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tin K inert Hark Their Celebration
,vith Ob Mnrder. Feativitlei Went On.
The Itunx and Hlnv of Loniont, n mlnlns
iiiifo north of t'uiontown, oelobrnted three
IdintfX, two rhrlstonltnr. n lilrth, on"
0- rnl and general ny day Himdny. One
wired nnd twenty live iga of beer were
ink, nu t im" n nin win kl)!'',. Alnnit nil 1
iit, w hlli' tin' dnneo wnt nt Its height, n
irrol oeeurrod. during whb'h John HIiok
kit wiv Klmt nml nlino-t Irmtniitly I-f 1 1 t
n Mlnv. Wioeitmker'n frh-iiiN sought fir
murderer to lyiii'h lilm. hut tin' Slav
iped nml fli'il the coke region. Tli"1 Hum
I rdavea drove, off tin' in-irri in mi l the
lulu if HIioi'tnnkiT ami eontltiti'd llm
Thiw fitlvitli always extend tm r
or three ilnyn.
,'he mining village of Vim Meter, In Wost
rinnd county, almost destroyed ly
. Twelve- house liclongiug to tii ()
no Kuogor Coal company, were consumed
1 the twenty or more' families ri'iil r I
m-less. The origin of the tire U tin
iwn. I ittloli llnag, caused the arrest of Ids
tier, nueil fi5, nt New ( nti, on tlio
1- gedthat fhe mi, I Andrew Shul-r. 'J
i-i old. had ,,,t.., to kill his fulhi r nn I
I.e. Mix. Hang then lm. her son nrr, -I j
tie' neeiiHiiUon that h h;i I thioiit"ne. t-
iv the house up with ilsiiiiiiiit -.
Kuit 20 repp'seiitiitlvo eltien of Slnr .ii
t In eoiini'il oluirnbors an, I list t i,
ch-Iiiw ami n,l,,t,., resolution uri-lii.;
h:?r"l"iial net Ion on tin' Lake l.rie uii't
ito river xliip eatinl. '(ie r - t i .- wi.i
lurwnnleil to l'iiKr.iiiiiii l'hillipx.
Th" work i,f the Altooim r.nunlrv .r, !
. hlne eoinpanv, lire to ! rn".. th" im i
hmi ry Hold mill the i;roiitil u"l for l: !
j purin.n. h. 'l h Mipiiny will Ku out ,.
, unt. mnl nl t 40ii tni'-ii v ill thrown
il of employment.
rrothoiii.tiiry .Toc.i V, t.nomU, of North
.iA eoiinty.ilTerl xinlili nly in tl ourt h .n
nn rheuiiiatUin of the heart. Mr. l.ooimV
w piirlnT. K. K. Milllviin. miivur of North
t. explre.l (.inhlenly IilmI ! from tl-.'!
me rnnii',
"I lie Iti'I'iil'lii-aiiH of J 'iiimette nomilinti' l
, M. JolH fi for jilKtien of the peaee lili.l A.
. Cool! for eoi.lllie. There were H'M) Vot.'t
iM, the lioiiilmttlniiH I 1 1 1 w l,y popular vote,
' iareHi in uie noroiitfii h iiHti.-ry.
Kx-Jmln" Mehanl, of Plttslmru, attorney
r the Nlinh'k estate, has hrom;lit tniit tit
. I.iron liunilim Uie llnyee e.tlle to illlike
,.' latti-r llal'le for half the il-hi of tlie ilrin
'I lioyee, Minlek A eo,
Theniiftroiii: County liar Axioelit tloti
1'1-tml lions Keyimlil.t, pre.iil.'nt; AilUUxtiii
Turk, vlee presiilent: W. I,. I'ert, Heeretarvj
"im K. Whitworth, treaMirer, an, I J. II. Jl -
iin, historian.
While M'-ir4. Shi-eN ami linker, of te-nr
ireepdlnirjr. were r-t iirnliiir from ehureh Sun
;iy. n fiillln tree iTiisheil tli. lr Mle, klllim;
li'i'tH nii'l injiirliiK two of lil.i ehililreii ami
!r. Unker.
Ir. Jaine K. Howiinl, of Vem'tln, Wil-Ii-inrtmi
eoiinty, luw written to Wiithlnctoii
c."kini that uitnilsxlon tothe nnny of insnr.
-iitrt in Culm iih ii reiiui'iitnl kiirci'im tie
runl.'il him.
