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THE TRIALS OF BUSINESS.
DR. TALMACE'S SERMON.
Tbs BtragfU Tor Blchss'. Cause Man?
Downfall.
Tut: "Thi were thy merohsnts la all
sirls ol thln." E5klol xsvll., ',14.
W are at thn npenlntj door of rdnrnln?
Jtl"'' prosperity. Tl oominir crops, the
re-H-t:i'iiiihment o( ruihlli! oinfMeuoo nud,
nbove nil, the blessing nf God will turn in
upon nil section of America til" wide;,
jrroiitc.'t prosperity thin country hii over
(on. Hut that door nf uoon Is not yet
fully open, and thousnn Is of limine men
sreyet suffering from the distressing time
through which we hare been p.wlng.
Some of tho liest men In thn land hare
faltered, men whoso heart are enlisted In
every good work and whos hands have
blessed erery Rreat charity. The. church of
Ood can afford to extend to them her sym
tiathiea ami idea I boforn heaven with all
availing prayer. The schools such men have
ttslished, the .hurehea they have hullt,
the asylums nnd beneficent Institution they
have filtered will be, their eulogy long after
their banking Institution are forgotten.
Pueli meu eau never fnll. They have their
treasure (n bnnk that nover break and will
tie millionaires forever. Hut I thought it
would bo appropriate to-day and useful for
me to talk about the trinlii ami temptations
of our hustiies men and try to offer some
curative prvsoripUtins.
In the first place, I hare, to remark that A
grt many of our business men feel ruinous
trials and temptations coming to them from
small and limited capital In business. It Is
everywhere) understood that It now takes
three or four times its mn.'h to do business
well than It once did. Unco a low hundred
d IUr were turned Int'- Roods. The mer
chant would be, his own storekeeper, his own
salesman, his own bookkeeper'. He would
manure all the affairs himself, nnd every
thing would lie net profit. Wonderful
changes have come. Lostly apparatus, ex
tensive advertising, exorbitant store rents,
beavv taxation, expensive agencies nre only
parts of the tiemami matie upon our com
mercial men, and when they have found
themselves In such eireumf tanees with small
cniital they have sometimes been tempted to
rvn ag.ilnst tho rocks of moral and financial
destruction. This temptation of limited
capital hits ruined men in two ways. Hotne
times tiiey have shrunk down under the
ti-mptiitlon. They have yielded the battle
before the llrst shot was fired. At the first
hard dun they surrendered. Their it uvea
knock-! together at the fnll nf the auction
eer's hummer. They blnnchcd at the finan
cial peril. They did not understand thnt
there is such ti tiling as heroism In merchan
dise nnd thnt there are Waterloo of the
rniintcr and that a mini can Unlit no braver
battle with the sword than he can with the
yardstick. Their souls melted in them be.
oaue siiuiir were up when they wanted to
Imy and dowu when they wanted toscll. nnd
Iuusalaiiie goods were on the shell and
la 1 debts iii their lodger. The gloom t
th"lr coiiuteuiuicos overshadowed even tnelr
ilrv -goods and groceries, Ilestiondeuev.
coming from limited capital, blasted them.
Others have felt it lu a different way. They
Ihave snld: "Here I hnve been trudging
long. 1 1 nve been trylnit to bo honest all
lt'.e.' vt-.irs. I llml it Is ol no us. Now It
-nuUe or break. The small ernft thnt
mid have stood the stream is put out le-
ml the lighthouse oil the great sea of spec
ilntiui. He borrows a few thoiisanl dollar
- rn friends who dure not refuse him, and h
( e hurt' ring on a lurgo scale. Ho reus. us
i this way: 'Torhuns I iniiv succeed, und if
, don't I will lie no worse off thnu I am now,
it I l'Hi.OOO taken from nothlug, nothing re
nins.
hitocli." lire the dice with which Jo- ram
ie I ought for a few dollanvast tra-ts
I W e rn liiud. Home rtuinar.'tie JJusf, Hv-
" ''it homitetaad, inoets this gambler
rrti.".e end is persuailed to trade oil hi
1 t In a Westein city, with law
hiuu. nud costly paluc', and lake steam-
sniomug nt the wlmr-'f, auu ran trains
.iiur dowu witli lluntnlnir spued from
i. v direction. TIium it Is nil on paper!
