AFOOT. Come th lure of crern thine erowla?, Como tho f.ill of water flowing An I the wayfarer ib'Sire Moves nn 1 w ike and wool I bo goia J- Itnrk the rtrg-int hot of .luni Maroliing ii" irnr 1101:1 iy noon! Hark tho !.'". p ol tin' Bh-1 Tivxi i'-ki' l beneath Hi" moon! Long tli" i, !'! an 1 far tli" i-n Un When my wayfarer i? wn ling When desire I on 'i' ?'"(. rnom beiiin 1 an I dream attending! In his ears tho phantom elila.o t'f Iti'iviimutii 'ni l" rhyme, II- shall ehae the lbs-tin.; camp-fires Of tho llodouiti of Tim". rarer 1 y ini-'h iirt'l ways, lii'iil a death I" plaint r prale, t'nr turning ho shrill journey, r ''ll"W to the nights mi 1 days ) Till i: pi: 'iii- outT bar Milled tin- moaning eurren! nri Till tho llvii" i-lit"v zjiiith, Till I!"'1 mth attain the star. Till through laughter mid through tears Fair the final p' li app-ars. And nlxvit the water- 1 pastures Sink to sleep t hi? nomad yours! Clinrli'K i. I. Kobcrts, In Hcribnr. A MUCH NEEDED LESSON. Et oopniEY oroitt.m. OULD Paul Will iatns havo known the mi a for til no thut was to befall mm scarcely a n Lour jut of, l rliHH ho would uut Live walked aa jauntily down tho steps of ll,.i IVrK.r if.-,,,.,.. F''V 811,1 m,t into M J ,1 Main btrect of "- John sport, tho lumber metropolis of Pennsylvania, on tli At plcasnut September morning live years ago. IIo was dressed with the utmost uentucHS, ulmuHt with fop pishness, a high hat nut rakishly on his head. Inn shoes wore polished to tho laKt degree of brightness, a largo ring glittered from ono of tho finger of Ins left baud, and in the other he carried a hniall walking stick, which ho now and then twirled through the ir in a dandyish Dimmer. Pau.siug before a bookstore, something seemed to catch hiH eye nud ho entered. From tho papers and magazines nntbecouu tern ho selected those which pleuaed him inoht, and nodding to tho clcik, said carelessly "Jui-t charge these." The person addressed did as he was bidden, but a troubled look canio into hi face hh ho wrote down tho several items, nud ho at last ttaid : "Mr. Williams your bill is getting qmto luro. Can't you aettlo noon?" "Yen, air, of course I can. If you don't think mo good for a few dollar, 'I taka my t ucn- rreiurv. ttio ustuuioucd clerk could reply ho was gone. When ho had gone about a mile he turned aharply and entered the lumber dis trict of tho city which extend for several miles along the river hunks. A few uiomcuts later ho paused at tho ofiico of one of the largest mills, whero ho was bookkeeper, lie founa all the mombers of tho llrm, with otus excep tion, assembled within, but as this was no uuusiihI circumstance he nod lod t" each one, went t y cloest anil rung up his coat and hat, id (twinging bin sell upon a high t-tool was about to coii.meiiio tho work of tho day, when 1, was interrupted by tho elder member of tuo tirm, who, after a alight eoujji. a. if to clear his threat, aid : "Mr. William', ono moment, please.'' Thinking that what ho was to hear had something to do with tho busi ness of the firm tho young man turned from hiH desk, pen iu hand, and s.iid: "What is it, sir?" "Mr. Williams," with another slight cough, "wo have decided, owing to matters of which you are probably as well awaro as we, thut wo will not nood you any longer. As soon as you can Koctiro employment elsewhere we ahull expect you to resign your posi tion with us." "I really don't don't understand you," was the reply. "Have you dis covered any errors in the books?" "Xouo at u'.l none at all. We would be perfectly willing to endorse a certificate of your honesty and pro fleieiiry as an accountant. What 1 re fer to is an entirely different thin.'. The fact is that wo have found that you are heavily indebted in various parts of the city, much more tbuu we desire auy olio in our employ to be. Hevoral tirms where you have hud con siderable ueeouuts standing for some time have applied to us tosecnto them. This we cannot do, and so from pru Ueutial reusoi.s -nothing else wo have decided to let you go." "I think that this thing has has been exaggerated," stammered tho young mum "Hut as you may have other reasons for wishing to discharge uie, I will goat once." "Yon are wholly mistaken wholly mistaken. We have uouo but the kindest of feelings toward you, and should nut have taken this step had we not thought it best for all con cerned. Wo had uot expected you to leave until you could find aomo other position fully as good, but yon can do M you choose," said the lumberman, seemingly glad to get rid of a disa greeable task. "Come this afternoon and wo will havo a settlement," he continued, as the