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Eareafter, when I sleep beneath the graartb
yonder churchyard plot,
And what I iu, or might have boon, I then
that which U not.
It J on should come In kindliness to stand
there by the spot.
And sometimes think of me
A If I were not Imttnr than you thought, but
that t wore lee bad,
I know In that dark, dU-nal grave of mid) I
should M glad
Through all eternity.
',V. J. l.ampton, lu Now Tori Pun.
"SUMAJH."
OTANLKY (IIIMOV.
KN DERSON,
"what's t li
11) C H II I II K '
'Snuiajh,' ch?
I'-urly t h i h
morning I was
w a n il o r i n g
niiont n mile
out on t li c
K i s t n p o r c
roBcl, jllHt llll
tliC f'dffO l)f tin
jungle, y i ii
know, ami rnn
RCftlS HiltllC tell
ir n dozen
natives i n it
riiiR r.r.iiir.d n poor wretch of n leper.
Ufb ! In' tint first I'vo seen nuil bo
made iiii feci Im 1, I can tell you ; I
don't want to see nuy more."
'"Hah !" broke in Hondenoii ; "and
linir do vim know the man u leper,
if you liml never m en one liefnre, eh?"
"Oil, In win n leper right enough
there was o horrible grayish souley
liMik upon liirn, nnd h- vos 1lint'il
kill hit ann i were m.ly Minimi
ml-"
"Thot'n ciio;ikIi I pass," said
Henderson quickly, with n shudder.
"Wi ll, tliin leper Hi'i'incil to lie ask
ing o great fnvnr of th other fellows
--imploring them to tin something, you
kimw- uinl tli"v iliiln't want to ; uml
tln poor 'li:ppi t'iriii'il from ohm to
tho other iiinl iniMiui'il ntul cried : nnl
wiill, upon my word, ili-inlcrsoii, what
with his pitiful appearance, I felt
well I couldn't hit ijiiiti' i-t ru i cli t fur
n little while Ami l ink here; I
thought lepers weren't allowed to emu r
Iicur Any I ii il v
"Mm," Henderson's face assumed a
puzzling expression, half pitying, Imlf
utiTii, bh he rose from the camp ehiiir
iu which he hh lolling, l'lucing; his
hands ou my shoulders nud looking
i u tn my eyes, lm went on : "So ym
want to know tho inclining of thut
word, ilo you? Let's sec ; how long
hiivti you lieen grilling in thin devil's
kitchen, eh?"
"Nearly five weeks," replied I, sur
prised At the peculiar hardness of his
voice ; for Henderson, 1 had already
mien for myself, wait hitf hrother to all
the children of the cuntonment.
"iioj five wteka." Hi voice as
urand a najjcal tone. "Five weeks
' ' . u knoll- tb luuxuiige yet !
You're very nlow for a competition wal
lah. And what did you understand of
tho conversation lietweeu your leper
au 1 hi frieudn, eh?" I
"Why," Haiil I, liridliup nji nome
wlint, "I learned a Rood bit of the luu
giiun before I cauie out, and I know
um tnui'h of it now, I'll Kiiaruntce, im
tho average uian iIooh after he'd been
hero a couple of yearn."
"Modest," dryly ejaculated Mender
bop, waiting for an uuswer to his ques
tion. "Oh, I understood it all riht enough
except that blehrted word 'hUlimjli.' It
wan wrapped up in very tlK'irutive hm
guoKe culliuK the earth hin mother
and tho hiiu hiH father, and all that Hurt
of htuff, you know. He wanted them
to do 'HUinajh' for him ; b;;t it Keemed
aft if they were half afraid to do what
ever it mcuii.t. In the end, though,
they (ave way, and the pour chap was
wonderfully pleased, for he held his
wanted arum to the hky and invoked
b!enniuqs on them, and then crouched
down and kisHed the earth ; and finally
burnt out into u sort of xoni; that didn't
l very far before it faded away into a
iliHiual croak thut win painful to listen
to. I couldn't htund il any longer, and
cuino nwiiy."
"Ho; thut'x all you know about it, ii
it? Well, youngster, take my advice
and it'rf Kiud, too don't ioke your
in. Mil into the natives' business. Let
them alone as much as you can. Culti
vate a convenient memory when you're
reading the regulations about them,
ltuinember, thut the men who make
most of those rules don't have to keep
them ; and bctwocu you and lue, their
knowledge of tll theory of goveru
nieut ia ouly excelled by their ignor
ance of the practice of it. As for thut
word you're so citric us about, forget
it, and don't hear it again -understand?"
With that ho went out abruptly.
I was greutly perplexed. Half the
night I pondered over Henderson'it
nt range conduct, and wond.'red w hy on
curth he hhould refuse to tell me the
meaning of a simple word. I did not
euro to ask any one else, for fear of its
getting to Ileiidersou'seHrs. Although
1 was on pretty familiar terms with
him, ho was my chief, and in addition
I had ulrctidy become much attached
to him.
Tho next morning, I tackled him
again. "Henderson thut word?"
