Urmational lesson comments
r wit
CONGRESSIONAL
kTite "SIM of the Toifif." Jamt
.lOold.n Teat: "Keep Thy
From "7 .ip roi
. AkMtk hA not manv mMtura
'-rftkat wea'hall receive the greater
r A nt "mlW. AIIUUUKO IDB Word
r ...
l"u,,.i .masters" about forty-five out
tTMirr M It utauh.r'i In
Krdirtor8." The verb "dldasko" Is
tranalated "teach" or "taught."
I"" ..,i. thArofiwe. aeema to be that
1-M such responsibility that
'TlnllT dare to covet it. Yet If our Lord
'Zvt ami i"01 us 'orth. no matter In
l'10w ..... Uia ypAi.e limiifflclent for 114.
rire those In whom He lives anil
W eWn0 teaoheth like Him?" (Job
Ii "for i" . ,
i mt in wnnl tn Mmn la &
PT0MI "' .Kla .Ian tn hri.,1 tha
W' The It. V. says. "In many
I ill Blum mo. auu yri limns-
Zb in Jude lv.. K. V.. Is. "Now un
Him that I able to guard you from
nmblin and to set you before the pres.
itiol Hl Klory without blemish." If we
Lid but trust Ulm, who alone of all men
a stumbled, never sinned In thought,
rd or deed. He would keep us from
hlln for He Is able. "Thine Is the
r 0 Lord." The difficulty is all on
,rii. Ueay9, "I would, but ye would
j I Her we have a great creature, the
nM managed by the driver by means of
until bit In his mouth, and we have a
HM stiip managed by Its governor by
mi of a very small holm. We might
iMiJr he smallness of that which In
IfcreaM controlled the large body, or
1 might consider the driver or governor
unrolling. In Ps. Mill., 9. we are I n
nrted not to be like a horse or mule,
Itb.'at understanding, whoee mouth must
1 bold in with bit and bridle. But some
r and mulus have understanding, and
that some have more than thulr
kit. We are not warned against such,
b. great thing Is to have a good governor
id to be absolutely under his control.
I "Eihd no the tongue Is a little member
id boasteth great things. Heboid how
Ht a matter a little Are klndleth."
hmfora w are admonished, "Keep thy
tnirue from evil and thy lips from speak
Lgulle" (I's- xxxlv. 13.) And we are
olDiied thai mere is not a worn in our
ague but He k uowot h it altogether. (1's.
mit., 4). "Death and life are In the
Iter of the tongue," therefore "whoso
peth bis mouth and his tongue keepetb
.. 1011I from troubles" (Pro?, xvlil,, 21;
ii.. as).
I. "And the tongue Is a fire, a world ol
!.julty, and it Is set on Are of hull." Per
I tome have seen and heard fearful
imp from the tongue, but have not con
ked these things as indications of the
hie of affairs Ln hell. This Is the word
senna." the place of burning, and Is
hi only by our Lord except in this on
stance. "Out of the abundanco of tha
itrt the mouth speaketh" (Math. xll 34),
id if satan has control of the heart we
&r expect the tongue to smell of tire and
tinstone.
I.D. While every kind of orenturo caa be
tmd, the tongue Is untamable, an unruly
ml dill of deadly poison. This, of course,
Berlins the worse phase of the tongu
it has only the natural, unrenewed heart
hind It, but the possibilities of fearful
lallestations are in every unrenewed
rt. Flattery, mischief andvnuitv. back-
ling, dwelt and lying, are all In a wicked
ngue (Ps. v., 'J; x., 7; xv., 3; HI., 4; lxxvlil.,
or In the hcurt that is back of tin
leguo, for "the Ueurt is deceitful above aU
liniM Rnil ilHSi.ernti.lv n'l..lru.t" T.p -ll
I Ana "out of the lieurt proceed evil
woghts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
111. mine witness, DinspuemiHs (Jlutu,
. 1!)). This Is our Lord's ov.-u, testimony,
I H alone knows the huart.
9. "Therewith bless we God. even tlm
Ithi'r, and therewith curse we men which
h' made after the similitude of God." II
M not seem possible tlint the inmi
'cguit could Mess (iod and curse man.
11 tongue with only tho uaturul heart
kof it cuu curse, but the nutunil heart
nnot truly bless (Soil. What have w
then. a new heart which blesses God,
1 the old heart which is prone to curs
:. and each using the same tongue? It
jU even so, and, according to the Scrip.
rs, is so.
10. "Out of the same mouth proeeodeth
slag and cursing. My brethren, these
pugs ouunt not so to be." These sadly
fa things are a dishonor to Christ ami
Mid nut contlmiK Tlu i.0,.o ...... .1
Lord Jesus Christ and have thus a new
1 divine nature (II Pet. I.. 4) the Rnirlt
tifod, whose temple we now are, Jealously
ilreth us and llveth In us thai we may
t lift thai Otiln.... t.t..l . '
L... 1 . " . wo omerwise would
fnnnl cd by the carnal mind (Jas. lv.,8.
