GIANT P.LUES. We are tiiif .V.ksnll together, An I it nroiin I lit mg'.if. Arc! tro ir",i 'limit I li wentlier, llr f!in flickering candle light. Ariil old Ji rrv t')i I a Mory Of n giant in the Inn I, How hp f.T.iil". walls of glory Hv the pnwr ( his li:in I. And Iip yanks you by the oiln r. While ho wilk in ir n shoes, Anfl yi.ii lii'iirhim run mi l holler: "I;i. Iii I ntn l!!uc, I hiiv j.o -ti In my i'iip A 1 1 1 h.iv .-' rii to ut you up. TVmt?:v ;..(: had an ailing, ri I In- .nife. n!l tin1 day l"r li" liii I a v.ip a-saillng. I:. if tin- .-! .lliln't tav. I" w.i on t!i o. pim trouble. An I III" wild was hon lin,' "yoo.p.' W In tin" wave were k'om biiM.lc, kefping To'ii'i vin .1 xf"w. I'.nt tic s.aii n!l it fly iu.'a n I w f" I r.ngm happy news. Hut the i- ii.t til was crying ' -lln '. Loo . I am l!:in-, I l,.iv m: hi In in v cup. An 1 !:an com to cut oi up." Trn there was a little lassie, W.th a t'iii:,l in hT eye. Hilt II iovrr Willi Mil. I "sassy Made tin" little maiden cry : And the w.ug nf loving Cupid Were 1 n p n 'in-1 In a engc. Ainl the dream of llfo w.'r stupid, With fi hint on every page, lint the mighty giant dwelling Win fi nir hopes belii to snoog., W i lion again his fearful yelling lino, hoo , I mn Blue-. I have poison lu my cup, Au J hnve come to cat you up.' Sv it is with every being, Whether msn or whether m ild ; They are always mischief seeing and in-lliie, to tx afraid, l or a strange, uncertain feeling Han n liking for the mini. Ami it -onie wit li sorrow stealing, I.ikp :i ciIpiiiii funeral toll. I'.i.t It s only hateful lyirnc f thp ilnmon full of t.oor.n, ' And imagination crying . "Hoe. loo , I Itm IlllleS. 1 have poison in my cup, n I have come to cat yon ii r. 0. M. Klt.-liic, in t'liii-no Iiiti-r-OivM A STREAK OF LUCK. AHHY in Ii.ihIo, nml Vm,oH v 1 3 VOM k"ow th Tlmt ix wlint l.lin t ii W 1 il o i,'m fatlwr mhi.I, when liis Miti toll him of IiIh iiii'ioh to iiuiiry I'.ilnu Nor riK, n girl tin poor hh himm lf li u t witli tlioKO nimli- .rr hi m t . - ild hv- trtftylc wonith lens enyinble it she hil (lUKHf KHPll it. If Clinton WeMoti bml followed his fatht t'b Hilvioi", liu wonlil not Iiiivh licen UIM futlll T H nun. Iln In I 1 IVl'.l 1-Mtn, nl ho lu'lii ve.l tlmt tin- fiftoon ilntUrs i week he wus tuiikiiiL', us mntiHitig oli'tk in lnw ortico, wmiM lm ainplo to Hiijijiort hiniK.-lf hii I lim littlo wilV, till hr lui l mi ini'i'i-iiHi; of mtlary, or nun ii.hi.ittf l to n mrt!UMHhii. When In- tiiinl.'v i .iiuiii',l tin! itii tint i. hi to tin- ii !. fb.f liustt'tifil to rt 'rro uitli mini, ii.- !l; woiihl lmvo ilniio w it li any filli p !.- he niiht hnvu r i oni-iI, tlii'iih I'lintoti'H ii)iiiiinim uiti' tlio only oiil'k bho Hi'i'titi'il w itlnnit ijiii-h-tun. Ami no tlioy wiTi' iiinrrif.l iitnl went to live in h lint. Kvt ti nffrr tin- IiiiIHviiiiiou WHSiivrr, thu lnvi' nml fnitii in tlii'iiisi'lvcs hii I thf liituii', ii M I hii i ii . x I i-ii.1 tie lii lief tllllt till II' lllilllH4 l!, flllltillllf iinl. liiiiiriv, iuihI.i their life au iil.-ul ulie. iin.l i veil the Nenmr Wehloti he. S ' r. cur. I liunsei: ihu lair,e iroi.het. .MTk. ei,luii WilM to I hiuiMiml liolhirs whi n hh inli. tit live i was twenty- one. mi. I w itli tins tiii; yuuni; ( ii! pliiiiiii .l to I my it huiih.1 mi. I liee.iiue their ..w n liiiiilliu-.l. lint months be fore the voting wife teii.-heil her mi jority hho beeii-ne u mother, H.lilnii; ;;;t'iitly to the hiiio.iii.r., j,y. but in ereuM!):; hi living xnses m ii way lie h.nl not ii!itn.il:ito.l in tile tin - (if llif hi .me;, t'l.lit iii Webb in (,'ive no tiilmee i, 'om ji. nr I buying the mi;t "t rloihes lie In 1 promise. I liiinst 1:', an I in other hk tleliie.l hiaisel:, the better to iu.it the ileiinimi ,i in i if buoy, llul iuri ttilix t!i linrie. At liii;:th he iiue'e.l uji coitl'ilvv! enoiie'i to ilok the hiwyer III wluiK.juf llee he wor'neil for nil lliereii-ie of hsI nry, but in.Men l of yettins; it us he ex peeted, he vtrus tool that his Kervieei. Iiu.l b. eu very h.itin.'uetory, but that they wotiH bo ilistieiisiil with from this time on us the lawyer wishe.l to give the position to his Uephew. I'm- tlio first tiins since his mnr rimre Clinton Wel lon went homo with it heiivy heurt, but he bravely tried to hl.le his trouble from his wife. There was nothing nt all new in thin experi ence, bnt the experience of others never avails with ourselves. I'overty is never lightpuod by the fouseious liesK that there are others quite as poor a e are. The cruviu for food can not bo appeased by the knowledge of auothev man's hunger. Mrs. Weldoa had what the imrse called a "set-back," ami the doctor re sinned his daily visits. Clinton's father was as poor as himself, no that there was un hope from that ipiarter. Kvery inoruiu at thu same hour the youutf man went out to look for work, and returned without success at