BEV. DR. TALHAGE'S SEBCOiL INKIKO TO XH LVL OF BUTTIES Th Ssrmoii M Dsllsarsd by ths Brcoilra uivine. TfTTi "0 fAf vim upon (A jTfni ,fYrft.e.'iad'aeur." Daniel lr., 88. Colonel Pawllnson, ths oriental traveler, says that the ex hum! bricks, not only of Unbylon, tratof a hundred town In an area of on hundred miles in length and thirty in breadth, ara Inscribed with tlia name of fiebucbadnexxar. He waa a great warrior andst the glanes of bis sword nations proa (rated themselves. He waa a groat king and built a city reservolmlnety mile in cir cumference and one hundred and twenty feet deep, and constructed a hanging pardon four hundred feet square and seTnty-flv feet high, some say to please Amuhia. his wife, who had been born among the hills, and others say to get a pleasure ground free (mm the mosquitoes, which afflict the levels. I think from his character the latter reason may hare Impelled him as much aa the former. When he conquered King Zed ekiah, so as to bare no more trouble with him, he put his eyes out a most barbarous way of incapaoltatingan enemy. But Babylon was a great place, the houses surrounded by gardens and the housetops were connected with each other by bridges, and one day Nobuchadneraar walked out on those sus pension bridges and showed, perhaps to a royal visitor, the vastness of bis realm as the sun kindles the domes with gllstenings almost imufferabla and the great streets thunder up their pomp Into the ear of the monarch, and armed tower stand around adorned with spoils of conquered empires, i Jt'el urhadneszar waves his hand above the stupeudnus scene and exclaims, "Is not this great liabylon that I hare built for the bouse of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty I" In other words! "What a great man I am. Babylon was not anything until I adorned It. See those water works; see those gar dens; w those forts, t did all this. I shall never tie torgotten. Why, my name la on every brick in all those walla. Just look at me. 1 am more than a man." Hut In an instant all that splondnr Is gnno from his vision, for a voice full from bcaveu, saying, "O King Nebuchadnetzar, to th-e it is spoken: the kingdom is departed from thee, and they shall drive thee from men an 1 1 iy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the Melds; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruietu in the kingdom of men aud giveth it to whomsoever He will." One hour lrom the time be had made the 'boast lie is on his way to the fields a maniac, and rushing into the forests he becomes as one of t lie beasts, and is after awhile cov. cred with eagles' feathers for protection from the cold, and his nails grow to look like birds' claw, in order that he may dig the earth for root and climb the trees for nut. The muntal disaster that selzl blm was -what the (i rocks called lyciiithropy, by which a tnnu Imagines himself a beast and prefers to go out and mingle with brutes. He who had been eating pomegranates and apri cots off of plates of cold inlaid with amethyst and diamond, and drinking the richest wines lrom the royal vats, now brow sing on grow, and struck by tiie born of the ox as ho coutends for a better tuft of the pasturage, ami instead of an orchestra on tenches of ivory playing the national airs, now listening to the moan and bellow and grunt of the beasts. This is not hard for me to believe, for the forms of dementia are in numerable. i A few years ago, arriving in a city on a summer afternoon, while waiting lor my -engagement In the evening I sauntered fortn Into what seemed to be a park In front of a large public building, the use of which 1 knew not. I met a gentleman, with whom I fell into delightful conversation, and, he seemed Intel-.tLTtaWiP-iII nr W:L A.ttr .awhile J -said j 'Jjet us sit aown on this bench and rest 1 awhile aud enjoy the scene of verdure and fountains." "No," said he. "You sit down. ut 1 cannot. I am made of glass, and If 1 i liould sit down 1 would break to piece." then J saw that he was insane and belonged ma the largo building just behind us. . Attel-such an Interview as that 1 caneuilv believe this account of my text. More u ineDuciiaunezzar on all tours. He onus prided himself on being more than a kian, and now be turns out less than a man. I be courtiers look out of the windows unon Mm as he moves among the royal herds and rrv. "A beast " Seven years nosa when smi. Usleniy his reason returns and becomes back to Babylon a humble worshiper of the Uod j tin ncaven. W hat must bavo been the excitement in In the roj al court ns this restored manlao -Stnperor walks into the palace. What a time Jthey bad in cutting his nails aud bis hair, 'which bail grown for seven years without being Interfered with by any shears. What scrubbing down must have takon place in ;tbe Imperial baths. WbatatrauKformatlou 'necessary in order that be who had been f herding with camels and goat and swiuo may be made fit to associate with princes. "What a change from sty to throne room) While walking from his Buby Ionian palace down to the pasture tiild, and from the pas- ' lure new back to the palace, the tint thing I that impreitfes me is what an incongruous 1 thing it is for a king to be eating grass. It I is goo. I for cattle, but not fit for man. And then for one to nrefer it to a roval table to. I ward whose bounty the orchards and pad docks aud streams and vineyards in all the i carta might contribute what an amuxe Inientt And yet the scene is as common an J the daylight. 5 When r see a man of regal nature, made Ho rule in realms of thought, capablsof all i, moral elevation, bestowing his faculties, at tempting out of low sensualities to satisfy , his immortal energies, coming down off of '. bis throne of power into brutalities sacrlflo log his higher nature to his lower nature. 