HAPPY DAY3.
Flag a song o' happy dsys comln' op Itie
elope,
All the country llstenin' to t tinkhV belli
O' hope
Happy III the meadow au' lir py 1 y the
stream,
Ao' Imppy In thi daytime, tin' happy In your
dreams '
Blntf a song o' Imppy days' cllmMn' up the
hill :
Mlngin' In the breez" fin' rlpt.lln' In the rill !
Ilnppy n the housetop, nn' Imppy 011 tho
SO,,
An' tlx- happy worid n-rollin' lo th" happy
(.'at'.'S o' Go I !
Atlnt.ti foiil it ut ion.
A GENTLE ADVENTURE,
(i:i5V AK'U is
an ideal frii n. I i f
llir family. !!' is
ulcl l't;otoh t' I'"' 11
frii tul of Mr. uiiil
Mr-. Kiviti'tiMi and
yoinio rtmiili be
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 y suth tin'
liiiiiil. t- j nli.i nr..
" III MII'll I V, I ll I
ill 1 1 1 r . t . win 1 cti ii'l in 11 pi tti
I orofc.-inti fr nn tin' l;!T-' ry to
1. rail linn I'lu li' l lit.
ir. precisi Iv tilt' nn!'! nf e.imii' l
1 tin
.mi
v,..
II
k 1 .1 : 1 1
lli'll II IT'"! I .it ilnVl . tired.
.it iluVl
Win!.' mi!
HI lT'' I II
III 111'-. w ll
Wealthy l lll'll'.'ll to III' fill
mill Cllteh I . V tli' voting
1 h'lVC 111! tilt' llllllilt I. HI that
1 11 v ir;ully (i'i'ViiiN in fn m illf.-. la. 1 !
solely ilii; -jiiti'M, lii is still
I'tl lltlv IV I il nil to lit' llll fluillll' 1
in i'.i-. iiiiv tin-in k!i ! I I In i ?
lure 11 prize. Ati'l t!ir whole f.i'
lilf I11M' iiim iiliniit. Aiu'iii'
yiiiiii:: Indict, lilii' llo-cilinl in Ar.
Ii "bestow himself like 11 i ijit r
i' Ili
iii;-
irti
v
t!i.'
It'll,
si.S-
liT, :ill'l with their f n t It. r In
(HUIlf nf I r tllllt Ill'oWt tin
tii'in iii in win barely 1:1111 'li
poll's II
ill. I Hi II
t Iv. i ;.
linn in L'uinl humor.
So when led by' mint tulil him lu
nii'.'lit hiivt' ItiT lin 111 t li' hiii'M'F-hiic
nf tin- Mft rnjiuht 111 in't tiny h,' im
mediately 1 li i li t ut t iKi'i;; ilii- I'.iv
iiii'tiiu Kirlt. I" nf r i limit ely they hn.l
iiuoliier i n r rini'iit. Tln'ti, like 11
triif. wll'-nH'rii'u'in;; fri.'iicl til tho
tiimily hf Miil
"ll in tini I'Uil tn have tlic box empty
tl it r 1 1 1 x tl'f iniitiii"t; t rliMj's tin;
I'liiliin ii would lii.i' ti k'!"
"I nn Mtirt- t hi' v will In1 tlrliiMite.l."
i.niil Mrs. Kmiiton. "It is mi kind j
if ynu to make tin- oflVr. Otherwise ;
tht'y wnulil In' nt homo nil day with 1
(lit- servants, 11 h I inn going nluii-- lo
(.'hllpl'l'olic tilt' VOIltlg lllllll't. " j
"I'll ilrivt in', mini fur thorn nt two
tf) 111 .I'iliW, ' HMI I IJullliy, Rllil HJ lllO
llMll l'l' W:IM nottlf.i. .
C!iL in' tl'it licvy of cliil.hvii i-( Mins 1
Kiily. Sin it 011 IhiiI ti'i'iiiH with hor I
rlil" .iltior.''. for hht ffol that thov are I
J;e(''i:i liif irom lior I'li lliri -lit.
. . .
She
eaniioi bo introduced iu o moiety for
at l.'ii't n year yet, for h"t alnewd
mot!; thinks it uuwi te tu glut the
rn". ' n'llh'""""- 4
of the elder du.
Ions. So Mits Kittv u
.
ill nebu-1
j in the
liAckrouud iiikI imiulgos tli" blues.
Slit? feelM iigprievetl because her Vasnar
frieu.lt "citno out" at the begin-. .
of the season and call occasionally to
boast of their coinpiostt. With the
children she cannot associate, of course.
In short she it a sort of feminine Uh
iiiieliLe, with I it-r toilful' against every I
woman- which tongue is tipped with
t he i m pi liio us vein 1 111 of seven toon. Pic
ture their adventure Hobby had not
seen much 01 Kitty lor some time.
1'i'oinptly at two next day Hubby
drove up to the door. It may serin
odd to call 11 man of H'iiih.' uucerlniu
aizo between thirty and forty Hubby,
but everyone rite il.n.t so and the
clil'.iiiii'li r pr 'sunii't tu take tho lib
erty. He found Mint Kitty ready and
waiting lor him.
" The other children don't want to
go," i.he announce. 1, "but 1 do vcrv
iniieh 1111 I l am ready. "
"KhV" .-aid Hobby.
I hey tlon't want to go."
" h ! ' said Hobby, nud
her into the carriage.