.1 7i ' ) inasmuch as
LOM Jesus Is rIiIii tn a,,h,l.. nn .v.i
n I""., ' ,nn1 Wl" uo 11 ln dl9
I u"" ."'UB ln UH' Bml kBBI subduud,
th, m"? 50f tuls ,!a!,t 11 w,ioy
...... .M lu ul imiuro wlUi.n wns born
4.1 US VIM II Til v ... U m .....I
'Ml "Dotll A fnlintnfn n.U .4
F Jme i.ttl. 8W0et WBtur HIlJ ,,,tter 0ftn
' ' ? "fBtnren.beor olive berries?
.e' v" Ks? 80 can no fountain both
'Halt wnt.'ranil fr..h " it,.u, ......
in produce only after their kiud.and
,i 1 "i'!r, ' r ttutl'ms "re not right before
11 II IS 1 1 lllllla n( . . II .
f.inni,.; V vii ran or source
HI ut 111 1 within 11a 1.,..,. ...u .u. .t
KiTh! .1. II , uu OUIll HIIIL Villi
l..i ... 11 ,H".'ves would be In us a well
Mn 1 ,rin(f J?.?. .uvrl"tin
1 (Jer. 11. ii "tuisuu is me iouu-
)ilXbJ 8 wi"e man nnJ Imbued with
,3 m"tt yu'' Let him show out
'kn,ofe0,nV'r'ilim hU W0rlt8 wlt"
... s 01 wlHdom." On to tho end of the
Vavliv l7Jp,s!ri vp?b u9!,a,
fks.i 111 ,. ' wurcu isuoueotner
ivl , win VlTlfl wlu!U all0W8d tl "on-
tl. 1 .""f"' P. then peaceable.
ilk. T t0 1,0 lutrotl. "tc. Every!
iImvII . vviiiuaiuu l irillll
'U. According in M.. ...11 i
CtTr-rf r'Khteousness. shall be peace.
IrtuM .. i ''rvl0M) ' rlgtiteousness,
Ei kfh R""uri"ll,n forever." Our Lord
PI at mi. 1 1"'"." of I,euCB: H" u ou
r. at nig t,(rt. , .ni ,,, ..p
kh P'aoH m' Hl" 'n""X"r. are to
lit L! .(Ih.!1: 1x.-- 7:Eph. 11., 14; Luko
immtun.! . D im-IWHO OI nIH gOV-
w shin . pB8,, ulon tUe throne of David
word iJD.VnJ: ""Ion shall not lift
n wr S! T Ntttl;m' mthr tuey
wtntallsthL nnin.-
growino I.. .irT . " uul reason 101
fiSSf If the -''Jl1"' ,n,P.e- Tbe,r
. ' " the word m av iw. .... j
.Vn5S When a
' ll dirnnri uncnes will be seen to
toty?i""- ,nd their movement
tbronoil twouI1
LnT!11' .! CorM" fnWersltj
,olntln,rv111'? ,hs orchard o
" unle"tn" of ,n tr,and h.
01
touUaan .11
nleh then ... . L roOTntl7 le"
k-cz 4,th .cor, of v;:,t
14 Jrr m. "au. aha d.
Abatraat aftk IaparUat KUaamrM la
lata Emms.
May Si -The tariff debate of 189T began
In tha United Bute sonata this morning.
800a after the senate met this morning Sen
ator Aid rich, In behalf ot tha Republican
memberot tha aaoatn finance oommlttee,
and in accordano with a previous an
nouncement, called op for consideration the
IUngley tariff bill, at revised by tha senate
finance committee.
May SR. When the Senate was called to
order this morning Chaplain Milburn prayed
for the welfare ot Queen Victoria and Great
Britain. A joint resolution was pasted ap
propriating .25.000 for deficiencies at tha
government printing office.
The Until conference report on tha Indian
appropriation bill, providing for opening to
settlement tha I'acompahgre reservation in
I" tab, but reserving to the government tha
gilsonite lands, was agreed to. The resolu
tion authorizing the government to send
supplies to the sufferers in India by any ship
was passed.
The tariff bill was then taken up.
May 27. There was an attempt to bring
forward the Cuban question lu the House
to-day as toon as the journal bad been read.
Mr. Lewi (Iieni., Wash.) shouted, "A ques
tion of privilege," and sent to tba clerk's
desk a resolution far the recognition of the
beligerency of the Cubans.
On a roll call the speaker announced "No
quorum," and the house adjourned until
Monday.
May 21). The session ot the Senate was
made interesting by an attack by Mr.
Morgan. Democrat, Alabama, upon Hpeaker
Iteed. Morgan's grievance is that Mr. Iteed
has shut down upon the passage by the
House of bis resolution recoguising the
belligerency of the Cubans, and he retaliated
by denouncing the Speaker's refusal to ap
point the committees, speaking of the House
"as dishonoring itself by submission to the
mind of one man." Mr. Galllnger, Kepulill
can. New Hampshire, who was in the ohalr,
called Mr. Morgan to order on the ground
that he was violating a rule bv criticism of
the co-ordinate branch of Congress.
Consideration of the plate glass feature of
the tariff bill occupied most of the day. Mr.
