n A' THE MIDDLEIUIRGII POST. T. B. HARTER, loirea ajtb Puhi HIDDLEBURQH. TA.. JUNK C, im KEYSTONE STATE CULL1NGS. TURKIC CHILDREN' CREMATED. CACI'IIT lit A tlHK AT TliriM r.tTIIKB't notar. C!o!sntTti Eire complete!? destroyed the Isrm ImiiM of Ssiuuel Skiles In I'bar itr$ township, two miles west of this plsce. and in the conflagration Fkiies'three young est children text their lives. Hkiles was awakened by the noise of the flames, nni! hurrying to the kitehsn found the room In flame. He r-iduavored to subdue the tire, but linding that Imposiihlo turned his at tention to rescuing liia little one, who were sleeping in an utairs apartment. He was unsticcesaiul In this, and two children, aged resjiectivcly 4 and ft yf-ars, perihed in the Hamea. A bub of on'y n few month?, which was terribly burned, died a few liourt later. Tho fire originate I Ir-m nn overheated cook stove in the kitchen, in which natural gas w as used. T1IK HOY FAMILY IttT.tF.D VIIM K THAT HOY roVTFM ft. Trl M10WS- ix t iiimski r i n Tiir kivfr. CoSSM.lsVIM.lt. The bodies of John Hoy, wife and two children, who were murdered Kundny night, were tinned in Hill (irove cemetery Thursday. Whi'e preparing Hoy's b'Mly for bti'utl it wsi i i-covcred that he had waled into the river up to his arm pits. This is taken us evidence, that lie first contemplated drowning himself nnd then changed his mind and returned to the house killing family and then himself. As the furt Is not established that Hoy w.u a murd erer and suicide, and some think ho died defending his f:ntly, the Kev. Father Ot'onnel decided ttiat his bo ly could be Murie l inc nsecratil ground. - - rot n minkis r.Ti.i.v rrr.srn. Tnr'iosr Through the carelessness of one of their number, six miners employed at Middle Creek Colliery, of the Keading Company, were seriously burned by an ex plosion of gas this morning. They aro Charles Maurcr. John Sealer. Frank Hiith. William llolu. William Iiretitii and Wil liam Frdman. The injuries of the first four aro fa'al. The cxplo-iioit was caused ly a naked lamp. S i MONkTRosITV ')V IMVII. SATtT.F. On. Citv. A ewe owned by n farmer liv ing near I)e i pseytown gave birth to mon strosity which lived but two days. It had two perfect bodies, except that they had but one neck and onu head, one heart, four lungs and two livers. nil apparently healthy. Thu pelt was Jet black and us hue as silk. MASilt.l'.II TO MATH. Ktnr Mrs. Antonio Cuidilerleki. a lady of IK), undertook to cross the I.ako Shore tracks by crawling under a train. The car started, and the old lady was mingled to death. spenk-essy keepers was amsted Tuesday . afternoon. At night eight masked men forced an entrance through ti e ilurgess' of I i.v. -,J lockup and broke the lock on the cell doo. in which the speak -easy queen was and rtl,.rtl,..i (lt.r. A carriage was wait ing outside and she was driven olT toward Ml. I'leus tiit. This It thu third time Mary Uiley has broken Jail. Mbs. Nancy Mi-CAHRMiint was struck and Instantly killed by a train nn the l.uke Erie railroad, near 1'ittvliurg. Her ituiighter. Ellen, M venrs old. was itl-o struck and was probably fatally hurt Tin) unfortunate women were returning home from church. They were w alking linked lira s on thu r ilroad. Tiik cliHrred remains of I'nsineer Wallace who was killed imFehrnary ii in nn accident at Williams stiitnm on tlie Ihtititnore and Ohio railroad. have been found it) the debris The goM watch lie carried had melted und was imbedilctl in tlielup bone. Tin: big new mil! of tho Medix l!un I.trn be r Co iipaiiy. in F.:k county has begun operations. 1 be mill wi l saw To.oo.l f,..t of lumber a day. The company has oo.n i.ini fuel of timber, -ch telly hemlock. About 1X1 tut n wilt lie employed. Two i mi. pin . :-f Francis Showers, a sec tion foreman on the Ynllev n ud at l.opnti's Ferry, 7.ero drowned while fishing Mid their ,-odics have not ) t been recovered. They were uge 1 lo und 1 years. Ai.ntos Coi.r, aeeij )'!, was found dead under a trestle in rnlouton ti. where he niul been ttir.)wn by uu eng iie which ran over him dining the nurht. J lo had been reduced to pauarism by drink Ilotn iiT i vi rs. nn employe of the rail roacl company, while employed in helping to clear thu wrecK of Mam's circus, near Tyrone, was instantly killed by u tank fall ing upon him. Tiik wile of Henry Kithn, of Lancaster, neglecteil to call him in time for dinner. When ne awoke he was so mury that he cut his tliroat. Yet ho was old enough to know better, being ta. Tiik houe of William l"n:!ison in Clintonvilli) was .struck by luhtuimr nnd tre.i. A daughter of I lonaldson, agel l'.l years was so badiy burned that sliu- will die. May 31st was the