:GES SUSDflY SERr.'.OH.
Iquent discourse.
The
Prodigal's Kcluro."
"f
1. 1
t'l
'"i
Ml urine and R.i lo my father. "
18.
ibinc Kke huiufr tf tak the
f a man. A humfry man can
irltli peri "or ni,n', n"r ,0"1
kn nmrtv an army defeated not
In,. it nf enmnnlthm an for la-'k
wm that fort that took the lira
ruin mail ol tntt it. rrora
will wmr out any man' lift' In
Surer make nnlek work. Tim
irv PTi-r heard on earth tn tho
,1. a traveler toll tin thnt In
liter urn tnm whteh bear fruit
inmi'h like the lotiit bean of mr
kited 'hit enroll. Once In awhile
kliieml to flt union, wnui.i put
r .. . . . .
lint Ki'iicriiliv tne carmw inn
of hem In the teit were
tho nwlne. and they r-runehed
tent avidity. But thin y.uinir
l.-xl enuld not en-n tret tnem
jlntf Ihom. Hu oiih day, amid
h ihf, lio heKlnnto soiiioii r.
tiwi are no eioinon lor n rien
Thin In no kind of Ixi !-
rw to be entfiwrivl In, feodlmt
homo. I II o Homo, l win
my mlnr.
are a ureal mnny Miple who
n fnneinatiiin, n romance, n
I, ut. notwUhlnnlln nil thnt
in! flooriro Hand have wild tn
In a nn'iin. low, ootiiomiiiiio
pnttlm food no I fodder into
a herd of Inlipilllos thnt root
tho ruiul of mnn lit a ory poor
fn-n and womon Intended to he
.litem of tho Lord Almighty,
k voiinit mnn rennlved to iro
k vorv wine Ihlnir for 111 in to do.
iufiin In whether wo will fol
uti tirinilnen Inrtfo wnifiw If wo
hi, hut li clothe lilt vli'ttmn
I ho lti'h' Ihom with hunger,
iv ntnrt out to do liottor ho not
the bloodhound of hell. Kiiliiu
-dnv, nnd lio promlM nil lux-
kliiiiH'iiU If wo will onlv nerve
tiwn wlththeeto tho It: Tho
death. Oh, tho yinim; man
fe wine wlioii no intern tho r.-n-
ill arise mid tf to my father:
Murv. tho pormvutor, n per.no.
n Christian Woman who hml
hunn" for tho Lord's cake ono
Kniiln. and llio persecutor iild.
t horotlrt" Tho Christian wo
mi open thnt trunk, and you
ri'tio. Tho persecutor opened
on tho top of tho linon of tho
I kIiis.". He nald. " There in no
"Ah!" who said, "you look
d vou will noo tho heretic."
Iho mirror of Oid'n word to
i nit Instead of wvinir tho prod
kt wo mbjlit we ounwdvoo our
Imlorini;. our nlu, our lost ("in
t wo mik'lit lo i wlxo n thN
iw nnil ny. "I will iirlno nnd
.Atlittr." Tho ri"oliiili)ii of this
tjjbioJJn a dNu.Ht at liln prou nt
f I Ji mm youiiK in nil 1 1 ll ooon
i t I'liluiriiii? IIowitm, or
t Oror uii nrlior, or kooninx mi
t j pork nmrkot, or ovomooliiK
t I ho woul ! not li'ivo Ihouuht of
J if ho llild hil l Ills noiikoti full
" jrt h hud In-un ublo to nny: ! Imvo
't? " (twfof my own. WIiui'h tho iho of
pft tiiii'k to my futlior'n houoV o
rl J ni V0'"" l"''klo upololzo to tho
r f Wliv, no wouiii ui mu mi ino
If would not huvo K"lnu on n round
r -i i.... .... i i i
fill "I OIIMU' b 111 & IlltVV lN't?H
ii, 1 won't ko liomu. Thoro U no
y I nhould fgo licmo. I Imvo plonty
iilcnty bt ploninnt huitouiuIIuk.
Jld 1 so hoit'f Ah, It wan lili
lnro.it nn hi! W2ZL nail to
dom'roan ?0J es and to me;
lo vou tlk nboi tho ruiuod Mtato of
(.mill houi wr i""'i y' xpnk
tho proitrinn ,'u' uiiii-tooiilh
i mil talk.'' oinotlilni :nnro
utlu" It ls ,'"' ' 'OH-
i mini nPVowlnl fh Rosmd un
hiHzi'm l''ln " 'amino xtrui.-k Hlnto.
'i I hIi'oV co'no to you In your homo,
i .tr, Ji Kood, sound, rolniHt hoiilih,
ioiiIh liclu to talk nliout modloiiios,
ut how much bottorthirt modioino U
i, ut, mid homo othor modioluo than
i lu-r modii'iuo, ami talk nliout tills
- n and that phynioliin. Aftor iiwhllo
1 Wild Ki t lirod, Mi I you would wiy:
)l I want to hoar about niodiiduon. Why
ou,Ialk to mo of physlolaiiHi' 1 novor
v iJioi'tor.1' Hut mipposo 1 oomo into
r t 4io, an I I Mn. I you Hovoroly nlok and
no tho iiii'iIIi-iiiom that will euro vou, ami
no tho ihi-iaii whi in nkillful Vnoiiijh
meit Sour i'iko, You nay: "llrlnu on nil
i n. iii'lno; hrin on that phvnleiau. I
, tuirtlly nlok, mi l I wnt liiilp." Jf I
tie toj oii. and you fool you aro all rlk'ht
oor V'"d all ridit in mind, mid all rijiit
ooi, ou imvo ii 1 of not hi rut, luit Mip-
m 1 1 vo imtmiu led you that tho loproxv
Ko I jjKiii y,,u, th,i wor.-t of all nlckmvi,.
