ARPEN YOUR AXIS
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B. TALMAOB FBCACHX8 A
f Sermon on th Existing Con
on of Hllton. The Church
: Nds Mora Backbone.
' ""tr. rT (! nn mil frmnd
wf nil thr lontl of rnW," rtc.l
(III . I31.
trlnv fin1 Bind salutation to tnl tin
hot. Chantauqnnn, Christian En-
(YMpel worker and .heir friend
J nrt f Wisconsin and America,
sinners! My text in glorloualy
ate. Whnt eallln subjugation
lite were suffering ! The Philistine
M off nil the blacksmith nnd lorn
heblsekmlth'hopand abolished
smith's trade In the land of Iamel.
Philistines had a particular grudge
daeksmlth. although t have alwavs
lhm and have sometime thought
to have been on" myself. The Phil
nnld not even allow the parties to
r valuable mine of bra and Iron,
it thrv make any sword or spear.
rnnlv twoswonl left In all the
M. thn Philistine went on until
I taken nil the grindtone from th
snl.so thnt If ni Isr.vlltlsh fnrmer
sharpen his plow or hi nx he had
r to tli" gsrrieon of the Philistine
done. There was onlv on" sharpen-
men! loft in the land, and thnt wm
,he farmers iind the mechanic hav
llng to whet up tbe Coulter, nnd th
id the pickax save a simple file. In
e hindered ami work practically
a.
feat Mn of these Philistine ws to
t Israelites disarmed. They might
out of th hills to make sword of,
'would not have nny blacksmith to
I Iron. If they got the Iron welded,
aid have no grindstone on which to
e lnfrtiment of agriculture or the
'weapon up to nn edge. Oh, yo
axponlc Israelite, reduced to a file,
ly you ! Itutthe Philistine were
l-cr to keep their heel on the nwk of
itldrcn. Jonathan, on hi hand and
Hmha up u great ro-'k l-cyond which
j Philistines, and hi armor hearer,
nd nnd knee. cmluptho Mini'
hi these two men, with their two
; how to piece tlii riilllMliif, th
mwlnit a ifrat torror upon thorn. Ho
n : no It la now. TIih two men of
heir knnra niiiflilltr thnnal'liilbitlnn
lh-lr frt-t.
I llrt from thin niMivt how dnnir
fur th chun'h of Dod to tilliw It
llo Htiiy in th hnnd of lt I'nonili.
Wn"llitn mik'lit n if 11 In nnil aitalii
Inland a supply of vuri nml
n for luMiiui'n, whnn thi'y
xpoil of til.- Ainmoiillin. hut
rni'llt -fnin. ronti'iit to hnvn
ml", no xpi-nr. uo MHi'kKmltlm,
latoni-, no wtlvn Iron mlnH. until it
Into fgr tlii'intoniiiknnny r,litnni,n.
fiirtni-m tuitk'lnif nlnni; with tlmlr
t anil plow, nuil I wiy. "Whom urn
Xg wild thoao things" Thny my,
nri-itoiiix ovr to tlm itarrKon ol
lHtln to ifi't thnn thlnirx xhiirp
Lny. "Vou foolish n on why don t
i, n tlii'in at hornn?" '"Oh.'" thny
a lln'kmltli' hop nr nil torn
td we bnvn uothliij left us but u
i In tin olmroh of ChrIM lo-tlny. Wo
irilllns to fv up our wnnpon to tho
w Thn world bointn t but It has roI
'thn a-'hoola, nnd tho -olli;c's. iiikI
and thn "iino. and thn lltnriituro,
printing pre. Intldnllty t makiiii;
f nttnnipt to irnt all our wwipon In
and then to kp thorn. Vou know
lni( till boast nil the time, anil after
whnn the irrnat battle botw.'fn aln
nouftnna baa opened. If we uo not
""jk re will ko anlmdlyoiraath'iaala
'KjV without any aword to flcht with
out any aharpnnnd intrumi!Ut.
poa thn auperinteudnnt of literary
iia to see to It that the mnu who fro
olRKsrooin to stand Ixvtlds thn Ley
4 nud tlieeim-trin bntteritui, nnd the
lps or telmwopna be olilliircn of
rhlllHtlnos. The atheltlo thlnknrs
inyaro trylnn to irK all the Intol
Wi'iipon of this century In their own
Whnt we want I wlt'iitifiV ChriHtlant
tre the tflnni. unit scbolu-itic t'hris
cnpturn thoscliolunhlp, and philoso
iriMiiiii to criptiirn the philosophy,
turinir ClirlstluiiH to take bank tho
K pint form.
runt to hcii out nalnt Ki'hxnknl
ii nnd licniiii of the pant meu like
Theodore 1'hrlntlioti of lloun, and
the iulMcl 'ifiitlMs a (to, I worxhlp
Jlumn nad liiti-hcock nnd AkmhsIz.
nt to capture all tlie pliiloKophii'.il
lux nn I k'viiil; around the teii,piK
iwivel until through them we cn nee
BlillU Htnr of the ltedeoiner, lllnl with
kirfle.il liiimtner dU-over tne Jfoek
L" nnd nuild tiieltoraof the realm
"Hose of S'aarou und the ,lly of
Wy."
fant u clcruy learned enouch to dls
of the htirnii!) ey, hIiowiiii; u to bo a
tope and telescope In one Instrument,
(0 wonderful contrivance und lid
:Sll.ll(Kt or 40.000 times a day. nil it
f mid U TVfh II 11 I hone Hhowllii? the
(kill of an iullnlte do, I, and then
J up with the p roration, '-lie that
1 the eye, shall He not see?" And
want to discourse about the human
wonderful lntui;uiiiunts, membranes
ration, nnd its chain of small (Mines,
I auditory nerves. eloslliK with the
. -He that planted the ear, shall lie
we want so:i!e one uble to expound
W chapter of (ieucHis, brlni;iui( to it
Joiry nud the astronomy of the world,
a Job suKKestni, "the stones of the
all be lu lennue" with the truth, uud
ars In their eoursek shall Mtfht ui;alust
f Oh, church of Oil. no out nnd re
I these weapons. Let men of God jo
I take possesion, of the platform. Let
printing press of this country speak
t'hrist, iiti'l the reporters, and the
ters, and the editors and publisher
ill"iuuce to the Lord tiod of truth.
