is;talmage's sermon: HEROISM OF WOMEN. whtnttif Troubls or Miav I j gjiuwu -- 9 ' litrfnni Bsftdls Man . "Till woman wss'full of uooil Ln'l almsleeJs which shs did." Act V a hi."- a-vtlni: now mliin I left hir off lnt Hah L.h in 'rwitln woman's nnportunlttos. I I, ... m ir that woman hnsthn ixvMnl and (..wrliitive rlirht of Messina and comforting ,d .ck. Whnt Innl, what street, what . ft ..! l... 1.1 li n Ma nn 11 " hi. limit; iti tllBervte.' Tf.ol thousands of slnkhols! AVhat shall j,- Willi them? Hhnll man, with his roush arcl neavy imn ami unpa.ieni pcarine, ...uter? No. h ennnot sooth" th nnln. Ha -net unlet the nerves, lis know not ,rn .) set the Unlit. His hatul in nnt . .1. . rt. ..... . I .1 I - , . Mf IV Hn M,H'i tj -ut I'm tun tiri'im. lie in wnkctui enouirn in no n watencr. Tho , .l sent MIm IJIx Into tint Vlminia .,.itaK anil the Maid of HitraanssSj to ftp t he wound of the battlefield, and ha ,.,pil wife, mother ami dniik'hter for this j,!l-te 1,,,t tremendous mission. Yon have tnnwn men who have despised women, hut iM mnni"nt dtseasn f"ll npon thorn they did nn( it'nil lr their friemls at thn brink, or ta-ir pnrtnur la business, or their worldly v,liit". Th-dr first ory wa, "Take me to ray wite!'' The diipatd youim man nt the dr(tH 'off at the idea of ludux under h.n Inflnenees, Imt at the first blunt of the ..h dil fever on his check ho says, 4,Vhom u moth-T?" Walter Boott wrote pnrtly lit tir an l nni; in compliment wnvu no 0 w.winn, In onr hour of n, . , tVrtaln, eoy ami hard to pleno; WVn rain aud nniruish wring the lrow, A mltiistcriim angel thou! 1 think th' modt pathi-tle prut-ase) In all the B t in I the description of the lad who went ml to the hnrvel ficild of Hhunem and Rut .onstru.'k throwing his hand on hi t"m ,jmi.1 crying out: "Oh. my head! My 61! ' And they snld, "Carry him to hi nHthiT." Anil then tho record I, "He sat o h'-r knee till noon, nnd then died." It If an awful thing to be III away from home ltiitrani?e hotel, onee In awhile nn-n com ing to look at you, holdiuK their hand over tHr mouth 'r fear that they will eatcli the (vntnifl-n. How rouuhly they turn yon In t.j' . iw loudly they talk! Ifow you lonij lor ih :nlnWtrles of homo! I knewoneaueh who went away from one of the brightest of him" f"r several week' husino alienee at ib Vrt. A telepram enment midnight that h was "0 111 doiithbed faraway from home. Bt fx; res train the wife nnd daughter went westward, but they went too late. He finrel not to die, but he wa in an niconv to lire until hi family Rot there. He tried to bril the iloi'tor to make dim live a little while longer. He nid, "I am willing to die, Kut n t alone." But the pul)e fluttered, lhevi elosed nnd the heart Htoppeil. The xiT's train met in the midtiiuht wife and nui:!iti-rs uoinn wiMtwurd, lift'les remain o! bust mi l an I father coining eastward. Oh. It wn ' :i sad, pitiful, ovorwhelmini; scoot nele! Hhn W" -utsslek. wo want to lie slek at h ime. When the tlmo coni" for u to die, wwant to die nt home. The room may bo wry h'nible, und the fueos thnt look into ours i:.ay ho very plain, but who care fur thnlV l."Vin IiiukI to bathe tho templet. L'lVini: volees to speak Rood ehe"r. LoviiiK It; a 1 1 r ad tho coinrortin: promises of In mir lart drenilriil war men oast the can B')U;:n a lashliinu'd themu-ketryj nionoried n the Iw-is, "Forward, inarch!" men hurled tln'ir I'attalioiM on the sharp oiIkh of the nny, eryinir, "Chaw, elmrij: hut wnuiitu sviipeil the lint) woman admiui.s fiTiiJ the cordials; wmnnii wateht.-d by tho dytnir eo-ien: woman wroto the last message to the linine cirolei woman wept nt tho soli tary i. m i. ii aitoniieii iiy imrseii una lour men with a spade. We Kreoted the general homo with I r.i..s ImniU and triumphnl arehe and wild liu.-.us. tint the atorv 1 too Rood to be written any whero, save in the chronlelea of Leaven, nt Mrs. UraJy. who crime down rnoui; the sink in tho wamp of the t'hleku liomiuv; of Annie Uo.ss, in the cooper aliop h'siltal ; of Jlaraivt KrocinriilRe, who fHHie to ir.i'ii who had been for weeks with their wounds undressed, Hoineof tlicm froz.cn tutuc ground, und when she turned them ovr those that had nn arm left waved it and tilled tlm air with their "Hurrah!" of Mr, ll'i lue, M lio came from IMiieau'o with lilan- kets and with plllo, until tho men shouted: inree I'ai-crs lortlie t ar.stl m commission O i I lde-s the women ut liotue ;" then, sit- tlu ilnwu to take tho last messa r-ll my wife n il t fn t about me, but to iii""t mo in lii-aven. Tell her to triilu up tho boys whom we have loved so Well. Tell her we fUll meet ii,'iiin In the coo l land. Tell hor t'lls-ar my los like tun l.'hristian wifo of ii Ihrisiiau soldier," and of Mr. Sin Iton, into wuovi taee the oonvnleseiit solder looked and iald, "Your Rrapes and roloRne cured Ei"." .Men ilid their work with shot and fhell und carbine and howitzer, women did tln'ir work with sock aud sli liner fifiil lianil.'iK.