m HIDDLEBURGH POST.
GEO. W, WAGEKSELLER,
feT-- . Editor tod TroprietorJ
1 "2
MlDPLEBl'HOH, Ph., Mai 13, . 1897
Germany is doing lier lest to divert
tbe emigration .of her subjects frc
this country.
During the last fifty years f ' t
Austria and England ha- .
taincd their birth rates
undiminished,
jvlnlo that of Italy
creased,
uas slightly in-
t Buffalo (N y j repurteri t.
tended n pri"J0 r,g,t i a profosBioual
capacity rj0(j tn0 luli" ijBjug raided
by tbefvolio were promptly captured
witr tlio party. Judge Kiupr. of that
cjtr, before whom they were brought,
released them, declaring that it was a
prioeiple of law as well as of cotumou
sense that three kiuds of iuou were
permitted to go anywhere without
blame doctors, clergymen aud re
porters.
Japan fought her lust naval war
without buttlcships, but iu her uext
ono she propones to uso some of the
strongest ariuorclads nlloat. Two
000,000 vessels are now building in
England and more are likely to fol
low. Japan's muni netivo enemy in
the For Eiist is Russia, end on that
nceount the prububle intent of the
Jupuueso iiuvul oflice is to mutch, aud
if )osibla overmatch, tbo Cziir'a
available uuvy.
Occasionally ono lieurs of nn in
stnuce of real gratitude. Tuo willfof
Mrs, Muriu Elizabeth Cleveland, woO
died at Nice, 'France, directs thut tho
greater part of her estate shall be
turned into a trust fund aud invested
so ns to yield tho largest income con
sistent with safety to tho principal, to
bo paid semi-annually to Marvin F.
Scarfo of Pittsburg, who, nt tho risk
of his own life, saved Mrs. (.'loveluud
from accidental drowning, nnd at his
death tho principal to go to his chil
dren. Tho alliance of the Transvaal aud
tho Oriingo Free State shows very
clearly that (Join I'aul fears trouble
ninl is mulling preparations to meet it,
observes tho Han Fraucisco.Chronicle.
Tho Boers in both 'republics make a
suiuU numerical showing, ' but they
could put iu tlio field a force that
would whip five t'itnoV as many Eng
lish or other troops. Tho eucouutor
with Jumosou's men showed very
cleurly what tho Loots can do in tho
peculiar long-ritugo fighting iu which
they excel.
An interesting letter has just been
discovered, written by President Uu
chaunn when a young man, which
throws new light on un unhappy ro
muiice iu the early life of Lincoln's
predecessor. That Buchuium died a
bachelor becauso his engagement with
Anuio Coleman, the daughter of a
jiromiueiit resident of Lancaster,
l'eiin., whs broken by tliegirl's parents
is well known; but what caused her
father's hostility has never been dell
tiitely uuilerxtond, tliough the most
intiiiialo friends of the two havo
vaguely heard of niionyttiotis charges,
which Mr. Coleman would not allow
his daughtcr'sauitor toausweror i'veu
hear. Mins ('.iIciiiiiu died iu 1819, a
few mouths utter her engagement wns
broken, nnd Hiielmtiuti wrote to her
father, asking pet 'mission to attend
tho funeral. Tlio following letter was
found in a box of old documents which
Lad remained for quite a wliilo un
claimed in a 'Washington warehouse,
and wus suld the other day for a few
coots. It bud apparently been re
turned to Ituchanuu, for tho seal was
unbroken; "You huvo loxt a dejr
chilil. I have lost tho only earthly
object of my affection. My prospects
are all cut off, and I feel that my
happiness will bo buried with her in
tbe grave. It is now no time for ex
planation, but the time will come when
you will discover that she, as well as
I, has beeu much abused. God for
give the authors of it. My feelings
of resentment against them, whoever
they msy be, are huriod in tho dust
I have ono request to make, nnd for
the love of Qod aud your dour de
parted daughter, whom I love infi
nitely more than any other human
beiug could love, deny mo not. Af
ford me tho melancholy pleasure of
seeing the body before its interment."
