1 if KEY. PR, TALMAQE WDAT'S SKRMOJf IS TITR XKW r'. .ir rnrMV iw m train JUBB . Subject: "ronjruei of Klre." I Ml a -til ft l r- wl I rit trm ;rod th-J 'Mill tte-l I V era-- .U. it tl-lilt-xu. Hi - li-cl res,: t. lift LOIM i. (.oru A DC I)- U "OH l ml i. ttoir .sluiid p ol K Mutt , IT? KUI.-, Ot.-J fir!l 111 L' leiut 10c. . nit'! 01.J, IUV ! M lai-t j- M 4 irurr ...J I: , a.ct; ud u D. at a. (j r., w lie beir ind tt lluutiof ;i . 4!W 4 bu 1 BlDi. lUtu,0.ii ital im ,nal Out. r ksiii I'a. ' rtial !V OVER. 1 Lea" cl3. ,t tb r (ll'U will I"1' is prow Ki liu" covif-cuiinii-i" ;' Uil" ,1. IW I.iin , lllSO b' t'.CSt t 11 cut I ll -.1.1 11 :!on ,: I'nitw CURE. i Hc.ii si. ,0 liiiuJ ' tier . v fi;t:ti:i iii n-'-T. I- ill tl:l" id Utw race tt uibly. Titf: "Have y re-oiveJ Ihe Holy Ghost." jtt tlx., 2. wnrd ghost, which mean soul, or 'rlt. b been dVgra dud In common par- we ini vi k""u nn uaiif-iiii nnu '.Mful nnd In frivolous or superstitious tf, IUl HI - a u.m.i. mi" IS Sltvltlll Bn'l IIITHIW HUH diriJH m.r' ItiTJ. t HB1" 1,111 1 " " . t mllH thfl Holy OhonU Thw only ttm , (irnlnif onyn oi my minmirr, wnn n tcu o' Srt:h minister rmo up to hflp .ii my viilinw rhiifh. Untherfayot my inntioD ail liuHauniiuu iiw vnui, "ll c-t Into tne corner oi a niiuroay ... . . i : lliQrl1 eiifiuvii pvriiiijiin ijr ouiiuity, i for ni. 'i' w'" eomo ! pn'iv'ii . Ton. A n" ,I,J "'iii Known ,( tb Ir' thnH years of a piitor' life appaiiwifiy "r"''"'". ' imt prou1 3mk'Htli" twntl"tli part of Mm tlnmand I ynunff innn. ai tt i"'-ciimr pri'uiif'r on" or twi) for a pulitl- ,mpnlifit It In conlilre. anluoun. If iiir'r pn-paro onu Im-ture for a your, to thought to nave noun won. i;iu a ,m i!tor nas iw wrmonn m nniiTflr J U liix oth'T work, ami tlm mot of ,lit n-T''r rr ")v-r trjin Mm awful nor tniln of tho tlrct thn-o ypars. ll nitlxtii' with all young mlnlHUTb ami ldnlil yinr rrltMom. MriW'l l'Hitrh (frli-nd risponiloiJ to my t i1ll an-l 1'HTIITJ nini 'T-fv-in-i iririll lliw t thnt I now nnnounpc. I rpnimntior noth- liut tho txt. it wa tne ia.t ivrrnon n . .mhoil. )n lh followlntr 8:itiiriinr ho i.'llisl to hlx h'avi'nly irwanl. Hut I vml'rj'it how lift appenrid m, liuijlu rtho pulpit, h look.M Into th fnoe of ajilimiM, ami wu mrnrmnini an'i insnd pliH'trio foro (iki'd thorn. In the ! of mvti'Xt, "inivo yn rowivod ttiu r0hot.' The nfflw ol thw t'nwi'nt rtln- rw l to ofH-n a iloor, to uiitoiI a ivnon- to Introiltnw njlon'o not muii.Miviitir re H ' ia Kint a Uoil. Ha la Ooil. nwonil vitpo of the flnt chnptor of the Introiliioen Him Gunntia I., 2. "The itofO-Ml moved upon the faoa of tho n that l. bs an alimtroxn or rftle alt her wini over her youn and warma a Into llfo und tMhea thorn to fly, ao the -r.al Bplrit prond 11m fjront, liroBd, int wiuw over tlila earth in Its callow utile lifod stnta and warmod It Into lite ttuttftrfd ovor It and pot it wlntrim? Its tlirouKh lmnipnilty. It Is the tip top of ..aiitifulaudsuMiraesuiwofttlveniwa. Can not almoht f the outsprond wlnpf ovor iMt of younif worlds? "The Hnlrlt of : moTed upon the faoo of tho wators." ithw nppoaranoo ot tne Holy (.most was mwlem during a irront foast. 8trnnin-rs due sovontot'i. dilToront la.iiuni;os wore :it tnm many parts of tho world. Hut hou.Hn thoy hoard what se .Mned like tho oc of a oyi'louo or hurrioane. It made tti Ik'iiJ and tho housos quake. The a. " mi is that.' And tlK'it a forked )t flrn tipiioil oacu firohoad, nnd what the blat of wind and the dropping tire ilctimk plnoo, until IVtor explained that n-ithor pyelone uor eonflaKratlon, tat rtlllwico ami nuolntlug and baptlitiiial rolthe lloiy uuost. it feus was partially repeated In a t whon Iiov. John Easton was pn''-h- TUire was mo sound ol a riililu, ty wind, and the people looked to the tow if thre were any siens of a storm, u was clear sky, yet the sound of the i was so uroat that horses, mglitonod, loose from their fiwtenlnt?, and the awnilly felt that the souud wns gu ttural and ponteuostal. Oh, what an iD&ad almighty and Klorlous porson- ; the Holy Ghost! H i brooded this t into life, nnd mw that through sin it income a dead world He will brood it ootid time Into life. Perilous attempt lbs a eomparisjn between the three as of the Oodhmid. They am eipinl, :in is some con-iiderntlou which at- -"itifK to the thlril person of the Trill ins u.jiy iiiioit. timt n'KJS not attaon to either God tho Fathor or (lad the We miiy (rriove God the Father ami God the Son anil bo. foririven, but we T-tly told that th'.'re Is a sin nirainst iiy (liiust, whn'ti shitil never be for- ithor In this world or in the world to Audit is wonderful that while on tho yu hiir the uinDi of God and Jesus itd In profanity you never hear the IMy (ilvin. Tula hour I SD"k of the Ob'xt as B.hll ;al l:iterpr-ter. as' a hu- icstru 'lor, as a sola?e lor the broken I. m a nroa"her s r-enf.roemsuL liible Is a mass of contradictions, an itim ot imposblblUtios. 1 unless thd b'jst heliis us to understand it. The siys of itself that the Heriptum Is uot nvaie inieniretatlon. but "uolv men I spake as they were moved by the Holy mat is, not pnvute interpretation, ly (iuost interpretation, l'ile on vour taMe all the eoiumeutaries of tuelilble new Hunry and .S-ott and Adam Clarke hert H.irues and Unsn and Alexander. i tne ar:lia3loKles, and all the Bible tries, and all the ma a of PaU-sllue, the i!itruntioual series of Sunday- Ana ii that is ail vou win not r!ad th'j deener and svauder moan- tne uitiie so well as that Christian lneer who. Huudav momlmf. after k noanen uown the loilder lor the cut ties into his cabin, takes up his well Uible, and with a prayer that stirs the :-i asks for the Holv Ghost to unfold Hurs unreaionnhla would T lia If 11 take up The Novoe Vromya ot St. urn, an printed in ltussian, ana say. I no S 'usii In this newspao t. fori K underftiind flue line of all its col- tlmn for anv man to r.ike no the nd without R tttlUK' TI jly Ghost il ilion a to its meauiutr nav: "This .insults my common seiibe. I'oannot ""wit. Aw.iy with the iucouzrultv but the Holy Ghost, who iitsuired yi"r.s, can expl ilu the iS-np.ures. nli.o tiiat. and vou will he m onl liu- l lover of the old book as rnv vener- "ni who toll me lu-riilladolpiiiii last !t lie was readini: tho Hililo ihr iuuli y-ninlh time, and it became more at- i 'i't lunilin' every tim i he w.mt in mo ni'i'iiei.!!:; juat nninf ny nor s Im'ik as I role frjiu Jeru "-WM 1 1 the D ad Koa and up to l)a 1 and all the books about l'almtiue JU-bl parry, but many a man on bis " me prlraey f bis roosn, has bad ot lias 1 fI"n him more vivid appreciation rlot God than iH'iBy a oian ho h imno hcab a( .