-, and warm drinks, and Keripturu test?, and Rirntle struklm;sol the hot teiuples, :el stone of that la. id where they never have any imin. .Men knelt down over the wiaiiiiled aud said, "On which side did you tlt'hl'" Women knelt down over the woiiml. Maud said: "Where are you hurt What nl-e thiiiv can I make for you to eat? What nrnkes you cry' ' To-niht, while w men iin-MMiu.i nsieep in our lie is, there will bo it UK-ill 111 Voiiili r loft: there will I. it L'r.i.u.ln.. hi that dark alloy: there will I ie cries of m that cellar. Men will bIl-jm. and "!.iel Will WUt'jIl. A,':uii, woman ha a siine; dative rlulit to hue cato of the poor. Titere are huudrnd and thousaiitl of them in nil ur citie.-. Hutu is a kind of work that men cannot do orth.i poor. Hero eouvs u Ri-oiip of little harefo.il cliili'.rcn tot'ietloar of the Dorem h" I-ty. TI.ey need to bo clothe I an 1 pro v..h, ,,r, Whiwli of the-j dirtvtor of lan!:s would know how iiiauv viir.1 it would Uk to make that little Kirl a ilress' Which t !t!n -e tiiasi'iilino haii'ts eould tit a hat to but little Rlrl'H heal Which of tan wise ii'i'ii would know how to tie on that now iw of shoes Mau sometimes Rlvos hia iiaruv iti n roiiKh way, and it full like the :lt i f u tree in tho Kast, wlii-h fruit comes ''""' heavily thut it lucak the sull of mau who Is trvinn to Rather It. Hut woin.ni elide so softly into the house of "'itlllllioll. und lllliis out nil I Ii .1 u, .. r. . ,, j ..I till iacc. 1,11.1 i.ula w.. .,Mi..l.' ,1. . .1 I.... "'- '(Ml' ... 111. l,ll.,l.,ll 'ii t'ui table, thut nil the family come out on Ir nt step a stie depart, fxpuctiiithnt tr"'u under her sliiiw 1 she will thrust out two ".i nun ro riRltt up toward heaven, from wtienen hI'o. seem to have come down, ii MiriMiuu vouiiR woman, if you would make ) iirs,.(i happy and wiu the Idessim,' of Uiri-t, Ko oul aniuiiir the destitute. A loaf t t n ad or a bun He of sock io:iv make a "'iiiiely loud to curry, but the miRcl of Uod J ll coma out to watch, und the Lord Aimiichty Wj Kjvrt memje,. 10st n tniirife, suyiiiR: "Look after that woman, inuupy hor with your wiuR aud shelter hor Mm III! harm " un.l l,ll v.t. ....... I l the hi.lluu r.f .1UJ.1....1.. I ...... -l .u . Iii, I ""iiuniuu nun suiieriuR llie illU oneit around the room will whisier: "ho iNshe' Alu'tshe beautiful" and if ytu IlMen riRht sharply, you will hear driit jiuij down the leuky roof and rolllusf over "'"'t'UiitalrMthettnROl chaiit that shook o-IUI-iliem.t.uioiy to (iod tu thehlRhest aud ou earth peuoit, Rood will to ineu." Can yutcll mo why a Christian woman, goiuR t il" .ftmo"K " Ifiiuuta of lulquity on a J-uritlim errand, never nice with uuy " JiKUlty? I stood iu the chapel of Helou Y "a uicrs, t,H dauRhtor of thecolebrated Dr. timers. the most abandoned part of the iiiy of EdluburRh, itud X said to her a I hm . Mouu,t ui",n the fearful aurround tH ui J1"4' P'1""'! "lo you come horeniRlits ."-"''J oerviceV" "Oh, yes," she said, ant . P0"''18 that you never meet with Hr 1 perlormliiR thut Chris: tail r- "Never, he said. "Never." v t , ! ysuu8 woman who has her futher by ur aide walkluB down the utreet, an urmed fuueeaian at each corner of the afreet, u not so well defended m that Chrltttlnn who got forth on Rospel work Into the haunts of Ini quity, carrying the Diblss and bread. Ood, with tho rlR'it arm of Hi wrath omnipotent, tftrntiM tenr tn nloeea nnvonN mhn tthmild nftn indiRnlty. He wonld smite him with lltrht- nlnu and drown him with floods and awal- tow him with earthquakes and damn him with eternal Indignation. Pome one said) 1 "I nisiiKA very mucn to see that Christian woman teaching those bad boy In tho mis sion school. I am afmld to have her Instruct them." "So." said another man. "I n afraid, too." Hnld the flr.rt, "I am afraid they will use vile lanRtmve before they leav tho r!aoa ." "Ah." aald the otner man. "I am not afraid of that! What I am afraid of I that. If any of those hoys should use a bad word in thnt presence, tho other boys would tear him to piece and kill him on tho spot." That woman in beet sheltered who I shel tered by omnipotence, and it is always safe to ro where Ood tell you to ro. It seems a It the Lord had ordained woman for an special work in the solicitation of charities. Hacked tin by barrels in which thero Is no flour, andby stoves in which thero Is no flre, nnd wardrobes In which there are no cloth js n woman is irresistible. rassim; on her erraud, Ood says to her, "You ro Into thnt bank or store or shop and Ret the money." Rho Roes In and Ret It. The man I hard fisted, but she Ret it. She could not help but Ret If. It I decreed from eternity slio snould Ret It. No need of your turning vourba"k and pretendtua you don't hear. You do hear. Then-1 uo need of your saving you aro boRRed to death. There is no ned of your w.ntlnR your time, nnd you miRht as well suinr.lt flrt a lat. You had better rlRht nway tako down your checkbook, mark the