, tt iyou miy, "lirlns mo that Imlni of
' r r l; Itjiiij mo that iliviuo tuodloa
Mi I Mui! mo Jchus Christ."
Jlut.I says Mime ono ill tho iiudionoo,
1IT.7 y;"' k""w ,,lllt wo l' rulimd
UiitioA by mii" Well, 1 eiin prove It in
wnt, and you may have your elioloo. I
F""tw ii .iiiht hy tn,) Hliitoniontn of men
y tutnt.Miieiit of Ood. Whioh nhali it
lo-Many, "i.t iih hnvotho Htatement of
fell, Ho niyH In one pluon. "Tho
, I ocoltfiilaliovalltliiuumiiid.lesoer-
1 ,kol. Ho nayn in auotlior pliioe,
I Oi an that ho ehould bo idouu, and
(lnhoruof woiunii that hosliould
foiiH'" Ho fcavn In niiiitlior
"ro in uono that dooth i?oo.l
Ho nays in nnothor nlaoo.
mnn in eutored Into tho wnri.l
ly Mu, and ho doatU pivtnod upon
"iiu un na'l 8111 nen, "Well,
y lam willing to ueknowledKo ttiat,
X laid I tako tho particular ronoun
i)Uj lpon.iV" TlilHistlion'iiKon: "Kx
ivo born iik'iiIii ho ouiinot noo tho
Ji Ood." This in tuo roanoui
M m iiiimo irlvon under lioaven
linen wheroby they mny bo navod."
J 13 i xu ii ,n"u,i"ud voice hero rundy
Jim... ' um f"'"ly to aooopt thin
f Ifftba Konpel. I would liko to have
1IJ V c"ru' 'w Hlmll I KO io work?"
Mi Mytliatnnurowhiin.au iiinieiin...!
ainount to nothing. You muHt
(out, tttrHiiioudoun resolution like
g man of tho text when lie wild. "I
,nd ko to my father." Oh," nayn
, 'bow do I know my father wautn
'.I,.? 1 .k,!;"y." I" b,tcit i woum
S. "Jh, naynnome mau, "you
where I have beoo. y(u iiu't
m jar I Imvo wuuderod. Vou
Walk that way tome if you kuow
NUltlo I have e.iiiiinln.l " h i... .
.titter anion k tho auKem of UoUV
n tbut horneiiiKii runnlU(f with quiok
,h It In oown! It in news! Christ
Id4 the lont.
- niiifMla no . V. . I .
i..Ti..i:."",,.rir'"?.00,,,B,n.
. m.u.iiu wnu uew nre,
nlnner lost U found, thoy sine,
id ntrlko the noundln I
ipoloon talked of gointt luto Italy,
"Villi n.. .. . . L.
-" vnu , i,ui muni, n you
the Alp were, you wouldn't talk
think about it. You can't Ket
unitlon wairuun over iha 11,.-u
Joloon I One in bin Mtirr.n.a
h hand toward the roouutaln. be
lre iliall be no Aliw!" Tliat won
t wan laid out whioh ban boon the
in oi an me yearn nlnoe tr'e won
f all eutf bee . And yo' tell me
tucn uiouutaint of nln
nd (lod ibore la do mere limn
M wavinir Kin hand to- r.l ih-
I tiar Him nay, "I I oomo
uuialun of thy aiu and .u bills
luity." There nhnll l Jp,.
ball be no! Alua- i
uoiioe that! Ibin wwlut.'ri oi the
Tim
vl
It
hnvn than
If iw nil
To hari .
Thnt In 4
honvlneni I
Well, mv tl
cruel proil
Father?
lav m II R
younitmt t my toxt wan fonndd In bor
row nth: lnhehnrlor. It wnn not more
physical ) ht. It wnn Brief th it hn hud m
mnltrntoL father. It Is nad thinu after
a fathor i done eroryhlng top a child to
ild ungrateful.
,ior than a st-rpent's 1 001b It Is
thnnkloss child.
ikenenro. "A foolish ran In tho
nin moinor. Hint in ino iiinio.
ndn. haro not nomo of n bo.n
ills? Have wo not tnnli rented our
I such n Vntlier! Throo tlmon a
"I thee. Ho hnn poured sunlik'ht
Into ti v il i. and at niu'lit kindled up all t ho
street Inm f J of heaven. With what varieties
of nppnn'l re lint h clothed thoo for tho sen
non.n. Wlif oeye wntohos thec? Whono hand
defends tN ? Whoso henrt sympathlxen wit h
thoo? WlA'gnve you your eiiil.lpi'n? Who in
ffunrding ?nr lood onon departed? Kuoh n
Father! lovlns?, so kind. If Ho had been
n strnnirer If He hud forsaken un. If Ho find
flaifollnto.j un, If Ho had pounded tin and
turned ii"' ut of doors on tho commons, it
would n.t hnve been so wonderful our
trontment f Him but Ho Is a Father, so
lovina, so Ind, and yet how many of un for
our wnnib Inirs have never apolotflwd! If
wo nay airf hlnitthnt hurts our friend's fee.
Inirn, if weVIo anything that hurls tho fool.
Inn of thiino lu whom we nre Interested,
how nulekiy we anoloKi"! Wo can soaroely
wnlt until srs ot ten nnd pnpor to wrlto ii
letter of apoloiry. How cany In It for any one
who Is Intelligent, riKht hearted, to wrlto nn
npolotfy or make an apoloiry! Wo npolonlzo
for wriinifn done to our follows, but some of
us porhup hnve committed ton thoiinnd
times ten thounnn l wrongs ngainnt Ood and
never api'l'V'"'!.
