REV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
DANIELAND THE LESSON HE
GIVES.
The Sunday Sermon as Deli
St a Sindy
thaok you.” He gsses all the princes in
brillianey. As ‘this sun ris:s higher and
higher in the fismanent, it puts out ail the
stars, and if there is anything the stars hate
it is the
witht King Darius that our young hero i
moted to be nrimé minister or secretary
of state—the Frelinghuysen or the Bis-
marck of the ancients. But no man ever
attained ‘so high position without exciting
the envy of others. ~The meanest and
wrathiest passion of the soul is jealousy.
You see it among all professions and occu-
pations. I am sorry to say. you see it as
muca among clergymen as among other
classes of men. Itis a passion bitter as hell
and it is immediately recognized, and yet,
though it blackens the man who indulges in
it, men will kindie this fire which consumes -
only themselves. >
There were demazozues in Babylon, who,
highly appreciative of their own capacity,
doubted the policy of elevating such a young
min as Daniel. They said: *‘Why, we
know. more than he does. We could manage
the public affairs better than he can manage
them, The idea of putting Dan in such a |
place as that? Old Babylon was afraid of
young Babylon. They began to plot his
ruin. He was an illustrious target. The
aller the cedar the mors apt to be struck
with the lightning.
These demnagogues asked Darius to make
an unalterable decree that any man who
within thirty days shall ask a petition of
any one except the king, shall be put to
death. Darius, not mistrusting any foul
play, makes such a decree, - The demagogues
have accomplished their purpose, for they
knew that Daniel would nov stop sending up
petitions to bis God, and Daniel, instead of
lieing affrighted by the decree, went three
times a day to hishousetop for prayer. He
is caught in the act. He is condemned to
be devoured by the lions. Such a healthy
young man will be for the leonins monarchs
the best banquet they ever had. By the
rough executioners of the law he is hurried
away toward the den.
1 hear the growl of the monsters, and
their pawing of the dust,and as their mouths
are placed to the ground the solid earth
quakes with their bellow. The door is re-
moved and Daniel shoved into the den, which
was all agleam with flery eyeballs that seem
to roll and snap in the caverns. They ap-
proach the defenseless man. Their appetite
was sharp with hunger, ‘One strokeof their
paw, one crunch of their teeth and he would
bave been lifeless. How strange a welcome
Damel receives’from the monsters. They
tawn about him, = They cover his feet with
their long mane. They are struck with the
lockjaw. ” That night Daniel’s sleep is calm
and undisturbed, with his head pillowed on
the warm neck of the tamed lions.
But King Darius was not so happy. He
loved Daniel and he hated the stratagem by
which his favorite had been condemned.
He paces his floor all night. H: cannotsleep.
At the least sound he staris and his flesh
creeps with horror. A bad conscience wiil
make the bravest mana coward. He watches
eagerly for the dawn, which seams so long in
tarrying. At the first streak of light he
stars ous to find out the fate of Daniel. The
lace gate opens and jars heavily behind
im while yet the city is asleep. = Ho comes
to the den. He looks through the crevices
but sees nothing. - Hedare not speak. ix
pecting the worst, his heart stops.
Gathering strength, he puts his mouth fo
the riits in the rock and cries, *‘Ob, Danielg
is thy God whom thou servest continually
able to deliver thes from the lions?’ An
answer comes rolling up out of the darkness:
“Ob, king, live forever. My God bath sent
His angel and-hath shut the lions’ mouths,
that they have not hurt me.” The young
man is brought out and the demagoguses
who mads the plot are thrown in. But they
hardly struck the bottom oi the den when
their flesh is rent, and their bones cracked,
and their blood spurted through the rifts,
while the flerce monsters shook the rocks
with their terrible roar, announcing to all
ages the truth that while God defends His
people, the way of the wicked shall perish.
Now, you see from this subject that in the
syes of many the greatest offense you can
commit is success. f what crime had this
young man been guilty thas he should come
ander the bitter hatred of the demagogues?
Why. he bad gone to be prime minister of
Babylon. That they could nof forgive. Be-
bold in this sketch a touch of human nature!
As long as poverty pinches you, and you run
the gauntlet between taxgatherer and land-
lord, and you have bard work to educate
your children, there will be multitudes to
iay: *“Poor fellow, he ought 6 succeed. How
sorry I am forhim!”
becomes so much of a favorite
him f
But after awhile you begin to emerge from
the darkness, hat was a capital invest-
ment. You purchased at just theright time.
Fortune became good natured and smiled.
You builded your own house. You got to
be one of the first men on the street. Now
as you pass a pumber of those late sym-
thizers stand on the corner of the street.
ey scowl ab Is from under the rim of
their hats. ou have more money Dow
than they have, and yon ought to be scowled
at from under the rim of their hats.
