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THE DEBTS THAT STAND. Often' I think that the world is cold And that men are unkind, unfair; & Often I mourn and fret and scold & And coddle my own despair, And often I think mankind must be la league for the shame of defeating me. Tet railing at men, I ought to know TfatI sin when my plaints are made, For there's many, oh, many, a debt I owe That never can be repaid. What if deep in my heart they could sometimes see The kind ones w#k have befriended me? -S. E. Kiser, ANS MEULLER used to toot a trumpet in the Third Cay alry. Hans was more or less a butt for the Jokes of the snen of his troop. He took all kinds of Jibes with a good nature that was as perfect as it was stolid. The trump eter knew more about music than he did muskets. When for a while he tried what the other men called straight soldiering, he was continually getting tangled up with his equip snents, and on several occasions at skir Miish drill he came within an ace of hooting himself. His comrades told Hans that as long as he confined his efforts to killing himself they would 'offer no strenuous objection, but that If he got careless and shot the head off of some one else he must look out for trouble. As a matter of fact he did one day come pretty close to putting .? bullet through the heart of Sergeant Peter Nelson, who forthwith thrashed Hans in an approved style. Captain ODDS." s," and said trumpet. de Hans ole scale fatigue, is soul ep in that "ie smarftness of appearance which characterized Sergeant Nelson, Corporal irady and a score of privates he knew could never be his. There was lacking in his makeup that something which gives dash to a soldier. Hans used to fall over his feet in a most unmilitary way, and his hands were never in the proper places. There was one thing. however, that could be said of him, 'he always tried to obey orders implic Itly.- lie generally blundered a num ber of times while making the attempt, but the intent .was right, and that coy ers a multitude of sins much more serious i n ature than mere blunders. The Thii.t Cavalry was in the Wyom ing country in the Elkhorn Creek re gion. There had been a good deal of trouble with the Nez Perces and L Troop had been kept on the jump most ofthe time for a month. L Troop w;as Hans' outtit. There had been one con stant succession of scoutinzgs. It had been necessary to send small squads in half a dozen di1terent direvctions; at body at that, at all times. He had been in everything ini which the whole troop was engaged, but the idea of sending Hans out on a reconnoisan Ce where coolness and the subtlety of tihe devil wvere neczssary **or safety. was the last thing that had entered the head of the commander. One day, however, one of the coldest days of the second winter month, it be came necessary. to send a scouting party to inavestigate the rumor of the apiproachi of a band of savages. Now it happened that the whole comma ad was fagged out, and this in a nutshell 2s the reason why Hans Meuller found himself for the first tine e. his life in -a position of acute responsibility. He was ordered by Captain Roberts to proceed with Sergeant Nelson and two privates northwest until something wras "felt," or until the Sergeant w ia satisfied that a wrong report had been turned into the camp. When the little body set out the fa Uigue of the individual nembers of the troop showed that it was not, uo to speak, strong enough to keep these same individuals from giving Hans a send-off. Hans had a carbine and a revolver. His trumpet was hanging cp on a peg. One of the bystanders said to the Sergeant in command, "'Look out for Hans if you happen to get into a scrimmage. The first thing you know he'll forget himself and he'll try to blow 'retreat' on his carbine. KYou may lose one man if Hans puts isa mouth to the wrong end of the barrel." Then they said a few other things to Hans. He was told to be sure nct to get his canteen mixed up with his cartridge belt, and to make sure that lie took note of the landmarks on th? .wry out, so he could get back to cam') Isu a hurry If he happened to hear an Indian shoot off a gun. Hans took all is yrell enugh, because the thought of actually going out on a scout was sufficient to knock all other things out of his head. resentment along with them. They had left the camp far behind them. Sergeant Nelson, who was an old and tiled campaigner, turned to his men and said: "We are getting near the place where we may expect to see something." Then he spoke seriously to Hans: "Meuller," be said, "you're not half as bad, per haps, as the troop makes out, but I tell you honestly that I'm kind of afraid of you