i TALIIAGE'S SERMON. BEAUTIFUL SCENES. , pictoraa Dnwa 7rora th Cruai Aouuinff or o apnan. ..t..o.i r - L.i mt: m-u iuh u'vcn opened. hn had neon preaching a rousing aer- ui'l the people pould not stand It. ,ivi, to (In mi men sometimes would ,.,,. In tlila Any. If thev Inrl, with r ri.tdi preacher of righteousness kill I The only way to silence thin man was n " ' " i'' mey p.1 Stephen out of th gute, of the city. Iin 'mrn nui wuoop nnrj IMMIOW. light him to tho cliff, mwhi the cus- th'ii they wanted to titk away life bv :. Having brought him to tho edge lilT, they pushed him off. After ho nili'nlhcy came anil oikil down, unil ;th;it ho was not yit dead thev I'cgan ....dtnin imnn htm iti.trn utinm -...... Hl,l. horrible rain ot missile Stephen . n Ll. LKU. ..I I II.LI.. 1 . or" ui"' ms ii'i-i nuii iuhls ills minus. tni" i ii""i uriis irom nis rumples, and ).kintr up. he makes two prayers lil'lisclf BDil Otl for his mur.i..MM ,1 Jem, receive my spirit." That was , ."ii. - iciru. i.iy imi inn Kin to their ." That was for his murderer. Then. j.sln nuii loss of blood, ho swooned nlfill asleep. int t "tliow vnu to-ilny five pictures: -n iralng into heaven. Stephen look it ('lirit. Stephen stoned, Stephen dung prayer, Ntophnti asleep, .t. ...,k at Stephen gazing Into hcnvcn. -vmtiike a lnnp voii want to know v.iii tiro going to laul. lleforo you a U I'l'-r you want to know to what ;h"1ii.li!'-r reaches. And it was right Sti'iln'ii. within a few moments of a. .ImiiM be guzing Into It. We woiilil vll to he found In the same posture. i ni'Ukrh I u heaven to keep us gn- Amnn large wealth may havo stntu- 5 th- hall. an. I paintings in the sitting anl works of art in nil pnrts fc-:-. but In has the chief nlcturcsln ... colli. rv. iin.1 them li..iiv u ti ... I...... ' hiu-i u"iir n'.k with rntaloirtiu nn l gn ntnl pvor wii.' it'iiiiiriiiioii. i 1 , iiin vi-n is th" wh.-ri' u.l hm uatlii-roil tlm rhli-f "! Ills ri'alm. 1 ho wholo iinivorso Ifllii'V. In this lowt'r room whcr wo t!i.'P'iiM many 'lornmnts, tMnollatfil ! .111 "tlit, and on thu wIikIiiik cloml . nr' -tri'ti'liml out oanra'K.s on whii-h nu'l" H7iiro anil purplo and salTronninl But ln r.vim U tho (full.-ry in which cl'Tti-s ap- euthi-rivl. Thoro ar ru'W-.-t rol'i's. Thoro ar tho ridioxt ;. TIiito aro tlio lilithost 'xhllarations. -.11 My of It, "l'lm kins of tho ciirtli inn-' t!i''ir honor ainl irlorv Into it." I .'Mli I'Mi-nsMon fornilnif. au l in tin 'ill omplroy. nnd tho stars sprint; .! a'l aMi for tin hosts tomaivli umlor. k ;. -t.-. to tin moiuil of onrth'iuuko, h' H li of aviilani'lio from tlio inuiiti vA Hi" 11. i tlny lii-ar is tho llamo of a wi.rl'l. ami all hiavin turns out Ur'-1111 1 trumpots ntnl myriad vol I n.vi' ii of nniHIi loniiii'iona to wl- t : lit III 111! I Sit ttlll Llll.Vd tl... ..'. " ' ... till- I'llllll :i!i"ir honor aiid t;lory into it. I yon rtl. n t.""'l pi'oplo orton Mninl, liko .ti. ! k i 11 ts iutu hoavou'i' Wo huvo !n"ti 1.- tln'ro. 'fii-iiot a :nnn hiro so isolatoil In life jifi-101110 ono in hi'avnn w'.th whom v.h iok liitinls. As a man p-ts oIiKt .;x!-r of his ol.-tlal iii?i)uiiititaniis r; i llv nniltli ll.s. We havo not hail ..imp-i of tlii'tn sinoc tho nilit wo klsoi i ll y, and thy wont away, hut still m I Kazinif ut hoavon. As wlnn somo rlri"inls t;o n'irosH tho sea, we stand on -k, "run tho stoam tut;, and watoh Mii.UrtiT awhile tho hulk of the vos- tm.l4t4rd ltlt.1 ihunlhnM I.Anl.i .. . . t. 11 1 it.t .j i.iijjr n pull II 'in tin- sky, n.nl soon that in (tone, nnd wan out 01 sitfiit, and yet wo atnnd ut in tlio same dire Uion. 80 when our li!awav from us Into thu future iWIklln looking Hnurn ltviifli 1.A V , r, ......m,b !., 'manil irsiiitiir mi mivim n i.A....t. HQ IllUUIfll iwtcd that they would come out and on)ino cloud and Klveus oneKlimpso if Miwful and trausllK'urod faces, ueyiju loux to join their companion- hi !. .. 1 4 1 ... u iin- jr-nr nun me uays no witn tiiium that the hrcilr v.tnp irD- .i ip-rs of pain and sorrow and bereave- Kunwmir at your vitau, you will ik Stephen, Kiiziuj; into heaven. 'liT if tlmv have rhitnviil alrtta m last. You wonder if thev wonl.l tUZC vuur fili'H now. SO l'hni,i.,.,t l.,.a ir with trouhle. You winder If. amlil th 'I'-IU'lifH they have, they care as r you ils thev u.sei to whun thev )"U a helpliiK hand and i,nt their It under your Imrdons. You won- iook any onier. and sometime sv-iilru: tide, when tho house Is all a Whii der If von shoiil.l unll tl...... Hr-t name if they would not au 1 1'iTli ii's sumetiuio.4 you do make Tllhi'lit. and when rt.i .him 0...1 ur-ll are there von dUtlnctlv ..nil uuw and li.