to. ffiV. DR. TALMAGE. Je Dr.OOKLYX ni VINE'S svx DAY SKUMU.l. Jl'rrschcl at Little Rock, Ark.). gy i pn imTMi mi'i in" p epi turn with nm l"""1 11 1" n"'r voice nu i epr ; thv had no bom power to weep. David recoverou an. l namuoi ill,, r Is !nn exeiemnt In tha villa? kin?. Pavid unit his men are bidding ;i,y to tneir nimiiie an i are on lor me .'i ones Till le safe until the warriors. ,m with vc'tory, rout home. Rut will .r.vil ones M nntn'( The toft arms ll.lfn are aroun I th neck of tha wsrr.ors until they shake themselves ml star, and handkerchief and flags -.iv I nn I kia thrown until th nrm I vanish beyond tti nil ,s. David nn 1 his emi c't through with their campaign vart linneward. Kvry night on thir inm no sooner doe th soldier put his I o'i Hi" knapsack than In his dream he r tli welcome of tlm wife nn I tha !iout ..-hil.'. ... whit long stories they wilt have to tell rhmiii'sof how they dolged the bat x. an I then will roll up their aleeye and th- half hen led wound. With clad. k.tep, they march on. Pvld and his , for thv are marching hom. Now they , ip loth last hill which overlook Zlk mi I thy expect In a moment to ae th Hid places of their loved on. They .. in I as they look their cheek turns pale, thir lip quiver, an I their hand luvol- irlly "o-nea down on the. hilt of the -.). "Where ia Ziklagi Where ant our thv cry. Alas, the curilng snioka vethc ruin tells the tragedy ie Am Vekites have come down nndeon- ' iM the village an I carried the mothers. I the wives.. and the children of David and ia Into captivity. The swarthy war. ri'iw l fora few moments transfixed with rnr Ih"n their eyes glance to each nn I thoy burst Into uncontrollable iunr. for when a strong warrior weeps ifriff is appallinx. It seems aa If the ition might tear him to pieces. Thov pt until they had no more power to weep." rion their sorrow turns Into raa, nrni i'. w;neini? his swor 1 blgj In air. cries, ir-ii". for thou sha'.t ovrrtak thorn, ami h.r.it fail recover all." Sow the march nn a 'dnubloquicik." Two hundred of vM men slop liythe brook lienor, fnlnt li f.atigue and (frlof. Thay cannot ro a i farther. They are le't there. lint the .n l!0 men under David, with a sort of jihT step, march on In sorrow and In .v. They nnd by the Md of the road a half .1 Egyptian, nnd they resuscltata him ani nwl him to tell the whole, story. He s;iys, n ler they went, the captors and the ea; ." pointing In the direction. Forward, (0) l-rav men of lire ! Wry soon David and his enraged oompiny -i upon tha Amiilekittah host. Yonder "S sea their own wives and children and fliers, and under Amalekitlah guar I. Hera the oflloert of the Amalekltlsh arm v hold. banquet. Tha cups are full , the music, roused : the dance begins. The AmaleUlt . bost cheer nnd cheer an 1 cheerover their Dry. Hut. without note of bugla or warn ,0.' trumpet, David and his 4'X) men burst a tua :en. lavld and his men look up, 1 ono kUii.jh at their loved ones in enntiv- t nu I nu ler Amalekitlsh irunr 1 throws rn into a very fury of determination, for (know how men will light when they tl lit their wives and childrau. Ah, thira ara tnings iu their eye, nnd ev.jry finger is a ir. nn I their voice 1 like tha shout ot tha nwindl Ami I thu upsst tunkar Is nn 1 i costly viauda crushed underfoot, tat fuJod Amalukitet Ha, their klood min (ixrcy- no iioonar do David ani hi man id the victory than they throw their sworla wn Into the dnst what do they want with kirds nowy mj tha broken families come s'xther nmld a great shout of Joy that jks's the p ir:ing scene In Zlklug seem very -lipid In tha compariaon. Tlw rou'h oil irrior Iiim to use soma pursuaslon before cau get hie child to come to hlai uow .Iter so long nu absence, but soon tha little :ior traces the fanlliic wrinkle across tha arrl face. And then thu empty t'inkar Is e net up, and they ari tilled with tha be :n from the hills, aud D.iviil an I his men. rs liushiinls, the wives, the brothers, the ten, dnn't to tha overthrow '. the :uale!;ites and to tha rebuilding of Zlklng. ). U Lord, let Thine enemies perish ! Now thoy ara coming home. David ani 4 men and their families louj pro "sion. Men, women an 1 children, loaded itb jewels and robes aud with all kin. In of bophie that the Amalekltes had gnthnr.nl p in years of conquest jverything now in ia hands ot David and hU men. When iey coma by the brook lienor, tha nlaua where staid the men slelc aud lucoin patent travel, me jewels nn'i the robes an I all n w or tr 'UHiires ara divided amour the k as well as among ths well. Kurelv the itua an I exhausted ought to have soma of ie treanur. Hera U a ro'je for a nn e- icod warrior, llera Is n pillow for this Klu' man. Hera is a hau Iful of gold f vr ie wasted trumpeter. I really think th'it iei men who fainted by tin brook Ueaor lay have endure I a.s mu "h as those men ho weut luto the battle. Home moan fel- )W objected to the sick ones haviug any of i Kpoiis. inn otijectirs said, Ihese meu id uot light." David, with a maguaulmous ait, replieH. "Aa hU uirt is that coeth iown to the battle, so shall UU part be that arriem y me btUII. luissutilect is practical vsuiietlvs to me. hank God. In these times a man can uo oft n a Jouruev aud be gone weeksand month lind coma back and see bis houe untouched I lucen diary ami hav.i LU family ou the tep to greet him If bv teleurim he hn fore. bid the moment of bis comiuj. llut there lira Amalekitish disasters. th;re are Amale- Mtih disrates that sometimes comes dowa pou oum s home, making as devastating Iwork as tha day when ZlkUg took lire. hera are fumllies vo j renresent broken nn fio battering ram imota In tha dor, uj ono'-.Akt crumbled tha statues, no fl tma eapel nmld the curtains, but so far nji all f he joy nn i merriment th it onoa btlong l o tltut house ara conoarued tha home Ua lopirtad. Armed