t-' ...
ir THE SHADOWS FEU. NOT.
If the shadows foil not Ob! where were the
tar,
The gems of the iky and the night?
II the shadows fell not, would the pale, ((old
en moon
Flood the earth with IU rich, mallow light?
Oh! whore were the sunsets unblazonnd In
glory
Wrought vivid in nature, In song, and in
story
If the shadow fell not?
If the shadows fell not Oh! where were the
tears.
The crystals of love and of woe?
They would vanish with smiles b rn of sym-
athy sweet.
And Its words whiswred softly nnd low:
Oil! where were the heroes, the martyrs and
sngl-.
The dec Is of the n iMe, tho wisdom of ns-ei
If the shadows f.-ll not?
Miry Ewlyn M-Cluro.
AS IT OFTEN HAPPENS.
BY W. J. LAMPTOX.
rinv AH nineteen,
nun ri-ny uois
Tanner was three
yenrs my junior.
Sweet sixteen 1 Is
there in all this
world anything
1 swooUr? There
i may be other
Sweet Hixteeus,
y but tho compara-
tive deireo of the
niljectivo in this
connection baa
crown rusty from
lon disuse nnd Sweet Sixteen remains
positive in kind and suicrlutive in do
gree.
And Luis Tanner was. sixteen.
From tho first day of our meeting
we were tho children of wealthy
parents anil wero summering by tho
ben some intangible influence, somo
inexplicable force seemed to draw ni
to cuch other and to run tho lines of
our lives parallel. For two yeurs wo
Lad known each other, nud one day
it was the third Hummer after our
meeting we sut on the rocks by tho
shore and us the waves bent in rhyth
mic im iiM-.rc s upon tho silver sands
ptrt-tchin out at our feet, I looked
into her sweet blue eyes and know Unit
Luchesis us she drew two threads from
Clotbu'ti spiudlo was twisting them
into one cord, forever indivisible.
In curly youth, how fur tho eyes,
Tin dimmed by years, cnu see iuto tho
future, and how kceu is young love to
decipher tho handwriting on tho wall.
"Lois,'' 1 sut 1 as wo sat tluro in tho
fading twilight, "do you kuow Low
loug we have known each other?"
"Docs it seem long, Mr. Doldeu?"
she replied with a coy little smile.
"It has been two entire years, Miss
Tanner," said 1, fulling into her mock
formality of manner.
"And one learns a great dil in two
years," sho added. " a- '
" -I ! .reolion I hare learned
toothing Lois," I said with a quietness,
1 did not feel.
"Why, Jack," sho exclaimed, "I
dou't nee how you could stand still."
"Out I have," I insisted.
"How?" and her eycB looked her
gudelcssness.
"In loviug you, Lois," I broko forth.
"I couldn't lovo you any more in a
thousaud years, than I loved you after
our first meeting."
"Oh, Jack," bho criod nervously,
"what mu le you savthat?"
"Why shouldn't" I suy it?" I an
swered with n dogged resolvo not to
be put down by any woman's whim.
"Localise, Juck," she suid very earn
estly, "pupa hiiH beeu saying all ulou
that you and 1 were together too mu Mi,
and the first thing tho family knew
there would be a cuae of puppy lovo
to cure."
"Di 1 your father say that?" I asked
Wltu tho auger showiug iu my face.
"ile did, Juck, and he suvs "
"Well, I don't wuut to hear wh it he
nays, or has said or will buy," I inter
rupted. "If ho says anything like
that doesn't know whut ho is talk
iug about nud hasn't the most remote
idea of w hat u man truly iu love with
tho one woman iu all the world for
him, feels."
"Ho ought to know something
about it," Lois uid hesitatingly.
"You kuow, .Tuck, ho has beeu married
three times."
"That's just it," I crowded ; "he's
growu callous. He thiuks because I j
n m nut u hundred years old 1 don't !
know my own heart and uiu irrespou- j
slide iuto the bargain. If it weren't j
for you, Lois," I added, uuitdioriuiug i
my wrath to hli.'ht extent, "I
wniiUti't have a iiiiiu like he in for my
father-in-law tin ler uuy circum
stances. "
"l'li) a i-n't t-o awfully bad, .Lie';,"
bite said in extenuation of the paternal
weakness. 1
"1 never thought he was, either, tin-
til you told me what you have," 1 ad
mitted. "But, Loi," uud I grew
hard ugiiiu, "you must know that no
father who regards the future happi
ness of his daughter i.' iu take the posi
tion he does an I assume to dictate the
course of t.vo lives which iu the nature
of thiugs in iht be independent of his."
Tapu says your pupu said tho same
thing unl agreed with him thor
oughly," bho replied, arguing as
Voinen do.
"Lms," I said in my' firmest toue,
4,don't sieu!i to mo of your father
agaiu. If you do I shall bo tempted to
do him some bodily injury."
The dear little woman laid her lmu 1
ou my a rin restraiuiugly uud smiled
with Mich irresistible sweetuess that I
oven forgot tho wound my father hud
given me.