Joueg, Democrat, Arkansas, o'Jered several
amendments in the direction ot lower duties,
all of which were rejected. He declared that
the Pittsburg Plate Glass company was a
trust, In which assumption he wus oontra
dlcteu by Mr. Quay. The Senate adjourned
to Tuesday in honor of Memorial day.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
May 25 The house started In to-day to
hold three sessions, with bills on third read
ing as tha order of business. Speaker lloytir
Is detained at his home by Illness, and Mr,
Holies, of Philadelphia, presided. During
the morning session 11 bills were considered
on second reading on special orders. Those
of the most general interest are the reform
bills Indorsed by the state Kepublican con
vention. Tbey are the non-political Inter
ference, non-assessment and poll tux bills,
and were taken up ln order named.
May 20 The senate killed the criminal II.
bel bill this morning, but it was reconsider
ed and glveu another chance. It knocked
out the Campbell bill taxing employers of
unnaturalized aliens and regulating the em
ployment of such, also the K eater bill,
regulating the division of cities Into wards.
Gov. Hastings signed the Greater Pitts
burg repealers last evening. The three re
form bills passed the house on second read
ing. Tbey will pass Anally to-day. The
resolution for the appointment of nu Insur
ance commission was killed in the house.
Mho Farr elglit hour day law fulled in the
House.
May 27. Only the house was in session to
day.
The order of business was rovonue bills on
third reading, and local and special bills on
Becoud reading. The local and spenlnl bills
were quickly disposed of, nnd then the reve
nue bills were taken up.
The first revenue bill to pass levies a four
mill tax on the bonds of corpo'tttions. Sir.
Holies estimates this meusure will produce
vzau,uuu ft ynur.
The bill levying afour-mlll tnx on the ma
tured and 1 aid-up' stocks of building and
loan nssocintions also passed finally. This
bill will produce ntiout xlM.WJO revenue an
nually. Two other revenue bills also passed dual
ly. One tuxes orders, checks, dividers, cou
pons, passbooks or other puper :iven fur
wages for labor lu lieu of cash. The oilier
authorizes the stHte treasurer to Issue a II
ceuse to li-ewers on payment of uu nuuuul
fee of Cl.UUO.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
August lielniont. the New York financier,
luis ordered a MOO statue of his favorite
horse, Henry of Navarre.
Professor Francis G. Fenliody gives what
the Huston Christian Keglste'r calls cou
(tensed two-miuutit sermons at inoruiug
prayers at Harvard University.
On June 14 next Sir Henry Irving will un
veil the new Siilduns statue' on I'adilington
Green, London. It is bnped that SnruU
Uernhurilt will also be present ou that occa
sion. Colonel Granville O. Haller, a retired
United States Army ofllcer, who died In
Seattle, Wash., May' 7, served in the Mexi
can nnd I ii 1 i 11 ii wars and in the Civil War,
He was seventy-eight years of nge.
Charles ile Kay, the art critic, whose term
ns our C'oiisul-lieneral in iterllu has just
expired, I iu won new laiimls in Germany
ns a clever feneer. His portrait recently
nppeareil in sport Im l.ild us tlio Vorsitzcu
der des Uerllner Fecht-Clulis.
Governor lingers, of Washington, vetoed
n bill which proposed to modify plans fur
a million dollar State Capitol so that tlm
cost should be only ioUO.OOO. Governor
lingers believes that such a building would
be u eyesore ami a disgrace.
It was reeently found that Ilepresentn
tlvc liricker. of Michigan, Is in very much,
the same preilicument as Governor l'ingree.
He is Mayor of Helding. and at the same
time represents his district In the Legisla
ture. As yet nothing lias been done in the
matter.
Including the baby daughter of the Duke
and Duchess of York, born nt Saudrlngham
ou Sunday, (jucen Victoria has seventy liv
ing descendants unmnly, suns and daugh
ters living, seven; grandchildren, thirty
three; great-gruudchildrcn, thirty; tolul,
seventy.
Mayor I. V. Williams,- of Oaksdale.
Wash., has resigned his office rather than
Higo an ordinance condemning a man to
iuil for ueglectlng to license his dog. Tho
layor, who has served for two or three
years, considers It cruel and unjust to con
fine a man if he has no money to pay a dog
tax.
The two smallest men ln Congress nrn
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, and
Representative Wheeler, of Alabama. Mr.
Chandler is sixty-two years old nnd Gen
eral Wheeler is slxty-ono, but both have
Blender, boyish figures, and are said to af
fect somewhat youthful dress ronrlujr
trim, nutty sack coats.
The Crown Prince of Groeeo Is distinc
tively not a soldier, and his lieurt is not a
military one. When ln Germany his lack
of enthusiasm and Interest luurmy matters
was noticed, and on a few occasions in
Which he had-to take pnrt in a military dis
play he showed himself entirely wanting in
the attributes necessary to make him a
smart officer.
Thomas N. Booker, who has been con
nected with the New York Tribune ever
since It was founded, fifty-six years ago,
has retired from Bervloe to enjoy the leisure
which ho bas well earned at the age ot
eighty-one, and, as well, ball his salary so
long as he lives. He began as a compos
ltor, and was foreman for thirty-three
years. Since 1877 he has been supervisor
ot the composing room. He holds on)
hare of the original atook, Issued la 1M9,
KEMIEIMirai
STUDENTS EARN DISTINCTION.