Sy Iriemt, that day must come, and If
at body of Christian men have not tho
t the courage, or the eonsocrntlou to
Jen let some Jon.ithau ou his busy
Mid on Iih pr.iyln kneca climb up ou
of hindrance, und In the uame of
7 iod of Israel slash to pieces those
f rtiillstiue. If these meu will
4otiverted to (iod, then they must be
t ad.
t 1 learn from this subject whnt a
iliioiuit of the church' resource is
' F hlddcu and burled nnd undeveloped,
i ible Intimates ,hat thnt was a very
J m l -this laud of Israel. It says,
" f",'"T nr" lr". " out of the hills
nu oik lints, und yet hundred of
-ails of dollars' worth of this metal was
ader the hills. Well, that Is the dlftl
fiththochurch of (lot) nt this day. It
W m.t developed. If one-hall of it
'i . , . br,,l'lit out, It mlKhttake
Ml" Iniquities ot the day by the throat
6ko them bt t, ,Ul)t Jf buinan
ttce were cous.v-rateii to tho Lord
-lirlst. It could lu a few years persuade
Mile earth to surrender to God
Is cuouirh undevelope.1 fhnsllan
'In the Inlted Htat.-a to bring the
World to Christ, but it li buried un -tela
of ludlffereiiee nnd under whole
i ii of sloth. Now. Is It not time for
ini to heirln. uud tho plckaxaa to
V ud for this burled metal to be
I out and put into the furnace an 1
ed Into howltner and oarbinea for
us In thU day are usidow. The
I tlie Lord battalion belonir to the
'rn,"o of the, -rew are
Tbofthe
Kle. oil t be talents and all the wealth
enllated for Christ' asks? I like the nick
name that the Knulish soldier gave to Kin
rher. the commander. They railed him "Old
Forward." We have had enough retreats In
the church of Chriet i let u have vlorion
a dvan on. And I aay to you now as the
general aald when his troop were affrighted.
Klsln up In his silmips, his hair flying In
the wind, he lifted his voice an til 90,000
troopa henrd blm, frying out, 'Torward, the
whole line !"
Again. I learn from thl subject that we
iomntlmea do well to take advantage ol the
world's sharpening Instruments. These
Israelite were reduced to a file, and so thny
went over to the pai-rison of the I'hllistlnns
to get their axes, and their goads, and their
plow sharpened. The Bible distinctly state
in the context that they had no other Instru
ments now with which to do this work, and
the Israelite did right when they went over
to the Philistine to use their grindstones.
My friend, la it not right for us to employ
tho world's grindstones? If thnre bo art. If
there be logic. If there be business faculty on
the other side, let ua go over and employ it
for Christ take
The fact I we flht with loo dull weapois.
and we work with too dull Implnmnnts. We
hack and we maul when we ought to tnnko a
nlean stroke. It n go over among sharp
business men and among sharp literary men
and And out whnt their taste Is, and then
transfer It to thn cause of Christ. If thny
have sdnnce and art. It will do u good to
rub against It. In other word, let u em
ploy the world' grindstone. Wo will listen
to thnlr music, and we will watch their acu
men, and we will use thnlr grindstone, nnd
we wilt borrow their philosophical apparatus
to make our experiments, aud we will bor
row their printing presses to publish our
Hlblc. and we will borrow their rail train
to carry our Christian literature, and v
will borrow their ship to transport our
missionaries.
That wa whnt made Paul such a master lu
his day He not only got all the learning he
could get of Or. Gamaliel, but afterward
atnndlng on Mar hill nnd in crowded thor
oughfares quoted their iswtry and grasped
their logic and Wielded their eloquence ami
employed their mythology until IHonyslus.
the Amopairlte, learned in the schools of
Athens nud Heliopolis, went down under his
tremendous power.
That was what gave Thomas Chalmers his
power In hi day. He conquered the world's
astronomy and compelled It to ring out the
wisdom nnd greatness of the Lord, until for
the second time the morning stars sing to.
gvthor, nml all the sons of God shouted for
Joy. Thnt was what gave to Jonathan K,l-
wards his lntliinoo in his day. He con
quere I the world s motnphyslos and forced It
Into the service of God, until not only tho
old meeting house lu Northampton, Mas.,
but nil Christendom, felt thrilled by bis
Christian power.
Well. uow. my friends, wo nil Imvn tool of
Christian use rulms. lo not let them lose
their edge. Wa waut no rusty blades In
thl fight. We want no colter that ennnot
rip up the glebe. We want uo ax that can
not fell thn trees. We want no goad that
cannot start the lary team. Let us M the
very best grindstones we can llnd, though
they be In the jiossessioii of the l'hlllstincs,
compelling them to turn thn crank, while we
te ar down with all our mU'ht ou the swift
revolving wneel until nil our energies and
facilities shall be brought up to a bright,
keen, sharp, glittering edge.
Again, my subject teaches us o- whnt a
small allowance Philistine Iniquity puts a
mini. Yes, these Philistines shut up the
mines, and thou they took the spears and the
swords, then they took the blacksmiths, then
they took the grindstones, an I they took
everything but a Ills, Oh, that is tho wsv sin
work. It grabs everything. It iH'gin with
robbery, and It end with robbery. It de
spoils this faculty and that faculty and keeps
on until thn whole nature is gone. Was the
man eloquent before, It generally thicken
his tongue. Wat he Una in personal appear
ance, it mars his visage. Was he affluent. It
sends the sheriff to sell him out. Wa he In
fluential, it destroy hi popularity. Was he
placid and genial and loving, It makes hint
splenetic and cross, and so utterly U he
changed that you can sea he la sarcastic and
raaplug and that the Philistine have left him
nothing but tile.
Oh, "the way of the transgressor is hnrd."