Jlo turned and ga.edfit me with half
closed eyes and naid deliberately and
coldly : "Tho kceiii:esH of your curi
osity would do inlluite credit to a
corporal's wife." Ho cleared hi throat
and Kuid testily: "Picnic, picnic;
that's what tho word means; he wanted
them to treat him to a picuio in tho
junglo; and you any they consented.
Ami" ho turned ou mo quite ttcreuly
"why hhouldn't they? And look
Lore, my boy, if you May one word
about it to any one else in the cantou
tucut, I'll make it warm for you."
I was hurt aud augry aud guvo Hen
doraou A wide berth for the reat of the
dujr.
In the
'jJiataiMire
evening I strolled clown the i
ore road. It was Against the
egnlations, for the jungle ran right
np to the road and at night there was
certain amount of danger to Iw feared
fro-n the wild beast that occasionally
explored the road, almosrt np to the
cantonment. Kut in my brief excri
ence I had nen tho spirit, if not the
letter of oua or twoof the regulations,
ignored end I wanted to be alone, to
think out the meaning of Henderson's
strange words and manner.
It was Almost the last of the few
brief moments of twilight, whcn.licing
still some couple of miles from home, I
quickened my pace. The night was
fulling as only those can understand
who have witnessed A nightfall on the
edge of the jungle. No need to tell
them how the ilarknrss drops like n
heavy blanket nor of the startling
transformation of the tangled tinder
wood and the gigantic grasses, which
suddenly become strange monsters en
dowed with life, moving to and fro,
now smoothly, now jerkily, pointing
with strnnge lingers; now uttering
husky crios of hate, now jibbering
idiot-like. And the wild animals in
tho thickness of the interior, how they
howl und shriek aud cry aud moan
nmr.H of defiance, screams of pain,
trumnetings of victory! All made
lnoro intense by being subdued, a if
the vegetation were nnwillingtoletthe
out tide world know of the scenes cn
acted in thot fearsome place.
I eoufe is I started t run, holding
my revolver nt the full cock. Uut iny
nteps were suddenly arrested by the
magical appearance, directly in my
path, of several lights. I pulk'd up
sharply, nnd stood stocV -still. The
lights advanced, keeping time with the
thumping of my heart. At last I could
dimly descry a body of twenty or thir
ty natives, several of whom carried
torches, which tbey must have jU'-t
lighted. 1 awaited their coming not
without trepidation, for I could not
imagine what they were about. .Tnst
before reaching me, however, thy
turned quickly into the jiiugli). They
wer;i Hot five paces distant from me
when they Iff t the road, and 1 felt
sumo surprise at their not Having seen
r.ie. Hy a sudden overpowering im
pulse of curiosity I htarted to follow
them, in order to learn the meaning of
their strunge journey.
With us little
noise us possible I swung round, step
ping almost iu their footsteps. I hud
little difficulty in doing ho, for they
followed whut seemed to be a beaten
track. For Homo hundreds of yards
the strange procession went alowly on.
Suddenly I heard a strange noise that
thrilled me through and through.
There was something about it, too,
that seennVl familiar; but my brain
was evcitcd und refused to recall the
souud. It was a kind of moan, half
human, half auimul. As the natives
und I drew nearer it took tLo character
of a chant ; and then it flashed on mo
that I hud heard the Hound before; it
was the beer's voice 1 Tho poor
wretch was crooning a dismal hvmn or
invocation,1 '.'aa he hull uorie" wTien
soliciting hls, datives to do what I was
to my great satisfaction, about to find
out. His low, weak voice rang out
Htangely clear.
"Ohei, Ohei. Mother, my mother.
Thou only urt merciful. Thou only.
Ohei, Ohei, Brethren, my brethren,
lead ine to my mother; hhe only will
welcome, she ouly will give pence.
Ohei. Ohei.
Tho voice died av.r.y in a moan that
mingled with and seemed to rise uguiu
in the soft whistling of the long
grasses, as they quivered with the
breath of tho wind that presaged the
coming rains. 1 shivered.
The party having now arrived at a
space which had been cleared of the
taiigle-wood and grass, abruptly stopped
and formed into a ring. I pressed for
ward us near as I dared. Then 1 saw,
in the centre of the ring, a largo cav
ity, perhaps four feet deep, with the
earth banked up ou either side. The
torch-bearers ranged themselves at tho
heud and foot of tho hole, which, now
that it was in the light, 1 saw to be of
oblong shape, shelving somewhat at
the end tieurer to ine. The other na
tives stood at tho sides, four with tom
toms and two with little puts of burn
ing incense. The the leper limped out,
from the jungle seemingly, andcroiiched
at the shelving end of tho hole, I had
expected him to uppear on tho sceue,
yet when ho did mi, 1 could not help
giving u bit of a start. Not one of the
natives looked at tho leper, nor did ho
seem to see them. As soon, however,
as he approached, the whole of the na
tives set up a cry subdued and dismal
beyond description. The .burden of it
was something like this: "To Thee who
art all knowledge, all power, all love,
all hate. To Thee, kuowu only of Thy
self. To Thee who urt Life aud Death.