the same time every evening, the better to keep up the impressiou that he had beeu at the office. Furuinhing the flat, such a pleasure at the time, had prevented hie gettiug mm f r uur i: mi ! any money a1i1, indeed, he ha l 1om than fire dollars that ha c.iii'd count on, after he left his pUce,', and most of this went for medicine. The poorer the pntient the more numerous and expensive the prescript iouj tlio doc tor write out. ' Although it win utill early upring nn l the weather raw, Clinton went wit 'noil t an overcoat ; he lefl that and his ilres unit with his "uncle," as curity for ten dollar. Ijlia watch, given him by his aunt on is twenty first birthday, and the little! opal pin, presented him by Kdna the ,wet'k after their rngacuicnt, went to 'the Mine accommodating relative, bnt utill he was unable to meet the nckjt month's rent and his landlord wat a terror. "Von ain't got no place, and there don't appear to be no chance of your gettm' one." S'lid Hardin'.', the land lord, when ("iiitnii brou-.d. an excuse instead of the expected reti "Sow, young in ui. I'm not in th business for my health, so if you don't pay this month's rent an I the next month's iieci rduig to contract at half-past three on the first day of n vt month, y.iu must vaeste the Hat, and I'll take measures to get what vo owe mo, that's all." Clinton told of the mat, places he was promised, but Harding had often heard such stoi ies before. Heeing the failure of this line of argument, the young man spoke of his wife' prop erty, into the possession of which she would shortly come, when he, Clin ton, would buy a bouse of his own, and he would thank Mr. Harding if he kept his eyes open for a bargain. This last argument, seemed to sur prise the old real estate man, and as wo shall see presently, the informa tion saved Clinton m a way he had never dreamed of. Tint') crawls when money is expect ed ; his wings move with electtio ipnckuess when coney has to lie paid. The mouth flew past, Uniting the young wife still far from strong, the baby vigorous and vociferous, particu larly at night, the money secured from the pawn-shopexhausted and tho chances of getting a place worse than ever. "If yon don't riise money by giv ing a chattel mortgage on your be longings," said a young, impecunious legal friend, to whom Clinton made known his poverty, "Harding will dispossess you and swoop down on the stuff. 1 can get you eighty dollars at forty per cent, for six months on your goods, and that will pay your rent and help you out." 'Hut if I can't pay when its duo?" urged Clinton. "Well, you'll be dead broke, that's nil, and you're pretty uear that uow," said his friend. "The only trouble about that is that I want to keep the true state of affairs from Kdna. Why, she doesn't I know I in out of work. I couldu t Hud it in my 1 eart to tell her," said C'into.-i. w.'in.,, W'jt lo wit'- the c.iattel mortgage?" ? "It baa this t do with it, that to give it value, it must hive her signa ture." Well?" "Well, I can't get her siguature without explaining." "Yo t can't?" "... ' " Then voiir wife doesn't trnst you as much to. you think, do to her, tell her hi a eoa.ring way, its a little busi ness matter to which you want her signature, and that as it may be a pleasant surpri. c to her, after a bit, and all that sort of thing and she will sign it without ipiestion. Hh'll fall iu with the joke, ' urged the friend. Clinton Weldou followed out these instructions to the letter. He made out a chattel mortgage for everything but the baby's crib, "got a smile onto himself as he facetiously expressed it when telling the story, and asked his wife to sign. ".She wanted to read tho whole thing, but with sweat ou my brow in big globules and a forced laugh on mv "1. 1 ''gRf't n'r not to; ami to my fc1'1'-' relief she signed, saying as s!io .li. 1 so, l am sure this means a for tune, Clint,'" explained Clinton to his friend. It was twenty minute past three of tlm last day when the young man ex cli'ined the chattel mortgage for eighty dollars, nearly all iu crisp, new on.) dollar bills. Placing the money between the leaves of his receipt book, he pulled liuh.it over his eves, and with the book graspe l tightly in his hand, he fairly llew for the real estate olliee of Mr. 1 1, ir. ling To his horror it was ltteuiv-tivo minutes to four when he .leached there, and the boy in charge said tlmt his employer had just gone out. (j'uestioned as to where he ha 1 gone, the boy said to au auction rale of real estate on the next street. With visious of his wife and little one being thrown into the street that night, Clinton ran iu breathless haste to the auction room, which he found crowded. Standing on tiptoe, he aaw Mr. Harding far to tho front, eagerly watching the auctioneer, who was shouting: "Six thousand, I am bid I six thousand, I am bid 1 who Will