I u. l: 'tf :': " HI I. N .1 !... t .0 1 lli-;: t" t :nw . r.'U ' tui i :" c;'- I r u:: i'.rk: ti co::.; f tlui. .CO ! I UV I-1 UK told 'atpi.1: ip), uJ ti m :l l (; !;ool ti r to !- IM'U'.t i 'HO'' jES. C1H 1 H'llt It- UiK ll'.: nil t r,,t.-.;': utirf tUt 11. th n in'-Wi wIlT" 1 J. Hi! , I. ell O"';' .e Iiu , o tt in.l IROVII 'sr. r ot " tiroUH i iu th"'-1 .Hth. I"1 , t.oit P! 1 exi'" there'' ,s hnv i lbs !' rteri. i call .. Ju'.B ' I riiuH i .1. wel(- .1 ..!l.f llO id 0'"".' I ill' ml" nviu; iii n"; i,- Ufa'-' I BATTLE OF GIDEON. .TALMACE'S SERMON, Ifcoari Ful1 ' Intere to Teacher and Scholars. mica IM ,liy '""Jj ,. mill 1-1 a.. A1 lug W W-1 Aal tli" three ompanton Hew npi-t". and brake the pitchers, and latins in thir loft hnnl nnd th . in their right hands to blow withal. stood every man In It in plnee tit the Pamp. ami all til host run inn. I fled." Judges vil., 20. 31. the strangest Imttlti ever fouchf. 1 t .Id Oldeon tn go down nml thrash i,mito. Imt hi nr.nv too large, for n mMt iif oivon io Hud nml not to in.l o prorla'nntion Is inBdi thitt nil tii troop who nr.i eowardlv and si homo may go. nnd 2J.0O0. of urnm-red away, ltviuw wily 10.000 it (too says tne nrniv Ik too t, nii-t so he orders th", 10,000 ,nc t" mnrcu oowu tnrougn n 1 rommnno weieon to notion In ,nnr tliv.' men drink of th wntor pi-, through It. If they got down ir ntei nnnK, tnn tn"V nr to ix ,1 lazy nnd liti'iimpptxnt for t ho tint if, in ii.winif thrrmttli tin, I,, v vof.p ip th" wnt.-r in tlm pnlm nm l nni otiiik nnn prvi "nillPVnri' .rai n "li'i'lo l for tiw Imttlo. h . in.000 rtiin nmri'hpd down In tlm ml tin' nii.t of thm tonn down on nn I plmiifi'thPir monthn 11 kn n liorsn 1 jit th'1 WHtcr nml drink, but thi-ro .... i.. . . . . ( . . . . . will', niH'ft'i in Ptoopini;. just ,l n i f tln'ir linn'U In tan wnt.-rnn l I,. tli"ir liiw. 'iappinu It nx a 1I04 . aoo lirii.k. rnpld. ph- mi a ftr choiu for lh Tlr'V nro .I'.'ii to tnko n tniiiinot .it l,:in I, nnd r piti'hcr In the loft ,i iivni ini'ii ini piti'in-r, nml , nvi" ti lnnl thi'y nri' to hlowtlm I nl llir.iw down th pitolior., nnd .. lnni'". S It nil doni'. ;.it. I nerval hn.t of Mi linnil"- "p in tlm v.illev of .Inzri'"!. ;id-.-. hi. with l-i Ij -ino piokivt nion. iiml rvthim: in r.'iuly tln xiijiml i kivimi i,..w UP' tninipi'ts, nnd they throw l,l''i"r. nnd Imld tip th lunips. ;r.v, h.xt ot Mi liunlt' .'. wnkinif out "ir.l -li'i'p. tnki' Ih'M'rnHli of tlm n I th" whir of lip Inmtis for tlm a of an oviTwlii'lnilDif foi'. nnd Ihcy it tli"ni"'lvi' to pt.'p'" nu I horr; u . .n-"f thi-4 iilict nr vory unir-intT'-iv.-. Thit H'l'tiiiiiitly vnlni' , .il i,irirtz im. tln liuri old ill it. , ivt iifwdrop on tin niMiidow nt . iiv.-ir l''"'lnif in Its liootn, nnd iiKijinii'Miii i'ii--iiii' 01 riTipinro i.hmini; truth. Oo.l'i mint i"iu." r.in'v i. tn. I'.r-it rlnp Irfim lliis ni J.-t n. T I'hri-tinii Ktrnti'in'in. Yon y wll t'uit th" k'n'ati't vli!orit' , I I v V,i.hliiifiiti or Nnpolcon ,1 tiU'.UI.'ll til" flU't tlllll lllt'Vl'RIIH' '.in wav tlii'y WiT" not rxpi'i'tt'd . f:hni I H''k to .lr.nv out tip' for. . 1 r'.iin out Ironi ntniuisli. miup' ..mi -t rivi-r on uulp'iir.l of rufl.-, , k'Piittf th" npiiiwiiiK foti'ex in nt n t" wimi would I"' done iipx. it 11 ..v wh it dtrnt'vy ji in military S t I think it in hiith lim" w had ivsifl I nnd spiritunlizi'd. In tin1 r , 'U wc urpRSout to niitko a CliriN .'.1. .' 'nd word to th" opposing nwextn'i't to comp. how inniiy hivi'. nnd how mnny nmuds oi w.i"tln'r wo will ponio with nrlil itrv .r pRValry. and of eoursp 'at" I. Thpr.t ur1 thnUHnnd.-i of unlit Ip KtiriiriW Into tin kiutf .). Wp lictHl nion; tnot nnd iliKPtl-ir,-lma work. It is in Hnirituul Jimilitnry. thut uopphh di'ppiidx .Stlwt part of tot) enllo wlil' h in tod intrPHPiiod. iiiL'f, lipra U a mna all r.rmed on M01' elpclinn. All his troops of 4 prejudice are at tbt partii'u Tou nmy bntt'-r awny at thut Hid" In lor fifty yearj. hod you will not ;! jut whmd your troops tothnhltlt' i heart'. nfTotionn. nud iu II vn captur.) him. I nevpr kuuw V .-av. I tliDtit'li a brlllliuit nr : ii I'ann'it hook mou into the .T. ,1 by th" liornn of 11 diliminm. 'SrapHin syllogism. Horn 1m a I tin tlm hul.ji'ot of pprH'.'VPrnncn -. II 't do" uot helipyo in it. . tf tuar p jiut. and h" will puMi h'! '.