"Isn't this jolly?" Kitty
he helped
exclaimed
as tl',' horses pranced uway, then tud
denly a-viiinnug great tlinity.
".Mi. Arit'iid, vou must drive around
to l'liilard't and order a live-pound bo
of candy sent home, to the children
right awav."
T.h? '
"I promised them that vou would
before they would n-gree t 1 stay at
home. I Miint.', I to come with' you
alune, so there !"
"h!" ..aid Hobby. Then h: or
dered the driver to call at I'.illard's.
minute or au biter he chuckled
softly. "Well, well, what a puss vou
are!"
".iir !" she exclaimed angrily "I may
be a puss when 1 Hi.i in the" nursery
and wearing short frocks ; but I w ish
you to iiii.l.'i'.taiid that to-day lama
yotini; lady?" and she added under her
breath "What a bleating that Millie's
street drifts tits lue ho Well."
Hobby looked surprised.
"l, yes!" she snapped "you are
pist fool enough to think that' I iccause
I haven't been fonneily introduced
into society at a reception, I am still
but a child. I want you to under
stand that I would have been intro
duo. d luiiK b;;o if I hadn't three older
sitters who are not Mimrt enough to
get niivoiiti to marry them!"
"Why, Kitty!"
.My name is Miss Castiel" Thou
softening suddenly, "Here is I'allard's.
Now order the very best candy they
have, and if it is not there before I
get home I umy get iut0 tt terrible
row,"
Hobby did aa directed and there was
110 more exeiteuieut for a while. Kittv
was sat istied w ith assuming tho air of
a grand dame and bowiug to occasional
friends in the passing crowd.
Wheu they had entered their box
they became positively, friendly. Kitty
ny of her Vasaar frieuda abot,
trained her glasses on their eseoits
ami tnlkctl m lotitllj M ft lowAjrcr
while the opera progremtcil. Finally
her atU'Dtioa centered on Do Rcizke
who was iu 'it ticularly pood form aa
llontco, find like all clear girl alio be
came I'tirnptiired. Bolhy waa begin
tiinir to t'tijuj bininelf in hia qniet, cul
tured way. until Harry Van Pike came
bouncing into the box during a wait
between the act.
'How do, Mine Wmnutou," ho be
gun. "I beg your pardon!" aid Kitty.
"I bor yoiitth jiawdon, Ming aw I
mistook yon fob my fwiuuJ, Miss
Millie WiviiiKton."
linKl'V luihtfiied to introduco Harry
ntid tht'ii lAplainod:
"Thit it Mias Millie' younser
niftvY."
"Cut." iiske.l Harry, "haven't I met
run nt mini" ball hw rmwty weeently?"
I think not," aaitt Kitty, who had
si oil him ii mid ditl nut cure for him,
"f don't n" to nursery put ties uny
iimr.'. ''
"Why, Kitl.v said Hobby."
"( iwii'-ioiiH !" Haiti Harry.
Kitty sail nothintr. She turned
toward the stiie nud Harry bucked
out.
"N'inv, really!" began Hobby.
"Yoii nee ln't bepiii tn ti'old me for
snubbing th'it creature," iiho inter
rnpl il. "H .that is tho sort of admir
t it Millie hat I don't want to be mis
taken for her."
"Hut I inn liable to have friends
tli'ii)! in In re nt nny moment and"
", t '11 them you ar.; Riving the
1 i -1 1 1 ; t 1 1 1 nn r-try nn ntitinir, mid
don't tnitiil my being here. Why did
you invite tiie to come with you if you
wire not I'lt jinred fur tho coiw
ijUelu'esV'' "Hut ' tiionlit nil the ethers were
Colli itr;. "
"Vnii l.nii"ht th,' bribe for which
t h"V stuv
1 nt honio!
she niii 1 es-
iiltni,'ly.
"I'.iit I foul. ln't holn
"Well, since you ar
I'll pav vou back what
;t."
i' sorry for it,
il cost wheu 1
),-i't 111 v iii't jui.'ket inolU'V
"K. ail.v. Kilty !"
"Moii't -iieak to me njrniii! My
11 'line is Miss ( uttie! If the music
were nut so graml 1 would go right
home !"
Hobby Hiibtidod. Thn experience
was 1111 ultogt thcr new one. It was
beginning to thiwn on him that there
it nothing in tne world so unreason
uble, ho ilidejit'lnlent, or st bewitch
iag at 11 Kirl of Ncvcntccn.
l!;;t In r uuiciiHonnblcnoAS might
cause truiiblc. What would her
mother say to all this? Would k1i! bo
iiu.yry? And whito lie was meditating
the t'oiivictiiiii gv 'W in hi.ii that Kitty
was iiuus'inlly beautiful, finally tho
curtain fell on the last act and they
prepared to go homo.
"I'm goiug uu tho street car," said
Inlt.v
Hut I have my enrriago at
the
Lloor."
"I don't caro! Yon are aorry you
.TciW Uif , u III )Vlauv-'itr' oe
bit more obliged to you than I can
help."
Uy this time they hid reached tho
street. She signaled a cable car, but
luckily the rip man saw n dray on
the truck couple of blocks ahead that
ho thought it would be n joy to collide
with, so hu shouted "Take the next
car!"
