mm for toed. BT BET. PR. TALMAOE. rropbt's Vllt to (ha Woman 01 Baunam tha Subject of uit DUcourt. , mm M Ma M-lt mImmm. I k 1 J fn ,nNen wn-rv wnw a yrrru iro- S-H King ". hotel of onr tlm had no counterpart nntertnlnment of oMm time, Th ajorlty of traveler mnirt then b en bnd at private abode. Here fflraii H, rvant of tha Lord, on divine En, ami b must find shelter. A bal overlooklng the valley Eadraelon In f I him In private houne. and it in ra il ly furnlshml for hi oenupney aehatr fen. table from which to eat, candle (by which to read and bed on which to jr -the whole establishment belonging krnat and (rood woimd, r huband. it eem. tm a irodly man. in waa entirely overahadowed by hi j nieellennle. luat aa now you mmn k find In a household th wife th centre krnlty anl Influence nnd power, not by iirnnei or premi mpt Ion, hut by Wlor lntcllne and force of moral nature ling deimeetle. affair and nt the tame supervising nil financial and business rs, thn wile nnn i on inn snuma, on tne ting bouae. on inn wornny rmainea. sea hundreel of men wno are successful leeusa there U a reason at noma why are auoeeaaful. a man marry good. hont soul, he L- hi fortune. If ba marry a fool, the help him ! The wlfn may ba tha silent tier in tha firm, thorn may le only tulln voice down on exchange, but b oftnntlino come from the home circle E'Mitlnl and elevating Influence, i woman of my text waa the superior of husband. Ha, a lar a I ran under- pi u n t-; wai what wn often an" m our day a f large fortune and only a modicum of Intensely quint, witt.ng a long wlilln lu Mime place without moving hand or foot yon eay "ye," responding "yea f If sy "no," responding "no" Inure, eye hut, month wide open, maintaining tils t Ion In aoelety only tse-nun ha ha a c patrimony. Hut lila wile, my text ay. a great Tfomnn. it nnnin hn not come down to m. Hhn H:fl I to Hint colliK'tlon ot people who i no nnnin to dlHtiniruUh thnin, Wtrnt llil tlt'n of tluchcm or prlnciwa or queen l would cswutcheon or Klcfirnliitf dlndcni I to th! woman of my text, who, by her illltfcnca and her behavior, chnllcnirc the urnllon of all acy Ing nfter thn lrll ft women of the court of l,oula XV have b fonmlten. and tho brilliant womcu of (coiirt of Spain Imva been forgotten, and I rlllliint women who snt on mltflitythroncn i tcen rortfonen, lomn KranitfHthcr will n hl pe'taclca, and holding thn liook tner "III" thn lltrht mad to III Krtindchll thcHtoryof this mnt woman of Khu who waa o kind and courtnou mid ullan to thn irood prophet EllKha. Vw, wik a Krent woman. thn first plaen, aha wn treat in her pitnlltUn, Vnclvlllzed and Ixirbnrloua lon honorthta virtue. Junker hnl the pi.min of thn hospitable, nud he was aald (vlnlly to avenifn the wroui of etrnni llnrfitf exnltntt It In 111 veran, f Aral are punctilious upon thla subject, 1 unions Home of thnirtrilie It Is not until I ninth day of tarrying that the occupmtt a rik'lit to uk tils Riteat, "Who and leiicn art thou?" If thla virtue la ao lion leven among barbnrinna, how ought It to jb'inored among those of us who believe he llil le, whluh commnnda us to use hos- lity one toward another without grudg- f course I do not moan under this cover ire any idea that I approve of that ra- ant clews who go around from plnue to kca ranging thnlr whole lifetime perhaps uier the ausplcea of aoma benevolent or Ulnnthroplo aoclcty, nunrtnrlng themselves I Christian families, with groat plli of inks in tun nail ami oarpetDagnortu&toua of trying. There la many a oountry paraon- k that looka out week by week upon the klnous nrrlvnl of wagon with creuklni 1 Ici and lank boe and dilapidated Urivo-. T '. "tf--j- v. wvu vu-nai itutlon to apend a few week and eanvas neighborhood. Let no such religion up take advantage of thi boautiful vir- of ChrlKtlnn hospitality. Nut so much the lumptuoiunn of vour t nnd the regnlity of yonr abodn will 1m ss the friend or the stranger that bteti ross your threshold a the warmth of your 'ling, me iniurmaiiiy oi your reception, r -Iteration by grasp nud by look nnd by a 'uund uttciitiona, Inslgnillennt nt tent Ions. your e.irniMtneas of welcome. There will high nnnrenlatiou of vonr welenme llhougli you hnvn nothing but the brr.n nun ntickuiiil the plain clmlrto offer Klislm i"ii he comes to rinuueni. Most beautiful Is tliix grace of hospitality fiicn hown In the home of Ood. I nm utiMul that I am puntor of a church wh re riHisi'rs are always weleornc. and there is t a tut" In the I'nlon In which I have not iir I the nlTabllitv of tli.. iiol,.. Iliiird: eomiilinientcd. Hut I have i.nt,.p,.,l iiirehi s were there w.is no hostiltalltv. A krmiger wonbl stand in the vestibule for while nnd then make olli?nmm'o mi tin, ng aisle. No door opened to him until, ishcd an t excited and einburraHsoil. be It nrted back nu'uin, und fo:ning to sonic Imli- iifl pew with aboloirclie air entecx,! 11 hil.i the O'Tiiitunta glared on him with a uk wiUcli Hen,id to av. "Well, if I must. must." Away with such nccursjd ln eency from tho house of Ood ! I .tt evei'V hitrch that would maintain iurm ('hrimlioi lllllleuee In ColnmilllitV Clllliire Siibluilh l.v Bat.lciththis beuutlfitl grace ol Clirlstiun ho- uaiity. A Lrood (rivulbi,. l tl, r.. M . u He wilderiietM, wus overt i'iiili In- nlirht ,.n,l rorm. and he. put lu at a cabin. He ,iw lire. Itrms along the beams of the cabin i and hn it inarmed. Ho did not kuow but that he ad fallen Into a den of thieves. Il ml hern greatly m rturbeil. After uu-hlhi the I, .u.. I'. . ),is si.onu.., r ;"..'".," "".r" i 'iwi iji ine iiiiusH fame iinniM uriti, .,n. fi lm Kirunner was still more alarmeil klt..'r t iridic thu nian of the hoiihe whispjrad with ilswlft), nnd the atrnugor thou rnt his du. Ictnii-tlou won being planned. J iicu ma uiau of tlm bouse en-n" forward nnd anld to the atraugiT : "Str.iuger. wnare a rough and rude peoplo out here, and wo 1 "rd tor a nviug. We ntuke our living by minting, nnd when wu come to the night nil we. nre tired, and wo urn apt to go to be 1 early, ami before retiring we are always In the habit of reading n chapter from the wor t of (!.. l ami making a prayer. If you don't Ilka iiueh things, If you will Just step outside the door until wo get through I'll bu greatly obliged lo you." Of course the strungcr tiir rlcd la the room, and the old hunter took bold of thn horns ol the altar und brought down the blessing of God upon but house hold nn 1 upon the utrunger within their gut'. Kudu but glorious rhrl.