Ll {| soa) than es? 1 r Bro- your v. tosub- ng to [G/ Great loon Ss. atrons rated Fam- ouses, iting a Pha- PONS, rices. Bring én w. Don’t Cost. Thanking 1! TOO MS, Vindow ing per- ade aud & Ss known. lo make ist—the dollar's ed tick. . Tick- ity of a { r. rh andoee D es tinds of s Foam?’ andle tin car- re in {The joy of lifeand of living © Seemed voiced in the simple sfrafn™ {That filled the air with such sweetness As the fields have, after rain, ‘His weary and toil- worn neigh Heard, and was glad to hear, = iit AAA. And the music and its gladness Brought a blessing, unaware. We may all be singers, my brothers, Of songs to help and cheer, The strain may not be lofty; There may be few to hear, But into some life the music Of the song we sing may fall, Brave with its faith in the goodness Of the God who is over all Let the joy of our lives run over ' Ourlips in a cheerful song, ‘And the world may have more of sunshine; -And the faint of heart grow strong: Sing, for the joy of singing, «And sing your cares away; . And share with others the gladnéss ‘That comes to you, day by day. Eben E, Rexford, in Detroit Free Press, ° A GHOST'S MARRIAGE. to the front seat. . , Here he found a good looking fellow of his own age, and straightway the two became great friends. At the end of an ‘hour they began exchanging confidences, after the manner of youth. The scion of noble stock was om his way to Paris, to buy an officer’s brevet, £0 88 to serve his country, as his ances- tors had done before him; the other,who was the son of a rich tradesman, was also bound for Paris, for the purpose, how- ever, of marrying an heiress, the daugh- ter of zn old friend of his father. ' 443% is an even thing!” cried the young baron laughingly. ‘A mere money mat- ‘ter for ‘each of us. Cupid has no more concern in iness than in mine!” : “Thdre you mistake,” returned the “I have never seen Sylvia, but fell in love with her, once and forever, the first time I laid eyes upon her por- trait. Judge for yourself.’ He opened a tortoise shell case and Baint-Andre exclaimed admiringly: 4+What an angel! Indeed, my dear fellow, you are very fortunate to have that charming, dainty creature picked “T do not complain,’ greom-elect, ‘and now I am going to slesp, if this miserable, jolting concern I am expected to break {esi at my future father-in-law’s as soon as I reach Paris, and as I shall then be presented to my betrothed, I look as well as possible.” At the end of three nights the heavy stage-coach lumbered into the metropolis, and the fwo travelers went to the nearest hotel and engaged two rooms, intendin, ; had just thrown himself upon the bed, when he heard deep groans in the next room, and on rushing in, found his late companion rolling on the floor in agonies of pain, “The servants were summonéd,a physician was brought in, and the latter declared that the patient was suffering {rom acute colic, which had probably. been con- tracted before.he left home and had been aggravated by the fatigue of the journey. He pronounced the malady a very serious one, and so it proved, for, in spite of youth expired at the end Saint-Andre was overwhelmed by the catastrophe, and when he found that be could do nothing more for his friend, he .atood gazing sadly at the lifeless clay which lay on the narrow bed in tho bare Poor fellow! Bo young, gay, looking forward to a bright fu- tire, and now snatched away .without warning! ‘What would the fi elect say when she heard of this tragedy? Saint-Andre dreaded the bearing of the sad news to the family, but there was no one else to perform the errand; | and so he set off, carrying with him the dead youth’s satchel. / : ‘When he reached th the front door flew open, and two foot- men in livery came to meet him. relieved him of his satchel, the other took his hat and cloak, and a voice was heard exclaiming joyfully: «Monsieur, here 18 your son- cried a little, fat, white-haired man, rushing into the hall, “i]ot me embrace you)? and he clasped the new-comer rapturously to his heart. As soon as ‘he could get his breath Saint-Andre said, hurriedly: sPardon me, sir, but— : +4] pardon you for being late,” inter. shook; it 18 twelve e stately mansion, rupted ‘the other. ita o'clock, and breakfast is’ growing c Lome in and see my daughter. little puss has been watching the clock for hours, and 13 all impatience to meet the young man into the broakfast-room as he spoke, and with- an instant added, ‘My wife, Aunt Dolarice, here is the fon-jliw at last; Bylvia, my child, bid welcome—" ' j ; mn beg on, gir,” cried ‘Saint. Andre, but again his host interrupted me you wish to draw back at the last moment, my dear fellow! Everything has been arranged ‘esteemed friend, your father, ' have any obiection to urge. be mers. Bit by me, son-in-law, sad ve me your opinion of this pigeon- ne," visitor was young snd very hun. gry, having fasted since