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ITCRMATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 29.
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Am sliu, l-3 OoMea Testa Vmkm
IS CoatBtamUu-y the Day'
fey Uaa Kav. D. M.
n "After thM things were ended, ?aul
arpoaed in Ihe iplrit to o to JeraaaJem,
rdnc.'Afterl have ben there I must also
Borne."' Oar Ust lesnon in the Acta
LftPtul at Corinth, where he continued
JJ, audit months teaching the word of
4, He then returned to Antioch In Syria,
aliag Epbeaua, Ca?aarea and Jerusalem on
w way. After tome time apeut at Antioch
f,al started on hit third missionary tour,
MingthroiiRh Oalatia and Fbrygla till ha
La? to Ephesua, where he bad left Aqulla
,1 prioeilia, and to which city he had
ffomlJMl to return, God willing (chapter
U1., 2H. He tarried at Ephesua oyer
m years (xlx., 10; xx., 81), and all the
-orinee of Asia heard the word of the lord
Las, so that many believed, the name of
H Lord Jeaua was mftpnMod, the word of
god grew mightily and prevailed, and
lloiisands of dollars' worth of bad books
rre burned.. Here begins our lesson,
jj. "His purpose was to go through
Iioedonia and Aohala, where he had been
H bis previous tour, but he still tarries in
ijii a season while he sends Timotheus and
ir.tuj ahead of him into Macedonia. In
1 future lensson we shall have his testimony
-to his labors in Asia. Whether sojourn
u or journeying his one ambition wax
Hit Christ should be magnified in him and
laithe might better know Him (Phil. 1.,
ft III., 10).
"And about that time there arose no
vall stir concerning the way" (B. V.). In
margin of chapter ix., 2, this way is
bIIM "The Way." Bee also In the II. V.
darters xlx., 9; xxll., 4; xxiv., 14, 22. Jesus
Hijiwlf said, "I am the Way" (Jaa.xlv.,8).
In cxix., 1, we read, "Blessed are the
inJellled in the way who walk In the law
ottlie Lord. It is heavenly way, but very
iirrow, and few there be that find it. It is
a Him, and with Him and exoludes all thut
(Dot ot Ulm.
It, 14. "Sirs, ye know that by this craft
tvibave our wealth." This is the begin
ling ol the address of Demetrius, a silver
tilth, to his fellow workmen, whom he had
called together. His theme was their craft
a- trade or manner of making money, a
Hbjeot which will get an interested audi
ay almost any time. Witness the labor
organizations and the strikes often Ra
diated therewith in our own day. What
iwr will seem t turn mora money into
wople's pockets S apt to be an Interesting
abject.
16. "Not alone at Ephesus, but almost
Uwuffhout all Asia, this l'aul hath per
ssded and turned away much people."
bat a good testimony to run I, or rather
to the Spirit's work through Paul, in the
me of the Lord Jesus! The Lord, through
bin, bad turned many from idols unto God
(IThess. I., 9), so many that the idol Nisl
irt? was suffering severely, and those in
terred were greatly stirred.
J7. "Sot only this our croft Is in .danger
lobe set at nought, but also that the tem
pled the great goddess Diana should be
despised." It would never do to have such
magnificence that all tho world worshiped,
tepioed, for what would all the world ever
do without Plana? Yet three men darad
It despise Nebuohndnezzar's Image, which
ill the world worshiped, and the time will
tome when many will ilaro to despise
mother Image, which all tho world will
worship (Rov. xtii., 8, 15), choosing death
nther than Mich favor.
18. "And whon they heard they were
Ml ot wrath and cried out, saying, 'Great
li Diana ot the Epheslana.' " Thendos
boasted himself to 'be somebody; Hlmon
the sorcerer gave out thut himself was
ome great one; the coming antichrist will
proclaim that ho himself is God, and many
till believe it, and great will be bis wrath
igtlnst all who oppose him. The devil will
lather the armies of earth against God both
ittbe beginning and end ot the next thou
und years, but all will be overcome by tbe
Lamb, for lie Is King of kings nnd Lord of
lords (Iter, xlx., 19; xx., 8; xvil., 14; II
Thess. II., 4, 8).
