V RE7. DR. TALHAGE'S SERH08 onlyo:;b lifeboat That Will Safely Carry Tour tool Front This World' Wreck. rftht boat and hi ktrall n." Acts xiU., 2. While ronr fneesareyct somewhat bronzed ly attendance on thn international boat con test Wwwd th Vigilant and th Valkyrie I address you. Oood things when thorn 1 no betting or dissipation, those outdoor sports. Wa want more fresh air and breetlnras In our temperaments and our religion. A stale and i!o and lugubrious religion may have done lor oihnr times, yrt will not do for these. But my text calls our attention to a boat of a different sort, and Instead of the Aliunde It Is the Mediterranean, nnd lnfcn. ol not wind enough, n thn crew of theVigl lant nnd tne Valkyrie the other day com plained, there I too much wind and the swoop of a Euroelydon. I am not railing your attention no mnoh to the famous ehlp on which 1'aul wm the distinguished passenger, but to tbe lifeboat of that ship which no one iiwmn to notice. For a fortnight the ninln vessel had benii twed nnd driven. For thut two weeks, the secoiint'says. th passenger had "eont lu lled fasting." I suppose the salt water, dashing onr, had spollM the He hls-ult, and the puwrntrr were saslck anvhow. The snllors ssld. "It is no use ; this uhlp niii"t iro down." and they proposed among thcroselve to lower the lifeboat nnd get Into It nnil take the chances for reaching shore, althouxh they protended thoy were going to tt t over the Mid-n if the Mir ship and down Into the lifeboat only to do sailors' duty. Thnt wis no; siilorlike, for the sailors tlmt" t have known were all Intrepid fellows and would rather go down with thn ship than do Midi a mean thing a those Juck Turn of my te.rt attempted. When on tho Mediterranean Inst J inn the TMorln tank under the ram of tlu Camper down, the most majintin thing alioiit that awful scene ws that nil the sailors staid nt their posts doing their duty. As a elan all over the world aailont are valorous, but thee s.iilors of the text were exceptional and pro truded to do duty while they wore really pre pnr.ng for flight in the lifeboat, liut these "marines" oil board sen soldiers-had In especial charge a little missionary who was turning thn world npsldn ilown, and wnen these marine saw the trick the Bailors were nloiit to plity they lifted the cutlasses Irom the gir lie nnd chop ! chop! went thosn eut litsHea Into the rope that held the lltcbout, and apla! ! It dropped into Urn sen. My text describes it, ."The soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her tall off.'' As that empty lifeboat dropped and was enp rir.ed on a ana where for two weeks winds aud billows had henu In Untie I think thnt tnuuy on board the main vessel felt their last hope of ever reaching home had vanished. In tnnt tempestuous sen a small bo.it could not have, lived five mlnutir. My subject la "Unsafe LIfeloiits. We rnuot exaggerate the iniportiuice of the liletioat. All honor to the memory of Lionel I.ukin. the coach builder of Long Acre, Lon don, who Invented thn fir.t lifeboat, ami I do not blame blm feordorliig put on tils tomb stone in Kent th-j- Inscription that you muy still rend there : "This Lionet LunVlu was thn first who built a lifeboat aud was the original Inventor of that principle of s:ttety by which many Uvea and much property have been pre served from shipwreck, and he obtained for it the kings patent iu the year 17x5." All honor to the memory of Hlr William Hillary, who, living In the Isle of Man, nud after assisting with his own hand In the res cue of 305 lives of the shipwrecked, stirred the English Parliament to quick action In the construction of lifeboats. Thanks to (iod for the sublime aud pathetic and divine ml slon of tho lifeboat. No onu will doubt Its (important mission who has read of the wreck of the Amnion In the liay of Buvay, of the Twee J running on the reefs of the Gulf of Mexico, or of the Ocean Monarch on the count of Wales, or of the lllrkenhend on tho Cape of Good Hope, or of the lloynl Charter on the coast of Auglesca, or of thn Exrnouth on thn Scotch breakers, or of the Cambria on the Irish coast, or of the Atlantic on the rocks of Nova Hcoiln, or of the Lexington on Lo:i; Island Sou ml. To add still further to tho Importance of. the lifeboat, remember there are at least 8,000.00.) men following the sea. to say noth ing ol the uncounted millions this moment ocean passengers. We "land-lubbers," as sailors call us, may not know the difference between marline spike ond a ringbolt, or unythlug about heaving a log, or rigging out Hying jlbhoom, or furling a topsail, but we sll reuluse to greater or loss extent the im portance of lifeboat In every murine equip ment. But do wo fonl the Importance of a lifeboat In the matter of the soul s rescue? There are time when we all feel that we am out atseu, and as many disturbing and anxious ques tions at rike us as waves struck that vessel against the sides of which the lifeboat of no text dangled. Questions about the church. Questions about the world. Questions about God. Quest ions about our eternal destiny. Every thinking man nnd woman has these questions, and in proportion as they urethiuk uig people do these questions arise. There la no wrong in thinking. If God bad not Intended us to think and keep on think ing, lie would not have built under this wheelhouse of the skull this thinking ma chine, which baits not In its revolutions from cradle to grave. Even the midnight docs not Btop the thinking machine, for when wo are In dreams we are thinning, although we do not think as well. Ail of u who are ac customed to thinking want to reach some olid shore of safety and satisfaction, and if any one has a good lifeboat that we may honorably take I wieh lie would unswing it from the davit and let us get into It and put lor the shore. Hut I give