His cup Is bitter. His night is dark. His
pangs are deep. His end Is terrific. Thills,
tine iniquity say to that man, "Now. sur
render to me, nnd I will give you all you
want musio for the dance, swift steeds
for tbe race, imperial couch to slum
ber ou, and you shall bn refreshed with the
rarest fruits In btutkets of golden llllgree."
He lies. Thn music turns oul to Imi a groan.
The fruits burst the rfnd with rank polsou.
The llllgriM is made up of twisted snakes.
The roueh is a grave. Small allowance of
rest, small allowance of peace, small allow
ance of comfort. Cold, hard, rough -uoth-lug
but n Illo. Ho it was with Voltaire, the
most applauded man of his day -The
Scripture w his Jeslln k, whrnrv lie drew
li'inmnis iokiiII the I'hruiliin unit the Jew;
An InSilel wnen wel . lull whul Hhcu alekr
lib, thru 1 h'll would luu.-h llllil lo tlie quirk.
Seized with hemorrhage of the lungs in
Pari, whore he hail gone to be crowned In
the theater as un Idol of all France, he sends
a messenger to get a priest that ho may be
reconciled to the church bofor be dies. A
great terror falls upon him. He makes the
place all round about him so dismal that the
nurse declares that she would not for all the
wealth of F.uropn see another inlldi l die.
Philistine iniquity had promised him nil the
world's garlands, but lu the Inst hour of bis
life, when he needed solacing, sent tearing
across Uis conscience and his nerves a Illo, a
Ille.
ho It was with Lord Ilyron, his uncloaiiness
in Knglaud only surpassed by his unclean
ness , Venice, then going on to his brilliant
misery at Missolonghl, mid fretting at his
nurse, Fletcher, Irettiug at himself, fretting
at the world, fretting ut God, und he who
giivn to the world Chllile Harold," and
"Hardanapuliis," and "Thn prisoner of
Chilton," and "The Hlege of Corluth," r
dueed to nothing but a 111" !
Oh, sin bus great facility for making prom
ises, but it has Just as great facility for
breaking them, A Christian life is the only
cheerful life, while a life of wicked surrender
is remorse, ruin and death. Its painted gleu
Is sepulchral ghastllness. Iu the brightest
days of the Mexlcuu Kmpire Montezuma
nd ho felt kuawing ut his heart something
like a canker. Kin, like it monster wild
beast of the lorest, sometimes licks nil over
Its victim lu order that the victim may be
more easily swallowed ; but generally sin
rasps and galls uud tears and upbraids ami
Illo. Is It not so, Herod' Is It uot so, Hil
debrnnd' Is It not so, liohospicrro'i' Aye !
uye ! it is so ; it is so. "Tho way of tho
wicked He turueth upside down,"
History tells us that when Homo was
founded, on that day there wero li vulture
Hying through the ulr. but when n trans
gressor dies the skies Is black with whole
flocks o( them. Vultures! Wlicu I see sin
robbing so many people, and I see them go
lug dowu day by day mid week by week, I
must give a plain warning. I dare uot keep
it back lest I risk tho salvation of my owu
soul. Hover, the pirute, pulled dowu the
warning bell ou Iiichcnporock, thltiklngthat
ho would have a chance to despoil vessels
that were crushed ou the rocks, but one
night bis own ship crashed down on this
very rock, and lie weut down with till his
cargo. God declares, "When I say to the
wii'ked thou shall surely die, and thou
glveet blm not warning, that s imo man shall
die lu his Iniquity, but bis blood will I re
quire at thy bunds."
I learn from this subject what a tad thing
It Is when the church of God lose its metal.
These Philistines saw that if they could ouly
get all the metallic weapons out ot tho hands
of the Israelites all wuld be well, and there
fore they took tbe aword and tbe spears.
They did not want them to have a single me
tallic weapon. When tlie metal of the Is
raelite was goue, their strength was gone.
ThU is the trouble wltb the oburob ot God to
day. It Is surrendering Its courage. It ha
not got enough metal. How seldom it Is that
you see muu tuking hi position In a pew.
or in pulpit, or iu a religious society, aud
holding that position ugaiust all oppression,
and all trial, uud all persecution, aud all orlt-iulsm.
The ebnroh of Ood to-day want mora
backbone, mora deflanee, mora consecrated
bravery, mora metal. How often yon see a
man start out In soma good enterprise, and
at the first blast of newspaperdom he ha
rollapad, and all hlseonrage gone, forget
ful nfthe fact thnt if a man be right all the
newspaper of the earth, with all their col
umn pounding away at him, cannot do him
any permanent damage ! It is only when .
man is wrong that he nan be damaged. Why,
tod hi going to vindicate Ills truth, and He
is going lo stand bv. you. my trlend. In
every effort yon make for Christ' cause and
the salvation of men.
I sometimes say to my wife i "Then I
something wrong t the newspaper have not
assaulted me lor three month ! I have not
done mv duty against public, iniquities, and
I will stir them up next Bunday." Then I
stir them up, and all the following week thn
devil howls nnd howl, showing that I have
him very hard. Go forth in the service of
Christ and do your whole duty. You have
one sphere. I have another ephere. "The
Lord of Hosts Is with u. and the God ot
Jacob I our tefuvfe. fMnh."
We wnnl more of the determination of
Jonathan, t do not suppose he was a very
wonderful man, but he got on hi knees and
clambered up tho rock, and with thn help of
hi armor bearer he hewed down the
Philistines, and a man of very ordinary in
tellectual attainments, nn his knee, can
storm anything for Ood and for the truth.
We want something of the determination of
the general who went Into the war. nnd a
he entered hi first battle his knees knocked
together, his physical courage not quite up
to his moral courage, nnd he looked down at
bis kneee nnd snld, "Ah, If yon knew where
I was rolng to take vou, you would shake
worse tnan that !''
Thern Is only one qunxtion for you to ask
and for mn to nk. What does God want me
to do Where I the Held Where Is the
work' Where I thn anvil' Where Is the
pniver meeting? Where I thn pulpit? And
finding out whnt God wnnt u to do go
ahead and do It - all thn energies of our body,
mind nml soul enlisted In the undertaking,
oh, mv brethren, we have but little time In
whieh'to tight lor God. Vou will bn dead
SI Hill.
