DR. TALMAGR'S SERMON." SEEKING SAFETY. SomTln!y Adrlci to Yonn Men Ba on the Right Bide. Ttst: ''I th vonmr miin Al.alom gafe?" -II Sumnel xvlli.. S9. Tim Iionrt of PnviJ. th father, irai wrrpnd up in hi onr A'alom. H. wa it nl 'ii'ti-I Htr, jiiiltf'x by th rules of worldly rn!i From ih" rroitn of hi hi-nd to lh ol of hi foot then win tut n ln?l Mp;nih. Th UIIiIp mtv tlint lii 1ml ouch, a luxuriant hook of hair tlint when one n ti..ir It wn shorn, what wn cut off lyiirlifd otiT throe pound. Hut notwithstanding nil hrllllnni'V of nnpi-araniHi h wn it Imd l,iy. and ltrokn hi father' heart. H. wni pi.'.ttinjr to rt th throne of Ira-1. H hnd ir,nliBled nn nrmy to overthrow hi father's fnt'Mtipnt. Thu day of haltl had nom. Th confllot win boirun. DnvM. thn father, .it betwwn tho gate of th tmlno waiting f,.r th tiding of tho eo'nfliet. ob, how mnidly bis hpnrt bent with emotion. . Tii" two (front quwtinn wer to b docld M tbo safety of hi boy and th continu n of tho throno of Israel. After a whllns arrant. atnndlna on th top of the hoiiw, look off and o o:n ono running. Ho U fnmiiiBwith (jroat pd, and tho man on tho top of th hott nmiouner the oomlmr o( In mo.venifor, au I th father watohn ial wait, and a noon a th mentrer fr-m th flold of hnttlo come within bailing distance tin father orlM out. I it a que, ti id In regard to tha establishment of his throne? lohmy: "Hay th nrmlea of l.ranl l,oon vlotnriou? Am I to continue In ey imporlal authority? Hava I overthrown it nemlo?" Oh.no! There la ono nuo. Don that spring from hi heart to tho lip, ml springs from tho lip luto tho oar of the (sweated and hdiitd messenger living triB tha battloflold tho question, "Ith TMinc man Absalom safer" When it was mid to David, tho king, that, though his nr. iclos had boon victorious, his son had lwin !ln, tho fathpr turnod big back upon tho Muratulntions of tbo nation and went up tbs stalrsof his palace, his hoart breaking as d wnt, wringing his hnnd sometime and ihn again pressing thorn against his tomplns uthoughbo would pre thorn In. ervlng: "0 Ahalom: my son! my son! Would to CM Iliad Hied forthoo. o Absalom! my n! my son!" Mr friend", tho question which rnvil, tho fcOk'. nskod in roganl to his son is tho o,u4 Ti -D that resounds to.ilny in tho heart of Biiti'ln'ils of parent. a. tbero are a grout rault itiiIe of young men who know tlint tbo wwtion of tho text I ai'proprliito when frki'il In regard to them. They kmw tlio rfxplatlons by whloh Ihoy nr xurroumled. Itt.y c-o so ninny who started life with o f .1,1 resolutions as they havo who bnvo 'i.l.'n In tho path, and they are ready to S'ir nie ask tbo o,uetion of my text, "I tho nutiL' ninn Alisalom saivr Tho fiiet I that tin life Is full of peril. Ho who umlertakes h withttut tho grace of Ood and a proter un I'-r-UU'llllg OI Tll'k fiiiniiei 11110 Wlllell ho ."r.i must certainly bo defeated. Just look Itip n society to-dav. I.O'ik at the hlr- trA'kof men for whom fnir thine were :r.!r.i'd nnd who stnrted life wlthevery ud tciiiL'e. Look at tlioso who liar.) dropped r:n high social position nnd from great for uin1, iliMgrneod for time, disgraced for etir j:t. All who sacrifice their integrity come overthrow. Taken dKlionest dollar and srvit in the center of the oarlh. and keen (,1th.' rock of tho mountain on ton of it: h't cov.T those rocks with all tho diamond Ml ondn, and all tho silver of Nevada. ul nil the gold of California nnd Australia. uj Ut on tho top of these all banking and sowyiM institution, and they cannot keep ' wntlmt one dishonest dollar. That one Jit.. Iwrt dollar in tho center of the earth will v.n to heave and rock and upturn itself un "Mtontned totho resurrection of damnation. is the partritlge sitteth on egg and it'hcth them not. so ho that ircttntli riches i)l nrit by right shall Icavu them In tho -nt of his days, and at his end shall be a '.il." X w, what are the safeguards of voting t'O.' Tlio first safeguard of which I want f '.V is a love of homo. There are those piuhave