I W, JESOS WILL SAVE US ALL THE LAKE TAKE THE PREY. Dr. Talmac raeohea Sermon of Hop a. 1 Consolation. ' Tt t TK tam takt l prry." Isaiah Sxxlll.,33. The otter demolition of fh Assyrian host was hers predicted. Not only robust men should go Forth and (rather the spoils of eon queer, but even mn crippled ot arm and crippled of foot should jt out and capture mil oh that was valuable. Their physical dis advantages should not hinder their grant en richment. 80 it bat been tn the past t to It k now 1 an it will be in the future. Ho It In In all department. Men laboring under aoemlngiy great disadvantages and amid the most unfavorable circumstances, yet making srrand achievements, Retting great blessing lor themselves, great blowing lor the world, great blessing for the church, and to "tot lame tae the prey." Po you know that the three great poet ot the world were totally blind Honor, f elan, John Milton? Do you know that Mr. rraeott, who wrote that enchanting book, 'The Continent of Mexico," never aw Mexico, could not even ee the paper on which he wan writing? A framework across the sheet, between which, up and down, went the pen Immortal. Do yott know that Oamhasslo, tha sculptor could not aee the marble before him or the chisel with which he cut It Into shapes bewitching? Do you know thut Alexander I'ope, wnoee poems will I art as long as the English language, was to much of an invalid that he had to bo ewed up every morning in rough canvas la order to stand on his teetet all? Do you know that Htuart, the celebrated painter, did much of bis wonderful work un der the shadow of the dungeon where he had been unjustly Imprisoned lor debt? Do you 'know ttmt I'emothenes. by almost superhu man exertion, first had to conquer tho lisp of Ids own speech before he conquered as semblages with his eloquence? Do vou know thnt llacon struggled all through luuumer Me sicknesses, and that Lord pyron and Sir Walter Scott went limping on clubfoot through all their life, and thnt ninny or the great poets and painters and orators and his torians nnd heroes of the world hint some thing to keep them back, and pull them down, and Impede their way, nnd crlpplo their physical or their Intellectual move ment, and yet that they pushed on and pushed up until tbey reached tho spoils of worldly success, nnd amid tho liuzra of Nations nud centuries "the lame took tho prey." You know that a vast multitude oftheso men started under the disadvantage of ob scure parentage Columbus, the son of tho weavers Ferguson, the astronomer, the son of the shepherd. America the prey of tho one s worlds on worlds tho prey of the other. Hut what is true in secular directions Is mora true in spiritual and religious directions, and I proceed to prove It. There are in all communities many Inva lids. They never know a well day. They adhere to their occupations, but thev go panting along the streets with exhaustions, and at evontiino they lie down on the lounge with achlngs beyond all medicaments. They have tried nil prescriptions, tbey have gon through all the cures which were proclaimed Infallible, and they have now come to sur render to perpetual ailments. They con sider they lire among muny disadvantages ; and when they see those who are buoyant in health paws by. they almost envy their robust (rami's and easy respiration. lllJt I have noticed among thnt Invalid class those who have the greatest knowledge ot the Ddble, who are lu nearest intimacy with Joaus Christ, who have the most glow lug experiences of the truth, who have had the most remarkable answers to prayer, ami who have most exhiluraut anticipations of heaven. The temptnilons which weary us woo nr m robust neuitn tucy nave eon- M-asss- no--ut..r.:.4fLi4 irtJVslfsl an. J ' Swarthy loiter iu the way "the lamo take the prey." Kobert Hall an Invalid, Edward I'ayson un invalid, IttohurJ Baxter an Inva lid, Samuel Kutbcrlord an invalid. This morning, when you want to call to mind those who are most Christ-like, you think ot some darkened room iu your father's homo from which there wont forth au iul!uea.- potent for eternity. A step farther : Through raised letter th art ot t.riutinghas been brought to the atten tion of the blind. Vou take up the P.ible for the blind, and you eloseyour eyes. and you rtiu your lingers over the raised letters mid you any : "Why, I never could get any information In iliis way. What n slow, lumhrou way ot read lug ! (od help tho bliud !" And yet I Mud umougtliat clusof person, among the blind, the deut uud the dumb, tint most thorough ucquuiiituuce with liod's word. Shut out Irom all other sources ot lniorinatlou; no sooner does their hund Miu-ii the raised letters than they guther a prayer. Without eyes, they look off Umiu the king doms of Hod's love. Without heariug, they catch the iiiinistreisy of the skies. Dumb, yet with pencil, or with irradiated counte nance, they deciure the glory ot God. A large audience assembled lu New York at the anniversary of the Heat and Dumb Asylum, and one of the visitors with chalk on the hlnekboard wrote this quest ion to thu pupils. "Do you not llnd it very hard to be deaf and dumb?" And 0110 ot the pupils took the chalk and wrote on thu blackboard this sublime suuteuce tn answer, "When the soug of tho angels shall burst upon our en raptured ear, we will searee regret that our ears were never marred with earthly sounds." Oh, the brightest eyes In hr?n will be those that never saw on earth. Tha cars most alert in heaven will lea those