diseases cama down unon Iba oul- 'j'Huis of the si'ene acariet fovern or pleu- rmua or consumptions or undatlna.1 disor ders CillllG llllil HeiKAtf tnwin utmA iiiAmhum t'Jof that family and carried them away. Zlk- latr iu asnet ! And you go about, sometimes Weenltlg and sometime nrir.l B-nlln.r In iget back your loved one iu mu.:h as David nu l Uls men wanted to reoonatruut tbalr letpolled households. Zlklag in as Pea I Soma of you went off from home. You ouatad tha davs of vour absenae. Every day teemed as Ions aa a week. Ob, bow ad you were when the time cam for vou to go aboard tha steamboat or railroad nnd start for borne I You arrived. You went up tha street wbera your dwelling was, and in tha night you put your band ou tha doorbell, aud, behold I It was wrapped with the signal of bereavement, and you fouud that Amalakltiau death, which bos devas tated a thousand otber households, bad blasted youra. You go about weeninc amid tha desolation of your onoa happy liome, thinking ot tha bright eyes closed, and the noma nearta stopped, and tha gentle bands folded, and you weep until you bava uo mora power to weep. Zlklag In ashes I a gentleman went to a friend of mine in the city ot Washington aud asked that through blm ba might get a consulship to some foreign port. My friend said to blm -"What do you want to go away from your beaut 1 1 ul home for Into a foreign port?" tlx children ara dead. . I must get away, air. can t stand It in thla country any longer. ' Zlklag in ashes I WUytheaa long ahadowt of beraavemant a.rot this andience Why la It tint In al most evrr aasemhlage hltck Is the predom inant color of the apparel? Is It heeameyou do not like saffron or brown or violet Oh. not Yon any i "The world I not so bright to ns as once It wis." and there Is a story of silent voices, and of still feet, and of loved one fi-one. and when you look over tha hills expecting only beauty an i tovelineea yon find only devastation and woi. Zlklag In ashes t One day. In Ulster rotinty, V. T., tha rl. lagecbnrch was decorated until the fra grance of tha flowers wm almost bewilder In. The maidens ot the village bad emp tied tha place of flowers upon one marriage altar. One of their number was affianced to a minister of Christ, who ha 1 come to take her to his own home. With hanl Jolnel, nmld a congratulatory aullonce, tha vows were taken. In thro days from that time one of those who stool at tha altar ex changed ertli for heaven. Tha wedding mireh hro'a down Into the funcnl dirge. There were not enough flowrs now for the coffin lid. hncnuse they had all been taken for the bridal hour. The dead minister of Cnrlst Is brought to another village. He had gone out from them ! than a week liofore In hi strength , now ha comes home lifeless. The whole church bewailed him. The so'emn profession movisd nro ind to look upon the ettll Mce that once bad beamed tha meagea of salvatton. Little children were lifted up to look at him. And some of those whom ht ha I comforted In days of sorrow, when they pase 1 that silent form, made the place dreadful with their weeping. Another village emptied of Its dowers some of them put in the shapi of a cross to symboKge hla bop, others put in tha shape ot a ero.rn to symbolizt his trlump'i. A bun Ire. 1 lights blown out la one strong gut from the npu Joor o a sepulchre. Zlklag In ashes! I preached this aermon to- lay because I want to rally you, as David Milled his man. for the recovery of the lovt and tha lost, I want not only to win he wen, hut I want all this congregation to go along with m. I feel that somehow I hav responsibility In your arriving nt that greit city. Do you reslly want to Join theeompanlonshlpot your loved ones who have gone Are you as noxious to Join them as David and hla men were to join their families Then I am here, In tha name of Ood, to say that you may and to tell you how. I remark In tha IW place. It you want to Join your loved onee In glory, you muat travel tha same wy they went. No rfooner hail the half dad Kgyptian b'on resuscitated than he pointed tha way tin captors and tha captives had gone, and David and his mer. folio wed after. Ho our Christian friends have gone Into another couutry. and If we want to reaoh their companionship we must tnka tha same road. They renante 1. We must repnnt. They prayed. We must pray. They trusted In Christ. Wa must trust In Christ. They lived a religious life. We mutt live a religious life. They were in aomo things Ilka ourselves. I know, now they are gone, there is a halo around their names, but they had their faults. They said and did things thoy onglit n vr to have said or done. They were aonntlmis .ifbelllous, sometimes cast down. They wire far from being perfect. 8o I suppose that when we have gone some thinge In us that lira now only tolerable may ba almost tnsplen lent. Hut aa they were Ilka us in deficiencies wa on lit to ba lika them In taking a aupernal ChrUt to make tip for tha deficits. Had It not been for Jeans they would have all perished, but Christ confronted them and il l. "I am the way," and they took It. I have also to say to you that tha path that thesn captives trod was a troubled path, and that David ani his men had to go over the same difficult way. While these captives were being taken off they Slid, "Oh, we are so tired ( wo are so ick : we are so hungry !" Hut tho men who had charge of them said t "ritop this crying. Go on !" David and his men also found it a bard way. They bad to travel it. Our frlenda have gone Into glory, nnd it is through much tribulation that wa nra to enter Into tba kiuglo-n. How our loved onaa usa 1 to Dave to atrugglo ! How tislr ,.m?.9 How aomntlmea tbey bad tuasla for breal I In oar child hood wa wondered why them were eo many wrinkle on their face. Wa did not know that what were called "crow's feet" ou