THE mmUMffl FOST.
GEO. W, WAGEXSELLER.
Editor aud Proprietor
MiDDLEBunon, Pa., Jise 10, 1897.
Thirty years ago Berlin was smaller
than Philadelphia; now it is larger by
fire hundred thousand.
The quarries from which the an
cient Greeks obtained the highly
prized Thessalian or verd marble were
lost for nearly one thousand years,
but were recently rediscovered, and
are now being worked by an English
company. They are near Larisso.
The verdict of 100 leading German
professors, in the Revue des Deux
Moudes, on the admission of women
to university education, is distinctly
Adverse. The professors tt history al
most unanimously declare that the
study of history requires qualities
which no woman can possess.
Edison and Tesla, both eminent elec
tricians, aro not agreed as to sleep.
Edison said recently that "sleep is a
habit, anyway," in connection with his
Htutement that some nights ho did not
deep a wink. Tesla Buys that sleep is
vitalizer, and that if a man could
sleep eighteen hours a duy, he might
live to be 200 vears old.
The American Agriculturist snys: A
now opening for young men will be
created if the domestic sugar industry
develops as it now seems likely. One
great obstacle to this development is
the scarcity of sugar factory experts.
Fortunately, however, there is in this
country a school ningnitlccntly
equipped with men and apparatus to
educate young men as sugar experts.
It is already evident that the sugar
Reboot of Louisiana State University
at Baton Rouge will bo well filled the
coming full.
One of the most impressive and pe
culiar sights presented to the eyes ol
a traveler iu Japan is that of the wood
en sandals worn by 35,000,000 people.
These sandals have a separate com
partment for the great toe and make a
clinking noise on tho street. Straw
slippers are also worn, and a travelet
starting out on a journey will strap n
eupply Of them on bis bock, that he
may put on n new pair when tho old is
worn out. They cost but a cent and a
half a pair. They lire rights and lefts
and leave tho foot free to the air. We
never see these deformities of the foot
in Jupan which are so frequent iu this
country. They are never worn in tho
house, but left outside tho door.
Tassing down a street you may sec
long rows of tlieiu at the door, old and
new, largo nnd small.
Says tho San Francisco Argonaut :
Ou the arrival of the last two steamers
from the Hawaiian Islands, we observe
that the customs inspectors have de
stroyed all the leis, or llower wreaths,
which tourists are iu the habit ol
bringing here. It is ou excellent idea.
The plants from tho islands are infest
ed with tho red wax scale, an insect
pest which is much to be apprehended
particularly in n State like this, de
voted to horticulture. Tho sentimeu
tal ideas of travelers may be inter
fered with by destroying these flower
wroutbs, which are presented to them
by their friends when they sail from
Honolulu; but tho horticultural inter
ests of the State are of more import
ance than travelers' sentiment. It be
hooves the United Stutos authorities
to bo careful concerning the admission
of the fauna and flora of other conn
tries to our ports. When man begins
to interfere with nature, he sometimes
plays havoc. Five or six years ago u
traveling Floridian brought home from
Central America a pretty water plant.
Its growth in its new environment was
simply marvelous, and in thq last two
years the authorities have had to spend
thousands of dollars iu cutting it away
from the rivers, where it had made
navigation impossible. The sentimen
tal English colonist who, thinking of
tho bunnies of bis childhood's home,
imported a fow rabbits into Australia,
little thought that in the course of less
than a generation they would increase
to millions and almost destroy the use
ful vegetation of a vast country. So
with the mongoose that has been
brought into this port several times,
but, we aro glad to say, has always
been destroyed by tho customs au
thorities. Its importation into the
West Indies was a failure. Thero,
after it had killed the field-ruts which
preyed upon the sugar-car.e, it turned
its attention to other and useful ani
mals, snd finally began destroying all
the domestic poultry.
Hobson "I Itokbun a man you ;nn
trusf" Dobson-MVt; that Is, If, you
ead him toy thins; It's all you car do."
00 ALL THAT "YOU CAN.
"I cannot do much," said a little star, !