make it sixty-one huudred?" Cliutou threw up his band in his eagerness to get to the frout, and in so doing displayed the book and the bills. "Ah, thanks, Mr. Weldou, sixty-one huudred ; do I bear sixty two, ttixty-oue, sixty-one. Going aud gone !" By this time every eye was fastened on the young raau, and be looked to be so awfully iu earnest that no one dared bid against , him. Little did they know the cause of bis great anx iet v. "See here, Weldou, I'll give you two hundred aud take your bid," said Harding, when Cliutou reached bis id& Quick as a flash, the position and its possibilities darted through Cliutou Weldon's mind. "No, sir," he said, waving above bis bead the book with its interlining of new bill, "cannot think of it." 'Thre 'Xo, sir, 'Four." N.,:" with riiu emphasis. ".Make it a thousand. Mr. Harding, and call oft' the rent of the flat, aud I it's yours," said Clinton, j They compromised ou eight h:tn ; dred and th.) rent, and the young hus band went borne that night a hippy man. J After tiiis Clinton Wcldon gave up j all though: of working for others. He 'was taken into partnership with Mr. J Harding, and through laud specula i tious he has become the richest man I in upper New York. New York Ad 1 verttser. TigM-KillinT (loth. It is to be regrette I that, in his ex haustive work on the philosophy of clothes, Carlyle did not add a chapter on the i till, ie nee of tight clothing on happiness, ssys a physician in Caa sell's Macaiue. Perhaps be thought the dignitv of his mbject was too great for him to descend to a criticism of the follies iu dress which so many women (and men) suffer iu aileuce. The first and main object of wearing clothes is to protect the body to keep it warm in cold weather and cool in hot weather. Mere personal adorn ment was originally a secondary consid eration. Clothes act in virtue of be ing bad conductors of heat and so pre venting the too quick passage of beat to or from the body. Different kinds of materials are efficacious according to the slowness or quicknens with which they allow the conduction of heat. Woolen materials are best (hence the value of woolen underclothing, which tends to maintain a very equa ble temperature of the body so that we are better able to withstand sud den changes of weather, draughts, etc.), aud an order of comparative merit through furs, silk and cotton to linen might be drawn up. The more loosely clothing fits, the less it cou li'cts heat, because a layer of air is interposed between it and the body and air is au exceedingly bad "onduetor of heat. This protecting Iaer of air enables the body in winter to keep its normal temperature the more easily, because the heat given off at the surface of the bo ly passes slowly through it; wherea. if the clothing lit too closely to the skill, heat is dissipated with much grcatet rapidity. In summer time, on the other hand, the air in which we move is not so warm an the objects upon which the sun's rays fall directly, and so the surface of the clothes may be come much hotter than tha air sur rounding thm. The advantage of the layer of air is obvious also in t' case. "V e.'orc, we see that and iu cold weather, too ught'iy nttin; clothing defeats the first and great object of wearing clothes aud tends to exhaust thu bodily strength aud make it uutit for work. Wonderful Deposits oi Marble. Near the base of the Inyo Moun tains, iu Owuea Valley, uear the lake of the same name, lie, what are, per haps, the largest aud most wonderfui deposits of marble that have been as yet discovered. It is impossible to describe truthfully these vast deposits of beautifully colored stoue. There is white, black, blue and yel low in mire colors, imriile veined. black and gold, making a grand variety of colored marbles, very beau tiful for mterior decorations. The white marl. Id is perfectly clear, the gram is riue, v.'ry compact and will stand great pressure; it is a pure dolomite, therefore, and will take ou aud retain a very fino polish. The first two stories of the Mills Huilding iu San Fraucisco, as well us a greater part of the interior finish of the same, nr. doue iu this material. The iiiiiiu entrance to the building shows what may be done in the way of relief with the white marble. The brick is almost identical with the Belgium black marble, it is very difficult to distinguish one from the other wheii polished. The yellow marbles vary trmn a delicate cream to a dark mottled orange. There are veins of deeper yellow, with teruliku marking similar to moss agate, and it is particularly adapted for furniture and interior decorations. Inyo iCul. ) In lev. fotiilnctibMity of Trees. A Freueh electrical paper gives the results of experiments made by Mr. Pimitrie, in whicn he subjected differ ent pieces of wood to the sparks from a Holtz machine aud found that they conducted quite differently ; oak was easily pierced, while beech was quite resisting; the richness in water did not seem to have any influence, while the amount of oil contained was of great importance; woods containing starch and but littlo oil, like the oak and poplar, have much less resistance thau those containing oil like the beech ; piue contains oil in the winter, but is very poor in oil in the summer, when it exists only as much as the oak ; by extracting the oil with ether the woods ara a easily pierced as those containing starch; those con taining starch are less easily pierced wheu living than when dead ; the bark aud the foliage in all the trees are poor couductors. The conclusions are in accordance with observations, as in a certain case 159 oaks were struck by lighting us against twenty one beech and fifty-nine pine trees; the danger of being struck as com pared with beech is five for Norway pine, thirty-three for pine aud forty eight for oak. - Philadelphia Eeoori. REV. DR. TALMAOE. r;:K DuooKiiW divinevj su. DAY RKItMOX. Subject t "Fairest of the Fair." Ttxt: "II son's Hong v.. f aUnpihrr orr'y." Solo- 1U. The human r.ice has durln? centime boon tnprovln. tor swliils it il.'fl s't,l anil ri. renernn!, aim irom hii i esn ra I for ag-s n wnolt) ten lpn-'v was towir I l.srisrism. nit un r tlii evr widening nn t leppninf nnupnrs oi iiriMiiuiiiv til" leniency Is now n th up war. I direction. The physical ap )srani't of tho human rao-i Is spvnuty-.lve ncreem. morn aiiraeiivn tn.m in tn six- enth.sevntH.nth and elghtwnth omituresi. 'rein the pieturpf on canvas an 1 tb taoininn I onns In sculpture of thoss who were consid er" I thp rraiul looking men and th sttrae Ive woth'Q of 2") years aitot oouclii.ls the uif priority of the m:'n ant women of onr Imp. Sm-h looxlmr people of the past cm nri"S ns patntlm: mi 1 culptur nav prp. lenteil as fine specimens of liesulv and .Hi ilty would t.e Iu our tlmeeooldi'red deform. ty an t fppu.slveiiess complete. Tbe fact hat many im-n and women In aiitudilnvlan lmis wtp plglit and ten Mp hlgii tniM to nakethe human ra ol.noxiout rat opt than Inn l nit. Hu.;h port ibis mountains of hu nan flnsh did no: all to the chartns of tbe orlil. Hut In no clinvite an I in no age did tbera vsi appsar any ons who In physical at raelveu' eou!d be compared to Hlra hnm my text celel rites thousand of ypr wiora mi pin mis inranins root ontnn bill vict of IWhlrhsm. Hi was and Is sltoifsthsr ovniy. The physical spp-aranee ot Christ s, for the most part, an artistic Burst. Home vrlters declare Illm to hAvs been a brunette r dark complexion. Ht. John, of Dtma nis, writing 1100 years ago, and so muutt arr than oarslves to thsilmeof Christ, tnd heni-e with mors likelihood of accurate rail It loo, represent Utm with beard olack. in.l curly eyebrows joined togetbnr, and "yellow nomplexlon. and long finest Uke (lis mother." An suthor, writing 1500 ynart iro, represent Christ as a blon J i "Ills hair a the color ot wins and golden at tbe root, itralght and without luster, but from the vl of the ear, curling and glossy, and !Mdd down th punter after ths fasblon of b NaRarsnes. Bis forehead Is even and imooth. His face without blemish and en tanend by a tsmpprwd bloom. His coonten mc Ingenuous and kind. Nose and mouth ire In no way faultv. Ills board Is tall, ot he sam'e color as His bair and forked la 'orm ; H.s eye blut and extremely brill ant." My opinion Is, It was a Jpwlsb face. His nothnr was a Jewess, aud therr I no vo Dsnhood on parth more beautiful than Jew sb womanhood. Alas that He lived so long Wore thi daguerrnan and photographic irt wars born, or we might have known Ills ix act fnatun. I know that sculpture and ,ialntlng were born lon before Christ, and her might hare trsnsfsrrel fro-n olden Imesto our tiiuss tbn forshead, the nostril, he yp, th Hps of our Lor.l. rhidias, the sen'ptor. put down his ebtsel f enchantment CO) years beforsChrtst onmn. Why .ltd not some one take up that chisel Hid give us the side face or fult ticn ot our bord? I'olygnotls, ths piloter, put down lis pencil 400 ypr before Christ. Why did ant some one tans it up nad give u at least :he ey of our Lord the eye. that sovereign sfthe fa:nr Dloovsius. the literarv rn-tlut who saw at Ileliopoli. Egypt, the strange Isrkentu of th' heivsns at the tlms of Christ's crucifixion near Jerusuiem. and not knowing what It was, but deecrihlug it as a neruliar eclipse of the sun, and saying, Miner tne Ulety utTer or evmnatntsxa with soms sufferer," tnat Dlonyslus might isve put his pen to tbe work and drawn the 3ortrilt of our Lord. . But. no : ths fine arts rsre busy perpetuating the form and ap- 'flsnm-B oi tn won i s ri.'irii" jj;;;. and -,..