Put in thn Christian cause every energy
that God give you. "What thy buiid tlndeth
to do. do it with nil thy might, for there I
neither wisdom nor device In thn grave
whither we are all hastening." Oh, Is It not
high timethat we wake out of sleep Church
of God lift up your head nt the coining vic
tory ! The Philistine will go down, nnd the
Israelites will go up. We are on the winning
side. Hear thnt on tho winning side !
I think just now the King's linrs' m l
Ing hooked up to the chariot, nnd when He
doe ride down the sky there will be such n,
bosnnnn among Ills friends mid such a wail
ing among Ills enemies a will make the earth
tremble mid the heavens sing. I see now the
plumes of the Lord's cavalrymen tossing In
the air. The archangel before the throne has
already burnished his trumpet, and then ho
will b'it Its golden irp lo his own, mid ho
will iSmw the long, loud blast that will make
nil Val.oiis free. Clap your hands, nil yo
p'ople! Hark! I hear the falling thrones
and the d ishln down of demolished In
iquities. Sleep in Disused (JimrrieH.
Ono of tln most curious ntnl deplor
ulile sights in ciiiitii'i'tioti with pauper
isin liirit:n tlie winter in 1'iiris is tho
influx of ui imtct ic lirgars who in
vhiIi' nt niit tin ilisiist'il ipuirrii s ot
Arojotiteutl auil Molitninrtri', wliero
they limlillp togidhor, ns rloso us they
snfely rnn, to the limekilns, in order
to obtain n little warmth. Alone; tho
suburban roads in tho ilinct ion of
Paris: they fan lie seen iu twoti ntxl
threes bent double almost aud hungry,
hurrying ou aud footsore, iu tbe hope
of being in time to obtain a night'
shelter in the toilet do unit uight
refuge of tho capital, lint i a those
buildings,, according to the Philadel
phia Ledger, there in not Htiflicient
room to accommodate nil applicant.
Their hospitable doors lire open only
for a short time late nt ni'ht, nud when
once they are closed nil entreaties for
itdmtHsioti are rigorously unheeded.
In the disused ipiarrioa they run rind
plenty of room. A whole army of
mendicants ottld easily obtain ulu ltcr
iu their long galleries a warm corner
to huddle up iu nud a convenient stono
for a pillow. Moreover, there nrc no
awkward questions asked us nt the
aisles do unit, such ns "Who art thou?
From m hence couieth thou? Whnt is
thy ralliutr?" And so from nil direc
tions lending toward Paris they conm
in large numbers nt night, mud-be-shuttered,
hollow-checked, worn out
with fatigue, and numbered by hun
dreds as they descend into tho piiir
ri"s, where, pressed pell mell olio
nguiiiHt the other, they endeavor by
contact to Keep out the cold. Tho
largest number und deepest of these
disused quarries uro in tin- neighbor
hood of Argcutuuil, and there it in that
the police often make their raids when
in Hctirch of Homo criminal who lias
escaped capture, and who, it is
thought, may be hiding uuioii; the
"mulfruts.
Harelootod Amoiur Snakes,
While we are telliug sunke stories
the following good one comes to iih
from the mountain regions, K. T.
Duliu standing as authority. Tho
country between Little Jlig Uluck
Mountain is a ginseng region, uud tho
Parker family are noted as "aengers. "
The girla go out barefooted in tho
mountains, though the country is iu
f oh ted with rattlesnake ud copper
head!, and dig the ginseng, for which
they get good prices at the stores, uud
from which it is taken to Pennington
Gup for shipment.
Hut along Clover flap nnd np Hattle
Miako Creek thero are numberless rep
tiles. Heck i 0 Parker is a girl, about
nineteen years of age, strong, healthy
lookiug and handsome, but with u very
determined face. She is a splendid
ritle shot and is often M en with her
Winchester.
She goes after giuneng barefooted
and if ten aloue. The roots are gath
ered iu May aud September, aud dur
ing the month just past hho did n
thriving business. One day, however,
she came across a dru of rattlesnakes.
She had only htones and sticks with
which to tight the desjierato battle.
Some of tho auukes were larger than u
uiau'a arm, and few of them us larpi
as the calf of a iuuu'h leg. Foi
hours she fought them as they hissed
aud writhed aud mti lo.l
But the brave, determined girl battled
with them until she exterminated
every one that did not succeed in hid
ing among the crevices of rooks and
in the dense underbrush. When sh
had crushed the last one to he seen
She Counted the dead, anil there
just sixty-three. Fredericksburg (Va.J
KJIBl.
SUNOAV SCHOOL
LESSON FOB BUNDAY, AtJOOST 8,
"Paul at Mllatua Act t.,aa 38. Oold
a Tit: Beb. zlii , 7. Commentary.
M. "n1 now heboid, go hound In th
iplrlMtnto Jerusalem. not knowingthething
-hat shall hfnll msther."l,isi wok w. left
Paul at Kphcsti alone, hi trompanion hav
,ngoneto Macedonia. Then followed the
nproar. after which Paul left Macedonia,
went a far a Greece, tarried there three
month, then returned through .Macedonia,
and we now nnd him at Miletus on hi way
Jo Jerusalem, hastening to be there If powi
nle by Piitocot (verse Hi). Touching at
Mlletu on their homeward voyage, he sent
to F.phesu to have the elder come do-vn to
him, and our lesson to-day I hi farevell to
them. He reminds them 'of hi manner ol
life among them and of bis teaching. Iiolng
mut precede teaching. 8e Math, v., Mi
Act I.. t;Msrk vl., U0, Josh. I., : K
vll.. 10.
tX "Save that th Ilolv Ohot witneaseth
In every city, saying bond and affliction"
abide me." While he did not know what
particular events might befall him, he had a
general knowledge that it would be as it had
been, nud even so to the end. It wa In hi
commission that be should suffi r ( Act I.,
1(1), and large foretastes bad h already In
the stoning at l.ystrnnnd the s iring'and
Im prison inetit at Phllippi.