29. "And the whole city wos filled with
nnfuslon." Confusion nnd chaos are not
the work of God, but ot the devil, whether
Id an individual or in a household or in
the world, nnd therefore some think that
the wrl: of the devil may be seen as far
back in tbe Bible story ns Gnn. 1., 2; that
la the beginning God must havo created
ill things good nnd that an enemy was ro
iponslblH for the clinos of verso 2.
30,31. Paul would willingly have stood
by bis Irlonds, who for his sake ami for
Christ's sake were In danger, but his friends
vould not suffer him. Ho had alroadv been
toned and left for dend, nnd he was ready
any time to die for Christ (xiv., 19; xxi.,
13). It was never with him a thought of
personal comrort, but only of how he could
"amity Christ. Sometimes we are com
pelled by circumstances to go forward when
e would fain keep back and sometimes to
keep baok when wa would ruin an forward.
Ibe way ot rest Is to do what you can go
forward If the way opens, and, if not, stay.
'Do as occasion serve thee, for Ood is with
tbee" (1 Sam. x., 7). Trust Him to manage
"trjiuing, ana believe that lie does, ana
be lulet and confident.
32. "Home therefore cried ono thing, and
ome another, for the assembly was con
rased, and the more part knew not whore
fore thoy wero como togothor." This was
ot an assembly of boliovers, but of the
nus people, tne enemies or uoa, ana
J It Is a fair description of the so called
church of to-day, for tho preachers aroory
il ono till in' and snnthnr nnd it mlalit ha
WW that the most of those who go to
"urcaonco a week know not wny they go
" what they really do believo.
. "And they drew Alexander out of the
altitude, the Jews putting him forward."
"this was the samo Alexander ns he of II
"a., lv., 14, Alexander the coppersmith,
en the smiths were right in their squab
, lilversmlths and coppersmiths (vorse
), or hi other words, it was business and
Idolatry versus Christ. It oertninlv should
fkl 80 tlmt business should be against
J-Mtst, but it is too muoh the case, and will
ery decidedly so at the time of His
.ln Power Bnd 8lory (BeV- Xl11- 17i
T'IL, 11-16).
all i'!u beD thcJf llDew thllt 08 wos 11 ,ew
rltu one voice, about the space of two
!0?B' led out. Groat Is Diana ot tbe
jT How te" crT . "Great is
IE?..0,' retht" yet "Him bath God ex
B m (Aet9 31). and Him alone, giving
,? me. and st His name every knee
Jwld bow (Phil. II., 9, 10). The time will
Bi T ,V " " who exalt themselves against
ni ihall be brought down, and the Lord
toilnVte(1 ln thrt' Therefore It is wise
Jf9 'rom men whose breath is iu bis
l).--Leason Helper.
When Mind Meets Mind.
Inlted nmvuR ..... .1 . 1
Kah.. c?nvratlon acts on tho mind,
atw t i?1 'ntelleot when he is alone is
V movements and far from fertile
mVu .?!d""Uon of ideas. But when It
ltl,v, anotner mind, and clashes with
Mersatlon, It is transf ormiHl ; it be-'-it-uZL.
nd audacious: it burns ami
n nd brings forth ideas out of its
wbW are urp4e,v"n to itself.
Prav ur",rw,a me togetnerine
aa;0'"06 strikes fire from the soul of
a ",D '"r iu 11 is turn leans me
aaibX n?blef helghu of devotion. And lo!
Lu" . M increases, thora Ih one in thnir
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Jwurslon tlcketji for dogs are now
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PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
Daor Shat far Oar Cood-Cnrit Standing
at Ike Door Draw ' TmUmme Trom
Christ - I'napprtwlated niMalBga-Tba
Valna la la Christ-Faith by Watching.
Ood sometimes shuts the door, and shuts
us In,
That lie may speak, perchance through
grief or pain,
And softly, heart to heart, above the din.
May tell some precious thought to us again.
