TEMPTATIONS OF SUCCESS. REV. DR.TALM AOE BREACHES ON SHORTENED LIVES. Too Much Tim Spent In a Panegyrlo Longevity. Compensation of Death. Th Worth of a Clear Consci ence. of At tha rtrooklvn Tabernacle 8undy lie. Dr. Tulmag preached on the subject VI ouoneneu Live-; or, i viiriaua lty to 1-u.i," The text selected was Isaiah Ivu. i, - Jlit righteous is taken away from tUe evil to come." We hate written for the last time at the lifai of our letter and business documents tha Uiiin Is'.M. With ttiia dav close the it In January last we celebrated It liinli Trvl.v m attnd iti ohsenuies. An other 12 mouths have been cut out of our earthly confinement, and It U a time for khu irliiiii ratlaacltim. We ail epend much time In panegyric of longevity. We consider ito ureal taiiig to live to ha mi nrlnnnrmn. If BIiV onedles In vmitlt nr "WhRt a pitvl" lr. Muhlenberg in old Kite antd that the hymn written in early life bv his own band no mora iiir.mp.l his sentiment When It aid, I won hi nut lire a way. If one be pleasantly circumstanced, he never wants to bo. W illinru l'ullcii Hry ant, tlie great poet, ' 8J years of ago, standing In inv homo in a festal cronr rending Tl' anabiosis." without spectacles, was lust asauxious to live as when at It years ol age he wrote the Immortal threnody. Cato feared at M.J venra of ace that he would not live to learn tireek. Monaldcsco ut 113 veiirs. writing the history of his time, (eared a collapse. 1 heohratiis writing book at IX) years or nee was anxious to live to com tdetett. Thurlow eed at WJ years of awe lound UTc as great n desimblluy as when lie snuffed out bis tint politician. Albert Homes, so well prepared for the next world, at 70 said he would ruther slay here, ho it is all the way down. 1 suppose that the last time Methuselah was out of doors in a storm he was alrnid of getting bis feet wet lest it shorten bis days. Indeed 1 some time auo t 'reached a sermon on the blessings of longevity, but In this, the last dav of lstu. ami when many are filled with sadness at the thought that another chapter of their lift! Is closing, and that have huve Ii(J5 days lens to live, I propose to preach to you auout the adventures oi an uuureviuiuu earthly existence. If 1 were an agnostic, I would say a man is blessed in proportion to the number of years be can stay on terra lirma." because alter that he fa'leof the deck, and if ever lie is picked out of tbe depths it is only to he et up in some morgue nl the universe to see it anybody will claim him. If I thought God made man only to lust to or 50 or lou years and then he was to go into annihila tion, 1 would soy his chief business ought to be to keep alive und even in good weath er to be very cautious and to carry an unt il and take overshoes and life preservers 1 bronze armor and weapons of defense he fall oil ii.to nothingnes andobliter- t, my friends, you are not agnostics, believe in immortality and the eternal ence of the righteous in heaven, and .'ore 1 first remark that an abbreviated v existence is to he desired, and is a ii; because it mokes one life work, :ompuct. le men go to business at 7 o clock in nrniug and return at 7 in thi evuuing. i in hi h o'clock and return at 11 i go nt 10 und return at 4. I havj .s who are ten hours a dav at business i who lire five hours, others who are .our. They all do their work well- do their entire work and then they re .Which position do vou think the most able? Yen say, oilier tilings being .Now, in) uy not carry sense into tne subject of transferem... . . this world? If a person die in childhood, he gels through his work at 0 o'clock in tho morning. If he die st year of age, he gets through hit work at i o'clock noon jf oi ngo, ue gets through hit work at 5 o clock in tne afternoon. If he die at to, he has to toil all tbe way on up to 11 o clock at night. The sootier we get through our work tbe better. Tho harve t all in our barrack or burn, the farmer does not sit down m the stubble Held, but, should ering hit scytheund taking his pitcher from under a tree, he makes a straight line for the old homestead. All we want to be anxious about is to iet our work done aud well done; the quicKer the better. Again, there is a blessing in an abbrevi ated earthly existence in the fuctthnt moral disaster might come upon tbe mad if ho , tarried long. A man who hod been promi nent in churches, and who bad oecn admir ed for his generosity and kindness, every where, flip ffir.'.trt. ...... ... ... 1 . i v : . :p ' """"" sia'e prison for 13 years. 1 wenly years before there w us .......... .iuiuuif ui mat mans commit ting a commercial dishonesty than tlmt vou will commit commercial dishonesty. Tbe luiuucroi men wuoiauinto ruin between nit ami 71 uuusa lI.... j . ! ... it . i. J7. 1T...1 .ii " i simpiy appalling. .uc, uau uiuu ou years uuinre, ii would have been better for them and better for their familieii Tha ilmH.. ..... . .... .iTTn 1 ----" w ivjugo tue Roi There Is a wrong theory abroad thut if one youth bo right, hi old ngu will bo rife-nt. iuu might as well aay there is nothinil want In., tnw. .1.,..'