fourth nnniversarv of the Joluisiow it M d. but no public demon strataoti was mate ttirtlier lliuu t i dccor.itM the graves w nil llower. Mi;s. Davmi I.ovr ati I twi daugliters. f Alverton. were dangerously iniured in n runa av vesti'rdav. The older datighti-r is probably fu'ally injured. Tiik 10 year-old son of lioor') I.oni of Jieeksburg. Westnion-land coiintv. fell fro n u tree and struck ou u snag, f riglitt'ully in juring hiuis-lf. I'.r.i'oiiTS riveived at the office of Hip State board of HL'riculture indicate a bonimlul crop of nil kinds and of stone fruits except cherries. Miis. (iKoiioi tA FnrrMAN, of Mt. Holly, left her baby at lionte alone lor a lew hours. When she returned the chi.d had cried itaclf lo death. C'mRM" Sai.yaiiiw, whokilleij ro!iixmn George Martin in April, at Carlisle has been found guilty in the first degree. Tut Morgan timtiet on the S'ate Line railroad, near Smithrield. caved in Saturday It will take two weeks to clear it. The Visible Supply of Grain The statement of the visible supply of grain in store and attout on last Saturday as complied at the New York produce ex change Is as follows: Wheat, 70.157,000 bu; decrease l,3tJ9.(X) bu; Corn. 3.C2.S,000 bu; de crease 413.000 bu; oats. 3,342,000 bu; increase 158,000 bu; rye, 300,000 bu: dtcreass, 10,. 000 bu; barley 303,000 bu; decrease 110,00,1 TW1UOHT. tk goMea glory In the airy, Mirrored In wave which strive no V.Kt ;,Tns ery of night birds, flitting by, And lo 1 1: day la o'er. .The crescent noon disc, rising slow, With one attendant, radiant sphere, A cloud aaross the sunset ' glow, And lo t the night la here I Xlnettc M. Lowater, in Tooth's Companion. Tho Sword and tho Altar. frt IflLCZB T. PA on. MONO tho nlmoat innnmernMe inoi flnta of our Civil itml ctbrwie, which from time to Time nnvo fonnu a idace in the col umns of the lend ing ningazincsj and tiowH)npera of tho country, I havo failed to see any fner tinn of the nitu rle utorr which I am nliont to relat-e, whieh, while it ia not wholly destitute of pathos, will at the anme timo nerve to illustrate moKt forcibly tho undercurrent cf pt-uuino religious aentiment and iicraotial jiiety that pervaded all ranks and conditions of the men engaged in that fratricidal strife. nn undercurrent nono tho Ickb deep nnd strong thnt the anrfnee wnii ftaiued with the Mood of brothers nud strewn with thc wrecks of Ytur tho dying and the (lend. la wn in the early spring of 1802, when the Federal forces, nnder Mnjor- Oeueral B , were advancing on thnt rneinorr.blo rninpnign in tho valley of Virginia. Every foot of ground, from the Potomac to Staunton, had already been fought over at ono time occu pied by Federal hosts, at another by Confedirnte. General B bad advanced his lines na fur aaMiddletown, in the upper valley nnd beyond, while the Confed erate army, under General J , mus occupying tho Luray valley, near Staunton and llnrrironburg made fa moiia in history by tho not far distant battle field of Fort liepnblic. It was one of those calm, quiet Sun eluy mornings, Btiggentive rather of peaco on earth anil good will to men than of tho liery pacsioua born if war and bloodHhed, when General B rode out from his headquarters in the town, accompanied by his personal ataff, on a ehort tonr of rcconnoittMincc. It was a eightly pageant that well ap pointed band, with their bright sabres Hashing in tho aunlight, and their gaily caparidoned steeds impatient of the control of bit and bridle. An hour's rapid ride through field nnd wood brought them in night of a email country church, neatled away juot within tho vestibules of a forest, with its modest ppiro still pointing heavenward, having not yet had tho ' Aa1 tuo cavaldado approached they became aware of the fact that a con gregation had assembled, and that tho services had already commenced. Concluding that he was still by several miles within his picket lines. General B ordered a halt, and after a brief consultation with his officers, and the stationing of four sentries commanding all tho ap proaches to the building, the whole cavalcade dismounted, and leaving their horses in charge of their order lies, proceeded in a body to the church. The beautiful morning service tho distinguishing feature of Episcopal worship was just ending as this un expected accebsion to tho congregation entered. The organ wau pealing jorth its al most human cry of "Jesus, Saviour of my eoul, let me to Thy bosom Hy," as, quietly and with niot-t respectful solemnity, this small but diftingusihed band of officers took their heats. Small as was that little country church, there were numbers of erupy pews, end those that were occupied were occupied mostly by women and