t city has never been built not the rnil-
iis const ructed, but eerytliiiiK points that
. and the thinit will e done us sure as
live. Weil, the nun g"M mi, stoppini;
fraud or outrage. In his splendid
I'fltfe he ilnslms inist, while the honest
l -r looks up and "pe the sweat from
row and says. ' I wonder where that
"tall his moiiey" After a while the
'!e hursts. Creditors) rush lu. Tho law
I!i"S, but find n ithinir In Its irr.isp. The
who wi re mv.mlled suy, "I don't know
I c juld Ihimi ever been deceived by that
mi l ti. j i'-ioriais, in ninidsomo wood
't d rill i lie hero who lu ten yours hud
lis eu to full for 1.)0,0U0!
t tl. .t itho process liy which manv
lie- 11 i tiipted through lliiiitiitiou ol
id ' . n, sh Into liihyriutlut from which
. I not bo cxtriciited. I would not
lin honest enterprise. I would
i t i block up any of theaveuuuj for
ruiiliitlon that open before youiiK
i ; (he contrary, I would liketo cheer
". and rejoice when they rencli the
I hen there are siivh inultitudos of
-; ' ruin for this life und the life
' inie throuxu wroni; notions of
nwful spheres of enterprise It Is
' I thet'liurcli of (tod, and the minis
i ' K'ion, auu the friends of all jounif
utter u plain, emphatle, uiimis-
iri.test. Those ure the iiilluenees
r wu men iu destruction uud per-
(fre.i; many of our business men
, ' d to overauxiety and cure. Vou
mnriy nil commercinl businesses
u iu this day. Krnittuii with the
i ick Kaln, our cities are crowded
.. resolved to be rich nt all hazards.
' u'd i-iir.i how money comes it it
: -s. Our best murchiiuts are thrown
petition Willi men of more means
' conscience, mut if un opportunity
iiulatimi be iieKlectod ouo hour
"' elso ,lvk It up. I'rolii
to llecumber the struKlo
dlit jives m quiet to limbs toss
restu.,Hues nur to u bralu tlnU
t stop tauiklnif. The dreams nre
d liy linii-iiiiiry lo.su (,ud flusheil
maKiuury kuIus. J.ven tlm Hsb
"'iiot ilnui back tlietlde of unxletv,
V4
! oi woriiiiiiiuss dashes clour
'hurches and leaves Its foan mi
Inui prayer books. Meu who nr
"tt salaries or by the cultivation of the
r-wiuuuerstaud the Wdar an I tear of
nujiiiiud to which our iiior.'liunu
.m.a.,1 WlHU uot inow t)Ut
'ir livellhon,! u.. I .1.-.- i... .i.,...,.
!r deimnd.int upon the uuoertaiuties
B'xt hour. This excitement of the
mscorrodiUH-cura of the heart, this
" effort thai exhau.st the spirit,
--i many oi our best men lu mld-
'UtO the ip..w.. l.ui- nru
Cil iJ
I niouey saf. ' They go with their
1'luif. train .. li.n...
i - J'J v .41 . U .
f'Ss their life a nrii.illtrlmi Wu.,,1.
tioo. !
Olid desks ami I,...ImI.u,i
e fresh air, weiKhed down 'by cark-
irooi
C V "r'1 40 ny ulel.Jea. Ob, I
.irfeit'
ere '
iu-uhv run out Home of these
'are: that I ..,,. i.i nf . .i...
from I lie ... T II ..i...
ktl.in . IU UUUIll K'Va
k 0 l,0'm ot tn worn musule.
for you to begin to take It a little
"Y y"r nest nnd then trust Ood
nil- Jin vwt r . ..ii
.rrh,bl,yu'.ii""J.,1.",,!f"'.
t'i'bV!"rl ' air: Tbey always
VsL i:',d m nut mBk
li". i yourselves out Iroinamontf
I ads ami the shelves, and la tho
t?vh y?l,bb,4Ul dly resolv that
n. u ,0,nu Winds your feara, and
fu. ,hr,,."u'1 o distresses.' Vou
yotiiiuK iuto tUtt worldt all(l u
V" cau carry uotbluir out.
1 9 aa Wimtiut. be therwith oou-
tent. Tho trf-c:-ant e-.ms hm from th
store. Tli had nn-n a Rrf.it disaster then-.
He opens I thn froni door and said In tha
midst of his family circle: "I am ruined.
Everything Is jrone. I mm all mined." Ill
wifo said, "I am left." and the llttlo child
threw up it hands and said. "Papa, I am
here." The aired irrnndmothr, seated In
the room, said. ''Then you have nil the prom
ises of Ood beside, John." And he burst In
to t-ars and said: "(iod fnrlve ma that I
have been so untrratefnl! I flnd I have a
great many things left. Ood forirlve me!"