-. t) n a apriw-inot f the peasantry, imong whom Chirst appeared. it was not unrti the llftesath eantury, or until morn thnu 10;) yari alter Chr.st, fiat 'ttlentei painters attempted by pnaoil to trlve is mo ni.it ot unrist tacs. Ths pictures Hforn that tl:u wre o o.Tjuilv that the oua-liar ConttanUnopts forbade thnir ex litiitiou. Hut L.'onnrJo di yiu-d. in the flf eeuth century, pr,' ntc l Christ'j face ou wo canvases, yet tho ont vn n rspulsive ,u- ami inn omnr an pit m id tin race. 11 iph ml's fucii of Christ Is a wsk face. AlDort nurers lace o: Christ was a snv.tzu fane. Titian's fiur. of Christ is on exnri'sslouless ai Thu mightiest artists, either with pen- :n or eiusHi, miv iiia in signal luilura in at mptin to give the forih.'sd. thu ctik, he eye, the uostril.the moutliot our blessed jord. Hut atiout His face I cm t.dl you omthin jositiv and Leyond coutrovarsy. I atn SJrs t was a soulful face. The faci Is only the mrtaln of the soul. It w is impossihlj that l dlspoiition like Christ's should not h iv bmionstrat 1 ItS'iIf In Ills physiognomy. indn84 as an o.?c:isioual impula miy givs )o lllurr.maMon to the features, but kindnass is the lifelong, dominaut halut will tiroiu fs ittractivpuess of countenance as certainly a he s tn inn of the sun produi flowers, children an afraid of a scowling or bard .'isage.l uiau. They cry out If he proposes to tike them. If ht try to caress them, ho vokes a slap rather t lute s kiss. All mother snow how hard it Is to get their ntiiMrn to ;o to a man or woman of forbidding appear inert. Hut no sooner did Christ appw.r in he domi-stlc group than tnrs was nn in antili) exnit!n?ut and ths youinrsters unfau 'o struggle to get out of thnlr inothrrs' arais. llii.y could not hold the children bacg. stau I back with thoss children!" scoldat wine of the disciples. Turnup tils llttlion nay have been p aying lu the dirt, hii 1 their faces may not have tinea cImiu, o r they may not have tmeu well cla I. orthsdis'iplus may !iav. thought Christ s religion was a religion Mii'Ily fur de; folk's. Hut Christ inada rbs inliiutll ex.'itenHiit still livelier by His say ing that H' lilted chiidreu hotter than growu iople, iteclariug. Ex"tpt ys l n ns a attlw child yi c.iuuot enter iutj the kiugJoii 3f Oo.l." Aliis for tfio'n psopln who do not Ilka c'lll drnn ! They had Letter stay out of heaven, for tho pines is lull of tbum. That, I think, is one nation why ths vast majority of ths lut'iian r.ics die in Infaucy. Cnrist Is so .'on 1 of children that He tases thsm to IIix ef Lelore tb) world lias time to despoil and imr len thsm, and so they are now at the windows of the palace nu I on the doorsteps nl playing ou the green. Hoinellinos Matthew or Mark or Luke tell a story of Christ, and only oue talis it, but Mtttbew, Mark and I.uke all Join in that picture of Christ girdled by ohllilren, and I know by what occurred at that time that Christ bad a lac lull of geniality. Not only was Christ altogether lovsly In lbs countenance, but lovsly in Hi habit.'! know, without being told, that th Lord wbo mads the rivers aud laks snd oceans was .Ins lily in H.s appearance. He disliked th disease of Isproay not only because It was .1istrHslug, but baoause It ws not oleaa, an 1 His ourative words wsre : "I will. lis thou t'lesn." He declared Himself in favor ot thoroughly waahlug and opposed to supsr Itulal washing when He dsuouaoedth hypo crites for making clean only "ths outside ot tbe plstter." and He applauds HI disciples Ly saying, ''Now are ye oieeu," and tfiving ilirsctions to tbos wbo fastd, among otbsr tbiugs. lb)i, "Wash thy face," and to a blind man whom lis ws doctoring, "do, wash in the pool of Hlloam," and Hs HWsIf actually washed His dioipls' fest, I supposs not only to demonstrate His own humility, but probably their feet nesded to be washed. Ths fact is, tbe Lord was a great lriead of water. I know that Irom the fact that most of tbe world U watsr. Hut when I Bad Chrisc lu such coustant commendation of wslar I know He was personally neat, although He mingled much among very rough populations and took uoh loag journey on duty highways. He wore His hair long, according to the custom ot Hi laud und time, but neither trouble box old ag had thinned or Injured His locks, wMch wpr nver worn shaggy or nskemrtt . Tea. all His habit of personal appearance were loveiy. Robr.cty was nlso nn estaliUslied haMt of His llf. In addition to th water. Ha dr ink the ju Ice of th grape. When st a wd l.ng party mis issverags gave out. He mad gal Ions on gallons of grspn juice, but It was as niillk what ths world makes In onr time ns health Is dlfrrnt from disease and ns cnlm puis. are dlffxrent froir. the paroxysm of ii'iirium tremens, in ere was uo strymn'ne m mat upyernge or logwooi or mix voirlcs. The tipplers snd the sots who uow quote toe wlnemaklng In Ctua of flslllee ns nu px Pttse for the tlerv and damning beverage of tne nineteenth century forget that the win at the New Testament wedding had two cliaMcteristi. the one thnt the Lord