V " -- "V"''' ' T-, r. In ' r i. I t J5 ;4 1L r .1 I 7 KING OF GAME FISH. THE MOIlIiF. SALMON OP COIXMI1IA It IV Kit. THE He in doing th Way of the Hiiflalo Caught by the Thousands In In human Wheels May Very Soon lie Kxtlnct. FAK out lieyond NehraskVa mighty plains whore but late was wont to roam the king of i American Wast lies the Co Iniubia's acenic lanil, known still to fame a the home of the monarch of our inland waters, the epleudidly royal salmon. Every American epnrfsman knows, nays the Washington Star, something, of the keen delight f spearing a ehi nook or a atrclliead, to any nothing of tin pleasures of liiintiiiif a bliiebnck. even ifho doesn't know thut their hoientirle imniH, the ouforli.vnchiiH rhoiii hiit and t!ie im1iui gainluc-M, are nearly hh large u themselves. Hut few .f Hi Net ni to realize that the salmon in in the hsiiic danger Hint overtook the luilUl.i, ami that, unless their HetisclrsH slaughter he retarded, they will lieeoiue extinct. Unlike the Imi!)h1o, t!i" s.'tlinon has no meatiH of jrotoetion afforded him by nature, and lie pan bo murdered by machinery, it OAM.P.S, hie uot U.-v tlo buffalo, but tlH and less tncrcilul. the excuse of thefl down half it herd . -H found somctliina ol .ction iu tho spectacle. Tuo hiiIiiioii s em mv boa no cyea to aoe the havoc In wi'irks in bis way, but be has more arms than lit iareus to work with. Ho it a monster of wood and wire, sunse es and sordid, nud tbi'figU controlled by man iu u measure, once set in oper ation is no more within man's govcru- tneut than is the HMillotiUO when do- fectively constructed. Aud yet from the Dulles tn the Mutely Palisades those inseUHste motiHters go unchecked, staining the ipicculy Columbia with their vietinis' mangled flesh and dotll iug the stateliest streams iu all Ameri ca with their blood. It is but iust to sav that only sports men see this shame to its full extcut uud thut commercial considerations ; ! UMIKII, seem to the hhoit-sighted tishcriueu to be dependent upon their persistence in their iim' of the iuhuniau wheels. Four years ago the writer protested tn the general tloverumcnt ouly to b aru that tho protection of tho river fisheries of tho United States, boiug dependent upon the ordinarily defec tive laws of the several States, lioth ing could be doue even by Mr. M.ir shall MneDcniild, Fish Commissioiier of tho United States. It was und is. however, the opinion of tho Fish Commission that the use of fish wheels in the tukiug of salmon ought to be prohibited, as they not only maim hundreds of fish unfit for food, bnt being operated on the upper reaches of the river near the spawniug grounds, they capture thousands of libit who have escaped Die nets lower dowu. The debt ruction of one such female fish means the I loss of hundreds of eggs. When it i seen that the Gov ernment is able tiAatford but two sta tions ou the west cWut for the main tenance of the salilou, the one on A (i!:ir.vri. i'ihfikhmav. the McCloud in California the other ou the Little Claekamaa, an C butary of the Williamett the average number of eg the Oregon station ia only million per annum, decade upper Columbia fisheries l to be painfully near. An a matter of fact it lias Four years ago splendid isted everywhere along tho lions of the river. Now ii ing rare. The fish are frightened ami even that n of angler, my Chinese fn finds the ft ill water aport ent. In order to timk-rstat tame my eelestinl friend ft should le seen like the "bump on a log" at IU. where some anperb flf have lieon speared ; with i "sprats' as he calls them, Then one should watch formed Indiana from V nearby a they stand at " their Mwitving platform spear a swift-scud. ling lower down Mream, wit balanced dip-net, watch for "a racer." The It snolt a it ought to be t hn it whiii will become. I