. J..r . ...9 ...... ...s .. ., oaieiy except to get it fully launched on the Atlantic aouicumes anKea those w ho were vuvwuiin or couege mates ol some great tiefrauder: "What kind of a boy was he? W hat kind of a young man was he?" and they h.t e said: "Why he was n splendid fellow. I had no idea be could ever go into ucU an outrage." The fact is the great temptation of life sometimes come lar ou in midlife or In old age. ' , The llrst time i crossed the Atlantic ocean , It was a smooth a a millptind and 1 i .'"''"K1'1 " captain and the voyagers I ta:nderedthold ocean and 1 wrote home an essay for a mogaisine on "Ihe vySmileof thebea," but I never afterward could huve written thut thing, for belore we got home wt got a terrible shaking up. The first voyage of life may be very aruooih; the last may be a curoclydon. Many whostart lite in great prosperity do not end it m prosrity. '1 be great pressure of temptation come oiuetimei in this direction: At about 4 i yean oi age a man nervous system changes and some ono tell him be must take ttirau aubj to keep himself up until the stimulants keep him down, or a man has been going aiAnn T. .at 'll M f j..s,..B ,ur vi u yrai in unsuccessful b-'l. nd here I an opening where by hrVY": "vi c.?n meii u.. j, iruin an unanciai em barrassment He altemp to leap the chasm aud he fall into it, irL i. i. ... I.. .. ... ,' auer ute mat the great lem- titation nf inmv,irAinM ir - , fortune before 30 year of ago. be generally loana it h.fi.Ml.1 'I'U nli.i . .l . ' ----- ww.v. . ui auuu auu me perma nent fortune for the most part do not come to their rlirnav niitil ml, II. A i 11 -..-.. ".... ui in uiu age. I he most of tlie bank presidents have white tnaim ui tuose wno have been largely successful Lave been lull of arrogance or worldllueas or dissipation in old age. They may not have lost their integrity ,Tut Ihey have become so worldly and so selfish un Uer th iiitlutuceof large success that it 1 evident lo everybody that their aucces has been a temporal calamity aud an eternal damage. Concerning many people It may be ald itceew aa ifit would huve been better If they could have embarked from thi life at 20or80yarof age. Do you know the reason why the vast majority of people die before 337 It it because they have not the moral endurance for tnat which I beyond 80 and a merciful God will not allow them to be pal to th fearful (train. Ain that la a Manine In an abbreviat ed earthly existence in tbe fact that on is the sooner taken off the defensive. A toon nne la old enough tn take cam or ntmseii, be Ii put on his guard. Bolts on the door to keep out the roboers, rireproyi k p off the flames. Life Insurance and fire insurance against accidents. ecelpt lest you have to pay a debt twice, i.iieoom against shipwreck. Westtnirhous air brake against railroad collision. There are many reaily to overreach yon and take an you nave. I'eleute against cnw.neienaj ann'". heat, defense against sickness, defense against the world abuse, defense all the ay down to the grave, and even the tomb stone sometimes is not sufficient barri cade. If a so dler who has been on shivering and stung with the cold, pacing up and down the parapet wttn uouiuert-. musket, is g ad when some one comet to relieve guard and he can go Inside the fnrtra! nn,iM nnt that mflll In shout tor joy who can pat down his weapon i ly defense and go Uto the king's castleW ho is the more fortunate, the soldier who has . r . . . . r . . U to stand guard 12 hours, or the man who na to stand guard si hours; rnmmnn tpm ahmit avervthing but relig' Inn. common aensa about evervimiiK uui transference from this word. Again, there Is a idesiing in an aonrevia ted earthly existence in the fact that one escanes sn man bereavement. The longe we live the more attachments anameuiui kindred, the more chords to be wounded or rasped or sundered. I fa man I'ves to be 7J or V) years of a.e. how many graves are rl.ft at in f et ' lii that long reach of time (.it her ami mother an: brothers and Staters go. children go. graniicniuren g", irtm imi lr an.li rttitai.la I 1.1 liltnllV Circle WIlllUl IllVT bl loved with a love like thai oi uavu and Jonatha". , . It-sides that, some men have a nature trepidation aoout dissolution, and ever and anon during 4 ) or to or HO years this horror of their diss ilution shudders through soul and body. Now suppose the lad goes at l'i years ol age. He ewiipes ) luneraH. o) caskets. 5u obsequies, to awful wrenching of the heart. It Is hurd enough for us to bear their departure, mil is It not easier Tor us to bear their departure than for them to stay and bear ." departures? Shall w not. bv the grace of tio.1. rouse ourselves Into a generosity ot herenveineut which will practically v. ' It is hard enough for me to go through' this bereuvenieni, but now glad lam that he will never have to go through it! ' . ... So I reason with myself, and so you will find It helnlul to reuson with yourselves. lhivid lost his sou. Though David was ivlng. he lay on the eurtti mourning aud IncntimlnhU f.irafilllO lltlie. At IhlSdlstOtlCe of time, which do you reully thiuk wa- the mini., he rnnrulll atea. IIIO iiiiiiv ii. m rl.il.l nr tha Iiiik live, I lather'.' Had David died as early as that child, he would In the first pluce have escaped that particular oe. reavement. then he would have escaped the worse btreaveineiit of Absulom.hls recreant ..... ....h i,u i.i.r.mt i.f the I'hiilstlnes. and the 'fatigues ot his military campaign, and the jealousy ol aul, ana ui irnuy wi Aliiennnhef ami the rurseol Shiuiei, and tha lus:ruction of his family at Zialag.and a I ii wa all lin IS.' 1 ill. I have esciined the two greut calamities of his life, the great ein of uncieanness ana luuruer. iaim n w be ol vun use to the church and tbe world km iaLpi,! h:i nri lniiminess WftS Con cerned, does It not seem to you that it would have been better for him to have gone earlv? .Now, this, my inenus, vxuiume things that to you have been inexplicable. Tliis show you why when tiod takes little children from a household he is apt to take the brightest, the most genial, the ruost sympathetic, the must talented. Why: It is because that kind of naturo suffers the most when it does sniler and is most llaoi to teaiptation. tiodsaw the teniest sweep ing up from the Caribbean and be put the delicate craft into the hint hurbor. "Taken away from the evil to come." Again, mv Iriends. there is a blessing an abbreviated earthly existence in me ' tlmt it puts one sooner In the " I . . .11. . 