"To make this dark world bright;
My silvery beam cannot pierce lax
Into tho Kloom of night;
Tet I am a part ot Ood's (treat plan,
And so I will do the best that I can."
"Whnt can be the use," said a fleecy cloud,
- in wiese iw drops i rial i nolo.'
They will hardly bend the lily proud,
It caught (n her chalice of gold;
Hut I, too, ant a part of God's great plan,
Ho my treasures I'll give as well as 1 can,
A child went merrily forth to play.
Hut a thought, like a silver thread,
Kept winding in aud out alj day
Through the hnppv golden head
"Mother sold, 'Darling, do all that you can;
tor you ore a part of Uod s great plan.' "
She knew no more than the twinkling star,
Or the cloud with its rain cup full.
How, why, or for what all strange things
are
She was onlv a child at school:
But she thought, "Tls a part of liod's great
plan
That even I should do all that X can."
Bo she helped another child along
When the way was rough to his feet.
Anil she sung from her heart a little song
That wn all thought wondrous sweet:
And her father -a weary, toil-worn man-
Bald, "I, too, will Uotho best that I can."
Mrs. M. E. Songster.
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NANNIE'S HERO.
Q bv 4EKST wnr.
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HERO? A true hero?
And you think, Nan
nie, that such phen
omena now exist?
"Ah, I did not
commit myself to nny
such assertion,
laughed pretty Nan
nie Kiplev iu re
spouse. "1 only said
1 should never marry
unless I could And a
genuine, bona tide
hem, ouo who really
was woruiy i lie title."
.IT il 1
i iear men, niv dear, von nro
doomed to a solitary maidenhood for
tho rest of your natural existence,"
answered the other, as the two girls.
arm in arm, paced up and down the
broad terrace before Colonel Rip
ley s mansion.
His only daughter, who soko with
all the proud assertion of her twentv
summers, had reigned sole mistress of
his home and heart for eighteen
long years, since the young wife with
her dying strength had placed the
prattling baby iu his arms ami with
mute eloquence besought him to let no
other till tho plaeo it was God's will
Bins should no longer oiiiov. Ho had
given her no answer, save the kiss he
hud pressed upon the brow alreadv
growing cold; but n happy smile was
her reward, which lingered on her dead
face eveu wlieu tho eollin lid hid it
from his view.
Very richly had his young daughter
remunerated his tender, solicitous
care of her; a little willful, a trifle
spoiled, perhaps, but with a heart us
pnro and lovely within as the image
outwardly winch enshrined it
Tho friend who had rallied her so
gayly on tho ideas she thought so lit
tle likely to fiud fulfillment stood to
her iu a sister's place, and had Grace
Rivers in reality been allied to her by
tho tie of Mood tho bond of affection
between tho two girls could scarce
huve been more binding.
"Lo! now the conquering hero
comes," Grace sang ulond, as turning
at the end of the terrace her quick
eyes first caught sight of a tall, manly
form rapidly approaching them.
At the words a faint blush rose to
Nannie Ripley's check, but when a
moment later the new-comer took her
welcoming hand, it luy quiet and pass
ive in his own.
"You have no conception how im
portant a conversation yon have inter
rupted," laughed Miss Rivers, us after
greeting his young hostess ho turned
to her, his handsome face wearing n
Htiiiuy smile, his eyes constantly danc
ing us with hidden merriment.
"Indeed! And may I not lend my
voice in its arbitration?" he questioned
in rich musical tones. "Perhaps I may
bo able to act as umpire on such an im
portant occasion."
"We prefer leaving it an open ques
tion," decjded Miss Ripley. "Not, Mr.
Warrington, but that your opinion
would ho of inestimable value; but
this is a ense time alone can prove right
or w rong. Grace's mind is already
made up on that point, and I four mine
also. Rut there are the horses. Will
you not join us in our drives?" And a
few moments later, as the three were
bowled rapidly along tho smooth, easy
road, tho exhilarating motion, the fresh
evening air soon prove all thought of
tuo discussion from every mind save
one.