thnt iu this world heurd neither voice of friend nor thrum ot harp, nor carol of bird uor doxol gy of congregations. A lud who hail been blind from Infancy was cured. The oculist operated upon the lad and then put a very Iieavv bandage over tho eyes, and nfter a few weeks bad gone by tho bamiuge was removed and the mother said to her child : "Willie, can you see?" He said : "Oh, mamma, Is this heaven?" Tho contrast lietween thednrkness before nnd the brightness nfterward was overwhelming. And I tell you tho glories of heaven will be a thousandfold brighter for those who never taw anything on enrtb. While many with good vision (dosed their eyes in eterunl night, and many who had a KJ. artlstio and cul tured ear went down into eterual discord, these attllotod ones cried unto the Lord iu their trouble, nud he mndo their sorrows their advantage, and so "the lutuo took tho prey." In the seventh rectury there was a le. gcud of St. Modobort. It was said that bis mother waa blind, aud one day while look ing at his mother he felt so sympathetic for her blindness that be rushed forward and kissed her blind eyes, aud the legend says her vision came Immediately. Thnt was ouly a legend, but it Is a truth, a glorlus truth, that tha kiss of Ood't eternal love has brought to many a bliud eye eterual Illumi nation. A step farther: There are those In all com munities who toll mightily for a livelihood. They have scant wages. I'erhaps they are diseased or bare physical Infirmities, to they are hindered from doing a continuous day't work. A oil v missionary finds them up tho dark alley, with no tire, with thin clothing, with very coarse bread. They never ride in theatres cart they ?annot afford tha five sents. They never see any pictures save those in the show window on the street, from which t hoy are often jostled and looked at by someone who teem to say In the look: 'Move on ! What are you doing here look ing at pictures?" Yet uiauy of them live on mountains of trausllguratlon. At their rough table He who fed the 6000 breaks tha bread They talk often of the good timet that are coming. This world baa no charm lor them, but heaven entrances their spirit. Tbey ofteu lUvlde their scant crust with tome forlorn wretch who knock at tnutx door at bight. and on the blast of tnaf!t;ht wind, a tha door opens to let them Im beard tha vole ot Him who said, "I wseshungry, and ha fed Me." No cohort Ot heaven will hs too bright to transport them. By God'e help they hava vanquished tne AvTian host. They hava divided among them th spoils. La:ne, lame, yet they took they f rey. A ttep farther 1 There r In all communi ties many orphans. Daring our last war ami In the year Immediately following, how many children at tha NPrth and South w heard say, "Oh, my fatnrfr was killed In the war." Hare yon ever nPHced t fear yott have not how well th5 children have turned out? Starting nnjr the irreatest dis advantage, no orphan asylum could do for them what their father would have done had be lived. The skirmisher tat one aUjht by the light or ingots) in tna swaraJ- writing a letter home, when sharpshooter'" bullet ended the letter which, was tiever folded, never posted and never read. Tiiosa children came up under great dlaadvrfntiHr. No father to fight their way for them. I'erhaps there wa In the old family Bible an M yellow letter pasted fast, wntch told the ttory ot thnt lather's long march and how he suffered u the hospital. But they looked still farther on In the Bible, and t became to the story of how God Is the Fathetiof the fatherless and the widow's portion, 1 ''d they soon tooic their father's place In that household. They battled! he way fortheirmother. They came on up, and many ot them have already, In the years since the war, taken positions 111 church nnd State, North ind houth. Wnlle many of those who suffered nothing during those times have had tons K1? out Into lives ol Indolence nud vagalK'U'l'W, theao who start u tnoerao manriisatvftn""Tc ttecnuse they were so early t'reft, these are the Inaia who took the prev. A step farther: Ther are thos who Would lue to do good. T"')' n "Oh. If I only had wealth, or II I hi'd eloquence, or If I had hbrh soeml nosltHH. ''OW much I would accomplish for Go. and the church !" 1 stand here to-day to tell y that you bavo great opportunities for ue'"l""w". Who built the pyramid' l'" king who ordered them built? No it'"" pl'n workmen who added stone aifr stone aud stone nfter won... Who built the d'kes ot Holland? The government that ordef"dh enterprise? No : tho plain workmen who carried thu earth and rang their trff"' on the wall. Who are those that built 'these vnst cities Tho capitalists? No 1 tt carpenters, the masons, the plumbers, t!'" plasterers, the tinners, the rooters, dependent on a day a wages for a livelihood. A"d o In tho great work of assuaging human uffer!ng and en lightening huma:i ignore" nnd halting human Iniquity. In that reat work, tho chief part Is to be done py ordinary meu, with ordinary speech. l:i d ordinary wan ner, nnd bv ordluarv mean V The trouble Is that in td" army of Christ we all want to I captains an I colonels nnd brigadier generals. We a'" not willing to march with the rank and Hie and do duty with the private soldier. v want to Moug to the reserve corps and red 1 a'rf.ut the bat tlo while warming ourselvcl at the rampflrea or on furlough at home. . Vr ,0,,t "P011 an Mtoman, we sagging back do an arnv halr. As you go down the Mrec,: you s- an ex ?a vat Ion. nnd