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MISSION. OF .THE FROST.
TIMELY BXBMON BY DH.TALMAOB
Bubtls Lesson Conveyed to TJs by tha
, Forerunner of Winter.
givm." Job ixxvll., 10.
Nothing I more embarrassing loan organ
ist or pianist then to put hie finger on a key
of the. instrument and have It make no re
pone. Though all the other keys are In
full play, that one sllenoedestrov the music.
Bo In the great cathedral of Nature, If one
Part fall to praise the Lord the harmony I
baited and lost. While fire and hall, now
and vapor, respond to the touch of Insplra
Hon. If the froet made no utterance the
orchestral rendering wonld be hopelessly
damaged and the harmony forever Incom
plete. I am more glad than I can tell that
flie white key of the frost sound forth a
mightily a any of the other key, and when
David touches It In tho Psalm It sounds
forth tha words, "He scnttereth the honr
rrost like hes," and when Job touch It In
my text It resound with tha words, "By the
breath of God froet la given."
A no one iwm disposed to discus the
mission of frot, depending on divine help I
undertake It. This the llrst H.hbath of
winter. The leave are down. The w.irmth
baa none out of the air. Tho bird have
made their winged march southward. The
landscape has been sarrod liy the autiimnnl
equinox. The hunkers have riflnd the corn
shocks. The night sky has shown the usual
meteoric restlessness of November, Throe
season of the yenr are past, and the fourth
and Inst bo entocod. Another element now
come In to hie and adorn and Instruct the
world. It is the frost, Tho palace of this
king ere far up In the nrctlc. Their walls
are glittering convolution. Windsor castle
and Tullorles anil winter palace an 1
Kcnllworths and Albambras of Ice,
temple with pendnnt chandelier nf
Ice, thronea of Iceberg on which
oternil silence reigns, theater nti
whose stage eternal cold dramatize eternal
Winter, pillars of Ice, arches of Ice, crowns
of Ice, chariots of Ice, sopuhhers of Ice.
monntnins of Ice, dominions of Ice eterntl
frigidity! From those hard, white, burnished
portals King Krost dtsieon Is mid wave his
Bllvcry scepter over our temperate r.one.
Yon will soon hear his heel on the skating
pond. You already feel his hratu In the
night wind. By most considered an enemy
coming hern to benumb and hinder nnl
slay. I shall ahow you that the frost is a
friend, with benediction divinely pro
nounced, and charged and surclinrgeil with
leesons potent, benellccut nnd tremendous.
The Whin seven times ulludiw to the frost,
and we must not Ignore It. "By tho breath
Of tlod froet is given."
First I think of frost as a pointer. He be
gins his work on the leave anl cnntluucs it
on the window p nies. With palette covered
with all manner of colors in bit loft hand
and pencil of crystal lu his right hand, bo
sits down before the humbles bush lu the
latter part of September anil begins the
sketching of the lenvee. Now V puts upon
the foliage a fnlnt pallor, nnd then a toij'-fi of
brown, and then it hue of orange, and last n
flame of lire. The beech nud ash and oak are
turned first Into sunns' ami then into sun
Bilsof vividness and splendor. AUthe loaves
are penciled one by one, but sometimes a
whole forest In the course of it few day
Dhow groat velocity of work.
Weenix, tho ruiteb painter, could make In
a Rummer day three portraits of life size, but
the frost In ten day can paint ten moun
tains In liresl.e. It makes the lost clays of
an autumnal wood tho days of Its ehlobwt
glory-Luxembourg In the Adlrondacks,
Louvres In the Sierra Nevada, Vaticans In
the Whlto Mountain. Thoworit of other
painter you must see la the right light to
fully appreciate, but the paintings of tho
frost lu all light ar enchanting from thn
""time when tho irtnlu of tho morning lift to
the tlmo when the curtain of the night drop.
Michael Angelo put upon on ceiling his
representation of the last judgment, but the
frot represents universal conflagration
upon 3(100 mile of stretched out grandeur.
Leonardo da Vinci put upon a few feet of
cnnvni our Lord' loet supper for all ages to
admire, but the frcst puts tlio gleaming chal
ice of the imperial glories of tho Inst sup
per of tho dying year lu the heights ami
lengths nnd breadths of thn Alleghunles.
When Tltiun llrst gazed upon a sketch of
Correggio, ho was wrought up into such
ocstney that he cried out, "If X were not
Titian, I would be Correggio," and so grout
and overpowering are the autumnal scenes
of our American forests that oue force of
nature might well exclaim to another, "If I
were not tho sunlight, I would be tho frost."
Hugendas, the German painter, suffering
from weakness in his right hand, laboriously
leurned to paint wl.h his left hand, but the
frosts paints with both han In, un I has In
Ahem more skill than ill the Hemnruudts aud
ltuheus nud Wests and Pousslu and Albert
Purer and Taul Verotiusea nud Claudes
gathered In ooe long art gallery. But the
door of that great museum of autumnal col
oring is now closed forn twilvmnouth, and
another spectacle just as wondirful is now
open. I put vou on the alert aud auk you to
put your children on the alert.
Tired of working on tho leaves, tha frost
will soon turn to tho window pane. You
will soou waken on a cold morning nnd find
that -he windows of your home have during
the night been adorned with curves, with
coronet, with exquistteueas, with pomp,
with almost supernatural spectacle. Then
vmt will appreciate what my text ssys as it
declare, "By the breath of tlod " frost is
given." You will see on the window pane,
d there by the frot, wholo garden of
beauty fern. orchid, daffodil, heliotropes,
chine asters, lountains, tntue, hound on
tho chose, roebuck plungiugluto tho stream,
battl-j scenes with dying and dead, cata
falque of kings, triumphal prorations and
n toe morning sun break through you will
cltios uu lire, and bombardment with
bursting hel!, and Illuminations as for some
great victory, coronal lous and angel on the
wing.