number of the checK, fill up the blank, sIru your name and hand It to tier. There 1 uo need of wastinR time. Those poor children on tho back street hnvo been hunRry lonR enough. Thnt sick man must hnvo some farina. That consumptive must hnvo somethiiiR to ease hi courIi. I meet till delegate of a relief society comlnR out of the store of such a hard listed man, and I say, "Did yn Ret tho money'" "Of course." she say, "I Rot the mmu'v. That's what I went fiir. Tho Lord told' mo to ro In and Ret It. and Ho never send mo on fool's errand." ARitin. I have to tell you that It I woman's speeiilo rlRht to comfort under the stre of dire disaster. Hho I called tho weaker ves sel, but all profane a well a sacred history attest that when the crisis come she I. bet ter prepared than man to meet tho emor Roncy. How often you have seen a woman who sccmod to be a tllsi'lplo of frivolity and indolence, who, under one stroke of calam ity, chatiRed to a hen ilne! Oh, what a Rreat mistake those business men make who never tell their business troubles to their wives! There come some Rreat loss to their store or some of their companions In business play them a sail trick, and they carry tho burden all alone. He is asked In the household nwln nnd aRaln, "What I the matter'" but h believes It a sort of Christian duty to keep all thnt trouble within hi own soul. Oh. sir, your llrst duty wn to tell your wife all about It. Hhu peruaps miRht not have lisentaiik'le 1 your llnanec or extended your credit, but she would hnvo hid pel you to bear misfortune. You hnvo no riRht to carry on one shoulder that which is in tended fm two. There are business men who know what I mean. There come a crisis In your nffalis. You struRRb" bravely and Ion?, hut after f. while there come n day when you snv, "'.lorn I shall have to stop," nnd you call in your partners, mi l you call In tlic most prominent men in your employ, nnd you suy, "Wo have to stop. You loavj the store i lid Icnly. You can scarcely ma!;o up your mtnd to pas through the street and over on bridge t.r on the ferryboat. You feel everybody will bo looking nt you, nud lilamlm; you, and tleuounciiiR you. You hasten home. You tell your wife all about thoulTiilr. What doc she hay' Does sho play tho butterflv? Does she talk nbont the silks, und the ribbons, and the fashions? No. She comes upto tho omerRcnev. Mho quails imt under the stroke. Klin help yju to bis Rin to plun rlRht away. Hint offer to ro out of tho comfortable housrt into u smaller ce.o and wear the old cloak another winter. She I ono who understands your affair without bluniinir von. You look upon what yju thotiRbt was a thin, weak woman's arm lioldiiiR you up, but while you look at that arm there ootne Into tho feeble muscle of It tho stretiRth of the eternal Uod. No chid InR. No frettlnif. No tollliiR you nbout the beautiful house of her father, from which you brouRht her, ten. tweuty or thirty years iiRo. You say: "Well, this Is tho hapidest day of my life. I u:n Rlud I havo Rot frutn under uiy burden. My wifo don't car.t I don't care." At tho moment you were ut terly exhausted God sent n D iburuh to meet tho hoxt of the Amab kites uud ncnttuf thcta like chaH over tho plain. i There aro sometime women who sit rv.d ln,' sentimental novels, uud who wish that they had some Rraud Held In which to dis play theirChristiun power. Oh, what Rrmd and Rlorious things they could do if they only had an opportunity! My sisto-, you need not wait lor any su.di time. A crisis will come in your utTair. There will bo n Thermojiylii' in your own household, whero (iod will toll you to stand. There nm hun dred of households where ns mueh'coiiraRo is demanded of woman as was exhibited by (J race DarliiiR or Mario Antoinette or Jonu of Arc. r .: Lastly, ono cf the specific rights of woman Is, ihrouRh tho Rraott of Christ, dually to reach heaven, oh, what a multitude of women in heaven! Mary, Christ's mother, i:i heaven; KILiaVth Try iu heaven, Char lotte i;ii;:a')eth in heaven, tho mother of Auuiistlue In heaven, the Couute of Hunt ingdon, whu s ild her splendid jewels to build chapels, In heaven, while u Rreat many ot haw who havo never oeeu heard of on earth or known but little huve Roue to the rest and peuco of heaven. What a rest! What n chuiiRo it was tro:n the small room, wan no lire nn I nun win low, the Rlas broken out, and the uc!iiiiRilo mi l woruout eyes, to the "house of many mansions!" Nouiore stitch Iiir until Vi o'clock at nl'ht, no more thrnst ItiR of the thumb by the employer throURh the Work to show that it Was not dune tpilto riRht. Plenty of bread nt last. Heaven for iiehiiiR heads. Heaven, for broken heart. II 'aven for uiiRuI'di bitten frames. No more sittuiR up until inldiiiRlit for liio comlnR of stuwriiiR steps. N i more roiiRh blow a"ros the templej. No niorj sharp, kejn, bitter curses. S lino of you will have no rest In this world. It v.i'i be toil and struRk'lo and suf IcriiiR all