young tnau, who had pat on his hat and coat, was leaviug the office. Ami then Paul Williams, fooling as people always do who have mot with the penalty of their iudiscretion, that he had been, dealt with unjustly, nalkod away, Iff His fVatnres wera working anil liis lips quivering from chagrin and dis appointment. Almost uneonscioualy ho bent his tcp toward a distant hill, whereon lay tho city cemetery, and half an hour later Lo was walking up tho hill with Ion?, sweeping strides, totall indifferent to tho fact that tho duct of tho road was destroying tho polish of his shapely shoes which that very morning ho had put on with so much care. Flinging himself upon tho tirst bench ho cumo to, he tried for a time to control hi feelings, but at lat ho burst into tears. Paul Williams waa a man of five and twenty, and for fonr years ho hud held tho position from which ho bad now been so suddenly dismissed. Ho was the son of a widow, who had been able to give him a good educa tion, nud who, dying, left him n small legacy. Though ho had no habits which could have been called really ha 1, he unfortunately possessed traits of character which kept him from suc ceeding as his friends had just reason to expect. He was ono of tho mem bers of a bund f young men who, though not really dissipated, had formed the dangerous habit of spend ing money as fast or faster than tliey earned it. His pride had again laid a trap for him, and always wishing not to appear small, ho spent his monoy freely on tho most trivial things. Homo two rears before the timo of which wo write ho had begnn to pay his attentions to a young lady who was now his betrothed: and wishing most of all uot to appear mean in tho eves of tho woman ho loved, ho had often tnado her presents and spent money upon her when she would have respected him just as mnch, perhaps more, if ho had kept his parse closed. Hut though in this way he bad spent nearly all of the legacy left him by his mother, tho young man might not havo come to grief hud it not been for another habit more heductivo and in finitely more dangerous than all tho others tho practice of running iuto debt heedlessly and without thought. It had always been a failing with him, but within a year it had grown strong er than ever. His credit, borrowing the common phrase, wan good, and w hen anything in shop or store caught his fancy ho would order it dono up, and telling them to charge it, would tako it away with him. In this man ner ho had made bills which, could ho have known their proportions, would havo made him tremble. All these things presented themselves to I mil illiams in their true light for tho first time, as ho sat alone in tho silent cemetery. After n time ho came to feel that tho action of his em ployers, liarsii as it might seem, was not without cause ; and than, though what he was to do in tho future seemed a blank, ho began to lay plans to extricate himself from a bad matter with an independence and self-reliance nt which he himself was surpnsod First of all he would draw what money ho had in bank, and as far M possible and try to find soui.jihiuj ' to do which would enable him to pay tho rest. Acting upon this resolve he drew out his note book aud noted the names of his creditors; tho list was a long one, and with each succooding namo his face grew graver. I!ut when his task was finished ho shut tho book with a determined air, aud thrusting it iuto his pocket aroso from his seat and walked rapidly away. Two hours later l'u al Williams sat in his room with a package of bills, on each of which was the omiuous letter "Dr." ou one hand aud on the other u roll of bank notes. All told ho was in debt seven hundred dollars! Three times he went over tho figures in a bewil dered way, only to find each time that he had made no mistake. Then ho turned and counted tho bills before him; there was less than four hun dred dollars, a little more than half what he owed. lint he felt resolved to do tho best ho could uud act the part of a man. So, after a hasty din ner, ho once moro sallied out on the street, and visitiug each of his creditors paid what he owed them un til uot a dollar remained in his poc ket. Three things uow remainod for him to do: to see his lato employers and obtain a settlement; to call upon his betrothed and tell her all that had happened and all that might happen; uud then to leave Johnsport and go he knew not where. On visiting tho ofiice of Dodge A: Co. ho found but ono member of tho tirm iu, a son of tho mini with whom ho tallied in tho morning, not present at that time. "Paul," he said, as ho han led him a cheek, "I urn sorry