('lirt-rt ii bL-th. an loiusnec lhUli' i.h.-j, ja ml I'hfi.li'a un... idanot d.-pr litany ut tho tulps wuuy, i,ai g oo k tnat mey nn m:n lllllllitoly sliort without a Ui nmutiieatiou from the throne of O n Hue to prayerful solleltatlon. Wo ib'uu espm lnt illumination, as how r.-s (i voaioiv Olid in Bis hUUhb, nr. t. MouU'k ark. or who wiis th "I wIios j full name Is slvon in the t"' whu'h isthwnilddle vcft.eof th PTl'iail that will dfi vou au inaritfiioil "m'i io toll how mauy Uunpolus rut your ueik-lilx-r'B jjardon. ei tan of Chatham Hoard the f. teen pr"8"li about tho Holy '1 said to a Irioud on the wn home "rvn: "i could not understand it, !'!' Buvbody undorntood It?' win ins uiiristlm iriond, "tnore wxluonted women and some llltlo ' present wlio unilemtood It." I war- OOM t IS P.li 'llrih Si.btiiir li:i l uiiiIhf r' tatluiiiiiM. it... i....ir t.. .rid. Il" of lukermann was over he .was ri with his hand trlued to the pae - wioin vy iiisowu uiuuu, auu iiiu '"d t his hand a they buried Mm, "I am tha resurreoMon nA the life; hi that bellereth In lie, though dead, yet shall lie live." Next consider ths Holv Ohost as a human reeonstnictor. We must be made over attain. Christ and Nlrodomus talked afonnt It. Theolnirlans call it regeneration. 1 do not car what yon call It, but we have to be re constructed by the Holy Ghost. We become new creatures, hating what we once loved and loving what we once hated. If sin worn a luxury, it must become a detestation. It we preferred bad associations, we must pre fer (rood associations. In most cases It Is such a compiotn chamre that the world notices the illlT 'ronce and beirln to ask: , "What has como over that man? Whom has he been with? What has so affected him? What has ransacked his entire nature? What has turned him square about?" Take two pictures of I'sul one on the road to Damascus to kill the disciples ot Christ, the other on the road to Ostla to die for Christ. ome nearer home and look at the man who found his chief delight In a low class of plub rooms, hlceouehlntf around a card tnble and then stumbling down the front steps after midnight and staggering homeward, and that same man. one week afterward, with his family on tho way to a prayer mooting. What has done H? It muM be something tremendous. It must be God. It must be the Holy Ohoft. Notice the Holy Ohost as the noliccr of brokn hearts. Christ calls Him the Comforter. Nothing does the world so much want as comfort. The most people have leen abused, misrepresented, cheated, id about, swindled, bereft. What Is needed Is balsam for the wounds, lantern for dark iads. rescue from maligning nursuors. a lift from the mnrbleslitb nf tombstone. Life tc most has lieon a somlfallure. Thoy have not got whnt thoy wanted. Thoy have not r'achod that which tltey started for. Friend betray. Chevo of business stand loses old cuitom and does not bring enough custom i make up for tho los. Health lieonmos precarious when one most needs strong muscle and steady nerve nnd clear brain. Out of this audience of thousands and thou sands, if I shrMild ask all t!mo who nave boon unhurt Hi tho strtiggle of life to stand ui, or all standing to hold up their rl jlit hands, not one would move. Oh, how much we need the Holy Gaost as comforter! He recites the sweet g'mpol promises to the hardly bestead. He assures of mercy mingled with the so verities. He consoles with thoughts of coming release. He tolls of a heaven where tear is uever wejit nnd burden Is never carried and injustice Is never suffered. Comfort for ail the young people who are maltreattd at home, or re- elve Insufficient income, or are robbed of t!ieir schooling, or kept back from position they earned by the putting forward of other loss worthy, comtort for all thestt men ami women midway In the path of life, worn out with whnt thov have alrendr gone through. and with no brightening future. Comfort for those aged dip's amid many Infirmities an 1 who fool tlvmsolves to le in the way in the home or business which themselves es tablished with their own grit. The Holy Ghost comfort. I Milnk. general ly comes in the shape ot a soliloquy. You tlnd yourself saying to yourself: "Well, I ought not to go on this way about my mother's denth. She had suffered enough. Hhe had borne other people's burdens long enough. I am glad that futlu-r nnd mother nre together in heaven, nnd they will he waiting to greet us, ami it will lie only a lit tle while anyhow, and God makes no mis takes." ur you soliloquize, saying: "It is hard to lose my property. I am sure I worked hard enough for It. But God will take care of us, and, at to the children, the money might have spoiled them, and we tlud that those who have to struggle tor themselves generally turn out best, and it will all ho well If this upsetting of our world ly resources loads us to lay up treasures in heaven. Ur you soliloquize, saying: It wa hard to give up that boy when the Lord took him. I ex- ported groat things of him. and. oh, how wo miss him out of the house, and there are so many tlUngs I come ncross that mnkeone think of him, und he was such a splendid fellow! Hut then what an escape he has made from the temptations and sorrows which come to all who grow up, and tt is a grand thing to nave him safe from all