otner wouitTl w liniii 1 lu suIT.t.mI to hold 1J nil by the fent and worship Him (Matt, xxvi.l., !)), B). "It was Marv Miigilalenr, and Joanna, ami Mary, the mother of James, and other w omen that were with them, which fold II things unto tbe arostles." According to the word of the ansi Is, "Go rpiicMy ami tell Ids disciple thnt lie is risen from the dead," "they departed with fear and great jov, nn 1 did rim to bring His disciples word." It was then that Jesus met them and said, "lie im t nrraui; go tell my brethren" (Matt, xxviii , 7-10). The explanation of any seeming im lleulty iu the various accounts') that s nne of the evangelists stutiiiiariz.i matter.', wln'n nthor give a Cfrt.iiu item or item inoro m detail. Theie are no i-ontrailiclions. 11. "And their word seemed to them m Idle tales, and they believed them not." Paul preached Jmiis and tho resurrect Ion nt Athens; some mocked, and others raid : We will hear thee again of this unit lor. When at Home he preached the Go.tel or tint Kingdom, some believed and some Ixdievvd not (Act xvii., ,')J; xxviii., 'Jit. 'Jti, Wu nn nowhere encouraged to hope tlmt in this ill--p.MMutiou all who henr the Gospel will be lieve. The parables of the sower nil ! tno tares-declare tho contrary, and also too com mission in Mark xvi., 1j, 10. This is not. to be wondered at, for the euros.! mind is enmity against Ood. But tlio.-e men to whom the women e mo were disciples; thev had lived with Christ, bad preache I tin Gospel nnd wrought miracles in His nam", and to them the fact of IliM resurrection was nnidUtaln. Let us not wonder then if tho Blessed Hops of Hi return and nil that it slgnilles i to many truu Christiau only uu idle tale. 12. "Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepuluher, and stoopinif down he bolield the linen ciouies laio. ny iiiemseivos, ami or parted wonderm; in liliusult at that whica wa come to pass," This isprolutbly the same visit to tho tomh recordeil in John zx., T; or it not, then l'etvr went twice to the tomb once with Johu, when Mary told them, and again alone, when ho received a personal nesKuge by the other women. Homo tuns on this day He appeared to l'eter (vs. ;i4i; nerhaps it was on this probable second visit to the sepulchur. Tha word concerning the linen clothes seemed to indicate thst they were left lyiuft just a when His bedy was lying in them. He having emerged front tliem without disturbing them. Blessed are all who believe, W shall be Uk II uu. Lt ton litlptr. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. now TO f OOK MftAT. The best methods nf cooking- meat an rot practiced in ordinary kitchen be cause, thn reasons for certain prorcdut ej aro not understood. For instance, a pieco of meat is put over tho fire and boiled rapidly till it is considered done, when it should have been subjected to only very moderate heat, and tint water, in stead of boiling madly, should hnvo merely simmered, became tlio first pro cess makes it tonh and stringy, while the second leaves it tender and palatable. Joints of fresh meat reipiirc from twenty to twenty-live minutes per pound. Salted meat should have nearly twice ns l ine; rooking or it will not be tender. .Iti le tnent must be used reijardini; the sie nnd h.:ie. A large, flat piece of beef, lnv inn morn surface exposed to the heat, will take less time to cook tlinu a Ic; of mutton of the same sic. There is a belief iituoti housekeepers thnt, iu boiling, meat Jose lunch of it value. On the contrary, circful experi ment shows that it sirloin of beef, wei:;h inj twelve pounds, hist iti roasting forty four ounces, while twelve pounds of beef lost only twenty-live ounces in boiling. The loss sustained in boiling-, living cap: bio of use ns soup, can hardly be called u loss. It is therefore proved without iiriiment that boiliu.j is tint more cono lineal. Hut it can not lie denied that thn llavor of roust meat is far superior. To be perfect it should be ro it '.I before nn open tire with fre.ptent kutui and turri iir, but such cookiii borders on the impossible nnd wc have a i;oo resource in careful lu'-iiue;. Tiie oven should bn very hot and the beef put in witnout water in the p i:i. In tea or fifteen min utes thu heat will have slitjiilly eluded the beef, which should then be basted with clear drippings every ten minutes. The object of thus ijuickly scaring thn beef is to prevent the escape of the juices. If bine minutes to the pound lie allow:!. 