Before you get fully past you hear a word
or two. “Stuck up,” saysone. *Didn’t get
it horiestly,” says another. ‘Will burst soon,”
says a third. Every. stone in your new
house was laid on their heart. Your horses’
hoofs went over their nerves. Your carriage
tire cut their neck. © What have you done,
putrageous culprit? You ought to be cast to
fhe lions. You have dared to achieve suc-
sess, Depénd upon it that if in any one re-
spect you rise far aboye your {ellows—if you
are more truthful, more wise, more eloquent,
nore influential——the shadow of your success
will chill somebody. The road of honor and
aittue is within reach of the enemies’ guns.
Jealousy says, ‘‘Stay down or I will knock
you down.” In midajr a snowflake said to a.
snowbird, ‘I don’t like you.” ‘Why don’t
you like me?’ said the snowbird. *‘Because,”
replied the snowflake, ‘you are going upland
1 am coming down.”
Success is often a synonym for scorn. The
first’ thing ‘a man wdots is religion. ‘the
second is grit. It you do not want to face
wild beasts you must never get to be prime
minister, 1f you are now, as a young man,
ising in any one respect, I bless God for your
yavancement, but I wish fo say before I quit
this thought, look out for the lions. Young
merchants, young lawyers, young physic
ciang, young ministers have muéh sympathy,
and kind advice is given them. at first, bus
as you become your own masters and begin
to succeed in your different oevupations and
professions,” how is it then, young mer
chants, young lawyers, young physicians,
young ministers? How is it then?"
Again behold in our sabjsct an exhibition
of true decision of character; Bef
Daniel were condemnation and death, i
continued faithful to his religion. Yet, just
as before, three times a day he prayed wi
his face toward Jerusalem. o1
othing more fatal for the religious
ancement; than a spitit of inde- | d
outh is almo:
al has hid on
mplished nothing any
iy] desps you must fly.
{ be willing
who for thirty or forty |
a soilless.
“while been out on the great
they do not know to what
destined? It is an everlasting
] the Corinthian on and when half way up
conelndes to make it Doric, and then com-
pletes it in Ionic, will have an unseemly pile
and be surged of every school ot architect-
ese men that try everythin t to
be nothing. God wrote in: your EE ats
engraved on your bones what you ought to
be. Thken be that, nothing more or nothing
less. In that direction is your success. Every
ei i coger
compass, go . Set your teeth toge
Small difficulties do not notice.
ficulties, by God’s grace strike them down.
Onward! Let cowards skulk,
Act you like sons of God. If you want to
sail to the land of gold you must double the
. To usefulness and strong character
there is no overiand route. Over the great
Most of the way it is
either head wind or tempest. Character,
like the goldfinch of Tonquin, is magnificent
when standing firm, but loses all its splendor
in flight. There is no such thing as failure
to those who trust in God, Paul got to bs
an apostle by falling off his horse. Stephen
was stoned into heaven. J
When a young rman resol ves on a religions
life, he does not always find it smooth sail-
ing. Old companions laugh and say with
sarcastic tone, ‘*He has gof to be pious.”
They go on excursions, but do not ask him.
They prophesy that his religion will not hold
out. They call him “long-faced.” They
wonder if he is not getting wings. They say
sharp things about him for themselves to
laugh at. When he passes they grimace and
wink and chuckle, and say loud enough to be
heard, “There goes a saint.” If you have
never seen life as it is, yon know not what
strength of resolution it often requires for a
young man to be a Christian.
Again, fet this story of Daniel teach us
that the way: vo future success is through
present self denial. Not only did Daniel show
his willingness for self restraint by refusing
the luxu of the king's table, but must
have denied himsalf much social enjoyment
and sightseeing in order to ve attained
most wonderful proficiency in study. The
rush of the chariots under his window and
the sound of mirth that rang ont on the air
of Babylon would have attracted most
young men into the strests and to e ve
places of amusement. But Daniel knew that
it was only through séverity of application
he could attain the honorable position for
which he was intended. Ind you may
carry this truth into universal application.
The most of those who have succeeded in
any profession or occupation have come up
from the very bottom of the ladder. The
brightest day began with the twilight. The
admirals who commanded the navies of the
world started as cabin boys. The merchant
princes, whose Inegon gers ara ships and
whoss servants the n®tion’s custom housas,
once swept the store and kindled the fires,
‘The orator who lifts up the gate of the soul,
as Samson carried off the gates of Gaza,
once stammersd and blushed or the stagesot
a country school house. The young painter,
under whose pencil skies blossom ani waters
gleam, understands his subject so well be-
cause he has but little to shelter him from
wn one and is obliged to find his only bev-
eMige in the other.
