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FIRST WITCHCRAFT ARREST IN
SALEM, MASS.
7b MmI Ootbremk of ThU If nor
nt roily A TrBl Tltn of Popular
MsrinrM and BaprHlon Terrible
Decth of Olls trr
Two Hundred Year Ago,
There Is nothing nioro Ineompre
1 ctifiblo to n man nowaday than tho
U'llif In wlUhL-raft und domonlao
t0. scroti which, during preceding
Juc, whs religiously held by tho ma
unty of people, Persecutions for
religion's take one can understand;
one cm appreciate tho process of rea
(ion which makes them possible, but
Unit any Intelligent human Icing
could have ever relieved In witch
cra't and have tortured unfortunate
Tlrt:iin as witches, Is almost lneon
celvihlc. And yet tho fact remains
tb.it until a very recent period no
one doubted that old women might
have commerce with the dovll, and
by liliu bo empowered to work ill to
whomsoever they wished, none doubt
ed that witches should be condemned
to death or should bo tortured to dls
cover whether they were ically serV'
nits of the evil one. It only needed
mm boy who wished to stay homo
nun school to begin to spit pins to
rl vo a whole community to mad-
ess; it only needed some unscrupu
m person to have a dislike against
i. other, and accuse such a one of
sitchcraft, to Insuro tho victim's
je.ith, more or loss speedily. This
country has seen outbreaks of this
Ik'iior.int superstitions soveral times,
lut tho most famous took place at
Salem. Mass. It U a little over 200
years since the first arrests were made
there on tho chargo of witchcraft,
an I. consequently, a short account of
the craze will not bo uninteresting.
The llewltrhed Chlldrrn.
I'ev. Samuol l'arrls was minister
over tho church at Salem in tho year
KX'.i. In several ways ho had man
acod to get u part of the congrega
tion ngainst him and his influence
was fast I ecomlng a thing of tho past.
It was necessary, ho felt, to cause a
diversion in his favor and In some
way regain tho ground ho had lost.
It happened by c Vco in tho winter
if 1('J1-'U2 that a number of children
used to come to Mr. Parrls' houao to
,ilan se. vant. Tituba. This maid,
i play apparently, used to Instruct
io children In palmistry and they
cranio quite skilled in tho art. Tho
eople did not understand what was
olug done and luiuors began to bo
leard of tralllc with tho devil. These
lecame stronger when the parents of
the children called in tho villago
physician who gave it as his opinion
that the children wero bewitched.
Fooling spread llko llame and an oc
currence in tho village church soon
rauued the blaze. This was nothing
ess than tho interruption of sermon
anl prayers. "Thero is a yellow bird
ittin on tho minister s hat, cried
me child. "Stand up and name your
pext," shouted another to the minis-
er. 'Jomo cnouwrh of that, broke
n a third, as Mr. l'arrls hesitated in
Is prayer.
Mr. Parrls took advantage of the
opular uneasiness to divert feeling
rom himself, and summoned min
sters from tho neighboring towns to
conference at uls house. They do-
idod that tho children were un-
loubtedly bewitched and must be
xaminod as to tho author of the
oil. The children accused Tituba,
arah Good and Sarah Osburn. The
o latter wero old, bed -ridden
omen, nevertheless they wero ar-
"ciort rincuBiMDS or dim,"
sted, and examined by the magls-
itcs March 1, 1(102. Tituba con-
sod that she was a witch and told
midnight rldos on broomsticks and
rious other things of the same sort.
io other womon denied tho charge,
H, us the children screamed when-
or brought into their presence,
olr assertions were not bolteved.
ItU of KffTnl Victim.
A special com t was now appointed
tho Governor of Massachusetts,
r William l'hlpps, to try these
tchcraft cases and it opened In
tie, 1(102. A law of James I.
ilnst witchcraft was revived a
v which had become obsolete and
der this statute theso Judicial
until oil.ti roHBr was BxcrcTia
rders wero done. -
Tituba and the other two women
were but the first victims, and others
followed, persons of much greater
importance In the community. Next
came Martha Corey and Rebecca
Nurse. Tho former had said that
ihe did not bolleve tho children were
bewitched; tho latter was one of the
most devout and spotless women of
Salem. Tftey were both accused,
ind, with the rest, thrown into Jail.
The two latter, with six others, wore
hanged Sept. U. Before her execu
tion Mrs. Nurse was solemnly excom
municated and cut off from the
:hurch. As the eight bodies swung
from the tree whero they wore left
to hang, Uev. Mr. Noycs pointed to
them as ho pu-sed some distance be
low, saying to his followers: "What a
tad thing it Is to see eight firebrands
9f hell hanging there!"
Ult Corry's Terrible Fat.
It would bo too long to particular
l.o every case, but it may bo said
that, during this excitement, In Sa
lem alone nineteen persons suffered
ieath six m n, one a clergyman, and
thirteen women. Of all those deaths
probably the most horrible was that
Df (illes Corey. lie was an old man
0 years of ago, who hud been af
focted by the popular madness, and
his accusations had had tnlluenco In
:onvlctlng his wife. Seeing what
had been done he confessed ho bad
been misled, upon which ho was In
turn accused of witchcraft. Thrlco
was ho brought into court, but he re
fused to open his mouth. Uo was
then taken to a spot on the high
road, a picture of which is hero given
is it now appears, and pressed to
death. He wusstripped of his clothes,
laid upon a board and another was
placed on top of him. Tho magis
trates then put heavy weights and
tones on his tody until life was ex
tinct. Ho prayed them, It Is said, to
put on as heavy ones as possible and
ihortcn his auony.
