SEED OF FAMILY RELIGION. JESUS IN THE HOME. Pr. Talma-re Sara Family Relljrton la of Ureal Value to Children. Tmti "This dav is salvation eme to this h(),e."-L.uka il., 9. Tlacc'ietts was a politician nnd taxgath erer. H bad nn bonet railing, but tha opportunity for "stealings" was ao larga 11' temptation was too much for him. Tha jHMasnys ha "was a sinner" that In. In tha pnt'llo sense. How many Una men have been ruined by official portion I It It an awful thing for any man to seek ofTloe under gov ernment unless hla principles of Integrity Kp, deeply fixed. Many man upright In an Insignificant pos'tlon hut made ahipwseck In a cf' one. A far at I can toll. In tta city of jerleho this Zaccheus belonged to what mlu'it be called tha "ring." They had things thelrownwny, successfully avoiding expo sure, If by no other way perhaps by hiring anmebody to break In !.nd steal tha vouch er. Notwithstanding hi bad reputation there were itrnaka of Rood about him, a there are about almost every man. Oold la found In quartz, and sometimes In a small pere-ntnire. Jesns waa coming to town. Tha people turned out en murnt to ana Him. Hera He come, the Lord of glory, on foot, dust eov erel and travel weary, limping alone tha wav, carrying tba grlefa and woea of tha world. lie look to ba alxty rear of aire, when He la only about thirty. Zaccheus was a short mnn and could not see over the peo ple's beads while standing on tha ground, o he got up Into a sycamore tree that swung t arm olenr over tha road. Jesus advanced amid the wild excitement of tha surging crowd. The most honorable and popular men of the city are looking on and trying to gain Hla attention. Jesus, Instead of re garding them, looks no at tha llilte man In the tree and says : "Zaccheus. come down. 1 am going home with you." Everybody wiis dismisted to think that Christ would go borne with so dishonorable a man. I see Christ enterlug tha front door of tha house of Zaccheus. The King of heaven and earth sits down, and as He looks around on tha plate and tha family He pronounces tbe benediction of tha text, "This day Is sal vation come to this house." Zaccheus had mounted the srcamore tree ont of mere inqulsttlveneas. He wanted to see how this stranger looked the color of Hlseyoa, the length of His hair, the contour of His features, the height of His stature. 'Come down." said Christ. And so mnny people In tblt day get up In to the tre ot curiosity or speculation to see Orist. Thev ask a thousand queer ques tions nbout His divinity, nbout God's sov ereignty and tha eternal decrees. They peculate and criticise and hang onto th oeslde llmh of a great sycnmore, but they must come (own from that If they want to te saved. We cannot be saved as philoso phers, hut as little children. You cannot go to heaven by way of Athens, but by way of Iv-tlilehom. Why be perplexed about the way sin came Into the world when the great question Is bow we shall get sin driven out of our hearts. How mnny spend their time In criticism and religious speculation ! They take tho rose of Sharon or the lllly of tho valley, pull out the anther, sentter the corolla and sur. Is that the beautiful flower of religion that you are talking about?" No flower Is henutiftil after you have torn It all to pieces. Tho put h to he.tven Is so plnin that n fool need not make any mistake nbuut it, and yet men stop and cavil. Kuppose that, golug toward the Tactile slope, I had resolved that I would stop until I could kill nil the grizzly bears and the panthers on either side of the way, I would never have got to the Pacific, coast When I went out to bunt the grizzly bear, 4tlM c.Hlv hour would Iiavm m a. Ant in ' iVv.pt me. litre is plain road to heaven. Men s?y i a Y win not rase a step on it until they cant) si t frame oi'atf foe frieorfev tilst" bark and g 'l at them from tba thickets. They target the fact that, as they go Jout to bunt the theory, the theory ooinos out to bunt them, and so tbey perish. Dr. Ludlow, my professor In the theo logical seminary, taught me a lesson I shall never forget. While putting a variety of questions to him that were perplexing he turned upon me, somewhat in sternness, but more in love, and said. "Mr. Talmage, you will have to let Qod know somethings that you don't." We tear our bands on the pines of tbe cactus instead of feusting our eye on Its tropical bloom. A great com pany of people now sit swinging them selves on tbe sycamore tree of their pride, and I cry to you i "Zaccheus, cotuo down) Come down out of your pride, out of your Inqulsltivencss, out of your speculation. Ton cannot ride Into the gate of heaven with coach and four, postilion ahead and lackey behind. 