Honor for ti eradaatlag Class
WasaiBf toa ana Jaffsraoa.
t
President Moffatt announced tha honors
(or toe graduating class ot Washington and
Jefferson college aa follows: Magna cum
laude, John 8. Holllday and Dunlap J. Mc
Adam; Cam laude, George Carmlcha-I; hon
orary orations, Herbert 8. Gans, John H.
Jackson, John E. McCurdv, Frauklin C. Mc
GI1L James McC. Miller, George T. Traut
man, Maynard K. Alleyn, Alexander Allison,
Frank A. Andrews, Alexander C. lieeson.
James A. Dougan, Charles L. Marsha, Wm.
D. Inglis. Louis H. Jacob, John J. Kerr,
Hugh Leltb, Jarurs McGlftln, A. A. Mo
Lachln, F. F. MeVay, James W. Martin, Wm,
A Heed, Robert Simple, Wm. Sampson,
Thomas R. Stevenson, William Wherry and
Frauds Woods.
Fire broke out in the business section of
Point Marlon at an early hour Sunday morn
ing, aud destroyed eight build lugs before it
could be stopped. The fire started in Titus's
barbershop, and totally destroyed It, as also
Morris's store, Stone t store, Newcomer's tin
shop, Morris's dwelling. Delierry s atore and
dweiliug and Frankenberry's Urge dwelling,
the flames being checked at that polut. The
aggregate loss is about 10,000, with 3,000
Insurance. The town bas no tire depart
ment, and the people fought the Names with
buckets. Three dwelllugs were saved only
by heroic efforts, and sevsral people were
Injured while trying to save the property.
The Armstrong County Prohibition conven
tion was held In Apollo. W. E. Allen, ol
Parker, was elected chairman, ami a county
ticket selected at follows: Sheriff, W. K. Al
len: jury commissioner, A. 11. Mcintosh, Oak
liidge; delegates to State convention, Saro'l.
Jack. J. W. Cowan, J. A. llanua, W. T. Wil
son, W. II. llutlur, Charles Sawyer, and six
alternates. Couuty officers were elected at
follows: Chafrmau, T. J. Duldridge; trea
surer, W. It. Walker. A lecture was given
In the evening by H. D. l'atton, of Lan
caster. The postofllce ut West Hickory, Crawford,
county, was entered by robbers, the safe
blown open and its contents carried off
Among the valuables takeu were worth
of postage stamps, 20 In currency and a lot
of jewelry. The outer shell of tha door
was blown off'by a charge of powder being
placed in the space left by the mixed combi
nation. The Inner portion of the door was
then forced open witn pickaxes and othet
railroad tools. ' No clew has been found ol
the robbers.
Henry Bauer and Carl Nold. the anarchist'
who were released last Tuesday from ltiver
tide penitentiary, are again beliiud prison
bars. With them are 37 German artisans
Pltttburg and Allegheny. Saturday after
noon the big benefit arranged fur the two ac
complices of Alexander llerkmaiin, who at
tempted H. C. Frlck's life, was In the full
swing of German gaiety at lllschoff's grove,
In Hnzlewood, when a squad of )olicu sur
rounded the merry makers and bundled tha
whole lot to jail ou a charge of disorderly
:on duct.
The record ot the legislature to the tire-
sent, Is as follows: Hills read in tun place.
1,008; bills reported from House commlttue.
li2; from Senate commutes, 201; a total of
TJX The rest have either not bueu consider
ed or are idgou-holed. House bills missed
nnd sent to the (Senate number 173. The
House has diposed of 39 Senate bills. House
bills that bnve pnsscd Hnullv and delivered
to the Governor amount to 70. Hills approv
ed by the Governor are t'.G.
A peculiar wreck occurred ut Vandergrlft.
As a heavy freight train was passing along
the old West l'ciiusvlvaiila inn in track a
large refrlgurator car was derailed and
dragged for some distance ouer the ties. 'J he
train nt tast parted and tho heavy car was
tossed aside like a feather. No explanation
can be given us to the cause of the accident,
for. nlthoiigh the track was Dadly torn np,
the rails are not spread.
The Mercer county brunch of the National
lleform party held u convention in Green
ville. The address of W"lcomu wus deliver
ed by Hov. A. M. Keifer, of tho lieformed
church. The local o Ulcers are: Chairman,
J. L. Hlley:vicM chairman, .lnlln lliick and
K. W. Hodge; secretary, l. K. McClrmaiiH.
A mas meeting was held. Hov. ir. Keller,
of Grovo City College, was tho principal
speaker.
John Palmer, a producer, committed sui
cide on his lease at Tidioiit. On leaving tlm
house he told bis wife to have his sou follow
him to the wells, and on reaching a largo
tank the boy found his father's hut on the
top of It, which led to the subseiiicnt dis
covery of the miiu's body Inside. Temporary
insanity la supposed to have been the cuusu
of the act.