the way up. You will have to siaiid at your dour IlwhtiiK bu'lc the wolf with your own hau l, iv I with cinuao. IJ.it il i I In a er.r.vn lor you. 1 want you to rcall.M that Ho is now makitiR it, nud whenever you worm u tosr II set another ruiii In that crown; wnon nver you have a pani? of body or soul He put another R", jt,( (hut crown, until, alter awhile, In all the tiara there will be uo room for another splendor, and Ooi will say to Hi uiir.'I, "The crown is done; let her up that die may wear it." Ami us tho Lord of riRhteousiies put the crowu upon your brow iiiircI will cry to angel. "Who is she'" and Christ will sav: "i will tell you who she Is, tshe is tho one that ca:nt up out of Rreat tribulation and had her robe wiubed and made white iu the blood ot tha Lamb." Aud (hen Ood will spread o banquet, and Ho will invito all the principalities of heaven to sit ut the feast, aud the tables will blush with the best cluster from tho vine yards of Ood, aud crimson with the twelve manner of fruits from the tioe of life, und water from the fountain of tho rock will Hash Irom the Rolden tankards, und the old harper of henveu will sit thero, makluR musli) with their harps, aud Christ will point you out amid the celelirltle of heavou, ny. iur: "Bho suffered with Me on earth. Now we uro roIhr to be Rlorlllod together." Aud tho baii(ueters, uo loiiRer ublo to hold their pence, will break forth with ooiiRratulntlom "Haiti Hall!" Ami thero will be hand whtliiRs on tha wall not u?h as struck the Persian uoblmnau with horror, but with lira liptwd fliiRors,. wrltlnR Iu blai:inir capitals of liRht and love aud victory,. "Clod bm wiped uway ail tears from. all face."' Oeorgia'i fruit crop tuU' year U estimated to b worthi a,O0u,'Ji)O.. SADRATII SCHOOL IXTKIiNATIOXATi LKSSON FOU Jt'.NK 30. Hfvlevr ot the First Quarter Scrip ture Reading,'! Cor. xv V2-2H Golden Test: Heb. xll., 3 KovlevY Questions. Becllons of History. The history slndle.1 dnrlnR this quarter Is contained in Matthew sxt.-xxviil.i Mark xl.-.rvl.t Luke xlx.-xxlv.) John xll.-xxl.i Acts I., 3 Vi; I Cor. xv., 6-7. Place. Jerusalem and nelRhlxirhonil. Time. A. D. 80, Apnl 1 to May 1H. Tho last days of our Lord's earthly ministry. Home Iteadlnir. Monday (June 21), Mark XI., 1-11: xll., Tuesday, Matt, xxiv., 4'i 61; Mark xlv., l'J-2fk Wedwwdnv, Mark xiv., Si-42, 63-64. Thurwlav, Mark xv., 1-13, ii 87. Friday, Mark xvl., 1-H; Luke xxlv.. 19. 83. Hnturday, John xxl., 4-17; Luke xxlv., 44-53. Bundny Acts I., il-12; 1 Cor. xv., 5-7. (jrrsTtoss rtn r.r.viEW. The lessons of this quarter cover less than seven weeks of time from April 'i to May In, hut the events are appallliiRand majestic. In what wav did Jesus a'-eert kiiu-'lv honors' In what parable 1 1,1 lb-foretell His death? How did It s -ek to put HI disciples on their Rtiard What remarkable feast did He celebrate, and what establish' V here did He manifest His bitterest iirhun? Who ar rested and llr.tt tried Jesus' Who llnnllv condemned Mini? Whnt was the cause of Jitsus's tbvith' What lie, ame of the bnlyof Jesus? Whent did Je.tu tlrst walk with Hi disciple nfter Hi res'irre tl'in? . How many nnd what question did lb' ask a fallen dis ciple' Where wn Jesus last seen by Hi apostles, and what was Ili lad n't.' In our reRular Kunday-schoiil work, we havo come uRaill to the end of the most precious study and as-soelatlnii In this world. Itnt our true study nnd association are never to end. At best, wo have only lieun to know a life exhaust let in It lessons and It love. If only our heart have sometime burned within u by the way, we shall still sock lllm, nnd 11 ml evermore tin. re precious truth and sweeter comfort. Chiefeet ninonR-d ten thousand, Ihe one altoRClher lovely, blessed are they who llnd Him' Alas for those who live nud die, uud know lllm uot! Lesson Helper. TEMPERANCE. Titr: rrr titat Jt ATrnr. rn i . Pra se the euptbat nature MIL liriti.mttitr to the brink; GivinR health and eurliiR lllj. l'.'.essed. precious tlriuk. BiliR liRaliist the llery bowl Potent to dotrov Health and hiniie.nnd heart and s nil, Lvcry earthly Juy. Ivlward ('unwell. A JrtH'.tS TfsTIVuST. In nn address befnre tho Ministers' fnlun, nt Clevidaiiil, Jinbre Loruc, of that city, hop hi testimony to the relation of driiik and crime. Ho had been JihIro of the p.ilico Court for four years, and ilurin,' that time (O.IMKI cases bad etmie befnre him. Last year," he said, "of the eases brouirbt before mo 4JH7 went case of Intoxication, the smallest number for any year during my tenn of ofllcc. The year before there were 4J5U and previous to" that fcll. Four-fifth of nil tl'o cast brought int art wen' the result of lntiiicatloli. While the charRc on which tho offense was examined may have Is-en other tliaii Intoxication, the evidence brought out the fact that tlie use of liquor is responsible for all but a small percent, of tho criuio thut is committed." INKlllU.Ul.s :,o7 SAVn. The New Y.irk Sun' I. ui Ion corresp indent cables: The report of tho M-.,ttih Depart mental Committee, niqioiiited to Inquire us to the further be.