about this thing. It's a wretched busiues. from begin ning to en l, and if 1 could have had my way about it, old boy, it would not have happened. As soott as I learned thu steps tho governor had taken, I wired a friend up in Wiscon sin, who wrote mo some time since that ho wanted a good bookkeeper, that if tho place was uot already filled I could uud a capital mau for Uim. I havo just received an answer' which says: 'Let luiu como at ouce.' Ho if you waut to go you are not out all urouud. What say you?" "I will go at ouce, to-night," was the prompt reply. During tho next hour tho two men sat and talked over tho particulars of tueplacj iu question, youug Dodge imparting to his friend that the mau's uams was lleade, that ho was a nativo of Pennsylvania, "a royal fellow, aud a doucedly success ful business man." After which Paul arose, and grasping his friend's hand, thanked him iu a husky voice for the kiud turn he had giveu him when he most needed friends. "Don't meution it ; that's uothing, old fellow. Just brace up aud face tho music, and all will come out right. Keep a stiff upper lip, and let me hear from you now aud then." Paul's hardest task still lay before him, to boo hu intended wife, and to tell her all. The young man told his story openly ami frankly, omitting nothing ami concealing nothing, lie told her of tho opportunities that lay beforo him and of the sacrifices ho van determined to mike until he had paid every cent but thero would be a stain npon his name, and if she wished she was free to break the engagement betwenn them nt once. But if he had thought that sho would tako such a tep he was destined to bo happily dis appointed, for her reply was: "Paul, although I havo roared for a long timo thu' something liko this was going to happen, I don t want to l freo from you, because because I love you. Go away, do tho best yon can, nud como what may, know that thero is ono who trusts you and is waiting for you." When tho evening train for tho West pulled out of Johnsport it was with mingled feelings of sorrow, remorse ami hope that Paul gazed upon the lights of tho town as they steadily faded from sight. The events of tho day had followed each other so swiftly that it all seemed a dream. As the iron horse put mile after milo behind him tho consequences which were certain to follower his hasty departure camo up blackly beforo him, and he half regretted that he had not re mained, liy and by, however, hi spirits began to revive, his plans fot tho future took distinct form in hit mind, and it waa with a comparatively light heart that he stepped into the streets of tho young nud growing town of tho Northwest. Much to hit surprise he found his future employer, Mr. IWde, waiting at the depot tc welcome him, and as he grasped thi hand extended him, and looking int the frank, open face, ho felt that h woe to have dealings with a just and generous man. "Dodge telegraphed mo when to ex pect you," said Mr. P.eade, noting the young man's embarrassment. "My business is such that I will want you to make your home with me, aud both my wife und I will do all in our powel to make you welcome." The next morning, with a deter mination to pleaso and to speedily win the confidence of his employer, Paul entered upon his new duties. In a few days there came a letter from Aunio Hummel, urging him to persevere in the course he had under taken, nud not to mind what otheri said. He did persevere, and in a short time won tho respect and confidence of his employer. His salary was not as large us it had been formerly, but every month nearly all of it went to pay tho debts he hail loft behind him iu tho Fast. When a year had passed ho had puid everything aud was be ginning to save. Besides, ho had dropped nil of his foppish airs and habits, and become in every way more mauly and independent. One day near tho close of his Hecond year the youug bookkeeper and his employer wera talking together, when the latter said : un. .1 T " 1 " ' w , .j iHiHiuusH is growir . fast that it needs two to attend to it, aud I want somo one that thoroughly uuderstunds it. Have you beeu able to save much sineo you camo out here J You must, for you haven't any expen sive habits." At lirs-t tho young man bltuhod and seemed slightly confused, but recover ing himself he told his employer iu a fow words how ho had come to leave Johnsport, and iu what way tho most of his money had beeu spent since that time. This is a surprise to me," was thi reply; "yet I am not sorry to hear it, for it ahowa that you have the right btuff in you." A loug talk followed, at tho end of which the two men had come