od clenels thet fists and stamp their foot and GOSPEL MESSAGES. Sakjent:,. “The Aallows For Maman From the Life snd Death of This Persisn Courtier Living Lessons of E Warning and Instruction Are Drawn. Teor: “80 they hanged Haman om the | fous that he had prepared for Morde- sai. "Esther vii. 16, 1 Hers fs an Orientind eogrtier, about the most offensive man in Hebrew histody, Hamen by nme. He plotted for the de- struction of the Ternelitish nation, and I wonder not that in some of the Hebrew eynag: 68 to this dey when Haman's mentioned. the congregation ery, “Let his name he biotted out!” Ha- man was Prime Minister in the magnificent © gourt of Persian. Thoroughly appreciative f tha honor conferred, he expects every. iy that he passes to be ohseguious. Dir in one gat the gate of the pM. sew, the serv: ants dep their heads in poner of his : but a Hebrew, sammed Mo aves “apon tan passing dignitaZy withant bending his Bead ar tadog off pA Lig 3 man, and would pot ent in the ordlosry cour t he felt Bo res eho which he iba ; ar when he pond Mordessd, pelsxed not & masele of his and Kop bis alia eleay gp. Bessuse trol Huomn. 8 dscree trom king, for the os, and that, of : gh Mmelade Mordecst Ee ‘make un Jong story short, through Esther this whole plot was revesind 10 he har husband, Abssuerus. One night b Abasyerus, who was affieted with in- soma, in Lit sles less Sours ealls for his . Secretary to read him A few passages of history, and so while sway the night, “In the book read that night to the king ap account was given of 8 oonspi- from which Mo , the Hebrew, ‘tved the king's Jite and for whisk Rindnioss Mordecai had never received any reward, wan, who bad been Axing up yas to hang Mordeesl on, was g outside the door of the king's tenent sod was called in. Te im that he had just bad read to asctiant of some one who bad Nis, the king's lite, and he asked i it reward ought to be given to smth & | Beit-conneited Haman, supposing that | of AL i Bimself wus to get the bosor, and pot he a moment that the the king s iife was Mordeeal, sav» eaty ought to make a tri- put a erown on him plendid horse, high-step- and thea have one lead the horse tnroush erying, ‘Bow the koee, bere a man who bas saved the od and rotied, la the stirrups. Haman, thunoaiior afoot, holding the prape- roaring, chumpiog stallion. Mordeos! Beek at ast. tut If itis to ook | gait buen willie 1 sult, i opposed to Lristmnity ? f snes it favored immorsiitios { their dons phi § They fried It | Obeervatories and universities rejoiced at deliv. tas if she wasps on 8 retrest; the it. | ding ander bare poles do not feel the {ores Fnlleidben sn rulers od ‘ancaped martyrdom willing to mix up his Christian | errors. His unbending | Christian character was fsien zs an In- Fazot and rack and Balter io all ages { have been only the diferent ways in which the world has demanded otedsanss, 1 was | ones, away up onthe top of the Temple that dor of Satan commanded the He sly (ine ot Nara | res 10 kneel balors hina. Bot now so much on the top of yn of the - } Why i pit that Satan tempts the esp Te Chpigtian faith to kneel before him. was it thst the Pintonts phflostnhers early times, as wall as Toland, Side Bolingbroke of ater days wore Certainly no OF Arrestes madly | ¥ Fee pivilization or dwarisd the int eliant genuine reason, whether admitted or not, was beangss the religion of Olirist pail no respact ta thelr intellectual vanitbe joant sud Bovis, and the hosts of infdaie hatehed out by the vile reign of the Kapond, as reptiles crawlent of a marsh of slime, sold pot gasp their pationse, panes, a toey passed along, there wars att. ting in the gate af the are such man a { Matthew snd Mark and Lake, and Joh who woujd Ae hed an &n ined in pepect baie ae : told omr first parents that they | sme as gods if they would oniy | # reach up snd a a tase of ths (raft snd fatled, tut their dansend- | ants are not yot sgtiefiad with the oxy mem. We have Bow many dosirisg vis, rensbing np Aftey vet arbor by my Reason, seorsfal of God's Woed, | tha i wrath | ot