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urn the net "roil.
riT "lie worn nuwn una sicw a lion iu a
,B i snowy day." I Chronicles xl., 22.
.to yott vr hoard of him? Ills name
rtonalah. He was a man nf stout muscle
of grant ttTolrditpMn. His father wa a
, anil ho Inherit! rr"wM. H was
u anl th!ro wai Imb In hla dlood,
th,trrnif,M bono In hi body wa baok
. Ho l known for thr wonln he
i thit of tlio tost. An Eiryptlnn fivo
Mnt-.Kv, or a!oit nevpn ffft nine
nluli. was mcvlnst nronnil In tirninra
) anil nourishing a pnat penr. oanli"t
.hum ht killoil. Mii'l l)nainhof myt"xt,
n. tliins ht a w;-lni; l''k.pamo Uou
unntohf l tho fiy9 from tho Egyptian,
ith ono thru it of Its eharp Jv put an
.jtlio I'lntant bully, which makes us
ol th try In our Cnt'lt b-Mon, too
'or nli tno mnnor n jy on t:io am
i h'l n t hlpo'l s out with It. in wliloii
iiu tho Mn'rt lonl-in and Uloxipiius tho
il.m fr.utfht in th" pnvtn? of Al'xnn-
m Maionian arnic I with hlM and
1 ami Javelin and tho Athenian with
i but a elub. Tho Mftwlonian burle I
. . ..... . I . . . . M
(t, and Ihi Ma'odonian lifted tho
but th" Atn-ntnn wnn tna nun otoko
'ithoMa'olMilBTt drew tho nword. but
banian trippo.l him ui tn-foro ho could
with It, ana men mo Aiunnian wmi m.i
r.itllil liavo l'iiten tho life nut of tho
iotilon. fall' n an-.onn bin tisiliw
a,, if Alexin ler bad not conimnu lod,
C-niilah of tho toxt 1 about to do
.ii, a that will p"lipn even that. Them
iMe in all tho neighborhood. I.amlis
ri..,t nT In tiie iiinm. ana cmiuren veu
ODiy a Illll" Viiiy imiii iii'ir iibiin-r n
m found mnnttled and dead. Tho
th Inn'l was Infested with Hons, and
irle onred meet ono of theso grizzly
muh 1 ss corner or nttnok It. A a
nivideneo would havo it, one mornins
op of a lion was tracked In tho mow,
e-n out ou its dorotirinK errand
ii the darkness, but at last it L' found
linprpwlon ol tho four pawi on the
urfa',o ol tho ground wiiten wny tno
iut oamo and whieb way it una cone.
undertaking, but IVmalah. tho hero
it, anus himself with auoh weapons
e early dnys afTjrded, Knpowdor
been Invented in a far subsequent
by tho German monk Ik-rtholdus
71. in-'P'ioro wunoui gun or any
flr.'nnng. Ileniiiah ol tlio text no
epoTid'-nl on tho sharp ateel cdgi for
defenso and tho glauhter of the
ho Mlowc l tho track through tho
It may have beon a Javelin: it may
b only a knife. But what B imiah
wvnpons ho will make up In strength
nl skill of troko. But whero In
. Wo m'lt not get off bl.s trn"k
snow. Tho land has tunny
. er tits, for entehlng rain, tho
teinc very f -ar . 0 ot certain Reason.",
tlie.e et-terns, or reservoirs, nr.)
re nn-1 there nnd yonder. Linn
inMinct wlib'h seems to tell them
v am inr.ued. nnd this dread moil'
hl-'h I stcik retreats Into one of
rns vbl"h hnrppnoil to bo fro ot
I Is there potitiug from the long run
Its jaws after a repnnt of hutnnn
nrter iiualllug tno rud vtntago ol
ool.
i is nil alert and cr men cautiously
Ithn hiding plnen of this terror of
. Coming to the verge of thiplt, ho
rn fit tho lien, nnd tho lion looks
n. hnt a moment It was when
elahedt But wliilo a modern Vn
lOirdon Cumming or Hlr Samuel
David Llvlnstona would bnvo
lit tho gun to thn sl-ouldor, and
eyo nvain-r no barrcl. and
ay lnt tho depth, and llnshl
jjuiaiaa, wita ouiy tno oia
03, enn do nothing until hs
a level with tho boa-rt,
nuiis Into tho pit, and tho Hon.
iiitth cf rugi' ami claw lifted to
Mho last vestigo of human lifo,
r the man, whilo B malah springs
t. But the qul"k stroke of the
'ish-d nirnin and again and agutn
I'lKin no loneer whlto and tho
of triumphnut Benaiah U bnlf
'h t'-. tnwLy mano of tho slain
ill'HtlUO.
i seo how cmphr.tio nnd trnglo
lnus nro tha words of my text,
vn nn l t lew a Hon in n pit in a
" Why put thnt in the Bible'
tTl v) in tlio Bible, oneo in the
oiui-1 and hero In tha book of
0!i. tlio pratlcnl leaaons aro so
mud fur me! What a cheer in
I 'm1! tlioo of you who nro in
of linstiluVlroum'stttneiw.Tlireo
' ngiuti4i uenaiiiu or my toxt
it of combat, tho snow that 1m
v?nirit. tho tilt that environed
ill nt noe, ami the lion, with open
"ted paw. And yet I bear tho
tali's victory. Oh, men and
re" troubl. vuu snv. '-I could
II think I could stund two.
tri) le.-t ono tiio manv."
niaa lu biismeM porploslty and
ji-vi ia nis mmuy, nna oia ago
. Tlireo troubles a Hon, a pit
!v. TIihim i a eood woman
' iiilli und a dieslpnled husluind
ni iijy turco troubles. Xlwro
man, tmlary cut down, bad
r.ln luture threo troubles.
mall-u v.-ith difficult school
itiuot a fuea that is net
ys.nie nf her schoolmates', n
1 tlmiiKh hard times sho mu.-t
im (ih gnduiites three trou
!mi author, bis manusoript ro
t of ori'iuntlonlndo',ud''tice,
'"n-lliiaer nnd thumb, wfriuh
ilvsi- tln-ei) troubles. Tiiero
i f lino t;t-:to fit-lit to report a
r- l "f iiu oratorio, tho oonv
r j.'.-t d l ecniiMi thu papor
li'-r t suppoit on small
troil, li., I could marvh
fJ mi 1 nTOiisthls plntfnrtii,
J' ' 'in nt my call, GOO people
Tiiis Is tho opportunity
'" t-r thu lieroine, uut on ii
li few hundred puoplo to
fiil, but with nil tho galleries
I Willi hvini.athotie hii 1 nii-
1 ! for wo lire ".-lurrouiiil ;.l
I f wltiiCAs.'s." Jly In-other,
f.ither, in v luollier, what a
Wliilo you nrj in the
u only have liio rrn-?o of
a volco parts the
-'. "My irraeo 's sufflclont
'"i t!ui Lord lovoth Ho ehn.it-
ill he move thiin i'nnnuernr4 '
'rnoof a lettorcn mytablo
h wao n I supposoto boat
""t, tiij int', '-.My dear, deiir
pli'mo anion tho writer for
"I'f time wliou you fnl like
ir'rt'h frsiii tho thirtieth
'Wonj lu f niay enduro for
'm.)ih la tlio morning,' and
"titown b-i-tlne.ss man."