river dowu to the oases see the cause of what f friend feela in effect. It id mm we view the effillper the scene, thnt men ur fon tri nd that Uken at tut Ave rf of the ilit seem Rnn. king ex per por beeom oronghly t patient I. Wing, the tarn- juat Low .d it, lie ehitorio r Rock, ponndern alf dozen lido bini. nplendid tilla and eela'' on roady to inook, or ver-ready tho foam n haa the '.'hiuamen owing the , one can celestial nderftil to ilendor of it ahamed tiy ao clone a comnuuiioi ible forms of nature iut and iuiHportHiiiiilike in ing (bid's creatures, lint worst form and fachion s wheels. "Xiimber fortj wort on the river, ia da lex enough externally, Nickening aight to a op' exixt than in dincover,.,! about Bonneville Hl(j vj whuelH xinipl.v "Warm a could but call tj mi! hatred of them txpre the terrible b!ii .rtr, heroic Conductor lyou Itiiilway mid Navigatio whose train I wa: tryi to Kim l'r:melHco by th who runa n li.ili wle, wrecker were about ! a opinion, and ih Lyoto titled to the weiu-h't of th the via leH brutal d of kill re in their 1 the fWh tho very ind burnt no more mtu conld hiu. .Tiiht ty the finli tho writer ho cordial -ne day in bj the the Oregon m I 'an v, on o travel on lite. A mau nd a train in Lyona'a Icaa are en e of a mau at the peril w ho ha ved some fortv 1 r'Ol.t - MUlA KIVF.K. 1 wiu it wheel is not a necessity o follow Simon Peter's r a living is shown all er reaches of tho river, ke aud draw- seines are 1. for thost profesio ulotig the r.oth tho t used siiccestfully, while the sports man w ith " landing net, in addition to his gU sui rod and line, can enjoy tho grandest p'Vfible pastime with less to auuoy and iforo to enjoy thnu in any other Aiur. an waters. Of course, a sturgeoi nay be now nnd then en- couiitere of tiio ri even in the upper stretches -, but this adds to the zcht sport. A Hixty-six-poiiud uo small guiiie, either. At of the snlin-iu Kinuevn near Astoria, in Oregon, they fiijiieiit)y catch them thissie. Such Bib, of course, never leave the lower tut-ers of the river. They are hh' fruit fish wheels and snob s tin res Hiid tlre is something regal in their abueuiliou as they lie on the wharves ai Asi i iu. iu seasou, before they arc t ikenj-vsy to be cnuncd. There is no more oli-udid spot on the river either tliau.'u.-. same Astoria, rich aa it is Aith roodections of the great estate, I lie lundatioiis of whose fortunes were od there, uud the scene of Withli nik'to Irving's picturesque account .ii.-r.f. Tbv are cosmopolitan of tbe worst I'liksnio be found there during the fish ing .inies, but they have energy i-unij'h to set seines aud not to resort to tli wheel of torture. They realize thst like Othello, their occupation will oou be gouo if the fish do not spayi 111 seasou, and they would lie smug the very first to advocate the hurt-t salvatiou for our saltnou---the caliig together of au iutustate com uuoti with powers to act in framing an tlectivo law against the use of wh Is, providing for a uniform aenson in 1 1 the States, regulating the catch or unuery for a few years aud the A PAST WHRCTi. p viding for increased propnguting flmoa both at the MoCloud and Cbkaroaa stations. he United States CoinmiVaion did aoe good work in July, 1887, on the u amis above Astoria, but there is r oi for more. a tbe commission has itsel said, n arti- ' -oteotive culture ia easier th ficial csltare." It is cheaper to save. onr salmon fluheries from destruction than to b obliged to restore them. Huch a restoration would require year of toil ami millions of money. In the meantime the cost of salmon as an article for food would far ex ceed any ordinary means as Scotland pould not begin to supply herself. Tbe sporlamae would be robbed of bis rights and n sport which no less an authority than Karl litiflerin