Rut when that night Nannie Ripley,
having dismissed her maid, cut alone,
in a white wrapper, her long, lovely
hair unbound, by the open window,
wheno glittering in the beams of the
moonlight she could see tho tall tur
rents of Warrington Place, every word
was recalled to her memory. She could
remember no time when Cecil War
rington's handsome face had not been
familiar to her. As children they hud
played together, and when they had
been separated for years, he to study
Abroad, and she finishing her educa
tion at home, they had met again after
so long an absence, although all sign
of the old boyishness had fled, the
laughing brown eves were nil un
changed, and Nannie felt anywhere she
Would have recognized him.
For a few weeks he seemed trying
in vain to reconcile the flaxen-haired,
sunny-faced little girl, who had so
Hweetly pressed her lips to his in good
bye, with the tall, dignified young lady
who came forward with such charming
grace to welcome him to the home over
which she now presided; but once
reconciled to the alteration, a new
light khoue ia hi tyes when" they
rested on her, and deep in his warm
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heart glowed the hope that after
traveling the world over, he ' might
call for his very own this exquisite
flower whose growth he has seemed to
watch from its first germ to the perfect
nnfolding of the bud into blossom. 1
But Nannie, looking over to the tall
white spires, remembered some last
words Cecil . Warrington had spoken
as, holding her little jeweled hand
tight pressed within his own, he had
whispered his good night., Knowing
that no wish is so dear to her father's
heart (though his lips have never
given it utterance) as that the two es
tates may be joined, she recalls also
word for word the conversation of the
afternoon. No new net had crowned
Cecil Warrington's life, no deed
wrought by his hand which should
send bis liamo heralded in proud, glad
tones throughout tho land, or receive
reverent mention, breathed in low
whispers as the martyred names of
olden time. The man she married she
felt must lie'one whom she could regard
almost with awe, and certainly Cecil
Warrington's laughing eyes and sun
shiny smile awakened no such feeling.
"It is as Grace said, I imagine," was
her lust thought as she arose slowly to
prepare for bed, "that I shall search
and never find. Ah, well, I am too
happy to regret that it is so."
"Why do you always call me Mr.
Warrington, Miss Nannie?" questioned
the owner of that name, as a few even
ings later he overtook Miss Ripley in
a walk and broke, in pleasant inter
ruption, npon her solitory meditation.
Once more tho blush rose to her
cheek in answer.
"You forget in the days I ventured
to suy 'Cecil' you seemed to bear no
other title. We were children then.
With tho dignity of later years we
must not rashly trifle."
"Has so long an interval of time
elajwed that even a name must be rev
olutionized? I cannot tell you how
constantly when nbroad iu a strange
land, surrounded by those who spoke
in a foreign tongue, I longed to hear
the. one word 'Cecil' full from your lips,
to catch the light of your smile, ns it
rippled ou the air, to picture the hour
when 1 should hear it once again and
see the month which gave it utterance.
Nannie, can you not understand why
this is; why, when breathed by you it
gathered sweeter, deeper meaning, and
would fall like music ou my listening
ear? Let me tell you, darling, let mo
express my cherished secret, if you
have not ulrealy guessed it. It is be
cause 1 love you. Ah, darling, can I
recall the time when I have not loved
you? You shared all my boyish dreams,
my youthful ambitious. Y'oti are now
the star which shines in the horizon f
my manhood. Nannie", will you shed
your light upon my path forevermore,
now in your youth and beauty, until
both fade ami your sweet brilliance
pales, still casting its glimmer o'er my
life?"
' The laughing eyes no longer laughed
as they looked with earnest deepened
meaning into the fair face turned from
him.
As she listened, tho smile around
tho mouth had fled, but in this new
repose a strength and courage shone
forth in the handsome face, although
she, alas, failed to detect it. For a
moment there was silence. His words,
spite of herself, spite of the fact that
here was no hero-worship, no shrine
at which she could reverently bow,
only an earnest, loving heart, a young,
frank spirit for her to cherish or dis
card," awakened an echo which rang
clearly out with no discordant sound,
and fi'll upon her heart with a touch
which soothed but jarred not.
Then she spoke, slowly and sadly:
"I had hoped this would not come.