no Idea of tho pleasure that eon-J-ntnue around Hint Word home." Tor- iiyur early abode wiu t-hatlowed with for poverty. Harsh word Hud petulance H fcwllng may have destroyed nil tbo iii-i.tv of that spot. Love, kiuilnes and ,i fvmice, which tinve hunt their altar in ctiiy nbodos, went stranger in your .:h'T'. house. ;nd i.itv you, young man: a i:"ver had a home. Hut a multitude in hi miilieiiee van look biiolc to a sjiot Hint I 'V . iia lit vr forget. It may havo been a ty roof, but you cannot think of It now ( II: lit a flash of emotion. Ymi w.an , 'luiu on earth that so stirred vour soul. .ntr.'. r ,iisng along tlint place might "ii tiling reniarkaljle about Itjbiit, ob! how 1 it mean. to you. l'reco on palace til 'I'.n not mean so much to vou a those I mil litvu rafter. Park and luwer ami ',n fiislilonatilo watering place or coun- at t.o not mean so much to you as that ' k that ran tn front of the plain farm mi I singing under the wecnimr wil- '1 ll' I'llrl I'll lrnfttu-iiv flUHixr I., t-r in full dress does not mean n much V'U n tlmt swing gate, your sister on one :' 'if it and you on the other, she irone llf- l o years ag t into glory; that scene coming to-uay, as you swept ia:kwiird M forward on the gate, singing tho soiiif v'urc!iil Ihood. Ilut there are those here -'nil' tliojr second dwelling place. It is ;r,p,t,.,t home. That is also sacred r. llire you established the llrst sltar. There, your cbiidreu were 'D- 111 that room tlnmmil tlui win. nt t,n tn tng-l. 1'ude.r that roof, whuti v.iur -iii i,,iie, yoll expect to lie down and "re is only one word in all the lan that can convey your idea of that Mind that word I horne." I t iiiosiiy that I never know n man ".it milium to his early uud adopted -"Who was given over at the same time )' gru form of wickedness. If vou ui'.re enjoyment in the club room, in F "1 Tlirv siieietv In the nrl ;.l.oi II,..,. Mum these uujiruten liug hone'plu;!- ', on road to ruin, l hough s-sy im cut off from vonr rarlv hss.i. Khu'I lliougli you miiy bo separated 'Hil VOIlr Klndreil vmnim mtn la Htuiu ' rOillll Komnu.hMi. 1.. n..n ..! ' ' m.'.w i-iau Lull 'U.' 'I llnilL-h If l.ittl.a f. .irtl. uurt-iuM boarding hou., into that r-fci,ui'r oorik. Iilctlire ll'itt u. li.irn M Vjlir llothtr'ii t.f.rtrnlf nvum ; bid unholy mirth htuad back from up'sliolil. Consecrate somt spot in ro':n with the kuoe of prayer. Uy the ;ry-f other days, a father's counsel, a " '(lure and a ulster' eonH.lenee null l. ' r 'ltiomafeKiiard for those young men is r'-riuu hui.o. ti. , . l jm '!lV ,rvlu to IUko their way i worm wim their wits instead of """ii. ihere is h young man who ' iroui the country to the city, lie .1, ll'l''oro he is as old as his father '"" 'tt h Mist Uau.' tliu ar.lua n ,.. HS lS t,,ul.,l I 1.1 L ... I ici 114 uin imjiu ai a IBU1 Ul .., waiting lor the banks to do- '"'r iin,end and tho stocks to run A'i'tr sKhiu i,u ..... ii . , ,'"I""ve Ids penniunshlij by mukiug "'wk of other merchants' signatures, lies', . 11 ls "'Kht in business. After liashu cstute. Now Is the time xiu ,1.r,',,lre tho country, amid the uu mu Ua j4i to cuturB tlw Uoujestio 111 Von,,.. . u- ' - ti i.-.i h huh HUSH wuti were nis scuooi I im.i'yh')0,t wi" . with their I . will h'7 blm '"t". Ba,l wltn th"lr h,,r,, I (,,., , ,Q neave up the castle. TUnt NtI,ku,Cu! " ' every-day life. I A iK, P1". I should not wonder iiou, i . f ,nlt" hlm with dire sicknesses L h,lUl,0 l"s euoa bitter draft that will rToa3.ri;.iWaboarble on'- 1 uould ho M",h.at """' ohlldran grow up otsgraoo and to mak bit life astiama. tshoull not r-indor if that mm died a dishonorable death and ware tumbhvt Into a dishonorable grave and then wont Into tho gnashing r tooth. Tha way of tha ungodly shall perish. O young man. you'mnst haa Industry of head or hand or foot, dr parish. Do not haro the idea that yon can got along In the world by genius. The enrse of this ooun try to-day I gonlusos mon with large self conceit and nothing else. The man who propose to