Hy this time Hobby h.vl collected his
senses, and taking a gentle but tirm
hid I of Kitty's arm ho whispered
"Vou must conic to tho carriage im
mediately." There was a look of determination
on hit face us she looked up at him,
and she yielded, lie w at Homcwhitt sur
prised nt her subiiiissiuii as he helped
her inio the carriage; for it had never
occurred to him tiut a girl's docility
is usually as unaccountable as her tan
trums. As they drove along ho no
ticed that she seemed very demure
pel'Lans penitent so he could Hot re
sist iho temptiitiou to give hor a bit
of hit nit nil.
"Your conduct to-day," said Hobby,
"hat been uiiac 'ouutable, and I am
sure your mother will think it very
wrong."
"Must you tell her? ' asked Kitty
with a slight intoiia'.iou of fear iu her
voice.
This was just the opening ho needed
and ho exercised his prerogative us
friend of the family to the utmost,
lie scolded until they reached her
house. She spraug from the crriago
with his assistance and rail into the
house witlioutevensaviiig "flood-by !"
She was going to have a real good cry.
Hobby drove around to the club
and then allowed himself to glow with
satisfaction because ho felt ho liad
done his duty as a friend of the family
in giviug Kitty such a scolding. Hut
after a while he lic'au to remember
how beautiful alio looked anil that she
really didn't seem to be so much of n
chihl attcr all. Then it began to dawn
011 him that he had taken a mean ad
vantage of her iu giving her such a
scolding. In short, he thought about
tho mutter until he felt very uucoin
lortatilo aud lcuided that as a gentle
inau ho ought to apologize to Kitty.
()u returning to her room Kitty fol
lowed her womanly iustiuct and had
a good cry. Thou she exchanged
Millie's dress for her own and went to
the uursery to see how matters stood
with the children. On every side
there were signs of a little battlo royal
iu which a lire-poiuid bo of candies
had boeu severely worsted. Oue look
at the chocolate smeared bands, faces
and dresses told her that her guilty
secret must come out aud tears, were
her refuge again. AfU r a tiruo she
came to the conclusion that she had
used Bobby Arnold very shabbily aud
sue sotiuetl to nersclf :
"I wish I could see hint and tell him
how awfully aorry I am. I waa just
horrid to him all da v."
At that moment Hobby was leaving
iua emu ana muttenug to himself :
"Really, I went too far with my leo-
tura. Tt little girl must b Terr
miserable over li all. I must apolo
gize to her."
They both felt that they should
apologize, which was a dangerona situa
tion. It is always the situation in a
true lovcr'a quarrel.
When word was brought to Kitty
that Mr. Arnold wished to sen her she
rushed down to the parlor and enter
iug with a most wocbegouo expression,
began :
"O, Mr. Arnold! I"
"Really, Miss Cassie, I" Bobby
was saying at the aamo time.
They stopped and looked nt each
other for a moment.
"Kitty 1" he exclaimed, aa lie took
a step toward her with outstretched
arms.
"O, Mr. Arnold Robert," she
sobbed, as she hid her tearful face on
his shoulder.
Then he kissed her nnd they under
stootl each other.
Will it bo a match? Let ns hopo
so, but it mutt be remembered that ho
is Kitty's first and sho has not been
introduced into society yet. New
York Truth.
The lVrclicron.
The I'ercheroti draught-horse fi
noted for great streugth hud endur
ance. The breed originated in La
Perche, a province in the interior of
France, where they are extensively
raised. They are usually from fifteen
and a half to sixteen aud a half aud
sometimes even seventeen hands high.
The color of the IVrehcron breed of
France, such ns lint been usually as
sociated with it, briugs them into any
class, being eonti.lored on account of
its color. Though gray, a large num
ber were almost, if not distinctly,
white. There is every ronton to be
lieve tlint this breed, like the draught
breeds ot F.nglau I nnd Scotland, do
rived its si.e oi iyiiiHlly from the largo
black horse of Flanders; but from the
fact that gray has for many genera
tions boon the prevailing color, it is
evident that some very powerful
agency has been nt work modifying tho
typo until it hat but little iu common
with this old parent stock except size.
Hut the fashion has now changed,
and black isthe color sought by breed
ers an I purchasers. This change of
sentiment is owing to tho French (Jov
eminent having replaced the cavalry
grays with blacks, assigning as the rea
son that during the wa" the grays wore
fur loo conspicuous. Tho slaughter
among the troops of graya was much
larger than iu those of darker colors.
IVrcheron horses are much used iu
the Western States, where they are
highly esteemed, being at rung, active
and intelligent. They are rivals with
the Shire aud Clydesdale breeds fur
popular favor. New Y'ork World.
A lUiii'oad Cut.
"Every one has heard," said Thomas
S. Kline, of Deliver, Col., "of tho
railroad dog whose exploits have been
recounted iu divers places and by
various people, lint 1 will veuturo to
say very few people have ever heard
of a railroad cat. although there is
one out iu my Stat' which is a most
remarkable traveler. It was a special
pet of the wife of the engineer of a
freight locomotive, and it accompanies
him on every trio ho makes. Wheu
the traiii makes one of its long waits
nt the tlepol the cat will go iu acaivh
of fun or mice, and at some of the
inosl-iised junctions it is unite 11 local
pet. While the engine is running
the cat sits in the cab or on the coa!,
and at its fur is jet black, its bounty is
not greatly impaired by its peculiar
surroundings. l'ussy mutt have
traveled many thousand miles, for it
has boon doing duty for several yours
mid has never been kuowu to luiss a
trip. The first journey or two thoro
was much dilUculty about keeping tho
uiiimiil from jumping off, but there is
none uow, nor does its owner bother
himself about ascertaining whether
his feline passenger is aboard or not.
