BIRDS IN THE BIBLE.
nrv. vn. talmaqe's
BGRMON.
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Heboid the Fowl of the Air, Baya the
Scripture. Lesson of Their
Flights. Tho bpu it of Ood
Gentle Dov.
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TrxT: "JlfhnM thr fon t of the air
Matthew vi., art.
There i silence now In rll cur January
,""." enpt en the wini tthi-tle through
the bare branches. Our port!. em witod
fire dewrted mnwrt hall. Th organ loft
in the temple of nature nr ImnnlrsK. Tree
huh wire full of rsrol a-id rairp and chant
re now waiting for the comin back of
rn h plume nn, wnrhiiug voio, soloe,
i:ts. iiiarfnt.-, cantata and To Dcums.
l ut the Hible I fn'l of bird nt all lovon-,
nd rrni'heta nnd patriot and apostles, and
l.'l ro t llirmrir, eiiip'or them for moral an I
religion purpose. Mr text Is nn ejr.lrrt
from th m rin.,11 on the inium. end p-rhap
It wasnt a inimipiit when a tlflc of linls
Hi w past thnt Christ wtvisl His hind toward
'hem and siiid. "Hi hold the fowls i f the air!"
And w in this course of sernom on tin I
i vt rytthi re I preach to von tlu thlr I ser
mon ronei ruin the ( Iriiithnlnny of the
lid Ir; or, litMl Among the Ibr If.
Most ol the other tci'mcex von mar study
ir not study a von pica-. Cjo your own
in igmctit, rx-rcisr your own t ite. Hut
ib uf thi science of ' ornith ilo.'T wo have
lo opt ion. 'I he divine command is positive
h n it tav in mv t. x', "Hoiiold the fowl
d the nil" That is, stulv their habit,
kxamitie their color. Notion their speed.
-iw the luin I of tiol in their construction.
It is easy forme to otev the cimmand of
Mir t Tt, (or I w.a brought up nulling the
'n of mc nn I from boyhood h-r I tlnir
niMnis at sunn.' ami their te-iers nt sun
nt. '1'lifir ri' . e ha v been to mo a f im-lii it ion,
tin! my -.iti-r-if'i.iii is that ( never rolilieil
mi" of thfin any ir.or.- than I wool il n
-liil t tr-'tii n i-ii.l!.-. lor a ler I i- a cini I ,t
the !:) . nnd it m r i th- i-rndl. Tn"V al e
!n oM .iiin:ii),tor tln v lriv turir Iov.m mi I
t :.!, nllimtii b nn I i.nlirntlii-, iindertl.-itid
jo and itrk-f. hue ionu;il nnd nir-f-ni il
:.eli:tr, .i,;. wnrnn, ,.,t, r ni I Jenl m ioy,
,na ni t ii'irmvn mil p iw,.r. i,
i!.M'intior. 'I'hiink lii l for li,rd nn 1 hUic
fnllof tlllllll It H to x ipoi to n i .
1'it:ind Hie Hihle iiiiIcm wo study n:itii"al
li'ory.
!-'ive huiidre I nnd n:nfy-llire tiincs io"
.he Hil.lt nllude to tli fn;Ii of natural his
.ory, and 1 ilo not w-n 'nr ttiat. it mai;ct m
i .iiiy niiii-ioii oi !iithi'l'i,;,c.il. J'i sji,.s
tnd the rnvr rm of l'nl.'stlne uro friendly to
.he wiiued or nttnvs, and v nnny fly an I
o st mi I mt and hnti'li in t mt ivinii t,lltt
iispired writrr do not have far to o toc. t
iriiithoo,;ii'il illustration of ilivinn tiutii.
rin'ru lire ovrr forty s-vim-s of liird- rcco
nii in tin-S riptup's-.
"K, whnt ii variety ol wins in I'dle.stiiw!
T-ie ilove, the roliin. the ea:;ir, tint r t.iic
;.nt or phmsiiii; Inrd. hurling it -Il from
..v to wave mid Willi Irt henk oliitfiiln;
t-inv. the thrii'-li, win :li i-tp.iinly ills
i, il rrow I, tlui ptirll i l;e-; tUi h.'iwl;,
in i nnd rnthies lioVdi'iiiK li -i 1 t iM uii-
ur.l while wnteliuii for prey; thn sw.iu, nt
ioiiim ntiioni; the mnrs!:e nnd ith fina su
oiistrui tud iti.Mii walk on the leaves of nn
-r t'liiif: th raven, the lajnvin, mnlo lor
ins mid Ml thn Itioltt den -liin; e I as inedible,
t . ..ii it has I'Xtraordinury liciddresi;
he 'folk; the o-silrai;e, that always
tad a I Jitnt of dropping on it st-Jtiotlio turtle
t h i I lifted an I to Killing it for food, and
in i re oetnsion inisf-io! tho lull houd of
i srlu Iuk, the (ireek poi t.for a whitestone,
tud uroppo I a t'.irlle iiMm it. hilling the
niiioiis (.'reek; the cip-hixi, with riv-sted
m I and (viniron throat mi l win,; hiiow
I i""t, hut too li,zy to bill til iN own ne.,
inn o having thehnhit of ilepoiitin;; its
HE "i nests Itoloiigiii to other birds, t'u
,u' j.ir, tho RroUKe, tho plover, the ninpie,
he kn.Ktislier, jolnV'liean, whioli is the can
.ature of all tl " ereil ere ition; th -oivl.
t;u'' ',ro 'llln, the liurier, the
Mraent rH,wiin neon covered witn rpulniva
lown iin.tiad ofattractiveli iitlii r.th-oun-elsoino
slui hiig; the iwallow,ll in; a uiileu
mil. iito nnd sometime ten hours in siieces.
ijen; the heron, the ipmil, the ptae wk,t mi o.
m il. th' lurk, tho crow, the l.iie, the lut,
he bln-kV-ird mid many other-, with uli
oloi ;, nd si 1 1 1 1 is-, nil styles o; lli.'ht, ull
mint-, uil nrihitee.iliM of ne-ts, ieavmc
lothin wnntin;: in misestlventii?. Tl'tiy
neient the creation pi need all around on
he roeks ami m the trees und on the nr. iin I
o seri .'ie Adiim'a arrival. Tuny took
dinr piaonon Kriday, as t;i first man was
uiailo ou riatunhiy. Whatever t'lsj he ha I
Dr did not have, hehhimld liavo inutic. 1'hn
ilrst tound thai struck th huiiiun ear was a
bird's voiia'.
Yen, Christian RooliKy for you know
tiiei o i n Christian iienloy at well us an in
fidel geology ( ,, ,11111 geology eomos 111
tnd helps tin Hible show wimt wo owo to
dm bird rriation. Hefors the human nieo
mine into this world thn world was ooetipiu I
Dy reptiles mid by nil sorts of ilestmrtive
nioiiNlers millions of ereatuivs, loalliioino
nd hideous, (iml eut hue birds Id clear
iheeHrthof these creature ln'toro Alain
ind Kvh were creat.i t. Tha rennuns of t!iesi
birds have bn n found imbeddc I in the
rocks. 'I'll. skeleton of on i ta.de has ben
found twenty feet in height uml fifty leot
Iroiu tip of win to tip of wini;. Many nr
nut s ot beaks mid cluwa were neeesary to
Sear the earth of creatures that would have
destroyed t ie human mce with one clip. I
like to find this harmony of revelation nnl
rf'ieiiee, unit to huva dunionstrated that, tiie
Uod who made tho world madn tha lliblo.