make his living by hi wit probably ha not s.nr. I should rather lie an ox, plain and plodding and useful, than to bo an eagle, high flying and good for hothing hut lo pick out tho eyes of careae. I'.von in tbo Oar Ion of Eden" it was not safe for Adam to bo dl, so Ood made him a horticulturist, and If tho married pair had kept buy drooslniT the vine thoy would not have been sauntering under tho tree, hank orlngaftor fruit that ruined thorn and their poiterity! Troof positive of the fBot that when people do not attend to thoir bitlnoM thev get Into mischief. "Oo to tho ant, thou sluggard; consider her way and bo wlo, which, having no ovoreer or gutdo, provl.l oth herfood In tho summer and gathoreth her meat In thohnrvot." Kalan is a roaring Hon. and you can never destroy him by gun or pistol or sword. The weapon with which yrut are to beat him back are pen and type and hammer and ads and saw and pickax and yardstick and tho weapon of honest toll. Work, work, or die. Another safeguard that I wnnt to prM-mt to young men is a high Ideal of life. Bome tlme soldier going Into battle shoot Into the ground Inst end of Into the hoart of their enemies. Thoy are ant to tnko aim too low. ami it I very often that the captain, going Into conflict with hi men. will cry out, "Now, men, aim high!" Tho fact Is that In life a groat many men take no aim at all. The artist plans out his entire thought before he puts It upon canvas, bnfore he take up thoornyon or tho chisel. An architect thinks out the entire building before thf, workmen begin. Alt hough everything may soora to be unorganised, that architect ha In hi mind every Corinthian Column, every Oothlo arch, every n.vrantlne capital. A pot thinks out tho entire plot of hi poem hoforo he begin to chime the canto of tinkling rhvthm. And yet there are a great many men who start the Important structure of life without knowing whether it Is going to ba a rudo Tartar's hut or a St. Mark' ca thedral, and boKin to write out the In tricate poem of their life without know ing whether it Is lo ho a Homer' "O Ivssev" or a rhymester's botch. Out of 1000. 9J!) havo no life plot. Hooted nnd spurre 1 and caparisoned, thoy hasten along, and I run outnnds iv: "Hello, man! Whither away?" "Nowhere:" they say. Oh. young man. mnke every dny's duty a filling up of tho great life plot. Ala, that there should bo on this sea of life s i many ship that seem bound for no port! They are swept oyery whither by wind nnd wave, up by tho mountains ami down by the vallevs. They sail with no chart. They gaze on no star. They long for no bnrbor. ' oh, young man, have a high Ideal and pre to It. and it will be n mighty safeguard. There never worn grander opportunit!oopcu!ng before young men than are opening now. Young men of the strong arm and of the tout heart and of the bounding stop, I marshal you to-duy for a great achievement. Another snfeguarl I n respect for tho H'lhhnjh. Tell me how a Vuung man spends hi Salil.ath, ami I will tell y .u what are his prospects in nnsinoss, and I will tell you what are hi prospects for the eternal world. Oo.l has thrust into our busy life a Sucre I lay when we are to look after our soul. I It exorbitant, after giving six day to the feeding nnd clothing of thest perishable bodies, that Ood should dentau I one day for the feeding and clothing of the Immortal soul? There Is another safeguard that I wnnt to present. I have saved it until tha Inst be cause X want it to be the morn emphatic. The great safeguard for oyery ynuug man Is the Christ Ian religion. Nothing can take the place of It. You may have gracefulne enough to put to blush Lord Chesterfield. you may have foreign language dropping from your tongue, you may discus laws and literature, you may havo n pen of uno qualod polish and power, you inn v have so much busines tact that you can gut the largest salary in a hanking house, you may be n sharp a Herod nnd a strong a Knmson, and with a long lock a those which hutiff Absalom, and yet you