"Let it go, dear," tho pleaded.
"They have forgotten they wero over
young."
Tin shadows wero growing into n
deeper purple and tho aves took ou
tho mellower shades of the evening
ky. Tho sight wind, just rising,
tossed Lois' golden hair about her
smooth, white foiehead, and the pink
of the sunset brought ft rosier clow to
her cheeks. I trashed my hand across
my eyes and looked into her face.
"Do you remember what I said
few moments ago?" I asked, returning
to the previous subject.
"What did you ssyfshe replied,
trembling little, I thought, for she
surely could not hare forgotten so
soon.
"I said, darling" it was the first
time I had ever cnllod hor that, and it
almost frightened me "I said that
there was one thing I had not learned
in the last two years, and that was to
lovo you better than I did when I first
met you. Do you think! should have
learned ?
Tcrhaps, Jack," she blushed, "if
yon bad, you would have gone ahead
of mo in the class.
"Oh, Lois," I began to say, nnd
then begnu to stammer and grow red
iu tho face, t could feel tho blood fly
along my neck, and my Lands shook
so I could not have put them ont to
her if bho Lad asked me to. I had
never spoken of love to a woman, and
now my inexperience was painful to
mo. 1 know that tho brave man could
win a triumph now. but I was not
brave. On tho contrary, I was a cow
ard, an arrant coward, and in my fear
I slippod down off tho rock, where wo
had been sitting, and walkod out upon
tun sand.
"Where nro ynu going, Jack?" sho
called to me. "I don't want to be left
hero all alone. Fin euro Charlie Ver
der wouldn't treat mo like that."
That was enough to set mo wild.
Verder was the ouo fellow I dreaded,
and he hadn't known her six month,
cither. I went back to tho rock and
stood at the foot of it, just near
cr.ough to touch tho horn of her gown
such a sweet, white gown, with a bit
of bluo showing through it as the bluo
sky peeps in nnd out from tho fleecy
white clouds.
"Do you like him?" I asked, sul
lenly. "Not nay more, I gnoss, than you
liko Mattio Swaun," sho retorted, with
a perk of her noso and a shako of her
flu tTy hair.
"Thou you liko him pretty well," I
said, in worse humor than ever, nnd
quite insisteut upon nagging her ail I
coul I.
"I'erhaps I do," sho snapped, "and
if I do, I'm sure he's a very nico fel
low." "Not any nicer fellow than Mattio
Swaun is n girl," I put iu as mean as I
knew how.
"Well, I don't care," sho said, as
sho slipped off of tho rock and touched
tho sand as lightly as a thistle down.
"I'm going home, and when you got
mo to como away off down hero in this
lonesome place again at this time of
day, or any other time, I think you'll
know it."
Then sho started off along the beach
toward the 'row of cottages. It was a
mile or more, and I thought I would
keep within call, so I let her get some
distance ahead of me. I poked along
behind, gazing out to sea and wonder-
iug where all tho beauty of the purple
shadows had gone, anil why it was
tho waves looked so cold and cruel
and clammy. They wero the same
shadows ami tho same waves, and
thero I was, and but whore was Lois?
Fifty yards up tho shore and hurrying
along on if sho wero afraid of twilight
ghohts or other strange inhabitant of
He crepuscular uir. I looked over
my shoulder nervously, nud all
urouud, and shivered. What it was I
dou't kuow, but on tho iustant, I
culled to her aud went after my cull
ua fast as I ever ran after a football.
"Lois, Lois," I kept ou calling, but
idio gave no heed. Her face was set
uway from mo aud sho was going with
it rapidly. liut not so fast that 1
coul I not cuteh her in tho next fifty
yards or so.
"Oh, Mr. Beldon," sho said iu a
tone of pretty surprise as I came up
panting by her side, "how you
frightened mo. I had no idea you
wero ou tho beach this cveuing.
Thiuk of that, uud still her father
having tho temerity to talk about
puppy lovo. If.thut wasn't full grown
niu.stilF sarcasm, I'd liko to know what
it. was. Hut I was not to bo thwarted
by a womau's whim now, any moro
tuuu I was iu the beginning.
"Oh, Lois, Lois," I pleaded, though
I puffed as I did so. "We are not
ehildron to let a tr ilia como between
ih aud our love. You kuow I love
you and I know I lovo you. It was
beeuuse I lovo you so that I grew wild
with jealousy wheu you spoke of Ver
dt r. I dou't euro a rap of my finger
f r Muttie Swaun, cveu if you do like
Charlie Verder."
"Mr. Beldeu," sho began vey stiflly
"Call mo Jack," I cried with all my
(cling como again. "Cull mo Jack, us
you have always culled mo."
"lYrlinps I'd better," sho said cold
I v. "You have nolol so childishly
that Mr. seems scarcely uu appropri
ate title.
"You shan't talk that way to me,
Lois Tauuer," I exclaimed in I stepped
iu Trout of her and blocked her path.