-teu auJ sit gazint; Into " nuw and see Stephen lookint; "nit My text says he saw the Son t th- rU-lit hand of God. Just how I-" k 1 111 Ihl- nr.trl.l lnf I 11 . oli'iiVHii, wo cannot sav. The t,i.i... the differeiit ilLft lllil'lt ffi.i.l O'tliH features yf Christ and put them twivus. i,t w) ,llv0 tl) wa(t uulll 'Ur mn ey,-s weseo Him and with our m we iMin henr ITim .... .i w ut seeinif im and henrluir Htm . , , "' vou mat uules.s you see r 1 irUt mi uitrtii ...in . ... 11, . , " '" "in uuvrrnue "r tlnn in heaven. 1 here H i Is! Behold tho Lamb of Uiiyu not see Him? Then i.rniM,. tke the si-ales off your eyes. I,ook ly-trv 1.1 I.I..L. i,.. ' ,,, . ' , " j" ; nis voice 1'Wn to v. 111 fluu .in . '""lent, to the deafest sniila......... UWn Me. nil r on.la f .!, . M.iu. I .'--'' hid conn, linn l. for I am Ood, and there U none 1 ,1 ' u oi uuiversul omancl- if ih. i. . . 1 m vu w,", Know Mh' world , history, what other king '''"W ttl'andonad.and tho forlorn. lik iui uuicw to come '""Hi" him' Oh. wonderful invlt,,. t"Vo" ,.'lkH U t,,",lt' u,, """"l t 'i'i! Ih" iliirk.Mt ulLv 1,. on .1.1. . , "-j inn i:uv ' "Hie! CllltheS fur V.tiir.u.au ..1 "ir-s. a llir.H.u f... ' 1 .., . " ium riMruai A ir jl ik... 1.11.. In. .1 .. ;.":t '""1 1'nrdons like that-do you ... ..-,,.. stooa lookiuwat Him' In, 7. ',ru) uoinn the same I llui.i if,,,, t ,MJ, i...., ,w 'n'li w'l UIIOI1 I vr Ih ''''i1 W,lli "' Hiu but 1.1 1,0 ;v 1 '"' 'u . . iiiui'ii'a on nit Mim.ibi.w 1 i''er I'H.iV"i,'i;'' ,lmt l'r"'"!n'"'d 'my "uliv.i i ' .V 1 ,uuu '-'"'"iriiu, ,1 Ji ' ,llr'M,"re years and ten " ! Until, u,i r.l n .1. 11 t.: ne I,,, .1 unioni nun, yo i n't "" Vul' - hiuo through the wl ill 'V'.',"1 yM' H-I'old ., "i'i nun, uiNtven. wiiat a nherl" ',,h",N''Hitw t tho saved i,i, ' urist: ah faces that ' l'r..ne,that way, Zn ou Jesus. iw "ik knew Whole rtu would lovo ITim n VlTii""W UM'1 louk "tHtephou stoned." I.L Th T'-" WilU,,,,l 10 rtJ of Wii'Le l. ' ",0 ,H ttn WUlt f t hi : "', Um ol,i'- Don w" ' " l"-"ldoes. Let every man -.,1, , '"J' "'"uo upon his head. kill . 1.1 ' mu''1 Htoiihou ''ill.. 11 WullH murderer ' lives ,,'''.,l""',oruof all K'od men l. ij!, ' tl" "'''nlrHtiou of all Chris "toued, but Stephen alive. hII - i "'.'.V11 ',l'l,,,J- "All who "i.u " u, thriHt J,'u mut ff" V.i li1DOuloy of a man to rtbiii. t 1 likes him Bhow mo (nil t 11 uuijr iu stain l""y i!horm1Iuho you oor,,, or mon " "U of you, It is because yor) MPi,er a laanl or dolf. If a steamer make rapid progreM through this wave, tha water will boll and foam all around It. Brave soldiers of Joans Christ will hear the carbine click. When I see a man with toIco and money and Influence all on tho riht side, and aoma caricature him, and aome sneer at him, and some denounce him. and men who pretend to be actuated by right motives conspire to cripple him, to cart him out. to destroy him, I say, ''rttephen stoned." When I see a man In some grent moral or religious reform battling against grogshops, exposing wickedness In high places, by active means trying to purify the church and better the world's estate, and I find that the newspaper annthomatir.e him, and men, even good mer.. oppose him and denounce him because though he does good, he does not do It In their way, I sav, "Stephen stoned." Hut you notice, my friends, that while they assaulted Stephen they did not succeed really in killing him. You may as sault a good man, but von cannot kill him. Ou tha day of his death Stephen spoke be foro a fowpooplo In the sanhedrln. This Sabbath morning he addresses Christen dom. Taul. tho apostle, stood on Mara hill nddrcMing a handful of philosophers who knew not so much about science as n modern schoolgirl. To-day he talks to all the millions of Christendom about the won ders of justification and tho glories of tho resurrect ..u. John Wesley was howled down by tho mob to whom ho f reached, nnd tluv threw bricks at him, and they do. nouneed him. and tin jostled him, and they spat upon him, and yet to-dnv. In all lands, he Is admitted to be the great father of Methodism. Hooili's bullet vacated the Presidential chair, but from that spot of coagulated blood on the floor In tho box of Kurd's Theatre there sprant. up the new life of a Nation. Slepheu stoned, but Stephen alive. . Pass on now and see Stephen In his dying prayer. His llrst thought was not how' tho stones hurt his hea l, nor what would be come of his body. His first thought was about his spirit. "Lord Jesus receive niy spirit." Tin murderer standing on the trap door, the black cap being drawn over his head lieforo tho execution, niav grlmaoo about the futup. but ymi and' I have no shamo In confesing some sjiriitv about where we nr going to come out. V ,u nro not all body. There Is within you a soul. I see it gleam from your eyes to-day, and I see It Irradiating your counteuanoe. Some times 1 am nhaxhod before an nmlience not becnuse I como under your phvslcal eyesight, but becnuse I rcal'lzo