MoFf, thn greatest lawyer of nil time and
t great man for fa -ts, ha I enough benti
nunt and poetry anil iihisumI taste tj w?l
.ouip the illuminated win s nn I th i voices
iivuiely drilled into tne lirst chatder of
'iemse. How should Noah, the old nliip.
"iirpcnter, ill'" year o! ai?e, tin I oit vhen
the world was iitaain for human re.ii lenco
tfter the univei'ial freslial? bird will
tell, una nuthiii else can. No man can
oiiiuilonti from the mountain to invito
NohIi mid his family out to terra llrmu, for
the nn mum-is were tubiiierj;ed. A a bird
first heralded tho hum in riico into t.i'i
world, now it bird will help tile human race
back to the world that had shipped it sen
thill whcluiid every tluiij.
Ncnh stands ou Sunday morning at tha
window of tin; ark, in his baud a cjoin
dove, bo uentliv innocent, so iilUc' lonute,
and he siiid; "Now, my little dove, lly away
over then- water-), cxplora and coma ImuK
and toll us whether it is safu to land." Alter
a Ionic Hinht it returned Immjry and weary
and wet, mid by itslooUsnnd manners said
lo Nonii mid his tainil y: "I'ho world is not
lit for you to dis. iuburk." NoiU wadol it
wetk, and next Sun lay morning ho let the
hove lly at:ain for a second exploration, and
Sun luy eviMiiiiK it came back" with a leaf
that mid tho sin of just having been
plucku 1 from a living fruit tree, und the
bird reported tho w. rld would do tolerably
well for it bird to live in, but not yet sullt
cicntly r covered tor human residence.
.Ni all waiti d iiiiotln r week, and next Sun
day inoriiini; ho sent out I lie dovo ou the
third exploration, but it returned not. for it
loiind tl.o world so attractive now it did not
want to In can ul aaui, und then tin
emigrants from the antediluvian world
liuiiiisl. It was a bird that tol I them when
to take possession ot tho resuscititted planet.
So the human race were saved by a bTd's
winif, for, attempting to l in l tiosoou, thoy
wuulu have perisuoi!.
Aye, here comes a whcjle Hock of c'ov.?i
rock ilovts, rin; doves, stin-U doves Bill
tin t inuko lun.'tu think ot e,roat revivals
and Kfeut uwakeninas wneii ouls lly tor
.hcltcr iiko a ll'ick ot pi'sjns kw iopiu to
the opening of a p'.oou coin, an 1 ho cries
I'd, "V ho me tl:e., that tly as ilov.M to
I4:nr wuntowtr" David, witli Saul uflir
him, and II viiii; i'imiii cavern to cavern, coin-
t.res hiuelt to n desr.rt partridge, a bird
wliich enpncially haunts rocky placo, and
boys and hunters to this day ULe after il
with tick-, for thu pai tiiJgd ruut ralltcr
taaa ilier,
JJuVlC, i'iiasa.1 Itn I eluhhad an. I lseel,l nt
J nrnr. it, "I ana nurrert a tmt nigt
I on th mountain." Mneaking of his forlorn
I rnti'tlrtnti. ho T'. I sm Ilk poll1 in In
, the wlldemev." Dnrlb'ne bit lonsline.
I he eara. "I(im swallow alone on the hou-
tor." Hegekiah, In tha melitior of hi
tick new. mmprw himself to a cram, thin
and wat. Job had w much trouble ha
eouM not lep nteht. and ha detc-ihs hi
. imranni' nv ariny, i am a nninanioii lo
owl." Iaih eo-npare the dewilatinns of
bnihd Itrael to an owl and bittern and
cormorant amonsc a cltv'f ruin.
Jeremiah, clerrllilnK tha crusty of ta
rnt toward children, compare them ft th
ostrich, who leave it ezi;i In tha a til no
oarel for, cryliiir. "Tha daughter of mv peo
pla i becoma l;ketheoMtrirhof tha wilder
nn"." Amonjr the proviaioni iele.1 on Snlo
mon' hountifiil talda ha aoeaka of "(atted
fowl." Tha Israelite In thadesi-t aoi lira!
of minnj and they had iiuiila nuaih for
brfaklast. nuiiU for dinner, quail for min-
ter, and thet die I of fpiail. Tha H I. re
fer to the muratory haoitaoT tha Mr I an I
hi, "l he tork unowetn hr app mt1
time and tha turtle and the crane an I the
w.iilow tha timenf their aoini;, hut my p-iy.
pe now rot the Ju I rments of the Lor
t ohm me pronnei iitusirAti tne late ot
frau I, be p lint to a failure at ln?utiaJ.ioii
and rnyr, "Asa partrid' mtttli oi e;e
andhatch"th them not, o ha that ntttli
riehe an I not bv rizht shall Ioita t'inm in
tha mi ! of his dav nn I nt hi en I shall lie
n fwi1." The partridj.'. f ho mot cirilw of
ail birds in choice of it place of nest, bull .
imr it on th.i (fround and often near a fre
quented road or in a sll'.it depression of
n.u'i i. wiiiii ut ruerenej to aafetv, an I
soon a hoof or a scythe or a rtart whrd en U
all. So sayj tha proph?, a man who tatiinr
nn ler him dishonest dollar will hatch out:
of them no pac?, no satisfaction, no hapn!-
no . no sei-uritv.
What vivid similitude! Theqircket war
to niiinni a fortune is bv luhputy. but the
trouble is about k's p.nit if. Kvery hour '
every day somesuli partridge I driven o:T
tlie "pest'. 1'anici nr otilv n flutter of
pitrtrid ;e. It is too li i is work to bej m-
r i-li in T 'no old fash o!id way, an I if a man
f in I v ni fe.';:o I mnl;e aa inucli a i bv
ten years of hn labor, -vIit ii it tell it
An I ii one c u i: rieit cii-v'; will brinj th"
i!il urs a easily a fr- niii'ie issa?. whr not
in at e 1 1 I be' ye ir't Ir.i n I will 'usl to
n haif a lifeline's awe it. Why u it live
solely i y "ti i's n its' A lortum t, mi built
will ' be linn and cvcrlast uuf . Will if
Ho! build your 110119011 a volcano's crater;
C 1 to s!eji 011 tuebxo uof nn avalamhe.
I lie voliauowill bl iz1, an I tin avalanch"
wid tl'.ini ler.
1 here nr' estates whie'u hav j been cniin
together from n?e to nse, M.xnv year a-o
thnt e-tat starto I in a lui-band's 111 ludry
and a wife's eeniomy. It jjrew from pn'.
er.itionto - nerati'in by '-oil rtaoits unl
l.l ;li minde d c'lterpri . i l fnt. io 1 l in
diistrv was tho mine from widcit Tit it poll
was dm:, mi l 1 will l;e p thn dee Is of such
1111 esiato in His In-1.! r. Korecloso your
ni'ri4 , spring your saito Ju tguiouts, plot
i'h r,c,ile: niti i;u j aamst a ta-nily pro i
1 i ty I .it that 11:1 1 you c imiotdo it a per
rerun' il'.in', "H-t'er than warrant. -e
d " I and li. M 'r tlriu fir In-iiraa"" is tho
dereii-' whi"'.i il'soiVn liuiil wili Rive it.