To Thee wo bring our brother. Mo
Hi-eks Thee where Thou art. Ho comes
to Thee. He comes to Thee." Their
voices und tho noise of tho tom-toms
died down ; and as they faded away the
leper, who had been beating time by
nodding his head, crawled down the
slope utid squatted down at tho deep
end of tin hole, lu a shrill, quavering
voice that Hounded strangely piercing;
on the electrically churged uir he took
up tho refrain.
"Ohei, Ohei. Fire of the Light
uings, I come. Cloudlets brightness of
the sky, I come. Wiugod Messenger
of the Mountains, I come. Ohei. I
come!"
Then, amid more chanting and tom
tom beating, two of the natives handed
the leper Home liquid in a small bowl
aud some food. After drinking a little
of the liquid and eating a little of the
food, he east the remainder into the
hole in front of him, accompanying the
action with Hubdued but intense cries.
But now several of the natives re
tired for a moment, returning with
large flat pieces of wood. With these
they started throwing earth into tho
hole. The leper did not move. They
were going to bury the poor wretch
alive I The thought in all iu hideoas-
BflM flashed through my brain. For th '
instant I went as cold as ice and was
nnable to raise, a finger. Only for a
moment though ; and then, acting for
the second time that night on the im
pulse of the moment, I dashed forward,
my revolver still in my hand, to do
what, I could not tell. But before I
had gone two steps I found myself
seized, disarmed, gagged and pinioned.
I ktrrggled, or, rather, attempted to
straggle, for 1 could neither Hnove nor
titter the slightest sound. I gave my
self up for lost. I expected nothing
but death, and I remember doing what
I hod not done for years : I offered up
a prayer incoherent and vague ; but
never was prayer more fervent. Con
trary to my expectation I was only
dragged back several paces and tied
hand nnd foot to what I suppose was s
small tree. My captors had bound me
with my back towards the leper, appa
rently determined that I Hhould sou
nothing more of what was going on.
However, by screwing my neck round
I could just catch flight of the wretched
creature in the pit that I now felt cer
tain was to le his grove.
The horrible sight fascinated me. 1
had no thought for anything else.
Even my own perilous situation caused
me no more four or anxiety. The
natives, still singing that sad, monoto
nous refrain, were now quickly thiow
ing th- earth round the leper. Ouicker
and quicker they shovelled, louder and
louder they sang: "Ohei, Ohei, thy
wish is thine is thine." The four
beating the tom-toms threw them down
and joined in. The earth mounted
higher and higher round tho
doomed man. It reached his breast; he
waved his poor stumps of arms towards
the nky ; he putted the earth with
them, as if he were fondling a loved
one. It reached his shoulders he
bent and kissed it passionately.
Oh, that seeno! th natives casting
in the eurth with frenzied energy; tho
torch-bearers standing like bronze
statues, their torches throwing a rod
uliire on the leper's head, now fast dis
appearing as if sinking in a pool of
blood. Then the eurth crept up to his
mouth, his nostrils. With a
convulsive effort 1 shut my eyes.
In another moment the noise oT tho
shoveling and singing ceased. My
eyes involuntarily opened, just in time
to see the torch-beurers thrusting their
torches in the earth heaped up over
tho grave; they gave un uugry splutter
and then went out. For an instant
there was utter darkness and silence.
Then came the crowning horror. A
vivid tlash of lightning lit up the scene.
It seemed to hang over the spot. And
while the natives were thus en
veloped with the ghastly hue of death,
I heard I vow I. heard muffled and
faint as the shriek of a gagged man,
the cry of tho leper the echo of a
Voice the Echo of a Life ! Louder
and londer grew that terrible voice ; it
roared like a cataract, like a thousand
peals of thunder ; it liecume a thing
tangible, palpable filling tho uni
verse, pressing on my brain c-flhiug
it -t ill at last something tfL,.1.r.l0nd 1
I knew no more.
Three weeks afterward J vroke up.
I was lying ou a bed in my quarters.
Henderson was bending over me; ho
raised his hand to prevent my Hpeuk
ing, haying, with a queer little smile:
"Yes, yes keep quiet ; a touch of
jungle fever, my boy, that's all a
trifle heady ; you'll be all right again
in a jiffy."
That "jiffy" was neovly three months
Chambers's Journal.
Money May lie Too Sale.
"I huvo no doubt that many a fam
ily now struggling along under the
belief that the father died and left
nothing would be well off could they
go to the safe deposit vault where the
head of the house kept his valuables,
open the door of his particular com
partment und carry away its con
tents." The speaker was a man who is con
nected with an establishment of the
kind mentioned. Ho evidently knew
what he was talking about.
Tho safe deposit vaults are a mod
ern institution. In them a man, by
the payment of S or upward annu
ally, can keep his money, jewelry and
papers Hiife from tire and burglary.
Armed guards further protect his prop
erty, but even without their presence
no gang of burglars could work quick
ly enough to despoil the vaults, built,
as they are, of steel and granite into
the very backbones of immense build
iugs. But the very care of the tenant is
tho doom of his nearest kin," said the
interested gentleman ; "he doesn't ex
pect to ilie suddenly, but that mode
seems tho most general nowadays. No
man Hhould havo his affairs so secret
thut his loved ones suffer the rest of
their lives by whut he considered his
forethought.
