A SERI.ION ON HUNTING.
WHBiB MIR HAKE MISTAKES.
Dr. Tain; Diva an Interaatlng Talk
Appropriate to tha Beaaoa.
f Tn: mtn fh ni'r i,n 'of ft-eerfe rA
jrry, nnttal nii'il he W(iiid fi nani."
rOuesl jlir.. 87.
A few nltrhts ns" SOI ma enifnoad alontr.
the Lou Inland railroad so ns to ho ready
forthe"oext mortiin, w.ilch w. tba first
'open day" for deer hunting. Del ween sun
rise and 2 o'clock in tin? afleinoou of that
lir tliteen deer were shot. On tint 2'Jth o(
Oi.nobr out won I and forest resound with
tne snook of firearms anil are tracked ot
pointer and setter because the qntiil are
then a lawful prize for the sportsman.
On a certain day In all F.ulati I yoa can
hear the rr.tok of the sporrs-nsn asm.
because grouse hunting lia begun, and
very mnn that ran afford H) t linn and am
munition and ran draw a head marts for tha
field. Xennptmn grew eloquent In reirard
to the art of huntiuir. In tha far east nm.
pie, elephant mount ml, eh.sas the tiger. Tha
American Indian dart hi arrow at tha l.uf
f.tlo until tha frlM-ned herd tail over tha
rocks. F.urop:in noble are often found In
the tot cnase and at the stag hunt. Francis
1 wi .ille-l the father oi nuntinit. Mote
declare of Sintrol. "H was a nughtv
hunter hetoretne l.or-l." therefore, In nil
an. st of the world, the Imij'ry if my text
ought to be auir g"llve, whether It menus a
wolf after fox or :i man a'l-r a lion
Old Jacob, ovine, is teiiiuy tha fortune
of his children. He prophesies tha devour
ing propensities of U'lij.titiui and his de
cendauts. With his di n old eyes ha looks
off and ana tha hunter going out to tha
llelds. r.xngiii? them all day, and at nightfall
oonlng horn1, t'.ia game slung over Ilia
shoulder, and reaching tha door of tha tiit
tha Hunters begin to distribute the wilt, and
onetake a coney, and nnuthar a rabhlt. and
another a roe. In tha morning lie shall )
our tha prey, and at night ha shall divide
tha apod' Or it may he a reference to tha
habits ol wild b-asts th vt alat tlialr prey and
than drag it buck to tha cave or lair and dl
Vnl It amonir tha youm.'.
I tnka rar text, in the f 1 rat place. a da.
Tiptlva of those peiple w in In tha ntorn
iliK of thair Ufa giva t'latnalvaa no to hutit
Inir tha world, hut nftrwrd. hy tha i-n.-aof
God, in tha avaniuit of tiiair Ufa dlvida
tnoni themaalvaa tha pnil of Chrmtinn
ohnra?tar. Thcraara aud ('iirimlan mn and
woman luthU housa, who. Ifthv Kiiva taatl
niony. would toll you that In tha niorninK of
thalr Ufa thay wra niter tha world a In
tonw as a hound after it liara, or as a falcon
swoons upon a KA.dle. Tm-y wanted tha
world' plaudit and tha world's trains.
'J'uay felt that If they could get this world
they would have eve'rythinir. Home of them
atnrtad out for tha pleaauras of tba world.
They tboiitcht that tlt man who ImiKhed
loiidaat wns hnppii-M. They tried repartaa
and floutindrum andburlawiuaand roadrlvul.
They thouijht thay would Ilka to be Tom
Hoods or Clmrle I.iimb or Kdirar A. Toea.
They miriKlad wina au I music and the spat
tscular. They were worshipers of tha nar
laiuiu. and tha Merry Andrew, and tha liuf
foou. and the jester. ' Life was to them foam
ami huobla and euehinuation and roysterimr
aud itrimacH. They Wftf so full of ijlea they
could hnrdly repres their mirth even on aoU
a:nu ccitkslonn, au 1 they mnia uenr burf Ini?
out hilarioiiNly even at tha burial Iwcnusa
there was aometbint; so dolorous in the toua
or coiintenuneo of the undertaker.
A!tr awhllo misfortune slrifk tham ho
on the lMt'k. They found there wn some
thinit they could not lauicu at. Uuder their
late hours their health iriive way or there was
a dentil in the house. Of every green tliiuir
their soul was exfoliated. They found out
t hut life was more tha u a Joke. From the
heart of God there bla.ed Into their soul an
nrneatneM thoy had never felt liefore. Tbey
awoke to their sinfulntjks aud thalr immoral
ity, and here they sit at aixty or seventy
ea-s of ne as appreciative of all Innocent
unrtii 'aTbr evr wfCe. but tuey are bant
on a atyle ot satis fact iou which in early life
thay never hunted the eveaiutfof their day
brighter than the niorninif. lu tha mornluir
they devoured tha prey, but at nlutit thoy
divl.le.l the spoils.
Then there are other who started out for
financial hiiceeks. Tuey aeo how llmlier tha
rim of a man a hat ia when be bow down
Iwlore some one transpicuous. The felt
they would like to 3 how the world looked
from the window of a I'lOD turnout. Tbey
tho-itrht tbey would like to have the nioru
liiK niuliifh' tanleil lu the h-n lirenrof a
diiiluu spun. They wanted the bridge lu
the park to resound under the ratupluu of
Hielr swift booitt. Tney wanted a gilded
lialilrlc, and so they started on tha dollar
limit. They chus id it up one street un l
emit I It down another. Thev tolloweii it
when It burrowed lu the cellari They treed
it in tue roo '.
Wherever a dollar was expected to be,
they were. They cimsed It across the ocean.
