H TALHAGE'S SERMON. POWER OF PRAYER tan' Strength Insufficient toFbjht tin Orcrwhclmlnc Tide of Bin. itm "Tim mm rowed hard to bring to th land, but they jould not, where for, (ey cried unto tha Lord." Jonah 1, 1-1. yitliMtloti In the Medlttentneiin Re a1 rtvs irn perilous, peelnlh to In early TimiIi wer propelled partly by snll in ! pnrH v by our. When, by reason of great trm of weather. It w neoPMnry to ref idiiriinvHA or haul It Id, than tha vnwl waa ntlrly ilTTirlfnt upon tha onn. iometlme ttrentv or thirty of them on either lde of ttire-e. Yon would not venture outside Mtir hurtKif wlfh auch a craft na my text fo ' Jonah tuning In. bat ha bad not mueh fhoico of vessel. Ha waa running away frrn the Lord, and when a man I running unv from the Lord ha ha to run very fast. fic l nnd loin jonan to go to Mnevehto nnoui inn ne-irucuon or mnt city, on ih disobeyed. That nlway makna rough iter, whether in tha Mediterranean, or tha Atl intl . or the reelne, or tha Caspian Son. It l a very hard thing to acara tailors. I hares-en them, when thebrowof the vessel almost under water, and they wero irvikiorf t lit dock knee deep In tha turf, and t):nnil noni Dy tne tide or tha vessel had heeii .'rushed aa atnall a klndllmr wood. th tl:nu a thoucli nothlnir had happened, tut lh fiiMe aaya that these, miirlucrsof rhem I speuk W"ra frightened. Tn.it which Milor call "a Inmn of a a'' h! be -erne a blinding, deafening, twamplniz nry. mw inn winu can H"l at the r. nnd lha water can get at the wind. vou ilo not know unlet yon hnve been p.i-t.itora. I hare In my house a plee of i vm 01 n snip, no larwr man me palm or v hand. That ploca of oanvas waa all that Ml of the largest sail of the sftln Greece. Itfi.-it vretit Into the storm 200 miles off Sew- utillnrnl. yh, what a nlRht that waal I nan I Kl'lln anma b .... I- 1 k I. 1 ' ..rm VUUU (U IUII an Jonah vjis caught. 11-knew lnit tho tempest wns on hla ne t-mat. find . naked the aallora lothrow him virlourd.' Huilor are generous hearted and they resolrel to make their t- p. It possible, without retorting to auoli itreme measure. The anlla are of no use. Ul o they lay hold on their oar. 1 tee onglnnk or thlnlng hlndea on either the vessel. Oh, how they did null, tha :nz-"l "nmen, ns they lay back Into tha its . nut row in k on ine sen it very differ- l irntn rowlnit upon a river, an I na the ve- I hoists the onra tklp thewava nnd ml stroke, nn I the tempest Inuirh to aoorn flvlnt pndilli'H. It la of no uae. no use. n.r- coiuca a wave that crnntu-a the last it hu I aweepa the oarsmen from their .v and tumtili, evHrythluu In thn con- ma of Impending ahlpareck, or, na my t: I as it, "1'lie men rowed hur l to bring to the land, hi they could not. wherefore r.i'd unto the Lor I." In." S'V'iiu la very auggestlve tome, ami I -iy(i 11 may have irracn and atr nirth oujli to repriwnt It tlitelliguntlr to you. .ir Hrfo I proru'hed a sermon on another une of this very subject, nnd I got a letter tu llouton, Tex., tho writer siiyini; t hut - r-i.linjr ol that sermon In London had liniiuo.tlod. And I received nuo.liorle; r!reii South AiiMtrallo, aayiug that tha :'n "i nun sermon in Australia nil. I -at several soula to Christ. Ami then, I uiu nv nor now iiiko nuoliier phase or Mine fu jeef, lor perhnps that Go 1 who anise In power that which la sown lu ikuem nuiy now, through naotherpnnse itwsimie subject, bring salvation lo tho !'! who shall hear anil salvation to thn 'I'u' who shall read. Men nnd women who how to pray, lay hold of the Lord Uod r.i.vitv, nn 1 wrestle for theblessiug. !;iiN-j. Latimer would atop sometimes In s r .an. In thu midst of hit argument. ! ; . "Now, I wlij tell yon aJaXile," au 1 !:.. I ould ilka to bring tba soene of tun : ...i .in Illustration of a moat Important re ous truth. As those Mediterranean oars l-ii trying tobrlng Jouuh ashore were lt Ited, 1 have to tell you that they weru i!i" nitly men who have broken dowu ou 1 1' 1 1 lies and luivo lioeu obliged to call :je Lord for help. I wnut tosuy that tho .Killing efforts of thone Mediierraueait ::ieii Imve a counterpart in the elTorls wn H iking to bnug souls to the shore of iv and bet their lect on thulbiek of Ages. . have it lathe. or mother or husband or i or child or near friend who Is not a iniuii. There have been times wheuyou eifeii in agony about their solvation. imr.istero! Cluit, whose wife was dying out any uop4 in Jesus, walked the ll.ur, iu Ins liiin.is. cried bitterly and said, "l fv.i 1 s'lall go lnsan, lor 1 know s'.ie it r . ired to meet Hod." And tuere, may uticeu day of sickness iu your house I. when you leared It woul 1 be n fatal .i.' t1-, mi I how uloiely you examined tha '. the doctor us he came in an I s tj-'-Itlie patient nnd felt the pu'se, an I i followed 111 iii into the next roo u mi l '. lliero Ihu't uuy danger, is there. do " Ant the hesitation ami the uueer- s-y o the reply made two eterultles tl ish ;roiir vision. And then you weut and I to the sick one about the great luture. there re those hero who have tried t'Mig their friends lo Gol! They li ti umilile to bring them to the snore it'-ty. They are no nearer that point a they were twenty years ago. You UnuiC : liave gol them aim M to the shore, wneu aie swept buck again. What sli.ul you 1 ui .'