you fair notice I must first ex amine tho lifeboat before I risk my soul in it or advise you to risk your soul In it. All the splendid Kamsgnte lifeboats, aud Margate llfebont s, and Houth Bhield lifeboats, uu 1 American lifeboat were tested before beiug put Into practical use as to their buoyancy and speed and stowage and self-righting cu baclty. Aud when you offer my ul u life boat I roust first tost It. Here Is ft pleiidld new lifeboat eallel Theosophy. It has only a little while bceii launched, although some of the plauks are really several thousand years old. ami from worm eaten hlp, but tbey are painted over and look new. They are really fatalism and pantheism of olden time. Hut we must forgot that and call them theosophy. Hi" Grace Darling of this llfole.at was an oar woman by the name of Mme. Illavatsity, but the oarswoman now 1 Annie l'.esent. Mo tnanv are getting aboard the boat It i worthy of examination, both because of the afety of those who have entered It aud be cause we ourselves ore Invited to get in. Its theory Is that everything I God. or80 and star and tree and roan are p.trts of G od. We have three outs-an animal soul, a uu mau so i. spirituul soul. The aulmal soul becomes, ftfter ftwhile, ft wuudertng thing, tryiug to express Itself through mediums. It enters beasts or enters numam being, and when you flulftn effeminate man 1 1 Is because woman's eoul has got Into the man, and when you rind a masculine womuu It is because roun a soul has taken posses felon of woman's body. .-, If vou llud h woman uus become a piai.orm speaker and likes polities, she Ispossetsad t dead politician, wno forty year ago made the plntlorm quake. The soul keeps wander lug on nud on. and may have nu merable different forms, and llnall Horlxid In God. It was God at the start an 1 will be God at the last. Hut wno Rlyes tne authority for the truth of such ell-;'0" Home berns Hviug In in ent",,Ah1' They tire Invisible to the nakel eye, but tuej cross continents aud seas In ft rih. My Haptls: brother Dr. Hal ieuiau a. that lusosouuist In Xcw lors was .i mrxertons belnra from th2 f?l .i"'. Jh" "'"l"" h from Hk- k ,n",.,n "ifW'losa being ft his V"" "The most won- ?k , A. r',''Tetnent of the theosophlsts Is that they kej.p out of the Insane a.ylum. They prove thetnrth of the statement that n i reugion ever nnnounoed was so absurd but It gained disc) plea. Boclntles In thn United State and England arm other lands have been established for the promulgation of thecwophv. Instead of DnedlniMhe revelation of a Illhln yon ean nave thess spirits from ft etva In central Asia to tell you all yon ought to know, and atr you leave this llfn you miy become a prima donna, or a robin, or a gar.clle. or a sot, or Kim fighter, or Herod, or a Jer.elMl. and o be enabled to have grat variety of experience, rotating through the uni verse, now rising, now falling, now ahot ont In straight line and now describ ing a parabola, ami on nnd on. and up and up. nnd down and down, and round and fr'u Don't you seny Now.that theosophlo lifeboat baa been launched. It proposes to take you off the rough sea of doubt Into ever lasting quietude. How do you like the life loatr My opinion Is you had lietter Imitate the mariners of my text and cut off the ropes of that bout and let her fall off. Another lifeboat tempting us to enter Is made of rnmy planks of good works. It Is really beautiful boat ltnlvlng. pr-tl-cnl sympathies for human suffering, right eous words nnd righteous deeds. I must admit I like th ,OT, 0f ,nn prow, and of thn rowlocks and of the p.iddbx. and of the steering gear, and of innnv who are think ing to trust themselves on her benches. Hut the trouble about thnt HfelKi.it Is It leaks. I never knew a man yet good enough to earn heaven by his viriues or generosities. II thern be on j person here present on this blcsed Hablmth all of whoan thoughts hnve been always right, all of whnsn n tlons have always lecn right, and all of wiiosc words have alw.iys been right, let hbn Mand up, or If al ready standing let 1,1m lift his hsu I. and I will know that he lb. 1'aul h:id It at out right when hesnid, "Bv the deoits of the law shall no II.h living ln Justtfll." David ha t It about right when he sild. "There Is nonn that doeth good, no nof one." The old book hail It atxiut right when it ail I, "All h,vc sinned and come short of the glory of Go,." Let n mill get off that little stcmer calhvl Tn Maid of the Mist, which sails up to the foot of Niagara Falls, and then cllinli to thetop of the falls on the d-e'ctidiiig floods, for be can do It easier than any Man ever will be able to climb to houveu by his good works. If your thoughts have always lieen exactly right, ami your words ex icily right, anil your deeds always exactly right, you can go up to the gate of heaven, and you need not evep kno-'k lor admttt.iu re. but open It yotirst ,i nnd push the angels out of your way and go up an I take m of the front s-eis. Hut you would be so unlike any one else that has gone up lro:n this world that you would le a curiosity in heaven and more lit for a heavenly museum than for a plino whero the inhabitants could looknt you free of charge. No. sir. 1 admin your good works, nti.lt In lifeboat you are thinking of trusting In Is handsomer i tin u any yawl or pinnace or yacht or cutter that ever sped out of a boat house or hoisted sail torn race. But she leaks. Trust your soul in that, and you will go to the bottom. She leaks. Ho 1 Imitate the manners of the text, and wltba cut lass strike the ropee of tho boat mid let her fall of. Another lifeboat Is Christian Incon sistencies. The planks of this bout are composed of the split planks of shipwrecks. That prow Is ma. In out of hypocr.sy from the llfn of a man who professed onu thing and really was another. One oar of this lifeboat was