mad It and the olh-r that It was mado ont of water, lluy ail oj can of that kind and Irlnk It at least three times a day and send a uaiTHi oi n roun.1 to my cellar. lou cannot makn in belinv" that th bless.! Chrlot who went np nn t down heal Ing tbe sick would crento lor man that st vie of ttnnk which Is the cause of dis-iw. mors than all other csus"s combine), or that He wso cnlml tho maniacs into their rignt mind would create thnt stylo of drink which daes more than anything else to till Insane asylums, or that Ho who was so helpful to the poor would make a style of drink that crowd t!i earth with pauperism, or that II wno cam to save the n itlons from sin won I.I create a honor th t Is thi sour of most of the crlm that now stuffs the penltcntiari. K lovely obrletv was written all nvnr Ids face, from the hair lino of the forehead to the bottom of the bearded chin. Domestlcitr was also His halilt. Thonvh too poor to havs a homo of His own. He went out to spena tn night at D hany, two or three miles' walk from Jerusalem, and over a rough and lilllv roa I Hint mad it equal to six or seven omlniry miles, every morning and night going to and fro. I would rather walk from hrs to Central I'ark. or walk from Edinburgh to Arthur's Heat, or In London clear around Hyde Park, than to walk that roa I that Christ walked twice a day from Jemsalnm to Ilethany. But He liked the quietude of home lite, and He was lovely In His domesticity. now He enjoyed handing over tbe resur rected girl to her father, and reconstructing homesteads wnloh disease or death wns breaking op! As the song. "Home. Hweet uome, was written by a man who at that time had no home, so I think the homeless ness of Christ added to His appreciation ot domesticity. rurtnermore. He was lovely In Ills svm- patblns. Now, dropsy Is a most distressful complaint. It inll iraes and swells ami tor tures anv limb or physical organ It touches. as soon as a case of that kind is submitted to Christ, He, without any use ot diaphor etics, commands Its cure. Ant what an ey doctor He was for opening the long closed gates of sight to tho blue of the sky, and the yellow of the flower and the emerald ot the grass! What a "Christ He wis for eooliug fevers without so much as a spoonful of febrifuge, ami straightening crooked backs without any pang of aurgsry, and standing whole choirs of music a loin the sllpnt gal leries of a deaf ear. and giving healthful nr- vou system to natalities! Sympathy! lis uni not give tnem stoical ailvlce or philoso phise about tlio silence of grief. II sat down and cried for them. It Is spoken of as the shortest vers in the Bible, but to me it Is about the loug vit and grandest, "Jusus wept." Ah. many of us know the meaning ot that ! When ws were In great troublo, some one came iu with vol uble consolation nu I quoted the Scripture In a sort of lieartlesi way and did not heln us at all. Out n't.T awhile some one else came in, and without saying a word sit down aud burst Into a 11 oo 1 of tears at tbe sisht of our woe, an 1 somehow it helpel us right away. "Jasus w.ipt." You see. It was a ileeply attached household, that of Mart-and Martha and Las irus. The father and mothsr were dou.l, and the girl depsu.ie i on thair brother. Lastrus bad sild to thsm : "Now. Mary, now, Martha, top your worrying. I wtH take care of you. I will be to tou both R'heranl mother. My ar.u Ir. atroni. Qirls. I oa : 1 ) j i c.iu onpna on mi: But now Lazirus was sl.?k yea, Lieirus was dead. All broken up, the slstrs sit disconsolate, aud therti la a knock at tbe door. "Come In," says Martha. "Come In." say Mary. Christ entered, and Ho just broke down. It ws too muih tor Utm. He had been so often and so kin lly outertalned In that boine before sickness and death dev astated It thnt II i choked up and sobbed aloud, and the tears trickled down tne sad face of the sympathetic Christ. "Jesus wept." Why do you not try that mo le of helping. You iy, "I am a msa of few words,' or "I am a woman of tew worls.' Why, your dear soul, words are uot iisces siry. I'nltate your Lord aud go to those af flicted ho-ns and cry with tlimn. John Murphy! Well, you did nit know him. Once, wnen I was iu greit bere.ivs ment, he cam to my house. K nd minlstsrs of tbe gospel bad come and talkol beau'i fully and prayed with us and did ail tiiey could to console. But John Murphy, ons oi the best friends I over had. a lii soule glorious Irishman, came iu an 1 loo'sl into ray face, put out bis broid. strong han I and said uot a worJ. but sat ilowusnd cried with us. I am not euough of a philosopher tosiy bow It was or why it was, but somehow tr j n door to door au I from floor to filling the room was rilled with un all pei-v.id.nr com fort. "Jesus wept." I think that Is what makes Christ su.'rt a popular Christ. Tneri nr.i so mmv wno want sympathy. Miss Kisk;, th famous