four or five nC'n are working tnd perhaps Iweuty or thirty lean'ng on the rail looking over at them. That is the way It Is In the church of Go. I to-day. Where cou tlnd one Christian hnr.U, at work, there ire fifty meu watching the jb. Oh ! my friends, why do you not goto work and preach the gospeii? You say. "I lave no pulpit." You have. It may U th ;arpenter s Uuicb, it miy J1" the mason's srall. The robe in which yo ) are to proclaim this gospel may be a gh. vmnlcor' apron, out woe unto you If you pr.' u'h not this g Del somewhere, somehow ! If this world is vcr brought to Christ It wi ) jl through th" innnimous nnd loiig-coutimued efforts ot men who, waiting for no specHal endowment, onsocrato to God what th' Nfave. Among :he most usetess people In (LH'or1,1 r a-llh ten talents, while muf Won with only two tnlcnts, or no talents r I tolng a freat work, nnd so ',r ' A I rey." Tlitiv srt tuuUM.1 wlii . I "rtm rou have never heard in log cabin I the West, in mission chapels at the East wiio ar sarrtng against tho legions of darkness, sue sessfully warring. Tract distributers, month ty month undermining the citadels ot sin. iou do not know their going or their com 'ng. but the footfalls of their ministry are leard in tho palaces of heaven. Whoaretlm workers in our Kabbath sehools throughout ! Ihts land to-dnv? M-n celeb rated, men bril liant, men of vast estate? l'orthe most lnrt, lot thnt at nil. I have noticed that the chief chiira.-teristM f the most of those who nresiiee.'ssfttl 111 tb work is that they know their l'.ibles. are ani fst lu praver, are anxious for tin salvation f tho young, nud Sabbath by hubbath nr.t s-tlling to sit ilown unoi.scrve.i nn.l tell nl Christ and the reMirreetiou. These are the humble workers who are recruiting the great inny of Christian y.iiith not by night, not t.y power, not by profound argument, not by brilliant antithesis, I ut by the blessing of Ciod on plain talk, and humble story, and hi. lent tear, and anxious look, "the lame take the prey," Oh ! this work of saving the youth of our 'ouiitry how few appreciate what it Is! This generation tramping on to the grave -we will soon all be gone. What of the next? An engineer on a locomotive going across tho Western prairie day nfter day saw a little hlld come out in front of a cabin and wave tn blin. So he got iu the habit of waving back to the little child, and It was the .lay's joy to him to see this littlo one come out iu front of the cabin door aud wave to him tt'hilo he answered back. one day the train was belated an I It came on to the dusk of the evening. As the engi neer stood at his post he saw by the head light that little girl on the track, wondering why the train did not come, looking for th train, knowing nothing of her peril. A great horror sei.ed upon tho engineer. He re versed the engine. Hegavo it in charge of tho other man on board, and then he climbed over the engine, nnd he came down on the cow catcher. Ho suld, though he had reversed the engine, it seemed as though it were going at lightning speed, faster aud faster, though it was really slowing up, and with almost su pernatural clutch be caught that oiuld by the hair uud lifted it up, and when thotralu stopped and the passengers gathered around to see what was the matter, there tho old en gineer luy, fainted dead away, tho little child alive and iu his swarthy arms. "Oh," you suy, "that was well done." But I want you to exercise some kindness uud some appreciation toward thoso In the com tuuultv who are snatching the little ones from tinder the wheels ot temptation and sin snatching them from under thundering rail trains of eternal disaster, bringing theiu up into respectability lu this world aud Into glory for the world to come. You appreciate what tho engineer did. Why van you not appreciate the grander work done by every Hubbath school teacher and by every Chris tian worker? Oh, start on the road to heaven to-day. You are not happy. The thirst of your soul will uever be slaked by the touutalus of slu. You turu everywhere but to God for help, lllght where you are, call ou Him. llt knows you 1 Ho knows all about you. He knows all the odds against which you have lieen contending lu life. Do not go to Hlin with a loug rigmarole of prayer, but just look up and say, "Help ! Help !" Yet you tuy, "My hand trembles to from my dissipations, 1 cannot even take hold ot byniu book to ting." Do not worry about thut, my brother 1 1 will give out a byniu at the close so familiar you can slug It without a book. But you say, "I have such terrible habits on me, I can t Kt rid ot them." My nuswer la, Almighty grace can break up that habit and will break it. But you say, "The wroug 1 did was to one dead aud la buaven uow, and 1 oau t correct that wrong." You can correct It. By the grace of God, go into the prueeuoe of that one, and the apologies vou ought to have made on earth make iu Loavun. "Oh." say tome men, "If I thould try to do right, It I thould turn away from my evil doing unto the Lofd, I -mid be Jostlod, I would be driven back, nobody would bar any sympathy for me.'' You are mistaken. Here, In the presence of the church on earth and In heaven, I give you to-day the right hand ot Christian fellowship. God tent mi here to-day to preach this, and he tent yott here to hear this t "Let the wicked forsake Ms way, and the unrighteous man hit thought, nud let him return unto the Lord, who will have mercy, nnd unto our God, whe Will abundantly pardon." Though