THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST.
OEO. W, WAGEXSELLER,
Editor and .Proprietor
MrDDutBcmin, Pa., ArorsT 5, 1887.
Notwithstanding the progress of
British hydrography, the last Blue
Book of Rear-Adiniral Wharton re
ports as many as 209 rocks and shoals
dangerons to navigation discovered
daring the year 189G.
It is a pleasure for the Chicago
Times-Herald to note that even the
highest class ninsio is now within the
reach of all. Fatlerewski says he will
charge only 85000 a dny to play at pri
vate musicales next season.
A writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung
points out that since the separation of
tho eexes in elementary schools has
been carried out in Prussia, there has
lieen not an improvement but a dis
tinct deterioration in the manners and
conduct of the pupils.
General Lew Wallace says that after
a diligent search for a short name for
the hero of his great bonk, he came
across the name ''lTur" in the Book of
Genesis, and by adding "Ben," which
means "the son of," ho obtained a
name both short and odd.
Cyprus, once the abode of the god
dess of love, is turning to a baser wor
ship, notes the New York Sun. It
lias been found that the island pro
duces black truffles not to be distin
guished in taste or perfume from those
of Perigord. Tho bost are fouud
near Morfu, in the western part of tho
island.
St. Louis people were treated ono
day to the odd sight of a gang of brick
layers walling in the tenth Btory of a
new building when the brick work
from below had been carried up only
to the eighth floor. This was rendered
possible by the modern skeleton con
struction, and was douo to utilize a
double force of men.
II Projrresso Italo-Atnerieano, of
New York City, iu an editorial on the
immigration question says that if a'Jjill
excluding illiterates were passed it
would exclude three-fourths of those'
who would naturally come .to this
country from the dominions of King.
Humbert. This is a very highsproA
portion, But it must be remembered,
adds the Now York Sun, that a large
number of the Italian immigrants
come from points south of Naples and
from Sicily, the laud of olives and
brigands.
Five million dollars represents the
value of our average monthly exports
of live cattle, dressed beef and beef
products during the past eleven
months, a substantial gaiu over a year
ago. During May nearly 38,000 heel
cattre were exported, and iu eleven
months 3128,000 head. Our foreign
trado in beef is moBt encouraging, but
it would be greatly enlarged were it
not for the irksome restrictions en
forced by France and Germany in
response to the demands of the agri
cultural classes there.
The American Agriculturist remarks:
The English co-operative congTes9i
which has been in session this month
nt Perth, brought out more forcibly
the astonishing success of co-operation
in this country. The English whole
sale society, which supplies nearly
2000 local co-operative stores, reports
a gratifying increase in its business,
whilo the Scottish wholesale society is
doing seventy-five per cent, moro trade
this year than last. These great whole
sale associations have such an excess
of capital that they are employing it
to manufacture their own goods. The
success of theso co-operotive manufac
turing enterprises is quito astonishing.
Indeed, the whole movement has now
reached such headway that storekeep
ers and manufacturers are trying to
cripplo or restrict co-operutiou. This
is not surprising when we reflect that
the Soottisb wholesale is doing a cash
business of over 8300,000 a week,
while the English wholesale society's
business reaches about $50,000 a year.
The co-operators are now turning their
attention to agriculture, and during
the past three years have established
a great number of co-operative cream
eries in Ireland to furnish butter direct
to English consumers. Further co
operation among farmers is being
planned. The present position of co
operation in England is an inspiration
for all our American farmers, who
realize that the way out of our present
difficulties is for our people to take
bold co-operatively to help themselves
And help ach other.
When a man becomes old, nobody
irautu to loaf with him.
. SMALL THINGS,
ft mar be glorious to write
Thoughts that shall glad the two or three
High souls like those tar starts that oome
to sight
Once in a century;
But better tar it Is to speak
One simple word, which now and then
Bhall waken their tree nature In the weak
And friendless sons of men.
James Bussell Lowell.
ooooooooooooooooooooooo
BRANDON'S DAUGHTEPl
OOOOGOOOl
u, i ve never
been ship
wrecked nor
been in a CO'
lision all the
time I've been
at sea a mat
ter now of over
lorty years,
But I've car
rieu some
queer passen
gors in my
time. I'll tell
yon about two
who exercised a powerful influence
over me; but whether for good or evil
you shall hear presently.