"A recent caBo occurs to me. A
young man with apparently many
years before him, suddenly went in
Bune. Ho was fond of jewelry, but one
night a would-be thief snatched a very
valuable scarf-pin the young mau wore.
After that, though he foiled the high
way robber, he would not wear his dia
monds, but put them iu his safe, nnder
the care of the deposit vaults.
"Hud he not told mo of the incident
nobody would ever have known what
became of the diumouds. No man puts
his uame aud address in his safe, and
the company only knows him person
ally and not his relatives."
Even savings banks have been able
to build handsome edifices with the
uncalled-for money deposited by men
or women who have disappeared. Take
many thousand accounts, and a cer
tain percentage of them will never be
called for. 'They are advertised, but
very little results from the advertise
ments, and the bank is the winner.
The amounts thus lost to sight ag
gregate niany hundreds of thousands
of dollars. There is a grim . fatality
about the "safety " of a vault New
Yolk Journal
ON THE BANKS OFTHERED SEA i
REV. DR. TALMAOK'S SERMON.
An Cloqusnt Diieourts oa a Bubjsot
Boldom Balsotsd.
Tsit "i4nil Miriam. thf nrnjhffn,(hf tU.
tfr of Aaron, took a timhrrf in hrr hand, awl
all Ihf vomen rnl oul after hrr with ttmbrtl
and vith dan. And Miriam rniiinnvd
them. yr tn Ih lAtrd, far IU hath trU
mnhi qloritnu'y: the hortr and hit rider
halh He thrown into the tea." Exodus xv.,
20.31.
Bnrmonisnrs ars naturally so bnsy In jrst
tins the IsranlitHi ssfnly through the paitt
Ilvl sna and ths Egyptians submcrgm! tn tha
returning water that but llttls time is or
dinarily givn to what ths Lord's rstople did
aftsr they got woll up high and dry on ths
rmaeh. Thnt wnn thn boaeh of ths Rd swa,
which is at Its irnatt width 300 miles and
at IU least width 13 tulles. Why is ths ad
ject Its "red" uaed In deerlbln this watar?
It Is called thn lied sea heeause the moun
tains on Its western coast look as though
sprlnklod with brick dust, and the water is
colored with red seaweed and bos rsd
xoophyte and red coral.
This sns was cat by the keels of Kfeyptlsn,
Thirnii'lan and Arabln shipping. It was no
lnstgultVaiit pond or puddle on the beaeh ol
whlnh my text calls us to stand. I bear
upon it the sound of a tambourine, for which
the timbrel was only another name an In
strument of mus In made out of a circular
boop. with pleers of metal fixed in the sides
of It, wbl''h mad a Jingling sound,
tnd over whli'h hoop a piece of parch
ment was distended, and this was beaten by
the knuckle of thn perform? r.
The Israelites, standing on the bna-h of
the Kd sua. were making music on their do
llTerance from the pursuing Kgyptinns. and I
hear the Isrnelltlsh men with their dep boss
voices, and I bear the timbrel of Miriam as
he leads the women in their Jubilee. Rut her
lively Instruments, yous.iy, for religious ser
vice, the timbrel or tambourine. Uut I think
Oo'l sanctioned It. And I rather think we
will have to put a little morn of the festive
into our religious services nnd drive out the
dolorous and fuuereal. nnd the day may
come when the timbrel will resume Us plnie
In the sanctuary. Hut that which oeeuplnd
thn attcntiou nt nil the men and women of
that IsraelltUh host was tho celebration of
their victory. They had croasod. They had
triumphed. They wure free.
More wonder was Hits victory and defit
than when the hosts of llichurd overcame the
hosts of Halndin at Azotus, than when nt
llaunockburn Hcotlnnd was set front than
when thn Karl of Northumberland was
driven back nt llranham Moor, than when at
the buttle of Waketleld York was slain, than
when at lioswortli Field Kiehnrd was left
dead, than when the Athenians under Mil
ttades nt Marathon put thn Persians to flight,
for this vli-tory of my text was Knlnnd with
out sword or catapult or spear. The weaiion
was a lifted and ppstrated sa. And
Miriam, thn prophetess, thn sister of Aaron,
look a timbrel In her band, and all the
women went out after her with timbrels and
with dnncw. And Miriam answered them
fcUng ye to the Lord, for Un hath triumphed
gloriously ; thn horse nil 1 bis rider bath He
thrown into the iea."