to a better understanding and were stronger frieuds thau before. Not long after it was made known that Mr. Reade had found a partner, aud the new tirm boro tho name of lleade & Williams. During tho uext two vears thoy were strikingly successful, and this fact, at tho end of the timo mentioned, led the junior member of the tirm to take a tlying trip to Johnspoit, whore the object of his visit was lutdo evident by tho announcement of hit mar riage. Paul Williams is now tin mister of n pleasant home and far on the road to wealth; but he has not forgottoa tho bitter experience of tho past, and often u!Hrms that uaver, never again will he bo tho debtor of auy ono. An Aecoinni'iilatliis Justice, "Thero was an old justice of tho peace, iu Mtine, who administered law with great llrmuess, if not with invariable logic," said a merchaut, "and who iu the goodness of his heart was always prepared to not ouly tako out his costs iu trade, but also to trade out a small judgment and pro duce cash himself for the benefit of the plaiutiff. Tho result of this was, of course, that iu the long ruu bad debts swamped up the entire emolu ments of his ollloe, but he kept no books of his own and never observed the fact. Ou one occasion I was brought before him in a case in which $10 was claimed on the ground that an agent of mine had pledged my credit. It was rather a delicate ques tion of law, and it is not very surpris ing that the good man made what I considered a mistake and decided aaginst me. I was yonng at the time, and demurred considerably at the judgment. This hurt the good man's feelings, and leaning forward, he said to me in a stage whisper, 'Don't fret ; the court will take it out in trade to oblige you.' " St. Louis Olobo-Dem-ocrat. "Miss Grimley has a wonderful amount of self-control." "What now?" Littleuo "Why, when I told her I was going abroad to be gono a year, she actually suiilui." Cluaago later Ocean. REV. DR. TADLVGE run drooktjYn divivkm sun day skkmox. Subject: "The Kxettcd Governor." To?! "I!! tri-mlili"! an 1 nnswerrxl. Oi lliy wav tor this tlnv. Vnn I hav a '-on-vi-nd nt .;aoa I will call for thot-." Arts i.iIy., 25. A elty of marlile was Crnrci whnrvm of mnrMi. homn of marbl. tmpU of mar lil This lln the or.lltmry nrrhltButurn of thu place, you mny Imaln-something of th' plnntor ol flovornor Felix's ril'ln'!i". In a room ol that pHlnw, floor tiwmllntnd, wln ilows curtnlnit.l. ppIHuv frnttxii. th wholii eini attlu-'nt with Tyrlan purplo and stut nunn.l prtiir nn't osrvlnir!'. sat a vry dark eomplexlono't man oi tho namo of Fi l.x. and liilil him a woman of 'Xtriorll nary bounty, whom ho had stoleu by brk imMip nnothor doinnstlu olrelo. Mini wm only eluhtoeti yours of ago. a princoM lr birth, and nnwittlnijiy waltini; for h-nloom tlint o( botng biiriod nliv In thu ahi and iienr.ip ol Mount Vosuvin, which in sudden riiptlon one day put on pud to her abomi nation. Well, ono nftornoon Drmllln. -atod In th palnoo, wosry with tho inaenllloont stupldi tl.i of tho nlaoo, nys to IVIIx i "Vou liavn n very illHtiniruisho I prisoner, I bollovc, of tli" namo of Paul. Do you know ho Is ono of my count rymonV I should vory mueh llkn lo see blin. ami I snouiii very mucn iikk io lnwr him spoak, (or I hav hoard so much nlsjiit his eloquenoo. Itosl bs that thfl other day. wlnm he was IsMug trlod In another room ol this palaee and Iho window were o-i), I heurd tho applause that Kreotedtho-fiini-li of Lawyer Tertullus us ho denounced Paul. Sow, I very mueh wish I eould hear Pant xpouk. Won't yon let mo hoar him fpoHkV V.n," said Felix. "I will. I will order him up now from tho Boardroom." I'lnnk, clank, comes a ehnln up iho marble ttiitrway, and theru Is a sfiufll nt the door, mid In oomen Paul, a little old man, premn turoly qM through exposure, only sixty you r if ae, but looking as though ho wit eighty. He bows vory courteously befon tho ovor nnrund the beiiutllul wonvin by his side. I'hey wy t "Paul, wo have heard a great do il ibout your speaking, (live us now a speci men ot your eloquence." Oh, It thero ever was a ohnnifi for a mail to show off, Paul had n chance there ! Ho might have hsr ingievl them nbc ut Grecian art. about the wonder ul waterworks ho hat soon at Corinth, tbout the Ai'rnHll4 by moonlight, about prison lifeii! Phlllppl, about "what I saw la rhowwilonten." about the old mythologies. tuf "No !' I'aul ald to hlms dr. "I am now ou thu way to msrtyrdom, and this mnu und ivotnnn will noon be ilotd, and thin is my jnly opportunity to talk to them about tho Ih lugs vt eternity." Anil just thero nnd then there broke In upon the si-one a peal of t tin