-Uun liospl tality! 1 Again, this wotup.u in my text was greai In ncr kin Ine toward Old im-asnuger. Kllslm rimy have been a tlriuigcr lu thut houshold. tiut n ihn louud out h had come uu a divine ttiisslou he wascordially w dcome. We have great nihil vlopka In otir day aliout the har..shlps of ministers and tha trlula of Lhristtau ininlntem. I wlh aomobody would wrtenbook about the Joyt of tbo Christian nilULter-aWit thn aympathlea ull around Dim, about Dm kin Innnes, about the genial eonsiderutlouM of him, Dor torron- mmo to cur home nud lit hern a ahndo on the cradle, there are hundre.J of hnudt to help, and many who weary not through the long night watching, and hun dred of prayers going up that God would feature the tick, la there a burulug. brim inlug cap oft-alnuiity placed on tho potior table are there not many to help him to drink of that cup and who will not be ootn lorted Iwiiim , la stricken' Oh, for aoine Hxiy to write a book about the reward of the luriatUta mlauger oout but aurrouud Big o! Chrttion trmpatby ThH mm if rna test wwi oaly a ma of thousands of man and woman who coma down from tha manaton and from tha not to do klndnna to tha Lord a anrvanta. 1 anp poaa tha man ofHhunem hM to pay tha bill, but It waathe large hearted Christian ivmp thlea of the woman of Rhuoam that looked atnr tho lord's meaanngnr. Again, this woman In the text was great to bar behavior nndnr tronhla, , Her only ton had died on her lap. A very bright light went out In that household. The aacred writer put It very tersely when he aaya. 'He ant on her knee until noon, nnd then he died." Yet the writer gno on to say that aba exclaimed, "It la well P Omat In prosperity, this woman waa great In trouble, where are the feet that have not been blla tered on the hot annda of thla great Sahara? Whera are the shoulders that hare not been bent nnder thn burden of grief? Where I the ship tailing over glassy sen that ha not after awhile boon naught In a cyclone? Where In the garden of earthly comfort but trouble hath hitched np Ita flerr and panting team and gone through It with burning plowshare of disaster? t'nder the pelting of agna of Buffering tha great heart of the world ba burst with woe. Navigator tell tit about the rivers, and the Amaaon and the Imnubeand the Mississippi have been explore,!, but who can toll the depth or length of tho great rlvnr of sorrow made up of tear and blood rolling through all land nnd nil age, bearing the wreck of famlllp and of communities and of empire foaming, writhing, boiling with thn agon ies of 000 year? Etna nnd t'otopnxl nnd Vesuvius have been described, but who hn ever sketched the volcano of suffering reach ing up from Its depth the lava and the scoria and pouring them down the ld-s to whelm the nations? Oh, If I eould gnther all the heartstrings, the broken henrtstrlnga. Into a harp I would plur on It a dirge uch a w;ia never oiindnd, Mythologlst tell us of nnr;im and On tnur and Titan, anil geologist tell u of ex tinct ple of monsters, but greater than Gordon or mngathnrlum. and not Iwlonglng to the realm of fuble, and not of an extinct specie. I a mounter with Iron Jaw and Iron hoofs walking across tlv nations, and his tory and poetry and sculpture, in thnlr at tempt to Rsctuh It and describe It, have teemed to sweat great drops of blool Hut. thank Ood. thernnrn those who can conquer a thin wo-nnn of the text conquered an 1 say: "It Is well! Though my property bo gone, thouch my children begone, though my home broken up, though mv hoiiRh be sacrificed. It Is well. It Is well 'There Is no storm on thn sea but CurM is ridy lo rlso m the hinder part of tlm ship and hush It. There s no diirkniw but the constella tion of Clod's eternal love cmi Illumine It, and though the winter comes nut of the northern sky you hnvn tomctimi'S n,enthn northern sky nil oblttT.n with aurora tlint seem to say: "Come up this way. t'pthl way nrn thrones of light, nnd s'ms of sap phire, and the splendor of nn derail heaven. Come up this way." We rosr, like helilp. hr ipmpont he bet on I erll-iMA depths, lull enrn.it Ik IiiM. Thieuii Minn rnriuc1 the winil nnl tn t itc T-e promiw swurrs u the Unr.l will pr.in,i. I hour I ail echo of my text In a wrv diiric hour, when my father liiy dying, and the old country miulstcr mid to him. "Mr. Talinnge, how do you feel now n you arnubotit to pus the Jordan of death?'' He replied and It was the last thing he ever said -"l f-i wi ll ; I feel very well , nil Is well," lifting Ids hand In n benediction, a speechless benediction, which I pruv tl'jd may go down through ull the g. iterations. It Is well ! tif con mo it wn well. Agnln. this woman of my text wu great In her application to domestic duties. Kverv picture I a bomn picture, whether she Is entertaining an Kllsha. or whether nhe Is giv ing cnrelul attnntlou to her sick, boy, or whether.tty appealing for lb- restoration of lut'eiiire ty everj- picture in her ens Is n hoHl norfure. Those who nro mt dlscl pley'"' ! Hhunemltn woman who, going oiuJv" tend to outside chnritioa, n.lm-t the dVh" bonia thedutyof wlfn, of mother, iftvlipightcr. No fiilthlulueiM in public hcu tt.bu'ion enn over atone for domestic negli- hi 1'hnre hna boon manv a mother who hv in. iVefntlgabln toil ha reared a large family of cnimrcn, equipping tlinm for the dbttvt of II to witu good mnrinera mr,r I ..... 