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h ; f the finest pardon of olden time
eu.Sr found at foot of Mount Le-
thWri descended. and winter whitened
it,, too of the mountain. Then when th
in fins; wiwther eame the snows melted
irol down the side of the mountain
tri or great luxuriance to the garden at
, :ti- and you now the allusion of my
iv in It apmkM of th fountain of gar-
(stream from lietianon.
1 ' ;. i and antn the chur di in repr"nd
rn a.' len all upand down the word of ;od,
tam.'" flirur specially mriretlve rt '.hl
I,, . s I the year, when th pnris and the
,r of. I at about to put forth their blossom
a air la fUUwl with blr.t voice.
... 4 hrr wished to impress her child with
I Po. of 0ji Bn , tnl gpring-time.
. ' ail, i irmiiDd bal been prepared In tha
I J l(f she took a handful of flower seed
u sw .tered the seed In shape of letter
? ail. a the bed of the garden, week passed
, ' by, th rain and the sunshine had done
th irk. and one day the rhlld earn In
a' I. "Mother, noma quickly to the (Tarts'-
ne now." The mother followed the
,, i the garden, and the little rhlld Mid
LT 'i here, mother. Kee! It I spelled nil
. I Hi, Of Je around In flower. '(India Lore."
. C .my friends, If we only had faith
foo 1 we eon Id see (lospol lemon all
farou 1 and about u lesson In shell on
(the I eh. basons ui sparkles on the tivp,
0 1 r )ee In star 00 the si.y, leetons In flower
tit all the earth.
0I , 4 .. i. my friend, you know very well that
1 .1. - 1 - I , ... .
,. ' vurm hut" ltu irdlin IJVVIIIIIUI friiruena
N and you remomler that thl klnit
td tranlen laid out all tbroiiKh the
nd deiieil ly deenie of Kovernment
kind of flower nhoiild bo nlaoted In
irardetM. Henry IV. at Montpelller
d that there ahould be flower planted
;hout hi malm and garden laid out,
op wlul ly deoreed that there should be
I pyrana and French plant. Nhen
tho poet, wa more celebrated (or hi
u than for hi poetry, ilia poetry
tied from the ne for "the most part,
S Kirden arn liuirortal. To all the
f of hi place be addod perfection of
Pallaade and arch and arbor and
.In and runic temple had their
wonderful pecimen, and the oak,
hazel, and the richest woods of the
Were planted In that garden. Ho had
and ba bad Industry, and all hi gen
I all hi IndUKtry bo applied to the
lention of that Karden. He gave for
J, and he wild it at laet for f H5.000. or
et)uiil to that numlver of dollar.
1 an FXniv garden, laid out with
elaboration Anil vet t luwin t.ll
M Of A Cur.tMtl (if tUlM avnanu ....
. - - t . . TaiFniisn tun Kfir
apoken of In my text a fountain of g-f
. w-e wu tun rfimauiH irom i.eoanon.
II of yraltar Mott ha.1 the great ambition of hli
lietly to taiilj Abbotefonl and lay out externum
cuv W round about It. It broka hi heart
T. taeeould not complete the work a be
1 n lairvd It. At hi laat paymnnt of 100,000,
td y rl luc out theae garden and building
hot f aacn of Abbotaford, at that tlmo ll
Mt broke, hi health failed, and he died
moat an Imbecile.
iA tV year ago, when I walked through
Rn. rdnn and I thought at what at ex-
p t ey nnl been laid out at the ex pen
i t man'a life it teemed I could aee In
jhw t non flower the blood of the ni,l
1 brc
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t broken heart. Rut I have to tell ou
Kardnn laid out ut vaHtr exiwnn.
rAlfMllnt't thitt vainf ovruinu.7 TP.. 1 1
- -' w ajn.'umii A Till
WOtTlttn Who WAt.thfVt Him harm .
1 Ywiiit(mf 1 wh Hft 1. ui-
wo i tell me, thou un that dtdt hide and
p r thut did fall, w.iat the laying out ol
luUr don oot. Thto morning, amid the
ro a and brightnea of the springtime, it ia
p; -orrite that I how you how the church
f ixt la a garden.
I rowaxk flmt it I a garden becatue of the
ftiltpJontalntt. That would be a rtrange
4raj in which there were no flowers. II
yo oanuot mid them anywhereele, you will
find them along the patha, and you will find
thom at the gateway.
', IX there be no eereclal taete and no es
DenlaJ meiinii. von will Hn.l t h.M. ti... k..ti..
f. m ' J "... ' u . v.. . j . 1" until
i tioek, and the daffodil, and the dahlia. It
, there be no eeimclal tiete aud no eHpoolal
tnaaoa, you will And the Mexican coctu. and
' tha bluebell, uud the arbutua. and the elu
terse ( oleanders.