Tho absolute indifference of cits to
persons and their attachment to places
and environment is soon iu this in
stance, for w heu last year the engineer
got iujiirt'd iu a wreck nud was laid
up for three mouths the cat staved
arouud the shops until the engine
was repaired and then resumed her
rides with tho substitute engineer."
St. Louis lilobe-Domocrat.
Care ot Wet Shoes,
Thoro are few things more disagree
able than to put on a pair of still, brittle
shoes that have boeu thrown aside to
dry after a rainy day. Here is a for
mula that claims to eradicate tho
trouble: First wipe off gently with a
soft cloth all surface water aud mud ;
then, while still wet, rub well with
parattiue oil, using flannel for tho pur
pose. Set them aside till partially
dry, when a second treatment with oil
is advisable. They may then bo de
posited iu a conveniently warm place,
where they will dry gradually aud
thoroughly. He fore applying Frouoh
kid dressing, give them a tinal rubbing
with tho tlauuel, still slightly damp
euod with parattiue aud the boots will
be soft and tlexiblo aa new kid and be
very little affected by their buth iu tho
raiu. New York World.
Alaska Salmon.
The grout industry of Alaska is the
catching ami cauuiug of salmou.
Established only about twelve years
ago on a largo settle, it has grow n to
vast proportions. Tho record of 20,
000 cases canned iu had be
come 64,000 iu 1H81, and 120,700 in
18K6. Two years later it had reached
427,372 cases, while in 188 I it rose to
709,347, and in 18U1 to 789,000. A
case coutaius forty-eight pounds, so
that this auuusl output represented
37,872,000 pounds of cauned salmon,
exclusive ot the salted aud smoked sal
mon prepared every year. There an
now thirty-four great cauneries estab
lished ou the coast. New York Wit-ueaa.
REV. DI1. TALMAGE.
TIIK mtOOKbVN nt VINE'S SUN
DAY SKIt.MON.
Subject: "A Cheerful Church."
Trxt- "RfboM.tlmu nit fair, mrlove."
' olomou's Hoim Iv., 1.
"Hinhrrrritl.'ittn 'sars that this book of
Bolomon's snnir It a lors ?n, a forlorn
malMn siffhiuu for htr Istnn. It so. It I'
nnelfiin amt itwlinuehwl utterance Ids
In the ptirw word of Ooil anil It not I)
common rea.llnir. My opinion Is that It
nAplrmt ol st'ttlnif forth tha feelln
Christ townnl the chitrfh sn.t of tha et
towar.1 Christ. Christ Is tm brhtsin
ami the church is thi brhte. The
wonls wennn nttertn-ilay truthfully, wh.
In rsenril to thephnrch of Oo.l In eener
this rhnr.'h In partirutar. "Dehold, tho
isir, my lov."
Tne psr week ba Leon ons of prole
eon urn 1 illation torthnt we hiire. for tw
five years hepii i,.rniltte. to astocints
eneli other In the rolntioii of pnttor nm'
pie. When I f'liie to llrooklvn. I fou
mall tmn'l of ein-iMlan 1l"lplt who
vnrlout onuses lia l beeom le ntt'i !
Ihey Moo l upon the very verire of extln
asaohiirrh. sn.l the question was h
agitate I from timnto time whether it wt..
he noilt to maintain a church life lonif, ,..
Inilceil, hail not tlio men ami women been
rontecratn.1 nnd enriii'st. they would hnrif
mrreniterel to tho lelvrie circumstance.1
They marshaled n couureK.-itloniil meetimr
and Bnthei-iiij up all the forces potslhle. they
rut nlneteun votet for a ptor, nil of whloi
I am hanpy to have recnivs.l.
It wns not tlinmuh sny spirit of personal
coiirinre or reck lest adventure tlint f was 1ml
from one of tho wurmett nnd mot eomcenbij
pstorate tn Philadelphia that a man rvnr
enjoyed to t hit then mint unlnritiuir Hold,
but it watthe feeling that do t had eallal me
to the work, aud I was sure He would lea inn
tlirouith.
1 bavn thoiufht that It mlirht be profitable
lo ut to elate briefly what kind of a ouuroli
w have been trvlun tn I'MaMltii, 1
In tho llrtt place, I remark thntwahsvol
heen trt-intr ll I. llll. I I....... n l'l,.l.ll. ..!....... u
j"- " ' I.".. . iiiimiitiiiTiiurvu
distinctively mi.'Ii- In other words, n
church wht-rj w should preach the Lord
Jesut t'iiritt nnd Him cructlled. Mv theology
Is all ton') into live letters Jesm. Jem,
the pardon of nil offense. Jeens, the
loun.liitlon for R'l :rn 'lurit. Jet up, the
I'Blm for all wouiiil'. .Tckiik, the eyn salve
ior nn iiiinnie'st. ji-sns, tlm guide through
nil perplexities, .ti'nii", thu hope for all dis
couragements. Josim, tho reform for ail
TOIlg.