1 stooping and stooping, coming down and voouug uown uuui ail bis uinueuoo tor good is gone, I cry out, "There is a king eating L JLinu into mil ux. j And there are tens of thousands of suoh . Nebuchadneuars. Bo there are queens who dedicate themselves to the same humiliation. Vbat power for good God gave that woman. (Maguetiirtu of personal presence. Influence iuiore than imperial. By her Intelligence, by lier tenderness, by her charm of smile and manner, capable of soothing so much eor Tow, ami reforming so much waywardness, nd wielding so much elevated power; yet t the cull of worldliness, coming out of the (throne room of good iuiluuuoe where God would have her reign, coming down over ,tlie ivory stairs of inurtul power, coming down aud coming down until she has no more soul thau the dead bird transfixed in sW millinery or the chinchilla that was lain to atrord her warmth, or the kid that furnished her the glove, and finding her only delight in flatteries of brainless men aud midnight ecbottische and debauched oveWltea. I say, "There is one who might have been a queen unto Uod forever, yet atiug straw like an ox." 1 look over the pasture fields of folly aud . ttn and find many groveling who ought to be erect Oh, men and women, go back to your thrones I A young man ran away from home and broke bis widowed motners neart. Fourteen years passed, and he returned aud came to the window at which bis old mother "was sitting. Bhe looked up aud immedi ately reoogulsed him and saidi "Oh, Robert, Hubert I Conieiul" "Nor said be. "Moth r, 1 shall never coins In till I bear you say you forgive me." lier answer wast 'rlobert. 1 have forgiven you long ago. There is .nothing to forgive now sxoept that you oiayeu away so toog. ; lily bearers, forgiveness has been ready zor vou a gooa wuus. witn mora than a mothers tenderness Uod will take vou back. (They are waiting for yon up In the palace Mebuchatluesaar was the sua of Nebopolas- ear, who ru.sd before him, and you are the child of a King! The next thought that passes Into ray mind Iroin the contemplation of this iuov gent la that conviction hi not eonvenAjitt Who is this monarch that makes ths box 4 bout Babylon The very man who, onl the revelation of dreams that Daniel mai from heaven, deeply bumbled hinvwlf, wht he confessed that Uod is a Ood of Oods iu a Lord of Lords, yet behold that that hut bllng and arousing which he before felt did not result in a radical chsnre. j There Is no mistake more frequent than if tnpposing conviction a synonym for eoj. version. Conviction is merely a sight f sin: otnveml'm Is a view of nardon. Cos victlon Is merely alarm; a inversion Is cou fence. Oonvk-tlon is dissitufaction with dfpravityj conversion Is a turning awny rrom it. Conviction Is a sword wound; cot version Is the healing. Conviction is trie fever of thirst; conversion is the slaking it that thirst. Conviction is the pain; con vi-s. non is the meuicine that cures it. Th sands have experienced the former and nevtr experienced the latter. i There are multitudes who think that is soon as a man Is serious he is fit tor prof slon of religion. What if a man shou'i on y think seriously of being a merchant; wotid that make him a merchant? What if a nuin should only think Briouly of being a la er; would that make him a lawver Whtt If a man should only think serlotnly of beli.g a Christian l. would that make him a Chris tian Felix Was convicted but not convorM. The jailer waa convicted before he got nit of bed, but not converted till at the advi of Paul he believed in Christ, Are you coa victed but not converted I tell you what you make me think if. You have made up your mind for prop consideration to deed away a pro pert-. You have drawn the deod. The seal Is ij. fixed opposite where you are to write your Dame. The commissioner of dee la la pr . ent to witness. You hare your pen in haul. There Is ink in the pen. There is only cis thing for you to do, and that is to sign vo ir name. Mupposo you stop now witni jt signing your name, what does it all amoutt to Nothing. Bo you have resolved to give yourself up to Uod. You propose to sign off to II m your body, your mind, your soul. You bars all things necessary for the transfer, 'l is angels of Uod are hare to witness the eter nal transfer. Why do you not now w.tu your will complete the work? Halt wh re you are and all goes for nothing. Bigu y ur name to this spiritual trmiHfer. l'rofesoor Arago, the inathemattcian, pit woefully discouraged in his work nnd was about to give it uo, when he saw some words on tne paper which had been used tostilT m the cover of his book, and the words bong Indistinct he dampened the cover until he could take it off and see the words plainly anil he found they were words of advu given by ll'Alembert to a student, and l is words were, 'Ho on, sir; go on!" Oye wlio are convicted, "Uo on!" You roust take one more step or all the stops you have takau will amount to nothing. Ooont Again learn from the tuisfortuna of t ie king of Babylon what a terrible thing is tiie loss of reason. There is no calamity that can possibly befall us in this world so grcit as the derangement of intellect to have tne body of a man and yet to fall eveu below the instinct of a brute. In this world of .id sights the saddest is the idiot's stare, in this world of awful sounds the most awl ul is the maniac's lauh. A vesaul on t.'ie rocks, when hundreds go down never to rie, and other hundreds drag their mangled ami shivering bodies up the wintry bench, is othitig compared to the foundering of Int li tem tun of vo-it hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ's heart went out to th us who were epileptic, fnlling Into the lire, or maniacs cutting themselves among the tombs. We are accustomed to be more grat ful for physical health than for the pr nr working of our mind. Ws are apt to take it for granted that the intellect which has served us so well will always be faith'ul. We forget that an engine with t'lch tremendous power, when the whools b ive such vastneas of circle and such swiftness of motion