possliilu harm, and there are all those Hible promises tor parents who have lost children, and wo xhall feel a drawing heavenward that weooulii not have otherwise experienced." And after you have said that you get that relief which eomos from an outburst of tours. I do not say to you, as some say, do not ory. God piy poo plo in trouble who have the Handled eveball and the dry eytlld and cannot shed a tear. rliat makes maniacs, lo God s people tears are the dews of the night dashed with sun rise. I am so glad you can weeii. Hut you think those things you say to yourself are only soliloquies. No, no; thoy are tho Com- lorrer, who is tne noiy onot. Notice also tho Holy Ghost a the preach er! reinforcement, xou and I nave known iiruaoheraeneyolopedln in knowledge, brill iant as an iceberg when the sun smites it. and with Ch'storllcldian address ami rhetorical hand uplifted with diamond big enough to dazzle au assembly nnd so sur- ohargod with vocabulary that when they loft this life it might be said of ea 'h'of them ns Jm Quincey said of another that in the act of dying he committed a robbery, abseoudiug with a valuable polyglot dictionary, yet uo awakening or converting or sanctifying re sult, while some plain man. with humblest pnruseoiogy, nn seen audiences wheimea with religious Influence, it was the Holy Ghost. What a useful thing It would be if every minister would give the history of his seruious: lears ago at an outdoor meeting In the State ot New York I preached to many thousamls. There had been much prayer on the grounds for a great outpouring of the Holy Ghost at that service, and the awakening power ex 'eeueu anything I ever witnessed since I begau to proa in, with per haps the exception of twoof three occasions. Clergymen and Christian workers by the score and hundreds expressed themselves as having been blessed during the service. That afternoon I took the train for an out door meeting in the Htnte of Ohio, whom I was to preach ou the ulght of the next day. As the S 'riuon had proved so useful the day before and the theme wa fresh In my mind, I resolved t' reproduco it, and did reproduce It as far as I could, but the result was nothing at all. Never had 1 seined to have any thing to do with a flutter failure. What was the difference between the two service-? Horn- will bay, "You were tired with a long journey," No, I was not tired at nil. home will siy, "The temporal circumstances ill the tlrst case were more favorable than In the lat." No, they were more favorable In the lint. The dlllereiice was In the power of tne Holy Ghost .nightily present at the first srvlce, n it seemingly present at all at the second. I call upon the miuist'irs of Ameri ca to give the history ot sermons, tor I be lieve it will illustrate as nothing else can the truth of that Scripture, "Not by might nor by Dower, but by my Ki.lnt. saith the Lord." t Ou ti Sa'batl) f the dedication of one of our ohur.'b' in Brooklyn, at the morning service, 2JI so uU stood no I) prologs Christ, Tney were the . uouvert-w ia the Jlrooklyu A 'aibtuiy ot Music, whorw wa had been wor shiping, Tim reception of n many inein- Int.- aud many ot them baptized by Immer sion hail tumie it nn arduous service, which continued from half past ton In the morning until half iiast two in the afternoon. From that ervl we went home exhausted, be cause thorn U nothing fri exhausting as deep emotion. A messenger wus suit out to obtain u preacher for that night, but the Sf'ftioh was unsuccessful, as all the ministers were engaged for somi other place. With no preparation at all for the evening service, exwpt the looking In Cruden's Concordance for a text and feeliug almost too weary to stand up, I beguu the service, saying audibly while the owulng song wa4 being snug, although because of the singing uo ouu but God heard Iti "Ob, Lord, Thud kuowest my insufficiency for this service! Come dowu In gracious power upou tuis iieopiu. me place was suuiten with the divine presence. As far as we could find out. over 400 persons were converted that night. Hoar It, all young men entering the ministry) hear it, ail cnristiun workers. It wot the uoiy uuost. In the Second Reformed Chnrch. of Somer- rtlle, N. J., In my boyhood lny, Mr. Os borne, Mis evangelist, came to hold a special service. I see him now a lie stood In the pulpit. Before he announced his text and beforn he had uttered a word of his sermon strong men wept aloud, and it wa like the day of Judgment. It was Mm Holy Ghost. In Isa7 the electric telegraph bore strange messages. One of them road, "My dear pa rents will rejoice to hear that C have found peace with God." Another rend, "Hoar mother, the work continues, and I, t'o, have been converted." Another rend, "At lat faith and peace." In Vermont a religious meeting was singing tho hymn, "Waiting and Watching for Me." The song rolled out rm the night air, and a man halted and said, "I wonder It them will be any one waiting and watching for me?" It started Mm heaven ward. Whatwasit? The Holv Ghost. In that 137 Jaynes's Hall. I'hlladelphia. and tuiton street pravor mooting. Now lork. tel egraphed each other the numler of soul saved nnd the rising or the devotional tids. Noonday prayer meetings wore held In all the cities. Bhlps oame Into harbor, captain and alt the sailor Hived on that voyage. I'ollce nnd fire departments met In their rooms for divine worship. At Albany tne Legislature oi tne Mate or ew Yont as sembled in the Moms of the Court of Appeals for religious services. Congressional union prayer mooting wa opened at Washington. From whence came tho power? From the Holy (most. Tliat fvower shook N"W xork. That power shook America. That power shook tho Atlantic Ocean. That power snook. theparth. That power could take this en tire audience Into the peace of the gospel quicker thaii 'ou could lift your eyin heaven ward, come. Holv Gliiwt: t ome, ii iiv Ghost! He ha come! II Is ben1! I fw Him In my heart. There are thousands who fool Him in their hearts, convicting some. saving some, sanctifying some. 1 ne dinercnee m evangelical uwhiiness I nH so much a difference n brain, in schol arship or elocutionary gilts as in Holy u Host power, lou will not luivo mtum sur prise at the extraordinary earwr of Charles G. Finney as a soul winner, if you know that soon after hi conversion he had this experi ence of the r.raoit. II says: "As I tuned and was about to tnko n sett by the lire I received a baptism ot tho Holy Ghost. Without nny expectation of it, with out ever having the thought lit my mind that thont was any such thing for nn, with out any recollection that I had ever heard tliA tl.l in. ,.. Mlin n.i. I l.t i.tiw u.