the 'truth that I stand before so many Immortal spirits. The probability Is that your body will at Inst Mini a setmleher In, some of tho cemeteries that surround this city. There Is no doubt that your obsequies will be decent and respectful, ntnl you will beableto pillow your head under the maple, or the Norway spruce, or the cypress, or the blossoming llr, but this spirit about which Stephen praved, what direction will that take? What guide, will escort It What gate will open to re ceive It'.' What cloud will bo cleft for its pathway? After It has got beyond tin light of our sun will there be torches lighted lor it the rest of the way? Will the soul have to travel through long deserts before it reaches the go,,l land? If we should lose our pathway will there bo a castle at whose gate we may ask the way to the city' (Hi, this mysterious spirit within us! It lias Iwo wings, 'but it Is In acagenow. It is locked fast to keep it, but let the door of this cage open the least, nnd that soul is off. Eagle's wing coubl not catch it. Tha lightnings are nut swift enough to come up with it. When the soul lenvs the body it takes llfty worlds at a bound. And hnvo I no anxiety about It Havo you no anxiety about It' I do not care what you do with my body when my soul Is gone, or whether you be lieve In vromntiou or Inhumation. I shall sloop just ns well in a wrapping of .sackcloth as In satin lined with eagle's down. Hut my soul before I close tlils.Mseourse 1 will find out where it will land. Thank Ood for tho Intimation of my text that when wo dio JesUHtakes us. That answers all questions forme. What though there were massive bars between hero aud the City of Light,' Jesus could remove them. What though (.there Were groat Bahama of darkness, Jesus could Illume them. What though I get weary on the way, Christ could lift me on His omnliiotcnt shoulder. What though there were chasms t" cross, His hand could transport me. Then let Stephen's prayer be my dying litany. "Lord Josus. receive my spirit." It may bo in that hour wo will bo too feeble to nay a long tirayer. It may bo In that hour wo will not lie able to say the Lord's Prayer, for It has seven petitions. Perhaps wo may Oo too fee ble evou to say the Infant prayer our mothers taught us, which John Qulucy Adams, sev enty years of ago, said every uight when ho put his head ttpuii his pillow: Now I lay mo down to sleep, I pruy the Lord my soul to keep. We may be too fenblo to employ either of these familiar forms, but tills prayer of Stephen Is so short. Is so concise, is so earn est, is so comprehensive,' we surely will be able to say that, "Lord Jesus, rocoivo tny spirit." Oh, If that praver Is answered, how sweet it will bo to die! This world Is clevr enough to us. Perhaps it has treated us a great deal better than we ibwrved to bo treated, but if on thedying pilk.wthere shall break the light of that better world wo shall havo uo more regret than about leaving a small, dark, damp house for ono large, beau tiful nnd capacious. That dying minister in Philadelphia, some years ago, beautifully depicted it when, iu the lust moment, ho threw up his hands uud cried out, "X movo into tho light!" I havo seen the sea driven with tho hurri cane until tho tangled foam caught iu tho rigging, and wave rling above wave seemed as If about to storm the heavens, and then I kuve seen tho tempest drop, and the waves crouch, and everything become smooth and burnished as though acampiug placo for the glories of heaven. 80 I havo seen a man whoso life has been tossed and driven com lug down at last to an intlnlte calm iu which there was a hush of heaven's lullaby. Stephen asleep! I saw such a one. He fought all his davs agalust poverty and against abuse. They traduced his nnme. They rattled at th-i doorknob while ho was dying with duns fur dents he could not nav. Yet the tuwn of Ood brooded over his pillow, and while the world faded heaveu dawned, uud the dd't -enlng twilight of earth's night was uulvtho opening twilight of leaven's morn. Not a sigh. Not a tear. Not a struggle. Hu.sh! Stephen asleep. I have not the faculty ns many have to tell the weather. I can unver tell by the setting suu whether there will be a drought or not. 1 cannot tell by the blowing ol the wind whether II will be fair weather or foul ou the morrow. Hut I can prophesy nnd I will prophesy what weather it will be when you, the Christian, como to dl". You may have it very rough now. It may lie this week one annoyance, tue uext another unuoyauce. It may be this year one bereavement, the next another bereavement. Hut ut the last Christ will come In, and darkness will go out. And though thero may bo no hand to close your eyes, and 110 breast on which to rest your dylug head, and 110 can lie to lift tho