It was in the fall of '72, just when
on the eve of sailing, that an old gen
tleman stepped on board, and hurried
ly approached me. He was n tall,
spare man, with iron gray hair, and
nail a slight stoop at the shoulders.
"Good day, captain," said he.
oniy ueuru mis morning that yon
were sailing for Englund, and hasteued
down to ascertain if you could rind ac
commodation for myself uud daughter
at so snort notice.
"Certainly," I replied, in mv
hearty way; "I shall only be too pleased
to take you. As it happens there ure
only three passengers booked this trip.
and they are second-class, so you can
nave the saloon pretty much to your
selves." He thanked me effusively, and dis
appeared into the saloon. I marveled
at his precipitancy, and wondered
where the daughter was to come from,
for she was not visible anywhere.
I gave instruction to the apprentices
to have their luggage conveyed on
board, nnd myself superintended the
stowing away of their trunks in the
two best appointed cabins of the ship.
While so engaged, I heard a Jight foot
fall behind me, aud, turning around, I
beheld the fairest vision of loveliness
that ever brightened my saloon.
" "My daughter Captain Harnott."
said Mr. Brandon, introducing us.
I was so taken aback by her exceed
ing beauty that I awkwardly touched
my cap, and, with the wind clean out
of my sails, stammered :
"Glad to see you, miss."
She placed her soft little white hand
into my big, sun-browned paw, and,
looking me sqnarely iu the face out of
her laughing blue eyes, said:
"I'm sure we shnll be good friends,
captain, dnring the voyage."
She spoko with a charming colonial
accent, nnd from that moment I was
her most devoted, humble servant,
slave, anything you like. I went
head over eors in love with her nt
sight. You niny smile, but recollect
I was a comparatively young man
then.
Leaving them to arrange their
cabins to their own satisfaction I
ascended the companion steps nnd
went on deck. It certainly occupied
them a considerable time, for neither
father nor daughter appeared on deck
until the ship was well outside the
"Heads" and the tug had returned to
port.
That voyage I look back npoa as the
happiest and saddest I ever made.
Miss Brandon was a splendid sailor.
In fair weather or foul she'd be on deck,
delighting me with the admiration she
expressed for my handsome three
masted clipper, and the childlike
naivete of her questions. I used to
puce the quarter-deck in the morning,
impatient for her first appearance. On
the dullest or dirtiest day it was like a
ray of sunshine suddenly bursting
forth from a lowering sky, to see her
emerge from the companion hatch,
looking as fresh ns a daisy and a thou
sand times more lovely.
Of course it was only natural that
my mates should fall in love with her
also, but she treated them with marked
indifference, if not absolute coldness.
Her smiles wero nil reserved for me,
and she lavished them upon mo in no
niggardly manner.
There was n piano in tho saloon,
and often in the long evenings she
would sing and play for my solo delec
tation, while I would sit on tho settee
alongside and gaze rapturously ,iuto
her pretty face. The song I liked best
was "Tom Bowling, " nnl she infused
such an amount of pathos into her ex
pression that the tears would some
times trickle down my weather-beaten
cheeks as she sang. Ah! tlioso were
happy days; it wus heaven whilo it
lasted.
I have scarcely meutioncdher father
yet. The fact is, I was so engrossed
with his beautiful daughter that 1
didn't pay so much attention to him ns
perhaps 1 ought. At tho best be was
a saturnine, unsociable sort of person,
who seemed to prefer his own' com
pany to other people's. When not in
his own cabin, where ho spent most of
his time, he was walking with his
hands elasped behind him, apparently
in deep thought, in the waist of tho
ship.
One evening, when about nine
weeks out, I was sitting in the chart
house alone with my idol. The sec
ond mate was steppiug the planks out
side, old Jobsou was at the wheel
away behind us, and the watch on
the deck were lounging about for
ward. Some days previous to this I
had had the temerity to eonfess my
love to her, and asked her to bo my
wife. She had made me inexpressibly
Loppy by promising, subject to my oh-J
ooo
ooooooooooooooooo
taining father's consent This, after
tome demur, he had granted, and that
night the future appeared very bright
for me.
