IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
frank Wilson, 4h Blair County Murderer,
Conrlcted.
Frank Wilson, aeoiiMoil of thn killing ly
rtrntuiuuon 01 ii''nry jionnecKa, 01 ai-
i it . . , .
H.ns, wna found utility of murder In tlio
n't dt'urro nt llollfihiyslnirtt. 1'revlous to
rendering of tho verdict the jury asked
ui!tnii'tliiui of tlio court whether rom-
nciniiiiiou room ik Hppenii"'! 10 iivir yer-
li.-t. I he court ln'ld that only one scntcnco
.otil.l u" Imposed for murder In tli lint de-
,-re, mm any reeoinm''nilniimi must lo pro-
nt"ii 10 mu pnriinii ioaru or 1110 Mate.
t iti'iti nr. Pi nni.AHizrn.
Tin" silver communion service tin stolon
f r. 1 111 '"'Hi tun 1,111 h.Tiin nml It'donm"!
liiirrhea nt I roittown. Clarion emmtv, as
well nn from tli" rntdiytorlan church Bt
I iMitlnTwooil. Tim Lutheran church nt
- (iilrri'l Hill wiw also entered, presumably
f.r tint Mini! purpose, but not llndinir tin'
.MiiiiMiuiiloii service In tho church thn rubbers
nti'iit" I thciiiselys with cnrrvlni: off the
lul'it lillilo.
There l a strong sentiment in fnvor of
(iri ul'T New t'n.tlc which will lie oin1 of tlu
principal lux In t!i" I'i'liniiiry election.
Mcsl aew 1. niio iinn .Hii:i'inini;i"Wii i a mi
Iiiim' ninny citizen who favor such a ii-mvc.
mill have placed n tlrki t in tli" Held t'lulinn -
t'ltf coiiiiclliic'ii who 11 p lii I. ivor of 1111 11 in-
I in. At present tie two noroiiK'liK iin- priii'-
ir ally wllhoiit police nml Mr" pntcctlin.
v Inn' Hi" lux iiili' iM" Im greater than It l.i lit
Hi" l ily.
fin' 1 1 art ran ft memorial c.imni.ss..n j.-!i-,t-
.1 I r th" iiioiiiimi'tit to ii"M. 1 1 ,rt ran fl III"
1I1 -ik'ii submitted by K. Wellington Kui'k-
1 1 ) 1 1 . n Nrw Vork s.-ulptor, who." model
r res--tns wen. iiannitui rciiiriiinu: iroui
war. 011 a - 1 r 1 1 1 ln.rs ', it 11 I iicknonledgtntf
tl 1 1 1:1. ills of Hi" people l.v dolling his hut
1:1 -.1 hi". 1 ii" suiiuc win 11" in nroii.", on a
gr.i::ile l.a.e.
A iiiiit"n" Ira tl.n en struck a butcher's
.V von 011 fort'. street, l !lt.l'itriX. I liren
!". Walter lllnughby. Innrlcs M'l.nln
on 1 muter wc.-n, who were riii inr on mo
vv.ii;oii. !!! out til" far "ti'l In front f tho
Mllonlil.v was killed, .Mi'l.nin badly
hurt ii ii 1 VYcL-di only slightly injur". I.
S. W. ltiHli'rt tiintiii,vr of th" Ohio mi'l
Viiii-ij Ivntiiu oitl t iu omy at Port Ibiyal,
had i;0U stolen from hit 110111" whll" h" wax
at t!u) B'ation to meet hi-, wlf". 11" lui't tit"
inmiov In a p.ickethook In his overcoat, whl'-li
In- l"Ii hanging in Inn room. II" wat only
al ""iit from Hi" hum-' ii'i.nit Imlf nu hour.
im t h ft it loi'koil.
Suit tins been iToiiKht at I'nloiitowii hy tho
-t.it" of th" hit" 1'rof. A. t . I.yon, 01 M"-
h ' -port, who wilt killoil !' a llaltiinoi'tanil
i'il 1 rallroii'l train, to pvuvit on a io"y o
t'l.ii'n) hi'1'1 hy him iu tin- rroviii"iit Mutual
A 1 l' lit lnntirati"') tn ) Jti v, of 1 lillii'l"!-
,'l.i.i.