night, tho odors of God's hanging garden will re gale your soul, and at your bedside will halt the chariots of the king. No more rents to pay, no more agony because flour hits gone up, no more struggle with "lue world, thu llosh and tho devil," but peace long, deep, everlasting peace. Stephen asleep! t Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, i'rom which none eer wake to weep, A culm uud undisturbed rcposu, Uninjured by tho lust of foes. Asleep In Jesus, far from thee Thy kindred and thy graves may Ik, Hut there is still a Mossed steep, From which uuue ever wuko to weep. You Uuve seen enough for ouo day. No one can successfully examine mom than five pictures in a day. Therefore we stop, hav- lllir mM.li this iiIiimImp ..r .liwl.. llu..l,,.ul Stephen gazing into heaven, Stephen looking a f'h-lul U.u. ... 1' lj. .... 1 1.. u , . wutim, ,no,nru MUUWJ, niOIIUUH, IU UiM (lying prayer, Htepbeu asleep. SABBATH' SCHOOL UflEnSATIOXAT. IiKSSOX FOR SKI'TEMBEIt 2'2. Lesson Text: "Joshurk Itrncwtng tho Covenant, ' Joshua xslv., 14-25 Golden Text: Joshua, xxlv., i!4 Commentary. 11. "Now, therefore, fear the T.opt, and Senre Him In sincerity and In truth." Joshua had fulfilled his mission and had now como to tho end of his sojourn In Ihn mortal Ixxlv. being about UO years old (verso af. Ho assembled the people at Shechem, and cnll Ing for tho elders and judges nnd officers hn reminded them of all the Lord's goodness and faithfulness nnd earnestly exhorted them to servo If lm sincere! v. "Servo" Is tho key word to this address'. It Is found In somo form at least twelve times in our lesson, and suggests very strongly to us that we are snved In order to serve Htm who saves us. See Kx. I v., 22, 2:1; 1 Thrss. I., 11. II Cliron. xxW., II. Wo nro nlso to servo always In the fear of the Lord, which In eludes a practical ncimliitaii"ii with linn and a profound reverence and cordial alTo tlon for Him (Prov. I., 7; lx., 10). IS. "As for me and mv house we will serve tho rVir.l.'. It Is evident from this and the preceding veno that their ancestors beynn,) the river (11. V.) were Idolaters. From 'such asthise Abiam was called nut. od dues not compel, but He sets lieforn us the right and the wrong, drawing us strongly to the right by His Holy Spirit, vet leaving us to choose. The leaders, like Joshua. mut make the choice first, for tho people cannot be expected to choose the good if the leaders do not. If all teachers nnd pren"lu rs were as decided and whole hearted for (i.nl in Joshua there might be less worldliness In tnniiy places. We are all to . apt t 11-ldor what others do and follow them. We houl,l have Joshua's spirit of whole heart edtiess for Hod regardless of others. The ra"e i to be run "looking unto Jesus," which Im plies looking away from nil es.. (Hob. xil., 'if, 11. "Therefore will we als.. servo tlio Lord, for ll' Is our dud. " This Is the con clusion of the people's reply to Joshua's words. They acknowledge that the Lord their Hod brought them out nf F.gpt. pre served them iu all the way and brought thcni Into the land. Therefore they should cer tainly serve Him. and not other gods. Their fathers had. however, ma le as good resolu tions ns these at Hurib when thev said, "Ml that the Lord mi, spoken will'we do" (Kx. xix., H), but they broke their promise In a few weeks nnd wore found worhipiug a golden calf. The law which Is holy and just and good cannot help us because the llcsh Is so weak illoiii. vlii., 3). l'J. !i1. "And Joshua said unto the peo,b, Ye cannot serve the Lord, fori!" is a Holy liod. He Is a euloiis do,." They e.mld hot serve Him In their own strength'. They could not serve him and others, too (M-ith. vl., 24). The people ,,f a Holy (io. must be n holy people (Lev. xix., 2; XX., 7. 2rt; Xl Hi I P"t. I., 15, 111; Isa. VI.. H; llev. Iv.. Ml. .lust seven times is liod called 11 jealous (iod, Itesldes this Verse see Kv. XV.. .1; Xiv.. II Koiit.lv., 21 f v., li j vl., l.'i; Nub. I. .2. ( 'mil pare Jas. I v., li, I;. V., margin. The word translated "jealous" Is tho same word that Is also translated "bought" or "purchased;" so that the thought In "jealous" Is simply that of claiming what Is rightfully His own. Wo ar not our own, but bought with a price, that He mnv bo glorified in us. We nro a people for His own possession I Cor Vl.. 19. 20; Titus II.. 1. I!. V.). Wo are t . servo Him with a perfect or whole heart (I Chron. xxvlil.. 9), wit ti humility (Ads xx., 19) , with gladness (Ps. e.. 2). with the Spirit ( Horn. I., 9), and continually (luu. vl., M, 20) . Of ourselves wo cannot do this, but Christ can. and a Christian should be able to say truthfully, "I live, yet not I, but Christ llveth In me" (Oul. II.. 20). It is written of Him, "Tho Hon of Man came to minister." "I am among you as Ho that serveth," "If any man serve Me, him will My Father honor" (Math, xx., 2S; Luke xxil., 27j John xil.. 20). When we are fully yielded to Him according to Horn. xil.. 1, 2, He will work Iu us both to will und to do (Phil. II., 13; Hob. xiil., 20. 