4 around sumo irruat eeiittp t u-i itudieil the uirtli and anion, i toe ens Knows that dod s favorite lip ure ouietry is a circle. When Ood put fort. i bund to creuio the universe hedld not s ,e that baud at right angels, but be w uve l in a circle aud kept on waving it .iv niiui 1I91L-IIIH nun cousieiiuuuus ami g.nxies ami nn w urids took that mo tion. Our plaint swing nr around the sun, otht-r iiIhii.om fciviiii'iit.. M..nt.,l t,i I,.. . .. hut somewhere a great hub around which urn great wncei oi tue ui'ivcrjo turn. ow, that center is heaven. Thut is tue capitul oi the universe. Tbut is the great melrojiolis No. ((() lifit fill" limmin manmn 4aan.il. - - - - ..a v 'tis ( DCHity IVTUt.ll us that in maitm of study it is better for u to move out Iroiu th; center towarj the cir cumference, where our world now is. We are uao those who study the American con linen 1 while standi nm mi I In, A Lm l.unl. The way lo study the continent is to cross i, .... i . .... . ..... .. . . ui ku n me iicsrt oi ii. uur standpoint In this World in ilel'eeliea Wo ..r end of tbu tli.i',.i. Tl.. I..,.. ............ a piece ot machinery is not to stand on the llitfiHI.nainl l,w Ia..I. In k... ... . e"... twin in, uui lu g(j m with the engineer and take our place right amid the saws and tho cylinders. We wear our eves out ami our omnia out trom the fact that we are studying under such greut (llSHilVMntiiire Millions of dollar for observatorle to nni- Hung nuDui tne moon, auout the sun, flhnnt lb rini.a .r slu,,... nK..... . . 1 aud occulution and eclipse simply because our studio, our observatories, is poorly slt- uuiru. . a uro now n in me cellar trying to stu ly the palace of the universe, while our departed Christian friends have gone up tairs amid tlie skylights to study. Now, when one can sooner get to the cen ter of things, is he not to be congratulated? Who wants to be alwuvs in tha class? We study tiod in this world he il,. Hiblical photograph of him, but we all knew we can in five minutes of Interview with a lriend iri.t mnra nn.ii.ui. i.l... ,.r i , r " 1 v. .viirn vi uiiii that we can by studying him 60 year throllirh nieturea of wurita Th. ll.tia .,1.11.1 that died last night today know more of Ood than all Andover, and all Princeton, uiu un .sew uruiiin-ii'B, ami an i.dinourg, and all the theological inaiilminna in i"i..i.. len lorn. Is it not better to go up to the very I. I . ...H fll I. I. ... I ). u. . n.ll(.M..tinmnn ....u. .Anl. -. ... . . .....vw. .viuuiwii mriiuv iratu 111 1 11 BE ............. w. ..... IHB iUIIII IU ue cienr out on tne rim 01 in wncei. holding nui.uuiir inn iu ma ure lest we ue sudden I btlrloil liit.i bebl a,,. I .i....ul rui... Through all kinds of .optical instrument riiiK iu peer 111 111 rougn tne crack and tbe llAl'lln.M It' l.ouw.n .. f ... . . 1. . .... ., .'l . "r" '" uuiu uoor of the cele-tial mansion will be swung wide oien before our entranced vision rushing uuin am iua me iuiuurr anopi 01 luls world, wondering if this is good for rheu matism, and that is good for muralgla and auiuciuiug nasi is goou tor a Dad uougb. .n , , .vi a iau VUUKU, loat ara hH aiirliiAnl v iimIiu.u.I l.i.. 1....1 ..a - - ... - j itj.v m laiiu UI everlasting health, where the inhabitant never say, "1 am tick." What fools we alt are to prefer the cir cumference to tbe center! What a dreadful thing it would be It we should be suddenly ushered from this wintry world into the May time orchards of heaven and if our pauperism of tin and sorrow should be sud denly broken up by a presentation of an emporer' castle, surrounded by park 'Ah springing fountain and oath up and down which angels of tiod walk two and two! We aiick to the world a though w prt- furrmii m!f ..l. l A I it ....... ....... u w a. .u URUliauun, discord to cantata, lackcloth to royal purple a though we preferred a piano with four or live key to ail instrument fully attuned at though earth and heaven had exchang- ml annarm and atari h harl talra.. i.i 1:1 1 r - uimai array and heaven bad gone Into deep mourning, all i's water stagnant, all ita barn broken, all chalice cracked at tha dry wells, all th lawn Hoping to th river plowed with graves, with dead angel under the furrow. Ob, 1 want to break up ray own infatuation, and I want to breac np Wa-ilir infntllAtinn in Ihla aa.a.l.l- a. II av. . . - .vim. VSfll vuil If w ar ready, and if our work to dou. ih sooner we r the better, and if there are blessings In longevity. I want you to know right well there are oleeslng In an abbrevi ated earthly existence. If the spirit of the sermon Is true, how ronsoled you ought to feel about memberi of your families that went early. -Taken from the evil to come." this book ssys. What a fortunate escape 'jey ha t! How glad we ought to feel that ihef will never have to go through the trtiggj which w have had to po through, lher had Just lima anninrh In aet nut ol the cradle and run no the apringtime hills or this worm ann see bow it looked, and then they started for a better stopping place, iney were like ships that put in at Mr. Helena, stay ing there long enough to let passenger go np and see the barrack of Napoleon cap tivity and then noist ssu iwuniwi i- their own native