We 'had been sitting silent for some
time, too happy for words, gazing on
the setting sun as it disappeared into
a glowing mass of golden rimmed
clouds on the horizon, when to my in
finite amazement she suddenly burst
into tears.
"Darling, what is the matter?" I
exclaimed in an agony of apprehen
sion. "Oh, Alfred, I have just heard such
a dreadful story from my father. I
shall never be happy again. We can
never be married now."
"Never be married?" I ejaculated
aghast. "Why
"Because my father is a a criminal.
Oh, I feel so miserable. I think I
shall throw myself overboard!"
"Alice, for heaven s soke don t talk
like that, or yon'U drive me mad.
W hot has he done?
"Something dreadful. Oh, don't
speak to me any more," she sobbed
violently.
At that moment I was so mad that
I felt half inclined to go down and
tear the old scarecrow out of his berth
by the cuff of the neck and demand
w lint he had done to cause my darling
such poignant grief. But I uuln t
Instead I drew her to my side.
"Tell me all about it," I said sooth
inf-ly-
"Well, my father, as you are aware,
was an agent in one of the banks iu
Arlington, Victoria, and it seems he
embezzled large sums of money be
longing to the bunk to speculate with.
Of course, ho meant to replace it before
the audit, when the deficit would have
been discovered. But he lost it, and
that is why he fled the country.
"Is that all?" said I, with a sigh of
relief. "It's bad enough, certainly,
but I fail to see that in itself it forms
a sufficient barrier to our union."
"But that is not the worst. My
father is convinced that the police may
have traced bun to Melbourne nnd to
this ship. He declares ho will be ar
rested on landing."
"Nothing move likely, I thought.
But I remarked casually, "Has he any
plan to suggest?"
"les, oh, yes, if you will only assist
him. But it seems too terrible to con
template. Ho says it is his only
chance to escape."
"What is it, then?"
"That ho should die nud be buried
at sea!" she responded, with a per
ceptible shiver.
"I don't understand.
"Ho proposes to feign death. Then,
after ho has been sewed up for burial,
wo must find the means to liberate
him and substitute something else.!'
Ihe daring audacity of the proposal
fairly took my breath awnv. If dis
covered, the consequences to me in
aiding and abetting a felon to escape
would bo disastrous. I resolved to
have nothing to do with such a crim
inal proceeding, but a look of entreaty
from tlioso tearful eyes mude me falter
in my resolution.
"lor inv sake," sho murmured,
pleadingly, placing her fair, white hand
on my arm.
Her touch thrilled me. I hesitated
no longer, but gavo an unwilling con
sent. Ah, what folly will not a mun
commit when in love!
Next day it was reported that Bran
don was seriously indisposed. I took
out the medicine chest ns in duty
bound, and ordered the cabin steward
to attend him. Throe days later Mr.
Brandon was reported dead.
hen I was informed of this I en
tered his cabin. He was lying in the
under berth, pale and motionless ns
death. I felt tho body; it was cold and
rigid. If this were not death, he snu
ulated it to perfection. I sent for the
snilmaker, who sewed the body np iu
my presence. When the tnsk was
completed I dismissed him, nud, se
curing the cnbing door inside with a
sharp knife ripped open the stitches.
My hand shook painfully. What if ho
were really dead?
I confess to experiencing a singular
feeling of relief when the man opened
his eyes, and the resuscitated Bran
don sat up. I administered some
brandy, which helped to revive him.
He quickly and noiselessly dressed
himself. Thcu be produced from a
trunk a dummy figure which he had
previously prepared nnd weighted,
and inclosed it in the shroud. This
he sewed up with his own hands. Not
a word was spoken by either of us.
When all was completed I stepped out
t.) reconnoitre. Seeing the coast clear.
I signalled him, nud he crept swiftly
across the passage into his daughter's
cabin, where ho concealed himself.
In t'.io lirst dog watch of tho same
afternoon, the bell commenced to toll
its solemn knell for the funeral of An
thony Brandon. Officers and men nnd
passengers stood round me with heads
uncovered as I rend from the Book of
Common Prayer tho beautiful and im
pressive burial service. God forgive
me, it was an awful mockery. I don't
know how I got through with it. Af
terward I heard it commonted that I
was much nlfected during the service.
