hyfllBY FAITH IN CHRIST. BLISSFUL ETERNITY. . . a In Christ fluah m.m Wan Kar ta,,a - - - ------- .... , "Bellevs on the Lord Jaunt Chrtst. Llthoa st"11 beiaTed." Aots rl 81. ant dark, dull, damn, loathsome I ren now. but they were worn In L- nostlh times. I Imagine to-day we " ...n.llnff In the rhlllnnlan duntrnnn. I!, wnn not feel the chill Do tii not mr th frroans of those Incarcerated one ,1,0 for ten years have not seen the sun uht and the deep l(jh of women who -Jnember their father1 bouse end mourn sr their wanted estates? Listen again. It ,,hronrh of a eonsnmptlve or the trus l at nne In the nightmare of a great hor L, Tou listen again and beer a culprit, mrhsins rattling M he roll over In hi irsro. end ytrosay. "Ood. pltv the prlson rf" Dut there la another pound In that rrinn. fMe the song of toy and gladness, fwiist place to sing In ! The music cnmea Limling through the corrldora of the prison. Lnd In all the dark wards the whisper U lWd- "What's that if Whal's that?" It Is the son? of caul and Hllas. They L-.mnot sleep. They have been whipped rv'.fr lidly whipped. The Inn r gashes on iln-lr hacks are bleeding yet. Thev lie flat o th com gronmi. ttinir feet fnst in wooden vknt. and of eonrse they cannot sleep. nut thv can sine. Jnllcr. what are you do ne with these neopief v hy nave thev been vjtlnhere? Oh, thev have lieen frying to nk the world better. Is that all? That II. A Pit tor Josnpn. A iton s cave (or nmlel. A blnslnit furnnea for Rhadrach. i'IiiM for .fohn Wester. An anathema for 1'hilitm Molanchtbou. A dungeon for Taut ndSllns. Hut while we are standing In the doom of hn rtillipplan dungeon, and we hear the nlnitling voices of sob nud groan and blas phemy and hallelujah, suddenly an earth make' The Iron bars of the prison twist. pillars craok off, the soldi masonry Be. .insto heave, ami all the door swing open. The Jailor, teollng himself responsible for iUfse prlsonei a and believing. In his pagan ignorance, huiciuo to no nonoranle sinoe Bnitus killed himself, and Cato killed him- vlf, and Casslus killed himself put Ills word to his own heart, proposing with one trnit. keen thrust to put nn en. I to his ex- itement an t aeltntlon. Hut Paul cried out Stnp, stop Do thyself no harm. I We are ill hre V Then I sen the Jnller running through the il-nt and iimld the ruin of that prison, nnd I ixs him throwing himself down at the feet (these prisoners, crying out t "What ahnll 1 dor What shall I do" Dhl Paul answer I net out of this place before there Is another mrthquake. Put handcuff and hobbles on thai other prisoners lost they get away?" No wont ot tnnt kind, his compact, thrill ing, tremendous nnswer memorable all through earth nnd heaven, was. "Bellnve on the I.ord Jesus Christ, and thoushalt be wved." Well, we have nil read of the earthniinko In Msbon, In Lima, In Alonpo and In Corn, oas, but we live In a latitude wherein all our memory there has not been oue severe vol canic disturbance. And yet we have seen fifty earthquake. Here Is a mau who lias been building up a Inrge fortune. Ills bid tne money market wns Mil in nil the cities. He thinks be has got beyond all an aovlng rivalries In trade, and lies ays to him lelf, "Sow I nm froe and safe from nil possi ble perturbation." Hut In 1137 or lu lS7d a national panio strikes the foundation of tint commercial world, and crash goes ull that magnificent business establishment. Here Is a raun who has built up a vcrv beautiful home. His diuirtiters huva Just 'come home from the sonilunry wltli diplo mas of graduation. His sous have started In Hi's, honest, temperate and pure. When the eveniiig lights are struck, there Is a bar- i Loess and unbroken family circle. But uure das 6m tens- anlttan Ipju.a J ap;.. traneb. The young man veuturad too far ut In the aurf. The telegraph burled the error up to the city. An earthquake struck under the foundation ot that beautiful iome. The piano closed : the curtains dropped j be laughter hushed. Crush go nil those do- bestio hopes and prospects nud expecta tions. Ho, my frleuds, we have all fxlt the shaking dowu ol some grent trouble, and there wns a time when we werj as muo.ii ex cited as this man of the text, and wu cried out us he did : "What shall 1 do? What shall I do?" The sime reply that the npnstle made to hlra Is appropriate to us, "lieliovo on the Lord Jo J in CUrbt, and thou slialt ba saved." Thera are some documents ol so little im portance that you do not cure to put any more than your hist naiuo under them, or even your luitluls, but there ard some docu ments ot so great Importance that you write out your full name. Bo the H'tviour in soma parts of the Bible Is called "Lord," nnd In other pnrts of the Bible He Is called "Jesus," and In other parts of the Bible He is calln I 'Christ." but that there might be no mW ttike about this passage all three nnmea come together "the Lord Jesus Christ." Now, who is this being that you want me to trust In and believe iu? Men sometimes co mo to me with credentials und certificate of good character, but I cinnot trust them. There Is some disnouesty in their looks that makes me know thut I shall be cheated if I comlde In them. You cauuot put your heurt's confidence In u mau until vou know what stuff he la made of. nud am I uurensoo able when I stop to ask you who this Is that you want me to trust In? tin