.own the oarr Oil, no, i do not " Ui., tut I advise mat you "! to that Gr Lto.wUom tho Midlterri i etirsmen npiiPaied the Go 1 whe could 'e the temp, st nud bring tho ship in J'lothe port1 X tell you. my frien Is, lli-re has got to be a good deal of prny- - ore our iumlliesnre brought to Christ, it it nr. awful thing to have half n house- on one side the Hue and the other part lioiisiiold on the other side of the linel e; part on the oiwm of eternity, ,''i.u to the right an I tho other to the - Mrt'uT apart and farther npnrt until 'n ils ceas i to bo recognised and then n y two specks on the horizon, uu 1 thuu '" l'st to Bight forever ! V ' to tell you that the unavailing ef '' tliese Jlo lltorninenu oars nen nave n ''fl irt lu the efforts soma of us ure ' hring our children lo the shore of 1- Tliere nuvur were so many teiiiptn ' '"r young people us there are now. iier.iry and the soolul influences sjein .'UMiiist their spiritual Interests. Christ 'to ti driven almost entirely Irom the fi an I the pleasuralile concourse, y.tt kuows how anxious we are lor our We ciinuot think of going Into n without them. We do uot waut "ve this life while they are tosing wave of temntntlou and awav ,ri. From which of them could ':uviit to be eternally eparatl' 1 It be tha on' Would It be the ll .' Would It te the eldety Would ;,1H yoiiug. sl Would It be the cue ll ami stout or the oua unit U Uli, I henr some parent aayiug to : "I have tried my beet to bring my to Christ. I have laid hold of the lutll they bent In my grasp, and I have ro tub against tUe ribs of tuA bout i1 Uv puiti tot I hair eternal rescue, u i tem to Uhrlst. ' Then I ask iu.itHtu tn men ot the text and cry ') uuto Gol. Wa want morn Im. ..I'lte nriiviui for chllilren. kiieh hs lt,,,r In lulged In when hu had trlei to "is six sous to Christ and they had in I off into dissipation. Then he got m his prayers and said, '0 Uol, take "' Ule, If through that means my " rput and be brought to Ghrisl' " Lord slartllugly answered tha r &nd In a few weeks the father was ', and through tha solemnity the Ued unto GoJ. Ob, thut lather fford to die for the eternal welfare ot iitlrert 1 He rowed bard to bring them iu d, tut could not, and then tie criiJ m Lord. Tbara ara parents who are ai-no dlscoor. a?ed about their ehlldmn. Whera la rout aon to-night 7 Ha has wondered of! pnrnapt to tha ends of tha earth. It aaemt aa If h rannot -ret far enough away frm jrooi Christian counsel. What does he era about the furrows that coma to yoar bror, about thequlck whitening of tha hair, f jont tha fact that yonr back belns to atoo rlth tho burdens? Why, ha would not earn mnnh If ha heard yon were dead I Taa bbvfc -adaed letter that brought the tldlnir ho wiald put In the me package with other l"ftrstnll Ing tha atory ot bla aham-. What are you going to do) Both paddlee broken at tha mblll'n of tha blade, how can tou pull him assore? I throw you one oar now with which ; believe you can bring him Into harbor. t lithe glorious promise, 'I will b a Ooi to thea and to thy eeed after thee." Oh.. broken hearted father and mother, you hrre tried everything else: now make an alnl for tha help anil omnipotence of the dSvenant keeping Ood, and perhaps at yoir next family gathering perhaps on Than ilvlng Hay. perhaps next Chrlsfnaa 1(7 the prod I ir at may be borne, nnd If roii crowd on hla plate mora luxuries than n any other plate at the table I am atari the rirotners will not no jealous, hut they will wake up all tho mush) In the house, 'boeause the dead Is alive again an I'wiusa tho lost la found." Perhaps your pr i-era have been answered nlre ly. The v tv I may be coming homeward, an I by the light of this night's stars that absent aon mriv be pacing the deck of the sMp, anxious fir the time to come when he can throw hi arm around your neck an I ask for forgltiii"s format ne nae henn wrin-rin? your obi leirt so long. Glorious reunion, that will te too anered for outsiders to look upon, luit t would Just Ilka to look through tha window when you have all got together ag ilu and are acnted at the banquet. Thnairh parent nisf In covenant Im Anl have tilr h'sva In view, Thi are ini hs lilt Ihejr . Tills clill ren happy leo. Again, I remark that the unavailing effort Of the Mediterranean oarsmon has a coun terpart In the effort which we are making to bring this world baek to Go I. His pardon and safety. If this world could have been anred by human effort. It would have been done long ago. John Howard took hold of uuu .iii. i. ki 1 . c i ..j i ' .1 , 1 1 . 1 1 . i niiirin'Tuir. and Adonlram Judson took hold of nnotbor oar, and Luther took hold 1 another oar. and John Knox took holi ot another oar ami tney puiloi until tney tell meg dead from the exhaustion. Home dropped In the ashes of martyrdom, some on tho calplng knives of savage and some Into tho plague struck moid of the Inzir-tto, an I still the chains are not troken, and still the despotisms are not demolished, and still the world Is unsave I. What then? Tut down the oars nnd make no effort? I do not advise that. Dot I w nit you. Chris tian brethren, to understand that the church, and the school end thn college, and the mis. slonary society are only the instrumental! lies, nnd If this work Is ever donr at all Oo I must dolt, and Ilo will do It In answer to our prayer. "They rowed hard to bring It to tho land, but they could not, wlicrolore tney cried unto the Lor I." Agnln, the unavailing effort of those Medi terranean oarsmen has a comiterpv' In every man that Is trying to row :i.s own soul Into safety. When the eternal splrti P.jebsS urus our condition, we try to hv our selvea. We say, "Give mo a ston; oa.'r trt right hand, give me a slou our lo,- my ''t hau l. nnd I will pull mysell Intos i'y. No. A wave of sin comes nu 1 dashes yo j ms "a1", and a wave of temptation comes n.i I im'iM you In another way, nnd there are I'imny of rocks ou which to foun er, but seemingly no harbor Into which to sail. Hin must be thrown overboard, or