said to the writer be considered onlv a little less thrilling than hunting the tiger when tho tiger in aW hunting you, would be gone from onr day and generation, and, perhaps forever. Kven my half breed Indian guide, Pierre I,oti. with whom I have thus nulled, "where rolls the Oregon and gives no sound" would protest against such a posMibility did be undcrNtand its proximity. We who have noted the experience of Norway must, how ever, so underbuild nnd it is the part oi common prmtence to net in the de fense of ourselves and of posterity, aa well as of our right royal king gaiuo iiu ana ins Oregon friends. A Kahili! I'riie. T- a I i . . . or mone w ho nave never liveil in the country where rabbits are ulenti fill and whose knowledge of these lit tle gray balls of fur is routined to a pair of pets in a pen in the garden, it will be hard to realize what u sight hundreds of them in a drove would be they make raids on the fanner's wheat Held, orchsrd and vegetable garden and do a great deal of damage with their shsrp teeth. The means by which th" country is partislly rid of these little pests is known as a rabbit drive, in which all IIKOINMNO THF DHtVI?. the neighborhood assets ; the men aud boys atteudiugto help, and their wives and sisters to look on. An event of the kind is of no little importance. Uy 11 o'clock on a day set for such an expedition tin-crowd has gathered near n corner of the section to be driven, where the nu n and boys are soou busy making the pen. This is done by fastening wire net ting oy means oT woodeti pins to the wires of the fence Hiid to some posts that have been set for the purpose, thus funning an inclosure with au opening in the centre of the side facing the section to be driven. The wire netting is slso stretched along the fence iu either direction for a half milo from the corner where tle pen has been constructed, forming two long wings. Now a r a' iselected.w .divi' duos at iute .. long tho line. Each band of horsemen has a leader, who places his men at intervals over the VVi" TI1K JACK HA.HHir. allotted scope of country. When these two leaders meet a veil is giveu. which is echoed along the line as a signal to begiti to cloxe iu toward th-j pen. the rabbits, frightened by the hur rying hoofs aud continued felling are seen runniug wildly iu all directions, but approaching nearer und nearer the trap laid for them. l!y the time they come iu range of the guus the little creatures are too tired to run fast and are easily killed. When the guus aro few aud the clubs aro busy elsewhere, stones are throwu by an expert and a rabbit falls, bit in the head. Some run against the netting iu their fright ami their eyes aro put out. All this time there are ninny iu the pen, 300 or more, if tho drive is a good one runniug wildly about, trying hard to avoid the seemingly cruel blows from the clubs of their enemies. Perhaps the pen will break, but that does uot ofteu happen, ami tho ground will soon be strewn with the slain rabbits. Withal, it is very exciting, but tbe timid and tender hearted shudder. As an amusement, slaughter iu this whole sale utanuer would not be tolerated, but since the sturdy farmers are thus defending their crops, it may be sane tioued. Borne one will say, "Why do uot tho rabbits run iu their holes?" Ho here we call atteutiou to the marked differ enoo Oetweeu the rabbit ami what is properly termed the hare. It ia the former that burrows iu tbe ground, and to which species our pets belong. Tbe latter, with w hich this sketch has to do, are much larger, are mule-eared and seek safety in their fteetueas; bet ter known, perhaps, as the jack rab bit. St. Louis Republic. A Huddeu I'hangd of Hasp. Wurthinvtou's Magasino. - Ml TRUMPET CALLS. Waralag Kate t h4. I O A F K B 1 II never ittlsfled with his i wapes, tifir near!' at ways begins with a look. A drunkard's throat has no bottom to It Title devil Is the father of every doubt Ik you are not giving, double your made better by Kin, Tiik sermon falls that docs not tell somebody that God Is love. Tiik ui.