Tuey chased It aeros the Inud. They stopped
not for the night. Hearing that dollar, eveu
in the ilnrkuess, thrilled tiiem n an Adirou
ti.ick ports:n:tu is thrilled at midnight bv a
loon's laugn. They chased that dollar to the
niouey vault. They chusat It to the Oov
erumeut treasury They routed It from
uuder the counter. Ail the bounds were out
all the pointers and the setter. Thoy
leaped the hedges for that dollar, and tbey
cried : "Hark away ! A dollar " A dollar 1
Aud when at lnt tuey came upou it aud had
actually captured it their excitement was
like that of a falconer who hus successfully
flung his first hawk.
In the morning of their life, oh, how they
devoured the prey 1 IJut there came a bet
ter tlmo to thuir aotii. They found out thnl
an Immortal nature cannot live ou bank
stock. They took up a Northern Pncu-tli
tiond, and there was hole in it tbrougt
which they could look into the uncertain!)
of all earthly treasures. Thev saw somi
lUlston, living at therateof $'25,010 amouth
leaping from a Kan Francisco wharf because
lie could not continue to live ut the saint
ratio. They saw the wikmi and paralytii
hankers who had changed their soul intt
molten gold stamped with the ltui.ge of tb
tiartby earthy. They saw so-ue gieat souh
ty avarice turned into homunciill, and they
naid to themselves, 'I will eew after higher
treasure."
From that time they did not care whethet
they walked or rode if Christ walked witt
them ; uor whether they live I I't a mnnsion
or lu a hill if they dwelt under the shadow
of tha Almighty; nor whether they were
rolled lu French broadcloth or lu homespun
If tbey bad the robe of the haviour's right
ouues , nor if they were kitiidulled with
morocco or calfskin If they were shod with
the preparation of the Oospel. Now you e
peace on their uouuleuniicM. Now that man
aav ''What a fool I was to la enchanted
with this world. Why, 1 have more satisfac
tion In live minute in the service of (iod
than I had lu all the llrst year of my life
while I whs gaingcltlug. I like this evening
of my day a great deal better thitu I did tba
morning. In tha moruiuit I greedily de
voured tha prey, but now it is aveulug, and
1 am gloriously dividing the spoil."
My friends, this world is a poor thin? to
hunt. It Is healthful to go out In the wood
and hunt. It rekindle the luster of tba eye.
It strikes the brown of the autumnal leaf in
to the cheek. It give to the rhoumutlc limb
the strength to leap lika a roe. Christopher
North' pet gun, the muokla-mou'd Meg, go
ing off in the summer in the forest bad it
obolu tha winter time lu the eloquence that
rang tbrough tha uulvarsily ball of Kdlu
Imrgb. It I healthy to go hunting in I he
fields, but 1 tall you that it 1 belittling and
l-edwarflng and belamiug for a man to bunt
thl world. The hammer uoines down on tha
guncap, and tha barrel explode and kill
you instead of that wliloh you are pursuing.
When you turu out to hunt tha world, tha
world turn out to bunt you, aud a many a
sportsman aiming hi gun . at panther'
heart, ha gona down under tba striped
olaw, ao while you have been attempting
to devour ibU world tha w ha beau de
vouring yon. 8o tt waa with Lord Byron ,
fto it was with Coleridge, Bo it was with
Catherine of Pussla. Henry It. want out
hunting for this world, and its lances struck
through hi heart. Francis I. aimed at tha
world, but tha aaasln's dagger put an end
to his amhhloa and hla life at one stroke.
Mary Queo of Bots wrote on tha window
of her castle-
. Frets ttis tnp of all m treat
Mlsbsa hath laid tot la th flint.
The Queen Dowagerof Navarre waoftererJ
for her wadding Har a aostlyand beautiful
pair of gloves, and (ha put tham on, but they
wera poisoned glovaa, and thay took hr life,
natter a bare band of cold privation than a
warm and poisoned glova of ruinous success.
"Oh. saya aome young man In tha audience,
I baliera what you are preaching. I am
going to do that very thing. In tha morning
of my lira I am going to rtevaor tha pray,
and In tha evening I shall divide th spoils
of Christian eharnrtar. I only want a little
while to sow my wild oats, and than I will
be good."
Young man, did you ever take tha census
of all tha old paopleT How many old people
are there In your house One, two or none?
How many In a vast assemblage Ilka this?
Only bore and there a gray head, lika the
atcues ol snow bars and there in tha fields
on lata April day. Tha fact I that tb
tide of the ) ears are so strong that men go
down tinder them before they get to ba aixty.
before they get to be fifty, before they get to
be forty, before they get to be thirty t and II
you, my young brother, resolve now that you
will spenil the morulug of your days In de
vouring the prey the probability Is that you
will never divide the spoils in the evening
hour. He who postpone until old age thv
religion ot Jesus Christ postpones tt lorever.
Where nre the men who. thirty years ago,
resolved to lecome Christians in old age,
putting It off a certain uumber of years?
They never got to be old. The railroad col.
lisiou, or the steamboat explosion, or the
slip on the Ice, or the falling ladder, or the
sudden cold put an end to their opportuni
ties. They have never had an opportunity
since, an 1 never will have an opportunity
agaiu. They locked the door ot lieavau
against their soul, and they threw away the
k-ys. Tney chased the world, nil 1 they died
In the chase The wounded tiger turned on
them. Thev failed to take the game they
fiut-su-vl. Mouuted on a swilt courser, they
eape-1 the hedge, but the courser fell on
them and crushed them. Proposing to bar
ter their soul for the world, tuey lost both
and got neither
While tins l an encouragement toold peo
ple who nr still nnpar ioued. It is no en
couragement to the young w.io are putting
Off the day of gr.ice. This doctrine that the
old ntay be repentant I to be taken cau
tiously. It Is medicine that kills or cures.
The same medicine given lo different patient.
In oue case it savna life and In the other it
destroys It. This possibility of repen'nnee
at the close of life may cure the old man
while it kills the young. lie cautious In ink
ing It.
Again, mv subje-t Is descriptive of thos-
who come to a sudden mil ridical change.