children, with a small contingent of gray-haired men. There was a most noticeable absence of men worshipers only two or three old men with whitened locks, and threo others, two young men and a roauly boy who had seen scarcely four teen summers, all three dressed in Confederete uniform. The momentary rirpleof excitement occasioned by so unlooked-for a pres ence soon gavo way before the spell of pious devotion which pervaded that little sanctuary an though some angel had w hispered to their hearts : 'Ttace, be still!" And now came from the chancel the roice of the aged pastor, as ho an nounced his text a voice deep, sonor ous, and pathetic. Standing there, with his long white hair and flowing beard, his very presence seemed a Ber mon in itself ; but from the moment he announced his tot : "Come nnto Me, all yo that are weary and heavy laden, and I will pivo yon rest," every eye was riveted upon "him, every ear was strained to catch hid holy utter ances. lie stood within tho chancel rail, without manuscript or note. lie said : "I come to you this Sabbath morning, my beloved brethern, with a gracious message from heaven. I come as the ambassador of Christ, to offer reht to the weary, and relief to the heavy laden rest, sweet abiding rest, to earth's toil-worn and sin-laden suffer- "Let us firfct consider, my brethren, vho it is that makes this gracious tier. When I tell you it is Christ Iimself, mighty to save all who come .into God through Him, you will re cognize not only the ability, but the willingness of the gracious offerer. We all know, my brethren, what rest means to tho hungering and thirsting . -T i onL ' It ts this Ite offers fan on A sole condition that you will come. Hie invitation in 'Ho, everyone that thireteth, come je to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Incline your ear and come nnto Me, and your soul shall live.' "This gracious Saviour offers a balm for every wounded heart in Divine presence this morning the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. There are many of yon, I know, who greatly need this Divine Comforter. Those habiliments of woe (the ladies of tne congregation were all in mourning apeak to me of bleeding hearts beneath them. To yon my teit commends it self with special emphasis. The grave nas shut lorever from your eyes the loved forms ami faces of those who were once yonr joy and pride. Did I say 'forever? Oh, not not forever! Hear the righteous Job, and let his holy confidence be your abiding con solation : 'I know that my Kedec mcr uvetn, ana that lie shall stand at the latter day upon the earth ; and though arter my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I sea God, whom I shall see for myself?' "Ye, my beloved brethren, b as sured there will come a time when all theso tears shall be wiped away, when our loved and )ot ones shall le re stored to us. when reunited we shall king together the song of the redeemed. "Come! This is the only condition ITe imposes. Come just as you are. Weary and heavy-laden, it may lie, with tho burden of your sins, heavily oppressed with sorrows manifold, many of you, like Bachel, weeping for her children, and ho would not be com forted because they wero not. Come to the only Fountain that can wash away sin, tho only true balm and con solation for wounded hearts; come, for earth huth no sorrow that heaven cannot heel. "Ti Jesus bids yon come. Will you slight His gracious invitation? Come, my beloved brethren, to the ta ble of your Lord, which is spread lor you this day ; como with your bruised and broken henrts. lie has said: 'I will refresh you.' Como to the foot of tho cross this morning. View your crucified Bedeemer agonizing there. See iu His' feet and hands the nail prints, and the spear thrust in His side. Behold that crown of thorns, ami hear that mocking cry of 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jew s. ' Was ever other king so crowned ? "Let us rommemerate, my brethren, that scene in our hearts this day. Let us feed on Hitu in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving." The above is but a meagre sketch of tho sermon of that eloquent old man. When ho closed, thero were but few dry eyes in that hushed and awed con gregation. Perhaps it was expected that the visitors would retire nuietlv at the close of the discourse. But no ! they remained and participated in the ja,T.t-ejmmunion servicer and wheDtb? f luiuiu uuii-nu in t-re luviieu to approacn the sacred table, the church presented a scene as rare as it w as impressive ; eight Fedeial soldiers, together with their general, and three Confederate officers, including tho boy, knelt to gether around tiiat holy