aud the least impediment might put it out of gear, could only be kept in pro ter 'balance by a divine hand. So b'Uian jmiu' couIiljriUiw this train o( itjujoru1 faculties. How strange it Is that our memory, on whose shoulders all the suooessas and mis fortunes and occurrences of a lifetime are placed, should not of toner break down, and that the scales of judgment, which have been weighiug so much and so long, should not lose their adjustment, and that fancy, which holds a dangerous wand, should not sometimes raallaiousiy wave It, bringing into ths hoort f weboiings aud hallucinations the most appalling. It is not strunge thut the expectations of this intellect should not ba Uashed to pieces ou it disappointments? Though so delicately attuned, this instru ment of untold harmonies plays ou, though roar shocks it, and vexations rack It, and sorrow anil joy and loss and gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge or draw from it their anthem. At morning and at night, wheu lu your prayer you rehuare tiie objects of your thanksgiving, next to your sal vation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the preservation of your reason. How many tine Intellects are ring de stroyed by uuodyues and aniBj'.hetics, which were giveu'uy rrovmeuco lor occasional use in alleviation of pain or insomnia, but by be ing employed continuously uftcr awhile cap ture and destroy. Chloral, oocoaine, bro mide of potassium, opium and wholn uluilves of seductive etceteras that help turn Nebiichadnezzars into imbecility into mad ness. Do not trifle with opiates that b.munib the brain. If you cannot live without the lieriH'tual and ensiaviug use of them, vou had better die. Better die a saue man than live a fooU What right have you to kill your brain and put in wild j-inta your nervous system? But rum is the cause of more insanity thau anything else. There is nothing like rum to put a inau, like Nebucbudnrxxer, down on all fours. Again, learn how quickly turns the wheel of fortune, from how high up to how far down went Nebucbaduezsar. Those now in places of position and power, eveu though they should live, will In a few years be dis regarded, while some, wno tuis aay are ob scure ana poverty stNCKen, win riae up on the shoulders of the people to take their turn at admiration and the spoilt of office. Oh, how quickly the wheel turns I Ballot boxes are the stops ou which men come down as often as tiny go up. Of those who were a lew years mio successful in the accumulation o' property how fsw hsvu not met with re verses or tortune, wnue many ot mote wno then were stroiteuel in oircumsbtuces now hold the bonds and the bauk keys ot the na tion and win the most bows on the ex change. Of all fickle people in ths world Fortune Is the most tickle. Every day she rhaugc her mind, and woe to that man wuo put any contldenoe in what she proiu.sue or proposes, rihe cheers when you go up and laughs when you come down. Ob, trut not a momeot your heart's affections to tins changeable world. Anchor your soul in Uod. rrora Christ's love gather j our joy. Then come sorrow or gluduess, success or defeat, riches or poverty, honor or uUgrjcd, health or sickness, life or death, time or eternity, all are yours ond we are Christ's and Christ is God's. Learn also from my subject the comfort ing truth that atllictionsare arresteJ as soon as they have accomplished their mission. Vnrnrin did Meliucbadnexsar dwell anion the beasts of the field, but at the Tlrtlnii of thut time bis reason returned. and as toon as with proper humility be acknowledged the Uod of heaven he was hmnirht tax-lr to his nulaos and reinstated in him former affluence aud power. Mow it .i i,.t -h-n trials coins unon ... It U thiMlirh thav had no limit. We exclaim, "All thy waves and thy billows have none over me." but lorrt that the depth of that sea and the R7 r of 1 Uod seas how much our pride Is and He .Am 4.. unnvk aHveraitv to humble It. He sees Just bow worldly minded we are and pulls us just bard enough to detach us from our follies. He sees how hard our heart it m..A ,iaa 4nh hard anouao to break it. He sees bow our eyes have been blinded and lie cuts only just enough to remove the acalei from our spuiUuU vision. As soon at Abraham'! faith la rnffldentlv tried ths lamb is provided. Al soon aa Pharaoh con sents to tot ths chlldrea) of Israel depart ths Cgns nausea. As soon as ths Israelites have n sufficiently disciplined by their wander ings tbey find their way Into Canaan. But tosome the limit Is not set in this lire. Their whole pilgrimage Is through the wilderness and ths world is to them a valley of tears. But perhaps Ood has a special throne In heaven that no ordinary saint can occupy, and by extraordinary trials He has prepared that Christian soul for extraordinary glory. Uod will not keep you In the furnace one moment too long. Just as soon as Paul had met with enough imprisonment and snourg lngs he reached nn ami plucked his eternal crown. Ood will keep us no longer nnder the hammer and on the stocks than la neces sary to fit ns for entrance into the haven of sternal rest. Ulory be to the divine grace that, as soon as our afflictions have accom plished their mission, they are arrested. The defeats and sorrows of lifeJiave some times been the greatest advantngo. It was because Danta failed as a statesman that hs gavsnp politics and wrote his immortal ''IMvlnia Cornmettla." It was a violent thunderstorm that first sot Martin Ltithor seriously thinking, and the thunder of this world's disaster has started a reformation. James Y. Hlmpaon went from a surgeon's operating table to experiment and see if he could nut find aometbuig that would alleviate human pain, and he kept on until he had dis covered chloroform aa an animthetlc, and ths story of distress has almost always been followed by the story of rescue. For many years alter KhakesiMvtre's death his work was so little appreciated that in W tnere was