'Except ye become ns llttlo children, ye cannot enter the kingdom of God.' Ood has chosen the wenk things of the world to confoundthemlglity. ZaooUeus, comedown, couio down !" I notloe that this tnxgatherer accompanied bis surrender to Christ with the restoration of property that did not belong to blm. He says. "If I have taken anything by false ao cusatlon, I restore fourfold" that Is, It I have taxed any man for $10,000 when be had only 95000 worth of property and put In my own pocket tbe tax for the last 3000, I will restore to bim fourfold. If I took from hlin 10, 1 will give him 40. If I took from hlia t40. I will give bimtlOO. Hundreds ot thousands of dollnrs bave been sent to Washington during tho past few years as "conscience monev." I su noose thnt money was sent by men who wanted to be Christians, but found they could not until they made restitution. There Is no need of our trying to come to Christ as long as we keep iraudtilently a dollar or a farthing In our possession that belongs to another. Sup pose you have not mouey enough to pay your debts and for the sake of defrauding your creditors you put your property iu your wife's name. You might cry until the day of judgment for pardon, but you would not get It without first making restitution. In times of prosperity It Is right, aguliiHt a rainy day, to assign property to your wife, but If, in time of perplexity and tor the sake of defrauding your creditors, you mukesualt assignment you become a culprit before Ood, uud you may as well stop praying un til you have made restitution. Or suppose oue man loans another money on bond or mortgage, with the understanding that the mortgago eau lie quiet for several years, but ns soon as tbj uortguge Is given commences foreclosure the sheriff mounts the auction block, and tb . property is struck down at half price, and the mortgagee buys It in. Tho mortgagee started to get the property at half price and is a tl.luf and a robber. Until he makes restitution there Is no mercy lor him. You say i "I cannot make restitution. Tha Parties whom I swindled are gone." Then 1 siiy, "Take tbe money up to the American Illble (Society and consecrate It to God." Zaccheus was wise when he disgorged his unrighteous gal us, and It was bis first step in the right direction. The way betug plain, Christ walked Into tbe bouse of Zaccheus. He becomes a differ ent maa i his wife dlftarent woman t tba children are different- Oh.lt makes agreat change luany home when Christ comes into It ! How many beautiful bo lies are repre sented among you? There are pictures on the wall, there Is music, lu the drawing-room, n J luxuries in the wardrobe, and it full sup ply in tho pantry. Even if you wore balf sleep, there Is one word with which I could wake you nnd thrill you through and t'Jjou;b, and tbnt word l "home I" There ore also houses of. suffering represented to whlob tbure are neither pictures nor ward robe nor adornment only oue room, and a plain cot, or a buuk In a corner. Yet it Is tha plaoe where your loved ones dwell, and our wholo nature tingles with satisfaction When vnu thlnlr nff it .nl A. II t h "though tba world mar soofl at us and par ma ns, and all tba day we ba tossed bout, at event Me wa sail Into the harbor of borne. Though there be no rest for nt In tha busy world, and wa go trudging about, bearing burdens that well nigh crush ns, there la a refuge, and It hath an easy chair la which we may sit. and a lounge where wa may lie, and a serenity of peace In which wa may isv poa. and that refuge Is home. Tba English soldiers, sitting on the walls around Sevas topol, one nlifht heard a company of mu sicians playing "Home, Rwaet Horns," and It It said that tha whole army broke out Into aobt and walling, so great was their home IcVness. Ood pity tha poor, miserable wretch who baa no home 1 Now, suppose Christ should coma Mo your house. First the wife and tha mother would feel His presence. Religion almost always begins there. It Is easier for women to become Christians tbnn for us men. Tbey do not fight so against Ood. If woman tempted man originally away from holiness, now she tempts blm hack. She may not make any fuss about It. but somehow every body In the house knows that there Is a change In the wife and mother, fine chides the children more gently. Her face some times lights up with an unearthly glow. She goes Into some unoccupied room for a little while, and tha husband goes not after her. nor asks why the was there. He knows without asking that she has been praying. The husband notices that her face Is blighter than on the day when, years ao, they stood at the mnrrlsga altar, and he knows that Jesus has been putting upon her tbrow a wreath sweeter than the orange blossoms. She puts the children to bed. not satisfied wlih the formal prayer that they once offered, but she lingers now and tolls them of Jesus who blessed little children end of tha good place where I hey all hope to be at last. And then she kisses them good night With some thing that the child feels to be a bnavenlv benediction something that shall hold onto the boy after he has tecome a man forty or fifty years of age, for there Is something In a good, loving. Christian mother's kiss that flftv rears cannot wipe off the check. Now the husband Is distressed and an noyed and almost vexed. If she would only speak to blm he would "Mow her up." He does not like to sny anything about It, but be knows that she has a hope thnt he has not and a poace thnt he hns not. He knows that, dying as he now Is, he onnnot goto the same place. He cannot stand It anr longer. Home Sunday night, as they sit In the church side by side, the floods of his soul break lortb. He wants to pr.iy, but doea not know how. He bides his face lest rom of bis worldly friends see him, but God't spirit arouses htm, melts him, overwhelms him. And they go home, husband and wife, In silence, until they get to their room, when he cries out, "Oh. pray for me!" And they kneol down. Tbey cannot speak. The word will not come. Hut God does not want any words. He looks down and answers sob and gronn and outgushlng tenderness. That night they do not sleep any for talking of all the years wasted and of that .Havlour who ceased not to call, llofore morning they have laid their plnns for a new