1, the result ,vill be n very jjoo I imitation of juicy, rare, real roasted beef. Ibiiilm is one of the simplest nnd most wholesome methods of 'iiokiii! meat, but it rc.piircs ctre. The want of constant walelif ulin ruins steak, I'mh, or w hatever is on the broiler. Frying- is a method worthy of more re Fpect than public opinio-i e;ratits it. It is the abuse of the practice which has broifjht.it into ilis;;r.i'-i. Throw inj lump of cold fit upon a cold frying pan mid putting the meat on that, the care leu cook leaves it to work out its own destruction, vvhi -h it surely docs, for its the meat and f.st he it together the former is thoroughly soaked by the latter and becomes Hidden, t::isavory and unwhole some. Frying as it should be is actuVly boilinir in fat, mnl it is impos-oblc. to fry properly without a larg-e ipianlity of fat, be it lard or drippings, and it should be v.-ry hot before ntiylhiti. is put into it. To test the temperature u bit of bread nhoiild be thrown in. If it crisps in Mt nn t ly the heat is right, but if the bread scorches, the fat is too hot iitid thu pint must be lifted to a cooler place. If thu bread does not brown tho lat is not but enough. There is no eai.ravatf.iuco ia usiiitf a larije quantity of fat, for it can be poured into n bowl and usud aouin nnd n;.;ain. Clarify it, when necessary, by boiling it up in water, then let it coot, when the sediment will fall to to tho bo'tom of the water and the fat rise on t.. If in boiling ami roasting meats every scrap of dripping that run out U raved, the accumulation will, in most families, afford abundant supply iu fryitig ia tho umtiticr described. l'oultry aliouM bo put into the pot breast downward, with warm, uot hot, water ctioiii,'h to cover it, nnd bo brought very itiadualiy to tho boiling point, iitid then allowed to dimmer (dea lily till a trial of thcii joints shows that they nro done. N rule can heaven for tho timo ivijuired, for yoiiutr fowl will take lesi time than old naw. Americ i;i Ayricul i'u itt. rOTA t'O II Kl ll'f.S. Idalo Hal id Slice fre ihl boilu ! jintatoes '.still warm) into n bowl; ndd n wiiite onion cut into rins, a t.ilile sj) toilful of capers, pepper, salt, nnd chopped parsley ; p.mr over it n French liri's.sing, or iinislt with in lyouu iise, .'ot ilo Soup Slice six or cilit pota toes into thn.o pints of mix vl milk mid vi liter; :uld :i cirr.il, two or thteo htalk cf celery, mi 1 u lcivt minced together, it few whole pepper, nn 1 some salt. Hull n 'i hour, strain into tureen, mid tcrvo v. it'.i hot croii tons (stale bread cut into Ji'-e nn 1 fried crisp;. i'ot.itoe as ii Garnish Theso are cut into tiny balls, by means of a scoop io:n iir; for the purp isc, uml Imile l in salt water; with chopped mr.-. ! and melted butler uuied over tliem, they form an excellent garnish lor lisli. When used to ejarnish roast beef or veal, they urn boiled to a delicate brown in fat or lard. '1'ii i! remnants of thu potato which result I rum the cutting ol theso ball nro boiled separately, lutshed u;id reserved for cro quette. l'ot.itocs wJien properly warmed over nro ns apjietiiir n freshly jirepared ones, nnd frequently nilow oiie to eeou i :;ii.e time as well its material. Anion;; tiie following recipes will be found a fow liesirahle dishes for breakfast or lunch eon : rotate Omelet Cut cold boiled pota toes into dice or small lumps. Hull smoothly together, wi'.hout si'orcUing, it talilesjioon each of butter uud (lour; thin slightly with stock or water; when boiling-, add thu diced potatoes, nnd boat thoroughly. Melt a tablespoonful of butter iu a spider, pour into it tho pota toes, brown underneath, add chopped parsley, aud fold like an omelet. Herve ipiickly. This mukes an excellent ac companiment for hash. If minced meat has been left from a previous meal, warm it, and fold within tha omelet instead of parsley. Creamed Potatoes Slice cold boilod potatoes Into asaucu made by thinning a tahlusponuful ot butter and ono of flour (thickonod and smoothed over the fire) with hot milk. Heat through, ami sprinklu with winced nuraluv. Uarper't JJutar,
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