-in who hatet light Is always irraiu or bis own shadow. It 14 a long step toward Iicavcn to be able to say no to yourself. Tiik easiest thing for a fool to do is to tell bow little ho knows. hkv t-copln have only a little religion they are apt to be ashamed r it. Noi niNo but sin ever made any body doubt tho divinity of Jesus Liirisi. Iiik man goes to bed tlre'f rrho tpends the day In looking for au easy piacc TitKitK are some blessings that Cod ran bestow upon His children onlv In the lion's den. Ik the devil ran only eet our eves lie knows that bo will soon have our hands and feet. What a commotion of Joy there must have been in Heaven on the lay of Pentecost Vim; can generally tell how a man would tr-at Christ if you know how be treats his wife. Th devil has to flirht hard for nil be gets In tho family where there is Christian mother. SoiK fiddlers can play a tuno on otio string, but It never makes any body want to dance. Tiik devil in some shano is bolm made welcome In the home where the Itible has dust on It. Cud will sec to it that we alwavs have something to say if wo talk about bis own goodness. A swki.s weep' on the day that a young man begins to spend more money that be can ma!:e. A iiviik kitk fools better satisfied with himself every time lie sees a cood man make a misstep. liivK. the devil a sl.'k thread around a young man's neck, and he will soon make it a strong rope. PhosI'KIunu In a worldly wav ia very apt to make men stop praying that they may bo pure in heart.. Vor can gcnearlly tell how much love there is in a man's heart by the way he nt-ns tils mouth. As I rl.e fighting navs so much ir i preaching, - "' still owns t it you take a ioeiuioiuoi ou hot summer day, and watch it until it runs up undcrjthe intluetieo of the iiinsmne to MA degrees, you will see it wb)-n it reaches that point, at tbe xuel temperature of your tody, if you are In mormai Health, iour temperature may fluctuate a fraction ibovis or below tin. 4, according to t he time of the day or night, but It icvor varies to any extent until fever r some other kind of disease sets Iu. riicn the temperature licgins to do what the pulse would not do, ten usi how dangerously sick the person Aud one of the very strange lliiius aitout t is that it j docs uot vary many degrees from this normal point oi '.is. 4, degrees i:o matter how ill the patient may become. If there Is a high fever it may run up to lot or iu i, and sometime to ion, but it seldom stjys at th s last po ut for any lenth ot time. If it goes up to ios i tie goou physician who is watclwug at the bedside or the slclt poison concludes that death will soon put an end to tliOMitTerlng. Sometimes, as iu case of cholora, it may drop several degrees below U!.4, but it seems to be liniMisslble for it to change many degrees (rum the normal point. There arc cases recorded where the temperature ran up to 1 10 ur 112 und the parlcnt recovered. The pulse, on the contrary, may change may beats, and still the sick person will not be In dagger of death. Hut us a rule, it the temperature reaches 10S or HK death soon follows. A tiny thcniiometcr. called a dm- cal thermometer, is used to indicate the temperature. It Is placed under the tongue, or close to the sin in the axilla, or arm pit, und left there for a few minute. I y an ingenious trraugement the mercurs in the slender ulass tube Is self registering, io that you may tell bow high it was at any time ufler the tempetutuo 1 taken, if tho mercury is uot disturbed. St. Nicholas. I'rompities. Promptness is a habit, and