-u.ii Iii World, the Holy Ghost di-seeiidod upon mo In j a manner mat soeme.i to go through m, body and soul. Indeed, it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love, for I could not express it In any other wav. It S's-rned like the very breath of God. 1 can recilect distinctly that it seemed t fan tne like Im mense wings. No words can eprw the wonderful love that was li" I abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with Joy nn 1 love. Thi'se waves came over me and over me nnd over me, on uft"r the other until, I recall t cried out, "I shall die If these waves coutiii'in to pass over me.' I mild, 'Lord, I cannot boar anv more."' Now, my hearers, lot 500 of us. whether clerical or lay workers, get such a divine visitation as that, and we could take this world tor God before the clock of the next century strikes 1. How many marked Instances r.f Holy Ghost power? When a black trumpeter took His t'laee In Whitoilold's audience proposing to blow the trumpet at a certain point lathe service and put everything Into derision, somehow he could not got the trumpet to his lips, and at the close of the meeting ho sought out the preacher and asked for his prayers. It was the Holy Ghost. What was the'matter with Hodloy Vicars, the mono Ta ble soldier, when he sat with his Hlhlo before him in a tent, and his deriding contra din came In ami Jeered, saying, "Tuned Metho dist, eh?" And another mild: "You hypo crite! Had as you were I never thought you would come to this, old fellow." And then he became the soldier evangelist, and when a soldier In nnothor regiment hundreds of mllot away telegraphed his spiritual anxie ties to ll lley Vicars, saying, "What shall I do.'" Vicars telegraphed as thrilling a mes sage at ever went ovor the wires, "Relieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt bo BftVOil."' What power was being felt? It was the Holy Ghost. And what more appropriate!' For the Molv Ghost Is a "tongue of lire." and the electricity that flies along the wire Is a tongue or lire. And that reminds um oi what I might do now. hrn the place whore I stand on this platform there are invisible wires ot linos or Influence stretching to every heart In all the sentsou the main floor and up into the boxes ami galleries, and there am other Innumerable wires or lines of Influence reaching out from this place into the vast hcyoud and across continents and under tho bens, (or in mv recent Journey annuel the world I did not Had a country where 1 had not been prcadilng this gosel for many years through the printing press. So a telegraph operator sits or stands at a given point and sends messages in all directions, and you only hoar the click, click, click ot the electric apparatus, but the telegram go on their errand. God help me now to touch thii riirlit kev and Don I the rliht ms.uin along the right wires to the right places. no snail we nrst can up to wnom snail l send the message ? I guess I will send the first to all the tired, wherever they are. fur there are so mauy tired souls. Here goes theChrislly message, "Coins unto Me, all yo woo are weary, aud I will give you rest. SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNA TIONAfi t.KSSON FOR MAKCII SI. Review of the Fourth Quarter Scrip ture Reading, Hebrews I., 1-14 Golden Text Matt. xl ill) Commentary. ONLY TWO FEET TALL Death ot a Dwarf Who Lived Twenty-two Years and Never Walked or Talked. Charles . Mlutrnm, a dwarf, whose singu lar existeuco has created widespread atten tion, die-1 a few days ago at the home ot his father, E. Mlntrain, at l'lne Hush, Orange County, N. Y., of pneumonia. He was in his twenty-second year aud wa only twenty- lour Inches tall, lie was horn iu Wo tcu- dyke, N. J., and was one of nine children. The Hrst year he wits us bright and thriving as the others, and increased a little la weight aud stature, but he uever walked or talked, aud grew to manhood with the same baby face that he had twenty years ago ami the same helpless body. The hoy had U'cn ex amined by many physicians during his lite, but none of them could give any satut ictory explanation of the case. As a child he was a bright mentally a any other child until development censed, and lie ocenmo an ordi nary baby all the rest of Ills life. He was passiouulely fond of music and understood nil that was said to him, and v;is healthy un til bis lost sickness. MONSTER CRAP- FRUIT FARM. To He One of the I.aret Fruit Orchard In California. One ot the largest enterprises lu the plant ing of fruit orchards uow in progress lu Cali fornia has Just bueu begun within threemilca of l'omoua by H mry M. Loud, a Billionaire of Detroit, Mich., who owns O acre ot flue fruit laud in the valley. Mr. Loud is the llrst man to undertake the production of grapo fruit on a large scale ou this coast. Ho has contracted for 3D0J trees ot tuia variety of fruit, all tiiat can bu had lu that part of the Statu for immediate pluutiug, put tUssuueese of the experiment will U-i watched within tereet by fruit growers uui foliovrers lu all parts of tho country. Grape fruit has come to 1st In demand at good prices In the Eastern markets, aud ha been one ot Florida's most profitable crops, but the re -out