God sometimes shuts the door, and keeps us
still.
That so our feverish baste, our deep
unrest.
Beneath His gentle touch may quiet, till
He wh'spers what our weary hearts love
best.
God sometimes shuts the door, and though
shut in.
It 'tis His band, shall we not wait and soo?
If worry lies without, and toil, nnd sin,
God's word may wait within for you and
me.
Interior.
Christ Standing at the Door.
To the church at rhiladelphiolt was prom
ised that the door should be opened ; but her
a church at Laodioca, which bad deliber
ately shut its door on the higher life. It
was a church that was neither cold nor hot,
a lukewarm, IndifTereut, spiritless people,
and to such a people, wilfully barring out
the revelations ot God, comes tbe Christ in
this wonderful IlKUre, standing at the door
into a weary traveler, asking to be let in.
Buch a picture Just reverses tho common
view which ono is apt to have of the religious
life. Wo commonly tbluk of truth as hiding
itself within its closed door, nnd of our
selves as trying to get In to it. We speak of
finding Christ, or proving God, or getting
religion, as if all theso things were mv.-tferles
to be explored, hidden behind doors which
must bo unlocked; as if, In the relation be
tween man and God, man did all tho
searching, nnd God was a bidden God.
Hut the fundamental fuet of the religious
life Is tlil.s thut the power and lovo of
God are seeking man ; that before we lovo
Him, Ho loves us; that !iore we know
Him, He knows us; that antecedent to our
recognition of Him must be our receptivity
of Him. Coleridge saiil that ho believed Iu
the HI nlo because It found 111 111. It is for
the same reason thnt man believes in God.
God llmls 111 in. It Is not the sheep vtlilelt
go looking for the shepherd ; It is t'.io shci
herd who llnls tho shoop nnd when thuv
hear bis voice they follow hini. This is not
Contrary to nature. The sumo principle U
to be noticed In regnrd to all truth. That Is
what we call a discovery ; It Is the opening
of the door ot the mind ; und olio of the most
Impressive tilings about Mclcnee today Is
to consider how many other secrets of
thu universe nro at this moment knock
ing nt our doors nnd waiting to lx
let in; nnd to porceivo how senseless and un
receptivo we must seem to an omniscient
mind, when so much truth, standing near
us, Is beaten back from our closed niluils
and wills. It is the samo with religious
truth. Here nro our lives, nlmt In, limited,
self-absorbed; and hero aro the messages
of God, knocking at our door, and between
tho two, only one barrier, the barrier of our
own wills, llcllglous edueatioti Is. simply
the opening of the door of the heart. A
Christinu dlsclpleship Is simply that alert
ness and reo' ptivity which hears the knock
ing and welcomes tho Hplrlt which says;
"If any man will but open tlio door, 1 will
como in to him, and sup with I1I111, and ho
with mo." Prof. B. l'eabody iu "iloru
ings in the College Chapel.
Draw Pnllmico From Christ.
I remember once when I felt tho need of n
great stock of putioucotomoet an emergency
that was coming upon me, and thought I
would be obliged to pray for a long time in
order to lay up enough. I think 1 expected
to have something after the uuturo of a
package of putienco, done up nnd labeled
'Tntioneo," and deposited In ray heart. It
was ono night, nnd I was prepuring myself
to pray all night long In order to lay in a
good supply, when suddenly this
verse Hashed iuto mv mlinl: ''Who
ot God is made uuto us wisdom and right
eousness, and sanctillcation, and re
demption." ''Yes," I added with a sudden
Uiuininatioii, "ami patience too!" I do not
ueed to lay up a stock ot patience, ; all tho
patience 1 uood is stored up for me in
Christ, und I have only to draw my supplies
momentarily from Him." I rose from my
knees nt once, and thanked the Lord before
hand for thu u'dlmilod supply ot pationcu
that was mini) in Christ. And I need not
say that 1 found gra.'o (iu the form of pati
ence) to help In every timuotueud. llauuuh
Whitehall Smith.
Unappreciated Itlcsslngl.