tunu would think ot venturing his life on a vessel going out to aeatbat had never been Inspected. No i you must have the certitlcute hung amidships, telling bow many tons it carries, and bow long ago it was built, and who built It, and all about It. And you cannot expect me to risk the cargo ot toy Immortal luterests on board any cralt till you tell me what it is made of, and where tt was made, and what It la. When, then, I ask you who this la you want me to trust in, you tell me He U a very at tractive person . Contemporary writers de scribe Ilia whole appearance as beiug re splendent. There was no need for Christ to tell the children to come to Him. "Buffer little chlldron to come unto He" was not spoken to tbe children. It was apokeu to the disciples. The children came readily enough without any invitation. No sooner did Jesus appear than the little ones jumped from their mothers' arms, an avalauohe ot beauty and love, Into His lap. Christ did not ask lobn to put his head down on His bosor John could not help but put his heaii .jere. I suppose a look at Christ was iu:: to love Him. Howattactive Hismaunert Why, when tbey saw Christ coming along the street, they run into their bouses, and they wrapped up their invalids as quick as tuey oould and brought them out thut He might look at them. Ob, there was some thing so pleasant, so Inviting, so cheering lu everything He did, In His very look I Wheu these sick ones were brought out, did He say i "Do not brtug before Me these some. Do not trouble Me with these loprosles?" No, no t there was a kind look ; there wua a gen tle word there was a healing touch. They co M not keep away irom Him. think there are msnv under the Ipflu. enea nf the Spirit of Go I who nre saving, "I will trust Him If you will only tell me how." And the crest question eskel hv many IVHow. howV" And while I answer renr question I look up and utter theprhvei which Rowland Hill so often uttere-t in the midst of bis sermons. "Master, Jielp 1" How are you to trust In Christ? Just as yon trust anv one. You trust vou? riartner In business with Important things. If a oommerolal house gives vou a note pay able three months hence, you expect the psvment of that note at the end of three months. Tou have nerfect confidence in their word and in their ability. Or, again, ron o home to- lay. You expect there will tie food on the table. You have coufldence in that. Now, I ask you to havi the same eonfldenea In Jt Lord Jesus Chr s. r aavs. "Ifou bell-vi i I take awty your ;n and they sea all taken awsr. "WW you ar, "before I prsr nnv more? Da fore I read mr Bible anv mn? Be'ore I cry over mv tins av more" . Tea, this mo. menf. Bellevs with all your hv. an I ron areaavel. Whr. Christ Is only waltln to rt from yoi what yon r1v to scores of pen. pie every day. What Isthst ? Confident.. If these people whom von trust dar by dav ars more worthy than Christ. It they are more faithful than Christ, if the bsvs doa more than Christ ever did. then glv tnerc the preference, hut If you really think thit Christ Is as trustworthy as they arj then deal with Him as fairly. "Oh." says so-ne one In a light wr, "I believe that Christ was born In Bethlehem, and I bolleve that He died on the crosf." Do you believe It with your hevl ory-mr heirt? I will Illustrate ' je difference. You are In your own house. In the morning you open ' a newspaper, and you read how Captain Braveheart on the sea rlskei his life for the salvation of his passengers. You iy "What a grand fellow he mnst have been ' H's fam ily deserves very well of the country." Yon fold the newspaper and sit down at the tabln and perhaps do not think of that incident again. That Is historical faith. But now you are on the ges. an 1 It Is night and you are asleep, and vou nr. awakened by the shriek of "Fire!" You rush out on the deck. You hear, nmld the wringing of the hands and the fainting, the cry i "No hope, no hope I We nr. lost, we are lost !" The sail puts out Its win of fire, the rohes make n burning ladder In the night heavens, the spirit of wrecks hisses in the wives, nnd on the hurricane decks shl:cs out Its banner of smoke nn I darknss. Down with the llfelionts!" cried the captain. "Down with the lifeboats !" Peoplg null Into them. The boats nr about full. Boom for only oivt more man. You are standing ou the dock beside the cnptnln. Who shall It be You or the captain? The captain sny. "You." You Jump nn I nre saved. He stands there and 'litis. Now, vou believe that Captain Dravch-art sacri ficed himself for his passengers, but vo-.i believe It with love, with tears, with "hot and long continued exclamation, with grief nt bis loss and Joy at your deliverance. That Is saving faith Iu other word", what you believe with nil the heart and believe in regard to yourself. On this hlngo turns my siirinon aye. the salvation of your Im mortal aoul. You often go across a bridge you know nothiug about. Yju do not know who built the bridge, you do not know whut material it Is made of, but you come to It nud walk over It and ask no questions. And here Is nn arched bridge blasted Irjtn the "Ho-k of Ages" and built by the Architect of the wholo universe, spanning the dark gulf be. t ween sin and righteousness, nn lull Ood asks you is to walk across It, an I you start, nnd you come to It, nnd you stop, and you go little way ou, and you stop, nnd you fn'l back, aud you experiment. You say, "How do I know that bridge will bold me!" In stead of marching on with linn step, asking no questions, hut feeling that the strength of the eternal (to I is under you. Oh, was there ever n prls proffered so cheap as pardon nnd heaven nr. offered t' you? For how much? A million dollars? It Is certainly worth more than that. But cheaper than that you can hnv. It. Ten tbousntd dollars? Less than that. Five thousand dollars? 