Heaven knows I was, but 'twas with
guilt ntd fear.
After the funeral Brandon returned
to his own cabin, which was kept con
stantly locked, and the key of which
I retained in my own possession.
With my connivance Alice smuggled
food to him from dny to day.
About two weeks afterward, while
proceeding up the channel under all
sail, we were hailed by a tug. Antici
pating danger, I slipped down the
compauionwoy, and conveyed Brandon
to my own 'cabin for concealment.
When I got on deck again, I was just
iu time to see n stout, well-groomed
party clambering over the vessel's
side. Without any preliminaries he
brusqnely demanded:
"Got a passenger by the name of
Brandon on board."
"Ihad, stranger, I had."
He gazed at me inuiringH.
"Come below, air," I said.
At we descended, ho explained that
he was a detective in pursuit of Bran
don, who had absconded from Australia
with a considerable inm of money and
Valuable negotiable securities. When
he had produced his warrant, I ordered
the mate to fetch the log-book. Un
der date the 15th of January, he read
this entry:
"Buried at sea in lot. 35 degrees 49
minutes N., longitude 33 degrees 16
minutes W., Anthony Brandon, cabin
passenger. Cause of death unknown."
He muttered something under his
breath which was quite unintelligible
to me. Then he demanded to see
Brandon's effects. I led the way into
his cabin. He ransacked every trunk
and portmanteau, but not a vestige of
paper or anything of value did he dis
cover. The expression on his face
when he left the ship some hours later
was not particularly pleasant.
' When he arrived in the dock at
London I smuggled Mr. Brandon
ashore in one of his daughter's trunks,
after they had been searched by the
customs' officer. No one in the ship
ever expected the truth. - Their secret
remained alone with me.
It was arranged that Alice and I
should be married qnietly before set
ting out on my next voyage, and our
honeymoon was to be spent on the
bosom of the deep. When we parted
that night she promised to communi
cate with me when her father had se
cured some quiet retreat in the coun
try. She kept her promise. Here is
the letter. I have preserved it all
these years. It has neither super
scription nor signature:
"Dear old Captain Many, many
thanks for all your kindnesses. My
husband and I for Mr. Brandon is
my husband, though it was not known
in Arlington will never forget them.
Pray forgive the deceit we found it ex
pedient to practice on you in order to
carry out our plans. Wo are in fairly
afHuent circumstances, for my husband
did not lose the money in speculation,
as I thought it necessary to tell you.
Dear Captain, I know I can rely upon
you, for your own sake, not to inform
the authorities about my husband. As
ho died at sea, we expect to live se
curely, unmolested by the bank of
ficials or the police. Good-by for
ever."
And that was tho end of my ro
mance. No," I never heard anything
more nhout them. Whether they lived
to enjoy their ill-gotten gains or
whether they didn't, I cannot tell.
But this I do know, she was the first
woman that ever fooled me, and, by
henven, she was the last. I never gave
another tho chance. Tit-Bits.
Common Sonp in House Moving.
The lubricant generally used by
house movers is common soap. It
contains the best kind of grease for
tho purpose. The wooden tracks are
thoroughly rubbed with it, and, as it
squeezes its way into the girders, rest
ing on the tracks, and does not easily1
evaporate it makes a very slippery
path. In moving frame houses a single
horse is used to pull it along, not as lie
would pull a wagon exactly, bnt by
means ' of a windlass. As has been
pointed out, the girders which support
the house are not even chained to
gether; the weight of the building
holds them sufficiently rigid. To one
of them a pulley with several sheaves
is attached. Another pulley is attached
to the track fifty feet or more ahead of
the house, aud through these a rope
extends to a windlass. The horse sim
ply winds up the rope, and tho house
being on runners, become for a time a
flouting or wandering palace.
One house was actually floated to a
now destination. It originally rested
opposite Holland's station, Jamaica
Bay, Long Island. It was raised from
its foundations and floated a mile
down tho shore, and now rests on pil
ing in front of iiniutnelrs station. One
house mover in upper New York State
attempted to move a houso across a
lako, but with disastrous results, The
lake was frozen over, nnd tho design
was to take advantage of the ice, which
was thought to beBUlliceiitly strong to
bear the structure iu course of transit.