life. Morn ing comes. Father end mother descend from the bedroom. The children do not know what Is tho matter. They never saw father with a Illhle In bis band Iwfore. He says, "Come children 1 1 want you all to sit down while we read and pray." The chil dren look at each other and are almost dis posed to laugh, but they see their parents are in deep earnest. It Is a short chapter that tbe father reads. He Is a good reador at other times, but now he does not get on muoh. He sees so much to linger on. His voloe trembles. Everything Is so strangely new to him. They kneel that Is, the father nnd mother do, but the children come down one by one. They do not know that tbey must. It is some time before they all get down. The sentences nre broken. The phrases nro n llttlo ungrammatlcal. The prayer begins abruptly and ends ab ruptly ; but, ns far as I can understand what they mean. It Is about this; "O Saviour, help us I We do not know how to pray. Teach us. We cannot live any longer In the way wa bava been living. We start to-day for heaven. Help ns to take tbeaa children along with us. Forgive us for all the oast. strengthen ns for all tba future, and when the Journey la over take us wbere Jesus Is and where the little babe ts that we lost. Anient" It ended very abruptly, but the angels came out and leaned so fur over to listen they would have fallen off the battle ment but for a stroke of thotr wings and cried t "Hark, bark ! llehold, be pravs !" That night there Is a rap at tbe ho iroom door. "Who Is there?" cries the father. It Is the oldest child. "What Is the matter? Are you slok?" "No ; I want to lie saved." Only n little while, and all the children are brought Into the kiugdom of Ood. And there is great Joy In tbe bouse. Years pass on. Tbe telegraph goes click, click ! hut Is the news flying over the country? "Come borne. Father Is dying !" The children nil gather. Home come in the lust train. Home, too lute for the train, take a carriage across the country. They stand nrouud the dying bed of the father. Tbe oldest son upholds the mother uud says : '-Don't cry, mother. 1 will take care of you." The jurtlug bless lug Is given. No long admonition, for In has, through years, been saying to his chil dren all be bud to say to them. It is a plain "good-by !" and tho remark, "I know you will all bo kind to your mother," und all U over. Life's duly 1nn, an slnkithe plar. l.lKht from il li!, the spirit Hli n, While tii'mvcu and earth couitilna to inr liuw tles d Uio rUtileou when he tilrs. A whole family saved forwer! If the de luge come, tbey are all In the ark father, mother, sons, daughters. Together on earth, together In beuven. What makes It so? Ex plain It. Zaccheus one day took Jesus horns with blm. That la ull. Halvutlon came to that house. What sound Is It I bear to-night ? It Is Jesus knocking ut tbe door of your house, liehntd s ttrunvcr st th- door! tie K.-utljr kUiKks bos kuu.kul before. If you giued out of your window nnd saw me going up your front steps, you would not wait, but go yourself to opeu the door. Will you keep Jesus standing on the outyide, His locks wet with the dews of the night? ThU day Is salvatlou come to thy house, Th great waut of your bouse is not auew carpet or costlier pictures or richer lurulture. It la Jesus ! Up to forty years men work for them selves, after that lor their children. Now, what do you propose to leave them. Nothing but dollars? Alas, what an Inheritance ! It Is more likely to be a curse than a blessing. Your own common sense and observation tell you thnt money, without the dlvliis blessing, Is a curse. You must soon leavs your children. Your shoulders are not so strong as they were, and you know that tbey will soon have to carry their own burdeas. Your eyeslgnt Is not so clear as once, Tfley will toon have to pick out tbelr own way. Your arm is not so mighty as once. Tbuy Will soon have to tight their own battles. Oh, let it not be told on Judgment daythat you let your family start without tbe oulj safeguard the religion of Christ, Oivs yourself no rest until your children are tbs sons and daughters of tha Lord Almighty. Your son does Just as you do. He tries to walk like you and to tulk Ilka you. Tim duughtur Imitates tbe mother, Alas, II father and mother mlM heaven, tbe children will t Oh, let Jesus coma Into your house. Do not bolt the bull door, or tbe parlot door, or tbe kitchen door, or the bejroom door against Him. Above all, do not bolt your heart. liulld your altar to-night. Take the family Bible lying on the parlor table. Call together as many of your family as may be awake. Head a chapter, and then. If rou can think of nothing else besides the Lord's Prayer, say that. That will do. Heaven will bave begun in your bouse. You can put your head on your pillow, feeling that, whether you wuke up In this world or tha next, all la well. In that great, ponderous book of tbe judgment, where are reoorded all tho Im portant events of the earth, you will read at last tbe statement that this was tbe day when salvation came Into your bouse. Oh, Zaccheus, coma down, coma down I Jesus Is passing by SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LF..OX FOR SEP1KMDER 30. lie view t ttson of the Third Quarter Golden Tcxlt Mark I., 13 Com mentary. I isso I. Tha rtlrth of Jeus fT.ulta II., 1-lfi). Golden Text. Luke It., 11. 