when it comes to a pinch. Do the best you can and don't run. As a matter of fact. I think Jim Cros by w-.3 !pe-dreamimg when he brought the rumor of reds in this vicinity Into camp, but you may have a chance to sce trouble, and if you do, please stick." That was a pretty tough thing to have to say to a soldier with Uncle Sam's uniform on his back. Stical Meuller's face went almost white un der realization that the true signifi cance of that admonition was that the Sergeant had a pretty strong fear in his heart that his trumpet teoter was a coward. Stick! He would show them if he was only given a chance. Sergeant Peter Nelson was an old and tried campaigner, indeed, but that day he made a mistake. He led his three men straight into an ambush. There was a score of painted Nez Perces straight across their track. The Indians had very little cover, but they used it so artfully that the old soldier Sergeant had actually thought that the bit of embankment and the few scat tered bowlders did not offer cover enough to conceal a jack rabbit. The first intimation of the indians' presence was a volley. Sergeant Nel son went to the ground with a wound in. his side. One of the privates, shot through the shoulder and leg, fell with him. The two men crawled behind a couple of rocks and secured temporary shelter. At the savage volley Hans euller's heart went to his throat. With the other pravate, who, like Hins, was unhit,-he full back about forty yards and behind an adequate cover. There for five minutes they exchanged shots with the reds, who, In accord ance with Indian custom, would not charge across the open, but depended rather upon being able to pick off the soldiers and then go forward without danger and take the scalps. Hans euller found that he could use his carbine. His heart went down out of his throat. He looked around him and saw that therp was some chance of holding the savages off for hours. Out beyond he saw his two stricken coin rades. They were not dead. He knew that because he saw them move and casionally weakly raise themselves and send a shot in the direction of the red foes. Hans said to himself: "Those en must be brought back here." Then e handed his carbine to his comrade nd with it his belt d$ ammunition., those fellows hit me." Then be jumped over the rock in front of him, and with his long, sha~nbling, ungainly stride he made for the side of Sergeant Nelson. The Indians pumped at him. The balls whizzed by his head, cut his clothes in three places and spat spitefully into the dust at his feet. Telling Nelson to grab his carbine, leuller raised the Sergeant in le .rms :nd made back for cover, h.atrack all the way mnarke'd out for him by the shots of the savages. He dropped the Sergeant under the shadow of the rock and then stood on his feet. "Where are you going, Meuller?" said Nelson, feebly. 'I'm going after Dodds,"' said Meul er, and he cleared the little roek to the front once more. "Cod bless you, Meuller," was what e heard above the cracking of the :rfies to his front. HeI reached the side f the wounded Doods, raised him and startedi back with him across the staripJ f hell. Twice he staggered, as volleys ang out, but be reached the sides of hs comrades, and placed Dodds be wcven Nelson and the unwounded trap er. Then Hans Meuller fell dead. Relief came to the three surviving :avalrymen. The two wounded lived. n the little cemetery at a post in the 'ar Northwest there is a headstone rhich is Inscribed thus: HANS MEU2LLERi, :TRU;MPETERt AND SOLDIER:. IIIS COURAGE WAS BULLET PROOF. -Edlward B. Clai; in the Chicago Record-Herald. The Chinese Junk. - Another meritorious, so-called mod rn invention, the water-tight bulk ead, Is now attributed to Chinese ex ~erience, as John Chinaman rarely dopts an innovation unless he hap ~ens to discover it by accident. In a aper presented to the Institute of Ma rine Engineers the use of the bulkhead rinciple on Chinese junks from time mmemorial was pointed out. There is enerally one bulkhead forward and ne aft, but occasionally the cargo atch is also subdivided. The proto ype of the modern turret ships also is to be found in certain Chinese junk-s on the West River. which are said to bear a remarkable resemblance to oden civilized productions.