I cannot marry you, Cecil. I do not
love yon as I must lovo tho man of my
choice."
"You love another?" he questioned,
in a sharp, hoav.se voice.
"Indeed, indeed, no!" she answered,
quickly. "Whom could I care for
more than yon? Re my friend as of
old, Cecil (for so I will now call you),
but let me feel 1 have iu you the dear
brother I would so have delighted in
possessing, and lo not ask mo for what
I cannot give.
"I will not, since it is your sweet
wish, but in turn demand not impossi
bilities of me. lean bo no brother to
you, nor act a brother's part. I have
given you the whole love of a heart
which has known but ouo idol. Heaven
grant no sister may ever stab a brother
to tho very soul as you, with your soft,
white hand, have stubbed mo!"
Tho weeks which followed to Nannie
Ripley dragged with strange weariness.
The light, firm step she never beforo
hailed in vain now rarely sounded on
the terrace; the rich, deep voice now
so rarely heard seemod to make the
silence doubly still; the void once tilled
by tho bright, handsome face empty
indeed. And when olio day Grace
Rivers came into her presenco with
happy, blushing face, and whispered
low of a wonderful secret which had
dawned upon her, tho knowledge that
she loved and was in turn beloved, the
words of congratulation seemed to meet
with sobs in her throat, why sho knew
not, and tho other noticed naught, but
when sho had left her she took up life
again with a deepened feeling as to its
desolation.
"I have invited young Warrington
to dine this evening, Nannie," said
Colonel Ripley, a fciw days later,
'V,ith one or two other gentlemen.
See that you do credit to your house
keeping." The toilet Nannie Ripley made that
evening received a consideration she
did not often accord it. It was to
please her father, she told herself, hut
when she entered tho drawing-room
and wont forward to welcome her
guest with heightened color and eyes
flashing with some suppressed excite
ment, the result loft nothing to lie de
sired, though her wonderful beauty
struck to one's heart with only a keeu
pang- . ,
bitting a.one at tao piano, whilo tho
gentlemen still lingered ftt the table, j
lfatening dreamily to their conversation,
which reached her in snatches through
the open door separating them from
the music room, she was attracted by
the sound of one voice familiar to her
ear. Cecil Warrington was speaking
of the duty be thought every man
owed his fellow-man, every owner of
property, the laborer who ploughed
his fields. , His young enthusiasm, all
honest and sincere, spoke in earnest,
glowing terms, and turning, Nannie
could see his face radiant with high
purpose, when, like lightning flash,
came the thought, "Must one to be
a hero go forth in search of some heroio
work? Does not life with its everyday
needs demand a greater, truer hero
ism, although no bard may ever sing
its praises, nor may it be recorded on
any page save that written in the
great book which one day shall lie
open to all eyes?" Had she hot
spurned the one great gift offered her,
leaving her life bare and desolate?
Unconsciously her hand wandered over
the keys and her sweet voice spoke
out iu the linos endiug:
"The sunshine of my life Is In her eyes,
Aud when they leave mo all within is dork."
"Whose eyes, Nannie?" questioned
a voice beside her. and she knows
Cecil has left the table and effected a
noiseless entrance. "Darling, my life
has been all darkness since you took
from it the sunshine of the hope which
was its glory. I must go away; I
cannot stay here longer to see you,
aud feel you never, never will be mine.
When you sing that song again, Nau
nie, you will know why I left you;
but " he stops suddenly, for the
girl's head has fallen with a discordant
crash upon the keys, and one bitter
sob his quick ear catches. "Naunie,"
he questions, bending low over the
fair head, with its shining hair, "can
it be that you would care, that my go
ing would cost you a single pang? The
decision rests iu your bauds, my owu.
Is it go or stay?"
And with a gliul burst of thanks
giving at the heart which ha freed it
self from its fetters, Nannie whispers,
"Stay!" The Ledger.
TREES THREE INCHES HICH.
Two Curious Forest (irowtha From the
Ari-tic ICeeloiiH.