1 ..... 1 1 1 gene, and ChrUUftrnirlnHide starting them out. who haa.onJ !o foj h XidtSSi lywrttoir woman whose nnmu hn. e .iiimlMrl thn Bounded through all tha landa and all the centuricg. I remember when Kossuth was In thla country there were tome ladlee who got reputation by presenting him very grace fully with bouquet of Mower on public oc casions, but what was nil that compar-nl with the work of the plain Hungarian mother who gave to truth and civilisation nnd tho cause of universal liberty a Kossuth? Ve. this womnti of my text was great In her simplicity. When the prophet wanted to reward tier for her hospitality by asking some prefer ment from the king, what did h'io say She declined it. Hhn said : "( dwell among my own p-ople," as iiiuc'i as to s'iy : "I nu'i satlsllo.l with my lot. All I want Is my laiuily an I tny Irlcnd around me. I dwell among my own people." oh, what a rebuke to the strife for pr 'codemtn in all ngi-s ! How tunny thern nro who want to get great architecture nnd homes furnished with ad art, all palatum, all stntuury, who bnve not i uough tate to distinguish between gothie and byzuir.ine, ami who could not tell n llgurn in ilast;r of I'aris from 1'alnier's I "WliiteCH) tlvc,' und would not know u boy's penciling iro.n liiersiailt m "iocn!!te t,,,!, who buy large libraries by the squ ire loot, buying Iheaelibmni'S when they have hardly enough education to pick out the day of the almaftuc ! Oh. how many there urn striving to have things as well as their nelghlMirs. or better than their ncighliors. and in thn strug gle vast forluu-w are exhausted and business HruiH thrown into bankruptcy, an t men of reputed honchty rush into iistoim ling lor gcri"'. Of -oursa I s;iy nothing against refinement or culture. Hpleudor of uliode, sumptiious-tn-s of diet. IiivIhIiiics In art. neatness In ap parel there U nothing ngaiust them in tlm lllbln or out of the liible. Ood does not want u to preler mud hovel to Kuglish cot tage, or iintinned sheepskin to I'rcnili broadcloth, or buk to pineapple, or the dummies of a Isior to the manners of it gentleman. Ood, who strung the Ixiach with tinted shell nnd the gross of the Held with the dews of the night und bath i xqulsitely tinged inoriiiiig nlou 1 and robiu red breast, want us to keep our eye open to all lcautl tui sight, and our e.ir ohu to all beautiful cadences, und our be irt open to nil elevating sentiment. Hut what I want to impress upou you is that von ought not to inventory thn luxuries o( life as among the Indispensable, and you ought not to depreciate this woman of tho text, wno, when offered kingly prefer ment, reH)n bid, "I dwell among uiy own people." Yes, this wnau of the text was gro.it in her piety, faith in Ood, and she was not ashamed to talk ulsiut It before Idolaters. Ah, woman will never appreciate what she owes to Christianity oi'lii sun knows and sues the degradation of her sex under piganism und Maho'iunodiinisiu. Her very birth conaldered a misfortune. Hold like cattle in tho sham -lib. Slave of all work, and at last her body fuel for the fuueriil pyre of her husband. Above the shriek of the lire worshipers In In Im and above tho rumbling of the jugger nauts I Imar thn million voiced groan of wrougnl, lukulted, broken hearted, down tro lden woman. Her tear tuivo fallen in the Nile and Tigris and the I,a l'luta and on the steppe oi Tart try. Hiw haa btwu dlhnn ored In Turkish garden and l'orsiuu palace und Hpauish Alhambra. Her little one have been aacrlllued In th tlnnge. Them la not a groaiy or a duugeou, or an Island, or a mount.nn. or asrivnr, or a but could toll a story ot the outrage neaped upon her. liut. thank to Ool. thla glorloua Chrla tiaulty eome forth, nud nil the chain of this vaaealag are snapped, and aha rum up Horn Ignominy to irxaitml sphere and ba ruinw the affwtlonatn daughter, the gentle wife, the bouored ueithur, tha useful Chrla tian. Ob, if CbrUtiaully haa done to much for woman, tur.ily woman will beeouia It most ardent adve-ate aul ita lublimuM exemplification ' Whm t eoma W tpnak of womanly Infltt ansa, my mind alwayt wander off to ooa model tha aged one who, JT year ago, we pot away for the reaurraotlon. About "7 year ago, and Just befor their marriage day, my father and mothnr atood np In tha old meeting hone at Homervllle, N. J., and took npon them tha row of tha' Christian. Through a long Ufa of rlelaalttid he lived harmleaaly and usefully nnd cam to bar end In peace. No child of want aver came to hat door and turned empty away. No one In sorrow came to her bat w eomforted. No one naked her tha way to be saved but aha pointed him to tha eroaa. When tha angel of Ufa came to a neighbor' dwelling, aha wn there to rejoice at tha starting of an other Immortal spirit. When tha angel ot death cam to a neighbor' dwelling, the waa thereto rob tha departed for tha burial. Wa had often brrd her, whan leading family prayer In tha ahaonne of my father, ay, "O I.ord. I ask not for my children wealth or honor, bnt I do ask that they all may be the subjects of Thy comforting grace P Hnf II children brought Into tha kingdom of Ood, aha had but one mora wish, and that waa that aha might nn hnr long absent mis sionary on, and when the ship from China nnehored In New York harbor and tba long absent one passed over the threshold of hi patrrnnl homo aha aald, "Now, Ixrd. letteat Thou Thy servant depart In peace, for mine eye have seen thn salvation," The prayer wa aoon answered. It wa an autumnal day when wa gathered from nfnr