'Jivn budaui men undt
!nn I tuy: If you have
Hint you cannot ell uu I
" ) or cannot pay, und you
' 'fo..j uncertainty ns tj
' Amurican Cuugresu will do
' u irnvo three troubles, and
'ou within tho rnug-3 of the
y t"xt. whoro vou llnd tho
! over a Hon, and a pit
T. If you havo only ono
"pend any tlma with you
lst liava nt leant three.
approaching martyrdom that madeththrs
trouble. Yet hear what h nays. "If I had
only ono misfortune, I could sUnd that, but
threoare two too many?" No. I misinterpret.
no says: "iiorrowrui, yet alwas rejoicing.
Boor, yet making mar.v rich. Having toth
Ing, yet poss-sslng all things," "Thanks b
uuto ttod. who pivetn us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Chrlt."
David had tbreo tronMc. ha! nor.
temptation to dlsooluter.Rn and dethrone
ment. bat docs be lay? "Ood Is our rc
fugo and strength, a very present helo In
tlrao of trouble. Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth bo removed, and though
tho mountains bo east into the tr.id.'t ot tho
sea."
John Wosle had throe troubles defa
mation by mot, domostlo Infelicity, fatlirue
from more sermons preached and mora miles
traveled than nlmost any man of his time.
What does bo sav? "The best of all is, Ood
Is with Ms." And when his poet brother.
Charles Wmiey, said to him. "Brother John.
If tho Lor l wero t- trivo mo wlnirs. I'd flv."
John's reply was. "Brother Charles, If tho
Lird told mo to flv. I'd do it nnd leave Him
to rind tho wings."
Oenrgo liltollrH had threo troubles re
eotion from tin pulpits ot Englnnd because
to was too dramatic that was ono trouble:
strabismus, or tho crossing of his eyes, that
suhjeete i mm to the caricature or nil the
small wits of the dnyt vermin and dea l ani
mals thrown at him while ho preached on tho
c imraons that mado threo troubles. Nver
tholoss, his sermons wero so buoyant that a
litem cniiii, dying S'hui after hearing him
pr-'neh, siild In the Int -rvals of pain, "L -t
mo goto Mr. Whltollel.rs Ood." t)h. I am
so glad that Bcnalah of my text was mt tlio
only on-" who triumphed over a lion In n pit
on a snowy day.
Notice In iny text a vb-tory over bad
weather. It was n snowy duv, when one's
vitality Is nt a low ebb and tho spirlls nro
nuuiraiiv uopressci nml ono does not feel
like undertaking a great enterprise, when
Benaiah rubs h's hands together to warm
tliem ly extra Irlction. or trashes hLs arms
around him to revive circulation of the
Idood, and tin n goes nt tho Hon, wlib'h was
nil tho more fierce and ravenous, becniiso of
tho sharp weather. Inspiration here admits
ntmospiierio nin.iraiioe. ino snowy day at
alley Forgo well nigh put nu end to the
htruirglo for American Indepenilenoc. Tho
snowy day demolished Napoleon's army on
the way from Moscow.
Tho Inclemency of January and February
w.nther has sotno years bankrupted thou
sands of merchnnts. Long succession of
stormy Fablmths has crippled innumerable
churches. Lighthouses veiled by tho now
on ninny a coast havo failed t ) warn off from
tho rocks thodoomod frigate. Tens of thou
sands of Christians of nervous tompernment
by tho depression of a snowy day almost
despair of reaching heaven. 'Yet in that
tyw of weather Bonalah of tho text
a.'hleved his most celebr.itel victory,
and let tis by tho grace 'of Ood become
victor over Influences atmospheric. If wo
aro happy only when tho wind blows from
tho clear northwest, nn 1 tho thermometer Is
nt nvo freezing point, and tho sky Is an In
verted blue cup of sunshine poured all over
u, it is a religion us per cotit. on. rnnnit
(j id th-re are Christians who, though their
whole life through sickness has been asnowv
day, hnve killed every lion of desnondotiov
that dared to put Its cmel paw ag.tinst their
suneriiig ptuow. it was a snowy duv when
the Pilgrim Fathers set foot in t on n bank of
flowers, lint on the cold New Englnnd rock, nnd
from a ship thnt might havo lieen more, ap
propriately called urtr a December burri,
c.ano than after n "Mayflower" they took
possesion of this grant continent. And
amid mora chilly worldly circumstances
many a good man or a good womnn has
taken piMwcAsinn of n wholo continent of
spiritual satisfaction, valleys of pence nnd
rivers oi gia'.liic and mountains of Jov
Chrl-t lan.l-j'l In our world not In tho month
of May, but In tho stormy month of Decem
ber, to show that wo might hnvo Christ in
winter weather and on a snowy day
Notico everything down in the pit that
nnowy day dencndod unon Bcnniuh's weapon.
i'hnro was as much strength In one muscle of
thnt lion as In all tho ui uncles of both arms ot
Benaiah. It Js tha ttroutrunt of beasts. a.d
has beun known to carry off an ox. Its
tongue Is so rough that it acts tis n rasn
inan.ngoii tuo ncsa in hoks. Tlia two grt'at
catilnos at ca.-h side of tho mouth mnko us
capo Impossiblo for anything it has oneo
suzcu. ut liunalnu puts bis heel on
tho nock of this "king of beasts
Was it a dagger? Was it a javelin? Was it a
knife? I cannot toll, but everything de
ponded on it. But for that ll-niilah's body
under ono crunch of tho monster would havo
lioon left limp and tumbled In tho snow,
And when you and I go Into tho llirht with
temptation, If wo havo not tho right kind of
wenpon, Instead ot our Maying tho lion tho
Hon will slny us. Tho sword of tho hplrit!
,Nottilni4lneartliorhellcnu stand be'orotiint
Victory with that, or no victory at nil, By
that I mean prayer to Ood, confidence in His
rescuing power, saving ifraco. almighty d'
Uveran-.'C I do not care what you call it. I
c ill it "sword of tho Splrit.'r And If te
Hons of all tha Jungle of perdition should at
oneo spring upon your soul by thnt weapon
of heavenly metal you can thfust them ba'k
nnd cut them down, und ntn! them through
and leave them powerless nt your foot. Your
good resolution wielded against the powers
which assault you is a toy pistol against an
Armstrong gun; Is n penknife held out against
tno ornmusneii mitn.-rs ot a Ucinucimnn
cavalry charge. O into tho tight against
sin on your own strength, and the result will
bo tho hot breath of tho Hon In your blanched
mce, ana nis ironi paws one on cacti lung.
Alas! for tbo man not fully armd down in
tho pit on a suowy day, and before tlm
Hon!