Tho most interesting feature of tho
forestry and herbaceous collection of
Cornell University is one recently
added, consisting of specimens of per
fect forest trees less than three inches
high. They were brought to the uni
versuy irom tue arctic regions hv a
party of explorers sent out bv the in
stitution itself. The most noticeable
features of the collection aro tho arctic
birch and the crowberrv.
Nowhere in this country, so far ns
known, does a museum contain perfect
specimens of the birch. This curious
growth is occasionally to be found on
tho top of Mount Washington, but no
one has ever before been able to se
cure one 'of these tiny trees in obso
lutely perfect condition. The sped
mens which Cornell hns were found on
tho Greenland const, some at God
haven, on the Islo of Diske. Others
were discovered at Wilcox Head
where tho exploring party that se
cured specimens did most of its work.
A curious difference between this lili
putiun birch and the ordinary forest
tree of the same species is that the arc
tic specimen bears fruit. The trees on
the Island of Diske were covered with
fruit when tho explorers found them.
What is more, this fruit is decidedly
edible. It has a taste not unlike the
juniper berry ami is said to bo exceed
ingly health-giving.
Ever so many persons have read of
this little birch tree under tho scien
tific name of betnla nana, without hav
ing nny idea of what the naiuo really
signified. Translated, it means white
birch, nnd those who have read of the
struggle of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane aud
his companions in the Arctic regions a
half century ug will remember what
nn important part tho betula nana took
in sustaining tho life of tho members
of the expedition. The berries which
grow upon the birch seem to have nil
the concomitants of food nnd driuk,
and npon them a person mny exist for
a long time without materially losing
strength.
Tho second notable specimen is
known ns the crowberry, or ns the
scientist terms it, the empctrum
nigrum. While this tree is in a meas
ure a cosmopolitan plont, although
classed as an Arctic growth, the same
(litllctilty has been experienced iu so
curing perfect specimens as in tho case
of the birch. The crowberry grows iu
this country ou Mount Desert, in
Maine, and is occasionally found ntthe
highest points of the Sierra Nevada
range of mountains. Like the birch,
it bears an edible berry audit is no ex
aggeration to state that it is one of the
principal sources of succulent food iu
tho region where it grows.
Arming Cavalry With I.unecs.
Some years ago, writes Harold
Frederic, I reported the conclusions
reached by a party of English experts
who went to Germany to study tho
question of arming cavalry with the
lance, which had just been dono there,
and who urged the adoption of the
plan hero. A tentative step in that
direction has now been taken by chang
ing the Twenty-first Hussars into lan
cers. It is understood that a number
of similar changes are to follow shortly.
The weapon used is of tubular steel,
ten feet long, and I found among
friends in the Rhenish Cuirassiers last
winter that, though' the men at first
loathed it, they now think very well of
it. Officers believe they will charge
iu battle with much more confidence,
as well as execution, than iu the old
days of the sabre. New York Times.
The number of emigrants from Groat
Britain during the first three months
of this year show a decrease, as com
pared with'the sauirf porioi ol liwk
year, of 6037.
SELECT REIMS UUt '
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
The Weaving; ot God's Wrb-Purlflratlon
Through HunVrlng Lives to Endure
Through Eternity A Mother's Prayer
Serinon on the Mount Loved Nature.
One small life In Ood's (Treat plan,
How futile It seems an the ages roll.
Do what it may, or strive how it can,
To alter the sweep of the Infinite whole!
A single stitch In an end lew web,
A drop in the ocean's flow and ebb ;
but the pattern is rent where the stitch Is
lost.
Or marred where the tangled threads have
crossed :
And each life that fails of the true intent,
Mars tho perfect plan Uiut Its Master meant.
8usau C'oolidge.
I'urlflratlon Through Buffering.
There is no plaee, no occusion, where Ood
can be more glorllled than on a couch of
pain, or where more real spirifunl strength
is Imparted. "The Lord will strengthen
him upon the bed of languishing. Thou
wilt make all bis bed in bis sickness."