fosm srat wit : tr sompel the of oa Har and agtem homage of the good, bat in the presegcs of ngs sand angels it shail be confounded. | shail smite thee thou whited wall When seionse began to make Ws braiisnt discoveries there wore grost facts hroagit to Haht that seemed to overthrow the truth of the Bible, The archgoiogist with his erowbar, and the geoioMst wih &is hammer, and the chemist with lds bat. terion, charged upon the Bible Mowes's | sesount of the srestion seemad degled by the very stroctagre of the anh, The | 4 astronomer wheeisd around bis telescope | until thw heavenly Bodies seca ed ta mar shal themeeives seainst the ibis ax the Bars in thelr ncurses fought agains Niwers what they sesidered the extinction of Christianity. pathersd new sourage at what thew ov Shee dered past victory, ao pressed on thelr sanqRest into the kingdom of mmtare until sims for thei they dis aoveged tos much, God's Word had ony | wn lying in bash that, lo some wb | guarded moment, with a sudden pound, # might tear infidelity tur pride. g It was #8 whea Joshas sttaskad the city He saiested thirty thonsasd men, and concealed most of ties, then with a few mon be assaind the sity. which poured out its numbers and streogih upon Joshan's Hitie band, According to previ one plan, they fall bask In seening Aiiteat, Yat, after all the proud iababitants of the | city had bean broaght out of their homes, and bad joined in the pursuit of Joshua, {suddenly that lrave AS halted in his Bight, iAP with his spe ofntioe toward | the sity. thirty rit . from the thickets sb panthers spring to | | their prey, sodl the pursaers were dashed | to pisces, whilst hosts of Joshas pressed up to the city, and with their lighted/ torahes tosmed Jt Into flame, Thos It was that the discoveries of sobense sonmad to © give tempor vietory against God sad the ible, and for a while the choreh asted | but when ail | wrx of Hod and troth bad joined | in the pursuit, snd ware sare of the Reid, Christ gave the signal to His ohuroh, snd tarning, they drove back their foes In sharma, Theres was found to be no an | tagonism Deétween natures and revelation, The universe and the Bikis were found to Fhe the work of the same hand two strokes | Again: Learn the lesson that prides goeth : befores fall, Was any sian ever so far up as Haman, whe tumbled so far down? Yes, on a smaller seale every day the world sees | the same thing. Against their verre ad. vantages men trip into destruction. When | God hambies proud men 3 is asusliy at the | mornent of their greatest arrogascy, If there be a man in your eotmamnity groatiy | fed up with worldly success you have at to stand a litle while and yoga will see | Him come down, You say, I wonder that | God allows that mas to go on riding over | Gathers’ heads and making great sssnmp | tions of power. Ther’ i so wonder about | Haman has not yet got to the top. Pride is a commander, well plumed and | on , bt it leads forth a dark and frowning host. We have the best of asthor | ity for saying that “Pride gosth before de | seiustion & haughty stdeit before a ail” guiver are apt to strike a man when on the | wing. Goliath shakes his grest spear in dsflances. but the small stones from the | brook Elsah made Lim stagger and fall like an ox ander the butoher's bWudgeon. | He who is down ssnnot (all, Vessels send. of the same pen, thelr authorship the same God of the orm, but those with ail salls set capsize at the sudden descent of the tendp- out. Again: this Oriental tale reminds us of the fact that wrongs we Lrepare for others return gpon carseives. The gallows that | Haman built for Mordessl became Be Prime Ministers straagulation. Robe spierre, who sent so many to the guile ne, had his own bead chopped off by the arrid instrament. The evil you prastiee on others will recall spon your owe pate, Siandees come home. Oppressdons come | tome, Ceaeities some home, Yon will yot be a lackey wiiking beside the very charger on which you sxpestiad to | ride thers down. When Charies the First, who tad destroyed Strafford, was