land. They only took In this world "In transitu." ll Is hard for us, but it it blessed for them. And if thasniritof this sermon is true, then w ought not to go around sighing and ?roanlng beraus another year uas gone, hit we ought to go down on one knee by the milestone and see the letter and thank Hod tht we are 3oj miles nearer uome. We cught not go around with morbid feellngt about our health or our anticipated demise, we ought to oe living, not Becom ing to that old maxim which 1 used to hear In my boyhood, that you must live as though every day were the Inst; you must live as though you were to live forever, for you will. Do not he nervoi'S lest vou have to move out of it shanty Into an Alhambra. I In i 'lirlaimaa morninff one of ill V lieigll- hnra an nl.l aan rnl.taln. died. After life had departed his face was illuminated a though ho were Juft going into harbor. Hie fact was, he had alrendy got through the "Nar- . rows." In the adjoining room were iue ; Christmas presents waiting for his distnbu- ' lion, l.nng np. one nigtu, wuen m mm , narrowly escaped with his ship rrom ueing . run down bv a great ocean steamer, he had ' made his peace with Hod and a kinder , neighbor or "i hetter man you wouw ui find this Udo of heaven. Without m moment's warning the pilot ol the heHveniy naruor had met him Just off the lightship. I Tha ranlain ollen talked to me of the goodness of l tod and especially of n time when he was about io go in sura Har bor with hit abii from Liverpool, and lie was suddenly impressed that ho ought to put buck toi-ea. ruder the protest of the crew and under their very threat, lie put back to sea. fearing at the same tune mat he was losing his mind, for it did seem eo unreasonable that when they could get into harbor that night they should put obck to sea. tdlt they put IHICK l sea. n-m nic captain said to ms unite, "You will call uiu at l'i o ciock nt uigni. At 12 o'clock at night the captain was aroused and sld: "What does tins mean? I thought 1 told you to call me at 10 o clock, aud here it is 12." "Why" said the mute, "I did call you at ID o'clock and you got up looked around and told me to keen right on the same course for two hours and then to call you at 12 o'clock." Said the captmn: "Is it possible"" 1 have no remembrance or that." . , I At 12 o'clock the captain went on deck, and through the rift of the cloud the niooti I ght fell upon the sea and showed him a shipwreck with luO struggling pMsenger. He helped them off. Had he been earlier or any Liter ot that point of the sen he would Lave been of no service to ihose drowning people. On board the csptain't vessel they liegan to bnd together as to what they should pay for the rescue and what they should pay lor tne provisions -ah, n the captain, "mv lads you can't pay tuo anything. All 1 have on board I yours. I feel too greatly honored of God In not ing saved you to take any pay." Just like him. He never got any puy except that of his nm.lMiulliiif nnriarinnra be old sea captain' Clod might d vours. Amid the stormy e riiov we have alwu 's tome y to lake care of u as the ro ot i ue orowuuiK nd muy we comu 'ittle phv ll pull is he md if tins' morn to the id with hnuld wheu a.. . aits an. . ..iig umri .J auu are celebrating the birth of him who came to save our shipwrecked world, all the better, for what grander.brlghter Christmas present could we have than heaven? TURNED BACK BY A FLY. little Insect C auao LnlirngulH's Arm to Itrtreat. Probably never before tho Mutulielo war bus it bappined thut tho n-trcutof tin army and a king' wan Htojijipd by n fly, and Its very NtriinjrcnonH irivod tho fact u iH'cullhr iutorcHt. When Lolion pula was lately defeated bv tho Knplinh bo retreated, intending to croes tho Kumbcal river and tuko refinjo in tho awuicpy country thereabout. All went well uutll ho reuched tho "tuetso lly countrv." u-hon b.. ---.tf ... i.., n'uvu IU HIIU lack and aaia face bin enomkM. Tho fly in thin country Htin, nnd although it i"l harmlfH-i to men mi.l.. i...l w "i tsitii f;t'tVlr yot horaeu and cuttlo ulwuve imriah iH.iia It,. -St.. .1. . . 1 . uiiuui- jiiuiutcKH. ioenuiu nnd tiU iOllO WO I'M f.ll Ifl Tit A luin..tH.i4.. I. tt .. . aa..M pilllliaiU tliu lly country without leavln',' tholr eattlo uruuiu, hiiu ii mm wero Uono they would ttarvo for lack of food. TllA foembliilil.a tu... I. ...in.. -- - -. ... .... . -j.j ln n ll lliu larger than our hoiico fly and ii atrlnetl yellow and black. Through a hornv DrobOM'la it Inifcta n mil tann int.. t.j .,!.. tims. Tho tsetse's ating proiluccs no lmmedlato elTett, but in a few ilayn thero apieara un exmlutton for aboiit half an inch arouml tho iuiicture. '1'ho eves iinil nnsn l...rin r, ..., 'in... i ' h u" 1 van. t iiu skin quivers aa If ylth cold, hiiJ nvell ing under tho jaw cecum. Tho animal siimj lum unu weag, until it is but little moro than u ckeletoc. It may livn In that, orn.lisl .n f.... ......i . 1 ... V , . .v..m.v',a ivi 1111 '11 1 1, nut Ueam RIW'UVSS (HOI rn m-ntitui l 1 I, a peeuliur fact tliat the stronger ani ncaituiur tno uuten utiinial lit tho hooner Its dent h will nunlt f,.r.,., .i... isewfl) atinsr. I no very BtroiiL'uuiniala r HIHO aftHotrl l.anoll,. .,1.1. .a. , - - . . ....... ..v.. . t ..J , - .. ........ , i c . i aiurr- injr and bllnrtneas. Sntnutinins swarmn y t. . ill . . ... . "i tuuse nies ititaCK a hofse. Tho horso usually dlea within a week, and if tho body lu opened his blood U found much reduced in quantity and there are aignu of dlueauo In tho lungs and livor. No remedy for tho tsetao'a poison has ever been found, although tho na tives have tried all sorts of decoctions of herbs und roots. Unsound Tenth In Knirland. From publlehod t.tatlbtiea It U judged that unaound teeth miiht bo vury prev alent amontr the English. It la said that of 4,0tH) children attending tho London public aohoolu, there wore only 1 07 who had bound tuoth- whil,. ,i.,.i.,.. ( . M . .. , nu.tu Ulll UIU a period of three months S(W recruit . . . . .. . . . j .... . i i... . . . i . , lejetieu uy tne meuical Uepart tuent of tho army for purely dental relations. Of COIirsn nill-t r,f tl.la of affalra is due to neglect of tho uigeaviou, ana oi tne leetn themnolye. a I act demouHtratod hv tha aia.,n,nt that ot all the girl who entered domestic service, from the Ixindon nUbhO SchOOla laat. I'OI. flva.lvtt.. 1, ,1 never even heard of such a thing as a toothbrush an assertion that has led the educational ant h tooth-brush brigade. RnVR dnctnra who hlnsh at. tha thouirht of advertising, h.ivn a hi Mr of tolling how they cured persons after all tbe other doctors bad girea ineni up. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL TRSSON FOn JANt'AHY 7. Lesson Test: "The First Arlnm," Hen, l.t 20-31; II.. l-3-iolden Tejttt (len. I, '27 Ccmmentary. fft. "Aad find rtatd. Let ns make man In Our Image, after Our llkiies, and let them have dominion." At some time in the past, known only to Ood. called In the flrt verse 'the beginning." Jod created the heaven and the earth that Is, H spake them Into existence aa la proved ly I's, xxxlll., 6i Heb. xl., 3. He must have everything good, for He alwav dot-a. That He did not create the earth without form and void la stated In Isa. xlv.. 1. Compare the It. V. What happened between verses 1 and 2 to bring about this chao we shall know someday. About 6000 year, ago (lod brought order and beauty nnd frultfulness out of the ehoos and confusion Into the spae ol six days, as Is here deaerlhed. Sen also Ex. xx., 11. And now on the sixth dav He) make nmn In have dominion over all. How He mad man and woman i more- fully stated In ehnpter 11.. 7. 21 25. nnd that Ho called their Hums Aiinm Is stilled In chapter v., 2. The words, "Let fa" Imply the Trinity, which laet la also clear to n simple minded Hebrew scholar In the word for (lod 27. ".o Cod created man In His own im age ; In the Inmgoof (lod created H.i l-imi malM and female, crented He theui." Then this man and woninn must have lieen tint finest pair that ever walked the eorth. What ever else la Implied In this Image ol Ood.lt is evident from F.ph. Iv., 24. that righteous ness and holiness ot truth are include.!. How much more we shall know when in that bright morning ot the resurrection w slinll have been made like Him who Is the bright IieMoftlie Father's dory and tho expreas image ol His penuu ll Johu ill., 2; Heb. t, 2H. "And Ood l leaved them, and Ood said tmto them, lie fruitful and multiply, and re plenish the earth and ubdu It. and liav" dominion." The Llesaing of thu Lord It p.nketh rich, and toil a blet b nothing therein t I'rov. x.. 22. L. V. ) When in tbe sixth yent ! Ood commiuiiled Hishlesslug on Israel, thert was as much produced In one year as ordin I arllv In three years (Lev. xxv.. 21.) When I Jesus blensed tho lad's loaves and fishes, they fed mauv thousands. Ho siiys, "Herein It My Father glorllU-il tlmt ye tiear much fruit i so shall yl My disciple" (John xv..H.) The time I comiug when tho last Adam will aiilxluit nil tliiugs unto Himself, for H (I able. Hut nowlle Isgiitherlngoutaiidtrain. ing the suiHluers. who ahull in that day have dominion with Him. I Und It helpful to pray, "Lord. Inasmuch ns Thou art able to Kuhdunall things mito Thyself t Phil, ill., 21.) bUtiilue nie Wholly to Thysell lloW." 2fl. "And Cod said, llehold, I have given ynu every herb bearing scud which l upon tliefiiooi.f nil tho earth, an. I every tree lu thi) which is the fruit of :i tn yielding seed to you it shall to for meat." Ood would have His children at perfect rest concerning food and raiment. As to clothing 3iich as we wear, they bad none (II., 2.1), but Inasmuch ns hIi other i rentiirc had u clothing which was a part of themselves, dnLhth A. lain and Eve, made In tho Image ef Ood, llko (io.l. 1 1. -tlied with light ( I's. civ., 1. 2). And now here ! full provision lor their bodies as to loo I. We have no record oi insn ioin eiiteti till altr the deluge (chapter IX., It), tl'.ough wo do not suv t lint It was not oat on luit Ho who led sitiiul l.ruo for forty years) in th wllderuiss will always provide for His own. an. "And t" every Least of tho earth, nnd to every fowl of tho nlr, and to everything that cr.-ennth upon tho eiirth wliereln thorn s life, I linvn given every green herb lor pifut and If whs so." Not only man, but houbt. Is provided for. These wait nil upon ""- tint Thou iinyst give them their meat in due '.t y, tlie tuwl if the air. vr-ur I.-hvciiIv Father edetu them. An 'not flvrf auarruwi sold for two furt Ii i ii tr-. mi. I pnt ouc of 1 1. cm U forgottou betoni do I (Math, vi., .ii ; i.u.aj Xll., ' O! s. rvc the plirusc, Iiiivi-kivmij ' and think of llnti . vl it. . .'I'.', lie who snare I not Ills own Nnii. but ilciivcrc.l linn in for ns nil, bow siiull IIm nut with IIIiiiuIno Ires-ly 4,'Ivm us all tiling. 81. "And io, nan-evrvthing thill lie h'ld niinle. ninl, l.clii.l.l, it viTygool. And the evehll.g mill tin- luiirniug Were the sixth day." Tilts Is the se.ntli llu.e thut It Is written, (;. 1 k iw thnt it w is gi m l," (io.l is leve, mi l ,. rmni .t .1,, r imilcethiit which is inn in ills slir.'it uii.i I. Mi.