their faces wore tha marks of tha black raven ot trouble. Did you ever boar the old people, seatel by the evening stand, talk over their early trials, their bar Idhlps, tha ac rl dents, the burials, tha ilmipoiutnnnts, tna empty flour barrel when there werso many huugry ouee to feed, tha sicknees almost unto dentil, where the next dose of morphine decided between ghastly boreavemeut and an unbroken home circle.' O i. ru! It was trouble that whiten I their hair. It was trouble that shook the cup iu their bands. It was trouble that washed the luster from their eyes with tho run of tears until they needed spectacles, it was trouble that ma la the cane a necessity for their Journey. Do you never roinsmber seeing your old mother sitting on some rainy diiy looking out ot tha window, her elbow on the wlu low sill, her hand to her brow, looking out. not seeing tha falling shower at all (you well knew she was looking into tha distant put), until tba nprou aame up to her eye because the main ory was too much for her Oft the Mi, unlil lrten tsr, ritellni( ilnwn the f urroive I rhec'., T"l I III lietir i tu j ire 'tale of nut tbey could nit nifs't. Dut. thin scsoenf weeltif or, VMi thu time ot toll sa t pit 1, They 4hnll r.l autre an ru ire. Seviir, ntvur wp i.a. 'Who are thoie un ler tha altar?" tho qtiention was oxked, and tha response cama. ' These ara they which eam out of great tribulation and have waehed their rons and made thetu white In tha bloii of tha Lamb." Our friends went by a i ith ot tears luto glory. lis uot surprised if wa bava tj travel the same pathway. I remark again, it wa want to win tba a clety of our frienda iu heaven, we will a only have to travel a pith of faith and a piti. of tribulation, but we will also have to pool tlvAly battle for their comp inlonahln. David and hia men never wanted sharp swords, aud invulnerable shields, nu t thto brent plants so much as tbey wauted them on tha day when they cama down upon tba Amallkltes. If they bad lost that buttle, thoy never would have got tliolr families back. I suppose that one glance at their loved one In captivity huriel them into the battle with tenfold courage and energy. Thoy said : "Wa must wlu it. Everything depeu Is upon it. Let each ona take a man on point of spear or swor 1. We must win it." And .1 have to tall you that betwaen usaud conlug into tha companionship ot our lovad one who are departed there ia an Aunterliu, there la a Gettysburg, there la a Waterloo. War with the world, war with the flb, war with the devil. We have either to conquer our trou bles, or our troubles will oonquer ua. David will either slay tha Amalekitea, orthe Amale. kites will slay David. And yet is not the tort to be taken worth ail the pain, all tba peril, all tha baalegeman Look! Who ara they on tba bright hills of hetven yonder Then tbey are, thoat who sat nt your own table, tba chair now vacant. There they are, those whom you rocked In Infancy In tha crvile or bushed to sleep In your aron. There they are, those In whose life your Ufa waa bound up. There they are, their brow more radlaut than avur before you saw It, tbolr lips waiting for tha kiss of heavenly greeting, thair cheek roseate with tba health ot eternal summer, tbalr bands backonlug you up tbaateep, tba feet bounding with the mirth ot heaven. Tha pallor ot (heir last alcknaaa gone out of tbalr lace, nevermore to ba atck, nevermore to cough, nevermore to limp, nevermora to be old, uevermora to weep. They ara watching from those heights to aea if through Christ you can take that tort, and whether you will rush In upon them victors. They know that upon this battle depeude whether you will ever join their aooloty. Up I Htrlke harder I Charge mora bravely ! Kamamber that every inch you gain puis you ao much tart ha. on toward that heavenly reunion. It thla morning while I apeak you oould hear tho cannonade ot a foreign enemy which waa to deepoll your oily, and U tbey really aiiould auooaad la carrying your families away fron yon. how ion would tra tak before wa resolved to go aftr them? Every weapon, whether fresh from tha armory or old and rusty In the garret, would be brought out, nnd wa would urge on, and coming In front of tha f.e we would look at them and then look at our families, and tha cry would he. "Victory or death '" and when tha ammunition was gone we would take tha eaptom nn the point ot tho bayonet or under the breech of the gun. If you would make such a struggle lor tha getting back of your earthly frlen Is, will you not make as much struggle for the gain ing of tha eternsl companionship of your heavnlr friend Oh, yes. wa must Join thecj' Wa must alt iu their holy aocltv, Wa must aing with them the song. Wa must celebrate with them the triumph. ?.t It never be told on earth or lit heaven that David and his men pus'iel out with braver hearts for the catting back of their earthly friends for a few years on earth than wo to i get our departed You say that all this Implies that our de parted Christian friends aroailve. Why. bad you any td'a they w re dead'. TUey hivn only moved. It you should go on the 21 of May to a house whern one of your frien Is lived and find him gone, you would not think that hi was dead. You wiuld In tulr t next door whore hn lind moved to. Our de parted Christian friends hnvtonly taken an. other house. The secret Is that thv an richer than they on"e wre nn 1 can afford it better residence. They once drank out of esrthenware. Ty now drink front tho Kind's chalice. "Josph Is yet alive." and Jacob wilt go up and so him. Living. nn they Why, it a man can It v. In this dump, dark dungeon of earthly captivity, can h not live wher ho hreatlnw th" br.Hug at mosphero of the mountains ot heaven .' Oil, yes. they are living! Do you think that Taut Is so near dead now aa ha waa wheti he was living In