S4. "Hut none ot these things move me,
neither count I my life dear unto myself, so
that I might finish my course with joy "
The ambitions of thi servant of Christ may
be seen in such p.is tgis as this in connec.
Hon with I l or il., a: II Cor. v.. .; Phil. I..
20 Gal. vi., II. To Wiake known the gospel
of Brace, to make Christ known through
these bodice, to lie In nil things pleasimi
unt Him and have his service a pted o
Him, these were his con-taut aim, ami in
these directions he exhorted his mui Tlmo.
thy (II Tim. II.. U . iv. 15). and through tin
writing exhorts nil ldb'crs.
aft. "And now. behold I know that ye all
among whom I have gone preaching th
kingdom of God. shall my face no more.'
In some way he knew that he won hi not
meet them again till he should meet them at
the Judgment seat of Christ, and therefore
he would speak to them the more earnestly
nnd waste no time on vain words. 1( when
We Speak to people, even or liiiurv eollj
versatlon, we fell that we might ted mc"t
thorn ngnlu lu this world, we would Im mor i
apt to say something about Jesus and lliu..'i
eternal.
'JB. "Wh'Toforo take you to record this
day that 1 am pure from the blood of all
men," not only in the eetise of having
wronged, corrupted or defrauded no man
(It Cor. vil.. -J), but be had cleared liiinlf
of all responsiidlity In reference totii -ir
soul' salvation, li we, as the messengers
God, faithfully declare Ills messages of sal
vation, then we are clear of tlie Mood of
those who hear, whether tlcv bolieM-ur not,
WeeEzek. 111.. I-'.I, XXX'II.. 17-IH.
27 "For I havo not shunned to deciar
unto you all the counsel ( Go, I." Tnal
Which he had received of the Lord he hs I
made known unto them without dimiiilshin
a word (1 Cor. xv.. :l ; Jcr. xxvl.. at. He had
kept back nothing verse am through fear of
man. He lielleve I In his heart that II lil
wns to please men he was not worthv to l
ailed a servant of Christ iGal. I.. Ill i. So
he lived nnd labored uot as pleading men
but God, who tricth our bearts 1 1 I'he.s. it.,
4). What n needful word this is, "Ho that
hath Mv word, Ut hl-n .speak .Mv word faith
fully" (Jet. xxill., an.'
as. Take heed tin refore unto yourselves,
and to all the Hock, over th whi. ii the Holy
Ghost hath made you overseers, to Iced the
church of God, which He hath purchased
with His own blood." One of the risen
Chruu' last word to Peter was a threefold
exhortation to 1 Hi siiiiep and lamb
I John xxi., 16. 17;, .rtd Phter pass-s It on to
U, saying. "Feed the Hock of God which Is
among you" (I Pet. v., J). Nothing can fend
us but the word of God. The written word
Is full of Him who is the living word, and H i
Himself said, "He that eut.it li Me, even be
shall live by Me ' (John vi., 07 i.
a:t. "For I know this, tha'. inter my depart
ing shall grievous wolves enter In among
you, uot sparing the lloek." It was Paul's
delight to maintain biinsclt ,y his own Inliot
that he might have to giveto tlieueodvthings
temporal and spiritual. Hut there were and
there are those who, professing to be shep
herds, uot only do not lend the Hock, but
take good care to live upon t lie lloek wolves
iu sheep' clothing ( Math, vil., I.'i.x., Iiii.
.'Ill ' Also of vo ir own selves shall men
u rise, speak lug perverse time's, to draw away
disciples ufter tueiu." It is one thing tor a
mini to bo accused of draw ing ponll"i
him, while his whole aim is to point them m
Jesus i I Cor. lit., 4, ." i. It Is 1 1 u it allot hci
matter for a man to live and labor for the
sake of a following ( Acts v., :il, :I7 i.
.'II. 'i'herelore watch mid remember fhit
by the space of three years I ceased not to
warn every one night 'and dav with tears."
Woe he unto the pastors that destroy an I
scatter tho sheep ot My pasturage, saith the
Lord i Jcr. xvlli.. 1 1. Son u;-o LV.ek. .xxxiv..
a. I'rayerlully, tearfully and unceasingly
bad Paul labored for their souls' welfare, and
as he foresaw the possibility of false teach,
ers and souls ruined and lost bis heart wa
grieved.
.Ha. "And now, brethren, I commend vou
to God and to tlie word or His grace, wlii. h
is nl'le to I ill 1 1 , 1 you up and to give you an lu-
iierit.inee among nil tiiem which are sancti
lled." He kie-w that if tli.-v would onlv hold
fast to the word ol I iod they would not waver
nor In" led astray. 1 he only safety then and
now is "to the law and to tiie testimony. f
they speuk not a ir.Iiim" to this word. surely
there ,s uo morning lor them" I bui. vlil.. ai)
II. V i. '
!l:i. ! have coveted no man's silver or
gold or apparel.'' He was not seeking theirs,
but them. He wanted nothing from them,
but he had something to give them. Though
he was poo.", yet be nia e many rich , though
he seemed to have untiling. Vet he possessed
all things (I Cor vl., 10). When any gave
him gilts, be was especially glad for them,
because it was Just so n.u, h added lo their
account in heaveu.
:l:l. "Yea, ye yourselves know that these
hands have ministered unto my i essitje,
and to them that were with mo' Therefore
when the false teachers would come, seeking
theirs nud not them, ouly wanting to maku
something out of them, not caring for their
souls, they could any '"Thus did not Paul.
He never asked us fo.' uiiytlung for himself. ''
See further Instruction upon this point iu II
i'liess. ill., ).
"I have showed you all things, how
that so laboriug ye ought to support the
weak, and to remember the words of the
Lord Ji-sus, how lie s lid, It Is more blessed
to give than to receive." It Is not recorded
that Jesus ever snld just these words, so that
possibly Paul has here given us some of tho
unrecorded words of Jesus. This principle,
however, was certainly In His teaching Hud
very prominent (Luke vl., :io : xiv., 1:1, 14;.
LusSuu Helper.
A risAoiii:i:An.i: iictv.