As stated, tho plea wus not even
read, and ns Buchanan found the ani
mosity of the wealthy Coleman family
wus too much for a young lawyer,
he left Lnicaster nnd entered upon s
career w bioli ended iu tlioWhito House,
Mlnnrapolls Is to have a (treat musical fes
tival at the xioi)ltlos building ou May 17
ud IK.
Ar t
0-DA.Y.
Time strikes the ' .
With swift P of T
Hor pa uses t "eto," od nnerrin toU
Therulr Journey to
ed castles of the human soul.
Swift y '
" t.,..k hi. flint. Jklnk unl kU I.,..
.'any short; ' ,
or Ufa, however brief It ehanoe to bo,
4)oth entry, us it near the unseen port,
Hopes freighted with oteroal destiny.
Reroemoer, then, the field of life's survey
Cannot be circumettd by human creeds,
Ami he ulone Is wise who csowns each ilny
With lofty purpose and ennobling deeds.
Charles Vabson Soule, to Chicago Journal.
That Tantalizing Letter. '
ELL. I'm both
ered if I can tell
who it's from 1"
"It" was a
letter ; and,
surely, the eas
iest way for Mr.
Sprout to ar
rive at the de
sired informa
tion was simply to open it. ,
No doubt ; but here arose a slight
diflioulty : it wasn't his. Tho postman
had delivered it at the shoptjy mis
take. It was addressed to Miss Nancy
Vale.
All day tho sight of it lying on the
top of a ham ou tbe counter had
literally tantalized him. When the
shutters were going to be put on for
tho night, ho took it up for a final
scrutiny.
"The postmark's London," be
ruminated. "I uever hoard tell of
any ray goodness ! I've done it
now I"
And so ho had. Tho imperfect
adhesion of the envelope had yielded
altogether to his too insinuating
finger.
Of oourso, now that it was open, it
wonld have been a depth of folly
passing Mr. Sprunt's comprehension
not to master tho contonts, and his
face actually quivered with suppressed
excitoment during tho perusal.
"If that doesn't beat the Dutch !"
he ejaculated on reaching the end.
"A legacy of five hundred pounds
from her graud aunt If I had known
this was going to happon, I wijuld
have uiado her Mrs. Sprunt long ago.
I've alwuys been fond of Nancy, and
I'm fonder now than ever. What u
mercy this letter camo ruy way I"
This was no time, however, for
moral reflections. Tho situation called
for immcdM,to action, itjn order to
secure this golden windfall for his own
coffers, he must not let tho grass
grow under his feet.
A moment's cogitation showed that
tbo first thing to bo douo was to get
tho fair legatee, by hook or by crook,
to promise to marry him before sho
knew of her good luck.
Supposo ho proposed that night, and
was accepted? In the course of a day
or two ue eould produce the letter, all
sealed up again, as if it had newly ar
rived. Once Nanoy had pledged hor
word, he conld depend on her not
throwing him over.
With Mr. Sprunt to think was to act,
especially when five hundred pounds
were at stake.
It was a blustering March evening,
both raining and blowing at a rate
enough to quoll the ardor of any ordi
nory suitor. But a deluge of old wives
and piko staves wouldn't have deterred
the redoubtable Sprunt from setting
out for Cherry-tree Cottage to put his
fortuno (or rather Nance's) to the
tCbt.
A few minutes' battling with the
elements brought him to his destina
tion.
In answer to his resounding rat-tat-tat
ou tho knocker, Nancy appeared
nt tho door, accompanied by SSpook, a
hundHomo black cat.
"Ah!" Fays tho clever reader; "na
old maid I"
Well, sho was single, undoubtedly,
but it wnsu't from want of
"An offer," interposes the readers,
with a cynical smile. "It never is."