and found only tha bouse from which the soul had fled forever. Hhe looked very natural, the hand very much m when they were employed In klndnnas for her children. Whatever else wa forget, we never forgt the look of mother' band. A w stood there by the casket wo could not help but any, "Don't the look beautiful''' It waa a cloudless day when, with heavy heart, we carried hnr out to tha Inst reeling place. The withered leave crumbled under hoof anil wheel a wa passed, nnd thn aun shone on thn lt irltan Ulvnr until It looked like lire t but more calm nnd lienutlful nnd rtdlant WM the -ttlug sun of that nged pil grim' life. Nomomtoil.no more tnnrn, no more sickness, no moM death. Dear mother I lleatitlful mother! Hwret I the alnmtr lseieth the ml, U hlle tan lirc spirit rrt tvllli IIimI. t need not go bank nnd ahow you enobln or Semlraml or Isabella or even the woman of the text as wonders of womnnly excellence or greatness when I In this moment point to your own picture gallery of memory, and show yoit the one face that you remember o well, And nrottso all your holy retiilu!nitL'oi, and start you In new consecration to Ood by the pronout-"int ion ol that tender, bcintiful, glorious word, "Mother, mother!" Medicine lii tho Middle Ace. In nn rntcrtuiiiitiK nrticlc in tho Nineteenth Century mi inciliii'val med icine, ttonic iMirioti jirecri'tiitm nro j'iven. A pernon v.him right eye wim liitliiliii'd Or lileureit wiis ret'Diiunenileil to "tnkf the right e.vo of n Frngg, lap it in it piece of rnsaet cloth, ntul hntif it ntxnit tlx neck." Tin1 nkin of n rnveti'M heel was prcKcrtle.l for (ftint. liilliitcnt younir men will he iiitereHteit in thin: "If you would have n man be come hold or impatient, let him oarry nliottt him the skin or eves of n honor (tick, and he will he feurlexa of Ilia enemies; liny, he will he very terrible unto them." The tendency to reti cence, which la mi common a fault of parliaments, municipal coiiucilM, etc., might he cured by thin trentnieiit : "If voti would havo him talkative, pivn him tongue, nnd nock out llioso of water froga nnd thtcks, nnd Mich crea ture iMtorioua for their continual Uoirn! nialiing." If a man hml u ''souuiling or n pip ing in hia ca'rt," ho waa rccommuinled to put cil of luTiweod, wnrm, into them, "and after thai '1'' him leapo upon hia one leggc upon'v(lmt eido where the diwnse is; then nt him Ivowa don tie hya caro of that rijlf, if haply any nioyaturc w uttVl ioan'o out." The remedy for uoao bleeding wna t "beat eggo shales ti ponder, and aift them through a linuuu cloth, und blow them into hyn nose; if the kIihIch were of eggea whercout young chirkena ore hatched, it were ao much thn better." 1'owdered earth worniM mixed with wine were rcooiiirucmlcd for jaundice. Toothache might be relieved by itu ap plication of the fat of "little nr--i no 1'roggen," or of the "grnye worms breathing undei' wood or htoticH, hav ing tunny fete." Frogs and toad were favorite remedicH, especially when treated ill some grote.sipielv barbiirotiH miinner. 1'opulnr prejudice iigainst liiedienl wiener tn-duy in declining, iiU'l will probnbly di.snppeitr alto gether; but in the Middle Age it hcciuh to have had it very rational basin. Tomnto ( ilobe. Siivcil by ii Itlolter. A fomtiierciiil traveler writes to the St. Louis tilobe-Di'tnoerut : "The blotter ill ii hotel writing room oncu saved mo from very considerable losn. As n general rule the blotter in u writ ing room is no dirty nnd covered up with ink murks that the whole presents the appearance of nn Egyptian hieroglyphics. liut on this occasion, as luck would huvu it, tho blotter sn-t absolutely new mid el .'an and could bo examined very closely. Thn lust man who had been using it was iiIho the llrst, und us ho used rather ft liberal Bttpply of ink und w roto rapidly he re produced alruoHt tho entire letter upon th.t blotter before, folding it up. I knew him to be the representative of n large Kustem house iu iisimilar though not rival capacity to our own, and without intending to do ho, I found inyeelf glancing nt tho reproduction of his letter on tho blotter. I was struck nt once with the name of Uie hoiiau from which I had the previous day taken mi exceptionally large order, nnd reading on I found thut ho had notified his linn thut, acting undet ndvieo from u very reliable source, ho hod decided not to curry out Ilia in structions and Hell this firm it bill of goods. I went out at onco and nmdo ii few inquiries which convinced mu that Uot only was the house in ques tion in diflicultioH, but thut it wan also contemplating a fraudulent transfer to defeat it creditors. I promptly wirtjd the house I represented to ignore my letter by muil containing this order, giving tho reasons brielly, nud following up thn telegram ly un ex planatory letter. Home rather indig nant correspondence followed, but this waa abruptly terminated by the Muapeuaion of tha Utter and the ob oonding of oue of tha partner. I have always held a cleau blotter ia a hotel mritiug room with a fooling of veneration ever sinue." DUN DAY SCHOOL. J.TtlOS TOR 8TJHDAT. SIFT, a 30. "for thla eana therefor have I called for yon to sen you and to speak with you. be. ansa that for the hope ol Israel I am bound with thi chain." During tha three month at Malta many miracle were wrought by pnl tn tha name of tha Lord Jesus, and many must have heard the gospel (verses l II). In due time arriving at Home, Paul wn Buffered to dwell by himself with a toldler that kept hlin, and after three da- be railed together the chief of tha Jaw and made known to them why ha wa a prisoner and why at liomn. JHafora Agrippa he had spoken of the hope of tha promote made of Ood onto the father aa something concern ing tha 12 tribe (ixvt., . 7). 