An End of the Ore.
ISut tho end was near, and what
finally turned tho tide was tho accu
latlon of Mrs. Hale, wire of a minis
ter at Hovcrly. In October charges
wero brought against her, but she
was so unanimously regarded as a
jood woman and tho people wore so
heartily sick of Hov. Mr. l'arrls and
tho bewitched children that a reac
tion was only natural. In January,
Ittst:), three more persons were tried
In court and condemned, but no exe
cutions took place, and they, with
those In Jail, U0 people in all, were
nousc wiiicittt the witcik nArr
rillST HTAIITKI) IN SAI.KM
freed tho following May. Tho cx
:itcmcnt died a natural death; a
iurfelt followed tho repletion of
slaughter.
Uev. Mr. l'arrls was tried by tho
church In April to tl rid out what con
nection ho had with tho craio. Ho
could mako no satisfactory defenso
ind was dismissed from the pastor
ate. Ho wandered about, preaching
wherever people Would listen to him,
and finally died at Sudbury in 1720.
With his death tho curtain falls upon
this tho strangest and most tragic
chapter in American history and ono
which no man can read without a
feeling of devout thankfulness that
his lot Is cast not in an ago of vio
lence and superstition, but in one of
quietness and peace.
Emphatically Contradicted.
Jones Yes, parson, I have quit
swearing entirely. I haven't sworn
for over a year now.
The parrot You're a
Judge,
liar.
EMrtovKn Boy, take this letter,
and wait for an answer. New boy
Yes, sir. Employer Well, what ar
you waiting for? New boy The an
swer, sir. Harper's Lazar.
- .
uihl vweepmg) I'm so sorry you
have to go on the road again. It al
most breaks my heart. Drummer
Don't cry, Fanny; I'll manage to
pick up another girl somewhere..
Teacher What d!d Ca?sar say
when Brutus stabbed blm? Bright
boy Oucb! Hallo, A . ...
:ff?:IC I
(llA.S
fOlTLAK SCIENCE.
An ordinary pan-jet consnmes as
mneh osygen os five people.
The moon is not so small, after all.
It surface in fully as great aa that of
Africa aud Australia combined.
At the Georgia, United States Ex
periment Station, they have recently
proven that tho dehorning of cattlo
does not check milk production.
A phosphate deposit has been dis
eoyered iu Hradley County. Tenneasoe,
about twenty miles from Chat tanongn.
The vein, so fur as know n, is sixteen
feet wide and about niuu miles ljitg.
Polieetnon iu uniform nnd thejiuhliii
generally are permitted t us th
tnlejihono pay stations iu New York
City freo of elar j;e, to call an ambu
lance or a puys'ciau in cso oi au
emergency.
Tho amount of wire in the under
prouud couduits of the city of New
York is estimated at 31,000 miles, of
which 32,000 miles nrj telephono and
telegraph wired and 1300 miles l
cleetric-light wires.
Italian Rrapo cnUnrists aro now
making illuminating oil from qrapii
seeds, from which they pot a product
of from tea to rlftoeu per cent. It is
clear, colorless and luoJoroui, au I
burns without smoke.
Almost every kind of animil seems
to have what may bo called a went her
instinct. Tho approach of raiu is in
dicated by tho flight of cranes an I
swallows, by tho cries of waterfowl,
by the actions of cows and pigs.
According to the Amoricau Archi
tect, two chomists of Hamburg, MM.
Foster and Nijilaud, hivo publish. 1
some studies on the cholera infection,
from which it appears that soap is onu
of the best known sterilizers of wat.r
suspected of iufectiou.
According to Holfert's process for
waterproofing fabrics, the iiiutoriuls
are firat passed through a bath of
gidatiue, thou exposed to tho action
of formaldehyde in a gaseous state.
Tho golatino is thus rendered iusoiti
bio and imparts vater-resintiug prop
erties to tho fabrics.
Mrs. Mutoliler, a nurso in the Cin
cinnati (Ohio) city hospital, issiid to
have remarkable power over patients.
She calls her power hypnotic, aud thi
manner in which she handles obstrep
erous or insano patients u wonderful.
No matter how violent they are, at a
word anil touch from her, it is said,
they instantly beoomo inild and trac
table. A chemical analysis of honey shows
that while uectar of Uowers undergoes
certain chemical changes in tho
stomaoh of thu bee, no such ch'iuio
occurs after honey is deposited iu the
comb. JIuchwutor, however, remains
to bo evaporated by hive licit and the
fanning of the bees, and experiment
in eveporatiug by solar heat under
glass promise good result.
are tho leu
way among tho ... . . .,v u.
animals. They aro about live iuchej
long, with very short tails. Da-t-lliu
in the highlands of thu great contra!