All my hearers and realen havo a big
light ol some sort on band, but tho blggc-d
au'i tno wr.itmest lion which ynu have t
light is what tho Biblo calls "tho roaring
Hon who wnlketh about, seeking whom ho
may devour." Now, you have never scon
a real Hon unless you havo seen
him in India or Africa, Just after capture,
Long caging breaks Ii is spirit, anil thn con
stant r rei'uce of human bepiiM tnmus him,
But ynu ought to soo him spring Hgnint the
rn bars in tho gvologn-al gardens of
t aiuutta ana Hoar iiliu toar for thn prnv
Whl.kav Trust-
. ..alvors of t' I
. zif.nirlU RO'IM
nother omblojiii1
ink trust, it "
nn Auouiatioo
per cent ot tb 1
...Irll bus lrl
m dano c
''ir how many hnva trl-
" a triad ol mliiortuiio,
troubles Hanhodrin do-
4twas ono ttrent troubloj
, -aicn no OAiion "a mora
' aomrh w know not ulnit
know from tha llguro
lSt uhvo bssn soinothlug
i w t Ji? so:on. J troubloi
It
makes nn-'s blood curdle, aud you Mirliili
haclt, aitiiough y;:i know th .-.-c is no peril.
I'lenty of li.iis in ol.b-n time. Six h. udr-'d
of th"in w-'i-o slaughtered on ono occasion in
tlio prasonoi) of 1'ompoy In tha Itouiau
amidiilhoiiier. Lions canio out mil d
titiMyml tho ca-iieU which enr!"d tho bag
gage of X-.-rv.-V :ir;ny. In B-blo tliuoj th-'M
M-eri H) manv Hjiis that t.iey ro fn
"Hieutly ulludel to in tlio Scriptures,
Joel, tho proi.li -t, il'-s -rlb is tlw "eheti'.
teeth" of a (,'n-at lion, an 1 I iiah mea'.iom
among tint ultra -tnms ol heaven that "no
lion snail Irj there." and Amos stie.a'is of a
shepherd taking a lamb's ear out of tho mouth
ol a li-iii, an l h-uomon iiwnw tno righteous
in "hold a a lion." and Daniel was a grea
Hon tamr, an 1 David an 1 Jiirumiah and tit.
John often spoak of this erouturo.
But mot am I Impressed by what I hava
ouoted from tho Apustln I'aU-r when ho calls
i no auvii a non. inat moans sirengtu
That means bloo-lthirstlne.ss. That ninaus
oru-.lty. That rucanj di-atructlon. Home of
you havo felt tbo strength (-1 his paw. and
the charpnesi of hi3 tooth, and the horror f
hii rago. Yes, hi is a vavnge dovil, II
roared at everything gooj when Lord
ClavjrhciUe availed tho Covenanters,
and Birtholomuw against tho lluguo
nots ouo August night when the bell tolled
for tho hutohory to bogln, nnd the ghastly
joke in the Htreot iv.is. "Blood letting is good
lu August," and &0,0u0 aivassin knives were
Iilungud Into the victims, und this monster
las bad under his paw many of the graiidott
souls ot all time, and futteued with tho poiU
of centuries bo comes for you.
But I am glad to s.iy to all of you who have
got tho worst lu such a Mtrugglo that then) U
a Hoa ou our Mdo if you want him, Bevels
tiou v., 6, "Tho Hon of Judah's tribe." A
Lamb to us, but a liou to meet that other Hon,
and you oau eoMIy guess who will bent in
that light, nnd who will be beaten. When
two opposing lions moot lu a Jungle in India,
yon cannot toll which will overcome
and which will bj overcome. They
gluro at a"h other for a moment, an!
thuu with lull etr.'Dfta of m'jselu they
flash Against each other Ilk two thunder
bolts ot oollldlng stormclouds, and with Jaws
me tne cruan ot avaiancnes. ana wttn re
sounding voice that makes the Illmalayss
tremble, and with a pull and tear and clutch
ana trampl and snaking or tne bead tram
slds to side until it Is too much for human
endurance to witness, and, though ono linn
may be left dead, the one which has con
quered crawls away lacerated and
gashed and Inme and eyeless to Meed to
death In an adjoining Jungle. Hut If you
nnd I feel enough our weakness in this bat
tie of temptation and ak for the divlnn help
against mat om imn or lieu, oesenr t in nt.
l'otcr.wlll go tothostronger Hon described In
licvclntlon, and It will I si no uncertain grap
ple, but under ono omnipotent utrokn the de
vouring monster thnt would slay our soul
shall go reeling back Into a pit 10,000 tlmiyi
lee per than that In which Bcualau slew tha
lion on a snowy day.
A word to nil who am In a snowy dnv. Oh.
fathers and mothers who have lost children.
that Is tho weather that cuts through body
and soul. But drive Pack the Hon f
Iwrcavenvuit wit It tho thought Which David
Uae, of Edinburgh, got from the hootch
gravedlgger, who was nlwnys planting whlto
clover and tho sweetest llower on tho
children's graves la tho ccmetcrv, nnd when
asked why ho did so replied! ".Surely, sir.
I caniia uiskoower lino tlio lied coverln o
little Innocent sleeper that's wnitin
thoro till It's tiod'a ttmrt to wnkrn it.
and cover It with the whlto robe, and waft It
away to glory. When sin grandeur is wnltln
it yonder, It's (It It should b decked not
here. I think tho Hnviour thnt counts its
dust ran precious will llko t see the white
clover sheet spread ower it. Do ye noo think
too, sir.' t noir up nu, iiis.-onsolati'S.
Tbo Ix-st work for Ood and humanity has
been donn mi the snowy day. At cUmy
Marino Terrace, island of Jersey, the exile,
Victor Hugo, wrought the' mightiest
achievements vf his pen. EzckM, banished
and bereft and an Invalid at Cum-
hill, on tho banks of Chohar, had his
momentous vision of tho cherubim and
wheels within wheels. By the dim light nt a
dungeon window nt B'dtord, John llunvan
sketches tho "Dolootahlo Mountains." Mil
ton writes tho greatest poem nf nil time
without rye. Michael Angelo curved a
statue out of snow, nnd all Florence gazed lit
rapturiss nt Its exoui.sltene.su, nnd tunny of
Ood's servants hnvo out of tho cold cut their
Immortality, l'ersoeutlons wero tho dark
liacicground tout made mora impressive tho
courage and consecration ot havonaroln.
who, when threatened with denial of burial.
said, "Throw melnto the Arn j ttyou choose;
tho resurrection tiny will llnd mo, and thnt is
enough. Bennlnh on a cold damp, cutting.
snowy day gained loonine triumph. Hard
ship and trouble havo again ami ngatu ex
alted ana uupiroa ana giorinou their subjects.
ine nusn itseir bos mountod nigiior
And flourished unoousumod In tiro.
Well, wo havo ha I many snowy days within
tho past month, and added to tho chill of thn
weather was the chilling dl.-umy nt the
nonnrrlval of tho ocean steamer Oascogno.