we must perish. There ere men who hnve f rlixl for years to become Christians. They believe all I say In r.g.ird to a future world. They hnllovo that re llglou 1 the first, tho last, the iullnitene csslty. Tney do everything but trust lu Christ. They make sixty strokes in a min ute. They bend forw ard wUh all earnest ness, and thev He back until the muselee are Uveaimj, and vI ti ?y tm n n-.jrir.Td rrc- Inch In ten years toward heaven. What Is the reason? That Is not the war to go to work. You mlimt as w.tll take a frail ' skllT nnd put It down at the loot of N't nnra nnd then head 'it up toward the churning thund"riolt of waters and ox-poi-t to work vour way up througli thu lightning of tlio foatn Into calm Lake Erie ns for you to try to pull yourself throug'i thesurf of your sin into thuhooean I par lo.i nnd placidity of the gospel. You e inuot do it iu that way. sin la a roujh sea, an 1 longboat, yawl, pinnace an I gon lolu go dowu unless the Lor I deliver, but If you will cry to Christ nn 1 lay bol I of illvln I mercy you are ns sale from eternal con ilemnatlon as though you hat b-'ou twuuty years lu heaven. liut glory be to God that Jesus Christ Is nblo to ta!e us up out of our shipwrecked and dying condition nn I put us on tliesli. mi ller of His strength, and liy thu omulpoteneo of Ills gospel bear us on through all the Journey of this life and at last ttir n,'li tho openjug gates of heaven! Hi Is mighty to save. Though your ln be long nn I bl-i'!k nn I inexcusable and out racoon, tlii very moment you believe I will proclaim pirlou quick, full, grand, unconditional, uncom promising, llllmitilile, intliill". Oil, the ura to ol llod '. I am overwhelmed wli -u I come to think ot it. Give me a thousnu 1 ladders, lash ed fast to each other, that I may so ilo the height. Let the line run out with the an chor until all tho caMc ot the earth am ex hausted, that we may tou :U the depth. Let the nrchangol II v in circuit of eternal ages In trying to sweep around this theme. Oa, the grace of Go I ! It Is so high. It is si bro id. It I so deep. Glory be to my God, that where man's oar gives out God's arm begins 1 Why will ye carry your sins mid your sor rows any longer when Christ offers to take them? Why will you wrestlo down your fears when this inomett you might give up iiad lej sava I? lo you uot know that every fJsJiWi 'a ready? rTTlnty of room nltho feast. Jesus his tha ring of ills love all na ly to put upon your band. Come now an 1 sit dowu, yo lituury ones, nt the hnui'iot. Ye who nr lu r.i; of slu, take the rolie of Christ. Ye who are swamped by the tireak"r nrouu I you. cry" to Cnrist to pilot you Into no ith, still waters. On ucoount of the peculiar p!ns of t no suujjot I have drawn my pro.-cmt Illustrations, you see, chterly Iron the water. I romem'ier that a vessel wout to pieces ou thu lleriuu las a groat many yjir ago. It had a vast treisure oa board. But, thu vessel being suuk, no effort was mui a to raise It. After many years had passed a company of ndvouturcr went out from England, nn I after a long voy age they reached the place where the vessel was s il l to ukvi sunk. Tney got Into a small boat and hovered over the place. Then the divers went down, and they broke through what looked like a llm wioii'i cover ing, and the treasure rolled out w.iat wai found atterwar 1 to be, In American money, worth I,5iK).0U0, and the lonu l ulou of a tsreat business house. At that time the wuole world rejoiced over wait was u tile I the luuk of these adventurers. O. ye w.io bavo beeu rowlug toward the shore nud have not been aide lo roach it, I waut to tell you to-night that your boat hovers over inlluite treusjret All the riches of Gol are at your leet treasures that never fall aud crowns that uevergrow dun. Who will go dowu now aud seek them? Wuo will dive for the pearl of great price? Wuo will be prepared for lite, for death, for judgiueut, for tba long eternity? Hue two Hands ot blood stretched out towarJ tny soul a Jesus says, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and ure heavy ludnu. and i will Kive you rest." Kicn discoveries oiiom are Doing mala In Arizona. The Increasing value of the yellow metal make It well worth hunting for, and wheu oarufully and skillfully looke I alter 16 suoh countries as Arlaona nnd California it can be found lu paylug quantities, Joliit, III., la booking a One of 10)0 a day against eaolt of tha six railroads which pasa through tha plaoa, because they neglect to obey aa or JtuauQe for tha larotiouol tho tracks. SABBATH SCHOOL avaaaasBssasaaaBBaBBBM 1XTERN ATlO.VAfj LKfsSOX FOR OCTOBER 21. Wesson Textt "A fsabbath In Caper naum," Mark I., 21-rU-Ooldeu Text: Mark I., 22-Com-mentary. 51. "And ther went Into Ciparnanti. an1 sfralsrhtwar on the Snhhsth rtav He entereil into tha synagogue and taught." This les son probably cornea In order after tha call of the four from mending their nts. ., rather than after the call from tha draft of fishes, but let ns see Jesus, and the order of events mnv not matter so much. Capernaum Signifies the village of Nahnm. th comforter, and th true rom'ortr has coin to Hi osm ltv (Math. Ix.. 1). It was nis enstom to be In the synagogue on the Rahhath 'Luke It., lfl). and we may be aure It was Hla custom never to be late. 22. "And they were astonished at fll doc trine, and He taught them ns one that had authority, and not as the arlhe." He al ways preached the word an t In the wnrds which the Father gave Him to aar fJohn all.. 49 1 xlv.. 10 nis worla were the as acrflons of atstolute confidence in Ood nnd In the Bcrlptnres. He said, "We snqsk that wa do know" (John III.. Il. We also, if ent by Ood. mav sneak bobllr the messaire which He elves us (Kx. Iv., 12 Jer. 1.. 