-ry lift in not bv. H'Tp it a ninu armed .i'j"t of tiaptism. Ht bulipves Lk'or IinmiT-iioii. All your dU " ie.in,tli?nl hydropntby will not . I r Miii'mbiT wln'ii I wan a boy tar l" I wi'iil Into tlw river 011 lav tn I'.itiip, and wo uso l to ilnh fli otlnT. but nifv.'r ot any rp . tlmt miri'VPn wore blinded, nud i-liiuir of wntitr bi'lwi'i'ti Bnptidt.M i;titH never resultn in anythini; .vliii; nf tip- spiritual eyesilit. In . v 11 'Mil U'ner capture a ninu'n 1 int nt whi'ih he Ik especially But IhiM" i in every n:uu'n tlmt can be easily hhoved. A '' yL-at.-i old mnv touoh that ' will Miritiu' bai'k, nufl the door 'ri-11. and hrit will oonm iu. it th- tine.Ht of nil the flue artn is in,' (f')oi'. and yet this art In the J. Wo have iu tip.) kingdom of ' enoti,'li ir.iDp ti.iiouoiior the I rt'iirist if we onty liiidHkillful ait. i would rather'hiive the tlOO t'lt'linm of (thristinu xtrateijom 1 drawn HrjrJi of lit-jrary aud il 'Joniti.it. a tlu mibjoct also that a small irmy of Co l will have to do all tiiitf. dliloou'e army waKoriifiu "l of tlJ.OOU men. but they went '"V'Tn jalv 1Q.0P0 left, nud that Hit'ir entilpriBd iridi awortJunrnpfvuii.iiortT. ln to the way of arming In thotm tlrrnw. a"ri then wn would have marched them liOWP n fwilid polumn mini. ti... I Tl . . . t . . . ''"ll ,i . nu. that not tb way. Ood dpplPle, tu j "Mir, and take awny all their wpapon,nnl I bivm them a lamp, ami n plteher, ami a tnimpet. and toll them to do-vn nnd driye out the Mldinnltei.. f ruiinoae omn wispaere were there who xaid. "Thnt i not military taotie. The Idea of 300 men tin armed ponotterinir ueh a irreat host of Mir--lanltee!" It was the bert way. What sword, epear or cannon ever nrpomplished nueti u vletory an the lamp, pitcher nnd tnimpet' (l.i 1 way is illfTiT'nt from nmn'n war but it Is alwnvft hn.t. Tnke. fo.- the eomiiosition of the IJible. If we had hm( the writing of the Ibble, we would Imv.al.li "Let one man write It. If vou have twenty or thirty men to wnto a poem, or make ', statute, or write a history, ir mak" nn arrfu ment. there will bo flaws nnd contra lie lions." Hut Ood say: '-Let not one man do It but forty men shall do It." And they tlitl.ilifTerintr enoiii;h to .siiowthern ha t be -li 110 pollusioii betwecii them, but m.t citilin dii'tlnit en"h other on nnv important point, while Ihcy nil wrote from their own MnmL point nnd temperament, so that the matter of fiiet man has his Jw.i, th" romnntie 'ir tttre his F.r.ekiel, the "tiiiir.inifimti.' his Solo, mon. the warrior his .Tosjnni. t,n. sailor Ills Tonah, the loving his .Toiitt. (110 I 11n uui bis I'nul, Oisinad of this liibi,., wlil.'h now 1 enn lift in my hand Insirmi th-t ilibln theehild piiii carry to Sutulay-scli ml, instend of the little llllile Ih sailor can pur in his jneket when he ifiips to i,rH.f jt mi iH'i'ti left T) men to write it would have been a iiiou.snn.l volumes, juiltdni; from tlio nmotitil of cpppsiastient oomroversy willed has nrisen. flod's way is differ-nt from iimn's. but it is lu st. Inllnitelv best. Ho It Is In reirart t tho i'iirisiuiVs life, tf bp had had Hi" p'finnintr n 'hr-t.an' life. W" Would havo said: "f.-i him have elint v years of sunshine, n ilu.. hmts" t Hv.i In. 1i-t his surrouinlincs all Iv ai;ri"alile. l."t him have sound health. f,ef no .-lull shiver thrniiKii hi.- limbs, no ivmi n"!i" lui brow or trouble shn low bis smi." enjoy the prosperity of others niuuii I would let every man have as mu.'li money n he wants and roses fc.r his children's cheeks nnd fountains of j:1h1ip's KlanoinK in their large round eyes. I'.in tlmt Is not (jo.I's way. It seems as If man must he cut, hit and pounded just In propm. tiou ns he is Useful. s child fulls from a third story Window and has lis life das'ne.l out. His most confident investment tumbles hint Into bankruptcy. Ilm friemU, on whom ho deppmleil, aid the natural force of gravitation in taking him il.iwp. His life is a Hull Hun defeat. Instead of tl.'.OWl advantages he has onlv 10,0 K). Aye, only tlOn - aye, nn at all. Mow many good I plo there nre nt tlp'ir wits' end 'about their livelihood, about their reputation? Hut they will find out it is the b"st wav after nwiille. i )d will show them that II" de pletes their advantages jiii-t for llio .