21. "And tho people, said unto Joshua, Nay. but wo will servo tho Lord." They seem very sincere and iletermined by His grace to serve Him, and we Mud that thev did servo Hint all the days of Joshua, and of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had s i tho grout works of tho Lord that Ho did for Lsrnol (verse 81; Jmlg. II., 7). 22. "And Joshua said unto the people, Y' aro witnesses against yourselves that ye havo chosen you the Lord to servo Him." When we take a stand for the Lord, It must of necessity be against ourselves, for we are by nature against (iod, "The curnul mind I enmity against (lod. for It is not subject to tho law of (lod, neither iudeislcan be" ( ltom. vlil.,7). Our Lord also said, "If any man will como after Me. let him deny himself' (Math, xvl., 21). From beginning to cud ol tho Christian life it Is a font In no 1 stanl llgulnst self for (lod. "F.ven Christ pleased not Himself" ;ll mi. xv., 3). He never sought His own will, nor His own glory (John vl., 3X; vlll., 50), nor did He ever tuke credit to Himself for either wordsor works (John xil., 49; xiv., 10). Paul's mottoes were "Not I, but Christ," "Not I, but the grace of (lod'' (Gal. 11., 20; I C ir. xv., 10.) S.-o also II Cur. Iv.. 11. 23. "Now, therefore, put awuy tin. strange gods which nro among you and in cline your heart uuto tho Lord of Israel." Tho Idols, the old man, the weights and be setting sins, ure to be put uwuy, put off and laid aside (Kph. iv., 22; Hob. xil., 1, 2), und eyes and heart must bo ever unto Him. We must bo very sincere and truthful through aud through, for He dcslrcth truth In thy inward parts and iiuilerstaudeth all tho Im aginations of tho thoughts of tho heart (Ps. II., 6; I Chrou. xxvlil.. 9; I Sam. xvl., 7). Hero ngaiu wo are helpless uud must pray 'Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies." 21. "And the people said unto Joshua, Tho Lord our Ood will wo serve, and Ills voice will wo obey." Tho faithful servaut bus only to be willing and obedient" i Isiu I., 19) In order to bu pleasing uuto his Master. It is ours to be wise enough to hear only His commands nnd faithful enough to do thorn; Ho will see to all the results, and sue. cess, ns Ho counts it, is sure. Thero are many voices to-day. but wo must tuke good lioeil to hear only His voice. 25. "So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Sliochaui." Then lie set up n stone for a witness. Compare (ion. xxvlii.. 11; Kx. xxiv., 4; Joshua iv., H, 9; then sen Kout. xxxll., 1; Isa. i, 2, etc., us to Inani mate nature being a witness to words and actions. Hut best of ull remember the "Stone of Israel." who Is the "faithful uud true Witness" (Gen. xllx., 21; lt"v. ii., 11), and live wholly uud always unto Him. Luesou Holier. The Watuh Was Mill (iiiing. A singular incident took place the other day ou Kamariseotta Luke, Maine, which shows the voracity ot the buss in that luke. A party from tho Kennebec were llshiiigfroui a boat, when one of them caught the end of his llshpola in his watch guard and flung his gold watch overbotrd into forty foot of water. About an hour after, and a quarter of a mile distant, they caught a six-pouuder, and, uotlcing his fullness und peculiar up pearuuoe, he was opened, uud there, was tho gold watch, still going. RELIGIOUS READING. the stxsr. or six. What a strange, subtle, lnxtlngtifsfiahit thing it Is man's souse of sin! How keen,' how just, Its distinctions) how prompt and sure its Judgements how sharp and bitter its punishments! It Is quick In tho child Imforo the little mind ami heart have been trained to the first nnd simplest of ethicsi und the grav-halred man, who has tested every ex perience life husto offer, perhaps In defiance of principle or virtue, cannot throw off that Hinging, accusing consciousness ot sin in thought or deed. How insignificant Is the unlversatilitv and persistence if this thing we call conscience! It means that there Is, somewhere In the uni verse, h clear note, like the tone of the key. bell iu a chime, to whldi all must correspond a note of Klght, fur-sounding, sweet T'i't iinl. At the heart of It all, this medley and discord und jungle of life, sounds the uv note of truth. Aud this truth Is not a mere chance harmony of vsbethliigs, t,ut n deep spiritual principle, underlying nil, breathing out into all. unifying and pervading all. ll is the mind and will and thought of fed. Kverytbliig that is in accord lth that per sonal will Is right. Lverythlhg that works against It U wrong. I lie sn-con-scloiisness