All night long while you were sleeping the
frot wa worklug, uud you ought not let
the warmth obliterate the S'louo uutll you
have admired It, studied it, absorbed it, set
It up in your memory for perpetual refrain
meut and realized the force aud magnitude
and Intensity of my text, "By the breath of
Ood frost is Klven." Oh, what a Oo I we
have ! What resources are implied by the fact
that he Is able to do that by the linger of the
frost fifty time in one winter and on a hun
dred tbousaud window panes for thousands
of winters I
The groat art gallerios of Venice and Na
pie and Dresdeu are uarefully guarded,
uud governments protect them, for once lost,
they cau never be reproduced, but tlod et
up in the royal galleries of tho frost picture
uch a no bumun art could ever produce,
hundreds of thousand of them, only for
four or live hours, and then rubs them out,
making the place clear for a display just as
magnificent the next morning. No one but
a God could afford to do thnt. It would
bankrupt everything but Infinity and omnl
(toteuoe. (Standing here between tha closed door of
the pictured wood uud theopening door of
tho transfigured window gloss, I want to
cure my folly and your folly of longing for
gloriou thing in the durtanoe, while we
neglect appreciation of gloriou thing near
by. "Ob, if I eould only go and see the
factories of lac at Brussels '."say someone.
Why, within thirty feet of where you awaken
ome December morning you will soo richer
lace interwoven for your window panes by
divine finger. "Ob, If I oould tee the fac
tor i of silk at Lyon !" aay some one.
Why, without leaving your home on the
north side of your own house on Christmas
morning you may see where the Lord ha
spun silken thread about your wlndowsthls
way and that embrolderlea such a no on
but Ood cn work, ...
Alas, for thta gloriftoatioa of tha distant
n ima Dourcunx oi m eiose s - - y-nia
Ion In expense to look st that which to not
half a well done a something wo eta am
by crossing oue own room, and freo of
charge I This praising of Raphael hundreds
of Tears gone, when the greater Raphael, the
frost, will soon bo busy at the entrances to
yonrownhomel
Next I apeak ot tho frost as physician.
Standing at the gates of New York harbor
autumn before last, the frost drove bank
the cholera, spying. "Thn far Shalt thou
come and no farther." . From Memphis and
New Orleans and Jacksonville he smote the
fever plague till It reeled back and departed.
The frost is a physician that doctor cities,
Nation nnd continents. He medicines the
world. Quinine for malaria, antl-fehrtle for
typhoids, sol phonal for sleeplessness, antl
spasmodlo for disturbed nerves, bat In all
therapeutic there Is no remedy like the
small pellet prepared by the cold, and no
physician so skilful or o mighty a the frost.
Heotland has had great physician, but her
greatest doctors have been the Abernethies
and Abercrombles that have come down
over the highlands hors1 on the north wind.
England ha had her grent physicians, but
her greatest doctors have been the Andrew
Clarke and the Mackenzie who appeared
the first night thn fields of F.nglnnd were
rimmed with white. America ha had It
grent physician. Imt her greatest doctor
have been thn Willnr I l'.irker and Valentine
Motfs wbo landed from bleak skies while
our finders were benumbed ami our ear
tingled with the cold. Oh. it Is high time
that you add another linn to your liturgy!
It Is high time that you make an addendum
to your prayers. It Is high time that you
enlarge the catalogue of your bltrsstn,.
Thank tlod for frost. If Is the best of all
germiclde. It Is the only hope lu bacteriol
ogy. It Is the medicament of continents. It
Is the salvation of our femperute zone. It N
th. beet tonle thnt Oo I ev r g:ive the human
race. It Is the only itrong stimulant wnl-'h
hns no reaction. The lf.t eo-nmantarv on
it I had while walking nar her one cool
morning with my brother John, wao spent
the most of bis life nt a missionary in China,
nnd In that part of It where ther nr no
frosts. He sutd t her" was a tinging gla l
neflslnhi nerve indcscrihahle.an I an almost
Intoxleatlou of delight Irom tlc fH.t that it
was the llrst time for years he had flt tho
sensation of frost. We complain of It, we
seold it. we fro w.i upon It, when we might
to lie stirred by it to gratitude an 1 hoist It on
a doxology.
Hut I must go farther an I speilc of thn
frost as a Jeweler. As the nov Is frown
rain, o the frost Is frozen dew. tlod traus
form It from a liquid info a erystnl. It Is
the dew glorilled. In thethlrty-lghth chap
ter of that Inspired dramu, the lok of Jon,
Oixl says to the Inspired dramatist with
ecstatlo Interrogation. The hoary trost of
heaven, who hath gendered It .'" Ood there
asks Job If he knows the parentage of
the frost. He Inquires about its pedigree.
He suggests that Job study up the frost's
genealogical lilt'. A minute twfore Ood had
asked nboui the parentage of a raindrop lu
words that years ago gave tuna suggestive
text for a sermon. !! ith the rain a fnfherr"
But now the Lord Almighty is catechising
Job about the frost. He praeftcally says:
Do you know Its faiherr Do you know lis
mother? In what er.idlo of the leaves did
the wind rock It ? 'The hoary frost of heaven,
who hath gendero I It?'"
Ho Is a stupid C'nristian who thinks so
niu 'h of tho printed an 1 bound llihle that
ho neglects) the Old Testament of tho llel.ls.
nor rends the wtsto:u and kin lness and
beauty of Ood written lu blossoms ou tho
orchard, In sparkles on the lake, lu stars ou
the sky, in frost on the meadows. The
grenteet jeweler of all the earth is the frost.
There is uotMng more wonderful lu all
crystallography. Ko:ne morning lu Decem
ber a whole continent Is found tiesprmt with
diamonds, the result of one night's work by
this Jeweler.
Do you make the depreciatory rennrkthat
the frost is Impermanent aud will last only
two orthree hours? What of that? We go
Into London tower and look at the crown
Jewel ot England, but we are In a procession
that the guards keep moving on, and n-,
minute or lens are your only opportunity of
looking at those crown Jewels, but at the
crown jewel bestarrod of the frost In parks
and fields you may stnu j to look deliberately
and for hour, and no one to tell you to move
on.
