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THE MAKER OF THE EYE.
DR. TALM ACE'S SERMON.
fbt AH-Stnr Power of Rim Who 0r
81ht to Kan.
Tut: "if" that formed tho cy?, shall ITe
(,tt tee'.'" I'Mlm Xflv., P.
Tho Imprint ortfsn of the human system
If the eye. All lin nnd down tho Dililii Ood
h. n"r It, extols It. Illostnuo t or nrrnitrns
It. I'lvs hundred mid thlrty-'our times It I
mentioned In tho I!ilili. Omnire.onee
eye of tlin l.or.l nro In overy idaee."
fiivltif enre "n the nilo of thn eye." Tho
clotiilJ "Ihn eyelids of the mortiiii.'' Ir
p.vi'renee "tl" "V" thnt moeketh nt in
fsther." Pride "Oh. how lofty nm their
tv.!" Inattention "Ihe fool's' eyo In the
fM, of the enrth " liivlno In'isvtioii
"wheel full ol eyes." Huddonnoss- "lu thn
tinklinK "f "V" t the lnt tnimp." Ol-Ivi-li''
Tmon "tho lltflit of thn body In thn
vf." This mornlnir's texii "11" that formed
thi- eye. shall He not see?" The surgeons, thn
ilm-l'irs. thi' nnntomists nml thn physiolo
git. iinderstnnd niuoh of thn glories of thn
t'i (front lltfhts of th humiin fnoe. but thn
vt multitudes i n from eradlo to Knivn
without any nppnvlntlon if thn two ifrt-nt
tnn'frpi'vmof tho T.orl Ood Almlithty, If
0 l had Ineked nnythlnitof inllnltn wisdom,
, would hnvn foiled in ereattnir thn hnmnn
ryt. We wander through thn earth trying
(,', ' wonderful ftlirhtf, 1'iit thn mont won
d.Tfiil iu'ht that wn nvi-r m in not o won-
ilrtul :i tli" in.iirum'ats tnroiiKU whloli wn
nlt
It b tpn Mrnnifn thintr mc for forty
jn.w tlutt omn noiont int with nouirh lo
,iini mul tniiifni'tNm llil not ko through
id.- cHiiitry witu llliitrntnl lt u r on nun.
tak thirtv f't niiitr. to HlHrtlnninl thrill nml
.wrtriv'lm t'lirltii'lom with thn nmrv.'U of
tho h'imiin i-yn. Wo wnt tho nyo tnknn from
til !t.ti' hhtili'ftllll'V, nil Komnonn who xhnll
:v Mid' oil tnlK noout the ptnrvKomnxillnry
luure. nnil tho nclnrotli'n, nl thn phliisnui
,1 the optlnnnrvn, mill In common parlnm-n
thl 'h ynil rni'1 I nml nvnrylunly nun umlnr
mn l in''iit thn nunjnnt. Wn hnvn Innriicil
?,m who hnvn lu tulllni? in whnt our orl
.m l mi l whM wn wnrn. Oh, If mimn onn
-!i)nl. I'linin forth from thn (liwn'tinir tiihln
,nl from tho clnvroom of thn uulvintitvniiil
iu. .lntf.irm. lili'l iv.ik I n(f thn help of thn
Mt.ir, iinmonmriue irio wonaurn ot wimt
II I rnfnr to thn physloloKii-nl fct nui;
Mftl liy tlin formor pnrt of my tnxt It in
aU to I'lrlnif out In n plnlnr way tho thno
ji '.il Mkoii. Ht tho luttor pnrt of my tnxt,
II that lormnil thn yn. tlnll lt not nny"
i.mn my tnxt r'hrriil to thn Imtniin nyn,
aw it nxi'i'ln nil othnrn In Htrm-turn und In
'ni'titliori. The nynsof llsli niul n-ptili'i nnd
.l-i dil l lmt aro very nirnphi tiling. Im.
tln'.v hnvn not much to lo, Tlu-rn
Uwi with 1(H) pyns. Init tho 1(10
Imvn In. faculty thHii tho liumun nyo.
.in Muck I'fi.'tli) Kwjiuitiiiiir tho nutuiin'r
d1 lin Iw ) nycs umlnr wntnr nnil twonytM
.vrt tli" w.il"r, hut tlm four liiootllo nrn
t"(iril to tli two hiiniiin. Mini, pliicml
tin-hi'i'l ol nil living crnntiirn, mut hnvn
; r-nif t.itiitiifiit. wlilln tli" lilinil llli in
Mininioth ( hvi) ii Kniitiickv hnvn oulv
un 'It-vi'lopnil oriin of Hitflit, nn npoloy
t:i' i'vo, wiik.'II, II Iliroiiifli HOinn ornvico
:h" mnimtnln thny shoulil cot Into thn
iiiiilit, niiulit Im ilfvt'lopt'it into positive
iclit. In thn llrt nlinptnr of Oi'iin!. wo
l that uoii, without any consultation.
it.'ltlm liirht, nrcntnil thn trne, nn-ntn!!
fl-li. I'p'iit'iJ tho fowl, lint when lin wn
ut to rnakn mnn he oivml n convention of
mity.ru thoiiirh to imply tlmt nil the
mt (ioillii'ml were to be enlistml In the
wvnment. 'L"t um mnko mnn. rut n
le ton of nmphiLsm on thnt worl "u."