-ielaliou ine, .sary to dcnl with habitual iiiebriHtcs, inal.e.s melauclmly readiniT for tiiostt old-fashlonei lolk who, despite the tendency of the times, cHir,' to belief ill the liberty of the suhj.vt and ei.;se quent rlRht of nny tiiim t" itct dniiil; as often as his purse or the liberality of iu.1 Iricml Will permit. The report tient the Inebriate a-a criml nnl or u baby, or both, denies his riRht to ad minister his property, sa h should not In) allowcl to discipline his family, an 1 recom mend legislation for him Las ., uem the ns suniptlou that he is a lunatic who oiiflit to be placed under restraint whether lie nl.ed it or not. The committee ela-s the victims of optiim and other dniRs ns habitual drunkards, and propose to Rive their relative the power id puttiiiR them under restraint, tlold eiireii and other alleRed hpe i 1 1 . aresumaiarily ib liounecdaiiilthciru.se will lie abolished It tho reeomnieinlatious of the cinumtttcit ,e carried into IcRlslutivo cITe which b Uot likely. wnisKvs w minimis fsevere thiiiR are i-aid of wlusl.v, and .1 Rrnait many of them are i!cforcd. Put it would Int wtdl to do justice even to whi-ky. It Is dfscrihfdn.su tlfcfivcr.il a lempteV. Whisky i eiiiiiienily fnir uud nbuve lard, and uses no tleccii. It posts its wainni-'s eve r whf rf, and it is a man s fault if bo don't pmllt by them. Wherever you . .urs, siiialor, wretclifiliiess, ymi have ci ountereil one ot whisky's warnings: wlfii you visit the paupers' corner of theRiitve yard nud look npmi tho nameless ni 'iihd.-, you will llnd Ihcin there. Whisky is fmr; w hisky hank's it burn. er on the tinier waiis, whihky Haunts its emblematic si. nil uud cross bolu s in the I. roic I Ik-lit of dav. Tho man who wntles with whisky w.ll be tlt.v. inil. No n atlt i-bow strong he' may be, or how much of the t.neci -I; ni;iin c .i,te, lie nuiy know, si mier or Inb-r In slionhb rs Will ro to the llni.r, and the rider,.,. t ; i liwnrd the iliii'icnd li lt to nlii-ky. Hot vvbi.-ky wrestles tuirlv: it doesieii roiic; ; tlis s m t MrniiRle; It simply crushes it.s vic tim by superior weight. Moiul; Do not wrest hi with whisky. Tr.jtri'.nAMcr. .. and Norr. New York's reform Police Commi ,oner declare thut "miIooii uro uot proper iduces to frequent." , Thirty-two Irish member of the House of rommou lire directly and indirectly inter ested ill the liquor trii.lle. Iu one year over one million dollars' worth of property was destroyed by the failures of bocrilrinkiiiR engineer und switchmen. Mine Kattt Lumleu ha orRimlze 1 Woman's Christina Temperance I'nioii of K 'nudum vian women in Urooklyu uud New York. Vital force, heat force, motor force, nerve force and muscular force are nil impaired by the Influence of doses of alcohol. Dr. N. U. Davis. Expert bartender estimate sixty-three drinks to the Rnllon. Ou this estimate there were 6,C04.i:t;'i,h'Jl drinks of whisky made in this country lust year. W. O. T. U. Ilulltttln. At recent Important public oereaiouy, of which the Duke and 1 inches of Tuck went the central tlRuros, three ladle of the arls tocracy druuk her Mujcsty's heultu in cold wutor. On thn cornerstone of the London Tem perance Hospital, laid by Kir Wilfrid Lawson, Is this Inscription: "In humble liiHiudeuce on AlmlRhty Uod for euro iu thu treatment of disease. The report on temperunee of the General Assembly of tho Presbyterian Church con tained a declaration thut the "uufttrmeuted fruit of thn vino fullllls every coudltiou In observitiR tlm sacrament." Also a recom mendation that everyt'.liiR bo done to keep t'riukers' out of (ioverumeiit, htale and municliial olllcee, ai.da resolution dochirtiiR thnt "The time has uow come to make our Influenoa felt directly and with power, nnd voters are urged to Vote against tho granting of licenses." RELIGIOUS READING. Tim issi i turn or rni srtntT. The phrase "ti e Illble Is simply llterntnro" Which some are i.sIiir today, ns a 'ik-i stlou svnlnst bibliolntry, i not true, l.Ueraiiirit I the letter: Scripture Is the letter In-pired by the spirit. What Jt su said In JustihYa. tii m ot his doctrine of the new birth isetually npp'.lealile to the doctrine of inplratlou : 'That which I bom of the flesh I flesh, rind (hat which 1 born of the Spirit I spirit." Ldueiite. develop and rct'ne ihe natural man to the hiRhest possible point, nnd yet he I Imt a spiritual Mian, till IhrouRh the new birth, the Holy (, host renew and Indwell blm. Ho of llteratuirt. however elevated It tone, however lofty it thouttht. It I not Scripture. Scripture I literature Indwelt by the Spirit of Ood. The absence of the Holy (ihost from nny writltiR constitute the lui Inssable Rulf Is'tween It und Scripture, i ur .ord iu spi nkiiiR of his own doctrine uses the same Ihiiruiiro to show It stpamteno.s from common teaclilnu which he employ above to mark