the falsehood of a church mem ber, and the other oar was thn wickedness of some minister ol the Gospel, whose In iquities were not for a long while found out. Not one plank from the oak of toil's eterntl truth In all thnt lifolxiut. All the planks, by universal admission, are decayed and crumbling cal tulleu apart and rotten aud ready to sink. "Well, well," you a.vr, "no one will want to get Into that lifeboat." Oh, my friend, ?ou urJ mistaken. That Is the most popular ifeboat ever constructed. That is the most popular lifeboat ever launched. Millions of people want to get Into It. They Jostle iwh other to p-t the best sent In the boat. You could not keep them back though you stoo 1 at the gunwales with a club, on our shl,) Greece In a hurricane, nud tho steerage pas senger were determined to come up on dock, where they would have beou washed off, nud the ofllccrs stood at the lop of the stairs clubbing th'Mti hvk. Even by such violence us that you could not keep people from jumping into the most popular lifeboat, made of churdi member Inconsistencies. In times ol revival waen sinners flock Into the Inquiry room th-i most of them are kept from deciding uriglit bivaus they know so many Christians who are bail. Tne inquiry room becomes World's Fair for exhibition of all the fralltb ot church members, so that If vou believe all is there tol l you you would be afraid to enter a church lmt you get your pockets picked or get knoHie 1 down. This is the way thev talk : "I was cheated out of MW by loader ot a Uihle clues." "A huuday-echool teacher gossiped about me and illd her beet to destroy my good name." "I hud partner In business who swamped our business concern by hlstrlcery and then rolled up bis eyes In Friday ulght prayer meeting, us though he wore looking for Elljuh's chariot to make a sc-ond trip aud take up another passenger." Hut what a cracked and water logged and gaping seemed llfoboat the Inconsistencies of others ! Put me ou a shingle mld-Atlautlc and louve me there rather than lu such a inwl of spirituul conlldeuce. God forbid that should get aboard It, nnd lest some ot you make the mistake ot geltlug Into It I do as the mariners did on tliat Mediterranean snip w hen the sailor were about to get Into the unsafe lifeboat of the text and lose their lives In that way. "Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boot and let her full off." "Well, says some one, "this subject la very discouraging, for we must have a llfe bont If we are ever to get ashore, and you have already condemned three." Ah. It Is because I want to persuade you to take tho only safe lifeboat. I will not allow you to be de-.-elved und get on to the wild wave and then capsize or sink. Thank (iod, there Is a lifeboat that will take you ashore in safety, us sure oh (iod Is God and heaven Is heaven. The keel and ribs of this boat are made out of a tree that was set up on bluff hack of Jerusalem ft good mauy years ago. Both ol tho oars are made out of the same tree. The rowlocks are made out of the same tree. The steering gear Is made out ot the same tree. The planks of It were hammered to gether by the hammers of executioners who thought thev wer only killing Christ, but were really pouudlng together on es'ape lor ull Imperiled souls of all ages. It is au old boat, but goo us new, though It has lateu carrying passengers from sinking ships to firm shore for ages and has never lost passenger. These old Christian begin to smile because It la dawnlug upon thein what I mean. The fact is that In this wsy years ago tl-ey got off ft wreok tbemeelveii, and I do not 7ondr they smile. It is not a senseless giggle that means frivolity, but It is smile like that ou the lace ot Christians tho moment they leave earth for neaven yea, like the smile of God Himself when He had completed the plan for saving the world. ltlght after that big tumble of the Atlantic, Ocean six or seven weeks ago on the beach st East Hainptou I met the captain ot the life saving s:atlon and said, "Captain, do you think a lifeboat could live In sea Ilk thut'" Although the worst of It was over, the captain replied, "No, I do not think It could. ' Hut this ilfelKjat of which 1 speak can live In any sea and defies all breakers, snd all cyolones, and all equinoxes, and all earth, and all hell. la twenty years the life saving apparatus ulong our Atlantic coast saved the lives of over 45.000 ot the ship wrecked, but this lifeboat that I comineud lias saved 'u twenty year hundreds of mill ions of the shipwrecked. Like those uewiy Invented English lifeboats, it la unsubtnerrf Ible, self righting snd sell balling. All aloug our rocky Atnerloau roost things were left to olianu lor centuries, and the 'ytftjr.l' ' fttrsi'isji-.i,siasi wwvt. shipwrecked ernw'.e-l up on the beaeh to dls tin less some one happened to walk olonp ot anma fUharman'a hilt mlcht b Dear. It ftfter the ahlp AvnoVre wn wrecked st Hquan Beach, and theTowhattan left her sou dead strewn lon our roast, and nnothet Ve.l went on the rocks. 403 lives perlshlne, the United Htstee Government woke no and made an appropriation of tSOO.OOO fo il fo stations, snd lite lines from fak ing box ar shot Over the wild surf, and hawsers nrs stretched Irom wreck to shore nnd went with Lyless gun nnd six oared snrrboat.wlth eork at the sides to make It unslnkable. nnd patrolmen all night long walking the beach until they meet each other and exchange metal ticket. Bona to show the entire bench has bc-n f reversed, and the Coston light flashes hop from shor t to sufferer, nnd surfmen. Incased In Merr. man life saving dr. iw. nnd life ear rolling on the ropes, there are many probabilities f rescue for the unfortunate of the sn But the government of the united, heavens has ma.ln better prov.aion tor thn rescue of out souls. Ho close by that this mo-nent w.