is the consciousness of en mity with tod. Its pri-eiit nnd fu!ur and etern:il punishment Is that it antago nizes the i.uivcr-.il order, ntnl lives in its own little reckless nnd iihoriloicd chaos. The whole world and the whole ra -e are permeated with this knowledge i.f right nn I wrong. It is horn in n man lik" a sixth and Inner sense. He amy light against it : he mav weave all s irls i f sophl-trn s between it nd th" eye nf mental disi eriinieiit ; he mav outrage and defy in.'l deny it. but it shall hold him relentlessly to the liever-elidlllg end. We cannot iiiitiihil.ito c ihsi'Ii'iht anv more tllllll we 1 1 nllllllllLlle personality. As long as the ...ill eM-ts it w i i I hear that clear. In sistent t llie ol Illgllt cither ill C li":illlllg 'II rl with its o-.vn w III. or as th" -Meet, tenia! n oto to wlu.'li its pcrsui.il lile i keve I. n.A' r. imi iiim's (bin of the most 'it i I Til things iu the world l t i see nine hundic I and iiiic'ty-nino per ons contriving, laboring, competing ..r place, und only "tc man m a thousand con cerning himself with the va-tly more Impor tant and pertinent and seii'tlal matter of lltne.s. As If iltness did not always and In evil. ilily come bet ir- place, preparation be. fore performiii , 1 1 1 n .m.-nt i.efore n-ii'ti.. tl' 111. men! I'l l He I' s TI. Yet Who III these das thinks ilr-t nf making himself wrthv and then, of tli- hmi r which bis wrtii le.ervcs- Who a', uses, Lim-clt that he mav tie exalt.'. I.' Who g.ies to school o humilitv that be may rule with 1 1 - . r . 1 1 '. pride? l i,,. te."ii "v. m ,st imi .rl mi.it ; v . Is all t! tie r win'. Men -cek l:r-t th" I'l.i 'e, under i'io reckless und vain ,' lii-i..n that Illness will loll.iw as a kind iiir -nin i- and sp..ntaii is i young mail leaves technical cl'i'MM' position which -" A .Minister Kill 111 Sna-lit-I. w. The Itev. Iiuniol OrllTlu, a well known di Vlite of Albany, Ou., shot uud killed his sou. in-law, Bobert Dudley. Grifllu got luto uu altercation with Hon Smalls uud Dudley un dertook: to act as peueemuker. Grifllu warned him not to Interfere, but Dudley kept on, and then Oriiilu dellberutoly shut him dead. 'suit of plcsliu.ptl sch..... ..r breass n. d i.vl.'d bv tli" .. 'ins a- high as h !T A l.i- .!'T "I a I,. I I . UT lured to aspire. II g"ts tic pi ice led .. loin k"eps it. and still r e seldom rises 'lliovc II I all-e ll" lias ll ,t been .'out. nt to wait and III him-"il I ir the ,e;:i.uids and re-sp"ii-l,i;i" of Ins profession, i-ty -o n U who have eomi.po l 'hemseh th. , roiigl.lv than he ui.i oertal,o and him. It is lue running a long race r mgli r- u ls. The rider who stops .,, bis lior thoroughly shod will w iu who push' s lr iiiticiliy alt.'ad wit! shoe to gain tunc. Ill' .re p I" . oer have r In n o..,,. If there is any lesson of more Importance than another to a young man and woman of this I astelul and wa-teful age, it is the Ic.soii of the true relation ol place and Illness. F.verywhere and in nil things consider first personal worth. Whether in religion, in fnislni'ss, In education, in professional Hie, or In social life, s.ek first tho soli. I. genuine, no ble nihilities which eutiilooiie to respect and hoiiot. Never mind the emolument or the placo. Do not think about them ; eertal-ily do not give them preference In your thought. These things will surely follow if you de serve them. And If you aspire to and snatch at them without desert, they will just as surely escape and defy you. Aim tlrst to be lit lor the honors and responsibilities of life. 1 Iumi, it you are truly worthy, vou will not nee to sigh and struggle and madly grasp f,,r these things. Th-v will i c to you as easily and li ilur.illv as hcautv I fragr.in ..me to th- (lower In Its un folding. The truly great men and w mien of the world are tllev W ho ll lV"toil"d hllll.blv and patiently, walled without repining, hoped without ceasing, striving aiwa.s n it to g-asp, but to gam, tle pri md h . . ti . r - of life. And their reward has come when it came, with all the richness and st ihintv ol the good which (alls to the lot of true ...,ert. W ol'.I.IN I I oj oooli. Wlcm wo h iv" a willing nun I, evervthihg goo I and beautltul and tri", conspires to help Us. All nature then h.'.'o:i,"s p ral"d with a diviner beauty, and w ii id ev rv- where present in the a 1 1 aiiei ii g . .r r ling year, lie smile, upon u. in tic sunrise m slllisei. lie seetils to hold Us iu Ills ombr I"- lug uriiH in the long summer d ns. o ir life then grows mo.-i full of (i i t. Ail its i ven's li r.e a providential meaning. None arrive by blind .'