'tin make mnn." And if Ooil nallotl n
'J a ooavnntlon of divinity to crnntn mnn
iiuinetwo crnat nuwllong in that con
tic wnr how to c rente soul nnd bow
ate an appropriate window for that era
rto loole out of.
how God honored thn pyo before IIo
imi it. lie cneii, until elmon wna Irrndi.
il with thn uttnrnncn. "Lot thoro be
''' la other wordu, beforo He Intro.
1 mun Into thin tomulo of the world He
nlnatwl It, prepared it for tho Pvn.liht.
). alter inn liiMt human pyo lnv been
"iviil in the lliml tlnmolitioii of thn
1. utani am to fall, nnd tho aim in to
it. itlilnlnif, nn 1 tho moon Is to turn
Mood. In other word, nfter thn hu-
Ti't an- no more to bo prolltod by their
ng. tlieeliandelier. of lutaveii nrn tu bo
lout. (bid. to Oilueatn nml to bbw
) help tho human oyt, Hot In tho miuiM'
u"ii iwo ininp ;i tf.il t lamp nnd n
'lamp the 0110 for thn dav 11ml tliu
I t the iilht. To show how Ood I1011-
"y, look at the two hull built for
uli'iii-e of the eye., seven bono. nmk-
wall for each nyn. thn hovoii holms
i-ly wrought together. Kindly p:iln"0
ry is coiwldnrud rich, but tho hall for
i'l''n f thn human pye are richer by
h Im 1 im 11 bono is morn xacrod than
'Mine tu-tk. Hen how Oo I hoiiorod
wii-Hi II t ni 1 In a r nl for thorn, ho
' itweut nf toil Khould not Hiuiirt thoni
it
! ruin ilatliiiiir nttaiait tho forehead
ill' t ilrip Into them. Tho eyebrow
iliin,' over the pyo, but rpai'l'it to
lit ami to the left, bo that thn rnl 11 nnd
nt should be compelled to droji upon
. in-nt-iui 01 luuimr into thin tlivine
't''t Iminitli eyn.lnlit. 8n how (od
I the eye In the fact prtmented bv
i't.nind phy.lol"i;.st that there nm
irinu.ee in every pye. For window
.tli" eyelid. opening and cloxlntf
ii".t a day. The eyeln.hos so cou
I Hint they hnvn their beleetlou n to
'iH j'-it linitte I, Kayinic to thn dust,
it. nndsnyiuic totlioliht, "Count
r niM le curtain the irl, or pupil of
'nIIiib a tho JiLflit ibrcutor or
ilrii.'tinn or ililiilinur.
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"! tho owl In blind In tho dav
" 'ye of Homo oreaturou nro blind iit
'"'t the huiniin cyo no mnrvt'loiiHly
''''I can Hoe ln.tii liv .ii.v i.x.i 1..-
Many of the oilier crentiirea of Ood
the ,.y uly from Hil(o t Htlle
Ii a mail pyo ho murvelou.-ly cou
Hit. .. i,e muscle to lift tho eye, and
""iit'ln to lower the nyn, and nn-'-I"
to roll it to the riKht. nnd 1111
"" '- Mllit to the left, nnd nn
"" ht piiiuit throim'h n pulley to
"indnild Mllll l (l.llibornt,t muir.
UlllUvl, ,H .rf 1.1,1 1,1
"'" Tliero iiUo la 11,.. a..,tl,.
U Hio ravH of libitum! puislnntho
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I ,1 aion tno optlo uorve,
K al"kne.Mf the Iwnpwiek pnss-
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,.,n",.ion on to 1110 Hi'iinrism
1'iui. what n dnllcnto lens,
l'iiittt Hcreen, whnt soft ou.lilou.,
""'"ill iheiniHlrv of tint 1,
I,,. thMt wHlimor wak, rolling
' n tjfilio of tllO liiMtril. A mod.
L?(.!"ml.,irful ttittt it cau s.y th
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-"'miifn hwhv, uud tho point of
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l nlUi'l, Thrt lufrnnnmuii uiviniM
Il !?l"iy tll,,t "'"1 Bdjiwt nnd
1" 'j-i"W!",' U"U1 uo KHt" " 10,118
h.t V " roifopiHi move huh
'""ami iiiiiii u! ..ii.,-.. .1,..
""HI it U prepiirod to do
,.11.11 """" "ye. wimoui n
Ihit tar and thn Hiii:illo.t in
inl "'"'""""iKthoAliw, with one
Mont lilniio nud the fnoe of
lu whothor Ito has time to
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IP.?! Ar,!hll,!'I'l Alexander nnd
I ' limey went ...i..i.,i..-
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L, 1 n'nllnHn with hi eye,
"'IM'M with BtrublHiuu.
l y !?,,lB'llu Una with a look
inu,f t,.i
kur., "'.victory or to dentil.