Sidaight, The shock of his companion's sudden death had unnerved him somewhat, and so, for the time being, he yielded to the force of circumstances. ¢‘Come what will,” he said to him. self, a Sunes i deg oo a gS ampang upon the joy of ; al least, not until they Navehad their prok: fast. 5 4 ‘He joined therefore in the general merriment, smiled sweetly upon blushing Bylvia, the bride-elect, and replied un- hesitatiogly to his supposed future father. in-law’s inquiries. : Ee § ‘How is your Aunt Armande, my |- son?” agked the old man, suddenly. *¢¢ remember her'a charming young woman when I was twenty, I came near falling in love with her! We must keep in her goed graces, for she will leave a snug 4 little fortune to her nephew.” #‘Dear Aunt!” exclaimed the youth, in 4 tone of deep affection, ‘I hope she will enjoy life for many, many years longer,” and his prous wish was reward- ed with a tender glance from Sylvia's dark eyes. Aunt Dolarice also listened to him with delight. : ‘He has the instincts, as well as the bearing, of a born gentleman,” she whis- pered to her brother, ‘‘Who would think that his ancestors had always sold cinna- mon and nutmegs!” : Uncle Dorival, who read cyclopedias | and was thought very learned, retorted quickly: ib std i And why should he not have as fine sentiments as a nobleman? Away with your abs tions, sister! All men are equall” =. he _ The clock struck two, and Saint-Andre suddenly felt a pang of remorse for the part he was playing, as he recollected that he had to arrange for his friend's burial and would be expected at the hotel. He therefore rose from the table, and announcing that he had important business to attend to, prepared to leave. His host protested in vain, Sylvia looked up in blank amazement, and every one eéntreated him to’ femain, ; “I do not understand,” began the old ‘man, following his visitor to the front door. The young man interrupted him, saymng solemnly: «I will explain. At eleven o'clock this morning I died, after a short and sudden attack of colic, and I gave the ho- tel proprietor my word of honor that my body should be removed this afternoon. You see, therefore, that if I were to ab- sent myself any longer it would be very | awkward.” With these words he dis- appeared, leaving the old father over- whelmed with amazement. When the rest of: the family heard what had been said, they decided that the youth was joking. i g ¢He has humor,” said Uncle Dorival. « shall congratulute him the next time Isee him. He will be here in time for supper,” = ! But supper time came and passed, and there: was no signs of the son-in-law. The family became anxious and alarmed, and toward 8 o'clock they sent a mes- senger to the hotel to inquiry for the passenger who had arrived there by coach that morning. The proprietor sent back word that the gentle. man named had died at 11 o'clock of colic, and that the body had been taken away for burial in the affer- noon. This news was received with un- bounded astonishment, and little Sylvia burst into tears as she declared that she would wear mourning as if she were a widow. Go : ‘It was his ghost that came here,” said the girl's mother ina tone of awe, but Uncle Dorival shrugged his shoul- ders. : ¥ “Do ghosts eat and drink‘as he did$” he asked. ‘That fellow was merely sonfe young seapegrace, who wanted to play a trick on us, and get a good meal at the same time." Nevertheless, the ghost story went the round of the ser- vant's-hall, and the footmen boasted of having Seen a spirit in broad daylight. ‘The tale ject of wonder in boudoirs and drawing- rooms, and the fair young widow who bad never been married wore a blatk gown and veil, and shed passionate tears for the affianced husband whom she had seen but once. pread, until it became a sub- Two weeks later, she was wandering about the garden one evening, listening sadly to the songs of the nightingales. The stars were shining brilliantly, but the sight of their beauty only served to increase her Sorrow. Alas!” ghe mghed, *‘if he were but here to stroll with me: along these path. ways!” As she spoke a cracking of boughs near her made her start with terror, and in another instant a man broke through the flowering shrubs and knelt at her feet. The stars were shining to some purpose then, for by their light she recognized the face for which she had been longing, and, in a voice which betokened mingled joy and dread, she cried: “Then you are not dead?" : No, indeed, sweetheart,” he answered softly, “I am alive, and I hope to live and love you for many.g long day yet.” ‘When the two young people entered. the drawing-room the family were play- ing backgammon. A look of amazement greeted the appearance of Saint-Andre, and every one. being dumbfounded the young baron had no difficulty in telling ‘his story, which he concluded by asking for Bylvia’s hand. The marriage took place as soon as the ‘proper period of mourning had elapsed, and Aunt Dolarice was triamphant, ¢Did I not tell. you he had the bear- ing of a nobleman?” she cried. . StAll's well that ends well, and a baron ia as good as a grocer,” said Uncle Donval.