Oh, these regalias and diadems of beauty
flung out of hoaven ! Kings and queens on
eelebrutive days have come riding through
the Htr.wts throwing handful of silver and
gold umoug the people, but the queen of the
winter inornlngiKtheonly iiueeu rich enough
to throw pearls, nn I the King of frost the
only king rich enough to throw opals and
sapphires uud diamonds. Humor de. Titles
a necklace of amber given to Penelope, but
the frost neukloees a continent, 'p.i carcauet
of precious stone given to Ilannoi.la had
pinions of orange joHpcr ami white moon
stone ami in llau agate, tint It was a mis Tor
tuuo to any, onu who owned or inherited It
and its history, geueratl ui after generation
was a history of disaster, but the regalia of
frost Is the good fortune of evury morning
mac owns it.
The imperial household of Louis XVI
could not afford the diamond n.vklaeo which
hud been ordered foryueen Marie Antoinette,
and It was stolen una taken apart and lost,
but the necklace that the frost puts on the
wintry morning, though made of a many
uriiiinuts as trie witnereu glass blades, is
easily afforded by divine opulence nnd is
never lost, but after its use la the coronation
ot the fields is taken back to houveu. O men
and women, accustomed to go Into ecstasy
wheu in foreign travel you come upon the
historical gems ot Nations, whether the jewel
bo called the Mountain of Olory, or tho Hea
ot Light, or the Crown ot the Moon, or the
F.ye of Allah, or the rltar of Sarawak, or the
Koh-l-noor, I Implead you study tho Jewels
trswn all round your wintry home aud rea
lizethat "by the breath ot Ool frost 1
given."
Out I go a step farther and speak ot the
frost a an evangelist, and n text of Hcrlpture
I not of much tse to me unles I can tin I
the gospel In If. The Israelites in the wil
derness breakfasted on something that
looked like frozen dew, and the dcr evapor
ated and left a pulverized material, white and
looking like frost, but It was manna, and of
thnt they ate. wo now this morning, mixed
with the frozen dew ot my text, there is
manna on which we can breakfast our souls.
You say tho frost kill. Ye, it kill some
things, but we have already seen that it give
health and life to others. This gospjl Is the
savor of life unto life or of death unto death.
As the frost is mighty, the gospel is mighty.
As the frost dcsceuiW from heaven, the gospel
descend from heaven. By the breath of
Ood frost is given. By the breath of Ood the
gospel Is given. A the frost purifies, so the
grace of Ood purltlce. A the frost bestar
the earth, so grace bejowel the noul. As the
Irost prepare for food many things that
otherwise would be inedible, so the frost of
trials ripen and prepare food for the soul. In
the tight grip ot the froet the hard sheila of
walnut and cheetuut and hickory open, aud
tha luxuries of the woodi come into our laps
or upon our table ; so the frost of trial takes
many a hard and prickly shell and cruhe
It until that which stung the soul now
toed It.
There are passage ofRcriplure that once
were enigmas, puzzle, riddle aud impossi
bilities for you to understand, but the frosts
of trouble after awhile exposed the full mean
ing to your soul. You said, "I do not see
why David keep rolling over In his psalm
the story of bow he was pursued and perse
cuted." He describes himself a surrounded
by bees. He says, "They compassed me
about like bees yea, they compassed me
about like bees." You think what an ex
aggerating thing for him to exclaim, "Out
of the depths of hell bav I cried unto Thee,
O Lord !'
And there Is so much of that stylo ot lam
entation in his writings you think he over
does it, but after awhile the frost eome upon
you in the shape of persecution, and you are
stuok with this oensur and stuok with that
defamation, and stuck with some falsehood,
and Ilea in swarms are bussing, bussing
about your ears, and at last you understand
what David meant when be said, "They
compassed ma about like bees yea, taey
down tinder nervou prostration and fent
that yon are as far down as David when ha
erlnd, "Out of the depth of hell 1" i
What opened all those ohapter that
hitherto had no appropriateness? Fronts I
For a long while the Bible seemed lopsided
and a disproportionate amount of It given
op to the consolatory. Why page after page,
and chapter after ohapter and book after
book In the Bible taken up with allevia
tions, with pacifications, with condolence?
The book seem like an apotheeaty store)
with one-half of the shelves oecupled with
balsam. Why such a sunorfltilty ot bal
sams? But after awhile the membraneous
eronp carries oft your child, or your health
Slves way under the grip, or your property
i swept off by a bad Inventmeut, or perhaps
all three troubles oome at once bank
ruptey, slcknena nnd bereavement. Now
the eonsolntory part of the Bible do not
seem to be disproportionate. You want
something off almost all the shelve of that
sacred dispensary. What hn uncovered
nnd exposed to you the usefulness of so
much of thn Bible that was before bidden?
Thn frosts have been fulfilling their mission.
But down nil tho promisee ot the Bible on
a table for study, nnd put on one side the
table a man who ha never had any trouble,
or very little of It, hut pile upon the tablo
beside, him all encyclopedia nnd nit diction
aries, and all archivologles and all com
mentaries, and nn the other side of thn tablo
pnt a man who ha had trial upon trial, dis
aster upon disaster, and l"t him begin tho
study of the promise without lexicon, with
out commentary, without any book to ex
plain or help, and this latter man will under
stand far more of the height and depth, and
length nnd hmadth of those promise than
the learned exegct opposite, almost sub
merged In sacred literature. The one ha
the advantage over the other becaute hn has
felt the mission of the frosts. Oh. take the
consolation of this theme, ye to whom life Is
a struggle and a disappointment, and a
gantlet and a pang. That Is a lienutlful
proverb among the Hebrew which says,
'When the tale ot bricks Is doubled, i lion
Mos s comes."
Mild dose of modicitl" will do for mild
sli'kness, but violent pains need strong .Iosk,
and so I stand over you and count out some
drops that will alleviate your worst trouble
If you will only take the ine.etio. and hro
it is: "In the world ye shall have tribula
tion, but le of good eheer : I have overcome
the world," "Weeping may endure for n
night, but Joy eoineth In the morning."