n b r. It wnn the voice of a judgment day spunking through the words of the decrepit apostle. A that era it I old missionary proceed'! with his re marks the Moop begins to go out of his boulders, an I he risen up. and his conn to nance is imimined with the gloria ofnluture life, and bin shackles rattle mi I grind as ho lifts his loitered arm and with it hurls upon hi abashed auditors the holts ot Ood's In dlgn itioii. Felix grew very white nbout tho lips. His heart bout unevenly. He put his hand to his brow as though to stop tho quick uom an l violence of his thoughts, lio ureiv his ro'H) lighter nlmut him, as under a fiid'leu chill. His eyes glare, nud his kneea hake, ui'.d as he clutches the sldo ot Ills hair in a very paroxys n of terror ho orders Iho nbc rift to take Paul back lo the guard room, "l'cllx trembled an ! said : Ho thy way lor this time. When I have a convenient season, I will call for thee." A young man came one night to our ser vices, with pencil in hand, to curlcaturo the 1 whole scene nu I make mirth of those who I nhould exppo nev -" '' "' --'. t he door. Ills face wry . . . o urs running dowu his cheek, as ho mil. I, "Io you think there In any chance for nie" Felix tr-'mbled, and so may Hod gruut it ir.-iy be so with others. I propose to g.ve you two or three reasons why I think l'elix sent Paul lack to tho guar lrooni and adjourned the whole subject ol religion, "'lie lirst reasou was, he did not want to giv up his sins. Ho looked around. '1'liere was lruilla. lie ku 'Wthnt wheu ho became a fhristliin ho must m-nd her back to A;-.-in, her lawful husband, and he ft:ttd to himself, will risk tho destruction ot my immortal soul sooner thau I will do that. ' How many there are now who cannot get to be Christians because they will not abandon their sins! In v.ilu all their pr iyers nud all theirchiirchgoiiig. You cannot keep these darling son an I win heaven, and now o:ne of you will have to ilccido between the winu cup a ud unlaw ul ainns'iiiieiits uu 1 Iiucmv. o is gr.ktitlcatliiui, on the ouo baud uu 1 elet ual siil mi Ion on tho other. Delilah sheared the lock ot Samson i H i- lome danced Herod into thu pit : Drusilla blocked up the way to heaven for Fells. Y'et when I pristeiit the subject now I fear that koine ot you will nay : "Not quite yet. Don't be mi pris'ipitate iu your dinnuu Is, 1 hav.ia few tickets yet that I have to'iise. 1 havo a few engagements that I must keep, 1 want to Slav a little lougcr iu Ihe w.nn of eon viviality i tow more gulTaws ot unodcuu laughter, a few more steps ou the road to death, nnd then, ir, I will listen to waal you ay. "Oo thy way lor this lime. When i have a convenient se.isou, 1 will call lit thee.' Another r-Nisori why Fells sent Paul to till ru ir lrootn ami adjourn 1 this sinjivt w is ho was 'j vcrv buv. Iu ordiuurv times Lo found thu attaint r.r titnro nlisor'iln, tut those wero extraordinary times. Tuo wtlolo laud was ripo lor Insurrection. The Klcnril, u band of assassins, wero already nrowllng around tho palace, and I suppose ho thought, "I eau't attend to religion while I am so pressed by ilitilrs of state." It was business1 among other thing that ruined his soul, und I Dupposo there are thousands of nvople who lire not children of (lo I oeoatise they have so ir.ucu dusiiicbs. it is luislness in the store- losses, gains, unfaithful employes. It Is business in your law office snh po'tins, writ you have to write out, papers you have to llle, arguments you have to make. It Is your medical profession, with its broken nights nnd tbo exhausted anxie ties of life hanging upon your treatment. It Is your real estate office, your business with landlords and tenants and the failure of men to meet their obligations with you. Ave, with some of those who are here it is tho an- noyanco of the kltohon.andthe sitting room. aud the parlor the wearing economy of try ing to meet largo expense with a small In come. Ten thousand voices of "busines. business, business" drown tho voice of tho eternal Spirit, silencing tho voice of tho ad vnuelng judgment day, overcoming the vol ol eterulty, and thov cannot hear i they can not listen. Thoy say, "Qo thy way for this time. Homo of you look unon vour ireds. look upon your profession, you look upon your memorandum books, and you see tho demands that are made this very week upon your time nnd your patience nod your monoy, nnu wtiuo l am entreating you about your soul and tho daugor ot procrssituatlou you ssy ( "do tby way lor this timo. Wheu I have a couvenleut seasou, 1 will call for tjjoe." Oh, Felix, wbvbo bothered about tho af fairs of this world so