Flower there mut be In every g.vrden. and
I bar to toll you that In the garden of the
church ore the rarest plants. Hometlmee
30a will find the violet. Inconspicuous, but
watt a heaven Cbrlatian soul with no pre
toasa, but of vnHt UHiifulneMi, eomparntively
unknown 011 e4irth. but to be glorious in
eelestliil sphere. Viol.tta and violet all tho
Uaia. You cunuot tell where theee t'hrtxtlun
Mva4)Mn ve by thelirighteulug face of the
loraild, or the steaming tureen of the stand
near the Kick pillow, or the new curtain that
keeps out the glare of the sun from the poor
man's cot. Much charavtors it re erbaiMt bot
tertypltled by the ranunculus which goes
creepaij; letw.n the thorn uud the briors of
this life, giving a W1m lor a stlug. and many
a mail hu tiiought that llfo Iwfore him was u
black rock of trouble ami found It covered
u uvi n un uciigmaume liumtnu of Chris
Pan sympathy,
. In this gunten of the Lord I flud the Mexi
coa cactus, luveliiteai within, thorut with
Mat, men with great sliarnncas of Iwhortoi
land manner, but within them the peace n
odf the love of Ood, the grace of Oo
They are hard men to handle, ugly men tc
itouoh, very apt to strike back when you
strike them, yet within them all loveliueHt
and attraction, while outside so completed
Uufortuniite. Mexican coitus all the time
Hold a placid elder to a Christian roinlnter
'Doctor, you would do better to control youi
tamper." Ah," said the minister to tin
placid eliler. "I control more temper in flv
minute Uian you do in flvo years." This
peopla. g(ft.d m.iu, who have great exaspera.
tton Of nmnuer atitj m to be very dl(Tren(
Trnn what they should be. really have In
their souls that which oomruend them to th
Lord, Mexican cactus all the time, Ko s
man said to me years ago : "Do you think
I ought to become a member of thechurchi
I hsve such a violent temper.
"Yesterday I wo crossing Jersey citv
ferry. It was very early in the morning, and
I m milkman putting a large quantity ol
water luto his nun, and I said! 'That li
enough, sir,' and be got off the cart and In.
uitnd me, and I knocked him down Well "
aaid ha, '-do vou think I could ever become
A Christian Tf That man had In hUooul tb.
irrooe of I ha Lord Jesus, but outside he was
lull of thorns, and full ol bramblea, and fuU
, of exasperation, but he could not hear th
?t079 Kvlour old without hav
log th tears roll down his cheek. There wu
iorel'ness within, but roughuess outside
Mexican cactus all the time. """"i.
'J?,i B,m"mbBr in tyb"J thnt w ba.1 In
of Rattle, pwiillar rose, very red and verv
-wy. Miiggetlve flower, it was ealieTl
CofRultle. AndwlnthsKwdeuoltUe
toil we find that kind of flower the Tauls
j-4 Martin Luther, the Wycllfs, the John
1 aoxea glaut of battle. What lu other men
l a spark. In them to a conflagration. When
7 pray, their prayers take tiro 1 when thev
Jer, they sweat great drois of blood 1 when
'.'"?'h J ta IwntoooBt 1 when thev
m, 11 I 1 nermopyUs 1 When they die
.martyrdom -gtimt of battlu. Yousny'
by have we not more of them lu the ehuroh
ChrUt at this timer I answer your uuei
by esklug another, "Why have we nol
r t 'rom wells and II umboldl lu the world'
1 wanta only a few giants of Uttle. Thev
.heir work, and they do it wull. '
ut I And also In tiie church of Clod
it that I shall will the snowdron veri
itllul, but cold. It 1 very repute 2!
I the snowdrop, beautiful m th snorrdroc
aoa as cold a tne snowdrop, No s pedal
sympathy. That kind of man never loses
bis patienosjf ha never weeps, ba Beret
flashes with anger ha never utters a raeb
word. Always cold, always precise, always
passive beautiful snowdrop, but I dont Ilk
him. I would rather have on Oiant of Bat
tle than 6000 snowdrops.
Olve ma man who may make some mis
take In b ardor for the Lord' servica
rather than that kind of nature which spend
tts whole Ufa In doing but on thing, and
that I keeping equilibrium. There are anow-
arops in ail tne eaurche men without any
sympathy. Very good 1 they ore In tha
garden of the Lord 1 therefor I know they
ought to be there, but always snowdrop.
Yon have seen In soma plaoea perhaps a
eentury plant. I do not suddom there la a
person in this houaw who ho ever seen more
than on century plant In full bloom, and
wnen you see tne century plant your amo
tions are stirred. You look at It and nay,
"This flower baa been gathering up tts beauty
for a whole century, and It will not bloom
again for another hundred years." Well, I
have to tell you that In this garden of the
church, spoken of In my text, there Is a cen
tury plant.
In baa gathered np It bloom from all the
ftg'S of eternity, and 19 centuries ago It put
forth it glory. It 1 not only a century plant,
but a passion flower the pomlcn flower of
Christ, a crimson flower, blood at the root
and blood on the leave, the pawilon Cower of
Jenu. the eentury plant of eternity. Come,
U wind from the north, and wind from the
south, and wind from the eant, and wind
from the went, and scatter tho perfume ol
this flower through all Nations.
rtts worth. If all th Nations knsw.
bur U wsole earth would iovs Bim too.
Thou, the Christ of all tho ages, barf gar
ments smelling of myrrh and aloes and ua
sia out of the ivory palaces.
I go further and say the church of Christ
la appropriately compared to a garden be
cause of It thorough Irrigation. There can
be no luxuriant garden without plenty ol
water. I saw a garden In the tr.iilet of the
desert amid the Hocky mountains. 1 said,
"How Is it possible you have so many
flowers, ho much rich fruit. In a desert fot
miles around?" I supioe nome of you have
Bonn those garden. Well, they told me they
had aquediicta and pipes reaching up to th
hills, and the snows melted on the Hlnrra
Nevada and the Rocky mountains and then
poured down In water to thoee aqueduct,
and It kept the fluids In great luxuiiancu,
And I thought to mvsnir how like the gnr
ton of Christ ! All around It the barrenuPM
of sin and the barrenner of the world, but
our eye are unto the hills, from whence
cometh our help. There Is a river the
stream whereof shall make gUd the city of
our Ood. the fouctaln of gardens and stream
from Lebanon. W ater t s'nke the thirst,
water to refresh the fainting, v. . iter to wash
the unclean, water to tos up in fountain
under Uie un of righteousness until you vnii
see the rainbow around tho throne.