Thank Ood tor frosts! Whet helped make
Milton the greatest of poets? The frost of
blindness. What helped mik Washington
thn greatest of generals? The frosts of Val
ley Forge. What made it appropriate (or one
passing John Banyan's grave to eselalm,
"Mleep on, thou prince of dreamers? ' The
fronts of imprisonment.
The greatest college from which we can
graduate is the college ot frosts. Fspecinl
trial Ills for enpoclnl work. Just now watch
nnd you will ao that trouMe is preparative
nnd educational. That Is the grindstone ou
which battle nxi are sharpened. I have
always noticed in my own case that whentho
Lord hail some spx-ial work for me to do it
was preceded by especial attack upon me.
This Is so proverbial In my own house thnt If
for something I say or do I get poured upon
me n volley of censure and anathema, my
wife always asks : "1 wonder what new op.
portunity ot usefulness Is uhoii: to open
Something gd mi l grand is surely com
ing !"
What i true In my case is Inie on a larger
or smaller scale in the liis'.ory of every man
and womAn who wants to serve the I.orl.
Without complaint take tho liar I knocks.
You will soe attr awhile, though you may
not appreciate it now, that by the breath of
a good and loving Oo 1 frost Is given. Let
the corners of your mouth, so long drawn
down iu complaint, be dr.iwu up lu smile of
content.
For many year poof nnd essayists hnvn
celebrated the grace and swiftness of tho
Arabian horse. The most wonderful nxhi
bltion of horsemanship thnt I ever witnessj'
was Just outside the city of Jerusalem
Araban steod uiouuted by an Arab. Do you
know where these Arablau horses got their
fleetnes and poetry of motion? Long cen
turies ago Mohammed, with 30.000 cavalry
nn thn march, could tlud for them not a drop
of water for three days. Coming to the t p
of a hill, a river was insight. With a wild
dash the 30.000 horses started for the st renin,
A minute alter nn armed bost was seen ad
vancing, and at Mohammed' command UK)
huglce blew for the horses to fall 111 line, but
all the .10.000 continued the wild gallop to
the river except live, an I they, almost dead
with thirst, wheeled Into line of battle.
Nothing In human bravery and self sacrl
lice excels that bravery uud self sacrillco of
those live Arabian war horses. Those live
splendid steeds Mohammed chose for Ills own
use, and from those five came that race of
Arabian horses for ages tho glory of tho
equoHtriun world. And lot t ie say that lu
this great war of truth ngnlnt error, of hol.
lies" against sin and heaven against hell, tho
best war horse ure descended from those
who, under mn,' and self denial nnd trouble
answered the gospel trumpet ami wheeled
Into line. Out of grent truncation, out ot
great tires, out of great frosts, they came.
Aud let me say it will not take long for
God to ni ike up to you lu the next world for
nil you have sulTored in this. As you outer
hoaveu He may say. "Olve this man one ot
thoho towered mill colonnaded palacce on
that ridge of gold overlooking tho so ot
glass, (live this woman a home among
those amarintliine blooms and Iwtween those
fountains tossing In the everl.ixtlugsuuHght.
Olve her a couch canopied with rainbows to
pay her for all the fatigues of wifehood nnd
motherhood and housekeeping, from whlub
she had no rest for forty years.
"Cuplmnrers ot heaven, give these newly
arrived souls from earth the costliest bever
age, and roll to their door the grandest
chariots, and bnng on their walls the sweet
est harp that ever thrummed to finger
seraphic. Give to them rapture on rapture,
celebration on oelebrntiou. jubilee on Jubi
lee, heaven on heaven. They had a hard
time on earth earning a livelihood, or nurs
ing nix children, or waiting on querulous
old age, or battling falsehoods that weretold
about thorn, or were compelled to work after
they got sbortbrontbed uud rheumatic and
diniMlghted.
"Chamberlain of heaven t Keepers ol th
king's robes! Banqueters ot eternal royalty I
Make up to them r, hundredfold, a thousand
fold, a iiiilllotifold for all they suffered from
swaddling clothes to shroud, and lot all
those who, whether on tho hills, or In the
temple, or on the throne, or ou Jasper wall,
were helped and (ani'tintd and prepared fot
this heavenly realm by the mission of the
frost stand up aud wave their scepters?"
And I looked and, behold ! nine-tenth of tho
ransomed rose to their foot, and nine-tenths
of the seepters swayed to aud fro In the light
of tho suu that never sets, nnd then under
stood fur better thnu I ever did before that
trouble conies for bruellcent purpose, and
that on the coldest nights the aurora I
brightest lu the northern hoaveu. aud that
"by the breath of Ood frost I given."
A Feroflou Littlo Fih.
In an article on "Jamaica Fiuhinpr,"
in Outing, tho author Hays: Tha
only drawback to the uho of the tuck
nut in the liability to ensnare those
ferocious little cannibals, "tripe-caters,"
au culled because they soon pen
etrate to the abdomen of any animal
they attack, and speedily reduce it to
a skeleton. They usually go in ewarms,
their jaws wide open, tearing whatever
comes in their war, especially tho
meshes of a net, which they quickly
render useless. Thin bloodthirsty lit
tie creature is of a bright orange hue,
shading towards the back to a bluish
ash color, while its gill-covers axe
tinged with red.
The largest bell in the world Is tha
Kremlin, at Moscow, Russia; 432,000
SABBATH SCHOOL
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MTtiKNATIONAI, LKKSOX FOR
DKCKMIIKU 10.
Lesson Tct: "Tlie Heavenly In
heritance," 1 Peter I., 1.12
Uoldcn Teat: Col. I., 12
Commentary.
1. 'Teler, nn npostle of Jenu Clirlst, ta
I'm strangers scattered throughout Ponms,
Oslntln. Cippadocla, Asia nn I llilhynla."
The writer' of tho epistle know but one
master they are either servants or apostle
of Jesus Christ and being controlled by the
Kplrlt they glorify Him (Math, xxllf,. ,
Jhnvl., II). Ihelrnlat Is to help their
fallow strangers to be holy In their live and
full of good work th.it Ood may bo glorilled
C hapter II., II. li.