. -.t.ii.iittr
IcuIV.0. hu lifB. vil-
r. miii.'"!
11 . .. jn
l' ,oiimji a ninn'MntranL't 1.
hvrLl t.1'8 Afrloan Juuijle. Uut
iuulHi8 '18 lu t thn ye
:zA
4I8 Emperor Adrian by
ncoi,lnt puf out Ihn eve of hl snrran. anl
iinsnld to hl snrvnnt! "Whnt shall I pay
on In, money or In lands? Anvthlnit you
ask mn. I am so sorry I put Tour nre out."
Hut thn servant mfusnd to put any financial
pstimntn on thn ynlnnof thn pyo, nnd whno
the Emperor nnrnd and nrijml nunln thn mat.
tor he snld. "Oh. Empnror. I want nothing
but my lost eye!" Alas for those for whom
a think nnd Impenetrable vnllls drawn across
thn fnn of the hnavnns nnd the face of one t
own klndm.l. That was a pathetic, scene
when a blind man lighted torch nt nlnht
and was found palnir along tho highway,
nnd some onnsald. "Whv do nm oarrr that
torch, when you nnn't "Ah." said hn,
'I can't sen. but Icnrrv tMs torch thnt others
mnv sen mo nnd pity rrv hnlpln.nn,
nnd not run mn down." Hnmson. the
Riant, with his evn put out by thn Phil
iMInes, Is morn helplp hnn the snnllnst
dwnrf with vision undiimaiftt.i. All the
svmpnthles of rhri.t worn stirred when
It" snw Diirtlmous with dnrknnnd
retlnn. nnd thn only salvn Hn nvnr madn that
wn rend of was a mixturn of dimt nml snlivit
nml n prnynr, with which Hn cumd the eves
of n mnn blind from his nntlvitv. Thn vnlue
of thn eyo Is shown n much by Its nntnstro
phn ns by Its hnnlthrul notion. Ak the mnn
who for twenty ypnrs ha not stwn the suu
rlsn. Ak thn mnn who for tinlf n enntury
hn. not snen thn fnco of n friend. Ask In tho
hospltnl thn victim of ophthalmia. Ak tho
man wliosn Pve.lght pnrNhnd in n powdnr
blnt. Atk thn llnrtlmeiis who never mnt a
rhrlnt or thn man born b ind who Is to Mo
blind. Ak him.
Thi. morning, in mr impcrfnnl wnv. 1
hnvn only hinted nt tlm splendors, tho (tliw
rles. thn wonders, thn dlvlnn rnvnlnllons, tho
npoenlypp. of the human pvp, and I stagger
beck from tlm nwful portals of the phvlol
oglcnl mlrncln which mu.t havn taxn.l tho
ingenuity of a Oo 1, to cry out In your ears
thn words of my text. "II" that formnd tlm
nyn, shall Hn not see" Hliali Hentchpl not
know iv much as his tnleseoe? Shall
Kraunhofer not know ns much ns his open.
trnsnoM'? Shall Hwammnnlan not know as
much ns hi microscope Khali Ir. Hookn
not know as much as his mlcromntnr? Hhall
thn thing formed know morn than Its mas
ter? "Hi! tnnt forme I Ihn nve, stall Ho not
Thn recoil of this question is Immnndons.
e Htnml nt thn center of n vast elroiimfnr.
nncn of otwrvntl No privacy. On us,
eyes of ohnruMm, nyns of seraphim, pyn of
nrchnngel, nvns of Ood. Wn may not bn
able to see the habitant. of other worlds,
but perhaps they may Im able to son us. We
hnvn not optical instruments enough to
tlesory thnm; perhaps thev Imv" optical In
struments strong niiough to dnscry us. Thn
mole ennnot eno tint nagln mid skv. but tho
englo mid sky onn site the mole mil urns.
Wo nre uble to st mountains nnd cavnrna of
another world, but perhnps thn Inhabitants
of other worl. Is nnu ane thn tower of our
cities, tlm flush of our sen, tho marching of
our proc-ssions, tlm white rolx's of our wnd
ding., tho black scurf of our obsequies.
It pa.,ts out from thn guess into tho posi
tive when wn are toll In tlm ISible that tho
iLhn'iitiinls of ot'ier worlds do come its con
voytothis. Am they not nil niinlstnriug
spirit sent forth ti mlnlitcr to those who
shall bo heirs of : -niioi,y lint ...
spi'ctlon. nnd nnilc Inspectlou, nnd stellar
""l"1 nun lunar inspection, mm solar
iupni'tioii nro tnum compnred with tho
1 .1. . . .11 ... . . ... ....