The furmers' picnic to be given uuder the
auspices of the Westmoreland county Agri
cultural Society, will be held In Yoiiugwood,
Juue 10. It wlii be a representative gather
ing of tanners of the couuty. The manage
ment have secured Hon. 'John P. F.lkins,
Deputy Attorney General, nnd James G. Mo
Spsrrcu, of Lancaster, as the orators of the
day.
The suit of the Farmers' Oil company
again ex-Congressman Thomas W. Plnllii s
to recover W,000 alleged to be diw the
IilaintltTs for oil produced from u lease lu
'nun township, lln.lcr county, wliiio tlm
title wus in dispute, was settled by Mr. Phil
lips paying (2,000 and the Farmers' com
pany paying the costs.
The annual convention of the Lawrence
county Saldinth-scliool ursoclatlon wus held
at llermou church, lu Sllprierv Hock town
ship, liev. It. I', llandolph uiudo un ad-
uress, nnd In the afternoon nddresses
were made bv ltev. I. II. Dtirfen. lt.-v. J. S.
Martin. Mrs. .1. W. Dunns. Georire Clutton
and liuv. II. S. .Ionian.
Ilev. J. 1). Horron. rector ff Trinity I'.nis-
copnl church lu New Castle, bus notilled the
vestry of the church of his resignation to
take effect July 1, when ho will take charge
of All Saints church at Portsmouth, O. The
resignation was accepted with regret. Ilev.
Mr. Hurrou has been lu New Castle for IS
years.
Charles Uracknoy, of Hutler. was trying to
stop a leak in a gas well in Jiuinilo towu
ship, when tho enormous pressure of gas
blew off the casing head, crushing his breast
nnd probably fracturing his skull. It Is
thought he Is fatally Injured.
At the Prohibition county convention in
New Wilmington, It. W. McFate, of New
Castle, wus nominated for Sburlff, and J. S.
Da Shune for district attorney. J. J. Asheu
hurst, of New Wilmington, was elected chair
man of the new county committee.
1 he large 'barn ot Lyman Arner, near
Oraugevllle, was destroyed by fire with Its
contents and three valuable horses. Arner
attempted to release the animals and sustain
ed burns whloli may result In bis death. The
loss will be about f 2,500.
Richard Hums, not 15 yeurs old, has again
boon committed to prison by a Shenandoah
Justice, charged with breaking Into a col
liery carpenter shop and getting tools
with which he entered and robbed a barber
shop.
Ilev. Morton H. Hartzell, son of Missionary
Bishop Hartr.ell, has been appointed pastor
for the Beaver Methodist Episcopal church
tor the remainder of this conference year,
and will enter upon his duties June L
Auditor-General Mylin has made an offi
cial statement of the state revenues, and ac
cording to his estimates there will be a de
flolt on November 30, 1897, of 3, 004,954 18.
Allegheny county Populists met and elect
ed delegates to the state convention at Al
toona, and declared themselves in favor of
the Omaha platform.
Coal dirt bas choked the channel of Blue
Mountain dam, north of Hamburg, and
boating on the BobuylktU canal is at a stand
itllL
MCI RELIGIOUS READING-
PREGNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
All Things King trala-tlaw Souls Are
Iturlml-III vine TrcM-nr In All Nature-Faith
Till the Knil-llullurM la
Wholeneaa-Thtak of God's MilTerlng.
"All Greeu things on the earth, bless ye the
Lord ! "
So sang the choir while ice-cased
branches beat
The frosty window-panes aud nt our feet
The frozen, tortured soil but mocked the
word.
And seemed to cry like some poor soul in
pain.
'Lord, suffering and endurance fill my
days;
The growing greeu things will their
Maker praise -The
happy green things, growing iu warm
rain :"
"So God lacks praise while all the Melds are
white:"
I said ; then smiled, remembering south
ward fur.
How pampas-grass swnve.l greeu iu summer
. Ufc'ht.
Nay. God hears always from this swing
ing Mar,
Decani and Cantoris, South and North.
Each answering uther.praises pouring forth.
AunaC. llrai'keit.iu Harper's Muga.ine.
Hew SonU Are IIiiiIimI.
Occasionally wo read of living creatures
lieing discovered lu the heart of stones and
In the centre ot old trees. Those living
creatures were organized fur the open air,
some were made to bound freely over the
earth and others to sport on the wing over
mountain and lii'-ad, but there they have
been shut up for many a year ; iu sumo
cases. It would seem, for many a long age.
When tho laborer with his hammer smote
the root and the woodman with his axe
out down the tree nnd thus opened their
graves, they leaped with renewed life into
their native spheres, there to enjoy the lit
tle heaven of their being. These creatures
allowed themselves to bo thus entombed.
Very slowly and very gradually did the
particles in the case both ot the stone and
the wood build up their graves. At llrst,
it would have been easy for them to have
broken through: but ns particle after par
ticle gathered and soli, luted, the dilll-
culty increased, until at Inst their sepul
chres beeain so llrm that all ellort on their
part to liberate themselves was utterly abor
tive. These creatures typify to me the con
dition of souls in this world. Fresh from
the Almighty tbey come hither, organized
for the atmosphere of universal benevolence,
to explore tlio spiritual regions or truth, tu
rerve the interest of the creation, mid to
hold unbroken fellowship with the Infinite.