I luive fnith to believe that f-.era Is more
power in oiiii ttrop of tho Moot of Jesui'
i-iiriti 10 cure tlm woes or the world than
In an ocean lull of tin nun quackery. Jokuk
is the gran. Iet note in any niiuttrelty. He
is urn lriglitst g.tin in niiy crowo ; height
overtopping nil height tlm centre of even-
clrcuinlereuctt j the circumference to every
centre; the pnoiiier of l tur'oulencai the
umpire of all tllrpiites. Jesus, Jesus! At
His table nil nation nre to tit. Around His I
minim 1111 tvnrrm lire 10 revolve. MS IS 10
t the Irradiation of the universe. Jesus,
Jesus I It is that truth that we have triad
to pro.icli Inthiti'iihiirnncie.
Do you nsk moro mliiii ely what we be
lieve? I e.m tell you. Wo have no dry,
withers), julcolfM theology. Wa believe In
God, the Father Almighty, maker of heavau
and earth, the deliverer ofttis tlistrssssd,
Iho home lortiie bo.iieleM, tba friend for the
friendless. We bellevs In Jesus Christ, ahle
to save to the uttermost, pardoning lbs
Riillty, Imputing H s righteousness to tha
believer. We te-lleva In tha Holy Ghost,
tho comforter, the snn'itiflvr, clieerlug up
the heart in lite' II In nnd kindling bright
lights iu every dark landiug place. We be
lieve that thu whole rice Is to sunken iu sin
that nothing but the omnipotent arm of God
can ever 1111 ir.oK.- .lvvA.-lia e iti ar..
free grace, sovereign grace, triumphant
grace, eterunl gr.ioe. W bellevs iu a Ulble
authentic la its statements. Immaculate
In its teachings, glorious in Its promises.
We believe iu heaven, the ntjode of the
righteous, nud In hcP. the retldcooe of those
Who 11 rj soul suicides of ttieir own free
choice refining the divine raorcv. We be
lieve In the salvation of all men who accept
Christ by faith, be they sprinkled or im
niertcd, worship they iu catli".lral or 111 log
fahlu, believe they iu I'res'oyteriaulsm or
Episcopacy, dwell Ihey under Italian sklet
orliiSi.'. rl.oisuowiiorms, hetlicy Kthloplan
or American. All oun in Curitt. Clue Lord,
one falih. one baptism, on the wny to heaven.
We built th't 'la iciiircle for the purpose ol
"tllng lorlh tho' great tlieoriet of the go
lii of the Son of (bid. Would that wn had
boeu more faithful in ibe pulpit! Would
that we ha I becu more faithiul 111 the pew!
I remark, further, that we have tried her
to build 11 church ilisttn. 'lively unconven
tional. Instead of iitkiinr, at some people
are dispute, l to do, how oilier poplu do ll,
wi have usked the iiiHstioii how people do
not do it. liip-riout eustom bus docided
that churches shall l iingul ir. cheerless,
gloomy, unsympathetic, forgetting that what
men call a piout gloom is impious, and that
that church lias tint butt architecture where
the people are the niot comloitable, nnd
that that it the mott eflb lout Christian ner
vice where the people are made most sick of
in and most 11 nxious alter Christ and heaven.
Aud so we called the architects together lor
our llrst church bulldiug aud said "Give us
an amphitheater" that l, a largo family
-iivle, gathered around a fireplace.
For many year we ha t felt tlint an amphi
theater was tho only .rop-r bbapa for an
audience, room. The prominent architects
of tho couutry said : "It cannot be dons.
Vou need a ciiiirch I mMlng. ' And so we
bad plan after plnii of churchly buildings
prestute.l. but in dueilmu God sent a uisu
who gmtp.td our Idea an t executed It. Ho
far from oeing a failure, it sntinlled our want.
and all our three cliuroiies were built on tha
amphlthentrleal p!no. and scores of churches
an over me country bavj adopted the same
(tlaii.
Ami, mv brelbren nnd sisters, wa fall la
our work just In proportion as we try to be
like other churches. We bellevs that God In
tended every church, like every man, to be
Individual, gathering lin a I Its necullaritlea
and Idiotyu.-r iclcs and hurling them all to-
wiiru some goo l nnd grand object. la other
wor.'.s, no two churches ought ever to be lust
alike. Here is a church, for instance, whose
object is to prepare philosophers and artists
and critics lor lieaveu. (oi speed them iu
the dimcult work ! Here is a cliurcb, on the
other baud, that proposes to bring only the
poor inio me kiugiiom ol Jesus Christ, look'
lug not alter the rich. God speed such a
church in its undertaking I liut there is a
larger Idea that a church may take bringing
In the rich nud tho poor, tbo wise and the
ignorant, the high aud the low, sotbst kneel
ing beside each othershnll be theniau faring
sumptuously every day aud the man who
could uot gut bis break last. God speed such
a church !
Oh, my friends, we need to break awvy
from slavery lo ecclesiastical custom. We
dare not sing it anybody bears us. We dare
not preach unless wa bave rouuded off our
sentences to suit the criticism of the world.
We dars not dress for church until Wd have
examined tbefiisblou plulesuud wouldrathor
stay at boms than nppenrwith a eont or a
bat not sanctioned tiy custom. Wnen will
the day ot deliverance come to the eburoh ot
God, when. Instead of a dead religion laid
out in state on a catafalque ot pomp and In
sincerity, we shall have a living, bouudlug,
Sympathetic, glowing Christianity'
I remark, lurtber, that we bave tried here
to build and to conduct a cheerful eburoh.