have no safety agairfst temptation. Home of you look forward to life with great despondency. I know it. I sue it in your face from time to time. Yoii say, "All the occupations nnd profession ure full, nnd there's no chance for me." Oh, young man, cheer up! 1 will toll you how you can make your fortune. Seek first tho kingdom of God and Hi righteousness, and all other thing will be a bled. I know you do not want to be mean in this matter. You will not drink the bri. inning cup of life and then pour the dregs on God's altar. To a gener ous riaviour you will not a"t like that; you have not the heart to act like that. That is not manly. That i not honorable. Tlmt is not brave. Your great want i a new heart, ami In the name of tho Lord Jesus Christ I tull you so to-day, and the blessed Spirit pres.se through th solemnities of this hour to put the cup of life to vour thirsty lips. Oh. thrust it uot buck. Mercy present it blending mercy, Ion sulTcrlug mercy. Iio spis all other friendships, prove recreant to all other bargains, but despise God's love for your dying soul do fit do that. There come n crisis In a man's life, and the trouble I he does not know it i the crisis, I gt letter in which a man say to me: 'I start out now to preach the g.ispol of rltrhteousues nnd temperance to the pooplo, I) you remember me.' I am the man who appeared at the close of the service when you were worshiping in the chapel after you came from l'hilatlelphla. Jo you remember nt theuloseoftlie service ii man coming up to you all a-treinble with conviction, and crying out for mercy, and telling vou he had a very had busbies, and he tliought he would change it? That wa tho turning point in my history. J gave up nr- ba l bus iness. X gave my heart to God, and the do. sire to servo Hint ha grown upou me all these years, until now woe is uuto mo it I preach not the gospel," That Hun, lav night wit the turninsr nolnt of that young man's history. This very Sob- ' bath hour will be the turning point in the i History oi iou young men in lias bouse, God help us! 1 oik.u stood on au anniver sary platform with n clergyman who told this marvelous story. He said: "Thirty year ago two young mon started out to attend i'ark Theatre, New York, to sue u pi ty which made religion ridiculous and hypocritical. They bal been brought ii p iu Christian families. They started for the theatre to sue that vile play, nu t their curly convictions cume back upon thorn. They felt it was not right to go, but still they went. They came to the door of tho theatre. One of the young men stopped and started for home, but returned ami came up to the door, but he had not the courage to go in, He again started for home and went home. The other young man went in. Ho Went from one degree of temptation to another. Caught iu the whirl of frivolity Hnd slu, he suuk lower and lower. He lost bis busiuotis position. He lost bis morals. He lost bis soul. Ho died a dreadful death, uot one star of mercy shining on it. I stand before you to-day," said that minister, "to thank God that for twenty years I have been permitted to preach the gospel. I au the other young muu." Ob, you see that was tho turning point tho one went back, the other went ou. Tho great roaring world of busiuess life will soon 1 break iu upon you, young men. Will Ilia wild wave dash out the impressions of this day as au ocean billow dashes letters out of the sand ou the beach? You uued something better than this world can give you. 1 beat on your heart, and it sounds hollow. You want something groat and grand and glori ous to till it, and here is tuu religion that cuu do it. Uod save yout Philadelphia's Busy Telephone, It is estimated that 110,000 conversation?, mora or less, take plaoa daily over tit tele phones la Philadelphia. SABBATH SCHOOL IXTKRN ATIONATj I.KSSO! DKC'KMnKIl 1. ron Lesson Tfxti "Iiavl.l Anointed,'' I Samuel xvl., l-fui-Ooldeu Text i I Samuel xvl., 7 Commentary. 