!iiii"i or stern tcees- sity. tlur friends no to us from Hod; when tney leave us, tli iy go to Him. Thus, having nothing, we possess all tilings. In one seii.e, nothing is ours; in another, all things arc ours, of ourselves and by our selves we urn nothing, but ludod we h ive all things. For all things aro tending inev itably toward that great consummation of being which we desire, All things are work ing together for good w hbo wo love liod. June s Freeman Ciarkc THINils NKl;lil t'i.. For every need of the spiritual life this is tho olio thing li Iful : the .,y spirit. All the fumes i is In Jesus; the fulness of grace and truth, o it of which we r ive grao for grace. If we but .ld ourselves entirely to tho disposal of the spirit, an I let him have his way with us, he will manifest the life of Christ wi'liin us. II" will do this with a divine power maintaining the life of hn-t in us in uninterrupted contin.iity. Surely if there is ono prayer that should dra.v us to the lather s throne and k"cp us there it is this : lor the Holy plnt,w horn we as children liav received, to stream into u, nnd out from us in greater tulucss. Andrew Murray. It Is not iu vain that you are called to pass through great trials anl sufferings. J hey never leave you what thev found you; liod forbid they should ! Hut how you beiir them, what they leu I yon to do and' to feel, will vary according to your own altitude to them. Their trend uud purpos . are towards those two poles of duty Hod and humanity: but It Is our weakness and fault that often' we do not read aright their ucaiiing. SulTirlng limy leave us hard, selllsh and complaining, or It may lead us Into t'ie mysteries of Provi dence, and into the very feil'uw.hip ot liod. Theodore T. Muugcr, D.D. To bo at work, to do things for the world, to turn tho currents of things about us at our will, to in uk our existence a positive ele ment, evou though it be no bigger than a grain of sand in this great system where live that is u new joy of which the idle iiiau knows uo more than tho molu knows of sun shine, or the serpent of the eagle's triumph ant Might Into the upper uir. 1 lie uiuu who knows, Indeed, what It is to net, to work, cries out ; "This uluiio Is to live,"-Phillips Urooks. How shall we rest iu God? Hy giving our selves wholly to him. II you give yourself by halves, you cunnot Und full resti there will ever be a lurking disquiet lu that half wtikb li withhold. Jeau Nicholas Gran. COLUMCIAS THKT ALMOST PLr. 3 3 s-s' 3 2i I Dieting wopt Cure you Neither will medicine. Bicycling will. All you need is to get outdoors and let (he tonic of rapid motion put new blood into your veins and tissues. K if THAT RATE 17 ft means jr" sav Buy a... Best... V0101 Bicycles $i00 I I 3 3 3 3 3 Or zv HARTFORD - '60, 60. Boys' or Girlj' Hartford? $50. fe ll 1 F I Ot t. Colurr)ti& Catalogue Tux .it any Oil- llllll . t ..eytlk-y ; lv mail fur two 2-v.jnt stamps,. aostort Mw Yorl Chicago Sao Francisco Provislcnca Buffalo Out a Cntiili.K'itrt. Front nur C.ilumMn A.-encv ,.Iiiw.iuv.. 1 mnilml froo for 1 renls l.y W. I. lluK. r. " ' "-'''. a., or 'WWV Avvvvvivwiuvtumv wi-nsTi-irs i.Ti:h.Ti).i t' s .-''. V.vvrvh-ulv IVVVW4 WHAT hiii'iii'i ni:i I ir il'iii.iiv . 1 n' i r i all iiics; t'oiii'i'itiiiii' . In fury, sielll:i:., Iiuini.it imi, i In . .ii. in. 1 1 his- 1 r. ui'l liK aiilu ot ivnrihi H t r tr..... i.. phes the nle:i i'i . Midi IHl. il ln:it h.'i I 'lin eiiiiiu ciiiliiciit I'Prsi.ns ; f.H-js) on, , r.i. Iiii the feiiiiirii's, i Hie., i.ivmis, au i unit le.tnircsiit the uluhe; '.iiin nl;ns , ... I'l-rililli; IH.ICil tlctlllnlls ers'.lis ami li'.l' e ; tr:iiisl it .mi of f.iri -n iiini r inns. i , i ! iiIii i I.I.. in the heiiii', oilnv, Minh, . ii,! schiiulro'iui. Tin' One tlrcnt Stamlunl I nrlmrity. linn. li. J. Ilrrsi r. .iii.n. . ei I . s s,,,,.', ,,.', I "HI I. M I.'. I " I .' tll,MM.lt,"M 1 1 'i I i . t . il,.. r " 'i. hi of 'li'ii'.ii.iii".. I i. .mi i r i , .i.t I!. "ii" Kir.it sl.ih l.iel ;eilli"!,u " S'l'.'.', I'I .ii. .'. ii ('. Mfrrluiii ( 'ii .... irr. .si-.(..?l.7., ,l.i... rc-1 i....T. . . IT ii lit. .'irillls ul iin. it-lit ys 'i 1 1 "rfrccpr'iii.'. t'n. 5 Vs'S)sVVVSVsVsVsWsVs.4i IRON I o N ii'ri I'L'U'c 111 )1 l.lt 1 I 0 ISTCKN'ATIoNUl J A ' I V or I V it. uV l i. ; mi .n '.. I! IlllV .1 SIllii'HI .it VohtiT'-V . I' "III'.. T li lirci:i-i 'l I'V It lew gelitlellieli.'.'lU'l He- "on tents of I'ollles, j 1 i f , I li".,.. e;, ., I .nit. 'li the ground, and the j. .n . . . uj.. tr,,ig sentiment exists in the mount, uu eitv Igiilli.