Overdue tor eight days, many hud given her
up as lost, on-l the most bopi'lul were
very anxious. Tho cyclon-'s, whoso play
is shipwrecks, had boeu reported being in
wildest romp all up mid down tho At
lantic. The ocean n tow days before had
swallowod thn Elbe, and with unni
poased appetite seemed saying, "Olvo
us more of the host shipping." The Norman
die camo in nn thn same tra k the Oxscoiruo
was to travol, and It had not seen her. Tho
Teutonic, saved almost by tho superhuman
efforts ot captain and craw, camo in and had
hoard no gun ot dlstras from that missing
steamer. There were pole f-iees and wring
ing bauds on both continents, and t nrs
rolloj down cold cheeks nn thoso suowv
days. Wo all foam I that thn worst had
happenod and talked or the City ot
Boston as never heard of after sailing, and
the steamship President, on which thn brill
iant Cookman suited, never reported and
never tl be heard ot again until thn tlma
when tbsioa gives op Its doad. But at last,
undermost powerful glass at Fire Island.
ship ''M -Mon llm(ilug this way over tno
waters Then w all brn to hope fhst ft
might bs tho missing Frunch liner. Three
hours of tedious and agoui.lug watting and
two ooutineuts In suspense. When will tlio
eyogliisho at Firo Island make revolution of
this awful mystery of tho sea? There it Is!
Ha, ha! Thn Oasoogne! Quick! Wire tho
now to tho cltyl Hwlng tho Hags out on tho
toworM B'.ng the bulls! Hound tho whistle)
of the shipping all the wny it it from Handy
Hook to Now York Battery! "nlie's safel
Hho's safe!" aro tho words caught up and
passed on from (street to struct. "It Is
tho Oasooguo!" is thn cry sounding
through all our delighted homos and thrill
ing all thn telegraphic wires of the continent
nnd all the cables under tho sea, and the
huzza on tho wharf as the gangplanks were
swung out for dlsemburkatlo.-i was a small
part of tho huz.a that lifted Imth hemi
spheres into exultation. Tho Hakes of snow
fell on tiio "extra" as we opened it ou th
Street to get tho latest particulars;
Well, It will bo butter than that when sotno
ot you aro seen entering tho harbor of
heaven. You have hud u rough voyago. No
misluko about that. Hnowy tiny after snowy
day. Aguiu and again the machinery nt
health and onurago bi-oku down, nnd the
waves of temptation haveswej t clearovertho
hurricane dock, so that you wro nlteu com
pelled tosny, "AUThy waves uud Thy billows
have gove over me," and you wor t down In
tho trough of that seaau I down In tho trough
of the other sen. and ninny desnnlrcd of your
safe arrival. But tlio great l'ilot, not ono
who must eomo off from some other craft,
but tho one who walked storm swept Galiloc
and now walks tho wintry Atlantic, comot
on boarl an 1 heals you for tho haven,
when no sooner hnvo you passed the
narrows of death than you llnd all tho bnuks
lined with l:ii:iiortal.scelo!irati:igyourarriviil,
aud while Homo break oil palm brunch n
from tho bnnks an t wave them those stan !
lugononn sldn will chant, "Thorn shall b-
no morn sea," and thosj staading ou tin
other side will ehniit, "Tlr-so are they which
enmo out of great tribulation and bud their
robes washed and mud white In the
blood of tho Lamb." OlT of the stormy
son Into the smooth harbor. Out of lomiliie
strujrglo lu tho i,;t to guidance by tho Lamb,
who Miull leal you to living fountains of
water. Out of tin fiiioyy d iy of earthly
severities Into thn gar-Ions of everlasting
lloru and into orchards i f et-iua! fi-uitngo,
tlio fall nf tl:ir whlto 11 jssjiii thu oulj
iautv iu heaven.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL) LKSSON FOR
MARCH 3.
Insiinlty In Coiu-ri tli-nl.
Tio report of the Connecticut Hospital fol
tin In.-iann just l-.iin-1 eoi:taliis mouixrnuda
of tlrs flrtt ijuarter-oentury of the cxImI-nc
of thn institution, fp-m wiilch caa bo de-iluc-d
striking Indications nf tho iucr' Uvi ol
Insanity la Ht.-ue. A report of n legitla
tivo commission iu tho your lxilj Khowed that
In that year thcro were 700 liniino porsotis iu
tho htat". of whom '2)i wero in n private re
treat at Harrforil, 2011a tho almshouse nu I
3'JO outside of hotlb At that time tin popu
lation of til l Klato was uipro.ximati'ly 4'JS,.
80). Now, with a populatioa In tho ht.u i ij
apiiroximatoly 7UO,0!nl, thoro aro l.iiO pa
tients iu th- KUta Hospital ulono. During
the last llitoen years, wjillo the population of
tho Htnto has risen from CJ2,700 t ) nlioul
7'JO.OOi), the numbu of atlents in the hospi
tal has risen from 00 i to 1360, und it is Uji
greatly overorowJoJ,
A Cherokee 8 trip Itomanre.
A novel "Cherokee Htrlji" romanco wa
ended by tin marriage the other day of Al
bert Joikm and Miss Clara L. Ocorge, ut Ark
ansas City, Kan. Both Mr. Jones and Mis
Onurgo claimed thn same plooo ut land aud
wore prepared M fight for It until dooaisduy,
when Jones tell ill. Miss George woman
like, wont over to li's cabin to look him up
aud stayed to nurso him back to health. By
this tituo they hud doubled to dlvldn thtl
claim between thorn, but it was not lou? be
fore they solved thn problom lu a better way
and resorted to matrimony Instead of tha
luud Dili JO.
The OU Output,
roansylvanla projiuod 80,000,000 barrels
of oil la it yjur, au 1 tho price was twenty
cunts barrel bvtte; tUaa It ni la W3.
Lesson Text I "The Raising of Lor
rus," Jobn xl., 30-4."-iold-cn
Textt John xl.,
Commentary.
80. It Is probable, that all the everts ra
corded in Luke x.. 17, t xvlll.. 4H, aud nlso
In John x., mm between the last lesson and
this, and that Jsus Is now on His wny t
Jenisnlem, shortly lMfnra the lat pnssnvcr.
While Ho was lx-yon-1 J-inlnn Lonrus took
sick, and tho sisters sent Him wn-d, but In
stead of hastening to htm Ho tarried two
days In tho same place, and net till Lazarus
was den, I nnd buried did H- set forth to
awakn him out of sleep (verso U). When
Martha heard thnt Ho was coming, sho went
forth out of the town to nici 1 1 tin . and nf
terwnrd calling Mary secretly she, too, went
forth out of the town, Jesus tarrying where
Jlnrtlm had met Him.
111. WIi-mi the ople In th" house who had
come together t- comfort Martha and Mary
aw Mary go forth hastily, not knowing that
her sister bad called her! they supposed she
had gone to the grave to weep there. Tin
must have Ix-eu or comforters, for tl.
knew hot tho comfort nf 1 Tlus. Iv.. B". 1'.
How few seem to know it even now, for rwn
at the funeral of li believer We have often
heard n p 'ttioii of the context, I ut m-UIoiu
theso won Is wherein the comfort lb--, wlli-h
a.urn us that any hour our depart-d loved
nti'-s III Christ may Join us, and together wo
meet tho Lird In tiie air.