All went well until the middle of the
lake was reached. Then night came
on, and a rest was token until morn
ing. "J PAt daylight, however, the house
was found to be resting at the bottom
of the lake. Tho lake was not very
deep, so that the greater part of the
house was still above the surface. But
thaw took place during the dny, and
the house, careening to ono side, began
to float in earnest. It was afterwards
floated to tho destination nt first de
signed for it, but n new house might
have been built at less expense.. At
lanta Constitution.
TIio Farmer's AVI Co Arleil ns Surgeon.
About six mouths ago gangrene de
veloped iu one of General Kpotts's
feet. Mr. Spotts is a farmer about
eighty years old, living at Rochester,
Ind., and whou his physicians m-
formed him of the nature of the dis
ease he asked them to amputate the
member. After consultation they re
fused to do so, giving as a reason that
in his cnfoeblod condition ho could not
endure the shock.
Thinking it was the onlv hope of
prolonging his life, after the doctor
left his wife sharpened a common
butcher knife on a grindstone and sue.
cessfully performed the work of ampu
tation herself. First cutting through
the flesh she then unjointed the foot
at the ankle and removed it. The pa
tient is reported improving. Ner
York Telegram.
. Trenching of the Word.
Some 80,000 sermons are preached
each Sunday in England and Wales,
The average Sabbath day church it
tendance is computed to be between
10,000,000 and 11,000,000 persons.
There is a place of worship for every
500 individuals, taking the country
all through, and a stated minister for
vrjr 700.
OUR BUDGET OF. HUMOR
LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
The Difference The Deed of Deed Xotnv
log Batter The Keaaoa Dlitlnetiom
Breaking It to Him CuTt Be Done
She ; Stooped to Coaqaer, Etc, Etc.
The 8enior finds a most surprising change.
When for the world he leaves his college
halLI
In college ha had always too much work,
But now be sees he can't And work at alL
Yale Record.
Nothing Better.
'Tell me, doctor, what do you con
sider an ideal case?"
"A healthy man with an incurable
disease."
Breaking It to Him.
BTusband "Do you need anything
for the house?"
Wife "The cook says there is not
enough china to last the week out."
Life.
The IImmh,
"I'm writing to Belle."
"Because you have something spe
cial to say?"
"No; because I have nothing spe
cial to do." Puck.
Distinction.'
"I wish to see some collars."
Yes, ma'am. Ah ladies' or gen
tlemen's?" "Gentlemen's, sir. For ladies'
use." Chicago Tribune.
Sauce For Ceeee and Ganders.
"Won't it be delightful when we all
have flying machines!"
"I don't know about that; of course
our creditors will have them, too."
Chicago Becord.
He Stooped to Conquer.
Mrs. Fussanfenther "I understand
that Mr. Ta'llman kissed you on tho
stoop last night."
Miss Fussanfeather "Why, yes,
mamma; he's so tall, ho had to."
Yonkers Statesman.
Can't Be Dime.
Archie "I always think evening
dress must be so trying to a lady of
humor."
Bertie "Why?"
Archie "Because she can't laugh in
her sleeve." Pick-Me-TJp.
More Carelessness.
Excited Wife "Oh, Professor, the
cook has fallen and broken her collar
bone!" Professor "Discharge her at once!
You told her what to expect if she
broke anything more." Detroit Free
Press.
Lout In the Shu file.
"How are your geological studies
progressing, Miss Cliraoly?'
"Very nicely, indeed. I found a
lovely piece of rock quartz to-day up
on the hill back of the hotel. .But,
unfortunately, I laid it upon my soap
dish when I went up to dress, and now
I can't tell which is the soap." Life.
A Learned Opinion. .
Son "Pa, what is a whisky
straight?"
Father (who knows whereof) "Er
well, my boy, n large swelled head;
an crronous impression of great and
sudden wealth; a disposition to fight a
mnn twice your size; an aptness for
making the world appeor lop-sided
and to be revolving rapidly; any one
of them may be properly called a
whisky's trait. Harlem Life.
(lot Her Money's Worth.
Some time aao our local onerator
took a telegram which read:
"Miss Maude, will you.be mine?