Th" l'nyette i'oimty eoniiiiiNsioiiers have
i",l the inilnife at 6 mill on a valuation of
r '.l.lillO.lKHI. iiiaklnn the tax $Hi3,IK)0. The
I.,,' tax Will lllllollt to ?.t,(HH).
'I lie ail, lit of the neeoiint.' of Winliitiftoii
ounty for IM'.l.) shows that t4I,.':11 was pahl
i -the HUpi'ort of tlie lnil.,',.it aii'l erlinlnal
ilLVtKH,
I'ratik I.aeey.n I'itlshur mnl Wi'stern rall-
i,l lirakemaii, was killi'il nt Moraia Sut.ir-
iv dy I'l-lim kii",'Ki',l lr..Mi a ear l y n
i-le.
ll'reilerlek MeiiiieH'n r"sl'l"in'i at N.'W
,. was I'liiiii .1 huilni; tin' alieui'i of the
ily ly a spark from a grille.
i'he fai'illlv of the All'"-.'hi'i,v roll .( p in-
il the -.'t stuileiits ai'i'ii-.'it of .livr.h'riv
ului't on the I'umi'UH on Tinv. lnv i I ' .'
MAUKIiTS.
I'lTTMll lt.
taimln. tluur uul IMd.
11KAT Nu 1 red 75 4 '
m. H rta '
KiN No. It yellow 'ar, :
No. k yulluw Bliellud '! I '.'Hi
Mlied ear .VJ :kt
tvl Nu 1 wUllo It i'S
No. t whltn its U
l.iuht mixed u
iK No 1 4S 4ii
No. It weaif rn i l 44
AiL'U VV tutor wttpiiu lili udn. 3 4ii 3 b I
Fimry huruiK I'ltteiiiH SMI IS iti
Kuiti-y irittglil winter & 40 il M
ny nour - '.i in
AY No. 1 IHuolUy l'i IW l"l '.4
.No. t i4 jj ;j 10
Mixed clover. Nu 1 H M iJ l'i
Ni'W IIiit. In.iu wai:,iii... Is u,l e aj
Kr;lJ No. 1 VihilB Mit, tun I I HJ M
nrowu middlllivn 11 U.I II 31
Itrnii. bulk K il 1.' .')
I'HAW HUoiil s UJ b :U
Out ( '.j b M
Jlulrv I'rixlULta.
b'TTKR Elgin treniuury :-l A tfl
mury .ruitiiiury i.i ,
1-iic Countiy itulL - u IV
HhhsK UUIn, now ,i tu
.'w lorn, uow 1U II
rult mud VKttlee.
I'I'I.lii 111,1 r -j mi
KANS tiaud-ulcked. nor Uo. 1 1 4u
uIAI'Uas tine, iu cur. on ii nh
rroiu aiure. bu -m h i
AbllAlihl liouio gruwu, bbl.... M 1 il)
.mu.xo i oiiuw, 0,1 4 , Oi
1'oultr, ku.
ClilCKKNS, Vlir 4) A M
1 1 l(ht.l. lb id ii
fetkip 1'a. aud onto, linnn is III
t.Vl..r.:cli.iliulivt'ijii.'o,9iu u uu
MlMiellueuue.
fcEKDU Clover M lb. 6 5U 14 M
'liuiothy, prttue g ;a i; no
blue lirnH 1 40 1 OJ
ilAi LK ellcL'l', uuw -.0 go
t-iiiiiK Couull) , wuol, blii i 0J il Ml
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CMTAI, bTTJCK VAJtUI, liUT UllUKTT,
tAlTLK,
Prime, l.-'iKl to I.4U0 lr M
Uood, l.'.UO to 1..KI0 lbs.
'lldy, 1.000 u l.iooib
Kalr ligbt steers, VUO to 1UJ0 lbs..
Common, iuu to vuum
4 i!) 4 4 .HI
4 oj 4 no
8 no 4 un
V a 75
4 iJ a DO
4 M 4 ao
4H0 111
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'Vediuiu,.n
ravy
Hughs and Hlags .
suar.
ra.tiotoiaaius
u lotKi I be
r, 7o to o lbs.
tiuioa
MU?!HKt!l(t A FEW TKAR.