- ean put our hand on Its top an I swin Into It la this jrosp-d llfchoir. It will not ti ) more than ft second to get Into It. But while In myt-xt w stan I witihinr the mnrlnca with their etitlasses, prepvlnt o snvr the rop-a of thn lifeboat an 1 let hnr fall off. notice the poor equipment, Onl one lifeboat. Two hun lre I nnd venty-lt passengers. n Taul countnl them, and only one lifeboat. My text uses the singular and not the plural. "Cut off the ropes of the boit.' I do not suppose It would have held mora than thirty people, t'.iou'.i Io led to the water's edge. I think by marine law nil our eiolnrn ves sels have enong'i ltf"lo:'.ts to hold nil tha cr -w nnd nil the pr.sscngers in ease of emerg ency, but the marines of my text were stand ing by the only Unit, na J that n smi!l holt, nud yet 376 pnss:nger. But what thrills me through an I through is the fact tint though we are wrecked bv sin and trouble rud there Is onlv one lltcboiit, that boat Is Inrgeenough to hold all who nm willing to gel Into It. Tun gosjicl hymn expresses It : Alt nisv ecme. wneere? wilT: i his lsn revdvrs inter sinners still. Bu! I must haul In that statement a little. Hooin lor nil in that lifelvoU. with Just nn exception. Not you I do not mean you, but there Is one exception. There have been cases whero ships were In trouble, and the captain got all the passengers nud crew Into thn lifeboats, but there was not room for the captain. He, through the set trumpet, shouted i "Shove off now nud pa'l for the Iwiicli. Goo.l-'iy!" And then tlie captau, with pathetic arid sublime aelf-sacrlllce, went down with the ship. Ho the Captain ol our salvation, Clirlst tnn Lord. Inuneae the gos pel llfniioat au I tells us all to get lu, but He pcrishen. "It behooved Chrit to suffer." Was It not so, ye who wltncss.id His agonizing ex piration' himon of Cjrene, was It not so? Cavalry troops, whom horses pawed the) dust at the crucifix on. was It not so? Ye Murys who swooned away with thn sun of the ml. I. lay heavens, wa it not so' "By Hi stripes wonre be.ilod." By Ills death we live. By His sinkiug In the deep sea ot suffering wo get off In a safe lifeboat. Yes, we must put Into this story a little of our own personality. W hal n ride In that very lifeboat tt.n touudered craft to solid shore. One- en the ro7ln? sess I rowed. Tne t'irin so I ml: mul l dnrk The nc"atl am nefl suit rililrly Mow' I Th win I tual Usis-d my uucterlnii bark. But I got In'o the gospel llfebont and I got ashore. No religious speculation for me. These higher criticism fellow do not bother me a bit. You may nsk me lltty questions about thn sen, nnd about the laud, and about the lifeboat thnt 1 sauuot answer, but oue thing I know, I nm ashore, and I a-n going to stay ashore, If the Lord by His grace will help me. 1 feel under me something so firm thut I try It with Biy right foot, nr.d try It with my left foot, (uid then I try It with both feet, and It la so solid that I think It must be what the old folks used to oall lb Hock of Ages. And be my remaining days on earth Inaoy or lew I am going to spend my time In rt-'oinmendlng the life'.wat widen leeched me here, a poor sinner saved by grace, and In swlngiug the cutlasses to sever the ropes ol r.uy unsafe llfebont and lot her fall off. My hearer, without asking any questions, get Into the gosp d lifcho::'. Hoo.n ! nua yet tuere Is room '. Tne blggeet boat on earth la the gospel llfeooit. Yon must reuiemlicr the. proportion or tatugs. an.i mat tne snip wreukol craft Is the whole earth, and the lifeboat must bo In proportion. Vou talk about your Cuinpuuius, nnd your Lucuiilt. nnd your Majesties, and your City of New Yor.s. but all of tnem put together are smaller than an In. Han s canoe on Hch roon Lake compared with this gospel llfeliont that is lurgo euou'h to take lu all Nations. Boom for one und room tor all. Get lu ! "How? How?" you nsk. Well. I know how you fod, for summer before last on the sea of i'lnlaud I tad the same experience. The shin lu which wa sailed could not venture nearer than a mile Irom shore, where stood the BuHslun palace of l'eterof, aud we bad to get Into n small boat and be rowed ashore. The water was rough, uud us we went down the ladder at thn side of the ship we held firmly on to the railing, but In order to get into the bout w hail at lust to let go. How did I know that tho boat was good aud that the oarsmen went sufficient? How fid I know that the Finland Hea would not swallow us with one opening ol its crystal Jaws? We had to trust, and we did trust, and our trust was well rewarded. In the same way get Into this gospel llfebont. I,et Co ! As long as you bold on to any other ope you are Imperilod, and you get no ad vantage from the lifeboat. Let go ! Pees some oue here say, "I guess I will bold on little to my good works, or to a pious parent age, or to something 1 can do lu the way ol achieving my own salvation." No, uo, let go ! Trust the Cuptulu, who would not put you Into a rickety or uncertain craft. For the sake of your present and everlast ing welfare, with all th urgency of an Im mortal addressing Immortals. I cry from the depths of my soul ou I at the top ol my voice, Let go! Last summer tha life saving crew at East Hamptou Inv.ted me to come up to the life stutton au 1 see the crew praotloe, for twice a week they are drilled In the impor tant work ossigued them by the United Htntes Government, aud they go through all the routine of Living the suipwrecked. Hut thnt would give little Ideft oi what tuey would have to do If some midnight next winter, the wiud driving beachward, ft vessel should gut lu the grasp of a hurricane. Hee the lights fin re from the ship In the breakers, and then resnonrilnir li.