mountain chain of Norway und Swe
den, they build their nost.4 of straw
lined with hair under stones and tus
socks of grass. They are very pugna
cious. When disturbed, instead ol
trying to escape, thoy sit upright,
hissing and showing tight. Certain
cultivated districts of Sweden bin)
Norway, where theso creatures nre or
dinarily unknown, are occasionally, at
intervals of from fiva to tweuty-tive
years, overrun by armies of them,
which steadily an.l slowly advauoe,
always in the same direction, regard
less of all obstacles, swimming across
streams, and even lakes several miloi
in breadth, and committing great
devastation. In turn they tiro pur
sued and harassed by crowds of beast i
and birds of prey, such as bears,
wolves, foxes, wildcats, weasels, eagles,
hawks anil owls. Even domestio ani
mals, cattle, goats and reindeer, join
in tho hunt. Nona of these migrant
lemmings ever return by the course
from which they come. The onward
march of the survivors nover cou.sm,
until they reach the son, into which
they plunge, and, swimming onward
in the samo direction as before, purisli
in tho waves. As a matter of fact, the
lemmings which perish in ths sea are
acting under tho samo blind impulHe
that led them previously to erosj
smaller pieces of water in safety. X;
survivors of tho migrating hordos ever
livo to transmit their llnal aud fatal
experience, to subsequent generations,
aud so this gigautio mistake is period
ically repented. Abnormal iucreaoof
number and consequent uesessity for
food bring about the migratiou from
the highlands to tho lowlands, wind
ing up in the ocean. Tho animals ouly
travel at night, and pauso whon thoy
Mud sustenance plentiful. Exhaustion
of food supply compels them to pro
ceed. Naturally, they would not turn
baok on their tracks, the region be
hind being eaten bare. It is a curious
faj that during these journeys they
.multiply enormously and evon more
rapidly than at home. Huoh a migra
tion lasts from one to three years.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
An Aquatic Bicycle,
The bicycle-boat is said to be a new
invention, but has been talked of for
years by persons who are fond of boat
ing. The new models are miniature
propellers, the screw being worked by
a contrivanoe arrauged on the princi
ple of the bicycle. The idea is, how
ever, merely in its infancy, but is sua
oeptible of great improvement. A
twin-screw bicyole-boat, long, light,
narrow and with the propellers set far
forward on either side, is the plan for
a boat that is expeeted to distauos all
smaller craft on any water. New
York Ledger.
TKM'EilANCE,
A roiitT rou womwiKHf.
TMt W'ts n vi i point wliloU w.vi ma'ls tif
C!inr; IT. Mt. Min oi. wlion askftil thu
woritinniMii, t-y whom hn spo', whnthnt
ilny fully lovalthn viitnon konnt-r's wivo
sn( (littiKlttors brtli-r than tliny ill. I thnlr
nwn ; mill II tliry l 1 not. li'i WKiitOil to know
liow it hnnponiHl that they spent tholr moimy
rn huv sonliklu olonks for tlm wlvs anil
ilmiKliti-rs of the o.iloou koper Wiiiio llioit
owu wuut iu r.irfs.
A'KtSfl CMC WAT.
"T Hits Hi" witv to tm pfiorinV'HP? ' nVd
on iimn nf nnolhi-r. ns li imititi I lii n i-nr-tilil
iHdwli'in. 'N'n, lint this li." nnswrl
tin' othi-r. ns Im pmnto l t n w ilky fl-islc
tli'Uimt out of th" tri.jnir.-r'M pi-kit. Thu
iiimwiT wiisnroiv vryiMrn-i-t. Tiin whisky
lioitm is wli-it ilrlvi-M nviny peoiiln to th
I onrll'MiHi-, H in;ikni tiii-m nol't thnlt
Iiihhh-ks s It t--ils tln'ir i-nruiiuf i It (Tlv
Ihi-ni I m. I Imliits -, It ointili'i tliKiu nnt thnlt
rhllilrcn In rsifs. nn. I rnlsth-ii of tlinlr ilnilv
l r. n l. Ytd, nul at Inst It roln tUom of tuuil
veiy souls.
t.rrr rmrnrn cr iit:Avr..
Th" followliiK ,lriMim--t:iiii,i t'ink plai-e nt s
mls-iiiimry niiH'tlnrf nt l'itl-.lniruli, at whirl!
tho Ih'Iovi-iI inl'-sliiiiiiry I i.-uti. nml Kn-o-lluk.
tho rtoiivnrt"il (;iilijon',liltr.ivi'llliKOimipiui
lnn, wor pro.rut. At this tmtlnir. It was
iiKit'stiil liy tli" ""v. Mr. Mile", HKOlit l thf
I'i'iiiiK.vlvniila Hiipll-t Htiit" ('unvi'iitlon, thai
Mr. U'-iin mi l th-Clilii' -li. -villi lie mailt
litu iiH'itiln-rs of that Imily, Wlp-n thi plivlit
liml Ikm-ii Klvi'ii for tho ' nniiniht iici-osary,
asl tin- li.'t Im-l l,i,n o.iniiniiiil.'iiti'il to Ko-a-l)itk,
h itroi-o, nml Willi inn. li fivllnit ro-niarki-it
thnr ho hnl rvorywln-rn l''Mi
tmntxil with Kr'at kln.h'" til hl
trayols sliii-o lie came to this country,
ho iliil nut know why IIh-hp friend
houli itlve money totnnke him a life meinliei
of tlielr sui leiy Imt." sat.l h.n soon as hit
itruiiit eniutiuii wuulil niluw him to k'lve ut
leriineo to tho thmiKht "hut, .lesiis Chrisl
pnlit n mneh ureiler prl.'e than that to mak
inn a life liiemlii-r of lieiiven!" Ileailtlfil'
Ihumjlil, an. I lieaiitlfiil expri'-wloli ! Mnj
tloil Krant that noun throiitih lii l'leilii up
nil Hie laliors of our leluveil miwluniirles
hiuiilreils, nn l thounint-i, nu t million oi
tho InteresiiiiK natlviw uf the"ln:iiof Sliiliu,'
may he imi.t-. hy tlmappllealloii of tho pre
ploii lilouil uf iitoni'iiH-iit, lif.t mmnliers of
li'Miven !-VaHhluj;ton for. ut tho Cliristliio
WutuUuiaii.