—From the French, in Ro- Sixty-two boys have committed suicide in Berlin, Germany, during the just fourteen months.” Of these Beg our were under fifteen and one bad not reached the age of seven, rrbm Bu x A steel rail lasts, with average wear, A cremated body leaves a residuum of only eight ounces on an gverage. ‘German scientists are now making a1 explosive equal fo dynamite out of com mon jute, : : A London firm finds a windmill thi most economical means of securing thy motive power necessary to run a dynamo, Fatigue caused by brainwork, says an Italian scientist, acts as a poison, whick affects all the organs, especially the mus cular system. > Recent experiments in France on thi velocity of propagation of electric waves give a mean velocity which is almost exactly that of light. : Hard ‘water contains too much lime: stone, and that causes bread baked with it to soon dry out. If you use soft wate: to mix the dough you get a much better article of bread, and one that will retaig its freshness. : « - Dr. Lauder Brunton declares that col water is a valuable stimulant to many if not all people. His own experience is that sipping Ralf a wineplass of cold water will raise his pulse from seventy- six to over 100. In distance the moon is 240,000 miles away from our earth, around which she gravitates like a satellite. Her diameter is about 2153 miles; she has a solid sur- face of 14,600,000 miles, and a solid con- tent of about 10,000 of cubic miles. A German engineer concludes that if the speed instead of the load of freight trains be increased from fourteen to twenty-eight miles per hour the expenses car mile at the higher speed would one-fourth less for repairs and only one-fifth more for fuel. It is reported from England that a form of ball-bearing has been applied to the spindles of textile machinery, and by its use the high relative s have become possible. From 8000 revolutions per minute is the speed nsually obtained, and 1t is claimed that speed as high as 16,000 can be reached. : ; On the subject of the swaying of lofty chimneys it is declared to be absurd to hold that a chimney, say 400 feet hign, would sway sixteen inghes. The slightest vibration is felt when on a tall chimney, and one inch and a balf is thought to be about’ the extreme amount of swaying that takes place. The deep-sea explorations that have been conducted by the Austrian Govern- ment in the eastern part of the Mediter- ranean show greater depths than any be- fore recorded, and as a result the great depression of this sea must be shifted considerably east from its former central position on the maps. In sawmills using pneumatic pipes for taking away the sawdust it is found that | the back of the saw usually throws up a good deal of fine dust in spite of the air suction. This difficulty has now been overcome in many instances by an inven. “tion for admitting air in the saw hopper in such a way as to cause-it to impinge on the sides and teeth of the saw and thus give if an air-blast washing. If a man weighing 168 pounds were te be transferred to the moon, the weight of his body, measured, at least, by the attraction which the moon would exercise upon it, would be reduced to about twenty-eight pounds. If his muscles and ‘hig frame remained the same it would seem as if he would be able to jump over a wall twelve feet high on the small globe without any greater exertion than would be ae oo clear a wall two feet high on the earth. IRIE SO apne, Made His Blood Run Cold. ¢I've been in many tight quarters,” said a well-known rounder the other evening, ‘*but I never was scared but once. Of course don’t mean to say that I have not been frightened a littie at times, but I have been scared-—thor: oughly scared—just once. At the time I was paralyzed by fright. I could not have moved a muscle or have uttered a | word to save my life. A few years age 1 went over to the grounds of the Chi: cago Driving Park Association—now Garfield Park-——one Sunday afternoon to look at some horses stabled there. My only companion was my four-year-old lit. tle girl. At the park I met Phil Gilman, the trainer for R. C. Pate, of St. Lows. Gilman showed me the horses he was handling; and at last took me over to see Conkling, a man eating stallion that was one of the most vicious animals I ever saw. No one dared to enter his stall; personally I would about as soon have attempted to repeat Daniel’s lion-taming experience as to have been forced into close quasters with that stallion. I was busily discussing turf matters with Gil: man when I saw him suddenly grow pale, gasp for breath and lean against a post for support, Instantly I turned toward Conkling’s stall. My little one had -orawled under the bars and entered the stall and when my eyes first beheld het: she was patting the man-eater’s nose and saying ‘P’itty horsey, pitty horsey,” while the stallion was licking ‘her face and rubbing his nose ggainst her, If any man had offered the universe if I would ask for it I cpuld not have |g uttered a word. At the end of a half minute, which seemed an age, the child toddled back to the bars, crawled under them and ran up to me. The next thing 1 remember was Gilman's throwing cold water in my face.”