I wandered In a garden of lirur.lllsn cashew
liut, and I saw the luxuriance of thoe gar
dens was helped by the abundant supply of
water. I came to it on a day when stranger
were not admitted, but by a strunge cotucl.
dence, at the moment I got in, the king's
chariot paened, and the gardener went up on
the bill and turned on the water, and it came
flashing down the broad stair of stone until
Sunlight and wave In glcesome wmttlu turn
bled at my feet. And so It to with this gardes
of CDrtrt. Everything comes from above
pardon from above, peace from above, com
fort from above, sancttflcation from above.
Htreams from Lebanon. Oh. tho convolution
In thl thought ! Would Ood that the garden
ers turned on the fountain of salvation until
the place whore wu sit and stand might
become Ellm with twelve well of
water nnd threescore and ten palm trees. Rut
I hear His sound at the garden gate. 1 bear
the lifting of the latch of the gnte. Who
come there? It is the Oardener, who passe
in through tho gurden gnte. He comiw
through thl path of the garden, and He
comes to the aged man, and He says: "Old
man, I come to help thee 1 I come to
strengthon thee. Down to hoary hairs I will
shelter thee 1 I will give thne strength nt the
time of old age, I will not leave 1 I will
never forsake thee. I'ettoe, broken hearted
old man 1 1 will ba thy consolation forever."
And then Christ, the Oardener, come up
another path of the garden, and He - a
soul in great trouble, and Ho says, "Hush,
troubled spirit ; the sun shall not smite thrnt
by day, nor the moon by night 1 the Lord
snail preserve thee from all evil ; the Lord
shall preserve thy soul. " And then tho lur
dener cornea up another path of the garden,
and He comes where there are some beautiful
bud, and I say, "Stop. O Oardener ; do not
break them ofP." Rut He break them off.
the beautiful buds, and I see a great flutter
among the leave, and I wonder what He to
doing, and He say : "I do not come to
destroy theae flowers. I am only going to
plant them lu a higher tcrraco and
in the garden around My pal
ace, I have come Into My garden to gather
lilies. I must Ukt, back a whole cluster of
rosebuds. Peace troubled soul s all shall be
well. Buffer the little children to come uuto
Me and forbid tbem not, for of such Is tho
kingdom of heaven." Oh, glorious Oardener
tit the church! Christ come to it now. and
He has a right to come. We look Into the
face of the Gardener a He break off t he bud,
and we sav "Thou art worthy to hum ilium
by will be doue." The hardest praver c
uM'hy will be done"
I but you have uotinotl that &mutifl verv
king s gnrden there Is a high wall. You may
have stood at the wall of a king's court uud
thought, "How I would like to see that gar
den !" and while you were watching tho
gardener opened the gate, and the royal
equipage swept through It, nnd you caught
a glline of the garden, but only a glimpse,
for then the gates closed.
I bless Ood that this garden of Christ has
gates on all sides that they are opened by
day, opened by night, and whosoever will
may come in. Oh, how many there are who
dlo in the desert when they might revel
in the garden ! How many there are who
are seeking In the garden of this world that
SatlsfiMStlon which they con never find !
It was so with Theodore Hook, who made
all nations laugh while be was living. Aud
yet Theodore on a certain day, wheu in the
midst of bis revelry he caught a giltupse ol
his own face and hi own apparel in the
mirror, said 1 "That to true. I look Just as
I am lost, body, mind, soul and estate, lust !"
And so it was with Hhenstono about hi gar
den, of whloh I spoke in the beginning of my
sermon. He sut down umld all it beauty
aud wrung his bnnda and said, "I have lost
my way to happiness 1 I am frautlo ; I hots
everything) I Lata myself as a mail man
ought to.' Alas, o many lit the gardens of
chto world are looking for that flower thny
never can flud except lu the gardcu of Christ I
ttnbstanUal comfort will nol glow
la Satan's berrvn suu.
All w can boast till Christ ws know
I vanity and toil.
How many have tried all the fountains of
Ala world's pleasure, but never tasted ut the
stream from Lebanon I How muuy have re
veled In other gardens to their soul s nilu, but
never pluoked one flower from the garden of
our Ood ! I swing open all the gatee of the
gardeu and Invite you in, whatever your his
tory, whatever your sins, whatever yoiirtemp
tations, whatever your trouble. The Invita
tion oomas no more to ona than to all,"
"Whosoever will, let him come,"
The flowers of earthly gardens soon Cade ,
but, blessed ba Ood, therd ore garlands that
neer wither, and thruugn the grace of Christ
Jesus we may euter Into the joys which are
provided lor us at (tod's right baud. Ob,
come iuto the gardeu. And reiucnils-r, aa
tue closiug thought, thut God not ouly
briug u Into ix gardeu here, but It to a gar
deu ail the way with thooe who trust aud
love und serve Him, a gardcu ail through tha
viriiggie ofthU life, u gardeu till up th
S-Ojiu o.' ne.iven,
'iairrvnMnt spring sbldut
.ml nvur wiiueriug liowvr.
lit tu, lik s ur row ifMiu. divide!
mat usavsaiy Uui IrJiu oil..