The oh! an, I tlmhonorol wnjr ofbcsln
nlnif a New Vinr wnn to Kit down and rutn
loguenll on's ln. nnd then form h blotted
pmr of Ufa turn over new leaf, writs on Its
mnritln. '
"llenenforth nhnll none but puro 11 ml virtu
ou dentin
Bo hern reorded."
A iiincore and commnlnbln rwolvfl In every
enw, no doubt, but how neldom Adhered to
amid tho streM of uneeaslnir temptntlon nnd
the burden of lonir oMnhlished linhlt! Km
the flist qunrter ol the year wnn npent, wlmt
a teniet of MlKbt and tears tin been wont Id
rlo over lPken resolves nml betrayed
promise ! What nn infinitely ninnll propor
tion of tho Rood, old-fashioned New Vour'a
voiu wnn ever kept!
And why not? Is not the onrnet, nerlou
vow n ifond way to bein a reform? No sit
Is nunerlleiiil. Vows, nre, an n rule, of very
nlender moral value. They are simply tint
expronioti of it Mroim emotional tendency or
purpose. We nil know how little vows nro
triiod or esteemed 111 pril' tli'ill nffalrs. A
1111111 vows In' will pay you one hundred dol
lars, whieh h" has borrowed. In three months
time. io you tin nwny natlsiletl? Hardly.
You exhort f oin him n written and signed
statemi'iit Hint be will pity the money, and
th . yon feel nnfo.for he has allowed you to
put the nonseof the law about his throat ;nnd
to the xhiimo of hum. in natiiro l it mid that
this sort seems to bo the only binding nreo
merit between man iitnl man.
No, the vow Is always superficial. Ir does
not ; t.eep oiit'iik'h. 'it does not nulll-iently
ei Pipi'l nlnt Invo.ve. A tiiim may prornlso
with th'i newt 1 (truest nnd sincere ijood. ,
will, yet when the tr"s eoines, his vow tuny !
snap like a rei'tl. Ami n the r-treni;th of his;
i ri'ml""' to otli. r, s is It npt to lie to him- j
self - indeed, It will berven weaker to him-
self, ns rt rule, beenusn h' dor's not stall tl ill
nueli whoeom found the weak creature ho
kl'oWS hl'll-elf l.
The old way of l ixinnini; n New Venr.tlien
tl'.e vowiiii, leiif tiiriiiiiit way-Is it mere 1
e .ii"iit!i 11 in,. I 1 li'iisiintrv. .Most f us show j
th" d .,rri. to which Wo efteolll It tl the llht I
way we pi ak of it. When nbsolut v serious j
it Is I ns far as It uoch, but, unfortunately
It d';esif t iih far. The expressed reolve to
"lirenk olT," t'i chmitfo one'n linhit, to d'j the 1
rirf.it tlmu hitherto undone, unJ leaMj tin. '
l 'ii" t!,o wriui.' Ililnc lilthefto done, is prae. '
ti 'aUv of vrv little ethlcnl nceount. rhttnti !
t : ties n million n.idi fallen resolves teueath
h -i f" t, ns the Noveml'er wind rustlen the
ir1-'-!! p.oinise) r.f the (iprlnn. 1'ow lives are
rfor'i;!'!! i v tr. r ; ;r solves.
t:i.
1 1 th strong moral and ethical
I eiMi ng? In what way may we rightfully,
nnd with some nn-nsuro of eotiildence, enter
up, 'Ii the personal life of it New Year?
First, by taking heart of courage from the
victories and achievements of th" year that
is past "Nothing Miiccceds like success," is
II proverb that is a good ileal more than half
ti n". The a 'cumulative power of either good
or evil is tremendous. If you huva guined
any vidorv over yourself luring th' year, or
iieci inf lisiiod iinv distinctively good work, or
attained nt anv lilgh pint mil experience. It
sin, II be 11 1 iwer ut strength for you in the
year to eoiue. 'lake the moral Impetus of
very good tlneight or word, or tlee I, In
your past life to help you on your heaven
ward wnv 111 the v.-urtoeomo. Thorn nro
courage nn, I strength In the memory of past
achievements. Think on them!