I Mm ark still further that thin resolution
of tho text whs founded In a feel in if of liomo
sloknos. I do not know how long tills
young mnn, how many moutlm, how many
yours, ho had boon away from his father's
house, but thoro In nomething about tho
reading of my text that mnkon mo think lie
wnn hom.'nl'jk. Homo of vou know what
that fooling 1. Far nwny from home some
times, surrounded by everything bright nil I
pleasant plenty of friends you Imvo sal. I,
"I would give tho world to bo bom to
night." Well, thin yoiin man wan lione
nlek for bin father's house. I have no doubt
when ho thought of his father's homo In
said, "Now perhaps father may not b
living." Wo read nothing In thin story
this purtiblo founded mi everyday life; wo
road nothing nliout tho mother. It snvs
nothing about going home to her. I thin!; I
sho was dead. 1 think she had .lie I of a
broken heart lit his wanderings, or perhaps
ho had gono Into .iltpatlon from tho ln -t
that ho coiil. 1 not romomlmr a loving and
sympathetic mother. A mau nov -r getsovor
having lost bin mother. Nothing said nhout
her, but ho In homosiek for bin fat her s
house. Ho thought ho would just like to go
mid walk around tho old pliwe. Ho thought
ho would Just liko to go and soo if things
were an they used to bo. Manv a man nfter
having boon oil a long while h,is gone homo
and knocked at tho l(..r, nnd a stranger has
oomo. It In the old homestead, but a stranger
oomi-s to the door. Ho lludn out father I
gone, and mother is gone, and brothers and
nlstern are all gone. I think thin young man
of the text snld to himself, "Perhaps father
may no ilea. I.' Mill, no nturtn to lln I out.
Ho In homosiek. Aro thoro nnv hero to-dnv
liomoniok for Ood. homenlek for heaven?
A sailor, after having been long m the
sea, returned to bin father's house, nn I bis
mother tried to persuade him not to go awav
again. Mm said: "Sow, you had lo tier
stay at homo. Don t go awav. We don't
want you to go. .u will have it n great
.leal bettor hero." lint it mudo blin niigry.
The night before lie went away again to sea
no noarii nin mother praying in tho next
room, and that inado him more angry. lie
wont far out on tho son, nnd a storm euino
hp, nnd ho wan ordered to very perilous li tv.
and h ran up tho rat-linos, and amid the
shrouds (,f tin. ship ho heard tho video that
no nail hoard In the next room. Ho tried to
whistle it off, be tried to rally bin courage,
out he could not silence tho'voleo ho had
heard lu tho next room, and therein the
storm and darkness s-ild: 4" "d, what
aVfolch Duive been! What a wretch I am!
H-lp mo just now. Lord Ood." And I
thought lu thin assemblage to-dnv thoro
may bo some who may have tho memory of a
father's petition or a mother's prayer prcs.
lug mightily upon tho soul, nnd that this
hour they may make the same resolution I
find in mv text, saying, "I will nrln and go
to my father."
A lad at Liverpool went out to bathe; went
out Into tho nen, went out too far, got be
yond bin depth, and ho floated far uwuy. A
ship bound fur Dublin came along ana took
him on board. Hailors are generally vorv
generous follows, nnd ono gnvo him a cap,
and another gave him a laek.-t, and another
cav hlm shoes. A gentleman passing along
on tho boaeh at Liverpool found the I. id's I
clothes nnd took them home, no I the father j
was heartbroken, th neither was heart
broken, ut the loss of their child. They had
heard nothing from him day after day. mid
they ordered the usual tnoiiriitiig for tho Mid ,
event. Hut the lad took ship from DuMm
HUiinrrivtf.ini Liverpool the very day tne
mourning arrive !. Ho knocked at tho'door.
Tho father was overjoyed and tho mother
wiw ovcrioyed at the return of their lost nn.
till, my friends, have Juii wa led out too
doep( Have you waded down into sin.' Have
you wa led rroiu the nhoro? Will yon 1
eome bnek? When you o.nno back, will you i
oomo in the rugs of your sin, or will V u
come robed ill the Saviour's rlghtoou-n!-".' !
1 believe tho latter, do home ti) your t.o I !
to-day. Ho Is wailing for '.;ii. tin home'!
lint I remark tho eliar.ieteVi.tic of thin res- '
olution was, it was immediately put into ex- '
edition. The context hays, "lio aroso aim j
I'lime to bin father." The trouble In nine
hundred and nliiety-nino times out of a thou- :
sand is that our roiolutlous amount to tioth- I
ingbueaiisi) wo make thein for noma disiant i
lime. It 1 resolvo to become a ('hrlitiaii next i
year, that amouiim to nothing at all. If I re- '
son., ai uie service tins uav to nocomo a
Christian, that amounts to nothiug at all. If
1 resolvo after I go homo to-day to yield my
heart to Ood, that amounts to nothing at ail.
The only kind of resolution t.:at amounts to
anything Is tho resolution that in liumodiatu
ly put into execution.
There n a man who hn I the typhoid fever.
Honaid "Oh. if 1 could get over thin terri
ble illstross, it thin fever should depart, f 1
foul 1 Im restored to health, I would all the
rest of my life serve Ood." Tint lever tie.
parted. Ho got well enough to walk around I
the block. Ho got well enough to go over
to business. Ho In well to- lay an well its he
ever wan. Where U tho broken vow.' There
Is a mini who said long ago, "If 1 could live
to tho year ln'.lll, by that tlniu I will have my
business matters all arranged, and I will
h.ivo time to attend to religion, and I will l.o
a good, thorough, consecrated Christian."