7, i Acts Iv.. ). 23. "And there was In their ynagogu a man of an nnclean spirit, and he cried out." Kvll spirits atlll en to church and Bundav achool In the bodies of men anil women and bov and gir's. hut not without the consent of those In whom ther go. Anger, wrath, malice, wor'dllneas, deceit, hvpoerlsv, are surely xvll spirits. In fact, nil that Is not hotv and true must be evil. 24. "Having! Let ns alone. What have we to do with Thee, thou Jesm of Niuamth? Art Thou come to destroy us? I know Thee Who Thon art. the Holy One of Go I." L"t us alone Is still the cry. We will go to Church and contribute to the' cause If you (1j. HI only let us alone about tho theatre and the hall, social customs. Hun lav newspapers and Hunday driving, receiving Jeans, pre paring to meet Him and such like. Hut It Is no use t wo must nil have to do with Jesus. He will destroy the work of the devil (I John HI., a), and If those works Include any of us then we shall have to hoar Math. xxv.. 41. 25. "And Jesus rebuked him, saying.llobl thy peace and come out of him." He spoke to the spirit who was controlling th" man. Hehnteasln. but lovea the sinner. Let us also see to this and aet likewise. Hin must be destroyed, and If the sinner persists In eltnirlng to his sir. he, too. must perish, but the Lord wishes to save the sinner nn 1 blot out his sins (II Tet. lib. 9). 28. "Anil when the unclean spirit ha Horn him nnd cried with a loud voice he came out of him." He cast out the spirits with His word (Math, vlll., V Wherethe word ofa king Is there Is power (Reel, vlll., 4), and Jesus gave His disciples pewer over all the power of tho enemy (Luke x.. 19'. What a strenirth It would be for service as we go forth In nis r.ame if we would only hdlevt HI word, "All power Is given unto Me In Heaven and on earth, and, lo, I am with you all tho days, even unto the consummation ol the age!" (Mth. xtvlll.. 1H-20). 27. "And thev were all amsjisd. Insomtfh that they questioned nmong themselves, s.iy l igt What thin? I this? What new doc. trine Is this?" The obedience of the demons to HI word surprised them, and well it li ilf lit. for whoever heard of evil spirits con trols I by a word which men resist? L-t Ills word be now received in all simplicity and meekness, nnd no evil spirit of fault finding, fretting, slander or evil snnking ann abide In that person. Then will some bi've to aay, "What now doetrlne Is this?" 'k2- "And Immediately Hi fame spread Toaj tVouetjouj nil th 'Irftaaweaarl. about Oalileer' If tha preaching In any church to-day should cure even the majority of Its member of the evil spirits which seam to possess so innny, what a name Jesus would get In the community ! Why not with our hearts determine t lint by His grace we will seek in every way to magnify that honorn hle name which Is called upon us (Jas. II., 7 It. V., margin). 29. "And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they enter I Into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and Jolm." Happy men to take Jeans horn from church with them. How many get nil they want of Him while in church, more than enough to do them a whole week, for once a week Is nil that some pastors see many ol their people 1n the house of God! If such should take Him home from church with them, they could not tro out driving In tho afternoon, nor go visiting, nor road novels. 50. "Hut Rlmou's wHo's mother lay s'ck of afover, and anon they tell Hun of her." lVr Imps n poor day for Klmonto bring company (four menl home to ilinn-r his wife might think so. with her mother sick In bet but wo will hope she was one of those hlessed women whom some of us know, who nre always clad to exercise hospitality, who live to minister. 51. "Ami He enmn nnd look her bv the hand end lifted her up, and Immediately the feyer left her, and she ministered unto them." It was a good day to have com pany, after all, especially II is kind. Mark Is specially the gospul of service, nn I Jesus Is here, lu a very marked way, the servant ministering; hence many touches like this, "He took her by the band." Note also the word atrelghtway, nnon, Immediately, forthwith, all the same wor I in the Cre"k sen H. V. use I over forty times In this gos pel, and only about clgiity times iu thu whole New Testamrnf. 32, 3:1. "And at oven when the sun did set they brought uuto Him all that were dis eased nnd them thnt were possessed with devils. And all tho city was gathered to gether at the door." Tka Sabbath ended nt sunset, so they could then do this without. In the estimation of the I'linrisees, brrukiug the day. Hoe chapters li., 24; Hi., 2. The mnnlfoet power of Go I will draw tho peo ple. There are weary and heavy Indeu ones everywhere, sink in body and in soul, and this Jems Is to-day tho very same Jesus (Hob. xill.. 8), waltiug to give rest of soul and quietness of nilud to every weary heart, and when He glveth quietness who then can nisketroubleV (Job xxxiv., 29). 