-The Ma rie Review, Our Conversation. No observer of modern life could retend that English is now spoken ell; polished phrases are found tire ome, if: not vulgar; the sla-ng of the usic halls and sporting papers give eight to any expression of emotion r opinion which, told In pure lan uage, would not be respected. A killing anxiety is, thus, rather a bore, calamity is hard luck; our best friend s not a bad gort,Tohn Oliver Hobbea, THE LEGISLATURE. The Child Labor Bill Passes In The House. HOUSE. Twelfth Day-The house of represen 'tatives remained in session only about two hours, and very little business was transacted, but there was a long and rather interesting 'discussion of a bill to regulate the manner in which the State's fands are to be deposited in banks. The bill was sent to a special committee consisting of Messrs. Sand ers, W. H. Parker and Gaston, to get it into proper shape. As it stands prepared by this com mittee. it gives the Governor the right to name and appoint no more than eight banks in the State, to be known as State Depositor!es, wherein all the moneys belonging to the State an.1 used by its officials shall be deposited. These banks are to be appointed for four years, and shall execute a bond, with good securities in the sum of $50,000. Also that no sum of money belonging to the State shall be deposit ed to exceed the $50.000 surety bond, unless an additional bond be made;. that they shall render monthly state ments to the Governor and State Treas crer; that no official shall receive any commission or interest on such de posits; and that when the Governor is assured that any bank is in an em barrassed condition, he shall have au thority to withdraw the State funds from that bank, and appoint a new de pository. Thirteenth Day-The House of repre sentatives passed Mr. Rucker's bill to Increase the pension appropriation to $200,000. A number of members took occasion to express their disapproval of the proposition to erect a solider's home. The House by a very decided' vote killed Mr. Kibler's bill to repeal the lien law and Mr. Bostick's bill to t provide that a suit on a mortgage not 1 retnrned for taxation shall become non- c suited. Fourteenth Day-The House of rep resentatives passed the "biennial ses sion's" bill which has been on the t calendar every session for a long time. I It also passed Mr. Kibler's bill to ~ere ate the office of insurance commission er. A noteworthy incident in the t House was the fact that the committee en commcree and manufactures made a favorable report, with modifications, r on -the 5111- to prohibit children under f ten years of age from working in cot- f ton mills. The committee proposed t ainndmients to the effect that the age t limit fixed by the Senate should be 11 years instead of 12. The committee proposes that section 1 of the bill shall E read: "That from and after the 1st day o of May. 1902, no child under age of 10 years shall be employed in any textile e manufacturing establishment of this State and that from and after the 1st , day of May, 1902, no child under the t age of 11 shall be employed in textile establIshment of the State; and that a after May 1. 1902, no child under the age of 11 shall be permitted to work 0 after eight o'clock at night, until after b six o'clock in the morning in any tex tile manufacturtory of this state.' ,The connittee nuther ch of at 12 could work in a mill 'if, hi, or she could show a certificate of n ng attended school for three months. ~he Senate provided that the child musti 12 befoce the certifi-ate was admis( ble.but the House committee changed thi age to 11 years with the three mdnths' certificate, Fifteenth Day-The House was in trouble. The lawyers were discussing whether to adopt the code as reported by Mr. Breazeale in 1901 or as corrected in the report of Mr. Townsend in 1902. There were but two third-reading bills, Mr. Efird's resolution to provide for biennfal sessions, and Mr. Kibler's bill to provide for the office of insur ance cominssioner. Mr. Efird's resolu tion received 79 votes, four less than the required two-thirds majority, and as there was not a full attendance of the iBouse, Mr. Efird secured the floor beforc the vote was announced and moved to postpene further considera tioni. This was enried sad the matter left in surpenlse. Sixteenth Dray-The house of repre sentativea gave second reading to the senate bill to enact a new jury Jaw for the State to supplant the one re c'ntly declared u.nconstitutional. The bill was just pr'ited and laid on the , desk of the members, butt by common consent the rule of the house wasr waived. This rule requ-ires a bill to be printed and on the desks of the maem bers 24 hours before being read a see end time. A number of new bills, mosty lo cal in bearing, were introduced. SENATE. Twelfth Day-The senate was in ses sion more than two hours, and th.: greater past of the time was sp'ent in I discussing Mr. Raysor.'s ,bill to amend the law known as the Lord Campbcll I Ac't. The present law allows the child ren or a dependent family of a man I killed by the fault of another to recov- 