Out of the dark, deep mines of want and
suffering has been dug the marble for the
world’s greatest temoles of wislom and
palaces of power. Vanderlyn, the artist,
must first content himseif with a charcoa
sketen. Franklin, before becoming the re-
nowned philosopher, must be a journeyman
printer. Columbus niust weave carpsts be-
Tore he can weave hemispheres. David must
take care of his father’s sheep before he rules
Israsl. Amos must be a herdsman before
he becomes a prophet. = Daniel must ba the
humble student basfore he rises to be the
prime minister of Babylon,
If a young man starts in life with large
willing to consider no economy, bus expect
ing with a small ship to unfurl as much sail
as an ocean frigate, he will find himself cap-
sized by the first norsheaster. It is the small
spriz that you can carry in one hand which
will thrive best when planted. But if, by
levers and huge lumber wagons, you bring
from the mountain a century o3k, though
you may plant it; you cannot mak8 it live.
and with such exorbitant notions, will never
succeed, while some young man who went
to town without means, but having & right
spirit, throngh his self-denia’, planted a tree
whicn has reached above Wail street and
flung its shadow in one direction over the
granite palaces on the avenuss and in the
other far out over merchant vessels an-
chored in the bay.
Men say success in life isall a matter of
good luck, but industry and economy and
self denial put together always make good
luck. There are young men who failed twica
and are getting notes shaved the third time
before they are as old as their father when
he first began business for himself. They
started with the idea that their wit would
do as well as capital. For awhils it did, but
when creditors sent their duns and banks
their protests they found tat meve shrewd-
ness was greatly below par. You cannot
cross the ocean in a yawl.
A young eaglet, far up in the mountain
eyrie, says to its winged mother, “1 will fly
no longer from tree to tree as you tell me,
but like you, mother, I will swing from this
Chimborazo peak -to yonder Caimborazo
peak.” Like an arrow if shot into the heav-
ens, but when over the awful chasm its head
was dizzy and its wing weak, and it began
to whirl downward and with wild scream
until it struck on the rocks. A traveler
passing through the gorge saw the mangled
remains of the eaglet, **
have this fall?’ said the traveler.
me,” said the eaglet,
would not fly ;
old enough, but headstrong I started from
Ch mborazo peak to Chimborazo penk.”
“Ah,
of intelligence, it will be by grea economy
many of the frivolities of gossiping youths,
can see more to attract his attention in the
pages of a treatise or a history than in the
flash of bright eyes, or the airy step of those
who find more skill in their heels than their
scepter over his fellows, Many an education
page of a fashion magazine.
educate us.
blasted rocks.
however heav,
clusters from royal vineyards.
rivers for turnin
n the water
‘until
v6 mot felt themselves set
] thought “of ;the Jaw,
of wi
5 5
ey
it cleaves the mountain,
hotions of what he must immediately have, |
So se who begins life on such a grand scale |
*‘How came you to
“it was because 1
from tree to. tree until I was
1f young men would seiz> ths advantage
of time and the refusing of many forms of
gratification. Show me a man who, refusing
heads. and I will show you a man who will
yet master languages and sway a very
which is now considerad complete is made up
of a smattering of newspapers and the last
The parlor and the drawing room cannot
They may give us outward
adornments of man—but getting valuable
knowledge islike sweltering at a forge, bel-
lows in one hand and hammer in the othar
—like digging in mines with crowbars, pry-
ing under theledge and tne constant bang of
Especially is. it true that no
growth in grace is possible unless, like
Daniel, we are willing to take up the crozs,
it may be anil rough with
nails, Mosss chose aflliction with the people
of God rather than the pleasures of sin, and
if we would be anythinz like him we must
sometimes to choose ths hard
bread of self-denial rather than the imperial
‘To get strength and depth enough. in
mill wheels and manufac-
‘tories, dams are built across them, and then
hrough the mill race the quick ‘floods leap
wheel to turn it with tremend-
. So nhaturss thal would other-
ise have been powerless and insufficient by
restraint have been dammed back and
y with consecrated power they
the world, turning its ponderous
important interests, Unre-
ay have much good in them,
eattered that you see no positive
Biectricity in the air does mot
t gathered in the cloud with its
=
trunk is on the carriage, and after a warm
| the gates of the lost.
richest parts of Ca 1 3 are
‘under ground. Depend upon if, if no pran-
ing, no fruit; no climbing, no eleva 0
i no
battle; no victory; no cross, no crown. Had
2b vdnezzar, thera would
have been no Daniel. = Evan so it hasheen in
all ages. The flames tnat have flashed ‘up
from the stake hava bsen so many illu
tions of Cheistis n triumob, :
‘When God would make a great light of
truth and holiness in the world, he offen
takes great parseca and wi them
strikes fire. e devil's hate is God's glory.