I. "Elect according to tho foreknowlndgn
or Oo I (tie Father, through in 'tllleatiou of
Ihs spirit, unto otHxIlencn nn l sprlnkllmr ot
the blood of Jesus Christ. Oraee unto you
Slid pence be multiplied." Ncripturnl e'leo
il m Is the choosing ot simn to bless others,
tlinn chosen ones Iming taken out from the
rest that they may be spseially qualified for
J'Stflal service (tiphl., 4. Bom. vill..
Tim exceeding abundance of Hi grace an I
peace I given to such that thr.xigh them It
niyln multlpll.tl t others. Ifyouhavo
received Him, you are one of Hi elect. f
foil have not received Hun, yon may do so
at ou;u(Joiiu vi., 37 t lit.. Mi flov. xx.l.,
3. "tllessstho the Ool and Father of our
f.orlJcNii Christ, whb'li n'eorlingto ll.s
nhiindant mercy bath legotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead." The significance of
the resurnvtion is fully stated lu I Cor. xv
I I. 23. He who was dead Is nlive forever'.
Horn, and nt tho right ban I of Ood arc thn
evidence ot our justille.ition and the nssur
nncoof our continued lite (llev. I., H ; Horn.
Iv., a.livlll. fill. To lie identified with a
risen, living Christ, who ha nil power In
heiiveri and on earth, and lo Im comuiiionei
His embassadors to proclaim His salvation
Is surely thn highest honor that mortal man
ran enjoy ou this earth (John xvil., ISjII
Cor. v., HO)
4. "To an Inheritance livorruptlblo and
undented and that f.adeth not away, reserve!
lu heaven for you. ' All things here ur.i
perishable, but the word of tho Lord and the
glory of the Lord cudureth forever (verse
24, 35. I John li , 17 ; lieh. xil., is). Jesus
nt the right baud of O id is not only our
rlghteousnex and our life, Imt also the as
surance that our Imi lies shall yet be jut liku
Ills and that we shall reign with Him (I Cor.
XV., 2,1, I'liil. 111.. 21 ; llev. v.. '.. 40).
6. "Who are kept hy the power of Ood
through faith unto salvation, ready to he re
vealed in thn last time." Jesus doiw the sav
ing an.) the keeping, nud wo do the trusting
and obeying. 8r how we are kept In Judo
li Horn, xiv., 4, Is.i. xil.. 1.1. Salvallou is
our now if we have received Clirlst. Wennt
also day by day working It out. an 1 jet wi
are waiting for It. for It Is every day nearer
than when we Im Icv -. ( II I'lrn. I.. :,l'hi.
II., U, 13 li s.. Mil., II). It is a threefold
salvation. W have etcni il life, wo are mani
fest iu; Hint life, and we cx t the glorilled
body and the joys of the kingdom.
n. "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for a season, If uen 1 l,e, ye are in heavi
ness through manifold temptation." Wo
will urely rejoice If we believe the fai ls, but
not otherwise, for joy and peace come only
by believing ( Horn, v.. II.) Jesus told us
that we must expect tribulation, but that we
tuny have peace (.fohu xvt.. :i,l. ) r.ml tnti
lles that It Is possible to lie joylu', JiM, oven
exeeiKlliif joyful, intrlhuUtloU (Hum. V,J;
II Cor. vil., 4.)
7. " I list the trial of your fallh, being much
"4 I J vlu is than of gold that penshuth,
il Imtriml wita lr. might i found
tiuto praie and honor and glory at the ap
pearing oi Jesus i nnst. it is a nioet proilt
aide study to meditate on the word "pr
clous" In tbeMe two epistle (I Pel. I., 7, ID
II , 4, 7 , II Pet. I.. 1, I.) 1'aith that cannot
li. luru Is very ipieHlionalilo faith. We must
steadfastly believe nil I w lit patiently till II
eome (.Lis. v.. 7, H . I Cor. Iv.. .1.) Then w
shall sen how all our 11.,-ht unliftions huvo
been working out for us lar more exceed
In r .tad eternal wolgnt of glory (II Cor. Iv.,
H ''V,'h mi having not s um yo love. In
w!iq u, though n iw ye sec linn not, yet I.e.
lu-v.ug. y.i rejoice in the nils;,.- ikaMo
an 1 lull of glorv." Some think tli.it if they
could i nly see im they w ml I love Hun, biit
II" said. "Iile.sn II r I they tll.lt lli.ie not
siv n and yet have believed ' f.f ilm xx.. "J:n.
To faith unseen things become very real an 1
ni ay be eiijove I almost as a present pos-sn-sloti..The
ciiy which Abralu'n looked lor.
an I lbs rec unpens i of the tew ir I which sus
tnined M -en. i.n I tiie glory to bo revealed
winch I'.iul saw, wre won Irous'y real to
tiieiu and will be to u i if wo mily bolioio
(.11 !'. XI.. 10. 2.-1. jr. . Uoin. viil., Hi.
"ilcceiwug the uud of your faith, even
th salvation of your souls." This Is not
V.iry clear unless it refers to the joy which
co-ic from the assurance of present salva
tion, whidi is an in. -t and a piedgx of tho
completed snl vil lou at tho revelation of
Christ. The "now" of Cio previous verso
Wouel point that way. It is our privilege to
rejoi 'ethat r arc the c hildren of Ood and
Iiartakcrj of the glorv to he rovealcd (II Tliu.
., 2; I Pel. V , I , I .fohu ill., 2).
1't. O, won li salvation the prophet havo
Inquired and searched diligently who pro
pliiiied of the grace that should come unto
you. ' Heo Dan. I., 2, :l . x.. 1J, 21. To search
diligently s -ems lo be the ,,.nio of John v.,
oJ, and not nny careless reading or super
lli l.il sludy, ratber a vousdiiut day and uighl
liic'litauou us in I's. I., a prayerful and
persevering comiiariug of Scripture with
Kcrlpture iu absolute depuudcucu and re
liance upon the Holy Spirit.