The year IN'JS has couio. January, Febru
ary, March, April a third of the year gone.
Whore in your broknu vow? "Oh," says
some man, "I'll attend to that when I
got my character fixed up, when I can
got over my evil habits. I am now giv
en to strong drink." Or, nnv tho man, "l
am given to uucleaulluonn.1' Or, savn tho
man, "1 am given to dishonesty. When I
got over my present habits, thou I'll be a
thorough Christian." My brother, you will
got worse aud worse until Christ lakes you
lu hand. "Not the righteous, aluuern Jesus
came to call." Oh, but you nay, "I agree
with you lu all that, but I must put it off a
little longer," Do you know there worn
many who came just an near an you are to
the kingdom of Ood aud never eutored it? I
wan at Eantbamptou, aud I went luto the
cemetery to look arouLd, aud lu that ceme
tery there are twelve graven side by side
the Knives of nullum. This crew, lotim yearn
ago, lu a ship went into the breakers ut
Amagiiasott, about three miles away. My
brother, then preaching ut Easlhamjitou.lind
been at the burial. These men of the crow
oame very near being saved. The people
from AmnguUMOtt saw the vessel uud they
shot rockets und they sent ropes from the
shore, nod these pour fellows got into the
bout aud they pulled mightily for the shore,
but Just before they got to the shore the rope
napped and tbe boat capsized, uud they
were lont, their bodies afterward washed up
on the beucb. Oti.wbat a solemn day It was
1 hare bneo told of It by my brother when
tlies twelve moo lay at the foot nf th pul
pit, and ho rend ovr them tho funeral ser
vice. They came very near shot within
shouting distance of tho shore yet did not
nrrlre on solid lnnd. There nre some men
who oomo nlmost to the shore of Ood's mercy,
but not quite, not unite, To be almost snvod
Is to bo font.
I will foil von of two prn!lga!-ths ono
(hat got back and Iho other that did not get
back. In Richmond there In a very prosper
ous and beautiful homo In mnny respects. A
young man wandered oft from thnt homo.
H wandered very fur Ihto sin. They heard
of hint aftor, but ho wnn nlwnyn on tho
wrong track. Ho would not go homo. At
tho door of thnt beautiful homo ono night
there wan a grenf outcry. Tho young man
tif the house ran down to open Iho door lo
see what wnn the matter. It wnn mldnlgh.
Tho rest of tho family wore n-loep. There
wore tho wife and children of thin prodigal
young man, Tho fact wn ho bnd omno homo
an I driven them out. Ho sal I: "Out of thin
honnn' Away with ihesn children! I will
ln-h their brains out! Out Into the storm!"
The mother gathered thorn up and fled. Tim
next Morning iho brother, tho young mnn
who hml slaid at hone, wont out'to lln I (bin
prodigal brother nnd mm, nnd ho came to
whom ho wan nnd saw the young man wan
dering up nnd down' in front of th" plaoo
where ho hnd been slaving, in I the young
man who bud kept bin integrity raid to tin.
older brother ''II to, what does all this
menu? What Is th" matter with yon? Whv
do you net In thin wnv?" The pro dl-al
looked at him and sal I "Who nm I.' Who
do ymi take me to be" H . said, Vou nre
my brother.' "No. I nm tint. Inm a brute,
H ivo you soon anything of my wife and chil
dren Are they dead.' I drove thorn out Inn
night lu the storm. I am n brute, John, d t
you think there In any help for mo? Ii y.ui
think I will ever got over thl life of Ii ii:i
tion?" Ho mild, "John, there In one thing
that will stop this." The prodigal ran bin
lliigerncrosnhlnthro.it nnl- il li riint will
stop It, an I I will noi it before night, oh.
mv brain! I can stand It no longer." That
pro llgnl noyer got nom. Hut I will loll you
d ii pro ligal th-it did get Iiomio, In i;'ng.
Intel two young men started from their
father's h-mn and went d iwnto Portsmouth
I have been there a beautiful M'ap irt.
Some of vou have been there. The father
could not pur-ii" his chil Iren -for in'e r
noil ll Old not lo iv.. home - Hid HO
wrote n h'ttr down to Mr. (trillln, nnv lug;
"Mr. tlriflln, 1 wl-di vu would g . and
so" my two son-. They have arrive 1
In rorisToutti. mil thetf are going to
t ik ship an I going aw.iv from home.
I wind yon w.uiM pcr.ii i.o them buck.
Mr. (infllu wont and tre to per-npnlo
them had,. Ho per-uadei .oio to g i. I to
went with very ci-v perua-lou, I nuo h.
was very homciek already. Tip. other
young man s-iid: "I will not go, 1 have hud
-nough of homo. I'll never go home."
"Well," said Mr. llrlllln, "then if vou won't
go Iiiimo, I'll get you a respectable position
on ii re. j inl.o ship." "No, you won't."
said the prodig.il. "No. you won't. I am
going as a private sailor, n n common
sailor; that will lagu my father it, un I
v. lint will .lo ino-t to tantalize and worrv
llilll Will plo ISO til" best." Years piln.e I on,
and Mr. linllln nip sc-ite I in his -tu ly one
lay when a messenger onme to him, iving
there wii n young man in Inns on a ship at
the dock a voting man condemned to ileath
who wished I i see thin clergyman. Mr.
C.rillln went down to the dock and went n
shipboard. The young man sil l to him,
"Voll don't kllow" me, do yollV' "No," I'll
said, ' don't know you.' "Why, don't
you remember that young man you tried to
persuade to go home an I he wouldn't it"-"
"Oli. yes," mild Mr. Orlllln. "Ar yon that
niitii?" "Yes, I nm that mau," -al l the ther.