Fifty share of the Keeley Motor Company,
par value ISO each, were sold at auction lu
bow York City (or ft for tho lul
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON TOB BOW DAT, MAT 14.
"fruit of Wisdom," Pier- xlL, 1-18.
Ooldtn Tsxts Pro. IL, SO.
Commentary.
1. ''Whoaa foveta Instruction loveth
knowledge, bat he that bateth reproof la
brutish." Nearly every verse In thto leaaoa
eontalns a contrast between tha righteous
and tha unrighteous, tha wise and the tool.
I And Scripture to full of such contrast from
tne story ot cam ani anei to the end 01 the
book. Tha wis build upon the rock 1 tha
foolish build upon th sand 1 the wise bare
lamp well trimmed 1 the foolish have lamp
going out. The Lord knoweth the way of tne
righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall
perish (Math. vll.. it, a 1 xxv.. 1-13 1 P. L ).
And as to the brute, they even put men to
bame and know more than some men (Is.
1. 0).
X "A good man obtalneth favor of tha
Lord, but a man ot wicked devtea will Ha
condemn. The Lord showeth favor to all.
He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on
the good and sendeth rain on tho Jtint and on
the unjust" (Math v., 4A). He offer Him
self freely to all, but only those who receive
Him shall enjoy Him (John L, 11, 13). Those
who receive Him not ore condemned al
ready, and to shut Him out from our hearts
to the most wicked device that satan can In
vent (John IIL, 18).
8. "A man shall not b established by
wickedness, but the root of the righteous
shall not be moved." Wlckednea shall not
deliver ihose that are given to It, and, though
men make a covenant with death and hell, it
shall not stand (Feci, vlll., .Ivt. xxvllL. 18).
The Lord brlngoth the counsel of the heathen
to naught. He maketh the devices ot the
people of none effect (l's. mill., 10). Rut
on the contrary, all who are In the rock
Christ Josus are in a sure and Mernal refuge.
4. "A virtuous woman is a crown to bet
husband, but she that mnkoth nshametl I M
rottenness In hi bone." If thl to true lit.
"rally of wife and husband, how much more
ot the church and Christ' We arn !d to lie
even now married to the Lord that we should
bring forth fruit unto Ood (Horn, vll., 4), and
l'nul says of the believer at Corinth, "I have
espoused you to one husland that I may
present you as a chaste virgin to Christ" (II
Cor. xl.. S).
8. "The thought of the righteous are
right, but the counsels of the wicked are de
ceit. This must mean the thought which
he think through us, "for we are not siifll
rlsnt ot ourselves to think anything a of
ourselves, but our sufficiency I of Ood" (II
Cor. IIL, 6). The natural heart to deceitful
atxive all thing ami desperately wicked ( Jer.
xvli., V), and therefore counsel from such a
heart cannot but lie deceit. The contrast be
tween Christ ami satan U the contrast be
tween truth and lying.
. "The wont of the wicked are to lie In
wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright
hall deliver them." The last vente, con
trasted the thought of the righteous and of
the wicked. Thto contrast their word.
7. "The wicked are overthrown aud are not.
but the house of the rlghteou shall stand.
Jesu and all HI hous shall stand. The
gate of hell shall not prevail against 111
church (Math. xvL, 11).
. "A man shall be commended according
to bl wisdom, but he that to of a Hrvenui
heart shall be depied." That which Christ,
the wisdom of Ood, doe or say or thinks.
In and through us, that shall stand and be
upproved, but apart from I Urn we cau do
nothing (John xv., 6:11 Tim. 11., IS). All
who having heard lllin, will not submit to
Hlmarnatnoug tho perverse to whom It ia
said, "Rehold, ye denptoera, and wonder and
perwh (Act xlll., 41).
V. "He that 1 despised and hath a servant,
Is bctt r than he that honoreth himself and
luoketb bread." If we will humble our
selves to be HI servant and he willing to be
itcxplsed for His sake, Ho will in due tint
exalt us, while those who prefer to honor
tnomselve and despise the bread of life must
forever perish.
10. ' A righteous man regardeth the II 'e nV
Mn beast, but tne tender merctoa of th
wicked are cruel." Life to the special gift ol
Ood aud cun come only from Ood. IU
glveth llfo und breath and ail things. lit
glveth natural life to man nnd beast, lie
tflveth life "ternal to all who receive Him.
11. "He that tllleth his lund shall be satis
del with bread, but he that followeth voir
persons Is void of understanding." Here It
seems to be the diligent and the slothful con
trasted. Jcu ay, "My Father worketh
hitherto, and I work." He give to every
man his work, lie gives to each a pound nnd
lays, "Occupy till I nome."
IX "The wicked doslrcth the net of evU
men, but tho root of the rlghtcou.4 yleldeth
fruit." It U written that "they sacnllce unto
their net aul burn incense unto
their drag because ly them their portion It
fat und their meat plenteous" (Halt, i., 16).
In other wor to, they prosper ami grow ricti
ami live only for the present, desiring ouly
tho net which will gather in tue most gain,
i'hny think Uot that sit ldeuiy they may let
called nway, nnd then where snnll their gain
be The righteous gather fruit unto life
eternal. Their gain will abide.