11. "Heurchlng what or what manner of time
tho!srit of Christ which was in them did
blguify when It tentllled beforehand tho suf
fering ot Christ nud tho glory that should
follow." Here Is the fact state.! that thn
Hpirit of Christ was in the prophets nnd may
give some light upon chapter ill,, Irt-20, lor
tho Spirit of Christ was iu Noah. "The tes
timony ot Jesui is the spirit of prophesy"
(llev. xlx., 10). Here is also the fact that
the burden of prophecy is ihe sufferings ot
Christ and Hie glory yet lo be revealed. See i
this Illustrated fully iu I'm. xxll. and Isa.
Ilii. n specimen chapters, liy His suffering
we uro uow redeemed, but wo wait for tho
glory to be revealed.
1J. "b'uto whom it w.i rcvenled, that not
unto themselves, but unto us, they did min
ister the things which urn iiuw reported unto
you by them that hnvo preached the gospel
unto you with (In) Holy (J host sent down
from heaven, which thing the angels desire
to look into." Ilerenro prophets and npos
tle. in tli a power of tho Holy Spirit, minis
tering unto other. Angels also are minis
tering spirits. Kven the Son of Mun came
not to be ministered uuto, but to minister
(Mailt, xx.. 2H), and if wu uro lilted with His
spirit It will be our delight to live to be chan
nels ot bb'MHiiig to others. Homo things we,
like the prophets, may have to pass on to
other without fully comprehending them,
the full understanding being only for millen
nial or luterduys. I.essou Helper.
Rider IIaooakd, tho English
novelist and South African traveler,
lot's not have a high opinion of tin
Mataboles, who are troubling tha
lirltlsh settler in South Africa,
"aid he, tho other day: "The tight,
ing qualities of tho Matabelca have
never been tested by contact with a
lighting rai:e. Their warfare has con
listed mainly of raids on Inferior
race. They ara accustomed to tha
most brutal massacres. They are so
thoroughly savage that It It lmpot
ilblslfor them to exist beside civilized
TEMPERANCE.
A aontn wost.n.
A sober world, noon msy It eom.
And Oo I s good will on earth Im ilon
fio taint of drunkenness bn found,
Vhvre breeze blow nnd shines thy sua.
Kxrr..NK t Tnr. Moron tbt:
Most of the fo.'irNil amount of crime, tir
rest nnd depression can be very einny traced
to the criminal tendencies of tnn llipi r traf
fic i and the enormous cousii'iiptlou of the
wages of labor, resulting in poverty e.vl thn
exhaustion of the, resources of the piople.
thnt this tranic occasion.. s not ti.sth.an ono
thousand Millions of dollars 1 A snfennd re.
cent estimate gives this as the n'nount spent
dlreotlv for ulcoholl" liquors, nnl another
thousand millions Is cxi mi I". to tako care
oi its uwiul vous. i .-.i -l'j:iior.si'.
rutr.-ts m'ii.i.
Onths lop of a hilt In Kiu-lant fh-r Is
firnv : notice hoird wifi i h" ins Tintou
'Tills bill Is dangerous to cyclists." II More
that no'teo was put no a ftr.i'iuer bad ridden
down the hill. I'.eiori he had pro I
m my yards his machine became iinmanag'W
able, Hint be was thrown v.-ith a sickening
thud upon the pavement arid killed npou the
spot. Alter that they pu' no the notice. If
every place where u young man's lire bus
leel ruined Were to Ih' labelled, then every
saloon In the I'nited States would hav becii
lafx'lle l, j'lii, ,,ici) is dangerous lu young
men."
Ttr TKlil;lhi r. tl flifs.
No Intelligent observer can fail lo S"c th-t
f!ie liquor trafMcids ns a treacherous and a
tremendous burn 'r to prosperity, nnd n
terrible Ineiiic.is 0:1 all healthy enterprise.
A wholesome cnmpiiitlun is the most
effective motive power for awakening enter
prise, and enterprise is the life-Mood, bone,
mid sinew of nil active and t.u sliil Iumi
lics : but the devitalizing gangrene of this
Iioison of ale-ill l now permeates and In
ure every department nf society, its mor
mon drain and Injury depresses enterprise,
producing a terrible burden of b ss, criminal
tendencies, and a widespread insecurity iu
nil business relations. - lcmorct.
rrr or the mws or rr.T.
Pome time ago a prominent Main street
merchant was a comlrmcd drunkard. Ilo
loved liquor so madly that he w is n misery
to himself ami every one about him. especially
to his young and handsome wife. One night,
lnt many weeks ago, he decided to commit
suicide. He told bis wife about it. and sho
was so nilsi rable that she said If he was to
I'll I Ills existence she wanted to die too. Tho
man protended ton drugstore in the western
part of tho city, near bis residence, Hll, pur
chased twenty cents' worth of chloral. I in
returned homo an I divided the poison
equally, and. while they wcro lu tho notion,
ca'h swallowed the drug.
Tho young wife walked to the l 1 like a
I r ive woman or cow.ir I, as you pbuis , un I
laid herself down to die. It was different
with the husband. As soon ns the poison
ball n taken be began to regret the step.
In a few minute he became frantic and rushed
off to the drug cor", where he had procured
the chloral, and told tin1 druggist the sit u
ntlou. Ho was relieved, w.th some trouble,
of the poison, but they h i I n bar I tl'ii 'in
saving the wife. Khe ilnallv recovered, how
ever, an I th"v get nlong bappilv together
How, os the experience caused the 1:1:11 to
Mop drinking. This Is a truo story, uiily
three persons In Louisville know the details,
un 1 all were sworn to secrecy th" night It
ull hupponcd.-I. iuisviilo Couricr-Jourii il.
fixKiNn nnrKiKfs " i r: nAiitF.n.
When an Infant Is born, savs lr. Kely,
some form of alcohol Is usually an ntten lant
nt the birth. If tho Infant cscnp-s"n whisky
bath or n few drops of so:n stimulant, ft Is
probably through some negbn f. It is rire
iin'iiuo in it a colli! a i'ew .. hu .ok
had a hot whisky several times. If (he babe
fisids on milk nnd wnter too early, or If any
thing goes rung with the mother or child,
the domestic nud very likely the pr n s-;o!ial
remedy Is whisky.