You have noticed how short a time It is
from rooming to night -only seven or eight
hours. You know that the day bns a very
brief life, lis henrt bent twenty-four times,
snd then it is dead. How iiilck thistrausl
Hon in the character of these ISenjamites!
'In the niornlug they shall devour the prey,
aud at night they snail divide the spoils." Is
It possible that there shall be such a trans
formation in any of o ir characters? Yes. a
man may be at 7 oclo-w in the morning an
all devouring worldling, anil at 7 o'clock at
light he may tie a peaceful distributive
Christian.
Conversion Is Instantaneous. A man psss.s
into the kingdom ol (iod ipncwer than down
the sky runs ?igrag ll.-titnl.i'.'. A m m tuny
be anxious about his soul for a great many
year ; that does not make him a Christian.
A man ntsy pray a great while ;thnt does not
make him a Christian. A man may resolve
ou the reformation of hi character and hnve
that resolution going on a great while , that
doe not make him a Canst inn. Hut the
very instant when he flings bis soul on the
mercy of Jesus Christ, that Instant is lustra
tion, emancipation, resurrection. Lp to
that point ha I going in tna wrong direc
tion -.after that point h it gotui lu tha right
direction. B -for that moment he is a child
Of aln : altar that moment ha ia child ot
Uod. liefore that moment devouring tha
Prey, alter that moment dividing the spoil,
ive minute is a good as live years.
My hearer, you know very well that the
nest thlugs you have done you have done In
i Dash. Y'ou made up your tuiiid in an in
itant to buy, or to sell or to invest, or to
itop, or to start. If you had missed that one
'hunee, you would have niit-sed it lorever.
Vow, Jut as precipitate and ipili'k and spon
taneous will be the random of your soul,
some morning you were making a calcula
tion. Y'ou got on the t ni''k ot some llnan -iHl
r social game. With your pen or pencil you
were pursuing it. That very morning you
srere devouring the prey, but that very uiglil
t'ou wera ill a different mood, iou found
tint all heaven was offered you, You won
lercd how you could get It tor yourself aud
'or your family. You wondered what re
louree It would give you uow and hereafter.
You are dividing peace aud comfortsaiid sttt
afnetion and Christian reward in your soul.
You are dividing the spoil.
Oue Babbsth night at the close of the ser
vice I said to some persons, When did you
llrst become serious about your soul?" And
they told me, 'To-uiglit.' Aud I said to
Jtbers, "When did vou give your heart t.
Qod?" Ami they aaid. "To-night." And I
laid to (till other. "When did you reaolvntu
lerve the Lord all the day of your life?"
4ud they said. "To-night'." I saw by tua
J-iyety of their apparel that when the grace
f (lod struck them they were devouring the
prey, but I saw ulio lu the flood of Joyful
tears, and In the kiudling raptures on their
row, and in their exlillarant and transport
ing utterances, that they wera dividing the
ipoll.
If you have been in this building when tha
'Ight are struck at uight, you know that
with oue touch of electricity they are all
bluzed. Oh, 1 would to God that tue dark
ness of your soul might be broken up, and
that by one quick, overwhelming, iustuuia
neous flush of illiimluation you might be
brought iuto the light and the liberty of the
out of God 1
You see that religion is a different thing
from what ome of you people suppose. You i
thought it wa a decadeuec. You thought i
religion was iiiacerntiou. You thought it I
wts highway roblwry : thnt It struck one
down aud le.'t him half dead , that it plucked j
out the eyes ; that it plii'-Lml out the plumes
of the soul : that it broke the wiug and I
rushed the beak ns It came clawing wild its 1
uiueif i Minim tfiromrn t tie Mir hn.lnnl 1m not '
religion.
What I religion? It is dividing the spoil.
It Is taking a defenseless soul end panoply
ing It for eternal oonipiest. It isthe distribu
tion of prir.es by the king hand, every medal
Humped with a coronation. It i au exhilar
ation, expaustoi. It I iuipnradisutiou. It
Is euthrouumeut, liellglou niiiko u man
master of earth, of death Hnd hell. It goes
forth lo gather tha medal of victory won by
Prince F.manuel, and the diadems of heaveu,
aud the glory of realms terrestrial and celes
tial, aud then, after ranging all worlds foi
everything that is respleudeut, It divides the
poll.
What was It that Janiea Turner, the nv
mou Kbgllill evsuifellht. was doing when in
hi dying uiomeuts he said ! "Christ Is all 1
Christ is all?" Why, he was entering lute
light. He wa rounding the Cape ot (lood
Hope, lie was dividing tha spoil. Whal
wa the aged Christian Quakeress doing
when at eighty years of age she arose iu Hit
meeting oue day and said i "The time of my
departure Is come. My grave clothe art
fulling off?" bhe was dividing the spoil.
Mis imiKad wiih wliwt lo fly sway
Aud utia wits thai oiruiil Usy.
What I Daniel now doing, the lion tamer,
and Elijah, who was drawn by the llamint
coursers, and Paul, the rattling of whose
chain niada king quake, and all tha othet
victim of Hood aud lire and wreck aud gull,
lollue where are they? Dividlug tba spoil.
Tea ihimssrd limes ten tboussud,
lu uu-slluii rsimttui lirlsbl,
Tu armies or lbs rsUMinied aaiafl
1'urou- up llis stcrpsut llU
Tt finished, stl Is flnUtied.
Their nhi w.ts itestn snd tin,
' Lift hli your enlrlen (ls
Aol let the victors ia.
Oh, what grand tbtng It Is to ba a Chris,
tlan I We begin now to divide tha spoil, but
tha distribution will not ba completed to all
eternity. There Is a poverty Mmek soul,
there i a business despoiled tout, there I
in struck soul, there ia bereaved onl
why do you not coma and get tba spoils of
Christian chancer, the comfort, the joy, tha
peace, the salvation thnt I am sent to offer
you In my Master's name?
Though your knee knock together la
weakness, though your hand tremble la
fear, though your eyea rain tear of uncon
trollable weeping come and get the spoil.