Hut like these creatures they allow them
selves to bit buried by those elements of
the world that gather' around them. The
force of carnality, self-seeking, and worldli
ness begin at once silently, but unremitting
ly, to build up the grave of a new-born
soul. At llrst ii would be eusv for the
young immortal to break through ; but the
forces go on until the grave is sealed ami
the soul is buried. The world is llllcd with
human bodies, but where are the morally
living souls souls whoso every action is
inspired with heavenly love, directed to the
good of the universe and the glnry of God '.'
When, oh, when, -diall the Co pel hammer"
breuk these rocky graves, and Its mighty
"axe" cleave these trees asunder, to disim
prison these spirits. and give them the liberty
with winch Christ makes His people free'.'--David
Thomas. i. Ii.
;il In All Nntiir..
George l'o, the Quaker, says that when
he was . .inverted to faith in tin' divine love,
and went out into the Holds, the wli.de world
around him glowed with new life. The skies
were full of a divine presence, the air
breathed a divine love. The birds iu their
songs seeuied to nay, "i.et us praise God."
The same spirit In the Hebrew psalms calls
on llie hills to clap Uidr hamls. and the
waters above nnd below to be thankful.
So is nature tniiisilgured bv the soul,
ami grows full nf life. il see liod
iu nature, and our heart drinks pca'e
Inmi sky and land. An Ineflable beauty
seems sprell I over tile scene : mill
we wist not w hat to say, fur language can
not utter it. T here ar davs which are like
a concert or oratorio, when earth, air, trees,
sunshine, blue sky. grass are all iu tin same
happy mood, all lu tune togetiier.no discord
to jar the full harmony. In such days the
earth b uues a Bible the rocky strata Its
Hook of Genesis, tlm singing of the birds
its Hook of Psalms, the air full of sun
light and fragrance its Gospels, and the
changing lights, the advancing hours, its
Hook of lie volution, showing to us how God
is all In all. --James Freeman Clarke,
l illlli 't ill Die I :(.
When I am sick and tired it is Hod's will :
Also Hod's will alone is sure and best -So
lu in v weariness 1 find my rest,
And so in poverty I take my' fill.
Therefore I see my good ill luliNt of ill;
Therefore iu loneliness build my nest.
And through hot noon pant toward tlm
shady west,
And hope iu sickening disappointment still.
So, when the times of restitution come,
l lie sweet times or refreshing come at last,
My God snail till inv longings to the brim;
Therefore I wait and look and long for Him;
Not wearied, thoneh the work Is wearisome.
Nor hunting, though the time is almost past.
- Christina Mosscttil.
Think nl' (.oil's suin'cl'inu.
Almighty God. comfort us by ill V fullness.
Our . strength Is but woukiicss.onr kii iwcilgo
Is but small, our wisdom is as naught, mir
vision narrow, our life but passing away.
Hy thine eternal wisdom, thine unshaken
power, thy coii-tiint years, thy niilailiiig
love, uphold and comfort us. When out of
patience with ourselves, as oftenllmes wv
are ; when, weary with our work, we come
to think wo might as well cease iroin it. fur
there seems to he uo fruit or all our labor,
and wu cry, like that snd soul of old. "Now
G Lord, take nwuv inv li.e, 'or I am not bet
ter than my fathers !" when the lire uf
life is dying down, and the ashes of
the old fire threaten to put out what little
there is left: when the world had no new thing
to teach, when the lights of life are dim
nnd when the oil ol Hie has runout Lord
God! at these times let us think of thy long
sufTerlug, that the burdens thrown down in
dull despair we may take again with fresh
courage ; that wo limy sing thy songs and
tell one another of thy patience and love. and
so be strong to endure even unto thu end.
Amuu.
HIM IM 1ICS.
TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 6.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.
Tongnt at a Chrlttian't TooL" Ex. it.
M7.
May 31.
June 1.
June S.
June 3.
June 4.
June 6.
The Tosoi-r. roa Goo.
Judging; vauutlng. Jas. It. 11-17.
A little member. Jas. III. 1-12.
A timid tongue. J or. L 1-10.
A gruclous tongue. Luke It.
1G-2J.
A cautious tongue. F.coL v. 1-7.
Inspired tongues. Matt. x. 16-23.
SrRirTtiBE Verses. Pa. IxvilL 11; lxxL
28-24: cxlx. 172; cxlv. &-7;Matt. X. 5-7;ixvlll.
ltt-20; Mark xvL 16; Luke xxiv. 45-41; Acta 1.
t; Vlll. 35; x. 42; xxlii. 11; 2 Tim. lv. x.
LESSON T HOI ours.
It Is not always eloquence that Is needed
to witness for Christ; any tongue that can
utter a word may be a useful Instrument
under God's direction.
God gave Moses signs to confirm his
words. We too may confirm the words we
speak; and the signs by which we should do
It are a holy and consistent life.
MKI.Ei'TlONS.
Have you spoken a word for Jesus,
And told to some around.