—Chicago Mail. I TH at, A Bonguet of Irom. s A curious, present recently given to Prince Bismarck is a gigantic bouquet of . flowers almost three feet in height. But they were mgt real flowers with the per- fume of the Zande and field upon them; the thousands of little leaves aud blos- soms, sprays and .were made of the finest sheet iron, as fine and thin as letter paper. It had been rolled in the Bismarck Foundry in Upper Silesia and formed into flower leaves and garlands in the factory of Christian Jauck in Bres: lau. Not one unnatural line disturbs ‘the eye; oak leaves and laurel branches, the roses, pinks and all are as natural as you please.—New York Dispatch, . a ii. iii. THE GLORIOUS MARCHE TO ZION. The ' Sunday Sermon the Eminent Brooklyn Divine. ————— Texr: “Fair as the'moon, clear as the sun and terrible as awn army with ban- ners.”—Solomon's Bong vi., 10. g to it. : : ere are those who say that the church of God isnot up to the spirit of the day in. which we live; butd have to tell you. notwith i all the swift wh and the ns, Perrys and the Livingstones. She has owned the best of the jars, and while infidelity and atheism ve blindfolded among the most startling dis- coveries that were about to be developed the edrth, and the air, and the sea have made Christain quick and magnificent responses to The world will not be up to the Church of Christ until the day when all merchan- dise has become : honest rchandise, k open by Ilion voiced shout of nations born in a day. The church that Nebuchadnezzar tried to burn in the furnace, and Darius to tear to pieces with the lions, and Lord Claverhouse to cut with the sword, has e on, wading the floods and enduring fire, until the deep- est barbarism, and the fiercest cruelties, and’ the blackest superstitions have been sompell 3 ie east, ory! “Who is she that looketh forth as the JROrning, fair d ed to look to the east, as the moon, clear as the sun an ble as an army with banners?’ ‘Yet there are e who dare ashamed to ‘belong to the ch of Christ, and if you ask them whether they are in such associa- tions they say, '‘Yes, I sometimes attend the church,” instead of realizing the fact that there is no honor compared with the honor of being a member of the church of Bod. I look back with joy to the most honored moment of my life, when in the old house the pountry of Ohsise announced my name as a follower of You who are floating about ‘in the world, ing for better associations, why do you not yourself to some of the churches? An old sea captain was riding in the cars toward Philadelphia, and a young man sat down beside him. He said, ‘Young man, where are you going?’ “I am going to Pnila- delphis to live,” replied the “Have the y man, you Jesters of intfoducticn * asked the old captain. es,” said the young man, and he pulled some of them out. said the eld sea captain, ‘‘Haven't you a I oung man; you woul Tot at that.” Yes” said the sea captain, *‘I want to see that. As soon as you geo to Philadelphia present it to some Chris- n church, 1am an old sailor, and I have been up and down in the world, and it's my ca) church certificate?’ rule as soon 8s 1 get into port to fasten my ship: fore and aft 10 the wharf, although it may ost a little wharfage, rather than have my shipout in the stream floating hither and $Bithe with the tide.” i h, men and women, by the tides of friv. olity and worldliness swept this way and swept that way, seeking for associations and for satisfactions for the immortal soul, come ast into the church of Jesus Christ. f to her. She is the pillar and the nd of truth. I propose to speak of the o2told glory of the church as it is described in the / First—"Fair as the moon.” God, who has determined” that everything shall be beautiful in its season, has not left the night without charm, The moon rules the night. The stars are only set as gems in her tiara. Sometimes, béfore the sun has gone down, the moon mounts her throne, but itis after nightfall that she sways her undisputed sceptre over island and continegt, river and sea. Under her shining great tidegcome up ting upon the ingling, TR re fo and fire ngling, 2 Under the witchery of the moon the awfu steeps lose their ruggedness and the chasms i . ~ The poor man blesses God foi throwing so cheap a light through the broker window pane of his cabin, and to