the Roman dungeon Do you think that Fred erick Ilobertson, of Ilrlghton, la as near dead bow aa ha was when, year after year, he lept seatel on the floor, hla heil on the bottom of a ehalr, becau he could tlnd eo In no other position Do you think that Kobert Hall Is as near dead now ns when on hi couch be tossixl In physical torture. No. Death gave theni the few black drops that cured them. Tbat Is all death does to n Christian euros blm. I kuow that what t have said Implies that they ant living. There la no quoatlon about that. The only qiiK tlonthls morning in whether you will ever Join them. Hut I must not forget those 200 men who fainted by tha brook llesor. They could not take nnother step larther. Their feet were aoret their head ached ; their eutlre nature waa exhausted. Dcsldea that they wire broken hearted because their homes wer gone. Zlklag In ashea' And yet David, when ha comes up to them, divides the spoils amongthem ! He suvs they shall hav t aome of the Jewels, aome of the robes, aomo of tha treasures. I look over this nudlooce tbia morning, nnd I tlnd at leant 2D1 who have fainted by tho brook llesor the brook of tears. You fool as If you could not take another step farther, nsthoug'a you could never look up again. Hut I am going to Imi tate David and divide among you some glorious trophies. Hera Is n robe. "All thlnja work together for good to those who love OoJ." Wrap yourself In that glorious promlao. Heta la tor your neck a string of pearls made out ot orystilll. vl team, "Weeping may endure for it night, but joy cometh in the morning." Here is a coronet. "Ba thou faithful unto death, mi l I will give thee a crown of life." on, yu fainting ones by tho brook llesor, dip your blistered feet in tha running a ream of Go I s mercy, bathe your brow at the w.ills of salvation, soothe your wounds with the balsam that exudes from tree of life. Go t will not utterly cast you off. O broken beurio I man, O broken hearted woman, lalntlng by tho brxik Besor! Aabopberl find thit hla musical pipe is bruised. He says "I can't get anymore muslo out of thla Instrument, so I will Just break It, nnd I will throw this ree I awty. Then I Will get another re, and I will play rvnalo on that." ButGolaayaHi will uot flint you oft because all tha music has guue Qnt of your soul. "Tha brulaed reed Hs will not brttak." As far as I can tell the diag nosis of your disease, you want divine nurs ing, and It is promise I you, "As one whom bis mother comforteth so will I comfort you." God will se ) you all the w ty through, 0 troubled soul, nud when yo.i come down to tho Jordan ot death you will tin I It to bo aa thiu a brook as llesor, for Dr. KoMiuou says that In April Iiosur dries ui an I there is no brook at all. And in your ln.it moment you will be us placid as the Kentii'ky min ister who wont up to Go I, Hiving in the dying hour : "Write to my snter K ito nu 1 toll bar not to be worrie I nu t frightened about the story of the horror nroaul the deathbed. Tell her tiler, t is not a wort of truth In It, lor I am there now. an I Jimui U with me, and I find It a very happy way, not because I urn a good man. fori am not. 1 am nothing but a poor, nm raM sinner, but I hav- an Almighty Haviour, an i bothoi His arms nn around me." May God Almighty, through the lilool o! tha everlasting covenant, bring us luto the companionship of our loved units who have already entered the heavenly laud and into the presence ot Christ, whom, not having seen, we love, nu 1 so David shall recover all, "and as bis part Is that go uii down to the battle, ao shall his ptrt bo that tairleth by the stuff." A Itlvpr "Sea Sorpout."' Auetiu Rica, of East JioorfleM, a plain, unimaginative fanner, wh. for nearly fifty of thu seventy years of Lis lifa has resided in his uiet home on. the banks of the Connecticut I'ivcr, said a few days n jo : "I was near tho bridge, little over s we.'L airo, when I heard what seemed to me like a grunt I'ioivod by a splash. I looked into IVd river, and, uot more than tiventv- live feet away, I nuw a ti snake. ''Its head was out of water, nu'l its body raised some six or seveti feet. At the nock the sunk", was about ns large as a mau's log al the thigh, and tho body was about as large at. nu or dinary stovepipe. His eyes were as large as thojo of a horse, and his mouth, which was open, was nearly a foot across. Th color of his bo.ly was black, and a white stripe around his mouth extended down to his paunch. I followed tho snake, trying to keep alongside of him. At one place ho started for tho bank, aud I started away from it. His power of locomotion was so strong that he bad no trouble iu keeping still in the river against tha current. When be got alongside a boathotiso where some boya were hammering, he heard the noise and raised himself about ten feet into the air and then fell back in to the water and disappeared." Sir. Rice's reputation for veracity among bis neighbors nnd nouaint ances ia good. Boston Herald. Celebrated I'hrutmm ISO Tlmos, Colour McCrain, who died ou the Isle of Jura, ona of tha Ilebride?, iu the reign of Charles I., is said to have celebratod 130 Chribtmases duriug hia lifetime. There wrro records in tha McCraiu family which proved that tha old man was past ISO years of age on the day of his death, which would make bis lease of life at least thirteen years greater than any other man who dj lived during tha last 3000 years. tit. Loaia Republic. J. SAWBATII SCHOOL NTXUNATIONAr, t.KSSOX SIAY 2T. FOR tson Trail: Mosos Snt na it Tc Ilvprrr." F.xodu III., lo UO tioldon Trxt: Isalittt xll., 10 I'ommrntnry. 10. 