Hrooklyn Tabernacle to-day feels much as
Moses and Mlrium did wheu they stood on
the banks of thn lied sea after their safe
emergence from thn waters. Hy the help of
Uod and thn generosity of our friends here
and elsewhere our HO. OIK) of flouting
church debt Is forever gone, and this house,
which, with the nround upou which it
stands, represents 4410,000. I this day reoon
eornte to I lod thn Fattier, Uod the Hon and
(tod the Holy Ohost. A stranger might ask
how oould this church get iuto debt to ou
amount that would build several large
churches? Sly answer la. Waves of destruc
tion, stout oa aiiy that ever rolled across tha
Mod sea of my tvst.
examine all tne pages oi cnurcn nistory
and all thn pages of the world s history and
bow me au organization, sacred or secular.
that ever bad to build three great structures,
two of thorn destroyed by tire. Take any of
your biggest lite Insurance companies, or
your biggest storehouses, or your biggest
hauks. or your lilggest newspaper establlsli
mente and let tbeui have to build three times
on the same foundation, and it would oost
them a struggle If not demolition. My text
4iitks of rbe lied soa cuco crossed, but oun
Itnd sea would not have so much overcome
us. It was with us Hed sea after lied sea.
Three Hod seas ! Vet to-dny, thunks 1 to
Ood. we stand on the shore, and with organ
and cornet in uliscnce of a timbrel we eluiiit :
Stng ye unto the Lord, for He hath tri
umphed gloriously : the hors and bis rider
bain lie thrown Into the sea."
Hut why the great epcnse of this structure?
My answer is the immensity of it and the
Uriauess of it. It cost over :M .000 to dig the
cellar bofuru uue stouo was laid, reaching as
the foundation docs trom street to street. and
then the building of the house was con
structed in a way. wo nretold by experienced
builders who had nothing to do with It, for
durability of foundation and wall such as
clmructc,ri-8 hardly any other building of
thtscity. To the day of your death and mine,
and for our children and grandchildren after
us, it will Htiuid hero a bouse of (tod and a
gate of heaven.
For me personally this is a time of gladness
more than tongue or pou ortypecunever ten.
For twenty-four years I had tswn building
ehurelici lit Hrooklyn and seeing them burn
down until 1 felt I could eudure the strain
no louger, aud I had written my resignation
ua pastor aud bad autiolnted to read It Iwj
ftahbaths ago and close my work In Hrooklyn
forever. 1 felt that my chief work was yet to
litt done, but that I could not do it with the
Alps on one one shoulder and the Himalayas
on thn other. Hut Cod has Interfered, and
tbn way is clear, and I am hern and expect to
be hern until my work on earth is done.
My thanks must be first to Uod and thenta
all who have contributed by large gift or
small to this emancipation. Thanks to the
men, women and children who have helped,
and sometimes helped with self sncrltloe that
I know roust have wou the applause of the
heavens. It you could only read with me a
tew of the thousands of letters that have
oome to my desk In The christian Herald
Ofllce. you would know how deep their sym
pathy, how large their sacrifice has been. "I
have sold my bicycle and now send you ths
aicuev,'' is thn language of one noble young
mJi who wrote to The Chrlstlnn Herald.
"This is my dead son's gift to me, und 1 have
been led to send It to you," writes n mot her In
Khodo Island.
As a church we from this day make new
departure. Wo will preach more instructive
eruions. We will offer morj faithful pruy
sr. We will do butter work in all depart
ments. We will In the uutumn resume our
lay college. We will llll all the rooms of this
maguillceiit pile with work for (lod and suf
fering humanity. More prayers have boeu
offered for this church, and ou both sides thn
tea, than for any church that hus evor ex
isted, and all those prayers will be answered.
Clear the track for tne Hrooklyn Tabernacle!
"Slug ye to the Lord, for He hath tri
umphed gloriously j the horse and his rider
bath He thrown Into thn tea."
It we never shouted victory till wo got
flear through the struggles of this lire, wa
would never shout at all. Copy the habit of
Miriam and Mosoa. The moment you get a
victory celebrate it. The time and place to
bold a Jubilee for the safe crossing of the Red
tea Is on Its beach and before you leave it.
It Is awful, the delayed hoeuunahs, the be
lated halleluiahs, the postponed doxologies,
the trains of thanksgiving coming in so long
After they ore due !
The time to thank Ood for a rescue from
temptation Is the moment .after you have
broken the wins flask. The time to thank
Uod for your salvation Is the moment after
the first flash of pardon. The time to be
grateful for ths comfort of your bereft soul
is ths first moment of Christ's aiipaaranos at
the mausoleum of Lazarus. Ths time for
UUxlam's tambourine to sound Us moat Jubi
lant note Is the moment ths last Israelite
pats his foot on the sand on ths parted Inland
oonan. Alas, that when Ood s mercies have
unh swift wings our praises should hare
inch leaden feet !
Notion that Miriam's song la my text bad
for Its burden the overthrown cavalry. It
was not so much ths Infantry or the men on
foot over whose defeat she rejoined with 1
ringing timbrel, but over the men oa horse
bark the mounted troops '. "The horse and
his rider hath He thrown into ths sea." .Tre---mendousarmof
war Is the cavalry I Josephus
says that In that host that crossed the Red
sea there were 60,000 cavalrymen. Epamln
ondas rode Into battle with 5000 cavalrymen
and Alexander with 7000. Marlborough de
pended on his cavalry for the triumph at
Illnnhnlm. It was not alone the snow that
despoiled the French armies In retreat from
Moscow, but the mounted Cossacks. Cav
alrymen decided the battles of Leuthnn nnd
Lnlpslc and Winchester and Hanover Court
House and Five Forks. Home of you may
have bnnn In the relentless raids led on by
Forrest or Chalmers or Morgan or Htiiart of
the southern side, or Pleasanton or Wilson
or Kllpntrlck or Hheridnn of the northern
side. The army saddles are the thrones of
battle. Hurricanes in stirrups are the cav
alrymen. No wonder that Miriam was chiefly grateful
that the Egyptian cavalrymen, pursuing thn
Israelites down to midway the Hml soa, were
unsaddled, unstlrruped, unhorsed.