William ror!lh", Hitl"i:iian for .1. I. I'oro
,V Co.. ol I.alroi , was oittrn lv a hiiiiiII i!"k'
a l"v ilayn ni,M. J h" W'Miinl lii'iil' d mi'l 011
H-.iinlny .vi'iiini; h" win n"lz"il with hyiiro-
I l .ii'ia. 11" na 1 10 " n"ii''n iioui" aim i in
tii ' "xtfiii" aijotii'i.t of that torrlhln mai
lt. I y.
Two nnifki'il rolilT! nt ralr"linii.,i', Kay
i. ;.. "oiiiity, ilraiwil William hhanaiKTor,
nu iu"il man from l"il ami U-nt him i""au."
Ii" lin.l 110 money. A liltl" ilauK't-t"r wiut ul
f i I ulli'ii from h"r li"i. Kim gavi' tlm roll
I . r- CO ""HIM, nil nil" hail.
Claml Kprowl.H nml Jannn MoiiIit. of
Washington, with takon from an oil tank,
wili'li tin y wi n' cli'imiiiK, in 1111 unootnti'loiM
- titlit tuit. Ti"y wr! ovop'oni') ly riw.
It r .ijuip'il Hovrrnl hours' offort to avo
tli' m.
Samurl Koj'hiirt, a niilill"f ""M fnim In
jnrieu iwuelvi'il at th toH'' ','xl,1'iion In th
is the fii?lilli l"Btli that ' tM rHultd, anil
M1l(.r utciil-t I'm. F. Cr nor U not exHK!ted
to livtV. I,-.-
A.4 tho rifiult of a ln'iirlni; In tho NellU
k,' 'ifoiiliii? "IU'" nt tilranl, Mrs. Kato M. N"llt
ml I K.lar t . (ianln'T wr" liolil fori'ourt in
:i,UiiU I10111L1 "ii"h. Tlioy wpi thon arro.fU'J
ouii i-hari" of I'oiiKplrui'y to mnnlor.
Th" M' tlioiH-t I'hnr.-li nt Iiolmoiit, worth
ijl.liOO, ami tho niil"ii"" of l'..lwnr.l St"V"ii.t,
111 Lose, vului'il at "H.-MKi. an. I Mrs. .lami'it
M.'llolliT. of ll'lir i.iuolll'T, cl.(HH), all
in WriUmoP'Inii'l i-ouiity, wr" nuni"il.
At a mi'Hlnu of th" oflhrs if tli" T"iith
l!,.i.'i!iiciit. N. l. 1'. at Wahinxton, t'apt. II.
C t'uthlMTt. of N"W llrichtoii, was lct-i to
till tho viK-niK-y 1'iiiisi'J tiy tho roslKnatlou of
Maj. rrash' r.
V. Tnttl". forniorly nlUt oni-rntor at
Ila:'."llon, has 1 11 promoti'.t to tho position
ol i-ity piiK.i"ii"r ami fr"llit UK"iit of tho
l'ut.iljuri: aii.l Wt'sloni rallrouj ut Youiikm-
UlU n.
Itov. Washhurn.of tho I'litvorKiilUtrt "hiip'h
in Sharpuvill", fii'lored his roniK'nntlon !
I'linso ho ilinVrs with iiiomlii r! of hiit "omjrt'
lialion ovr tho liquor li.'on.so ousox.
Harry Or-haril, of Sharou, t'nn.ii.lato for
Htato Hi'iiator. iiiinoiiiiccl b In witlnlrawal
from tho rn". ThU loavn .lumen l". Fruit
without any opposition in Mopmt county.
Contrai'tn for tho orootlon of a now tin
jilato plaut at Washington, liavo Iwmui lot.
Miuiufai'turinK will IiokIu ourly noxt minim. t,
fivhiK omploymont to uhout MO nion.
Tho notoftl" nt Soott.lalo wiw roliiioil on
Hiiii.lny mornliiK hy Imrulars, who blow tho
nfo opon uml i?ot nway with :10 iu money
uml 130 worth of postaK Hlumpii.
CharloH Si'holl. an u"il tiormau, who ro-
xiileo at lieavea Kails, was ntruek hy a Clevo
land umi rittshurir rallroml train near hU
homo and instantly killed.
A plant for tho miinufa.'turo of storiiK" hat-
torloM will noon 00 111 operation in .-now
Wilmington. l'rof. W. J. Ulilelds, of 1 ttt
hurg, la tho chlof promoter.
A quii'k jump saved John Frit2, a milkman
of KiltanuInK, from instant d 'ath. 11m w.is
011 was Htruok and domollsUod by a train, Imt
bo uuil uw homo onenpod.