A itnln, I remark that many of our business
men are tempted to neglect their hom
duties. If iwo't-n It l tin tho store an I
home clash, but there ninth: not to b nnv
collision. It is often the c i that tho 'alhe'r
isthe mere treasurer of the family, a sjrtof
aifent 1 1 that they hnv.t dry Rood and
irrooerle. The work of family government
he does not touch. Oii'io or t wice 4n a vear
he calls tho children up on a Habbatlt after
noon, when ho has a half hoiv he dons not
exactly know what to do with, and In that
half hour be disciplines the children and
chides them nnd corrects their faults and
Rive them n great deal of Rood advice, and
th-n wonders all the rest of the year that his
children do not do liettor when they have
the wonderful ndvuntuK') of that semi-annual
castiRation.
The family table, which ounlit to bo the
place for pleasant discussion and cheerful
nes, often loonies the plife of perilous
expedition. If there be nnv blessing asked
at all, it is cut off at both euds and with tho
hand on the carving knife. He counts on
his fingers, making estimates In the inter
stlees of the repast. The w. rk done, the hat
goes to the head, and ho starts down the
street, and before the family have ri"n
from th table he has bound up another
bundle of Roods an 1 says tithe customer,
"Anything moro I can do for you to-day,
sir' A man has more responsibilities than
those which arc discharged by touting com
petent Instructors over hi children and giv
ing them a drawing master and a music
teacher. The physical culture ot tho child
will not bo atl-ndoi to unless the
father looks to It. He must some
time lose his dignity. H must tinllm
ber his Joints, lie must sometimes lead
them out to th"ir sports and games. Tue
parent who cann d forget the severe duties
ot life Komotlimts, to fly the kite and trundle
the hoop a 'chs.se tho ball nud Jump the
rpe with his children, t.ught never to have
been tempted on: of a crusty and unredeem
able solitariness. If y oi want to keep your
children away from places of sin you cau
only do It by nialng your home attractive.
You may pron.'l: sermons and advocate re
forms and de.iounce wickedness, and vet
your children will be captivated by the glit
tering saloon of aln unless you can make
your home a brighter place) than any
other pis mi on earth to them. Oh,
gather ah charms into your house. If
you cau afford it, bring b ioks and pic
tures and cheerful entertainments to the
hotisohiill. Hut above nil tench those
children, not by half an hour twice a
year oj the sabbath day, but day after day
and every day leach them that religion Is a
gre' gladness; thnt It throw chains of gold
nlioui the nock; that it takes no spriug from
the nut. no hUtiione.ss from the heart, no
spnrsle from the eye, no ring frm the laugh
ter, jut that "her ways are ways of pleasant-ne.-v.
nn I all her paths are pea e." I sympa
thise with tho work being done In many of
on.- cities bv which beautiful rooms are sot
aart by our Young Men's Christian Assoeln
tvus, and I pray ti l l to prosper them in nil
ihliiics. Hut I tell you there Is something
bnek nf that and before that. We need more
happy, cons-crated, cheerful ' Christian
D lines every where.
Anal n I remark that a great many of our
business meu are temple t to put the attain
ment of money above the value of the soul.
It is a grand thin:; to have plenty of money.
The more you get of It the better, If It como
honesty nud go usefully. Fur the luck of it
sickness dies without medicine, and hunger
finds It coftin In the empty br a 1 tray, and
nakedness shivers for lack of clot ho and Pre.
When I hear a man In casting tirade against
money a Christian man-us though It had
no possible use on earth nu I he lia 1 no In
ternet iu It at nil, I coni almost to think
that the heaven that would be appropriate
for him would be nu everlasting poorhoiise.
While, my friends, we do admit there Is
such a thing us the In vf lit use of money
a profitable usu of money let us rec
ognize also the fnet that money cannot satis
fy a man's soul: that it cannot glitter In the
dark valley: t lint it cannot pay our fare
across the Jordan of death; that It cannot
unlock the gate of heaven. There are men
in all occupation who s'.-imit a 't as though
they thought that a pack of bonds and mort
gages coul I bo traded off for a title to
he. iven and as though gold would be a law
ful tender lu that place where It is so com
mon that they make pavements ollt ,,f it.
Siiviition by Christ is the only salvation.
Treasures iu heavcu arc the only lujorruptl
blo treasures.