And I have to tell you, U child of Ood, that
Ihe Lord, who Is on your side now and for
ever, has at His disposal and under His com
mand all waters, all winds, all lightnings, all 1
time and all etenlty. Come, look mo in the
face while I utter the wor I Ood commands
me to speak to you, "No weapon formed
against you shall prosper." lion't throw
away your tambourine. You will want It as
sure as you sit there and I stand here, and
the tuno you will yet piny on It, whether
standing on beach ol time or beach of etern
ity, will lie the tune that Miriam played when
she cried "Hlng ye to thn Lord, for Ho hath
triumphed gloriously : the horse and bis rider
bsth He thrown Into tbn sea."
I expect to hnte a good laugh with you In
heaven, for the lilliie says In Luke, sixth
chapter, twenty-first vcrw, "Hb'seisl are y
that weep now, for ye shall laugh." Wi
shall not spend nil eternity psalm singing,
but sometimes In review of thn past. s
Christ snys, we shall laugh. There Is
nothing wrong In laughter. It all depends
on what you laugh at, and when you laugh.
Nothing. It seems, will more thoroughly
kindle our heavenlv hilarities after we havs
got Inside the pearly gate than to see bow In
this world we got sen red nt things which
ought not to have frightened us at all.
How often we work ourselves up Into
great stew alout nothing! The lied sea be
fore may Im deep, and the Egyptian cavalry
behind us may lie well mounted, but if we
trust thn Lord we will go through no more
hurt by the wnter than when lu tsiyhood we
rolled our garments to thn knee nnd bare,
foot crossed the meadow brook on tho old
homestnnd. Tbn odds may seem to be all
against you, but I guess It will Im all right
with you If you have Uod on your side and
nil thn angelic, cherubic, seraphic nnd arch
angelic kingdoms. "If Uod Im for you, who
can be against you?"
Hut let me crlticlsn Miriam a little fur ths
Instrument of music she employed in the di
vine service on the sandy Israeli. Why not
take some other Instrument? The harp was
a sacred instrument. Why did she not take
Hint? The cymbal was a sacred instrument.
Why did shs not take that? The trumpet
was a sacred Instrument. Why did she not
take that? Amid that great host there must
have lsen musical Instruments more used In
religious service. No. Hhn took that which
shn liked thn best nnd on which she could
I test express her grntulution over a nation
rescue, first through tho retreat of the waves
of the Red sen. and then through the clap
ping of the hands of their destruction. Ho I
withdraw my criticism of Miriam. Let every
one take her or his best mode of divine wor
ship nnd celebration. My idea of heaven is
that it Is n pluce where we can do as we
please and have everything we want. Of
course we will do nothing wrong aud want
nothing harmful.
How much of the material and physical
will dually make up the heavenly world I
know not, but I think Oabrlel will have his
trumpet, snd David bis harp, and Handel his
organ, and Thalberg bis piano, and the groat
Norwegian performer bis violin, and Miriam
ber timbrel, and as I cannot make music on
any of them I think I will move nround
among all of them and listen. Hut there are
our friemls of the Scotch Covenanter church
who do not like musical instruments at all In
divine worship, and they need uot have
them.
What a day It will be when we stand on
the beach of' heaven nnd look back ou thn
lbil sea of this world's sin mid trouble and
celebrate the fuct that we have got through
aud got over and got up, our sins and our
troubles attempting to follow gone clear down
under the waves.
Oh. crimson floods roll over them und
drown them, and drown them forever! In
this world wn have so little time for that. I
am looking forward to eternal socialities.
To he with Uod ami never sin against mm.
To be with Christ and forever feel His love. To
walk together In robes of white with those with
whom on earth we walked together lu black
raiment of mourning. To gather up thn
meinlx-r of our scattered families and em
brace them with no embarrassment, though
all heaven 1st looking on.
A mine In Hcotlnnd caved In and caught
amid the rocks a young man who In a few
days was to have beeu united In holy mar
riage. No one could get heart to tell his
at11iini"d of the death of her Istloved, but
some one made her believe that he bad
changed his mind about thn marriuge aud
willfully disappeared. Fifty year passed ou,
when one duy the miners delving in tbn
earth suddenly came on the body of that
young man, which had all those years Ihm-u
kept from the air nnd looked just as it was
the duy of the calamity. Htroug, manly,
noble youth, he sat there looking as on the
day be died. Hut un one recognized the
llent form.