The IiOKn houso, at Altoonn, wan ilamn-;
od to the extent of n fow liuudroil dollars hy
a tire which broke out in tho drying depart
ment of the laundry.
ltov. John Mltoholl, professor of Oreok la
WoHtmlustor oollnxe. Now Wilmington, U
dangerously 111 with pleurisy and typhoid
fovor.
ltobert Strutheni wm kilM at Oil City by
falling upon a Hharp-poiuWsi bur, whl.'h
b truck him In the nock and cut the Jugular
vein.
Minnie 8wunner, of Altoona, oonfeesod sho
polsonixi ber auut'a family no bo could rob
the houno.
SUICIDE OF CASHIER BARNARD.
4 Bank Official and ax-Mayor of noma
N. T.. Hangs Illmiatr.
George Barnard, cashier of the Fort Btaa
National Dank, Robe, N. Y., was founi
dual on the third floor of the bank building
He had tied a oord to a door-knob, and with
H slip doom around his neok bad braood bll
foot against the door, and. throwing bis bead
back, bad strangled hlinHlf.
Dunk Examlnor Van Trauken closed th
baulc, ponding an Investigation of Its a Hair.
The bank is cue ot the oldest and strongest
tu the Ktate. Mr. Barnard bad been con
nected with the lank since lttfi ). when bt
entered Its employ ns a clerk. He was madt
cashier In 1S7(J. lie was looked upon as 1
man ot the strictest integrity. The bant
has a capital stock of tlSu.OOO and a surpliu
of 30,000. Its stock has been quoted and
rfold as high as 800. The generally accepted
theory Is that Mr. Barnard became inontalij
unbalanced by overwork.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
-it
Hovlew of th Iron Butneii-A Firmer
Market Predicted.
The titmlnoM of thn wook under rptrlow has
tMn largo in tonnngo, nnd thn onlnrs have
come from every kind of Industry In which
pig Iron Is used, ludlrntlng a revival ot ac
tivity most w'lcom Whoihor tlio liicroasivl
buying Is a spurt or tho prcsngnofa healthy
and gradual dovelopmont of laiflii.tw, re
mains to 1m so'n. Thoro Is an rntip' ahsotno
of spx'ulatlv buying, tho truftlc being con
flni to logltlmnto lines of trailo. Hnlin are
Ixtlng mado for somewhat extended deliver
los to accominodato tho nianiiln. Hirers who
diulm to cover their t oulra "ts ns far as prao
tleablo. Tho car works nnd Iron rolling mills nre
not so active, but frosh buying by tlnxn
branches must coin" sooner or later, ns tho
railroads have born Improving steadily in
their earnings nnd soon will bo nbln to" Im
provo their Impnip'.l eiiuipmeiit, which will
augment tho current business Iu a very mark
ed deKPH".
Tho output of tho furnaces of the l'iiile.1
Ptnt'-S ill I1!''l P'nelicd th" mipp-i-Ollelited Hi;.
iip' of lO.ST'.i.nti! net tons, and on tho entire
linaot.l stocks Jan. 1, less than 6110,000 tons, n
Jiit prldo Is felt in tho great capacity nnd
Hiiintv of our couiitrv ns to proiin. tloti and
consunii.tioii of iron. Th week closod strong
with iiidtcntions of a llr-iier market.
Boilermakers on a Strike.
Three hundred and llftv iMilIonnnkor.-t nml
machinists of tho Mexican Interniitloiial
Hallway company are out on a strike. They
limn. I 'l.i per 1 em increase In wages und
reinstatement 1 f several meu, which Inn not
bii-n granted.
LABOR NOTES.
The American Till rial" Works nt F.llwood,
In I., arc now operating full with 1,'i.ili hand.
Th" Isabella coko works of (ip-i-nsburg.
a., i.ll" fir 10 montlix.havo Htarted with HSi
ovens.
The Iroiidal" rolling mill nt MM.lleton,
In I., has r-'suiii".! nftor s"erul weeksof Idle.
Ii "S.
The Alal ama rolliiuf inlllnttiatet'ity. Ala.,
lia-t P sumi-d os'ratious after a shutdown of
several weeks.
Tho new Pioneer furnace of the I'levelaiid-
CltfTa Iron t oiii:inv. at tikio-toii", Mi.-h.,
will blow in about March 1.