"I have done wrong and I apologize
limn My for it. Now as a lady you cau
uot do otherwise tuuu accept it."
"I accept tho apology, nnd pray,
let that eud tho matter."
"No, it bhull not. I insist upou
your ucocpting the apology uud tho
pologizer as well. I want you Lois,
nud that's what I started to tell yon
down thero on tho rocks. Answer mo
now with only tho sea aud the sky aud
tho sweet twilight as witnesses."
1 wus about to take her hand and
moro tenderly urge my claim to an
auswor, when sho gave a slight scream
ami epraug to oue side as if tho had
btepped ou a mouse iu tho suud.
"Look there," she whispered, point
ing to u couple seated ou au old spur j
pan in tue sina, ana wmcii until tueu
was uot visible, I looked aud saw
Verder uud MissSwauu, very close to
gether and talking earnestly.
"Let them be witnesses also, if they
will, darling," I said bravely, and
this time I took her band in mine.
Bat it was too dark for them to see,
and when Lois and I walked by them
in the duskier shadows of the later
evening, she hAd promised to be my
wife, aud though the great sun of the
heavens had set over the world and
the earth was full of shadows, the
greater sun of love had risen in our
hearts and they were filled with tho
light inextinguishable.
That was a dozen years ago, and to
day Lois is the proud and happy
mother of three of the prettiest and
sweetest children in the world except
four that I am the proud and happy
father of.
She is Mrs. Charles Verder and Mrs.
Beldon was Miss Swann. Detroit
Free I'rcss.
Rcjiirniitlom From Presidents' CabinrM
From the beginning of the Govern
ment until 187G there had been 207
cabinet omoers appointed by the Presi
dents of the United Siates, nnd of
these seventy-seven Lad resigned their
offices. Eight of tho twenty-seven
Secretaries of State had retired from
office prematuroly, twelve of the thirty
one Secretaries of tho Treasury,
twelve of the forty Secretaries of War.
thirteen of the thirty Secretaries of
the Navy, elevtn of the twenty-seven
I'ostmasters-Uonoral, fifteen of tho
thirty-eight Attorneys-General, six of
the fourteen Secretaries of the In
terior. There was no Secretary of
Agriculture before 1876, but thatollloo
would not enter into consideration
anyway, for no ono yet Las resignod it.
Of the rostmosters-Gcneral. two
resignod because of the death of a
President. Whenever the Vice-President
of the United States has suc
ceeded to tho Presidency by tho
President's death, the members of tho
cabinot have tendered their resigna
tions to give him an opportunity to
select his own advisers. In raro oases
tho now President bis asked some of
tho old cabinet officers to remain. As
a rule, ho has chosen his heads of do
peartmeuts from his own political
friends and advisers.
Montgomery Blair resinned tho
Postmaster-Generalship iu Lincoln's
cabinet because he was not cntirelr
in accord with the President's policy.
William Dennison. an amointeo of
Lincoln's, resigned because ho did
not get on with Lincoln's successor.
Marshall Jewell went out with Secre
tary Bristow, whom he had supported
vigorously in his attack on the Whis
ky King. R. J. Meigs, JJr., re
signod because- of failing health after
a scrvioe of nine years. Samuel Os
good gave up office because the seat of
Federal Government was moved from
New York City.
Mon soon tire, as a rule, of the labor
lemanded by the Government, with
its accompaniment of nervous anxiotr
over the distribution of o dices aud tho
question of party policy in littlo
things and great. Dissatisfaction with
the drudgery of the office and its
meagre rewards has led many men to
retire from cabinet positions. Mr.
Cleveland has been singularly fortun
ate in holding bis cabinet together for
two years. Harper's Weekly.
A Man Who Dives Sixty Feet
Into
Seven Feet o! Water.
There is a pool of black water
twenty-four feet in diameter and sovcu
fcot deep iu tho middle, tapering to
two feet of depth at the edges. Before
the diver appears a party of clowus
play around tho pool. A stroam f,of
water gushes up from a pipo standing
in tho middle, aud the fountain is
radiant in greeus aud reds and blues.
The pipe falls over, and three men
drag it away. Louis Goldou marches
confidently to tho edge of tho pool.
He watches tho men with a great deal
of caro as they take away tho pipe. If
they should forget to remove it tho
consequences migbt.be serious. A bout
lies at one side of the littlo lako and
canoe rooks at the other. There is a
log floating near by. Tho diver thrusts
one foot into a sling at the on I of a
long tackle, and a gang of men walk
away with the ropo. Up, up, up
he goos, as if his journey would ucver
end.
Now the diver stands upon a plank
stretched between two of the iron
trusses that support tho root of tho
building. He looks no bigger than a
ton-year-old boy. Ouo of tho clowns
looks up at hiiu and yells through his
curved hand, "All clear below 1" His
voice has the sound of a dirge.