Had it not been for the persecutions of Em-
peter Valerian, the world yi not have
own of the courage of a prian, and if
the tyranny of i lh had never been
known, the triumphant grace would not have
been seen which made Maximilian, when
sentenced to death, exclaim: “Bod be
raised.” Had not the bandits of Piedmont
pursued the Waldensés through the valley
of the Alps, and the infuriate decree put to
massacre the Albigenses of France, the world
would have had fewer illustrations of Caris-
tian heroism. Be Joseph before Pharao
Be Paul before Felix. Bs Daniel before
Darius.
- Again let the story of Daniel teach us the
beauty of that youthful character which re-
mains unblemished and upright when away
from home. Had niel, on arriving in
Babylon, plunged into every excess, his
friends in Jerusalen would never have heard
of it. His dissipation and renunciation of
religion would not have cast one sorrow on
the family hearth where he had lived or the
old family Bible which he used to read. : But,
though far away from home, he knew that
God's eye watched him and that was
enongh. It is not every yoyug man who
maintains the same character when absent
that was maintained at home.
Frederick watching his father’s sheep
among the hills or thrashing rye in the barn
is far different from Frederick on the Stock
Exchange.
ing spirit become bold effrontery. and the
accommodating, self sacrificing disposition
ones exhibited among brothers and sisters
becomes a cold and unresponsive selfishn:
and econmny, wastefulness and open Randel
charity, tight fisted stinginess, and the,
keeping of good hours is changed to mid.
night reveiry.
probably address young men how, dis-
tant, from their father’s houses, and others
who, still under the parental roof, look for-
ward to a time when they will depart alone
to conflict with the world and among stran-
gers be called to build up characters fop
themselves. Hay oy for you, oh, young
man, if yon ie ike Josaph, be the same
when living with wicked Fharaoh as with
pious Jacob, or Daniel as pure in Babylon as
in Jerusalem. There is no passage in a man’s
life of more thrilling interest than the day
in which he leaves homes and goes off to sees
his fortune.. The novelty and romance con-
nected with the departure may keep the
young man from any poignant sorrow, but
parents, who have seen the destruction
among strangers of those who were cen.
sidered promising youths, caniot help feel-
ing that this step is full of momentous im-
portance, Befors the youth left home all his
conduct was under affectionate guardian-
mina-
ship.
Cutbursts of folly, carelessness and imn--
propriety of manner and looseness of h
were kindly reproved, and although there-
straint seem sometimes tod severe, yeb
hours of sober reflection have convinced
him that it was salutary and righteous. But
behold how the scene changes. The father,
through the intercegding of metropolitan
friends has secured the son a place: in some
bank or store or office. Schooimates, on the
night before his departure, coms to take
their farewell of the young adventurer,
That morning he takes a last walk around
the old placa, and going ast some loved spot
a sly tear may start, but no ons sees it. The
goodby away they spead over the hills, Set
down amid excitements and among com-
panions not overscrupulous as to, their words
or deeds, temptations troop around the
stranger. The morning comss, but no fami-
ly altar, and the Sabbath, butno real quiet,
and perhapsat the sanctuary the faces are
all strange and no one cares whather he
goes to church or whether he does not go.
Long winter evenings arrive, and how shall
they be spent? On his way home ffom his
place of business he saw flaming placards
announcing rare performances and that this
was positively the lastnight. :
At the door of his cheerless boarding-
house no one greets him, and the evening
meal is insipid, for no one cares whether he
eats or does not eat. Toe room in the third
story that evening seems doleful and repel-
ling. A book snatched up from the stand -
proves to be dull, for no sister is vhers to
ook over with him. In despair he rushes
out, reckless as to where he goes, if only he
can see something to make him stop think-
ing. That night may be the turning pointin
his history. Once within the fatal circle of
sin, and the soul has no power to repelit. On
that dark sea he is launched, where the
gicam of joy is only the flash of the pit and
the roar of laughter is only the cre g of
! In many a country churchyard is now
the grave of some youthful spirit that went
away lithe and bounding, but came home
diseased and erushed and blasted to disgrace
the wpulcher of his fathers. Yet this exo-
das must be made. As from far distant hills
rivers find their way through tunnels to
great cities, so from far distant points of the
country it is necessary that a stream of un-
corrupted population shall pour into our
great thoroughfares to keep them pure and
manage the traffic of the world. + Multitudes
of such are constantly making their depar-
ture trom home.