'.',). Sfiirv. coming where Jesus was, fell
il mvii r.t His feet, uttering tho very .-ii-nt
words which tier sister had used ( verso !il.
Now if, as som tench us. the coming of th
I.onl mentis death. Martha and Mnry should
havo said. Lord, wo are so gla-l You i-anie
when nur brother died, but they say that it
B- had come Lnzurus wnul-l n-d have died.
Ho would not be troubled without a
euu.-e. anil when wo hear Him twice groan
ing In spirit 111 this le-won ( see verse ; 1 we
may bo sure tho cause w.-ts very great. What
cuiM it l-W His dear friends wlnon He loved
won- in deep sorrow, aud He felt ,rry for
tliem.
til. His Inquiry. "Where hum re laid him?"
Coiillrtns us in the thought that it was the
Work of death upon this dear friend whom
Jesus loved fverso 3, which was in part at
least the e.-niso nf the Saviour's groaning,
and while Ib knew that Ho would surely
raise up nnd restore Laxnrus to his sisters,
yet II felt deeply the work f the t-m-my iin-l
saw It In all Its terrors und horrors from Abel
to tin very end.
"Jesus wept." Phortopt verse In tho
Bible, but who can tell Its breadth and length
and depth und height? On three dllferent
occa-loiis Jesus Is said to have Wept. Hoc
Luke xlx.. til; Hob. v., 7. In the f.-rn-er t-t
we see His sorrow for those who. I,v their un
belief, wera bringing untold suffering upon
themselves, but into tlio meaning cf luo Lit-
I -r we cannot t-reti-n-l to enter.
M. "H-bold how He lov-d him.' fi -d Is
love, and nil the love of Jesus was the muni
l.-sta'i in of the love of Ood. "Ill this w.v
manifested the love of Ood toward its. he
cause thnt Ood sent His only hcg-ittili S.ui
In the world thnt wo might live through
ll.m " (I John Iv.. I').
1,7. They have not forgotten the uv.hop.nl
nf winder of the ns'U",l eyes of th" man who
was horu blind, l'ossllilv they had beard nf
the two resurrections In tho north country
of tiie llttlo girl and the widow's s-m. Like
?! inha and Mary, they feel that, if J.-tw I. ad
only I ecu pn-si iit, lb might have prevented
I.fixurus from dying, i-nt It is ton into now,
for ho Is dead and bnri'-d, nud lieilln-r of tin
others had been buried.
US. They nro now ut tho grave, or cave,
with a stone upon It. nnd iigalu II" groans
within Himself. We nre ro-i.lnded of the
words In Horn. vlll.. 2:i. ' -Ourselves, also,
ir')l ;!i have tr flj f.-u't .rf.;j? ksC.X, ruvt
wo ours-'lves groan within our-n lvus wsltmg
for tn a lopilou to wit, the redemption of
oi.r imdy."
:i.l. Th stone Is brtween Ht.i and tho dead
bo '.y. f H-.s denr frien-l, and that t:i--y can
t.t';e away. It Is ours to take away every
thing th.it may bo between Je-eis and tho
soul that Is il.-ii l in sins. No matt-r w ho
tnav object, because of the seemil.g !mi...si
t illt t S of thoi-llse, let US got IIWIIV nil til ol,-
i-ia-1- and bring tho sinner fu -e to f,i o witii
J- u-.
I ). Tlio gr-atoit of nil bin-lr ri'-ei Is un)-
li- f, lu one phli-e II ll 1-1 lieoali.-c of this
t! ho mighty works, and It I iinot Hef
tli.it both keep sinners und-r e-iiiilen.iiiitioii
nn I I;--) s s-i'tits from e:.l-'rii.g lid r-.-t,
(.1 ,h!l ill.. IS; ll-li. ill., I'll. Ill spite ,.f !e. -
llu or circumstances r all that - ur eyes can
w innt belt 'v- Ood. To Hi - man wh-'
litt! - ;;irl had .lust died, ,Ie,ns sa'd. "II i-m
a' raid, only b!-ll"Ve" I Mark v.. In', i. tl the
st--rni nt s- o. wii'-n it seeaie-l a- tf tin- v.-se
ii:'! -t i; i down with all "ii bon-l. nn l tln-r"
was in -t!iliig to rest upon hut tin- word of tho
U.e . :,g-r, 1'aul .said, "I b.-Ileve O i,l."
41. Tin stone being taken away. J, -s is
glorified Hi Father bv a-'i.n-pw ! d-'iiig lln-i
rsthe mi" who was uooiit to work, und lie
thanks Him beforehand for the answer.
Hear l.'on also thanking the Father in Math,
xi., 2"i; I. uk" x., til. H" ever inn 1" It mani
fest that tlm words nnd works were le t U s,
but those of the Father who sent Him. Il l
would have us to b'-lieve and make It mani
fest to nil that "It is Ood who worl.i th lu us
both to Will and to do of ll:s go-id plea-ure"
(l'iill. II., 111).
42. Ho always pleased th" Father, tho
Fnt In r always heard Him, because H" sought
only thn Father's will nnd gl--ry (.b-hn vi.,
3S;'vill., '."J. Ml. It is our privilege to hi,
w-ll pleasing i:i IBs sight, mid so t- abide in
Hitu that we mnv ask what w- will u-.id re
ceive It ( Heli. xiil".. t!H.
4.1. Th same voice that said iu the begin
ning, "Let there Im light;" that spoke to
I 'rael from out of the mist of tin- lire o:i the
mount; that spoke nnd it was done, com
manded, and it stood fast; that same Voice
boweries, "La.arus, conm forth! '
41. "The mighty word gave life, and .sud
denly he thnt bad lien dead o od at I ti i-in. n t Ii
-if t he oiive alive and well. What a word it was!
What a word It is! Th- r-- Is nothing l-k" it ou
earth. Ood is In it. The Bible, tin- w.-rd of i lod,
hot only was Inspired, but is inspired. It is
i forever settled In heaven, it Is trim from tlm
beginning, und it shall stand b-revir (Is.
C.m, Ml, Bill; I-u. xl., hi.
43. Many will still believe on Jesus when
tin y scj real lifo and liU rty in those vim
l-i ar tin liinie of Jesus, but a nrnr namo to
live -a hero there is no real li!" will m-ver
honor Christ nor win people t Him. But as
iu tho context this niiraclo stirred up thn
lintro 1 of those who were merely religious
without any reality wn may bo sure that raul
life will work. Just thut wuy still. Lt-ssou
Uulpur,
r.t u::; nnc Ttii'KUANcB Teriuxri.
rift'i-ii millloli children in thn United
Slates are now sliidyiug theeffo't.iof alcohol
' tl tiie human system. Selentltlc tempernueu
tin -hlng l-as also been linrodiK-ed into Canu
la, F ranee, l.nglnnd, O-rinuny, Norway,
s-.vc leu, liunsla, Dcuu.nrk, the Danisli West
In iii s. B-ileuna, Turkey iu Asia, India,
sia-n, China nud Japan "The Child's IB nllh
I'rii.u-r" having Is-eu translute-l Into Chinese
'- un Aio-ri'-an missionary Australia, New
Zealand, Hawaiian iiiuu Is and South Africa
should be Included In the estimate; and every
Siato nud Territory of the llfty subdlvlsiniiS
ill the United Slates (live only excepted) now
injoy the a Ivantago of a law requiring in-ti-u'ti'-:i
n this, subject. Thanks to the
Vuuicu'd ChrUti.iu Teiupcrauco Union,
RELIGIOUS READLN'G.
t.ovi or Tax t Hincit.