"I would like to have you pray for me I
have committed murder, an I I must die.
Hut I don't want I i go out of th" world un
til some one pntyn for me. You nr.. my
father's friend, and I woul I like o have v.iii
pray for me."
Mr. tlriftln went from ju Ile al nuthorilv to
judicial authority to get that young mau n
pardon. Ho slept pot night nr day. lio
went from inllneiitinl person to inlluential
l.crscn ui.t.l in ..o'i,o wnv h" 'got I'.mt y ung
man's pardon. Ho came down on the dock,
and an ho arrived on the .lock with tho
pardon the father came. He bad lie-irl that
ills son. under a disguised name, bad I n
committing crime an I was going to be p it
tr, death. So Mr. Orl 111 u and tho father went
t n ship's .leek, and at the very moment Mr.
tirlfllu offere I the par Ion to tho y mug man
tho old father threw bis nrms around tho
s m's neck, and the son said: "Father, I
have ib mo very wrong, and I am very sorry.
I wish I bad never broken your heart. I
am very sorry!'' "Oh," said the father,
"don't mention it. it won't make any dltler
ence now. It In all oyer. I forgive you, my
son." And ho kissel him and klsse, him
and kisso l him. To-day I offer you th" Par
don of the gospel fu I pardon, free par Ion.
I do not care what your crime has been.
Though yo.i say you have commute I a crime
against Ood, against your o.vn s nil, ngauist
your fellow man, agiiliit nur family,
against the ,ly of Judgment, ngaln-t the
cross of Chrisi whatever your crime has
boon, hero Is pardon, full pardon, and the
very moment you take that pardon voir
Heavenly l ather throws His arms round
about you and says. "Mv son, I forgive you.
It Is all right. You are as much in .My favor
now as it you had never sinned." O i , there
is joy on e n th un 1 joy in h-avou. Wiio will
take tin; Father's einbrirre'.'
FICHT BETWEEN BUFFALOES.
Tlin allimil Zoologir.il I'ltrk l.osen the
lll.lt'st Itlnim In lln ll.l.l.
Tho National Zoological park, in the su
burbs ot Washington, has lost one of Its v.n
uiinlo herd of ix bullaloes, the aiilmat hav
ing Is'ou kllle I in a desperate llglit with one
o its .ompaiilons. The "Zoo's" herd of buf
falo Is one of the llnest lu tho country, an I
great regret in felt at tho killing of uu of
thein, as it will bo hard to replace It. Tin.
buffalo that was killed was one of tho largest
und ol lest iu tli hold, and for a time wan
lln tyrant and monarch of nil tho others ut
tho "Zoo," A year or two ago ho had u very
desperate llgtu with n younger bull, and
Miieu that time has boon kept uway Irom tint
rest ot the herd and Coullne l in a pen in
which there wan also a young bull, who ap
parently was entirely peaceful, on the day
of the light the old lellowaiimne I himself by
teasing tho younger bull and poking at him
us they wullio I around tho pen. Tint young
bull did not liko this uud began to bIio w light.
A dooii times the beasts rushed lit cncli
other and otiuio together with shocks that
startled the other animals uud brought to the
enclosure all tho keepers, who eu leuvored to
M'pnrutu thein, but without success. The
fence around tho enclosure wan oouiplclely
ruined, although the boards kept togethtr
Milllcieutlv to prevent tho animals from es
caping. The buffaloes fought until both of
tbeiu were so hourly exhausted (hat they
could hardly stand. Thou the young one
was driven away and the old one enticed in
to the buffalo house, where the surgoou In
charge of tho "Zoo" uud bin n-sistants labored
to save Ills life. The last blow that he had
received Irom the young buffalo, however,
bad done its work, and the animal lived but
a little time after the light wan over. Tho
post mortem showed that be was frightfully
gored ami uearly all the bonus of bin body
broken. It Is matter of surprise to I lio sur
geons that he stood up and fought us lung as
he did. 'Iho youug buffulo was uol seriously
Injured.
Creator New York's l'o)iulutlon,
Pr. ltoorr 8. Tracy, Ilcgistor of Vllnl
HtiitlBties, ban inado the following estimate
of the population of the Oreator Now York,
from the weekly reports of the Hoards of
Health of New York aud Brooklyn, un I from
tbe Federal census of iho population of Long
Island City, Newlowo, Flunliiug, Ja i nlca,
Iticbinoud County uud the part of Hoiu)
stoad that Is annexed: Total population,
U.laJ.O.IUj populutlonof New York, t,M16,t'.ia,
lirookivc auo Kings County, l,105,0ou; Long
Island City, 4J,67 Newtowu. 114,067; Flush
ing, va,.!!; Jamaica, 17,765; Klobmoaa Coun
ty 67. MS; part of Ueuipsteud, bOOO.
i NTKit National? lksson
A I'll I L 12.
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Lfnnon Text ; ' Titrable of lb lreot
MiiiipfT," I. tike xlv., 1.V124
tiolilen Text i Luke xlv.,
1 7 Commentary.
1!. ''And when one of Ihom thnt sat nt
mi-at with Him heard tho.o things he said
unto Hiip, l;iet'd is ho Hmt slinll eat bread
in the kingdom of Ood." Jesus wan dining
with one of th" chief Pharisees on tho Hub
Until day (vor.-e I ), and. although Ho knew
thnt Ihov onlv invited Him In order tn wntcli
Him with evil Intent, yet II" neoepto.l the InJ
vitntlon. II hn I no fear of uian. Ho llvo.li
only to glorify find. Ho never said anything
In secret, but always openly (John vlll., an)7
In this house He healed o mnn who had tho
dropsy. II" then tiitiglit humility to thosn
who bned iho best places. Afterward Ho ad
vised His best to do good to those wllocould
not return tho compliment rather thnn to
Ihono who could, ,'or thus ho would bo
rceompeayd nt tho r toirrcetion of tint Junt
that n, of course, if he was a Just mnn and
would tako part lu that resurrection. This
led to tho remark of ono of tin gurtn nn ri
corded In this verse. Hoo this kltigjoni and
en lug and drinking referred to in chn tr
xxll.. !!!, 30, 16, 11; nlso too Uov. xlx., 9;
x.. 15.
ltl. "Then nald Ho unto him, a certain
man made a great supper nnd bn lomanv.'"