91. "And they said unto him, We neither received letter out of J tide concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that enme hewed or spukn any harm of thee." They lid not have dally paper with the new from all tha world In each Issue, It may have been ome comfort to Paul to know that tongue In this part of the world hail not yet opened lire on him. lie hnd been enjoying bis ihnre of it elsewhere nnd had found some pleasure In it (U cOT. X.. 10). M. "nut we desire to hear of thee what Ihou tblnkest. for aa concerning this aeci wn know that everywhere it Is spoken against." In chapter xxiv.. . the followers of .lisusare Blind the sect of the Nnmrene. If pmil hml not been spoken against at llome up to this lime. It would now Im evident to him that bis Master had. and hla fellowship would hesuro lo pome, liut I'aul wa ready, for his prvr waa to know Him. and the'power of ids resurrection, nnd tlm fellowship of His sul (urlnn ( Phil. ill.. 10). 9.1. "He expounded nil I testified the ,n,j. dom of Ood. persuading them inn.irii"-( )esus both out of the law of Mosca nud out of the prophets from morning until evening. ' Having gathered unto htm lu his lodging a wmpnny of .lews, he. as bis oetmn was, preached unto them Jcsu an Koti if 1 uv. tnd coming King Iroin their own Scripture 'chapter xvll.. J. 3: xix.. s; xxiv.. Hi, Doubtli-K Acts xill.. lu-tl. Is a talr s.niple of hla preaching and rr.soiiing. He sought ! ronvilicq tiiem that .Insusof Nazareth was In tend the promised M'Mlah. that It was all foretold that He should dl nnd ris again. n 1 that now they were toreeeive Hun. serve HI in piitb'utly nud fnithlnllv nn I wait lor Hi return t Acts III., lt-Jt ; I Thcss. i., y H) ( I It us II.. Il-l.n. "4. "Alul scene believe pie Ihltic's which were poken, and some believe! not.'' o nm nowhere taught that the good news will be universally received in this age. Some seed will fail by the- walde and some on rocky sell, but a portion will tlud goo 1 ground i softie will besivcl. and the ehcirdi shall h completed (Math, xill., is-xl I fit. I.X., 2J : Kph. v.. '.'7 1. Kvc-i. In the next ng-f When sitaii hall ne I k iii ii I , there will h de reivers wno will only yield a feigned obedi rniHt nnd will follow' sutan when h cm-. out of the pit ( 's. Ixvl., Ii. margin : II. v. .v.. ;, hi. J5. 'And Alien they ngri-e I not nmon themselves they departed aftc r Hint Paul ba I Spoken one word, Well spake ll.e llo.y l.lni by I''uins tlie prophet unto our fuller-," That it was not the prophets who spake o wrote, but Ood by Ilia spirit through the propli. is l ever where taught. t 'oirp ir Acta I., 'J i II., 17 :'lv., .'.'. nud notice who it n that speaks. K.ivid in his lust words ".ie!. "The Spirit of the J.ord sp-ik" I y an-, mil Hi word w lis In tny tongue "(II Sam. .vili., i). I'efer say It ls the spirit of I lin-t who spoke through the prophet c I I'ct. i.. in. i. "il. "Hearing ye shall beicr and shall in it ntlclclMlllld. met se eing ye shad see .m l tint perceive." It w.is not very i n oiir.i.ii.; i the prophet to Is- told that "the p ip,. wouhl licltber p Teeive nor un ierMainl his :uev-age, liut Jer. mliib and Kxckud had thesatte' pr -ptnt before l hem. "They shall light ugulht lh'." .' The bouse of Israel will not baiki :i lltitome" (Jer. I., 1!; Krek. III.. 7 1. The messenger o( the Lord has only to deliver the message fiiithlull.e ( Jer. xxili., i, sure Hint It will accomplish the l.or.ty. pleasur e (Isa. Iv., II i, and lake refuse and cj ulorl la Luke x., HI. 'JT. "r'or the heart of the people Is waxed proics, nnd their ears are cluil ot hearing, and their eyt- have the, Vloscd. lest laiioubi ileal hem. The cilffleult) sjict on Ood's sccle, b'lt vhfllly on the side .. ''.V'."' listen to Ood. Jt la written "tnat the Lord hardened the heart ol Pharaoh and Mis thai 1'tiarnoh burdened bis own heart i Kx. x. t, ill. 'il : vill.. 15. J.) The l.c r did it by glu ing him a command which be would not olscy, nud Pharaoh did it by refusing to ooey the J.or t' cnamiaiid. (toil is itlwi.t right, tut nun wroiik-. js. "lie It known tiierefor uut i y.ei th n the aaivatloii ot (iod Is si'tit unto tn.. tien. til", and that they will hear it. ' l',i iip.ir cdiapler ill. 47. "lo the Jew !li . ' W'ih Paul's motto and custom c I! mi. I., i; .. Had it been continued t this ,tu v v.ho on tell whnt the result iiiigbt have i.e. n 1 1 nee is our part. I,viilts ur,. with O d. .'n I He Will see to It. 'I ll-It io. would .iitlier iroin ,1 ws mid 0-ntiii-s without I . : 1 1 1 . t n c nnd on the gr.iiin I ol simple uctn in rnr:t those who would lurni the body of ( !int wn a mystery reyc-acecl t'i Paul i lion, xvi., J.'i. Vii : Kph. lii., 1-1 J. i '.". "Aud when he had s.ii,l tliesc w or. is tli .lews departed and li.el yr.-al re ii!iiu; iiiuoliK' themselves.'' 'J" : - - wor I pr-a.lic cloes nut lirollt uubss il is iinw.t -. n ,u it h in tnose who hear il i !!.. n.. ) 1 ac weapons o our warfare nre iul, iele.1 to ca- t d wn rensoiiliigs nud every high thing ti nt i valtetll itsell agani'.t the l;iiov;eilge I Ood and bring into eaplivitv every fxeibt to the "tiecllcnee of Christ c II t'or. v.. '. inargiu. 