4 er damages, both actual and vindictive. It was moved to strike out the words "dependent upon him for a support." The proposed amendments were finally adopted and the b~ll passed its secondI reading. The vote was 21 to 10 Ir, favor of the amendment. Various bills passed their third read ing, among the most important being one by Mr. Aldrich, to provide for the purchase of 200 volumes of the his-1 torical records and rolls of volunteer troops furnished by South Carolina in the Spanish-American war, compiled and published by Gen. J. W. Floyd, and to provide fec- the preservation of valu able documents and papers of the State of South Carolina. Also one introduced by Mr. Glenn. I about winding up estates, making ( premiums paid surety companies a valid credit against the estates, which 4 passed by a vote of 29 to 2. Thirteenth Day-The Senate was in session two hours and a ha!.f. Most of the time was spent in discussing the I bill to regulate the salaries of county 1 o~cers. The bill as reported by the < special committee is not satisfactory to many of the Senators, but a motion I to recommit the bill was voted down. 1 Later a motion was made to strike out the enacting words, but after some discussion further discussion was post poned. Fourteenth Day-The Senate held 1 both morning and night sessions and worked hard at both sessions. At the niorning session the bill fixing the sal mian of conty ofers was the prin-. cipal matter considered. After a long discusison it was decided to place all county officers on straight salaries and to do away with the fee system alto gether. Fifteenth Day-The Senate met at 11 o'clock and was in session an hour and a half without accomplishing anything The bill fixing the salaries of county officers was up for consideration again. A number of new bills were intro duced. A few passed second and third reading. Sixteenth Day-The senate caught up with most of the business on hand and adjourned uatil Monday night The proceedings were purely routine, only uncontested matters being taken up. A number of bills got their second and third readings. Senator Aldrich's bill to provide punishment for those who negligently expose children to danger of fire. which was under consideration when the senate adjourned Friday night, was passed over until next week. The committee to whom was re rerred the salary bill to see that it was properly engrossed reported that sev eral errors had been found, and Sena tor Graydon pointed out these errors. There were so many amendments that it is surprisng that so few errors were made. It was finally decided to have the bill printed even with the errors. which will be corrected on third read ing. There are many more amend. ments to be offered on third reading, and the bill is in such shape at pres. ent that senators hardly know what it does provide exactly. THE NEW POULTRY LAW. k Measure f General Interest Passes Second Reading. The following- from- the proceedings f the H'ouse of Representatives shows he trend of thought on a bill that rill interest the farmers of the state: "The house took up Mr. Kibler's 1ll to make domestic fowls subject o the provisions of the general stock aw. The committee proposed to mend by substituting 'turkeys, ucks, geese and guiness' for 'domes Ic fowls.' "Mr. Kibler said that there is now o law to protect one's growing crops rom the depredations by 'domestic wls' and if a person kills one these resspassing fowls he is amenable to e law. Mr. Morgan of Greenville, Mr. pears of Darlington and Mr. Lofton f Charleston favored the bill. "Mr. Wingo, who is a genuine farm r stated that the farmers are losing iore from the depredations of fowls 'ar from horses and cattle. "Mr. Richards said that the bill will bolish the raising of fowls. "Mr. Wingo asked if it is right for ne man to raise fowls at his neigh or's expense. ".Mr. Richards moved to indefinitely or it will give a man an excuse rosecute his neighbor on the slig . st provocation. "Mr. Kibler replied that where ere s a neighbor who tries to he uphi owls, there will be no uble, but ;he bill will reach th reless neigh yors. Mr. Kinar id the bill will cripple a class of ople who cannot get along withou the sale of chickens and eggs. Little things cause bigger trouble han big things. ~"Mr. Lomax opposed the bill. "Mr. Crum favored the bill. He had I d a flock of chickens to ruin a tijnd of corn on two acres. The graiD W uld have many times paid for the a s he got. '\Mr. Moses asked If the bill does lot require that a fowl must be au ht before impounded. If so the .m(uning of guiness would be no "T ke house refused to strike out ;he bacting words of the bill and it )r!sse4 second reading after the comn nittee amendment exempting .chick ins ha~ been inserted. Follo -ing Is the text of the barn ard fo 1 bill: Socti 1. That all turkeys, geese. , d guineas shall be subject ote pr visions of the general stock aw and the amendments thereto: rovded, That a fe-e of ten cents be Llowed a~ compensation for each :urkey. goI se, duck of guinea so seized >r impoun &d. Glass F ctory For Columbia. Columbia, ~peciaL.