While, as you know, ws bave not held baus)
the terrors ot the law and the sterner doc
trines of the gospel, we bave tried tn this
house to present to this people tha tdaa that
the gladdest, brighten!, happiest Ihlug In all
tbo universe Is tba Cbrlstlau religion. There
Is so much trouble In the world. Business
men bave so many anxieties. Tolling men
have so many fathrues. Orphans bars so
many desolations. Cor Cod s sake, it there
he anv bright p'a n sartlvsow It to them !
Let the church ot J.-sus Christ be the most
oheerfol spot on earth,
! m say that I do not wsnt anvSo 1e to
.oms whining around ms about tha Christian
religion. I have no faith ia a religion made
up of eo,ual psiis of wornwood. vlnegsx nnd
red pepper. If the religion that Is presented
to us be a depr.-aalon, we will BTt along
better without If. If it be a Jo v, let It shins
out from your face nnd Irom your conversa
tion. If a man comes to my house to tslll of
religion with liignrlotis countenance and
manner lull of sniffle nnd dolorounes, I
feel like saying to mv wife, "Vou had belter
look tp the silver before he steals some,
thing." I hsvs found It nn invsriable nils
that men who profess faith In tha Lord
Jesus Christ, priding themselves at the same
time on their sanctimoniousness, nlwav
turnout badly I never knew an exception
while those who are the most consistent,
the most useful and tha most consecrated
have perfume In their conversation und
heaven In their face.
Tha happiest Christians that I have ever
known have been persons from sixty to elghtv
years of age. Ilv that time people ret ov-r
thn shams an t the pretenses of society and
have no longer anv patience with anything
like Imposture In religion. O Christian, how
dare you be gloomy' Is not Go 1 voni Father'.'
Is not Jesus Christ your Paviour'r H is not
your path all through life heeu strewn with
mercies? Are you Insensible to the fact that
there are glories aw.iltln t von In tho better
land loxologlesof celestial worship. eternal
chorals, tearless eyes, songs that resound
under arches ef strength and hosnnnaa that
clap their hands at the foot of tho throne?
Is it nothing to you tint all the bills of
heaven are radiant with tho faces of those
who have gone upfro'n you and who are wait
ing for your coming, ready to keep with you
eternal holiday? Is there nothing In singt
thnt never cease, in hearts that n 'ver ache,
In splendors that n"vr tile, to make you
glad? Then take no more merevntthe band
of thy God I Give back the mirrlaie rlngof
lovs that Jesus put on your linger luthedav
of your espousal ! Plant no more of the
flowers of besven where there ought to ba
nothing but nettles an I nl'.-htshado !
We try to make this church a cheerful
church. A man on Hutur.lav afternoon
stands in his store and says- "How shall I
meet these obligations? ilow can I endure
this new disaster that Is coming upon me?"
He gos borne. HaMuith morning llnds him
In the bouse of God. Through the song,
through the sermon, through the prayer, the
Lord Jesus Christ says to that mnn "O
ninu, I have watched thee. I have seen all
thy struggles. It is enough. I will see thee
through. I will stand between thee and thy
creditors. I will make up In heavenly
treasures what you have lot In earthly
trentures. Courage, mail, courige! Angels
of (od, I command you to clear the track
for that man 1 put your wings over his head ;
with your golden ect'ptert strike for his de
tense; throw around him all the tlefenft of
eternlly." What is tho contequnnce? That
huslness mnn It strengthened. He gout to
the store next day feeling that GoJ is with
bim and ready to deliver.
That same Kuudny there Is a poor old wo
man in the church bearing the gospel. Oh,
how shrunken she is! Him wears the same
dress she wore twenty years ago. How faded
It Is and now out of date ! Him sits and listens
as well as she can. Her eyes are so dim she
cannot see half way across tho church. Her
ear is so imperfect that sho can only ctch
occasionally a note of the psalm or a wort
of the preacher. Home one sitting next to
her gives her a book and Ituds the place for
her. Shu siys, "Thank you, miss ; thank
you." She holds the book close up to her
eyes nnd with a voice all full ot tremors
sings :
Jeu, lover of my s u',
l.'t nt 1 1 I'll v n n uu rtr
While the billow near m roll,
Willi tha ieniii't st II It Mf u
niits 111?, O mr Sivl.mr. bl.1.
Till lue storm of life It natu
Sal into Hie h tsvttii it'll
OS, reu v my ul at ll.
And Jesus ssys to her, ''Mother, are you
weary?" And she ssys, ''Ves, Jesus, I am
vej-.tir " .Jetj's-S'ivs. "Mother " '"
poor Ana sue snyst "Xes, it ,
poor. I cannot saw any more. I eanuot
knit any more. I am vary poor." Jesus
says to her. ".Mother, would you liks to
rent' Hbe ssys, "ies. Lor J 1 that Is what
I want rest." "Courage, mother." ssvs
Jesus. "I will see thee through."
HIih goes home The next morning In the
tenement bousQ some oue dwelling on
another floor c .ncsto her room aud knocks.
No answer. The door It opened. Hiie It
dead ! The night before the chariots of God
halted at that pillow of straw, and Jetut
kept His promise. l(.j sal 1 that He would
give her rest, and lin has givjn hor rest.