You have a disagreeable duty to do ut
twelve o'clock. Do not blacken nine und teu
and eleven und ull between, with the color of
twelve. Do the work of euoh, uud reap your
reward In peace. Ho wheu the dreaded mo
ment la the future becomes the present you
shall meet it walking lu tha light aud that
light will overcome Its durliiiess. The
best preparation 1 thn present well
ecu to, the last duty-done. Fur this will
keep the eve so clear aud the body so full of
light that the right action will be perceived at
Diioe, the right words will rush from the heart
lo tin) lips, aud the man, full of the Hpirlt of
Uod, because he cure for nothing but the will
3t God, will trample ou the evil thing lu love,
nd be sent, It may be, In a chariot of fire to
the presence of his father, or stand unmoved
am lit tho cruel tnockiug of the meu he lovo.
-George Mai'Donald.
In BuMlan Minister of Public Domain
aa under oousidnration a plan for the uulti
tatlon of l.lWO.QOO aera ot eottoa la Mars.
TEMPERANCE.
m arT io ox ttwrtaittcc
Bonndlee Intemperance
In nature I a tyranny ( it bath been
The nntimely emptying ot the happy throne,
And tall ot tunny kings.
Shakes pear.
T rmtr.fs oseatkst tyzMX.
Th United State Census Bureau ha gives
out a summary id a bulletin upon aloon a
a factor upon sociology The figure show
that In 'J5T ritle there am 13.3lo.Hi7 people
and 6 1.33ft saloons, nn avenge of one saloon
for every sixty familiea. The range I from
Han Franelaoo, with one iloon for every lOt
persons, to Pittsburg, with oni snlonii for
efery 3160 I'ersous. The Houses ou saioou
vary from 10 to S2) per year.
tow m civiLim tsi hcathk.
One of the most shameful thing w hav
can in connection with the Chicago Kiposl
Hon I tha debauchery of the heathen and
semi-heathen who have been brought to this
country a a part of the big how. The ship
ping ot rum to Africa haa been a standing
disgrace to thi country for year, but now
we are adding to this Infamy and increasing
U by running saloon and beer garden an
nexe to .the Kip, wit ion, which the ill,
patches say are thoroughly demoralizing our
foreign vleitor. There are no word with
which to exproe the atrocity of thl phase of
our Christian (?) civillnaion. but It Is only
another development ot the infamous saloon
power which i curing thi and all other
civilized count rh-s. If these are the lesson
we are to teach those who come to our hor
to learn o! our greatness and wealth, better
a thousand time that tho thought of the
Fx position had died iii the brain of the man
who flrt conceived It. St. LouU Christian
Advocate.
MKHfAskt It lull; .'S f.f'tsl : t l:M.
Judge Hubbard, of NoiiMfMi. Iii p.issini?
I" nteiie,, upon some convicted run, sellers
et,araeterIo, in vigorous tr.ni their evil
I Unities He s lid
" There is soini tluiVs' In th t i'siu.: i.; Im
In. in life in.l.iiitaneous'.v that shocks nnd tcr
iilcs the mind ot all mi l vei look upon
that man who t'lk" life iuit as s,ir iy I ul
bya slow. Ilii.'i r.iix' tiro-ess. it i,,,t without
1 lemnati at least without burr .r. Vou
w ho stand be., ,-c tii mrt fo- s iiteiic. arc
in every mural sense tun-dor.-', in, I vou ar
in the spirit, ' not in :h' h-tt -r. j.'u'llt. of
manslaughter : so Lie ,W sivs w: ut hc
colonics the .i.'.iHi of liii'iiiin I ig unlaw
fully is emit v . tl rune. Yon I . t - 1 vie.
tims upon the write --tand. aed wan un.
ioil,.i,lv c.iMillllttcl p '-j rv to s T oil oi
irimi the law , let ,..,v mi und r't v t -iitv
that you are u e.er.i'l'ii; i.e ile, i.iit'thnt vnii
are Inducing nu n to eo.nniit til renter
crl'tics ,:;in .,ur owe.
"Yon still iiiaiiit iiii th ' ap'iear in ' ' f.
speotaMllty, but how morally leprous ant
scrolulous jou are n,w.i:-,ll . ' 1 he rum. pov
erty an, I lull li' -s winch you nrc iiilli 'tin
upon thl conn unity i'e ; .i r . a- i ir un the
housetops, that you are Iimu,' in idl-ni s and
eating tne br .11 of urp.iau-. vd-r-d w th
the widow's , .its. You i,r . e ,:thi:v Killing
your victims and miir dot-in , the p.. j,,,,)
industry 'ftl. iinuiilii. an I I ic-r -i v cot,.
vertliigh.-ippy, iii'l'i t rums homes no,,
poverty, mi l rags .Vivoiis n-nt'iors vvuleii
in I uray in tears nlghtlj. with d ate
heart, forth "inin; li,m , voir itnni,
whom you ale bit- tig, vv.tu the ail. s ria l tic
snub s o( the d, vil, uit i .-in Img.d d 'i.iu.'li-e,-.
ini: vr.r.tiier or scir.yce.
Alcohol I an nrtillclal rodui-t ol tnlnedbv
fermentation, and Is never found in a siu.pl
Mate, It is a poison in both its nature mid
its effects , it Is pronoun t such by the
higlu-st authorities, and proved to be such
by the teat of chemistry as wo) v. physlol.
ogy. Alcohol unadulterated l-c1-" nolaon
and thouir,, 'si-n Into the ( .-,J
state, wlthimt nt It,. .,."JT,.J. .
ous effects, it Is still a poison, and doe the
Work of a poisonous agent.
The first narcotic symptom produced on
the system by alcohol is that of Incipient
paralysis. The Hush which mnv be olwerved
on the face Is caused by the paralvsis of the
delicately constructed svmpathetio ii-tvcs.
In course of time thev I me thoroughly
and completely paralyzed, and t lien the bloom
on the e k develops Into the Inevitalilo
blotch on the nose.