In Math. xxli.. 2, which Is probably a parallel
Illustration. Ho snld, "I'lio kingdom ot
heaven In liko unto a certain king which
made n tnarrlnge for bin son." In Inn. xxv.,
II, tho abundant provision for tho future,
which miy wll be suggestive of the present.
Is spoken of an "n fount of fat things, a foant
of wines on the loon, of fat things full of
marrow, of witi"s on tbe lees well refined."
Tlio tunny who nro bidden nre comprehended
In tho "Winn i"vcrs" of John ill., lfij Horn,
x., 11; Hey. xxll., 17. but how shall they
he ir of tho supper, nnd Its iibundatit pro
vision, ntid the groat King, and Ills dear Son,
and ills groat love, unless som" tmoahnli
bear tho tidings? Are wo thinking of tho
hundreds of millions whose Invitations nro
In our h itnls? And we aro Inking our own
timo to pnss thorn ou, and n very long time
It Is nn I wo do not seem to be iu tho least
lit of a hurry nWmt it.
17. "Aud sent bin servant at supper time
to . to thorn that were bidden. Come, for
nil thing aro now ready." An Invited guest
would think it el range to bo required to help
prepare the feast lo which he bail been In
vlled, yet sinners srem to think thnt they must
10 somewhat toward their own nnlvntloti.Tliln
Is all wrong, for It In as n fount fully pro
pnred. Our Lord Jesus Christ has by ills
lifoaud denth Htid resurrection, without tho
least help frnn.1 huyninu, wrought out a com
pleto rrlemptlon for ull who will accept
Him, nnd Ho Himself Is made unto nil such
'wis, ban. riffliteoiisn, niin"tii.;atiou uud
redemption" (I Cor. I.,:i"l.) Tho grout Word
for us to crv is "Como. ' He.) Isu, 1H; lv.t
I, S; Math, xl .a-i, Hv. xxll., 17.
It. "And thoy nil, with otiecouseiit, begun
t ) inakn cxoins..." I saw nn illustration of
Ibis in c intiectloii with the opening of a mis
sion hail In a certain city which he Lord
gave tn tho m inev to bnlid. It wnn for tho
lost and Cue outcast from all society. Wo
bad a ni en ton, with .in I abundance of good
things for about 101) people. Free tickets
bad b""u given to as many women of tho
street (for it wan specially 'for them), and
tlp-v bad promised to Home, but when tho
hour had come and all things wore ready,
11 it otto woman 'iippoiiri-.l, I then tnadn'ii
tour o tho Iioii-cs and saloons, aud by lov
ing entreaty ..I taiU'.d Mime; a second tour
oMaucM some men, an I n third visit somo
children, and s i o,ir tables cro tilled. 1
cun never forget it.
i'K ail. "I pray tboe have me txcuncd."or.
L"Thereoro I cannot oomo," wan the reply
lioiii' each, . 1. w lii...i ,i.n rouons: A
piece of ground to be seen, some oxou to bo
j. roved, or a wife to be admired. It la Hot
lil;cy that a nmn would buy a piece of
ground without tlrst seeing it, or somo oxen
without llr-d proving thorn, so that them
seems to have been some lying back of
these excus 's. As to tho wife, why could
b" not I ring h"r with him. for a man and his
wife are one, and he would ho a poor speci
men of ii man who would accept an Inven
tion to imy pine where his w ife was not
wanted? II" is nl.so n poor specimen of it
Christian who can go where his Saviour In
not wanted. An Inmost reply from these a,.,
eiisorn, who nvbleutly did not like tho man
who made the supper, would have boon,
"No; 1 do not care to go." Thov Illustrate
Hi" fact that "tho cnrual lulud Is enmity
llgllillst Ood."
HI. "Oo out quickly Into tho streets uud
lllie.t of tho city mil br.tig III hither tho
Poor, aud tin maimed, uud tho halt, ami tho
blind." The servant's responsibility is to
deliver bis Mil-tor's uios-iigo plainly, faith
fully an I lovingly; then tell his Muster and
leave results to Him. We toad that the
iipostles told Jesus nil things, both whnt they
ha I dot e and what tln-v hat taught (Mark
vl,, MO), Let this bo our custom, relying up
i n His assurance that His word will a coin.
I li-li that wbi 'h II" pleases (Isu. lv., II).
lint how notice thai the servant Is sent to a
now lot of hearers, a to I nr we to be ever In
V. tillg the same rebellious ooi. I", or Speed
tic. iiivHat..n to tie so who hno not yet
hoard? In vu w of the c .mmcinl, "I'l-each
the gospel to every creature:" what think
you?
'ii. 'And th" servant said, I. or I, il Is done
lis Thou bust commanded, lit: I vt there Is
r oin," Tin peopu. possessing this world's
goo In having relused tho Invitalion, it wan
liext glvell to thos" who had lio pos.c .ssions,
tho poor of this ivor d. etc., but while somo
of these emu., tl.ere was yet room, for "with
tho Lord thoro l.s plento in re letuptiou"
(1's. exxx.. 7).