table and par took of the broken body and shed blood of a common Lord and Saviour. ISot until all had communed, and the old pastor had invoked a blessing upon all, did these Christian soldiers offer to retire ; and when they arose to go, it seemed as though they were loath to quit the sacred precincts of that ohl country church where they had doubtless been brought nearer to God and nearer to their loved ones, worshipers of tho same Al mighty Father, in temples far away. With bowed heads and deeply rev erential manner, they filed two and two out of tho church, led by the com mander, the congregHtion remaining iu their pews until all had passed out. This soldierly cavalcade, once more in the saddle, formed an imposing group to look upon ; the general, a intin of rare personal preseuce, seated on a nmgniticent charger, and sur rounded by his staff officers, each of whom was but second to his com mander. The spell of the sanctuary was still upon them, for as yet not a word had been spoken, and they waited in silence for the command "Forward." It did not come. Their leader seemed pon dering upon some thought which had taken possession of his mind to the exclusion, for thc moment, of tho itol dier imdinct of mental alertness. Suddenly ho spoke. "Call an or derly," he said. When the soldier came forward, he thus addressed him : "Orderly, go to the church and pre sent General B 's compliments to the three gentlemen dressed in Con federate uniform, and say that he would bo glad to see them for a mo ment." Without a moment's hesitation, the three came forward, accompanied by tho orderly. After the salute, which was gracefully acknowledged by the gen erul and his entire staff, the general, addressing them as "soldiers," paid: "I requested your presence, gentle men, because I suppose you cannot possibly be aware that you aro several miles within our lines, which have been very reeeutly moved forward. I do not know how you propose to get back to your command, but this I do know, that any way you may choose will be attend with much risk and perhaps cap ture as prisoners of war. After what has transpired to-dav, I feel anxious that you should get back without being subjected to the danger and annoy ance of arrest and probably indefinite detention." Then, teariug a leaf from his pocket portfolio, he wrote i Give the bearers fe escort Dtyocd the Federal lutes. Hbiaed li , aIajuavGen?ral Commanding. This he repeated three times ; only. hen he wrote the boy's passport, lit said: "Confederate boy soldier." He Dowea gracefully as he banded each one his passport. As he handed the boy his, he eaidt "My son, you are f-onng to be a soldier J I hope yon may ive through this terrible conflict to be a blessing and a comfort to yout mother." The boy's heart was touched, for as he turned away, unbidden tears were in his eyes, The general continued! "Gentle men, please present our thanks to yout worthy pastor for his sermon to-day." So, saying, "Forward t double quick!" and almost before the three Confeder ates had rejoined their friends in the church, the Federals were out of sight in the distance. When five or six minutes had elapsed in discussing the event of the day, and before the congregation had dispersed to their respective homes, they were startled by the appearance of a horse man in their midst, riding nobis steed, black as a raven's wing, except where his glowing hide was flecked with foam. The rider, who, At the head of his command, sat like a centaur, as he drew rein in front of the church, war recognized at once by all the congre gation as the famons commander of the "Black Horse Cavalry." When in formed of the character of their distinguished visitors, the part they had taken in the services of the day, and the generous manner in which the Confederate soldiers had been treated, ho made no comment, but merely re marked: "Wo knew they were here, and rode hard to capture them, and should have done so, but for the tima consumed in a skirmish with their picket line." "After what has happened." con tinued the famons chief of tho "Black Horse," "I am glad that we did not arrive in time. Even now we might cut them off before reaching Middle tow n ; but let it pass ! We will return to our headquarters empty-handed, as we came." The Confederate horsemen dis appeared as suddenly as they had come, leaving the congregation stand ing in that old church-yard dazed and uncertain whether it had not all been a Sunday morning's waking dream, tho baseless fabric of some distorted vision. Blue and Gray. A Dnrablo Watch. After hanging on the limb of a tree all winter, exposed to the rain and snow, a valuable gold watch and chain belonging