1 1. "ut hi ,i iiivioi- inspection. "loll con
verted inn twenty years ngo," snld n blnck
man to my father. "How nor" hald my
father. "Twenty years ago." said the other,
"in thn old scIiooIIiouho prayer meeting nt
Hound llrook you said In your prayer,
Thou, Ood, seest me,' and I ha I 110 nace
umlnr tlm eye of Ood until I bivnmn a Chris
tian." Henrit. "The cvns of the Lord nre
In every plnce." "His evellils try the clill
dri'ii of meu." "nis nvns wnrn ns n llamo of
lire." "I will guide the with Mine oye."
Oh, the eye of ami, 0 full of pity, so full of
power. so full of love. so. full of indigna
tion, so full of compassion, so full of mercy!
How It peors through tho (lnrkness! How It
outshlnes.tho dny! How It glares upon the
offender! How It beams on the ppnllcuit
soul! Tnlk about the humnn eyo a belli
liideHcrlhnbly wonderful! How much more
wonderful the grent, searching, overwhelm
ing eye of Ood! All eternity past nnd all
eternity to come ou thnt retina.
Tho eyes with which wn look Into oa,h
other's face to-day suggnst it. It stands
written twice 011 your face nml twice on
mine, unless through casualty one or both
have been obliterated. "Ho that formedtho
eye, shall He not see?" Oh, tho oyeof Ood!
ItrfStoes our sorrows to assuage them, sees
our perplexltlee to disentangle thorn, sons
our wants to sympnthixe with thorn. It wo
light Him back, thn eyo of an antagonist. If
wo n.k His grnoe, tho eyo of nn everlasting
friend. You often Ihnl'ln n book or manu-Hi-riDt
n star calling your attention to n foot
r .10 or explanation. That star tho printer
call an asterisk. Hut all the stars of tho
night nro asterisks calling your attention to
Ood .111 nil observing Ood. Our every
iinrvn a divine handwriting.. Our every
muscle n pulley divinely swung. Our every
bono sculptured with divine suggestion. Our
every eyo a reflection of tho divine pye. Ood
nbovo us, mid Ood bouenth us, nnd Ood be
foro us, an I Ood boliiud us, uud Ooi within
us.
What n stupendous thing to live! What n
stupendous thing to die! No such thing as
hidden traugresslon. A drnm.itio ndvocnto
In olden times, ut night in a courtroom, per
Minded of the innocence of his client chnrged
with murder mi l of tho guilt of the witness
who was trying to swear tho poor man's life
away that advocate took up two bright
lamps nud thrust thoni close up to tho faeoof
thrt witnosd nnil erl.,,1 tr.,ir I ..1 .1...
. . ......u. ..i.j ,b iii.Timn llltj
court and gent lemon of the jury, behold tho
miiri -er: jimim.t mini i,rn,.i ,i v . ...
that awful Kl'iri', onifo.Hrt.l thnt ho wan tho
rritniuul iu-to:i'l of tli" nmu arnilnuj at tho
har. Oh. tuv friiunld mis m.u i.l.i.i.w.
i i I UIU'IUU
Hiu Is under n brlglttei light than that.
ir l mnmr the liuruiiig eyo of Ood. Ho Is
not a blind giant stumbling through the
lleavttns. H.t is not h 1 , 1 1 n . I t.,,. ...!. ....!....
-- ... .. . .,..,s. (..w.aW.U lUl.llllIf
for the step of Hischnrlot. Are you wroiiged?
no su,-n u. jru you poorr no sees It. Hnvo
you domestlo perturballou of which the
world knows not hlngr' He sees It. "Oh,"
vou sav. "mv affjiir nr.t m l,wi,,,,in...,.., r
caut reulir.e that Ood sees mo nud sees my
nlUirs." Cnn you see the point of a plur'
t'au you see the eye of a noodle? Cuu you
cue n nioto in the siiubenui? And lin Ood
given you that power of minute observation,
and dues He not posses It Himself? "Ho
that formed the eye, hIi ill II j not sou?"
Ullt VOU SnV! "(1,1 1 U 111 Oil 1 u-.irl.l n...l T
nm in n not liv r world. H semns so far jIT
from mo I don't re ill v lliinlr lf ui,., u-i.,. .-,
going on in my life." Cm you see the sun
iU.OOO.OJi inlliM nwnv, nnd Uo you not think
Ood has as prolonged vision? Hut you tny,
"There nro lihine of my lire nud there nro
Colors 4llfl.l.ts of eolor I II 111 unnouiiii.i.iu
. - .... hij 14" jnuuira
nud my vexatious that I don't think Ood can
.. ...t..... .. .i i, .. .. . .
iiii.ii'rsinuu. ijn noi iron gainer up all
(he colors uud nil the slindes of color In tlm
rainbow? And do vou snnoose thnm lu . ....
phase or nuy shade In your life He has not
Kniiirmii no iu inn uwu ueunr ittisiaes thnt I
Willi! to tell v.iu It. urlll u.i... .11 lu. ......
... - - - - j - - ... . . t"i uim, . 1 1 1 .1
struggle. Thnt eye of yours, so oxiiiiitoly
iteuiuiinu nil. I siriillg, Ull'l nuigoil mul
roofed, will before long bo closed lu the
Inst slumber. Loving hands will smooth
ilowu Hie silken f r 1 1 1 l'mm . M.i II.. ..tuuii. n.