1 l o prollt by the word we mu-l r i II with meekness (J as. i. , 21. I Ull. " And Paul dwelt two whole years in hi own hired house and r ivd all th.it came in unto him,'' duuiitlc s ueeoiiipiishiug the will of Ood and glonlyi ig (iod its inn -h os when journeying through Asia and Macedo nia, lieiug no longer llbl" to go to I pic, i iod brought pie to Hun. an I though In was Inane! he reioieed toot the word o Ood was not bound (II Tim. II., !. ill. "rrcucbiug the kingdom ot Ood nnu leaching those thing, which concern the lord Jesus Curist with all conlblence, no man forbidding him." The adversary can not hinder beyond iol's permission, and it wa HI pleasure that for thcs-i two years tin word sho'ild have free course. The Iniok opens with Jesus between His resurrection ami ascension preaching the kingdom, nud with the iiu-stioii of tlie disciples, "l.ord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel" ( A-ts 1., :i, )'.' It closes with l'aul at Home iu a hired bouse still preaching tho kingdom. After these )sihi years we are still more or less bound, but preaching Jesus Christ and still waning for the kingdom while we continue to pray, "Thy kingdom come.'' If wo had more of Paul's spirit and fnltlifuliei-s, we would do moD to li.usicu tin kingdom. Lcvwu Helper. "There U healing In the bitter cup. Ood sake uwny, or rcuiovca far from us, those wn sjvn, us hostages of our faith, (if I mtiv ho ixprcsi It ), and to thoae who look forward ti t reunion in another world, whore there wib W no a'jiuratioii, und no mutability, except that which arisea from pcrpetuul pro'gnssivn aena, tho evunlng of life Ish-uiiios more do Ugh tf u I than tho morning, aud the sunset iffer brighter nnd lovelier visions than those hleh wu build up lu the morning clouds, and which apiwar be ore the strength of the day. I'ulth is that precloua alchemy which trans mute grief Into Joy ; or rather It U tr.J pure and hoavculy Euphrasy, which clear away the film Iroui our moral Bight, aud make affliction aper what it really is, a UUisju utiou of morey," Faoar reltabrs ad Won In ragar 1 to tba oora tag apple crop, It lookj uow ua It th Eastern etatea, New York. Northern Ohio, IllinoUand Michigan would have a abort oroo thla tw. Tba yield la toe South aoeaui to b- up to tha RELIGIOUS READING. TUB ROME Of THI OfU What A beautiful thought wn Hint of Moaea, tha man of Ood, "O Ood thou art our dwell ing place In all generation !" Change are Continually occurring In thla world i man, being In honor, nhhhth not kingdoms rise and fall tha dny I coming when tha earth and all the work that am therein shall Is burned up t they shall wax old Ilka a gar ment, and a a vesture that shall Is changed they shall ha folded up and laid aside aa worn ont clothing, to lie used no more In tha name fashion i but tha eternity and Immuta bility of our Ood and Savior shall aver re main tha anme for our ouusolatton aad rnU turn, Thn holy nxtle afford na tha example of Maying hlmaelf upon the same consideration. Hlnee such is the steadfastness of the Moat High, every word of III I reliable every promts 1 worthy of unlntermllteci trust That promise can no mora fail, than Jehovah himself ran censo to exist Our Iird ho confirmed It, when He aald, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word hall not pas away." Whaleverchatigeaor reverse therefore may take place In sublunary nfTnlrs, though we mny lose house nud home, and our worldly all, wo have in our Maker a chnngclcaa dwelling-place, Tho bosom ot Ood ia the Home of the Soul. So aaith Bt. John, "Ha thnt dwellcth In love dwellcth in Ood." To dwell In Ood, or to have Ood for our dwelllng-plneo, Implbst reconciliation, for "how can two walk to gether," much less dwell together, "except they be agreed?" It Implle ncurin s of a eess. "They that am far from thee shall perish, but It Is good lor mo to draw near un to Ood." It Implies trust and conlldeno-. No one would build nn a fluctuating si a. Hut "tho Lord I my rook nnd mv fortress, who I a rook nave onr Oecly" "The name of the I.i rd Is a stri ng tower i the rDiteoti run neth into It. nnd I ante." It Implies a right of soma ort. for a man' dwelling-place Is bis own. Kverv man's bouse Is his castle, lie is presumed to Iiuvc the rliy lit of oeonl'litioii nnd use. Ho thn ploitHcnll lb, "O Ood tie hi art tny Ood; early will I scsk thee." AndOocI rc Inscs not to nckhowlodgc him. "lie Imt ills n. lived, for I mu thy Ood." "Hear, O Israel, I am Ood, eve n thy Ood." It Impli. s permn in nee. A dwelling is imt mi inn or a lodging blaeo fora night. Neither Is It a tetnporarv habitual residence. Men are. Indeed, reii.lv 'lough to run to i iod In a storm, and to cpii't II mas SOOtlllsthostonn blows over; but to fly to Hun lor rciiikc and treat Him ns a mete ocihvchienoo Is a very differeut thing froiu making Him our dwelling place nt all times. "Trust In lll n at all tbin s, ye ts.ops; pour nut your hearts is-foro Him i Ood is a refuge for us." The future condition of the children id Ood must be Inlinltely preferable to their prw lit rtate. Tl lay linemeit which we now inhabit Is but a temporary lodging. The mansion to which uo are going Is "a house hot made w ith hands, eternal In the heavens." There Is all the dllTorchoo Is'twcs-n n palace mid mi inn. the moment, then, that aii lioiiiicc s onr release should Ind be ao gloomy lis It IS often represented. II onr hearts wi re what they should ls, wn Would feel like tile llllppV school-boy, who!! bet cpilts bis tn-Ks at Hie' holiday. At every homeward stc p familiar object -c gree t Ids eye. The ebiireh spte rWos lii the distance. Scone m thleke n fa-t assoelatod with some n- tcre-stlng r Ileotloll. Theold tres-K, l llidl of which bus Its ..wn personal blstury. bend to welcome- him. His lather's house cotne s In sight, and bis lie-arL bounds with pleasiuo; Ills feet eiltlllo! v t e'llollgll to bnllg llll.'l home! (i:i. e w ithin the doom, what embra ces' what ci tigtatulalii lis! what shouts of Joy! O t liri-tliins! if we have not similar '.xultalioiis at tine thought id going 'home, to our tailor's house, I fear me It Is Iss-ause we are ei.nciotis of Is-lng truants and clelliiipii'tits -. and sin, with Its leaden load re llirdsotir Kte-ps. There have Is'cn those who have thought with lively pleasure of Ood as the home of the soul. '1 ho lost entry f Iiavld llralnard In his diary was, "(I tny dear Ood, I mu SMs-dilvc-oiiilng i: Tins-,' I hope! Hasten the day. O Lord. If it IstThy blessed will." Mrs. itunifl's last words were, "I have Ihsmi n stranger on thn earth, but I return to my t?Go country." "And we desire that every etnn of you do show the same dillcenc to the .c as "ja.bi'eof L. , Mcjron prixkixo ami rnoi.r.!U. It t n striking fact that thn cholera enurce In Hamburg was said to be In large part con lined to men who used alcoholic llcpior regu larly, and that tlm ib-utlis c-inio still more largely from the emie class. This might bo a nn re coinebeien If it we re not a matter of bistorythnt during evi-rv s-c-re oholora epl-de-nie in this einiiilrv the' mortality was tnueli irre-ate r among liepmrs dr'nkers liinii among t hose who III siallleil Iro'll tlie Use eif niello!!.