After awhile they called the oldest Inhab
itants to come and see If any one could rec
ognize htm. A woman with bent form and
ber bnlr snowy white with years came last,
and looking UHn the silent form that had
tswn so completely preserved gnvo a bitter
cry and fell into i long swoon, It was thn
one to whom half a century Isifor ) she was
to have been wedded, looking then Just as
wbeu In the days of their youth their affec
tions boil commingled. Hut tho emotion of
ber soul was too great for mortal endurance,
and two days after those who fifty years be
fore were to have joined bauds In wedlock
were at lusi married In the tomb, und Side by
side they wait for the resurrection.
31 y friends, we shall oome at last upon
those of our loved ones who long ago baited
in the journey of life. They will lie us fair
and beautiful yoa, fairer and more beauti
ful than wheu we parted from them.
I see thorn now the glorified assembled
for a celebrutlou mightier and more Jubilant
than thut on the liouks of the Red sea, and
from all lands and ages, on beach of light
above beach of light, gallery atove gallery
aud thrones above thrones. In circling sweep
of 10,000 miles of surrounding and upheaved
splendor, while standing before thum ou "sea
of glass mingled wfth tire" Michael, the arch
angel, with swinging scepter heats time tot
the multitudinous chorus, crying; "Hingt
Hlng! Hlng ye to the Lord, for He bath
triumphed gloriously ; the horsu and bis rider
hula tie thrown Into the sea."
Children Burned to Death.
Thrse children named lirouilet, between
2 and 0 ytsrt of sgs. were burned to death
in a tenement bouts in Qsrau Laut, Mon
treal A Mil In Twsnty-rivs Bsoonds.
A new locomotive on ths Ontario and
Weifsrn railway ran a mils In 23 seconds
on a trial trip ths otnsr day,
FimxN Thousand prisoners, exclmlvt of
women and children, sro In tbs prisons of
Idosco', awaiting dispatch to Siberia.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON rOR SUNDAY, JUNit
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all., 11. Commentary,
This Is the book and mirror of tt.s nisi
man. i nn tnreau oi tne nook is the
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mt, re 1 1 mil twt-iiij-iiTr. iiiufn. imeonfliit
'Fear Ood and keep His commandment. .
in It no redemptive power, but preparl
mwmw tn I Vl lluilMma, fvm . . S
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wno aione can mane an inings new i
Erdman). The life of F.cclrslaste comrJ
mm iiiim vi ,ui7 mm vi ouiwniun m U ,
seventh of Romans compared with the'
ji is me iruniFss nnort to uo gooj an
good apart from Him who alone Is onnA
all the tlmes" of chapter III., 1-8, ther
time iu pruy.
1. "Keen tiiv font when thort Drawl -
bouse of Ood .tnd be more ready to heart
id give ine sncrince oi ioois, lor thv
al.t n !, t.iw .1a -..I I i ii...
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ve ,i8 to ine uouse oi itou, nut 111114 ,
hearts are right with Ood wo shall be anfr,
'ine lite or a Christian Is in thn New T.
ment compared to a walk. We are to !
worthy of our vocation, walk In love.
children of light, walk circumspectly ef t
It. "Ho not rash with thy mouth and t
thine heart be hnsty to utt"r nnvthtn,; i,.;
Ood. for Ood Is In heaven ami thou v
im. i mrrium iii wij wonis o lew. v
only MO our reet nemt Keeping, but ftl
a
1
ii.iiiiim. j.rn,ini r- niMiiin WH a goo,J
" I som l will take neeo to my wns th
sin not witn my tongun ( rs. xtxl.v., 1 1,
ongun ( i s. xvxi.v., rt
uppropriate, "Set a wi:
y mouth : keep the ,1 1
... :t. How I im w. !
J riiyer ts aiway a
O Lord, before my
niy lips t I s. exit.
our words aright before Ood? I know : i
wsy so good as being filled with His w ,.
Men how iu Ho, llv., 3. He puts t!i..
word in our mouths which He would h?
ussuy. And there are prayers throiiLTi,
the I'sa'-ms suitable to every KViihle u i
sion,
a. "For a dream comet li through the :i
tltude of business, and a fool's vole in tn
by multitude of words." There nre lr
from above the sun from Ood Himself
which many are recorded in Hcriptur
ordinary dreams ore from wordly car
to a multitude of words, wn nre told t
in sucn mere wsi'.icm not sm (I'rov. x., i
ami this may 1m true even of some pr,,
we know alsmt which occupy anywhere ir
10 to 20 minutes or more. Contrast with
waste of words and time the prayer nf
Lord In John xvii., not over live m inn tit.
length.
4. "When thou vowest a vow unto Ci
defer not to pay It. tor He hath no ninn.l
In fools. 1'ay that which thou hast vi.nv
Compare with this verse Num. sxx., 2 , Ii.
mill., 21-23 i 1's. Ixvl., 1.1. 14. and be enr.
bow you make promises to Ood. He Is
fnlthful promlser (1 Cor. I., 0; x., l.t
Tbess. v., 24 s II Thess. Hi., 3 : Hob. x..
and our part is to trust Him, confide lu H
for all Ills promisee are lu Christ, yea
amen (II Cor. I., 201.