When alcohol Is taken into th system, the
pulse throb quicker for a time', tl v
sparkles with llame, and for a short time
more than usual activity is manifest, after
which u I collapse and prist ration. ft
I thus that nil poison act; an I the very
symptoms that men consider a test of the
good they derive from alcohol n, In reality
the undoubted harbinger of grave, and Im
minent danger.
lint of all the evil effe -f of this ilcndlv
poison, thero is ,,n,i fp more roumrkiihlo and
deplorable than all the rt, an I that Is tho
direct uss.-mlt alcohol iiia',,- on the I r iin
mid mental faculties, la,, moment it is
taken into the system, tt makes immedi.ite'v
for the blood, and hurries o!f tit on to t ho
brain, lb re It attacks, iVst of all. the high,
est functions, for the higher the function th.,
inor dell-ato and sus ccptihl-i is the I rani
matter involved, and tl ,re sensitive .,
injury. llen -e, the moral and spiritual
functions, sii.'h as rcver-n.-o for God, aspira
tion, si If , . nail, punt and patience, hr.-omn
the ilrst victims of this iiisidi,, us f,. , while
the coarser and more animal fun, 'lions i,,,.-.
Ing thus for a time gained i trol ,r the
vleti'ii. h ave him. as he hut too often prov-e.s
himself to l,o, a brute and no man. it is no
wonder, therefore, that vv have exhibited to
lis. from tune to time, such convincing , v.
ample of this truth, and that w sue men
who. in sobriety, ar. kind and alfectiotuiti',
guilty, under the iulliieuce of drink, of
rim -s the most brutal, appalling and cold
blooded, which it Is within the ineuuity iif
muu lo uuvie,-Dr, K. N. Allen.
ti:mi'iham'i: .mkw.s anh notk.
Chicago ha .jsia saloons.
I'ar.s has a7, n IM drinking places.
As ioiig lis tne saloon stays open the gates
of hell eaiiaot bo stint,
The United Siiites nas tw -uty-llve brewery
cMiiluis iu the World's Fair.
Th lliissiuii Government is worthy of Im
itation in one particular the clergy Is or
dered to pn-acn against dr.iikllig.
During the llrst si-veu days following the
reoeitit of pension money, tlie receipts ol tlie
Government lor beer ut tne Soldiers' Home,
Hampton, .i., amounted t i tlo.fl'iu.
An article In the 1'cti: Journal, Paris, de.
elare.s t nut of ml th" oangcrs menacing tho
ngrleiiitur il population ol trance, the grav
est an t most itilllcuir to light Is alcohol
pOlVee.
Tim great statistician, Carroll D. Wright,
sny-: "Ninety-two p.,r cent, of all the
crimes committed in the world in the last
ten years milio dir let result of intoxicating
iii r.
V c'orvallis, Oregon, at th,- request ot tint
W i ', '1'. L'., au F.pm.jopal minister preached
a t per.wico r, ruioii recently and, ut tho
conclusion, every woman lit the church
Joined the I'nion.
Tlltf Sui.iiime Court of the Knlted Htate
guys . "Tne statistics o.' every State show a
grcuter amount oi eriuio and misery at
tributable to litest) retail liquor saloous limit
to any other source. ' ,
Alcoholic insanity is twice as common In
France now us lift ecu years ngo, and tho
number of persons placed under restraiut au
account of it has Increased twunty-llve per
i-rut. in tho last three years.
"Let there be ail entire ubstinenoefrom in
toxicating drinks throughout this country
during the period of u (inirlo veneration'
aid Horace Mann, "and a mob would be as
impossible as coinoustiou without oxygen."
Mayor Granger, of Fort Dodga Iowa. re.
eeutly ordered that all drinking saloon
hould have their window free from curf.un
and screen ou Huudays. It iiad this effect
not a Kiu oi liquor was sold ou tbe llrst
ttabbatn the order went uito elloct.
RELIGIOUS HEADING.
Tl. TO a of ,'MO.
'Talk to me of Jeeu." bo sai l a lltt
child to Im mother. Parent, let those fir
dawning of the Infant mind be regarded
Let your children lie introduced to Jesus, am
a they grow older, let Jesus Iki the theme a
a Christian parent's teaching. Let your off
spring know mom of Jesus than of any otbe
name. n the language of the hymn, U
them know that
' Jeu Christ, their Lord and Havlour,
Giiee Iwv'sme a child like them."
I."t It tie done at home. Let them as early a
o!ble go to the Muu, lay Hch.sd, to hear, a
little one love to hear, of the pretty thing o
the Hlblc, ne told them In the infant das,
the little iy sung a few day before lu Us
little school:
"We shall our Havlour there,
In yon bright world."
"Talk tome of Jesus;" may that over Is
the language of that little one. In youth nut
he love to hear of Ji-sus; may '.hat iiiuno evo
till hi heart with Joy, and may he join l
slngi f blm who ba'h redeemed us with hi
owu prei-iou blood. Shall he U spared f
mature years, may ho Is-comca soldier of th
cross, and share the triumphs of hi His loom
er. Mmday school teachers! talk to you;
children of Jchiis. Never let a Habbalh poet
that Jisois is not the theme of your lustrtio
tloti. lie assured that we do Hot leach on.
children enough of Jesus. the Christ tin
anointed of God.
Till. W IV to Pt. HAI'fT.
There was an Italian lllshop, who hai
struggled through great dimciilties withoii
repining, and w ho met wltb tou-'li opposltloi
in tho discharge of Ids episcopal fiinetlou
without ever Is'traylng the least Impatience
An Intimate frb-ndof his, who highly admins
these virtues, which bethought It tiiipiSHihb
to Imitate, one day asked the prelate If hi
could communicate the secret of liejng alwav
quiet mid happy. "Yes," replied the oil
muu, "I can te.icli you my secp-t nn, will
great facility; It consists Iii nothing morotliHi
In making a right use of in v eves." llu
trtell I begged him to evpluin li'imnell. "Most
willingly." returned the bishop, "In what)
ever state I am, 1 llrst look up to Heaven, ait'.