There I something very 1-eniitiful and
touching in the sfTectlon which the devout
lsrneiitis. In the purer eras of their history.
entertained for their temple and church. As
we ii in i it expressed in tin- ialms. nr cxem-
rlillcd In the conduct of David and Asnph,
lir.ra and Nehcmlah, u ntiment more ex.
Ited or honorable or lovely, Is hardly con
ceivable. It was the strength of patriotism
made beautiful by the loveliness nt piety i tho
ferv.-r of family and national attachment hal
lowed by devotion and tho love of Ood.
Three times In the yrar tho tribes wero sum
niniu'd to thn enjnyment of these social und
snored tstlyltle, and as the period for set
ting out upon the plenslug errand drew high,
they cried with one accord, "I was glad when
they snld unto me, Let us go Into tho lnti"
of the Lord. And as they pressed from hill
top to hill-top, and nt length caught sight of
the illsiant colums nt the temple eoiisei-rate-l
by so ninny affections, and the scene nt so
many marvels, they nave iiiteratiee to tin-It
pious admiration "Bountiful tor situation,
the Joy ol the whole earth is Mount ton, on
the sides of thn north, the city nf th" great
King. As the mountains are round about Je
rusalem, so the Lord is round nhniit his 'o-
pie ironi iieiiceiortn i-vi ii lorevi-r. Hein-li-ing
Iho entrance nf the Holy City, tho
vast multitude probably often' reaching n
million in number-lined up their v.-l.-i s in
clioru. "Our feet are "landing within thy
gates (i Jerusalem ! Jerusalem Is I, ml led -lis
a city that Is coni n- t together, whither tlio
trll'i s go up, the trll es of the ,..ril. unto the
letl:noii of Israel, t- give thanks unto the
linme of tlm Lord. F- r there nro set thrones
nf Judgment thn thrones of the house of
David. I'ray for the -eacn of Jerusalem, for
thev si. nil prosper thut I, -V" tin e. 1'ea. e l e
within thy walls and prosperity within thy i
oalaeis. For my brethren nnd my e.iiiipuii
Ions' sake 1 will sny, I'eu.-e le within tin".
Because of the house of the Lord our Ood, I
will seek thy good." A g- o'lly und liolile nf.
feet ion, Worthy nf the embalming lu dmim
iig which It tins rc-ele-l. und hoimrnMc pi
the ih voiite Israelite Unit cherished it us his
life blood. There was neither I lg--try, cx.-hi-slveiiess
or sectarianism In It -. It was a Jut
reverence for an object worthy nt the le an's
most fervent admiration.
Thecliiirch Is still the place nf Ce-d'siil-od".
As the hoiii" of nil th" ussis'inti- ns and mem
ories of his grace iu Christ, and fnv-r to our
nice, it is still us worthy of ntl.-.-t I--n und zeal
ous Int'-ru-t ns ever. Tlicra Is piety und dig
nity and moral beauty slid. In the 'sentiment
that icvors.-s the churi li, and re-echoes the
ol;g of centuries,
"1 love thy Kingdom, I.'-r 1,
'Hie hou-u of thine ul,, ,1,-."
Tbniigh thn splendors of tlm tempi" have
long ago b's-oinn dim nnd Jerusalem lias
been tr-'ddeu under lis-t. there Is still a house
el (iod, u i-lieklnuh raving forth us clear a
light and n communion as g-'uuliieiuid 1-ivelv
lis ever thrilled th" ll' lirt of devotee or .-111 nt
of old. 1 h" church "t the great compuny "
helli-vi-r the aggregate it of nil tlm pun
good and excellent iipoii earth those iu
whom the image -f t bri-t Is found, and
whose names uro wrltt- n in the palms of the
Almighty s bund. It Is n ili.iiliieil.veiierablo
ailmlrall Ii, ,ly, coiilamiiig more real worth,
more UP' II iToetloll, lll'ip' ,e.seil possessions,
Inure glorious hopes nnd more honored r"
l,itionshl s thiin any comtnunity on earth. If
anything Is worthy nf our love and rever
ence in this world, it is tlio church thutchrlst
gave bin. self fur the place where Ood re
cords bis iin-ne The home nf every pure do
.Ire, every nolilo purpose and disinterested
sentiment. Tlm memories ( the martyrs and
the faith and heroism of tho fathers cluster
around It. The wealth of a thousand hon
ored associations enriches it. To It belonged
Paul and l' -lyearp, Luther and Augustine,
Culvln und Bruinnrd, I'.d wards und Howard,
und evo.-y other really bright iiuinn or sacred
memory thut adorns tlm uunuU ot our race.
This sentiment need to be more cherished
il vtu FrvsWi (i i,i.ti' IC is. i iiere lui
only noth'ng to m aj, uimed of In a conno
tlon with the chiin-b, tiut everything In It to
be desired nnd held lu ileem. As Ood's
vri-ut agency f,,r a '-uupiislilng his purposes
of iin-rcy townrds th" world, the church do.
tu rves tiie Intelligent love of every good man
ci) able of desiring thu woiM g s. As
the communion of nil the excellent nnd
worthy nnd Oo,-feiiriiig people mi earth, It
Is worthy -f all the care, the kind olll.-es, tin
sii'-rlllces and th' alTectloii wo can be-tow
To promo'.n Its ,eiice, to llici.-li-' Its llielins
i f d, Ing good, t i impuit to it dignity or in
lllienci', Is to ll Id to the only elti cllve force
by which inn uk in-i lire to be really elevated,
i nrl'-hi-d or saved. It Is to co-o,ernte vvitli
tiod in lb" grandest -f bis i r ( -. It is
to do good ill the most i-tP-cliial milliner, und
on the largest s -ale. No man ever loved tlm
church too wurmly ; ho sui-rillec for Its we
laro can bo t--" great; no interest in its
doings, imr sympathy with its tria s, can uo
too lively. N. V. tvaiigeli-t.
TEMPERANCE.
torso wM.Tra tinixg,
V"W, what do vou think?
fining Walter hlrlnk
lie Pa l In Ms eye a coegn
lc hat'sl a fool,
H h" went to s-'hool,
And till" 1 his hen I with LnowlcdgO.
I'-i-.t his sister Jane
Was so terribly vain
Thnt she grew up weak and simple
She twisted h.-r mouth
'Way round to the south
To slmw oft ln-r pretty tlin.plol
Young Walter B-ink
Oft tool; a drink
From tlm w.-.ysldo well, quite handy;
So his I, rain was clear,
I'o" no wine r b-'i-r
1-a ik he, or gin, or hnndv.