To tell tho little dressmaker's story
to ono capablo of making so vilo nn
insinuation would bo casting pearls
bofore swine. Enough to say that ten
years before, Nancy, then a wiusome
dark'-eyed maiden of eighteen, had
played out her ono romance
To bring about a reconciliation be
tween her lover and his tyrannical
father who had threatened to disin
herit him if ho persisted in his atten
tions to her, sho had given poor Tom
his oonge, coldly, firmly, finally.
Instead of this having tho efleot an
ticipated, it made life at homo HCem
so intolerable to young Ford that ho
ran away.
From that ill-fated day Nancy had
never seen her lover attain, though his
haggard face and that last look in his
eyes as of sorao dumb animal in pain
had haunted her ever since.
But this is a digression. Let us re
tarn to the prosent and Mr. Sprunt.
"It's a very wet night, my dear,"
he observed. Without waiting to be
invited, ho entered and seated himself
in the ' armoh'air, and after n few
desultory remarks and preliminary
clearings of the throat, he made the
plunge.
"What a time it seems since you've
been, over to the shop, Nanoy I I've
iboen missing yon badly."
-'."Have yon, really?" returned she,
1iJ'8lrtfge of color stealing into her
jialo cheek.
"Yes, I've been missing you, and it
sot me a thinking," continued Mr.
Sprunt, in a rcfleotivo tone. "1 says
to mysolf, says I, 'ef you missos a
person when you don't seo her, thut
shows you've a hankering after her.
And if, you've a hankering after a per
son, tHat" shows you're in love with
her. And if you're in love with a per
son, well, tbe next thing's'to get mar
ried to her,' says 1 subject to her
approval, of course," added the man
of soap and treaole, and as an after
-
thought hardly worthy of considera
tion. HAving thus logically stfcted his ease,
he leaned his burly figure back in his
chair, stock his thumbs into the arm
holes of hit wsist coAt, and com
placently awaited a reply.
"I'm very sorry," stammered Nancy,
whom the proposal had taken entirely
by surprise. "If you mean me, Mr.
Sprunt, it's quite impossible."
"What, impossible !" almost shouted
that gentleman, starting np in such
undisguised astonishment that Nancy
with difficulty repressed a smile. "Yon
can't mean impossible, surely? For
my sake, take time and consider. i The
shop's a good going concern. I could
keep you like a lady. A silk gowu
and a gold watch and chain would be
nothing to me. And I've a snug bit
of mocey laid by "
"That makes no difference," inter
rupted Nancy, a little frown pucker
ing her forehead.
To say that her elderly wooer was
dumbfounded, is putting it mildly. If
money mado no difference, what on
earth would? He was almost at his
wits' end, seeing hia ehanoe of five
hundred pounds visibly receding, when
a bright idea struck him. The senti
mental card was tho one to play on a
woman.
Accordingly, nvith a rueful look, he
rose as if to depart
"Well, I can say no more. I've of
fered you my all, and it doesn't please
you. Many s too tiino, jsancy, my
dear, I've thought of you hore so
solitary-like. Maybe, after this, you'll
think about mesomotimes sitting lone
some." "Oh, hush!" cried Nancy, smitten
with realcompunotion for the pain sho
was inflicting. "If it was anything
else, Mr. Sprunt"
"Ay, that's it," with a heavy sigh,
taking a step to the door. "If you
knew how I've saved up, aud planned
and counted on this, you'd be sorry
for me. You see a disappointment
tells more on a man come to my timo
of life. I'm not so young as I ouce
was."
Tho smile with which ho concluded
was more touching to Nancy than
tears. A wave of infinite pity swept
over her.
Sprunt paused half way to the door,
dotecting signi of indecision.
"I Bee you're not ablo to bring your
mind to it," ho said, humbly. "I might
have known yon couldn't. Yon'll not
let this make any difference between
us ; it will kill me, if you did. Good
bye, my dour Ood bless you ! You'll
never want a friend as long as old John
Spiunt's living. Goodbye."
"Stop a moment," suid Nuncy hur
riedly. She was fairly overcomo by
such disinterested utlection. "if you
cure so inneh "
"Care !" broko in Sprunt, with gen
uine fervor; "you don't know how
much 1 core" (which was quito true).