much more than about tho affair of eternity? Do you not know that when death eoiues you will have to stop buslnna. though It bo In tho most exacting period of it between tha payment ot tho monoy and the taking of tho receipt? Tha moment bo comes you will have to go. Doath waits for no man, bowover high, however low. Will you put your oflloe. will you nut your shop iu oompsrlson with tha affairs of an etoroal world, affair that Involve thrones, palaces, dominions eternal? Will you put UOO aoros ot ground against Im mensity? Will you nut forty or nltjr yean of your ma against minions ot ages un, reus, you migut Dettar posinoao everything else. tor do you not know thut the upholstering ot Tyrian purple In your palaoo will fad, and tha marble Mock ot Cnvarea will orumble, and the bmnkwater nt tho beach, mode ot jrreat blocks ot stone sixty feet Ion, must a;lva wiy tieforo tho per petual wash of the n -a. but tho redemption that Tsui offers you will bo forever? And yet ana yet and yet you wave him bank to tho ffunrdrowm, saying "Go thy way for this time. When I have a convenient soason, I Will call for thee. Again, Fells adjournal! this subject of re llglou and put off Paul's argument because he eould not give up tho honors of the world. Ho was atraiil somehow no would t com- romine I himself In this matter. Remark ha made afterward showed htm to be In tensely ambitious. Oh, how he huggoJ the rnvor or men ! I never saw the honors of this world in their hollownes and hypocrisy so much as in tno lire ami death or that wonderful man, Charles Humner. A ho wont toward the I'laoo of burial, even Independent Hall. In 'hlladolphla. asked that his remains stop there on their way to Iloston. Tho flag wero nt half mnt, and the minute guns on Host an Common throbbed after his heart had censed to beat. Wan it always So' Whllo ho lived bow eensurod of legislative resolutions , how caricatured ot tho pictorials , how charged wltn every motive mean and ridicuioui how all the urns of scorn and hatred and billingsgate emptied upon his bead how, when struck down in henato chamber, tner i wero hundreds of thousands of people win said, "Good for him ; servos him right ;" how he had to put the ocean between lilni nnd his malignors that he might hav a lit tle peace, and how, when he went o,T sick, they said ho was broken henrted Ivmmuso ho could not got to be President or Secretary of mate ! O, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who Is that man that sleep in your public hall covered with garland and wrapped In tho stars and stripes? 1 that the man who, ouly a few months before, you donouuied a the loo ot republican aud democratic institu tions? Is that the snmo man? Ye American people, ye could not by ono week of funeral eulogium and newspaper leaders, which the dead senator could neither read nor hear, atone for twenty-five years ot maltreatment and caricature. When I sen a man llkn that, pursued by all the bounds of the political kennel so long us be lives nod then burled under a great pile of garland and amid tho lamentations of a whole nation, 1 say to myself What an unutterably hypocritical thing is all human npplansn nnd nil hnnmt favn? You look twenty-flvo yenrs In trylnn to pull down his fame and then take twenty-live yearn in tty. Ing to build Ms monument. My mend, rm there ever a better commentary on the hob lownoes of all earthly favor? If thero are young men who rend this who are postpon ing religion in order that they may have tho favor of this world, let me persuade them of their complete folly. It you are looking forward to gubernatorial, senatorial or pres idential chair, let mo show you your groat mistake. Can it bo tbit thero 1 now any young man saying: ' Iotmo have political office, let me have vro of the high positions of trust and power, and then I will attend to religion, but not now. ' Ho thy way lor this time. When I havo a convenient season. I Will call for thee" " And now my subject takes a deeper tone. and it shown what a dangerous thing Is this deferring ot religion. When Paul's chalu rattled down tho marble stairs of Felix, that was Felix's last chance for heaven. Ju Iglng from his character uttorwurd. he wa.s re probate and abardonud. And so was Dru silla. One dnv in tho southern Italy there wa a trembling of tho earth, nnd tli air got black with smoke Intcrshot with liquid rocks, nud Vesuvius rained upon Drusilla and upon her son a horrible tempest of untie. anil lire. Thov old uot reject religion. Thov only put It off. Thoy did uot understand that that day, that that hour when Paul Mood beforo (hum, was the pivotal hour upon