The diver then poises himself on tip
too. Twice he beuJs his knees swiftly,
as if trying thoir Hupplenoss. Theu
ho stretches his arms horizontally an I
moves them with tho movement of fly
ing. Ho losus far forwurd further
.urther further---aud then launches
himself from his foothold. His body
seems to lie flat upou the uir. Swifter
aud swifter it flies. Within a few
yards of tho water tho buu Is meet
above the man's head. Ho beu.ls for
ward a trido. Iu this position ho
crashes iuto the pool, just at tho mid
dle of it, pluuges t th) luttom, uu I
goes to the furthest wall. Su ldeuly
doubling, ho comes to tho surface,
swimming in tho opposite direction,
and tho crowd makes up for its lost
hearts by clapping hinds furiously.
Harper's Weekly.
, Tho (Jood That Unions Do.
Ono of the healthiest vegetables, if
net tho healthiest grown, istbeonion;
yet, btrane to say, but lew people
use it as liberally as tbevwsuoiUl.
Boilod ouions used frequently iu a
futnily of children will ward oil many
of tho diseases to which tho littlo ones
are subject. The principal objootiou
to tho promiscuous use of this vege
table is that the odor exhaled after
eating is so o.Vusivo. A cup ot btroug
coffee taken immoiiatdiy after eutiuH
is claimed to bo excellent iu couuU-f
actiug bho odor.
FOROOTTEI.
The world moves on and yet yon are awayt
There is the lustre ot tho stars ca?h sum
mer night,
The glory of the sky and sea each dawning
day,
While evry noontldo wears Its crown of
radiant light;,
And only In my heart tho gray ghost of do
spair
Sils with folded wlnjrs and broodeth there.
If through the darkness of my soul's erllpe
Oni ray of amls-r brightness could have
shone,
It would have been to see your smllele.M lipj
And know thoglndnc.n from your eyes ha J
flown;
I might have boen content to walk apart,
Knowing the same unrest was In your heart.
Lnsen, forlorn, I stood nnd saw you paw,
And as the lat glimpse of your form unJ
faeo
Vanished like frosty trneery on gins',
Tho dark of midnight seemed t fill tho
plaee ,
Thnt lat gllmpc I had meant to prlsi
ftevenli'd the warm, gin I la igliter In your
cyHs.
Lillian VT. Carter. In B .lon Transcript.
ran AND roixT.
It's tough luck when a mm has in
nnmin nnd his foot goes to sleep.
Philadelphia Ilecord.
"She is a bnchelor girl, isn't sho?"
"Yes, nnd sho hns a brother who is a
spinster man." Detroit Freo Tress.
A South street haberdasher an
nounces: "Our handkerchiefs are not
to bo tneczed at." Philadelphia Be
cord. "Do you think the new boarder is
permanent?" "Yea, indeed. Ho
threatens continually to leave." Chi
cago Intcr-Occan.
Noah Count "Well, Hedison, any
new conceit on bund?" Inventor
"Yes; my son's home from school."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Whnt reason has sho for thinking
Mr. Staylnto regards her so highly?"
"Well, ho went homo at 10 o'clock lust
night." Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A Jersey City rndcrtaker advertises
thnt he furnises "every requisite for a
funeral." Ho must bo a doctor ns
well as an undertaker. Texas Sitt
ings. Invalid "I'm getting tirod of thU
monotonous state of things, Evisn a
new symptom would bo a relief."
Doctor "Well, then, why not piv tin
something on account?" Xe.v York
Herald.
Spratt "Miss Elder is much oldt r
than I thought" Hunker "Impos
sible." Spratts-"Well, I asked her
if she had read M'op's Fubles,' aud
sho said she read them when they llrst
came out." Tit-Bits.
Tho doctor had presented Lis bill,
and it was large. "Hump 1" said Skin
flint. "This is a pretty big cbnrgo."
"No doubt," said the doctor, "consid
ing the vuluo of tho life I saved ; but
it goes." Harper's B.izar.
Little Ethel (horrified) "Wo vo in
vited too many children to our ton
party. Tbore isn't enough for them
to get more'n a bite each." Little Dot
(resignedly) "That's too bad. We'll
have to cull it a reception." Good
News.
"No," said Sraallwo-rt, "I hardly
feel justified iu saying that Peppers is
inordinately vaiu, but wheu a fellow
has a music box in his room arranged
to play 'Hail to tho Chief as soon as
ho opens the door what is ouo to think
of him?" Cincinnati Tribune.
Advanced Woman "What makes
you think that woman will nover be
tho equal of m-in?" Patsou (explo
sively) "Huts!" (And the advanced
woman demonstrated tho truth of bis
assertion by climbing the nearest
chandelier.) St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Let me see," said Bobbs to Dohbs,
"isn't this Dobbs that wo were just
talking about a relative of yours?"
"A distaut relative," said Dobbs.
"Very distant?" "I should like so.
He's tho oldest of twelve childrou in
our family and I'm tho youngest."
Loudon Tit-Bits.
All ludlan's Mistake.