I'm: here 1s a man to-d iv as poor as Job
n!tr li" was rob'.iol tiy sitau of cverythinr
bn hn bit's yd "i ' Hilly to-morroiv lie is
a r.c 1 ni'in, I Iioim i - no a 'co iotin for his
tu I lea iitilii "ic. Ilo 1i:ji not yet fnilo l
O' I'm enou ;li to bse i no wealthy. So ono
preten Is to ucc mnt for bis priiic.dy warJ
robe, or ths chased silver, or the tuil curio!
st 'c is t h it r it nud neiii liko H.i-ephalui
111 ttu' ni-pi f his c laolrum. idhecomo
toa su 1 1 -ii inheritance No. IiJ he make
a iortiin-' on purjiuisj and alc 'o. Kvery
body nk ; wh -re did tiii.t partrei?J bat h.
The ib vll su Idrnly threw him u;, and tho
fi vtl wid m Ideniy let him noma down.
1 hat hi Ideu hchm tto I saw fra.n tho lirst
c.i:ic.'.t o:i of tho plot. Thnt partri Irs,
sn if ; .lis it wdl shoot it do a il and tint
higher it llies tho Bar ler it fall ilia proph
et saw, as you and I ha va of l.i ijeu, tiie
awlul mistake o," parlrl !-.
Hut from tin. top of a Id'ilo fir tr ie I hear
th i shrill cry of tno alrork. J.j, Ezkiel,
1 ..1 ... .1. . I I .' m - Hi.
1 - V a '" -v,, 1 j
lor tuo ktnr, tua dr trio Is ', fousr.
This laive wiiito H1I1I0 bird is s'luposol,
wiiuoul ulinhtitl ; so neLiinn t wui its
way Iroiu tuo r.-nin o. tho H titK' to A'r.ca.
As winter coini'snil tiia s'orlcs tly to warmei
c.imes an 1 th'" last mi.' of tneir ruin her that
arrives ut. th ) i .t t 1 wiucii thev migrate is
kil'.e 1 by them. What hav.-.n it woul I mak
in our sp "ci-.'S n' tlioej iik'U wra Uillt w.10
ure always Ovhindl In oriental cities t.ie
stoi'K is iometica'.c 1 and walks ubjut 011 tho
street and w.ll lolkcv its kvepor.
In tiio city ot K di'sutiiaw a Ion r ro-.v
of pilliirs, on th 1 top of otcii pillar a storl.'s
iiot. Hut tho word "rftork'1 oi'dinuriiy
ti tins mercy and Affection, from tha fuel
tnnt this bird was distiumsha I for its ureat
lovo tor its pirenti. It never torsakus thiiii,
and evr.n nlt'ir they become feablo protects
and provides for them. In iiii;ra'.ioi; tho
old storks lean their necs-s on the y un;
ttorks, an I wheti tin old ons give o it tad
youti' oips ctrry theui on their bicii.
iio I forbid that a ilu u'i st irk sltoul I hitve
more heart than we. Hl-ssO'l is that ttble
at whicu nn old till her and mother sit,
blessed thnt altar nt which an oid lather
and mother kneel I
Wh it it is to have a ninth 'r th y know
lnst who hnvo lost her. H rl only kiims
t!io OKony she sulfersd for us t'.io times she
wept over our cnnllo and tue uuxious sili,
her ho ,0111 heaved as we lay upon it, the
sick nights when she watciie 1 11 1 lmi alter
every one was tirs I out butdod and hersalf.
Her llfelilood tmats 111 our lietrts, and her
imae lives ill our fa .". That man is raco-te-s
as 11 cannibal who I'd treats bis parent-,
un l h who beru les thoai daily bre id an 1
clothes the n but shabbily, may tiol have pi
tionct with him; 1 cannot. I h.'arlit man
once say, 1 now liavo my old mother on
my hands." Yo stores 011 your way w ith
foo 1 to your ae 1 parents, shame him !
Hut yonder 111 this lliblo tky Dies a bird
flint is spoi'kled. Tho propU'-'t docritiini;
tho churcn cries out, "Min i licntao is unto
1110 us a specklol uirl; the birds round
n bout are ojrtinst her." So it was tb m: so
it is now. Jloliui'-s pir-Ue 1 at. Consecra
tion pi .'kel nt. ll.Mi ivoUnce pi.'li.j I at.
U .set illness pu'ke l at. A sp;cl.i l tnrj is a
peculiar bird; an 1 thai iiroa.js thj antip
athy of all thu bnaks of tho forest.
1 Im church of (iod Is a peculiar institu
tion, and that is e:i iiirh to ovj'o at'. ieii of
of the world, for it is a sp.'rkle I bird lo ba
picked at Tne in msistotici 's ut' Curistiaiia
uro a biui.K't on which multiiu le gut fat.
I hoy awribo evorythin? you ilo to wron
motives. I'ut a dollar in the poor box nn I
they will say that you dropped it th'iro only
tint you mihl hear it nnr'. Invito tluin
to Christ an Itbey will call yovi a fanatic.
Ivet t hero be contont ion am me Christian.
ami thoy will ay t "Hurrah! Thochurcais
111 ilOv'U'leni'O '
Christ int'indol that His church should
always umaiu a spacklel birJ. Lat birds
of another feather piiu at her, but they
cannot rob her of a single pluma. Like the
albatross, she can sleep on the I bosom of a
temHirt. sue lias gouo throuit tha ur s of
Nebuchadnczxir's furntoa anil not t'
buriie I, through tlie w it u'd of tho Kilsea
and not b n drjwnoJ, through tha ship
wreck on tha breakers of Mclilia und uot
bt'eu foundered. Let all earth ait 1 hell try to
hunt down this spudded bird, but faratiovo
human scorn and infernal ussnult it shall
tin,; over every mountain top und fly ov.ir
every nation, on J her triumphant soiii; shall
bo; " The church of God! Hie. pillar mil
ground of the truth. Tho gates of bell shall
uut prevail against her."
Ilut we cannot stop here. , Vom a tall
chit baii;inif over ttia sea 1 hejir the eagle
callini; unto thj to npost nul liftiui; its
Willis to smite tha whirl win L Mosoj, Jcre
miah, Hosuaand llubakkuk at tlinof intliuir
writiugs take their un from I the eagle's
wiiik. it is a oir a witn nerone 111 its eye.
its toil armol with claws ot iron und its
head with u dreadlul beak. Tws or thrie of
theincau till tbo heavims with uiangor. Hut
generally this monster of tho uir is alone
aud unaccompanied, for the reason thtt its
habits era so preuaoious it raimires uve or
...:i 1-1 . i. 1 I I I..I ..11
ten miles of aerial or earthly
dominl'ju all
or itseir,
Tua Waen br iwn of its hac'.-. an 1 ti
white) of It lower fea'herx. and the fire of
It are, antthslont flBof lta win? maVa
tllmnee of it a It win7idown Into the al
to olck una rahhtt, or i la-nh, or a child
an ) then w1na- back to it t.hr-ma on the
rock something never to bo forrotfn. Meat
tred almnt its vrieof alifu linoo nolitu If
are tha bona of its eono'ifst. Hut whilf
th-beak an t th claws nf thsenzleare f.lw
terror of ad tha traveler of tha air. th
mothr eala is mot Win t and nentle to ht
votinT. tint comoare His treatment of Hi
ivonle to th ea rlo' care of the ealt.