34. "And Ha houled many that were sbk ot divers diseases, and cast out many devils, and suffered not the devil to speak, because they knew Him." The margin says that He suffered them not to aay thut they knew Him. The testimony ot the evil spirit In ActsxvL.17, Bounds well. What could be better? Yet it wa not tolerated. God re quire no help from tha devil. When will HU people see this and stop aeekiugbelp lor the Lord's work from thote who nre not Hi children, and therefore must he children of tha devil? (John ViU., 44.) Leou Helper. PAXOXUOt'S MKPICISX. Tro'eesor Viroaow, the foremost medical authority of the German Umpire, has re I Hint telly urged moderation iu the use of drastic drug", nnd holds that some nie ll. clmn. fo railed, have, on the whole, dona more mischief Hum ro.i.i, nn I ought to lie dropped from the I st of remedial agents. It would be a good plan to begin with alcoholic drug. A single prescription of medicated brnudy has in many uts-ts led tj the rjlap of ball-ro.'or ued drunkard. pxvrii. Death Is not, to the Christian, what It ha often been called " I'uyliiK the debt of na ture." No, It Is uot paying a debt; It is rather like bringing u uuto to a batik, to ob tain solid gold lu exchange for it. As'iulet life often makes Itself felt iu bettct wayi thau oua that the world aeee aud ap- Iiltti d) and aoiuo ol the uobluttt aieuevet uon till they end, leaving a void In miuiy hearts. Loulea M. A loot t. TEMPERANCE. ko rotti a anaprn. In the County Tyrone, Ireland, there f a district of stxtv-one square mlloe, Inhabited by nearly JO.ooo people, having three, great roads communicating wltn market towns, In which there are no saloons, entirely ow ing to the solf-aetlon of the Inhabitants. The result has been that there Is not a policeman in the district, tha poor rates are ojo-half whnt they wrre before, and the police magis trates testify to the greit nlsjence of crime and disorder. Tho Templar. omn APVtrit. A well known public man i quoted tn tha Temperance Causa as follows Are there, then, set times, days and places. When yon calculato nlway to indulge your aelyes In drinking ardent spirits? Do you Mop ofientotske something nt the saloon, nt the tavern when you travel, ami alwsys when you come to the village, town or city? This frequency of drinking will plant In your system. Iietore yoit are aware of It, the s Is ol the most ferrule disease which aftllcts hu roenlty. Have yon any friends or compan ions whose presence, when yon nnn. them, awakens the thought and the desire of drinking? Pot h of yon Imve entered on it course iu which there Is neither safety nor hope, but from Instant retreat. Do any of you love to avail yourselves of every little catch and circumstance amotv; your companions, to bring out a "treat ? ' "Ahi. my lor I, there Is death In the pot." Do you find the d-slre of strong drink re lurnlng dally, nnd nt stated hours? fnb-a voii Intend to travel nil tho length of tho highway of Intemperance, Is time to stoi, I'nlees you Intend soon to resign your lib erty forever, and come under a itmpotism of the most cruel and Inexorable ctinni"tcr, yoq must nbandon the morning bitters, the noon tide stimulant and thn evening bow'. Do any of you drink in eoer't, because you are unwilling your friends of the world should know bow mu.'h you drink? You might as well cut looo In n frail boat bnfor a hurricane, and expi-et safety, you are gone, gone Irretrievably, If yon do not stop. Are you accustomed to drink, when op portuniliee pnsnmt, as much as you can leeir without any public signs of being drunk? You nre nn intemperate man now.and unless you cheek the habit, ynu will become rnpl I ly more and more Intemperate, until con cealment beeomee Impossible, Do your eyea, for Instance, begin lo trou hlo you by their weakmsw or Inflammation? If you are In the habit of drinking anient splrlta dally, you nel not aak the physician what Is the matter nor Inquire for eye water. Your redni'ss ol eyes is pro Iu red by Intemperance ; mi l abstinence, nnd that only, will imi re them. It may Im well for every man who drinks dally, to look In the gloaa often, that he may see In his own face I he signals of distress, which abused nature holds out one after another, nnd too often holds out in vain. Do any of you llnd a shakingof the ban I coming upon you, nud sinking of spirits, and loss of appetite In the morning? nature is failing, and giving to you timely admonition of h"r distress. Do the pains of n disordered siomseh, and blistered tougue nn I lip, begin to torment you? Yon are advance in the work of ei. dis.1 ruction it few more year will probably lluntti it. TIIK WOHKINOXsX S fltir.ATKsT CCIISK The debasing, brutalizing Influence of ft. rrssiv) drinking mil eiloon environment falls upon the laboring c:isi ot our people with more disastrous effect than upon thos i better favored by fortune, Tho dreadful vice of intemperance has made frightful liavivi among our hnrl-worklng people. What else but this speudlhrilt vice could ill flic t it largo portion ot our people with poverty so hopeless as to be like nn Incur able disease, a peoplo lo whom countlo-s m.,ll,.00,',Jro JT,rlV.JlPt.A'wW!:,l,l'V dlt so many vClfiom into the sw.iio... o tenement house? I make no odious comparison lietwwn tho Intern pet uic i of thn wealthy nnd tho intemin lance Ot tho poor. The heathenish vice of drunkenness Is nu nbomiiintioii where ever Its foul presence la kuowu. I only state n fact which cannot be set aside a f ,ct which thu phlliui'hropist nnd the statesman ciinuot Iguori namely, flint the greatest curse blighting the lives and devecrat ing tho homes ol the poor In this country to-day U the curse of drink. The liomee of comfort nnd luxury nre, nllts, tOO olten blighted l)' tllO prcsi'U -o of tho demon of intemperance, and ili unki'ii lies among the wealthier el.iss of people Is equally odious an I even more ilietrr.n'oiul 1 1 in it anion the poor. Hut tho poor tiro greater kulTcrera, nnd hence enlist our decp-r sympathy when intemperance blights their lives, fol, lu addition t the heartache nn I sorrow wntch the vice entails upon rich mid poor, It adds the horror of penury, beggary nnd iiopelesH degridation to the