1. "I will send thee to Jesso tho Delhle'iorn. Mo, for 1 havo ; provided me a king among hlsson." Tho lat verse ot the previous chapter shows that, although Samuel came not near Hnul any more, yet ho clung to htm In his hoart. It Is a searching question, Am I wholly with God In everything, or do I in r.ny sense cling to that which Ho ha dlsa provedr OIserve the words "I will send,"' "1 have provi.!d." Iu Saul' case It wa Ood Indulging the people, but How It is God working aud choosing for His pleasure. See r. Ixxvlll., 70s Ixxxix., 19, 2 1. 9. "Take an heifer with thco and say, 1 am com to sacrlllco to tho Lord." It is n t like Samuel to bo ntrald of a man (In, ll., l'i, but tho least lack of fellowship with God l npt to cause poor vision, mid tremblings of heart, ami fear and forobodlugs. When God spenks, It I not our to reason, but simply obey. "Willing and obedient" nro the word's for us if wo would eat the good of tho land nnd see the power of the Lord (Is. I. 19), Ho see the end from tho beginning always know what Ho will do (isa. xlvl.. 10; John vl.. 6i. ' 8. "I will show then what thou shalt do." Hero Is sum guidance. S ininel had only to trust nnd obey. The Lord send, provide, show nnd nauio. and Samuel watches to eee HI way. The ime Lord will guide us in all that which Ho require of u, and wo mny In ipiietnes and conlldcuco dwell with Him for His work (lsa. xxt., IS; I Chron. Iv., 2:1). A to Hi guldaiicr oe I'. xxxli., H( Ia. xxx.. 81: xlvlll., 17. To enjoy Him and be ied by Him we must be a clay" In tho hands of the potter, with no will of our own. 4. "Ami Samuel did that which the Lord spake and came to IS. tiilelietn, and tho eld er of the town trembled nt hi coming." There wa no occasion to tremble If they bad been walking with Ood. Tho godly man can say, "What time I am afraid I will trust In Thee." Or better still, "I will trust and not be afraid" (P. Ivl.,:l; Isa. xll.,8). The Lord's thought to Hi people are aiwav thought of peace (.Icr. xxLx.. 11: l's. Ixxxv.. H; John xlv., 27). To Is-lievo what Hcnv nnd d what ho tells us Is alwavs pleasing unto Him. f. "I mn come to sacrifice unto Hie Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sai rillce.' He use the very words of the Lord (verso ai, nnd in this he was very safe and right. The Lord' mes.enger should say exactly what the Lord tells him. Tim did Jeremiah and Kekiel and our T.orlJesn Chrl-t also ( Jer. I.. 7; K.ek. II.. 7; ill., 4. 17; John xll., 1:m. We are never, under any cir cumstance, to He, I, ut. we are not supposed always to tell nil we know to everybody. (1. Surely the Lord s anointed ' Is before Him," This said Samuel as he looked upon L'llllh, JcKie's olilcst Son, but had he l.eeli looking to the L rd and watching for Hi message lie would not have spoken thus. It seems so easy for us to look nway from the Lord and use our own eye or our own judgment. Hut all this wo must e,o,i,.n, ' against, and prayerfully and patiently seek unit wait ins giiiunnce. 7. "Man looketh on tho outward appear ance, but tho Lord looketh on the heart." Not until tho heart is right are we in any sense right before God. The natural heart, or carnal mind, I enmity a jalust God nnd never can be made better ( lioin. viil., 7), but when we receive Jesus Christ wo are said to be born anew, or from above, and then we havo a new heart, which cannot sin, while the old can do nothing but slu. This I tho work of the Spirit through the Word. A per son may be outwardly all that can be do. sired, even to moral character, but If tho heart 1 not a new heart. If Christ 1 not there, nil else goes for naught, l'ouder I John v., 13. The whole world is wrong, and will be till the heart gets right, which I Is rael and Jerusalem, nnd the throne ofDnvid. 