To-morrow morning all of the thorough
fares leading toward the great cities of our
iand, on steamboat and rail car, there will
be young adventurers for the first speeding
away from their homes in order to try their
fortune in town. The Lord stretch forth
His arm for ths deliverance of these Daniels
away. down in Babylon. Wherever your’
lot may be cast, in far inland town or in
some great seaport, maintain in your absence
the same principles of morals and religion
which muy have been instilled by parental
solicitude, = :
And while you may feel in your heart and
1ife the advantages oi early raligious culture,
forget not those to whom you are chiefly in-
debted, and pray that as age comes upon
them and the night of death begins to fall
in their pathway, the hope of heaven may
beam through the darkness, lustrous and
steady as the evening star. The Lord for-
bid that by our conduct we should ever bring
disgrace on a father’s name or prove re-
creant to the love of a mother. The poet
did not exaggerate when he exclaimed:
. How sharper than a serpent’s tooth, it
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“A Song of Praise,” Psalm ciil., 1
# Golden Text: Paalmciii., 2,
Commaeantary-
»
1. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that
js within me bless His holy name.” Onshas
called this a Psalm of David when carried
out of himself up to heaven.
9. *Blessthe ord , O my soul, and forget
not all His benefits.” Consider how great
things He hath done for zou, {I Sam, xii.,
24), but think chiefly of the gift of His Son
and all things that are yours in Him (John
fii., 16; m. viii,, 32), Then say with
Jeremiah even in darkest days, “The Lord
is my portion, saith my soul.
all thine
8. +*Who forgiveth fniquities:
who healeth all thy diseases.” Having re.
ceived Jesus rist, the Lord, asour own
personal Saviour, it isour privy to know
that we havo the forgiveness of our
and sball in due time have a body that - dis-
ease and death sball never touch (Eph. i.
6, 7: I John ii., 12; Isa. xliii,, 35 (Phil. {ii,
20, 21: I John iii., 2; Rom, viii,, 28). =~ :
4, **Who redeemeth thy life from destruc-
tion, who crowneth thee with loving kind-
ness and tender mercies.” in Job xxxiti.,
14-80, how many things does to deliver
us from going down to the pit. He is not
willing that any should perish, and His
mercies are new unto us ev morning (II
Pet. iii,, 9; Lam, iii,, 22, 08. 4
. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things; so thas thy youth is renewad liks the
eagle's.” Here is the way of perpetual fresh-
ness, like the tree of Ps, i, 8; Jer. xvii, 8
And here is also the only. true satisfaction
(Ps. xxxvi,, 8; IxV., 4; evil, 9; Deut
xxxiii., 23) :
6. “I'he Lord executeth righteousness and’
Judgment, for all that are oppressed.” ‘David
could testify as to God's dealings with him-
self, for he had learned to leave all his affairs
to God (I Sam. xxx., 6; II Sam, xvi., 12).
He also thought of God's deliverance of
Israel for the oppression of Egypt. {
Te ‘He m known He De s unto
Moses, Hisacts unto the children 25
All could see His acts, but only those near
to Him. as Moses could understand His
ways. The secret of the Lord is with them
that fear Him, and He will show them His
covenant (Ps. xxv., 14),
8. “The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.” See
His name as, proclai to Moses in Ex.
xxxiv., 6, 7, and think of Jesus Christ as
God manifest in the flesh, full of grace and
truth (I Tim, iii, 16, John i, 14). Paul
says that in his case the of God was
exceedingly abundant (I Fim, 1, 14, 15).
9. *‘He will not always chide, neither will
He keep His anger forever.” See Isa, lvii.,
16; Mic, vii,, 18, 19, as a comment upon
this verse, and think of the time when: the
whole of Israel shall sing, “Thine anger is
turned away and Thou comfortedst me” (Isa.
xii., 1).
lu. **He hath not dwelt with us after our
sins, nor rewarded us according to our. in.
iquities.” "And why! Becausg He has found
a ransom and dealt with another in our
stead (Job xxxiii., 24; Lev. xvii, 11; Isa.
liii,, 5, 6), Bin must be dealt with, but our
substitute having suffered in our stead we
are free in Hi ‘
11, “For ag
eayen is high above the
¢ Fib, 50 ig His mercy aed them
hat Tear Him.” Hisways and thoughtsare
also as high as heauen above ours (Isa. lv.,
8, 9). This being the case, what folly it is
to indulge in our thoughts concerning His
‘great salvation. Rather let ‘us just believe
is every word about it and rejoice.
12, *“As far as the east is from the west, so
far hath He ‘removed our transgressions
from us.” Read with this Isa, xxxviii,, 17;
xliii,, 25; Mic, vii., 19, and by the same Hol
Spirit in the New Testament (I John ii., 12;
i, 7: Col. i, 14), and it these words do nob |
make your soul cry out “Bless the Lord!