"Oh, Nancy! Jubt change your mind
and say 'yes.'"
Nanoy said "yos."
While this settling nnd sealing of
his mistress's destiny was taking place,
it may be profitable to enquire, "What
was Spook after?"
During tho most interesting part o!
tho colloquy ho was intent ou an ex
amination of the visitor's overcoat
foreign articles (that is, those not in
digenous to Cherry-tree Cottage) pos
sessing a rare fuscination for him.
Spook hnd a terrible noso for dis
covering secret". Tho nearer ho ap
proached one of the pockets the keener
grew tho snifliug; tho reason being
that therein lay tho fateful letter,
which had acquired a very pronounced
smell of tho ham it hud beeu in close
proximity to all day.
Now, Spook had ono weakness and
that was for ham. Ham iu any shape
or form wus to him irresistible. For
hum he would havo stopped nt no
crime, how much less nt mere pocket
picking I
After considerable manu'tivering, ho
dexterously inserted into tho pocket a
paw, and, without inoro ado, contrived
to fish out tho letter.
As it fell ou tho iloor, a sudden
movement of Sprunt's made Spook
think ho was detected, and ho precipi-
tutely lied, leaving his booty lying
hulf-hidden under tho tabic, to be dis
covered in clue time.
If anyone had told Nuncy the next
morning, when sho begun washing her
doorstep, that she would loavo it half
done, sho would havo laughed tho
crazy prediction to scorn.
But so it was decreed.
She had given the preliminary wudi
with water, when a shadow fell athwart
tbo step.
Nancy looked up in surprise, nnd
met tho steadfast ga.e of a tall,
bronzed and boarded Btranger.
Uttoring nn inarticulate ery of half
inoredulous joy, she sprang to her feet
and took a step forward.
The next inst'int the stranger's
strong arms were round her, aud his
lips were pressed to hers in a long,
passionate kiss.
It was Tom Tom come back from
the grave as it were.
Who could desoribe tbe feelings of
the long-severed pair? Nanoy s glow
ing face, when she raised it from her
lover's broad chest, looked almost as
young and as fair as when they had
parted ana a toousand times hap
pier.
Tom's story was not a long one, but,
owing to sundry mysterious interrup
tions, it took a good while to tell.
"'To begin at tbo beginning, be had
worked his passage out to Australia,
got u place as shepherd on a sheop
farm, aud before half a dozen years
had elapsed was himself tho owner of
a large sheep run.
"And I wouldn't be hero now," con
cluded he, "if, last Christmas, I hadn't
come across a Strathendy man: Jim
Black, the joiner's sou. We got pretty
friendly talking about old times, and
he told mo you wero still Nancy ale.
Folks said it was for my sake 'you
would not marry. Wnen 1 beard that,
the real reason for your refusing me
began to dawn on me. I made np my
mind to sell out, and coma back and
aak you again. So here ' I am. Ton
won't send me away this time, little
Nanoy, v?ill you?"
Naney turned away her head with a
soddea shiver of anguish. Not till
that moment, since Tom's return, hat)
she remembered what had transpired
the previous evening.
Oh, the horror of tho thought!
Tom had eome back, but too late ; wa
she not John Sprunt's affianced wife J
in an agony of despair and shame
she hid her face in her hands. Yea,
shame I How could she ever confess
to faithful Tom that she had plighted
her troth to another?
But it bad to be told. Tom was
anxiously demanding what was the
matter.
"John Sprunt was hers last night,"
(he said at last, in a strange, unuata
rsl voice, "and ho aked iue to marry
him."
"Ho, ha, ha ! It that all?" laughed
Tom, immensely relieved. "But I
woulda't look so solemn abo-.it it
Don't you think it a capital joke?"
"No, I don't," said Naucy, bursting
into tears; "because I said I wonld."