A poor old widow, living ln tho Rcottlsh
Highlands, was called upon one day by u
gentleman wlin hud li.ui.rit Unit hIih was lo
need. The old lady complained of hor con
dition, and that her sou was in Australia,
and doing well, ''lint does he do nothing to
help your"' inquired the visitor. "No, noth
ing," was tho reply, "lie writes me regu
larly ouco a mouth, but only sends me
a litllo picture with his letter." Thu
gentleman asked to see one of the
pictures tlint sho nail received, and found
each one of them to bo a draft for X10. That
Is the condition of many of God's children.
He has given us many "exceeding great and
precious promises, WI1M1 we eltlier urn
ignorant of or fail to appropriate. Many of
them seem to bo pretty pictures of an Ideal
peace and rest, but aro not appropriate as
practical helps In daily life. And not one ot
these promises Is more neglected than tho
nssurnnce of salvation. An open ilililo
places them within rench of all, and we may
appropriate the blessing which such u knowl
edge brings. D. L. Moody.
Tlin Value I In Christ.
Ton remember the scene In Hhakespearn's
"Merchant of Venice" whon the suitors for
Tortiu's band ohooso between tho caskets
tho golden, tho silver, the leaden. Tho
value is not in the casket, it is in the por
trait of Portia that ilea within, and ho who
finds the portrait wins the living bride.
The value of our Bible is not in its words
nnd pi rases these aro tho mere caskets; it
is in tho Christ whoso portrait Is contained
in tho liolo Book, from the opening scene
iu the Garden to tho closing scene at thu
Judgment. And ho best uses the Bible
who knows how to open this casket, to look
beneath Its words and phrases, to see the
Christ whose Imago Is enshrined there, and
then to look up and see tho living Christ at
his side and take him as a Friend and a
Bridegroom because he has found thin di
vine image in the Book. Lyman Abbolt,D.D.
Christianity Glorifies Tvft.
It has been well said that till Christ cams
humanity lived Iu a hemisphere of our
moral world. They know only hull the
springs ot all that we foel excellent Be
fore Christ the best men admired the beauty
of womanly character quite as little as the
worst men did. Tbe Greek whose death
Will always be remembered beside that ot
Christ, spoke in bis last hour contemptuous
ly of his sorrowing wife, and his disciple
framed an ideal world in which no mother
should know her own child. Cliristiunlty
glorified the mother. It exalted the mo
ther's love as the focus of all that makes up
womanhood. British Weekly.
1
It we look down, than our shoulders
stoop. It our thoughts look down, our
ehsraeter bonds. It is only when we hold
our heads up that tho body beoomes erect.
It is only when our thoughts go up that
our life becomes erect. Alexander AloKea
le, D. D.
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ROOF COT IN TWAIN.
Wail Wiadiaf a Clock, aa Altoeaa Woaaa
is laoeksd by Lightninf .
While Mrs. Joslah Ton was winding
a clock at her home In the country,
two miles east of Altoona, the other
day. a bolt of lightning struck the
chimney at whose base the clock stood.
The lightning shattered it and the
chimney feir out at the bottom, cover
ing Mrs. Yon with bricks and mortar.
The roof was cut completely In twain
as if by a huge saw. Mrs, Yon and her
husband, who were both In the same
room, were both knocked senseless by
the shock, the chair In which he sat
having been upset. Yon recovered cons
ciousness first and dug his wife from
beneath the debris. Both wife and hus
band are past 60 years of age, but show
no ill effect of their experience.
The following Pennsylvania pensions
were granted: John It. Haird. Rrock
wayvllle; John II . Falklnburg, Wood
cook: John Haley, Washington; Seth
Stevens, Franklin; John C. Shunk.
Wllhelm; William F. Means, Grange;
John W. Jackson, Canonsburg; Wil
liam Rodgers, MlflHntown; Thomas A.
Wagner, McClure; Catherine Mains,
West Newton; Mary E. l'owell, Brad
ford; Sarah A. Diamond, Heaver Falls;
John Dlnzer, Oak ltldge station: Wil
liam IX Kltchey, Tatesvllle; Hubert 10.