I)uter inomy xxxif., II, A an eaile tlr
relh un hermit, fl itter h over her yoime.
anreadinT abroad har winit. takct't thein,
bearoth them on her win?, o the Lor.'
alone did I -al "
The old en fie flrtt a'tovi th votnr one
out of tha nst In or I r t j ma' It (Iv, and
thn take it. on her ba-ic an I flies with it
and shakes it o!T in th air, an I if it se-'-ns
like fallini; quicklv diet un ler it and taknt
It on hnr wini; a;ain. Mo ' to I doe with n.
I)itr, failure In liusin-. 'lisanooint
mailt, beroavemnnU is oily Ho t's wav of
iiakin ti out of our o n fort tot nt In
or ler that we mar l ar.i lii vto fly. Y'ni
who are comnlainiiT tint viii hav no faith
or count of ChriM in nl htvt ha I it 1 10
eay. Y'ou n'ver will letrii to fir In thar
co n fort able nest
Like an eafle.Oirlst hta earrli I tl on !!
baci. Attiii"wi hav Ikmii eha'ren oT,
and wh'sn wr aliout to fall II-s ctm
im lor nt aitin ant brought ui out of t'u
p'oomv v.tllay to ttit suuiiv mountain.
Never an eaflo broo led with 'ich love nil I
rare over her youni; ai (lol's win hiv
b-eii over us. A"roti what iwiaiof troublo
w In v-s one In safety upon tiie Almighty
win : I'Vont win . "mount tin of ain wo
hav li:n carrin I an ! at times have b'n
lKrii tin far bIkiv tin junVnolof tho wcrl l
and Ci arrow o; th 1 devil I
When our ton" on enrtli l c'oetd on the
erit wio;of If I w s.ia'l p-j I with In
I'm, it qu o-nest Iron earth's m lutittbu to
h'MV'n's hilisanl attrin til et ;!,.' clr
cj t under the s in men oa tin t;r nii I n n
sai.til an I ioo;ni:i" fit at li ir Is n'i a ro
s i all earthly thi'iit shall dw,ti Ilo into a
sii.-;k. an I tli r.tjmi riv ir of datlt o fa.
b'tietth willsi.-n sui xth va I glassy at a
Stvut lak.
It waslh ..1 ;'it i"i a-V'ent tlm t'.nt an
eajlo could not til v in tit it fotthert in ol I
a;e. but t in, af t ;r ar.'iv.njt i K.vit ate it
iv .:iii I r tn w its stre;i;t'i niH bvjoie en-tli-'jiy
young a;ain. I'm this Ittiih nllulo!
wlie.i lie savs: "i'lcv that wait on tho Lir.l
shMl n n ot th 'ir str-ajt'i. Tjer shad
mount 110 wit t w:n;t ot ' oastot." Kveu :
th Christ 1 111 mold a wiil rentw his spirit
ual s'.rturh. I!e shtll m y.aiin in arloi
an 1 ent'im iis 11 to.- Corn, an I a t t ia bo ly
fails the soul will grow in clattlmty till at
death it will sprinr up'lUe a 3U I lone IcU'll
into the lot nn of ( 1 1.
Yet. in this oraitholori.'al Uily I in
tiiat J i' stys, ".lit davt tly at nti ea ln that
lial. th to his prey." Th 1 ; I of a iiunjrv
eaglo when it saw it prv a kom of miles
d slant waa mima?inahle. It wont like a
thuuler'.iolt for spae I an I ptwtr. So lly
our dayj. Sisfy nnuut". ea'j.i w.trtit it
liiv n, H tn wit asn.n'ilel in this placj
h tv shot likj lixntniir; into et nt.t. Tna
oi l "irtii is reut no I c;-icks I un ler th
swifc ruth o.' days nnl in nitlis and years
nnd a;m. "Swift a an ra;!otltat hatvh
to Ins prey.'' M-'.ioll tha lowis of t.10 airl
Hav y.iu comi I r 1 1 that th y ha vo, a you
an I 1 hav." not, tli ni.vjr to c'.ianjo their
eyes so that on ) miiiuti thoy may bj tele
so vie an I tho mt: micron tpic. 11 i inj
souiethiti; it nulo away an I by t"laa?opic
eytsijut, an 1 than dropping to its ftol on
the ground, ablo to t"e it close by an I witn
iiiicrot .'opiu eyoii;hl'
U.it wuut a sens.i "ss passi;e of S -ripture
that is, until you know th 1 facts which says,
"Tuo sparrow h ttn found a li mit a:il thn
t wallow a net for hoi-self, where soe may
lay her youn?, oven thine a t irs O Lor I ot
llo-ts, my KiiiK aud my (1 1 1 "' What has the
swallow to do with tha alt ir of the Mmpla
at Jer isalemf Ah, you know that swallows
ar.' ail th worl t ovor verv tni ', aud In
uaiuioi' tim they uso I to fly into the win
dows an l iloors of the Unnple at Jeriisilont
and build a n st 00. tho altar wnee the.
J hej? swallows brount, iM,ve ni sticks
anl l.i.:iton- I uats on tht alters of tua tem
ple and hatcliai the young s iarrow in th jn
nests, i-n I David hid se-u tuo yoi.j bird
pi "kin ; thjir way onto! t'.it sheil wuilotht
old s .allow watc.ie I, an t no on in too
temnla wa cruel enough to disturo oitiior
t'.i 'ol 1 h'.v.nljws or tno you lg s'uliow, and
Uavi 1 iturit ou: in rhnpioly, sayiti;, "I'lut
soall iw lull 11 tou'i I a nosifor h'.Ts-ll, wii ra
she in iy lay her yo ia ;, evau i'uius alr. irs,
U L irl of ilosts my Km; au I my (ill!"
What carpenters, wii.it iiiasou. what
wnvers, wuat spiuiur th i bir t are! Uut
of units. nail rat Hire:- they ni.ua so ex
qu situ a lio;u?, curvd, pillar i I, wraathoil.
Uut of mosias, out ot s'lCss, out of licueus,
out ot bors.'h nr, out of spiders' woo, out ot
threads sw.tpt from tno door by tho house
wife, out ot tiio wool oi tiio sueip tro 11 the
pasture lleiJ. Kpiiol.s.erj 1 uvleuv.-s actually
hO.ve I togother by its own .tliar.i oill. Cush
ioiiei wit.i fnatiiers I im.u Us o?.'n b.vast.
Mori trod t.oget.ier with tue kUiii of tree
ami ttie sai.v t of its own tiny bill. Suoli
sy."im.).rv, :.ue'a a I iptation. s ic.i convjni
e.ice, i icu Mo.uery ot structure.
Surely th..t u !'.. wr 1 i ibt by so nt
p an. 1 h )' did 11 ot Ici'ioun ju". sj. Who
dr.itt" 1 t im pi 111 tor t,i 1 bin's na.t' Hoi!
Ail do you uot thin ; lunt if Ho plans siijii
a liou ) for caaill.ic.i, for an oriole, for a
booo'lnk, for a sotrr jw, tla will set to it
that you always Iuvj .1 ho m? "Vl aro of
more valu t ta tu many sparrows." Wnat
ever "isetiurrounds you, you can hava what
the llible ctll "tin foa'nsr oil tUt A'
miKUly." Just thins of a nest ii'ie tuut, tua
wai iiuh of it, tin soilness of it, tha sa'.'cty
of it "tho leathers of the Alutijuty."
No flamingo out ll tshing tut tropical sun
t'tevarhal suca oi'il.iaii.' of pinion; no
robin ro Ibrdjst ever ha 1 pl'iung dashl
witli such irimo 1 ant purpl an I nrauga
an 1 Rold '"tlia feittUers of ths AlmijgUty.''