you may have been the worst tin ner you may become the beet sAlut. and la the great day ot Judgment It wilA be found that "where tin abounded grace does much more abound," nnd while the spoilt Ot an everlasting kingdom are being awarded for your pursuit It will be found that ,"the lame took the prey." Blessed be God khat we are this Sabbath one week nearer the blfteratlon of all the Inequalities of this life Jand all lit disquietudes. Years ago, on a boat on the North River, the pilot gavi a very sharp ting to tho bell for the boat to slow up. The engineer at tended to the tnachluery. and then be came up with tome alarm oa deck to Sue what was the matter. He taw It wn a moonlight night and there were no obstacles In the way. lie went to the pilot and snld 1 "Why did you ring the bell In that way' Why do you want to stop? There's notblngthe matter." And the pilot said to him, "There la a mist gath ering on the river 1 don't yon se that? and there Is night gathering darker and darker, and t can't see the way." Then the engineer, looking around and seeing It wns a bright moonlight, looked luto the face of tho pilot nnd saw that be was dyitg. and then that he was dead. God grant that when ou- last moment comes wo maybe fonnd at our post doing our whole duty. And when the mists ot the river ot denth gather on our eyelids may the-good I'ilot take the wheel from our hands nnd guide us Into the calm harbor ot eterual rest 1 Drop the anchor, fori the sail, I sin sat wtlhiu the vsie., .Newspaper rnmlie. Mr. Marat Haldol.!, writing In "The Makliitfttf a Nt-wapnper" atxjut his enrly editorial experience, sreaks of Charles Hammond of .the Cincin nati Cazcttc as the Ohio editor who was paramount In thel forties and tittles, lie was a Whiff, an ardent supporter of Henry Clay,! and In w oral a very dlcnlfled and! severe sort ot man. Mr. Ha.stcatjl toils one story, hoveer, which shows that ho must have had other qualities. Mr. Hammond and HohertT. L.vtle, the most accomplished ' lemocr:it ol his day In Ohio, had lecn out to gether on a long walk, wjien It occur red to th ) editor of tho tia.etto that he was expected tn furnish a letter lor the next day, and must make hato to do po. , Lytle, loath to part with such Rcod company, followed him, making nn unaccustomed apjoarance In a Whig oillce. The shades of night were falling fast. L)tle patiently held a candle whllo Hammond wrote rapidly for almost it P; hour, when, with an expression of cratlflcatlon that his work was well done, he thanked his friend for his polite and gracious nttentlon. cnieu a printer, handed mm tne copy, 1 lentloned that he did not care to see tho proof, and the two dlstlngulshe writ lemon re- sumed their promcna t anu tinisiicu the festival. The next day It occurred to Lytle to look Into tho (ia.ettc and sec what had been produced l;,- the j en of a icady writer while he held the can dle; and to his surprise, and disgust, tiratgindfJai'i'y oecuiuti Hinuaeiner.i, he found that It was a very bright, and ho thought extravagantly over done, though not iilisoltitelr mali cious, assault upon himself, in which his shortcomings as a lit ician were unsparingly reviewed, hut his per nonal cleverness admitted w!th a fUlltiV nrelensM of rol net 11 rice Itrave anil K -ady. Slime years ago a company of geolo gists were examining some locks 1p.; iwet 11 A licry.t with and I. lain hytyd, in Wales, an 1 were making their way ilong a narrow ledge of projecting i rock, on the face of a clilf, al.out a hundred and twenty feet al.ove the level ' f the ea. As they rounded a projecting angle the rock on which the lat man stood gave way. lie was whirled around, with his face to the sea. hut with in stant presence of mind grasped the ledge at Ins side with one hand, and extended the other to the man In ad vance, wh i happened to he his uncle. The latter grasped it, and thu held him Btispen.ied for fully live minims, having only six inches ol staudiiiu' g ound. This was a breath less pause, during which the uncle ga.ed tip hi it rock, some ninety feet below, on which the young man was (loomed to le dashed. 'Tom," he said at length, with per fect ealinnei-s, there is but one way for It. I'll save you. or we will die together. Loose ymir bold of tho rock." "Yes, uncle," said the young man, faintly, as be obeyed. Then the uncle sprang Into the air, and with such force that the two turned several somersaults, Mill linked together. They struck tho water at some distance from the rock, and slowly and painfully regained tho ihora "Know h-Jgalile." "Folks don't uso as knowledgablo words us they used to. seems if," re marked I'nclo Nahuru Jenkins, r.en slvely. "Now, I can't seo what sense ther' Is in calllu' a man that's kind o dlit'rent-mlnded from other folks a 'crank,' same as they do nowadays. A crank goes along well enough If you vo got it tood purchase on It." -What would you have said when you was a boy, gran'ther?" demanded his grandson, with much curiosity. "Seems to mo there must have been Mimethin' to call queer folks by, be sides Just 'queer.' " "We alius remarked In them days," said I'nclo Nahum, with condescen sion, "that seen folks was 'as odd as Dicks hathuoi.' I so ye know how odd that was?" Tho boy confessed his Ignorance. "Why," said tho old man, with a chuckle, "tho savin' was that -PIck's hatband went half way round an' then tucked un ler on wha., It tucked under nobody ever told, 'a far ' I know! Now, that," concluded Uncle Nahum, "wad what 1 call a