-aino reasi 11 II" depleted the army "f liideoll that they mnv lm induced ! throw them- i selv. s on f lis mercy tans. lot' I I f inn until there wora only W'vii 'in all a .wot the Chrih- A lew rni'u have to do the hard ' 11 membership of 100O, and Jimitiinr lltty iiciplt) Uo the 'mpviiberHliip of ft'.'O, aud you .1 that ten iit'otilo do the work. (" of ciinrchen whorotwii or no the work, tli'. there is go much useless til" ir.jUhtaitlft of f.ehiimin I lO.JtiG.OJ'l membershlii of thu W'li t...lay if j,i)00,O00 of the I 'jHt'ie li'ioks chur.'lt would luii know that the mora '1mu".s there are In nnv irmv tin. I would rather have thu "ii I (ildnou than the 3:1,000 '' till' ntllll V Cllriut lima tliMru u.. Il WV of it'll tinuiriuil 1 think ' ')( tile chtlreli of rlo.l t.k pI.Im I'l'l tin) uuieker it doe it the) 1 " its duty. r. 0 ClirLstian. If vou have lo M your annrtt of thu work. You ')d that Uo has calitnl you w picked men rather than to ' Blt of stragglers. Would uot !dh of the U00 that tight than rruu' I xunnose those now. wttMw'no wnt off eongratu- ' 'i'hC'V sulil- "W uot rid "KUtlug. did not we? How rlv l)i'a! Tlmt hnttlu e.wtM ll." But tliBV uot none IMlit) victory. After the bull In I M dotvo aud took the wealth -' . ud out of thu cup and fHH(llie tllulf f..uut.l An. I " onie. my dear brethren. j 11 tlurkovM will be routed, 1 Ht to Hla trnniis- "Well tt-in. Ho tin mil tst tlm . tli.iji CoutniHroru forever ' -y Ml desf rttrs will be liot. r s 'ft m tblu subject that Qod'a t- "Zl mer'- hut is nlsu " Wt hUll tl,U I.U.nln., .... tiiLxn .q.j 000 Kf? b"-lKe to the army, l"1 COS .InlUI hu.n . ...1 'P Mitt SOWF1 hu Oim ilnu Hml I A grapevine says in liie early spring' I "How glad I urn to gel through the winter! I shall have no more tr liilde now. tSiimtip'r wcnth'T will cii'iic. and tlie gar leu will be very beautiful." lint the gar letter comes iitul Pills the vine here nud there with his knllc. The twigs begin to fail and lip' grapevine cries out- "Murder' What art ymi cutting nie for?" Alt," snv. the gai'.lep. it. ''I don't mean to kid you. If I did not do this, you would t. ' the laughing sloe): of all the other Vine befotc tii sensou Is over." Months go on. and one day the gardener pomes under the trellis, when' great i lustepi of grnpp.s hang, and th" grape vino says: "Thank you, sir. You could not have done anything so kind us to have cut nut with that knife." "Whom the Lord lovetli He phastcueth." No pruning. Do grapes: 110 grinding mill, no flour: no battle, Uo vic tory; no cross, no crown. So God's way, iu the redemption of tlm world, Is different from ours. If we had our way, we would have had J twos stand iu tbo door of lieaveu and beckon the Nations up to light, or wo would have hail angels flying around tho earth proclaiming the unsearch able riches of Christ. Why la it that the cause goes on so slowly? Why Is It that the chains stay 011 when Gol could knock: them off? Why do thrones of despotism staud when Goil could so easily demolish thttm? It is IIIm way In order that all geuoratious may co-operate anil that all men may know they cannot do the woris themselves. Just in proportion if these pyramids i.r sin go up iu height will they i-jmu down in ghast liness of ruin. I learu fronithie'subject that the overthrow of God's enemies will Ik sudden aud lerrlllc. Tii tre is the armv A the Midinuitcs down Iu tho valley of Jezreel. 1 suppose their mighty men aro dreaming of victory, Mount Gilbou never stoo l s.'utinel for so large 11 bolt. Tip) spears and the shields of the Mldiunites gleam in the moonlight aud glance 011 the eye of the lsralltes. who hover liku a battlu of eagles, ready to swoop from tint cliff. Slop ou, O army ot th" Mlilianitcs! With the night to hide them ami the mountain to guard thnm and strong arms to defend them, lot liv slumbering foe man dream of disaster. i'eaee to the cap tains mid tin" sp 'annei!. Trash go the pitchers! ("p flaro (he l.