which every thing W' poined, nn I that It tipped tho w(, ww,. l heir convenient aonMin eirpo warn l ain ana ins guanlsui.in entered tho palace. Jt went away when l'aul and his guardsman loft. Have you never sera men waiting for a convenient season? There is such a great fascination about It that, though you may have great respect to tho truth of Christ, yet somehow there is In your soul tbo thought' "Not quite yet. It Is not timo for me to become a Caristinn." I say to a boy, "Seek Christ." He snys, "No. Walt until I get to lie a young man. I sav to the young nian, "ricek Christ." Ilesavn, Wutt until 1 como to mldll.v. ' I mw-rihe same person In iiinlllre, and I sny, "isisk Christ. He savs, "Walt until I get old." I moot the same person In old tig and say to him. "Meek Christ." He says, "Wait until I ntn on my dying hod.'' 1 am called to his dying couch. His last n. omenta bave cumo. 1 bnud over tho couch and listen for bin lust words. I hure partially to guess what they are by the motion of his lips, he is so feeble, but rallying lilinseit ho whisper until I can bear him say, "I am waiting Tor s more- conventual season," and he i gone ! I can tell you when yourconvenleut season will come. I can toll you the year. It will le lS'.H. I can toll you what kind of a day it will lie. It will ho tho Kabbutb day. I can toll you what hour it will bo. It will Ikj between 8 and lOo'clock. In other words, It Is now. Do you ask me how I know this is your convenient season ? I know it be cause you ure here, an I because the elect sons nud daughters of Hod are praying for your redemption. Ah, I know it 'is your eouveulout season because some of you, like Felix, tremble as all your past life come upon you with Its iu, un 1 nil the luture life comes ujkiu you with its terror. This night air is nglura with torchi to show you up or to show you dowu. It Is rustling with wings to lift you Into light or smite yo j into de spair, mid tln-re in a rushing to and tro, tin 1 a boating against the door of yoursouls with a great thunder of emphasis, telling you, ''Now, now Is tho bi-st time, us It may bu thu ouly time." May Hod Almighty forbid that any of you, my brethren or sinters, act the part of Felix nnd Drusilla and put uwaythis great sub ject. If you are going to bu saved ever, why not begin lo-nlght? Throw down your sins and tako the Lord's pardon. Christ has beeu tramping alter you many a ilay. Au Indian and a white mau became Christians. The Indian, almost as soon as ho heard the gospel, believed mil was saved, but thu while man struggled on in darkuess for a long while before lie found light. Altor their peace in t'lirist tho white mao said to the Indian, "Why was it that I was kept so long in the darkness und you immediately found peocur" The Indian re plied i "I will lull you. A prince comes aloug, nud ho offers you a coat. Ton look nt your coat, and you say, 'My coat is good enough,' mid you refuse his offer, but tno priuce comes aloug, nud he offers mo tho eoat, nud I look at my old blanket, ami I throw that away and tuke his oiler. You, sir," coutiu ued the Indian, "ure clinging to your own righteousness ; you think you are good enough, aud you keep your owu riguteous nous j but X, have nothing, uothiug, and so wheu Jesus 'offers me pardou anl peace I simply take It." My reader, why not now throw away the woruout blauket of your sin and tuke tho robe of a Uaviour's nghteousuess robe so white, so fair, so lustrous, that no fuller on earth eau whiten it? O Hhophord, to-night bring home the lost sheep 1 O Father, to night give a welcoming kiss to tho wan prodigal ! O Irlend of Lssaru, to-night breakdown the door of the sepuicher uud say to all these dead souls as by Jrreaistibl tlat-"Llvl Llvof At the late mooting of the Paris Soolety for tho Protection ot Animals, 719 prizes were given. Una was bestowed on a dog who bad caught one thief and one murderer, and saved a man and child trotn drowning la the Hdiue. CBAkLMTOit, Mo., is so prosperous that all tha real satate In town will be ex empted from taxation. The salosa Ueenstsi pay all the expenses of government. 