They say that two Indians belong
ing to oue of tho large Amerieuu
shows of life in tho wild West while
visiting Loudon wero much interested
in the sights to bo soon in tho Loudou
streets. Day after day they" would
walk up uud dowu tho most crowded
streets and gaze ou the people and
into thj shop windows liko a pair of
children at the circus. Ono day they
stopped before tho shop wiudow of a
wig-maker uud stared ut the uiuuy va
rieties of wigs ou exhibitiou thero uu
til their eyes nearly fell out. Fin
ally one of them nudged tho other,
and with a shako of his heal re-,
marked: "Ugh! mighty bravo inuu I
Big tighter ; much scalp "Harper's
voung People.
Daniel llimue's Tipii Anlo,'ra;h.
Daniel Boouu's niito,Tii'i has been
found in tho burk ot a Urge beech treo
on a farm iu Alleu County, Kentucky.
From appearances tho name was at
first cut by a single stroke of tlio
kuifo in tho bark, but now the letters
have growu until they urn at least
two inches in wiith. Ou one side of
tho treo is a pluco so shaded as to fur
nish uu excellent piaoe for taking a
rest. It is supposed that Boone ouco
sut npou thut seat while hunting in
the hills of Allen County moro than a
hundred (years ago and out his numo
and the date upou tho tree. Xew
York iiua.
tins For Locomotive Ileaallghts.
On twenty-five suburban engines
bow being built, by tho Brooks loco
motive works for the Central Railway
of Brazil compressed gas is beiu
applied for the headlights. FuLU
ueipuia Record. ..' 1
I
THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE,
DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A. Vivid Word Plotare of the TrUI of the
Savior.
Tr.xTt He took water and washed his
liamis tie-nrethe multitude, saying: 1 am In-
nwni oi ins mood of this lust lierson. B-yj
ye to If. "-Matthew mtII.. a.
At alMHit 7 o'clock in tn mornlog, art tho
marble stairs of a palaie and nerose the
floors of rlehest mosaic and under ceilings
dyed with all the splendors of colr and he.
tween snowbanks of white and glistening
.i.i.i.irf, crown poor, pnie. sl'-k young
innn of thirty-three, already condemned to
"inn, on iiia way lo he condemned again.
Jesus of Nazaretli is His name.
t oming out to m"et Him on thlstoMcllated
r;
avement is an unserumilou. nmnmmu.
ng, timeserving, cowardly mn. with ru
inw;.-soi sympainy and talr dealing lft In
nis composition Uorernor rontiU4 Pilnte.
IMd ever siii-h onnosites mcwH I.nrurv mnA
pain, selfishness nnd gnrolty. nrroganee
mm mummy, sin ami Holiness, mtilalght and
niidnnon.
The bloated lipped governor (ikes tbf.
ciismnneu senr, t.ut tne prisoner stkuds. His
wrists manar-led. In n semicircle around
no prisoner are the saiilie.lrlsts, wt b flash
ing vym nn'i nrnnfllslieii nste, prosecuting
uin .-ivwj iu in- usme oi religion, lot the bit
terer erseeutlon have been religlctm pros
ecutions, and whn satan takes hold of a
good man h makes up by Intercity for
vivify ii occupation, ir you nav nv.r
soeu an oceentli-Al court try.nt a man,
th.-u you have no tda of the foajning n
feriialism of these old religious atjidrt.t.
Oov.'rnor Pilnte cross iptestlons th prisoner
ami finds right away Ile Is Innol nt and
wauls to let Him go. His esution a ln n.
creased by some one who comes toithe gov
ernor uud whispers In his enr. Thj' gover-
u'ir imii.i ins nana oeiumi nis narhn as to
oat eh the words almost Inaudible) It Is a
mest ig from Claudia Proeula, his fife, who
has had a dream about the Innoccnd of this
prisoner ami about the danger of ei -euting
Him, nnd she awakens from this Inornlng
dream in time to send the messui to hr
husband, then on the judiclnl benii. And
what with tho protest of his wlf-Uud th"
entire failure of the sanhedrists to rpike out
their case, Oovernor Pilate resolvc to dls
chnr - the prisoner from custody.
. But th intimation of such a thlnj brings
Upon the governor an Uiiioetial sorm of
luuignaiion. 1 ney will report him to th
emperor of Itorne, tlicy will have ilm re
called, they will send him up home, nnd he
will Ih hung for tresson, for the emier r at
Romo has already a suspicion in rernnl to
Pilnte, and that suspicion does not o-ase un
til Pilate Is bimlslied nnd commits ulcd.
8o Governor Pontius Pilnte eomproaise the
matter nu t proposes that Christ Im vhlpped
Insten I of assassinated. Ho the pri mer 1
f;itend to a low pillar, and on His t nt and
bared baek come the thongs of leath'r, with
pieces of lead an t bone Intertwisted so that
everv stroke shall be the more awful Christ
lifts Himself from the scourging wit flushed
cheek and torn and quivering nnd handled
ii.i-ii, iinn -uiing a spe 'ineio of sumrlni In
which llubens, the painter, found tS- thsmo
ior nis greatest masterpiece.