Glory be to Go.t for the belget, the deptn,
the length aud the breadth of such Christian
comfort ! Oh, that wu might have such Joy
as that which uisp red the men ut the, battle
ot Leuthen ! They were singing u Christian
song as they went into battle. A general
sil l to the king. "Shall I stop those puople
siuging?" ".So," said tho king. "Men that
slug like that can light." I would that Wrf
ha I a singing church, a joyful church, a Ju
bilant church, u comiorliug church, fur theu
we would bave a triumphant ehuroii.
I remark, fit-tlier, that wu have hero trial
to luiilda church abreast of the times. It it
all lolly for us to try to do things the way
they did lllty or 10J years ago. Wo might as
well be plowing witli I'.llj ill's crooked stick,
or go Into battle, with Maul' armor, or prefer
a oaiialuoat to au express tntu, ns to be
clinging to old things. What ws most need
now Is u wide awake church. People who
are out Iu the world all tbo wsek, Jostllu
against this lightning footed century, coins
iuto theohurob on the Hahbntli and K" rlgnt
to sleep unless they have a spirits 1 eervlue.
Men engaged in literary callings all the
week, reading pungent, sharp writings, can
not be expected to come and hear our scale-
slnstloal humdrum.
If a man stav at borne on Sundays an t
roads the newspapers. It is buoausa the news
papers are more interesting. Ws need, my
brethren, to rouse up aud slop bunting with
blank cartridges. The church ot God ought
to be the leader, the Interpeter, the insplrsr
ot the age. It is all folly for us to be dis
cussing old issues nrraigulng Nero, hang
ing Absalom, strikiug the 1'hlllstlnes wita
Khnmgar's ox goad wheu all around about
us are lulquitiesto be slum.
Did I s.iy that the church ought to bs
abreast of the times? I take thai back. The
church ol God ought to bo ahead of the times
as far In advance as the cross of Christ is
annad of all human invention. Paul was
100O years ahead of the day iu wbluh he
lived. The swift footed years that bavs
passed since Luther died have not yet 00 me
up to Luther's grave. Give iniquity 400J
years the start, aud Iho feet of Christianity
ere sonunoie mat 11 you win nut give it mil
swing it will cutch up and pass it in two
bounds. The cnurcu 01 1,04 ougnt 10 lie
ahead ot the times.
I remark, further, that we have tried here,
In the love aud four ot God, to build a church
that would be characterized by conversions.
I bsve heard of very good people who could
Drench on for niteen or twenty years and see
no conversions, but yet have l.nth. It takes
a very good mail to do that. I do not know
now a man can keen tilt fattn up If souls are
not brought to tha Lord Jesus Christ. That
church that does not bring men and women
to the feet of the Havlour is a failure. I oare
not how One the bulldiug, or bow sweet the
music, or how eloquent the preaching, or
bow elegant the surroundings It Isa failure.
Tha church of God was made for just one
thing to get men out of the world Into the
kingdom of heaven.
Tne tendency In oburoiiss Is to spend tbelr
time In giviug tine touches to Christians
already polished. Wo keep our religion too
niuoh iudoors nnd uudor shelter, when It
ought to be olhnblug tho rooks or hewing tu
ths forests. Then It would be a stalwart re
ligion, a robust reltglou, a religion able to
digest tna strong meat 01 tne word, instead
ot being kept ou the pap and gruel ot spir
itual Invalidism. It is high time that w
threw off tba Hunday clothes ol sickly senti
mentality and put on the working dress ot
. . . .l..eh.li.l.nllu
Hero Is Brooklyn, here Is New York, here
or ths fjnltsd btstss, here I the wbois
world to ba ronvertett. It Is imtl
since Christ eater, and yet Enron. I
Africa. North and 8outh America tJ
uasvangettaett. More people born r-,
into tne worm inaa are norn into td,J
dom of God. At that rate I ask snyoi.l
can 00 a simme sum in arunmti t,
ate when thi world will be brous
jeii. At mat rate, never, never. ,
And yet ws know that It I to be Im
Christ. lint the chnrch will have to .1
It tact nod take a wider sweep with ttA
pet net than it nss yet taken. 1 pelfo
the great ma of tha people are nn ,
to receive tha gospel if ws glvs 2
chance.
A bov poe along the street at nlirvl
seen a fins house besiltlfuUr lighted ,,
. ... , . - -i
near music, ami 11 e say. 1 wisn 1 rJ
inerc, uui 1 imT" urn ut-'-n i,iiv.'i( ,i
ns passes on. Here is tne enures, oil
lighted up with festivity and holy mini
ths world passes along outside, bsl
mnsto and sometime wisrtes it wns LI
but savs that it Is not Invited. Oh. 1m-
world to come In ! Go oftt Into the hi?',
and hedge. Bend a ticket of Inv.-,
printed in these words, "Coins, for nib
are now readv."
Home year ago 20t men were btiriH ..
Itsrtlev colliery ot F.n?lnnd. The On-
Kaglnnd from her throne telegraphm 1
there anv hope for the mn.' A'lr J
the answer came ovr tho wire : "N'.
They nre dead." H"r I a wlio'e race 1.
in sin and darkn-s and woe The nn-
that thrills up to tne pir-viie oil, on
Is. ' I there nny hop forthe men?" An
Inc Intelligence coma back from th 1 1 -1
ot God. thrilling through tho world's
n, thrilling ' through the world's
"Yet. Hone for one, hope for all ! W l
ever will let him come. And the splnrl
the lindo sivt, 'l.onie. And lei nun I:
at hirst com".
