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.