The I'nlon iron ami steel works has partly
rio.-cl ilown, mi'l ill" 'in" plant also cxpeets
to r--. luce output. Il.'tti are at Youii-t.iwu,
Ohio.
At l.oraln. Old , th" Johtison f'onipanv's
atiH'l plant, which shut down l-foro th" Ii
II
days, win p sume mis wci-k.
homo of th"
changes under way are requiring more time
than expected.
('barters have Is-vu ifsiioil to tho Clarion
t"leplioiio ci.mpaiiv of ( hit ton. Pa., capital
stock, $'.',tSN), and Hi" Freeport milling and
food coinpanv, of Armstrong county, l a.,
capital stock, lii.O'K).
Over 1.Y0O0 einploves of tho anthracite
coal cotiipanys mines Iu th" iiellib. .rhood ol
hh.imokiii, l'a., have t 11 thrown out ol
Work liidetlniiely l.y the shutting down ol
tho heading coal company's collieries.
Th" PI r Pottery at Wellsvlll". has 1 11
sold bv U Ivor I. II. Chirk, for fr.M,r.OO to
II. Michaels, president of a now coinpanv
orgatilcd to buy the plant. Tho n"W com
pany will start th" plant immediately, em
ploying 'JH) men.
A lllood anil Fire Policy.
A despatch trom Madrid says that as soon
as General Wevlor.tho now Captain-General
of Cuba, arrives at Havana he will issue a
proclamation giving the p'bels eight days to
lay down their arms and surrender. If they
do not do this he will then begin a campaign
of blood and 11 ro against the rebels and their
abettors.
Wedded aa Indian Bell.
Matt puni",' liCti u eut'oi'ino IT i est ' N a-
tlonal Bank, Ardmore, Indian Territory, and
Miss ChlckJo Laflore were married at Lime
stone Cap, Indian Territory. Tho bride Ik
tho daughter of Captain Charles Lulloro, of
the Indian Police, und is a famous Indian
bulla.
MAKKIiTS.
l'li r-m no.
, rulu. tlour and t eed.
WHEAT Nu 1 rod , "
No. a red 71 '. I
llihN-N'i t nllnw ear, :n V.
No. 'J )ellu Uellcd
Sllxeit ear, -J I'.l
CA1.,-Ni. 1 white HI SIS
.Nu. 1! while M t
l.iclil luixvd Ji ilU
llYB-No I 4'. 4i.
No. J wtnleru 4.1 41
H l'l Ii inter iKtnta l.l. u K. 4U JM
l-aucy hpruiK piiteiilH S M Hit)
l-nncy strutiiht wiutor a 4.J S .VI
he flour 'J Wl 3 in)
IIAV No. 1 tliuothjr Ill 111 HI J
No. t 14 .X ITi (O
Miaud clover. Nu 1 II M lb i'
New Hay, from wng.ius... Is iu liil U0
FKr.U-N... l Wlills Mil, ton Duo II :)
brown Ml.l.llinuj II 01 II 'm
llroif, bulk 1. .'O I J ml
BTKAW Wbual S 00 s -it
Oal lit H :kJ
lairy 1'roduvts,
UCTTKlt Elgin Crewiuurr W (4 -Si
Kaucy C rcttiniiry 11
rancy tuuulry UolL ii 15
t HKhst (Jinn, low 11 iu
Now Vork, now In 11
trultaod VeaaUtbles.
AITI.KH HU n V)
bEANS liKud-ptckeJ, per bu..,.. 1 ai 1 to
ICilAlOlva Kino, iu car. bu IM i'i
lelll Blort), nu m as i
CAilllAUr. Homo KPatu, bid ..... t) 1 u)
ON.O ! I'oilow. tiu 45 Vi
Poultry, tto.
CI1RKKNS, V pair 40 4
'I I IIKMS,, lb 11)
tUHMl'iv an 1 Ohio, fresh M li
bAllitlts txtralivni.cH.o.viO U
no
II
I'l
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lllac-ellauMous.
fcKKDS Clovor U lbs 4 7b 4 5 i)
'i iiiiolliy, prime t vo H 50
bluo uruM 1 40 I SO
BAI Lh a). Mi; I', uow 70 00
flUhtt tuuuiry, swoel, Ltil uu ItJ
'iAUA v ...... 4 4
tli t INN All.