onij one ntion ot his works, and that of only three hundred copies, in existence, and that edition was nearly all burned in the great London tiro. But forty eight oopies bad been sold nnt of the city, and those forty-eight oopiti saved Shake. pears for all nations and all time. Your suppression on a smaller scale may last a good while, but for all you are worth you will yet shine out on earth or In heaven. Again, learn from my subject that con nected with the most distressing judgments of Uod there are displays of divine mercy. Uod might justly have left Neburh.nl ncssar In the field, but infinite compassion brought mm rack to the palace. Mo sooner was Kden blasted than a blessing followed on the heels of the curse promising the coming of One who would do troy sin and make the whole world a paradise, Thsdclugo demands, but not until Noah hail Invited the people into the ark. The destroying amtel conies upon r.gjpt Tor tne smiting or the first born, but left unmolested every house whose dour was sprinkled with the blood of sacrillce. Kiory temiwsts bear down Ukiii Bodom, but not until two angels havo warnnl Lot and his family to floe from tne destruction. Jerusalem was utterly destroyed, but not until Jeremiah bad sounded an alarm, bidding them turn from their altominatious. On the darkest cloud of wrath their is n rainbow of mercy. Zechariah in liii pro photic vision behold four ctiurlots, symbol ical of Uod's government. The flrat chariot waa drawn by rod horses. They Indicated the wars that were coming. The second chariot was drawn by block horses. They indicated the coming ot a famine and pestilence. The thirl chnriot was drawn by white horses. They indicated the spotless purity ot His conquests. But, mark well that the fourth chariot was drawn by horsea "gristed an I bay," denoting that mercy was mixed with all the deso lating judgments ot Ood. Smai cannot thunder so 'oud as todrowu the invitations of Calvary The lxrd utters the admonition. "The wages of sin is dentli," but exhaustles mercy reaponds, "leliver him from going dowu to the pit, for 1 have found a ransom." Hide Then quick in the rock, ( 'linst J cum. Iet not this insignificant "Now" absorb Thee more than tne great hereafter. The path leading to this side of the grave is only a few furlongs, but the path which com. mences at the other side cf it is without end. The powers ot darkness gather about your soul, aud ths temptations of an evil heart and ths allurements of the world I know are trying to drown the voice of the preacher, luvtU-'r vd'o'Vin'AK'.st's'ae Imc-yMf nt ths) Uospel which made Felix tremble, and at ths i'enlecost brought three tbousaud souls out of their sepuloliar, I would blow one long, loud blast, crying, "Whosoever will, let htm come." Take this goodly religion which has doue to much for me that I can commend it to ail. Without it I should have gone the whole downward career, htolid aud phlegmatic natures going astray do not go an far, but natures like mine, sanguine, intense, emo tional, optimistic, soclul to the last degreo and echoing to all the heights and depths of mirth, if they get off the track tuoy go with one wild leap to hnll. As to the reslraltiin; power of this religion Uon a mercurial tem perament, 1 testify. This is not abstraction or sonietuiug gotten from books. 1 apek of what 1 kuow. uo out auJ as all who uava tried this religion aud ask them how it works- Throe vouuz men in a factoi t came out on the Lord's side, but two of them, over come by the Jeers of their comrades, went back and joined the scoffers. The one held on to his Christian hope, aud one day wheu they pressed him hard and were tolling bow much infidelity had doue for the world, and that Crlstlanlty haa uone Homing, mu jer secuted Chrisliau turned upon tlieui, mil pointiug to Henry and Ueorge, who had for a little while followed Christ uud then turned back, he said : "You have trie! your principles on thorn and know what they have doue for them. When tbey tried to sorvo Christ they were Civil, good tempered, kind huslxmis and fathers. They were cheerful, industrious and ready to oblige. W hat have you made them? Look aud see. They are cast down and cross; their mouths are full or cursing and Ultliluess; they ure drunk every week; their children half clotheil. their wives broken hearted their homes wretjueii. xnac is what your principles have done. Now I have ti led Christ aud Ms religion and what has it done for m? You know well what I used to be. There was none of you that could drink so much, swear so desperately aud fight so masterly. I had no money and nobody would trust me. My wife was ill used, i was ill humored, hateful and hating. What has religion done for me? Thank Uod, I am not afraid to put it to you. Am I uot a happier inau than 1 was? Am I not a bettor workman and a kinder companion Would 1 onoo hove put up with what 1 1 now boar from you' 1 could beat any of you as easily now as ever. Why dou't 1? Vo you ever hoar a foul word from my mouth? Uo you catch me at a publio houw? Has anybody a score against iiie? Uo and ask my uelghbors if I am not altered for the better. Uo and ask my wife. Lot niv house bear wituess. Uod be uralsL'here is what Christianity has done ior me, there is what miiaoiity uus uone mr Henry and Ueorge." .... ... Out of t lis audience I could gather a thou sand men and women who could tell you as thrilling a story us that as to what religion bus done for them. Yea, if times of perse cution should coins as of old. aud they may oouie, they ore a thousand here who would for Christ's sake as ciioer.'ully walk into the furnace of tire as though it were an arbor of thyme and honeysuckle, and face the lions as though they wore lumusof frisking of the hillside, and wade dowu Into the deep waters which are to submerge them as hup. pily as ever at Narragausett beach they took the surf at a summer bathing. I Ionia up and Join those on ths way to palacs. What