to O'Hara Darlington, who lives a short distance above Sharps burg, Teun., has been discovered, and to-day is keeping time just as it did before it was lost early in last Novem ber. Mr. Darlington owns the old Darlington mansion with its broad acres at Guyasuta, where the noted In dian chieftain bearing the same name is supposed to te buried. Last fall he was in the woods superintending the burning of some brush. The clay was warm and sultry, and On his nay home he carried his coat and vest over his arm. At the supper table he had occasion to look at his watch, but it was not in the accus tomed pocket, neither was thero any (trace of the heavy gold chain with which tho watch had been attached to the vest. A careful search failed to reveal the missing valuables. Hastily leaving the supper room, Darlington cUled his hired men, six in Lumber, who in turn gathered together a large number of neighbors. I'rocuring lanterns and rakes, tho party went to tho woods and spent the entire night in searching for the miss ing watch and c'uaiu. Early tho next morning Mr. Darlington wero back iu the woods again, aud the search was kept up for two weeks. The entire woodland was raked from ono end to the other, but no trace of tho watch, and chuin was found. Tho search was tinully abandoned and Mr. Darlington gave np his watch for lost Ore afternoon recently Fred and Frunk Stout, sons of Harry A. Stout, me.nager of Tibb's glass house, Sharps burg, went to the wood for a stroll. The two boys had not gone far till one of them had his hat knocked from his head by tho ovtrhnnging branch of a tree. Glancing up to see what he had run against, he was astonished to sue right before bis eyes and within easy reach a gold watch and chain. The boys approached the limb to which the watch was hanging, cau tiously, lest by some awkward move ment a pretty optical illusion should bo dispelled. However, they soon be came convinced that they had not been made the victims of a trick, and a few moments later they were flying homeward, with tho watch and chain safely stowed away in one of their pocket. When Mr. Stout came homo in the evening and was shown the watch he, too, was greatly surprised, for along with a party of other neigh bors he had gone on an all-night search for that watch live months be fore. How the watch came to be in the position in which it was found is a mystery. Pittsburg Dispatch. An Artist lu 1'upcr, It is remarkable how many wonder ful children there are in tho world in latter days. Mrs. Georgo Dunlap, who is the head and centre of the children's department of the World's Fair, re ceives almost daily letters giving an account of some infant prodigy in that especial region. One of the most unique is a youth who produces most interesting results with paper and scissors. His mother reads him a story, w hich he illustrates w ith figures, trees, houses and animals, all mado of tissue paper, cut with scissors. It is said that somewhere in the Eleveuth Century there wua a young prince who ecolled in this art, which has been loft to the world ever since. Detroit Free I'ress. Thero are uo native kangsrcoi except on tho continent of Australia. ABOUT LEFT HANDED MEN REV. tH. TAliHiOI FBEACHXS On the Power of Those Who Strive Psraeveranoe the Burs Road to Suoosss In Religion. TsxT "Rut rae tk rhiUtrm of Itrnrt tried unlo th Lord th4 honi mitxt Outm up a dWioenr, Xhud, IK ton of Gra, n Iimjan r, a man left AoaJnt" Judges lit, 18. Ehnd was a ruW In Israel. Us was left handed, and what was peculiar about the tribe of Itanjamtn, to which be beloogrd. there wm In It 700 left handed fnon, and yet so dexterous had they all become la the usa of the left band that the Rlble says thny could sling stones at a balr's breadth and not mtss. Well, there was a king of the name of Eelon who was an opprvosor of Israel. Be Imposed upon them a most outrageous tax. Ehud, the man of whom I first spoke, bad a dlrlne commission to destroy that oppressor. He came, pretending that he was going to pay the tax, and asked to sen King Eglon. He was told he was In the summer house, thn place to which the kiug retired when It was too hot to sit la the palace. This summer house was a platie surrounded by flowers and treett and springing fountains aad warbling birds. Ehud entered the summer house and said to King Eglon that ho had a socret errand with him. Immediately all the attendants were waved out of the royal presence. King Eglon rises up to recelvo the meesenger. Ehud, thn left handed man, puts his left hand to his right side, pulls out a dagger and thrusts Eglon through until the haft went In after the blade. Eglon falls. Ehud comes forth to Mow a