8-10. "Neither hath the Lord chosen this." "Tho Lord hath not chosen thee." As tho seven son of Jesse passed hoforil Samuel the verdict for each wa "Not chosen." Let us bear In mind that this was n question of service, not of salvation. Kor salvation the word ever stun, Is, "Him that cometh to Me 1 will In Juo wisejenst uc (John vl., 37). Hut for service it i Mill true that "few are chosen," not beeau.e the Lord doe not want thoin, but because they do not want Him: they are not willing to" submit Wliollv to Him, and Hi Word and His wars; not willing to have Him think for them, mi l net tlt.-ough them and live just to please Him in all things. II. "There romal net h yet I ho youngest, and behold lie Keepeth the sheep." Tim Was Jesse' reply to Samuel' question as to whether nil his son were present or not. Jesse evidently was expected co bring all bis sou, but he supposed the In I Havid would not be wanted, unit that was just where ho wa mistaken. It Is generally the unlikely one that I wanted and the unlikely mi l m,. expect,-,! thing that happens. I. ( us k -op nothing back from G id. but yield to Him every whit that He may use what Ho plea". David was the eighth son (vii., Ui, which 1 suggestive of the resurrc'tion Man, nnd tho resurrection day, the man who to the Jews was so unacceptable that they killed II im. It has made me laugh in my heart many a lime to see all those big brother passed by nnd set aside, and tho whole pro. ceedingsatn standstill until little I'avid 1 sent for and arrive upon the seen". Wo do j not know how Hnvid took hi being eit at ! Home that lav. 1'erlmn Ins mother com forted him If lie n led any, but wo may learn this lesson. Where God wautsyon to be there He will put you. 12. "Ami the Lord said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he," When at last tun surprised boy arrived, this was the Lord'. message to Samuel. This 1 our first introductiohtotho man after God's own heart, who is mentioned about lOiii) times in the Old Testament, mid fifty iu the New. Kveu bis outward appear ance is fair to look upon, but In heart I right with God, and he ha ulrea ly learned to trust Him for great thing (chapter xvil., 84-37;. 111. "Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed nun in the mlilst or Ills brethren, nnd the Spirit of the Lord came upou David from that day forward." The revised ver sion says, "Came mightily upon David," which makes the meaning more plain, as the Spirit must have been ou him before, lly comparing II Sam. II., 4, and v., 3, with this verse we see that David was anointed three times. Tho full significance of this wo shall sue some day iu Christ, tho true David or lie. loved. David, though anointed, waited long for tlio throne uud suffered much. Our David Is still waiting for His throne and kingdom, and we must rejoice to watt and suffer with Him (II Tim. ii., Ii; liom. viil., 18;. Lesson Helper, a rAMor Jtrnoe's onsrnvATiox. The famous Judge, HirM ittinny H ale, said in his day: "The places of adjudication I have long held in this kingdom have given mo an opportunity to observe the original cause of most of the enormities that have been committed for the space of nearly twenty yearst and byduo observation f have found that if tlio murder and luunsliiugii tors, the burglaries and robberies, the not and tumults, and other cuormities that have happened iu that time were divided Into five purls, four of them have been the issue and product of excessive drinking oi tavuru and ulu-houso drinking." TinTiircvcn and TrsirenANcr. "Tho bicycle Is the most Important temper ance reformer of tho times, and milk is tho beverage of those who ride to win." said Mini Willnrd at the opening of the Baltimore, eon. vention. That's the bust hurrah for tha wheel in a month, ot Buaduyi. ilostou Traiucrlpt. RELIGIOUS M.ADING. tools is non's sr.nvirR. What I In thine hand? A broom? relt for God. The broom of tho domestic servant may boa truly used for God a wa the sceptre of David or Solomon. What I In Ibliie hand? A trowel, a hammer, au nx a chisel, a saw. or some other mechanical tool? I' It for God. .lesii Chrit gave dignity to labor ; the sweat bond of honest toil stood on Hi brow. What Is in thine hand.' A pen? A .n Is mightier than the sword. Tlio peu of Shakespeare, of