-Ih Kfxnl nud bib mercy i ndurctli fur -verds. exxvi., 1). lie Is round about in m-ii wall of lire ani! will in .t .nssll.ly permit nuxhl tlmt Is not good to cumta til us, mi -e cull sureiv bless tho Lord nt all timm i y.ech. II., 5 ; I's. ixxxy 1). In all the iliiys it In llrst i veuing, foil loweil .y uh'lit ninl then incriiiiii.-. So muy it la the world's m-ht. l ut the night is lnr enr, ninl the dav is at hand. The morning Cometh (Horn. xil.. U ; Isa. Tl., l.M. 1. "1'lius the heiiveiiM mi.l the uitrth wera flliislind mid nil the host ot them " n,,.. llow Why, l.y the word of his mouth ( l-'a X mil., d). In chu.tcr I it Is written ten times, "And Go I hmII." Now. f.liic. 1.. thus rremou an tilings, what is th.-ru lie i-unuot nor "h, Lord tiod. behold. Thou ha-st i-icuieu uie Heavens ninl tlio unrlU by Thy 1'"" I'untT aim Mni. 11IM1 out lirtll, IIU. I iiiern is t-.utnim.' too luird forThaw." t.u.r xxxll.. 17). If t tiri.s'.lmi. how thankful wa moum iki ir.ai uou. who eomniauded tho lik'lit to shine out of darkueas. hath slilnndiu our hearts to give the light of the, knowl..lK ol tho glory ol Uod lu tho lao of Jesus thrist (II for. iv.. CV fin the host nf .., aa a r.iaiu, 1., ,j. .. Aim on th aeventh day find ended Ills work whl, Ii 11,. I. .1. 1 .,. i.. ii.. ........ i 'u ma. s"viiiii nay irom nil Ills work which . P'; ude." Tlie words lliiiHhi'4 "and iiiibu are sui.vo-.uve of some other works In dun time llnlnlu.il nr ,- I... n.,ii....i i... tubernaele, th templo, tint work of atone- auu mo imioiiiiiiiiia uiiui' worhl (Kr xl, ani II (..iron, vll., Hi Jobnxx.,3it i.. an., 0,1,. t.o.l rwtiHi canuot imply rearlui, for lin luinteth uot, neither la weary (Isa. !...). lint Heeiywail as the. maaj.ua i-fiibou or a worn mlirht eease (Joshua t., 12 i Nob. vl., S). Aud if wa would cuter Into Ills rent wa must cease from onr owa works as lod did from Ilia (Heb. iv., 10). 8. "And Uod blessed the seventh day und nnotl:'i).l It, because, that iu it lid bad rested Irom nil His work which (tod created and made. If wa would know Hi rent, we must reverence His Bubbaths. Disobedience here gave Israel seventy yeara captivity (II C'hron. xxxvl., 21), Obedience in this Mr Jleular will bring tbe richest blessings (Isa. .Till.. 13. Hi lvl 4-7. We have? come through nearly (000 years since Ood created Adam. It would not be strange If the any. enth thousand should prove to be earth' Bubbatb day, the thousand years of Rav. xx the mlllenlum. Let us cease from all our own works both us to salvation and service, and resting lu His work let Htm work lu us Cl'hil. 11., 13;.-l.eMon Helper. A FSfOHTPt-r. S-lliTE. The amnunr nt r.,... i . .. . . ., , t - uarimiy fpenr 101 -ii...o mohtihit on rne revenue derived from i the traflle, and the use for Industrial, a.ioviiauiciti ana meiiielual uur- noanul ami M .u I. ..... ... . . J. .i. i" .r j r !'" ue expense Sin .i -d K,I,,M Government, nnd all the collection made on account of tariff, and all tu.,Zi 7l uuairoyoa uy nreia tho I'nlted Lii i tZi . n,c8 ",u" ,uu Of 0'". Ull, 025 for "pin rnoney." An Encllnh fnmaTaalfS. r.a.4 al.t.. Al m lono. mTJhi r'yneieei i.TL. 4 ; . T'u' ' lour feet tbre l-'tf!I,fhh,,,c',f!S'1!. Olbraltar froa Jamming th helm rd dowa at full speeX Only one llfs was lost. - TEMPERANCE. . ti ri tairric t rtc. T'.i" rum truffle Is a fright ful source of erlmt In Ulrica. In an Illustrated loctaro by Dr. Koy, the Chairman of the African ( ongres. pyramid ol rum bottles, empty of eonrse, was shown, before which In profound wor ship were prostrate cores of the unhappy native. They made a Ood ol the ram bol tie which was deviltzlog themselves. tin i!trri!c aho mrrxcf. k Mnnsn-hiisetts life Insurance company Instructions to lit medical rxamlncrs coolaio the following "In consideration of a risk nothing Is more) Important Hum the bnblts of the applicant respecting the use ol stlmulnnt and nar cotics. Inlet iperance weakens body and mind, and lucrensea the latallty of acuto dis ease by lesser Ing the powers of resistance, while many forms ol chronic disease take their origin In the excessive tire of alcoholic llipiors and tobacco. Moreover the statistics of life Insura ice show that Intemperance re duces the nv rage expectation ot ilfo nearly two-third, fho mo-t dellnit-t Information on till suhlM Is therefore- required, and tho examiner ht uld tse that the answers to tho questions relating to the us" o! stlmulonts nnd nnroollei nn clear and spaclllo. Tho company does net knowingly Insure lin In temper.ite pereon. Present .. habits of Iniemperance or Im morality Invariably tlsunllfy nn nppllcant lor any form ol Insurance. I'ust hnbits dis qualify for a term of years, varying accord ing to the nature of the case. The daily uao of any alcoholic bevengo In the excess of an amount representing ono and n half oun -es of alwolut alcohol (Anstle's limit) Is not lightly re.