1. thun that. Oue dollnr? Less than that. One farth lug? Less than that. "Without muiiev and without price." No money to pay. No Journey to lake. No penauce to suffer. Only Just one decisive nctlon of the soul, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, aud thou shalt be saved." Blmll 1 try to tell you whut it Is to bo saved? I cannot tell you. No man, no niigel, ran tell you. But 1 csn hint at Ir, for my text brings me up to this point, "Thou shult be saved." It meaus a happy life here, mu 1 u peacetul death, ami u blissful eternity. It Is a grand thing to go to sleep nt night, aud to get up in the morulug, aud to do bus iness all day feeling that all Is right between my heart and Ood. No accident, no sick- JftS - no 4ters9cutiouno neril.no sworst. I am a forgiven child of Ood, and He is bound to see me through. He has sworn He will see me through. The mount ains inny depart, the earth mny bum, tint light of the stars may be Idown out by the blast of the Judgment hurricane, but life and death, things present nnd things to come, ure mine. Yea, timber than that, It means a peaceful death. Mrs. Hemaus, Mrs. Hi guuruey. Dr. Young aud almost nil the poets have said handsome thiugs ubout tlentb. There is nothing beautiltil about It. When we staud by the white und rigid features of those whom we love, nnd they kIv.i no an swering pressure of the baud nud no re. turniug kiss ot the lip. we do not vrant anybody poeth'.lng round about tis. Death is loathsomeness nud midnight ami the wrlngiug of the heart un til tho tendrils snap and curl iu the torture unless Christ shall be with us. I confess to vou un lulluite feur, a consuming horror of death unless Christ shull be with me. I ! would rather go down Into it cave of wild beasts or a Jungle of reptiles tbau Info the grave unless Christ goA with me. Will you tell me that I urn to be carried out from my bright home and put away in the darkness? I cannot bear darkness. At the llrst coming of the evening 1 must huvo the gas lighted, nnd the farther ou In life I get the more I like to have my Irlends round about me, Aud nm I to bo put off for thousands of years iu a dark place, with no one to speuk to? When the holiday come nnd the gilts nre distributed, shall I add no Joy to the Merry t'lirlstiuas ' or the "Happy New Year? Ah, do not point dowu to the hole iu the grouud, the grave, ami call It a beau .tlful place. Cnlnssthere be some supernatu W Illumination I shudder buck trom it. My whole nature revolts ut it. But uowtbN glorious lamp is lifted above tu grave, nn I ull the darkuess is gone, an I tie way Is clear. I look Into it now without n single Ishudder. Now my anxiety is uot about! death , my anxiety Is that I may live aright. What power Is there Iu unyttiiug to chill me Iu the last bour if Christ wraps around, me the skirt of His own garment ? What darkness can fall upon my eyelids then, nmld the heavenly daybreak? O death, I will not feur thee then. Back to thy cavern of dark uess, thou robber ot all the earth. Fly, thou despoller of families. With this butt leax 1 hew thee in twain from helmet to sandal, the voice of Christ sounding all over tbe earth and through the heavens : "O death, I will be thy plague. O grave, I wilt be tuy destruction." To be saved la to wake up In tbe present's ot Christ, tou know wuen Jesus was upon the earth how happy He made every house He went into, and when He brings us up to His house In heaven how great shall be our glee I His voice has more music Iu it than is to be heard iu all tbe oratorios ot eternity. Talk uot about banks dashed with efllor escense. Jesus is the chief bloom ot heaven. We shall see tbe very lace that beamed sym pathy iu Bethany nnd take tlm very baud thut dropped Its blood from the short beam Of the cross. Oh, I want to stun 1 iu eternity vith Him. Toward thut harbor I steer. Toward that goal I run. I shall be sat lulled when I awake in His likeness. Oh, broken hearted men and women, bow sweet it will oe In that gool land to pour all ot your hardships and bereavements and losses into the lovlug ear ot Christ and then have Him explain why it was bust for you to be sick, and why It was best tor you to be widowed, aud why it was best for you to be persecuted, nud why It was best for you to be tried nufl have Him point to an elevation proportionate to your disquietude here, say ing, "You suffered with Me on earth , come up uowund beglorllled with Me in heaven." Home one went into a house where there bad been a good deal of trouble nu I said to tbe woman there, "You seem to be lonely." "Yes " she said ' l am lonely." "How mauy in the family?" "Only myself. "Have you hail any oulldreu? ' "I hail seven chlldreu." "Where ure they?" "Oone." "All gone?" "All." "All dead?" "All." Then she breathed a long sigh luto tbe Ions. Uauss and said, "Ob, sir, ( havj b.'eu a good