Indigestion, too tniieli cryiiur, ciioler.i ln
faiituni. inn isle-, s" iret fever and particu
larly diphtheria arc treato by nli ohol and
opium very largely by the physicians.
I do not question the propriety ol i.v.MV-7
these drills as remedies. I ilo not dou it th
is. i a or slll of tho physicians who lin t
these r 'uiedics useful iu dis 'me,, p.ut I a--sert
that th" soothing sirups and other opinio
preu iii.i.iis. the wines an I but Mings and
large quantities of alcoholic liquors giv u to
chlliln ii lo quiet then, or cure rem of dl--c.iscs,
cause ihe drink habit.
Tho stump nf the drug remain en the
brain of the infant, even if the dm; U im
longer given. The misery of babes drugged
to drunkenness aud then very lil,ey su I b'li-
ly deprived of the a istoiuo I stimulant is
without doubt as acufe and great ns In ohli r
people. People who have dosed children
with soothing syrup know how dlftleult It is
to wean tho cluld iroin tlie drug. Hut even
If the drug Is no longer given the third re
mains. When the babe grows up to the stage
of youth, Ic Im- the craving without a nemo
or undent. Hiding perhaps until lor some
reason a stimulant or do-.ii of the aivutomed
drug Is taken. Tner" is an (mm Mi.it a an I
perhaps prolonged deb.au -h. lollowe I by tho
usual phenomena of Inebriety It makes no
dKTeruico if tho drug Is alcohol or opium or
both. Mot 11 of these inebrieties may ex'st ill
the sain" person, an I h maybe hotluidr.iuk
ar I and an opium user, and this con lit ion
can Iw an I often is tho result of opium or
whisky lu'tbriety a-iptlM'! iu thn cradle and
uursery.
I 'Mid drinking is one of the most prevalent
diseases. It Is coextensive with the extent
of alcohol and opiates given to children for
nny cause whatever. It Is therefore as ex
tenslvi; as the prevalence of the diseases of
chlldhiKi I. because tho Inebriating drugs are
.universally used In those diseases. I regard
hlld Inebriety as the chief cause of intm
ipcranco among all classes. I do net say that
every child subjected to the Inllueace of
these drugs becomes an active Inebriate, hut
I say thai if the liiMory of drunkenness Is
carefully inquired into It will be found that
the larger number of inebriates took opiates
ur alcohol wuou they wuro oblldr m.
iKMPf.r.AT'cs vr.irt ,no notes.
Every drunkard used lo boast tint !.i
could drink or let it nlone
Tho man who has temperance prill 'iples
should not keep them iu the darli.
Mr. Victor lliiitou, of a celebrate I brew
ers' llrui in London, has become a teetotaller
mid withdrawn mm tlie llrui, lornutiiig
thereby his rigid in .,(NNl,niM).
Fifty percent, of the youii'ineti ol Svit:'
crlau l are unlit lor military service "U ac
count of injury to th"lr lieiiltli an I atrj.i gti:
produced by excessive dniulii,'.
A drunken muu never yet was formldaM
nor ever will be. 'i'iie duturniiue 1 will of a
sober, rsspectablo muu Is a moral law wltldi
the wise submit to, and fools only r-sis:.
The tl.th statistical report of the Interstato
rouimercc t'oaimissloii for IM'JJ, givs tli i
number of railway employes iu the I nit. 1 1
Ktates as S'Jl.41 3. An liuportaut ternper.itiee
mission Held indued.
In the name of the Hcottis'i Christian
Temperance L'aloii. u letter hus boon sent to
4IWI ministers lu Kcotlati I. urging taom not
to give moral sanction and support to the
liquor trillb; by allowing luraiom 1 wiuu to
be uud at the communion.
Medical muu are becoming more an I morn
alive to the important (act that many uiiei
are now dying of drink wao wero uever
drunkards an 1 possibly wero u.iver uuee
druuk. The moilerato use of alcoholics
produce undue stlinulutlou nud Irnt nioa
of the brain, the stomneli uu 1 other org Mi,
and thus bnug about dlseue aud death.
Dkmonsthator la Natural Science
Gentlemen, I hold In my hand three
hell. Voice from amphitheater H
I sa M sjt A S Lana
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES.
a 3 tram old a mo.
rorrsTOWK Thr yssr old John Wso-
er, on of Otorgt V. Wangr, and nephew
Of Congrestnian Wanger,! a littl hero. His
boms Is In North ("ovct try township, Ches
ter county. While his mother as absent
Iho kitchen was ct on firs was set on Ara
by an eiplodon of Ihe stove, I.ittte John's
infant brother Uy coning in a cradle nesr
th ttovs, but befots the flsmcf reached It
plucky John dragged Ihe bslic nut of bis
crib to a place of sufety. Iloih ctilldren e
ticl barm, sltliough it will rust IVK) to r
pnir the bouse.
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MAM Wllot.lt MY rstTII.
John Y. 8piiyd of l.'esdmg bad tha sijiht
of one eye destroyed six month ago by hot
metal. He I s believer in the faith curs
and hss prsvrd Incessantly to heaven that
hi sight be restored. Stiudsy night, in Iho
church which be attends, be suddenly cried,
"Thank Ood," nnd announced that he was
able to see. His sight Is now a good as
ever. Kivs hundred peoplo were witno se
'o the i ase.
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tol.. TYSON I'AHAf.VRII.
Col. A. Ilnricy Tyson, ex-engiiiecr of ths
State Korrsty Commission and ei-metnber
ofOov. Patterson's staff, who Is In prison
nt Heading awaiting trial for defrauding
.Secretary of the 'oiiitnonwealili llarrity
and otbvr proiuincnt ufllciais. is paralyzed
nnd unable to walk without crutches Id
spetcli is also srtcctcd nnd bis appearance
ii court lor trial is doubtful.