Best for all the weary. Pardon for all tha
guilty. Rescue for alt tha oestormed. Life
foratl the dead. I verily believe that there
are some who have come in hern downcast
because the world Is against them, and be.
ena they feel Ood Is against them, wao
will go away faying t
I earns to Jesus a t was,
Wearjr snt worn sml nail.
I fnun I In Him rmlnj Mm-,
A art ll has msitrm lal.
Though you came In children of the world,
you may go away heir of heaven. Tnough
thl very autumnal morning you were de
vouring the prey, now, all worlds witness
ing, you may divide the spoil.
TEMPERANCE.
Tar rra or nntsg,
Would re shriuk Irom tba vile hsnnts of
disgracn
And see nut the agony in friend' loving
lace?
Would ye turn from the dens of Infamy and
woe
And mingle not with tha degraded and
low?
Then shun the cup. nn turn from the brink
Where others lull through the eur, of
driuk.
Would ye sek lions face an I feature
And riiost admlrl oh by felmsr creature?
Would ye he lithe of limb, bright of eye
And tearless stand before great and high?
Then shun tha cup. aud turn from t- e brink
I Where other (all Ihroujb the curse ut
dr.nk.
Would ya lie pure, and free and greit,
I rowned with honor' high etate?
Would ye strive to other' blirdcus bear.
And res'-ue them from the tempter' snsrel
Then shun the cup. an I turn from tha brink
Where other full through the curse of
drink.
Would ye save from deep and dark despair
A Dint her' heart, and her sweetest bless
ings share?
Would ye hear a father's noblest praise
l.ver ringing to your latest d '.'
Then shun the cup, aud turn from the brink
Where o'hers lull through the curse of
driuk.
Would ye serve your home, your Ood, your
race.
And share In tha reward of Infinite grace?
Would ye care to have o part In the cud lee
lova
Of (Sod and angel In tha realm above?
Then shun tha cup, and turn from the brink
Where other tall through, the curse of
drink.
Woold ye wish a mansion In tha city of gold,
Prepared by the Master with grandeur un
told? Would ya rest 'ntli the shad of Ufa -i tree,
Clothed In the robea of immortality?
Then shun the cup, and turn from the brink
Where other tall through the curse of
drink.
Would ya wish kingly Jewel to wear,
A acepter to wield, a crowu to bear'.'
Would ye dwell in the realm bright and
, fair.
Of which we're told, "No drunkard ia
thera?"
Theiv thtm ibe cup; wta toru (:" .s.Wiu'
Where others full through fn" rurse of
drink.
n. S. Irwin, In Ladies' Home; Companion.
TEJf TEARS FOB A DRIN r ."A
James T.ysalght, of ltoi-be-.ter, V- V., will
liave to go to prison teu years for taking una
drink of whlssy.
It seems that I.ysaighl had served three
years of a thirteen years' iitcn.-e iu the
penitentiary, when the Governor pardoned
him ou condition that he should forfeit his
freedom If he drank Intoxicating llipmrs.
The man got along very well for six mouths
and then violated the conditio!,. When the
case was tried It was proved tnat he hail not
been Intoxicated, mid his lawyer argued tlmt
ho hud n Constitutional right to take a driiiK
and that the Governor could not lake It away
from him.
The court sided with the Governor, 'and
ordered the defeiidaut to be turned over to
the prison wardeu to aerveout the remaining
ten year of his semen re. I.vsaight will pay
a fancy prl-e for his tipple, an I hi case will
furnish one more Illustration for the temper
ance lecturers. But maiiy a mail lis lost
more than his liberty for i be same thing -sometimes
a man loses his lite tor a lea
drops ol lnjuor. --Atlanta Constitution,
TKMPF.RANCE NEWS A10 NOTE.
Th liisbop of Zolulaud U a Good Tem
pi a-.
Hcotlund ba a baud of 30,111 Juvenile
Templar.
You cau ometimes toll where a tuiin standi
by hi breath.
There are now 1015 licensed pi noes lor lh
tale of liquor lu Jersey City, N. J.
There are in the world 61,000 breweries
Germany lending the list with '.!;, 2 HI.
Putting screens lu the saloon doors is thf
devil's way of suylug that he ut UNhutued ol
himself.
There are people who claim not to believt
In a hell who live in pluiu light of a drunk
ard' home.
Nine drunkards out of ten are soto-dny
liecause they did not resolve In ) until to lead
a sober life.
France now hn 441.000 places for the salt
of liquor, mi increase of uciirly '.HJ.UitO in
twenty years..
The man who Is not against the liquot
traffic with all bis weight is In favor of giv
ing the devil a llueusu to do business ou
eart h.
The Tall Mall Gazette say .1,000,000,000
gallons of beer were imbibed in Kurope last
year, of which Gerniutiy consumed l,0jl,
000,000 gallous.
Hou. Carroll 1). Wright, the well-known
statistician, recently stated thai fuds show
that "for every doll'ir the people r 'He
from the saloon Ihey pay out twenty-one. "
The W. C, T I', coffee house iu Meimmo.
nee, Wis., Is now ttia only public eating
p a -e H tr.e uty witho'tla ''ia- 'attachment.
It is galutug (aver aud doiug a good busi
ness. Mis Air PearsHll Smith, daughter of Mrs.
Hannah Wlulall Smith, lis lust been ap
pointed General Hecretary ol tiie Young Wo
uiau's lira uc li of the Urit.sii Woman's Tem
perance Association.
Alcohol is a poison. Ho is sf rychniue j so
I arsenic ; so is opium, it ranks with these
agents. Health is always lu some way or
other Injured by it , beuelltej by It, never.
Kir Andrew Clark, M. 1.
Alooholla insanity is twice as common In
France now as it wa fifteen years ago, aud
the number of person planed under restraint
ou account of it has iucrcasud twtfuiy-llv
per cent, lu the last thrje year.