-.tuo-'. To the mountains! Fly, fly' Troup ruuning against troop, thousands trampling upon thousauds. Ilnrk to the S 'ren'ii and groan of the routed foe, with th" Lord God A' mighty after them! How .sudden tho ousel! How wild the consternation! How utter the tlefeut! I do not cure so much what ix against me if God is uot. You wan1, a butter sword or carbiue than I have ever seeu to go o.it aud fight agalust the Lord Omnipotent. Give me God for my ally, aud you may hav i all th" hatt turnouts nud battailous. I saw the I'.efrauder iu his uploudid house. II seemed as if he had conquered God as ho stootl amid the biaz) of chandeliers nud pier mirrors. Iu tho diamonds of the wardrobn I saw the tears of the widows whom lie had robbed and iu the snowy satins tint pallor o! the white, cheeked orphans whom he had wronged. The blood of thu oppress I glowed in thu deep crimson of tiio im ported ehair. i'ltt music trembled witii the sorrow oi unrorpilttod toll. Hut tip) wave of mirth dashed higher on rnsfs ot coral aud p tarl. The days and th" nigiits went merrily. N"i sick child tlur.iu pull tha'. silver doorbell. No beggar dared sit ou thiu marble step. No volet of prayer floated a 111 id tli at tapestry. No shadow of a judgm "ii' tiny tlariceUHil that fr.'fe. No two. hii'ii:i 1 sympathy dropped upon that upholstery. Pomp strutted tilt hall, mil dissipation II I le.l her cup. aud all seemed safe as th" Mldianltes in the valley of Jereel, Km God came. Calamity smote the 111011. tv market. The partridge loft its eggs uulnHtihed. t'r.isli went all the porcelaiu pitchers! Ituui. rout, dismay aud won in the valley of Je.reel! Alas for those wiio light atfalusi G01! Only two sides. Man immortal, which side aro you on? Wumau immortul, whieh side are you ou? Do you buloug to tho 30 J that are goiug to win the day or to the great host of Mldianltes asleep iu the valley, only to bo roused up lu nousieniHtion aud ruin? Hip! deuly tho gulden bowl of life will be broken nnd tho trumpet blown that will startle ou soul into eternity. The day of the Lord couieth as a thief In the nigbt and as the God armed Israelites upon the sleeping foe. Hu! Canst thou pluck up courage to" the day wheu the trumpet which bath neve been blown shall speak the roll call of the dead, and the earth, dashing against 1 los: meteor, have its mouutalus scattered to the stars and oceans emptied lu the air? Oi1, then, what will become ot you? What will become of me? If those Midlnnites had only givnu uo their swords thu day before the disaster, nil would have been well, and if you will uow hurreui tr the sins with which you have been lighting against God you will be safe. Oh, make pence with Him uow, through Jcsiu Christ the Lord! With the clutoli of a drown ing man seize tho cross. Oh. surrender! Hurrender! Christ, with tils baud uu 111- pierced side, asks you to. SABBATH SCIIOOL ISTEUMATIOXAr, MCSSOX OCTOBER . FOR RELIGIOUS KEIDING. LeMon Txti Thf Time of the Jurttm," JuAjre IU 1-12. 1 Golden Text: Judges IL, 10 Commentary. I. 2. "Y hr.ve not obeyed Mr rolfo. Wti hare ye done this'," The summary of the IJook of Judgee Is found In A"s sill.. 20. And after that He gavo thrrn Jtidgpg. a'ut the space of 450 yparn, until Hamuel, the prophet." Also In I'd. cvl., S. SR. 40, "They did not destroytheNntlonsconcernlngwliom tho I.ord commanded them, but wero min gled among the heathen, nnd learned theli . Tll,,"',re was t he wrat h ot t he Lor. kindled against His people, Insomueb thai IU abhorred His own inheritance. " Hi commatuls wppn plnln, but they wcr' tll. obedient, nnd thus they hindered H,r fr showing Himst lf strong on thPir behalf (II Mirou. .WI..1I). Atlea-tsixtlmesln Judget I it Is said thut different tribes did not driv out tho Inhabitants; hence, the visit o! th.li nngel ot the Lotd to show them their sin, nnd If possible, turn them to the Lord. All the history of Israel Is lust a picture of th general chnracter of believers )tt the p-esenl tlrne nnd In nil ages, nnd a contrast wi h th charnct.-rof Him who Is Gotl's Only llegot. '".I. "" ""' to tlo Tin will, O my God." doalwavs those 'hlngs thnt please Him" (IN. xl., H; '.fohn vll ., -jii), 8. TIll'V shall be n tllnrns In -l.l..- nnd their gods shall be a uiirt tmto you.'1 , The only wav for thoso who would follow' Jesus Is 10 "Deny self and take up the "iw...' Love not the world, neither t lie lbin,n Hint ! ant In the world." Yet many whosi.vthe nre trying to live a Christian life ask if the, ! cannot read a good novel occasionally, and 4ueo In awhile attend the theatre anil tlatici Just a little, etc? They say, "We must hav mln.atlou and rerroatlou, UJld when shall wo llnd It?" j 4. 'jThepeopIo liffcl up their voice nnd ept. ' They were, as a people, much given to murmuring and rebelling ami voeplng, I MOW ntllith Hiirmw tltiirs U in tl,..l- ,An..i-.. 