Have you ever ciphered out In the rule of
lovinud gain the sum, "What shall it proilt
a man if he fain the whole world and lose his
own soul?" However lino your appim-', the
wind of death will llutter it like rags. Home,
spun und a thrjea Ibaru coat have s im time
been the shadow of coming robes ma le white
In the blood of the Limb.; The peurl of great
price is worth mure than any gem you cau
bring from the ocean, than Australian or
Brazilian mine struug in oni carcnnel. Seek
after Ood, llu I His righte lusness. an I nil
shall be well here all shall lu well here
after. Hiir.e of you remember the s'ilpvree!c of
the Central America. That noble ship had,
I think, n'out fill ) passengors u'l lard, hod
den I y the storiii came, and tho surges
trumped the doclcs nu I swuug Into tho
hutches, and tiiera wont up a him Ire 1 voiced
death shriek. 'I ho foa n on the Jaw of thn
wave. The pilciilng of the steamer as though
it wtre leaping u mountain. Tiio ills.nal
flare of the signal ri'ket. The long ougli
of tno steam pip's. Til) his of extinguished
furii'ietis. T.n walking of O 1 ou t!i i wave!
Th ) steamer went u t down without a strug
gle. A the p'issenger. stationed tliumselvo.
iu rows to bull out tho vessol, hark t the
thump of tho hu'!kcts,n men name t to toll,
with blister" 1 hands mil straiuel muc,
tug for t'nolr liv.". Tnoro is a sail soeu
ugiilnst the sky. The Hash of the distress
gun Is notle"d; its volc.i hoard u it, for it is
choked iu tlie Ion ler booming of tho sea.
A few passengers oso'ip"..!, but the steamer
gave one great lur'li nut wu gou"! Ho
there are soini men who s lil im pr isperously
iu life. All's well, all's well, j; it at l ist
some llnaucml disaster come-: i euro dydou.
Down thoy go! . The b ittoiu of the ejinmor
ciul sea is strewn with shuttered hulks, li.it
bot'ausi your property go vs do not let y.uir
soul go. Though all o'.so perish, save that,
for I have to toll you of a more stupHudoiw
shlpwreok than that which I just meutloucd.
Ood launehel this world tUO) yeari ago. It
ha been going on uu le.' freight of uiouu
ta ns and immortal, but one day it will
stagger at the cry of flrd. The timbers ot
rook will burn, the mountains Mama
like ma.sls, and the clouds like sails iu the
Judgment hurricane. Tueu Old shall tax
the passeugers off the de-ik, and from the
bertns thosi who have long teu asleep In
Jesus, und Hj will set them far beyoud the
reai.i ot storm and peril. Hut how many
shall R) down will niver hi knowu uutil it
shall be auuouuued one day In heaven. The
shipwreck ot a world! Hi muuy millions
saved! Ho mauy million itrowued! Oh, my
dear hearers, whatever you lose, though
your bouses go, though your lands go,
though all your earthly possession perish,
may Ood Almighty, through the blood of the
everlaitiuj covunaut, save all your souls!
Th Grasslmppsr Crap.
Trofessor Otto Lugger, State Entomologist
of .Minuesoia, called nt tlie (ioveruor a olllca
and made a report ou the grasshopper kill
lug in Chicago County with the hopper
dozers. . They have over 400 of these ma
chine at work and are gathering in H0U9
bushels of grasshopper daily. Thus far the
hoppers have not invaded the grain Holds.
The frequent rains have kept the gr.iss green
nud tender, an I they have contented thorn
solve loading ou this.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTKRXATIOX ATj LESSON
JULY 14.
FOU
Lcmoii Tfxti "The Ooldcn 'alf,'
Kxodu xxxll., I'M; JJO-30
Golden Text: 1 John v.,
521 Commentary.
1. 'Tr, rak gods." ft i-ie onhs
said thnt whenever w turn awsv from lean
Inir exclusively nponOod either for salvation
or for the necessities of tho path we an vir
tually saying, "Up, make us Kds." This I
equal to a rejection of Ood. They had not
seen Moses nor hoard from Ood for several
weeks, and they can trust no longer. They
cannot walk by faith, they must have some,
thing to look upon. Blessed are all who aro
content to believe without seeing or fooling
content to live by faith.
3, 8, Aaron.the anointed high prlot.secm
to have no word of warning or help for them
as from Ood. He was Moses's mouth or
spokesman, and Moses was to him Instead of
Ood (Ei.lv., in: vll.. 1), and Moses Mug
absent ho, like a false prophet, speaks out ot
his own heart this evil advice (Jer. xxlll.,
Ifl). It Is sad when wodener,4 upon man In
ted of upon Ood for the message then
when the man is absent we have no message.
Observe also that as they gave the orna
mentsnf their ear to make an Idol, so they
gave tholrrara to the devil (Dout, xxxil.. 111.
17).