the siek i seems like a light from the other shore thal their terror. = Th bounds this great deep of human pain If the sun ang wae, be like a song, full and lou¢ and poured forth from brazen instrument that fill heaven and earth with harmony the moon is plaintive and sad, standing bee neath the throne of God, sendin, : g up her soft, sweet voice of while the stars listen and the seal No mother ever more jovingly er Waiched a sick cradle than this pale watc! of he sky bends aver the weary, Beartsiok, umberin g earth, glog to it a silv mule while it is in the cradle of thio spheres. Now, says my text, "Who is she, fair as the moon?" Our answer is the church, Like the moon, she is a borrowed light. She athers up the glory of a Savi s suffer- gs, a SBaviour’s death, a Saviour’s resurrec- Hone Saviour's asoansfon, and pours tat on palace an ungeon, on squali eathenism and elaborate pido on widow's tears and martyr’s robe of flame, on weeping penitence and loud mouthed scorn. Si the only institution to-day that ‘gives any light to our world. Into her por- tals the poor come and get she sympathy of a once pillowless Ci th e bereaved come and see the bottle in which God saves all our tears, and the captives come, and on the sharp corners of her altars dash off their ‘chaing, and the thirsty come and put their cup under the “Rock of Ages,” which pours orth from its smitten side living water, sparkling water, crystalline water from ander the throne of God and the Lamb. Blessed the bell that calls her worshi to prayer. Blessed the water in which her members are baptized. Blessed be the wine that glows in her sacramental cups. Blessed the songs on which her devotions travel up and the angels of God travel d own, As toe moon goes through the midst of the roaring storm clouds unflushed and un- aarmed, and comes out calm and beautiful on the other side, so the church of God nas gone through all the storms of this world’s persecution and come out uninjured, no worse for the fact that Robespierre cursed it, and Voltaire caricatured it, and Tom Paine sneered at it, and all the forcesof derkness have bombarded it. Not like some baleful comet shoo £ across the sky, scat! terror and dismay a nations, but above the long Bowling Sighs edness the Ch of the world's wretch church has made her mild way, ‘Fair as the moon.” I take a step further in my subject— . oar 8s the sun.” After a season of storm or fog, how youare thrilled when the sun comes out at noonday! The mists travel up bill a , mountain above mountain, until they are sky lost, he forests are’ full of chirp and buzz and song; honey makers i Gd as Delivered by © est maple leaves become shivering silver, the lakes from shore to shore look like shining mir- “rors, and the ocean, under her glance, wis C the gneen’s coronet and sewing girl's needl “Let there be light.” Now, says my text, “Who is she that looketh forth clear as the sun!’ Our answess is, the church. You have been going along ; eo a road before daybreak, and on one you thought you saw a lion, and on the other side you thought you saw a goblin of the darkness, but when the sun came out you found thess were harmless apparitions, And it is the great mission of the church of Jesus Christ to come forth “clear as the sun,” to illumine all earthly darkness, to ex- n, as far as possible, all m ry, and to glatny the world radiant in Te brightness; and that which you thought was an aroused lion is found out to be a slumbering lamb; and the sepulchral gates of your dead tury out to be the opening gates of heaven; and that which you supposed was a sword to keep you out of paradiseis an of light to beckon you in. 5 The lamps on her altars will cast their glow on your darkest pathway and cheer ou until, far beyond the need of lantern or ighthouse, you are safely anchored within the veil. Oh, sun of the church, shine on until there is no sorrow to soothe, no tears to wipe away, no shackles to break, no more souls to be redeemed! Ten thousand hands of sin have attempted to extinguish the lamps on her altars, but they are quenchless, and to silence her pulpits, but the thunder do me would flame. The church of God will yet come to full meridian, and in that day all the mountains of the world will -be sacred mountair touched with the glory of Calvary, and all streams will flow by the mount of tod like ands of the sea be crowned with tic 8 5 , vision like Patmos, and all cities Jerusalem, and all gardens 1 as Jer! iataitise, with God walking in the ' cool day. Then the shorals Tae ‘drown out all the ‘anthems of earthly mystery hie th het Ry ystery ng themselves to the sun!” Clear as the sun! Clear as 1 Further, “Terrible as an army with ban- ners.” Take one more in this sub andsay that if you a ced for Theda, fenso of a fesble town, and a great army were seen coming over the hills with flying ensigns, then you would be able to get