110 you not ('.'el tua ton. 'Q ot l lem u w oil
forehead aui cheek and spirit, and wai there
over moll tondernnss of brooding "tha
loatiiers of th Almi,;ity?' Sjal.tj 111 this
ornithology of the Uih'.a Uo 1 k'pt im
prasiiaj ut with thj atiitjtuy 0 biri's
winit.
Uvc-rrtfty times Joes tj5 ol 1 RoVcallula
to tho wing "V'iui;s of a dove," "Wings
of tlia morning,'' "W.n;t of tuo win I,''
"Sun ot rilitouutit!., with hotting In ins
wmigi," " uigt of tin A'mijlity,'' "All
fowl of every wins." What dost it all
mean It suggests uplifting. It tolls you
ot flight upward. It means t) remind you
that you yourself iiavo wnn;f. David crioj
out, "O.i, that 1 had i(iu'i lixe a dove, that
I illicit lly away and bj at rest!" Thank
Uol that you have better wim;s than any
dove of loni;oet or swiftest tlignt. Cse I
now in bars of flesh are tnose wings, but the
day co nes when t;iy will 00 liberated. Ciol
ready fur asji'iisiou. Tako tho words of the
old hymn, aud to tho tuuj uuto which tha'
hytiiu is married sin:
K m mil :i I ttrttch thy wing;
Tay o.'itor porno 1 trivs.
Up nut of thosa lowland Into the ua-ivjiii
of biKhar experiouco an I wider prospect.
Ilut how shall we rise? Only a titi's holy
spirit gives us ttr.'Ugtti. but that Iscomiug
now. Not as a coudor ir jio a Chimboi'dXJ
punk, swooiiiig upon the atlYightoJ valley,
out at a dovo like that wluc'a put its soft
brown wing over the wot locks of Christ at
tho baptism in 1 1a J;r Ion. Uovs of goutlo
nessl Dovo of peacs!
Coat, hair s;nrlt, iieivealf dove,
w 1111 all tit v 'i ui Kiiiiag p iwjr.:
CaniD mioU Kbr.it 1 ssiuur s Iovj,
Auil tks. shall km ilo ojn.
John Caitiff, tbo postmaster of Hed
key, lad., who lins kept tho pluco for
tea yuttri, is totally bliuJ.
It U not ouce ia cyery four huuJreii
yeai that a flfty-ceut piece '.vorth J'lU,.
000 comet ulou.
SABBATH SCHOOL
LESSOR ron sonday sxrt. is.
Eneouritlns the reople,"Hss;si ii,
Oolden Text: Psalm exxvii, 1. Com
Bifn'sry. Tha prophrclf s of Hag! and Z -pharlah
should be read in connection xrilh the hi
torlcal liook cf Exra and Nehemlaa, for
thee prophets were specially commissioned
to eiicoiirni;e thepeople tore mild tilt temple
andthecify. Alter tha foundation of tha
temple was laii', a we learned in last
lesson, vuemiee Hindered the work, and it
ceased until the aecond vsr of IWln
here our present leaiou oegias ilij. v..
fit
I. In the second year of Dariu tk king.
In the eixth month, in the first Jay of the
month, came the word of t'n Lord by
Hagp,al tha prophet." Hgrai, lino every
true prophet, was simply the Lord' mistou
ger with the Lord's message (versa 13;,
a. "uii upeaketh the Lord of Hot,
aavinz, 'Ihl people ssv. The tlmo Is not
contr the time that the lord's houto about I
Iw built.' Thl phrn-o "speaketh or anith
the Lord of Hosts" la found thirteen time
in this short proohecy and "snitti the I or If
found aeven times, while thename "Ixtrd
In capitals (whlcn is always Jehovah) Sj
foiiuu iiltot ther In the thirty-eight veres
ol this prophecy nt least thirty-four timtrs.
So we are not to nee Haggni, whose nam ) 1
mentioned but nine times land that is an
iimitinil tiuniiKT for so short a pruphecvi
but only Jehovah, and Hani ns Hi
aroktsmun. Notice that the Iird observes
what jH-ople say. and also what thev think,
iki'l;. xi.. a, xxxiii., lit); Jer. xl It, lit).
.. "Ihcn cametho Word of tne LorJ nv
HaR?.ni the proohet, saying, Tho word of
thopci.p'e ate wroiu Wor.j;'' they tndicn
letalncx of ympathT witn Ood In Hi
purposes. The house of the Itrd now tvhr
I unit i thechurcb. which I His body (Beb.
ill.. i; I l'et. II., S; I Cor. iii !l; Kph. li..
!'. '.'Ji, and there I much Inn iff' rence to it
on the pirt of tho Lord's people atthere w.a
to the templo in tne days ot Hagzai. The)
Word of tne Ixtrd wi sent to i-orrectth
triple and l.rlnig Ihjtn Into svmpathv wiilt
Ou.i nud Hi purposeir,
. inn 1 11.
fir Isa. Til!.,"tii, iv
4. ") it time for von, O ye, to dwell in
tour c 'ilcd houf?ii,a'ud this hous He waste'"
l'ht y wire nc;l tin tho teinule, th house
ot Jehovah, and atten ling to their own
houses. Tho church I a spiritual building
to be unthere 1 cut of all Nations and pre
sented to Christ as His Hride in order that
He msy return with her to establish His
Kingdom on earth nnd Hit thn earth with
llis;(!oiy, but the Lor i might well say to
the var. ous denominations whiou make uit
Ihevisiblo church: "Is it time for you to be
sotccttpied with ytur own little company
intiead of worslng earnestly to complete My
lioily f "Is it time for you to be smm ling
hundred ot thousands of dollars tin. 111
church buildings instead of .mdiug the Uos
K'l to the Ileal Inn'"
5. "Now, thereiore, thus aaitU the fiord of
Hosts, Coiisioer your ways." H n-ausoof thn
neglected e m utton of his Iioiihi t'.o wounl
have them slop and cousiilor. Ho would have
them I00U nt thinga from Ilia sttuupoint
like Jeremiah when lie said, "Is it nothing
to you all ye that paw ty r Behold and see
it there be nny sorrow hko unto my sorrow
wliich I done unto me, wherewith the Lord
hatb ntlliclud main tha dav ot His Here
angei" iLam. I., VJl. When vt think of
Jesus waiting and longing for the com
pletion ot 11 ls c .uich, that He may com
agnin for the conversion of His people Israel
ami of tho world, may wo not hear Him sav
ing, "Is it nothing to you?' "Consider your
ways,'' und see that as the heuteus art
hiln r than tho earth, so are My ways thau
yi ur ways (Isa. I v.,
M. "Ve have sown much, and bring in lit.
tie; ye eat, but ye bavo not enougu
Count tho scvenlol 1 disapiointtnent in this
aud tho ninth verse, and couiere laa. iv., .',
Wherefore do yo spend money for that 1
which is not bread and your labor for that
that
vam
w,'
vibicu sati;nttn noir ' Men labor in
and spend their' strength,,,, v H-uVnt
xiix.. 4) when thev are out ot harmonv
Gotl; but when Uol is working in us, though
it may sometimes seem that our laoor is 111
vain, it is never really so. His word mar
not m com pin. h wnat wo please, but It wnl
nis'oiiiplisli what he pleases (Isa. Iv., Hi, unl
our win k is not tit vain in the lord (I Cor.
xv., f;Si. Withes ill a bai; with holes make
ustluuk ot the treasures on otirtli which th!