-nts flar.utr from the beach, and hr the rockets buu as tbey rise, and the lifeboat rumbles out, and the gun boouis, and the life lint rises and fall across the splintered decks, and the hawser tightens, aud the lite car goes to and fro, carrying theexbaustej mariDers. and the oeean. If angered by the snfttchlng of the human prey from the white teeth ot Its surf aud the stroke ot its blllowiut; paw, rise with Increasel fury to aail the land. ho now I am engaged in no light drill, practic ing for what may come over some of your souls. It In with Bonrn of you wiutry mid night, and your hope lor this world and the utixt are wrecked. but see ! Hee ! The lights kindled on the beaob ! I throw out the llfn line. Haul in, hand over hand ! Ab, them is lifeboat lu thesurf, which sil the wrath of earth and hell cannot swamp, and Its Cnptsiu with scarred baud puts the trumpet to His Hps as He eries, "On, Israel, thou bast destroyed thy self, but in Me Is thy help." But wnut is tun use olall mis if you decline to get into It ? You might on well have bucn a sailor ou board (oat foundering ship or the Medi terranean wunnlhe mariners cut the ropes ol the boat and let her fall off. A large forgotten reservoir war. Upped in Look port, N. Y tbe otbt r day by workingmeu who were excavat ing for foundation. It belonged to system of water works nbftudoued many years ago. . TEMPERANCE ostr. Free front nfl care In his UoyVl. r.1nt A faea ns the sunlight, clmer.ng snd gnr. The pride of a mother wio arms eutw.je Only a alp ot his father's win. k growing knowlrlgs with manhood's strength. A mind far-rcnchlng In wisdom's lenmh, A smile lor the merry, for the grieving 1 tear Only ft glass of. the foaming ln-cr. Shining In circles of mirth nnd sonc, A love of the right and a hatred of vronr. A friend to be sojj,,t for wa.is- lrl-n isnlr Is culn 0nty a toast iu tuebr'.g'it elm-npa-ne. In the mntitr fnen n lln of en re. Home sliver threads In thn, lurk brown hair. A ..ln.a .... ,1... I ... ..... n vi'nm Mil ill.' iin.H, HI i:ie CVC, 111,111 Unly an occasional so.dul gl.aiis. A figure bent In the noon ot 'n. . K weeping mother, a p!e.i ling wife, K wenkennd br iln mi I a mnj grown uaiub- Unly a drin!; of the fiery ru:ti. A squalid room (n an attic high. A pain-wrought .noun, a plli.'iil . ry. A bundle of rags 'neat'i ihe rafters' g'oo:.!- Only it riyiug tirutik irl's horn-. A coffin of pine. un.'InU'ic.l n'i I r.n!-, A widowed mot tier with st irvitig l.pi 1 1, A lonely ride o'er the rattling p ive -Uu!y ft pauper's u i!iie!c(.s grae. i - lt.inm r .' Co; '.. ; ranot i s vow i When n boy on learns that tiicr Is rot'-. Ing manly In Imitating th vtc e n.wi. I .. Iian made a lo.ag stride in wisdnn. M.r. -over. ! may count bin. self mi ong ti c f.n tunnte f he le-irns It so enr.y In life thnt the pursuit of foinlsli iiml wicked plci-nrc i!..,-i Hot practically Injure Ins future career Adinlr lU'iirragiit told this story oi hisowa lovbool "When I wns ten years old." lie s-iys. was With my father mi board h rnnii-. -w.ir. I had some qualities Hint I tlimi.-iit ma 1" a man of me, 1 could swear like sn old m!i. could drink as stiff a glass of grog ns if 1 bad doubled Cnpe Horn, mi l cciil.l swii.. like a loeomrglve. 1 was great at i a'.l nnd fond of gambling In every slmpc. At the close of dinner, one day, t'ny fntlmr tuncl everybody out of the cabin, lo -kcl Ci door, and said to me " 'David, what do you mean to be:' I mean to follow the sea." 'Follow the sea ! Ya, to be n poor, mis erable, drunken sailor before the mat be kicked and cuffisl about the world, nnd ill" In some fever hospital In a foreign Ian. I. V. David s no hoy ever trod the quarter-. witli such principles ns you have, and sndt habits ns you exhibit. You'll have to change your whole course of life If you ever hcco:iw man.' "My father left me and went on deck. I Was stunned by the rebuke and overwhelm.. I by mortification. "A poor, miserable, drunken sailor be,'.. re the maat ! Be kicked and en IT.', about tln world, and die In some fever hospital ' That In to be my fate, thought I. I'll change my life, and change It nt once. I will never utter another ontb ; I will never drink uiiothcr drop of intoxicating liquor ; 1 will never gamble. 1 have kept these three vows ever since." Kt'noi'K'n no kkkii rnNsrjirTtoi. Tho Paris Teuips publishes semo Interest. Ing particulars with regard to the quantity oi iieer which is now l.rewe.i in i.uropc. th figures, which may be taken ns ai.iirox, mately correct, representing the average fot ine last live or six years. The total quantltv brrwed la 6,10.1,000,000 gallous. Germany coming first with a uro luction ol 1.071.0m;.. 105 irallous. of whlcn Ci4.7SJ.S05 gallons are brewed in North Germany. 8II.H:l(I.S0j g.il lous In Bavaria. 70,W.1,8M) gallons lu Wurtem b-nr. 56.44 J.l)40' gal long 111 JUdco, wul 17. osj.soj gallons In A Unco-Lorraine. Great Britain comes next with total of H7-I.IW.-275 gallons; while Austria Hungary is third with a tmal of 30s,aMS,(i7. gallons. These are the only countries in which the produc tion reaches 100.000,00(1 gallons ,but relatively to their populutlor , Denmark, with -r.i.is'.i,' 000 gallons brewed, und Norway with lis.. 304. 'J'J'J. have a much larger prcluetlon than most ol tho others. But liussla, with its vast area and Inrgn population, produce. cnij65,S!Ja.