'Tnto you Is born this day In tha city of Pnvld. a Saviour, which Is Christ tha Lord." The greatest event that ever occurred In this world up to that time the incarnation of Ood. ths Creator of all things came to pass when tha fullness of tha time had come (Gal. Iv., 4). There la an appointed time for every event, and Ood In all things Is never too soon nor too late. Tha great things of Ood are nothing to tha world lying in tho wicked one, and ao the gront event Is mide known not to tha mighty ones of earth either In church or sate, bnt to the humble nhep. her is on the plains of Bethlehem (I Cor. I.. 2fi 89). ' Lnso IT. Tha Presentation In the Tem ple rLnke II., JS-as). Oolden Text. Luke II.. S3. "A light to lighten the Oentlles and the glory of thy people. Israel." It Is to the Simeons and Annas that the Lord reveals Himself, while He passes by the great and wise of this world. He looks to the poor and contrite spirits who tremble at His word, who love and wait for His salvation and are separate from this present evil world. Not to the righteous Lots who live In Sodom, but to the Abrahams who live at Hebron In fel lowship with Ood, doea Ha reveal Himself and His ways. Lsssog Ilf. Tho Visit of the Wise Men fMnth. II.. 1-m Oolden Text. Math. II., 11, "They saw the young child with Mary. His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him." These wise men are another Illustration of the unknown on earth, but well known In heaven, to whom tho Lord reveals His tocrelt. They were wise In the things ctor nni. . Lksso IV. The Flight Into Egypt (Math. M., 13-23). Oolden Text, Ps. exxi., H, "Tho Lord shall preserve thy going out an I thy coming In." The three dreams of this lesson, In which God revealed His will to Joseph, along with the fourth In verse 20. suggests the mnny dreamt of Scripture In connection with Job xxxlll., 14-17. Tho command, "lie Ihou there till I bring thee word" (verse 13), makes us think of the wilderness lire, when every movement of Israel was directed by Ihe pillar of cloud (Num. Ix., 15-331. Tho wondrous fulfilling of Ho. xl., 1 (see verse 1.1) shows how literally and fully wo may ex pect all prophecy to be fill 11 lied. Lkssom V. The Youth of Jesus (Luke II., 40-5'i). Oolden Text, Luke il., 83. "And Jesus Increased In wisdom and eiaturo and In lavor with Oo l nn 1 man." The leading Ihottghts-'n this lesson seem to be His knowl edge of who H was nn I what He cnine for, even at the ago of twelve years, when Ho aid, "I must be about my Father's busi ness." Lkhsom VI. Tho D ipllsm of Jesus (Mark I. , 1-11). Golden Text, Mark ., 11, "Thou art My beloved Son, In whom I nm well r leased." We have here the herald foretold y Isaiah and Malnchl, who was content to bo heard an I not accu, only a voice crying In the wilderness .lad to cry, "llehold the Lamb of God," an 1 tosee his own followers forsake him to lollow Jesus. Then we have Ihe opened heaven and tho Spirit descend ing upon Jesus its a dove aa 1 abiding on Him. Lkssoh VII. The Temptation of Jesus tMuth. iv., 1-11). Golden Text, Hub. lv., 15, "In all points tempted likens we are, yet without sin." While absolutely perfect In Himself, yut as our lllgli Priest and Saviour Ho Is made perfect through sufTcriug (Hob. II. , 10). I hnve often been glad that In this coufllct with the devil Jesus did not conquer hlin iu any mlraculeus way, but simply by the use of tbo sumo sword (Eph. vi., 17) w 4aaugnt us how wniciwjji nas leu iu nsoT Let us rung tditTiko WaiuOnTr'11 n"x '" " , 11 Nam. xxill., 10. Lesson VIII. Tbe First Disciples of Jesus (John I.. 85-410. Golden Text. John I., 41, "Wo have found the Messiah, which Is, being interpreted, the Christ." The way to make disciples of Jesus is to point lllin out ns tho Lamb ol God who tnketh away sin, Inr Ho said Himself that when llflod up He would draw men unto 1 1 1 id. Lkshon IX. The First Miracle, of Jesus (Jyliu il., 1-1 1). Golden Text, Johu II. , 41, "This beginning of miracles did Jesus iu Cana of Galilee and manifested forth His glory." That tho Illble should begin with the marriage of Adam nnd Eve nnd end with tho marriage of tho Lamb, the last Adam and Evoaud that Jesus, the Lamb of God, tho last A lam, should tierform His llrst miracle at a marriugu feasr, ts, to say the least, very Interesting. And that Ho should show fortu His glory by turniug water int j wine, makes U4 think of His words lu Luke ml., Is, con cerulug the kingdom. Lkkson X. Josus demising tho Templo (John II., 13-35). Golden Text, John II., Hi, ".Make not My Father's liou-m nliouseof merchandise." it Is man's way, Instigated by tho devil, to detlle holy things uud places, riluun A lum dulllud Edeu by his ilitobudiouce it has beeu the story nil the way dorn. '1 limit Cod tor tho New Jerusalem luto which no ilelllement can cuter (llov. xxi.,37). Lksso.'I XI. Jesus iiihi Nicodctnus (Johu III. , 1-lii). Goldeu Text, Johu ill., Hi, Uol so loved the world that Ho gave His only begotton Son." Heading the hearts ot ail meu uud kuowlng what was lu nmii, Jebus tells this god moral muu, n ruler of tho Jews that bis great need Is 10 bo Lorn froui nDove, und that unless lie Is liorn from above be can never sen nor enter tho king lorn of God. If wo miss the kingdom of God, wo must bn shut out into tho kingdom of dark ness, where nre weeping and gnashing of teeth. How nil Important, therefore, is this birth from above, which I tried to make plain in the notes on this lesson I Lkxkom XII. Jesus at Jacob's Well (John Iv., 9-Jti). Golden Text, John Iv., 14, "Who soever tlrlnkoth of the water that I shall give bim shall never thirst." Thoseeklnx