Tha thirty-fifth lleport of the Itefonnntory
aud Beluga Union tate thut iu Oreat
liritalu aud Irelaud 14 J.000 parson ar every
year commuted to prison as drunkarls, of
wuoat m.OU'J ar meu au 1 the rot wuuieu.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LKSSON FOR
DECKMUKR 3.
lesson Tt: "flratcfut Obedience,"
Jame I., tfl-27-;olden 1xt:
I John lv., 19-t'ouie
mrntary.
Ia. Do not err. my be'oved brethren.'
This epistle has been dcaignatel as "love
manifested In obedience, or the perfect man
continuing in tha gospel law of llbertv."
There Is nothing In the whole letter which
conflict with the doctrine that we are saved
by Christ alone without any work of our
(Rom. lv., St F.ph. II., ), but the comple
mentary truth is made clear that being Justi
fied by faith we must by our Vrorks make out
faith manifest. Compare Kph. II., 10 ; Tltm
III., 8. Part of these works which give ev.
deneeof the rsllty of our faith consist of
patient endurauce of trial, which patience
will bring to the person en. luring the reward
of theerown of life ( verse J). But while Go J
trie us for His glory and our good we inii't
never think that Me tempts us to do wrong.
On this polut we mut not err.
17. "Every good gift and everv perfect gift
Is Irom above and cometh down from the
Father of lights, with whom I no variable,
ness. neither shadow of turulm?." All gifts
of Go I must be good nnd p-rfect.and He wno
gave His own Son will with Him give ns all
things (Bom. viil., 3ii. Thanks be untoGod
for His unpeakable gift which in -lii.l.., nil
other gift i II Cor. Ix.. Ui. Go I is llgbt 1 1
John I,, 5 1 mid therefore the sou r-'e of nil
light, temper il nnd spiritual, dwelling In
tVod wedwell in light ami must of n ,,ty
show It. As to His unvarialil. ne-s He says
'I am the Lord : I change not" t M il. ill., K
1". "Of His own will begat ll us wit li the
the word ot truth that we should b a kind ol
llrst Irults of His creature," God who com
manded the light to shine out of d. irk !
hath shined iu our hearts, and as it i the en
trance of His word that giveth llgbt it is thus
the light comes. When we receive His wor.l
wo receive Himself, for Ho istheW.ir loi
Ood, and thus we nre born again, or tro-n
above se 11 Cor. v.., IV.cvix.. It'll . John
I., 1, 12. 1:1). Peter aU.i t'-tlli- that we are
boru again by the Won I of God i I I'm. I.. ?,
3. and this agrees with born of water and
the Spirit i .loh ii nt.. 5 , V.. U : Kph. v..
19. "Wherefore, niv b-loved brethren .-t
every man lie swift to hear, slow to spe.il..
slow to wrath." Because all good is from
Ood and all evil from us, thereiore eagerly
devour all He savs, but be careful ut wh it
proceeds irom our lips. We are to t ike
heed wbnt w hear, and how we hear i .Mar
lv., 2A ; I. like vlll., 1M i. and we are to let the
word of Christ dwell in us richlv, s i tint out
of the shim, Inure of the henrt tlie moiit h may
peak (Col. III., Ill - Math. vil.,:U). And by
Uiis very word of God abiding lu us we shall
be kept from sin ( I's. cxix., II i
20. "For the wruthof mini worketh not
the righteousness of God." Angrv ar'ii.
ment and disputing never accomplished the
glory of God, and yet some preachers cannot
talk ou holy things and keep their tempers.
Paul's advice to Timothy is good. I'h.i
tenant of the Lord must not strive, but be
gentle unto all men, apt to teach, i.utien'"
Jl Tim. li.. -if.
21. "Wherefore lay apart ad fllthinesa and
uperfluily of uuugluiiiess and receive w.ih
meekness the engrafted word, which Is nhl
to ave your oul. ' Here Is testimony as
.lear as Paul ever gave that It Is the word
that save. By the word comes tlie new
birth as we haveseen, and l.y the word comes
the nsiurance of salvation 1 1 John v.. II 11).
Our part Is to meekly rceiv tlie word.
I'othis end we must simply have done with
all iniquity, cleanse ourselves from all
lllthiness of the llesh and spirit and llnd
perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord (II
Cor. vil. . 1 ;lleb. xll.. I. 2.
22. "lint be ye do-rs of the word nnd not
hoarers only, deceiving your own selvea."
Jesus Himself said, "Sot every cue that
tilth unto Me, Lord. Lord, shall enter Into
rTiie kll.lJoM. a! h-.l.n 1,,,. I... .!... .1 -L
he will of My Father wnlch is in heaven"
wMnth. vil.. 21). "My mother and my hretn
ren are these which bear lee word of God
mddolt (l.uke vill..2(. The,olofthe
tecond chapter of this epistle fr verse 14
to the end is a commentary upon the vers-.
-v1- "For If any be a bearer ofthe won! and
not nto r be is like unto a man beholding
Ins iiatiinl,' ... ill a gly," .'I tie wor.l of
Hod is a mirror In which eacl"r.'n. ran s
himself and his failures, an I in which hecau
also see what he ongbt to be. for lhcr. are
many illustrations of men and women iu
whom Go l dwelt and wrought ..r the goo I
of others people who were not he irers.mlv.
but doers, mr God wrought iu them l.utn t"..
will and lo do. See ctiron. xi.. '.'!,
and xxxiv.. 1. J , nlo 1 l or n , in I'uil.
ii. . 20
J-!. "For he beholdeth himself in. I go.-th
his way and str.ilgntwav lorgeteth wilt
manner or man lie was. ' It ism good thin,'
lor n man to see himself if he will otiiy proilt
by it and become better man. but this
kiiowleitge of one's lailures and ei onimu
iug iu llm saute ..l, way is a ten'ilily liar .-n-
illg pld, "How Nllllll We esc:ie II We
uegieci sfi great saivation." "Now consider '
this ye that forget Go I lest I e,ir vou in
piece, and there be none to deliver"' i II -n. 1
.. :!, Ps. I., -ii: j
25. "Hut wno so lookefli into the pri'e.'t !
law of lineriy and i-ontinueth therein, he oe. i
iug not a forgetful heur.-r. but a iloer o, tn I
work, this mil li shall be blessed in ins .lee I " i
The luver In the tahc rn.i"lc at win. -It tn
priests waslic i Mieir hands and let i su-.--gestiveoi
the worl of God bv whim wt nr.
ilally cleansed , Kn I, v.. 2ti . I's. cxix , '. , I
sud it was inn. le oui ui thii lookiugglu.!vOi I
the women t F.x. xx.vviii.. H), Instead of I
looking at ourselves, we arc to look ut Him j
Who i revealed to us iu the word of God.