It was delivered to the prowemartv.
and soon she came tripping into the
office to wire her reply. It read:
"Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes."
Ten words, you Bee, and sho paid
her quarter, and then tripped out of
the room with tho sweetest kind of a
blush. Evansvillo Courier.
Ills Men 1 1 Mention.
"Coming home from the American
Mothers' meeting I saw such a lovely
child playing in the street in front of
our house. Such a dear littlo boyl I
quite wanted to kiss him, I wonder
whose child he is."
"Did he have yellow hair?" asked
her husband.
"Yes.'l
"And blue eyes?"
"Beautiful blue eyes."
"And an old shirt waist?"
"Oh, a horrid shirt waist!"
"Then I know whoso child he is."
"Well?"
"He's ours. "Boston Budget,
But lie Wasn't.
Ono rainy day the late Stubby
Childs was on his way to tho corner at
which he and his friend always met,
when he encouutered a young student
whoso faco ho recognized dimly, hav
ing seen it every day for some weeks
in his morning class.
"Havo yon seen my friend?" ho
asked.
"Yes sir," replied the student,
pausing respectfully in tho midst of a
mud-puddle to remove his cap; "he is
at the corner waiting for you."
"Good," replied the professor,
looking over his spectacles. "I thank
yon; you may be seatodl" Harvard
Lampoon.
Muteo, the Cross Man, i Dead.
The widely known ecceutrio charac
ter, known as Matoo, the cross man,
was found dead just outside of his
cabin at Abitn Springs, La., by a
Choctaw Indian a day or two since.
Mateo has been one of - the most
unique characters of eastern Louisiana
for the past thirty-five years. He al
ways wore from seventy-five to 100
crosses attached to his clothing, and
was crazed on religion. New Orleans
Picayuae, .
"SELECT BU2D LUR
PREGNANE THOUGHTS FROM 1
WORLD'S GREATEST AUTHORS
The Reassurance Believe and Be S
"The School of God"-It I I .
ArmlU"-Chrl.t Matt Make Yo7.
Folly to Brood Our Greater Wer
Because the bitter winds are out.
And the mellow days of autumn go.
Because the storm-Hends run and shout
And scrawl rod fingers on the dawn
Ehould we lose hope, and weeninv u.
'Our ln I. l.M ... k .1... ,
- " unit on
lawn ; "
And love was buried yesterday,
And the tender merojot Clod withdraw
Kay, nay. for- the very winds that blow
Heavy with death will come again
With April music, and none will know
That life held ever a tear or a pain.
The lllao that sways so naked today
With twistless arms to tho sunless' sly
Will see the spring coming the same old'.
And shake out her green leaves nierrii
Bo heart, my heart, though todav be d
And joy be burdened with doubt awhll
Know that God holds you a smile nnd at
And tomorrow, perchance, you in
him and smile.
Theodore Koeejt
Believe and Be Raved.
"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ i
thou sbalt be saved," is the only, and it
sufficient answer to every auiiom sin
seeking refuge from tho storm. y 1
seek for comfort in Christ, or you will ,
In vain. But apply to Him, aud you can
fail. Bay as Peter did when he bei-an
sink, "Save. Lord, or I perish," and ll ,
Eut forth his hand at once. It is rP(
eld out to you. Lay hold of it by fa'tb I
itmvaiion is yours. "Heboid
Lamb of God, which taketh i
the sin of tho world. Look m.tn
and be ye saved." You are mvitcd to
gard Him not as tho Creator, but the
viour, not as the Judge, but the Advo'
noi as me uuier, out me Mediator. V
conscience accuses, hear Hin say, "It i
I who have fully atoned for thy sins; i
nave blotted tuem all nut by niy blo.J
nenmetnougiit 01 uoa alarms. Intro t.
voice, "It Is I; I who have mude peseelJ
blood of the cross; I. by whom the just I
becomes tho justifler of the nng.J
When the painful conviction of short!
ings, anor an our striving, ovurwhl
again lie says, "ltisi; i whose whltd
win cover an tny liitby rags, I, from
perfect obedience, and not from tliJ
unworminess.thou art to look for secrri
with God." W hen a sense of wenkne-i
Inability to cope with the ninny dim, j
ana dangers which surround us. depr
the mind, uguiu His voice is he,i, ii
I who have engaged to perform thin .1
thee; I who will never leave tlioo nori
sake tiiee."