Nestorisn missionary, was in the chapel ons day talking M tho he itheu. an t she was in very poor boa It a au 1 so weak she sat upon a mat while shetalkel and Mt the need of sornethiug to Wan agiiust, when she felt a woman s for.n at her back an 1 heird a woman's vol- saying. "Lean ou me." Sdn lean t a little, hut ill 1 not want to ha too cumbersome, when tile woni.iu's voio i sail. "Lean hard; If you lova m ', lean bari." An I that iiiakus Christ mt lovely. II wants nil til sick and troubled and weary to leau against Him. and IIisjys. "Lean hard : If you love M". l-iin hard." Ave. H.i is close t.y with His sym pit heln. Hod- lay licars. the famous soldier au I Chrisrian ot thu Crimean war. died becausa wmui he was wounded hi Mginemt was too far off from the tent of supplies. Hi wis not inor. tally wounded, an 1 if tie surgeons could only hav.i got at the ban lags aul the iull eitiM be would have rs'.'ovsre I. Ko inucn ofhii'iiaa sympathy mil hop i.'u I ness cones too latu. Hut Christ is always close by if ws want Hun, an I has all the iict.lleiii-s risdy, and has mem il Ufa lor all who uli for it. Sympathy ! m Aye. Ho was lovely in His dotrinp. Half aeritlce or the relief of thi suffering of other by our own suffering. He wasthe only physician that ever proposed to cure His pa tient by taking thmr disorders. Keif ss jri tlos! And what did Hs not iriva un tor other ! The best climate iu tbe unlverss, tbs sir of heaven, for the wintry weather of rsiewine, a soepter of unlimited dominion for a prisoner s box in su earth I v unrnnm a Hashing tiara for a crown of stinging Drambles, a palace for a cattle pen, a throus for a cross. 8elf sacrlflee ! What Is mora lovely? Mother dying for their children down with scarlet fever, railroad engineer going down through tbe open drawbridge to svetbe train, firemen scorihed to dustb trying to help some one down the ladder from tbe .fourth story of tbe consuming house. All thesa put together only faint and Insufficient similes by waluh to HlustritetDe grander, mightier, farther reaching self sac rifice ot tbe "altogether lovjly." Do you wonder that the storr ot His self sacritlo has led hundred of thousand to me for Hint.' In one series of persscutious over IIOO.OOO were put to death for Christ's sake. Kor Him Blaodina was lied to a pout und wild beasts were let out upon her, and when life oontinutd after th attaak of tooth and paw h was put in a net, aud that net containing her was thrown to a wild bull that tossed her with Its born till life was ex tinct. All for Christ ! Huguenots dvinir for Christ! Alblgeasas dying for Cnrist I The Vaudois dying for Christ 1 Hoalthnsld fire eaaursa lor Christ I Tbs bones ol martyrs. If dMribtit. would malte n r'h 0( .) Inir llf nil sronnH th uHh h i. I . - .... - . ... - . - iqvmJ of th Haviour's sacrifice has Inspire 7l haul.. ..J .11 , . 1 1 ..-Mf'n.t.- nii.i nu mnrT) rooms of, q'lent centuries. Christ ha had mJ ami women dl for Illm than all thsm. ! I. .. 1 . 1 1 . - r i f ... . . . 1 H thm. w Furthermore. IT wss lovely in ft. mnn l4 kn V. ..n a li..ih - ' i. . y 'Hill, WftO mtntx leal wS.f Ina.e Tl.. I .. H mon tie ever prsnenen. si tur ns tb i reports Him namely, the srmnn J mount was nhout sixteen minute In4 at the ordinary rate of spisvh. His est prayer report,!, commonly pallri ' Lord's rrsyer." was about half s n, Time thm by your watch, end yon ( my estimate accurate, ,y which I 4. mnn to say that s-rmons ought to f sixteen mlnut 's on-f snd prayers oa -a minute long. Clirist hid 'su-hi power of compression that He cr.m enough Into His sixteen nil mil-senilis halt minute prayer to keep nil p. lowmg ngc busv in thought r.n 1 nctln. one but a Christ could nfforl to p prvh as short as that, but H- mi teaeh us compression. At Hnlmi, Ala., the othr dav Inn a cotton press by which cotton was such shap tliat it O 'cupi! In tran': tlon only ons car where three cats merly ueeessnrv, nn I on 1 ship wer ship hint li-eu re.UT'il. snd I Imagm. we all ne.l to eo.npress our sermons v. prsyers Into s-nsller spi.'HS. And His sermons wer so lovely fn, meut and practicality an t simplicity J iiistraiion. inn ngut ot a can llo. thu o- of the salt, the cluei of a hen for hr ens, tho hypocrite's dolorous physi., the moth lu th clothes closet, ths wing of a raven, th snnwmnk of lilies, our extreme botheration aim splinter of lmperfectlou In som ou . mar.acter. the swine feil on the 1. wolves dramatiring sheep, and the n tlon male up of a cyclone In which yon th crash of a rumbling house unwl r structed. No technicalities, no split hairs between north ant northwest l,l dogmatics, but a great Chrlstly thr hnlpfulnss. I do not wonder at thsr which says, "When Ha was comedown! ine mountain, great multitudes foi. Him." They had but one fault to flu.i Ills sermon. It was loo short. help all of us In Christian work to tret off our stilts and realir.i there I onli thing we har- to do there I the , wound of th world's sin an I sorrow there la the great healing plaster ot th- pei. ivnst you ana 1 want to do is to p.. plaster on the wound. Ail sufficient : gospel if it Is only applied. A ml: preaching to an audience o! sailor cot Ing the ruin by sin and th rssciebvth- pel accommo lated himself to sailors' v-1 ular aud sai I, "This plauk bears. years after this preacher was calle.lt ) J dying sailor and asked him alxmt hl and got the suggestive reply, "This onr. Yea, Christ was lovely in His elite work. There were a thousand thin.