Vannater, Cooperstown; Sarah J. Wise,
Holllilaysburg; Charlotte Colbert.
Frankstown; Silence F. Miller, Harts
town; Elizabeth Hood, Hrush Valley;
Amanda Van Horn, dranvllle Summit ;
Km m a Black. Coultervlllo; Theodore
H. Gilbert and Duvld Hill. Krle; Jacob
Hean, Allegheny: Kdward 1). Sehnfer,
Marrow; Thomas Kelly, Kane; Joseph
H. Harger, Jr., Woodland; i'etw Mol
lis. Glrard; Mary J. Murray, Pittsburg;
Antlno Morales, Washington: Henry
Spieltl. Ijurobe; Itobert Wilson, Tur
tle Creek: llertha l.essenger, Home
stead; Julian Delp. Hela.
A party of men exploring an aban
doned mine near Hout'iiule, a. few
dHys ago, found a corpse leaning
against a "cave In," and staring at
them with eyeless sockets. It was the
body of Peter Hodgers, a miner, whoNe
life bnd been embittered by domestic
troubles, and who suddenly disappear
ed about three months ago. A bullet
hole throtih'h his head and a rusty re
volver lying at his feet allowed how
he lmil ended his life, thinking 110
doubt Ills body would never bo found,
and that his fate would reir.nln a mys
tery. The remains were taken out and
decently burled.
James IHirkln, one of the leaders of
the mill strike at Scottdalo, anil (ieorgc
Mi'I.iiln, a businesH man, were arrested
the other day on u charge of disorderly
conduct preferred by Manager Hubert
Skemp of the rolling mill. The charges
are the result of u crowd of men and
boys hooting at Mr. Skemp and the
right of tstrlkerH to hoot nt the non
union men will be tested In court.
There will also likely lie a conlllct of
authority Ix'twcen the burgess and
Justice as to who hns Jurisdiction over
such cases.
When It comes to robbing a morgue,
Henver Falls hns a case that takes tho
lend. The other day. during I he ab
sence of C. K. Vandervort, a thief en
tered his undertaking room, and,
wrapping a macklntooh coat over u
child's cusiket, walked from the pluco
as deliberately as If he were on honest
business bent. He was seen by tho
police and others, but nobody suspect
ed that he was perpetrating one of tho
boldest robberies In the history of the
town.
William Fortune mused considera
ble excitement the other day by trying
to escape from Constable V. S. Copc
Innd. Hundreds of peiilo Joined in the
chuse, and Fortune was run down af
ter a rnco nil over town. John D. Ste
venson, father of Mrs. Jennie Lnnds
pHrger, with whom Fortune has been
hoarding, charged Fortune, before
Squire J. Ci. tiuffey. with u-ssuult and
battery and threats to kill.
An explosion of the gius tanks at the
phosphate workn of Month ii Fllnn at
West Newton caused the plant to outrh
fire, and Charles (1. (iullen, the night
foreman, is missing, and reported
dead. William Poster, an employe,
was scrlmisly burned, and the works
were airnoet totally dositroyed.
The Darlington bridge over I.oyal
hanna creek, near Llgonler, collapsed
while Kimtnei Johnson was driving a
two-horse team across, precipitating
the nui 11 and horses' to the bed of the
creek, JO feet below. Johnson was bad
ly hurt and the anlmuls may have to
be shot.
Ttev. W. H. Houghton, pastor of the
Kplscikpal churches at Huntington and
Tyrone, died suddenly Thursday. Ills
death was due to heart disease, lie
leaves a wife nnd two children. Mr.
Houghton came from Salt Luke City,
I'tah, two yeurs ago.
About 1.300 excursionists from Cum
berland. Md., visited Johnstown Sun
day. A nerloiiH accident was narrowly
averted when tbe train started back.
A young woman was caught In the Jam
at the station and pushed under the
train. She wus not seriously hurt.