A dead sjJence followed this declar
ation. Nancy got out her little handker
chief and Blowiy wiped her eyes, steal
ing a piteous glance at Tom, who sat
crave as a judge, with a perfectly in
scrutable expression.
"Aro yon anery, Tom? she asked,
timidly, wheu the silonoe grew un
bearable.
"Angry ?" with a short, bil ter lough.
"Oh, no. I'm deliqhtod, of course.
At the same timo, it's au unexpected
honor. I didn't know I wis taking a
journey of thousands of miles to bo
present at John Sprunt's wedding.
But why, in the name of wonder,"
breaking off his tone of polite irony
"why didu'tyou tell mo this nt first?"
"Becunso I forgot," sobbed Nnucy.
"Ob, why didn't you como u day
sooner just one day?"
"You don't tuenn to say you wonld
havo preferred me to tho young and
handsome and generous Sprunt?"
asked Tom, with biting sarcasm.
Poor Nuncy lilted her swimming
eyes in route reproach. Tho sight
brought tbo penitent Tom to his knees
by her side.
"I'm just a perfect brute!" he de
clared, kissing away her tears. "Can
yon ever forgive me for being so
cruel?"
For answer Nancy silently laid her
slender little hand in his broad palm.
Tutu pressed it again aud again tc his
lips.
"This is raino now," ho said, reso
lutely; "and I rotiis'e to givo it up
till you can tell me somebody elso has
your heart.
"I'll just go over to tho shop at
once, nnd seo Sprout myself," re
marked Tom prosently, getting
up. "Hello! hero's a letter, Nancy,"
picking up tho all-important docu
ment, which bad lain undisturbed
where it foil till now.
Nancy looked at the letter in puz
zled surprise. Together they perused
it. Their amazement at its contenti
was equalled by wonder as to how it
got there.
Suddenly Nancy exclaimed:
"Oh, I tnink I cau explain it. I re
member just like a dream seeing some
thing whito fall out of one of the
pockets of Mr. Sprunt's overcoat.
Spook was poking about it in his
usual way. Ho must have been at his
old. pilfering tricks "
"Oh, well, I would hardly call it
that Let's say ho took it iu a fit of
nb.straction just as Sprunt openod it
to begin with, wherever ho got hold
of it. Do you understand tlio reason
of his sudden aflcction for you, Nancy?
Tho grasping old miser I"
At this moment thoro was a loud rap
at tho door, followed by tho entranco
of the very individual in question.
His dismay on soring a stranger may
be imagined. His lirst impulse wus to
withdraw, but 'l'o.u's voice arrested his
movement.
"What do you want, sir?"
Snruut stopped, gave bis q nestioner
a baleful glare out of his little ferrety
eyes, and then utterly ignoring his
presence turned to Nancy.
"Good morning, my dear. I daro
say you're surprised to see mo bo
eurly ; but tho truth is, I'm anxious
about a letter for you that the post
gavo me through carelessness yester
day. 1 had it in my pocket for you
lust night ; but it's not to be wondered
at that, iu the circumstances, I forgot
it," with a leer at Nancy. "And now,
I'm sorry to say, it's nowhere to be
found."
"You don't need to waste your sor
row on that. It has just been found,"
Buid Tom.
"Oh, ah I'm very glad," stam
mered Sprunt.
"This letter has been opened. Per
haps you'll kindly give an account of
your proceedings with regard to it,"
continued Tom, sternly eyeing the de
linquent, who was mopping tbe per
spiration otf his honest brow.
"I am not accountable to yon, sir,"
growled Sprnn t. "Nanoy, my dear, I'll
explain it all to you."
"Just dare to call this lady your
'dear' again !" cried Tom, with such fe
rooity of aspect that "the Shop"backed
two or three steps to the door. "As
for explaining, yon may save yourself
the trouble. It's an ill wind that
blows nobody good," observed Tom,
with a comical glance at Nanoy as the
door banged behind tbe baftled
schemer. "The very first thing yon
are going to do, my little Nanoy
Pretty, is to chooso your wedding
gown." Boston Bouquet.