To use the familiar earthly phrase, how
many in that peculiar school of suffering
have "graduated with honors." They came
out of "great tribulation. Tribulation
(tribuluml the threshing flail the grain
sifter, as the root-word import, winnowing
the husk from the seed. And this "tribula
tion worketh I not Impatience, as we would
have expected, but) patience ; and patience,
experience ; aud exporiauee, hope. It was
the smitten rock of tho desert that yielded
the refreshing waters.... Perhaps, though
reluctant to own It, you may be among the
faithful toilers who have broken down by
reason of your very lldelity to duty.
The bow was overstrained, and the
bowstring hns snapped ; the lmri
ehonl was overstrained, und the music has
ceased. The life of excessive consoc.rutlon
1ms only paid Its martyr penalties. Many
a siek Ixii sulTerer reminds one of the
Marechal Niel rose that (lowers so luxu
riantly as often to bloom itself to death. Uy
the very profusion of goodness the root be
comes weakened, tho overloaded blossom
exhausts tho mortal energy. Hut, be still !
(lod hus work for you to do, when the wings
are clipped and the eye Is lllmud. While
you may be bewailing curtailed opportuni
ties ami baffled purposes, you can iu other
ways "glorify him in the tires." Yours is a
slutilowed couch, but it is in tho "shadow of
ills hand ;" lie hath "hid you." You may be
able lo say nothing and to do nothing, yet
you can remember, In your very helpless
ness, Milton s noble line :
"They also serve who onlv stand nnd wait."
.1. 11. MncDulT,l. 11., In" "The Hilar in tho
Night."
I.Ives Shall Endure Through Eternity.
What would you say if, when pointed to a
worn link in a chain, the workman showed
you how strong some of the others are, and
proposed to let It pnssV Or suppose the
engineer of some great viaduct were shown
a loose rivet or a fractured girder, aud ho
should reply by pointing out liow strong tho
piers are, and" pleading that It does not look
a bnd bridge ou the whole. Only, no
engineer Would reply so. No ! the fact that
the rest of the structure Is so good, is a
reason for not giving it up ns worthless, but
not a reason for boiug satislleil with It ns it
is, even for one day. If it be left as it is all
the strong points go for nothing ; the flaw,
the weakness, gives the valuation ot it and,
if left in it, will by ami by bring it down.
Deal with your liro which Is immortal at
least as faithfully as with these lifeless
things which nro only meant to hist a
few short years. What are these things
after ally What is the most wondrous ma
chine, with all its most delicate movements,
compared to a human life' What Is earth's
costliest structure compared to a good name,
a stainless conscience, a true heart? Whin
is the highest trust that man can set you to
defend, compared with that Invisible fortress
of the soul' A little while and those llnely
wrought structures, so closely watched that
each flaw may be repaired, shall be only
masses of rusting metal. uud the strong forts
that true men hold to the death
shall bo only grass-grown mounds,
memorials of the ever-fading past. Hut
these lives which (inil has given us to keep
and use shall endure through eternity's
countless years, mid bear into the liimicas
urealile future the mark of how we live and
net today. lirooko llerford. I). 11., iu ".Ser
mons of Courage and Cheer."
A Mother's l'niver.
Illessed Lord, thou nro infinite In lovo and
tenderness and dost comfort us even as a
niothcrcomforteth. Thou dost long and wait
with patience day by day for the unfolding
of thine own nature within us. Thou dost
rejoice in every sign of victory over tho
lower uud ever up-ronching toward the
higher. And so thou art by our side con
tinually, our divine insplrer and never fail
ing friend. We pray thou wilt make this
love of thine mure real to us. Help
us who aro mothers to realize that we
are the children of a king nnd that
thou dost include iu thy dear family the
children's children, Hint the yearning of our
hearts for them is but the echo of thine
own. and that nothing which touches their
welfare is unnoticed by thy watchful eye.
We rejoice, U Lord, thst thl no ear is always
open to our prayers for our dear children.
O bless them this new day ! They have not
passed this way heretofore. We commend
them iu faith to thee. May thev be respon
sive to thy leading Iu right and pure ways.
And when the evening shades gather about
us and the curtains of night are drawn,
may we all with unsolled feet come around
the family altar with songs of praise and
thanksgiving to thee, our Father, who hast
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
Christ Jesus, la whoso name, wo pray.