-W C. T. I'. Bulletin. Tnr IIIIIMIHN OK Mll ShARt S. M. t.'h. Fere, the French savant, tins re. reutly shown Hint If the eggs of a Inwl urn exposed, while hutching, to the vapor of alcohol for twenty-'oiir to li.ny-ciuht hours, net only Is the hatching enormously de layed but the chick, when hutched, is i. un l to bo a monstrosity. This, it is thought, throws light open the tendency to the pro. ductlon of human monstrosities from parents who are victims of the alcohol luil.lt . ns It is well known thut children of drunkards urn usually nils'ormcl In body us well us in tellectually dull. lent. TCMl XnAXCK NKWH AXD NOTES. The new comity ot Hlverside. Cal. . lias voted against grunting liquor licenses. Tbe Rurglcal Instrument-Makers' I'nion requires that Its member bu totttl itbelnlucrs. The W. C. T. I'., of Hitrrlinuu. Tenn.. hue built ft Temperance. Temple nt a cost of 9000. The distilleries of thn t'nltcd Ktutes use 1 Ihe lust fiscal year 20,1M'J,G71 bushels of grain lu liquor inuUlng. The supreme council of the Knifed Com mercial Travelers bus decided to prohibit in toxlcatlng liquors at all Its banquets. The applications to the Boston Associated Charille lust year show thut twenty-two per cent, ot the cuusc for sickness were Intem perance. Fifty percsnt. of the young mc nof Hwit.er lund ure inclliglble for military service on no count of physical deterioration produced by excessive drinking. The five weeks series of temperance meetings Inaugurated by Mr. Moody lu Chi cugo huve hneu drawings large audiences und hundreds signed the pledge. Mr. Victor Burton, of the celebrate 1 br -w-ers tir:n In Lou Ion, has hoeim-i a te do! ill -r uud withdruwu from tho firm, forfcinug thereby bis right in :ij.000.00l). Hoath California W. C. T. V. la rep-irtod lo huve done, in the elgut mouths bclwccu its last lw conventions, more than double fie work of uuy preceding full year. The Belgians seem to ex ml nil the rest of Europe in their devotlo.i to alcohol. There ure 150.000 "scliuaps" homes in Belgium uud nuly SCO schools i that Is to say. thern Is oue iuo or "ebtanuunt" to every thirty-nuio Bel gntus mid only ou school to every 1770. In Franco the Constitutional, a Paris paper, admitted thut tint hal.lt ol drunken ness has increased year by year siucu the lie. ginning of the century. "Men hcglu with wine ; then alcohol is tukeu. Ju forty yiN.rs lb consumption of alcohol has tr.piud iu y ranee." A C'ojgrens of Army Chaplain, held re cently In Chicago, deciurnj that the post ex euiiug system ".iocs uot moot the allege 1 uee is oi th'i ur.tiy as regards its drink de partment,'' uu.lt he hope was expressed "that the time will sjou arrive when u will be niudo to disappear. In In H i. crtaln r aiments with SfilO meu w :re place 1 unier observation. They were ill vid't.1 into free jlriiikers, mo lerate drinkers, and a'xitaln-rs. It was found that the deaths ul the former were 44 per IO'iO, of thn mod erite dr.nkers p.r 10J I, aud ot thu ab st. liners only 11 p'tr 10). M.B Jessie Ans-erm-in, President of Aus trma W, C. T. 17., offer nl u prixn of a gold ai idal to muin.wrs o" th) Unions throughout la tt country whosejure twenty-five or more ineuioers. lees paid, durlug the year ending Aoril 1, lefll. Orgauiaers and puollu worer iu j vx i'.u iei trout lUe olor. KELK5I0US READING. T lK AXD TO t0. Mnr.y year ngo s little girl who longed si ml mi rl Idly to lm lovsl, nnd who was s eud.lig her 'strength and lu ft u.ensure wast ing her h e iu the effort to make people love In r. was cninncl) nbd from crmd bondage by n Mincie tniti nee in a Hunday sclincd leeik I "It Is md so much what you do as whnt you lire Hint pink i s . In love you." Thnt w n tm. c ii ni ki d n turning point In thnt young fill's life. It tnki s innnv of us a long tln.e nnd much orrow to b nni tlmt it Is in t so much whnt w. d in what we are that aiguilles In every reinlfi P. '1 1'e foi.ndi ts I the Driler of tho Iv.lq. e liiiiiglitets recorMiir.iMi tins inei -niien i tin y look iipi ii tin n.s lvi a thnt iiumn and I biuiili d tin tiiM'lvis toLcther. not toilo Chris- ! Him work, but to seek n higher Christian diameter, n ib iq er spirituality, a closer like. In tt to Him In v. hose image tbey were itmde) Mel w ht -c ( hliilri n tin y wen1. That tbey eiii'ttly 1 1 ran to upy Ih.'iiiselvcsln various t. tn s'of Christ, mi iicti'vlty was what might I ne bis ii e i eteil, lor life always inuiilli sts iti-i If In ii. nvity. But theonb r of things is tins : flmt hie, tin ti work t and not, us too li'liry i o.e religlollHly disposed seem til !l 't'k It, llf-t words, and through tin m llfn. i' i iini-ctlm llle conn s llrst. ns we o M'i eli nrlv win n we come to look into the n unci. And the more arduous the work laid 1. 1 1 li ns the greater I unity lor n life tlmt .ii ni sever tcr nnd blglur nnd morn like I In . -I. '( ,,,, ,, (, i tl lngs," said I'iiii I. V"- , ill. (. i if, for he hud the si cri t id doing t "ll r. tik'b t nri"t who stn nglle mth tne" Is the cr I. What cull he Hot do to whom to l.c is cbrct? Our m. -t direi t and cIDcinit w rk. then, i ii.. lie mi our closet.-, win-re miiiunini v. tli to I. we grow Into hi- likini I.itus let I this trnlb. v.e who lire I u-y. w-s i ' I it whom l envy burdens lie. It is the b. m y-!i,.!i n tthoui Christ Intilisto slriro b t ik.. Torn yoke Is not borne l.y one, t nt I 1 1 f '. w bo by it arc coupled together. Ah. ttlmt Mr. iiKtli Mid pov.er of nselulniss eo'iei .. him ttho walks side l.y side with ( I. ret in his work, cmipl 'd with him hli.hr he yoke'. What u rinlityof ( lirKtlnti life is hi-' lb w much more viiluuble Is what ho will l i ov r what be muy do! Ti ls iw ;i bu-v wotl I, never bugler lli. in In lli.siiat i f . his. ().ioitunities for work nro o i -tiing i ti etery sl.le : Ihe cull to christian seii e was III ter SO 1 :l, ol I II lllll lis IIOW. I.i t li- let lose the seeiet of stri ligtb 111 nil cf. Mlto -i rtc onr fellows which so nl.orl s o r Cn e as to leave iiollniig for pruter. for on n i. nli n with Christ. Let us rut her kre p tl.i li ..I r to our Lord the more we liuve to do for blm. When we come under In- yoke in our -ervice tho liiIii Is twofold : wc grow more like blm, tlmt I-, we b urn to I e what be n eiu.t ns to I.e. iiml our work being shared with lulu is doubly well done.