aboat to | be beheaded, ho sald, “A basely ratified an pojust sentence, and the similar (njawtics 1 am now to undergo Ix a soasibie retribo- hi | tion for the punishment I inflisted on ws fons | onod in the same place, where t Mordecal | fais, sri hy rion 12 bin nes or ge chin Th before Haman. th Haman nttem ok fe ne ins only 5 would iy our as A ge Dantes. i Bradshaw, the English | been ruthless and cruel { teach us how yalekly tarss the wheel of might have retained the oe ot oe fanocent man.” Lord Jefirfes, aller in- earcerating many innocent and good peo. | ple in London Tower, was himeel! foprie. | the shades of thoes whom he had malrreatad sensuad to haunt hiss, so that be kept orving t attendants: “Keep them oft gent! for God’s sake, keep them offi” The Ee ons had come home to roost. Ths body of judge, who had in lis decisions, was taken from his nd tomb {an West. a and at Tyburs huag cos jfows from morning unt night in the presence of jecring multitudes. Haman's Euliows came a little jate, but it came. unities fiy in a steaight line, and just toneh as as they from sternily to , but the wrotigs wa do others fly yep - cirels, and however the circle may widen out, they are sure to come bask to the polat from which they started. There are guns that kick! Furthermore, Jet the story of Haman fortuna, One excepting the king, Haman was the AY it man in Persia; but the next day, a lackey. Bo we go up, and so we come down. ou seidom find any man twenty years in the same circum. stances, Of those who In political ile twenty years Ago were Lost prominent, how few remain in consplenity. Politiead parties make cortain men do thelr hard | work, and then, after using them as nacks, turn them out on the commons to die. o | Every four years there is a complete revo. lation, and about five thousand men who | ought certainly to be the next President | are shamefully disappointed; while some, i sho this day are obscure sad poverty stricken, will ride upon the shoulders of | tha people, and take their turn at admira- i tion and the spoils of offize. a | ote the wheels turn! Bailot-boxes are | steps on which men come down guite | ! { as often as they po up. Of those who wery | long age | Suscessinl fn the accumulation | of p od. how few have not met with re- fe many of those who then were a in circumstances now hold the bonds and bank beve nf the nation. Of all i rd i he had | fickle things in the world, fortune ie the | i i difference Yond ar aqumy P Athenian : matt mater ju : wight his stand y #Son was heard, | morning dawsed, a | sod sword and heise | igg break, and amid tha se pokes anows white streaming sapphire mares ali the nwore fo meu bomaded Hass ! & long while | tae, . | shen iders and sathrons Them, Mer, His fruit tree, The arrows from the Almighty's jr ' huadrsd and tat lier home | tour feet High. Oh, how i most Seki, Again: this Haman's history shore ur (that outward prssespl Ons and eliream | #tanoes cannot MARE A MEAL BROTY. vot fuily vested in anthority and the ad winery of the Persian om And overy thi ng thet snipe AS ; fon rou den oo a wig pd it ix not 8 3 eharshos ax |’ | Aver in the siste and the pew and the pai. | &f 1 apd vy anal 0 # Chars © J the T wlth : thers a straw otis : that 4d not id throne ou wh Wers 1 sail wore 5 ras. 1 wo Palisy of the poor, but ap the hig way whish ancing BurfPeall er gris with Anus bai and Sah meat) Et 10 and of galzise der Wratah | rn b , bitter whim awaiiowed from Fri ohigty taan form aaritrn pats Foor Bog NMibers —e SAGA 1 whowmre Wing for this th on and phat slrsamats : woeldin saecnl will brigg pee soul. of them shatter the Anbusion ie Ppt what we get PB fs want wa are fol smong the Hons is imppter thar Kio Darius on Ms throne, And when ern. hridiianey od . he HO BOLANE. Death Prd waen Nazarene bo ff ae wal iitrary Lomsy lemon the honors ; salred to spend the previ slow tie {ine man al Km In sng the tom! of the Moar wy sod Sumi, oh EW. | i grand xi as parage and SemgioHrs of ir shall in tam tha sound of soroels knighthood were bestows bs with