kuowlodgablo wav of dacrlhln'l" kvBBATU SCHOOL I INTERNATIONAL LKOX FOR Dt.CKJIUF.K a. ltton Text: "The Mirth of .fesus," Matthew II., 1 tt-Ooldru Text: Matthew I., 21 ' Commentary. Impressed with th fnet that In this so railed missionary Icesou w.t have ulso a grand Christmas lesion, bringing lefore lis Mia coming sgnln. which drnweth near, we tnake choice of this. 8. "And I, John, snw these things and heard them." Then he tells us thnt befell down to worship lieTore the feet of the angel. Iloa'-tnally siw these wondrous sights and hoard these faithful and true words. It was pmbnbly before this that he wrote, "Thnt which we have snen nnd heard ddare we uut you, that ye also mav have fellowship wifi us" (I John I.. 3'. How do the tblngx of Oo.l which we see nnd hear affect us? 0. "Then snith be uuto me. Hit- thou do It not. for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophet-, a .of them which kecetuo saving o I hi book- worship Go. I." Compare xiv. 10. Only mmur all creatures seeks to Is- worhip-1 ( fv.ika lv., 7 1. Let in remember it when tempted to desire npplnuse, and may It be mir whole aim to honor God. Hoe how this Imnk l- honored III heaven. 10. "And he nth mil. me. S-al not th sayings of the prophecy of thl Ismk. for the time is at band." lVntr:it li.in. tiii.,i; kIL. U. In ew of the cotimi in I of thl-i V.-rse, how great mut be the -111 of thus who virtually seal up this look by never reading It or prea.-hlng from It. but ev.-n go In so far as to advise people n.t to read It. This I knoir ti.lni-ters to be guilty of. The Lord Will see In it. 11. ' Ifetliat Is t. iti"t l.-t hbn be unj.wt Still, and so with th -lilthy - r th- nglitioils ortlielii.lv." When the end of this stage of our life comes, whether It be .lcatli i.r the coming of Christ, us we nr.-tlieu found so shall we eotitiniie, wh.'tl.er unjust or holy. This verse, however, tiny tea.-h that we nr.. to proclaim the truths 01 this book whether It nmka people more holy or more unholy. 11. "And behold, I co-no ipilckly. and My reward Is with Me, to giv.-evety tnan accord ing lis his work linll be." Compare crs.s. 7, ao.nnl chapters I.. 7 . 11.. IT. : III., 1 1, nud note the oft repeated "I coin.." mi I the ad monitions. Rilvntion Is all of grace, but r warj is according I., work. S-e I Cor. ill., a, t'il.uke xix.. lis 1'.'. These rewards ar not given at death, but nt r.-surreciion, when Jeus shall roitie (I. like iv.. II; I I'et. v.. I . II Tim. Iv.. hi. 13. "1 am alpha and omega, the beginning nn I the end. th" llrt and tin- last." W h.-n our souls can say, Lord. Thou art nil this to me, first and last in cvrythun.'. beginning and end of everything, theii all is well II. "llleiwed an- tbey that do His com mandments, that they may have rigbt to the tree of life nnd n.ny niter in through tin. gates Into lln- city." The K.V.ny, "llirssed are they that wash their robes.' Well, we cannot keep His eotiimiin.lments till h,i.. washed in Ills blooland r. ive.1 the new heart which otilv can do Ills will, If we. like Al. rain, are looking for tin- ,-ltv, Hob. xl.. 10). we will delight to Is. found doing Ills Will. ltt. "For without are dogs," etc Com-pan- chapter .xi.. h. i7. And If y...i nr.- glad that your name Is m tie bo .k of 1 1 r . nn 1 1 lint by His grace y.ei an- neither t.-arlui i r un truthful, then s.-ck th.-s- without. HI. "I. Jesus, buve sent Mm,, nngc! tn testily unloyou th. so things in the churches. 1 am the root an I the offspring of I 'avid 111. I thu bright and morning star." The llr-t clause of tins verse, taken in connection With verso II, seeiiiH t" tin- one ot the clearest I roolr that the Lord Go 1 of the holy prophets nud J-eus nr.- on.- and the same, l'lio root and offspring of Pavi.l. taken with lsa. xi., 1. in, show- Him to be both God nnd mull, liavid's Lord and Havld's Son. As the tHv'htun.l mornlngsiiir lie promises Himself .'".) .;aver 1m ."Utyicr 0, VM Tim wb sers nil this dark mglit will s-e and nn-et Hun ns tin- morning staraud conn- Lack with Hlin as the sun of rightciiiisuct (Mai. iv., 2) when be appears fur Israel. 17 "And tile spirit uud the bride say rome, iiml I 1 him that hcartli say con e. And h i him thai isatlnrst come, and whoso ever will let him t ike the water of hie freely." The lirst .dans- s -e-ns to l,- tl ry ot the church O- her 1 r I to eome In re Spouse t) III. "lleh'.ld, I ,-o:n- i ll'kly." 'llieoth rs -or nt least the la! tw.. ar.- in vital ious to tin- sinner t" take the water eM it- freely. They remlti I iisi.f li. Iv.. I . .l.-hu Ml., :I7 K nn. III., -j 1. Ther 1- nothing to binder tlios.. v.-, 1 hear l ilt their own w ill. 1". 1.1. ' It anv man s':all .eld. 1 1 . 1 1 . t : . 1 - shall take aw. iv " .S v . n- n n t s',, ; ,11 warning b aiiyoic- wic. w.-nl I lare t a I I to or take Iroin ti e w. r Is .1 thi I .n.k. hci I the same wartiiiig In I'- nt. iv.. 'i Ml., ';'.'. I'rov. xx.. i! . Jel. wiv., 1 1 m., '.'S, I. , Bint say lion' It ! thai iii.-u dan- In these, .,, ill spa,. ,,f these w.ii i.iiius. to cionilt both -; th-i. sins. Kit k-. an..., turning ln.1.1 th" truth. Go I ha- -tit them .I. Iiim Th, s,. II. : In. Ill 2lt. "He whl li t-stili .th tics.- ilin..--. aith Sar.ly I 1 - -1 1 1 1 - - k i . Aim:.. come, l.ord Jesu-. How- oiil.i lb-s it "quickly' wh.-i. II- knew that almo-t 1 years must p 1 llr-t.- On.- tliii-m 1 1: nt with tin- l.ord as on.- day I I'et. 111 . mi l necurdiiig to that reckoning 11, 'm- 1 . gone scar cly tw. .lays y.-t. We must ... at things from His iau (point. ).. our heari say "Coine, ..