Who do not care about him,
What a Suvior you have found'
Have you lilted the lamp for others
i nai nns gumea your own glad feet ?
Have you echoed the loving message
That seemed to you so sweet ?
It Is a gr at thing to know when to speak
nnd when to keep silence. A good word,
spokeu out of season, Is like an arrow shot
when the game has flown post. ''Know
thine opportunity" was written ou the
temple at Delpbos. First, do not speak until
the right moment; second, do uot allow thu
right moment to go by without speaking.
When Latimer was on trial for heresy, he
heard the scratch of a pen tiehlo 1 the tapes
try. In a momeut he bethought himself that
every word he spoke wat taken down, and
he says he was very careful what words he
uUered. Behind the veil that hides eternity
is a record-book in which every syllable Is
taken down. Even the most trivial are not
forgotteu, for the Lord Jesus tells us "that
very Idle word thai men shall speak, they
hall give account thereof iu thu Jay of
iudgweut."
Ilitlini'tt n W Itolt'iien.
l'.eliglon is simply the laying ol lif t i -li
thing and thought of life as it comes down
before the Lord. Sorrow, anguish, fear,
nnxietv: repentance, renunciation id evil,
longing for cleansing and nh-oliitioii: hope,
mulive, purpose, pleasure, success; llttlo
common anuovaticesur satisfactions every
thing -brought to Him, laid open before
Hun. to help or heal, tu use, to sanctify with
the hivine sympathy nnd permission His
gladness to be acknowledged ill our
gladness. His pity in our pain, His com
niiiudtiif nt in our wish in our intent
this is all of it. T his is Moses iu tho
mountain; this it is tu 'fall down before
the Lord." " come," tlm beautiful Psalm
sings to us, "let us worship ami full down:
let lis kneel before tho Lord our .Maker. Tor
Ile is the Lord our God ; an. I we are the pc
pie of Ills pasture, nnd the sheep of His
fin n I . o worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness," W holeness ; "let (he whole earth,"
our whole life in the earthly, "stand in awn
of Hun. For He cuiiioth, for II metli, tu
judge the earth." .Mrs. A. I. T. Whitney, iu
"Open Mvslerv."
The Soul's t plin l linelillug.
Prayers lor goodness and purity in n sense
answer themselves, fur you cannot pruv for
these things without in some measure re-
eiving them In the very a To lirt up the
soul to God calms and ennobles it. It was
this, I imagine that was the beginning of
Christ's triinsllgiirutioii. xi,,. absorption
'in. I delight uf communion willi his 1'aOicr
erspreiid bis very face with beauty and
glory. In siime degree this happens to all
whip prav. and It inuv happen Hi a high de-
glee t,
stalker.
those who pray much, .lane
I.Ike the star
That shines afar,
Without haste
And without rest
I. ei each man wheel with ste
Hound the task tout rules lie
And do Ins best '
i lv
di.
I.I ting TittviirtlN line's l.i'licf.
To feel a conviction of immortality w i
must live for It. Let any one llrmly beiievu
that the soul Is permanent and live from
that belief, nlld soon existence will seem
permanent, too; the world becomes the veil
of a brighter glory that lies behind it; the
colidellllllltioll of unbelief is lifted oil , since
the iiiiiid, conscious uf its own rooted being,
dues not wait for lminortalily."biit is passed
from divith il lit. life." Mioinas Starr King.
Ilfltvrtl hut a l.lussiiniliig.
Heaven is but the blossoming out inns of
tliat part of our nature which knew Christ
w hile we lived here on earl Ii and the hi
somllig out tu sight iiruun l us of the unseen
spiritual life that Is ever iibmit our w.iv
This Is the ploughed le, of March : that n
the green H.iwery field of Mav. -K-v. ,1. S.
v riglitnour.
Christ rose not from tin de.i I,
lirist still is in the grave,
if thou, for whom lie died,
Art still of sill tllll slave.
Sixteenth i cntim II . llin,
Tat Amalfataatti Association Xlettt
Offlotrt and Adjourns.
The convention ot the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Iron and Steel Workers decided to
meet next year In Cincinnati. The amend
ments to the constitution and by-laws were
quickly disposed of. President Oarvland was
unanimously chosen at the representative ot
the association to meet with the Federation
of Labor in lieee ruber. Tho present ofllcer
were compllineuied by belcg re-eleoted. aa
follows; iL M. Garland, Pittsburg, presi
dent: Stephen Madden, Pittsburg, secretary;
John Williams, Carnegie, as-lstaut secretary;
John Pierce, Pittsburg; Daniel Mullane,
louugstnwn. 0..aud Theodore Shaffer. Pitts
burg, trustees. The first vice presidents
went then taken up by districts aud elected
as follows: William Collier, Pittsburg; M.
I. Cooke, Cincinnati; David Llewellyn,
Martins Ferry; J. D. Hickey, Milwaukee;
Samuel Cashmore, Muncie, Ind.; John T.
Ward, Youugstowu: J. Mason, Hlrmlugham,
Ala.
A new plant for the manufacture ot boilers
will be erected at ouce lu Mies, O., by a
company of citizens ot that place.