trumpet of recruit amid thn mountains of Ephrnlm, and a great host Is marshaled, and proud Monti submits to thn conqueror, and Israel Is free. Ho, O Lord, let all Thy enemlen perish I Bo, O Lord, let all Thy f rlemls triumph! I learn first from this stihj.vt the power of left handed men. There are some men who ly physical organization have as much streugth In their left hand as In their rlgLt haml, but there Is something In thn writing of this text which Implies that Ehud had some defect In his right band which com- fielled him to use the left. Oh. the power of eft hiutdod men ! (renins Is o'ten self obser vant, careful of Itself, not given to much toll, burning Incense to Its wu aggrandizement, while many a man with no natural endow ments, actually defe-tivn in physical ami mental organization, has an earn-ntness for the tight, a patient Industry, an all consum ing perseverance which achieve mitrvel for the kingdom of Christ. Though left handed as Ehud, they can strike down a sin as groat and Imperial as Eglon. I hovn eecn men of wea!th gathering about them all their treoeures, stiuftlngat theuauso of a world lying Iu wickedness, roughly ordering Lamms off their dooixtcp, sending their dogs, not to lick his sores, but to hound him off their pramlaes, cuti-hlng all the pure rain of Ood's blessing into theatagnant, ropy, frog-Inhabited pool of their owu sellUhncs right-handed men. worse than useless while many a man with large heart and little purse has out of hi limited means made poverty leap for Joy and started an Influence that overscans thn grave and will swing round and round the throne of God, world without end, amen. Ah, me, it is high time that you left handed men who hare been longing for this gift and that eloquence aud the other man's wealth should take your left hand out of your pock et. Who made all these railroads' Who set up all these cities? Who started all these ehur-hes nnd schools and asylums? Who has done nil the tugging and running and pulling? Men of no wonderful endowments, thousandsof them acknowledging themsclvi to be left hnnded, und yet they were earnest, and yet they were determined, and yet they were triumphant. But I do not suppose that Ehud the first time he took a sling in his hand could throw a stonn a hair's breadth and not miss. I snpMse"it was praetioe that gave him the wonderful dexterity. Oo forth to your spheres of duty and be not discouraged if In your first attempts you miss the mark. Ehud mimed it. Take another stone, put it care fully Into the allng. swing It around your head, t.ike better nl in, ami the next time you will strike the neuter. The first ttmu that a mason rlugs his trowel upon thn brick he does not expe rt to put up a purfeet wall. The first time a ourpentersimds a plane ovet a board or drives a hit through u beam ha does not expect to make perfect execution. The first time a boy attempts a rhyme hn doos not exjMKt to chime a "Lalla llookh" or a "Lady of tho Lake." Do not bo sur prised if in your first efforts -at doing good ou are not very largely successful. Under stand that usefulness is an art, a sclenuo, a trade. Ther-j was an oculist performing a very dllfleult operation on the human eyi. A young doctor stood by itndsnld "Howeosily you Uo that. It doesu't seem to cause you any trouble ut all." "Ah," suld tho old ocu list, "It is very easy now, but 1 spoiled a hat ful of eyes to leant that." lie not surprised If It takes some practice le(ore we con help nieu to moral eyesight and bring them to a vl-don of tho cross. Left handed men to the work ! Take the gogpoi for u sling and faith uud repentuuee for the smooth xtouo from the brook, take sure uim, (lod direct the weapon, aud great tioliaths will tumble lie fore you. I learn also from this suhjoi-t the danger of worldly olevutlon. This Eglon was what tho worhl called a great man. There were hundred of men who would have considered Uthu gtmtteot houor of their life lust to buvti him speak to thm. Vet, although hn is so high up in worldly position, he Is not beyond the reach of Ehud's dugger. I see a great muny people trying to climb up In social position, having an idea that there Is a safe place somewhere far above, not knowing that thn mountain of fame has a top like Mount lilnnc, covered with perpetual snow. We laugh at the children of Hhinar for try. Ing to build a tower that could reach to the heavens, but I think If our eyesight wore only good enough we could see a liahel lo many a dooryord. Oh, the struggle Is lleroo ! It is store against store, house against house, street against street. Nutlon agulust Nation. Thn goal for which men are run ning is chairs and chandeliers and mirrors and houses and binds and presidential equip ments. If they get what they anticipate, what have they got? Men aro not safe from calumny while they liv.'