the distinction of the' ticv man. lie snvs: "It I the spirit that qulckc ln-th ; the llesh' profit I'th DutbtiiRi the nurds that 1 have spoken ii nt joti are spirit and are life" i.bdiii ti :f;l, IS. V. . Words they were, nnd In that respect literature: but words divinely Imlueathfd, mid therefore Scripture. In line, the t lie fact which makes the Word of (tod a tililque bonk, stniiitiiiR apart In solitary e purulent'- Irom nil other wiIIiurs, i that which also parts i IT the man i f nod from common men the llnlwclllliR id the Holy (ihost. There fore we ti, ay say truly of the Itible, not mendy that it was Inspired, but It l inspired i that tint 1 1 . . I oho-t breathe within It, milk Iiir It not oi.lv authoritative In Its doctrine, but llti -RivitiR In Its ul -tunee. o that they Who rid Ive its ptouil-i'S ,y faith have "l een I't'Rottl II PRIllll, Hot of Cnrniptlb'if seetl, but ot Incornq til le, Ibroi'iih th" Wmd of Ood, which livth and iilldeth'il peter 1 : -M, K. V.).- Prom ihe "Mini-try id the r-plnt." A 1011 AM. The f.tllowltiR day I str .veio mnke nmetnl b r the lost lime, but in vain. 1 he deep peaei and renewed power tot IViee c-tl roii.v was sciitti-red. . iiotber and aii' tln r dm passed, and I did not real! e that this solitary y ny spi aiiR from tin-altblcs-tn-s and tlisobeili. t'tiec which had Rrlevi'd my IovIiir Lord. Then cold sftth d on my Iuiirs, uud 1 lay down for sulleritiR work '--which I stlil t-cr-vice. tlnniRh It dot s in t f built Iiro the ei.vv or admliati' ii i f ii.i n : but these service re maliii'd v ileil suve In the results until "lbs day sbail declare It." One niRht In my sletq I seemed t wander in a dark tlne wood ; the brilllchts, ll.terlaet d above tee, 1"lt the 1 1 1 it I -litRht kv v lible at interval" as t he w In I swept throURh tl'.t'lll. The depth of the f. rest w.l illuailin d by a lump, suspended fr m tin- sky between two -oldi n chains ; it oscnhiied Willi the e.a 'tltude of the pemlniiitn tin eluck nb. " a w hite tiiarl'le monument. 1 he e;,t cl. i.n.ed I rlRliter la the ilarkiies, mid I up- r .ill-IP d it und rend in l.iri.'" I la -k eharae. t.-'s: roibc D in. ry ol Wated ll"iir." Years I uo R.me I v, but I ha e le-vcr forrfot- lell III - s, pulehn- ot the .. jlirti'd lldtllltes, lior the si list-id lo-s ev i rl"liei d III that liioiil.;!it dteinn. I was n .lored topeace IT' 1 a-l.i;d down t" sneer. I knew whom I had I ele-M .1 : but ob.lv w I l .lured Pt the i uti ra'n ii i f tlio-e w.i-t--d b nrstli.-kt t!i ank- er- "-"ui niel t In n Ine-r-w i r : 1 1 had t-.it ii ! Anna Mil) t n, iu "1 ' Ib a-iu,' II- at'.,'' oi r t t nn. noon. Are tin re ie t s. I, ,. in ,.iir circle to when ii niitntiii v 1 1 t ike y i iii -i !t in lime-ot trial I 111. ! -' t i W .- 'I hc II IM l s si i in to s eak tile n-l.t v ord. to tii'iliii . r counsel m u nre h ! .- lor : 1 1 do i.. .t read.-.e, however, the ei -r Iii, h ti.ev had to I :iy ere tliet beeame !, il.ti.l in 1. 1 in In .r up riiiriR u mi lets und di v iiii: t' at s. put it jnii were tn inv tu.-,ii tie ir pi.' lu-'.i v n' Hi unl llnd that tin y I rive -.iflt-r. d n off than tuns. They havo Mtt- !: .1 the :ow, ui.twistiiiR nt siime silvr cord i li which the lamp of hie '.v lll.M- -I I'll the R.'ldi II I owl id joy lll.s.c, ,') tlielr ( et nnd Its c .nt. nts s.ii. ' Tin y have si. i , by t-bl inc li b-, and drnopltis Roiitils, lino n n mils, t . I nt . ti, in I...- i . e l-s-ary to -.ilil f t Inlli ! he ll;r-i s, the pllsi. cillli-. the priests ol u,i Ii. The l es that "i i lie- 1 1 nm foe!Ru linn s are i 'I ii ins v ein uirIi : I H t tilt y ' illt 111 11 -pice Wl i'-hsicllt llielnr V.l'.ll tie' fialalice 1. 1 the Orient. Si sutler-ili.-i loi.l. !i iii.'l hard to I .- it r ; but it bide-b- re nth it d -. i 1 il.t-, i-d'ieatl'Ui. --ll blln s Wlliiil tl t old) it -live Us .11 ililcr.bllt -1 1 e UK to lit 'p oil II '. l" III t fr. I. or set Mill- let th, r wait il'tRReilly lor the -i i lY'-ritiir In ii; I ut Rot 'i' "i it ad yi ii fun, both for ioni se ! inn I lor veiir scivice t - oiir Rein-ration, 11 tdlltR to' the Will oil iod. - liel.l' It .M' t t vn T"' :t.s or t.'.v Win n n man conquers his ;, I Is il.lti. tl It It s it . Ie I ns It he i-i hi li 1 1 i I them. 'Iln-ir pi w i r in all bis future life p. y cm nt- in bis pnt histori. ti.i i dvers:irles ii tul in vi r had t ii . -ti.l kept. Is are let only ,,rc ei"-ticnts In Ml It.s r. sent . I nracter. IP- Mct. ry Is . ! ted V.',!l the hlirl s'l-licfle that H' ii It. M'ss, n ,.( L-ii.-s ,s alw.i) s tiMln:le. i' It lire, u-t as this pe;i.-etiil .-rii-t of tie rani, on v.hi'di "e Jim-, tith its ttli-nl f'.t id- in . I liiev ...1- nnd orcliiods n... I! ... 1 r I. eiis is (ml sdil of the ,' uei . I t) c ti-r.i'-!in thnt vtrtmlt it Into its I I est lit ' I. I .e, of th" '.J ,., Voeill.l.s nnd tr,n..es which hiiM- it 11 11 t r tli ri'd II, or torture. I it. ,1'isi as tin- n lule fiuilnii t aith. tc ep 111 it- 1c :ir', :- still 1 . 1 1 .