mother to the grave.'' Andaotriereare hearts here that are at. terly broken down by the bsreavemeut of life. I point you to-lay to the eternal bslm of heaven. Oh, aged men and women who have knelt at the throne of grscs for three score years and ten will not your deerepl tude change for the leap ot a heart when you come to look faoe to face upon Him whom having not seen you lovs? Oh, that wilt be the Oood Hhepherd, not out In the night and watching to keep off the wolves, but with tbe lamb re clining on the t unlit hill. That will be the Captain of onr salvation, not nmld the Mac and crash and boom of battle, but amid His disbanded troops keeping victorious festiv ity. That will be tlm Bridegroom of the church coming from afar, the bride leaning npon His arm while He loois down Into her face and asys t "Behold, thciac iair, my lore! - GLASS WORKINQ farnilarltles of tbe Menutarture by Ont Who Knows Ills lluslnesa. A writer m the Optician state thut n)as Is a auhstanco which, a tho ulaxsblowcr says, ha a will of lie. own. It I very often d ittlcult to tell how a particular piece Is jfoinn to iict tinder ivrtaln eon'JItluti. even after having tested other pieces of tho satuo "batch." When nubjei ted to t he heat one of u tube will suine litnes respond illtTcrently from the other end. This. in a measure due to unequal i-hiling, occasioned pos sibly by a sudden draught of air while tt s In process of manufacture. No piece of glass is absolutely reli able. Its working Is, therefore, at certain Manes, most uncertain, and cute person may have entirely differ ent experiences from another. It Is clia'iielejnllko, aud every process succeeds better with those who seem to have a knack which is generally obtained by l ng practice. The cutting of trlass heads the list of the uncertain processes, Tor it has no deMnite cleavage, and Its separa tion Is modified by the surrounding tetnierature is on flat :lass In a straight line. Here ull that Is neces sary is a deep aud regular scratch Willi a glazier's diamoml. a firm and speody betid away from the main piec- ami the parts crack along tho desired line. Thee glazier's dia monds may be purchased and trener ully prove satlsiactory. but It is more econotnlca' to purchase fro u some diamond cutter a small splinter, and Insert this into a piece of brass rod having a small hole drilled Into one end. The splinter should n .w be cemented with marine glue and the trass rod tile I a little upji the side nearest Hi ru er. to obtain, arter trial, Hie best cutting angle for the diamond. Another Instrument fur cutting glass less expensive than the diamond is the ulas-ljlowcr'g knife. j which hi a thin piece of steel tcui I pered glass hard by heating it. cherry red an. I tliea plunging H Into ice cold water or mercury. The edge should be sharpened hy nibbing it U on an old, rough emery gi IniMono until line saw-like notches appear. It is then ready for use und should, if much used, be sharpened repeatedly. To cut tubes, carefully scratch at rlirht angles to tho axis a deep notch, either with tho diamond, a triangu iVaUUfL. V.,a g uss blowet.N knife. Heat a piece of glass Twi Mntff'Y vjiall globule appears on the end, and pre.-s this upon the scratch. Tho glass will thus be heated moroatthis I olnt than at any other; an tine ial expansion takes place, the s ratch giving direction to the line of Trac lure, and the tube cracks evenly If Its th cKiiess is uniform. In the cao of va iahle thickness uneven edttcs result, aud these must be tiled dowu to avoid sharp cutting splinters. Many re-ipes and directions have been given for cut ting bottle Wet ting un astiustos spring with turpen tine aud setting it ou fire produces considerable heat in the gias im mediately underneath it. Kyi.ulckly removing the stunt: and plunging the bottle J n to cool water the unenual strain takes place, aud the parts separate. It Is this locating or t lie heat that causes the glass to crack as we wish It. The ea-iest method, if the means be at hand is to em ploy a platinum wire which should t o healed white hot by the passage of a heavy Blectrlc current. Hv wrapning the wire round a heavy bottle or ;ar and allowing the current to pass for ten nr lifteen seconds t e st uitest wailed vesso1 may be easily separated if touched ou the heated lice with a cloth dipped in water An notation iu Oiiin. Gable ends have a significance of their own. Horses' beads are com iuou in Germany on the points of gables, and are found iu bussia. while chamois' heads oc ur l:i iheTytol. The couihiclion of a building was lgnaiied by a sacrlllce originally just as tho foundation wns. .More ot the final ceremo.iy remains to-day than the initial one. Hordes were held to be sa red by the .Northern races, and formed, next to man, the tho worthiest sacrifice: aud if 'i horse's skull was not put ou tho point of the gable a horse's head was carved. At a chieftain's duath his horse was burled with him, and t: day tho charger of an u i cer follows bis cortln to the grave. 1'olcs sur mounted by bunches of leases and flowers protect the farmhouses of the liltck forest from lightning, and rep. resent the ancient obiatioti of a bunch of grain to Odin's horse, und gab cs often have carvings t oiiiicted with this oblation to Odin. Tne sheaf of corn that is fastened to the gable In Norway and J-'cnmaik, now un ottering to tho birds, was origi ually u feed for Urdin's horsu Qualified to Pppak. 