M. "The wicked is snared by the trans
gression of hi lips, but the Just shall come
out of trouble." 1'roubleN come to nil good
nnd bad, and ofttlme apparently more to the
righteous than to t tie wicked, but the wicked
llnally go off into trouble unending, while the
righteous an- sure to be in due time delivered.
They shall forget their misery and remember
It as wateri that om away. And not ouly
, for wo have ihso tho comfort of know
lug that all present tribulutlon. patleutiy
borne, to working out tor us a lur more ev
feeding and eternal weight tit glory (Job xi.
Rii IICor.lv., 17.)
14. "A man shall be satisfied with good by
the fruit of hi mouth, and the recomH-nse ol
a man's hauds shall be reudered unto him."
Hay ye to the righteous that it shall tie well
with him, for they shall eta the fruit of their
dolus. Woe unto the wicked , It shall be III
with him, for the reward of hlu hands shall
be given him (Iao. ill., 10. II). tSueh Is tin
uniform testimony ot pVnpturc. If Christ,
the wisdom of Ood, to accepted, then salva
tion to ours, and there will be reward in pro
portion to labor ( Hoax, vi., W : I Cor. ill., H ,
llev. xxlt, IK). If Christ to rejected, the soul
la lost, and suffering will Im according to tio
(John 111., 18 1 Luke xll., 47, 4N).
16. "The way ot a tool to right In bis own
yes, but he that heorkenuth uti'.o counsel to
wise." AU bonellt for time and eternity comes
from receiving and obeying the wisdom of
Ood, but as that la opposed to the wisdom ot
man and cast down ail man's reasoning (II
Cor. x., 0, margin) many In their pride uud
folly prefer their own way nnd go madly on
to their destruction. The wisdom of Ood is
fooltohuess to the natural man (I Cor. li., II 1,
Therefore the only way 1 to be boru atfum
(John ill., 8). LuMon Helper.
IT DOM'T DIKINIBB DalKEIVO.
Tha British Consul Oeneral at Christians
baa recently submitted to hi Government 1111
elaborate report ou tha operation of the
Gothenburg method of managing the drink
evil, th system ot rltate control which bos
lately been adopted by tha Htate ot Kotitu
Carolina, and says that statistics abow that
It la far from satisfactory, so for, at least, as
the putting down of drinking to concerned.
It to not a bad thlug for tho taxpayers. The
profit from the sale of a drink, Instead ot
going Into private IKX'kets, are devoted to
roadinakJng, education, museums, hospitals
nnd other expenst ol the country, and pro
portionately lighten the taxation, but there
port show a steady increase in the consump
tion ot liquors uud lu tlruukvunves.
OrrirjAL reports show that the height ot
Quebec, Canada, ore crumbling. The r.nn-
1art wall facing the Parliament buildings has
alien and reveals cracks und Unsure in the
solid rock, such as indicate that lare sec
tion of the enormous elevations are becom
ing detached bodily, and may ut any time
Klv way in muss of ruiw.
TEMTERANCE.
"tr."
V, I?" 4,0J 0I", wbffl U men dospi,
If you wish to b ragged and weary and sod
If you wish, In word, to go to the bad ,
Then drink t
If yon wish that your life a failure may ba,
V, I ! PPnnlleas-out at the kneV,
1 n0"!"". broken, forlorn
If you wish to tea pointed the finger of scorn
Then drink'
If yon wish thnt your manhood be ihorn ot
it strength ,
That your day may be shortened to one
half their length 1
If you like the gay music of curse or of wail 1
U you long for the shelter of poor house or,
Jail 1
Then drink I
If your taste don't ogre with the "I.V'a
above 1
If you'd rather have life full of brightness
ami love t
If you care not to venture nor find out too
soon
That the gntewny to hell Ho through tho
saloon t
Then don't drink'
w illlam Iloward, In tho Voice,
toontRATt DRMKrwa o oai
Alooliollo stimulant exhaust the strength
Ol those who are called to prolong physical
endurance In extreme of hent or cold. "What
folly, therefore, to suppose thnt In moder.it
temperature there is any real gain from mod
erate drinking ! Lieutenant Oreelcv testified
to the advantage of total abstinence among
bis men in the Arctic regions t nud Henry M.
HUtnley bore witness to the danger ol miy
nlcobollo drUik In Equatorial Africa. An I
now 311 Knto Maraden, whose retimrltablo
Journey on sledge nnd horseback to isit the
outcast Klbcrion leper i attracting deserved
attention, hn a similar story to tell of tint
vnluo of alwtlnence nnd thedimgerof alcohol,
fche says, In the preface to her narrutiveof bi r
Journey : "I have never taken anv active,
part In promoting temperance principles, but
now 1 think that the record of my cxciaiom
In Hlbcria. without the aid of stimulants, may
prove a hcnetlclnl to other as If niv vole.i
Lad been raised In furthering the can -o for
years post. I took no alcohol whatever
throughout the journey, excepting 0:1 twi
occasions ot grat exhaustion, when tint
stimulants only made nut worse, 1 have,
therefore, good L-round for r-commemiin,'
abstinence from alcohol where, much physical
endurme to necessary." If a mini sn'vs be
drinks wine or whisky lscniisi he liken i , ba
may be supposed to tell the simple truth ; but
If he say he takes tht-so stimulants in i rder
to meet the extreme of weather, or to givo
blm powers of physical i nduram-e. bo is t
be pitied for not Knowing any better. A col
lege athlete must 1st n total uhsuinor n iillc in
training for a contest, even if he drinks fr ey,
or moderately, at other time. Yet fit thnt
very time bto brother, or hi father, is. per
baps, taking liquor at his meals, or betweti
meals, to give lik strength. buuday-scliuul
Times.
tCHPIAIXI tASHA OX TUX bhOtg BOH0AOR.