an absurd thing for a king Wbs saUng grsss. Instead of living ou th poor fodde? that ths world affords come and Luamoug the princes of Ood at ths royal banquet and hear ths bji.d. plajri "K-U O Friends! Prink- O xulov-dlHsss i- rrown. wear it. Hers U a soepUsr, sway IU HeWis a throne, mount lu This is your hour, improve it. On the Paciflo coast are numerously found little shells of sei snails of a pedes called the "ohvellu," because of their resemblance to olives, out ol which the Indian mod to cut disks that were extensively uied fur coi TEMPERANCE. ran ooon. A reporter of ths New York World rs SemtJy asked Dr. Oeorgs F. rthrady, an emi nent Brooklyn physician, it whisky is a good preventive of the grip. He replied: "Whisky Is never good to ward off anything. Oood food is the best means with which to ward off disease. To does with whisky is Ilka add ing shavings to ths fire. There is no physical, tnental or moral excuse for a man's drinking Whisky as a preventive of disease." ftfAtlT DlftlASK AMD BKKR DRIXKtXO. It I said by a foreign publication that dis ease of the heart is very prevalent in Munich, where tbs consumption of beer amounts, on the average, to rV litres per head annually; and In ths sains place the duration of life among the brewing trade Is shorter than that of the general population. While theaverage attained among the latter Is A3.5 years, that of ale-house keepers la M.bVi years and of brewers 4M.H3 years. The same authority adds that for the whole of Uermanv the annnal consumpt.on of lieer per head amount to eighty-eight litres, but tor Bavaria it is MOW litres. liquor rnoDVCTto. The annual report ot tho Commissioner of Internal Revenue gives the quantity of spir its in distillery warehouses, September :), 18'JI, as UM,M!l,H I gallons. The quantity ot distilled spirits In the United Ktates. ex. cept what may lie In custom bonded ware houses. Ocuda-r I, IS'.II, was l.VJ.U477;) gal lons. Whatever, therefore, may be trim ot ths Crotou-water supply lor Now York, there Is no Immediate dangor of a whisky famine for the country nt large In the light ot these figures. The total numlsT of ills tilleries registered and operate 1 during tho year is given as 4H'. and iMIU respectively, a decrease ot S in the nuinU r regitri.l, and a decrease of In tua nunilivr ovr atetl. Tho oommb-sioiur announces his purpose ot substituting weighing tor gaug ing in most plains In ascertaining tne quan tity uf distilled spirit suhjivt to tax. Ths figures iif the Internal Hovmiue reKirt, large as they are, have an ominous signill- cance as to the extent to which alcoholic lievernges are still consume I by large num bers ot people. They indicate conclusively the urgent nee I of increased educational temperance missionary work. .Nutioual Advocate, BKUn AND ruVKRTT. Ths study of statistics is said to rouse ths Chancellor of the Kxchemier to enthusiasm. and dull figures properly introduced to ons another have told stirring tales. Mr. ('has. Booth's figures about the poverty of Ntw tioorge's-in-tlm Kast aud the figures lately published by the rector In his annual ropor't about the public houses in his parish ought to be brought side by side. The Inhabitants of Nt. Oeorge's Kast are among the poorest In Loudon. Indeed, Mr. (.'has. Booth reck one St. Ueorge's to be tho ixxircst district in Kast London, coutainind per cent, of what he calls "the poor," conqiared with HeVJ per cent, in Whltcchapol, nnd HI. 7 per cent, in Betluial-green . There are, nevertheless, 81 public Iiimihos to supply with drink the ll.lhii) people who no cupy the rector's district ons lions, that is, for every l.'tf peraou. On Friday evening, October., 18U0, uuui v of the public houses were visited, nu I, tnking the averag.i 4' per sons were found in each house. On Munday, Novemlier 7, 77 adults were counted enter, big one door of a public house. On one evening, in the short smci of 33 minutes, 07 children were counted entering drink shops with cans, jugs or bottles. From such fig ures it would seem a moderate computation that J.J00 a year must be annuity paid In over the Counter to keep up each of the HI houses: iatl.MOO is thus spent every year by 11,000 of the poorest people lu London. I'ull Mall BudgoU AMERICA'S DA!MKH AID PtaORAC. Thecravln.jof alcohol, begotten of alcohol, ever waxes danger; tho moment comes when It is a wild iiassioti, a tierce maoness, say sC.-cddiailo-,- Vadni'. r .lUvwy"' woman forgets liouor; the father in hellish laughter casta to the vender of liquor that solitary dime that would stay the starvation of the child; the husband pawns the out ot the dying wile. The muscular giant cnmcluM in terror lio fore the shrine; youth yields up freshmsw of mien and hopes of tortuiu-.an I mocks for its Mike a mother's tears and a bride's love. Old age at its bidding puts on the garment ot idiocy, and closes its earthly journey in dis grace and sin. Intelligence will uot ward off its arrows; poet, orator, statesman go forward chained to its chariot into Mamer tine gloom. I'iety does not with stand the fury of its breath. Tim very cellars of I.muoii have b'eii laid low, the royal oaks of tho fnrmt have lieen uncrowned and tiling into the ilncp val leys or ignominy mid death. The Imnw Is mode desolate by It. How wicr-d the home! it is Uod's appointed treasury of pure and sweet lovel There hiippimsM bubbles form from ever-living springs; virtue germinates nnd blooms in native soil, wittered by pro pitious dews from the skies. The home, ot the laud are the S'lclal units of which tin sggreg.ito is the nation. The nut ion m iu wider sphere or action is the reduction of its homes. The poisonous I Tenth of alcohol passes over the home; it is the passu 'e of dentil The ilrunkivr.l's soul exhales Imlre I aud sin, hearts of wife and mother break In anguish; the ceaseless tear-drop of urrow fclisten on the eyelid, and the veil of glisim and despair darkens their faces. Alcohol's hellish work goes beyond the drunkard's home. There is physiciul an 1 moral conta gion; other homes are smitten, ami alcohol IifM up its sceptre within their enclosure. Tne drunkenness of au employe endnuerd an entire industry, that of a trusted gu trdian of publio interests ruins fortunes mid de stroys precious lives. Poverty isbcxjtteu, the sob t and Industrious are taxed to re lieve it. Citizens of America, know and realise the danger. Kvil bearing ulcohol floods your laud; its murky and noxious billows are dashing against your homes, aud their angry crut rise t ) the very cuiiiunts of theyil)ur Un which are set your free re publican Institutions. 