Hut the snhheilrists are not yot fotisle I.
They have had some of His nervea Umphm.i.
they want them all locentted; they laveba.l
Bi.iiit- oi ma union; iucv want all ot t, o&wu
in uu met corpuscle. Ho Oovernorl'oitius
i-uaie, niter all tins merciful hesltaton. ur
renders to the demoniacal cry of J-CnHf.v
nun. jui urn governor semis B.rn'tn"
thlng. He sends a slav- out to iJit s-hi-w
thing. Although the constables art In lli-te
to ine me prisoner to execution nndsthi)
mob outside are Impatient to iflire itmn
their victim, a pause Is necessitated Voider
It eomee a wasli basin. Home pure, blight
water is poured into It. nnd then Oove-uor
mate put bis white, delicate handi Into the
water and rubs them together and thenllfts
them dripping for the towel fastened atthe
slave s girdle, while he practically says vl
wash my hands of this whole homiutdultnns-
action. I wash my hands of this entlrere.
sponslblllty. You will have to bsar It," Tjit
is the meaning of my text when it mvsi -H.i
took water and washed his hands before he
milltitlllln MVItllf- f Am llinnnunl nl
blood of this lust IMtrson. Hue vo to It ,'' f
be
Behold In this that ceremony amount! to
nothing it there are not in it oorreajiondenles
of heart and life. It is a good thing to wmh
the hands. Ood created three-quartei of
the world water and in that commacled
cleanliness, ami when the ancients did not
take the hint Ho plunged the whole w-rld
under water ami kept It there for some tine.
Handwashing was u religious ceremny
among tho Jews. The Jewish Mlshuu mvo
particular direction how that tho haids
must be thrust three times up to the wist
iu water, ami the i.lm of the hnnd mus be
rubUd with the closed fist of the other. All
that is woll enough for a symbol, but hep iu
the text I a mau who 'proposes to wish
away tho guilt of a sin which he doesiot
quit and of which ho dies not make autre-lientan-e.
Pilule's wash ba-ilu was a dad
full ii re. j
Ceremonies, however tuutiful and apt- -priate,
may be uo more than this hypoeiti
eal ablution. In infancy we may bespriujled
from the haptismut font, and In manhood we
may wade iuto deep immersion, and yet
nave? eome to moral purification. We ay
kneel without prayer and bow without refer
ence and sing without any acceptance. All
your creeds and liturgies and aacramtits
and genuflections aud religious oonvocatbn
amount to nothing unless your heart UMgo
Into them. When thnt bronsed slave tok
from the i.resenoe of Pilate that wash bnun,
he carried away none of Pilate's cruelty or
Pilate's wlukeduess, or Pilate's guilt, i
Nothing against ureeds: we all have thim.
either written or implied. Nothing agnlist
etiroinouies; they are of inllnlte important.
, Nothing against saerameuts; they arudlvlisly
j commanded. Nothing against a rosaryiif
there tie a, mauy heartfelt prayer at be tU
j counted. Nothing aguiust lu.-en.io flout jig
up from censor amid jthlo atvbt. if tie
prayers be as g.-uuiue a., the aroma is :.
j Nothing auiut Epiphany or Lent or Avi
i Wednesday or Eiutjir or Ojo i Friday lor
Whltsuutidenr Pslfu Huu lay, If th-uu eyii-
hols lime b.ihiiii them g jnuiiio rpsutaufi,
I uud holy reuilniM-euee, aud Christum eoiie.
! elation. Hut ceremony is only thesheutlito
the sword. It is only the shell to the kern-l,
it is niily the lump 1 1 the flume, it is oily
tho body to the spirit. The outward mM
be symbolical of tin inward. Wash 1 1 '
' liaiidx by nl meuu; but, moro thiin all, wi-ih
the h:nt.
ll'ludd, ab.0, as you see Govamo'r Pont us
rilute thnjst his hand iuto this wash ba- n,
the Miwr of conscience. Hrt had uu ie
there was blood on his hand the blood oI-i
luiioci-ut person, whom he might have j. -Hultted
if he ouly had the courage. I'jj
Pilate1 His emi-.-lence was after him, mi l Iw
kuuw the .4tam would uevar be wusli.-j fn.in
the right hau 1 or the left hand, "m l until t ie
day of his death, though he might wa.iIi.Iu
till th.i Invent of the Kimuu umpire. thre
would b.i still eight llng-rs aud twu flum'.'
r. l ut the tips. I
Oil, the pjwdr of onsoioneo whoa it it:
fully arouse i: With whin of scorpions over
u bed of spikes in pitch of midnight It chute
guilt. Are there ghosts? Yes, not of thJ
gravevar I, but of one's mind not at rest.
Ami thus Driitus, amid bis slumbering hojt
Hturtled with Ciesar's stalwurt ghost.