. aud, worse than that they are not safe after they are dead, for I have seen swine root up graveyards. ono rtuy a man goes ud into publicity, and the world does him honor, and people climb up into sycamore trees to watch hlin as he passes, and as he goes along on the shoulders of thn people there is a waving of hats aud a wild huzza. To-morrow tho same man is cuught between the jaws of thn printing press and mangled end bruised, and the very aamn persons who applauded him before cry : "Down with the traitor I Ilown with him !" ttelahazzar sits ut tho feast, thn mighty men of Babylon sitting all around him. Wit sparklea like the wins und thn wlue like the wit. Music rolls up among thn chandeliers : the ohan.leliers flash down on the decanters. The breath of hanging gardens floats in on the night air the voloo of revelry floats out. Amid wreaths and tapestry and folded ban ners a linger writes. The march of a host is ! 00 toa "taln- Laughter catches la the throat. A thousand hearts stop beating. The blow U struck. The blood on the floor Is richer bund than the wlna on the table. The kingdom has departed. Delshaxzarwas no worse perhaps than hun Jreds i of people In Ilabylon, but his position slew blm. oh. be ooutent with Just such a position as God ha placed you In I It may uot let said of us, He was a great general' or "He was an honored chieftain, or "Ho was mighty In worldly attainments." but this thing may be said of you and mn, H was a good citizen, a faithful Christian, a friend of Jesus." Aud that lu the last day will be the highest of all eulogiuma. . I learn further from this subject thn detr. vv Hinuim aivuaisT, Air ion rim - xpnet to die la that Una plane. Amid v flower leaves that drifted like snow b,jf Ulna i In the sound ot a thousand I.,! tering on one tree branch i In the eoolli that came np to shake fnverlah trrmhuT thn king's locks, there was nothing thu'', of death, but there he died I la th V when the snow la a ikmrnl -i wind Is a dirge. It is easy to think 2 nonau;y, our wnen tae weather la w and all our surroundings are agrsefl difficult It Is for as to iimnmi... ?! '' that we are mortal 1 And yet mr t-it iJl that death iln inm.ilm- ' " M.U .-W KVUJ, Hn Is blind and eannot sne the leat- a uoai uu cannot near tne fountain, it nsatn wouifl as n tor Mim. point him to hundreds of people who rejoloe to have him come. Push hvV door of t hat hovel. Look at that llttl. J cold and sick and hungry. It has 3, heard thn name of Ood but In blasnklt Parents Intoxicated staggering amo straw bed. oh, death, thur- Is a iCl thee! I'p with it Into the light! &.$ tness) little foetttumMa on life's n.tk 1 them rent. - 4 Here Is an aged man. He has dot Work Wm hn.d. trial, i.ln.l.,.,.!.. m. .... . ......... . , ,,ubij, in.-i panions of his youth are all gone, hi i dren deaxl. He longs to bn at rst J wearily tne Uays anl the nights pu, says. "Come, Lord Jesus, come inijr Oh. death, there Is a mark for thee' -from him thn stiff and irive him th I'p with him Into the light, whore ey,tl ,11111, aim ine iiair wnnens not thn long years of eternity. Ah, diutli not do that. Iieath turns back fr-,-straw boil and from the aged man nti the skies and comes to the summer htu. What doest thou her, thou botiy.it-, monster, amid this waving grass an-l this sunlight sifting through th branches? Children an at nlav. How,., their feet go and their locks toss in th,I l-... . ..a. . . . . m riihuct ami iiiumer ntan'i hi tne siij.-r. i. . enjoying their ; J slblo that the Well ,; 1 ;lmt fold and carry j nn old archer stun i - - '-' ..... --iij, j 111-4 .11 ir f uoes not seem post ever br rok Into that Iamb. Meapwhlle lug through thethicket. He points In. . at the brightest of the grouo he 1. . M marksmiati the bow bends, the arrow ,- ijusn, now: The quick feet have t and the locks toss no more In the r Laughter has gone out oi tho hall. 1 in the summi r house ' Here is a father In midlife. His iv home at night Is the Mgnat for mirth. children rush to the door.and there bm. Dn 'the evening stand, and the hour, sway on glad feet. Them Is nothing,. Ing In that home, ll.dlgion Is th.-r , ai-rlllces on the altar mornlngaii.tr. Vou look In that household and say -' not think of anything happier. 