1 (beciiti.se they cannot have their o'vn way, t now mticti rein sorrow lor sin only God COtllil IPII. TlierM la - ,n r.,tlH i ' which you will find In John xv..lij I John ., 4i Rom. XT.. 1.1, but it can only be fotiml ; In Pomnleto sctmriitliin to :.! u ...1 . . 1 1 1 I 1 Who gave up all for us. I o. "Ana tney calleil the nnmeor thnt plnc I Boolnm, and they s.TiM.-e. t'icr i unto tlx ' Ietrd." llnelilrn signifies "Ihe wepent'' and is found only here and in verw I. Israel'! dnyn of weeping are not yet over, but the time will come when In Jerusalem the voice, I of weeping and crying shall be heard no! more dsn. Ixv., ). Then shall thev truly receive Him who Is the only sa 'rlllce for sin 1 even the Lord Jesus Christ lli.or M..-. .1. ! (Zech. xll., 10; xlil., 1; lsa. It., 'in, ai.) I n, . "Ann tne people served the I.ord nil the day tit Joshua." We now turn back to ', the last days of Joshua and nre reminded ot Ills heart searching and soul stirring fare. I well address, in which lm shown t t!i"lm. 1 possibility of serving the Lord unless they meant It with the whole heart. All service, must be li) sincerity aud In truth; nil wor- i khip must lm to merit .. I i. i..i.. -11 - i ' .'i-.... ...... ... '1,11, nil iimii 1. be "unto Ihe Lord." with a single eye to His Kiorv t'osnua xxill., ll; John lv., 21 1 Col. I ill.. 111. '24). Home helpful words on service I nre nlso found in I Thess. ., 4. o,. 10, I ot as pleasing men, but God who trieth our henrts," "If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." The people In Joshua's day served lu slneerity nnd pes. essed ami enjoyed JVo land, and the Lord who gave them tho land. Ho shall we enjoy tho Lord ami all the riches of His grace it wo will servo in sincerity and truth. H. "And Joshua, the son nf Nun, the scr Tant of tho Lord, died, being an hundred aud ton years old." This, verso and the next nre almost Identical with Joshua xxiv.. 140, SJ, aud the Holy Hpirit does not repeat with out reaaon. Ho says, "Ye shall know that I have not dona without cause all t bet I have done" (Ejsck. xlv.. !43). What bolter epitaph could any one have than, "A servant of the Lord." Consider tho beginnings of tho New Testament epistles aud see how the writers delighted In this title. 9. "And they buried him In the border ol his Inheritance In Timnath-lieres." Hu having gone out to be with God, where he baa beeu well and happy ever since, they laid his body awny till the resurrection. Death is an enemy which holds on to the bodies of tho saints as long as possible, but ho cannot hnrin the soul, for when he touches the body ho only sets thy soul free to bo with God. 10. ''Another generation which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which Hu bad done for Israel." This makes us think of "the new king thnt knew not Joseph," and of the 0110 who said "I know not tho Lord, neither will I lut Israol go" (Ex. I., H, v., 2. There is a difTercuce between knowing about the Lord and knowing tho Lord. These people certainly knew about Him nml His wonderful works, but hud they known Him they would have trusted nud served Uim (See John xvli., ). 11. "And the children of Israel tli. I evil in the sight of the Lord and served Baalim." Baal means lord or master and is often used iu tho plural as here. Bnal nnd Ashtoretli woro the chief mnlo aud fnmnlti deities of tlia riiti'iilciuns and Cauannltcs. Isa. x.xvl., 13, might sum up all idolatry, "O Lord our God, other lords beside, Xheo liuvo bad dominion over us." Many oj us must make the same confession, una It M well for- mi when wo cun n Id, "But by Theo ouly will Ki mIu) mention of Thy mime. ' 12. ''Au ltticy forsouk thu Lord God." Ren also verso 1.1, aud ehnpter vl., 10, 1:1. The prophets have much to say about Israel for suklugGod. Jttieiulnll expresses It forcibly in chapter II., 1.1, whu th') Lord by Ills mouth snyj, "My people Lave committed two evils; ihey have forsaken Me. ttlo fount ain of living waters, uud hewed tliem out cisterns, broken cisterns, that call hold no water." The couirast to forsakiug ft to "oleavo unto tho Lord ' (Deut. xxx., l!, 20' Joshua xxlil., 8; .V'ta Xl., S3). A knowledge ot tho Lord nnd His grtfat lovo to us will lead us to cleave unto Him with purpose of heart. Tho only way Is to "Ilu flltod with the Kplrit," then wo will not forsake Him. 10. "Nevertheless tho Lord raised up judges which delivered them out of tho hand