2l. "If any mini among you sceui to be re
Xgious nnd brldleth not his tongue, but do-
. eivetti bis owu heart, this man s religion 'is j
valu." The third chapter is u discourse upou i
this little unruly member which ofttimes !
work so much niis.-luof. The tongue is i
harder to muuage tlinu horses or wild lenists j
or serpents, but althougli no mini can t:ini it j
tiod can, for the things which are Impossible j
with men are possible with Go, I, mi l there Is
nothing too hard lor Him iMath. xiv.. 2i.. 1
J'T. xxxii., 17i. I
2". "Pure religion and uiidei, barore ,
Cod and the Father is this, to v:slt the father- '
less ami widows iu their uflliei iou and to keep
himself unspotted Irom the world." The r
liL'lnn Mimi t i,ii,nir..ut ,.. ..u- i..v... I
- - rr, ,,, 14, IM, ,t.- 'J., 1,
and I not accompanied by a coiisistem lite
Is valu. Thechurch meniber whose tongui
is given to slander and li.k-hitiiig Is w ors
thun vain and is heaping uptorn t for liim-
solf. But that Chri-ttinn who. constrained
by the love of Christ, goes about doing good,
making tho widow's heart to sing tor Joy
( Job xxix., IHi. Is glorifving Go I and help,
fill to meu whether they say much or llitie.
See Math, v., lii i I Cor. sv 54 ; Titus iu., t ;
Bom. xil., 1, 2.-. Lesson Helper.
Grandma Ma Klux kcd.
urandma had not la?en to tha cir
cus for tunny joirs, but tlio youniter
iruncrutlon prevalleil ukhi her, ami
she went to tbis one, much uuruinst
her principles, (jrandma tines not
approve of circuses, and sho w itched
the performance with ill-coucealed
pertut batlon. Presently there wa a
bareback act which Intt oiuced a .nan
and a woman who rode together in
mauy and wonderful positions. The
act ended In a burst of applause, and
Mabello turned to grandma.
Oh, Kfandma, wann't it grand? '
'l'erhapalt was," answered grand
ma, severely. "Hut all 1 cau say Is,
1 hope they're .married." Uostoo
Budget
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS.
BARRAROl'H ROBBKR.).
tmr Toart'RE a i swakNi-R eotturt womah
KKSHI.TTO PITlt.
On of the boldest robberies yr perpe
trated in Lawrence county occurred a short
distance from KuonVallev. 1 he victim waa
Mr. Mary Williams, the aged wife of John
William, a farmer. Williams wa away
from home,. and at II o'clock there ws a
rap at the door. When Mr William
opened it she was confronted by three revol
vers In the hands of masked men. All three
'prang upon her and in tuitiu'e (he wss
knocked hclplrta, bound and gagged. Tba
ruffian punched her in tlie lace with thair
pistol to frighten her into telling I hem
where they could find lier money. She
plucklly refused to answer their questions,
altliougli they tlircaiened all sorts of tor
tures. It ass about midnight when the old
lady surrendered, but she was unable to
peak, and only pointed to the hiding plc
of the money, Ji. Mr. Williams lay on
the n.ior until morning, w hen a neighbor
found her. Il is probable that slut will not
survive.
M.iP.K KAIIMI i;v ISsTin'TIv.
whkrk ami wur nn- .v.nii i 1 1 ottsrs'
tt t
tr.t l iMi-.il. sis,i..
II itu.lsiu n,, - I'. G. I-! Igoecret iry of the
State tto.-ird of Agrii-iiltuie, li.n atinotin. ed
the l'.il!owingalditioiiel d.ites lor (linnets'
ilistltii'es to be bold ill IVtilltylv lil'i .l )
Decern her H, 7; Itelleviie 1 'ei-.'PiVr !.
Sandy Valley DeciMuher II IJ Guys Mills
Deiviuher IJ. 1:1. Blair D mber IJ, 1!:
I'tiinviMwney Deem her Ui. II Lock Hav
en D.-i ember IJ, 1!, Cleat held lcemb.-r II
l", Ibihois lieiciiihcr l.'i. p. ( "intotivilie
Dicctiiher II, l.'i, oinerset I iccci'i bcr Jd. Jl.
Fast Watcrlord December Ji. 'Jl .l tii.uitoati
December "J.J.I. I m sburg Jannary J.i.l'nioii
I it y January 'J, Spartunsbiirg .l:intiary 4.
V W 'at it'll January 1 1 1 J, Mniic ,t. Tioga
'otinty .Isnuiiry pi. 17, Ting. Ktioxvtllc.
Istiiiary is, pi. foopftstowti Jutiu.iry l'i.17.
Lewision .liuiuiirv H. '.''; New Paris Icbtu
ry JO. Jl; lliirgrttstowti February St. Jl.
s
III vol t r.oMiv.. roKR Hll;l.i.