some ides of the terror that will strike the hearts of the enemies of God when the church at last marches on like ‘an army with ban- You know there is nothing that excites ! enthusiasm so much. as an old flag. Many a man almost dead, catching a Himpse of the national ensign, Ns rus to his eet and started again into the battle. Now, my friends, I don’t want you to think of the church of Jesus Christ 2H a defeated institu- tion, as the victim of infidel sarcasm--some= thing to be kicked and cuffed and. trampled on through all the ages of the world. it is “an army with banners.” It has an in- sorption and colors such as never stirred the hearts of ‘an earthly soldiery. § ‘We have our banner of recruit, and on it inscribed, “Who is on the Lords side Our banner of defiance, and on it is in- scribed, '‘fhe Sates of hell shall not prevail tus!” Qur banner of triumph, and on it 1s ‘inscribed, “Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ? and we mean to plant that banner on every hilltop and wave it at she gate of heaven. ith Christ to lead us we need not fear. I will not underrate the enemy. They are a tremendous host. They come on with acutest Their weapons by all the inhab- ‘itants of darkness have been forged in fur- naces of everlasting fire. We contend not with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places; but if God be for us who can be against us? Come on, ye troops of the Lord! Fall into line! Close “up the ranks! On, ough burning sands and over frozen mountain tops, until the whole earth sur- renders to God! He made it; He red it: He shall have it, They shall not be trampled with hoofs, they shall not be cut with sabers, they shall not be’ crushed with wheels, they shall not be cloven with battle axes, but the marching, and the onset, and the victory jvill be none the less decisive for that. With Christ to lead us, and heaven to look down upon us, and angels to guard us, and martyr spirits to bend from their thrones, and the voice of God to bid us forward into the combat, our enemies shall fly like chaff in the whirlwind, and all the towers of heaven ring because the day is ours. I di- vide this army with banners into two wings —the American wing and the European wing. The American wing will’ march on across the wilds of the west, over the table- lands, and come to the ocean, no more stopped by the Pacific than the Israelites were stopped by the Red sea; marching on until the remaining walls of China will fall before this army with banners, and cold 8i~ beria will be turned to the warm heart of Christ. and over lofty Himalayan peaks shall go this army witn banners until it halts at Palestine. - The European wing will march out to meet it, and Spanish superstition shall be overcome, and French infidelity shall be conquered, and over the Al with more than Hanuibal’s courage, shail march that army with banners, and up through the snows of Russia, vuster in multitude than the hosts that tollowed Napoleon into’ the conflict. And Hungary and Poland, by the blood of their es and by the blood of Christ, shall at last be free. And crossing into Asia the law shall again be proclaim on Hipai, and Christ in the person of His ministers will again preach on Olivet and pray in Gethsemane and exhibit His love on Calvary, And then the army will halt in front of the other wing, 2 Swain having conquered all the earth for . ‘When the Prussian army came back from their war they were received in 1866 at the gates of Berlin, and a choir stood above the gates, and_as the first regiment advanced and came to the gates the choir, in music, asked them what right they had to enter there. And then the first regiment, in song, replied, telling over the stories of their con flicts ana victories, Then they marched in, and all the city was full of dness and triumph; Butoh! the great joy when the . army with banners shall come up to the gates of our King! It will be choir to choir, music to music, hosanna to hosanna, hallelniah to hallelpiah, Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates, here will be spread and let them come in. TI Ww the banquet of eternal victory, and the un- fallen ones of heaven will sit at it, and all the ransomed of earth come in and cele- adorned wil banners of God shai ten EE dig hpi $s ell to the n conquerors wou their ‘and the church wander: . over, vi Christ shall rise up to introduce her to al the nations of heaven, and as 3 he pulls aside AL into the face of her her veil and looks up i the King, Christ'shall she that look: the moon, clear as the gun and terrible as ‘as the moon, banners!’ an er the great cities. an army with them and thus sincere with xxviii, 13, said, a8, tan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and keep back part of the price of the lana?