Then, again, you shall begin your New
Year well. If you prav liod to help yon make
it a better yeiir than Inst. A praver is dis
tinctly .llir. r. nt from a vow. It Is a humbler,
less soif-roliant function. When you vow to
put the responsibility-to a Urge degree nt
anv lute-ui'on yourself. Hut when you
pray, you appeal to (iod Io bo the source of
vmir strength Met til" silsininer 01 yuurru
ileiivor. A vow Implies eoiillilciice; n prayer
implies buinilltv. it is Inllnliely better to go
foi tli withersoever, saving, "(iod helpnn1!"
thaii to go saying, "t will!" (i'l can make
your New Year blesse 1 and fruitful. He will,
if you ask Mini. lint He re Is Intlo in the
spirit of the vow that is not aiso a prayir,
which His omnipotence will sustain.
Finally, to begin vnur New Year well, be
gin it with immediate righteousness. 1.
not wait liiiiil the second of .lanunry to do
,niy good thing. Do it tint first thing In the
iiiornliigof the llrst tlnys of tin- year. Tho
ci titemplating, lazy pieiy Hint devotes even
u day to the luxury of liiiiigin ng what It
will do.lins too little backbone r vital energy
to 11 mplislt unythiug i nportaut, though
the cctitiircs of (io. I were hers. The man
who rcillv means to be a better Christian in
is:; th, ,11 in ls'.ij v ill ci rtainl not let tho
thr liundreil-iiiitl.Hixty-sivth pnrt of the
New Ynir slip away wiUioiitdoliig something
to prove it,
K"joice- pray work ! These nro the three
good ways lo begin the New Year. Mon t sit
down to make vow-.and don't s-tart it Journal
to prove how Imperfectly you will keep tliein.
Just emphasize the good that has ulways
Keen iu your life, pray for the new righteous
ness that you ib-lre, and l.iviu the good
work of tho New Yi ar us promptly ns the mu
begins his. If you follow those directions,
you will not be called upon to shed any tears
uvt the turned h-nf which tho wind ot tho
world b.cw hack again.
Tn art nooa.
The opening door of lsw; means to us new
and enlarged opportunity. We can try ngalu
and possibly under better conditions. Jt is
us though wo were set buck to retrace our
course and ilo tho work afresh. Our mis
takes may bo mended, our faults repaired,
and our tasks completed. If, in tho past, wo
hnvo larked eariiosinc:., devotion, uu.l tit
noss for duty, wa may, in rem wing the work
of tho year, add to our personal equipment
ami rpialitjeuliou. There are those who huva
bad plana too large to Im wrought out during
tho iiusttwulvo months plans. It maybe,
widen must cover several yeiirs. To such !
this openiug'yMir must be a great resource, a
grand gift fi (Jod, as It 111 ay allow them to
heave tho capstone to Its place In tne fliiisbej
building. Hut there are bencllcent pluut not
yet undertaken. To such people the new
year opnm a fresh opportunity. Though un
productive iu tho past, thoro is anotlier year
lidded. Of occasions long neglected you may
now avail yourself ; tho new time so bouiiti
fullv accorded is to b recognized as one of
God's bests gifts to ninu, With time added,
every good is possible to us ; without it, we
puss boyoud the range of hope and help.
Tha opening door of 1HM1 ineuui renewed
devotion to tho duties uud work of life, Tho
opportunity has coma ; It Is before you. What
shall It lie to you'r it will bo precisely wind
you elect. There nro thousands who will
puss It by as a mutter of no imisirtun, and
will find themselves at tho close of tha year
no bettor than at the begiuniug; but there
are other thousands who will reooguiso the
Importance of the hour and will avail tbu
selves of Its utmost advantage. Ths-y
will not only get ready; tbey will
engage at once in tho work. There
are many peoplo who intend to do good
thing but really they never get ready. Jjeath
finds them iu a state of suspended animation.
Their desire to get ready has been in their
way. The only thing for a good nmu to do
Is to thrust in the sickle and begin tho bar
best 1 readiness comes best in thu field. The
agriculturist, tho machinist, never waits to
prepare; he prepares In doing.
Your good resolutions are all right. Tut
yourself In right relations with yourself, with
Ood, and with the world around you. Kepeiit
of any sins of which you hnvo been guilty,
nud abandon tbemi devote yourself to the
service of Ood and humanity. Live no
longer unto yourself or to tho world 1 live for
the high purposes for which you were
oreate J and redeemed. Preparation is well ;
but all this may be uiudo without forwarding
you in thu highway of holiness. You have
often resolved without performing. That
you may not repeat tho old mistake, begin
this very day to execute your purpose, l.o
ter ou the proper lines of duty at once and
continue steudily at the work each day to the
end. Hegln, advance, nud complete your
task I One today Is worth two tomorrows.