S. on i 1. 1 A re vol ti Hi .ii iu th burning
f coke in ilie t onnells ville remoii is liuiug
litllale 1 ami by a practical dt luotistratioii
ins proved to be successful. Kramer !'.!
rhurt, an experienced loke burner for
naiiy years, lias mode a discovety of in -etest
By a siinp.c Imt nir aplinca lie
ias devised a plan to burn off tlie ovc:i m
tead of Intro. Iiicmg cold air at the door. By
lie new plsn the inventor (''.aims that bet -'er
coke can be made and tlie percentage of
loss bv burning U be much less, at lean
.il per cent., than under the old pro.e.
A t M (it I Ii HI SI M ss i if uk t s.
Two initiieiisc diovcs ol turkevs wcr
driven into rinoulown by George inbbs
and sliipied Fast. The two droves con
tained 'J,.'hni turkeys audit required three
cars to traimporl them. Besides the turkeys
J.OiH) chickens were shipped Irom here. The
fowls nre being purclitned by wlnlc-alc
dealer in Fast cm cities.
s - t
work roa
JoiiMmwN Blast furt
Ciunbria Iron work, aft
nine month, IW tt
will nive mployinftft-'k
and tiiean resumption in
piirtineiit. Great rejoicing 1
lllltlOIIIICCIIICIlt.
the
mim ks ,i i i ci . ut m i rios
j Di'nois The .'tuners of this district da
, CeiVd to acci-il a reduction of in per cent,
and will go to work. 1 his ullects i.) inen
i i il v citi.ens of Altoona have it,; ree l to
I siibscriliti i.iHiu inoinlilv l.ir the relief of
, the needy of mat city. I' neniiloye, men
! will be required to earn iben portion bv
! working ou the si reel or in the at, me
j iii.irru'i.
i 'I'm K body of Ko Hung, a ( liinese liiundry
: mail "f West .sew'on, was loiuid mi the
bank of the Yoiigljeogbeny St Scott Haven.
I It is tlioiiitlit be whs demented a d wander
ed a lion i until lie siH'i uiiibed to exposure.
, Oi.o employes of I tie .1. I'. With, tow
works, at New (' sile, au- being not i lie. I in
rt-pnit f. r duty Dcccniiii-r 1. at which time
(lie worss are expected to start
I Ji t ii s I'km i v, u coke worker ut l.eith,
j was taken nek at the Mourn, li. lie was
given au emetic and vomited a live liiard
three mid a hull' inches long.
j li vri: I, von, principal of a public tcliool
at K.iuliesti-r, was in '.putted ot a charge
ol assault and battery lor switching Kdwar.J
: I'clir, a in year-old pupil.
i TfNMtvsoN Koss. a pumper, wns held tip
bv a highwayman near I in.ciiion, Moii lay
! evening mid roblie I of u o.d watch and
I chain uud tH".
! 'I'm. stiike in the Wilkesliane I.ico mill,
whii'li bus lusted for some months, is cinl.-d
'I he strikei s w ill i -i ut ii lo work at ii Ji per
cent reduction.
ltv (be shutting down of the I'nion Coal
( onititiiy's coliieiiei in til .Niianiokili dis
iru i : oo-i miners are thrown out ot employ
ment. 'n:K has beiin ou u new sheet plant of
four nulls at -"'inisiiurg, wlin-h ii to be rva ly
lor oneraiioii nevt iimmer.
Tif: Knierprisp Glass Works Iteaverl'al s,
which have been idle for several iii ci'lii.
has started in lull.
I-'siimuis near Derry lire watching for
barn burners. Two burns were burned ill
one night by incendiaries. j
W'n i iam lloi iutN, colored whs fatally ;
crushed by toil ol clay in u lira Mock brick
yard. An eiplosion of powder family injured
a little sou ot Thomas Kreeble lit ar Greens
burg. Tim 1'rick Coke Company will build a
l.U'to.inxi gallon reservoir at ( oniiellsville
Sixty men were laid off ut the Nypauo
car shop iu Meadvillo
llo Knew Metier.
A well-known New Knjrlatnl dercy
iiian dure exi'liiinged with a brother
clertryiiian anl was entertained at
the bouse of a parishioner who was
even too hospitable, she insisted
upon his eatltii: a la rue piece of mince
pie for dinner, and the minister
yielded, aalns! his better Judgment.
The consequence was that lie became
violently ill, und was uuable to preach
that afternoon. The doctor was
summoned, and while he wns minis
terinif to his agonized patient, the
latter looked up and caid, fetlily,
but with an Inimitable twinkle, of
the eye: "Doctor, I'm uot afraid to
die, but I'm ashamed ttl
rOlTLAR S( ILXCE.
TbIrt.T-fotir eaaea in n hundred of
ititcido are cniiaod lr insanity.
The elinintc at the South ToTt U
iiucli more rigorous than that of th
North.
The waters of the ocean compotaa
t-l'HiUh part of the welglit of th
ntM.
The lVntisy ivaniii P.ailroail ha
iimpped nfii' of i( towers, iipcratiog
'otirteen awttche. with electricity.
If a ptut of water be ad. led to A pint
if proof epirit, th mixture will not
nake a iiiiart. A die tnii-ul clian;o I
the explanation
Matis for the nse of firmer, deaerih
ilig the chemical ipislitir of I lie land
in variotiH put ts o. the cuiiitry and
'laming the best immures for eas'h
sect ton. hnve liccti protiosi'd in Franc,
The ntiatilcl., n tis'i that inhattttat
Hie rivers ot ( 1 ii ut mt sii.l Surinam, haa
iwo pupils to fuch eye. u upper and
t lower one. Wheti the tili isKWitn
mtnir it kctis tins tipper oplte, wliieh
urotrii.les tl t- llic iics-.l. out of tho
ivat t.