Archdeacon Fnrrnr, speaking recently in ths
f.oyal Victoria Hall, London, said '
"Kor every victim ot the slave trade there
weren thousand who were bound lu the strong
letters of drink. Whenever any effort wo
made to redress a wrong, to remove a curse,
or fight ngn:nst an evil, the force of the
world, tin Ileeh, and the devil put on their
utmost posH.bbi strength, ami by lie nnd
sophistry and briherytriedtocheckthe effort
for good. And this being so, all those who
desired tho good of their country must, In
thin Instance, rally their forces and amalga
mate In every possible way to combat thl un
scrupulous untagonism. If any man d sired
to sot as a good citizen, nnd was ouly con
vinced that there wss In tho midst of us n
burning evil, it wn hi duty 11 a man and a
Christian to tight to hi utmost against thl
terrible evil. If there wo any who had uot
Been tha evil tf that were rwswthle there
BrV . ro t be convinced one f.y
the,?,.-' ' of eorniMtent witnesses, ami the
second by the evidence ot Indisputable f'is.
In both ol these hrauchct they had prtiof
which wn utterly unlimited lr come
from every ,igt uud rsnk, and clime, ami
every century since time wo, since man ap
peared u the surface of the earth, lu our
own country, looking ut that alone, wo bad
the evidence of nil the judges, of all the phi
lanthropists, of all the poets, of nil serious
writers, of all the clergy, aud of nil person
who had at h-art the good of their country,
Irom the highest rank to the lowest, down to
th humblest hoii st Hiltcerniin who walked
the HtriM-ts. or the htitiihbi-t tm-ionnry who
visited the home of the poor. They had tho
evidence of the Ardihlsuop of Canterbury,
who stated thut until Hp' work of temperance
reform was done no i tlier work of the church
would 1st effts'tually curried on. They bad
the evidence of the greatest moll ill the world,
Mr. Oladstouv, whom In March, s.-i), he l.c.trd
utter these memorable words -words that
sent a perceptible tl.nll through the Hoi,sc ol
Commons 1 'The evils produced by driuK are
worse, because more continuous, than those
produced by the great historic scourge ol
war, famine and pctilcm'o combined. ' At
a time when they had tin- claim if the un
employed constantly I efore them. It was well
lo rememlsir what the Karl of Mmttcliiiry
bud said -and be recommended these words
to all meeting of the unemployed 'It is ab
solutely Impossible to ilo anything perman
ently or considerably to relieve the poverty
until we get riil of the curse of drink. Tho
one solution of the social problem lie in the
hands ot the working clin.se themselves
they mny uplift themselves into plenty und
bappliice out of their present position If as a
cliu-i they will get rid of what drag tln-ni
down.' For luiy Nation to ucglct llic warn
lugs of such meu wiis wonu than iuoruuee
wa worse thuu folly."
TEttrEBAM'K NEW AVD SOTf..
Washington. 1. C. charge IIU0 for 0
liquor license.
Wine made bytho Zulus und Iutch colonic
of houth Africa will be ex h I bl bid at the World's
loir.
A nw liquor law In Cape Colony prevent
n traveler Iruui bocariug drink except with
U bona tide meal. (
No table of liquor measure lu the bonk
states the fact, but u person, If he trie, cau
get a peck ot trouble out of a plut of whisky.
At a recent religious gathering lu London,
W. C Caiue, M. I'., made an address on
temperance, while W h. Abul acted as pr
tiding officer.
There to a horse lu Florida that Isiconiet
wildly excited and unmanageable whenever
anyone approaches him huvtug u breath taut
smells of wbUky.
It drunkenness Is rhlcOy the result ol
poverty, w hy to It that in period ot llu uiebd
panto druukeum'ss dm-rua-tce, nnd lucrciutcs
In period ot prosperity
The Blue Cross Teuqiernnee Bockly of th
eoutllieut has 180 section hwu, with 30UU
member ;tweuty-oue sections Herman, tilt ecu
sections French and three sections ltolgluu.
Mrs. EUV-abeth Wheeler Andrew and Dr.
Eat Uushnell, two of the "round the world"
miDslonarir of W. C. T. U.. are now on their
homeward way alter having; traveled b7,lHJV
tullos.
Tho Chiit Justice of Kansas said nt a pub
llo nmetUit that prohibition to a well en
forced as tiny criminal law In the rltate, and
niueh betttr enforced thuu any low-liueim
law In olu Btatc.
Imagine the happy country where the law
forbid the sale of liquor lu the rural district
aud for the llrst nud second trausgresniou
Imposes nine ami for the third imprison
lueut. ttuuu a country to Finland, and tha
result to, according to thoso who know, a
nearer appsmch to a total ubbtuienoo people
tbnu anv oiler country con present.
I hi groat tunnel widen to to drain ttio val
ley ot Mexico to nearly llutohud, aud will Imi
uoniplutej In fifteen mouths. It to expected
to trauu.'orii aUixico into u vury hualttiy cliy.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Titovoimri. rrtATr.rt.