1 litem pcraiice is not the festive rollicking of former times; it is bestial in its degrada tion, hellibh in its crime bogettiug power. Indued, iuteiiix.'raiica is increasing tho world over; it has become the virulent malady of the nineteenth century, a fact which does not make our own local couditiou the mors liojielul. The saloon ke.'per Is alcohol's soldier; bs is America's (lunger ami disgrace. Kucred Heart Kmviow. Tr.MPKRASJCR MCWS AND NOTKSJ, Almost any man can be made to talk ir a corkscrew is used to draw him out. In tlin past year more than U.OilO.OM) bar rels of beer were brewed iu Milwuuk s. If you must use liquor to keep warm have it in your boots rather thau your bruin. One moderate drinker is worth mora to the devil thau a tbousaud out and-uut drunk ards. A dissolute linguist, a teacher of seven dilfersiit luuguages, has bean jailed at Lar amie, Wvo., lor imuting his wife, who sup ported him by taking iu washing. One of the best moves the devil can make Is to persuade a big-headed man to trust lu bis own strength. Every drunkard used to thuik he could drink or let it alone. Mooushinors' whisky has a sting to it. It leaves a seusation in the throat as If pow dered gloss had just passed down. In ths moonshine district nearly everybody, young and olildrinks this stuff. A recent compilation of statistic on th subject shows that ths average relation of convictions for drunkenness on Bumiay to population is in England one conviction to every W7.4U of population; Wales, ous con viction to every tU,UUo of population. A correspondent of tbs Boston Traveller says in a recent letter! "There bava been but two arrests in Portland, Me,, this week out of a population of 40,000 persons. This is ths fruit of enforced prohibition, and it comes pretty nar to 'peaus on earth.' " RELIGIOUS READING. nu jtttr tkar or sM.tATiot. The centuries are rolling on. Our greit redemption drawrth nearer, And each successive era brings A light diviner, purer, c.esn r. The shadows soon shall pas awav From distant rl lines nnd Isles of ocean; Where paan altars stand todsv chsll rUe ths songs of pure devotion. The world Is wnltlng In smaze To cnlci the gn at Inspiring wonder; We liesr the e t. glad soiiks of praise Above isrth's tumult and its thunder 8non from the millions of rrd emed. Karl It's rnnuined throng of son and daughter. A. rlionis grand shall chant His name As the glad sound of many waters. The tolling world at lust shall rest, No more to stiller or to languish, And every heart with sin oppressed Bbail lind a balm for all lis anguish. Oh. Sahtath of eternal rest, llssten to bless vault toiling nation ; Hull on. ye tardy whee's of time, And udier In the great salvation! Mrs. M. A. Cuto, In American Mcasrnger. mirKR amd mi vit.r.or.. , Io we not sntni'tiinrs regard prayer rs nn Imposed duly, nnd perform it as a task? or look ii n It as an excise, and pnv it ns n lax? Mich Is not the ."crlptiife Ideas; prayer is a gracious privihge accorded us, cirry nr.-with It no more of duty than to breathe the air Uod lias given or to rniny any iiiin r blessing Ho lins bestowed. No more ef duty than for the child to ak bread of ll f iiher. These three things ure given In pra-.i-r: Liberty to "come boldly uiitu the tlir.ne of grace"; ability and In dp, "for the Spnit lielpetli our lulirmltles" ; and the nssiiru i e of reward, "ask, mid you shall re reive." Wo need not enter the holy place with bar and trembling, as did the hi.di priest, lut coma with assurance in .li.vis' name. Wcsleyan. Till: MINIPTRY OF Tlin SAINT. The Apostle, l'siil. III commanding the family of Mcplianas, enrly converted In Acl avs tiiut they "addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints." 1 Cor. HI: Is. The w. rd Is not confined to service as lulu Inters n the gospel, though this is tud ex cluded; it rather Implies ilmt c-cncrnl minis, tern 1. 1 Christ's people, vihiih is the duty and pmilcge of Christians. I!e:i.!. r. what tlo vou know about this "mliii-iry of Ihesttlnis?" 1'crhaps you shut you i si ! i up tn your own house, miiong your own ci incidences nnd comforts. lYr'hap you sldom think ( that Inrgn portion of Uod' jieoplc who are In want, lidirmity. and sorrow, I'erhaps vou have never known the luxury ' id convey ng blessings to the poor with yiuu own h i ids, or giving consolation to the be reave I v illi your own lips. Then 1 am bound to tell ii, vou arc living nmiss. We are innii-be.-s our uf another. No one, unless liimel a helpli.s sullirer, is cm nipt from the service of char -y. We sic to bear one iiuotlicrN burden., and so fullill the law of t hrlst. Ual. il:.'