Longfellow, of Tcnuv on, of Whlttler! till m ntehles iii-triiiiu nt ! A pen In band of Harriet llcecher Stowo stabi.ed slav ery to tlio heart. A pen in the band of George Kennan to ti ll the story of darkest lttism i mightier than the sword of Die Oar of all the liusiits. Have you a pi n ? r so it for God. l'erhap it is a typewriter. Touch It key: make swei t muc that shall echo around the globe. We am all familiar with George Herbert's admirable expression of this thought : " A ervntit with thi clause Make drudgery divine: Who sweep a room, as for Thy laws, Make that and the uetlnti Hue," Wo neo.l f-rlt nnd grace to uso the old sword, tho old hammer, the old lire, the old and always new (iospel. Oh! can you not in, some poor ml today w ho doe n,,t know Josii? On you n,"it tell some wanderer nbout the Christ? What I in thine band? Wealth? Consecrate It now to G d. What Is In thy mouth? A tongue id eloipiep,.,. I'se It for God. The tongue Is the mightiest Instrument that God ever made. What I In thine hand? A kindly gnipV Give that to some sad soul. Let us con secrate everything to Him. 'I he olllce, tho plow, the pen, the needle, the tongue, the hands, the feet, and the heart for .leus. When the pierced hand of .leu Christ 1. laid on the priiitiiig-pre' mi wealth, mi learning, mi beauty, on eiiltme, mi every gift and grace iu every relation In life, then tin splendor of the uilllelinial drawn will e,,l,,r the eastern sky with Its crimson and gold. It. S. MiioArtluir, D. D., In "tjuiclt Trulli in yualht Texts." I.SCoriUOK AS AVM1MON lo s;M, There I no Is-lt-r test of spiritual growth than llicrel.llg selisitiveliess to lie I r"pi. siyeiie- of all kind of sin. nnd .leepeiiin coiiselousiies nf the constant peril from it in which every human sopl live.. In the i;r. lit est saint there are all the poil.ilitic which, being worked mit. mnke the gri ut.-t .inner; nild till- tmer till" Sllltltllliess the deeper tin eoncotsii, hs of this fact. The material, mil of which heaven and leil are 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 t are found in every life, mil tin- iin who slowly build" Iiiiimii within I , i : i has constantly th,, terrible k i . . 1 . t u ' tna: be has only to put bis him. I forth in nti .(l ei direction in order to build le ll; l,ih nr, within reach, ll.it a., a man builds le an e, bis vision of the infernal p s.il iiiii,., ,.( i(, grows clearer, mid Ms horror of wn.ii.r doing become more .-.instant anil e,,-i't,, lllg. Til" lli-.'llises under W lll 'hiMl III e- ii-'lf I omo more nppaicnt, iimil ih beautiful mask ie longer pr ,du"es e, u a momentary Illusion; I he l,i, ,s iac i. sr. n at a glance. When one li.isc.ni,. t see sinus ills, mi, I to loathe an, lut" Ii. not or it consequence but for n . t. om ba gone a long way toward the tlnal i deniption from Its power which w- cull -:. ration. Ilut we are never saved mini w have looked sin in the piee and kieov I ii it it is not only a t-rrildn reality, but that u lllis touched the l est of with its ilel',1 nu'iit ; and that, at some mmm nt in mn lives, the noblest of u must cry: "II Go I the Son, Kcdocincr of the world," have m.. - upon u miserable sinners !" The outlook.' rri.Tlv.WK AN 1VK of I oru. I turn to thosplrit of J. .-us mid I see that the same circiiin-tances, which to iiiiiuy e- e looked hopelessly barren, gave lo Him tin ground for n lofty and tranquil optimism, ll was a part of Hi faith iu God to be lull oi hope lor man, and without tun', cotnprehch. sivo hope Ho would have been no s.ivioiu of mankind. It is the same to-, lav. 'lie I chief reason for the lueiTeet iv,-i,e-s o( man) educated men in the modern world o j intellectual coward iu the pros, n I ' t tin Imperfection of life; and the woil.i j Is waiting to-iiny for men who, wu;; all tUeir equipment of culture, maintain r. rolmst und genuine h, .,.. 