-Mrs. M. A. Kidder, in Ti-mj-i ran -e B.intier,
t v-; i::. jitrnn's v.r.
Father M.ith'-w s oiglit t:d only t rcfirn
t'.e irn'il;a- I, lc:t Ii - -I ired ills., t en.
"'rati, -n ol to, s w , hni never been a-.
Il'-li-d l. int -mi '-lane--. II - s , in-lit the e-
d. mi l piiri;, :iiarly thn
I! u-e, t s.iv lu his
v.iv "Y"Ur ea'i. l'
' sarv: It will work
1, 1:1 T-; ' and t . til- pc ).;; , It for
tlm h ii a-i ! gl- ry - li -I a:i I til" salvation
,,f Imtii, M.il s ml., i,s i,., us , , r v oir own
g"- 1: it will I ,i ,-r it s-'-urity for your
I'itiir.- r.. "s-;v in, I !,ot-'ih' , and r-'tiiom-i-Tlli.-.-
.f n,'lrini;s l.y Im ineai'.s lu ces-.-iry
f. r in- ii! . ' "i -n-, t Imn." Im u-' I to
a-, to ih v. h i I l'.i' li'-rcl uri'iiu-l him,
"hi" ! it.-w ii a-:d till," til" pi- !go ia ti -l's
name;" nr. I evervwii'-r" Ills a;,;.' ol was g--u-er.
lisiy P-.- Ild- d t -, ell I IU". t ll . t'tt-etl,
m l s uic;i-i:.m twatv th nis in I po i.c kimit
l efol" linn a-i I ' . 1. 1. ! ,-, -,, ,,f t. tn ah-
,tiii"ii"". I:i li.ili'.av a him Ire I th ni-atid
look it in two ila.-. and -i-vcntv thou-
-and In I'u' l.ii in IU dav-. By soiim who
I'l- sc. I his w -r h" iviii calh-d a M ml-'h' an.
ami by i tlmrs n fanatic; ju-t us m- iirccuil-'d
t-i-lu : ' ut gul l" I bv th" sound irincli-l"
f C.itl;, lie t-.i iilug .-ii t!ti sii'-jvl, ho lu-
stru I" I th po o-l" no li the evus of lnt"iu-p-i
ii nnl ii;, oh tii'- tru" natiin' of tlm
pie !g": a-i-1 It Is e-ti:n it -1 th it iu Ireland,
r.iigliiud and S ' tlaii I well-nigh four mill-i-;.s
of pc - io t i-'ii. t'.i" pl'-dg-i of Father
M.itli-.w.
Oiirllv'snm better for thu rnlii that falls
Into them, lliey who have kii'wii ho sorrow
luive never feit the liuiie)-ilropping luiliu of
i-ohsolutiou. Wo lire louring lu-uviu ulter
thu ministry ot grief. As tlm rain drops ti u
lly from the s!:ies, so limy all IhinH love y
und ol good report tail into our Luuiuu
uourt
The only tiling About sumo ctaurchct
that points to lleuveu la the eteetjlq,
't'crui ion ,,f t i
..iif-: ot I- h
K-ri: -b-in :i: I 'n-hlha-ny
i!".ir clui In-n, i- n
I t. li- si:Tlsti:r.
at t--mp--ran -o meeting
An I w ln-ii that
lloM-d whether
a th" stunt"
Till: lllll.AT A.1II II1TI I'T.
Ynu hnve ho plan coiieerulug this dead
earth bi'iienili our feet, but by nnd iy there
drops llltn It It living seed ; tile seed whl-pi rs
to the ilead i nrtli, und thu earth lias sense
hough to sum-tutor itselj to tlm living s.-i , ;
lllld the seed eut'-lies hold of it Ulul builds It
up Into a beautiliil symmetry which it would
not have obtained had It led yielded Itself to
the seed I lull hud u pllill. The architect bus
a plan iu his busy brain ; it is the business of
tho raw material to !old itself to tlm archi
tect that It may more and more rise to the
tx-iitittful syihiiu trlcnl Is auty expressing the
thought nt O-id. 'Unit whicli is planless must
ulvvuys yield to that u Inch lias a , Ian. 'Unit
surging confused army of men thut iiiu d wn
from Winchester, surprised by the attack
upon them of the enemy, was quieted by the
only man who had a plan, and wlioc. ii.e
down iiiuohg them ui;d brought victory out
of ilefeut. W in never a limn is without u
I'liili, lie is alwiiis the siilijei-t of a man who
bus u strong, Mi'iidy purpose. S when Ood
1'iillil'H tu llUII.IIU In lilts Ii in 1 Whispers, It Is
well tor thnt soul to nsk il It is u wis ' plan,
nml then listen t" the One whoso plan a ways
streiiHtlu-us tiiu eulil ot i.hy UiiUi. O. B. Ol.
lord. it." i'kTToTr.
Without de-l-ioii i f character in r- ll 'lon,
there enn he letter stability le r s. oiuny.
How maiiy pa a-ill,'.', iio i iul, promising,
well-Inclined young persons have b- en alto
gether drawn aside Irom the v.uys of rdigiou
into tlm I .at lis of sin, lor want of making up
thi-ir minds on the right Hide of the question
K. hesitating. Hi goring charucter Is sur- to I u
ipiiekly marked by the seducer and destrover
jf men, nud Is ain.o-t sure to become his
prey. He Unit Is aim, st iersuaded to 1 e a
I'll rist in ii. Is iu the greiitest danger of i-erish.
ing for w nut of lieing altogether so. lu the
tlino of Noah, v,-n may uuiicliide that many
lingered near tin-ark, and looked ut it, und
resolved to ask aduiissioa into it; t ut llu-y
hesituted, the door was shut, and the Hood
cainii und destroyed them all,
Those who would secure the advantages of
religion, and piirtukn its solid enloj ineiits.
must enter into ll with all their heart and
so ill i then every duty wilt lie easy, und every
tucriilc'i light. Tin-re will be real peace mi l
ulisiai Hon of mind, and n conscience pot.
iossiuu ot that which Is worth all tho world,
slid which all thu worid oau bcithcr t'vo uor
lake uwuy.
ono of tno sweetest passuges in tno Binio in
this one: 'Uniioriicath uro the everlasting
arms." It is not often preached from, per
haps because it is li lt to be so much richer
uud more touching than anything wo minis
ters can say ubniit it. But what a vivid idea
it give, of thu divine suppoit ! Tho first Idea
of luluiicy is of resting iu arms which nuiti-r-mil
lovo never allows to beenmo weary.
tSick-rouiii experiences conllrinthe impression
wliuu we havo seen a feeble mother or tdslcr
lifted from the bed ot pain by the stronger
oumoftho household, lu tlio canu of our
heavenly father, the arms lire fell, but not
sis-u. '11m luvi' il lo seen t support comes to
the hoiiI in lu hour of wuakuess or trouble;
for Ood kuowoih our leeblems, lie rmneni
hot Uut but tiust, X. 1m CuyW, 1),
p, v
A I'.Y Vl.TttY III
I.ofei ring to tlm gr-'
held in Chicago r t.tlv, the llcruld of tiiat
citv savs:
-AlIcr all, behind tho liquor tru file Is tlm
liquor drinker. Without linn tli" bii-lii-.
could h"t lloiirl-h. Su'istnutial reform, there
fore, mu.-t begin v.itli him. If the temper
nil"" lii"V"nieiit me ins nnvtlilng It nn-aiis
precisely III Iil- atlon of th" peopl" up I i
the standard out!iii" l by Bishop Waters ni;
nil good ii'.i-u and women mmt unite to over
come th hideous social scourge of modem
times.