'i'i "And tho I. or I said unto the servant,
go out into tho highways mi l hedges and
compel them lo como in, that My house mny
bellllo l." A yet wid"r range and a more
urgent cull, jioes it not seem as if Ho wan
now urging us inoie than ever to outer tho
open door on every sid", mid nt least com
pel people to hear th" g.ad tidings that so
nil whom the laihcr has given to Him may
come to Him, aud the time of tho kingdom
come? Tho portion of the chapter following
our lesson teaches nn now to l e (is true dis
ciples. All who truly accept Him are naved
by Him, but we aro suvej iu order to become
Ills wttucssis and fellow lubororn (Acts I., H;
I Cor. ill., l), and thin can be accomplished
only on the liue.s ol verses 2li, 27, 'J'.
'A. "Fur I say unto you that none of those
men which were blddeu shall tasto of My
Flipper. ' Compare chapter xill., 2S nnd boo
Jon xxxvl., 18. This tloi.'s Dot leave any
room lor a possibility of another chuiicii
after d )utb. While there Is life ou tho eartb
In this mortal body whosoever will muy
oome. but tbo soul tllAt die rejecting Christ
cuts itself off from all hope. "Now i tbe
ucueptod time,'' Lsoq Helper.
4 rui.iuiii.i: r(.r."
TboFrencii Acadoinyof Modicit.o iicont!y
adopted ii series ji resolutions declaring that
the drink evil ban become a perina noiit dan
ger attacking "tho very life and force of tho
coiimrv" and laying stress on the fa"t that
even the purest alcohol is "always and fun
ilnmontally a noison." Hpeakln'g of legal
restrictions M. lio.diard. a member of the i'.
lustrioiisseientiilc body, sub'; "Iknowlhat
thin isititlleiilt to accomplish. Alcohol Is a
terrible power. Tho proltsioiial hierarchy
(the inauiifaclurers and dealeis) holds Iho
country induce I in the meshes of anet of uu
uvoidablo sulf duturo.nl without pity."
at Tnr. uottoji or rovr.itTr,
Liquor is at the bottom of all our poverty.
If the tax for It were lifted there would not
need to be u mau, woman or child without
bread. There cannot be a more pitiful or
contemptible sight tlutu u nniu ouarrolllug
over aud bemouuing bin taxe while tickling
bli palate aud burning up his stomach aud
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nrniKK nn: ih mon i ,. v,
Woilbl ymi liki'to sii.hi'driinUiir.! -
Hottml, .mink bi l.iw Hit. brill.'
ISur.it bis cbii.'M.in nn.l Htf. forw.ir I
Inln fri i' loin nhi.iliii" '
'J'lit'ti roust, you from Iii.I.iT.t.'IiiV)
And Itirlit tin. .Ii'in. n . nil.,
Dr. bit fori'., his Ii,i..'nn vi tinm
O'er in'rdilion's l.'nrl'il i.ntil.,
With ii nidr-di'tiyiiii: nnr.i.',
And it iniinlv iorlltnb'.
Miindi forward iu III.' i.atti.-V lr..nt
Till thin ilt'innii Is mu !. I no, t.
) strike thin mlu'liiy d inon
Vlth nllyuiir nlremtlli uud .-kill,
With ii ,i your power t.f i;i-l.v ,
W'.tii ;il' i mr foron. vi'.l.
Would vou liki'the niiieiist eliiidri'u
Kroin inir.'lly'r n.inilld slums,
All taken in und eiin .1 for well -
An a llllld like mils 1,1','hiim-sV
Then foils., you from iiidilTer.-uen
Ami lUtbt I lie d.'iiioii .Irink ,
I.et I'lllherlinod nil I Mol lierlmo 1
Their strongest fcr-.-n link
In one united t ITort,
Thin it nn ui to o'ert In ov,
And free the put Ii tl Iiiliii.'ii tread,
I'imiii Its eiirii' nn I biu-lit and woe.
O strike this mlirlilv il.'in hi
With nil your .str-'niMli mid skill,
With nil voiir power of liiioll. ei,
With nil your lor.'.- of will.
Would vou like v,,iir feilow-w ,i kinnu
Co I,., b. M. rli.'.ns.'d :ind led.'
A ii. I the iiiiper from the woikhoii-i:
In il iTi'-hl, siiu houi" iii-i.-ii ;.'
'1 ben rouse ymi Irom in. 1 1 ir.-r.-n,-.
And tlirlil the i..i:oii .Innk
With nil ( in. niil.tl.. for. i..
)i lii.'h your mill. I e in lion!,.
Will wii ;ni, I spiiohllv I. mu ,r.
With - ir-e oi u it ii.Tin; ; - rn,
Wit h lo ii, fir.'-i-t i ir. in v,
Itli t nith'n nio.t ... i n-1 1 . 1 1 1 1 t !i ..r i;,
l .striki' Illls 1 1 1 1 - T 1 1 ileinoli
With nil yoiir .str- i.i-tii nod s..ill,
il h ii I our M.w..r '.; mi iit-.-t ,
With ail ) nir f..r I will.
Would Noil liki- the ...t und ia!b-:i
To l e -:iv. d nn. I lilie I nj '
And the Nvn t. hi'.l llnd line pi m m
I'or sin's bitter l.iirioiiu' .-'i '.'
'J in n r..ii-e vou Irom in iiiT.'ieii...
And ll-'nl the demon .Irn.l.
With linn, .set resolution.
And ii nerve Unit will not -iirinl. .
Willi ii zeal wlneh knoll - no ll.iL'i:ni;',
And n linrini; i-troiie; and loll,
With rk'.V inllexil le,
And love that i;pinvs not cold.