Tha whole tendency of the ga it to
religion of forms, and formsllty even In the
true modes of worship. With ttceptlons
quite too ftw, the prsyert of ths sanctuary,
th family, and the social circle, are cold in
the utterance j and ths tones and labored
periods show thai th mind of the suppliant
Is trying to lift Itself up to the spirit of de.
votlon. It Is not the "unction from lbs
holy One." sppsrent in tb humble, fervent
orstory of effectual supplication. It It not
the praying In the spirit not that abun
dance of ths heart out of which ths mouth
apeakslb. And what can the utmost elo
quence of the mouth do st the throne of
tied. If the henrt lie far from Him? Formal
prsyer is delusive j I offensive, unheard, tin
nnawersd, except In the Increase of spiritual
barn ni.e-s ben again shall ths spirit
help the liiiiriuiiies of the saints, making
Intercession for them with grnsning that
cannot be uttered And when shnll the
preacher wield the awoni of the Spirit, the
Word of (ied the Word In It essential, dis
tinctive, subduing truth brought down
with dlrrt aim mid undivided rnervr upon
lbs con-clem e ,,f 1 he hearer ' Ala for thee,
daughter of ion. thy rowers have brought
thee Into gre:it u aters !
Hut lb forimd prsvrr of the rliurch, at
present so emerged In Hie world, on which
I Stlllir Word has Inn l,.l,.n I. ..t
I that wbli h I linv denominated thoughtless
prayer, ami which Is so universally preva
il
lit. I me II t'bieflv sod sneclnllv. Hint
aula 01 prawr ny which, n ssith the pro
phet,"the Inud imiurui'th ;tbc pleiif.itit place
of the wilderness nic dncil up, and tbrlr
conn I eil, smllhtlr force is not rq;ht."
In this lortii o supp Icsilon we I nve, ns a
lislion. become rapidly and eMrrniely pro
tiilnent. The limey geiith in m, suil the
f-blonub'c ,lv :irc puinliiiil In 1 jnciilatory
pellllotis, wbli h a .o pa-s over Into the
form ot Impreciiihiii. How fniurnt the
thott prrmri are heard, liood Lord. Ixird
bless uie, etc, l'.nt w llh w lint Irvlly nn.l ai
sem e of tboiiclit tl;ee lisblluiil siinpllcniions
nrc uttered! A inl from the to-called polish-e-l
i-lrcle doivii to the lowest dregs of human
ity. the mlnvlliig voices t.f the crowd sre
beard In iilmn.t unbroki n prnyrrs throuuli
nil the dnv. und far Into the stillness of the
lilxbt. The fnrred limn s of tlm Truiitv,
and the niot nwful forms of Imprecation
are ued in tlioiu:litle li vily, while 111
every strei l mid on every playground, the
tattered and well dressed urchin throws off
these wicked prsvers a fnt as the iutrrven
lug puds of the cigar will allow. I!y swear
ing the 'und luoiirnetb. Alid how awfully
luevalcnt the ".wearer's praver" lias be
come. I'nssing by the profnn'ely pricing
B'liilt clnvM's, Die obicciiltv and profunene.s
of the jiiM'iule Hiputloii shocks every
moral ei se. Into what bands are our civil
and rcllitloiis insiltiilion descending f If
the vain use of llo l's name Is n natioiiul
li:t of chnrs. ler. lint can avert from us
tiailoniil jmUinents Shnll I not visit for
these tblnns enilh tbc i.ord : and shall not
niv Ml be iivi nced on suclt n nation as
this?'' '
" HAT I'l'l IT Ml AN ?"
I am a bearer of the gospel and liave
Isreli for 'esr. Mill 1 feel that I have llo
xronsl interest In the gri at truths thnt are
taught by It. I am now ail old mn the
grave Is n il ty lor me, and Imviui; a ecula
tive belief In the scripture., know that if
I die in my 1 resent ulnte. I sli ill he lol. and
lost for et it. Mli'li being the i ue. I, of
eoiir-e. nei humous. 1 inn u sinner exposed
10 Ihe wrnlh of i,ii sngiy Owl. nnd I wih to
know if there is any way tiircapc. I lmc
listened nlli ulively to li e Invtriietioti of my
I astnr. I hnve eiiilesvo'ed o ohey t lit coiii
lusnd of the Saviour. 'Miin h ihe scrip,
lures" but as el I bae no hope of Unit
"eternnl life" proinlcd by both. I go in
distress to the saiiclunrv on the Kitilnlh,
end w ith the cnnernos of a drowning man,
suize everyihinx thrown out, in hopes to
learn aoni way in which t cun escape the
avenger of blood, and be found at last lu the
City ut refuge.
I sin told lhat I cm change my lienrt, thar
I tan repen'. thai i can exercise saving faith
lo the I rd Jesus C'bri-t. and I am e horteil
with euriietne" mid even with tears to per
form all there ilullc. I go liouie n ith a
strong determination immediately to coin
incn.e a rc iuiotn life. I begin I t;ikc
down the long neglected Hi lilt- from the
shelf to leain whut I nm to do, w hen the
first words wbl h meet niv eye sre the de
eliirnlion of the s lour. No man cun com
tuiio me, xrept ll.c Fftlier w Inch bath scnl
tne, draw him." Agiuii I n ud. "The carnal
mind Is enmity aam-t id ; It is not subiei I
to the law of lo d. m liber imbed ran lie."
I see my-ell tepreenteil n iirlluallv dead,
and the thought 1 units home with force to
my heart, thai 1111 c-s I am made alive, I can
do no good tinim. I see plainly that there
Is a duff rent uo-nei taught by 111 v ministers
from that tini.hl by ti.j.l in his word.