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beloved sleep. A logoud of tit. J'rotol)ort U
that his mother was blind, uud lie win so
sorely pitiful for tho misfortune thnt one day
III UV.I.Illlf llV 111! ItImSHiI l.iir mu.m U...I 1... .......
... - - - -. , ' - 'J n, uu,. uy .11 1 1 II-
clnslie saw everytniug. Hut it is not a legend
iviitiu i i"u you nun nn mo uiinu eyes ot the
Christiun dead uuder the kuu of ttio resur
recliou morn shall iloHonulv in.
what n tiny that will be for liioae who went
groping through this world uuder perpetual
obscuration, or were dopeudeut ou the baud
of h friend, or with nn tineitrt.il n u.us t..i
their way, nud for the nged of dim sight
nooui wuuiu ii mny do sniutuat "they w h.oli
look out of the windows nre darkened" wueu
elernnl dsvbreak eomos Inl U'lmi , K,....i
ful epitaph thnt was for a tombstone lu n
c...unnu wuimurj j - Aiortf reposes ,u lio.1,
Kntnua, a saint, e.uhty-tive yean of ago nmi
bllud. i'hj llgut wan nutoiud to ber jjay
10. lbiO " .
ISABBiVTH SCHOOL
intkunationaij lrssox run
At Ot ST 4.
Lesion Text: "The Report of the
Ppps,' Num. xlll., 17-20; '23-33-Gollen
Test: Num. lv.,
0 t'oninieiitary.
17. Hiving left Horeb, whom Ihny hnl
Is'en so long PiicnmptHl. thev cameln Knltvh
barnen. on thn south bonier of the Inud,
which was eleven days' Journey from Horeb
Here the people risked thnt sides might It
sent to st-nrch out thn Inud and bring word
ns to thn best way to enter (lieut. I., 2, 21.
Ti). It seems strange thnt Moses should bi
pleased with this thought of sending spint
when Ood hnd said that It wns n good nnd
large Innd flowing with milk nnd honey (Kx.
lib, H. and when Ood Himself always wem
Wore them In the cloud, but wo remomboi
thn story of Itohnh,
1. Kliicn Ood had testified as to thn lam)
nnd had said thnt Hn wouhl give it to them,
whnt did It matter whether tlm inhnWtniiti
wtm few or mnnv, strong or wenk? ItuO
Hot the Ootl of Israel shown them His powci
in Kgfpt nnd nt thn lied Hen, mid was m
His presence a sufllciniit assurance? Hill
limy did so forget Ood. just as Wn do.
19. It looks ns If thny wnrn going to see II
Ood nmnnt whnt Unsaid, and If Hn was at
(food ns His word (Kr. xllt., 6; xixlll., 6, H),
Hut onn may sny. Why find fault with tin
spies when Oml commanded thnm (vnrses 1
2)? Hut a littln attention to Deut. I.. 22, wil!
Show that Ood only permitted them to hav
their own way In this mutter, as He dl!
afterward in thnt of a king 1 1 Hum. vlll.. 0
7, 21, 22).
20. It seems odd to tell tlmm to bn of gooil
pouragn when unbelief wns sending there
forth. It require tulth In Ood to make nn)
one to Im of good coiirnge, but going to sit
If His word wns true would hardly tend tc
eournge. Listen to I'nul In the storm nt sna
when everything seemed against him, "I be.
Ileve Ood, that it shall be even ns it was told
me" (Acts xxrtl., 23).
2.1, 21. One would think that nil fenn
Would be dispelled by n Visit tollmver)
idnce where Abraham, Isnuo nud Jacob lay
burled. How could they help thinking ol
tho faith of Abraham and being strength
ened thereby? Then such grnp.-s and pome
granates and figs how could tlmlr Iit'itrt
help crying out, "It Is nil Just ns He said?"
Some one hns suggests! that these two car
rying the grnpen make us think of the Old
and New Testaments tho one nhend did not
see what ho was carrying, but the one 1st.
bind snw both thn onn nhend nnd thn gni'it
too. Yet both rnrrlnd tho snme fruit. J.-sus,
the True Vine, Is the burden of the whols
book, but Is more clearly revealed In th.
New Testament.
115. "And they returned from searching ot
thn laud nfter forty dnvs." Ami Is-cnusn of
their unlH'llef they, though so nearly pos
snsslng thn land, were turned buck into the
wilderness to wnndnr for forty years, a yent
for each day (Num. xlv., 31). Home tlmit w
will see n deeper meaning in nil the "foitj
dny" experiences of (scripture.
UCi, 27. They could imt but bring n good
report of the Inud; thoy could not snv nuglil
else concerning It than "Surely it 'dowctti
with milk nml honey, nml this I the fruit ol
it." Ood alwavs menus what lie sav, nml
we nre perfectly safe lu taking Him 'nt Hit
word. When Ho makes a statement, wo mils)
either honor Him by believing It.ordlshonoi
Him by our unbelief nml make lilm n Hal
(I John v., 10). Ilather lt us Isdicvo Hit
every word, nnd thus set to ourseal that Ood
Is true.