The liollldaysburg, Pa., Iron and nail
works closed negotiations for the purchase
of the Midvulii roiling mill and railroad spike
works, a completely equipped plant located
at Koanoke, Vu. It is undecided whether to
remove the plant hern or to Hlrmlugham,
Ala. The llollldayshurg company is making
preparations to add a Heel department to the
works.
The flour mills of Seattle, Wash., are run
ning night ami day beciius.i of the great d
maud for breadstiifTs from China and Japan.
I.alior Win bl.
Chicago ha- li'.oi) union plumbers.
London has CO.Ooil costermongers.
Paris 1ms a sc! for cab drivers.
Laborers in India gel six cents a day.
I loners employ l.ri,0i0 cab drivers.
Germany lia-;17I women blacksmiths.
Missoula, Montana, has a labor tempi...
Fall ltiver (Ma-s.) musicians have organized.
Portland, Grcgun, has a
union.
Cleveland (lhio w.
ers may organize.
An eight-hour demonstration will In
at Duluth, Minn., on .1 u lv 1.
San Francisco's Labor Council Is opposed
to the annexation of Hawaii.
New York cornice and skvllght makers
will demand r.'I.IiO for eight hours iu .Sep
tember. At llruoklyn 1)00 shoeworkers won a strike
lifter being Idle twelve weeks. Obnoxious
boss was fired and wages Increased.
There has nut been a time in twenty
years when mi many waiters and bartenders
in New York City have been uut uf work.
Last year 41s Knglish trade unions spent
!rl..rii)0,n0il in sick and disability beneilts.
Superannuated members received $7(10, U00.
The members uf the Architectural Work
ers' Prugrcssivc I'nlon employed in a
llrooklyu factory have gained a uiiio-hour
day.
Hricklnyers and Masons' International
I'niou has 2s,)iit members in ;I25 locals, and
nearly 1,0IK),000 in the combined treasuries.
At Detroit, Mich., all operators on type
setting machines who hereafter work be
yond fifty hours in any one week will sur
render their excess earnings tu the treasury
of the Typographical I'niou.
The International I'nlon of Hieycle Work,
crs will pay to American Federation of La.
bur organizers the sum of C.ri for each local
union of blele workers organized in any
city or towu where no local union exists.
Tho Pope has transmitted to the P.omaa
Catholic church In the I nitcd States a ruling
that makes English, the Houian Catholic ton
gue lu this country. Children born la
America ol foreign parents are not obliged to
become members of the parish to which their
Parents belong; but they bnve tho right to
foin a parish iu which English Is useiV.
Catholics not bom in America, knowing the
English language, have the right of hecom..
ing members of the pal ish lu which English
U used.
MARK ICTS.
PITTSaURO.
Grain, Flour and Fend.
Iiinese labor
lien electrical work.
held
A Vow or Ohrillciin..
Dear Lord and Hridegrooiu, I here vow
nnd promise to thee surely, that all which
thou wiliest I also will. C jmc sickness,
come health, come pleasure or pain, sweet
or hitter, cold or heat, wet or dry, whatever
thou wiliest that do 1 also will s'und desire
altogether to come out from my own will,
und to yield a whole and willing obedience
unto thee, und never desire aught else,
cither In will or thought ; only lot thy will
be accomplished in me in time and in eter
nity. Tuuler's Covenant, Hi 10, A. D.
Nature Kver I'liliillng Knees.
The human face is a canvas, and nature's
writing goes ever on. Hut as the wrong act
or foul deed sets Its seal of distortion into
the features, so tho right act and true
thought set their stamp ot beauty. There is
uo cosmetic for homely folks like character.
Even the pluinest face becomes beautiful In
noble and radiant moods. Newell Dwight
mills, v.u.
Our Lord God doth like a printer, who
setteth Ills letters buck wards ;WC see and feel
his action, but we shall rea I the print yon
der, lu the Hie to count. Martin l.ulhnr.
You cannot dream yourself Into a ch ir.i
ter ; you must haiiitii-r an 1 forgo yourtel
one. J. A. Fronde.
mm
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imictlilllyaiuiilllri-. ( up'il 11 lira all others mil
lining men will ri'uain tlimr lwt manhood, ami old
men Mil! ii.ioviT their youthful vmur bv iisium
ICI-, VI 1 1). It uulfkly nint surely nstlnres NVrvutin
liens. Lost Vitality, liiipoti iirv. Nictitly Emissions,
best Power, Failing Memory, IVaslinir Diseases, and
all i tr. rts o sHf ahUM) or en rss and Iniltsi-rHion,
ttluili imlltKoiin furs-inly. niisinrHs or marriage. It
not onlvrurea liy starling nt tliitM-.it of disease, but
ii a gn at nerve Inula and blood biilbler. brhig
llig track tlm Mink clow tn mile i berli .ami r.
storing the Dm of youth. It wards olT fimaiutjr
and Consumption. Insist on hiving Itl.VIVO, do
other. It can bo carried In vest iio. ket. Ily mail.
ttl.UO IMtrrarkaae.or sit fortin.iiii. with nmi
tlve written gimmntee to rule or refund
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Houghs and stags 2 50 3 25
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