oold weather along the Atlan tic coast killed every grape truit tree lu thut (Mate. .... Japan's National Exhibition. , , The fourth Industrial Exiiibitiou of Japan will be held this year lit Kioto, It owned on April 1 and will continue until July !tl. This Is the Japanese Nutnuiul exhibition, also being hull iu comuieiiioratiou of Ihe luOOth anniversary of the founding of Kioto lis the old capital of Japuu. Kioto Is now known as the Western capital, though iu reality no longer a seat of government, aud Is the most fuseiiiutlng city ot the empire. Temples abound in aud about Kioto nnd it is the home o! the tluest products of Japan ese looms. lr.o I. John the Haptist nhcadel PlarU vi., 17-2'.). Golden text. Math, .v., S. "Fear not them which kill the body, but am not able to kill the soul." Item we sis the the myst-ry of the sufferings of tho rlghtoon through the hatred of the wicked, a in the esse of Jopli nt thn hands of hi brethren and the wile of l'l'tltihar; David from his own son, Absaloms Lnniol and Jeremiah from their enemies: the apostle fsom the Christ hating Jew, th" Jesus Itims 'lf from (hose for whom He laid down His life. The time of these things nro still on and the need to remember His wordsi "l'ear noim nf these thing", llothou lattMul unto denth" (.r.cv. 11., 10). I,asos II. Feeding the Five Thousand (Markvl. Mil tl). Golden t-M. Luke ., r.;i. "He hath filled tn hungry with good things." It the last icwou taught n to endure pati ently, even liuto death, f r HI sake, ibis teaehi us to place i.iir.ielves unreservedly In His hand that He liuiv uso lis to food the perishing multitudes who have no bread of life. Wo are not to calculate, like 1'hlllp, how or vit'.i what It may In- dune, but simply look to Hon who knows what He will do and how H" Will do it. Lr.ss.c III. Christ the Ureal of Llfo (John vi., S.va.-.i. OoMon text, John vl.. Ml "He gave thcni broad from heaven to i nt." The mniinn from heaven, the water from tne rook, tho serpent upon the pule, the tnorti. Ing and evening burnt offering in fact, every whit of the sanctuary and Its ritual nil spake of Mini. Apart fro:ri 1 1 l:n there Is no liio, but in Him are life and Joy nnd peace and nil tni welfare fur time nnd op-mi' v. Lessos IV. The Orcnt Confession (Math, xvl.. i:l-a:i). Gold-n t-xt, Math, xvl., 1(1, " Thou art the Christ, the Son id the living God." The one question for every individual that rise mountain bli;li In 'importance nbuve nil other qii-st ions Is, Win. t think yo id Christ.' c talk ubout the wcntlier and the crops, tho tariff nnd the labor troubles, the fashions and nam -Tiionts. and are all the while drawing n-ai-er to an eternity the happiness or misery nf which depends upon our present estimate of nnd relation to the I-rd Jesus Christ. It Is either pity self nnd reject Him or deny iol( and receive Htm. Ltssox V. The Trnnsilgnratioii (l.uke lx.. as-;trt. Golden t.xi. Math, xvli., 6: "This is Jly beloved Son In whom I n:n well pleased. H-'ar ye Him. It does not look attractive to take up the cross nnd die to s--l( and all the ple asures aud enjoyments ,f tills sinful world, and perhaps literally die to gratify sonic ungodly person as John the llaptist did and Ja'in-s and many others. Hut there Is an"! her side lo It. Th pn-ent and all things scon nn- only for a liitl" while. There Is an eternity of glory fortlie righteous who die to self, and of torment for tho un righteous, who live for sol:. Lksson VI. Christ mi l 111" Children (Math. xvill..l-l l). Golden text, Math, xvill., 11: "It is not the will f your Father which is lu heaven that one of these little ones should perish." The way to tho kingdom and Mm eternity of glory is hero srt U-foro Us in the nbjoi-t lesson n't the little child who came to Jesus when called. Th" little child came without doubting. or roa.s iiitiu;s nnd trustingly I'd Jesus take him up and - t l.lm In the mld.-t. When we tliustnistfiiliv eoriio ut His cull and commit ourselves unto Him, wo become children of God and come under I ial ar.irclic care. I.fsson VII. The Good Kamaritan CLnko x., Ii."i-:i7). Golden text. Lev. .Ix.,1h. rinm shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Tin- law, tilth nigh holy an 1 Just and good, cannot give life, for wa all come short of Its require incuts through tho sinfulness uu l Vtouku' s of the flesh. Lesson VIII. Christ nnd the Man Horn rtllnd(.lohu lx., 1-11). Golden text, John lx., 5, "I am the light of Mm world." Every sinner Is like tins r blind man. Hind f r- rii birth, not through any npc-ial sin of our par ents, but through Adam. It we know that we are only poor blind' beggars, then Ji .-uis stands ready t opi'ii our eyes nnd causo us In but If. while Hind, wo Insist on think ing that we can s"o nnd talk about things of which we know nothing, as it wo could m-o, tll"ll Wo am fools indeed and llopele-sly blind. Then1 Is more hope for publicans and harlots who know they uro tinners than tor Ml' sell righteous. Lis is IX. The I'.alslngof Lazarus (John xl 3(1-15;. Golden text, John xi., -Jj. "lain the resurrection and tho life." As liopcc us was the ens i (lf Lazarus, dead and buried and corrupting, so utterly hopclcs Is tho rase of every sinner apart from the power of God, but Micro i:i nothing too hard for Him who ma le the heaven and the uu.