1T0RDS OF WISDOM. A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Johnson. The way of the world is to mak laws but follow customs. Montaigne. The one exclusive sign of a thorongh knowledge is the power ot teaching. Aristotle. A great thing is a treat book, bnt greater than all is the talk ot a great man. Disraeli. For where we love la home, ho ma that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. Jean Ingelow. In character, in manner, in ftyle. in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. Longfellow. The pure and benign light of reve lation has hal ameliorating influence on mankiud. "Washington. Keep your hearts warm by feeling for others, and your powers active by work done in earnest. Hall. As we must rcmler an account of every idle word, so must we likewise of our idle ailence. Cranmcr. What is tho true en! and aim of science but the discovery of the ulti mate power? W. H. Furncss. The most modest little pond can re fleet a picture of the ann, if it is ab solutely at rest in itself. Carlyle. Do but your duty, and do not trouble yourself whether it is in the cold or by a good tire. Marcus Au relius. Every evil to which we do not sue cunib is a benefactor. We gain tho strength ot the temptation we resist. - Emerson. What must tic, shall be ; and that .which is necessity to him that strug gles is little more than a choice to hint that is willing. Seneca. A father who loves his child wishes to keep that child forever : he who can see without pain his daughter pass un der the domination ol another, is no a real man. ISulzac. Every man deems that he has pre cisely the trials and temptations which, are the hardest of all for him to bear ; but they are bo, because tbey are tha very ones he needs. Kichter. Is Eye Power Deteriorating! 'I think the eye power of the present generation of civilized men must have deteriorated a good deal," said an oc enlist to me the other day. "I nm called upon to examine so many young persons nowadays whose eyes show no symptoms of discaso or strabismus, but are simply unable to do the ordi nary amouut of work required of school boys, school girls, college stu dents or moderate readers without showing symptoms of overwork. "This weakness seems to bo consti tutional aud glasses are required which lessen the muscular strain on the eyes ouly. In spite of the invention of the typewriter, which has relieved the eye of so much work, the state of things U ulnioot equally a prevu'ent IP Jvia'- ness circles as among students. "That this is a deterioraton from tho men of old is evidenced, I think, by the vast amount of work -ome of them are known to havo done Viithout any trouble from their eyes. Take Dickens's voluminous works, fow'c. stance. lie wrote them all with it own hand, volume after volume, auu composing is a far greater strain on the eyes thau mere copying or read ing, since composing or studying in volves mental effort as well an physi cal. "Dickens wrote a great deal of the time with blue ink upon bluo paper, ami his erasures and interlineations were done in so tine a hand that it used to be the despair of the printers. "Scott wrote all his numerous works and poenia without the aid ot an amanuensis; Johnson did the vast amount ot work iuvolvod in his dic tionary in the same way, aud Thack eray, who wrote his loug drawn out stories in an almost microscopio hand, used to say laughingly aud truthfully that if he failed to make a living as n novelist he could earn niouey by ex hibiting his abilities to write the Lord's Prayer on his thumb uail." New York Herald. Don't lie Luvluus. Tho mau or woman who envies those who happen to be able to dresn well and to enjoy the pleasures ot life a little more than thoso who are com pellod to work continuously, will be miserable al! their days, for uo matter how high they may get, thoy will lind others still higher. The euvious person is never satis fied, aud never can be. Take the successful men of tho city and you will find that the majority of them began just where you did. Then why are you not in equally as good circumstances? It you ran a race with a man and lost it, you would hardly blame your failure ou the race course. You started even and ran together, and you lost because you couldn't run aa fast as he, or lacked the power of en durance. Uo, your failure in the race of Ufa is not due to the track but to your lack of ability as a runner. Pitteburg Commercial Gazette. Tho Thermometer. Hero ot Alexander, who lived about 130 years before Christ, is said to have been the real inventor of the rude "weather tester" used for measuring the heat of tha atmosphere, which wan coutinued in use until about the tima ot tha opening of the seventeenth cen tury. About the date last mentioned it was reduoed to an instrument mora convenient and aoourate by ono Sauo tonio, an Italian, and was afterward much improved by various scientists, especially by Fahrenheit, who, in 1720, added the scale and other important details, converting tha old "weather tester" into an apparatus ot ,much usefaluea. St. Loau Republic,
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