FIX) I' It
W UtAT-Na S Uoa
751 50
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tOKN Slued
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W UaAT No. S hed M
COHN Nu S Mixed. . Hi
OA IB No. S Wblla. a U
UL l'i hit creamery, etlra V0
kuoa i a. uisis 1
rLom-rateou . 1 75 at is
W lLtAI Na SUed bl
t'OMN Nu . it
OAlo While W'e.tnru S3 m
bb 1 Itn Lroaiuory vu
tuoa-eiaio aud I'euu 14 1.1
LIVK BT4ICK.
CSKTVal. bTOtS YaMOS, JUST LUSBTT, Ta.
Civru,
Prime, 1,1 00 10 1.400 lbs
Ouod, l,'.uu u I, so lbs
'Inly, l.uuj 10 I.IMjII.
tall 1IKU1 Siuora, WUJ to 1UU0 ln....
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l,oui;li aud stags ..... iM
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4 4ft 4 40
4 Iti 4 40
71 a 75
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SELECT RELIGIOUS RUNG.
tbb Lord' maiuso.
Nothing Is more natural than the deep de
sire of the young Christian nnd of the Chris
tian pnt youth, hut earnest and loving with
the love of the tried and the true, 10 be op
and doing for Chrlt Often this desire Is to
iwrmptory and s , Insistent that It blinds one
to tho fnot that the Lord's work Is here, no
well as yonder, In our own kitchens, streets
and drawing-rooms, as well as on the outly
ing post of service,
A sweet young girl, wistful and eager to
fill every day with some Mesed and direct
work for Jesus, wns one dny walking on a
enmmonplnoo err 111. 1 n-ar her own house. A
stranger panted to Inquire the way, and the
Information wa courteously given. Then,
to the girl's hnrt, not too much occupied
with Its own concerns to tie lmprnsol with
the want of another, came the thought that
the woman who had naked tho question was
aged, looking feeble nnd bewildered, and
born thn marks of poverty. The girl turned
retraced her steps, found tho woman and
took her to the place she sought. It was a
hall-hour out of hor dav and she discovered
In that spa e that tho straiigor.Just illiinic. 1
trom a hospital, una come trom her own
home to sock nnd save a cecply toinptol
S"'il, n soul In extP'inlty. Tho young girl
t 4 tho ministry on bo'r herself, a mini-try
Oi ,nve, rare nnd time that extended over
months, but In the end th" soul found peace.
This was a lending of the Lord.
W e may not, perhaps, be able to Invest
with much glamour of romance n tiil-slon of
the Lord to hard-working Mary, bcmling
over hr tabs In our own laundry. I'vcn to
go a Utile farlhor.lt seems liner to leave home
and endup' bar.liiea in s itne circumstances,
extending relief and showing com,.a-sion to
the poor and tho wretched In 11 crowded city
neighborhood, than to give com amoiiship to
nn iu;ed relative silting alono by our own ire.
Iloth kinds of work are ru,-l.t and are Hi"
Lord's but we should bo V"rv aiiro of th"
l.ord'w landing alien we choose l.rtu.-. 11
them. ,re we itnto as ready to live Ii: the
radiant jooiiin as of Christ's realiz d love
nnd ooiitnnt pres. n s' Iu our ow n village n.s
In a distant Ib id V lsour own tired latlcn. a
little cpiks and fault-Mnding Mfter a wroary
day at business, as much an object of tender
solicitude In our ryot as somebody's b s
worthy and very dlreputal.e father who
Ioiiiii;i- arouiid saloons, Hinl does 110 w rk
that ho can help. I. tit f .r whom
mission, j
pp'tn-rlv sets wide Its doors of I l.'slnu-
I'lnbT-tiind, 1 am not Npcikiug one wr I
ngalnst the homo mission or the city mis
sion, or the foreign mis-Ion work, all ol
which I dearly love. Only, for some of n--,
t't iord's leadings are not In these din I'
ll : v but are more stil.-tly limited to tho
Itti .' i.rother m-cling h"p with his Latin
losso... the fragile mother with an aching
hea l on her pillow, the friend gav of iniiiuier
nnd i-.'i.ial of tom."r, who Is In dang"r ot
drifting Intoevil associatioii.