Saviour, the Good Shepherd, finds this lost ono by the' well and tells her of n well which slut might bave within her nnd ever carry with her. From tho water with which she was familiar He loads her to the water ot which she knew not by convincing her of sin anil then reveal ing Himself to ber, after which she bocume a bearer of this living water to others. Lrssom XIII. Christ's Peaceful Itelgn (In. XI. , 1-9). Golden Text, Iu. xl., 9, "Tho earth shall be full ot the knowledge of the Lord." Tbe time will surely come when the long rejected Jeeus who was born lu llethle hem, lived at Nazareth, was crucified on Cal vary and rose from the dead will coino again to tbe air for His people and after the groat tribulation to the earth with Ills saints to sit ou David's throne lu Jerusalem and exe cute Justice and Judgment lu all the eurth. Lotion Helper, tbc Tar nnoTiieiiiiooi). Only see thnt your heart be right toward God thnt you now love tho Lord Jesus Christ that you love your neighbor walk as your Muster wulked, und I desire no more. 1 am slek of opinions. 1 nm weary to bear them, my soul loathes their frothy fond. Give me eolid uud sultuiitial religion, give me a humble lover of God und man a muu full of mercy and good fruits, without par tiulty, a muu laying himself out In the work of fuitb, the putience of hope, the labor ol love. Let iny soul be with such Chris tians whercrover thev ure, end whutKO ever opinion they muy hold. "He that die th the will of my Father la heave u, the same is my brother, uud my sister, uud my mother." Wesley, We bave no more right than we have to do wroust to think wisbj Tbs Alabama Commissioner of Agricul ture, la company with a traveling passenger agent ot the Louisville and Nashville Ball road, has gone Into tha Northwest to influ ence Immigration Into Alabama, RELIGIOUS READING. HAVE A M.ArR ron MATr.B. Wo do not need to enter tho closet In orde lo find the Lord He Is ever near us. Hut we enter It In order to o..enpo from dlstrac tlon, and In order to reus in those associa tions, and. It may be, to surround otirselve with these mementoes, which we formerly found he p to our prayers. One who bn'i great powers of al strnctlon mny tnke refuge from surrotirnding bustle In the depths of bis own spirit and pass along the crowded strets In the perpetual hermitage of his own c-oclusiou, undiverted and undls. trncted by all that is whirling round him. Hut few have this talent of Inward sequestration his power to moke a closet of themselves s and In order to find for their thoughts a peaceful saneiunry. they must llml for their persons n tranquil asylum. It little matters where or what It is. Issne went out intothe Held. nnd Jacob p'led his night long prnyer lM.ide the running brook. Abraham planted a grove, and In the eool -hndow of bis oaks, nt lleer shebii. be called on the nnme of the Lord. Abraham's servant knelt down I leshle bis camel! and i. would appear, from some ol bis psnlins, that n cave, a mountain fastness, or a cavern In the rocks, was David's eloquent oratory. Peter had chosen for bis plsee of prnyer the quiet and nlrv roof of his seaside lodging, when the messengers of Cornelius found hlin. It would seem that the o-ii air the bnlxolcss amplitude of the 'sol tary place' the hillside, when tho stars above, und the shadowy world Mow the fragrant stillness of the garden when evening bad dismiss d the laborer", where the .Man of Sor rows loved to pray. It was in the old church of Ayra that John Welsh was wont, all alone to wrestle with the angel of theenvennnt : and we have atood In the wild rock-cleft where Peden found frequent refuge from Ills persi enters and win lice he en used Ids cry to ns cend "unto the Lord most high". It does not need four walls and a bolted door to make a place nf prayer. Itctlrcmcnt and sllei , and a seipiHsierrd spirit will create it anywhere. Hy the shore of the sounding sea-in tho depths ot the forest - in the remoteness of the green nnd sunny nnlond, or the balmy peace lu liesi of the garden bower-liny, aduildst the dust of the dingy ware-room, or the imIk webs of the owlet-hnillited bnrn -III the Jok ing corner of the crowded stage ir the un noticed nook nf the travellers' room, you have ouly to shut your eves, and seclude your spirit, nnil Voll bave i-renteil n closet there. It Is H closet Wherever tllB SOIll IlllllS ilscll lilouo With God. I wish t sf.Rr. a rnniHTU. This Is a wish very often expressed, nnd that, too, with such a tone and maimer, as to give some evidence of sincerity. Hut let us analyze the matter a little. When you ex. pres-this desire to lie a Christian, do you mean to Imply that God Is iin-.vllling that you should be one, or that your fcllow-mcn have niiy power to precnt your becoming so? i. vnu menu to imply tiial there is any real hindrance in the way, except what is to be found lu your on n heart - In the perversity of your own wlil ? Win n you express this wish to be a Christian, what Is it thnt you really seek for.' Is It simply a muh of security, in the midst of lh dangers that surround you Is it simply a si-liNh de-ore to possess yotiielf of the blessings promised to the righteous, and an exemption from the punishment threatened to the wicked. and nil ol this without any of the burdens, the re proaches, the crosses of the Christian life" If so, do you really menu what you any' 1 there not n principle of Insincerity lii the action of your mind upon this siibjee'ty There Is n great fund of Instruction upon