O sink" tins miKlitv .lemon
With all voiir strength uud skill,
With nil voiir iwer ui ii.t.-i l-.-t ,
S ith all your loree ot win.
l-'olislilllliotl.
WI'l.l.-KNoNV". NNOMIX II I M1K Tl: I To 1 A I I I'M.
Aii iutereHtiiu; feuture of He. iliiuii r re.
I'eiitly civeii to ('resident and Mrn. Clevehuid
by Seen t.iry and MrM. I 'arli.- i, nays the N.-w
York Sun, wan the entire absene.. of wim-s
und li.iiorn Irom the table. 'I le rn weie two
Klann.'M at i n.di plate, one for I'otoiiia.' nn liter
and the other for Appoliiiinrin. Mrs. Cleve.
land, Jim. I.tiiiuuit, .Mm. Carlisle, Miss M ir
ton and Mrs. WIIhoii, of the faint et ladies,
lire teetolnlers und never toll 'Il wines on any
ooi'iusloli. Colonel 1 .11 in. nt says that he bus
never lust.'.! whisky iu bin nt.-, und it is
well known that hit never drink wine at li n
Iien. Seer.'lary (.'iirllsln bun not torn died u
K'lll.sS of UIINlllllIK' llltoxieatlllK slliee lie en
tered the Cabinet. Mrs. Cleveland mi l all
the hides, of tint Cabinet, with the e veptlon
of Mm. Curlnde, nerve wiim ut dinners an i
llllli'lies for the liennllt of their -iieHln. but
Mm. I'arlinle aayn thnt im w-inti or llipior ol
any kind hit erowteti the threshold of bel
home hIiii'i. the Inauguration of rre.-iib ut
C'luvelund. - t'brLstinn Htutt-MUiait.
A xew mmk ron thk tmiMit.
A little Kirl In MiinolnitiTiitti5udilur):ind
of llnpe meetiiiK, and, uu the h eaker re
tnarktiiK that the drink Htritipu.1 hom.vt of
furniture uud women and eliildren of their
oluthtM, he rxeitediy uxelaimud
"Tua'.'t Ju.nt what it doen at our house."
On n-aehiiiK borne her father liiHlsled upon
(nudillK ber to the publle-hounu for drink.
Arrived there, nhe tiimhi'd tho money upon
the counter und passionately asked for three
penny wortrt of "etrip-nie-uuked."
riiuirrso thk kai.oon in micimoan.
A novel plan of combatiuit I hit naloonn in
beluK tried in a Mli'lilgau town, luiriiii
eauh Hatiirday afternoon when farmem and
tradem come to towu with their produce,
the churehen will keep open hoiine. MuhIo,
liKht refreelimeuta aud uon-aluoholio drinkn
will be offered the vlsitorn In the Uot ut
keenlug thorn from the saloon,
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The lnotlcrn st.nnl
iml l'amily Mcdi
ciiu: : Cures ihr.
roimiKHi cvtry-ilay
ills of luimanitv.
thk nni l ri sr nn ..ii oi ai i .
A London paper e-tiin.it. - th.it the of
nil the trn-al war. m th" world lor iNvnty-
tlve ve.irs, from l lo l-.,'7, h.-.s I u ijii,-
OdO.II.III.IIIIH. All A I I'.lll j '1 I'll ii I i i i- 1 1 .-,
out thai the eosl of intoi. .ml-, in tin- I'lille
Htllten lor He" same pen ,. w i- at li-iist -iri,-1)1)
i,H) l.liuil. I't-rliapn the l.iit.-r item should
bt inelu.le l in lln-ilrsi e ite-'orv, as repie
"Titiii one ol the "o at wars ,i ;uin;,. th"
pi'in-i-and weifaret.f i li- v .rl.l.
1 I'MI'KIUNi't mnnm im. Norm.
Abstinent!! is eiw-y, m ideratioii imp isnililo.
The ureiiti'st reiie'ly for poverty and dis
tune In tin" biinisiiuieiit ol Hie saloon.
When till" nnlooll is blotted .nil It Will Hot
Ink" toll t; lo r.' novate the fa -e of the earth.
A Ihiuor denier doesn't open bis I'.il.l ien
In a hundred davn. but he opens his whiskey
bottle a hundred tunes u tiny.
A formerly Intemperate man who hnd ab.
stained for live years took a drink just to
how it would '. H went an formerly to
drunkenness.
It in not for the kinn b drink wine, nor
for prin. 'en ntn iut drink, b-nl tle-y drink and
forgot the law, and pervert tlm judgment of
any of the ufllieted. llibln.
A riK'eiit invi-stUratloit nhowe 1 tbut fit) I of
the Inmates of tint .Suite prison nt Auburn,
N. V., were aunt there for erime.n eonin.lttod
while under the lurlueui'e ot ntronn dnnk.
Habitual unern of .ntroiiit ilrlnk, out.
authority dindure, sliortoii their liven by u
third, if they do not sooner fall vieluns to
.linear niitl death brought nn by thulr use of
lliiiom.
lint they ulno have . r.n I tbroiiwh wine,
and through nlroiiu ilruik are out of the wa
the priest uud the people have erred through
ntrouit drink, they are -wallowed un of wiuej
they err iu vwiou, they ntumbiu in judKiueut.
ll.ble.
Uuoouth, perhapn. but rery i-xprennlve la
thin ntatemnnt ret-tuilly uttered by a lemr
anoo leeturer: "It In u inintake to nuppono
that you are lllliuit youmelf with hupiiinewi
wbeu you are til nx yuurnelf with whlnky.
Vou ant ttuip.y entering into partnenUiUj
tis .lu.l to .turf u tfimke niuuh.'
id.
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