Ml I VI AMI Ail 1HKNTS.
A rtelijlan ppor pihlishcs a eurlons taliln
respeetlnu the neol'lents of orkllli?ll)en for
whl,-h Inileinnity cliilnis worn nimlo In lS'j.'l.
'lawili. ai'i-or llnu to tie: lnyi of tho week
nn whleli they oi-.-nrreil, thesit nooklenls
were ilHtrilnitoil its follows : Mondays, Hi
OBses ; TilMilnys, 75H easi-s ; Woilnesilavs, 7;lt
rns.-s , Thiinlayt, 'I'l eases, Vrlilays, 713
ensrs ; Saturdays, Sit cim.-s j Huuduys, UK
cadi's.
The xtrlkini; tliini! is tlm irnnt numher ol
Moudny vletims, n I'onscipieiipo, thnt panot
suvs, not of flu- r-i intr. Imt of their Sunday
1 1 r li k IiilT. lly 'i'hurslay the elToot nf Sunday
ilrinklni; lins li,u rediieiul to a minimum,
mid even uiilu.'ky Friday has n far Imttoi
linmunitytlian Pino Monday. Saturday aool
diis aro lui'imroiis. Imt this faet Is said I y
tho Itelt-ian I.almr llurnjiii to ho due to thu
iinuiiiil nu'iilier o falls Irom Malrways nn)
windows and laddrs liioidetir to the Satiir
day i'l"utun,'-ii. T.ikiuot I he country throiitch
the lii'lelnii journsl estimates that upward
of f!0i) iici'ldents lianpeiind to workiuifinon
on Mondays and Tuesdays, ilin solely to tun
Inllii'-nee ot Sun lay drink. This Is an Im
portant emisidTntion lninm- upon tin!
question of i"i',ployers' lialiility for mien no-
idents. M n-t limy indemnify tho Intemperate
:ut well as the alistnmloiis.' If they are bound
to pay for acldents, sliuul I they not have
the riiflit of MupiTvisim- Hid lialills oftheli
workiniiien so as to gu ir 1 their safety uu I
i. .. u his roer-f
..i Valiini;ton, preaelilir; ,r-.., linf
I!e nut dooeiv.'.l ; (io l Is uui t . i i.
For whatsoever a man shall sow . ;us
shall he reap,'' referred to whisky hj w.u- of
iliusl-ation. He .said :
"You cannot sow whisky without reaping
driiiikurds. A m-iii i-.tiiuot sell whisky with
VUt re'ipuii; druiiiinuiiess. It I Hold a drink
of wh;ky to a man, that man would h II n
drink of the miiue to my Honor one of my
kliisiiu-n, mid 1 would surely reap what I
had sown. No man wiiosUls whisky Is purn
and happy. He lias a nkiitoii Iu tne i-los -t
nomewliere. Jin Ims sonio relittivu who is a
ilruiiAnrd. I do nut say tins to ilenoin-o tun
Hitloon kei'por. 1 simply want to remonstrate
with them and plead with them to quit tha
Imsiuess, Don't .sell out. Don't soil the stiifT.
Knock out the luiiii? au I let It waste. Don't
lot any man talk to mo about his Christianity
while !ui Iiiih cnuuection with the tr.illl . No
ni!in has ever heu In the business Ijiit win
has been cursed for It in various ways. No
man should rent his property, at no m ittur
how hlh a llifure, for a saloon, 'I'ho man
who i)of this will reap just a) surnly as tin)
man who soils the whisky. I am talking
fucts, not pottry. I on -e know a man who
rentnd property to a rumseller, liec.iusn the
tn'mptutiou ol Hie rent was too miKdi (or him
to withstand, and all tho sons of tho renter,
four of them, died drunkards, f.vt US but
what kind ot soul wo aro sowiui ."
Trvrrruxri! nkw avi notes.
It l said that there nre sixthousau lilirfor
cut kinds of iutoxii-atlnt; liquor..
Tho estlmatod value of the Peer an I splritl
made in this country uud Kuropo Is at itmlat
J,0."3.00,Uio.
rifteon dollars a day reprments the ht-i-aire
amount paid into ovory saloou it. tin)
I'uiteit Ktato.
Poverty and drunkenness net nnd ront on
paeli other ; both causu iifiioraneo and dis
ease, parents of nit vice and utihnpptu"ss.
The mail who onned tho first distillery in
Missouri Kt ""U aeros of public land In
re 0,-mtion ol his eutorpri.se. IP) die 1 a
drunkard.