Saviour contrast,) 1 with tne treasure ut
heaven (I. like -ati., .t-li.
7. "Thus sa. th 1I10 Lord of Hosts, Consid
er your ways." Tue Holy Spirit aever re
peals 11ee.ues.dy. Too tit ttx versa was in
connection with the iltoiution and uoglecc
ol the lxiru's house, laii minis 111 conn ctiou
with their ovmi ilcsulattou or I run lest toil.
Ill this nil I tlm next verse, with verses tan I
S ol tho next ciiupu r, there im an interesting
scveulold commuiio (Consider. (i up.
Kring wooit, builJ the house. Me sir nig.
Wors. Fear not) ench sti t ot wmcu wo
may well take to oiir-elves in refer cue to
t nr purt in completing the churon. Thero
will ue nothing out tuiluro 111 our lives at
loin; us we neglect tne leiro's work, and
tvni though one siiould amass the wealth of
iiabyion, in one hour it shall couu f J
liuiiicht ulev. xvui., IT).
8. "(Jo up to tue mountain, and bring
7. 00J, and build the house, au 1 1 will take
pleasure in it, and 1 win liegloritied, aaitii the
i.oru." Vt e nave nothing to uo e-itu dilllcul
ties, lither real or apparent. It la urs to
obey; results are witu Uod. Hit paeosure
and His glory are evervthing. Even Christ
pleastd not Himself, mi I ono of His last joy
ful testimonies was "I have glorified Th.-oou
the earth" (Kom. xv.. a, John xvii.. ai. lest
us take as our daily mottoes, "Kor Thy
J'leasure," "Kor Jesus ."ia'ie." "iilurify CJo..''
(Hev. iv.. 11. II Cor. iv.. 11; I for. vi., -.I)),
and live to build tho house.
W. "Why? saitb tbo Iiord of Hosts. Became
of mine house that is waste, and ye run every
man into Lis own house." If we seek first
the kingdom of (tod and His righteousness we
have the pro iii.Hi thnt all else will be added
(Mnth. vi ;i.fi; whereas if we eeU flrat our
own interests thorn it the probability that
whatever we may accumulate, Hod will
Mow it nway or su Idonly take us aaay
from It.
This seems a strange place to close t he
lesson. I trust teaurers will go on to con-'
siller the threefold asiuranca of i., 1,1; ii., 4.
B. H, concernini; Hit presence. His Spirit ana
His wealth. Note also thrice "He strong"
of chapter ii., 4 and 0:11 our 0 Josh. 1, il ; II
Chron. xxxii., 7. xv., 7: but be warned by
II Chron. xxvi., 1", 17. rail not to note til
grut shaking of chapter li., il. 7, and Hon
iara lieb. xii., SV.'H; x., .15-37. Kru that
great shaking comes tuocuurch will be gath
ered in and out of the storm, and the el ct
remnant of Israel wilt also be safely hidden
ll's. I,. I ll; Isa. xxvi., l'.l-'Jl; Lu'ie xx.. 3d,
Kev. iii., lui. Then will ull thrones against
Christ be destroyed and He shall reigu for
ever. Liesson Helper
What to Try.
Try snuffing powdered borux
aontrila forcutarrn in thn head.
up thl
Try taklnjj your cod liver oil in to.
jtato catsup if you want to make it pal
ituble. Try a cloth, wrung out in col l water.
ut about thu neck at night for a bom
tbrout, i
Try walking with your haniln I ehindi
,'ou if you llnd yourself becoming bout
lotward.
Try ix saturated noluUoti of blcorbou
ite ul Kudu (bukliijg sodai lu diarrhea'.
iroublos; give freely.
Try u nt'wiipiiper over your chest, be
aeath your tout, uh a 1 be -t protector id
strrnioly cold wonthor. lleal'.i
Monthly-.
Make it a rule to loolc upoa lb
brlglit sldo, and you will soun flnJ
that t here U always a trluht side
It
luok upon
TEMPERANCE.
UK lotto lira rxLLiw ma.
Perfde a dusty road that follows the H wan
nr.iifsa Klver in North Carolina is a gate that
open on path leading to st spring that ha
been walled with brick and protected by a
canony. I) -side the rate I marble alah
bearing the pictur of a drinking sup and
the following Invriptlon:
lleln nn. ye thirsty passer hy.
A you are now, so once wa It
Stop short, alight, you'rs not tue first.
Who at thi sp-in ? ha quench! his thirst.
Gird up your loirn-, drink once, drink twice;
fits on and think of Jonci S. Kice,
For thirsty man ha walled thl spring,
And then for hear tu did plum hi win;
He a-ks no thanks hi life's long spaa
t'rova that ha loved hi fellow man.
Al.UJHot, vs. TrATll.
Wri'injo. tne physiology o.' titrs In th
Asc.epioil Dr. h. tV. U ciiar.lsou savs
"tears hnve their value in tua hfo of man
kind; they are of valila not a tears, al
though their a.'tual How give rolie", tmt ns
signs that, th grinf centres are being re
lievl of their seiiitiility, anl tne nervous
organ. xttion is being litre 1 to bear up
against sorrow. Chang of scnj, Mental Ol
version and out bur Hie are the liest rem
dies lor tlie tearlU'.but an npiato ju lnously
prsTltHsl is o;ieu the sovi eigu rente ly.
Oilier narcotics are injunou. Alconoi, so
often rosortot to, is foami ly injurioiK. li
uistnros and uno.al tne t n iiervnu hvs
ti.'iu, kiwps up maudlin and pitifm seiiti
tnentulity, an 1 Misttin th"eVii. Alco.101 is
the mother of sorrow Tner j are other nar
cotics whliM are similar in effect, nottb y
chloral; 01: an opiate given at night time.
uii't-r nejyssity, not only sootti", but con
trol, an t wh-m prescribed si tuat toe ue
ot 11 shall uot just into bauit, is a divine
reniod..-.
a RADtcAf. An anA?itrc'- cnAxrit.
A very radical change In public sentimofi.
when in England th total abstinence cause
Is uiinmpionel by ucn patronesses a the
Diic.ie of Hedior.l, th Lady Cavendish
and the wife of the Archbis top of CanU-r-bury.
And the diango 1 more grateful
simss th drink habit rone mor j upon social
rust sin than natural annetitt 'I no emia
I feet that men who drink are ns inn di
Bhn -ke I as other at th tippling of w.ime.i,
show how much the habit rest uimmi
sorl ty nnd how little upon reason or nee
uty. Women do not drink simply l.ecause
It is "not resptctubla.-' When it cease to
lie respectable for men, we shall flu 1 that
those who neither fear ilod nor regard man
respect Mrs. (iruu iy. New Vork Obstrvef-
A KATHKRS .vLUKff.
Somj jeirs ago a young tit a .t nil ! v;j t.
ad In tel to thi mo ot strong drill: his
lather also drank, A neighhor. wn ha I
become int 'rsste I in tho ooy, I tliore I with
tho lathe.-, jUggo.tiug tiat lor tno ton's sue
the father put. away his glass, 'lo t in the
father repbo "What, snull I deny luysjlt
for that ens"!''