2H, 29. "Nevertheless tho people be strong."
And so they talk of the giants, nnd nil th
Inhnbitants of the land and the walled cities.
Ood bad mentioned these Nations and bad
said thnt He would drive them out (..
xxxiv., 11). Observe His sevenfold "I will,
ueginmng nnu c,-uiing wan "I am Jehovah,"
In Ex. vi., 6-6, and sts what desperate un
belief these men were guilty of in putting thi
lenst olwtado before the sople. Instead ol
the living Ood who had already done sc
wondrously for them. It Is refreshing tc
turn to Cnleb, and listen to him.
30. "Let us go up at ouco and possess it,
for we nro well nblu to overcome it." Her,
is confidence In Ootl, and It Is well founded
It rests on His power who made nil thing
nnd of whom tho prophet said, "Ah, Lord
Ood, behold Thou hnst inndotlie heaven nud
the earth by Thy groat power and stretched
out nrm, and there Is nothing too hard foi
Thee" (jer. xxxii., .17). These oucoiiriigiiifl
words by which Caleb sought to still the pen.
I do were from his heart (Joshua xlv., 12), foi
io wholly followed the Lord.
31. "We be not uble to go up ngalnst tin
people, for they nro stronger ;thnu we." H
was not n question of "they mid wn," Inn
only of them nud Ood. Ho w ho brought
them out of Egypt wns able to bring their,
Into Canaan, nnd In thnt light Caleb nm!
Joshua saw it, for they said, "I'he Lord I
with us; four thorn hot ' (xiv., !). Until w
bavo learned our own inability to save our
selves, we will not bo likely to let the Lord
save us, nud until we have learned our Ina
bility to keep ourselves we will not know tlm
toy Of His keeping power. We want a tlet.pei
inowledgo mid experience nf nil that Is In
cluded lu the words, "Not I, but Christ."
32. 33. "They nnd Wo" wns to the unbn.
Hovers suggestive of giants nud grasshoppers
ana resuiteti in mucii weeping nmi murmur
lug on the part of the people, nnd a cull foi
n new ciiptalii who would lead them back U
Kgvpt, so that the Lord hnd to say tc
Moses: "How long will this neonle i.rovokc
Me? How long Will It bo ere they believe
Mo, for nil the signs which I havn shewn.)
among thein?" (xiv., 11). If wo place our
! solves face to fnco with our dillli.'ulttc, w
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n in oiiiiiiieit i.u iiisi-ourttKi-ii, ton wueu w
place our dinit'ulties face to face with (toil,
then victory is sure, nud pence and Joy an
ours. The matter that He makes His own Ii
as good as accomplished. In quietness nm.'
in confidence is our strength lUti. xxx., 13)
Lesson Helper.
A TEM1EUAMR UKCtLOOrit.
Tho tomporunee society of Odessn, Hussla,
ha published iu its LUtok the following
Ten Commandmeuts:
1. Thou shult try to lend n sol.er life.
2. Thou shult uot treat the fellows with
spirituous driuks.
3. Thou (halt not rent any pnrt of thy
house, thy store or thy mop anil placu for
the tale of spirituous drinks.
4. Thou shult not trudo iu spirituous
drinks.
6. Thou shall not cng.igo in tho manufac
ture of iutuxk'utlug liquors uud wines of
any kind.
6. Xhou Bbnlt preuoh ogniuat druufcou
ness. 7. Thou shnlt pemnnftn nil Ihy frlnnds and
acquaintances to Join' the teuiporauce so
ciety. 8. Thou shalt never repeat or circulate nn
opinion In favor of tho drinking ot intoxi
cating beverages.
9. Thou shult do nil that Is In Ihy power
to prevent others driukintf iutoxlcutiut;
beverages.
10. Thou shall watch thn doings ot thnso
who trade in spirituous drinks irud promptly
report to the authorities nuv of tho actions
by wbi'ih they criminate tueuuolvea before
the law. The i'emplur.
tbdto is Tocaa.
Bald the late Oliver Wendell Holmes i
"Truth Is tough. It will not Lroak, like a
bubble, nt a touch, nay, you mny kick It
about all duy, liko a football, mid it will be
round und full at evening." This Is why gos
pel truth endures the ussuult ot the ages. lu
ll dels have been kicking at It over since it
was proclaimed, but It is to tough that it
hurt their heels without being itself hurt.
I-si ut hearts have feared lest the truth should
suffer from inlldel attacks, but their fnars
nre groundless. Not till men can kill Ood,
cnn thav kill hla truth. Firmer than the
stars, stronger than the mountain, the truth
fit Ood will Chide forever.
RELIGIOUS READING.
:nAaxcTKn roBXATto.
The process of character-formation goes on
through the action nnd Interaction of ninny
forces. The totality of n llfe.st nnv moment,
I tho product mnlnly of little things. Trilling
choices, lnigiiltlcnntpxprclps of will, unim
portant acts often repeated, things soemlngl)
of small account thesn nm the thousand tiny
sculptors thnt nre carving nway constantly nl
thn rude block of life, giving it snap nml
fenturn. Indeed, thn formation of ehiirnetci
Is much like tho work of au artist In stone.