-r I .l- su- ' II we uudeis'.aii 1 that things will grow w..r - an I w . r both lu '.jo tvorld au l i i Hie ;.iu!. i-aii,- tinr- li til' Tie come : that we cannot have our glonlle I bodies till II-' coi.ie : that We lire to oc. Iipy nnd show- forth His .b atli till lie come : that satiin nn I itiit i- lir.-t an I bal l. 11 will rage llll Ho come, then u- will surely pray, "Come. Lord Jesus." Otherwise not. "l'liegra f . nr l.ordJ. siis Christ be with you all. Amen." What a precious ending to a most precious book tea, to the whol.i book of books for wo are saved by grace, we stand in grace and there is a, on- grace to Is- revealed i l'..h. li.. S : K0111. v., 1, 2 ; I I'et. 1 -1 :j . It Is l.itor (or the undeserving IruX lirul tO luHt. -ic r.iull Helper. TWTSTT rUMILIES. A sclent lllc man named Demma studied ten families of drinkers and ten families ol temperate persons. The direct posterity ot the ten families of drinkers iuclmled 11 ft y teven children. Of these twenty-live died in the first wssks and months of their lite, six were Idiots, in tlvs children a striking back wardness iu growth was observed, live were affected with epilepsy, live with inborn dis eases. Ono boy was taken with chorea and became idlotlo. Thus out ot llfty-aeven chil dren ot drinker, only 10, or 17.0: pur cent showed a normal constitution and devulop. merit. Tbetenjnhor families bad slxty-one chU. drsn, five only dying in their tint weeks ; four were atlected with curable diseases ot the nervous system ; two only .resented In born defects. The remuluiug W), or HI. 5 per ceut.. wore normnl iu their constitution and duvelopmcnt. From this series ot ln Tastigntiona we derive the sa l truth that among the children ot drinkers the prevail ing mortality is fearful. Hint tho survivors represent a pitiful crowd afflicted with un soundness of mind, Idiocy, epilepsy aud other disturbances of their nervous systom. and that ouly a very small proportion ot their descendeuti grow up as useful uiUlU bert of society. Herald ot Health. Tub difference as t) tho pronun ciation of Valkyr c arc now settled. Sho U pronounced a ood boat, but a trifle slow. rhlladeltibJa Ledger. An archangel would breilc dowb under whit some iej; !3 expect of a pastor' wifj. TEMPERANCE. tub conotTiojis or arccrs.s. Tha danth-blow to tha drink traffic ns com tnonly conducted, lie In the education ot a race of total attalner t thus destroying tha demand tor which the supply at present Mists. Meantlma regulative measures de end largely for their success upon the sin cerity of the people's desire for reform 1 a healthy public opinion being absolutely becessary for the truitlon ot any social Im provement enema, The Christian. tas wnsLP s rccn rlttitr.M. Last year no less than three thousand mil lion gallons of beer went imbibed In Kurope alone. Germany, of course, headed the list of ronsumnnts with l.Oil.OoO.imo gallon Orat r.ritaln lielng a good second with .V... 000,(K)0 ; third came Austria with ano.ooo.PO.I gallons 1 white France and llelgium were 'bracketed fourth " with ajfl.OOO.noo aplecs , Denmark "tails" the list with 1 4 j, 000 gallons. Of extra European countries, the 1'nltsl states comes first with an annual consump tion of oOO.O Mt.noo. Australia takiug fccoin.' place at 2J,00(,O0U. th boot or tbi nrrra. The Medical Moneer, the organ of tha Lrltlsh Medical Temperance Association, in a recent editorial entitled "The Hoot of tho Mutter," says : "The World's Tsmpsrsncn Congress in Juno held a three days session in Chicago, In which almost every aspect of tho temper ance question was ably dealt with. This is, Indeed, becomlu) a world-wide iuetlon. It Is rertnlnly a most ancient one. Irunkcti tinss has prevailed from time Immemorial. It Is no ((ursllon of race or sex, or National beverage, provided that leverage Is alcoholic. Intoxication was rife long before the discov ery of distillation, when men hud only "nat ural" wines or fvrmtiitc ! Ilipiors to imbibe. 'Man, being human, must get drunk. ' sal. I Lord I'.yroti, and the prevalence ol j intemperance proves that when n.an takes alcoholic beverages more or ; less Istoxieullon is Inevitable. The Congress j -avo floipient testimony to the prevalence ! of the evil, il .-ail-t uud Us cure. Teinpr- tinea reformers urc sometimes sne-rsd at as I men ol one Idea, but any one who will take I the trouble to read the Congress volumes , wlil be constrains I to admit that their own I Idea if the purest of u multitude of others. I "The universal testimony of men nnd wo I meu Irom almost every country under Hi" ! sun was, that alcohol Is the fruitful came of i most ol the disorder, poverty. Immorality, 1 and crime whi-b prevail. Tlils Is the rssu'lt j cd the physical n.