(.:- I u il!l II. c e"r l'iiiiuiie tl, c th,,: 1, w.tklii; tut ps . heinieal lilie ss ,.r its MorU. jn-t P., tl..' ill.' 1 1 1 lit has I .cell o ei 1 11 tiled a In I icl! ;il l.e.l I tin-stioni: hand d I1.1.I, 1 1 1 1 . I with the de. I 1. M'ii.in 1. my h in Bid m.Hi liuj.-, pnu t'ed hy the -troic ll.t-s.,1 letnptatl.ti. k'-eps tronr di-eipliuit t. it-M r, 111 .1 roots 111 that tl I - 1 1 ill It the lieel 1 st croHtlls of tile llltist Minn, nnd ItiMir .at.t sili'itiiai life thai 11 is I I'M a We to all. 1. 11- I'liiili, - llruoks. Tin: mi 1: ai 11.11 i.i'itir. Th" unif .nn -iii.l c. ii-isient Matetr.erit. ' I t-uie-d ; 1 i . 1 . ur 1 ;ir;..n-. I. rin- of aili-U'-d pin:- tn 1. 111 ui: 0 at o Ii- ilurlne; ;,e hist forty iirs, deciure that we arc ail ol us, i cvrv a.-t and ll oecht ol .,i.r lives, ii.-ii,,,,. t., 1 up a 1 1 1 -1 1 1 .-1 1 'al itc u !...'h wu! I . ai..l eoi.-ti- t'lt isi-lve- IU the future ,., , v. Il lie. re 1 on hci-ly Ukiii if --.v. .lustm pi.. portion ns we have tev. i...-.l our hifl - r iiit.-ii- .- i-.tl nud moral rutin. , or s,,n,.,i n p., , j i - 1 , td. nil we I e well or ill tilted for the 'iif.v I fe Wf shall 1 nti 1 on. 'i i 1 . - ; . j . 1 1 1 : , 1 : t wlf. Pv repl llte.l t-p. 1 l.Oe'fs, .e s e tt.vlie't I .'.( Il.e lll.so lute ieui.lv lllltl the e,,u. l. ter a-. II- ' lll.eH-s , s, Im t, .vi,r,llliw- the .ci,re stil'e - who l.iious I hut jn-t In 1 riipiiti.n as lie imlnli.'. s iu pasi or n ill-liness, or 'he it-.-hlfss pursii t ot w.'iilih, nnd net.-; s to cultivate hi- 11. . ral nnd int.-ll.-ctital limine, hoil.it he lie t nul l) - prepare for lum-cif misery In 11 world in' which th. ro are no phy-i.-itl wants in he provided tor, 110 striiK Kl" to inaiiilaiii im-re t xtsteti.-e, im n ns,.n flijoyiuents t-vrept those iinecilv assi.c.nt. ,j Willi hpii: a'hy 1111 1 nil. , tho , n o '.'uputliiu Imt those liiiMiik' for tin Ir ol.jft t s'l.-iiil. moral nnd iitt.-ll-. tn.il .r.,ci, - -1, -i, .. e, townr.l 11 pure ami inorai ntn liv uiotiv s tar stronger than nny win-h tither pi lio-opny ur Itfligion euu supply. Allied li, ,Vu.iu''C. TDK 1 llos.- Y011 remeiul er the way a father pictured a rfiim to in eliild? A erosn , couq ,..e,l ,, two put. 'e ofw'iitnl, Tliesh. trier piuctt represciit )oiir will, imd tlm louder i.o.im wnl. l.uy t wo plcct s .Ui Py Riilv, i- u) theie Is no en.. Imt lay the shorter pleue hc os tlm .uic;,.r, mid you have 11 en . Hi. never our will I. ili ueriMW (i el's thttiu is 11 eros in our lite. Wo make h erots lor ourseivi-a evt-ry tiuiH v do not iiet't-pt t 'hrisi's way, every lime wu murmur it nnyihiim tloaemls, verv tune w will imt do what ho eoiiiuuiud. Hut w htn we tuietly in et pt whul He lve, when w yieltl ill sweet iiiulct,ccnen t.i Ilia will.tliuuiill it hlialtttr our f.lre-i hopes, vthen wu let our will lie aloiiKsldt) His, I here are no crosses 111 our life, nud w-tt luive found tUtl puaco of Christ. J. li. Millur, V. IK r MtM-)tt nighest Quality (Solumbia f Bicycles The Standard for All. Have you feasted your eyes ujxn the beauty and grace of the Columbias llaveytui tested and compared them with all Mher makes? Only by such testing can you knew how fully the Columbia justities it.s proud title of the "Standard for the World." $1 ft ft Hartford Bicycles, Hoston, New SaV AN ART CATALOGUE ,f lh.";o i.tmnis wliwis lce i my Coluitibu Ayfiiyy, or will be nuiU f .r tw st.ni ii. I Tiet a Citiil.iKtirt. Free nt mir ('..liuiil.in Aif.-m v, S.-liujrr..vi', I'u., or jiinilail fifti fur I rents liy V. 1. linker. J.wva. tvv.-.vvvv.,...Vi'.; vvv.vvvs IXVKH.XATJOXM, ."fo V . ..''tf.'l' t:.. A ! f it.... MCTin.VAKVt r 5 v.-.--.-. 5 ?$m i iS- 1 a m y , ,. -r i 1 It I ici'i 1 1 1 1 i -1 1 in - tl;.. i uiiiit it , till 4 i.i.l ( .' 111. ti c ill ; 1 .- tii. ..1. 1 t 1 ' r.ll:l - :i ' t'. tti .t ; l 1 t , ; . ;. ii.' t 2 (T l-l-'. 11 io'l of tt...: 1 tL .. I t '..l.'.. ri tl..- Loin , t u. 1 .-, 1 in.- K f.'lio,,!., 11. Ti....r;. ll.ia. I'. .). I'. -i nci-. .'.i-o 1 J l- etli VvVlVtWkVUtMttl1VMIVVttj wil t, not tvrri Yi.rsti str.s tm mum;. . Thfre L n merry war on 111 Ici-il i,ry, Conn., where the yoiiii won 1 n u,eii,'-rs ot Ht, l'ft.-r's Tcir'p.'iatic. Mocu ty hav i . re il ly Illilioituced that they n'r I Hot to marry dr'tiKard or in.-ti likely to I nn- drum.- nio.', or tiiiy j nier man who partal."- - f spirituous or malt li ii ir . v. in" or eider. I uthcr Lynch, rector of M. l .-ier's I'lum-h, who is u rutlni.; llii enis.i I -. n, kept 11 tn... IW hy preu'-hine anothor serin . 11 on tic siit . i-t of "3j;lrrl,lf.,, ,, 1 'l't ri per.iuc -," . lay iilKht, say-, a N.-.v Vorl; at -h. This afteriionii the yoiin"; wmie'ii wire i.ivcii tiioritl Mrfiiu'lh () tin- atiii ..niccf .1 l itn -liatioii of the Ie sary f'f.-ty tot.,i,tl ,.v 1 e Kirls. Mctst of tin . wc.-e tnarr.etl, teil I i-.':-t-r I.yn.-h told them that I hey were 111 oiii ner of lifcoiiiiiiu' wl.lows at any hihim hi. The wiiliiw were ncrc tcilM,. ,!.. ;. than tr. t. -ri.'d Woiueu. 