Th Washington Glass Manufactur
ing Company has received from an
eastern llrm an order for 1.000 dozen
lamp globes anil bodies. Seventeen
hundred and fifty barrels will be used
In packing the goods, which will require
irlne box earn for transportation.
Louisa Klser, of Meadville, attempt
ed to bonrd a moving train the other
day and fell under the wheels, receiv
ing Injuries which necessitated the
amputation of one of her limbs.
Thomas Walker, a wool grower ot
Shenango township. Mercer county,
was robbed of 11 potketbnok containing
$150 and a number of valuable papers
at a picnic at Celeron, N. Y,
W. W. Thomas and John Doe, alios
John Mines, tho two n.en acused of
forging the 111.1110 of David Hngerty to
a tl.r,00 draft, are under indictment at
Washington.
Mercer and Lawrence counties pro
pose to jointly build a workhouse, as
their contracts with the Allegheny
county workhouse will not be renewed
owing to the crowded condition of thu
latter institution.
A man who registered at York as W.
T. Gorsuch, and who was soliciting ad
vertisements in a directory, has been
arrested for raising a IS order to 100,
He confessed.
The flouring mill owned by the Rock
Hill, was burned last Friday. Loss
$10,000, covered by insurance. The fire
was caused by sparks from the smoke
James D. Love, a well known mer
chant and justice of the peace at Fort
Palmer, had his ear torn off and was
otherwise Injured in a runaway.
S. D. Neyhard. charged with forgery
and defalcation by a building and loan
association at Bloomshurg, has sur
rendered to the authorities.
Four-year-old Daniel Korb, of
Troutvllle, Clearfield county, stepped
on a rusty nail a week ago, and died
Saturday from lockjaw. .
Eleven cars f peaches per day art
being ahlpped from Chambersburg.
TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 29.
The Idols W Art Likaly to Wonhip." Xx.
U.L6. LukxaiS-2L
DAILY READINGS.
IDOLS.
Aug. !3. Keep yourself from Idols. 1
John v. 13-21.
Aug. 24. Pride. Dan. lv. 28-37.
Aug. 25. Money. 1 Tim. vi. 3-10.
Aug. 26. Pride. Esth. vl. 1-14.
Aug. 27. Applause. Matt. vi. 1-6.
Auf. 28. Human love. Matt. x. 34-39.
Aug. 29. Tbe Idols we are likely to
worship. Kx. xx. 1-6; Luke
xll. 13-21.
Scripture Verses. Josh. xxlv. 15;
Piov. xxll. 1; Isa. lxvl. 3. 4; Matt. xlll.
44-46; Mark x. 21-23: Luke x. 3S-42; xlt.
13-21; 1 Tim. vl. 6-12: Jns. lv. 4.
LliSSON THOUGHTS.
Anything that we allow to Interfere
with our love and service to God is our
idol, whether It be wood or stone or
precious metal: whether It be sun,
moon or stars, or any of the works of
nature; whether It be selfish greed,
personal Indulgence, or petulent tem
per; all these God forbids us to serve.
Men make a grand mistake when
they choose to serve mammon Instead
of God. Godliness has the promise of
this world and of that which Is to come.
"Seek llrst the kingdom of God, and ail
these things shall be added unto you."
liut seek llrst the pleasures and prollts
of this world, and even If you secure
pome of them the profits end there, nnd
the kingdom of heaven Is lost.
SELECTIONS.
This Is always true, that the people
who do not muke worldly good their
first object ure the people who can be
most safely trusted with It, and who
get most enjoyment out of It. All
earthly good Is exalted by being put
second, and degraded ns well as cor
rupted by being put first. The water
lapped up In the palm, as the soldier
marches. Is sweeter than tho abundant
draughts swilled down by self-indulgence.
"Seek ye first the kingdom ot
God . . . and all those things shall be
added unto you."
Saul of Tursus once find all his cnnl-
tal Invested In time stocks. They paid
wen in earimy divuicnils. He was
that yourg, brilliant, promising rabbi.
Alen praiseil him; Ills reputation In
Pharisaic circles was well established.