of those that spoiled them." Many times tlid He deliver tlP'tn, but they provoked Him with their counsel uud were brought low for their iulouity. Nevertheless Ho regarded their uflilctlou when he beard their cry (Ps. ovl.. 41). The story of tint llOOk fit .Tniti,..a la tlt..t .if ,11-,.l....l...n.... fal lowed by oppression, then weeping and pen itence, then deliverance and rest until they disobeyed agaiu. It makes us think of Bom. vil., and makes us long for the rest and vl''' tory of Bom. vlil. Let us be "williug und obedient." Lwson lluluur. The twstwtr? Is mir Pnther's wilt, And we mny rest there culm anil still ; O, make it hour by hour thine own, Aud wiidi for natiKht but that ulono Wbiirii pleases God. What met would profit us He knows, And hor tlcnies aught good to thoso Who with their utmost strength pursiiO Tho right, and only care lo do Va'tat pleases God. If this be so Ibcn, world, from me Keep, If thou wilt, what pleases then. Hut thou, niy soul, bo well content With (lo.l. luiil nil ihitiMS Hu hath sent, Ae plt'ost'S iiod, - Bnul Gerharrllr Klxtjr-fnur Paperless Counties, There are sixty-four counties in Texas lo which bo papers are published. THE RESULT Or A HKINO. A crowd of men recently went Into a saloon at Hhainokln, i'onn.. with Joseph Hwartz, to see him drink a quart of whisky for a wager, ami they emerged in a little while bearing his corpse. It was a tradition that KwurU could drluk two quarts of the reddest liquor at one time, ami tho question arose as to whether ho uould swallow the quart. Joe shrugged his shoulders contempt uously. Without ceremony ho ordered lb" llerv liquid. Down his throat coursed the stuir aud his eyes sparkled. I'inally the last drop was dowu nud Joe cast a triumphant glance nt his companions. Then he sang a song aud danced a Jig. His bralu bad been turned, aud he said his nerves tingled as though a thousand needles were pricking him. Faster went his feet until he suddenly threw disarms to the air aud grew deathly pale. He groaned, dropped to the floor, ami ilia murry shouts of lint comrades died into exnluniatloua of ularin. They rushed to his side, aud be seemed lu awful agony, but uu able to speak. Ha became senseless in a few minutes, nad then tiled. (Uirktlim Quiver. WHAT Sltofl.Il I'llKAi II Kit III. I II" should stand, as il were, 011 thu watch tower, like the Hebrew prophets, exhorting and reproving, breaking dotvii a-id building up, boldly relinking vice nud patiently suflor- ingfor Ihe truth's sake, helping to sway tin) destinies of tlicnaliiMi by upliftingthe banner of righteousness, Heshoulilbi' liken heavenly archangel, hurling arrows of light into dark nnd giility hearts, lie should be tliceiicmy of the oppressor and the champion of the op. prc's-co!. Sometimes his words should de s 'l'iui softly as d"W upon the sun-scorc'ied wilderness, mid homctimes they should bo as a hummer, to 1I11-.I1 in pieces tho stonv lean. Never should ho spare to smite the hoary le nd ot liiveteratcHl.ii-e, bet alsvavs be ready to throw the shield of his sympathy over er seciiteil virtue, an. I never Inbreak lint bruised 1 1 or quench the smoking tlav. What largeness of sympathy, what tenderness of compassion, what kt ncss of Insight, what ilauntlcssnt'ss of courage docs the true prein'her require! What passionate mid iieart-seitrching lovo of (ruth, lest, alter nil, ho should but bo daubing tottering walls with untempered mortar! All this should be, end alas! what is he? 'loo olten a bur dened, weary, timid nud conventional man. afraid of what people say and think, ami suffering opportunism, policy and slothful i.ess to dominate his words. Dean !'. W. Varrar. Tn iiot'SH Hoiiir.a'M rnAVrn. A friend from the Interior writes: In a lit tle old book of daily readings, llogatzky's Golden Treasury, I have read today, for the twenty-fourth year, a delightfully simple nnd helpful prayer. Long since it was copied upon a curd uud placed in a comer of the glus upon my bureau, und many timet I hiivu eopled it or friends, especially for busy mothers, that they, also, might bo helped by Us practical thought. I liavo often intended to send it to vomo widely circulated paper that its sphere of useful ness mljjlit be broadened ami now without further delay 1 send it to you, knowing of' tho desire to place Istforo your renders all things that shall