Canada's Population.
The Canadian Department of Agri
culture estimates the population of the
Dominion to be 5,125,438, a gain of
rather less than 300, 0U0 since the eeu
pus of 18!U. In 181)0 there were two
States of the Union that exceeded
Canada in population New York, with
5,1)117,858 inhabitants, and Pennsyl-
I vania, with 5,208,01V . .
:.MCI BUMS EIHH '
1 ' TcartacD. 't
When Uern occarIob calls for war, 1
And tbe trumpets rhrtil and pal, '
Font and armoritts rtua all day
With the flen-a elah of HtwL
The blades Are hentnl in tbe flame,
And cooled In toy fllood.
And beaten hard, and beaten Well,
To mnLe them tlrm and pliable,
Tbelr ede aud turner Kood :
Then touu aud nharp with discipline,
They win the light for lighting men.
When God's occasions call for men,
His chosen souls He takes :
In life's hot lire Me tempers them,
With team he cools and lake ;
With many a heavy, grievous stroke
He beau them to an edge
And texts and tries, again, again.
Till the bard will is fused, and pain
becomes high privilege ;
Then strong, aud quickened through and
through.
They ready are His work to do.
I.Ike an on-rusliing, furious host
The tide of need ua.l sin,
I'd less tbe blades .ill all teoiMred b.i,
They have no chuuee to win ;
Ood truU to no untested sword
When he goes forth to war ;
Only the souls that, beaten long
On pAin'sgreat anvil, have grown strong.
Ills choHeu weapons are.
Ah, souls, on pain's great anvil laid,
lleineinlier this, nor be afraid !
8usau Coolidge, In Congregationullst
JKHl'S WAITS BEYOND.
It Is not with the grief which can no', lie
a.HMiingnd that we who love Jesus mourn our
io-t. Ills rieing from the grave i the plejge
of their Immortal life, and wafted to us
from thut t-hnre of bloom where they await
ti.i. c niie to our cplritH whit-pern of undying
hope. We know thut we shall meet tiieni
nguiu when the heaven? shall receive un, as
the heuveiiH have received them. A dear
wife wns drifted out on tiiu tide which sets
iiwuy from these nurf-beutcii banks of the
earth. Hour after hour her hustmml held
her in his arms, her breath growing fainter,
coining in gasps; ever her brave eyes look
ing steadily into his. her strung soul facing
the invisible world just lieymid tbe Vail,
without u tremor, without a protest. An
other than tbe beloved husband wus waiting
to tnku her baiiil, nnd to that Other both
eould resign themselves trustfully uml buoy
antly, for this nml tho next life. " "Ono eiin
Ik- glnd w ho goes to ,le-us !" said a girl In
the flush of her youth. Mllory. honor, im
mortality !" whispered un aged" saint. " All
sunshine yonder! " suiiKiod'sservnnt, going
home. Ho our Master thoughts are full of
rejoicing, full of praise transcending speech.
Yesterday we thought of Jesus In the tomb ;
today it Ih of Jesus risen we sing. And us a
dear poet has written, we remember in
thankfulness that
"Calvary and Easter day
Wero just one day apart !"
Christina Intelligencer.
A rilAYKU or ADOIIATIOX.
lllessed be thou, () (lod ! who bast raised
up our Lord . Testis from the dead thut he
might bo the first fruits of them thut an;
asleep. We bless then for bis service of
humiliation, his utoning death, his glorious
resurrection and his continuing life. Tor
his sake pardon our transgressions nnd
shortcomings nnd enulile us so to use this
world of passion and temptutiot,
that we may wiu the victory ot
faith. Tench us to live ns heirs of
the Inheritance Christ's death has purchased,
uml to die us those who follow without fear
the path of him who eompiered death. Out
of tlio experience of Thy love wo prnis
Thee. With the innuiiieriildi) company of
the redeemed In heaven ami earth we wor
ship the I.nmb sluin-froin tho foundation of
the world. who died and rose again uml lives
in an immortal life. (Hory be to Thee, O
Christ ! in heaven nnd earth forevermoro.