Tho ministers of the leadin ; rrotestnnt
churelies of M'jske'on, Midi., hav formed a
"I'ustors tlm ohjo.'t ot which Is to
U-ht tliosiiloons.
A prominent I'.intlish physiolaii of lonij ex
perience with ilrun'.iurd.s miys that Im can re.
cull hundreds of roeovorios ;uuu,- lunu, but
only llvd amouvf wo:nui.
All the towm In Hill Countv, Texas, pt
pnpt Whitney and most of those Iu Kills
County, aru without saloous, Uuviu voted
"dry" ut tun last election.
Since the sunpr.wslon ot the uso of Intoxi
cuuts nt the London County Asylum, LI in
stead, tho rseoverios ot putinula havo Iu
creosod to 40.97 per cent.
One-fourth of ths proilu-itiva nsry ot
Gnrmany aud oua-lliteetli of tlio cultivats 1
luud are snld to ba devoted to making sons
kind ot intoxicating drink.
An illustration of tha lenifthi psopla will
go to satisfy their craving for driulc was
furnislisl In Nw ZiaUu 1, w'anrs amau trls 1
to trade ua admission order to the hospital
for liquor.
An English surgeon dlstinifulshos bet wood
drunkeiiniss und Inobriely (u this wiy Thu
drunkard is a person wha drinks wiieuever
ha has an opportunity ; the Inebriate is u per
son bora with nn unsound mind the ous Is
vicious, ths other Uiseasod.
A norsou was tpsskiiiR of tlm many thin?
alcohol uould ba ue I for, uud S'lld i " 'Voy,
alcohol will eleau sllvor." ''1'as," said a
Kent leuiaii stan II ui; by, "uothint; is mora
uartsin ; It will oienu tnn silver rlnt out o(
your housa un 1 out of your pojiet, tot."
A small boy of eiifht or nln i, In a Loa Ion
hospital, baiuif visited by a frian 1, luqulrat
how his futharand tnotuar wara tfoluv oa.
"All rlht," was th nply. l,raay ala't oasa
druulc for a wsak." "OU," said the poor
littla fellow, "wo: a ptoal thlul No ous
I knows thu uoubla t'vj n.l with 'ka"
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTliRNATIOXAfi MCSSON
JINK 17.
l'OU
Reason Test: "the Woes of tti
l)lln1c(1,,, I'rov. xxlll., 21 :J5
Uolt(ii Text i I'rov. x&UL.,
HO t'oitimentary.
Pom en lias said that, ns In the first too'
of Mossi, tho book ol tho boirintiinifs ot
earth, llfn, man and Israel, Its tvpns nre the
lives of men, so in tlio llrst book r rsalms
(I. to xll.) we have (lo t's purposes and coun
sels In relation to mar. man In general 1 1, to
vltt. . the man of the earth ('.) to le) and tlio
man Christ Jiwns t'xvl. to x It. 1. The ilrst
two psalms seem t itive a sunim-iry of tho
whole of tho Ilrst bon'tnii'lsp-atf of thetlm.
when Jesus shall bo Klnu over all the earth.
the ninii of the i-arth overthrown, but tho
blessed mnn prosperim; lorev -r.
1. "Why do the heathen r.nto nnd the poo.
pie Imattiim n vain thlnitV" Although there
Is no tltlo to this psalm, nor author's name,
the Spirit tolls us In A 'Is lv., '.), that the
Lord spoke these words through David. Thu
words worn the Lord's, but lie used David's
mouth. Hon also II Sam. xxill., 'I i John xll.,
t'K As In the il iss of No iti every Imagina
tion of tho thoughts uf man's henrt was only
evil continually ((Jen. vl.. R), so It was In
David's day. and so It Is still.
'2. " Tim kltlifs of tile Hrlh set thems'ive,
Slid tho rulers take counsel together au-aln-t
the Lord ami m;aiiist His nnointed, saving."
This had a special lultllinent wliciiJesus was
here In humiliation to suffer and die ( .-ts
lv.,27). It has had a lullllmeiit Iu every
pi ineeiillon of Christians by rulers, but Us
greatest fillllilireut will bo at tlio second
eomlnif ol Christ.
3. "Let us break their bands nsiia lr an I
cast nway their cords Irom us," Tliis Is thu
continual altltu Io of the carnal mind to
ward (lo l ever since man fell (Itoin. viil.,7).
Such are isvor suyiim-, "V will not li ivo
this man to rcbtii over us" ( Luke xix., 1),
1'liey mako n covenant with death, and with
hell urn they at im-r.xniient, but it shall not
stand, for tbo Lord hriugetu tho counsel of
he heathen to nanijlit ; He maketli the de
vleps ol thu people of none eflect (lsa.
sxvlll., 13, IHiPs. xxxlll., 10).
4. "Ho thnt sltteth In the heavens sh ilt
lani;h : tho Lord shall have them in de
rision." Hoo the same thouitlit in ps, xwvii.,
LI ; Hi., . and moro fully In I'rov. I., -j;,, !;,
"Hut ya havo set at iiaiik'lit nil Mv couns,.
and would none of My reproof ; I al i will
laucli at your calamity ; I will mo.-k w.'ieti
your four oometh." While (io l is nut will-in:,-
thnt liny should perish mid Is lorn;
sutTcriuir aud slow to wrath, yet It Is possibio
to sin nway thodav of -rneu and briui; upon
us the wrath ol (iod so luui? Iu mercy ro
il rained (It Thessl., 7-10).