"It is idl" to talk of the ehforcen.elit of
law without a In althv public seiitinmiit be
hind It. 'I Im saloons can only b eoe, h- n
the domiiiHiit sens- of th" commuiiltv de
mands the; shall b" closed.
di-m-ind is made they will be
then- Is a law i.utiiorr'.ihg it
b 'ok or u it. When tlm pi" will it limy
ar.' as lawless In enforcing g.,od morals us iu
t d-riitlng bad.
'One may d-plore tlm i Mi-n f so many
itistilleries. so manv breweries, and so many
saloons, but lie has only to look bn-'K n lew
yeiirs to see that tlu-y an- not as strong In
iiiiiuy ways ns tin y onoo were. Above all
tlmv havo nut th" moral Mipport they ouuj
hii' I."
tiie n.mntsr sitioH to cwse.
A proinlticnt toniperaneo lecturer snld ra
rently: "I am iipimsed to the 0eniiig of saloon-
s (- -4,- ' Jiard's, "'oon to
low1 is toat fietn . . man's ,, . nil i
chin. Home peoplo e ' for venln' almost
lovable r-asons nf geniality. Tlievi'V.,.ily take
n llttlo' they say. But tlm little Iss-num
inii"h. Tin-rc Is an old Oerinuu proverb that
runs: 'W'lmn tho wino is in tho can, the wits
are in th" lieu I; when the wine is in the head,
tlm wits ar- in tho can.' It is u fearful thing
l i sen man. ma 1" in tho suldlmn Image, 'a
littl lower than tlm angels,' a biuy to
Wr-t-'hi'd llrilllk' 'lllle-s, yet I doh't Is-llev" It's
hopeless. I believe ill ill" doctrine of tem
perance through and through, and that it
ran bo tlm saving "( us, if we don't turn to it
inly wh' u wo bad r-al ba I with pneumonia."
r t.r will. u sot.wrns.
On" i, ' the surprising features nf the i-le-rant
r --epti' ii leiid"r--,l to tin- n-w ehb'f of
lioi'-ruor Morton's st i!l, i'e uerl F. twin A.
M, 'Ali-iii, ut Al' anv, N. V.. recently, w.istlm
ntire ii'-seii-'e of stimulants iiiiioiig tlm l-ev-rages.
Th" general I riga I" uud thn
l-'iigl ty v.a' i-i- i-s who thronged hisilrawing
r.ioins Vati-.ll" 1 tlieti sclv s w ith nillieriil
Wilier lllld eolt'ee punch. W llli'll hist Is sim lv
I'-ar strong i-idl- e, in,,lill"d with sugar and
dilule.l with lelll' ll jui'e. Tlm pr lent
wi'.s nu iiniisiial "lie for a military man to
"stablish, ami I'.as excit I quite as much ad
miration ns surprise. It was a good. i xa:n
pie for oliloors to set their iiien. A drunken
tiddler should m-ver be trusted with u gun.
sud a captntn w ho drinks while on duty can
not i xpect h;s un u to rciiia.u sober. I'ioa
vuu". Tnn iii'.is'i'C Nr.ws ami r oTrs.
rcrsisti'tit drunkards sh uild l- i-laso1 1 as
tlll)'i)les,
Cl)'V)'l.ind, Oiiio, hasoi;e saloon t ev ry
17 j liihui'itaias.
Tin' numb'-r of liquor li --ns-s in t!i,- i ity
of Brool.lyn January 1, ls.'j, vva- I'l.'l.
The Knights of Pythias now haven general
law cx-duding biir-ko' - rs from its !. lg.-.
'Ilie Oood T"ir.j'lar of Mved'"i niiu,',"-r
fO.'iii'i, un I have tweM-ui.-:ubers ol liic- rd r
In tho Swi-di.-li l'ai iliini-'iit.
Women's christian Temperance t'nioti, of
Bo -'sfor.l III., ha .Icci.l 1 t i i- i'.ii.
institution for curing druni.ur I-.
In reuse In tlm nuiiil -r of srib - -i
Yu'cii milling di -tiv-l. Canu la. nil
tor uu ln,-i--'a-.e in tlm ).o,',- biro-.
It is c-limat I thai II n .- 'J'l.va i B .:i 1
ol Hope and Juvenile Temple -;v ri'.'.,it.
in Irri-at Britain, with u m- .u'ic.'-liip of 2r
tii's, (17 1.
Tlm B ist n poli -" ar" fi'i'.-in : an e!T. rt t l
S'-e Hint none I ut "icir - li,ii ,r-" an m
tlm saloons. Iir. Wil'iird I'i.i Io r i ; - iid,
"Tin-purer tho liquor, tlm i.rci.t- r tlm poi-
toll."
The "Supremo Court of Indian:', lias do
clib'd that It Io unlawful for a woman In
tint State t ) hold a saloon licnse, .oil no
ib'bt contra t" 1 by u woman lu that I i:)ii".-J
is valid.
A claii.io bus Is'i-n i!isert"il In each d--o,l in
Talo Alto, Cul., whleii has re.s-ntly b-en In
corpoiatod, stipulating that no liquor shall
be sold on tlm promises under penally of for
feiting the bond.
The Irish T-mreraneo L"iigie says: "Tin
Ilulifax S -h nil B-iir l hn given permission
for the d'dlvcry of an annual lecture t tin
senior pupils of ca -h school mi tim injurious
efloct of alcohol ou thn human system,"
Nebraska ltepublleiiiis had a banquet r"
eoiitly lu honor of H -n. John M. Thurston,
their eun.Hdalo tor Unite 1 States Senator.
No wine win served, the gentleman muMiig
that a condition upon which In would ul
tend the banquet.
An F.nnlishmnu cured a prolonged attack
of i'h"uii.ii:l in uud gout by placing under
ca-h badpost u broken-. ,tl bottle, thus insu
lating his lic l-dciid. Many men who lire all
Ing might euro iheinselves by simply break
ing tln-lr butth and sjillling tlm content.-.
One thing Is now clear that alcoholic in
toxicants uro very rarely useful as a mo II
eine, urn at thu ho-,t dangerous renmdi -s, and
that, other things bi-lng equal, tin less lii i.v
nro resorted to the boiler tho cliuimi'M for tiin
t-utieiit's recovery, thn bolter for body and
brain, the better for physical, Intellectual
UiulwJfiil weU-bgljuk Uormua Kerr. M. i-U
a t.-cj
in th"
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