-t the unholy tralllc. Nearly all ar" ngree.l that their liciutiful. In althv mntry "an gel along wit hunt a sii...,n. Some want I to save the whisky tor euiii.ltor, ni l other1 wanted the stulT eitlled wine kcit (or tie Lord s lui'le, hut the inajoritv decide I linn it .should nil go to Mother K irth.ai the sum.. time a Imiitingshe ., not n n, hut eoul 1 stand Id" liii").sit,,n Letter than any oh" else, 'IIhto is great reinleing among the good ieo,e ut the overthrow of thii'!"U"l evil. reinicruui.'e Advocate. ni.t.i; hkcinatino iiii: iwaihws. One of Hie greatest lioiists ,.f the llava, iau city of Munich h is long I n the l,,.r which Is niniiufactured liiere, and I i whose punt v und health I ul iiroHrtli.slheuveruge llavarnin Is always ready to make uite-taliou. Such ilttestlltl'Ulsure of very little Worth, however, In view of the fact tliitt lio.'tor it .lllng. r, Munich's most eminent 'h -i iaii, asserts Hint it Is very rare to lln I a normal heart aud normal kidneys iu an a lull re-j."M , -I that city, Tho reason lor the kidney di-easn Is the lax iut upon th"-e organs hy driiikiu.; of this .-.i-calle,l pure I r, an I tie- car li.il hypertrophy und degeneration ni" -cui I try i .'sioiis for tho must par!. ' AVOID I ON 1 1.. rh INS. '' There Is something wrong with tin- man wIid has an uuuppeasiihle itch lor controversy und contention, li. it n his mind niel heart lire wry. ills views are so very narrow that lie imiiglnes he ulone i utid those who agree with him) is right, und ull others are s i ah aurdly wrong that a liriel urgument will put them to shame. And ins spirit is so cantan kerous that he prefers to lm nt oggeriu-u Is with people rather tliuu nt peace with them. Intense sell-eoiiccit iiml ingrained iiiarrc mimencss ure stamped upon lilm whoulvvuvs Wlllits to set everjliody else right. I'diple as they grow wlwr und ineliowi r lose their taste for controversy, it has heen wi ll -aid : "lie t hilt loves to dispute does tint love Iiml." Hut ii culm uumparlsoii ,,( opinions for mutmil edillcutiou is always iu order. WILL DO. IS MATL'KE 'S 0W.M TOXIC. Btlmul.itca the appetite nn l pro- (luces refreshing sleep GIVES VITsL SfHENCfH TO NURSIN MOTHERS. Checka r:;..k. " niKht iweiu, ourua i-..-... cousumptiou. Incrciiscs strength and fl-ish. MAKES RED. RICH I5L00D, rromotea henlth'lurig tissu i Will give tho pule nnd jiuiiy tho rosy cheeks of youth. CURES ALL FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Makes strong niuu and women of I v villi iiiikci. ; GILMORE'S IRON TONIC PILLS Core all Wasting Diseases and their sequences, BRONCHITIS, CONSUMPTION, die. . Thryerenpit .rrRtvptienorciiustic .,n 1 hllVe 11 Ilgl'hltlllg ctleet oil the ,'IUiteilH d tho stoiiuii h or its lining consequent ,y do not hurt the tectli or cnuse constipation or tliiirrhu'ii as ilo tlio usual forms ol Iroi. 10 days treatment ,riUo. paiiijihh t trou. If not kept by your druggiat, uJarus.1 GILMORE Sc CO., CINCINNATI. O. For sale in MiiMlulmrgU, P., bj I. U. MoWilliHius. What Nerve licrric! have done fnr others they w ill Jd for you. ' M J sAsHSi TO KNOW Till'. IIIDI. K. To know the blhle well Is. in the l.c.t Mrme, to he educuteil. Hut to know the liihlu well Is not merely to know Its history, its writers und tho luuguugcs in which it wus written. It is rather to hear the voice of (iod through it as Adam heard it in the cool of Hid day : to say ol'it, "Thy statutes huvo heen my songs iu the hiui,e ,( my pil grimage;' to llsteu to the risen Christ lis did the two disciples on the wny to Ijnmnus, ex pounding "lu nil the Scripture- the tilings concerning himself." No huhit more pro. foundly exult the whole lite than that o( dully devotional rending of tho llilile. No education produce to line a character ns thinking the thought j of Ood nod wulk'ug. With Ulin. viuok Teani OF iOltl U'i. f MEN Easily, Quickly ' and Permanently Restored. aoia u j.v A positive: cine inv all Wfukiu'ssos Ncrvousncfs, Debility, ai:J all their (r.iiiidf evil srjsiiltmirtnm culy errors ar.J l iter eveees tlu le-tili nl over work, MeknebS, v.nrn , etc. I Je elops aikl t;ivestoiie an I stivn:Ii to the sex ual organs. Stifi iinnaltiial losses or ni.nhtlv emissions caused by youthful cm irsui excessive iieof tob.icco.opitini and liquor, which lead to consumption and insanity. Their use shows immedi ate improvement. Insist upon having the genuine NERVE BERRIES, no other. Convenient to carry in vest pocket. Trice, Sl.oo per box. six boxes, one hii! treatment, $5.00. Guaranteed tocure any case. If not kept by your dru fcist we will send them by mail, upon receipt of price, in plain wrapper. Pamphlet free. Address mail orders tJ AMERICAN MEDICAL CO., CINCINNATI, 0. For Hale in MiilJIoburg, T., by T. U. MoWilliamn. l lliply Alcohol llurrrls Aro Dungeroul. ! Au empty alcohol barrel exploded at tho j homo of W. fl. Ilcntley, Hulem, Ohio, blow- i lug his eleven-year-old hoy Into the top of a i.una fpnrn ulil.ih hit fitll Mitituitlika Ilia face wan Imrul to a blister aud hU hair wm aiuged off. Tho barrel had beeu exposed to the tun aud ga gonorutod. Tha boy bad Just seated UiuuHill oa tUs barrel wb.ua It i ulodati. . , ... . . r,i .-c i
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