A I HANi K ton 1(111 sol v ni IIS
The furniture in lbs I'ciiti-ylvatna slate
building is being packed and shipped to
llarrisburg. where it will be sold nt auction
Dcceiuhcr U. The coninnssioner think
I hey ran realize n better t rico forllio furni.
lure among the people of their own state,
who will want to secure a souvenir because
it was in use during the Imposition.
. -rm.
o a Rfn nor stovr.
At Heaver Kalis a little daughter of I'M
ward OritMn while playing in an upstair
room lei I through a ventilator and alighted
ou a rod hot stove. liefore she could In
rescued she was terribly burned, perhaps
f it ally.
. .
Tlie will of thn late Ororgo Sheldon ha
been tiled for tirotmtc ut Krie It gives
I J 1,0' i to ihe llnuiot hospital on lit ion ally,
' UK imi to esch of live nieces and the bal
: mice of liia fortune of iie.iry la f a million
is lo be divided among bis nephews and
! nici es, bavii.g no children of bis own.
i
Ax execution for filim) was issued
ngaiii't the llarrisburg lloilcr Manufactur
ing Co. of IlnniM urg by l ilc. unl Ilailey,
truslee for i crtam slorkliolilcrs. President
, Iitsbrou jays the ircditors will be iald in
full.
Nkwtox OriiK ii. of Somerset ricinty.wa
thrown under a heavily lomlc I wagon nt
Addison and instantly killed He aitempt
I ed to draw the lot k when Ihe bar broke and
1 threw him under the wheel.
At l'edford, Marion I 'fum, sou of the
Hon John Cessiiu, cotniiiittc I .suicide on
Thursday. He hud bren in poor health,
nnd until recently nn in rtcrnte cigarctto
MiioKcr.
.s Mon .tensions r ranted ir ni'rlvsiiti
jvire Punicl I,. I'iatt, llirney, Unit.
county: Jsiie illianis, Johnstown, C.uubiTllf ;
roi.nty; Melville ,-i, Stmie, I'lttsbuig, uu lu
crease.
CiiAin.i I-'. Kinnkiii. of Warren, serving
a five veur nnd nine mniifli' iMont.oiiii.rv
wincncr lor eiiihezzluiiieut, beginning in
I Juno, ivto, was pnrdoiio I by Oovernor l'at
, t i-i hi.
AT t'tiiontown a ii venr old daugliier of
i I'd ward I Sutler was burned to heath by licr
(lollies cufching fire from a stove ill her
tattler's sto;e. She w is dried when discov
: creil.
' John MclOvov. who was shot while rob-
bing iicorgell titter ,V. Ilros. liardwaiu
; store at Meudvillc is ilcad. Tim corner's
! jury justified the shooting
I'l'mt IviNNox. n well known young man
I of Ilollnliiysbiirg. was strucii by n Irani near
; there. Saturday night He Iro.c to death
alongside the truck.
.Inn. R Wii.KiiAM lias derided at Heaver
that running street i rs on stuuluv is a
violation of tlie .Sunday observuin c law of
ISIJ.
Ar Jolinslown, Michael lu)rck. adjudg
d Insane and placed in the city prison, was
iouikI tlead ill tils cell.
STRIKES.
j 1S7I. Tho Utiit.-a Sotu ot Vnliq
i iron tiuilillors uml iv n bailors, onta.
iislllMl.
I IS7I. A royal rominisi'ton on labor
laws propoMMl unil appointcxl.
I 1S7i. Striko of Kiitfllsh colliom
Against tho tiso of tlii Htifoty lump.
Niiim cltiscil for months.
Is7."i. Striko of .H i,i)i xi Wolshoiillloni
against u roiluctioti bul to u 1 kout
liiut lasted six tnoiilhs; tucn wont buck
to work,
JH7."). Th. first Knejll-h Tradoa
L'nii n Cono;rt!Si4 o'iiiHi ut Liverpool.
1S7.1. I.uImit liiwn, very tuvorublo to
tho working pouplo, pusscil by I'urlia-
IllOllt.
H7ti. Tho Aniitlgatnutoil Assooia
tion of Iron Workore foi inod, ombruc
Inir inot of tho thi'n xl-titi,' snob. tins.
1 S7H. Lockout of "O.ot.o Hpitiiiern in
rticithiro, KiijfUini. Tho mill uwn
or.s rottwt d to -ijfti a niIo of pricoH;
UI-HIH lUUdl (II Hpilltler llOIltUtlVl.
ls7d. Striko of Kiiifllsh iron work
er aifttinst pioi'o wot k. Tho Hist tri
uls for conspiracy.
l7tl. Tho tiunilmr of inoinbors of
various truili's uiilnns in (irout Urltaia
CHtiinutod ut 1,200,1X10.
17'1. Striko uiiiono; tho bukors of
Ilirlin. SoMior prinittoil to work
(or tho inu.stor bukors uml tho strike m
fall uro
1S77, Striko of shipwright on tin
C'lydo: M,is) in.jii invoivod; sottled by.
urtiitruiiou.
1S77. lioni'i'til railroad and othot
strike in tho I'ni'od Statos :ot;un o
flio Ilu'.timoro und Ohio ltailrou
Iviots in rittsburjr ami Chicago. Ov
81,Us),tx;0 worth of proporty Uostroy
in I'ittsburo;. Kioto." Brod on wl
I'unnon; many killml. In Chicago iN.,
to woto kiilod uml ovor ItX) wour
(Ion, Shorldun, with trootm, ho
Pittsburg. Order gonorully rm,C I
in about u month.
1S77. I)mln; this your ll strlV
took placo In Or oat Hrituln, 04 -l-'ranco,
l In tiormany aud 173 in tiki
United Stato.
lo7l. Striko of cotton splnnor In
North Knglund; 120,000 men involved
ended by the men returning- to work i
10 por cant, loss than tha former wa
now is u sucn uuiuiMtrs ot yr
men star ting out to make a nam
tbcnjxeive In Ufo hit j20"t
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all
the
mm maanoui us Jees. you ftf
pou
Op OHito.Opperilu'ltuei'ti Clothing- Stor
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