1'nrst.iT akd rcTcai.
We can shape our present, and thereby
create a future. We can cry to (iod for the
touch of a new life In our present, W bat we
refuse to do In each to day an It comes, will
never be done by an in the future. And so
the question comes to us at the opening of a
new yean What are we doing with our
selves ? How are we spending the present ?
One of two things must be done. We must
continue la the same course, or change. To
lefuse to forsake evil beeomes a Ueiiitcmto
resolution to choose evil. We cnDnot re
main neutral. In matters relating to time
Indecision Is decision. Home discouraged
soul may exclaim 1 "Ah, 1 have no future I
The Almighty hath hedged me about. I.over
nnd friend Ho has removed. 1 sit solitary, j
I am weary. 1 am weak, and have no
strength nor courngn tor struggles."
And yet there Is a noble reso
lution such can make, and that
Is to keen on with rntlenee and faith.
1 iituigii you nro nincouritgoo, uoa in mn. . . .
I'D not dwell on the tmst. an
d take ItS drl'J'l 1
joys nnd nleep them into a cut of bittern's".
nml make that your dnily drnught. There In
no tonic in nuch a decoction. Ho not nigh :
"Oh ! thnt I were n In days of past." Ito not
preserve thvne faded (lowers, but think of
the growing plants, lllootu Is ever coming
on. If you will seek for It. Opportunities for
usefulness will confront us nil along the coin
ing days. let us not neglect lln ni. ns too
often we have done during the past your....
I.et un resolve to make the New Y-'iir the best
yvarofuur liven. The Christ spirit is not
vet iii us in its completeness, but let us strive
earnestly for Its Increasing omo:soii.
i.favkn or iitivrr.
It Is written of the Israelites that tlcv car
ried with them none of the leaven of l-lgypt.
If any one partook of h aven during I lie
grent feast, from the llr-t 1111III the veiith
day. he wns cut olT from lruel. It was the
custom to go nl,. .lit lh" II I, Is with 11 lU'lited
limp searching for leaven In every lio' k mnl
I raiiny. I.envi n was an emblem of the life
of old F.gypt the woi-liip of Apis mil
Osiris. In the Scriptures It is ever a tvi e of
-III j so nvs I'.iul to the ('t.rinthiatis, "purge
out the i ld lenvcn, lor l l:r!-t Is ma le
II sacrilh e lor n fori ver. I.et us
keep the feast not with the old led Mil
of miilic: nnd wickedness, but with the un
leavened br 11 1 ol sincerity an. I truth.' I.et
tne exhort you ns we cri,M this borderline
of time to put nwny the lf-t r' uiiian: of sin :
t ) bring no leaven out of l'.,: pt w Ith you.
ra-s into the New Year free from vmir bond-
e. p it off more nnd more the oil man, an. I '
n,
put on mire and more the virtu" i f the new
1 mini Christ ,l"siis. Ily the holt pas-over of
1 Cnlvary, by th" memory of Him who leads
us forth out ol boiiilage, let us go uiicii.'iim.
I'red nnd uinleflled into th uriing riir!
H.ivid J. Il111r. il, l. I'.. In "The Spirit of th"
Age."
There are some peo le whose life year by
.M'lir is only a going around Iu the old ' 1 1 1 11
paths with 110 onward movement. They nro
like men who walk Iu 11 cir.'iioir course for a
prl.e, eovi'riug 11 thousand M.lles, (.erhnps,
but 'tiding just where they tegiiu. It.ither.
ciiriluliy walk should I o like one whoso ;.utlf
goes ui'oiit a mountain, tut eliubs h little
higher w ith each circuit, until at last he gams
the clenr summit, and looks Into the I of
(iod. While we must do In a nieiisi re the
samo thing every ilnv, we slioul,! do them a
little tattur with each repetition.
LIVE TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
f.ABOB's LOSS.
Tha price of laUor inennt of Ood
To cheer man's homo nml light his fnccj
The grain, upspringlng from the sod--
llenven's gift to feed the human rnee
Tlus hnve boon taken, with greed accurst,
And aided by uprighteoiis laws.
Been squandered In our wicked lliirvt,
To glut thu giinO-op's rookuar jaw-.
Const 11 ut ion.
wnvr ai.i'oiioi 1 ks ii.