0. "Then sluill Ho speak to them In His
wrath and vex theui iu Hissoredispleasure.'
Our Jo1 shall come and shall not keep si
lence ; a lira shall devour before Him, and it
shall be vary tcmpiMtuoiis round about II im
( I's. I., 3). Ho has spoken by the prophets,
lie has also spoken by His own Son, but lor
long centuries He lias kept silence. When
Ho spenks aifain. It will bo ut His eornln,' to
punish the Inhabitants of the earth lor their
iniquity, to take nway tho rebukeof His po.
pin iroui off nil tho earth, and to euus i Is
rael to blossom and bud nnd till the in f
the enrth with fruit (Ua. xxv., 8 j xxvi., 21 ;
xxvil., ti).
ti. " Vet havo I set My kin.; up m My holy
hill of Zlon," or, as in tho margin, up u
Ion, tlio hill of My holiness. There Is only
uno holy hill of .Ion referred to iu S -ripturo
as holiitfon this earth, and that Is In the holy
city Jerusalem, In Palestine. And notwith
standing all the hatred of io I emenies. nil
the seolllnu of unbelievers and nil ilni nunc
lief in the uhnreU becau-e of the lalse prop'n
oil wlio tpsuk out of their own heart-. .Imih
shall yet git o.i David's throne aud rjijfu over
tii" Iiuum pt Jacob.
said
rtnr hsva 1 beg., ten Tins. ... Hoiy
ht .rlt's oorimeniary upon tills l.s tliat it r--firsii.it
to the birth of Christ, but to His
. J- rrectlo .i fru-ii tlio dead ( Ai-ts xiil., .'I I I.
j'. is Is also in perfect nitr uen: with limn,
I., 4, Where Jesus Is deelared to be the Son
of (Jod, Willi power by tho resurrection (rom
tho dead. Tills does not poiiUM with tho
testimony of the Father In Math. Id., 17,
xvli., C, tor In His sltj'iit who s -es tin-cud
from tlio bouluiiiiii,- tlm resurrection was us
h'oo I ns Hccornplis.io I,
H. "Ask of Me, mid I shall i;lv the., the
heathen for thine inlieritauee au 1 the utter,
most parts of tlio earth for thy possession."
Tills Is perhups one uf the most misapplie I
and misquoted verses iu the liilde ins ip
plied beeiiu.se it Is iriwn to missionaries as
an eneouniKomnnt to look for tin conveisio i
of all tlio liual hen in this ai,'e. whereas this
is tlio ui,-o ut iratlierln out Irom all nation)
tlio eleet eliur-ll (.V-ts XV., II, Kay, v , n,
10) j misquoted bec.iiis i the iie.M verse is al
ways oniillad, as II w nil. I spoil its applica
tion to tlie present pr"ae!iiu of the K"spol
of peace.
II. "Thou shalt break them with a m 1 of
iron . thou shall dash them In pn- -s IU- a
potter's vessel." This Is not e. insistent with
the commission of the ehur.ih to suTt, nut
submit, nn I lie like lambs anions wolve.,
nml eu. line, an I bo eontent to be Kill--1 lor
Ills sake, but It is In perfect agreement w.t i
the stone smashing thu luiuipi (D in. ii., II,
4;"i, and with tlm promise to tlm over -o .tier
(llov. II., 2'K ll'l i, wneii w.i shall com i ha -k
with lliiu Iu ilio a'i"ry alter tuo 11,-st rciur-r-ction.
ID. "J5 ) wis-) no-.v, til -r '?., O yo Lillys j
be iustrui'tel, y jilfs in tlm emeu.'
Wheu UoJ avo .-i'.u.i.i Inoii ir a vision of
tho world p )rs up t i tins v ry tlm i of
breakini to pleem mil w .irtie 1 hint of Ills
own Impending hirndi'ition, D nihil advised
him to lreak olT his huh by ritflitoousnosi
and his iniquities by ,!io,viii- uiurcy to th
poor (D in. lv.. V7).
11. ".Snrvo the Lord with f "ir nnd rejolcn
With trembling."' Wo cuinol servo tho Lord
till wear,) savol, for tli-v that are iu tho
llesh cannot please (io 1 (linn, vlll., S). Tho
order Is itlvou In I Tiiess. 1., '., ID. wher i
they turned to Ood fro n Idols, (o serve tho
llvinif and truo (Iod, nn I to wait (or His Son
from Hi tavon. Tlion In l'hil. 11., 12, those
who are savod nro told to w irk out tln-ir
own salvation with four and tromMimr. Not
the fear of losing It, but the fear of Krievitiu
or hin I 'rlnif Him who woriictli In m bolli
to will nn I to do of His oo 1 pleasure,
12. "Kiss tho Son, lost He be ntisTry, nn l
yo lerlsli from tlm way wh"ii His wrath is
kindled but a littts. mussed are all they
Hist put their trust in Him." So our lesson
closes with an outre aty to bo reoonellcd to
111m who alone oan save (compare II Cor.
T. , U0), and with a blessliiK upon nil who re
ceive 1 1 1 in as thuir Havlour. Compare the
blessed of l's. 1., 1, nud ohservu how this
epitome of book 1 begins and ends with bless,
tun upou the rlKhtoom. Lesson Uolycr.