the go sow WANE #3 tf ore heaven Fully armed with hae #t (ALE Wale wait antl the darks 8¢ wi 1 This Thins Sk nix LS tage parpiugs the soul shall % ernie thy ie hanwan amid the ne {Fed Mardesal will only & aT to dy of triumph, Dt e trina to make B proper hacRroaad after So oREEs, The seals id bast tap Spin 5 seas the horss inte whose san mass hos twisted his Sogers st the moot | ing. ‘hard as Sint. #0 #irize Ome . : ont soutimasd snows a the Witter are |, ep fp ondy of tea bushes. A | are very sional, not half as hig as voor | | finger pall, and ertem exper: pkey | fas winiiortanss flonvey and You nant st jens of good crops Bext sRBGIEr We many have yietded wonderind Barvesw benevolence, and rrergy bacsnss tiny were snowed under. We minst Lave 8 good many bard falis before wa Jeara 16 | walk straight. It 8 in fe Blasi anvil of trom ds that si am hammer out thelr fore take up men dn thelr Toegos are seariy always bitter, are barren unbess trimesel wilh sharp | knives, They are like wheat ail the Beet. ter for the Satiing. It requirsd the prison Anrinese ard ~Bil to make Johan Banyan dreamy. It took feta to makes W asDingIon. ard wh ou 1 ism white | gWLRY no appreciably Soest favor | "the golden tips’ only tweuty four hours abd, are pleked | They pad i thd nl Lng “rar i armed, and’ with siristd and lapse Tio wk | the Buffalo (drier, Deve opment of the Transvaal. _ In 1807 the main trunk line from Capy Town was pushed forward from #5 tien northern telnious to Johannes burg. The distance from Cape Town to Johannesburg by ral is 141% mies In 1864 the road was completad from | [relsgos Bay. a po in Portuguese ter! | ritory on the southeast coast of Africa, | to Johsnnesterg-g distance of miles 8 port in the British tant 40 milies Freon 25000 oun Ce aonusl output has risen to 3000 00 eunoes in I80T. giving the Transvas! of Natal 4d» tology the sevoud place in the world's gold | Tae third road reached Johan peaburg & year later, from Durban. 8 | ws of goid Im 1RRT, production. Thers is 08 doubt that The | present euTpY 1 aly ioovesss; and few years pot with ol output of other oouptres, the avanl will rank Srst as a gold pro Tee wwn of Jolannesbhurg may be taken as a good (odex of thw wonder 12] ax pass on of the geldminmg mdos try of the distridd. From a few huts ae 1% RK hes developed oto 4 Ww Bn exceliad, 1! ndesd aguaded, in Le In posing cmiracter of its boidind Wo any of the sulerpraing ra wana to Wextern America Indeed, Jobames greg has hut fetie of the aspect of ar Americas mining camp. Ig its geners £poaranoe ir mrs of Spokane or Salt Las Jahn Hays Haznmond we Massa Lae MEY Tea at 8148 per Pound, One hundred and forty three dollare | cer | | tain kind brought at audtiag in London ays on the authority 8 pound Is what Ceylon tea of a soioe time ag. This bb stad, : af J. 11. Graire, of the Ceylon lmport- | tag Cempany, | Coylon were as mac eu- ov 1 or the pest estat ial | ions price ties a bh surprised as you person at such fabue (rw ing th reriain peculiar PHATE | forty-three dollars’ worth of labor: bot i i A AS Delaware foe and fond | | test ut Vadley Forges, and the whiz of bal | aad wien be | slimbed ap on the beach at Melita, shiver. | ing in bis wet clothes, Was JOM of a Chris | vipa “nie hotles rian than when the ship strmek the wes. Prescott, the Rekat arian, with them. Mordeeai despleed at the pate mouktad, Late News Parsgraphed. Twenty Ave applications for pensions nn wesont of the Maine disaster Bunya Deen Bind, Cayion and the Straits Settisment Hart and the Datel, West Indies have der inred their nenteadity, The Bertilion system of® Idemtitytng eriminais has been adopted in the Denver i i Cols Poles Department. Maat in the shops at Santiago de Cuba, #1 50 » pound; eggs, $1.50 8 doses: =k, la a Taare: goats, #30 a plese, * | the figure It fetobnd Is wo extraordinary Cal 20 give the tea of the sale abeoiotely | po compueteisl value whalever, fa parteniurly so beosuse this tea Bas The leaves, when are pequired to gather whem. | phe over several acres of Hushes 0 get | enough green one