. It is not enough to cherish kind w ishes uid to say, "liepart in pence.'' And It your fiiith does not produce, those fruits. It Is "d . id, being alone." James 2: HI, IT. Who: a new face Would be put upon our rninui' i Christianity, if all professing lies- 'pics vere adilictlng ttieinsel ves to the iniu-L-try the Saints. Christian Observer. ritlHIPSNT KPWAHPM, "On c," said i-.d wards, "as I rislc out Intn tie whmIs for health, in IT.'tH.liaviugolightcd fistii .n V horse, in a retired place ns tny riAnii' r commonly hasbeen to walk fordi Vile e'lntemplntion and prayer, I had a view ta t., me was extraordinary, of the Hon ol iioii.as inetnaior iicinc-u (, u1j IUHill ml his wonderful, great, full pure and sweet grace and b.ve. snd meek condescen. slon. This grace that appeared so cnlm aud tvcct,Rp-Haii'd also great ohove the lieiivens. The person of Christ apin ared ini'tl'iibly ex cellent, with an excellency great rnoiigh to swallow up all thought uud conception, which continued as near us I can jinlue, about an hour, w inch kept me the greatest part of the time in a lb Mid o tcurs, and weeping aloud. I felt an ardency of soul to be, w hat I know not otherw ise how to express, emptied and an tiihlliiled; to lie lu the dust, aud be full ol Christ alone; to love him w ith a pure and holy love; to trust, in him, to live u-mn him. to serve and follow him. utid to be perfectly tnticlilii'd and miide pure, with a divine ami heavenly purity. 1 have several other times had views very much of the same iinture. unit which have had the same cftccjs. Uod, in the roimuuiiicat Inns of the Holy Spirit, hits npiieitrcit an liillnin fountain of illvlito glory and sweetness; In lug full, sullielent to till snd satisfy the soul ; pouring forth Itself In sweet coiiiiiiunica lions, like the sun in its glorv, sweetly and pleiiMiiitly ddlusing light mid fife." HilKNIl IIIIOI'lUIT TO JKHt S. The Intlilence of the social principle In until is i Nceeilinglv powerful; nnd thirefoif Il should be well directed, snd all its opera tion carefully wnlilied. As religion elc vales, purllii s nnd softens the heurt, it In crensis our influence over those urouiid us; aud sn in yfiiiiig converts to pictv, there Is a disposition to employ all the intluencis they Iimwess in adviiiiceiueut of the glory of the .ord Jesus, uud the lin'lness of man, they shotpd be encounie.l In bringing tiuir fi letuls nnd relal Ives to seek the pardon of thulrsins fr the Lord Jesus. As soon a Andrew, iippureiitlv the lirst convert to Christ, htid ascertained his real character mid fe tthe iniportiiiiee of his doctrines, he went lu search of his brother Peter, "nnd he broiild him to Jinn " Such Is ihu spirit, and sin h Is the n iuircuiciit of the gospi 1 even now. No object can be of higher Importance thun this. It is to introduce our Irii inls to the highest of all belinis, tho centre of all perfection, the source of nil excellence. It Is to sis ure for tin ni the friend-hip of otic, w ho can guard llicni eternally from all evil, and b'e-s tlieui with nil g I. H Is to ob tain the biost Vii'inihle instructions from blm w ho i nn open the heart and enlighten the liiidcrstuiiillii,.' to reielvc them, lu a w.ird it Is to i siiildlsh a 1'rlcinl-lilp bi t Wei ll the saviour and Ihe sinner, all the glorioiiH lesulls of which can only bo developed iu eteruiiv. Who" rliull de-cribe to us the liappv ennse niietu i s of a sinner being broii'.'bt to ( hrl-t 'I Ills name us u Savimir is ulnriiied, and his (slvutloll is extended: the I hiircli is ill creased, nnd that beyond all culculiitinii ; for wlio can tell, us in the cii-u of I'eler, how liiitnv oilier converts shall be thus indirectly loinliii ted to Jesus'.' The world derives ben ellts from this cuiidiict, uud the rlerniil crown of glorv worn by (he laborer in this holy cause shall receive a in w dladi iu by each convert thus Hindu. Let us then, dear Christian renders, labor to possess the (iinillllciilioiis for the faithful end constant discharge ot this duly, and the enjoyment of this high privilege. Let us cultivate ardent love to t'le Saviour find the souls of men, study diligently the attractive truths of the Christian system, show in our own conduct ths example of holy consisten cy, carefully Inquire for the best plans of usefulness, and most fervently pray thut our fcibl efforts to do good may be accom panied by omnipotent power. Ho shall it be recorded in reference to our dealings with oifo frieud aud another, "lis brought him to Jesus." Watchman aud luflector. An Ann Arbor man bua succeeded tn eating forty quail In forty duya. What have tho opiwnentstoco-educa-tionul collcijca to say to thut? -Ls 2f SUNOAHCHOOL LESSON FOR 8TJNDAT, FEB. 14. "Th Nsw CoTnant,"Jersmlah Jtaal.,; 27 87. OoldsaTsatii'srsmUll zxxi.. 04. Commentary. t7. "nehcld, the days com, salth ths Tior '. that I will sow the house of Israel, and the house of Ju lnh, with the sisv of mnn nnd with the seel of h-ust." Jeremiah prophrsied during tha list forty years of Judnh's history ere the two tribes were csr rid captive; uuritig the iatt ehteen year of Jnsinli's rel'n nn l tin twent v-two years of the four kinis followm;. Ib was simply floil's uiekseiKer speaking Uvl's message Chapter l 7. P. 17, chnpt-rs xxx. and xxxl. have been cilie l "a book within a liook," like Uuui. ix. xl., nnd spy kind of a careful reading shows its peculiar referetu U Israel's future. Coiupiire this verse with chapter xx.. 1-1, an 1 take l,ra l and Ju lull to mean only Israel and Judith tiie ten tnlsst nnd the two of nil Isrnsl, The Spirit's own rotiitneiitiiry unon this versi Is founl In Kz"k. xtxvi.. U-ll. VM. "And it sliall romn to pns, thit like as 1 have watched over th 'tn to pluck up, so I win i wncii over ine:n to nun I Mil to plant, smtli tho Iir l." No one cut question ! the plucking up nnd scntleriiig, and no iimr. suoiiiu iiuy one quesiion tne gathering and rebuild. ns. I'ut verse-10 with this nnd say liowanythin; on lie more clnarlv or em- pliaticaiiv stntcl with a "Hum siitii thil Jjonl," and His w ill ' an I "shall." !.".'. "In thou days they shall sav no more. The father., hive eil,n a sour cr.nn and I Ins . chililren's te.-tlt ure cet mi e l(;e." They consldiTe : tt.eiiis -Ives ns sulferim; tor their i fnthet's sins nil I th"refore use I ttds proverb. ; hec Ijiiii. v., .; I'..'k. X vlil .. U. :', "Hut every one sluiil dm for his owrt liLipiilv; rv ry limn that ateth the sour lii-nnc. Ins teeth shall be set mi isJi-e." Com- pare I lent, xxiv., HI; Ual. vi., ft, 7. Per j muni resHiu-ibilliy is taught evervwhore In ; Scripture. "livery one of Us shall give ao- count of hiuisKir tolio.l." (Uoiii. xiv., lil ill. "Heboid the dovs c vne, siulli the Uir.l, i thut 1 will tn.'iki) a new coveirint with tho I house of Israel nnd with the house, of Ju ; lah.'' I'.i'in.'iiib,'!