Shen itis evident that you do’ not believe
em.
13. “Like as a father pitioth his ‘children
so the Lord pitieth thon that fear Him» |
This, with Isa. Ixvi,;'13, **As one whom his
mother comforteth so will 1 comforts you,”
is surely more than enough to make glad the
heart of every true child of God, Come
close and trust Him fully.
14. ‘For He knoweth our frame, He re.
membereth that we are dust.” To sin He
cannot be lenient; but to the sinner saved
by His grace He is very pitiful, recogmizing
the weakness of the and making ful
provision for our constant: cleansing (Mark
xiv,, 38, TJohni,; 9).
15. “‘As for man, his days are as grass, as
a flower of the field so he: flourishet.” = Com=
pare Isa, xl, 6-8 and observe that -* The’
word of our God endursth forever.” - Ses
also in I John ii., 17, that ‘‘He that doeth
.the will of God abideth forever.” Tet us
choose the eternal. :
16. *‘For the wind passeth over it end if is
gone, and the place thereof shall know it no
more ” All true of the mere natural man,
the iinsaved man, who dies in his sins: -bu
if a child of God, having God in him, and be.
ing thus one with God, he is eternal. *
17. *‘But the mercy of the Lord is from
everiasting to everlasting upon them. that
fear Him, and His rig usness unto chil-
dren’s children.” = All’ who despise and re-
ect His mercy have only themselves to
lame, See Prov. i, 23-38. Only accept
Him and His éternity and righteousness are
Po
Ours. }
18. “To such as keep His covenant, and to
those that remember His commandments fo
do them.” ' There are no works but those of
Christ connected with the obtaining of sal
vation (Rom. iv., 5; Eph, ii, 8, 9), but bav-
dng received Christ we must ni ly
work, for the absence of works is a proof
that we have not received Him (Math. vil,
21: Jas, i,, 22
His throne in
ve 22) :
19. **The Lord hath pr
the Heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over
all.” The time will come when the Son of
Man shall sit on the throne of His glo , and
then shall’ the overcomers sit wit m on
His throne and rule with Him (Math. xxi,
31; Rev. iii, 21; v., 9, 10).
90. “Bless the Lord, ye His angels that ex:
cel instrength, that do His commandments,
hi ning unto the voice of His word,
Angels shall rejoice with all the redeem
When the kingdom comes and God’s willis
done on earth as it is in heaven; and mean-
time they rejoice # every sinner that comes
to Jesus (Rev. v., 11, 12; Luke xv., 10),
21. “Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts;
ve ministers of His that do His pleasure.’
Observe two things: about these angels and
hosts, they hear His word and do His pleas-
ure. Let us give oftrselves wholly to that
and we shall have heave upon earth.
renounced and Christ enthroned will gives
miniature kingdom in our hearts.
490" “Bless the Lord, all His works, in all
places of His dominion; bless the Lord, O
my soul.” Observe in verses 1,2, 20, 21, 22,
the sixtold “Bless the Lord,” and let your
heart say, “I will bless the Lord .at all
times” (Ps. xxxiv., 1).—Lesson Helper.
Lucky and Unlucky Jewels.
Jewels possessing a history, or to
are greedily sought for by the girl of
to-day, writes Mrs. Mallon in * ‘Small
Belongings of Dress” in the “Ladies’
Home Journal.” How many of them
would like to possess the necklace
which is worn by Madame Bernhardt
when she plays “Theodora!” Tt con-
“sists of square gold plates joined by
gold chaing; each one is inlaid with
gtones that represent a charm, or a
virtue, or, best of all, bring good luck,
~ THE United States is said to be
paying between $8,000,000 and $10,~
a
tralian exchaxge, is 60,000,000, against
31,000,000 ip 1884, Hata
¥
000,000 a year in pensions. to for
e1gners. ky ¢
[VETERANS COLUMN.
“us.
which some * superstition is attached, [0
How Sauerkran 1t Cured re i & Wounded nd . and.
= Supposed Dying Soldier. .
BRAVING
December,1862,
Gen. W. T. Sher-
“man gathered his
forces at the land-
“dng at Helena,
Ark., and on the
21st of the month
the great fleet
with flags flying
‘moved down the
Mississippi river.
A very strict
order had been
= issued by him
Nagainst any citi.
zen or reporter
#accompanying
i the expedition,
Oe and severe penal-
ties were threatened
in case the order
should be disobeyed.