- beverage s. Anv one who passed through the epi, beni.- ,,( .-.pi a s,-,i ,,r th,, later oiie-s iu ls,;ei and s7 ; will .e,ir le-sti-liieuiy to tic ve ry important a-- tha! thn ravages were more gi i.i-r il among I '-nvv Irmki-rs than i tlerivise. lepers working Ion tin- same job witu t cob it ibis were stricken While their e-mper:ite i o'liplilllolis ose:,pi,!. This general testimony to the e-vd e!Tccsnf bituxl eating liUors i- a i; ost valuable t -m- peraie-e b'ssiin. H idle no one is so foolis'i IIS to suppose that III' Will be sure to e si-.lpo I e-noi.-,i, should it g-iin .-tit rut to ttils conn try, by mi-re ly be ing temp.-r.iie-. v I it cannot be doilbtei: tll.ll the I o liy II ol tin, I toper both Invites the 1 1 . and n ndi-rs it I e-s en,y for llllll tiicomi.-il ll. T' In.liTI I gcrai attacks the mucous ii:i-inbr.iiie whicli . Iine-s the. nlliueiitarv e.-ma'. alel th miiiic-d Use ol alcoholic elnnks s. e.-ns i h ave tlos I lining in such a w-aein-d. il imt disease , ! statei as to make t he pi igr -ss of the ili-ci-e more rapid and lri.-.istn.e than tl otlierwuo Would be. ;very one t iMiiiiar with tin- ge-n-er.il effects of liquor elnnkliig up in fee hu man system can undi-r-tan 1 hou rcoBuuahio it la that thia siluiil 1 be - '. 1 1n' l.niv of I'ostnl Cnrel. It Is a mistake to suppose that any rani with hamlwritliik' upon it bear Ink a 1 rent htamp ran Im lawfully transmitted l.y mall as If It were an orticial postal rani. The tlrst jiara Krapli of tho -TIM section of the pos tal laws ami regulations runs thus: 'l'ostal cards can not. ho issued 1 .y private parties. .Ml cards, (dlu'r than those issued hy tho department, reiitalntii"; any writinej arc milijeet to letter postage;: huL If cards con tain printed matter only, so .is to constitute a circular, Imt I cent Is ro tpuired on each of tlirin." When thin lobulation Is not prop erly compiled with, there Is very sure, to ho a tedious delay in the transmis sion of tho card hy tho postillion department- l'ost di Times. Fraud tn Marriage. According to a recent derreo ot thn Austrian courts of law, concealment of age. on the purt of a bride Is sum clout to Invalidate the marriage An Austrian haron has succeeded In olitalnlnu an annulment of his union In consequence of hli wlfo' hnvhiK pretended, at tho time of Its celebra tiou, that the waa fifteen year younger than her real ago. It Is thu first tlmo (in record that a marriage has been dissolved on such grounds as these, and were this Interpreta tion of the law regard In "fraud in marriage to te accepted In other civilized countries, a Tory serious state of affairs would probably result theroforni. TEMTERANCK wwat T lAoM-tair. a aica. Th owner of a eontly and attractive bnlld. Ing. formerly uaed a a saloon in New tort City, hn gone out of buslne.. - "I have sold Ibjuor," said the tx-aloon-keeper, '-fot eleven year, long enough for ma to ana the) iWlnnlng and and of It effect. I have mwb a man take hi first a-lna ol liquor In my place, and afterward nil tha grave of n ml rtde. I have seen man after man. wealthy and educated eome Into my saloon whi enn ,not now buy hi dinner. I ran recall twenty customers worth once from tlOO.OOOlo 1500.. bOO who jtre now without inonet. tUua ur friend." tacK(t!t.i Attn ir.titTf. Pr. James Btewart, an KngllsU lurgnon. In a recent tenure make a dlstlnitlon, not commonly made, between lrunkenna and Inebriety. The drunkard, he maintain, la a person who drinka whenever ha finds an opportunity t the Inebriate a person who. In most case. I horn with nn unsound bram and might even ls a mm: who never tamed alcoholic drink In his lifts t thn one vicious, theothcrdlseased. Thn following is a sum mary of Pr. Hlewart conclusions : 1. Ilninkenness ( a vice. Inebriety a dis ease ;the twt ter-n must not be confounded. 8. Thn elisou.se of Ineoriefy oneo stal.islie-l may I transmitted to tlm patient offspring rlther In thn form l thn aiooholle dlnthls, epllettsy, chorea. Ittsnnftv, or even tendenny to crime. 8. The child of nil Inebriate le.rn after the functional or structural lesion haa been established Is sure to Inherit some ner vous dlathcsl. 4. The only ir.ty against this diathesis developing as Inebriety Is litn long total at stlnenee on the part of thn child. 6. Kvou thn a loiitiou d this tirocati- llon will not absolutely makn certain that there will be no transmission of thn chnch- rxiu by thn child to his or her offspring. . To prevent the development of the nlcollollo ne-urosis la other dlres-t Inns-such na rpl epsysiii.leu -xcltevnent of thn emotions Slid s nslMlitlist, such as might be pro lti.sl by corporal punishment by str ingers, should lu all ease be guarded against. 7. In tho prophylaxis Inm-ncty the principle to lev acted on with regard to children's training Is, that If we a tituute the good W' nttenu- nte the evil. H. 1 be ninrrlnge of the child or on en gratidchllil of an Inebriate to a lir.