Some weeks ago I visit, d tho in, now ao.
f: I ntnn. 1 found him ill, In brvl. a mere
wr c j of what n,aoui.-ea strong ujdy mi l
a bright intell. ct. lien I as ie 1 it he did
not want it (saviour m ins niu" h repiio I,
"I have oiten wantjl it rtavioui' wiiu in
Loaltf."
1 prayo.l with him
Hossi I ".mien'' that seemnl to co-n fro it
a liuneiinn' and thir.stiog s uit, but on 1 ago
lii::iili; iu tiie einbraco o; tlen lisli artut to
who" i:are a (acuur lial C!.u n;t: I this sou
111 turly ,tni tou icr vears. lliv. ti. r'. Dur-gi"-
TXMI'KllANCK l.notVlMt.
Higher up in society it is a notic-able f let
tiiat on occasions of great public excite
ment, as at political convention, hore
races nnd otli3r meetings wh -re both sexes
mingie and spirits are usl Iroely, intox .
rated women uro rarely soon. Tho saoio la
true in sixhety, on tue street, at tl 1 thiatro
aiifl other puolic place.
Within .1 fow years "inet have been
B " "-'"aplH'aripg iroiu li
I 'x'ardseid sot'iety bsviil to Irowi
'A'.. njnnifest in f, " Thesa 1
'"s-'s'susUiir the fieflSt "ttiVrfrft
gradually iMsappeanpg Iron the social
irnwu o:i any
hesa and other
men are becoming more and more temper
ate.
It is the com nun observation of both
specialist and family physicians tiiat in?!
rinte women nro coucoaloJ oitou as skcIc
tons iu the liouseiiold', and tnat slro.ig ol
forts are constaiitiv ma le to over up thoir
personality. A-suciated with the 114 of
spirits is an Increasing dretd of ex itsiiro
and a shrinking from eoci-ty, uu'l even
from relatives und mends, und also a disit
sit, 011 to retreut b'hind tho mask of varnju
tiervous (loesses.
When spirits are used for any Imgtli of
time the disorder takes on a purio Ileal form
in wliich hysteria and otur Miuotioiial
syuiptouis are prominent. It may ho tt.tid
to bo it rule, to which tha exception brings
ample proof, tuat the use of alcohol in wo
mou very soon inerg's into drug takiuu,
snd the spirits arj abau lonod.' Now Vor
Jouiunl.
nva act or tub rl'h TitAiror.
Iter. Dr. Talma-e givos very concisely tha
five act of the rum tragoly as follows:
Act I. Young man starting fro.n home.
Parents and sisters weipm to havo him go.
Waon passes over tho hills. Karewall lass
thrown hack. Kin-; the ball an 1 lot tho cur
tain drop.
Act if. Marritge alttr. Bright lights.
Full organ played. White v.ul trailiu the
aisle. Vrayer and cunifratulatioiis and ei
clamationt of "ho'.T well she looks.'' r.iu
the bell and lot the curtain drop.
Act III. Midnight. Wool 111 waiting for
sUsg ring steps. Old garments stuck into
the orokeu win low. pane. Many mark of
hardship on the fa-te. Hitinj the nails of
bloodless Augers. Neglect, cru -Ity, disgraoe.
Ring the boll and lot the curtain drop.
Act IV. Three graves in a very dark
place. Grave of a child who died from lack
of ruedioiue. Uravj of a wife wao die 1 of a
broken heart, (i rave of hutban 1 and fattier
who die t of dissipation. l',e;ity of weeds,
but uo flowers. Oh, what a blasted heath
with three grav?s! Kins tie bjll aui lot
the curtain drop.
Act V. A destroyed soul's eternity! No
light, no music, no hope' Detpair coiling
around the heurt with unutterable auuish.
lilaukueti of darkness forever)
TKMPBttAMCB NCWa AND N0TK3.
Rum is ma ie from the rs.un o.' sau.
Many a tunn has booj botrjyd by a kx
after taking a drink ot whisky.
About 0W0 Intox.'antt of dllTerjut kinds
are known to custoia housj ofhoiais.
In the aoutiiaru provinoM ot Kusla
drmk resembiiu br.in.ly is nliUmaJ by tlia
tilliug tO'j jiiicsof witjrui.djiu.
In tea years Russia proluoid ever eight
midiou gallons of pure alcohol . Tne twanty
nulllou buthelsot grain utaj for this wouil
have prevented the Urn ble famine aud
peotileuci which hat devastate I thit coun
try. The llqiior dealers of Walthtta, Mass.
have doci.le 1 to with Ira w all their fun is,
umouiitiu ' to about tloJ.UOJ, front the loutl
National 13 ink, th oill:ijrs of wuich were
promineat iu the no-iicjusi aitatija this
UH.
A Chicago paper bids its realcr not to be
duwucast ut tlie protpeut of uu increase of
the whisky tax. It cjmforts thaiu with the
as.iuruuce that It will take a Jong time to
work up the price of alcohol, burut suar,
fusol oil and watir.
Th Woman's Colurnblat Auociation of
Northern Ohio, said to bj oa o:taa bc la
tue who!) circle of astociatiou ai iu km 1,
has called to its presidency Mrs. ilsry H.
Ingham, ot L'levcUnd, a whlt-ribhon;r aui
leu lor of the tmupjrauoj crusalo iu thai
city ia 1871.
The Zurich (SwiUtrlan I) society for com
batiug the alcohol bauit bat circulated a t
appaul on the continent poiutia out the
iluujers whica rueaacs the future of Europj
through the ust of iutoileauts, and callinf
upon the people to show tUilr patriotism by
ttfcowiug kbstaiusra.
RELIGIOUS READING.
MtrtitR nr. aruit mx miiirt.
Thee words were Hie answer of a gardra
worker wliea hi employer expressed
doubt of the rrrcrssity of covering certain
vrmtstion from threatennl frtist: "Ilntter
be sure thaif sorry." When vc see a pro
fessing ( hrl-tlnn hcMtnilng about engnglng
In mime etnplovini i.t ornmiisemenl of doubt
ful cbarncter In Its elVect on spiritual life and
Influence, we think of the wise poor mtin
i siition: "Hi tter be sure thsn sorry." Anil
whin we bear the skeptic cavil", or the
tcorner Inngh. over that iiuestion whlrb put
alloller intoshadow. "Wbereshall Isiid
ftcrnny V to thn me warning we seem to
i in -Heifer be Mire than sorry," and
that foicver.
'l:HI MUNI'V.
Ir. t 11; ler tells how hi tviilowril motlict
was t oiit to I ut 11 certain pint ion of her very
liniiiiil iii' iimi', as soon a It rsme into het
liiii'ds. into a tvsllcl markrd ''."arreil Money.'1
end wbeti nine in the wallet the Lord w.a
sine to vet his own. "Ley hy in store s
lived sum and 1 1, en give cniicirn'C the kev.
If thi si re ibo e. die Lord would get hi
tot 11 and the ihnrili a blrs-ing. An all
glorious r".iilt tvini h follow if In every
hi'lstlan liiui.r tl.crc ansa I on. or bank
book, or a w nllet. or s me other safe reisspt
pe t' Unit bore the iiisrriplion. Sacred Money.
The Lord's iiea-iiry I- a wonderful Institu
tion: it tnakis inites tin 11 tn million, it pava
fimmiittci nt ilivitiemls in ihi world, it it 1 lta
aivi'il inmu y I ci omes pri clou lfcsurc in
lieate:.."
A Nri.l iii I Hi Wfiliit.