'Tom rAtv. therefore, and 1 will send Turn iiiuo Pharaoh, that thou m.ivmt bring 'orth Mv oentili.. the children of Israel, "tit if Kgypr." We.areinthla lesson about eighty (cars farther on than in tho lout, for Moses emuined t tnn court of I'hnrioh till h wa orty. nnd then forsaking K.gvpt bo kept l'e. i In Mldl.'iii for Inrtv years r Ads vll., 1. run. He is now at Mount Iloreb, and io l I talking to hint out of tho biirnlmr iiih -the bnh that burned with fire nnd is not conuned i verse J. an siicgiwttvn if lrne a wlmle hintory. To un b-rstutid hi lci, it tiwiwMry to read Acts vil., 21 -:. t : lief.. '.'I-U7. 11. "n l M.i-i-s said unto Co I, Who am I that I should go unto riniruiih. nnd that I should brim; forth the children of lran nt of r.gypt'.'" Three great I's In mi" little M'liteneo how that Moses did lint take in he "renter I of the I'p'Vtr.llS vers. . When ie was forty. h MippKseil that the people f Israel would have understood that ho ivns their deliverer ( Aets vll., 'I'i), but ho ivasthcn running lfnr he wa sent. Now when Ciod would send him he Is unwilling o go. Huch Is tiuiii even nt lit bct, 11. "And He said. Cerulnly ' 'H I" with Ins', nnd thlitshnll lie n token unto thee .bat I have a'iit tliec. When Iboii hnM Lnuight forlli the pimple out of Kgvpf. yu slirtll serve flod upon this mountain." The rnsit lesson of our life Is to learn that we sr nothing, but tbat flod .s everything. I'ho promise of His prcsi-nen Is to my mind he greatest of nil promises tor this pri-si nt 'Ife. Consider it well ua it was ntterward given to Joshua, to Oldeor.to Jeremiah mi l lo the iitotlcs by the l.or.j lllms.'lf (Josh. I., fl. Jlldg. Vl., Hi. JiT. I.. S. I'J; Mrith. txvlil.. ao. To ninny of ns it eomi s with rrciitetd nower in the words of our guhleu text nnd Ns. xll.. 1.1. I.'l. "And Moses said unto flo t, behold, when I come unlo the children of Israel and dinll aay unto them. The (Sod of your fathers 'inth sent mn unto you. and they shall aiv unto me. What is Hia name' What shall I ay unto them?" This was a far greater otslderiitlon than the "who nm 1" of verse It. M.mw'S now asks CmmI : "Whom shall I ny that vou are" .leeus wns always saying hat the rather sent Him. Vou will llnd Him referring to It over thirty ttnus in thegosr.i'l by John. In llm prayer He s ild concerning the apostle. "As Ttiou bust sent Me Into the world, even so have I also sent them Into the world" (John xvil., is. How little wo teem to appreciate it '. I It. "And iod 4iid unto Moses. Iam that I I am. And He sai l. Thus nhalt thou any unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent tin unto you." Some one has compared tbi- I great linnie of (lod to a blank check lor nnv amount, like the promise of John xlv., II. ! "If ye ahull ask anything In .My name, 1 will I do It." I Kci Jesus filling it in in such passage ns John vl.. 4S. ft i j vill., li; xiv., 6: xv.. I, and often where we rud "I am II. i" it l really "I am. ' the "Ho ' Uing In ll.'ill.n, n. in John iv.. ill . vlil.. 'JS. IS. "The Lord I lod of our fathers, tin Ciod of Abrahaui, the (iod ut Isaac nnd tin (lod of Jacob, halh sent ine unto you. Thin is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto ail generations." It ws-iim to refer to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jucoi to give them the laud ( I's. cv., -lJi, n cov enant which Is ns lusting as Ills covenmil with day nud night (Jer. xxxili., 'J.'i, 'Mi), nnd whl.'h lie will yet fultlll with Hie whole bcitrl and soul (Jer. xxxii., 41 ). 10. "Uo gather the elders of Israel to gether and say uuto them, Tha Lord Ciod ol your fathers, the (toil ot Abraham, of Isaac and Jacob, appeared unto me, sayiug, I have surely visited you and seen that which l iIolo to you in Egypt.'' What Ood says H will do Is ns sure us If it wua already don (Isu. xlv., 'J4, 'J7). Ho had said He woulil visit them and tiring thuui out of boudag' (den. xv., 14i 1.,'Jli. Ills i Dvenaiits are on Ills part orderist In all things and sure (II H.im. xxili., 3. and though we may tall He abldeth faithful. There is iiotliin don i to His pisiple which Ilo does not count as done to Himself, whether it be good or bad (Ze'li. II., H. 17. "And I have said, I will bring you up out of the ii filict ion m Kgypt uuto a hind (lowing with milk and honey." Hco ulso verso n nud chapters xni., ft ; xxriii., :i. Jt may have semncd to Israel lor many a long day flint (1ml had lrvtticii thein, mi l that their afflictions were more than they cou'd bear, but hear Hun In verse 7, "l hav mire, ly seen the nHU.'llon of My people mi l have heard their cry, for I kmcv their sorrows." Koto-day He sees all thu .iiiTcrings of His H(T1llatlt lMWIIll.1 1111,1 Of til.. OtWlViM..,.,! A ..t . I Where, mid lie will deliver, but He IIHV'i 1. 1 I tlcnue till He couics (Jas. v., 7, H, ) Is. "And they shall Insirkoii to thy voice, and thou shalt come, thou .md the ciders u Israel, unto the King of Kgypt, aud yo shall say uuto film, The I.ord i" i o, the liobrew hurh met with us." The rest of the verse stilus ttw request they were to muku of the King of Iiiryi-'t. It wis Jehovah Himself w..o was saying nil this to Mon out of tho midst oftbeoiisii that luru il with lire, Lot was not oousuHiod (v.ir4"S i nud 1). It was, however, only when Moses lunwd uslde lo see the st rau go sight that (ill tpokn wit it blm. There are many strung" things in out dally lives out of whiuli (i l l wounl speak to us II wo would but turu uside a Uiouient le hear Ills voice. Uo (now again nnd again to jaln our utteuliou, but we are too busy to hear. 19. "And I am sure that the King cf Egypt will not let you go no, not by a mighty hand." And so It turned out, for when Moses nnd Aaron went to 1'huroah with the message from the Lord Ills miswer wns, "I know not the I.or I ; neither will I let Israel to" (chapter v.. 2). The I.ord sejirchoth all hearts and uuderstandeth all the Imagina tion of tho thoughts ( I Chron., xxvlll., U), yet He does uot compel, but leaves each one Iroeto olsy or disobey us they think host. He is not willing that any should perish (II I'nt. III.. ',). lit). "And I will stretch out My hnnd and smite Kgypt with all My wonders which I will do In the midst thereof, and after that ha will let you go." Pharoah hardened his heart and refused to humble himself before Ood (chapters ix.. .14 ; x., 3). The I.ord hardened l'lmrcah's heart by laying upon him commands which he would not obey (Jt.. 