He hud many earthly treasures. Hut
he ono day saw that Jesus of Nuzareth
was Lord of heaven and earth; Imme
diately he threw away his time stocks,
never drew another dividend on them,
and put tho rest of his capital Into
guarantee stocks of heaven. He often
gave testimony to their value. Just be
fore his departure, ho said, "Hence
forth there is laid up for mo a crown of
righteousness."
riirlstluiiity'K Touch.
Christianity touches a man vitullv. ami
straightway he docuuies liner, larger,
broader. Christianity touches a liuinii
vitally, and it is as tli'ini;li a beam from
heaven hail come shining in to light up its
hciirtlistone, or a snatch of some song tho
au.'i'ls sing. Christianity touches a law
vitally, und there is at once mow justice and
tenderness in it. Chrlsilanltv UmchoHtniiln
mid coniuiercu vitally, and there Is honesty
In buying and selling. Christianity touches
the factory and tbe mill vitally, and the prod
ucts are what they are advertised to be
genuine articles. Christianity touches tlm
trowel and the plane vi'.a ly, and the work of
tho workman is henceforth sound and
thorough ns good at thoecntre, where only
(oil sees it, as ut the surface, where irioi
sees It. Kvervthlng is chuuged for tho bow
tor Br. L. A. Noble.
Fnlth by Watching fin. I.
Faith is always on tho lookout. It does
not always see, but it keeps its eyes open.
Vet faith Is always painted Miiuirohloil. "I
don't understand anything about Provi
dence or the llllile," said a young man, re
cently. "I don't IrytouiiderilMiil It; I pre
fer to walk by simple faith." Hut simple
faith docs not court darkness, nor is It an
evidence of great faitli when one who has
just placed life baud in (ioil's hand closes
his eyes. Following J.el blindfolded is nut
the courage of faith, hut the recklessness of
credulity. A man of laitli lluds strength to
go through hard plie'es, not by shutting
Ills eyes, but by keeping them open; not hy
remaining iirnorant of'tiod's ways, but by
watching Hini iu all His ways S. ii.
'I lines.
Dmn thy still dews of quietness,
Till an ou. strivings cease:
Take from our souls tnn strain nd stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of tliv peace.
Whlltleir.
Thorn Is no greater gift or possession
than to tiellevo (toil speaks to us. If we
believe that we ure already Mossed.- .Martin
Luther.
When God hides from ui so nnioh that we
would fain know, lot us bellovo that the
samo lovo concents, as at other times re
veals, and that shadow aud sun are accom
plishing our growj.li in grace and in th
knowledge and lovo of Uod. lie v. I'. II.
lloyer.
Felix Denewlth, living two mllri
from Mount Clemens, Mich., is t'.ie re
puted owner of a young horse which
resented so strongly having most of
the work thrown upon It, to the favor
of the horse which Mr. Denewlth hud
owned for .18 years and was disposed to
favor, that It not only kicked at the
old one at every opportunity, but finally
when the old one was swamped In a
pond, refused to pull It out after tho
owner had fastened a rope to It. The
young one was made to pull only after
being blindfolded and then it bad to
"ull out the old horse's body.
:JT RE VIVO
v RESTORES VITALITY
cvi ti-a
iV M-irlo n
1st Day,
kV'Vrll Man
of Ms.
TME UK!. AT noth Day.
pro'liitws Hie nlxivn results In 30 ilnjro. lta tn
ixiwerrullr and niiickly. t'urvn lion all othm rail
Voimit lui'ii will rmani tlui.r Inst limnlioml and old
men will rwuvor tln ir ynntlitiil vntur bv iiminr
iiKVItO. It imii'kly anil Kiimlr rcstiirm Nrvuni.
. I.ul Vitality, liiiiKitciii'v, NiKlitly LIulMUnna,
..est I'ownr. Km l In M inorv, Waothui Dlwasos. ami
all trfrrui o( l('atniMi orexcn.iiauU ImllKi'retlon,
which mints do lor s'lulr. InmlneHK or ninrriaire. Ii
nut only rim sbT uncling it thntuMit of dlwaiio. bill
ii ittvat nrrvtt tonic ami lilooil liulliter. lirl.ig
HiK bul k tlm pink glow to jutle checks and n
toMim tlm lire of youth, ft warrin off Insanity
aud Conmimptlnn. Itiaint nn liavlnu ItKYIVO, no
otlirr. It can it rarrlnd In vest l ocket, by mall.