- (Ami i. 1H. siM t.iiiit i.n risiion. Ar. i vci llcnt o. ortiinlty for testing im.l i'i osing the nn. i. nt falluey. "It makes no Inter hill y. el bt lieve s.i long 11-. vmi nro n. .tie.' is iilToriled this year In the World - i 'iigrcss of lb liglmis, jii-t held lit Cbieiigo. There were gathered the repn- ".Mailt! s i f m nrlv nil tbe religions nn.l. r lii'iiten : Hil.l.lhl'.in. Cotifiieliinl.'ln, Mlll;t..'H . Illllll.lt' in. I'lii.-il-m, M .tin I IIIIH'Cl .1 1 ill-ri i . Jia. daism uud the great bwtorle ebur.'brs of t lnl-.leii.loni were nil represented there, niel III! I t the very Hotter of their II. Illi'ti tits, he in. 'ii who enmc from China, from helm, from I', r- ii. mid other distant liunl- to lake part In this fot'gri'i-s were for the inost purl mm of deep i iirm sines-, of entire sincerity. y t l llll it is' stll'l tllllt III" Is'llefs of ull these III.) of the value to tlirmselvih tllllt a I ell. I ill ChiM win. Id be? Tin se mil creuts of strange ree( ns nro vert i. rol al.lv, men of blHiui'iess life mn of stn ng desire for tbe goo.J i,f buiiiuiilty otherwise tbey would not line con e, O '""' winy l e mcr. of deep splrliuw vearnlugsl W religious capacity, for o,ysuch meu nri4ik- iv to take uu Intern-t In a parllame'A like Yet would linyotie, who liomliillv I . Ilctes III Christ, (mil eliio.vstho privileges' of i ti r 1 Inn iii'liouiil uud social hie, i-vehungo hi bi'I'el f ir theirs? Since. i'ty, tin ii, is not t lie only I 'sinllnl tbii.g in id gioii. If it i-nut on tiie.e I. run. I III. 1 1. tt In. li si piirute the CbrKtiuu trolu the lii..e Ili'st or Confucian, neither is it in the smaller liens win. h senirate ( hri-lmii from Chri-tiaii. 1 f one feels umt inetivelv on sei lm; a ii . . I .I. . upright, I'nrui'st iliKei.e if one of those faiths, "How much nobler, grander, more useful to your generation yi u would be were y.'ll ii Cbri-tiuii ! ' so one must ri ' ognle the truth thut, being n ( hrisilnn, bis life must Is- grander, nobler, more u-elni lu roportii ti iu be Is le nrer to Ihe mm. I of Clni'-t. In clearer ni. pri'heufli ii of the truth wl ieli He lias tuiiglit and i xeuipllfieit. It i- it'ortli while then to seek, to know und to comprehend clearly, wliul imtceil loul the I., r.l bus tuiiglit. Sincerity uloiie will let brine us Into Inn inoiiv with ihe mln.l un.l -.till of 1 1. ..I. It is ourdiity to seek diligently to iii.ili'isti.inl Ills li ie l ine's to init (iiiiselti s In !he line of His ibsctplinc, to lcnin II.h ini'tb od ol ileiillng with men. Whatever lessons of i liurily the priq used I'lirliiimi nt of ii ligioiis muy tench, it will luil i f Its right i ml unless It ii uki s eli nr thut there Is a b. nveii-tt Ide difference between nil otl i r religions uud the ii. s.e which pri vji!i v ilittne forgiven! ss for rini.e.l n un un.l lieiiteiily help to overcome hln, Anifrleun . tn'liger. ( i: HI MIAN lit IS NOT ofiii; ". AUI .fr." Mr. Moody e-llinHtis thnt fn in Ml.l'I'O to fll.IKO eoplo bnve Isa n r. le hi . l y h.il h eeiiil Siinilny t'Miiigelistie sertjci , Tin, tnuiii.lieil by seven iluys ensily toots up about ilKl.lssi brought weekly within readi ol Din Gospel. The World's Fnlr bus been close, I mi Sundays for wind of iiltemlini. e, but the religious services are daily growing. iKvery good opening for the Gospel Is readily Hi Izeil. Wheii I'orei.iiugh's great circus tent hud Is'cu set up ill tne city Mr, Moody tried to secure It for Humbiy. He wuri grunted thn Use of It for a Kubbuth morning service, but us I bn iiiuiiugcr expected Sunday in Chicago to 1st a great liurvi nt duy Jm reserved thn tent oil the llfleriliH.il nn. I evening for bis own performmi , I'll teen tlioiismid people enmc lo hear tbe sim .le Gospel preii. heil Met sung ut the morn ing service. Tim circus, however, was so poorly litleiided ill Ihe lifteruooii mid even ing thut Sun. lay exhibitions were soon ul.iin doiieil. More than that, the iiiuiiugcr sal. I be bud never Issmi in tho Intl it of giving per formances on Sunday uud should not utteini.t it uguiu, and he offered, if Mr. Moody would iippoinl un eviuiM'list to travel with blm. to open his tent thereafter on Sundays fortios l.e ineetingH uud Imi respolisiblo for ull ex penses. It was the same with lbs theutres. At llrst they declined to ullow religious scr vi. i on Kuiidiiy. Their H-rforiiiniiccs on tlmt dav not having proved us niicis-ksIiiI us Ihev nntlejpatcil. now Mr. Moody cuu hire ulmost any he wishes to sis ure,- llev. A. J. Gordon. Christians must give up thinking about Cbristlunity an only a ineiins of (weuplug u lutiire bell und arriving at a future lieavciu T hey must show now, more than ever, thut by u union ot loving and truthful hearts, God conies here, immortality ts-gins here, uud Heaven lies ubout us. Ho light the good tight of justice and truth, a the disciples of Zoroaster tried to fight It. This is still the true work of man, uud to make a union of those who wish to light against evil this la still thn true church cf Christ. IJumee F. Clurk, 1). li. Vnu ".tntfdard Oil Company ha chnrfered Ihe British tank steamer Batoutn, to trade lietwcen New York and England. She Is the largest tuuk steamer In the world, her en juiclty being 2,700,000 gallons ot oil In hulk. Tnr. Brooklyn baseball nlnn won tha championship ol the Metropolitan D.slr.ot ly taking the decisive game trout New York. l'1'l.'i..'xvi. -v.'.