On tho other hand thorn are thoso who
are called, sternly nnd strongly, to go
forth, out Into tho world, up Into tho N-v
I'.ugl.ind valley, among the hills wher" lb"
candle of fa.tli bums fisdily and thochurch"s
languish for lack of ciithusla-m out into tlio
pathways of sorpw and tho purlieus ol nn,
over th" ocean to tho heathen. If it I"' a
(bid'- call, and you heed It, wherever it leu I
it Will lead to blessedness.
ai'tniTt'si. 1
llollgion docs not
HIUV.
mslst In talking,
but nil who have had
experlenc 11,
su.'li matters know' that he win
-s no p'-
llgion ol which to 'ak, ' ,.eiil usly near
having 110110 nt all. Among other right
habits which the young couv rt should bo
Instructed to look niter very slurplv is tho
habit of frequently testify Inc. Ills nlm.-st
Impos-riblo for him to realise lis Impor
tance, it seems a llttlo tiling, a iu.it t . -r ol
lio co-eipieiec, wherein 111. 'limit loll or
feeling may be safely followed, and if no
very convenient opportunity Is nlTorded
something which without harm limy bo en
tirely neglected. omission does md
greatly trouble his njsconce. It is the
easiest thing iu the world to slip into sll. uco
and listen to those more fluent or forward,
fcurtue 4 U!,!.!, It cat at-ol'irt'y
fatal. Kiin.tlou denied expression dwindles,
Just as 11 lire goes out when nil vents 11 ro
shut. Inactivity bore Indicates and cn.'.iiir
nges iuil'-tlviiy olsetther.i and everywhere.
For lack of cxeroNe strength departs and ap
petite Is lost. The muscle of r-pititual
epoch unused bee .111" rigid, and 11 soil of
lockjaw ensues which 13 premonitory ul
doatli not far nwny.
At a groat peril does a Cliri-nati fail to
confess Christ when any kind of a suitable
chance is given. His silence Is loss in many
ways. He loses the stimulus to a nwro rare
fill daily life which that public committal ol
himself' would bring. II" loses tin, sympathy
nil. 1 prayer of others which the disclosure ol
bis purpose nnd temptations would aiTor.l.
lie loi.es more than hall th" good ol tlio
mooting, for no otio profits by them in do
thoso who actively contribute to their enrich
ment. Words nlono will not carry one t
buavou, but words that eomo from tho heart
lire more than half d Is. Tho mouth
. , 1 ....ti.. , 1....
buouiu 00 opeuou ...oro ,r.,.,i,.-,.u, .... u.,-..-.
SINS, INFIIlMlriKS A NI IllriKS.
It has 1 11 said that every a"t, however
ailnute. U cither a duty or n sin. While a
most lmHrtutit truth uinlerli' s this some,
what startling assertion, wo would siiL'g"st
that nt least one class of iictl. ns comes under
neither of these two categoric. Inilriniti.-s
are certainly not dute-s. nor can they prop
erly be called sins. I'niiitentlonal trans,
gresslons of the eternal, Immutable, porlc-t
law of Ood, unavoidable wrong doings, arc
not sins. Wo are not to bliiiuo for thetu ; they
require no forgiveness. An lullrmity Is 11
coining uuort ul tn. laeai rignt ; a sin is a
'coming short uj tho possible right, of that
right doing which lit possible to us n w with
our fallen, onfooblcd, imperfect p iw.'r
It ie of groat importnuco that th-sotwo
things bo dlstiugulshud -that sins be not
called Inllrmltlea, nor inllrmitios sins. Very
serious harm is done in both directions, but
chiotly, we think, by terming sins inllrmi
tios. This lowers the standard of attain
ments, checks aspiration, dulls the con
science, and gives rise to iinlouudcd pro
fessions. One of the Ixt-t prools of real
growth iu grace is increased tDUdornoss of
conscience, increased rellnometit of moral
perception, increased recognition of llttlo
sin-, particularly those sins of omission
which aro so commonly overlooked. Few
people soein to realize that it is a duty to use
all our powers to know the right ns well as
to do it 1 that our iguorance Is often blame
worthy ; that it is a sin to be unwatchml or
to live below our privileges, to be making
only a little progress when we might make a
good deal. If these things wore better un
derstood, we should hear loss frequently
the bold declarations as to having beou de
livered from all sin for such a term of years.
INDIA Hl lll.tll RKKKS.