W1.00 pr paukam, or all lor tsa.OO, with m poal
tire wrttton guaritntee to cuie or rotund
the money, circular fwo. Addrcas
IflYAL MEDICINE CO., 271 WXX 1t CHICAGO. ILL
For sale at MIddlebt.rgh, Pa,, by
W. U. BPAXULLR.
WANTED-AN IDEASHJir.
unJTfi ju r.n . v.mnt Attorney. WoahiucluB
U. 0- for their IJKX pruva offer.
I You Can't yl
Make
Q T j a W46 P'umo from a fa
A .S tf C I Crow's Tail, nor a Rood n?
'"" Bicycle from Castings.
9 J! VV The MONARCH
In Look I
W Under the SJ
i v name' ' I jSh i
rt . We want bright 4l';F
V , business men T $
0 to represent us J
A everywhere. X
A J M0NARCH CYCLE CO.,
T ChlcaKO New York London.
Baco
Baco Baco
Baco Baco
Curo
Curo
Curo
Curo
Curo
The only scienti
fic cure for the
Tobacco habit.
Has cured lliniiv.'inils
where oilier remedies
failed. (Write lor
proofs.)
Does not depend en
Ibe will pmver ol 1 1 if
iimt. It Is Kir 1 inc.
Ycp'tablc .diarinlis.
lUrectlons are rlenr:
('ni'ii4 ft 'iitlntmillntl
iiioir until I'.aeot iiin
liulllii s you to liip.
Is Hie flriijtiwl ll'ril
tin ti'iwi'iiiiji , lleiiieily
Unit retinitis ymr mon
ey if it lulls o cine.
Investigate lliwo-i'nro liefnre lakini; anv
remedy for the Tnbai Habit.
All ilnikTlsts are aiitliorled to sell Iliico-Curo
with our Iron clad written Kn.'irniitcc.
mm tHia li.oi; lx tuiiiiriiiili i'il ciireH'-'. -Vl. 1'
ynnr llriltfvl-l ilije" mil keep It, we will Willi It. Willi,
fur fr,i' ttmikli't lunl iiriMtfH.
Kl UKKA 4'IIKKIt'Al.X MKJ. CO., l.nl rw.r,UU
(TiLDDD poison
W honief.iraimie prieonniierwitiioguiiruin
mJl'l "' I"-"'"' tocenio Imre wiTwmn.
iir f,. MH.. .. . V"' " jreuiiiivoiuacnnier-
Z7A '.PiV.'.. L'.r'i"1'1 h-d!n.
:ii,L,,l!'"vJ;"',lM,r V,,,,,re' N'"t". I leers m
. . . .
tovE :
Tho Cheapest and Best Fuel on the Market.
With It you can run a vapor stove for ono
half cont per hour. Clvo us a call and be
convinced,
W. E. STAHLNECKER,
Middlebiirgh, Pa.
i 'iA j y -r vi r ai
W
are intended for children, ladies and all
who prefer a medicine disguised as con
fectionery. They may now be had (put
up in Tin Boxes, seventy-two in a box),
- price, twenty-five cents or five boxes for
one" dollar. Any druggist will get them
if you insist, and they
obtained by remitting the price to
The Ripans Chemical;
company
SPRUCE ST.
w neeis,
1
Too!
8TYLES1
Ladies', Ocntlcmca's & Tandem.
The Lightest Uiuinlng Wheels on Karth.
THE ELDREDGE
....AND....
THE BELVIDERE.
We always Made Good Sewing Machines!
Why Shouldn't wo Mako Good Whcclsl
National Sewing Machine Co.,
J ,10 Broadway,
Factory:
tlclvldcre, Ills,
New York.
Naphtha
may always be
? Quality srerr
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