The Nati.iti'il ( liiservatory at (Ireen-
it'll. Klijiaii 1. 1st i lv liciit-. :iy e,i
tricity n:i. viill Itttvc an clcctrtf plant
it Its mvti, t i" liyna-no of winch will
ic ilriv.-n l. a is tiitic In ir
. :it hiiv i ft -el ti "li tio' nui;:i' t..i
,'l splis t ii" il n nil.' n ill lie inclose. I iu
i triple u-.iii sin. I I
An I'l.'cliic ci 1 1 '.v a v ; to be enti
ttrtlcie.lt. c. in lii'i't till' lilies oi le
il'oil nn I Told. i. winch will be lined
: I'nirv puss.-tt,'!'., pres matter
in.l l:t.'ht t'r.'i.tlit. A pail .'I th"ro,
,s tn ic limit this y. a:. ?iti. t lieu it ia
ompii-l-.l it is tho ttit.'iil i. hi t run
:ruins liitwci'ii tin- tn ciio's 'very
Jllli ll.ilir
Smile mtiTcst in.; I'Xpeviiiiciita ha,ve
ii't ii c.iii.liicti'.l uiiimi tlio Isst twelve
v en i I ci',ar liii'; t he .lurrtlnl il.v of I n.lian
. ituber. i'lic ti'sts wen- ma.b' by th
('uri'in Sch ml .i!' Pclira. and out of
forty iliuViv lit s;n'cuiicns of 111.' Iriltiks
fixed in the vr.ntii I as posts only threo
have survived the ntlu.-ks ol rot e.nl
white ntits. Tin's,' were the Himalayan
cypress, I. Mil, mid hiijuii. which havtt
been exposed for tell, lime Utld huVl'U
years reapeet ively.
The Wechawkeli tlllltli'l of the Went
Shore r.m I is 4'iiht Ice! lotur. Avery
inetuoiis ami elVci-tiM- system of block
sicjiialiti'-,' has ju d Icen lustiilld there.
It coiisists ol ii r..w of liican.lwwiit
lumps pined I liiniili.iiit the tnutiel
at about the height of the encincer'a
eve. A train on cut. -ruin lihta up
all the lumps, ami in piisMiic aloiif
turns nut the lamps lliul feet in its
rial, so that it is only sale for a tra.ni
to no ns far hs there is lihl.
A Vienna sei 'tit-sl Iuih ttiH.li' ft aerie
of interest mo oxperimeiit.s with the
virile of such insects hs bees Mid
wasps, and comes to tlie conclusion
j that the ctVcctivenoHH of the irritating
Miitintatiee depends liuyclv llfnin the
I of thi insect. A drop of the
'(en from the poiaou ban 0'
t. for !'' ct- i.rodoiHva a
.eiiuiua v-s -tlina;
. ...unit ton caused by a hornet
I sttU3 with h in ich smaller ipiautity ol
tlie h'linc virua. This theory ia Blip
i ported bv the I'lirioiiH lact I hut under
the intlttetiee oflue tliChiihva of ejl
..rls of other is.' hai uilesM aniuiala
. in bi-eotno vit'ilietit etioiiuh to pro-
I o-i- a I a nn I ii r and even fatal f iiiptoina.
It. ii'h bv bio. id po'soiiiii-, ,::is mors
th. in .nice r. -suited from tue lute of a
w utiil. I ui i ti-I. a chipmunk or
';''! ''
j Life on ,i ,it,'lit Ship.
'I alii nli. mt vessel rolling tuid
' pitching! N vss.-l rolU, pitches aud
1 pluiiL'CK liUe H iieht ehip. Its anohor
, Iml i tt lit in to the shock of the wavea.
j There is no yielilnn;, no eriieeiul away
in,' to the hhi-IIiii',' oi the si-Ms. Thera
, are daya, too, when h tierce lot? horu
torments the ear uiili a noise such m
Nattire in her iiiii n-st moo In never
invented. There is iilw iivs a lare ul
li'ht ut nic;tit There is no i .mutant
expectation of teHchiiiK port, ami life
s io n becomes itdrciirv luoiiot. my .
In ease the li'lit ship slioiil I be caat
' n b ill, it has been littd with sails
wliieh will emible it to hold its own III
st. it tii an. I el iVf-a. The hold is titUid
i with spacious More rooms uinl aloep
iii,' ipi.irteis, mi. I a machine tor com
pri'ss:ti theiiir which blows the fog
horn. These l.i bonis nre what nr
: known in this country ns "Hiren"'
whittles. They Hteenlld Mr.iiH prob
ably bci aline t init is what ihe.V launt
, rcsembli'. Tin v b.-iti their noiae
with a very I. i'i u. 'If, ini'l rise rapidly
in h eliiliii'.; scale I . u v. iy thin nolo
that distresses tin eai T'neii they de
scend to tie- low ii. ill', and up and
iloitu in rapid siici'i-stoii I he ehriekinu,
leiiiiulike noises r.-ic". tin. Fieueh
writer has said that the possibilit lee ol
this 1.) in, i ii ni Mich t hat he wonder
that soiue music lender has not intro
iln "ei it into the orchestra when tha
Waviier operas are played. A com
pressed air trumpet, le thinks -ami it
is just possildn that there iiui.v lie a)
lit I le Nat loinil prejudice ill Ilia opin
ion would go we w ith HI Vt llolo'ICIll
characters and drnioim aud unearthly
storms uud noises. The writer aay
the fotf horn is simply u "icrnble iu
striimetit," nnd I beivfor.' in time th
Wan iieriuiis iinut itdoid it. A bifr bell
is placed on the ship ior use iu outta
the fo hot li should break down ot
acute ilsi-h' iisi-less. Ilarper'a Youug
l'eopli'.
Uiirs innl lories.
"WliiK." wi re oi initially tciwnatcr
in Scotland, w ho used the term "whig
yinu" to eticonra.,'e their horse. Op
potlelits of the t loverillilelit in th
rcstoratioii period were deridod a
lavoMiih' the Scotch covenanter, and
hence were called "whiKnams," after
wurd "whia " 'rones" were oriprin
ally bauds of Irish out laws. The Col
lie word ''turco'' nieatis rubber. bt,
Louis Cilobu-Ueiuocrst. ,
t
' -ci ww. t wj-;tiv.'
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