Lonff prayers are not ul ways tron pray
ers i still less Is vociferation un ludiHiii-ibld
or important olumeut iu suppllcatiou. Never
thelees It may be aiiKKnsted thut the ruptdlty
with whlrh our nn moves on hux too linKuly
comtnuulouted luolf to our devotion.4. tome
peoplo mut we nut say tnont peoplnV aro
oo sooner on their kneus tliun tliey aro up
BijHln, li'ttdiUKoue to the supposition that iiu
India rubber pud lut.t found a plane ovr tlio
kuee-enp, uiviui; a mitiiriil r-li.xiiid the 111
hliint the lluor Is t'lindied. This a pity. It in
oueot the iuvi-utiuiM uf this marvelous cen
tury of whiuli we eiiuuot nlt iKi'tlier n
prove. It U u I'luiiifi' which Is imt uu no
provemeiit How can wo really renew our
streuuth uiiIcks we wnlt upon tlio Lord' Willi
out communion witli Ood wo are not lueiy
to grow into ills bki'iii-iu). It is true that a
certain po-turo of body is not essential, but
that it U Kreatly heli.fu! all exiierleiicu allows.
I And there Is xuiall probability that one w.ll
titiK in nun wiin ji'-iih i.y i mi wuv uiu.'ss i
stated Intervals tliere are quiet, iti'llh'-rnte,
iinliiirrled cnuverHiiti'iiiH with Hun iu ci-Tnt.
We plead, then, for the dWuttu of the India
rubber knee, und a return to soinuwbnt muru
Old-fasbioned methods of petition.
ron
fjesson Text: "Tho Hermon nn the
Mount," La lie L, 41-40
Golden Text: fiiikevl.,
40 Commentary.
41. "And why beholdeit thon the mot
that Is In thy brother's eye, but pep-elveet
not tha beam that is In thine own eye?" We
have In this chapter the all night prayer, thn
choosing of the twelve apoetbw and the for
motion the plain, of winch onf lesson Is the
closing portion. It Is sometlmesealled ''The
Hermon on the Stount." but while It Is some
what the same In snlistnnen as that discourse
of our Lord, found In Math, v .tovil.. a
glance at verse 17 of our elianter will show
thntthts discnurse must hnvn been delivered
at another time nnd cortalnly on a plain to
which lie had eotnedown nftor choosing tho
twelve. He closes this discourse by tolling
them that the main thing for each one is to
be right with Ood himself hofopt he Attempts
to sot bis brother right, et what sooms like
a henm in our brother's pyt mav be due to a
beam in our own eye while tuep Is but 11
m"te in our brother's.
ii. "Cast out first the beam out of thine
own eye, and then nhnlt thon s"o clearly to
pull out tho mote that i in thy brother's
eve," It Is too often the ciu-n that la Judg
ing another wo oondemn ourselves, being
guilty of the same things (Rom. II., I). In
this very sermon, as well as In thosonnon on
the niMinc (verso :!7 nnd Math, vli., I) He
commands us to "judge not." nnd in I Cor.
Iv.. 5. by tho sum" Spirit through Paul, 1 1.
eommaiids ns to "judge nothing befont the
time, until the Lord come who will make
manifest the counsels of the hearts." While
we are not to bulge others until we 011 r
elve nre more like Christ, we are nlwavs at
liberty to Judge ourselves ( I Cor. xl,, .'111 bv
the IlL-bt of His lite and His law, and this we
should do continually, but the best way to
do this s to sot tho Lord nlwavs before us,
and let His presence mid approval Ijo th"
constant test.
4;l. "For a good tp, bringcth not forth
eorrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree
hrmo? forth tfoo.t fruit. ' It st.ioiis lit oiffh-,t
t ilt ).,, bm fiursolvcs, that wo nre
to contemplate ns the free in iU"ston. Am
I a plant or tree of tho Lord's planting? For
If not I shall some day bo surely rooted up
(Math, xv., i:il In other words, 'unless I am
born from above I shall surely perish, but If
I have become a child of do. I by faith In
'tirlst Jesus then I am a tnw or plant of tho
I Lord's planting, rooted and gro inded In
love(I',ph. III., 17), and am here to bear much
! fruit to His glorv (.1. hn xv., l-si.
) 44. "For every tP'o Is known bv Ills own
fruit, for of thorns men do not gather llgs,
inor of a bramble bush gather they grapes."
When Oodcp'at oilplants and tr"-i. He caused
that each should vi-l I fruit after his kind
(Jen. I., II. l'J). When 11" created man. Ho
j mado him In His Imago, aft -T Ills likeness,
' and commanded htm to bo faithful, but ho
I fore man began to be fruitful ho sinned and
tell nnd lost tho image (,( io nnd bojjnt
children in his own likeness, after his Imago
I (tlell. I., 'i7, US; v, M); hence every child of
Adam bai been born In sin. Is a corrupt tree
j ( Horn, vili., 7, HI, and cannot bear fruit unto
find until made a good tree by being boru
again.