"Jt was well known that the move:
ment was against Vicksburg, but the
bravest reporter feared to ‘defy that
order. : :
As some time passed without news
of Sherman's army, the “Blue Wing?
was sent down with communications,
but she was captured by the Confed-
erates.
The Government finally decided to
send down two gunboats, and tho
“White Cloud,” a wooden steamer.
I at once asked the privilege vf load-
ing the “White Cloui” with sanitary
supplies. Mr, Plattsnburg, agent of
the Sanitary Commission, who was
also at Helena, had a heavy lot of sup.
lies. : L
As I had a pass for myself and all
1 goods, from the Secretary of War, I
had no trouble in securing a passage
on the “White Cloud.” I do not recall
as to how Mr. Mr. Plattenburg secured
the privilege of going with the little
expedition; I only know that he went,
and that the boat was loaded with our
supplies. ; ne
Thousands of soldiers were about
the Landing when our little fleet mov.
ed out with banners flying. We all
knew that untold dangers were before
And our heroism in braving the
dangers created the greatest enthusi-
asm. When the *White Cloud” moved
out in the channel, and turned her
prow down stream, I stepped out ‘on
the guards” to take a last look at
Heléna. - My appearance was greeted
with such an outburst of applause from
the thousands on the wharf that I fled
to the cabin, after waving my handker-
chief in acknowledgment of the salute.
We were fired into several times
from the banks. Whenever we reached
a point of special danger, the White
Cloud was sent eight or ten miles in
‘advance so as to draw the enemy's fire,
and thus uncover his batteries, for it
was not likely that if the gunboats
were in sight we would be attacked.
Every moment, night and day, we were
in expectation of shot or shell from
some concealed battery from the shore.
But they had been forewarned that the
gunboats were coming, and so did not
attempt to capture the White Cloud.
The sharp-shooters on the shore fired
into us again and again. No one was
killed, but sleep and rest were impos-
sible. ; :
We reached Milliken’s bend one
morning about daylight, to’ find Gen.
Sherman’s army quartered there.
There was a great fleet of boats and
the sick and wounded were on them. A
tug boat was detailed tomeand I went
with my supplies from boat to boat,
distributing such comfort and delica-
cies as I had, to the men who had been
wounded in the fight near Vicksburg,
It was decided by the medical author-
ities to send a steamer up the river
with a load of the wounded, at once,
The City of Memphis, the largest
steamer on the Mississippi river, was
selected for this purpose. A regi:
ment and a battery were removed from
the boat and she was put in order;that
ig, the filth was shoveled overboard.
I was told. by a Chaplain at the
time there were go many of our men
dying, that the firing’ of salutes over
their graves was ordered discontinued.
During the afternoon the boat was
loaded up with the worst patients on
the several boats. They were placed
in the berths, and under the berths,
and on the floor, and out on the guards,
‘Wherever there was a place
few fever stricken, or a torn and brok:
en body could be laid, it was occupied,
Seven hundred ’and fifty were put on
board. . :
The sun was si
low line of cypress
with their trailing mosses, when our
boat turned her prow up the ' Missis-
sippi river. And never in the history
of wars did the timbers of a steamer
bear up such a load ' of despair -and
agony and death, as did the “City of
Memphis,” as with heart of fire and
breath of steam she slowly made her
way against the dark, treacherous tides
of the lower Mississippi river. = = = =
Tong rows of men laid on ‘the floor
with their knapsacks for their pillows.
Among them was a Missouri soldier
severely wounded and "delirious, who
all the night long called piteously for
his sister. ; i
His cry, “Oh-sis-ter!” was so plain.
tive and pathetic I would go to him
every little while and ask: |
“What do you want”
“I am glad you have come—I want
a drink of wager.”
When the water was given he would
remain quiet for a little time.
The next morning, as soou as it was
light, he was taken to the amputating
tuble and one of his limbs sawed off
above the knee. i te
' He sank very low under the opera-
tion—s0 low that no attempt was made
‘to remove him from tie table
he surgeon said to me:
nking behind the long
trees, festooned
“Get him to take some food or drink i
posession, but he turned away in
; There )
supplies transferred
where a |
if you can, he is sinking very
1 offered him every delicacy in my
red to this "bost:
Among them, while working with the
men on the lower deck ‘smd helping
dress their wounds, I found a barrel of
sauerkrout. I allowed the attendants
to open it, but afierwards.as I came
up to the upper cabin, called the sur-
geou’s attention to it, 80 as not to be
blamed in the matter if the. resilts
were bad. It happened that ‘the
results were bad. It happenéd that I
met him near the amputating table.
As I passed the patient I turned to
give him a sympathetic look. He
beckoned to me, and I hastened 3
him. “I want some kraut,” he said.