the point now under consideration, iu those words oi Christ, which were designed to set before bis disciples the true condition of the Christian life; "For which or vou intending to build a tower, Hlttoth not down first, and count the cost, whether he have siifllcleiit to Mmsh ttV I. est haply, after he hath laid tbe Inundation, nnd is not ,.ble to llul!' arryJj behold It begin to mock JUi saving, if n ix-gtin to litiild, and Slav It nut be that this instruction is !Wt strictly applicable to your case' IfyoRra prepared to boa Christian on the' conditio. which Christ lias laid down, if you are rOdy to take upon yourself nil the se'f-dcnyiiig duties ol the Christian life, rest assured thilthere are no obstacles in the way. The ,Taf 4 I" open, mid all are invited to walk therefc Hut. It you wish to be u Christian with n' mental reservation - 11 ton desire tho crown without the cross, then there is an iusur mouiiiuhlo obstacle iu the way, and, until your thoughts mill feeling are changed in ie- lerenee to llle matter there Is nn hope fol you. Sit down, then, und count the cost, ami resolve to saerillce, to surrender all fni Christ, and then there will be no fartli' i dllllculty. Cnligrogatlonullst. WAV Wtrilol'T I.ASIMl, At an ttssueiiiti Ml nf clergymen, nn a cer tain nceiisiiiu.lt Wits proposed to hold a meet lug for the purpose of niisiib-riug the or l ol the apnstie, '-prav without censing.'' The meeting was to In hidden 1:1 a month, and In the meantime each clergymen was to write dow n bis opinion and bring It to read. A re ligious servant gill ulinlheil in the house of one of the clergy men, oterhe.trd bim talking ubout the matter, w 'hereupon she exclaimed 'What ! a niontli wanted t t, l the moan ing of that text' It is one o the easiest mid best t'-xls In the Illble." Well, well," said an o il minister, ".Mary, what can you say ulsiut it I.et us know how ou understand it; can you pray all the tune'" '-tii yes, sir, the more have t i do the luor" I can prav." "Indeed! well Mary, do let us know bow in is, for most people think otherwise." "Well, sir," said tho girl, "when I first open my eyes lu the morning, 1 pray Lord, Open the eyes nf my understanding : and while I nm dressing, i pray that 1 may be clot lied With a rolie of righteousness ; and when I have wash-d me, I ask for the wash ing of regeneration ; as us I bcein work, I pray that 1 may have strength equal to my lay ; when I begin to kindle up the lire, 1 prav that God's work may revive in my soul ; tid as I sweep out the house, 1 pray that my heart may be ciciinseil of all its Impurities; and while preparing nnd partaking of break- fa-t. 1 deslie to lie ei With the hidden 1111111- nil, and the sincere milk of the word, and in I nm busy with the little children, I look to God as my Father, und ruv for the spirit nf adoption, that 1 may bo his eliil 1 and so on all day, everything 1 do furnishes uio u thought of prayer." "Kiioiigh, eimiigh !" cried the old divine "these things uro revealed to bain s, and bid from the wise and prudent. Go on. Mary," tuid he, "pray without ceasing, and us foi us, my brethren, let us bless tho Lord fol this exposition, and remember that bo ha laid, tho meek will bo guide iu judgment." DO THY W'OIIK sit'll Kl.T. Each Christian bus his appointed work In the vineyard of the Lord. 11" is required to share In tbo instrumentality nf diffusing the light of gospel ti il' li among tho rations. H c can ouly pray to Him, witi out whose Hnlrit's Inllueiiou ull exertion, uie vain, but lie can himself labor lu souio appropriate manner to promote the alvation nf tho heathen. Ho muy go himself us a preacher of tuu word, or be may coutr bute ol hit substance to send and sustain others. Kvcry disciple among all uur uuurche muy do one or the other til these things. The year is rapl ily puss, ing away. Header, Is thy work iu this respect done' Hast thou rendered thy free, will offering for tho can ho of missions this year' Christian minister, bast thou per formed thy duty iu the appropriate excite ment of thy brethren in church' Has the proper appeal been mude und thus is their :ontribution "ready as a mutter of bounty Ud not Of OOVOtOUnilL'so'" Bbuu delays, they breed remorse Take thy time while time is lent tboe Creeping snails have weuker force Fly thy fault lest thou repent thee) Good is best when soonest wrought Lingering labor come to uaugbt. TEMPERANCE. A tai.i or AsoiKNT otir.tcf. (Philip, King of Maeedon, had a son Ale, ander, who, alter his father's death, formed the plan of Invading the Persian Empire. He did so, and in a few years he gained that vast kingdom, nn I marched his troops as fn as India, lie founded the city of Alexin, drla, In F.gypt, nnd might hnve been a great blessing to the world If he had not been s lover of strong drink. He drank wine to great excess, and did various foolish nn I wicked things wh-n In a drunken state. H.j died nt Pnbylon. niter a revel, and his gen era Is divided his dominions nmoug them.) A King there was of mighty fame. And Alexander was Ins name r He led his soldiers far and wide, And conquered lauds on every side. Once mnny tears this monarch she,!, And when the reason aske I, he said. "One world Fvn mastered, and lu vain I seek another wher.i to reign." Hut ah with nil the powr he gof, King Alexander grew a sot, And when with raging liquor filled, Clitus, his dearest friend, ho killed. Yrt still he loved the wine ha dmni Till In an enrly aire he sank. For killed by treacherous wine was bu lloloro the age of thirty-three. Now, wc enn nev.T hope to bo Ho famous In the world ns he : Hut wo can keep the pledge, nnd then We'ro sure to grow up sober men. And If we're sober, who can tell, In whnf gooil things we may excel? Ho we'll not drink, but shun the fate Ol Alexauder, called the Great. Ilev. Dawson llnrji, At.ronol. AS A MIM' tM. My own experience of thirty. four yieirs la the practice o my profession h is taught nn that In nearly nil easi-s and kinds of disease the medical use (,f nlcobol Is unnecessary, and In a large numis-r of lustan -es is pre Judical and even dangerous. Hiving given an lutoxi -nnt. in stnily definite nnd guard c. dos.