-arded by tho Homo Oflloe." A tncsxArc's Arrrxr.. A ynung man entered the barroom of a vi! lago'tavern and calle I for a drink. "No," aald tho landlord ; "you have hil l Hid delirium tremens una', an I 1 can't sell you nuy more," He stopp-d aside t wlc room f.r a couple oi young men wh had jii4t entered, und the landlord waited ml them very politely. Tho other ha I stoo.l illent mi l sullen, and when they bad llnlslie I l:o wtilke.l up to til ) liitldloril and thus addressed nun : "Hlx years ago, at thel." w, I sloo I whoro those two ncn arc now. I was a mini o( !alr Irospects. Now, nt the ngo of tweiity-elght, am a wrack bo ly and mind. Vou led nm to drink. In this rooi.i I forme I tho habit that una been my ruin. Now sell nio a fe-.y tnoro ghuas v and your work will bo done ! I shall soon lit out -jf thow.iy : there Is in hop., forme. Uiit they can be unveil. I'o not svll It to thoni. Hell It to mo and h-t mo die, nnd the world will bo rid ot mo ; but ior hcavcu's akn tell no more to them." The landlord listened palo nnd Iremhllng. Hettlug down Ills ileci.titer, ho exclillme l, "Ood help nie, It Is tho last drop I will scilto any vue 1 Aud he kept his word. AT.rr.Hoi.t'M a:.t enrsip. The relation between alcoholism nnd crime hits boon repeatedly it.piTve., nnd statistic sufficiently conllrm tin -h'?Iii"Iiju. of popu lar nplnlou. Wher ver tlioso uronppenlcd to, nt home and ahron . we find tho sumo high percentage of crime and misdemeanor per petrated, either iiiu.or tho iiillueuce i huuor or by notorious drunkards. Of course, us it physician I know very well that tho r latiou between drunkards an I crime Is often mlsao prchendod, that tho former Is Irequently pointed to as the ei.nseof tho latter, while In reality they are more frequently the inevitable co-ordluato eoii5ci'..euec8 of mi Inherited ab normal mental con litlon, .t phyeopntldo de generacy. Nevertheless in reality this patho logical cond'.tiou l not of ucli extreme sig nificance in this riard V.y making a dis tinction between ccai ooiial and habit''1'! drunkards, It Is found t hat by far the greut majority ol oftei.d -r belong lo the lormt class. Ti cits only one exumpl" t" H-'u r -.iivi, fo, in (icru.aiiy In 1W2 b't t Si-allJsit ., ,rtTlo.a. iw M i. ... ' lii'se t;0u W"'e oeeaaional drinkers, m,.. f1') 1J() ci'DlKi-cd druukiirds.-lir. Adolhti tr'li51,il. 1 roH'T T--.t ti i.tgt-on. II y.u nra the filh. r cf u fntilly. do not loiich Intoxicating drinks. Why'.' ' llrciujso your example may be the meiins of eiiiislui; misery heruiin I hereafter to those who look up to you as their guide mid example. If you me n mother, do not use It yourself nor allow us urn In your hoiim if you vnluo tho nuiiili-iod of your sons or the womanhood of yur daughters. If yuu uru n young wniiiiin do not offer It to your k'eutleiiiun friends, mid if tempted to do o jut think for n mo. Ilientl ftllll lerrll.hl reviioiiulLilllf v. j. Mime. Tho glass you offer miiv he the innaiis of starting the yuiing uiuu on the downward road t i ruin mid death. He may know his weakr.e, but from anxiety to appear well in your eyes, nr from hick of moral oourairn to refuse anything proffered bv tins hmid of youth and beauty, takes that which, under oilier circumstances, be would shuu. Many a young run n dates bis downfall frOII. tliaaonlfil i.inau Inln. .in. I... al eutiil roof or in tho housn of some friend of the f. i ally. Do uot try to Induce thmnn who, 'rom snd exjierlenco knows his weak ness, to break his pledge or resolution to ah stain. This is often donn thoughtlessly, from a mistakeu Idea of friendship or socia bility, and without a thorn-lit vl tho possible consequences that may follow. Do not, however, fall luto the error of assuming Hint every man who taken a pledgo is necessarily n reformed drunkard, or ono who noods nuy special rt-trauit on his uppe t Ito for Honor. On the eonlrarv. mnnv rn. strain themselves In tlmt way simply as example for others to follow, hoping thereby to save some weaker brother. Ito not keep liquor in your house on the aru...l..i.a .li. .1 I., ......... .. . ...ua ...-. ui a.v, rrniijr lor llll" a.' . .an, t'l sickness i Hint nwessity Is rarely experienced. nun uui lui. uucu is inereiy an excusii inr OVI'r-inillllintir'i.. llil nnl imni.ia.A Vfill will be unable to sleep without a nllit-',ap" or nwiiai wunout uu "eyo-opcuer. oucreu lluuxt Review. TnstrrnAvcE ttrws asp hotk. fllilv l.iL-Ilt nf anv..nlv.fltr.a .Mini In. in Sr I a , T. j ...vwv'uMi.vaaaaM.19. Ubippl license saloons. Drlak upset the emotions and makes devils of naturally good-tempered people. One-fifth of the annual incrense of the wealth of the Nation is devoured by the sa loon. .UJI... ,., uiaiiuurr IU AiriCII called Bon Jesus (lood Jeans so associated are rum aud thristluully lu the tniuds ol the unlives. lllalinn Tnrl.l. ,.ll. n ,I1UI1I.M I. .. ... fount T.nn Tnlalot wlm an.nl hi. 11 . ..J .... ... .... , mm mil. fortune a year ago I u alleviating the suffer- Ini-S nf tllaa alnrviiitf lt.iaBl,,.,. nA - ..... ' '"". un., nun nwiina that urunkeuuess wus one of the (treat cause of the fmnlue. A CTrlfAP In 'l.a f.a.la rnnt..l rpi.... aavs ; "Ir la oaleiilnla.,! l,a n...l. - Leeds spend ut least oue million pounds per """"" " 'uiunniiui( uiuurs, iia.lt Ol WUICU belongs to tlAi worklni! cloasos." Fortv.flvn noainflua 1 n la.r.l.ll.lllAM V ntmnm .u.3omn iiuur-uuuai.i mni laruis, are with out a single pauper, and in thirty-seven asniintlea Hi- tha lust l.t.m nt Ih. nia.l.. ,... ' .... ... ... . ..v. ..ui,, iv, vvit.t there were no criminals for trial. Tha thirty-fifth report of the Reformatory and Kasftlfra I'llli'U HlMlea rhat in ll.nl It. la. aln and Ireland 115.000 persons are every jvmr commutaii i. prison as uruukards, ol U.K.... 1 1 ,1 A'in .. . .a .... . w uviu ii,ww uo.'u nun me rest women. Tbi British Home Secretary, the Hon. H. H. Asquith, speaking recently in reference to tbe Uladstoue Government and tbe liquor, que ulon, said. "We moan, gentlemsu, to strike a blow, and I trust ani believe It will t .aa effective blow, at that which la, artel al' the greatest ot the plagues and corses Wa-loh a 111 let us as a social community--1 jneaa the curs ot InUmperauce." KEYSTONE STATE CULL1KG8. rt.oPi!i horses m'RKrD to pth. The barn on the Keystone stock farm. In Manor townthlp, near Kittannlng. ownd by Dowser Uros., wat dettroyed by fire. Twenty two horses perished and two men made a narrow