can be lust as easily cultivated as others that are not of one-half as much im portance. If ytu uro a slow dresser Ive yourself ample time to prepare for whatever appointment you have made. It It is only tho ordinary olng to meals three times a day, let it be a fixed rule never to bo round loitering over the toilet when the time for breakfast, luncheon or (lin ger arrives. Promptness In the household, in ouslness and In the carrying out of tocial engagements Is the primary itep towards comfort and economy of limet that leaves many a mtnuto for the accomplishment ot outside wnrk ind play that In the eud counts for K 1UUIU. ha Vara TEUPEBANCE. BKCACSB Or CtlM. A rchiJsaeon Farrar writs u follows "1 bars known boys and girls grow op, booavsa of drink. Into felons and bad wom.n. I have fcnowe children fly from ths horror of drunk en parents at midnight to bids themselves in the chimney of a neighbor's bouse, or to eep till tb.Mr are stone cold tu cellar with the rats. I have seen them condemned, be rnateotdrlnlr. to childhood without inno cent, men hood wnbontself-reepeot. and old aye In whlb tbe hoary bain were a crown AO ASD lOOOCSTtrt STOtf. A sail and suo-ireatlv storr of the evlla rL tolling from the presence of thedrinkshont In till "I... la . I -. . . . I ... j i. iur in ny a well- known mission worker. A Unmk- hv h. name of Theodore l.eools arrived In New Vork from I'Utsburg, where be had aocumu latod about Ave hundred dnilar o gsgel passage on bosrd of a steamer for At boos, where he has a wlfn n,i tnr mi. rtreo. liurinir the dav ha mm with ti. liuns with whom he vi.lted locitti Kist. wnua under the inlbienee o the drink, or possibly some dnigwhleh whs given hlm.tbey sucoee-i In relieving blm ot t4S0 in gold which he bad si rapp-d about bis body. When be came to hlm-if nn.t rii. roveriMi mat nis moner vh ifonn nn.l tsar the ateamar with bis biwirsee on board li.l isiiea. tne poor rellow was almoet Insane with nrlef and ecltsment. and made hlsee-s known to tbe offloers. but with vr inn prospset of recovering his lost tressure. He linnilT UIPOS3ll ot DIB ticket tn nmnltru ln,l... Inland meals. In the course of two :r iur- wren, inrouRD tne kinilness of psrtles wuuui mi inisionunes were made known meant were provided for bit return to I'ittt burg, where he said he could au-ain obi.m emplo) ment. Hit case is one ot the sad. text we nam ever met witn, and Is a striking il lustrstlon of tbe evils of the saloon, an I of " unomra ia wnion mim aro nnnui inroiiKD i ii si sytem of lilhwy rolibery I'rnTeirai loan isri(o ru let. known n- urn "couuuence uninn." I'hn.iiun ROW IBS SABtT CROWS. Durinir the nrevalenee or ehnlitr tn Ctn. einnsti a (fentlumsn, a member of a chureh, and, up to that time, a rluld teetotalnr slrHt hi wlfeto put atablesnoonfulot brandv in uw Kiats every nay at dinner. The wife wim luriinseo : nut deem Di It tlie result nf wleo prolesslonnl eouurll, aha complied, and Ibehusbsml tilled untha clam. nb um.,. ami orsns it. A week passed by. and lienalil to his wile while at dinner. ".My dear, von nve bet ncultlng ofT my supply of brandy, 'his tins loet Ms taste.' It due unt i,r,i,ln,".- he same elTeet as at llrst." His wilo assured him the hnd eiventhe fall amount, and he said Uu more. Another weak nssse-t bv.iiiid he r..noni..l to his wife the conviction thst she hnd ieits ened the qunntlly of braudv. It did not pro duce the aame effeet as at llrst. Hn could scarcely taste it, aud the effects on hit stom ach were not perceptible. "My desr," said bis wife, "you have been takluK two tablipoonful4 evry il:iy, tor a week past, slues you found fault with uia tor stinting you." Ha was thunderstruck. Hn snt a few mo. ments iu doep thought t thou di-elred the rti canter of brsudy to he brouulit to him. H snired it and shook it. ns