Muebeth looked at his hand after the mid
night a-w-Hssiuatlon, and lis stay.:
Will nil grent Kejtune oe.-au wash this
blood
Clean from my hand? Koj this my hand
will rut her
The multitudinous sea Incarnadine,
Making the greeu.oue red.
For every siu. great or small, conscience,
which, is the voie of Ood, has a reproof,
more or lest emphatic. Charles IX, resoou
siblo for Ht. li trtholoiuew massacre, 'was
tlm-id b;- tba bitter memories, nud In his
dying momeut su'.d tj his doctor. A-n'roe
Parryi "Itoctor, I don't kuow what's the
matter with us. lam la a fever of body and
mind anihsrsluen for.t Ii-ijwjIM. ON Iff
had only spared the innornt and the Iml.
clle and the cripple!" Rousseau declared In
old age that a sin ho commuted in his youth,
still gave him sleeploss nights. Charles tL
of Hpain could not sleep unless he bad In tho
room a confessor nnd two, friars. Catiline
had such bitter memories h was startled at
the leait sound. Cardinal Bnufort, having
slain the Duke ct ('tloii'-ester, often In the
night would say: Away, away! Why do
you look at m?" Klehnrd III., hnvlug.laln
his two nephews, would sometimes In the
night snout from his eoutdi nnd clutch his
sword, fighting apparitions. Vr. Webster,
having slain Parkman in Il xtm. n,l hn.:
waiting for his doom, complained to the
Jailer that the prisoners on the other side of
the wall all night long kept charging him
with his crime, when there were no prisoners
ou th other ,0 f ,hH WnM lt WVJ ,h9
Voice of his own eoiis'-leneo.
Thomas Oliver was one of .T.ihn Wesley
trenchers. The early part of tils life had
Wn full of reekloAnntwi. and he had made
debts wherever he could borrow. He was
converted to d, nnd the-i he went forth to
preach nnd pay his debts. He had n small
amount of property left him, and lmme.il.
ately set out to pay his delHs. and everybody
knew he was In earnest, nud to consummate
the lait payment he had to sell his horse and
saddle and bridle. That was conselenoe.
That i converted conscience. Thnt Is reiig.
Jon. Frank Tlehout, n converted riitnseller
had a large amount of linuor on hsml nt ti..i
time of his conversion, nnd ho put all th
kegs and barrels nnd demijohns In a wagon
and took them down in front of the .o.i
church where he had lsen uouverted and had
everything emptied Into the street. Thnt U
religion. Why thethouamlsof dollars sent
every yer to the tnited Htnts Treasury at
Washington a ".'uns-'lenee money?" Why,
It sini:ly means there are imjtm.mtc. un,i
th re nr" attorneys nnd there are oftl -Inls
who sometimes retnin that which does not
beloug to thni, nnd those men are convert
ed, or miller powerful prewure of conseieui'e
and mnke restitution. If all the moiifw out
of which the Htate nnd the United Htnts
treasuries have ben defrauded should come
bs-k to their rightful exchequers, there would
ne enough money to pay all the Hmto debt
and all the C'nl'.ed Btates debt bv il.iv M'ir
to-morrow.
Conversion nmounts to noililnir nul...i i:..t
heart is converted. Bint the nocketbi ik u
ouverted. nnd the caih drawer I- cnnvei-ta.l
mid the ledger Ih converted, and the fireproof
fe Is converted, and thi pigeonhole con
taining the correspondence is converte I, and
his Improvement is noticed even by the
i-anary turd that sings In the pnrlor, aud tho
ai mai uc?, ui ! platter nrterthe meal, and
he dog that comes hounding from tho knn.
nel to greet Ii t in. A man half converted or
luarter cou verted, or a tlemi.in.1th narr con.
vert )d is not converted at nil. Whut will bo
he great book In the Jny of ludgmonr? Con.
science. Cons-leu... recalling misimprovetl
opportunities. Cns -ienee recalling unfor
given sins. Conscience bringing un all
he put?. Aim. for this governor l,i,.n..u
Pilate! That night after the court Im.l ml.
iiirued. nnd the sanhedrists ha, I
nnd nothing was li.-ur l outside the room but
the step of the .-entitle!. I see Pontius Pilule
aris from his tap istrled and slcjploas coueli
nud go t the luver nud begin to wash his
hands, crying: Out. out. crimson anoii
Tel lest thou to me, and to Ood. aud to the
nigiii, my crrnef is mere no alkali to re
move these dreadful stains? Is there no
chemistry to dissolve this carnage? Must I
to the day of my death carry the blood of
this Innocent inuu ou my heart and hand?
Out, thou crimson spot'" The worst thing
a mau can hav is nn evil conscience, nnd the
best thing a mau ova have is what Paul culls
a good c'u.qcii .c.
J!ut is there u suuli thing as moral purifi
cation? If a man is a sinner once, must ho
alwuys lie a sinner, nnd au unforglven sin
ner? We have all had conscience after us.