Thn sculptor takes n rough, un-hapeii mii
of marble, and with strong, rapid s;rokesol
mallet and chisel quickly brings Into view the
rude outline of his th-slgn, but nfter the out
lino nppenr. then comes hours, dayi
perhaps even years, of pntlent, minute Inlmr.
A novice might see no change in the statue
from one day to the others for though the
chisel touches the stone n thoiinml times, II
louche n lightly n the full of a raindrop,
but endi touch lenvp n murk. A friend ol
Michael Augclo called on tho great nrtlsl
While he wn tliii-hliig n statue j some duy
afterward he called again, nnd the seulptot
wn still at the siinie tn-k. Thn friend, look
ing nt thn st nt up, exclnlmed :
"Have you been Idle since I snw you lat?"
"Hy no mentis," replied Angdo. "I luive
retouched thi part, nml polished t lint ; I
hnvn oftei",l this fe itur", and brought out
this muscle: I hnvn given morn expression to
this hp, mid morn em rgv to this limb."
"Well, well! 'snld his friend, nil these nre
trill "S."
"It may bn so," rnp!l"d Angelo;"hut re
collect that trillc make perlectlon, and thai
perfection I no trille,"
So It I with thn shaping of character ; each
day bring us under the play of liiiiiinieriil'li'
little lulliii'iicc. Kvery oim of these tnltii
ences does II work for good or ill; and all
do their work through ourcoiieiit. Hy-aud
by appear the full and tlmil reult. liev.
I'blllpS. Moxom, in "Hie Aim of Life."
what sour ok itKx Ant nr.r.nrD.
Whnt we want today nrn not organizers
but preachers, nml every hindrance ought tu
Im remove I that a mail who can preach mnv
have au opportunity of fulfilling his high
calling. Hn sum of this fact -for history H
our evidence thnt neither thn press not
books nor euilliiMi mn 'lilnery nor clnhoral
services can bn compurc.l a" n dyiinmlo with
the living voice dcclsrllig thn' evangel ol
Christ. Knox prenched hi wny to ML Olios,
whole nrmies lied before him. Hint from St.
Oiles's pulpit he ruled Scotland like n king,
rrciiching Intelligent, spiritual, believing
preaching will alone beat buck unbelief nud
superstition In our day. May 1 record my
conviction that after u period of npologetiit
them l to be n cluing", nml tlm time ha
Conm for thn coiillileiit nii'l positive procla
mation of Christ mil hi Cross, I'or yeais
the church ha been on her defense, timet
lug attack front science, from philoso
phy, from history. Wo tender thuiiks tc
Ood for our apologist. Nobly hnvn they
d ine tl.elr work. 'I hey have 1ml ! tin
ground like tint square of infantry al
Waterloo; It Is now time fur the cavalry tc
charge ami complete the victory. We bavrt
defended Chri-t long enough, we shall now
declnre lilm. Thn world uccept the church
a a well-miiiinge.t institution; let Imr Imnt
the church us tlm standing wltim to tin
hopes of tlm soul to the I'ers ui of .lesu. tc
tho life everlasting. H.iv. Johu Watson (Im,
Muclarcn ).
BCNST I-KOI-I.K.
Them's a certain old la ly, who lives in a
little old house, with very little in it to make
Imr comfortable. nht I rather tb'af and slit
connot see very well, either. Her bands mid
feet am nil out of shnpn nnd full of puiu be
cause of her rhnumutism. Hut lu spite of nil
this, you would find ber full of sushino, und
as cheery as a robin In June, and it would do
yo;: good In see her. I f ii.ud out oa j da;
whnt keeps her so cheerful.
"When 1 was a child," slm said, "my
mother Inught mn every morulng before I got
out of bed, to thank Ood for every good thing
that I cmild think of that Im had given me
for a comfortable bed ; for each article of
clothing; for my breakfast : for a plcosunl
homo ; for my friend ; ami for all my bles
sing, calling each by nanm ; uud so begin
every day with a heart full of praise to Ood
for nil IIo bits done ami Is doing for me."
Here I tho secret, then, of a happy life
this having one's Imnrt full of praise; ami
when wo dons this dear little old Indv does -thnt
I, count our blessings every day, iu r
spirit of thanksgiving br tle in-we shal.
liud many a ma-on why tve should pruist
Ood. Hullalo Christian Advocate.
row in or stashis'I.