"The School of floil."
In these duys of hurry and bustle w
ourselves face to fuce with a terrible
gor: and It Is this no time to be hIoh
Uoil. 'ihe world, In thece last ilny.
nlng fast; wo live in what Is called "I
of progress," and "you know we niti
naeoWlth the times. ' Ho tln tc,,rU
But this Bpirit of the world bun u..i
lined Uself to the world. It is, iilus!
found among the saints of (iod.
what is tho result I llio result in
to bo ulone with God, and this
iiieuiHU'iy lunowou ny no uu'liiiiitluii
alone with God. .. This "desert HI
some may rail it. Is of an lmportaii"
cannot be ovorvuluud. Let us turn
pages of God's Book. On scuunii
precious pngos we find that tun a
nod uou s mlghtv men wre
who bad been in "the school of OoJ
it has well hetin called; aud His sehoulj
simply this "In the desert alone
Hlmstdf." It was there they got
teaching, l'ar removed from th dii
bustlo of the haunts of men distant
from human eye and ear there t!u
alone with God ; there tbey wore e
for the battle. And when th" tint'
that they stood forth in public servi
God, their faces were not nshume,!
they had faoe9 as lions ; they wro bi
fearless, yea, and victorious (or fn
the battle had boon won ulrea Iv
desert ulone with Him. Loudon ChrJ
"It Is I) Be Not Afmlil
Is It stormy weather with thee? D.J
disappointments, Dereavoniunu. as a
cloud, deluge tuoe with sorrow 1 Do
ual troubles assnll thee as a hurrieal
drive hither and thithur thv hnnissed
Do the winds and the waves beat
thy frail bark, so that it seems cd
sink? "O thou afflicted, tossed with li
aud not comforted, listen to tho m
Jesus.who comes to thue in the storm
ing upon the water, and sovs, "it is
not afraid." The design of rsiiH
make us of gooJ '.'nscr. :inis world
deed a vule of tears, but the M:i:i of
has vIsiteH It, that wo may rejoice,
surrounded by causes of nliirm. 1
gospel bids us fear not. Aud tlmt wlii. tj
can enable is to be of good cheer ud.
rows and of good courage amid M
tho presence of our God and myiou
believe in mm as alwnys uenr. uiva
alwavs michtv to save. 'is the true
autidote to fear and crlef. It is only '
portion as we recognize His voice as iJ
menu. Buying, 11 h 1, iuiu
With His exhortiition, "Be of (food el"1
Dot afraid."
A Mfe of I.. lvr-.
The record of our Lord's lif" I1
strange, sorunu leisure. His I'.nlier
uess was done for 30 quiet yean ;
reth. The 8on of God served so l'-f 1
urctitlccsliln of tintlcnco before Hi
bciran. And aflerwurds. when )'
thu vortex of eddying multitude;.
showed a trace of hurry or
Through all thosn crowdud days
11111I coiitrovornytllo never knew
to bo reverlsu or Hurried or disira
moved like a king In his own r-'",
of tho pageant thut stays for his
British Weekly.
Full are Follow One
A student missed learning l':i:
lesson. At the end of tho year il
problem given tohlm lntlie.n
in the lesson he Imd missed, an 1 1
it. Then a hundred times In nUJ
be stumble aud make mistake m
and calculations, because lie lia 1
nurtiuular dav's lesson. Thus faill
duty, anv day, may Hing Its shad"
oiose o( me. j. k. junior, v.
God sowi June fields with clov
world
Broadcast with common klndnes
With plain, good souls that cheer
Tholr homely duties in tho couim
Of daily life, ambitious of n mow
Than to supply the needs o' f r."
let serve Ood's blgherwlll hum
DUUlllel
There Is only one way to get to kn
and It is along tho path f oi'" D"
the nnth of bntvinir 01r f.lfl o
opening our lockjnwed inouth. ';'
Au Af rnA fluid.: U
obedience to His wlil'.4ltcv. Jo' H
T.lfA In h nul la h I tldO nf tlf
unity
the narrow channel. ( of l'alB"J
Everything else is oaf la colorable j
Af IK- .,,,1 . latenca.
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