Alcohol regnlarlv applied to a fanner':
stomach will remove the honr.ls from tin
fence, let the eattle lul l his crop., kill lu
fruit trees, mortgage his farm, ami . ,w hi'
fields with wild oats and thi.stlos. i will
tai;o the paint olT his buildings, break the
glass out of his windows and 111! them with
rags. It will lake I he doss from his clothes
and p tlis.li from his manner, .subdue hi
reason and 11rou.se his passions, bring s tow
nml disgrace upon his Imm.y mi l topole hiu,
iuto .1 drunkard's grave.
A sTvtin.iN'i i.rssos.
There is nn ancient saying thai the sins of
the fut her nro visited upon tho children: of
course, iu the way of natural law only.
Science lends its support to this declaration
and presents mimv sad fa. -is in corroboration
of it. Thus lr. Paul (iaruier, of pans, who
has boon making it special study of the chil
dren of habitual drunkard.:, cine,, to this
Conclusion: "There Is a Haw iu the very
nature of thu.o young wretches that the
psychologist sees clearly and not. s with ap
pmhensi.in the itbscnco of ulToctloimtn
emotion;" llll l When they do int Ik rue
lunatics, ho says, they show
nnd pitilessness," Here is
"lllsi.llnihllil V
a m o, r, co
rkin.in,
lesson of startling power
Messenger.
a romrr. pou novs.
r. lwnrd W. lion, editor of thel.n lies' fTomo
Journal, gives tho following, among other
reasons, for having never taste I lepior
"Another thing which led mo to make up
ray mind never to touch liquor was the
damage which I saw wrought bv it upon
some of the II nest minds with which it vt as
over my privilege to come into contact, and
I concluded that what had resultet in
juriously to others might prove so to m". 1
hnvo si-en, even In my few yearn
ot profcssionitl life, Home of the
smartest, yea, brilliant, literary mmi,
dethroned fioin splendid positions,
owing to nothing else but their in
dulgence iu W:no. 1 have known men with
salaries of thousands of dollars per year,
occupying positions which hundreds would
strive a lifetime to attain, come t beggary
from drink. Only recently there applied to
me. for any position I could ofTor him, 0110
of the most brilliant editorial writers iu tho
liewspnRr profeasion a man who, two
years ago, easily commanded one humlrel
dollars lor a single editorial In his spclnl
Held. That mini liecamo so unreliable from
drink that tho editors nro now afraid of
his nrticle, nud, ulthough ho can to-diiy
write as forcible editorials iih at any time
during his life, he sil In a cellar In onrt of
our cities writing newspaper wrappers for
one dollar per thousand."
DnitiB IK ALAS! a.
If the accounts of the introduction of a
food supply into Alaska are encouraging, tho
introduction of a drink supply furnishes arj
other and darker side to tho ca.se. It Is
against the Uuilod Htntos law to Introduce
liquor Into Alaska; and tho United Hl.Ues
revenue cutter Is very sill 'lent in enforcing
the law. American whalers, who very fre
quently bring inoro liquor than the law al
lows them for their owu consumption (ten
gallons) are obliged to throw It overlnard.
liut, to evade the United States, laws, a new
plan has lieen adopted. Thus, Inst year a
whaler took one hundred barrels of whisky
to the Hiberiau coast. If it had anchored in
American waters, tho vessel would havu
been seised. Heing iu Siberian waters it
could not be touched. The liquor was then
landed, and the Hiberiiins loaded It up in
their skin canoe nud the Alaskans in thirt
and Mr. Jackson doolais that tho entire
United States navy could not under thesM
circumstances, prevent the smuggling ol
liquor iuto Alaska. It is melancholy to re
flect that, while missionaries nro trying to
save this people, physically nnd ruorully,
other men am doing all they can for tho in
traduction of aloohol for thulr degradation.
Hut so It has been from tho beginning; the
forces ot light and darknusa r perpetually
(a conOlct.
I SABBATH SCHOOL USSON.