'JO, 27 ; xl., I), 10), sud this led to multi plying the Lord's wonders. Greater won lers than those of Tharoah'a time are yet to be wrought in connection with the restora tion of Israel from all lands, and a worse than Pharoab is yet to bo dealt with, but the whole earth shall yet ha tilled with the glory oftkxl (MIc. vll., IS. It) Jer. xxlll., 7, lUtv. xlll., S, 6 ; xvil, 14 ; I's. lull., IU, l'j) Lessou Uolper. Hunmartne Catiln I.lneo, Tha linns over which it is to lay a sul. marine teloifrauU c it bio are now at carefully surveyed beforehand as any line of ruilrond is surveyed be fore ooiiHtructlcn. Not only are tound ins taken to flint out, the Inequalities of the ocean bod, but the nature of tha bed Itself Is investigated. This Is done by urlng a sounding machine, which brings up a portion ot tho bottom. Two ships make zi.u con reus m'ross the proposod line of cable, and sound ings ara taken every few miles, and more frequently it circumstances war rant It. in order t) prevent the cable bolntf laid In placet where there la any treat or audden dlffoiouoo lu tho depth o ' the watMr. TEMPERANCE. Ai.ronot a At.rnAtir.r. I stands for Alcohol, deathlike lis grlpi ft for fiegluner, who Just take) a sip ; D for Comnanlon, who urges him on i f) for the Demon of Irink that la bora K for I'.ndeavor ho makes to resist. K stands for Frienda who ao loudly Insist j fl for tbeOudt that he afterward feels i II for the Horrors that hang at his uwels I hla Intention to drink not nt all. I stands tor Jeering that follows his fall ( !C lor his Knowledge that he is a slave. L stands for the Liquor bis appetite craves M for convivlnl Meetings so gay. S stan Is for No thai he tries bar I to say i O for the Orgies that then come to pass, I stands for Pride that he drowns In his glass j for the Quarrels that nightly abound. U stands i.ir Uuln that hovers n round. it stan.fs 'or sights that bis vision bedim : T stands for Tremblln,' that e.s his limbs IJ stan Is lor his I'sefulness sunk in the slum. V "taints for Vagrant he ipilcklv becomes) W for Waning of life that's soon done ; X for his eXit. rigMti'd by none. Youth of this nation. ueh wenkneas I crime , Zealously turn Irom tue tempter ia iuiiu I txt-nnir.Tt ask ratxr. I.or 1 Chief Justice H.il,., of England, wa perhaps the (;r-t to call attention to Inebriety as a cause of crime, ri'uulring special study and attention. In 170 he is reported ,H saving. "If the murder an I manslaughter, the burglarb s and robtrliis, the riots and tumults and otherenormltles committed dup lug the l ist twenty years were divided Into live parts, four of them would be found to have bcou tho lasuo nnd product ot drluk lug." two rmws r.r itv K Tiston dally panr has jn st prlnte l a long article in praise of beer --"the uro matte, spatkling, umber lluid," which It says Is fist becoming our national drink. It praises beer as u foo I, all t us an aid to di gestion, an I altogether Is ns enthusiastic over its virtues nud good nullities us if the writer were a brewer, with it lot ol be.-r to ell. 'n the of her hand, Professor Mors., at a recent meeting of the Alumni Asto iatl.ui of the Medlco-t.'lllriirglcal College in Phll.l. deiphla. made th'we slgmll 'iiut stat-vueu's : i "We are rupi lly beeiiiuing a n itlou f i r. i drii.kers. an 1 the InsidiDiis hold game I l y ' lli.it Incurable kidney ulTctton kic..vu a j Itrlglit's disease tlir 'alens In time to largely decimate the ranks of the hecr-drlnkcrs." ' He ii, lis that "It bos been conclusively ! provn that beer an I lead poi.-111111 ari thi i ...... ...... i ...... i.. i.. .... . .... ... i riii- ij.iti i.'icinrs in I'ri'iii' iii lirii.n s OIS. case." ani says that "imcr s'loind not be drunk at all, but. If us. , ho ild never ho drawn through it lead pipe." Tula is atiuiely scli ntlile warning against the danger In volvi.l In becr-driuMug which should tie proclaimed aud hoe Ie I throughout the laud. Ol course the opinion of the doctor is verj diiTer nt Irom that of tho brewer' s adver tlsemcnt. It U Jtsy loss? which one ih th mom worlhy ot belief. dacrji IK'art li view. aims or r:tr w. r. r. r. Miss Willard savs of the Woman's C;iii. Han Temperance 1'nloti : "Its aim is cxerv. where to bring woman and temp t.ui' in contact with the problem of humanity's heart -break and sin : to protect the bo n, by prohibiting the saloon, ami t police the State with men and women voters "ommiited to the enforcement of righteous law. 'X seetariamsu Iu religion,' 'no seciionnllsiu in polities,' 'no sex In citizenship;' thes are the battle i rlea ot this relentless but peaceful warfare. We believe that woman will bices and brighten every place she en ters, and that she will enter every place. We believe Iu prohibition by law. proMUUou by politics, nud prohibition' by woman's bal lot tad further -while the apncillc aims of I he temperance women verrw'ner.t nro di rected again maninHctur' sale an. I use of alcoholic bevcrsgee, it is uiflciutiy apparent that :lie Indirect line of their prog ress la perhaps, equally rapid, aud Involves solal, governmental, and eccc'Siusllcnl ciiualitv between women and men. IW tills is meant such llnan. lal Itidependeuce on the part of women as will enable them to bold men to the same high ftau lar Is of e rson il purity the habitiiibs of life as they have r iplired of women, sii 'h a ut rt i . -i o 1 1 1 1 't in tlm liTalrs of government as sliall renovate poli tics, an t make homo ipitlons the para mount Issue of the state, and suc'i e. plain in all church relations is shall fullll the go., pel declaration. Micro Is neith-r inal" nor female, but ye :ir ' one in Christ .Icmii,' T!ni uitiviition of apeclalitbst, and the ,eveo,. lient of esprit de corps anion.