much ns to sny. '- am your master." ami then hurled It iro.u the window. He bad been plnylng with n srpent whldi was fsnt wludluic Us dua lly coiU uIidiu him. He did nut siupect his dsui(r at the bm-iii-lilnir. but fortuostnly for hlnnelf, lie w It U'fore It was too lute. A littlo -jkuib to luad tO UIDt'J. wn.T onus i mark or. TJiem's oo. cider nppliw" ftJ the elder nun --Ami notniu' tho malter with -' n'-prt, sppli-s Hat 1 enn seo are touunau i.e cay, wl ills a great ninny ot them nre rotten from si in to skin. Look at that." sAid the correal lotidiint, poklnit bis cane Into one at the npi 'li'C. "1'here Isn't a souud spot In It." "Thst don't hurt 'em nons for cMur," an swered t '"' miller. "Mskeo tbo elder all the belter, s 3nn folks sny.'' "How about wor.ny apples? Are tlioy fit to mskn Into older i1" The nailer bsd talked toni; enough, mi l so oue of the hsnirers-ou ubout tUo pl,u-e vol uutee Mil a reply. ( luess you wasn't even into a elder mill forti to-day. was ye'.' If you b:id been 1 reek u yoii woul-ln't nsk uo i'iwitloni about worms. Worms don't hurt elder none." T he correspondent looked Incredulous. Don I you b'liuve it ; Well. 1 tell ye what t'do. Whcii you ko home to-niKht, just try an experltneur. Wsit till it'e diirk, nu' then tat e two apple an' go down lut' the cellar an' see It you kin tell thudiffreuce 'twixt the oiii i w.th u worm luto it an' t'other one'f" t What do you im-sn .' Wliv do you lull me to fo dowu Into the cellar'" Why, that's the most darkish place 'bout the house, aiu't It' Uou't take no ligbt with ' ' But how am I to examine tlm applet in the dark' Of course. I shouldn't know wulcu WS which just by fuellui; of them." Vou dldu't s'pose I wanted ye I' fro down tbi e su' set round n-feulin ot the tipples, did ye That want wlist I meant. Wtiut t meant wa this ; Vou Just take a wormy H( pU an' u so od ouean'KO down inl' tho cellar an' ent 'en . an' I'll bet ye asuillm' you won't know wh n you eat the worm. i be correepondent shuddered. "Don' that prove It" rsn on tho man. Course It doe. We put the wornm rhht tut' the grater, longwiibtho rant. Howmauy (,l 'em they is we dou't know. All we kuowis loivt they all turn Into cidsr, an the insnain t ll.lu thHtkiu toll when be drinkln the cider what part's npple juice su' what part's W(rm juice. ' then, a gin, we eouuln t do cliff rent It we tried, Wa couldn't send every worm I sp pie to a hospital and doi-tor it with vetml tuir till we'd killed off the live mock. No, sir, the worms has to go, sn' they'll keep ou imiiii . I s pose, till one ot tueiu cruelty to au- mile tellers shuts uowuou It an makes us 'vreeto doie the worms with clilorvfnriu 'fore we grind em up. ew ork ituies. TCMFRaASCE KIWI ANIt VOTES. MlnUters say New Haven County (C'onn.) workingmen spena 9J,uw,w a year lu ss loons. Tbe Chicago Tribune says : I.bpior was the cause ot 7 IS murders reported tu its columns lu is j. The wius shoos are the collages and chan is ' 'be poor in Franc. It Is In wine shops the lau ia tsught to think it heroin to sbo middle class mau who disputes bis fart A .. American eltlr.en who say It Is Impos sible for us to put down t Uia evil, to euloroe the laws that are upon the statute books against the lliuor luierests. I would ssy to blm be ought to abdicate. We are able to do It. i Temperance women of Norway nsked the publlu authorities a short time ago to make It unlawiul for womon or Kir! to serve lu pul'llo bouses. The request bat been grsuted, and at present an aluhouss keeper caunot employ auy other womitu tuau uls own wile. Sams roiiu drtnic a little ever- day, but as they do not get itruuk, people do uot know It. but this lakiutf of a Utile dully brings oa tickufi sooner or lutur, uud If tbe dootor should Icll tne fuuiily of the man that be was Buffoi'iug from a for., of delirium trmueut they would wuut him aritud lorsluudur. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERS ATlONAfi I.K.SSO FKDRl'ARY 25. I'OB Subject: "Trial of Abraham's Faltt: tien. xxll., 1-13-Cioldeu Tet: Heb. xl, t7 Commentary. 1. "And It rams tn mm arteethnaa llilrn that Ood did tempt Abraham and sal.l tinto him, Abraham. And he said. Behold, her I am P In due tlms the nromlseil son wh given nnd wss nsmed Isac as God bad mm manded (tvll.. l. Abraham was now liv ing at Beersbeha In the extreme south, and Isaa. had grown to boyhood when this pro v. Ing (R. V.) or trying came nnnn hlttu Can. ider how Ood proved Israel (I)eut. Till.. 2, 16). These are the trials that are precloim and In which we are by prsca to rejoice f J.m. llill'H. I., 7). Ahrnhnms "Behol me:" (margin ) it the same word tmod t. Samuel and Tniaii fl Ksm. III.. 4 sln, vl.. flV. a. "And He said. Take now thy son. thin only son Isaac, whom thou Invent, nnd get fhee into the land of Moriah nnd offer him there for a burnt offering unon on" of th mountains which I will tell thee of." If Abraham's heart centered In laaac, then this would crush him, tint if in Ood. who grn laae. then he would we Ood an. I atlll live Heb. ., 17-1D. tell the story. The ability of God la the rot Ing plsce. 'compare Itom. iv.. 'Jl. On this mountain the I.ord nftis--ward nppenred to Dnvld. ami there Solomon built the temtiUl II t'hron. III., I ). 3. "And Abraham roa up early in lh inorning and saddled his nsssnd took two o; his young men with him nnd Imnc, hi wu, ind went unto the place ot which God hail lob! blm." Here la tho prompt obedience of faith. Trinla are God's vote of conHdenceiu and are our opimi-lunitiex for manifeating Chrlat. Abraham's life was from one trial to mother, leaser ones preparing for greater, tnd from one separation to another until hn waa separated from enrth to heaven, thereto test aud wst for the complete fulllllmmit ot iverv promise In find good time. 4. "Then on the third dav Abraham lifted np his eve and ssw the place afar off." ft was on thi me ilnvtlmt be rciwivnl him rrom the dead in a llgiire.aud from the thirl day of the creation story when the land roe' ap out of the water nnd beenm rovers 1 with gras. herb ami tree the thirl day leem to epi'nk of reaurrecilon. Think of Jonah and the Lord .bu. The t'ntrd day marriage in ('una (John i!.. I i. Ruugcatimt snother when nil cup of wnter ervce hall bnchnngi-dto the wine of tlm kingdom at the marriage of the l,n:nl. nee ulo Ho vl.. 6. "And Abraham aid milo hi vounir men. Abide ye here with the n.sud I nnd the lad go von.ler nnd worship nnd come again to you. Heethi laith he nnd the bid will come a,-ain. That it true worship which parries with It nn obedience that coet eome- thing. David naid he would not offer unto I he Lord thnt which cot him nolhiug (II Sam. xxiv., 'J). but iMvld'a wns nothing as pomps red with tlile, snd whnt Is tin when potupnred with God giving His only begot ten. ti. "And Abraham look thfl r-oo-l of the burnt ofTeriug nud laid it npnu Inane, his on, and he took the lire in hi baud nnd a knife, andthey went, both of them together.'' This fsther and son were perfectly nureit (verse 8 nud Amo 111.. 3(. ft use upon this picture until It become real to you. and you esn enter somewhat into their feeliuga. Theulook forever ou that other Son bearing Ills ernas, whom It pleaaeii His lather to bruise for our snkes ( Its. liii.. 10). - "Audi in" ap.ike unto Abraham, hi father, and said. My father. And lie aaiil, Here am I, my sou. And hesid. Behold tbo fire aud tbe wood, but where i the Innib for burnt offering'.'" What n eworil to the father's heart 1 What grace to enable him o answer as he does tn the next verso! Was ever a father brougnt so near to the heart of God as this fsther' 8. "Am .