Anion.
leans l.oved Nature.
The careworn are bo moody nnd gloon y
that they have no eye for the wild fljwon.,
and no ear for the song of birds or ior tlio
inusle of rippling brooks or autumn winds.
Hut. Jesus had nn eye and ear for nil sights
and sounds of nature. "1 say unto you that
even Holomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these." impure not curi
ously of what flower Ho spoke, as if It must
needs have been some exceptionally lovely
llower of gorgeous hue that called forth
such an encomium. Jesus. 1 believe, would
have said the same thing about the simplest
wild llower that grows iu the mca low or by
tho wayside the snowdrop, tho primrose or
the, daisy. A. 11. Bruce.
Man (Iramler Than Nature.
Grand as nature is, it only typllles some
thing grander iu man; unconscious heights
and breadths and depths within him, wailing
to embosom themselves within the life and
light of (tod. Heeking that Ineffable one
ness with him, man and nature scud up to
gether one yenruing response through the
holy silence: "(iraut us peace!" Lucy Lar
com. God gives each mnu one life, like a lamp,
then gives
That lamp due measure of oils Lamp lighted
hold high, wave wide,
Its comfort for otheis to share.
Browning.
To be-some like Christ Is the only thing In
the world worth caring for, the thing beforo
which every ambition of man Is folly, and
all lowor achievement vain. Drumuioud.
Many Christians get cold warming thnrr-
selves by this world's tires. A. b. Gordon,
D.U.
If we leave oar doors wlds open to Ood ha
ntws 1a and makes a heaven of our souls.
GHRiSTIlK U0DWIC1
TOftC FOR SUNDAY, JUNE n
Ia Beit Way to study tha Bibla."
xix.7-14,
Turn Bible.
June Early study. 2 Tim. til.
June 8. Study la Affliction. Acts. u. w
June 8. Borne stndy. Deut vL 1-9
June 10. "By heart. ls. mxtII. 30-40.
June 1L Practical study. Ps. cxix. 97.101
June 11 Commentaries. Meb. Till, t.
Kcbivtuse Ycbsk. Deut. It. 1" . . ,
vIlL, 1-8; ivIL 18, 19; a Kings xxhi. j v
S; cxix. 18; Tro. lit 1; vi. ritV,'
John xly. 26; xvt 13, 14; Horn. ii. l'a j J
aa-25; Rev. xxil. 18, 19. "lu-t-
Lassos Tbocouts.
The br way to study the llible L, it).u
Arm conviction that It ia God's owu wJh"
that this belief may inspire us with the m
solemn reverence, and add the verv bK-h-T,
authority to the words that we read'.
The Bible properly studied wlll'dst
converting, purifying, sane tlfyiuK uflu
upon the student, and should certaitili
studied with the most lirect perautial u . i
oation. lt
Let us read and meditate upon GoJ'i
Word, with depeodenoe upon (ioil'i nL
dance, and with the prayer that the M0
Kplrlt may take the things of chrut u'l
show them unto us.
SELECTIONS.
'Word of the ever-living God,
Will of His glorious Hon,
Without tnee how could earth be trod.
Or heaven itself be won?
Tet to unfold tby hidden worth.
Thy mysteries to reveal,
That Spirit which first gave thee furtfc
Thy volume must unseal.
And we, If we aright would learn
The wisdom It imparts, '
Must to its heavenly teaching turn.
And seek with all our hearts.
We never get to understand llil.ef8.
ply by studying it. It will not reveal lt.ii
us uuiu fro uefou iu uu wum u tcitcQes lj,
that seeks to obey it, shall know It. 'ji,
persons have the impression that thrtju
something occult and mysterious about il
worm ui win nunpiures. mil nus iBpr
sion vanishes it they accept the dinne te.
ings, unu urgiu i ineuiou tueir uvea aci-grj.
Ing to them.
tiuDerstltlous persons carry amulets n. I
A rrnyer for I plin On;,
O Lord (lod ! whose wiivs arc mr,i ir .
derful, receive our thanksgiving f r the rt-1
ne wen neniiiy inou nrmgest int.. tli mnj.