escape. The fire I attribut ed lo incendiarism. The lost is put at 120, 000; InturancetV). Of the horse burn ed, those best known were Montaigne 2.271; Chlnihrino2.2!i. Halleck. half mller. l.V, Juanita 2.2!1; Major Mont. (Uelmn. J. O. Wilkct aud Jay Oee, 2.3T. mt.t.rn hv a pkf.m Tritr riri.oiio. Iloi.i invsiit no Miles Kennedy, clilef blaster in tho Juniata limestone quarrlet at Cnrlln, was blown to ntomt by a prema ture explosion In the quarries. Hi brother, llussell Kennedy, touched the button of the electric battery, not knowing that Mile was at the dangerous end of the line. Tha dead man leaves a wifo and four children. . Till! lrMPI OVril AT ll.MllllSl.fi 'I. Hahhisiu fc.i (iiiticrt Mct'auley, pres. dent of the Harrisliurg benevolent society, says of the LVUM ,; earners in Harnt burg and Steelton nt least 7U are workinn li nl f time and ;i,ro) are out of employment. Of llieH.nsi unemployed the ll.irrisburg benevolent s niety is providing tor between D.U and l,ii" i person j. . t -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; i at m: n r. Nl ("asm k There have been Hire deaths in the family of WiMi.im Emery . in Miihotiingtown township, c-.THcd by diph theria Two other children in tho family have thedivM-e which i-i bl.uk diphtheria. Seven other families in the locality are alMutcl. AN IM'.IIt.Jt Mil: AT III MINOI ON. lliMiNoiioN About :i 'J i o'tlovk Tues lay morning a shock of earthquake wis lelt hero of Mtitllcicul force to a al;eti many sleeper" '1'ho duration of the shock was about five seumn Is and in direction scomeJ to pass from southwest to northeast. . I MM I I' l V A ri-.oi.i.v C P. ! Ai toon John Hoar, n blacksmith. M years of age. was struck by n motor c ir o:i the Lo.:an Valley electric railway in the i West End an 1 instantly killed. !ii was well known und lu.ncs a wife nnd a largo . family. Tiin ri iN iii Aiits nvoi ptriiniF.r.tA. Nl iv Cash i -I'iphthrria is raging In Ma honing township. So far 11 deaths have re- ' suited, the latest licin. a : year old dinght-c-r of William Emery. The children of eix . faiuilict uro now d w n. - - J A tviiiTF deer was recently killed by A O. I Kellar, in t 'enter co inty, an 1 11. V. Fox, of ; llarrislnirg, shot a white oartridgo in 1 Adams county the other day. Among other odd animals killed in Sullivan county during the present tuonui oy .ino Eeunett were a while pheasant und a lil.u k rabbit. Pit. 1!. E. McWit i.on, of Mahoiiin-l :i, was handliiiiz a bottle of muratic aci I u! . t, it hurst und th ntents !! all over lin face and entered Ids eyes His stric ;i,'s for over nn lio'.r wi oe terrible. is leared Hint his eyesight may bu co.Mpletclv .les troyed. Tiik. Mnhoniiig Eolhng MiU With headquarter ' I'hil idelph' ' Haiivilie. is i' ' hand ol l.l'Al. T i n designs for iimnunicnt to n.ork the spot where Mlluiri Vnii received tlm original dee i for land from the Indians have been M.bm it'ed ut lliirrisbnrg. Tiik body i.f Wilhutu l.'endip, (,..1 about .'I years, wus found ne ir Mnldiefowii. It is , -ii i.."eu no wus ic.irii.n lo deal !i ai the ro j suit of u lire which hu built. I Tiik tracks of the .M'cgheny Valley rot, J are sinking neur l.oMi, i .-rry, Hll , j',.,, i loads of cinder ure reimre.! everyday ta ! hll in ufter truins puss. Tiik A retime nnd Aetna iron mills and ; Ihe tin plate and steel mills ut New I'ustle. nave resumed wi.rl; alter a shut down of ' bi'inu tune. j llKNiiv fot.iit n.r. farmer (,f INvhestor. wus killed on luesduy night by t,e lvt.r turning of his wagon on n hillsidi-. f ii u.i i s Moi vt, nged iil.otit :' l yt.:lr, WM thrown or lell from u I n ight train at Ken wood station and intuntly killed. In n riot between Hungarians mid I'olice nt J-cranloii one police was h!mt mid several others were badly hurt. J amks Msi.-m-v, a farmer, of Hanliti, Washington county, was killed by utriiu ut ii crussiug. Is a burning Slav boarding house m Iloiitzduluuii unkuowu ,luy am! u budy perished, ' Hii Ai:i. Iv Ti i.i t-, a IH year old boy, was killed at I nioiitown by ulrciht train. Ut lo I i s life busy nt New Castle. l ou, houses were broken Uiu In f.r dayi Tiik t 'urne.ie mills at Heaver 1'ulls hove shut down lor ie airs. Slut l ion tin- l.iixitiiM'r. A rrin l Jul; was .m pi t r.iterl on Uic fhKlmvr cf tin l.'.tiKv.llo ami Nashville jassincr train wliich ";i''lii'il tliis city Lite ycstcnlay HfUT nt.on, says the I.uu sv:ll.. (.'.,iiricr iournal. Several in les fnun t!i city the cu,!.nor was liorrltlnl to m-o ivhat aiij'i and to !. the form or . man aslfcj. on the trad; a rilu.rt dis tance uliu.nl. J ie frantically nppllefl tho air brakes ami Mew th wh bile in short, lulck jt rks, in tlie liojes of awaken inif tho sli enitiL' m:in i " iii.it.isiabLi HeaiU licyan to p ip out or the car ivlmlows, ami as the supposed man In .rent was seen unun tin ir.-tcir thm a, - - n- i V 1 V T wore tjulckly .'crked hack tooscapo oeinif tho hicki'tiitiir acclilctit - - - . ivii, j-irt tho ttitfine passed over tho object tho ti vfrf iwl A --UK nicer ami fireman closed their jyes and fancied they could feel the wheels pass over tho body. When tho train was finally st ippcl passengers and trainmen hurried back io the epot, where tho darlc object :ould tstlll lo seen, but now cut Into icveral, pieces. A ecarch was already itartod ror a doctor, when It wa dis covered that the mutilated remains tvero those or a dummy, with a pumpkin for a head. The figure bad n a complete suit of cloths, and at Jlstance had a mcst natural appear inco. The men returned, much din fitted, but creatlr relieved n n.a. -filt. ,
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