lives ul Ur) ohildrcu of toil. father Clenry. A! r.xrrftMKNT worth tutino. A novel experiment In the light against tha llloon is being tried Ht New Uoollelle, N. . A large two-story building has boil hlrol nn I furnished at n cost of iAIJO, contributed mainly to the Christian people of the town. The ground lloor Is devoted to n refreshment room, In which tei, eolT'O, le:noi:a do nud sandwiches are sold at cost price i a reading room supplied wilb daily and weekly papers, and nu umiiseiuent room where tuere ar t iippllnnc for chess, ah.ickers, dominie-, etc. Tim upper Honrs are o'cupiol by dormitories and shower baths, ll-re a man may get a bath, bed nn I breakfast In perfect vle iuliiioss and neatness for tlurty-llvu coats. Triii'iiiiiHi'i xxws axp motes. Of 4030 criminals couvicte I lu Cant la last year, on' thirty did not uso iuloxi ants. Mayor fsehloron, of llraiklyn, declares his purpose to enforce the law lorbl Idlug tho knli) ot liquor to nilcer. The new femperanee society of KnglUu lawyers will make an effort at an early date to abolish tho driuklng bars ut the Law Courts. The Woman's Christian Temperance I'nlon of Chatham, Ontario, h is pres mlol to tho corpor ation of that towu a public drinking fountain. The House of Itepr jscntaliye of New 7. a land has aloptel a motion providing that the sale of beer, w ine and spirituous liquors hull be iliscouiiuued at the r.irliuainulary rolreehmuut room. At It recent eoesion, tho Ontnrio Medical Association declare 1 drunkenness a disease, nnd sent a putltlon to the Lieutenant-Governor, nskiug that Industrial reformatories be eetabilabed for thu reception of dipsoma niac. A corr-spon lrnt of the Alliance News givca this enu-and-effoct item I "Iu our township "Angle irke' wo have ueither drink-shops nor p iwushop, and no pauper, criminal or lunatic. We have bad ouly cnu death In the two years lust p ut." The laws for the sale of liquors In Norway on the Gothenburg system have beeu amended with thn hope of lessening the lie. One fuature Is that a license cannot be giveu lu a towu except by a majority vote ot all mult anl woman overt wuuty-llve yoar of age. The Inst flencral Assembly of the Pres'iy. tnriiiu Church urel that temperance iu struelion te given from nil pu plis and lu nil schools and homes of that denomination, and recommended that the fourth Hun lay ol B -pieiuber la) olstorved u u spocial day for eucU instruct lou. Ac.Kirdlng to a Masaehustt temperanco paper, Joint D. lloukefellcr never permit strong drink to p is hi Up. Jay Gouid tasted wine not ovei two or inreo time In Ills life, and than uot beo.tusu of a dualre for it. The Vundoroltt are tKually nbstomlous. Colli l'. Hiiutlngtou does not uvea dnuk coffee. Hi atroagost bovorajj U auid to be too. RELIGIOUS BEADING. ow to txxp k ooop viMstr.i axp mark ma hi.TTra. When he comes among von and enters up on his sacred office, receive and treat him as an nmbasandor of Christ. "INtis-m him very highly In love for his work's sake." Attend punctually on hi- ministry, and "take hcd bow you bear. To sc.. the church well tilled every Halibut h. rvm in stormy weather, will greatly quicken mid encourage him In his weekly preparation for the pulpit. Hemem berhlm dally 1 . the pravers of the fumllv and closet, and I- . -peclnlly large and t ar hest in your ii . ..iil,.ns mi the Lord's day. that God will enable ,:n to "come to you In the fullness of thn Mcng id lheK,Hptdor peace." This, while it helps him to preach belter will rei nre you to receive the word into chm ,,, h.m.t heart." If be t Is.comlrig .lull In the pul pit, wake him tip, bv ksq.lng wide awake yourselves. Nothing quicken n preacher more, than that tlvdund solemn attention which assures him, "Sow then lire we nil here present ls f..re (,, t ,.r ,vin,(rt.ver Is ciimmaiub'd th f ti.id." Aliw him time lor study, nnd alien be I prevented by sickness or other nii.ii.,iiab!e Interruption-", niiike every reiiH.,ni,,. allowance, ami be Slltl-tled With the bet h,. cull K(v,, Till Will help ID keep tip Ills spirits, and lie Will exert himself the n,,.,,. when be Is well. Give your fn-t-r u liberal nnd comfortable support, and a little ,o T whnt he is obliged to expend s-he K,.t. leiig, "lor a riuiiv dnv." I his is more ii iiry Hum It n-, , t .., when ministers were "settled for life." It Is Hot well tlllll th should be cumbered with bit endowments . but then, enine t be a more iniseinble jeillcy. than to keep them upon tin-ahorli-st nllowiin. c. t e.,ni,es them "to leave the Word ! I. d llll.l serve tables." When your ii-bTi;oebeoiid bisMiretigth, as he will Miiiictiuif.-fisd constrained todo.es. H'cnly in sens,, ns ,,f etrii..rdliiiiry religio'is liglous Interest, d.oi l wait till he I- ,Un,. r.,n b'wn--but allow him seasoiinble reliitioti.uud even urge It upon Inm II lie dees not feel in clined to take it. A short Journey and a few week s rest will often prevent utter prostra tion, and add venr- o health and usefuliie-s to a lalHirloiis minister. Always put the ino-t favorablecoiistruetion tl 1 1 li I vl r.t 1 1. it, If I lltilMs .... .,. " s i, Mii.-i ni.- i'lllllols (mlstnkee, nnd uliu b es not.-) oM rlook them- bear W illi them. As lolu; ns lie show s biiiiself renily to -!., hl . spent' br von. stand by him nnd let bun kieov thut be fluill be sustained in bis place, nnd In the discharge of Ms dun. tine no counten ance to such te-ti.