For thou hast so fashioned us t li.it .
me west wmu mows anil me miii.mctci'imi.
me river ol (ion is at Its lullest. Into ,,n
senses, nnd, li we are wise, into nut fi-nrt I
and spirit comes the joy of lioii; ;iij. t. t I
holding this outward beauty, are .ullnj I
meditate, touching the very .n
works of the Lord, O iim,
aiiove inn tniugs tout liav.' t ; I
sway over us, and cause us t li.oc
inunion with nature. Mav wc .i:i..ti.. i,
meanest and simplest llower t!m: p. M . I
to the thought of Its Maker whc vj;l
forth from the hand of ( od. i! ' tli. :i t.
est u feast, give us grace 1 1 ! thy embh I
thanksgiving und gladness. I.c; 1 1 . . : , . !';!
turn sullenly from thy splendor. !. h-
ol us be weak enough to sutler -v.-;i tii-
shadow of death to shut out tin joy. In
us with great thoughts and giv i t!ic I
courage and patiencotomuketh i-. tli inut-
become good acts, ht thev en i' Ifc.ji.
selves as blossoms that are full ! ys,I
fruit. Amen.
The Sermon on llti Mount.
Mnnuuls of devotion with tiipl.vanll
rules for getting on In the ( Im-ma ir-
would do well sometimes to Mi. mi t IJ-I
simplicity of nature, and earie st .:il wh J
are attempting sanetiKeation !y trwl
Instead of sanetllleatloii bv nutli
spared much humiliation lv l-:i-:i:!ig it I
botany of the Hennon on the il i::it. IbtJ
can Indeed be no other principle ei gt"ir.i
than this. It is a vital net. And to try t J
make a thing grow is ns absurd t" tr I
the tide to come in or the sun to r-- N J
limn bv taking thought has ever illrlil
cubit to his stature; nor lias ir. una i-j
mere working nt Ids soul ever n, ; '
nearer to the statureof the I. ri .; -
Christ's life unlolded itself fro:i, ,i c
germ planted centrally in His iu: m
grew as naturally as u llower In !., a'tl j
Drummoiid.
Alcohol In Cold Cliinale'. ..
Dr. A. Fick, professor of pliysiohff 'ni
Wurtzburg, says: "tue use m u
even when taken in moderate iti:iolito I
has boon proved to bo particularly WW'-
ous In case great physical ciiiliirauceurt-
quired In oold climates. For d-ca'H w3j
sequcutly, it has been a llxed releol"!
plorers in polar regions-a run-e-"i
nrnnrlimnn nnf i'lv lllCil T''W
nleoholie. drink whatever. Nm.'-o. "'I
nnm famous nxnlornr of the RirtnTD n
nlnna lulm rnnnrtt 1 V I mveled acpfv Gf'l
litnd on snowshoes. nscrihw the su'1
his undertaking essentially to tin- fn'Hj
i. i 1.1 1 .11.1 ....I I a iLru4
of alcohol."
I'll" noi . . I,,,
VVhn wi.nilhii i. lulled tllorllS Wlt.l
brows,
f!..l., .. I kukiiiI ....I..., V.lt II To 'I
.Hiiro u ii 1 1 uinm uukii ,
11,, ulmu,d un.a I li lii freckle. .-Ifi'M
stain
n ..H.t..t...l ........II lie iniaolre
wi inn uni i vai'.'u iii-u' n i
TI...I- -...I I.,, i.n-l til ir Hi
jliuil iimuiy vuuib, wii'i ioi -
And bathes their eyes with nectar.
i. il HI. I.!.., ' u-'l 131. 5d
iiapjiy who wains wuu m
ho lllids ,
Of flavor or of scent, in fruit "r ' J ,
Or what he views of beautilul rsM'
In niitnrM fromtho lirnlld. Ullti''-1 ' ''
T. .., I.hi.lii I li ii ' tll'imlc- III til''
rrouipts wltu rcnieuiuriiiio
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