-tlon of alcohol on the brum 1 and nervous system. Nothing cub prevent this o long as alcohol Is taken as 11 drink. I l.du 'stioti au I National customs mav mo I itythe result. I nt Hotline; will Ls ati lice 1 .ual preventive save total abstiuru.c.'' TfMrr.Atfrr. raoanr'v rfon. Ncnl liow. r n of a rccnt lympostrirn ' In the New York Independent, In answer I the ipiestion, "Is the World Growing Iti-t ter'.'" replying from the temperance etund 1 point, writes "My knowledge of the drinking habits of ! the people goes back beyond IHty years. I ! very well remember when this hut-it was al I most universal among nil clucse of society. It may I t said to have been .puts universal j among mechanics and other workln-i-en. I remember when the town bell, which ran at S'vcti in the morning, at noon un I ut nliii i o'clock nt night, was also rung at eleven In 1 the forenoon and ut lour In the afternoon b call workingmeii to their "grog." when j there were llfteeu minutes allowed them to ! absorb their allowance of rum, which was i then spoken ofasa "support," i.n I was held, even among the Intelligent and v.lucate.i, to be a necessity to working people, women n well as men, to enuhle thorn to ctiduro the dralt urion their physical streng.'i, "At the same time the drink custom was universal among the upper clauses of so-i clety. Always when culling nt the houses ot tn cli people, wtlctlivr socially, cersmonl oiisly, or on business, the II rat tiling nftertha (.reei.v-r mii to AtivsJ.'.ou to the fidahcagj 'to take soraetblap,' which meant a drlalc of wine, brandy, pin. or any other of tha many kinds of alcoholics ther displays I in a long array of cut glass .1 s.-a nters, each having a silver label itboiit Its nsck to Indicate the kind of fuddle It cntulued. Whether the in terview continued for ten minute or more, the same ceremony was reptsts ' -the farrnal Imitation nud the drink. Whsthsr the culler were the pastor, the doctor, tho Iranger, or the neighbor, the invitation and llie.lrink won- never o-inii" I. It wr.tslhought rude In t hos4 .lays, sornsi ims olTnslve, to decline that sort of hospitality. These civil ities wer.i cvtt 'ii led nlikc to Udies 11s to gen tlemen. "Iu thrs .byi of li piors ut public as well si al soei.il gathering- and ut pi.l.li.: as well as social tea . lings, alcoholics were ulwuyf I reseat, wi'li ...i-teroiiu.is, c. amensss, even vulgarities itlio ladles huvil.g retired)! uud even excess to the extreme was not ci.Bild.ire.l it reproach t any gentleman. 1 huve heii t.i di prons leap upon tilt tal le at such feasts, al I dance a "jig" there, making all tie- bottles, lt -.inters, ami glass's join ii, tli fun. I have seen ell geiitleiie n doing tins at one time, at a long table -a few ladies and many "snUsmeD I fine present. All the.".- habits and customs are goes now . thev were dismissed ten ay years ago from all circles of which 1 have any knowledge. "In Main.-, which I know better tlian anj (ther Mate, the change umong tho entlrt population is wotelrrlul. not only us to drinking habits, but lu every other .lirtc lio'i. The liipior truflb- hers Is un ler the I un of the law and has been so for more than forty-two years, supported by au overwhelm ing public opinion, the p..j hi having ut rohlt.itlon Into the Constitution in Jsst, j II popular vote of 17.07.) majority, tlio af firmative being thr.-c iia.es larger than tin negative. The liipior tr.ifilc here is rugar leJ lis lufnuioiis ; In the same category us gum hli.-ig hellsttul bouses of bl-lume. In largt ss"tloiiK ol the Stata, being more tlmn three fourths of lis area with mom than three, fourths of its population, the Inpior trafiK is practically unknown ; un entire genera tion has grown up there never having stsu asaiouu Lut III eL'ecls of uuv." Tr.MrrntcR sews ash soth. Tiio new German llaichslug coiitalinev.-o brewers. There were Inst year lfiO.OOO cnri7lction for ilraokenness in Knglan 1 und NVulcs. The distilleries of the i'nited States con sumed liii,4S.),t;71 bushels of grulu the last lineal year. )f II fty -six cases in theN'ew.-nstlef Lnglnnd). l'oliee Court recently lllly were cases ol Urunkeniicss. The Glasgow Cnlverslly Total Altlnencs Society carries ou work both in and out ol tho University. Among the mnnv "failures" reported throughout the courtry not wuti suluou of trewory U found In the list. The Swiss Catholic bishops have puMishM a collective letter in favor of total abstin ence, pointing out the terrible conscuence Of Intemperance. Tho Census Purcati (Igures kIiow that lq 257 American cities there aru l,il(i,107 pc-Os pie, and Cl.H.le saloons : nn average ot one saloou for every sixty families. It Is the testimony of the police ot Woroos ter, M;ii., that the colo.e wagons have Isq useful and effiK-tive as temperance ageuclus. Many persons resort to thetn who would etherwise putronbw the saloons, The H.'ottUh Christian Temperance Cnlon has sent a letter to t(I K) ministers lu Hcotland urging them not to give moral ssm-tlon and lupport to a "trade," the results of wbicb tre antagnulstlc to the real work of tht Church, by ullutviug (srinuutoj wine to U oaed at thu communion. cveuv ouo ot 1 110 devil s arrow is di)t)cJ lu ttio iuNoq ofdu .l t KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS. PHorLDVOfE ELSEWHERE. tn. icutirrita AontKsTt'stNa scnoob-novsn ron rot lino ri.icrs. HAttRint (,. Dr. KcliaefTer, superintend ent of public Instttiction, Is sgalnst tha ciiHtomof holding elect ions in school houses. In an Inter. lew lie said tbat when clillren return on the morning afier the election, so tbat a third day may not be lost tbey sometimrt find the floor covered with tobacco Juice and all sorts of rubbish or newly scrubbed and In the process of dry ing. When rvening comes on one child may have croup, another sore throat, ; another a rough and at the close of erery t election tome children are carried to tha i cemetery. Iter-nl slaughtered the Innocents at lieililchem with malice prepense; tbesa are slaughtered in the name of popular government. siATr ti:cr HKi.ei :tiI'i.0l. H.ni:isiifRu. tiov. I'attisou is-ue J apro clatuatioti declaring the payr-.u-nt. c.incella tion. extiiigiiislinient and discharge of lti. 11 of tin- principal of the public debt of the commonwealth during the fiscal year ending November .':'. Is i, as follow Kclicf note, act May I 1 1 1, redeemed II; 4pcrccntloim.net April I ls7, duo August 1. sji. piircliast-d f T'.'