I stepped over to where the surgeon
was ministering to a man, and ques*
tioned as to whether it was best to
grant his request. “Give him anything
he wants—he can’t live, any way,” was’
the answer. » = 4 ’
1 sent the attendant down to get the
kraut, and he brought up a big tin
cup full and placed it on his breast
and went his way. Shortly afterwards
passing that way I noticed him. Fec-
bly, ravenously, he was trailing the
krout to hismoufh, and I never saw
any one eat as much krout as he did
in all my life. He never stopped until
he emptied the cup. No one attempt-
ed to hinder him, as it was expected
he would die soon. From that hour
he began to mend, and by the time we
reached St. Louis, his case was con-
sidered hopeful. sans og
Months afterwards, as I was passing
through one of the Bt. Louis hospitals,
I heard the thud, thud of crutches
coming after me. I turned to see who
was following me, and a merry voice
greeted me. =
“Here's yoursauerkraut man! Here’s
your sauerkrant man!” = And there,
sure enough, was my Missouri soldier,
able to get around lively on. crutches,
and as blithe and merry as if be had
never felt the keen,edge of the sur-
geon’s knife. i :
The dangers and hardships of that
trip ean never be forgotten, There
‘were many touching incidents.—AN-
Nig WITTEMEYER, in Home and Coun’
try. 3 ii !
: STRAY SHOTS. :
CoMMANDER IN CHIEF PALMER, of
the G. A. R., has suspended Depart,
ment Commander Speed and the Senior
Vice Commander of the Louisiana G.
A. R. Those officers have. refused to
recognize negro posts, ;
a
GENERAL PALMER has issued an ore
their autographs for the Grant monu-
ment. The latter will be placed in
the vault and the cash will assist in
finishing the tomb. sien
FrED BROCKWAY, of Youngstown, O.,
has, among other war relics, a curiosity
picked up on the battlefield of Gettys-
burg in the form of g rebel bullet firm.
ly imbedded in a Union minute ball.
As far as known, only two like itare
in existence. . Mr. Brockway refused :
$25 for it from a relic-hunfer. he
A Cmristiay Sonprer.— William H.
Smith, Co. K, 8th Iowa Cav., Sutton,
Neb., says that in his regiment was a
man named Jacob Hahn, \who, if we
on earth have a right te judge, he"
thinks was a faithful servant, both to
God and his) country. “I have seen
him kneeling in prayer, praying to God
to save his comrades, and gacrifice his
own rations and few comforts that hie
comrades might be more com fortable.
I have known him to take the place of
gome one on duty when he had just
come off duty, because the comrade
was not well. He was always ready
and willing to do whatever there was
to do, and as a leader and a scout he
was always there, fearing nothing. No
one was braver and noone was cooler
in time of action.”
Diane Our or Lispy.—J. White,
Co. H, 54 Ohio, Bloomington, O., no-
ticed Capt, Frank KE. Moran's state
ment that the only tools used in dig-
ing the famous tunnel out of Libby
was a “broad bladed chisel and a spit-
ton, with rope attachments, etc., for
removing the dirt.” ~ White says that
Capt. W. 8. B. Randall, 2d Ohio, at a
reception tendered the Ohio Associa-
tion of Univn ex-Prisoners of War by
Maj. Young and his excellant lady, in -
charge of the 8. and 8. Orphan Home,
on the occasion of their Reunion: at
Xenia, O.,in 1890, was one of the
speakers. In mentioning the Libby
Prison tunnel and his connection with
"it the Captain exhibited a knife which
he used in digging. This he had
sacredly preserved and greatly cherish-
ed aga memento. The relic in ques:
tion was what was left of a small table.
knife, commonly known ‘as a case.
knife, but worn away to half of its
original length. It wasan object of
great interest, and looked upen with
great admiration by the audience. .
With Dolly in May.
UxpER the tree, in the loyliest place,
‘Where the shadow and sun were playing’
Fanny and Lida and Lottie and Grace
And Dolly and I were maying :
But the flowers were lost or hidden away
So safe we could scarce find any :
So we made the Dolly Queen of the May *
"Cause she would n't need so many.
We gathered moss for a throne of green,
And with violets blue we crowned her;
We played that she was a fairy Queen,
And we gaily danced around her.
A robin sang to us overhead, °
A squirrel’ capered and chattered ;—
Then a little gray mouse popped out of his
ed,.
And O how we jumped and scattered |
=fudora 8, Bumsiead, in May St. Nicholas.
Why He Looked. 5
McCorkle—"“What are you doing
now, Jimson?’
Jimson— *‘Looking for work.”
MecCorkle—“Why, I never heard of
you working. What are you looking
for work for?” :
Jimson—*8o that I can ava
id it)
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