4. Instead of receiving at their hnnd the
gold to make an Idol, they should have re
solved at hls'hand and "from his lips tho
living words of the living Ood. It Is a sad
?ae Indeed when tho one who ought to rep
resent the people before Ood misrepresent
Ood to the peoplo and Joins tho people In
heathenish desires and customs. Through
him who should have led them to the Ood of
Qlory they changed their glory Into the
llmllltude of an ox fl's, cvl., a i). It loo' s
ss If Aaron had whollv lost his reason when
we hear him say, "These lie thy gods, O
Israel." Compare II Thess. II., 10, 11.
6. "And when Aaron saw It. he built an
sltar before It." Hee this sin repeated In the
rase of Jeroboam nnd the very word of
Aaron used (I Kings xll., 2. 81). This Is all
the work of the devil from beginning to oud,
sud so Is everything like It In the churches
and among the people of Ood to-dnv, (rod
Is a Spirit, and they that worship Hint must
worship Him In spirit and in truth. And
when anv person or thing comes between the
soul and Ood It Is idolatry.
. "The peoplo sat down to eat and drlnic.
and rose up to play." Hee I Cor. x., 7, and
It would be well to read the whole chapter.
I It not on the same Hue of things when In
houses built for the worship of Ood's people
hearing tho name of Christ meet to ont and
drink and be entertained or amused? There
la a wonderful likeness to the dancing and
llnging of the naked people around tho
golden calf (verses 19, 25) In some things
done In our midst In the name of religion.
7. The Lord said to Mo en that tho peoplo
'ailed htm down from the mountain to see
to It. All the good is from Ood, all the evil
Is on our side with satan back of It. Long
afterward the Lord said to the people; "O
Nrael, thou hast destroyed thyself, but lu
Me is thine help. O Israel, return unto the
Lord thy Ood, for thou hnt fallen bv
thine Inhiulty" (noe. xlll., 9: xlv , 1). The
sin is ours, the salvation Is all His.
8. "They have turned aside tpiicklv nut
of the way which I commanded them,'"
Ulossed are the underlie, I In tho wav who
walk In the law of the Lord ( I's. cxix., 1),
There Is no way for tho child of Ood to walk
In but the way, which Is Jsu Christ lllm
lelf (John xlv.. (1). Wo are not to turn from
Him either to the right or the left (Joshua
I., 7.1, and when tempted to turn we have the
promise ot help and guidance if we aro only
willing to be guided (Isu. xxx., HI; Cor.
X., IS).
00. "I will go up unto the Lord, peradven
lure I shall nuike nn i.touement for your
iln." Iioforo coming down from the mount
Mosos bud plended for Israel and obtained
the assurance that Ood v-oild spiiro tlieni as
k Nation. The a'couiw of this, and the
meeting with Joshua, and the destruction
Hid disposition of the calf is found In the In
tervening versos, also the significance of the
Question "Who is on tho Lord's side" and
the true meaning of consecration. Compare
Luke xlv., 2(1. 27; Math. 37, tW.
81. "And Moses returned unto the Lord."
While all aln Is sin, ami oven the thought of
foolishness Is slu (l'rov. xxlv., 10, yet some
litis are more heinous than others. Moses
Jails this a great sin. Jesus Himself spoke
if a sin that hath never forgiveness at the
tame time that Ho spoke of the forgiveness
if all manner of sins except this particular
lin (Mark 111., 2H, T.i). The sin that overtops
all others Is tho rejection of Christ the Sou
Ood.
82. "And. if not. blot me, I pray thee, out
of Thy book which Thou bust written." He
Is willing to suffer In their stead if necessary
In order to save thorn. The tonne spirit is
leen In Paul on bohulf of this same people
Israel (Horn. Ix., 8). The reality is seen ami
fully carried out In the Lord Jesus Christ,
who was mndu a sin offering for Israel nnd
tor usthat we might besaved (II Cor. v., 21).
83 "Whosoever hath sinned aguliist Me,
him will I blot out of mv book." Iu Itev,
xx., 12 we mad of books being opened, and
another book which Is tho bonk of life, Iu
Mai. ill., 10 we rend of a book of retnem
i'i... I.....1 iu ...r..--.l t.i i -
son we muy not now know, but wo tuny be j
sure that It It were ossinie to nave a name
blotted out of the book ot life our Lord
would not have made it such a great ground
of rejoicing to have ouu's uamo there (.Luu
JC.Joj Hew III., 6i.
.14. "lluhold, Mine angel shall go before
thee. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit
I will vb.lt their slu upon them." The Lord
Is slow to anger und plenteous iu mercy,
but sin I hut is not repented of and forgiven
shall lu due time bo vislto I. Every penitent
sinner muy be forgiven by accepting Him
Who died lu his stoud, but there is no othet
way but by the titommout. Tho guiding
nud probk'tlng angel is mentioned lu I'.x.
xxiii, 20, "llehold 1 send nu angel before
thee to keep thee In tlie way, and to bring
thee Into the pln'o which I have prepared.