- KEYSTONE STATE COLIMS. FCHOOl. Ml'ST KEEP. MO MOKE IUMTI0.S HOLIDAYS, SAYS rT. si tiArrrrs. HABSfm-an. - Dr. Kiliseffer, snperlnten rlent of public Inam.rllon, ha put his fool squarely down upon Ihe practice of closing si boo on clcrlion ilsys. lis is constantly la receipt of coin hi Icntlons rcquraling an opinion on the subject. These liiterrogs tlons sre based on the art of May 21, 1A"A designating ihe third Tuesday of February and the first Tuesday after the llrst Monday of November as legal hnlf hrlulny. Dr. Prlmeffcr, after quoting from the set ret r- red to, snys: "The purpose mrniloned In this net lisvs special reference to the maturity of com mercial p iper, tbe ur cpinncc and at rin tit of bank becks, il'iifls. promis-ory notes, e r., as rxpri s-irgiy set forth III the set it sell. I nm c.rnriv of the opii'inu thnt t(, sevrrnl boiinls of srhool nirectors nnd com tnd'ers n e tiot n quired toclose the public ichools in their respcciivs '.districts on the itnys liesigiiuied as vlrctioii days, but on the contrary I would urge the ilirertiirsmiil cut (rollers lo keep Ihcir s hoo.s In scs ion on ti e-e ilnvs 'or the purpoe of pre cn'itif too tunny breaks lu , the irr.iilar ulnsd yinr." Til K M A U I! I Af i E LICENSE LA W. ni iMi'M-virNT t ni o no t to trr.T t'NTII, Ol Toi.rn 1. 1 m i.y HARhisiirHi. The State Dcparttneiit is daily In receipt of inquiries from the clerks of the courts of the several counties, as to whether an error il"-a not occur in Ihe pamphlet Uws of lM in the ii"t of May I, I still, Biiieinl nn tbe Uw relai ive to inarriii.s license so us to permit in irri.igcs to be per fortne I ouiaiile of the rmi'ity in which lbs license Is granted The lew ns printed makes Ihe law opciaiive (iitobcr I. le'i'i.bul nisny clerks of conns Ibink ii a iiiispiiut. TI"; originnl bill, bocvcr,iloc not differ from the law na printed a titiiiMi ist ,trr. PoYt.rsTowN Mm Iuo I Doluu, nged 22 renrs, seiitenrcd Mnreli HJ to three years mil three itiont lis in tbe Doylestown jail, fir. title inpting to slio.it bis fa. her In Kcbru try, ut his home in So!cbiiry township, n ;npcd from the Jail here by sruling the 2S fiKit wu!l. Young lolnn had been working in the slocking ktiiiting depart ment nnd hnd sei ti'cd enough yarn totnnke I atotit rope about taenty-live feet long With this, together wi'h three lurge iiooks, me of which was made from a poker stolen from the ri-on kilclien a few days ago, Hid which he threw over the wall until it rmi;:ht in the o ping, he sucrrcilcd in gel ling to the top nn. I dropping over on the ni tn r v ile, cciped under cover of tha night nd the lit svy storm. - i ati" rot: iai.mh:' iNsmrrrn. II ai.u-itic. Putes for fanners' Instr tun s in the wcsicru pint of the slate have hccti li t ed by the stale hoard of agriculture ts lollows: Greene county. Way lie-burg, Novrmher 1 1 and 15. ( iirmn bcul, Notcinht r IU; Mercer county tireenville, Novemhvr R and ,'ti). Dn es of 42 institutes have been ixed, lit will be In Id in I'cieinbcr, II in 'ovs i.ber uud in in January. I IMITIM'l THE I llri.l I l oNTK Now that the cows hsv btsMi pen lie 1 up Bcllefonte is lu take a step ti.hcr. Councils uncoveicd lin old ordi iiui.ee wh eh tbey again adopted thnt boys 14 yearn of ngc or under shall hereafter not le nllowtd iiii the streets after h p. in. The .Police bate been given itistriicions tourrest in. 1 1 irk up for the night all hoys found 'hioud utter thut hour. a- J ami-s lb v n rir. nge I . nnd .fumes I'.nyi-c, iu (- I h, tiiin.li re.l from their liomes leiir Grrenhiirg. M.ni.liv, inter iok n. I it is feared thry per shed in ihn C'li e st 1 1 nt rulgc, us iioilni.g bus been heard Ui tilt-Ill. Vn I. mm Cuki.'s horses, frightened st the mm nt Hunting Ion. uu. I run away Crce bus thrown to the ground, tbe wagon ia s .ng over bis stomach, killing him nisUnlly. He whs To years old. Nkui Lock Haven John (). Dcise's heifer ttoiKl on the Beech Creek railroad and stop pel a train. Her mother, a cow. was last rued in u cattle guunl further down tbe road. G'ovmsoi: I'tirisoN bus lltc.l December 14 tor tbe evcciiliou of Henrv Hurst, of Adams iniinty who ki'led a fillow ttood tbo s r tlirimgli jeulousy over a girl. Jacob K. SiirM:M's bonded warehouse, containing l.illHj barrels of whisky, in Lan caster, was itesirovid bv lire Sunday night. Itm JKn.lHlU. insured for JiK.ilOO. EnniTV-YrAii-oi.n Mary Kenlzheiraer of Hellertown works a farm of seven seen nd has cut and shocked, unaided, all tbe corn in her lield this fall. Gkoihik Hoi, mi. nwnRTn's three children found a lot of poke berries near their home t New Brighton and ate heartily and their lives were burcly saved. Mlis. A in r. Statu, of Heaver Creek, ''' Suiidiiy Ir tn poisoning. cau-ed by drinking wn'cr from a spring into which poisonous laurel leaves hud fallen. I ii am ts w ail a painter, ten from tne jotue ol the county court house, a distance r l.il feet, nt llrn.iluid, and was killed. He ns dial in Buffalo, Jiiii.ii M.'M tiioN. aged .VI, and Andrew Drisl, i gcd il'l. ttrre killed at Homestead by Ihe civiiig in of a deep trench tlicy wn helping to dig. Yot'Mi Ciilvm Dcnr., one of u I eniston nutting party s'l pi d In a ll. reniosl down a hill iiguilisl u lig tuskc I bat bit luni in lbs arm, Smii Ki. lloi.i.tM.sm ah, nerd 7(1, a rall roudi r tor 4'iy.ars, w .s suuck nnd killed by th I'lu ihc ei.rcs.i ui Huntingdon, A i u school house nt A runs, was wrcck td bv i be storm Saturday night causing II. 6ll damage. Tin. employes (7 the wire nail mill nt New Cuslle liuve accepted a 10 p r cent n uiutioii. i'liK weight of Ernest Werner' biggest pump in, cjuwn at Doyiistottii, is Vil pounds. Tiiiivk of the lending grocers of Heaver Fulls huve refused lo give credit any longer. Ht M.v (I i mi k wss fatally crashri by fall ol coul in a nunc near (itei nsburg Tut Ks ure about 100 case of smsllpox si Reading. If Jnsus did not know whnt be was say ins when be ssike ol Moeen, David and Jouab, how shall we know thut he knew what be wa saying when ho spoke ot bis own peraouallty us the Hon of God? That seems to have bona tbe fix ot the three students In Andover, that lately professed to be Uniturluus.-CumLr-land rreabyterian. For wolves to devour sheep Is no won der, but for sheep to devour oue another Is monstrous aud.aetoiilaMiigr. an, ' I; tj j 4 ;..it. ,s(J w"' 'ii,''uM' r4" -4 m i t' '4"Hcs' af ' L- ' " ' sit
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