- that llo la speaking not of the church, nor ir the days In which wo i live, bin of liiernl Ju Inh and Israel in tlo j days ot the rmtoiution, yet future, but now ! very ne ir. U.'. "Ni t nevrdin:; t ) the covenant that I , made with their fathers, which Mv covenant thev brake." Ucivlcr innv to the HoreU covi limit oi Di'ut. v , y, :t. to make them , umgilom ot prnsls iiinl peculiar iMiinlo : above sll p P'e. Iipop i-,.:i I'tions ot tiieir olx'dicnce i K I ' - i ins wits mu er- ; eut lrom the covenant vi .th Abraham, isaao nnd Jacob, w.uoli was iiimmii litioui'il and shall yet Ih tuliille I to tne letter; a covenant nui.li) with nu oalli, and therefore eternal . und unchiiiucabln ( Vlic. v I., '.'O) ill, "Alit r tin to days, s otli tho I.or.l, I ! will put My law iu tli.ir inward parts, and .write It in their heart, and will be their ! Uod, and tbey shall be My people." "Thoso j days'' probably rmer to tint days of tribula lion winch wdl prec sle Liriiers'iiatiounl cou vkisioii (chapter xxx., 7; Dan. xii., 1, Math. J xxiv., 'Jl, lor it is imuiisliatelv after the tribiilution of those days that lie shall coins in power au I glorv for Israel's deliverance (Math. Xxiv., li.l-.ll; Lukexxt., i.'i-s'). Oh serve how the vori is entirely tl l...idN from lirst to Inst; I will put, I w,!l writ.-, I will be; and compare Jcr. xxiv., tl, 7, ):! xxxvi.. '.'I-IIO. 84. "Tlicv rliall all know Me, ft.un tin. least of them unto the greatest ol thein.s; itli tho laird; t .r 1 will forgive their iiiiipiur, snd I will rcti.eiiibet- their kins no nmre." This venu is i iien quntoil ns it it referred t a I pisipletm tie 'an ile earth, and would on u irtnilt f t tbii lio.ipel as now pruicb.si; whereas it relent t le.trly to Israel aud Ju.l th, the twelve tri s-s, winch slu.ll ln all ii-'n-tous, an i tbeu.Mitr.il uution Usu et ' m ut:;"u""" on , ii , n y. iivi . s, vho sbttll itmlifl known Vt i u t. ... . ,1 v t't ) lyiil M u ail the world thut th may be till! with His glory (N Hob.ii., Ml. llut 1 worul shall not I . v.. Mi In. xl , 0; -.m new earth all the ilg litmus, for even in millennial days many shall yield ouly a feigned olHsiiencn (i's. Itvi., margin). ;k, "Thiissaith the l.ord, which givetti the sun torn light bv duy. The Ixtrd of Hosts is ills name." i lowever groota prec ise may bo, it Is of no w.'ivjit unless tho iii'omlser is able to futlill it. The Lord of losts U thu creator of all tilings nn l "iloi able." llrt. "If Unfa or llimnivs dep;trt from be fore Me, snltli the Ijrd, lin n tl.o sent of Israel iilso shall cense from Imiii a nutioi before Me forever." Ue.id the parallel pr sage in chapter xxxiii., l'J-"ll. Israel In now und has not lits-ii for over ISO I yean lintioii in the eyes of other tuitions; but Is raid has never ceased to bo n nation bufore Uod, for "The lrd seeth not as man seettl," uud soon she will be a nation beforo all na tion, admired, honored an I sought unto, because of Jehovah, In r Kin. U7. "Thus wiith the l.or t. It heaven above rail 1h meiisured, 1 will also cast olf all the seed of Israel, for ull that thev have done, Miith the lird." It is olu n mi i w lieu we speak of Isntel's future glory, "Hut consider ull that thev uavn done, they have forleitnd everything." Ves, trulv.thcy liavi torfeittsl all tuat wiu tsiiiditiuiiisi upon their obedience, but tlu unconditional promises of Abralmiu.I'.iMC and Jacob, Uod will keep autl lulllli for His own gnuit name's sake (lso xlill., U5; Ez"k. xxxvi., ii, itit. Note care- fully that when Jerusalem shall lie rebuilt) ill the restoration it shall never be thrown down again (verses nS 4(l; I's. oil., 18). It you would see and enjoy those days of Is rael's glory you must now be redeemed by Israeli King. Then being redeemed, re memlier that you are redeemed not simply to go to heaveu whou you die, but to live here as long as the Lord sees tit, to do your part iu making Christ known In all the world, that so -i 1... t. ITIU l..l . a. . natl,..l nt.fc 1 11B UUUI til, mi i-Kli if7 ' khmidiw wu of the nations, iieiug ignorant of the mys- II tery that "Hlln.liit'K in iurt is happened 1 unto Israel until the fullness of the Uentiles 1 lie come iu," and that then all Israel shall bs I save. I (Itom. xl., -!., tho church has be- f j coiuu cimcoltisl and vainly imagines that her I . . t. -l ' I.I T I IlllShltlU IS Hi convert me w uotu sunn, isu no preaciier, pastor or uiissioiiiiry think that he's commissioned tn convert all V ' ' his reach, but riiMier U) be a faithful w. ji the Hiwer ot t ie Spirit, ' that be may i. kl means save some'' II Cor. ix., 2J; ltom. xl., 141. And let every preacher lay to heart what the writer received through Dr. A. T. l'ierson, that our parish is nut our Held, but a portion ot tho tleld, which is the world, from which we ure to gather and instructs force with which we may do our part in ' working the Hold so as to gather out ths church and hasten tho day of Israel. Lus son Helper. A most curiously wrought funeral pall, nearly 400 year old, presented siitiiu time previous to thu your lolfl to a I'rntcrnity or brotherhood, iluilicaiml to St. John the liaptiut at Dunstable, ny Henry l-'ayrey and Agnc his wife, has jmt been forwarded to Canon M& cuuley, the rector, and church-wardont of thu par'mh church, in trust aa a valuable rolio. Ths chief element lathe compost tion or a tear It water, but with wt in associated minute proportion o! salt, soda, phosphate of litu, Vdio phatofioda and mucus, arid y hen seen unuer tne microscope a evaporation looks like a v flali bone, owing to the al' thomsclvei into ' .ither lat flf mll ,i Chios ,' 1 4ii..i f . P.O. ? ' 11 if ! i 7 Y T f l OH .4 VAtLISS. V lSSSJ,SSM'.,, I'fWsMkA " i - . ;;,i,.yyss
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