Now I eantiol eoiisi in to hate mv sniil
fritted wiili 1 n y longer. If I rim ableloobev
Ood I wish to lirgiii, (,r I lime squandered
my life In the servii e of iiisn, nnd wish to
'iid the little thsl reuuiina in picpsi ing for
iinollier world. Hut if I am mteriy in
e .ipucitiited by sin to liecouie hnlv, and A new
heart, repeiiteiiee all I lalth aiv the gifts of
lioil, I l'g of you, for tnv soul's sake mt to
teil me what I can do, and thus prevent me
Irom ea-ting mt'iif at the feel of Ihe ij.
our and trying lor linnn . ,1 hrisliau
ul'iinuii.
W ll M i; 1 1 1 III pim.i; .'
"A thought Inis oiteii come home to me.
If Holy scripture be not the truit of 1'ivuie
wis lorn, it it be not a tin-u.'e to us iroiu
Shove, when comes tins n underfill Hook?
What account can we give of it? Can it
conic from man's great enemy, the levil
Is not every pge of it for the overthrow of
his kingdom T
"Could It hvve been written by wicked
men? Wiis there ever 11 wicked man In the
world that did not linte the Itible, audrillier
wish that it was ftlsc, or endeavor to prove
It o .'
"Could it have been written by good men
out of their lie.tits but would iioihI men
have taken tlod's nnmo in vuin ? Ami does
not everv part of It claim lo be a revelation
from I tod? lowe 11. i rind the word-,
Thus saltli the Lord.' continually occur
ring? Ami can we imagine godly riieii thut
to have forced the name of Jehovah ?
"Could it have Ix-en written by fanatic
and entbusiNsis? Then where would have
been the calm, "Uiet nnd devout tone lhat
prevsdes it ' Where wnulil have been the
depth of wisdom w hlch exercises lo this day
Ihe earntst atudv of lueu ot thu greatest in
tellect 1
"I confess I can see no way out of this
dllllcuily for su believer. If there bedllb
rulties in (be lllhle aed no doubt many
such there are it seems to me a far greuter
illltlciilty to Imagine any oilier source bill a
liiv lne one from which it could have come.
It stem to me to carry a ihviue stamp upon
the face of It. It rebukes ol' falsehood ami
everv kind of sin. It mighty encursge
nients lo live a holy ami godly life, the
power that Is ever going forth with it lo
raise the fallen and the I si all this tells uie
lhat 'the Voice thut spake It is liivine,' in
Ist'l, bearing out its own w itness, that ' It
came not by I ho will of man. hut holy men
of Ood spake ns thev were moved bv the
Holy libost.' 'i Tel. I. "Jl."--lt.J"urae Ever
srd. MillNCt: ANll l,i I.K.IllN.
It has been said that science is opposed to
revelation. Hut the history of the furincr
show, that the greater its progress, the
deeper Its investigations, nud the more ac
curate it results, the more plainly it is ever
teeu, not ouly to clash with the laiicr. but In
all thing to .oiitlriu it. In everv iuslnuco,
1 ho very science from which objections have
been drawn against religion, have by their
own progress, entirely removed these ob
jection, ami even furnished tuu Hi oldest
I'ouilriimtloii of the tru'h.
I
SACRED DtER IN JAPAN.
1" line Creatwre to Its foand la (Jneer
Monntain Town.
Humt hrcy R Krndrlck, n former
resident uf Sunta Itarbtirj, Cnl., who
has Just returnnd ti San Francisco
after a rpaldonco hf aptontl yean In
Japan, Rives the Kxnmlner tin Inter
esting doncriptiun of a little mountain
town named Nora In that country:
"Everyone, or almost everyone, In
Nara ha a deer," :iid Mr. Kendrlck,
"and they aro a plentiful there u-i
dngit in an Amerlciin town, whCo
around tha temple ure gie.it mini
ler, nil sacred tn the Japiinese. And
they are very tame, coming up oven
to the stranifer nnd almost lngitu
for Klnncrbread, of which they are
very fund, and which the tourist, U
expected to huy for ihcm.
"When tho Kinicror, u rreat many
year ni,", eanio Into Nam, nnd N.tra.
yo'j know, w.ti the llrst capital f
Japan, he risle on it white deer, and
that at once tnad the deer sacred,
nnd at the same tlmo it liecami fash
ionable to own one, and now they
arc the most common tiling to !' seen
In tins phice, unless It he lanterns,
which are actually without numix-r.
and of every kind and iiualltv. A
lantern In Japan Is very different
from one here, for there they are
Rtnne pillars, although there are
some of metal, and made to he sus
pended. I iaw miiiiu of Iinuze in
one of the temple which had hern
brought from Holland Inn nk'o. Hut,
while there are no many, th t Japan
ese wlil never count, them.
That wou'd he a very wicked tiling
In the slk'ht of the p;iil-i, who kee.
tho numtier a carelul nvret. And
though sacrilivlnus forelcners have
made the attempt no two or them
haveever ctiunteil the same A. either
feature Is tho Koldtlsh pnnd.s tin
Mich llh as you see here, Imt 12 nil I
14 Inches lonjf, and of such a dc-.-p
color, darker than orange even. An I
ttiose with the fantalls are lieiutlful.
All of the pufids aud lakes are full
of them, and as the water Is very
clear It Is a marvclnH thl in; tostamj
on the Hhore and watch them d-trt
throiik'htho ripples, and when nut in
a boat tUo very lsittdii assumes) .1
Ko'iden hue. "
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