lx helpfully stimulating. Lord, preserve me calm lu my spirit, Goiitlo lu my commands. Ami watchful that i speak not uuudvisodly with my lips, Mode ralu 111 my purposes, Yielding in my temper. Anil ut tho eauitj tiiuo steudfaH lu my prin ciples. Amen. It U not easy to ruiu him with whom tho pressure ot Christ's hand yot lingers lu tha palin. J. II. UhortUouse. wmmm Tricycles Vou arc them tverywhere. Titr iwvet.moss or rnovii'i-.Ncr. There are troubles which pome to us thn tigh liunian perversity ; lb"nt aro others which urn divine visitations ; they coin" lo us in the order ot divine l'roviileiicn rather tnoii from any mltep 101 our part. IVrse. piitloti may arise Irom our inlhereiieo to the principles of th" divine economy, th" prophets mid martyrs suffered wnuig nnd tiled at the bunds of an evil generation, (tod ministers through evil things us well ns gootl. "Ihallevil l.etall 11 ell v uud the Lord bath IP don" It?' lu the Individual ns wll as tiio public life we have to take iiccotuit of this ministry of evil. l?.,:tmny passages of their lives It H (iot s ui;i to perl st ins oiplo through suf lerlng. He purposely brings iheiti Into etrait I places !o to,t their faith. I t try. tlielr I'litloiirt or to tlemoiislrnte to 1111111 I the superiority "t His grace in (ho individual I soul, lt b stands ns a model of patience for I (lie ni'ei oi mi generations, as docs Abraham for iin-liaketi 'soillilelice In Ihe promisse. 01 God. Ilnw great wet" these qualities In tlie-e lii-tance could b" made known to us only by th" crucible to 1'rovnlenci'. The true g.'h'.i r imaiiietl tinwasted lu tho lire. I'll a lod orders the lest s our tomfort and bop,. Tho route of M"S' nml th" hi'N of f trail to lb" Bed Hta, mm llldi.'titeil by the divine tinier pmnls : Ihe pillar oi lire and cloud had l"d tiieiii into the pl"c of greatest danger. '1 ho se v viils lu trout, the armies if l'haraoh wero In th t'far. W 1 1 11 a.v red wonder that the fai'b ot Moses, for . 1 moment, wnveretl. If j.n ven n tin ir side, Uow could they be III so evil 11 CMS"? Wo etisilv nssii'iie that if tli d be for us, ffe 'till 'tlothe us in pinp.e and enable usi to faro sumptuously everv day ; but II" makes great irii ol bluer herbs iu die -preod "1 His prnu tli'litlal talile. A new eM comes Iro n t le'lr free use. ltitliisbltterprovlsi.111 we aro not to vlin.'t sumo straiiL'e thing has hap ifimed to us and Uiat the whole .Tier f life Is to lilt ''hanged. I ho ordtr td God came t, Moses- "Ss'iik to the people that tai'V go forward." There uu times when il is more important to net thun to pray : ther" must be no delay even for the ino-t sacred duties wle-n the' order oiiu s for (he iiiovi'upmiI of tlie .silumn. lint bow can we move in. tint lace i l th" deep -'it.' 'I'llere Is HO s.'Ji Stt deep or so bfo.'ld lio.l cannot dry It mid mabeii wavtbtoiich it for Ins people, .i-l.tli III sili It '" until y.ui hear the divine order : "I'orward '" Thnw.'iv out of n htimuii illPletilty Is to mm s.piure nine it ; the way out of a providential involu tion is straight (orward. In God's order there is 110 reversal of the stand. ir Is ; He leads nut ol iuiv trotiHo by an it lvauce through. CPU MINOIl HIS. I'liratloxicel ns It may seem, our smnller troubles. Hi this lile, are w hat occasion us most disquiet and nre really the hardest to bo borne. The mosquitoes of a summer evening are more troublesome (hall nil the owls nii.ll. als that Infest the , I u-1 1 1 . 'i he hit ler generally stay outside ; the former enter our bt'ili'haiids'rs ami disturb the slumbers ul the night. They imt only know how to Ilu. I tho sensitive, surfaces where the nerve lex posod, but, what Is most provoking t all, they lire too emsil to bo easily npprclif uiiMe. If wo could ouly liiyholilnntiicm.wocivuldtlo summary justice at 11 blow : but when we put our hands on tht in and they are lot there, we need a measure of pitlieneii we hardly "r possess at the time, Man has Ihe forti tude to endure the calamities ot life. Th" same man often lln.ls it most .lltll 'ult to en dure the annoyances and vexations ol the most diminutive troubles. If they possessed greater magnitude, so that they could b" laid hold of and ih'nlt with by a curative process, they would bo very tol.