- women, all predict the day whu through this mighty lonservlng force of motherhood intro lucml into every department of human activity, .he common weal shall be the individual .are : war shall rank among the ..t arts, nationality shall mean what Kdward liellii my's wonder'u! boiU, entitled 'Looking Ilackward,' sets before i.s as the fulillmcnt of man's highest earthly dream - md :roiher hood shall become the talUmanl .' word an 1 realized estate ot all humanity.'' TKUPkRixrit Nf.ws axo xorns. A prohiiiiti.ia ciiur'.'U w.w recently organ ized ia Chicago. One gal! n ot whisky Is ojual to ono I ushel of inii-ry. Soai. rai'ii who claim lo !oye Ood, live and die without liftiug a linger against the whisky business. Poverty and drunkenness act and react on each other; both cause ignorance mil dis ease, parents of all vice and iiiihappiness. The Karl -f Carlisle has given a practical llluitratloa of his belief in tho drlnV evil by ietroyiug tho couteiits of his famous wine Cellar. Tho sVit 'ment was recently ma le In fbe fiermau lleichsta that there nr.' 1 1,0, persons l:i hospitals Iu Ocrmauy who are sum- ring wiMi deliriu:u tremens. Hlglit States and Territories of the Tnlted Ht.iles, exclusive of California, contributed aumnlos of wine., proluced witlun tiieir bordcri, lor cor.olition nt the (.'hiengo Pair. Accar ling to the records of the Internal revenue- I'ep-trtment there am in Chicago S0) more retail liquor dealers' tax receipts Insued by the I' lilted States than city licenses. Superintendent nu fiord, of High School N'o. I, of Indianapolis, recently suspended four boy pupils, whose ages range from fifteen to eighleeu years, on the ground ot (irunkennos-i. The annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Itevonuo show that during tho fiscal year ending June 30, ls.ll, there were 19,770,53'.) bushels of corn consumed iu the mauufucture ot distilled spirits. "Why should I arrest hlm.sinceby getting drunk, he suoporta the Government'" This was the answer a native policeman returned to a missionary who had complained about a drunken, disorderly native. Indian Wit ness, Calcutta. There nra cases In which tha mother has gone out to drink, leaving the little ones without foo I or ure locked in their bare room. She has been arrested, taken to the station bouse by the police, aud the little ones have been found long, weary hours afterward crying from hunger. The work ot the Woman's Christian Tern- fierauce Uulon lu Inducing the State Legls at u res to introduce into tho public schools Instruction on the effect ot alcoholic and otber stimulautsupou tha system is probably the most telling work tbat organization bus dona telling because preventive. Tha Chicago Tribune eondemna the prac tice of drinking durlug business hours, on tha grouud that it take Irom a man's em ployes all tha time consumed Id visiting tba saloons. The practice ot drl lifting before or after business hours might ba lomiemnad on tba ground tbat it unfit tba dllnker for tha transaction, of business at alt tliaos. RELIGIOUS READING. nun r s or nini.r. niroi:r, Man ;t :!i nobles work of flod. r-it'I Ir Ms own l.ii.w. Ilro a l-slioiildcre I, f-ili-chi gracefuMlmhd. n iie.i bearing, tin.' count'-na strong aril Intelligent. TiK won dertul in hauis-ii of bit nature Is un seen . the knitted h m tiiM Mowing blind, the network o ! -rvet an I mu es, tic n-nt lug heart, the . mm , the never-lying soul; but though unseen, all arc working lu harm -nv f r tin wd being man. d 'v-i iping la blm -rr 'nra, grlee, dlgllltv. l-'al'v I'll power, making him a pi -a h i i, '.: -tn ti . tho emli i h-u -nt of n hero, .( nt i r. t, hv,, , ,.,iiiii ,ii over the ere iture-, aa I n ery -r i!e thing up u thee.irt'i. II s. ie i -s th" i-r 'i'ui.M with bis in I nit i v ii , he f ir -e-Ins . s vi . from the n.iiii, he e -jr tt, t . - r ',; ,t g 'Id .111 I t 1 . ,1.1 I other o'l.'ll i.ln. s. h u'li. th e.i a. t;, i ii ii I t or hi-ow i .ol eu, Wli.it. Me ll lilt do, Wl"l Im won I t.',! me h i : 1 1 - n of u ihir" an I ii p erful re.i- n. ;i ! m i-( i.'.ue u-.M . w .-' l.fl.od. I!t!;;ilr';'. Vi' iiIIt - .'Ii' on im''i tliaii :n.i!i l"f r i, I i ni.ri ,t!i shrK'i;-! I rni.-, halt, i ru an 1 I ! I ii I. or b ro of r I sol.' I ', it v -: i -1 t It i i i . i i tnese is mini I 'I T:nr . i mm Willi a tine, -tr mg. -ll-il'i", i' .l 'i.'inw and a small. -.liri -1. I seil. Iii Ut ile ;.irv nu I evert -dav t rv ji Mn I all kiiidt of ui'iii In tho I in I, s'i vii' men wi'li largo un, small m vi with sinuli sul. s'ulwart men won small ..nils, small i.c'ii with large soul'. An I wh -r among th-in all -ball w- llu I mu b"ro".- N it itiw.iys atnotig the titalu art, n i' alwavs am cig t'l" - nail, icv ir a'liong ! o !il.lll-he irt.'d, but alw.i.-s umolig til ' I ii ' heart "d. the br iM'-h-1 ir" - I, t ie !ru"-!i ir'-'.l I'or who, by taking tii .light, can nil mi cubit to hi. ''':;: : but ho anii-il, lv t ia ing care .ii I :li .u'it. a I I 1 1 by nidi, "il.it by ciiliit itato ;h -t itiif.' o( hi- soui II ;l t'l" soul .s :n-. i-il.le in who c ,m ju Ig of i' Iri nii'-i :: st rt th1 stalwartnest i a I stnuigfi of a ui in olti-n he auie the s; m ir I of his he. us ii, I'd ;lr-t 'iiug of Itradwi' cIiosmi i i: ln i-oaim.in ling height, fir b was Iim I an I .!i iii I -s ai,oe th.. nrtm.tr lliall; but ll" ll I II I! Ill" th-' fe of I liar ' ah I Ii Ml ! th l".uu of a coward. Paruiw delighted ll ! e;r son i Ii i ere wll-f nor l pl.y sic mv. A l.i'.o a th sixteenth i"Mi''ir !h" -tr nig s mm w-i' knighted, whiii the iv,K niiiwr-biiie III u;li'. Ill I i l-.tra ti r 1 1. l-.v ei :i cv. in t'lis .ciligii'.Mi". ,1 iv, ( Is th tr-t i i.;. . s.. .! ,i , -ii. hi ii.itiire to ju lg- fr o n 0 itsi I" .i ;- ir.iii, " rather than tic b-.ti-i A h-r -w ir!npi:ig p i! siaii I and c''..,r tic r ui g. 