1 4S "PoroftheabundHiice of tho heart Ins
mouth uri aVoth." Agood innn from tho good
troas11r.11 then. 1,1 ami aii evil man Irjm tic
evil tpiasup's therein. Thorn i. no patch-
Work, with Ood. He doc not put new c!ot!'.
1 upon un old garment nr m w wine Into old
, bottles fcliaptor v.,U)i-:it). N,,t reformation,
but regeneration. Is the Lord's wnv of saving
men. If any man bo In Christ, ho Is a new
creation, born of O.nl. Christ has come to
dwell In him. bis ho lv has become a temple
of the Holy Spirit, mid the old nature which
once lived In in and controlled all things is
now tu bo reckoned dead, Wholly Hllhduoil.
I 40. "And why call ye Me Lord, Lord, nml
; do not the things which I savV" He tellH us
I In chapter xlll., 35-27, that wh"u the door
Tlins ois-n suur iiiH..y will ay, "L.rd, L..rl,
open unto us," to whom Ho will have to say.
"1 toll you I knnw you not whence ye are."
In tli" sermon on the mount Ho said, ".Not
every on" thatsaith unto Mo, Lord, Lord,
shall enter Into the kingdom of heaven, but
bu ihatilocth the will ol My l ather which is
iu heaven" (Math, vil., -I). James tolls us
in chapter 1.. 22. that wo uro t ) bo doers of
thn word, and not hearers only, deceiving
our own selves. It is the plain mid uuivcr-itl
teaching uf Scripture that wo are Imt Hived
by liny works ol our,', 'nit wholly and only
by the work of another, but It Is equally
plain that being save I by His work It is 111
or lor that Ho may then a.voaiplish through
us His pleasure.
47. "Whosoever Cometh to Me and liiNireth
My snylngs mid doeih th 'm. I will show you
to whom ho Is like." Salvation Is seen hepi
In the "comliii' to Him." Compare John v..,
U7, lor if we are not cast out w e are surely
accepted. Then comes the hervlci included
m U'-iirnii; nil 1 iiomu. nr.- r.011. 11. , 0,
, , . . .! Vllt Ion ainirt from UUV
nnu 1 uu Ul., o, on summon npun irmn hiiv
I works of ours, then ve I'.pli. II.. in. nnd Titus
III., H, on wurls us tlio r 'suit id that salvn
' tlnn. James Is ns clear a Paul oa the fm:t
thnt Abrahniu was caved byfullh(see Horn,
iv., 3;.tos. ii., ti), but J.itiies enipliiislr.es tint
fact that the fuitli which caved Abraham was
nfterward tnanlf'-st In his conduct (Jus. II.,
' 21, 'ZD. The lailli which dues not prove Its
I reality by works Is like a lnht which does
U"t slilne, u painted IlKht.
l 4M. "He Is like am in which built an house.
and diuk'od deep, and lul l the foundation on
a rock. Kuch s house will stand lieuause ot
Its foundation. "Other f.ninilatiou can no
man lay than that Is laid, which Is Jesus
j Curler (I Cur. III., 11). Ho is thn H ick, the
only one on whom to build or in whom to
I hido-In other words, the otily salvation is
, to receive Him In whom alone is calvatlon,
: but as truly as He Is receive I He will work
In and through that individual to the glory
Ot Ood. Hoe riiil. Ii., I I; H 'b. xlil., Jl. The
soul that has thus become a part of Christ
can only be overthrown when Christ is over
thrown. 4'J, "Ilut bo that hearotn and doeth uot Is
like a man that without a fouuilutlon built
an house upon the earth." There is no word
about "conduit to Christ" hure. and there
fore there Is no foundation. It Is simply
beuiiuif, and the heariim docs no Komi I e
cause It Is not mixed with fiiltli (llnli. Iv., 2).
There may be a beautiful mural character, a
fuir exterior, Imt without a foundation nil
will be swept away. "Tho hail shall sweep
away the refuge of lies and the waters sIihII
overflow the hiding place" (Isa. xxviii., 17).
in I.uko vlii., 21, Jesus says, "My mother
and My imithren are these which heur the
word of Ojd and do It." lly bearing and re
ceiving we are saved (John v., Ut; Horn. x..
17) Then by keeping the word we bring
forth fruit with putienoe (Luke vili., 15).
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