-l Him to do. but His great work was i our shlpwrocked world out of the br That H i came to do. und that He ti. He did It in three years. Ho tooi years to prepare for that three years' iiy. rrom twelve to miry VH.ars of a hmr nothing about Him. That Inter elghteeo ysars I thin't be wis in India. Ho came bn; to Palestine and cr everything into thrae years three wi three springs, thre summers, thr.e uinns. t)ur life is short, but would ( might see how much we could do lu years. Conceiitr itton ! Intensill - TU. ... - . 1 I I I 1 iurm)viniii( kiu 1 wor.is . i uree y living for others ! Throj years of saif lice ! Let us try it. Aye. Christ was lovely In nis demise had a right that last hour to deal In nil matlrUlon. Never had any out b mnaniy irjatsa. Lraiie of straw a goat and cam that was tiie xrorl' ceptlon of Himl Kooky cliff, with mors pounding spikes tbroua tor nerves that was tho world' furawell s lnulitsr of that ae ainmi hiVA -Jjaess.o. pj. a-, .rer, , the sstnrat Ion of tears an 1 blood w. times fall to ss tbe swdPtest !-? and heavse. Altogether lovely ! Ca est criticism hid nn unkind word I spoke, or an unMnd action that He e formed, or au uikin I tuougit that I harbored':' What 11 m;irv!l it is that n!I the nn! earth do not rise up in raptures of u for Him ! I must say it here and nov my rtgiit han 1 In solemn attestation. Him, Mild the grief of my life Is that 1 love Hl.n more. Is It an Imosrtiue: me to as!;. Do you. my bearer y reader, love Him'.' Has He become a your naturs? Have you commlttc e'lildrsu on e.irtb Into H.s keeping, children iu biav.'ii are already 'in His Has He doun enough to win your now: Can you trust Hun. living au 1 dying ever? Is your oack or your face tower woulil you like to have His band ti you. His might to protect you, )i;s g comfort you. His sufferings to atone f His arms to w.dcome you. His love tu el you. His lisaven to crown yon? Oh, that wi might all havs somet the grs at (r uan reformer's love : Christ which led hlu to say. "If n: knocks at the door of n.y brea't au Wuo live there?" my reply is, 'Jenu llv hure. not Martin L ithr." " Wi. bs grand if. wb.n ws gst throifjh thi and rugged road of life, ws can go r Into His presinjj an I live with Him without end. And 1', entering the sate of that hci city, ws sriou'd be so ovrwhilmed w unworthin asi, on thi otii si e. and the nil splendor ou ths other side, wag tin bewildered and should for a few ni le. lost on the strata of gold and umo burnishad temples and the sapphlretn there would lie plenty to soow us tic an ttlic us out of our Joyful Imwlld-' and p-rhap the wiuinn of Xiin won "Come, lot n;n take you to the Corn ralssd my only boy to life." And J! woui.i say, "i:hih, let me tasn you t i nrist wao prougiit up my brother I. irom the tono." Aid out of ths d. would say, "Come, au I l.n me tak. to the C irlst who saved our sinkin lu tbe hurricane ou Oiuussarut.' Paul woalt say, "Cams, aul h lead you to the Christ tor whom I on the road to Ostla." And whole ero m ir:yrs would say, "Come, let us sho the Christ for wnom wervuled thechsii waded th tloo Is and dared th fires." our own slomiid km lred would flock ar us, saying. "We have been waitings, while for you, but before wa talk ov tuns, aud ws tell you of want we hav joyed sinoe we have bsn here, and vo us ot what you have suffered since we p i come, com sua iet us snow you the gr sight in all the plane, the most respleD inrous, an 1 upon it tne migntiost eonuu the exslfatlou of heaven, the theme of Immortals, the altogether grant, thealto; or goodj tne altogether fair, the altog4 W'l. IS 1 dsllTStful mira will corns - Waaa air ir L 4 wit bnot mt -im, Aae I .all sata His .s.- Thaa. w.ta nir Suv.our, Urj.bsr, Krlmd, A b.tst Mn ty I'll -p 1. , Tctuuipbsat la His sraoa. A "Dlowlny Care" in reinsyha In Lancsbter County, Tennsylv on a hilltop a short distance fi York Furnace Bridge, is located famous natural "blow hole." It is a cave, but a series of fissures in rocks, from which a cold draft of continually issues. St. Louis public Bethany Sunday-school in Tm delphia, of which John Wanamak- Superintendent, has a membership more than 0000, tad Mr. Wanawaki class) numbers over 1200.
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