'Ihe liitstie-" nu n of tire town arc .-t.tii a unit iu opposini; l ath. - Lynch' tn -. I..-, anstt it will hot s. p until linn,.- I'.i.. I.iiry n ptohil.itiou town. At th : -t ' lion le'f,.se M-re can nd I y 11.; to;, of little more than 11 huiciietl. 1'tnh. r I.- .ch say it is mipos .Lie h .r 11 Ihiitl u y ).i: o'.t hlnkethfK.dd. il li.eaii. II-' iini-t he a ! t .1 ul'-taiiier or licco.i.c 11 .li'in'.at-d. Jli.s Mau,,-'lf I'lilin. rre-ideiit r.flh.ts . eiety, helii-ve that l.elorc o.i-, lithe ..e'.e inent spreads, nil the woim-u ol tl i-. 1 ,.110 .-y W ill strike iiu-.iut t mati ) in- dm nkar ! -. Ii Will lit) II lU'lllll'l loel.t lit." she -til '; ' l.ic father will not have drunkards an l.it!.-:.t ol their children." SAVI.II t lloJl ,-V'T. Mr. William T.dliie!;. ol the II ovarii A-s,.-ciatloti, t-ays, in a letter iu th - London Tunis on l'ns-'ii mi l S iiteiiets:'' "la visiting prison I hia,- aaiu ami .'1-,-atii he. n ifssuri'ti that eoininc; to jail prevent many iilTeuders from Koint,' lua l; lor it is the dunk that etielly 1111tl.es them insauti. II. 0" they Ui't IID alcohol, mi l heii.'tt many are saved Irom luiuiey. t'l-rtainly they net lietter in jail rather than wor-e; nnd there is no d;ui'-. r whatever 0 cellular M'pHratiou lor sliort titrouj Injuring prisoii'-n.' miuila." litl.l.'s ho;:. A' poor, ill-elinl lad, a ni,seriil !t si met aral) with an old face showing I lie eiT. -i 1 of hiiuif.-r and nctjlc .-I. up pi an-' I ui a mission chool, and Wii trt aifd vttry kindly l-v 01111 of the teachers, and wa enrolled us 11 men-la-r. lie nttfiidctl the iiifftliiifs ri'L-ularly. One day, however, he appeared in. limit iu it lie tr suit of clothes. "HoV i tliis. .MiktV" mid Ihn teacher. "Oh, sir," hu mid, lather i.s u teetotaler. I coaxed him every tiny to come to the temper unco tiittftinir, nud when he did con.e thu tlrst UiKht he Hli.'iied the pledi-e; and tool; at inu now, an!" Youth's Teinpt-rui.cu liiumcr. Earthquake In tin lialual world, 00m mo. tious in lilt) aoi'lnl, r I Ki.aia Hint pol tu-al world, tall Let. I'!ii i. .up.u upproacu ot thu tud ui tho titf . J. i ....... ' J ' "I ' 1 '' 'I ''.' S t. I Sv "." ii'' .!: i - ' , , i i ...i J i .. .... r tirrnt St:mil:irt! tlmri t J j A 3 . I . . . ' A ! I . f I: ' I .' i I '. f, "r 5 ixTrKvviiix.u. I ; ,,eM,!i,,tit;'a :.ia I)llTIOVW s fvi of AH. r .f THAT PLATE . M JT '0 iC1 N THE BEST .1 vv next-best in quality rat t .eli for Q0 and J60; 5) for boys and girls' sizes. POPH MVCi. CO. lirncral Otflcra and I'sconci. IIAK5TI 0R), Conn e3X rtNCM STORCSl San I rancitn, York, I'rovidcti.r, Chicago, buffalo l---' 4, Nl WHAT WILL DO. J lUiMttMrMsm "sT IS K ATI" HE'S fV T--.M':. W fjtinitiliit-JS the it- , . . n-:-.i ' r th'.'.'eii reli-. shii. 5 ).'.: cives vtTu sraEscni n r lt.:;n3 nrotv r.io;rlLns. .M0 Chocks nKri;,t .l!-u-as's ntors 1: H'-t swi iit.i. uurvs ii-.-.:::.'Ut eouauuipti ju. MAKES Wx.u, UI.OwD, romotes healthy 1-ri.x t" -., V.'iM irivr tliw p-i'.e 1 .::. , 'l-.o r-.iy ciicvk t 1 '. juii'.li. C1IPES AIL rtriALE C.iyPLAIM?. la!. s r1ron muu i.u d v. ;;.;u,of i '.uK.:io;,i SiUflGfiE'S ififlN TOfJ!C PILLS Cart all Wasting Dczsca n-j ll:u!r sequences, SlONCHITIS, CONSUMPTION, lie. They tire 1 1 it her strut ir tier ' r: tt ie -.nd! l.ave n. i-i'iitft'latii.K fttcct 0:1 t he cut. lit r I t ; Htiiniiu I. or it limnu. en it si 1'ient ly tio 'ot tin : t t tut left tl or runs tis! 1p.1t 10,1 or flier Vl'i i'H mi do t l.e usual lornis i t lrn U (livri I r.-tit n-.r-i.t oOc. pnnphlet lluJ. if tvt i'.-it i y yi-.!--d:--.ii;.s; .ei lrv GILMOHE t: CO., ' CINCINNATI. O. l'.n- Hale in Mi.lillt liiu oii, i'u., Lj T. li. Mi'Vi!lmi.i. V'Imt Ni'fve ' 'i V is have done for nh .r. '3 r V . . . . ... t 3 'J . ' 'i s. ' V 5 t.cC, cr.df-'i ri:tui:trf'y Rust'. -oJ. A . oi: s :u U,r .. X:... f.avi.ii:-!;- , U-H!i:; . . iiuw ' cil-':l!i:io i:. :c.;r!;.:T :i aiul l.it.-r . v: . ; th.- iv ':U id liver v.'t -;!;, -i.'kiu-s, .,,m' Lw A'S mA i.iv'tjto:u .1:1 i "mii ! 1 :l'.j:::i 1: .1 . r.ir.F. ?t;i;-? ur.iiatiii'.il I is:e or r.i.cli'.lv i'mi.-MOt: oatis.-.i hy j'OiitliJ'ul oil' tm 1 .XsV'.-hi 'p. ofts.tMCCo.rfium aii.l lkih.;'. v, I'livii !.'.ij to t'uiiMi:r.ption 'iiSur.i: j . ! lien tia1 IiO a s iiiimt'di ate impiownunt. Insi t upon inij :he KJiuiine MERVS DERBIES, no oilu-r. Convi'iiik'nt to ca'ry in xct-t jveket. I'rice, SI. 00 per box, six boxes, one tin! treatment, $5.oo. Guaranteed to cure any case. If not kept by your drug grist we will send them by mail, upon receipt of price, in plain wrapper. I'smphlet free. Address mail ord rsto AWEKICAM MEDICAL CO., CINCINNATI, 0. For Sulo ia MidJloburg, P., by T. 11. MoWillutms. Huhl Oliver Wen tell llolrii.t i a clerlci. friend: "I d.ui't like 10 iimu to th it evr litsiinu' iieKnii .n tliMt a tiii minister .l.-ai our. lio in lev puiplt. VMieu 1 KO tolo- irn pluacher, 1 wunt U hear ouu who LelKvi mors thuu 1 do." iL i. C3! J-M
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