-s nnd tiiirciisotmblo m,.i a- somi-tliiifs citi.pire atiiui-t tin ir mliii-ler w it h . nit any Just enu-e ; but mi the contrarv, frown iimiu them. Meet them, thn moment they liegln to agl ate, nud eoiiviu, them ut (lice that they hnve im, lertukeii a liopeb ss ta-U that ti will n,,w ti c pen f the society to Is' di-till I ' ll, lior the Mtutidllig id a faithful piitor be shaken In this wav. If theyehoose to withhold their support let tbein withhold it; If they have a mind to w ilhdriiw, let then, wllleirnw: but give no place, -no, not for nu hour,' to those who seek todeprive you of a pastor whom y..ti ..ve. Hy ruilt lug round inm, nud properly repel ling every atta. k. y.ii will uttudi bint so strongly to you. nnd yourself so strongly to blm that neither paity will consent to a -p-illation till override. I by the most Imperious iviKiisluUcw. (Ilr. llilili brey.) THL III AVI.M.V TIIAVr.l t II. What heir traveling to take p.cs.vsiuri of a rich liihentiineo. either lets a green tiieinlow, or u ple.saiit garden detain him; or a black cloud r n foul way dishearten himV u my soul: thou nn tfiiveling to tnke posses-toil of a glorious inlieritaiieo amoug the saints ; wilt thou turn aside to crop t very How it? Wilt th' ii stand still to hi-ari'Very inelodioi ssoiiii IV Wiit tboil leave thy wav to dvuk id every glidingstrenin 1J "'V. ' fil-'"' i'yn'l'a' ii i.i rf-.'r, and i"su a manor.', Ilower to pint with an eternal for a Hying vanity to oso mortal felicity' to "f..r-nke the s. 1 cr nu wa ion, to gather nn apple of Sodom.' else, t) it i y soul! what if thy way W n ieius, and thy days in sorrow, n i .'loude.'t, nnd a swelling -en, thut not ..mly the I. el Ing ul strips but tin y very ine i m diingeri yet hen is tiioiigh to coiiif it thee, tha? a good father, in.. I a Inrge joriioii, a sw. -. r -t. and nu everlasting lelreshuciit. vvi i make Miien ls for a I. 'lie lelor". miim wrl-. j.ronil-e n .t, for I -via make no .. :(,ti. n i niie my w-xy . I urer cotnlorts. and surer glory ; v xun; world, threaten lei. f.., I w 111 make no p tnrding, bei aue 1 am trav eling to in y father, to n.y country, to ;i.v llllppllle-s, Heiiveii is tl.e i ri :e that I desire to gain, L't iii" so rnu then that 1 may obtain. (. Ij s i oMSAN r 1 Hot IM Ni I , I'roviileie " lias iio S.tl.l nt h. .V. night stis- I .'ii.l-it ; tmd Iroin it ai. r- ;.! never re-ts, i I mnv e. mp.iri' stciill tin u;s with goat, it I is l.ke Hi., u.otii.u id llic In ait. ;. atmg "in uinr. u lo uic urate, since me nay 've i c .-an to live, the heart lias ceii-' . I i.i l ent. Hur limbs may grew tteiiry, ii"t it We -ie. p, u neti r s. . ps. Needing no peiiod "I r p. s.. t.. rx tiut its sii. iigth, ly night and lav it throbs in ' very pul-e ; and c"i-!niitly -apply ltig n ciil-hiiirlil to the nc ale st lis well Us the noblest i. mans of our iraine, with men ured. s, ad.v iintired stroke it .Iriv s tln blood 111' llg tho b ililldillg Iirtell' s, will. out any e.er' I ' I will on our part, nnd ivn VI In n the c. 'iscielico of our "W 11 e-te. e ). li st ill dreamless Siumbers. 11 tills be a jllst View of ll i IllO pri i V ii el"e, may tve let p st securelv y Mmll we no: i. id nur troubled spirits beiiiicl? 'The steps of ng I inan nre ordered by the l.ord." says tho uispir.-.l volume. There Is an un-lumbcr-Ing eye up n us there is n heart of Inllliit" hue benuii,' responsive to every n I "f our earthly lilc there nre urms of omnipotence underneath nnd around n-. I.et us l e still 'I'li' t a- an intant in its mother s arms I.et us coni'i c a'l "lir lldere.-ts to the keejdl.of our be iv nly tut her. AKMONISU KIM'I T. We mii-t 'otisnlt th" gentlest manner nnd oft' t sc;,.,,iis of addiens j mir ii'hi' " mii-t in -t fall. In.e u violent sioini, beantig down Hid n.nkii.g those to droop whom it 1- meniit to cherish and refresh. It must il'.-'elid as dew upon the tender herb, or like nu lling SHOWS, the suiter It fulls the buiger It dwlls Upon llll l 111'' deeper It Milks ililo the llillld. If there are few w ho have the humility to re ceive n.i . i e ns they might, it is "lien I iniso there aie lew who have the dire lioii to convey ll iu a proper vehicle, and ipuilify the harsh'" -, and bitterness of reproof, ngain-t which t' lrai t nature Is not apt to revolt, by an nrtliii mixture of aweel mid agreeable in gri'dlenis. To prols' the wtiiind to the bot tom with all the boldncs-and resolution of a good spiritual surgeon, nnd with all the del iciicy and temlerni ks of a friend, re'iuiresa very dextrous and masterly liiiud. An iilTa ble ileport'lient and coinplnci ncv of behavior, will ili-nrm the most obstinate, w hereas, ii instead of calmly pointing out their mistake, we break out IU miscc mingly satire of pus eiou, wo ct usc to have any inllueii. e. THOU AnT TIIK KAJin. What a fountain of comfort is to be found In the thought ol the Immutubility of (iod! t'liaiig" l-i ur po'tlon. here." "l'liey siuill 'rish," is the brief chronicle regarding eyerttbiug oil 111' side of beuven. '1 he llrlli umeiit above us, the earth beneath us, t lit elements around us, "all these things shall In' dissolved." Scene of hallowed pleasure Ihey are ll' il ! Frli lids who sweetened cm pilgrimage with tUilr presence they are gone ! Hut here is u sure aud safe uucliorugf niiild the world' heaving ocean of vicissi. tildes, "Thou art tha same." All Is changing but llm l iichaiiglng One! The tarthly scaf folding may give way, but thu living temple remains. The recti may beud to the blast, but 'Jib UvtW ruck, npur.a aud outlive th torui. A VERDANT TYPEWRITER. he Did Not t ndersland Rrndlng Menesy hf Telegraph. Many years nf, when peoplo did not know so much at they do now, on old lady from the country, nho, bewildered ly tho marvelous Inven tions tif Hteam utid electricity, had ceased lo helli-vc that anything waa Imp asll lc, coticclveil tho Idea that she cmild mako a quick trip ti town by telo (trajih. ItPnilrinu- as to Ihr fcaslhlll tdllty of the plan, a waggish station telejjraph operator look her Into a dark room, placed the handles of a iralvanlc hattcry In her hands, and turned on the current, lieforo It reached Its full strength the old lady, llrmly hrllcvinu sh was making her piumey, hut unable to endure thn piln longer, asked to he taken I a-k- and the aeco:no lat ing opetator hrotight her hack. Tho foicgoiii was a current .:oke thirty years a'". and mir father i t . . . laiigiieir ai it many a iitne. in tliso days, jis now, all such -duties wi-ro i told at the expense n the Innocent. 