-s. prtaiiiy the whole only about on-e In tlir-ss tho ,n I cases , then usually when nothing ele wits available In nn emer gency). an I having lis I mot varietbts of dls inses to contend with, my death-rate an I duration of Illness have ho-n quite u low as my neighbors'. The experience ,,f tin- Ion don Temperance llspit nnd other similar Institutions, the current reports or that hos pitnl being now relinbln scluutlllo records, limply support this experience. The chief peril of narcotic drugs has al ways appeared lo me to lie In their disguis ing the real state of the patient from blmsulf as well as from his doctor uud his friends. If there is any serious ailment, such as clnd sra or fever, the sulT rer may seem to be ami limy leei le tter. He Is not belter : he Is actually woise made worse by the alcohol, and not unseldoiu after the evanescent alco holic disguise and deceptive Improvement has fadod, It is lotind that the inula ly itself bus been progressing, unseen nnd unsus pected from the delusive aspect of the nlco bol, steadily toward u fatal determination, which mlgut, in many e.isee, have been averted but tor tho true state ot t lie pat lent having been completely masked. Norman Kerr, M. U. voirrtirri. tiitcNKAnns. One painful revelation which accounts loi Intemperance In the country ibwrrvos spiv clal ment ion, says Archbishop Ireland. In temperance, w-e have to learn, hns Invade I Hie ranks ol youth mid has not paused even In the presence ot womanhood. What will the future be ir minors boys and girls arc taught to be drunkards, and women lu whose keeping tho purity uud the happiness of our homos must ever remain, begin to love the poisoned draught? Heven thousand youths under the ago of twenty some even uuderten, annually arrested In Chicago, the very grVItt majority ol ensea .g for drunk enness or foroiTeiis. s iu wh 'hey Indulge niter getting trunk. A nuin of those are young girls. Among tho urrcs. or drunken ness in cities women nro somoi, .lies us miry us one-lirni of the lotal number' 'I'll-noiim saloons, too, fiirntsn their lemal '.akurdi, and Hit so uro ncldom arrested. IIMfrstKCE NKWS jOTES. EMrJtnn has increased lo number of beer breweries bv .'ie. Atlantic Cuy, N. J., has one saloon to every su:y ulue persons. Tin' Chicago Tribune says "a strike u'.-vur hurts the tra in lu whisky." There are now pi.ld breweries and 47D1 dis tilleries in the I' tilted Hlutcs. Tho G. in Templars of Houfli Africa have nn adult mcmbcrs'iip ol 27'j:i, and Juvenile or I PH. In Zurich. Kwd 'rland, 27!M) of tho insane patients were aggravated e:uos of alcoholic insanity. There were 1010 criminals convlcte 1 In Canada last year, of whom thirty ouly did not use iutoxic nits. There is now a 1' iyal Courts of Justies Temperance Society, win-re London lawyers may lake the pledge. The Chicago A Ivineo says "tho saddest Hung nbout the strike wns the failure of t tie saloon-keepers to go out." The Ktale prison nt Trenton, N. J., has at the present time '.lis. convicts, largely tho fruition ot tho liquor tr.iillo iu that .State. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Eng. land, recently made n statement that the prollts of the 'liquor dealer were 100 to 300 per cent. The Supreme Court of Minnesota has de cided that the owner of a saloon Is responsi ble if bis saloon is op u ou Huuduy, whether b" is present or not. Ilev. Ir. Charles S. Thompsm, of New York City, in a recent ser.non staled that one brewer in New York ha CD! chattel Uioit gages on saloons." In a New York police court recently n woman who was ai-ntoiica t to lllaekwell' Island for drunkenness told the ju,slleo that Would make In r l'J.Uh trip to Jail. An Albnny jury awar lo 1 tiMuO damages tu n widow lo whos t huslian I n saloon keeper sold llqu r until intoxicated and killed by being tun over by the railroad cars. Tho Chicago I,ever, referring to tha re cent riots lu that eliy, sal I 'tiie spirit ol alcohol was omnipresent, und the police wero almost poworbsts to preveut trouble." I'altimore, according to the report of Car roll 1. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, has In lis tenement district one sa loon to vory ouo hundred au I II vo pur sous. The Insurance Newspaper and Ilull ling Ro.