INTERNATIONAL I,ESON
FEI1KUAKY 2.
von
Lesson Text 1 "The Power of .1 esut,"
Luke v., 17-20 (iolden Texti
Luke v., 24 Com
mentary. . 17
i!"v
17, ''And It came to rasa on a certain
as He wns teaching that thorn wero
Pharisees and doctors of the law silling by,
wnien were come out or every town of Onll
lee and Juden and Jerusalem, anil the power
of the Lord was present to heal them." The
title of this lesson Is "The Power of Jesus,"
and It Is seen In this chnpter in the draft of
- " .1. 1 i
""l,nun ii' ihiun 01 mo i"(i'r ltd'! in
raralytlc, but speelnllv in the forgivenesn of
I sins. As He was teaching on this particular
; n.-easlon the house was full of lending nnd
j influential religious people, but He, thu
1 humble carpenter of Nnr.nretn In their estl
j niHtlon. thought not of their opinion nml no,
i its always, pleasing the Father. He preached
j the word unto thorn (Mark ii., 2). Although
1 the power of the Lord was present to heal,
j they hat come not to he healed, lior to Io
I blessed, nnd they got neither.
I. '"And, behold, men brought In n bed a
I mnn which was taken with a pnlsv, and they
, sought means to nrlng him in nnd to lay him
j before Hlrn." The Pharisees and doctors
I needed no help. In th"lr own ctimntlon, but
Here Is n poor, nftlieted, helpless man sit Ily
I needing help nnd very conscious of it.
' There is n saying that "(iod helps those who
help theniseives," but the whole ntory nnd
: touching of Hcrlpture ar.' to the effect that
"Oo.l helps those who cannot help thorn
j oves ' -the utterly helpless llll'l hopeless,
humanly speaking, ns the lepers, the blind,
the dumb, the (leaf nml the paralyzed, and
inch, as colli, I give Hon no r mipeiiso but
. themselves III gratitude for His loving klinl-
liess.
; "They W 'tit upon the I1011-0 top nnd
, Jet him down through the tiling, vwth his
I Much, into the mi, 1st before Jesus.'' Their
. sympathy was pra 'tl -nl, th"V wen. very per
' severing, they manifested their faith by their
' works. It may be that each of the four had
hlinself been healed of mini" infirmity and
; therefore they could truly sympathize with
i their friend, and having e:i"h for himself
'"n "'id known th"
power of .leslls llioy
Knew that could thev only got him t Jesus
the tiling Would be doll",
'in. "And when lie saw their faith, He said
unto them, Man. thv sins are forgiven thee."
We rend In Math, vili., rt-pi, of the faith thu1.
Hld, "Speak the word only nu I my servant
hall be healed," nnd without even seeing
the ck one Jesus healed him. The faith of
these men seniim hardly s i grent ns thnt of
the centurion, but It was real faith In Jesus,
lh, nigh different !n degree, nud it pleased
the Lor I. "Without faith It Is impossible to
please Hint (II ''. xl., tli. The man wis
drought to be h" "1 I of his palsy, but Jesus,
like a skillful physician, sees the true .source
3f his troubles and begins the euro at the
fountain head. N ';l sickness is the direst
result id inuividuni sin, but sometimes It is
o, as t'i John v.. It.
il. Wno can forgive sins but 'Jod nh n-V
! Thus rensone I the scribes and l'hnrisoiM as
thev hear I tho words of Jesus to the si 'k
I eiari. We may Imagine their consternation
I nud possibly scowls nnd linger ns they saw 1
' the roof broken up over their heads. C011
! trust the perfect calm of Jesus, unmoved by
1 having his discourse luterr ipte.l. or by the I
1 1lsiirl'iinco overhead, or by the hatred in
(heir hearts, the very essence of peace and
1 nib'trioss, . who said to winds and waves,
1 "1'eaoc, be still'." was Himself always peuce
! 'ill mi l still, for He lived In the proseiice of
I jod, the (Iod of pence.
I 'ii. "Hilt When Joslls pivoivcl their
thoughts H", answering, said unto them,
, What reason ve Iu your hearts'"" It Is writ-
; ten of Hun, ''I know the things that eomn
1 Into your mind every on of them" (l-'zek
1 xl., 5t. II" un lorstiiudeth even the Imag
; Inallon of thothoiights ot tho heart ( I Chrou. I
I t'-vilt., '.11. II" uiider-taii'ls our thought
afar olf (I's. exxxix., 'Jt. Itlsit groat coin- ,
fort to a sincere heart that trusts in Him I
that II" cau rea l the heart and that lie
1 thoroughly under-iuinls ns. It Is, on the
', contrary, anguish to the un-ived when they ,
allow themselves to think of it tint their,
every th eight is known to the ncardier of ,
hearts. See J"r. xvil , P). j
j:). "Wh"thor it is i-eir to saw Thy sins
he forgiven thee, or to say, lli'o up nud
j walk" An ordinary phsi"au may idle t a
I cure for the body; but only Co, I can h ill
1 Hie soul. Due 'has said that thu worl; of
creation was completed in six days, but the
Work of redemption k"pt th- S I li d mi j
earth fur over thirty-three years. Concern
j lug the llr-t. Id' spaUo an I It was ,..", but !
to accomplish the s 11 I (i .id I." Mmc 1, inn
and sulTep'd iii l' scribal'le agony of body
nnd soul lor our sins. To lorgiv. sins is .