I remember that my principal busiuiste hen
is to got there. 1 then look down upon tin
earth, und cull to nni.,1 how small a spa -e I
hell soon occupy in It. I then look abniau
into the world, and observe what multitude
there nr-more unl.appv than tnvself. Tiny
I learn whole tru i happiness Is placed, when
all ir ear -, must end, n,l Imw very littl.
reason I have to repine or cotnplaili."
TIIK. IMVIK 1ITT.
It Is ov tl oltln, or th tomb of the bo
lovd, that our hearts pour lorth the hiiblci
depths of gushing love. So It is ovcralir
world that the homl ol God has gone fortli
pouring its -If out In ull its uiMitt'-raMo ten
deruesM of iipassjon. it s towards hit
poor vva:c!eriug prodigal that the lather i
lieait goes oat. i Ivor lieu besighs ami weeps
He -c, s blm without a a, uiio. without a friend
i"ll xde.l from the pat. rnal to if. H"thniki
ol him in povetty. in in tilth, in famine
r -a, iv to lie down and die. o lattcies lull
drmsiiig the cup of the drunken, slttin
among tlie unclean. Joining m tin, mirth o
the profane, g-il'.tles among the guilty. Am
as lie tiroode over these things, his whol,
heart Is turned within him. Ho almost for
gels th happy circle round him in the inten
sity of his yearning over his outcast Isiy
Soil Is with God iu bis conipiiselon for thu
sef-ii,i,ishe. world, The outgoings of hi
heart towards it are Inllnitely beyond that o'
t father's atfci'tlon, oru mother's deepest ten
4eriies. This I .roc- thnt feeling which b
colled forth, uot by the worth, but by thl
Win!ilesueas of the ol'ltsrt, which awaken
nr.i.tiitos ami iii'stKss.
W. ii.ivii only to remmiiU'r thut the "cartt
Is the Lord and the fullness thereof, thi
wot Id and they that dwell therein," to we
that If a man is otiga.-roil In any sort of occu
pation which tends, in how humble a manner,
lo replenish the earth and bring out its full
ness, to bcneiit the world or any of its inhabi
tuiits, ho is engaged iu the Lord's service
and may do mid ought to do what he is do
ing as unto the Lord." No matter wha'
sin I of service he is rendering, whethei
In is administering to bodily, or intellectual,
or spiritual wants, whether he is mukliis
thi'cs ,,r sermons - and It is far better work
for God to iiiiil.c a good shoe than u pom
er n pictures or plus, provided onlv h
I doing some good in ii,is world, be 'inai
in, I ought to look upon his work as serviee
render-d to the g-cit lluh r of the world and
King of men. and therefore may do it noi
only without Inti-rf -ring with, hut in tho ful
fllti.etit of the claim God makes on the en
promo devotion ,,f th- heart und III-'.- Dr. J
M. Gibson.
' t II INI Mils vv i rn IN.
JJ"-,.,i. ;,n , Mil l, the worst of o.ircii"inie
a' those we can v a unit with us iu our own
b'-arts. ., lain fell In pain liso, l,u,-ilt in boa
Veil, While ,ot -0111111111- I l lghteou.s u'llollg tin
Inhabitant ol Sodom, lielillereticu to littl,
:ns and nil-tukes the se!-llattoring voice o
the heart, ever readv to sing lullaby tint mo
ment conscience s roused - the subtle ipliss
iloii i, I the serpent, "Hath (rod Indeed, said.'"
the-e ur" unquestionably the adversaries w
have most to fear. There never was a tire bul
It began wit II Stnoko. 1 beseech tlie.-, there-tor-dear
Master, to give tne u sensitive cou
leieuce, thnt I may ink" alarms at evau small
Ulls. O! It li not inerelv great trallsglCB-lons
tlmf ,'nu bting a men to ruin. Little and im
J, creepttl leoliesare, perllll is, e veil llioredHad
Iv : a- Ilngt i the hcnuiitnl llgure of Tnulcr.
who says, -I'm- sing whdi eltaeked tossej
front bun the gn at dogs, and dasher, them to
j ie. es il, on the trees, but the little one soifse
him belotv. nnd tear tho entrails Ir ill hu
belly."- I'll, ;lu,-li.
St'NSIIIN'r..
"Hun r! my th.ui Sartour dent. Is
line that ought to be said or sung every hoin
of the Christian's life. Nome good peo'ple ara
tho prey ol naturally despondent tempera
ments, Much need a double supply ij graiwi
and must pray lor it. So must they who
digestion Is weak and whose nerves are over
sensitive. The worries of business or house,
bold cares, the loss of sleep or th
deriingetiiont ot the bodily machinery, put
such Christian folk under a cloud 'pretty
often. Today they sing like lai ks. tomor'.
row the barometer goes down and tlu v ure
in the .lumps ngmn. mj,., j p,. i,,,id
look aft.-r th.-lr l.odilv health as a spiritual
duty. Morenvcr, they should keep then
llll.stiail lllltll where it Would Hot be ex-
pos.-d to every east w ind or drenched to
death by every shower thnt fulls, keep a
good supply ol tome liililo t.-xts within
reach, mid take them freely the next urns
Hint an uguu lltooiuos on.-Ket. T. L.C'uvler.
Tiir. stNM.it s iiiiAiir iiir-iiEMvi.
On u winter evening, uvs MeChevtie, when
I Im frost is setting iu Willi urowing' Intensity,
and when the sun is now far pieu the meri
dian, uud gradually sinking in tho western
ky, there is u double reason why the ground
grows harder mid more imp. trublo to
the plough. On the unit hand the frost of
evening, with ever Increasing intensity, is in
dunning the stilVeniiig clods. Gn the other
hand, the genial rays, which alone can softou
them, are ovairy moment withdrawing mid
losing tlnur enlivening power, 'lake heist
that it be not so with you. A long as you
are uneouverted you are under a double pro
cess of harib-ulng. Tho frosts of an eternal
night are settling down upon i-our souls;
aud the Huu of righteousness, is hastening to
set upon yon foi-evermore. If. iheu, the
plough of grace cumiot enter your ice-bouint
heart to-day, what likelihood is there thuf. it
will enter to-morrow 't