.lin. 5 percent loan, net March " , ls77, rciu.hursable l'cbrii.iry 1. Is '.', tclectn. d, .'7,:i "), total 1X'-, I'll. . . n:i.t i.im.s 11-t r th 1: c m . cimtiosm. Cai.i.is i Nearly nil the factory girls licre liave been pr.i-tra'c 1 tins week and compelled to give tip w. rk w ith swollen arms from vaccination mi l nttc ud.mt ill ness, l'our tie 11-and t i rions were viiccina ti'.l d'lrini; a Mii.i'.ipox srarc ninny of the mill girls were l.u I up that the shoe fui toriei and a paper box f.ittory are alni )it complclc'.y sluit down. m si i i i i. 1 in ri'. II m:i.!iu i;o A writ was issued by So Pattison, lixmg I ebru iry si, thedato i ftlic lining tiuititcipii! elections, for Ilia election oi'a congressman nl large to till the vacancy cm-ed by the denth ol licit. Wil liuiu l.i!K. - a I i -riTi: run mi hi kih k iirtsr II VHiiistn u i -tiov? I'attis.iii granted a re spite of :) days to Henry Htist, the Adams county murderer sentenced to bo hanged I'd ember 1 1. . - .It i".i: I'orv lins decided nt (treensluirit that tluatrlc.il companies must pay to the treasurer of tin-county a lneiis.- of f.vi be lore a pi-rfortiiani c ran be given tlierein, unless a stute lici-tise of (I,ij- is first paid. This applies to all counties in tho statu ex ec; t Allegheny and Philadelphia. 'I'm newspupeisof New Castle liuve refus ed to print the ii'Ui-rtiseineiits of railronfs ot a l round trip rute to I'ltt-luir;. being thn atene.l with the loss of the advertise incuts of local merchants. The latter say thu cheap rate is taking their trade t j Pittsburg. H A llll V S -.w Ut ;X, a:c I M, of New Cutlo while hunting .s-atur.lay crawled into a hol low log lo get a rabbit he bad wounded. The boy gor wedged 111 so tigbtiv that he couid not get out anil w In tin an hern re-cued him six hours Inter they found bun unconscious. W1111. r j laying In their father's yard al ungwood, Westmorland county, J. W. Harold's young son struck . rniteh, ncci uVliiiy set.!!-.--v'-v-Ae d-'-...... te 1 -U.cs Jrthe was latally burtuil. A l.trri F son of James Clifford of Green ville, die I Irom the elTeits ol injuries re ceived bv lulling forward on astn k, which entered Ids itiotuli uiul was .forced upward into his lo ad. Tin streets of Hollidaysburg are being ninciiilanii.ed at the expense of a public rein I fund, subscribed oy charitable citi zens to civv wotk to tl.c unemployed. ,loii ,t. Mi i;niv, who was badly crippled u lulu tfciting on a htreet inr in Inc. has bei 11 given a verdict for t'.,t .' damage against the str. et car coinpuny . C11.s1.11s I!.ymovi. a Pennsylvania br.iko iniiii. wiis instantly killed iti the ..civ Castle yards. He was walku g uloi.g thu track, w hen he slipped nnd fc.l. .1. si 111 II 1 11 m t'..ae.l 1 1 years, was unin tentionally Mi-. t and instantly killed at Sharon by In Meter while she was playing w ith a loaded ntle. Colin l.oit.of I.atrobc. u hile driving Hear Ninevi Ii. wa- held up by three high waymen und robbed of r " an l a gold waii Ii M11-. I - 1 1 1 1.1 a Point. f Pliillipslmrg lias been awarded tl. 0.. by n jury for a broken wrist re. eivcd in iailiog 011 a defective Mile walk. A 1 1 n vMTit Mm ni t t . night wntchtnan at the Iwolick mills. Indiana county, fell out ot the null duor mid broke his neck. JOHN CESSNA DEAD. Tho Ex-Congressuiiiii nnd l'romiuont l'olitician Pusses Awuy. Hx-Congrcssniiiii John Cessna died at Pedford, Pa., uf diubctci in his 7Jnd year. Mr. Cessna has bei 11 in bud health for three months. In fact, lii illnca date back to the closing hours of tho Ut legislature, where, both on the floor and in tho commit Ico room, lie was tireless in hi exertions. skktcii or 111 1. n r. Jons C(-n t was burn 011 Juno 1, 1821, in Culcrain township. Pedlord couuty. He received hi early education ut the military academy in Hedt'.. rd and .Marshall college, ut Mencrsburg. Pa. He graduated from there in September. lstJ. tmd became Latin tutor of the sutuc Institution Hie following year. Tine position he held until 1S44. Ha wus admitted to the bar I.' montos later, in June, lsi.", nnd became revenue commis sioner 111 lTs. 11c was a member of tho lloime of Ucpresentut 1 ves during lbeessions of lsji)-.'d, Isoo-U. He wus elected s.aker of the House in Is'd, before he was years old, and uUo in lsii:i. He was a member of the Porty-tirst and forty-third Congresses. Among the nutiotiul conventions wntch ha attended w ere those held 111 Cincinnati, lsti.'.; Charleston. Cincinnati. 1S76; Chicago, isi.s and lsi. Itesidui these he was a member of many Pennsylvania slate contentions und Chairman of the lie. publican Suite Committee in lstii and I SHO. lie wus President of the Hoard of Trustees of franklin aud Marshall college at Lancas ter since IsiiV He wus the author of tha celebrated ao'l-utiit rule, defined by Presi dent liuchsuitii as the rock that split tha Heuioeraiie purly. -Mr. Cessna was a mem ber of tho Home of Uepreeentulivus of '93 and took a proiaeut part in the proceed iugs. "I CMiKHsi AMi that GraMiins has ctt t It rlty?" "Never rulml," ro-')li-l tlii; rtiiiti who hiicors. "He'll orobably Le l ack after It." Life TitKfiK In no virltcr who put la so many 1ioii:-j luuklu,' character sketches as tho court stenographer. llarrlsburtf 1'atrloU
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