, surely the gr. nl'vd work, for it co.-t tied the ,
1 most.
J 24. "The Son of Man hath power on earth
to forgive sin." Thereloro tlie Sou of Man ;
; Is none other than the Son of (iod, even (iod
Himself. I nsten I of s.r, mi,, as their unbelief 1
j said, "Who can forgive sins but (io I alone'' ' j
f....l. ....... 1.1 1 ..0.1 oil.. ...,.-. .11, uO,s
I "'""'' "'
lUerefore U') must i e our (i ; 1," according
j f1()-;ves bins' 1 have l.-.-n glud !.. -::,ity.
J two years thnt 11" has forgiven, my sun, uud
1 first saw it In I John ih, 12. 1 have had no
I irea il 01 T'shiU tt''oUt it. but I believe (iod.
I I rest in the llnlslcil .V'.rk of the Lord Jeus
; Christ and just take Him nt His word. I be
' Hove also that as truly as He redeems tho
soul He will in due time redeem the bo ly.
25. "And immediately he rose up before.
them aud took up that where. , 11 lo; lay and
4 parted to his own house, glorifying tioil."
We read nt least "veu times In this gospel
of glorifying (bid. The shepherds glori
lied (
ii.lv, lieu thev lml. seen the babe in thn
. r, thrt .eoii KioriibMi (imi when they
bu t seen the widow's in raised to life, tha 1
lllll IU'
won. 1111 who wan bowed down eighteen year
Klorllled (Iod when she was inii'lo Htrnlk'ht,
nue of the ten lepers iflorilb'd (iod, the blind
mnn Klorilled (bid und the Kunum eouturiou
K'lorilled (iod (il., 20: v., V5, 'Jrt; vlil., lfi;
Xiii., 1:1; vii.. 15; Jtvlll., VI; xxill., 47J. We
Klorily (iotl when wn believe Iu Jesus Christ,
when we make it iiinnlle.st to others that we
have ooiilLlenee in Him. and do aeiually
trust linn, w hen we, by pattenee and meek,
ness, by love and Joy and loin sutlerim; nnd
kunlness, innkrt It very plain to others that
Christ HiinHolt is living Iu us and that w
beloUK to HI ri.
'.. "Aud tliey were all amazed, ami the)
jjlnrilleil Ood and were tilled with (ear,
HVilik", Wa have seeu straiiKU tliiuns to
day." Thev had seen au impossibility, hu
nniiilv iiioHkinir. Thev had seen the super-
tint 11 1 hI. Tlieysaw a sin Hick soul mad
elean and whole, a sick body made well, and
they saw a preacher undisturbed by au in-
terrupte i iiiseoume, or by tha aner of th
l''rTZ " " , ",Tn?i b
lied Ood, and thy (rionfled (bid whin they
nokuowlHilKed HiH hand In the heallUK ol
tha palsied mau. Lesson Helper.
A Lesson MlHiipplied.
It M'fins btraiik't' that a clillil'11 tnlml
Fliould 1 Iiifulllbly nttnii'tt'il to thu
lmujllity rather thiiii to the ulcc. A
your nr bo hk 1 took lCtliel mid linr
old to net-' tho l'liiy of "I.lttlu Lord
raiiiitloroy." I rashly fatirletl t lint tlm
cxinniiU) of tlu llttlo licro's K,'"tli'iH'Ki
nml KiMiiliiona wotiltt have 11 line otTt'ct
tiiiii tny llttlo relative. The day nf
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mnl lIimuM Kiiy "llully for yon," nnd
"Clieeae It, Cnlly," with un nlurinln
eitse nnd freinionoy. "Where did yon
hour suoh exiiiebHlonH?" I erled, otily lo
receive the nnawer, "Why, nt 'I.lttlu
Lord Fauntleroy.' I)on't you romoni
ber? Pick, the bootblack, talked llko
that"
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thc
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