-b'ty Itevlew says "lu our opinion the trnflle iu iileohol prevents morn people from becoming tho possessors of their owu bouses than nil other causes combiuod. Iioelor Newsholmo, In u teent lecture on '() eiip itlou nnd Morality,' states that there has beeu an luer 'iis of the dent li-rate from inebriety among the gen iral population fro n lviO lo mi) ol irom (orty lo Uity-si per million. Among tho recont cases in tho care of the Society for tho Prevention ol Cruslly to Children in New York City, was that ot Elith Trlggs, lonrleeu years old, of whom herkisior tostllled in eojrt that sb w.is a "coullrmod druukurd." J J. Kpelman. of Jackson, Miss., one of the colored missionaries ol the Nntloual Tsi.iperauuJ Hocioty, died recently, lis had beeu a member ui the Legislature was a uuturul orator, uud did grout good uuiourf bis people lu lue townnrsuoo rulorai. Th fire losses In the United States and Canada during the month of August aggre gate.! tl0,3a,000, as compared with 13, 2U,700 during August, IS'JJ. tlA.iul' FACT"-. r.';'.e won., is tho henvios. F.tu;lutul f-.res RMTCstonoS. (ilius ci.flitis. nre tiseil in iMflsiii, Holl.iLil a linits cnlTeo duty free. Austrian nro grcnt cliess player.' There nro no nutum while sponges. Hermans arc t!io must prono to aui ciile. Cralis rtin aco anil srucll, but cau'l hear. In Arabia. Mocha coffee is taken for lavs. Silk milking oriitiated in In lia II. C. 400. Ostrich furms return hinil.somii prollts. There was a medieval association of engineers. The Kfcntest depth of ocean yet sounded i i',r, fathom. Duplex telegraphy was first aceotu (dished hy t'iutl in'lVJ. A IIiiHsiali js not legally of nr'o till ho is twenty-six years old. Mary Stuart wuh one of the most fascinating; widows Hint ever lived. Illeut'hed sponges are the Lest ti use, aa Ihn Idcnohiti"; rucvsa disin Iccts them. The first American cotton factory was chtaldfshcd in l"K7ut Kast Jjridc water, Mass. The Spartan phalanx was commonly right deep; the Athenian, eight, twelve nnd twenty-five. In Lower Canada tho Ardent lover liegs a wooden shoo from his sweot heart to keep his toliiicco in. Do not use hot water on leather. Water over ISO decrees will nculd it, dicker it up and destroy its etrenth. That succession tuxes, mi the occa sion of Hueoeciliii',' to nn iiihcritanceor hetjueet, ure levied iu almost nil Hiiro I'euti countries. Fanny t'rosliy, tho Mind Methodist hymn writer, h:i.s written Ilooo Sun-day-fhoil hymns, tunny of which uro widely ktmwu. Here is n Rood story which is told of Sir Arthur Sullivan. It was ut dinner, und u young lady inquire ! of Sir Ar thur whether l:ich was composing anything nt present. "No," lie re plied, "nt present ho is deconipasitt." I'ccontly in (lermuiiy, on the anni versary of tho death of tjlueeu Louise, seven couples wero married ut I ho Court und (lurrison Church at 1'otsdnm who, iieeording to custom, received each $11'.! and a handsomely hotiu l llililo Irom tho Queen Louise fund. John Verdun, a penitentiary con vict nt Columbus, Ohio, from Cincin nati, -Urn dropped dead from heart diaeiise, predicted the day and hour of hia death. When ho wua received at tho priHon ho wroto this pre lietion ou slip of paper, which wus given to another convict to keep. Tho paper waa examined uud found to lie exactly true. A lf lUu ...ass family. "Ah a specimen of whut Kentucky can do in tho way of producing btal wurt eons and daughters," anid a proud native of the liluo (iruss coun try, "I miejht mention tho old .Too Morrison family, of I'ourhuu County. Anylmdv of the present generation who ever lived iu Kentucky will re member old .loe Morrison's family. Tho family consisted of old doe and his wife anil Mix sons nnd three daugh ters. Joe htood eix feet four ill Ills HtovkinH and weighed 21 0 potitnln. 1 1 in w it'u was the name height exactly, but nho weighed 'Jill! pounds. The oldcat son, Tom, was also nix feet four and he weighed 'JSii pounds. Jim topped hts brother two inches in height, but ho wasn't us heavy by seventy pounds. Their M.sti r Sarah was a elim nirl, weiohin,r only l.V"i pounds, but hhe could look over tho iiendaof both Tom und Jim, for hho btoiwl six feet tij illl'llt S. lint John was tho bi' boy of tho family, lie only lucked mi inch of beinj seven feet lii'h, und ho weighed 1100 pounds. Siater Mary was a mid pet of uit feet two, und only weihod H'. pounds. I'lijuh wasu't very tall, either, biting tho mime height ns li it wistur Mary, but ho ivhh of pretty fair hoft, tipping tho whiles at 21'2. Mat thew wan nix fed two, also, nil I weighed 'J2 , und L'li, Htainlin hi foot four, wei,'Lc 1 l'.-s than -i' . Tho youngest girl, Martha, was six feet three and Hi') pounds in weight. Sho would undoubtedly have been thu giant of tho family, for thnt was her height and weight ut the a ;o of four teen, 11 few weeks before idle died. When those measurements were taken a few years no tho family was nil to gether, but nine.) th -n old Joe and his wifo have died, nnd the boys uud girls were married and scattered about tho State. I don't know what thoir progeny huvo done to keep up tht family reputation in to size, but I'll bet ou 'cm to keep up thu record." Chicago Kecord. .1 Valorous Hull, Tho passengers on the express train of tho Colorado Midland had a uurrow t'seajM) the other day. Tho train, wo Hpeuding along some eight miles from Colorado Springs, lieu it catno upon, a largo herd of euttlo on tho track. Tho whistlo shrieked forth its warning, and tho timorous cows und calves tlo.l in every direction, but tho old bull, tho monarch of tho herd, turned to de feud his subjects, nnd putting down his hoad charged down tho track at tho coming engine. It was a valorous, hut not a wiso chnrgo. Tho bull's head was cut clean oil, but his mighty caroaa threw tho engiuo from tho track and aovurul of tho cars followed it. Nobody waa killod, but several wera quite badly bruinod, anil tho tlremaa. wnautunuedby falling on his neck an he jumpod from tho euginc New Ot loanaricayuuo. ' LA A
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