1 rustic, city people h lng tar ton ! atnart to he Hindi' the hints of such lilies, Itiit even at this late day some tif the smart city folks are imt i much ahead f their country cousins of half a century ago In their knowl- I cdtfc of the p isslidllt ies of modern scleiitllle appliances, as the followimr true story will show : A certain large business concern In St. l.miis has In it s employ a joutig" lady, clever with the typewriter and of average I n 1 1-1 1 ic-ii,-. line day last week one of the III in had occasion to si'lid tluii by telegraph to one of his traveling; representatives. Tho typewriter was g;oitig to dinner, and H W;ls ,)1t J,,,,,, ,,,,, of her wav to call at tin; Western 1 ni di telegraph oDice. lilting her the address, ho tfave her '.ui In hills and l'i in sliver, and ip-kcd her to have It nt by telo Ktaph. Looking at the silver doubtfully, the young" lady sail, hesitatingly: "The hills are all right, hut they can't send this silver by telegraph, can they. " ller employer dl I not fully under stand what idea she had iu her head, hut told her It was ail right and It would io. Mill uticonv inced she re turned to the argument wit'i: "Hut how can they send these hay coins uvi r the wires.' ' The employer laughed, explained the modus operandi of iMiditi money by telegraph, and the m liden depart ed. Mie had lived all her life iu M Louis. WASHINGTON IHVING TO POE. , I. filer l ull of (enUI rl I Ism ami I rleiiflly t .mho II. I'nc had through life the hahit of sciiditisf his better tales und poems to distingtiislied literary men, and so liciting their at tentinn, wiltcs l'rof. .,M 1 t' prf v Ir, ti 'n.tt.p- ltv... .-d corrcs" mdence, rel .sldencc in ".'"hiladclplaiii. lie kept tlnj rcplle and was thus enabled 1 1 it pi villi to t'.'lM's t.'ora i'liv of him in the I'hilaie!phia Saturday Museuin" a long list oten 'Oiiiiiiiis, in addition to such as haJ been publicly made The following letter from Washington Irving waj written in acMiowlcdgiiiftit o: Will lam Wils di," which iiad followed tho "House ot I'sher." as a lucau- i,f n t ro lu -t ion, ;:m! the -u(. stance of it, much altered and somewhat kUri.led, appeared in tbe list rclerred to, arid a "ords a striking; instance of how rue dealt with -ucli I'orresi ondenc". N l: A ll! I.... No', ell.ber. 'i. Is I '. 1 i a ii s 1 1; . lie m ignii..' y.oi vv t- s. kind as to -ei.d in... I..- ng .l i t" I to New "ik. uisii ul "I lariyo.vi.. .1; I n,; r- i h ine for H'.i;ic tiu.e. d'his. t --;li.. wi'.li .in iiiif"t!iin.iie habit pr "r.isiination. iinisi pleiid my n"d"gy lor th" tardiness "t my nply. 1 have read your little tu e f -Will, lam Wilson' with mu U piea-uie It is managed lu a highly picture-. iic sty le. and til" l!o.'ll!l!'' llll'l Hi V -tel l "U lllleresl is w ell sii-tiLii' d throughout. I repeat what I li.iio sail in legnid to a pi "Minis production, w hi -li you ih. I me the l.ivor to send mi., that I iiiiii. t but think series of articles .f Ilk" s'V'.e ali'l lllent W 'llld be extremely Well e e;w d by the public. I could mil f'.r lour private eartli.it I tlillik the lust tale li. icdi tli" be.t. in regard to sty,". ' is simp;,.. In vour llrst y.m have been too uiixi nis to present your pic ture vividly to til" eye, of to distrustful of V. Mir ctlec't. Illld lone I. ud "II too llll'dl I 'd il. Iig. It IS filing "ll til" b st l'!eth side ol luxuriance. I h.ll t ile llllgh' be un proved b r -.l-v nig fll slvl" from soiii" o the t' i(li"is. I Ii. i" is no d.ing. r ot I'esir. y- lllg Us gl.ll'h'.. '!".!, Hlil ll ISpoWelf.,1, lib b -t w i-l.es : 'i y .ni'- - i.'ce.s. I .nn. my dear sir. u ir-s u; :f.illv. V tslllSo I. S ll.t ISO, Maine's list I crriiory. Tin' insigniil ant posit ion or rela tive sie usually given to the jjreat Mate of Maine as com; arid to thd other Mates of the I'nion on railnud maps kflMs very little idea of tho vast territory "f tins great Mate, every aeru of which is pro lucMve and hahitalilu. Tlie Jndusttial Jntirual hays: "A Maine liirnherman estimate that tho wild lands of this Mata would make thirteen States as larna ns Mimic Island, two as larg-oas New llatupshitc and t'. mont, nnd one twh oas largo as Massachusetts. These lands are located In tho following; counties: Aroostook, U. w-" , 1 " nerea; Franklin. oX'.'.U'lJacrcsilI.incock, ;ii!L', xn:i acres; tlxford, fi'i.'l.il.H acres; JVnols'.'ot, H2;,..t)4 acres; l'lcat.iijuls, .utiO.lU acres; Somerset, l.Ta.'i..'H acres; Wasli ngton, b-U, l-M. Tho Hpruco timber lands of Malno aro worth more to-day than tho pine lands llfty .cars aj,'". This state ment Is based on the opinion of lum bermen who have been ciiK'ajfed la the business for forty years. Tho value of these lands has been greatly enhanced by tho enormous demand for pulp wood. Mil. jumiiiadwu (.1 visiting" Kng-llsn-man) Hy the way, Itostoii la with'.o a few hours of New York, Isn't It? Miss Vluton fof New York) Oh, dear, no; U Isn't witUio tweaty year of It Youo. w
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