"The aiik'el of His presence saved them"
(Isn. Ixlli., 8). Well may we any, "If Thy
tiri'sence go not with mo, carry us not up
neueo" (I'.x. xxxiil., 13). Hut thank Ood foi
Math, xxvlil.. 2d) Isu. xll., 10, IU; Dout. xxxi.,
; Hob. X ill. . S. etc.
85. "Ai'.d tho Lord plagued the people,
because they made tho calf which Aaron
made." The Lord Judgotn righteously, foi
there is no unrighteou-mess with Him. Ha
lookoth upon the heart nud will render to
every one according to their works. Part
nership In evil is an evil panuurship.
Lossou Helper.
H SM.OOX rLOCKISIIES ALWAYS.
When labor Is most disturbed, when the
demand for advanced wages is tho loudest,
Wheu strikes are the most freipieiit, wueu
hunger and misery are most rife in tho homos
of the poor, tho saloon flourishes still. There
may be no bread at homo, but there Is always
beer and whisky at the bar, and the meu
Who oouslder thomsolves the victims of t'ir
ounmtanue or the "thralls'' of capital,
squander their earnings ami spend their sav
ings In these dens. Cun there be a serious
labor quest iou while this stale of things eoli
tluues' Can working meu talk gravely ol
their wrongs while It is plain to all the
world that it they only saved the capital
they earn thoy would be CJiulyitu'jIc At
lantic Monthly.
KtlTOK OX CnCXKENNU.
All manner ot drunkenness shoul l bo
banished fro.n the Commonwealth. Wind
more foul and common siu among pa than
drunkenness And wiio cau be iguoraul
that, If the importation and use ot nil strong
drink wore forbid, It would botii uluuu rid
the possibility ot . minuting that odious
vice, and meu might Verwar l live happily
aud healthfully without (he use of thosu iu
toxloatiug llnuon.' John Milton, 101L
RELIGIOUS HEADING.
COTOAtM FOB THIS BtltttT.
A successful evangelist tell what great re
sults followed from a simple stand for Christ
when he was a commercial traveler i Ho had
made a good sale, and the merchant said. "II
Is your treat." Ho knew what that meant.
There wn a saloon across tlie street, and he
wa expected to go across and "et up the
drinks for the whole establishment. "What
is the use?" lie said to blms if. This i one
of the expediencies of the trnde. I needn't
drink anything. I ran it lor the clg i'. ot
a eupieror " "Ve," some: hum said to
him, "you can Just sell out right here and
make a wreck of It all." "Hovs." he said,
in the now Inspiration sriit ' to him
from above. "If I should do that. I would do
the meanest thing In nil the world, nnd II
you'll Is ar with me I'll tell you why. I have
ust como up from the very gates "of death
and he 1 through strong drink, and If I did
what ymi ask, I'd do the meanest thing in ui
the world, both for you nnd mo." Intiint,j
the cashier lenped down from III de-k.
"Hnve y.ui got a pledge? I'll sign It." And
the merchant afterward t ok the commercial
traveler aside to say, "I promise you I'll
never drink another drop as long as I live."
It ay to bo outspoken lor Christ Try it.
Selected.
TnrK rr.MTHXrr.
A Ood reckon Jewelry, there I no gem
that shines with more ' brilliancy thnu tin
tear of true pelilt' hoc ; yet Ood otily knowi tl. 1
wtint Heart pro-sure niei what crushing ol
wilful pride may have been necessary tc
force tlie tear to the cheek ot a stubborn
sinner. 1 have sometime met with n person
a lio possessed peculiarly lovable Irillts nf gen
tleness, self-nl. negatli m. and meek brnverj
uiider sharp trials. envied such a beauti'
ful character. Ah! I little knew at a fearful
price of severe chastening, bitter deep
polntmeiit nnd bereavements, f faith tre-.l
In a white heat of nftllctioii, nil that love I
lies of character had been attained. W
who would be most like liri-t must pay tin1
cost. If a fiirnalico Is needed to purify and
brighten you, do not shirk the furnace, pa
tience is nu admirable grace; but It l imt
ofteiiost worn by those who walk on th
sunny side of the street in silver slippers. It
Is usually tho product of lieml.vln.ls und hard
lights of crosses curried, and of 'eep lull
chudicd on the road to heaven. " I he trial
of vonr faith workoth patience." Thoodort
L. Cuylor, I). V.
BFAI.1K IT Tllon IfOHLT.
It Is a methodical not an nccideutal world.