'in i ui the heights el'. ! hi'." gained ', 'to: .". winl" they i-is Hlilioti Hi" small in-'ii l.'i t!i vail '-s w ho are jus' n.. bra-."'.', g lining th" un-ii leloiie of Ii! . The tr.i ! Ii t ' d i." n " for worshiii; lie eat "s mi tor I lod's sei fc In wlii 'h 1 1 1 b is culi-t 'd than for s..t-itggr.'indi nt. II" I ics i. 't iliriiie fr mi d ing-T. hardship or 1 ul, nor th s'l '-r if th world. Wh":i"i phvsii a.lv -!i. ill or large, he daily adds . u'i.1 by cubit nut i th" stature of Ills soul, de, d lit ing Into a filler imig of Oil, a ej ; -n ti li ii'l"'ii.i:i. a tr i" a".-. . Vi itli Kim -tan. I n I iu mill I, M th" ps rim a of II; I: I storv p.i-s b"'ore ou a gi la the ,: v nth .'Iripter of Hebrews : if.,- ..o lived mil di-l; also I noi ll. . Abraham, I-aa '. .la 'ob. .f i-eph, y ,1 i-hu I An I wha' shall I n ill ) tllll" would f 111 111" ' l t- .1 of (i."oa, j I'.ivl l, Kiijali, I itii 'l, the propli 'l. t I cipl ii:i I t iio'n nils of :!iers, who i faith II I'. ' su!i l ;.'. I kl'ig I nns all I - g1' right". ci"s', w!i i h ive o.irii"d th "i ' heroes in th i r iiili of t!n li-ui-'i . I, l.; br.iv '-li '.ute.l, the t- i '-!i Mite I. i'm 1 l.l III iV. A mor.'haii sat at bis Illc I :. (.Hers wt" -uread bi-fme I -pr.-id ("! being w.n alis irbcd i:i the i .f h. business. A zenlo'M fri"!i I of man h i . -.I th- olil.'c. "I want to luteri'-t vou it.' ! in a - lor the le:iiM'ranco cumo," said The men-haut cut him oit by r"pimg ; .-tir. you must excus" me, but realiy, I'm too busy to ntteti I to that subje t no. v." "llut. sir, IntiMiijierauio Isouliii lacrctso nuvMig im." sai l his frl ui I. "s if.' I'm sorry; but I'm too busy a! pr".- cut to do .III VthlMg.'' When shall I .'ili again, sir '" "I ciinnot inil. I'm fry Iiimv. I'm buv every dav. l-lvus" itc. sir, I wi-h y i i g m l morning. " Ti: ui Ircvlng th" uitrud-'r out of l:s o!l.-",li" i 'sum ! th stu v of his ,i ip"rs. Th" merchant nil fi", i"uiiy i";, i .. i iji.i fri uids ol Immunity in t!::s maiiii"i. No m.i' ler what was th o'ij . ho was t i i l. i.v t i li-t"ii to their claims. M had "vcti ' l I h mi;ut r h wa-too L is. for anithing b it to iiial;.' m ui . II it o,i morning a di-agr able str inger -; ,.,.. vry soltly to lui s; I . laving a eoid, 'u u-t hau l upon In-brow, un ! nivlng. "ii i lioiii" with me." Th" iii"r"li nit 1 11 I down tin p"ii ; hi' h-'ad grew di.y ; his s'ouiu.'h t"lt lauit an I i k , b" left th" .-oMiMiig room, w uit h ui." a:i l r i tir"d to liis be I .-lumber. ll.s unw 'l :i; M-it u- foil eve I him, nut llo'.V took 111' pi I ' bv the !'! -id". V. 'lIsp'T Ing ever and unon, "o,i mu-t wit ii m ." A cold chid s-ttc'l o.i t!i ' mer h nil's, heart ; dim spectres ol ships, ii ite.,li pc , -s an I I III Is Illt'eiJ befor" Ills evil.' I UI I: I. M'l!! I: : 1 puis" boat si wr, hi. b - irt Ic av '1 !i r .iv. thick Minis gather-'d ovr his eyes, hi-; :iguj refu-'d 1 1 speuk Th":i th" uier. liaht Luew t!iat th uaai" of lilt vi'itor U'.ith. ,: Ail -.itli-r cl.iluiants on hi. iitt'Mi,,-., ,. ccj.t th-1 friends of Mammon, li.t I ai -iy' found a 'I'll !( lismissiil in th" mage phrt". "I'm too busy." II iin.inity, .Mercy, ll iligi ui. bad nllli" begg ' I his inlluence, ni'Mtis. ju I ittention. in v.i;n. Hut wh":i I".ith cam", the excuse was powerless j ho was oouipeU''d to have leisure to d: '. l.et us b"',v ir ' ho'V wa inalio ourselves t-vi busy to secure lif''' great en I. Wli"ii tho sxeiiso conii's t-i our lips, an I we ar t n'i mt to av w an to i busv to do I i:t fv aiuiulier wo i'.iuii it bo too b i-y to di . A i lll.tf T"M. . A woman wh h i I g mi" thr-eigh nr: -e ir row said ton frl'ui l on -e, Wheico er f i S lally -a I, or lonely, I jti-t go and do something I p irti ul'irlv di-lik" to d - s un duty I sliriuk from. Tlieoffort to . t l I llu I is tile best tonic i" II TV' S can have." The sp yikcr's lie irt, v.-a kiimv w is broken to all earthly pleasure, but she still keeps i:n a cheerful front t the world, an I go"s on trying to .1 i her earthly t.iek right ani l"ft. always longing. ai she says, for th i gates to no open that nil i may joiu her lu'lovo I. Hut her recipe for nerves is one that m my might use with a I v. thing'. Instead of indulging in vsin ro grets or selfish sorrow, g-i and help others. Ilo something you llnd dlltl-'ult and unat tractive. It will bra-si you up. Work Is (bid tonic. Wo need consult II ) doctor, only bend In prayer to our ever-present and loving Pa:h"r to guide us right. His gr.i '.i will help us, if it arm steady us along tha thorny road. Ills voice says, "II t rttrong, Im faithful, aud I shall lead you hoiuo." Th-i (Juiver. eau.oss -.' i n (urn rn-arrt. Ilev. Dr. Strong. In tho Now lira, speaking of regular attendau ''! atctiurch.says, "Id to of duty uro uot strict now as foriuerly, and men therefore more readily yield to inclina tion. The present generation of young peo ple have had a training very dilTonuit from that which their graiidiiiiieiits or even their iiareiitrf received. Iu most families the rod, like Aaron's rod, h is bu bled and brought forth aiiiiou Is and sugar plums of nil sorts. Children are lured aud coaxed instead ol being comuiiiud ul and required, and accord. I ugly grow up to consult ludlnatiou rather lhaii obligation. Attending church U not how commonly considered a sacred duty. People go If they feel like It ; uud for a great ia-iotvof r isout m n: pe-iiile dv u jt fool like it!" , Tbi Federation of Women's Clubs, at ruiladalpbla, dc-min tad by resolution ou ataudarl of morality for moo an I wo nen.
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