-t cousin should be alesolutoly intordictc l. srtrsrr. ash At.roitot.. It Is it con moti Ido.i that nb-ohol po liter warming i fTe-ct in cold weather : ibis lee Ing of w.irmt'i drpends. In tlm tirst place, on the lad tiiat Hi" paralys's of the central ner vous system cause's nn Increased blood sup ply lo the Slir.'tte'eof the body : Mild. Si'iVlldly, In all probability, on thn blunting of the "ii ttbility of the central urgnns which arc eon corno.l in the nTsntton ol cold. Tlie stimu lating net loti which alcohol appeals id exert n the physical lun -llons is ais only a par llvtie action. Again, tin-re is a strong Ihs. lief that aleol ol .:le s now Mr. ngth nnd energy after fntlgu ' has set in : the seusatiou Of fatigue Is one of the safety valves of our tnnchiiie.. To ulllo the fo -ling of fatigue in ardor to ! able to work on, Is h!;n forcibly f.osuigth s i(ct valves -o that the bolb-r n ay Im ovcriii-ate-d and i vploslon re sult. Tint Belief that ii.e-oliol give-s sire-iigihtotho weary j pmiiciila'-.y datige runs to the class ol poo p'e whose. Im-onio in already iiisullb'ieiit to procure sitl sist.-nci-nnd who' are misled by ibis prejti .11 -e inlv spe-lnllllg a large port of !'.circ.iriilngsoii iib-nholie oriiiks, Instead of I'lit.-lui-mg g I and palatable fisnl. i-speoi- ally meal, eiiee-se. titllk. ment and oth.-r nitro genous looel-stiiifs, which alone enn givet the-iii slrcnglh lor their bard work. It is ooriniotily thought that alcoholic drinks aid digestion, l ut in reality the contrary vfoiild appear to be t he case, lor It has been proved that a meal without alcohol Is more ipiickly billowed by hunger than when It I taken. Lr. A. L. i'. Lunghurst, iu Wontuilustor lie- t.KASON roll rr.roMIN.I At AI-STAtvrtl. I fli.t became a total abstainer, says tha English Archdeacon l arnir. U'e'ause I waa eiiivinoed that the use of alcohol wn not a lect-MUty, mid a groat deal turns upon that. I saw thnt whole nations had i:ot otilv lived Uhoiit It but had flourished without it. Tho lumuii ra- had existed ui had flotirishml I consider Via tuiltre .dlscovere.1. (e-r-ihn ", -"---vr-ill trill kii-custoiirTii to (TrTti"lt,i.i ,o.? iiuildl " Jood ; most of them brought to pnson 'hrough elrink i the very day that they ntered a prison all drink wns entirely tnketi rom thetn, and ye-t thorn was not a single listan hi rei-or.l in whbdi any of them had uffeired In eoiieiue;ie. On th' contrary, neii who e-iiterod prisons sickly and hlight-. lave be. ii made compulsively sober I v a-t of "arliami nt. alter a fe-w mimtlci l.-ft prcem lain and strong and he-arty ; and women who lad l.e n put into prison pe-riectly liorribbt itnl bliiii.iis im their lontlsoii-.i-ness und logredatieiii, afle-r a short pe-rmd of deprivii lon rom tie-source t hiur ruin, lelt prison nth the tiuo.u of bealtli nnd uluiost of )e-auly. ti:i ts or i ii r t a r i?r In e-ou-.ee i .ciri r-.e air - idy per-oi,s ,r we'l tlioAii Hit eiipi rale bal.lts are p.rbi bleu by law to marry. It is a we-ll krcuvn p!i si., log ical (act that in the. matter ed iiit-ii.pcr in . the sin- of I In- im lie- are oft. -n ,. u.. I in n, II : 1 1 ) I r t . .i-i.I gr,.l iniinleers ar - t:iu-i Crow ing i. : l "i sure b, becui I.ini'er- i.iis ,-iticii-ii fie. bum. . and nn lidai- for i ur arn ni- - - bm-; us .ir.iik.ng (!- "'I "'l-h .. nn sl.rn to pro-til -osiicl, i-ffccts, ai d t ... i.irioiM ieic.-s of leeu iiiity lor alle v latin.: suf.'.-ruig and misfortune nnd cf patriotism in trying to rid the ind from Ihu I'.ang. r.s . ria.iii il-are put to uaiighl. rrti- ti iu.tri k .vti , Men c.r: pla n ..f tin- liiiir.in"e, povrrt), f.nd i-ri': e- Unit I'll-! t he:i -. i s nnrt i ply nig in cur coiNn:iiii. tie Mow mi.iiy havi-e--'i:,iate,l li-.w much of ,:11 th.-.,. .-.in be Ir i -ed to the eiie-single had habit .f iutu p. r.in . which iie-.-triiys I ody and nond. ruin- borne- and I mill) , i. nd biinishi s (iod 'rom n an's he-art .' As We dlllllll -Il the e-Vll rfTci ts ni till- VliN , e-an we- ti. a .-hnnge lor tlm better eoming In tin' he art, and in the hiotm prcse.-veii etr reeloollieil' I hristitll moll nil't Women, le-t US II till I . keep this terrible e-vll Ireeii our bonu s so that do I and huppum- tuny i.wi I With U-. "S.i-Ti'd llcirt ll. vii-w. TI'MITBANi r M-w AM. MiTl'S. More people le elf elrillk III Stockholm than in any other city iu tin- world, tho eb-aths from that cause iiiimberiug nan ty out of evry lO.DJO. Two hundred and three inmate's of the Kansas isoldlers' Home', who have I .ecu treated for alcohol stn, have left the home, abb' to maintain themselves. According to a statement Intely put for ward at the' l.oii Ion Mansion House, thn city of London drinks cvrv year 15. (hmi, (too gallons of tna't lbiior. n.ihmi.'iiiiu gallon of w ine, aud l.WHI.O'Ki gallons of spirits. Thn man who loves the saloon spend many an hour with convivial companions which be ought to seud with his family, helping his wife to be-ar her burden au l training his little one. In the way of virtue. Tempcraiicn occie arc llng formed among the Mujlks of liiissla. The member undertaking to utwluln from vodka for a twelve month. The tint tune one ot them break hi promise hn I llnesl throe ruble- and receive uinotDe-n trtke of the rod. The second time the pnmalimrut I doubled. The saddest thing t lhat the drunkard, coming out of hi dnbaui'h, wants to rexwi It. He says : "When (hall I awake? I will oek It yet again." The drunkard l'Ve hit moral force, hla will power. He become a lave to the babl. lie i no longer a frt man. II know h U a fool and lie wauta to be a 1aoL . - ss . - - Tuaxa aiilin vcmj! Uleu w.th oil hara Just awrtod ou aa o,.mwi r-ves f ro n Phlla lnl phla to Cil.-utta. A purse of SSOu-) la gold haa beea uia le up for Ibe winning vasal, lb raoe should uk about four uootha. O V. 1 T.i t.V-'-fwwa.'i SASW1 1
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