'Now, then, who is tho plaintiff in this case';" asked his honor, hs a case was called. No c ply. "I ak who is the plaintiff in tats cate?" continued the court. "I don't know anything about plaint iffs." replied a inau iu the corner, as ho slowly rose, "but if you are aeklng for the chap who was chased a mile and a half, aud thou uiopped all over his own barnyard by two 'lsMUorttyloiyt, lux your man.' SABBATH SCHOOL INTERN ATIONAIj LESSON FOIt StCPTRMIlRR O. Lesson Test: "Jesus and Nleode nun," John III., l-lfl-ol1en Test i John IIL, 10 t'ommtntsry, n.ivlna so many verses assigned for this lesson, we will not quote them, but trust you to studv with the open Bible. 1. This chapter Illustrates the last wonts of chapter (I., and we might read this way i He knew what was In man. Now, there was man. Hee It. V. Ro this ruler Nleodemns Is In troduced as n specimen, and Jesus proceeds to read to him his thoughts and deal with him. In the next chapter He take the woman of Hnmnria as a specimen, ami from the rich reunions ruler and the poor unitedly woman He shows us the best nnd the worst In mnn and that each must nnd may bo Imrn anew. 2. Better to come to Jesus by nlirht than not nt all. The great thlnir Is to come, and the rrent assurance Is "him that eometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out' (John VI., 37. !l. All the verilies In John nre double ones, nnd there am a.'t of them, this belnif the second nne. The first Is chapter I., 51. and the third and fourth are in verses 5 an I 11 of nnr lesson. It Is Just the word amen, nn I mitfht he rend amen, amen. Jesus calls Himself "fhe Amen" In I'.ev. III., II. A. Nleo tenuis, though so religious, wns nnly n nntiirnl mau, and understood not spiritual things, therefore nkd so foolish a question. Tim preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, nnd the things of the Spirit of Cod nre foolishness to tho natural limn (I for. I., IS : II., Hi. f. Jesus enlarged iion Ills llrst statement nt to the necessity of the birth from above, nnd now emphasizes that necessity and s.iys that It Is accomplished .y wnter end tho Hpirit. Both .fumes nnd I'efer testify ttmt wu are born again by the word of Ood (.fumes I., IS; I IVt. I., 'jm. Paul says that the water slgnllles the word ( Tph. v., 'ill. with which compare John xv., a, nnd I's. cxix.. !. tl. The flesh or nniiiritl man can only pro. ilucetho tlesh or natural man. It limy l.o ultiviited nnd educated and become very talented and refined, but It Is only lb"d nnil rnu not please (iod ( lion:, v 1 1 1 . . H. When we nre bom anew or Irom above by receiving a llle we never had before, even Jesus Ileus. -If, then we are said to lo In the spirit, uot In tho tlch ( Com. vlil., tn. 7. WhcnJisus .ays "Must," that sltles everything: for the 'mind that Is meek an t submissive. There is another In versa 11, nnd as truly as tho Hon of Man liud to he oruollli'il so surely must every rellned, tal ented, edii'-ated, religious man or woman be born Irom nbove by receiving Jesus, or he shall never see or enter tho kingdom of (iod. One umy be very near the kingdom nnd not enter In, like the scribe ot Mark xil.. Ill, of whom Jesus said, "Thou art not fitrfromthe kingdom of Ood." H. Tho work of the Spirit In tho heart of man is at tlrst a secret work, "as If a man should cast seed Into tin1 ground, and should sleep, and rise night nnd day, and tlie seed should spring and grow up, bo knowctli not bow ' i MiirU lv., 'jr., 27). '.). 'I'hii imtuMl tint it continues to ask, "HowV" The man in whom the Spirit works simply believes and receives with meekness the engrafted word (Jus. I., Ml). "Tho en trance of Thy words glveth light. It glvetli understanding unto tho siinpbi" (I's. c.xlx., 1:101, but as long us wo nre asking bow or why we nre not simply re ceiving. ll'itil'T let us s'ly, "Lord, 'l be lieve," or like Mary, "Be it unto uio accord ing to Thy wort." in. A teacher in Israel might have known that nt the word of the I.ord, Iu the vision of Kzeklel, tho dry bones came together, bono to bis bone, and were covered with flesh, ami by flits Spirit of the Lord they stood up nn exceeding great nriiiy (Kxuk. xxvvii. t 1-10). Tho testimony of ev .ry .-f.Dlrlt tiled man In the Old Testament his tory, f "" ,1 hla siu'und iii'lplesSUSSS Kfid giving iV'' ibV tflory, as Joseph, Isaiah, Daniel and others (Oeir. All., Hi j Isa. vl., 0 H : lau. s.. H, 19-MIc. III., taught the helplessness ot the tlesh nud the necessity ot the Spirit and word of Ood. It. Not Ice that "I s-iy unto you" of fhrlst In the gospeiN Is equivalent to "Thus st'l tho Lord" iu the Old Testament, forth. Lord, or Lord of Hosts of thoold Tcfttniuont, is none other than the Christ of tho New. for it simple proof see ll.'v. xxiii.. R, lti, or perhaps Isa. vl., .1, with John xil., II, would be more plain to some. One who knows bo. cause ho bus seen Is Mircly it good witness, yet how often a false witness is believed rath er then n true one ! Compare chapter v., 4:f, 1J. The only one thing to do with tho tes timony of a true wituens Is to believe, lis otherwise we make tlie witness a liar, and those who believo not lio I nre guilty of mak ing J 1 1 114 II liar ( I .loliu v.. 10). I'ubullef keeps unsaved souls lii a lost condition, ami even those who believe to tho saving of tho hoiiI nm kept trom enjoying tho rest nud peace and Joy which Is their privilege by not believing fuliy. Tho nut halt ot John III., is, proves the pt. and Hob. ill., is, to lv., It, the second. "Uo Uot lilrald ; only bo lleve,'' 13. Very often In this gospel wo bnvo tho testimony of Jesus t tint lie enmo dowu from heaven, eamo forth fnui tho I'ntlier, was sent from Ood. but here Ho testllles that even while Ho wits on earth lie was still In heaven. The other view of this great fact Is that now in heaven nt the right hand of Ood lio is btlil with us itlway, aud wherever two or thrco are gathered In Ills name He is in the mliUt ( Math, xxvill., 20 ; zviil.. 