I!(TCCT!rE INC1PKNT.
Buy not that your powers aro feeble, nml
your opportunities small. A yotim,' wotnau
who was an operative In a factory, became t
subject of diviuo grace und united with tie
Christian church. From early morn till
ulKht, she wus through the week cnnucd In
labor. Sho hint never enjoyed the udvan
tiiKo of school, except inn barely enough te
have learned to read uud write, Hut hd
heart kindled with tho lire of sic'rcd love,
Intensely desired to promote tho lledeeiiier'l
kiliKilom. To this end, she set herself illll
Koutiy to tho cultivation uf Imr mind. Sh
devotud hulf an hour every nveniiuf to
study, and used all other available means to
prepare herault for usefulness. Hie used
often to place a leaf of the Uliilo upon hei
loom, nnd to commit and diip'st its content!
while her hands wrought. Within a hIiiU'
year, sho became one of the best teachers Iu
the Sabbath school, aud wus instrumental U
bringliiK four of bar pupils to asavluit kuuwl
adxoot Christ Oo thou ami do likewise.
Who Is there, whose abilities and opportuut.
ties are not equal to hors. Wluslow's Lec
ture to 8. B. Teauhars,
RELIGIOUS READING.
SITAS to TUAT tofXil MA!.
II Is In nospee,,l danger. At most point
lie IS Ktrontfly fortltled llrfallist tho sedlictivt
liiflueiiees that ruin so many uf our yoiiiiil
men. He abhors tlu-lr evil courses ; ho shuns
their pestiferous s,,eety. lie k'fps fur romotrt
Irom the t. laces where they coiu-n-itate. Hour
mill h uf moral prlneli-le Is Im-orpornted with
the other elements of Ills saleijuard, Is known
only tm In-Si-archer of hearts j but It Is very
obvioii that n peculiar kfIINIiiicsk Is Iu part
at least his protection, j i,,, ,i f ufe which
he im-marked out fir himself forbids thu
k'ratnlentloii of expensive appetites. Ho can
lint afford to be 1'iimoral.
The spiq-le truth Is, that lie Is determined
to be ri. h. Ibov this passion became excited
we need m t now Inquire. It is far more Im
portant that it should lie rei-traliicd and hot!
within tir.'i-cr limits. II Imrdlv L IIOW4 U'llV
he wl-hcs to uceiimulate, unless it tluit bo
n i v Is' able to sav ! am rb-li."
It lew asked to name the amount that
would satisfy blm. he would probnblv sav, "a
hiiiidrcil thousand." This he intends to have
within a kImoi iiiiml erol years, and towards
this on., point he is now bciiillmt nil his cno
Bles. I'or this he thinks, contrives, eats,
Ir'iili-, c,.,, wake-, r-ads, wiiti-s, walks,
rides, potiver-i's and lsil,.it. ',,r tills be li
ters int., coiiq any or avoids society, for this
he nuirries or lives sinirle ; for this he board
or keeps n ho'ise. f.,rthls be selects his pin e
ul worship ,,r has none. In everythlnit ho
ba- rcs t to the increase f Lis ifalns.
Domestic relations, friendship, literature,
science, religion, must nil subserve his umi
object. He will even tlvo awav. If you can
convince him that It will promote bis tempo
ral Interest.
Speak to him. Ills mind is set so strongly
In one direction, nml has nlreadv iIiik for it
self so deep a channel, that It liiav ! ditll
ciilt either to cheek or divert the current.
Hut he ha- not becotnc hardened In avaricious
habits. (e has yet some susceptibility of
Impri sson from the lessons of wisdom 'and
experience. (iX him a sketch of vour "WIl
history. Tell him wlmt uiiuld citizen said a
few days Miic... ! have been," said he,
'well acquaint,,,! with business men In this
city for sixty years, and I luive found out
that out of every hundred merchants, ninety
seven have lulled once, nnd seyentv-llve "n
ml time." Itcason with him. Sh'uw blm
the uncertainty uf riches, ami liow Inade
quate thoy nro 'to satisfy tho mind. Above
nil. show him how fearfully the etTort to ac
quire them interferes with duty to (iod mid
man. and how tho possession' of them In
crcasos the dlrtlciilty of the soul's salvation,
(junto to him the lunifunk'" uf the Sou of
liodltlMiitt.il: i!4; and Mark HI : ill -also
the lufiKuiiKo of the Apo-tlo Paul In 1 Tim.
11: 10... christian Watchman.
; Tin: M'l l. in :ii:iiMiv.
When we think of the biipplness that ons
immortal soul iiocesurily r les, when eon-
vert- d. we think of sotno'thlntf ilint outweiith.