5. .Hotter is It that thou shoul.b it
vow than that thou ehmihW vow nnd
iay,' because that would Is) simply ly
and neither deceit nor Ilea can dwell in lb
sight I Hs. oi., 7). Home iieople calld Ch
iinns iiiinic it an right to make bromls.
their fellows which they have neither nbi
nor intention to meet. we would comm
to such the lust clause of I'.ev. xxi.. H.
liars shall have their part In thn lake wl
Durnein wita nm ana brimstone."
' . ."riufTer not thy mouth to cause thy I
to sin." One member of the body may a
another member or even the whole (toil.
suffer. We know this to be true physic
It is also true spiritually. Bee I Cor.
12-27. If we believed this, we would be,
mmu.u,. v Vfc.lT-iv lOTIIUKB UU WMI1U l(
snouin thoughtlessly cause another to
7. "For in tha miritit.iiin rtf Aro
many words there ore. also divers 1
but tear thou Ood." Ood said to AbraniT
am the Almighty Ood ; walk before Menul J
IhAll luwl...!'! . I I.A J . 1
tunii. itu., i.) Jesus says to us. .
am with you always" (Math, xxviil., 20.) Ii'
fact believed is thegreatest piwslblecorn-T
of one's life If we tblnk of Ulm aa the H:
who so loved ua that He gave Himself for
Then Ills lovnwill constrain us to love wu
lie loves and to avoid what He dislikes.
8. "He that is higher than the hiirue4 r-
Rardeth, and there be higher than th'j
Oppression of the por "u,t perversion
Justice are among tho perplexing tiling
life even to this day. Hut it is a verv v
story. David. Asnph und Jeremiah were -
uiMuriHSii by these things (l's. xxxvil., 1.
IxA-iii.. 1; Ji r. sll.. 1). but Hunt is foun.1
the context of each passage, and this vr-
ci our lesson assures us thut Ood do
und care. Our need Is faith aud p-iti-n
(Hob. x., 311. 37 : llev. xili., 10 ;xiv., U). Ti
finished story will muke all clear.
U. ''Moreover, the profit ol tho onrth i.i!
all ; the king himself is served by the IU M
Nothing lives unto itself ; all things exist I
the good of all i oven tho kinir with all t
wealth baste depend upou the prodis v '
thu Hold. No one can truly tulk of Isiin,- it
dependent. The Ood In whoso laud
breath Is, and whose are all our ways, it
wnom wo live and move and hr.vo our li-u:
(Dun. v., 33 j Actsxvll., 2H). will requir- t
account from us for tbesetuuurs.
10. "Ho that loveth silver shall not be si's-
fled with silver, nor ho that loveth abundau
with increase. This is also vanitv." Tt'
king wbo could niuko silver id (hi im uleDtila.
as stone (I Kings x., 27) w.is nuallfleit t
speak upon this subject. A greater tlu;
bolomon hat advised unthut wc should lay o:
treasure In heaven, aud by His Spirit bv
taught us that tho love oi money Is the r
of all evil (Math vi..lU-21:I Tim. vi.,10
Nothing under the sun can satisfy tho burnt
soul, but it Is written. "My people shsll l
ansiiea witn .uy goouuc, saltn tun Lora
(Jer. sxxl.. 14).
11. "When goods increase, they nre It
creased that ent them." To dosscss and ft
Joy Is worth while, but to possess merely I '
i ue sake oi guziug upon is surely vanity, an
yet take out of most lives all that is not trulj
prolltable, nnd bow very little of earth
goods will be left as the portion which ga
satisfaction? Nothing under the sua
satisfy the eve nor llll tho ear fahatitor I..
but let us behold our Creator and ltedoetiw
In the person of Jesus Christ, and He will
to us the chiofeht among 10,000 yes, sll
irether lovely (Koug v., 10, 16).
12. "The sleep of a laboring man is awi1
whether be cuts little or much, but tl
abundance of the rich will uot suffer hunt1
sloop." niches are uncertain, and profit u
In the day of wruth (I Tim. vl., 17 ; I'rov. xL.
), but there are durable riches which acccs
pany righteousness, even the riches of HL'
grace aud glory (I'rov. vllL, lHtEph. L.'
is), which the poorest tailoring man can h
Without money and without price, and wbui
win cause Mm to sleep all the mors sweeuj.
xeeon Jioipur.
Value of Nlokel Metal
Nickel ts a metal of more lmpof
tance than it used to bo, iinco it b
been discovered that combined wl:
teel it make the best and hardest
armor for war ship, and these uoutS
ern Oregon mines should not bav
been allowed to pass into tho lianl
of an English syndicate. Tho nlcVd
for tha armor of the battlo shins no
building- at Philadelphia Is procured
from Canada under a regular cor:ra
with the navy department. It U a
most the only material entering Inu
the new war vessels which U out pr
ducod la the United States. Boitoi
Journal
Wk are willing to endure the crin
line if the girls will agree not to u
barbed wire. Utlca Observer.
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