'JO). 14. Jesus now takes Nlcodemus back to something he must have been familiar with the story of the sinning and bitten Israel ites and tho woudroiis healing by the brazen serpent lifted up upon it pole in sight ot all. The brazen serpent was the likeness ot that which I y Its poisonous Lite was slayiug tun thousands of Israel. 13. Thu bitten Isinelitn who looked upon the brazen serpent lived, "When ho beheld tbe surpeut of brass bo lived'' (Num. xxl., U). Looking is eipuil to believing or rocelvlug. Tho sinner, when convinced of his slu nud helpiiii-s and led to see Jesus made a sin offering on tho cross for him, dying In his stead, tho just for the unjust, receives Him ns his substitute, nud believing that Christ was made a curse for him he, through the atonement of Christ, Is instantly saved. lti. Let a tinner convinced of bis sin take tills verse and write It out, putting his own name Iu full Instead of "tho world" nnd "whosoever" and let him look up to Ood and sav sincerely, "O Ood, I do most heartily believe that ;" then ho cnu go on nnd say, "Ami I thank Thee that, receiving Josus its my own Saviour, 1 have I'hy word for It that 1 now have everlasting life nud shall uover perish." I believe vucti a soul to bo truly Lorn Irom above. Lesson Helper. rnxiiKjixrn r.V tiik roxvuNrtosj, The Christian F.ndenvor Convention adopted the following rt'bolutious on tho qneMtlon of intoxicants . "llesolved. That we recognize tho sale nnd use of Intoxicants as the greatest evil ot tho times, and the chief enemy of the phvsical, moral and spiritual well-being of man, and we hold ourselves pledged ns Cnristinu Kn denvorers to seek the utter overthrow of this evil nt all times nnd Iu every lawful way. "llesolved, Thut gratefully recognizing the providential rise, development nnd possibil ities of tho endeavor lor Christian citizen ship, we commend to nil our societies the appointment of it committee for the arous ing, instruction and co-operation of their members, churches and followcitizens In tint effort o secure civic righteousness, Indus trial peace and tbe social uiilllcntlon of their respective communities, and that tliuir work in behalf of Christian cltizeusliip may be so (lone hs to be an incentive to, nud expres sion of that power of Ood which alone can glvo us power with meL, and is to he se cured only through uuited praye Mii per sonal coueideratiou." TEMPERANCE. LATMT VSSMCT or SOU KC. A writer In the Popular fseimiee Monthly, fflvlnr the latest verllct of science in the ease of alcohol, makes tbe following strlk. Ing statements . The evidence up to this time from the chemical laboratory, from experiments, from hospital studies, irom statistic and other sources, clearly proves that alcohol Is a poison and Is positively dangerous t, health. Tt.e facts connernlna Its ravages nnd baneful Influencn are too eommon to 1st called In question, and the statement that if I the ft-rentest peril to modern civiliza tion has a basis in actual exporlence." PatSK ash Mtsaiox. For one really converted christian as the fruit of missionary Inbor. the drinking prac tices of the English have madeone thousand drunkards. Archdeacon Jeffries after thir ty venrs spent In India. The slave trade has been to AfrW a great vll. but the evils of the rum trade are far worse. Bev. James Johuson, Missionary In Africa. Wo beg of yon to send us more Gospel nn less rum. I'galla. a on go native. I dread the arrival of an American ship, for though she mny have more missionaries In her cabin, she brings In her hold the death waters of damnation. -Bv. John Williams, far-Mo Islands. The native kings are petitioning the Oov eminent to stop the ll.iior trade. It Is ruin ing their people. One king s.iys. If they continue, It will cause Mm to leave his country and go where tho whit" man' rum ran not reach his people. Hon. B. Buwer, C b. C'ousul nt Sierra Lue. AnsTtyrxi r. and AnTts:rn. The great American orator exclaimed "If I thought there was a stain on the r'tnotcst hem of the garment ol my country. I would use my utmost labors to wipe tt otT." But the abuse of drink constitutes no mere stain on the garment of r.ngland : It clothes her In gnrments dyed with blood. Now. If all the most Influential voices tell us that It l of supremo nnd primary Importance to combat and suppress this vice It, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, this Is "in one way tho work of this present day of Christ, for unless It Is dono very little else can be lastingly done;' It Lord Shaftesbury, with bis unrivaled experience, was right In his conviction flint "It Is Impossible, absolutely Impossible, to do