-rabl". As it Is, they are not large enough for serious consideration, and they are seldom mad" the subject of prayer. The result is that we struggle 011 with them ourselves; they become in this way 11 chronic worry. The frictions of life are what wear out iis delicate maehlnery. Work hurts nobody. We leave work iu tint lb-Id nml shop to enjoy rest 11ml refreshment or the whole lunht. Work und worry are too much for the strong est constitutions. The worry even over the smallest matters drinks up the splritsl y .lav and banishes sleep from our pillows at nigbt. I. idle worries dry the oil iu our bones and diturb the whole mental economy. God s general cure for a little trouble is a greater one. When we g.-t out Into deep waters, we W-'lider WO were ever disturbed by the break ing of the waves at our feet. A great trouble bus the immense ndvantao v( h'tin3' in from all tho littl" ones. 1 MODEL 40 COLUMBIA JgQ mf :A gQ or a 1IARTFORLV Pattern 1 Hartford ' 3 '--sJ ZA Z ColamBMs They .ilinost fly. jj t""!8 mmmm Bicycle beauty comes from rucct'ul lines aid line finish, in which points Columbia bicycles excel. But there is more than mere looks to recommenJ a Columbia. Hack of the lun.kome Je.sin and elegant :;:ii:ii is a Merlin quality that over the rous;he:t roaJ uikl the lonivit journey will carry the ri:Lr wilh safety and satisfaction. Buy a pbajcb sTouesi Rnslttn, Nrw York. ChUgo, San l rancisci Pro Idrncc, Uutliln. $! I : 2-i-fitt SlJ'ift f.'f a C)!iw:',:.t O . 'J. '',"(.' ; ' '.' if Oct o Ctiil.-ni. I'reo nt o-ir n.,1'iWl,f A-oticv, SoliiH-r.ivo Tu or mnile.l froo for 4 i rnU l.y W. I. l!l,.r. 0 ' ' ru-'l'Hor" 1 1 ' . or TLMriKAN(sI. WHAT 1 III: TEMI'KIIAM't: .1 VIPI. N 1, We happy-hearted 'naid-'ii. Are singing I it it lit- an I ft- e, doing our bits of sew ing (r setting cups of tea. If nursing or if scrubbing Our busy hands employ. We still llnd lo b" ll-ef ItritlL'S liatltiilieKS mill I..V 1 11 homo or out In sc With earnest will posse In lessons or lu leisure Trying to do our best. And If ws ?,ii.or f titer 1 nrniii'h r,.ii.. . :.. A V 1 It try. t ry , t ry . wt i 1 1 1 m r i u it-1 .i;iirj 11 in wi!I ROW -lim 1 -s ..!, 1 ni" to mir word, we maidep i. Must learn to answer "So." If coaxed or spofTe I ! threat ei.c I ' 'ur promist' to fore,- ,. Ami free irom nil uiil.in lue.,. I'roin si mder. and fr.ett -triv, And lum nt mi l l.laiip l's Should be our dailv lit. . Chang.'s will come and t.- m1 ! As childhood -lip. iiwav , I'.ut in all cares and M.rr.u - We still cun w tt. h and pr.t .. Whate'er the sore teinpta'i 1. That lures us int.. .n,. In riin-t's great mii", w 1 . M : girls, Th" v et,,ry em, win. - National T"iiipern:i.' - A ! ,. ut.i i' 1011 Tin: 111 1 11. is. In oneluding his brief a l lr.'s- t itip d. : -gate., of the c T. l'. a., who met re ci.tlv Ii: national convention m York, II n. Tlieo.lore Hoo-eVelt s.lid. "Where W" e.,,o the saloons vvlii -h nre kept open in dellaip'" id law the men of all other- w ho nr- helped ire llmso who are itroip'to wa-t':th"ir week' wages lu drink. Wo ledp them: but w" Ip-lj. Iheir wives m1 their children ii.llnit 'lv ntjor". I hope i, sen the lim wh-n a man Vili i.e nh::V.e'l to take any eej.-ymi'i.t . i, Suudiiy which shall rob tlio.-ii jVU .1 !:U "iH dearest lo biin, und who arc dependent ..11 him for the money he ha- earned during tiio Week; When a man will be asham.'d t . tali' 11 selfish enjoyment Hml not to tin I - ci.e kind of pleasure which ho can a!.- -liar" wi'h l.i, owu wife uii I children." '1 i:mi'I:I'.an.'K ric i.iikss i i n:: . If not I' ran 'e generally. I'ari- ai any rat" is at length taking coii.-i.b ra'.i ii.t. r.'-t in the temperance movement, an I t lie so ciiv which was for tied 11 short time a.- ha- just Issued its llr-t programme. Tin Academy id MdiIIcIip' and the Chaml" r of I ' 'i iit.es ar" seriously considering th" sti I .j.-i-t and will lm doubt before long l-ik" an 11 tiv. part In the crusadu ngaiu-t the 11 - ,,f ule.,. iiolic liquor-. i I T3i o WILL DO. m MsisssssaMMasisawiiiafAst IS NATURE'S OWN TOXIC. Kti'iiiilates tho nppetito ami pro iluccB rcltcnhing nlcpp 6'VES 1 VITl . STRENGrH TO NURSINQ MOTHfcHSe s".r C dinrna iiKht AwfH4j, curra luoiniout fiilttHli m rtttiiit Increases strength nml flesh. MAKES RED, RICH RL00D, Promotes healthy lung ti.-.suo. Will give tho pnlo nnd puny tho rosy chocks ot j oiitfi. CtJRES AIL FEMAIE COMPLAINTS. 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