14 really believe the world is so sad a pi, lome people d'-s -rlrio it to be." The, changes. Father is sick. The dor,r -bn kept shut. The deHfh watch chirps fully on the hearth. The children u and walk soltly where once they roi Tossing tho house late at night, you quick glanWng of lights from room tor It Is all ovei. Iteath In tho summer h. . Hern Is an aged mother- aged, but c - firm. You think you will have thn Joyo' , Ing for her wants a good while yet. i , goes rrom house to hous-. to chlldr-t, grandchildren, her coming Is a drop,it sunlight in the dwelling. Vour chll.lrei her coming thrlugh the lane, ami thj "Grandmother's come!" Care for yoii marked up her face with many 1 , wrinkle, and her back stoops with 1 tying your burdens. Home days k very quiet: She . says shn is 1 tick, but . something tells you ' will not much longer have mother, rih-r It with you no longer at the table nor ti hearth. Her soul goes out so gently y . not exactly kuow the moment of It in Fold the bands that hsvn done-onmnvi nesses for you right over the heart thi-i beat with love for you since before you J born. Let thn pilgrim rest. She Isv J Ueath in the summer house ! Gather about us what we will of eor and luxury, when tho pale messenger J ne does not stop to look at tho archil of the house before he comes In, nor ent-t does he watt to examine the pictures wt-J gamereu on tnn wall, or bending ovr pillow hn doos not stop to see whether u is a color In the cheek, or gentleness It eye, or Intelligence in the brow. l:m oiinotr :uusi we sttuil tor ever mmirJ among the fc-mveg of our dead. No ! No! people In Deugnl bring cages of bird t' graves of their dead and then they opt cages, and tho binls go singing heavnin Ko I would bring to the graves of your-: all bright thoughts and conirratulutioii! bid them think of victory and redemptkt nump un inn nouoni or the gravo.it reass turougn into tlto light and iflur neaven. The ardent used to think that the etiterlng the lied sea were very dmi.'-r plw-ea, as they supposed that every sliif. wuiu inrougn tuoae straits woulil t stroyed. and tbey were in thn habit of ting on weeds of mourning for thote hud gone on that voyage, its thou.'h t. were actually dead. Do you know what:' caitea nose strait"? They call them "Gate of Tears.'' Oh, I stand to-duvt gate of tears through which muny ol j lovea ones nave gone, and I want to b-U that all are not shipwrecked that hiivo t through thoso strults Into tho great o-i sireteuing out neyomi. The sound that eomes from that shoro on still nights when we are wnr; lu prayer makes me think that the lrur are not dead. Wo are the dead -w toll, we who weep, we who sin -we ar dead. How my heart aches for human row ! This souud of breaking hearts tlu' near nil aoout me : This lust look ot 1 that will never brighten again ! Tiil kiss of Hps that never will speuk ac This widowhood and orphanage . Oh. Will thn day of sorrow bn gone? After the sharpest winter thn sprinc mounts Irom the shoulder of a soutbTj aud outs Its warm hand unon the earth. lu its palm thero comes the grass, and t- come tnn nowers, ana Oo.l resits ever poetry of bird nud brook and bloom pronounces It very good. What, my frb if every winter bad not its spring, and " nignt lis day, ana every gloom Its glow, every bitter uow its sweet hereafter? I' have beeu on the sea. you know, us the 1 passes lu the night, thero Is a phosphor'' truck left Isdiiud It, and as thu wutcrs they toss with tiiiluiuglnubln splendor. ' across this grut ocean of human tr Jesus walks. Oh, that In the phosphor truck of ills feet we might all follow an Illumined ! There was a gentleman in the rail car saw In that same car three passenger) very uincreni circumstances. Tne nri a maniac. . Ho was carefully guarded t uttenduiits i his mind, like a ship tli.stiia-' was beating against a dark, desolnte t' from which no help could come. Thn U4 stopped, and the inuu was taken out Into S asylum to waste away perhaps through J" 01 gloom. The second passenger w culprit. The outraged luw had seized on k As the cars Jolted the chains rattled. V" 1 face were crime, donravitv nnd dusnalr. '' frpiifll liiiltmf mill In. urai. lulrun nut tl t' peulteutlury, to which hn had beca f' demued. There was the third passeiigru der fur differeiit circumstances. rhe brldo. Every hour was gay as a niarM belL Llfegllttered and beckoned. H'1" iiaulon was taking her to hut father's The tr.iln halted. The old man was tber-3 Welcome her to her new home, aud tils "'- locks snowed down upon ber as he eai Wonl with a father's Lias. Uub-kly w fly towurd eternity. Wt ' moll lie there Home Iiiuvn tliul life C- demued culprits. They refused a P-"1' they carry tueir chums. Oh, may it us ttiat, luavlug this niiotlng ilfn for n' ". we may nud our lather ready logn-t" our uw bo:a" with Hun iorjvdr. '1'ntt ' os a marlage titu-pt-t:. Vttrnrs wi'" Esther's Untouil Father klasl IK''' lleuveu '
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