You cannot turn in any direction, but s
moment's thought bring your testimony tc
the value of this power of siiin liug. It role
calamities of half their terror simply to
stand und face them Half th" terrors o'
life are mere uncertain shape, which n gooi!
steady look perceives to be 1 1 --t tlm threaten
lug ghost they seemed, but mere, dim, f.in
tastlo shapes of rock or tree. Kveii wlmr
tlm tlunger I real, stand mi I fii'-e n, mi l v. hi
will often disarm it. Wnat a good ior
that 1 of Charles Wesley at Mhellleni
Trenching among the ru le cutler there
suddenly au army olll.-cr ran at Inn
through the crowd with !ns sword drawn,
and crying, "l.et mo kill him!" Charlie
Wesley stood, Willi UO di'foili.'O but that oil)
armor of Ood which ha so ofo n stood Ill
saints in good stead, nnd tluowlng open hi'
soul, said : "Well, sir, 1 fear God und liouoi
the king! What will you do?" What could h
do? Llcfor" that steu Unit lies the loan's rag
fell bnuk disarmed, mtn, from An enemy, no
beciiino one of the Wesleys' slnm-liest sup
porters. Hrooke Herford, !. I)., iu "bur
uious of CourutfO uud Cheer."
WITHOUT UOD.
Su 'h 1 ho who Is unsaved. II hn n O d,
but not a a personal possession. Ood is out
side of him, not inside, litis makes the
greatest possible dilT.-rence, A man without
(iod iu hi heart mid life i liken iii.in at
tempting to do a largo business without nny
capital. He is utterly poor, though seeming
to those who do not know hi trim situation,
to bo well olT, to be prosperous, to Im suc
cessful. There are many moral men who are
trying to do religious businc-s without any
true spiritual capital, 'limy have a stock of
morals, but Ood is not in it. They hnvn cer
tain religious forms, but Oml Is not in tlmm.
And even their morals tlmv borrowed from
Christianity, They nro tho poornal of all
people, the subject of deep pity.
PO TOC WANT niM?
Do you wnnt Ood to dwoll iu you? If so,
thou Ood wants to take up Ills abode in your
heart. And you cuumit begin to imagine
how greatly, how earnestly, he wants to take
full possession of you. iiut remember that,
anxious us Ood is to enter your heart mid
ble-s it with all tho richness ot HI love, He
never will uuless you really want lilm to.
Ho deludes himself most feurfully whothlnks
that, by some sort ot decree, by reason if
a mm secret purpose, (iod will outer his soul
whether ho wants Dim or not. (iod does not
override mini's will iu such li fashion. You
must give II i in n free, hearty welcome if you
want lllin to iiinke His homo lu your soul.
Thus received, Ood will bo a most charming
Ouest uud vou will bo llllud with utmost de
light. There is a little ll.-ht In us, and that which
we havo we often lose by our negligence. I
do uot know what it i, or of what spirit we
are led, or what we protend, wn thnt eoin to
bo culled spiritual, that we take so much
pubis and are so full of anxiety about transi
tory nnd mean things, while we scarcely at
ull. or but seldom, think of our own inward
concornuiuuts with tu I recollection of uilud.
Thomas a KewpU.
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flenernl Wolseley is doing ull in hU power
to . remote ttniieruneo in the l!rili."h nriny.
His ex,erleni-u in Kgypt, India und Ktiuili
Afrlcn huo iToved to bis Hatisraetiun that
total iiliftuini-rs from lntoxicuiits can eiiduro
far more hardship tlmn I In so who are in the
Intuit ol drinking even iu moileralo tiuuti
ties. lie will not attempt to cut olT Hut grog
of the soldiers .crem..irily, but suggests
that those who choose to ulumlon Its use lie
uoliipensiile 1 hy extra ration of oth t kinds
or hy a money payment. lhH t-fforts In this
direction have thus far tout with tucourutf.
Ing success.
TKStrr.iiAsrE ts and noti-s.
Of thn English llench of KLsIiojis twelve
are dodged uhstnluers.
Thoeoiisiimptlon ot intoxicating llipiorsin
Kew Zeuluud Is decreuslng your by year.
Every place which offers for sale ns a hev
ctago uuy kind ot intoxicating liquor, tries
to get young people to drinking it.
If for ten years England eould get rid of
drink she would nt Hint time become such a
paradise ns meu would hurdly recognise.
John llrighL
Tho best wny to destroy tho saloon is to de
prive it of support. This run be done by re
forming Ihe drinker nud training the boys to
total ubsliiionee. Mld-Contlneut.
A French physician says that ono-half the
consumptive patients lu the I'urls hospitals
owe their condition to drink, lie proposes
to prohibit the sale of such drinks us uu
giiithu. Oh, that men should put nn enomy In
their mouths to steal away Ihoir bruins; that
we should with Joy, rovel, pleasure uud up
iiluuse transform oursilvou iuto Leasts.
Bhukespeuru.
Work for total nhstlnoneo nt nil times,
ays the C. T. A. U. News. I.et the sober
ones dedicate a portion of their time iu lion
or of the grace of sobriety by working for
the salvation of others. .
Over a saloon in Cleveland, Ohio, may bn
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Warden George, of tho Frankfort (Ky.)
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statement in his annual report thut of the 500
convicts reeeived during the lost your, more
than 400 claim to have been drunk when
they committed thulr offense. Comment is
uuueeessary lu the face of such an object
losaon. i
I Lava lived to thank find . all m
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