-th. Tins same Jesus who could open tho eyes of one born blind and bring to life ouu who wa four days buried t able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him. LtssoN X. The Hleh Young Ruler CM ark x., 17-27). Golden text. Math vl., 3:i, "Seek ye llrst the kingdom of God." In this lesson we have one of the great hindran -es in tho way of coming to Christ. He can give sight to a poor blind beggar or life to a dead, cor rupting body, but He cannot do anything tor one who has life aud sight and riches, which liisiiare ami cutarfglo him aud come lietwecn Ms soul and God. Hotter to be empty and dependent as the child, wounded mid help less ns the man who fell among thieves, blind a the poor beggar or dead us Lazarus Mian rich and self righteous as this young ruler. Lfcssox XL Ziieohcns, the l'ubllemi (Luko xW.. 1-10). Golden text, Luke xix., 10. "The Bon of Man is come to sink and to save that which was lost." Although the ri"h young rulr did not receive Christ, hero is a rich publican who did. The ruler was Mm one to bo coveted for the church, some would think, while the publican was not so duslrubl", even though rich, but Mm Lord sooth not as man sooth, and His choice Is often very unlike what ours would be. See Hs'ini'd looking upon Eliuh and road care fully I Sam., xvl., IS, 7. Mark well the sul stautial evidences of Zacclieus's sincerity aud remember that faith without works Is dead, Isilng alone. When Jesus Is truly received, lie will live His life in tlx. Lksmon XII. The Mission of tho Seventy fl.uke x., Golden text, Luke x., a, "I'rny ye, therefore, the Lord of the harv est, Mint He Would send forth laborer into HI harvest." Willing hearted men ami woman are tho Instruments whom the Spirit us"S to gather out this elect body. The Infallible uud God breathed word is the all sufll-iout equipment for every bplrit llllod worker. Lc&iou Helper. tub ocsrtb or jonx. B.'mple nnd chlldliku hearts that have new ly entered Into the Joy of salvailon, Ignorant of kcluntltiu theology, but hungering and thirsting for God, turn to tho writings ol John wiih never failing desire, uud (Ind In then green i a ttun and living waters. To a largo extent it Is the same with those who have reacted the must mlvan I stages ol Christian experience, whose spiritual lie turn has liocome ilcopeni'd und expand' d by the manifold teachings of God. Hero the sim plicity of youth and tho ilpost and holiest wisdom of ngu agree. 1 have tiil.cn pains to inquire ot tunny Is-lnng ng to both ra-sos how they have boon guided In their reading, Bhit what they have found ni t frultliil ol spiritual hlis-sliu" and ib-light; mid almost every answer has Included, ut least, tho gos pel of John, often named in a tone of personal ufT' otiou, us uiuu uauiu a dear friend. Dr. Culruss. Niw Minister l-'roin Germany. The National Zultung states that Baron Vou Tbieluiauun, now 1'russian minister to Davaria, ha been appointed German Ambas sador to Ihe Culled States, to succeed Uaron Von Btturma-Jcltsch,wlio may be sent to Constantinople, RELIGIOUS READING. "r. rroTitKnwiTH btmimtt." 7s there no jtetUng to heaven without tin milty ? No. Cannot the proud be saved? No, lowliness essential to true pietyt Vc. I the human heart natural proud? Yi . Why are men so slow In learning God' will? Hocnuse they are no more Ilka little children. Why are ther so averse to salva tion by the rlghteonsiifs of Christ? Hoonine thoy are so puffed up with conceit of their own goodness. Why do so many go to hell? Id cause they wl'l not bnmble themselves un der the mighty hand ot God. Why must wc preach humility, seeing it I nn unpopular doctrine? Hccnu-e God reslsloth the proud, and gloth grace to the humble. Nothing in Christianity I more oppesod by carnal nn"i than humbleness of mind. It wn so from the beginning.. "The philosopher Ihoiivht humility lo bo the opposite of mug tmtuiilty." The wicked ''till regard It In very much th" mime light. It is the opposite ol pride. It is "the peculiar glow of Cnrl-tiati and t!ie j aront and nurse of our graces. Ii rcsi ncs iu us the light of faith nnd the heat of love. It Is'got rnoiesy In proiperity, uud patience la adversity. It 1 th" root ol grat ll'iiie and obedieiiiii." The feigned humility of a hypocrite bide bis protended good qual ifies: but the genuine lowlite ss of a true Childinii bides even lt.i If. It bus no eccM tne! hod of dlspluv. '1 ll i virtue adorns all who possess if. H' becca was not the los lovely win n she took a cil uud covered her bounty nnd jewels. Mo'cs' luce shone tint the loss brlghtlv. b niii .i'iie wist It not. fcventho apt cnriiiice ot this virtue is often put on by cunning :m u. In nil irtues Mi" reality Is hotter Mnti the somhliiiice. Gold Is loiter than uuy of !U count rfi it. "t: i i-t said, "Vhoocnors!inlI rxalt blm-lt shall be abased and h" thut shall humble himself shall bo exalted." In sliidj ing God's word, nothing Is trior necessary than bnuibl' tiess of mind. "With Mm low.y Is wisdom." " Ihe meek will h leach liis wnv." "God kiioweth the proud nfnrotT." "Ho not wise iu vour own eyes." "Seest thou a limn wise in his own conceit? there is more hope ol n fool than of him. In socking to become '.vise, nil the proud liecomn fools. The mysteries id salvation nre revealed unto bi;ls-s, but bid from the wise mid pru dent. II" who pr.iy much, will leaiu much of tlic mysteries ol salvation. Hut the proud will tiot offer humble prayer. He think In) uln a ly sees, nnd why should ho cry, "Open thou mine eyes, that I may liohold wondrous things out ol thy law?" lfyoii would learn cf Christ, bow your neck, uud take his yoke Ujioti you. 1 In- most difficult thing In mnti' salvation Is sulliejeiitlv to iiba-o his pride. He natural ly tru-ts in himself that ho Is righteous. He counts bim-olf rich and increased In goods. When Harvey said, "The most dllllotid thing in religion Is to get rid of sinful self," bo w, 1.1 ns lar r.s nini-newcd nature ee goes. Hut when tlio l-ooi peasant suld to him "1 ho most dini'tilt thing in religion Is to get rid ot righteous sell, no spoko like one taught of (iod. Strang' ly, wickedly, uidver ally unrenewed men follow those w ho do Hot submit themselves into tho righteousness of God, but go nbo-.itto i stabllsh their own rigbteou-lioss. The la-t thing a convicted siniu r does, is to consent to be saved by the, merits i f Jesus Christ. Yet Is there no other way of esi-aplngtiie wrath to come, or of I iy. Ing hold ou eternal lilo. Oh, that all men Hi US I elleveil. Would VOU groW ill strength kui-w your weakness; would ton gain wis dom, 'know your