It the housewife turns out a good cuke, it is
tho risiult of a sound receipt, carefully ap
plied. Hhe cannot mix the ulgiicd logic
ilieiit and llrotliein for the appropriate tin;.. ,
witnoiit producing mo result. It is not she
who has made the cake; It Is nature, sin
brings related thing together: sets cnucs at
work ; these cause bring about the r-siill.
Sho Is not a creator, but an Interiuediarv.
She doe not expect random cim-es to pro
duce speeiilc effects-random Ingredient-.
would only produce minloni cakes. s- It I
In tho making of Chrttlnu experience..
Certain lines are followed ; certain effects an
the result. These effects cannot but be tin
result. Hut the result can never take place
without the previous cause. To expect re
sults without antecedents H J,, ,.X t ,.ake
without iligiedieiits. 'Hint iuipo-sibility I-preoi-oly
the almost universal expectation.
llniuitiioud.
Titr. I Kiii-nt ai. riii'.sRxrs,
Some "f us think and suy n good deal
about "a sense id his pre-enco." sometime
rejoicing iu It. sometimes going mourning all
the day long liecaii-e wo hnve it not; pray-
Iiil' for it, and mt always seeming to r ivo
what we nsk ; iiien-iiriiig our own p"ltl ti,
nnd somo'.lmos even that of others by it : now
on the heights, now lu tho depths nSout it.
And all this April like gleam nud gloom, in
stead of steady summer glow, because we
nro turning our iittciitl.iii up. 01 the scii-e of
Ills pr nee tu.tcud of the chuiigeli-i.
reality of it ! All our trouble und .li-app out
mom ill -nit It Is met by ins own simple v..i.l.
and vanishes lu tlie simple faith that gra-ps
it. for II Jesus says simply and ulsiiiiev,
"l.o, I am witli vou nlvvay," what liaie w to
do Willi feeling or "sense" about It.' We
have only to believe It lill'l to recollect it.
And It is only by thus believing nud recollect
ing that wwcuu realize it.
leu ov our.
Fellowship Is ootn union-hip a nhnrlng lu
each other's interi M uu m-cord of -pirit,
mutual unib r-iiind.i g, mutual confidence
and tru-t. Think o( some friend with
whom you have fellowship. How comfort
ing their pros 'lice, how tu-lplul th 't
counsel, lew coinlortalil" tie1 free.lt i
of illtcrcour-e nud the absence of die
trust or sii-plcioii! And think of having
Icllow-hip like that with Ood! I un there
be Uliyllllllg el-o so llc-lrnhle. o hopeful,
helpful, restlul soiill-siitisfyiiig us this.' I an
it I e ...-.-1 1 ,1.- that tl.-re should I iiipaii-
inn-hip, sharing of interests, n rd of spur.
mutual c. nil. I. nee uinl t . list l.ctwecu uiv
heart ami liod'.' Cud It bo that lie desires It.'
Yes; it Is a possible an I positive experience.
1IIK lllil Ar i liowv.
The crown of all, that which set the sun
In our iiiict life, though illness luiiv come,
though the -i iv mind itself grow weak,
though nil Iln1 scenery of life may ho dark
ened with misfortune-, Is to have the sunlight
of liod's presence lu our souls : the sunlight
of goodness, of a pure heart, of the true and
loving spirit of Christ Jesus. It is to live In
light to live ii Hun. His light in us is our
light. It is a life that . MiHtuers sin, und lu
ttio coiupieriiig we know and rejoice in loo
fclVCUOb S. A. lirooUe.
Huns may shine, and d.irkno.s may bring
sleep to us; ram may full and Held may of
fer place for I; but unless we rise up
early, an I go forth to labor til! the evening,
no harvest Is ours. L'nles wo strive against
und pur nit evil away from us, good comes
nut. I'nless wo tread out from tho pa'hs of
our hearts the weed of s I'lshuoss und sin,
our noliler, truror lile is choked und lies
withered. James II. Wo.t, iu "C'plUts ol
Heart and Will.
Tho present life Is the seed-plot of tho
future slide, nnd the harvest which wo reap
iu eternity is tho same lu ohm actor and
iiuiitv ns thnt w liieli now wo mw. Every
thought wo think, every word we sioak,
every action wo perform, every opportunity
of service neglected nr Improved is u seed
sown by us, the fruit of which shall multiply
untold miseries or myriad blostdiigs in the
eteniitv into which wo bo. William M. Tuy
lur. 1. V.