Or do you tell me that all tho words of your
life have been Just right, aud all the thoughts
of your heart have been Just right, and all
the actions of your life just right? Theu you
do not koiow yourself, and I take' the respon
sibility of s lying you are a Pharisee, you ors
a hypocrite, you urea Pontius Pilate, and do
not know It. You commit the verv same sin
that Pilate committed. You have crucified
the Lord of Olory. But if nine-tenths of this
audience are made up ot thoughtful and
earnest people, then nine-tenths ot this nu-
uiouoe are saying within themselves: Is
there uo suoh thing as moral purification? Isi
there no lavor in which the soul may wash
and be clean? Yei, yes, yes. Tell it in song,
tell it in sermon, tell .lt in prayer, tell It to
tho hemispheres. That 1 what David cried
out for when he said, "Wash me thoroughly
from mv sin. aud demise mo from mine in
iquities." And that is whnt, iu another plane,
he cried nut for wheu he said. "Wash mo
and 1 shall be whiter than snow." Behold,
the laver of the gospel, tilled with living
fountains. Did you ever see the picture of
the luver in the ancient tabernacle or in the
ancient temple? The laver in the nuclent
tabernacle was made out f the womeu's me
tallic looking glasses. It was a great basin,
stnndlug ou a beautiful pedestal, but when
the temple was built, then the laver was nn
immense affair, called tho brazen sea, and.
oh. how deep were the floods there gathered!
And there were ten Invert besides live at
the right and five at the left and eaeh laver
had .100 gallons of water. Aud the outside
of these lavers wus carved nud chased with
palm trees so delicately cut you eould al
most see the leaves tremble, nud lions so true
to life that you could imagine you saw the
uontrll throb, aud th ) cherubim with out
spread wings. That magnilleent lnverof tho
old dispensation is a feeble type ot the moro
glorious laver of our dispensation our sun-
ill 01HelllHll0ll.
Here is the laver holding rivers of salva-
tlou, having for Its pedestal the Rook of
Ages, carved with the figures of the lion of
Judah's tribe, and having palm brauehes for
victory ana wings suggestive ot the soul s
flight toward Ood In uraver and the soul's
flight heaveuw.trd when we die. Come yo
suditory, ami wash away all your sins, how
ever aggravated, aud all your sorrows, bow-
ever ugoulzing. Come to this fountain, open
for all sin uu 1 uncleuuuots. tho furthest.
the worst. You nee t not curry your sins
half a sieoud. Como and wash In this
glorious gotl lavor. Why. thnt is un
ipportuuity euougli to swallow ui ull
nations. That is uu opportunity that will
yet stand ou the Alns uu 1 beckon to I'.ulv.
and yet stand on the Pyrenees ami beckon to
Hpain, aud it will yet staud on the t'nil ami
beckou to Ktisiu, mid It will stand at the
gate of heaven uud beenon t all nations.
Pardon for ull sin. uud par Imi right awav.
through the Mood of the S h ut O )d. A lit
tle child thnt hud beeu bllud. but through
skillful surgery brought to sight, said: "Why,
mother, why dnlu t you tell me the earth and
sky are so beautiful? Why didn't you tell
me.'- "Oil. replied the mother, "mv child.
I (il l tell you often. 1 often told v.ill how
b.-autlful they are, but you were bliud, uud
you couldn't see!"
on, II woeoul l have our eye? opened to
s.ie tue glories in Jesus Christ we would feel
thut the half had u t liseii told us, and you
wouiu giMT-some i.Mrtstlau. mau and suy,
"Why didn't you tell mo hci'itraot th i glories
iu the i, rd Jesus Chrit?" and that irieud
would sy. -I did tell yju. bat you win
bllud nud eould uot ,, aul yja wer tleaf
mi l eould not hea:-."
History says that a srat rmr mi to
capturo aueiHut Jerutnlei.i, and when t'eit
army got ou the hllb d tluu' they saw the
turrets au I the t iwers oi Jerusalem they
guveuMiout that mil letht earth tremble nud
tradition, whether fais.i or true, say that s
gretit was the .thout eugle tlyiu in the uir
oropped m.der tho utniospiiorio percussion.
Oh. if we eould ouly cat'-ti u glimpse of th
towers of this gospel temple into which
you are all invite 1 1 . come uud wssli there
would he a song Jubilant, aud wide resound
ing at New Jerusal mi ken, at New Jerusa
lem tulteu, the hosuunas oi other worlds fly
ing midair would fold their wings and drop
into our elojiug dnxology. Against the dis
appointing and liHiiHt-ieiit lave.-of Pilate's
vioe aud Pilate's cowardice and Pilate's siu
I place tue bras-ju sea u u Saviour's pardon-
iug aier-v.
County Treasurer 0, Y. II je, of Monte-,
sums, Iowa, has disappeared, nud with aim
auoui fjj'j.uttu oi tue cwuuty tnouey-
enter into.