anything permanent I v or considerably to relievo poverty until we have got rid ot the eurso of drink ;' If, as Lord Benconstbdd said, iu the success of our efforts to control It "Is Involved the triumph of the social virtues nnd the chnracter of tho great body of tho people;'' If, according bi Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, we might, but for drink, shut sp tiltn out of every ten jails Iu Knglnud t if wo could thus. In the opinion of men like Bright und Cobden, make Lng bind such a paradise as at present we hardly d renin, then total abstainers are hardly de serving of being held up to scorn and con tempt lor showing, by their personal ex ample, bow easy It Would be for tho mu It I tudes to And safety and happiness Iu tint small nnd even phtaau rouble self-denial Which they haveadopted. If (he JL1:I:..(IIHI,II00 per year, or more, which wo annually spend on Intoxicating drink, which rcsuIN so in finitely disastrous alike to the nation and M individuals, were more wisely used and less ruinously wasted. not only would drunkenness and the most proline causes ot crime lo nearly exterminated, but sipialor ami pauperism would become hideous phantoms of tho oast, und most of the frightful evils by which wo are now afflicted would cease to drag down our prosperity ns with a hand of lire. I have not, Iu this paper, urged even a tithe ot the arguments which weigh with us; but I trusi that enough has been said to convince every lair nud reasonable man that the example of total abstainers might be prolltahly followed by many who uow despise It. and mticlit tend to an Immense amelioration In the hap piness ol tilt) human race. - Archdeacon far rur. - . t .T-fKK-rus. eiftTT tr.ssost. The large railway coriet'on',"" " (, I 1 1 Till " numerous employes. Tho "Bi,1. II I i I II tem not inutt ago furnished a sir lesson, enforcing tlie rule tliitt it A Kyes shall not freipient saloons. Light . Sinecrs nnd sixteen trainmen worn iirfiilel that J their services were no longer r quire I. Tho rvason oi tneir ills-liitrge w.ts that they had been lfdo defendants ill a Justice's court ill proceedings- jistituted )j a saloon keeper to collect bills for .t. ii ir sold to these railway iner. Alcohol provuits tho best work of which those who use it nr capable, in all departments of useful nctivit). -National Temperance Advocate. At.COIIOt. AND AVAncilT. Thera Is another great hot bod of anarchy ondcrimo iu our modern clvllizatiou that ran never be passed by, or overlooked, when we are considering thu dangers that threaten us with universal destruction the traflbi iu tlrunkness. Out) of thu most alarming fea tures of the present ago Is tho awful and shameful fact that tho fourteen most civi lized nations of tho enrth devote one-fourth of their labor and agricultural land to tho production of this demoralizing and destruc tive force. Forty-four million acres of the best soil Ood has given to man is being used to producea pauper-making, nniircliy-breed. lug drink, While multitudes die of want and nations stand back aghast before the deadly work of anarchists. Buy. Louis Albert BauU. TttHFKRAVCr. NFWS AND NorF.S. God Is hard to Hud for the man who seeks Dim with a bottle in his coat tall pocket. Canada does not allow a llauor-dealcr or inlooii-koepcr to hold u municipal ufllcu. Druukards In the Argentine Itepubllc are sentenced to sweep tho streets for eight days, Beports show 20,00:1 children's temperance Societies In Kugluud, an Increase of 'J'J't, tho members numbering 'J.UTs.ooo.. The wife of a drunkard In Ottawa, Ohio, has won three civil damage suits against saloons for 1000, fjM nud t JOO. Over 30,000 railroad men Iu the United Stales wear a littlo button bearing tho letters "It. T. A.," which mean "Uallroud Temperance Association.'' Tho Canadian Temperance. League re cently presented a gold modal to the pupil in the public schools of Toronto wiio passed tho best examination iu tho study of temper.tuco and physiology, Pnlo Alto, Cnlfornin, has recently Incor porateU, and has provided that each dee I shall contain a clause stipulating tlint no liquor shall lie sold ou thu premises, under penalty of forfeiting the luiid. A bushel of corn makes four gallons of whisky, which retails for till. Out of tins tlie Government gets 43, the railroads 1, tlia manufacturer !. the vender 7, tho farmer forty cents, and tho drinker the delirium tremens. Behind the rum-soller is the law that li censes the business. Behind tlie license law Is the Legislature that makes tho law, and behind the Legislature am the individual members of society whuuluct tho legislature. Huv. A. B. Leonard. In Its closing hour, the Ontario Medical Association in convention declared drunken ness not a crime hut a disease, an 1 adorned a potltiontothe Lieutenant -liovcruor asking that IndusirlalVeforinatore's may bo estati llshed by the Ontario Government for tho re ception ot dipsomaniacs. Take especial care that tliou delight not In wine, lor thero was uot any man that came to honor or proferment that loved It. For it transformetli a man luto a b uust, de cs vet h health nnd maketli a man con temptible, soon old, aud despised by all worthy men, bated In thy servants, In thy self aud companions, tor it Is a bewitching uud infectious vice. Sir Walter lUlcigu, iioi.skhou) MArmu. Tir.Mivis i sr n -atr nni?i. Vriicn nu article Becomes ecorsiioil In ironini, lay it wh:ro bright sun shine will full directly on it Tool nti'l slicj two unions, t'xtrsct tlie juicn by pounding nnd squeezing; out tip lrilf nu oiirio.' of wlnti! soap, and add to the jitico two ounce of fuller's earth and half a pint of vinegar. Hoil all together. When cool, spread over the scorched linen, nnd let it dry on ; then wash and Boil the linen, and the; spots will disappear tttilesa Burned so Badly its to Break Ibo threads. New York Disputi-h. o".';r.:tt. it"i.?. kom i an sin i ritttrs. Sn n;est inns for the Pit. living of fruits and vegetaMi's art' always no eeptuolo. The American Vegetarian Rives (he follow in;; f;etiern! fltlo for canning fruits : Time for (Quantity Per quart. I mini.'