- --1,1 r,. ., aril' (John I., a!). and whom t lie beiovw. saw in glory "a l.amn as u nau wiim Lev. v.. 6). Wnen lion proviuwa. nn no w to sbundautly. Are you satUtled witn uia provitlon u Ami Ihev enme to the place winch God had told linn of. uud Abraham built au nltsrthereau t laid the wood In oritur and bound Isaac, his son. and laid Mm ou iu altar upon tho wood." Iiaue now under stands about the lamb, but be murmur not ho is a willing sacrifice. Woudrous souoi n wonderful father ! IJut turn to H4m whose name is Wonderful and Hear Him, "i un tight to do Tby will. O My God." -I Uy down My lite that I might take It again. M men laketh it lro:n Me, but I lay it uowu oi Mvselt'M's. xl..H: Johu x.. 17. IS). 10. "Aud Abraham stretchm! lonu in hand snd took the knire toslsy hi son. The promise centered lu Uaac iivil., 19), and through blm ws the nation to come, sud it was God's part to see It through. It wus Abraham s psrt to oney ami m nrrsnge tliedilllculties. It wus for Abraham to see God sud not Iane -the giver rather than the gilt, t'ntil our Inaao Is ontne altar we eaiuiot kuow God as Hilly as we iiukih. 11. "And the iiugel tif theLoru callmi uuto blm out of lieaveu and said, Abraham, Abra ham. And he ald. Here am 1. Kvory movement had beeu watched iu heuveu. every heart pang and sigh had been notod there. The limit had beeu reached; it la enough. Wby do we not believe tlist every step nud act aud wont and thought is seen by Him who uuderstsniteiU eveu tbe Im aginations of the thoughts' VI. "Aud he said, lay not thy hand noon the lad, ueitber do thou anything uuto uliu , for now I know that thou leareat uou, aee- iug thou hast not withheld thy sou, turn only sou, from me."- The Bible has much to say about tbo fe.tr of tbe Lord. Is this, then, the meaning of it 7 Such unbounded coutt- iteima in Him that we fear not to uo any thing He tells us. sure thnt He will keep Ilia promises though veryuuuK may wwu against It. Huch an entire surrender to Him of alt His gilts to tit thst we enjoy the Giver lu the gift and not tue gut apart irom mm. 18. "And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him, a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abra ham went and took tbe ram and offered blm up lor a burnt offering in the stead ot bis son." Isaac wss spared, but God spareth not His own Hon, but delivered Him up for us all ( Itom. vlii., 32). Just as truly as the ram died lu tho stead of Iaao to Jesus died In my stead. He was delivered for my offenees suit raised again for my justifies tlon (Horn, iv., 2M. Aud the gilt ot Himseif to ut must Include all else. Therefore my soul should ever stun Jehovau-jireb. Hot margin of verse 14. TiarituAHii. Temperance and exerolse ars the beat nieaus of preserving health. Murray. Temperance Is health i Intemperance la rather a disease than a crime, but the world does not excuse it, and only dogs and angala pity. Salmon V. Ghase. Temperance iu eating and drliiing Is a cardinal virtue i the majority f mnuklnd saturate their own death warrant! with their cupt and dig their graves with their teeth.- Magoon. Temperance and labor are the two heat physicians of mau ; labor sharpens the appe tite and temperance prevents blm from la dulging in exeest. Kousteau. Health, temperance aud repose slam tbo door on the doctor's nose. Longfellow. There Is no difference between knowledge nd temperance, for be who knows what la good and embraces it, who knows what ia had and avoids it, Is learned aud temperate, but they who know well what ought to be done sud yet do otherwise am Iguoraiit unit stupid. borates. -4 ... ... -- .t, . " t i - - - . s: X ' r - .. . I ' - ' :- iO.I-ttCIU.H'lUV,W lilt i JSi .-. .'.:.::..... i. i.. f W.aMB1SAtO,i.wbMiKe B..M
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