I sbnul.! r nuuli like to know linw
dim oil lint Iii 111 d I lie word jnslilied or
1 be ti-iii iiisiiibsiiun f r 111 tins piiiiforin
sii ee I WMsheie las'. Tin re tva a time
tt l.i 11 the ii'.t'c snuiid of the word had un
i .is lllc lorei' in tt - hen it kimlli d i hr:s
t i n 1 1 In sits 11. to i'iiii e, vthiri I hey wanted Ul
bom it T.nd sii.g 11. .Iulilii'il 'by laith
that pliiar etitn! for tlie libn which
fi'tirwed ! lit- uliirioiis lite of Northern
Lumpc llii re biiiiiln d yars rpo, iii rliig
hind In IIih k mv il luing ninote.' the fori"
rnost iKitioi.s ni 'be wot el in I ill 1 ut 11 re and
in iirni-. a.lib d tiie to nr love nf personal
Itei'lom. slid eii.'ibb d i.s to duly the menace
0 prie.ts ai. 11 tl.i posri r of king. We have
'most lust Ihe hr ise. I Miiitiiiu . fear
lll 'l tve have Hinii.st 'i.st til' llutll fnrwllirU
li Muii.ls.-lir. l:. W. liuic.
riff
You will i.i.'
NoT 111! iill.
' Iv able tojio tliroiih life
ii'i'i.iri'd; alighted mtid'e
at iiiiiii t ioii .
caiiiiot be hid. Tin rc i
ri i re is a fi cling among
srliif goi,d ptople t tint it will I o wise tube
t erv 11 t;i em, mid I idc tin ir llubt under a
bushel. I'lii j inti ml to lie low all the war
time, am! rmiie 1 ul In 11 the pa ins sre being
l.stribiiti d. Thev liric to travel to heaven
byilielei l; li.iics, am) skulk into glory in
liifgui-c lli -t assured, my fellow
I br st ars, tint at m tne period or other, i.i
Hie iiio-i ipii,t l:rs, tiicrc w ill come n iii.i-
ll'i lit for " etl ilrei-ioll. IHts will cotlle
wbiiiwe 11, nst c:ik out. or j'rovc trintor
to our I.oro ami to his truth Ymi
eninioi lung t,i. id tiie in tlie hollow of your
hand, or keep n candle under the brd. (ii.
Iinrss, like iiiiirilcr, w til out. You will not
n'"v- I iiie to travel to hcnvui Inc-g.
111110011.
I UK Mtl RKT Of si l l lS.
A ti 1.0 illustration of the value of keeping
(mi 's word, which boy do well to profit bv.
is givi n in the case of '.Mr. Wilder, the lirst
president of the American Tract Society
He beeiiiiie a very wealthy man. but was, in
e:nly lite, bend clerk for a lurgc linn in
Clmrli stow n, Mass. He pi ionised a custo
mer one day lo iltdivcr a bale of goutls at a
ceitsin bmir. lb- liml to go to Huston to
liinke the purebnre. and engaged tbo porter
10 take the L'iiihIs over lit rinee in wlivel.
burrow. The 111:111 was overcount with the
beat, and stopped on the bridge to rest. Mr. J
M ilder liiuliiu him there, i n inpllv trund r,-
! f)l" vn i lit lie wlieeilarrotv i.uiisell inlher thn.
I break liia woivl fo tT.rinriMner. A mVAv J
ineri b:ilit. who happened to 01 serve the ie t
Weill In Mr. Wililer's rinnliivnr nti A a.,1,1 u
"Tell that youtig man when lie wishes to i;i
Into biisiue.ss nr himself, my inline is ut li t
ervi.e for tinity thousand dollars." Ih?
Christian ut Work.
l AIH i M. A.U rit.t YIMl.
Sitid Tlioiiias .loin s, an old 10 ored iirencii
cr: ''When 1 was escaping from slavery,
aud found myself cut on the oceitn, 1 prayel
lion to ueip me anil lie 1I1U Help inc. 1 foiin
some boards and got on to them. i:
what did 1 do then? l'id 1 Mop prayu.:
and 1 in UK ncciiuso 1 una got a tew bourn
niuld go uli. ue now, mid 1 didn't need U
Lord's help any more? No! I kept "
playing, und held 011 to the boarl
I did not sit still, like those wl;
Imve a nuiiie to live, and arc dead ; but I jus;
went to paiiuung aim 1 tini not lorgei 1
pray ; und by paddling and praying 1 ;
through. .so (iod es'cts u to prav n:
also to paddle, and not to wait for bliu tn '.
the work thai he has set us to uo.
There is sound tdiiloaonb v in the old 1:1 u
talk. I'tiddiing Is needllil, as well as pruyii .,
nu c ..lore aiirctit liaci.er cnee dei ,;i
that "I'll ith without works Is dead, I e
lone." The Liglit-Heurcr.
Arritoi'iii.t ti.mi t nr.tsr.
"This Is my I'.eloved, and this i ;;
1'rienil, O daughters of Jerusalem !" ii
be is su unliable, he must be "my liclou J
my heart cling to It im. Since lie is su 1
iiurahle. I rejoice that lie is "mv Friend
my soul trusts in him. The heart that in '
appreciates oesiis isuie mosi eager loulT '
prune him, tie who beholds Jesus as "1
ecther lovely'' will
never rest till he in;.
Jesus is allogetlieri
may also add tri
ll) great niea."
loilher sure that
own. I think I
appreciation is
the seal of noiironrintiiin. foe lb
that values Christ most is the soul that la
most surely taken possession of C lit -Niiiietiines
a heart prizes the Lord i
highly, and tremhlinglv longs tor llitu : k
Il is my conviction that tho very fact t
prizing Hun argues a measure of kisi',0
of him. Ji HiiN never wins aheartto! t
tie rouses his lute. If thou lovest him.
love the; bn sure of that. No soul
rries, Vea, he Is altogether lovely," will
moiier or later adding, "This is mv lMu
nd this is my Friend." Spurgeon.
BOW ALCOHOL AFFECTS TUU Bltttv.
Alcohol affscU specillcally the
John A. Holliday, ot Troy, N. Y., wn'"
being pre nt at the auto.isy of a not.'!
"rounder" of that city, a few w.wk 1
'I he dead man was about sixty yeurt
and had been a drunkard for forty )'
He says: "When the tur 'eon's sa 1
cut off the man's skull the o lor of '
tiiat tilled the room was strong enoi.it
siclien one. Then one of tue sureous
a match and biild It close to tiiu br il l.
mediately a blue flame enveloped tiio
(Kirlion of the cerebral orau expjs-'l
the quiveriu; II uh lizzied as if uu a (
iron He adds: "1'hat ezperiiuen1
disclosure sot nie to very seriously tl)i
about the error of my ways. I am
temperance lecturer nor a prohibinoa ft
iiciau, nut 1 must most retpfcun '.'
Ilrmly decline vour iuvitation to have
thing. 1 don't want my brain ti -nrouud
iu a sua of ulsobol, 11 did tuat o
noor old town drunkard oil TVov." ''
fibiiv-r-leKriit irhMalltf aii.I klieh'.ill. c
J . . . ., HH- -V..
well sutlice to make any on) tho'.uuuu
earning; the use of alcohol. Of cjiirrf ,
case cilel is extreme and unusual, but
is no doubt that aloohol has u so icial urJ-1
for tha human brain, and that the bvr;
usaof it 1 slwiva ntlmlel with (latV
pr.jportiouate to tlie quantity an 1 fr'f ''''J
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