® God d truth even in the inward parts (Ps. li., 6) and He bassaid, ‘'He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within My house; be that telleth 1 3s shall fiot tarry in My sight® {Fn of. 7. $» rte : an indignation or envy” (chapter iv., 313 vi, own? And after it was sold was it not in thine own power? “Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou bast not lied unto men but unto God.” God does not need but neither can fill us i what of Ananias, the of . ! : 7 “And it was about the space of three hours alter when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.” Three a widow, but ignorant of the fact. How } would have been in vain. yo heart is so desperately wicked and deceitful | your wish, ¥rances?” said Frances, promptly. She got eth forth as the mor , fair | SUNDAY SCHOOL, LESSON FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, ; ‘“‘Ananias and Saphira,” Gal, v.; 1-1% Golden Text, Gal: vi., Com- : mentary. 1. “Buta certain man named with his wife, sold a ‘We have been reading of two. ful followers of Jesus who w a thly possessions valueless except as they might do;good with lay £35 treanig in hea (Math. vi., 20, 21; xviii, 22; 1 vi., 17, 18). 2. **And kept back part of the an : price, his wife also being A it, and brought a certain ‘and laid it at the apostles’ feet There an old commaud to this : alk before Me. and be Sheu, Sin, . Xvif, I : th’ md pu) God” fl 3 un). And it is also written, be he that doeth the work of the 8. “But Peter said, Anani why hath sa th satan!’ or The only way for a believer isto be 19). ; ; ; 2 with he Kplrt and then all else willbe De aon AIL. aud 5 Regio 3s inding u an neglect guilty of Dione is command (Eph. v.,. 18) Pp ove 4. “While it remained was it not thine for **I'he earth is the Lord's our and the fullness thereof” (Ps. xxiv., 1), but He is graciously pleased to accept that which y and sincerely give unto i we and use it for His glory. All that we have. He has ive Yous, and what, we give Him for allowing satan to intru: is opon hi There are two forces all : working with ns—satan and the Holy 8 3 —one a liar, the other the Spirit of except wi them. 2 Li 5 ‘And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave u host; and fear cameon ios ad these 2. y any people. When we consider that weare not pur own, but that these bodies even have been bought by His blood for His service (1 Car. vi. 19, 20), and yl, 4 ther remember how we keep back hands and fee} and eyes and ears and voice for our own pleasure, and that all this is simply lying unto God, why is it that we are not afraid? : 6. "And the young men wound him up and carried Ei out buried him.” Thus dis; of cupied that body? We know that thereis such a thing as being barely saved, saved as by fire (I Pet. iv., 18; I . dil, 15). Bub when we read of the portion appoicted to story, tten to teach us to be sincere with God. 8. “And Peter answered unto her, Tell mo whether yo sold theland for so much? And she said, Yea for so much.” How one wishes that Peter might have been led to en- co! e her to tell the truth, but Ess above things (Jer. xvii,, 9) that even in this en~ lightened age both men and women have been known to swear before God and man to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and then delibsrately lie. Yet God in His suffering has wed long ig graciously allo! =a them to live on if perchance the pent. 9. “Then Peter said unto her, How is it | that ye havo together to tempt the Bpirit of the f* Compare this verse with verses 3 and 4 and see the unity of the ly a clear proof Trinity, but Ef that i ne to the Holy Spirit is called lying unto God. ‘Behold the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.” This is startline and awful. The announcement of her husband's death is for the first time made known to her, and in the same. breath she is told that she, too, shall instantly die, and she does. Sentecs is pronounced ard executisn takes place in the same moment, It is the haud of God. Compare chapters xii., 28 and appear before men to be very religious; but etore night they are found out (Num. xxxii;, 23) and are dead and buried. Two liars in one grave, but their souls— 11. “And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.” Such manifesta of God's hatred of must have been n¢ to remem! beginning of the formation of a ma earth, edo well ember that al« Helper, Frances Got It. “I vant some more chicken,” said 4-year-old Frances at the dinner table. : * “I think you have had as much as \1s good for you, dear,” replied Fran- ‘ces’ mamma. \ a “l want more.” And Frances pouted. : i “You can’t have more now; buk here is a wish-bone that you and mamma ¢an pull. That will be fon. You pull one side and I'll pull th other, and whoever gets the longe end can haye her wish come true. Why, baby, you've got it! What “1 wished for some more this time. —Boston Beacon. 1t.costs Paris annually utation of being 1 ¢ cleanest
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