1 1,,, s u. n-it.it plain, by th- well la -ol.. I i y hot and ot one day before Jesii nnd His Ire nl,. Tie seed ha I just I Ii planted, and 11 t,ao a- ; yet no signs ofj.fe. lint Hie Ma-tor fad n j the hidden sign of Hi ntin Iiii th i taiiity of tho lulure. li. toto ills nilglm , hope the sterile Held . a. n a ly w ll d He ll ! tassel oi ripened grain. I. lit up t.mews t cries the proph.-tic optimist to II. s und,, I I ceriiing and un u'r,-, ,'iiiiu; ,, j ' vonr eves and look at He- lb Id-, l u th, l are w lute already to My bury, st ; I raucis I l'euliody, D. D. AN IM INlslll . IdtMoNp. "Mas I" crh d a diamond to the wheel up.,r lllell It WHS being cm, "here I Inue le i-: tortured for the last thie il.is. VWi.iii misfortune it was that 1 i r cumo yni way !" "Say not t.o," replied tbo w li e m euour Aging toller. " 1 lie a-t stolio ttuit Clinic f mown so rmgli and dud that sou ,,, scarce tell it was a diamond ; but w hen I 1. i i done with it, it was pla-ed I i l.n,n -crowu." "A king's crowu!" exclaimed the n-toti Ishcil stone, "and do you tliuil; that 1 shall ever adorn the Prows of a king'.'" "It I quite pos.llile; but II lot llllow'cd to enjoy so great an honor, you mar llu 1 some other cMilteil and brilliant p,,-iti"ti; hut "U will never see t 'ie glorli's of m royal house un less I do my utmost for you." " I'heu ki in, a Any," said the gem, as It lierv- il itscli to endure tlio trial. "I'll stand it if it means i:u increase if lieu lly and promotion."- Selected, SrillVK To ;K AI.OVK, Secure for yourself some privacy of life. A (ieorge Herbert says : "lly all means use sometimes to lei alone." O id has put each into a separate body. We di mid follow I he divine hint, ami see to it that w d nt lapse ngaiii Into the general Hood of being. Muuy people cannot endure being alone; they nro lost miles there I n clatter of tongues in their ear. It. i not only weak, but it fo tors weakness. . . So it It is well nt times to get away from our world companions, action, work iu order to mcasuro it ami ascertain our relations to it. The moral use of the night Is iu the iso lation it brings, shutting out the world from tho sense that It may be rculi.o I in thought. It is very simple advice, luit won h hooding. Get some moments wu-h day to voiirseif, take now nud then a solitary walk, get into the si lence of thick woixl, or s unn other boiatioii n deep, and su (Tor tint mysterious sense of selfhood to s-eal upou J oil, us it surely will. T, T. Muiiyor. "IX rTIKM- l'OSHI'.. VK VOl'ft Mofl.s." Iot tlioit ivoudor why thou nrt juisslno tlirouirll Homo upei-iul luiio ut mirrnV Wait till ten your nro pussod. 1 warrant limn tllltt In llllU tiilio tuoli will lllld Ho:ili) one ierlmiiii leu iilUii.tii l itn thou nrt Thou wilt loll them Homo duy liow tlnoi liu uf foro.1 und linst It ten ooinforiiif i tlmn ii tint tiilo i unfoli"d, uud tlio niio. llvlle ltiiolli.,1 u.l.L.1. .... ... .i... ,t..t I. . I I'l T....V,, ..."' lOJT WMI II. I I wrii,H),t uroiind llmo, in tin) eiier look ami KllHleiiliitf eyo, uod tint tflmim of hoio ili a blind ehiu'i the liu low of i. s,iiir uirr tha itoitl, thuu klnilt know wliv thou wnnt ullli.-t- ! All Mllll 1,1.. .... .1... ll i;.. . ..... I ...... wm'i mr i nil uinriilliet HUH utorod thy II fo with huoIi ii fund of exiturioucu una beljiluliiii8.l''. ll. Meyor. COlVMOIAS-TUcy almost Uy. Bicycling for fnmen Physicians recommend bicycling. D;imc Fashion says it is "rxxxl form." Two new models for women's use in Columbia Bicycles i " " "' ' Model 41 Columbia MoJcl 42 Cot.iwuiiA has Wen racially dtvdrjvj for tlie many Lulics who prefer d weir kiiicka. bockers rather than cumbersome skirK Ladies wheels also in Hakti okd Bicycles at lower prices f so, 00, f 50. f?enif for Crfiiiotfne. i'ree nt any f'onruif.i A Henry, or by vuxil fur twit j-reut fl(.MJJ. 5ssi 2)l SI handsome paper dolls, showing U. lies' M, vr 1 'stniiii br notod i.cMni r.s, wmI l.o tnailcj lor livo eirnt i,:.impv lot a a Cat,iloKtic. Fron nt onr CoInmbJa A go nor, St.:iUNKrovt., free f.,r -I oetita hv W, I. Ualior. br. mnile.l WHAT WILL DO. 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