We have hat convention n'l ovr
country discussing the sulijo't, "Hon:
tha Great Masses lis llrought to C'e
They have passed splendid resolutions vl
elos. of the meeting a long list ot eig i:
or fifteen have bo-u ren.t, nn t then ti..
siding officer has sal.l, "All thosu iu l.iv
the resolution for tho conversion o'l
world, purifving the cities and redeerniii.
masses and making everything all rlgln
nye." "Aye, aye!" say a thousand v
"All opposed no." "The nyes hsv
There, the whole world Is convrted'
we do not seem to gut uloug by such 11 ;i
cess.
It this world Is ever to be brought to ( I
It will not be by the handful of mlniste
tinve In this country, it win us iy in- t-a
masse of Christian men and women
charging their duty. If tho private ch.j
membership of this country would -their
armor and go forth, I believe Hi,-
fifteen yenrs the whole land would l
deemed for Christ. Would Go 1 that nil
people wcru prophets ! I am never afr.il
bear a man sny that he Is golnn to pr.-
If he cannot preach, people will not k l
hear lit m. ll lie can, ns mis a message
the Almighty, nnd I would hnvo him d"l
It. Look out how you lntertere with hi-
8 1 nee ws have been together as n istor J
people how many have been promoted to
glories of heaven? They died Bi-
calnilv. ns only Christian can dir. Tl
have nut down ths staff of their pilgrim .
They have taken up ths palm ot tho vi."
The' Lord Jesus has swung If is arm thro J
this churcn a good mauv times. Iln
been uu and down all these aisles. He 1
taken tha llltlo children the tloar
children. He came down into the giir l'-1
gather tbn lilies and the nged as well.
who snt right here, so thai when I u"
preach I could almost put my ban Ion I
ueaa. wnen 1 eamo oacn irorn ray sunn
vacation was gone. Oh, bow the glorie
heaven sbone around that old man's f:i"
ho sat hers Babliath after Sabbath I (i
ncv. Happy splr.t. Happy wit ii nil ti.
Ma ve passed ths nood.
ve passed
-ne army of thi llrmt Oo I
Te H-s eoiiitnAa.t we bier.
'art of tn host nivt rrutw t thi
dad,
Aoi part ars oruuluf nusr
1 1 nk vou for all your kin 1-los. for
n ,.tor. 1 a sorrow to "'thatli
to bu ahsent e .a for a few mo ntba. I b'
worked to the full extent of ph. vsloal, m-i
and spiritual endurance for thu ' church.
Now wa start out on ourtwent. )' -sixth
How many of u will eloss it I 'ore I kn
not. tut. living or ilym i, let u cling I
Christ. Oh, that all the people would loi
Him! I wish that I could taeth''saudleQi
this morning nnd wreath it srouuJ tha hei
of my Lord Jesus Christ ! Oh, He is1 such
deur Saviour ! He is such a loving JcVn
Hs Is so precious ! He is nil tun world to uu
Ho is heaven to me. He wattle 1 aw.iy in
sins. Ho comforted mt in days of darKn-
aud trouble. Hu Is mtn. O x. tde.tss 1 Jesm
Sweetest soiiu l I ever bn.iri or ever expn
to hear is Toy name !
My closing prayer this mDrc.ln is tin
God will have mercy on ths dying popnli
tioa of our great citie-t, au 1 that the wu il
earth will put on bridal nrrsy for tneoo.iua
of the Lor l. Hide on, Kmg Jesus ; rids on
lllossel bo tho Lorl G1 of Iir.iol.fri:
everlasting to esrrlastin, an I let tha wail
earth be tills 1 witit His glory ! A'uuu un
umen !
Nplle Driving us a Fiuo Art.
The sun-kissed commuter wh
crosses the forries has nu intitnsts nt
quaintanceship with the huge derrick
aud their ever rising ever falling ham
mers. But few, even of thosa bir I
of passage, know about the require
ments of the "llnal ilnvj. Ibe an
is first pullod up on end nnd allow.
to fall with a rush with one end iii
the ooze. Then it is "ridden"
awhile; that is, hauled up a bit
allowed to settle by its own weier
being worked dowu until it will stf
by itself. Then the driver ia plai
over it and down comes the block v
a huge thump. This is continued t
after time. At first there is no
bound, but as the resistance beeor
more aud more the block bogim1 1
rebound iu proportion until win1
known as "the final drive" oou1
In almost every contract the rebau.
called for ou this ia "four incba.'
That is, when the resistance ot tu
pile ia so great that the weight il
jump back those four inches the iil
is believed to be so securely itnplaite
that nothing but au earthquake 01 a
ocean steamer will dislodge it, 111
this is generally the case. New V01
Mail and Express. .
. -,
Piovel riinioing I'lant. I
Manuel E. do Costa, who residej s
miles south of aaoramento on tl
Kiverside road, has built an ingei
oiis machine for irrigating his flow
garden and his orange and lemon tre.
It consists of a wooden wheel ten ft
in diameter and with a nui or ti
about two feet wid". A dog is plac
iuside the whetl, which is turned I
his weight as he gallops in treadm
fashion. The revolution of the ai
turns a crank which operates t
handle of a pump set iu a dug wi
After half au hour's exercise the dot
taken out and a fresh dog put iu 1
another half hour. I
The dogs teem to enjoy the woi
for they bark and wag their '. U
r 1 U
vlie
nei
when they are brought to the
They know that it means some'
cood to eat at the end pt the
hour's work. Sacramento (CaLt