folly; would you gain rightcou-iiesH. know your own gul t and he .' s-m ss, ami thcgorlou fullness and u!V. -Ii icy there arc in Christ. "He lothi d Willi humility," and you will oat away the lllthy r'gsof your own righteousness, and gladly accept the spotless, seamless robe i ITete, I you I'V the Lord Christ. Ji sus Is the way. the truth, nnd the life; no mini comet h unto the lather but by lilm. "When men are cast down, then shalt thou say, Ther" is lilting up; and he shall save the humM por-ou." All doctrinal t-tiitoment. nil usages, thoughts, and notions which exdit" the crea ture, are false nnd wicked. And all Yinwg 0.. Christ which make him a mere helper and not the solo iiiithor of salvation nn auxil iary, I ut not the well-spring ot life, are false Nini wl'-kcd. Chrn t is the end ol the law for righteousness to every olio that bclleveih. Humble M yself and accept of Jesus Christ. Without lilni yen are nothing enn do imlli-ingr-oau hope lor nothing. American Mcs-cin.er. A very ol nu e etched a vry ho called ( l Milium!, lit it you could sou a of cloud, flouting n.oftis on ssor.is? v-r German art is , named Iletseh, mi: if picture whlcli As you first glanced .Hung but grout ma-si s oft mid dim upon the background. It you stood and looked long an I earnestly ut it vou saw that eneli cloud ooi tailed nil angel's fa.'" uud viii,s, i,u, that what sei-uiod nt llrst lilo great billows of gloomy clouds was in reii ity a host ol niigels looking down with calm untroubled faces. After this Wn.s perceiv-d Ihe whole bounty of th" picture I came at ou"o so per ceptible that it was bard to turn nwny from the nngel faces wiili their hovering wings. The longer one look' d upon them the more beauty was seen. The great artist had etched it with rare skill, and that cither clouds or angels tilled the spaco made hi cunning all the grontcr. Is is not so with our lives? Upon life's can as is not the Great Artist etching uuothor Cloiidlnud? Each hour come to ut, lu.ba with some little duty or trial. If we chooso to make them so, wo can think of them a clouds which come b- tween them and happi ness and shut out all sunshine.'. It we glauco but hastily at the plan for our lives we ma J norkaus Luivo riuutuu tu connttlde that msthl ing nut cioua ovorsmuiow out wny. 1 rturs, perplexities, are those only and Itttle hope of anvthlng brighter Isiyond. Surelv we do well to call this design Cluudland. There la Uo sunshine In it. Let us look again. A the hours rise before us. tilling the eauvos of the future with little trials, shall we not look patieutly for the faces of angels, which will smile upon ns II wu but discern them with the eyes ot trust. Each cloud has a Divine meaning if we only Interpret it aright. God scuds trials to us a lilosslus. nnd though we may not sco tuo radiance ul tie hovering wings, and the look of lovu upon tho tender fact s, wa nuiy be Uoint the . . s sure that thoy are there. Just an i ne could not set tho unguis when he llrst lool.-cd upon the picture of the Ger man artist, so we may not discern Mem at tlrst j but ii-. gra dually they took shape, until one oould sou nothing but the throng of an gels, mi wc may make of our clouds llllgolH, if wc will but wait patiently and trustfully tor them to smile upon us out of tho very heart ot trial Messenger. Tn OKLf WAV LEFT. A Scottish minister, in a provincial town, startled bis congregation by an announce-m'-utly recently. )I j could not bo brought to see the beauty of bazars, uud lul l u conflict of opinion with his church managers on tho point, lie caned tne wiioin nrrair gambling. N'lVerthi less, thu church debt h id to be lift'vl, nnd the good man yielded, mid an nounced thu hateful thli.g from the pulpit on Miiidav, us follows: "You nre aw nro thut there i u considerable amount of debt hang ing over this cougiot'silon. Now, we have tr.e.l several mean to raise tho money, but Without succoMi. Ajid the opinion of thu mniiugitri and other is, that as we have ex- tiiiustod every honest mean ot raising the nionev there is nothing left but to buvo a Uzar. Exchange, Trust In God, as Moses did, lot the way bo ever so dark, and It shall como to puss thut your life ut lust shall surpass even your long ing. Not, It may be. In thu line of that long ing, that shall be us it ploiiseth Gid,- but Ihe glory is ns sure m the grace; uud the most ne. -lent l.niven n-e not uiure bijio thuu I hat. llobert Collier. I D. Pr. Itobert ti. Huchauan. the wife poisoner, was semeusou 17 jiDvOiUor uull to DO cutuJ April 2. I TElirailANCL KT rosiTlosj. My mofto I "Dare to do right:' 'Gainst strong drink I mcau u fi-H Every day; For It really Is no good For muscle, brain or foodi Anyway, I'm opposed to lieor and w:ne: Ihey are b-a.llv foes of miti9 Fix-, that blight. And I to the bitter end Will my principles dof.iti 'j They an right. And I simply ask If vou Will defend the good and tru i From tl.. hour? Will you help mir growing b.in 1 The vile mmister to withstand? You buvo power Will yen do en 'ii i!.".v v oir mite? Will y.ui h.-lp us in th". llg'i;.' If , Join our ban I. II ep us with heart ni. I limi t, lm.r tills evil from til-' Ii,,,,!, 1'. "ginn-'ng now, to-mg'r! Youth's Tei'ip-tancc Uaanor. Titer a .irrrr.nsox'e or-viov, TV "iic.'ct of ming i-td-ni spin!. I v m-'ntr puKi- 1. ill has invasion -d more Injury t. Ml" pul lie 's-vvlco i a l im pi tr,, ,,!,!,, t , , than anv other olrcnm-taii - w lu.-!i has 00. eiirr -d lu U:o ini--m il c -rn of too - tun try during my Administration: n:i I v. r.i Its oomni' ::-,. my A lv.tu-t rat'. i, i,,-a,n. wilii trio Lnon ledge w ll -h. f;.i,a i i-e'l' ll--e, I Ii."..- uci:ir-l, the t,tst iucsti...'i wn.cil I s'loul I ask u t i regard to every oaielidnt i.t Ol'.lc. Would be, I le- ;d llcl 'd t Ihe i, nrd-n; .-; inls . -Tho:u;s J 'C.viju, IV -i i-.U I j 1-.0J. r -r. t:ir. t:i vr:n:v. r.'r. Tnil A. Day. of lh A"ierivn Lulhcn-.u .Mission 111 Lilci i, u- s. rio.ui; a Journey 011 th' in;.