Amen. '..
A VOICE t'BOM THE DEEP.
There Is. It issr.ld, n beautiful custom In
parts of Sicily when tbo fishermen ure go
lug ou some expedition Into tho deep sua:
their wives unit children accompany them
to the shore, and us they omlmrk they raise
nil together their voices in hymns of praise
to (iod, uml ns they put out to sen, those iu
thu bouts answer to tbosu on the shore, ill
nn untiphone of devotion, verso after verse,
until their voices die nwuy iu tlio distance,
uml tho yearning sea curries them out of
sight and hearing. So we today stand on
the shore of eternity, nnd as soul after soul
puts forth Into tho deep and passes from
our sight, we raise the song of eonlldi'iiee,
'Christ is risen." uml the answer comes
back from the bosom of that boundless
ocean
'Christ is risen, risen brother,
liiollier, Christ is risen indeed."
Canon Newbolt.
WK SUM. I. JIKKT AOAIN.
One can hear with hope ami calmness a
liarlini' which is onlv for ittimn nnd not for
ever. As the great ship sw ings nwuy from
the dock, with every revolution of its wheels
carrying our near one nwuy trom us, lialf
across the L'lohc. to lie l'oiii for vimrs u'
spun tlio gulf of absence with the bridge of
nope ; wu loici-iisi inn 'Miming uiick.wo Know
that ere long, or peVhiips after long, we w ill
moot UL'liln. Ho. when out ou the silent son
tue uiuluud oars of dentil curry our oanpie,
our dear ones here know that in Christ wo
shall meet before ninny years. When wo
give our loved ones up it is in the good
hope of the resurrection. Iteatli hath no
more nonunion uv-r ui'mn nii'i m wn"
faith and love iu the risen Christ. And this
Is tho Kuster joy iu the crown of rejoicing.
Murgarct E. Hnngstor.
THE SEED WILL DLonsoM IN HEAVEN.
The doctrine of the resurrection Is full of
joy to the liercavcd. it clothes the grave
with Mowers, and wreathes tho tomb with
unfailing Imirel. The sepulchre shines with
n light brighter than the sun, and death
grows fair, as we say, in tlio full ussurunce
of faith, "1 know thut my brother shall rise
nguin." ltent from tho ignoble shell, tho
pearl Is gone to deck tho crown of the Prince
of Peace i buried beneath the sod, tho seeil
is preparing to bloom iu the King's gurdeu.
C. 11. Hpurgoon.
rEW YEARS MAY HOLD MUCH.
IIo lives longest who lives noblest. Life
Is uot measured by heart-beats, but by
good deeds. We do not doubt tbat many
persons of less than threescore aud ten
nave really hud a richer aud fuller exist
ence than even Methuselah ever enjoyed.
It Is possible to orowd an age Into a life
time. Among the eurly dead there are mul
titudes who fullllled their mission ou the
earth as truly as If they lingered on to
wrinkles and gray hairs. Let us be mindful
that thu ulght c'ometh when no iniiu can
work and diligently strive to no our duty
while it Is called today. Chrisliuu .folvocutu
(Nushvlho.)
CHlllST MIST FIHST KISS IN IS.
The resurrection of Christ Is of no avail to
thee unless Christ also rises iu thy soul.
Nor Is it enough that Christ should arise in
thy soul but once, for the old Adam cannot
be destroyed in a single moment. Thu old
sinful nature strives dully to live uuew In
thee, and dully must thou destroy It that
Christ may daily begin to live iu thee.
Christ assonded not to heaven nor entered
Into bis glory until after his resurrection, so
thou wilt not enter. Into the heavenly glory
until Christ litut rises and lives iu thee.
Oorhurd.