Death, like tills external oxl i'.cnce of which
It is a result, is only au appearance. Our
eurtll i lollies uud our grave eloihes n o wov
en of tho sumo, lis ios. The hpiri u it mail
mists aside his curonioiils, and w cars ins out
er earth itarmi-uts loosely, walking through
all worlds oind iu spiritual r.iluu nt, lu the
"Hue liuoii, oieau and white," of h uy char
acter, the rlghtooiihiii-stiof C.irist. Lucy Lar
com, lu The t'usoou Eriond.
Wo hove the promises of Ood as thick a
daisies lu summer inoiidnws, that death,
which men most tour, shall be to us the most
blessed of experiences, It wo, trust ill lllm.
I leath Is unclasping; Joy breaking out in the
desert tho lieuit como to its blossoming
tune! lo wo call it dying when tho bud
bursts Into lloworV -Honry Ward iiooolicr.
Wo want broad-minded, meditative men.
Wn want guides, we waul reality, wo want
souls who will do and net before llu I : woo
would have that disposition iu building up
tho spiritual ohurcli which the reverential
Middle Age uiiisous had, when elaborutoly
carving some graven imagery or (piaint
ilt-v oe, unseeu by man's eye, ou the trolled
roof of a cathedral tiiey worked on God's
house, and before Ood I Norman Muoleovi.
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S VT.N s AN r All."
Join .!-. the ilniuniirl. ! 'lyin ; to- la?,
V, lib ll.ie-s of sin on Ills ta -e;
lie II l.e n isvnl lit the .-1 tit-, at tho 1 .ar, ut tho
r'.n;
Ma:.le.:: A boy for ills jila -o.
Sine ii-, tlie t'.inibier. was killed In n f.lit,
lb-le 'I without u: .Iou of (.Tiiee,
Some . lie n.ust train lor his burden uuJ
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Want -I: A boy iu )t j.l.i-'o.
Til" se.ilTer. (ho idle;', the Convict, the thief.
Are ,.-t: and wit.ioiit any noise
Make it kiMivti, that them louui to my iu
slant relief
rtoii.o tli usiind or more of tho boy.
IJovs frotu the II reside, bo from the f.irn
J!o from tho home nnd the M-hool,
fume, leave uur misKivius, tnoro oiiu be
no liiii-iii
AVliere "drluU nn 1 Lo merryV the rulo.
Wanted: For everv lost servant of mine,
Someone to iive without j;niee,
Dome olio to dill Without .irdoll divillO
W'U vllLJ bo the hoy for tlio jilacey
llattio Horner Ljuthan.
wno rvv TIIR rti.i
Whornystho Mils' Who feci: thVun,t.
srd'n childreu' Who firovide for the ilrun:;
mil's wife Who tii n't tho boitifarly
IrunipH, who httvliii; wn-to.l their money iu
drink, wi-.udor ubout the country Ii re
pairs tho losses caused by the failure of in
teinporuto merchants nud reckless and half
liitoxicutoil buninoss meu' Who make ioo:l
tho dumusros caused by tho blunders of
drunken workmen, anil tho hluilraucos of
business caused by tho sprees of lutein peratu
employes? Who pays for the railroad wrecks
caused by druukeu conductor and euuilieers
Who biilKlsthe nsylunis wheM crnty Ininl;.
anls uro kept' Who supiorts tho idiotic
children of drunken men Who pays the at
torneys nud Juries nud judges who try drunk
en crlmiiiah' Who pays tho expenses ol
trinlsamteommltmeuts uud eXHCiitloiihocca.
Slunod by tho riiuen of driinkon meu' Who
iiuysfortha profierty d )-troyd and burued
Ly druukeu men' Who builds mid supports
almshouses, which but for driulc mlKiit ro
inuln tuioccupiod Who euditreti the sulTor
liiK and lossen nud brutality, which are ilus
to tho rei'kle.sHness and Insanity of (iruukou
liusbaiKi und fathers' Who pays for the lu
liiewt hold ou diunkuril fouuil dead by thn
vnysido? Who pays for a psuper's cflla,
ud for digKiiiK a k'ruvelu I'otter'o llald.wti 0
the last kIum ha loea drunk
Who pays the bills' Th drunk.tr l cinitot,
for ho has wasted hi sulstauef iu his eui.
Will tho runisollcr pay ilium' Vho Im t is,
you and I uud tho saber Hint '.industrious,
luilimt portion of the oomiuuniiy must moul
Ml lUoau Dills. JNuw Kugtami fc. suijuuift.
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Ho Is nlready half fs'so who speculate on
truth und does uot do it. Truth is trit'en not
to bo contemplated, but to bo doiio. I.ifo is
an action, not u iboutzhl, uud tho penalty
(iuld by him who speculates ou truth Is that
ly decrees tho very truth ho holds bocouia
to him a falsehood. There is no truthfuliieiis
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