-i, w.-.t-s: "Witiiili a tone's tlin-w lay a la-i," s. niner, tho Africa, loaded to tie' wa.. r s o.Um with rum. Not only was tli hold lull, but mi Mm deck Men- piied hundr"l of gn -a tu v.: and the Wi -k' r-'ovep-d ioii,ijidin.4 so w ll known 011 the coast. i"ii we remember that one of tin-si. steatn-Ts carries four tin tisand tons ot freight, ami that huudrciL of th.-iu nro run ning to th 11 nt ry laden with rum, tiio v. ry vilest that chemistry can Invent nun eoii '-iet, W" may Imvn some conception of what it means, not only to tho h-atlum, but to Mm very tuiv uii.ssioLunes ut work among thcij." itrnnri'.rrt. Alice pcim. London, ago-1 f-nty-ttro, Is nn example of the power of drink. Over six lii'.nths ago her husband died, leaving her and her family ot two s -ns amply provided for. Hofore she was n widow sue wasgiicu to intemperance, and w hen l"lt 11 widow- shu drank tnor-' heavily than before. Il--r ex-ecssi-s drove hi-r son. to lodging, but tin y visitel In-r al:ii'i daily. 11--I- ni"iln--il at" tciiilaiit entreat. -d mi l implored her to givo ovor, but she told ham "it was no use tu!l: lug, she could not give It. up." At last out raged nature could not -tand lierex-'ossos, and she was found ib-sil on Cue floor of her room, dying al- ne nnd unattended. No f i lu Met house; but tin-re was a half bottle of br.i.e.y. that lik-t r sort of the drink siil. liie. 'i nn liquor ha 1 ravaged In-r ho irt, Imr live.-, mi 1 kidneys, uud simply kl' d her. Ou-i cm hardly .ellee that suvh a sa.-riil -o to the liberty of tiio subject should bo p-rmittej in this country, or that a publican could I found lo sell his murderous dnig to su"!l ;M excess t-i on" who must iu the locality have boon by habit and repute so groat a v!s-iim .J Inebriety. Hut the eoroii'-r admitted li'.i: such wns the cils", and that the f r.'-ii1 1 s i.u 1 relatives of a person may stand and loi; on, and ws) one for whom the Saviour did h Uoerat .dy slain Issforo t'jeir oys, and i'. y powerless, without the enescnt id tlr ma i ' isl drinker, td 1 .' y-rtttruiK, lu our o,nlilou, should so muss a ( tin-tniu rcn- uiunity ns so sat a case as mill 01 Alice tVeui. Ihu Soidtiah llulormer. rr. nor Tiir m.kssixo. Canon Wllbcrtoreo tdls a path'-tie ftory Il lustrating the force of th" mile word "now." ll was of a miner who, h' uriug th" Go-pel reached, determined Mint if tne promi-ed !cssing of immcdl.l'.c snhation were indeed true, lie would ted leave the pre-ence of the minister who was declaring It until assiiroii (t possessing it niiiiseir. 11 waited, Coliseqlietltly, lifter III" llieolillg lo speak with the minister, und in his untutored way, said : "Didn't ye say I cmiM have the blessln' now ?" "Yes", mv friend." Thou pruv with me, for I'm not gom' nwa' wi'hoiil it." And thoy did pray, these two men, until the wrestling minor heard "lidit words of comfort and clu'-T. "1 v g, .t it now!" cried the minor; his fa-'o rcflcc:ii;o- the Joy within; I've got it now!" Ihe next duy a frightful accident occurred nt Mm mlim. Tho same min ister was I'ldlcd to the hcciio, and among the nn-n, dead and dying, was the quiv ering, inmost brenthli ss body of a man who. only the night lnTore, Pig uud l.rawcv, came lo him to know if salvation could neillv be bad now for the unking. Ther" was Put 11 llcitlng moment of ps-oguition between the two ore the miner's soul took Hi. lit : but ill that moment lid had time to say, 111 r' . ,n-e to the minister's sympathy: "Oh, I don't mind, for I've got it -I've got ltu' mine !" Then the name ot this poor nuin wont into Ihu sad list otthe "l.llleil." There was no note made of tho royal iuhcrilauce of w hl.-h he hud but a few hours before come 111:0 possession, and oil by his believing grip ot word "now." TEMPP. BAST. NEWS AVP NOTK. Th"re urn i.VJI liquor saloons iu Liooklyn to January 1, li.lo During the year l-.M-'.l'l there worn B9, oi", :ij:l gallons of brandy n.id .'pints con tinued iu the Gcrmuii Empire. The reeelrts of the (ionium Government from tax on brandy and :q.irits durm t'ne llniiucial year ItlJ-W u:aoil:ile I to ?J5,UUJ, OUJ. Canon Wil'iorforeo, the cloq-ient Canonof Westminster, wears a pie- 1 of blue ribbon lit hi buttonhoie he Is 11 staunch and eiit.iu.1, a.stic tetuperauco udvo'-aie. General Lord Wolo.-loy is greatly inter ested in the temperance movement i'i tlm . Hrit'sh Vriny, II 1 says that there in-v ir lias been a time when there was so little d.-.in!;oii-Ui-ss among the .soldiers 10 now. Mis Ewe-is E. Willard says that In tlie commencement of her c ireor us 11 t"iii.or.iii"e worker, when oriti"l.i.l, her mother would rom.irk: "l.e,; quiet, eiiild; we were not born to reign, but to wr"ile." Chamlerlaln, the English LI'or:il-ral"ni-t loader, drink uothiiu troiigor than wa'"r before a loug sueo'ii. Dr. Mctilynn, Mm groat pulpit o.-uto:, n oyer drinks before or during a speech. Ho l u rin'id tu'.ul u'--taine.-. A gentlcmnri prominent In several N"w York I'ity cliilis says that many of them are breaking away from the custom c-f treating to alcoholic drinks. In the luaioui Harvard Club, composed of gradual'- of Jlaviarl College, there Is n sliiuc...i,g agreciio ul taut Uo member shall treat iii:":nei- u.iiiibtr. It wa reportixl from Eu-sla, 6"ii a.onths ago, Mint strychnine coul.l euro men of 1co nppotito for iirink. This ' und'iubtn'.ly iruc, If enough tryehmii" i.o taken, li.it tho French physicians in l'ai s lave been 1 ry iiig ' experiment with 11, ai l eli ri that hypo dermic iuiectloiis of nit 1- ,:) o: M.y-.li;uni) villi euro tho drink III'- ha'iil. Dr. l'aul Gamier, of 1'arLs, 1ms made a ppccial study ot the children of ha uiuiil ilriiukards. He suym "T!.o;-.i is a Haw iu the Very ruiiiire of these children thut the physi ologist so" cleiuiy and notes with Hppichcc- ' Ion the a'isence ot altcctionate eiuclii.t j. When they do not become luputirt they tli.'W Uitcu-uwiity and oian;ai.es
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