. of sugar. Cherrl.s ... r mlnm -s 11 oun liisp'i.-rres i; Black'ier-ies i, i; " straw oirie s s IMUMIS. o ) Uie.ru '..rn-s I B'iii'i :r.. i 1: irtb'tt pear, halve I J i i, '. . ,,!!.'. . s I ' I'e icli.'-i, vic:e . . . . t " I l'mcapp:c, !;... i , ii " cr.t'...pp... . r. s l:q I..-. Hi's i, s Wlid f In s 'i cnato -. . 'J l none ti iiiv ii rrii'i . . s s -1 (.' line.., .);.....; r, i Tit It e litre-half putlti I uf li'tf H'lifir to each pint of water und l"'il rapidly for ten minutes lie;. ire tip.' fruit is put in. to I'.i:. isa i nr. sii.vi:.i. The pretty filigree silver urn intent I n hieh nre roiiiiuc int i fashion n j'iin iu the form of neckties, l-r ieehts,hnir coniliH nud Buckles rciptire not a litthi care uud attention to keep them from Mack en in:,' and luting their polish. Tlurj uro novrr.il ways of cleantug sil ver ornaments, nny otio of which i. littlo trouBle an I is satisfactory. Ouu pliiu is to ruli tin; silver jewelry with the dice of it lemon, then rinsing with oold water; next comes a wash of soap suds, n rinse in hot water, drying; with a Holt towel, und ii titial rub with chamois. A wimple denning process istiw.iali the silver iu hot water with u lru?h dipped in umnioiiia nud nonp. Uitiso iu Boiling; water und dry in siiwduat. Jewelry which is very much Black ened ehotild Be lir.st washed in n weak solution of potash. After rinsing dip the m tides in water composed of ouu part of Halt, one of nlu'.n, two of salt petre, four of water. lo not aonli longer t Un ii live minutes. Then ritiS' iu coM ivnter and dry on it piejj of dininoiH. New York World. iti:etiM:s. Croud os with Toiii,'iio finite? sotno coM totrjuo finely, n.ld some cre.iui, (ciison with popper nnl naif, mix iu tho yolk of nn oi;g, tir oyoi tho lir thou pour a little of tho i.t "' .i..uel o. ... . . , ltico Curry In hot climutes curry I i.i much nsed, and a curry of some kind is often n pleasunt mid appetizing diungn in Himtuer, when appetite ho olteu fuil. Steiini soino rice; fry a inincod onion in n littlo Butter until it turns red ; udd n tcnHpoonfiil of curry (for n quarter of u pound of rice) dis solved in half a cup of Mock or prsvy ; Boil up unco und pour over the rieo. This is a delightful ueconipiiniuurit to 1'oust veal. Kidney ToiihtChoji lino four veal kidneys with half n pound ol calf's liver; reason with pepper and suit. Make ii littlo Butter hot in n frying pan und toas them nliont until cooked, But not overdone. Hemovo from tho tiro and fctir in the Benton yolk of ono C'j nud half u teuspoouful of lomotl juice. Kpreud ou tount nnd serve ut once. Stewed or Broiled tomatoes and hot Indian meal mutllus go nicely with, this excellent dish. Fried Apples--Wipe, coro nud cut into eighths four tart Apples. Put u titlilespoouful of Butter into a frying;, pan, uud when wry hot 'ay tho apples in it so that they will just touch eaoll other. Drown und turn. Kpriuklo with sugar uud Brown ou thu other Hide. It not perfectly tender, put ou u cover und steam u moment or two. Remove to u warm dish, nnd fry tint others the sumo way, m:d sprinkle nil with tmgur. Serve very hot. TouiutoToant Hun n ipturt of stowed touiutoos through a colander ; place in a stew pan ; season with Butter, suit und pepper, nud sugar if liked (many do not like tomatoes HWoelouod) ; cut slices of Bread thiu, Brown on Both sides; Butter nnd lay on a plutter, nuJ jiibt us tho Bell rings for tou or break lust, add it pint of good, rich, swoct creutu to tho tomatoes nud pour thorn over tho toast. Vegetaldesof nil kinds are Better if Butter is added lust, ami not allowed to Boil any more. I'otuto Chowder--Cut half ft pound of suit pork iuto thin hlices, nud fry lightly. Liiy them in a kettle, wlulo you fry live sliced ouiotis a light yel low color in the fat. Now luiyo a quart dishful of pnred aud sliced potatoes, and put them iu thu kettle with alter nate layers of pork aud onion, season ing each layer with pepper, and dredg ing with Hour. Cover with two quarts of water, aud simmer forty minutes or until tho potatoes are done. Just bo fore tuking from the fire throw in a tuBlespoonful of miaced parsley, or celery tops, or Both. Tour over toast A Curious Yacht. A curious looking yacht was that t launched Monday at Hock land by Wil bur W. Thompson. She measures over all about twenty-eight feet, aud her peculiarity consists in beiug yerjr full at the bow ami having a wide rolling washboard. The boat's natno is the C. F. Kittridge. Her owner confidently expects Lor to show good r-peed. Bangor lUe.) Commercial.
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