I wi sttt ntwxtss or Ua
We an the chiidrea of the r
and the dearnna of the earth IbI1?
and Joyous lite trader the nun u Jr.
when we remember th. - e-.
biurned thereto from the tt.niif 'iJ
r.tutnla known unl.i In ili.i. M4 J
log of bread. Tbe aim." f,r "r.J
wo ever loos, is nis true vmu xi
appearings are from everliu . ' M
lastinir. It la iwAnmi r i.. t'l J
lasting. It is neWneat of t
And this we bare nlwavw, bavui. V i
us-the Vine whletf, ater inuLkM &
tAges. still blossonieth in alt u, J"',
It is be who Is our spring '
baptism of flame quickening th-tUT
and consuming All the dead ..T'l
- the Loan uiveh WAuvra
ITe who ellmtis Above the p,,
,1 .1
worm nun lurus nis lace to
Hide of the hill U chill .,,,.1 . " '
iounu inesunnv sine oi nrr. t,.
soirltiml nitn.l l.nt tl, l -T7'1
gives a warmth of iov wbieh
into summer. Huurueon. "
lilng out. O lily-bells ! Gone u .
All i.i.ti.n. !,.... m, ,1,1. ..... , . a"rV.,
Wh mm tin iniirn Ihw uhn. (..... . 'Il'''n1
To us the pearly gates swing ,!!JlJl" I
Past is the pain: 1 l
J.H'Uin IS IU Ml'i, .
11.1 wltyt A-na jt.iiid it. iu. II..
Yirgiuiu Yau de Water, iu Hari-rj. J
Ynnr life neAila ilnva nt
it shuts the gstes upon the iiuin "lih 'l
sclloii and is ulone with God I
TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, MAT
If
"Some Things Worth Living tn " J
iL 12-17.
Tnixos TO LIVE Tol.
May 10.
May 11.
May li
May 13.
May 14.
Msy 15.
Christ's approval
11-2.1.
Honor from men.
14-2:1.
Mi:t
I siai
Love. Oen. ulx. 13-10,
Mroogtb. Ijh. t, u-ii
Joy. l's. xl. 1-8.
Heaven. Mutt. nv. 3.
Luke ii. 28, 24; Acts xi. 25. M; J
VI. 10, 11; ix, 1-8; xvL 3, 4; I Cor. X. 11 rl
I "A 01. o an. li.k .111 i.i 1
V, . , It. tf-U, 11QU. Jklll, I, 1 J.
I.ERHON TTtomuri.
In ourdally toll and bushies v. J
piauuy on wiu ioukoui tor mat wUi
bring us tbe greatest prollt; but l v
at life as a whole, and su m up nil iupt
from its beginning till the mum-nt t j
and In view of tills, ask: "Wui 1.
firont a man if be gain the whole i..-.
osn bis own soulV"
If you fulllll the rurren of C; !
living, no matter how humbln ia J
uiaj w yuur inn, ti in wen wortn Ilia;
Uod s purposes aro nlwuya wurttij,
SEI.KOTIOSS.
The meaning and Jof of livlnc
summed up in merely keeling l'MU:i
eon y, but in nuvlug evvry powxruoe
troi. in Having an active mlml. a rn
There is life in a spauge, but twiJ
aoes It meniif men llrst cuu nnvcit'
say, "1 live," when be bus galcol Ini
from bondage to fin.
ltesd the biography of dips thitfrt
themselves, having their uffcctioai t:
the things of the present world. aiiJra
And tbat their cup of happlui'is iJ
lull, flow turn to the men that iiHS
and uniniash lives, and you will IU
oup of blessing running oter:,..M
their hearts was a peace tbat thu rrtll
not give and cannot tnku awur. J
- Tbe Lord has given to each the brW
life. -What shall we do with It m
spend the few years we have on etnl
ing to answer tbe questions, Wbit tk
eat? what shall we drlukV Kbit m
wear? where shall we amuse ours'in
hall we sptnd tbe few years Id tt
of our Lord and Muster, tryltu'tiM
his cause and trying to help out lelioi
If we live Chni-tllke lives, wdjiiuh
pence aud a happiness that :ht n.:l
nothing of.
Baco-Curo
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