In value nil the bappiievs merely temporal ol
the myriads that have ever Inhabited the
world, even down to the present moment ; fm
It will exist forever. 'I he lovs of nil that have
dwelt upon the earth, nud who are low laid
in the dust, have passed away as if they had
Ili'Ver been; but t lie sold I d righteous' Abel
has been always In heaven, mid al
ways ilellithtiuif ever since mir Lord
died Upon the cross, Tho simjlo pen
itent malefactor has received within his own
li. dividual existence, happiness more n ill
uud happiness more lastuii; than the happi
ness merely temporal of nil the millions that
have I ii upon uur ylobc durum the cntiii-
uiiiice of the Christian era. And when das,
and li i tt lit s . and years shall have passed away
with the 1 1 1 -t -s uf tlio llesh, the InMs of the eve
und the pride uf life, when the pleasures o
Mil shall nil have departed, the joys of the
penitent sluill still remain, and the triumphs
uf iuikoIs uver them shall still be considered
lis altoriliriK tllelll sii"nbo Joy, even touill
connected with the history of Imt one
immortal .-nil brought out of a state ul
air salvi
,1 . . .... ... ,,... . .... Ate s .,
not with tlie body- It dli s not tiioui,-li It ihi
unclothed- ii passes Into niiother world nnd
still exists, Ilefore it ail Is eternity nnd Im
mutability. It fears or it hopes, it grieves or
it rejoices, It loves ur it hlltes, it swells with
ceaseless transport, ur it shrinks with cease
less horror at th nstmit opcniiuj uf eter
nity. Soon HIV buily shall IliUe the ciods ul
tlie valley to cover it. and my memory shall
perish from the earth , but shall memory it
self .lie shall the soul that now lives, and
moves, nml see-, nml hear, and -peaks w ith
in me. die So. When the jears which I
have lived hnvepassed nway like tlm years
In fore the l! dim , my soul' will still ., pi
tl ternal world. And (lb I bow solemn
the question, -bail it havcKone up to heaven,
or shall it have iron- down to beli Shall It
be trembling with devils, or shall it bore
joicliit; with -aints nnd aiiL-elsy MinUlt be
weepim- und walllni.-. or shall it be liolv.-im,'
illK tlie sonj; of Muss, the -enallt o! (ioil,
:iml the Lamb.' Sbnli it tllthx still, ,.r
sluill it lie holy still.' Damnation men speak
the word. Do they know the ii.ouniuj; of it.'
Could you breath it to your Merest euemyy
()! how could you endure tho i-V'Tla-iin
buruilii,-.- llicy. John (icldes.
"i ome TE r.l.l.ss;u u- mv I ATllr:;.''
Tl ere is one word in the invitation, which
k'ivi s lew sweetne-s to all the rest. It IS til l
word thut bck'iiis it, Come," Were our bles
sed Master, when be calls us to heaven, about
to alio hi.sown dopiirlurc to some utiu-r world,
who would nut -ay. -t) let me follow htm ! I
will juylully iriv" up that splendid inheritance
and all mv brethren and cer pnnloiis there, so
that I may U" and be with blm.'' Happy to
twine of us nre tic tllotlii lits we spend lew III
lis presence. The waiideriti,; Ja-ol uldnjlt
it llelliel of "the house of l,.., nil I til- imteuf
lea ven, "and can in it wed ' the same, bietbr-n,
sberever we arc, when e fe, 1 tba' !iri-t is
Soar us If we really ;oye lum, nir liciul - tlr-l
lesiro is to see und be with lum, And hit he
iuows. Tlie ilrst word w-shall heir iro n him
Dn bis tlirone, will tell iisthat lickieiwsit. Ho
sill say to ns. Come." And it will be from
lbe fullness uf his uwn heart, t twit h- will -ay
It. No one in that luullitiido will so l,un to
Jrnw near to Chr st, as Christ will loin to
Olive blm neiir. He will lead His ie l,-:.ie,
Io their Klury with a greater Joy than they
will follow Him there. He go to one world
ind send theui to another' " No; Ho would
mar His own luiiipiiiess as well us theirs, it
He did. He will go with them to the kiin
loin prepured for theui, mid there as Ho sits
dow n on His throne, Hn will sav, "I will
never leave you iikiiIii. told that I would
Mine attain and receive you unto myself ; aud
now farewell to nil dlstanco uud separation
between us. Whero I am, there ye shall be
ilso. Wo suffered toKother in that world
w liidi Is perished : we will be nloriMed In
ibis. Yoii know how that world treated Me.
I still bear In Mv body thu marks ot that
treatment, uud 1 rejoice, to bear theui, tot
they will servo to remind you forever how I
loved you. And I know how it treated you.
It was not worthy of you, but It cast you
kside as the olT-seoiirlliit of ull thliius. Hen
It Inst we are where wo nro known, Hon
we shall shine forth as tho sun in the king
dom of our 1'utlior. Wo will luherit togothoi
ills splendid world."
AHon mui-UKcr.
At the tynnipuMo iu Nazareth Jesus nppll)
to Himself this sure word of prophecy i "Tin
Spirit of the Lord Is upon Mo Iniciiuso Hn
hath anointed Mn to preach the gospel to tin
poor." Whatever else tluit ilcclurutlou luuj
carry, we believe it Is tlie true murk or ovf.
deuce, ur both, of tlie mimVtor'q mission and
work. Ho is to be known especially us seek
lug to preaeli tho gospel to tho poor. Tin
ministry of Jesus was to tha poor. The com
mon people heard lllui gladly. All great re
vival movemeiits have begun at the bottom ol
society. The ilcuoinlnaUuu that seeks to re
form tlio world from the top downward, K
surely uot In the line of nnostolio practice.
OoATrnALA hat ooncluded to take tha
nnwubroklug business into the hands of tha
Kate, and has organised a "Pawubroklixg
tttoulatloa aud National BavUl llwik.". ,