-For s'ome years here has at odd time been iore or ess talk abodt the establishm ent of glass factor-.y In ur near the city to nake use of ttke wealth of deep, white and to be foun in this county between olumbia and Cn den. But it has been nere talk heretfpore. Now the glass orks will be a ceality, and there's no 'eason why the ~actory should not be n opraticn in the very near future. In the advertis ng columas of The state this morni1 g there appears a otice signed by V essrs. W. B3. Smith Whaley, W. G. C iilds, D. B. Miller. rohn Jacob Seibels Thomas Taylor. r., and Edwin G. ~eibels, which tell he story and show~ that the factory vil o an up-to-dat , one. It reads hus: "Pursuant to a com\~ ission issued " he underklggned as e ,rporators by M. 1. Cooper, secretary .,;; state, on the th day of Jam'urE 3902z. notice is. ereby given that the\ books -of sub cription to the c-apaLa stock of the aroina Glass company Iwill be opened t the oflee of W. G. C -lds, at Bank f Columbia, State and county afore aid, on Tuesday. Januar . 28, 1902, at 0 o'clock a. m. The said lroposed cor oraton will have a cap tal stock of 60,000. divIded into 600 5*.ares of the 'ar value of $100 each. WI h its prin ipal place of business a Calumbia. . C., and will be empo tz en rage in the business of ufacturing ~lass." Wqeeded Ralment. Mr. Flnnigan-Phwa's th yes do e paintin'? Miss Annabelle nnigan -Cupid, pa. The god of love, y know. fr. Fnnigan-Fer th' love of yn >ut a R-raglan an him. He ioo im gal =n y~.-Ju1de. A CHEERFUL SPIRIT. DR. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON. We Should Appreciate the Daily Blessings That Are So Bounteously Lavished Upon Us. WASHINGTON, D. C.-In this discourse :Dr. Talmage calls attentior to causes of thanksgiving that are celdom recognized, and shows how to cultivate a checrful spirit; text, Psalms xxxiii, 2, "Sing unto him with a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings " A musican as well as poet and con quernr and king was Dav'd. tie author of my text. he first composed the sacred rhythm and then played it upon a har-, striking and plucking the strings with his fingers and thumbs. The harp is the old est of musical instruments. Jubal invent ed it, and he was the seventh descendant from Adaw. its music was suggested by the twang of the bowstring. Homer re fers to the harp in t:ie "Iliad." It is the most consecrated of all instruments. The flute is more rael'ow, the bugle more rar tial, the cornet more incisive, the trumpet more resonant, the organ more mighty, but the harp has a tenderness and sweettess belcnging to no other instrument that 1 kno v oi. It enters into the richest sym bols- of the Holy Scriptures. '1he cap tives in their -adne-s "hung their harps upon the wilo-s In other age.; it had cight strings. David's harp had ten stiirigs. and uheni his grat soul was afire with the theme his sympathetic voice, ae compauied by exquisite vibration of the chord:s, must have been overpowering. W'th as many things to complain about a: any nan ever had David wrote more anthcmrs than any othcr man ever wrote. Fe puts even the frosts and hailstorms and tempests and creeping thing: and fly ing fowl and the riountains and the hills and. day and right into a chorus. Absa om's plotting and Ahithophel'a treachery :nd hosts of antagonists and sleepless rights and a running sore could not hush ais psalmody. Indeed, the more his trou ales the mightier his tacred pcems. The 6rords "praise" and "scag" are so often repeated in his psalms that one would hink the typesetter's case containing the ette-s with which thos words ara spelled ro::ld be cxhaas'cd. In my text David calls upon ;he people :o praise the Lord with an instrument of :en strings. 'ke thn: which he was accus :omed to finger. Thme simple fact is that he most of us, i. we praise the Lord at I, play u on one etring or two strings or rece '-rings when we ought to tahe a harp u IV chorded and with glad fingcrs sweep L11 the s rings. Instead of being grateful or her- ard there a blcszing we happen o think of, we ought to rehearsc all our essir. ?o far as we can recall them and ihey e injunction of my text to sirg :nto Him wi.h an instrunent of ten trings. rIave you ever thanked Cod for delight omc food? What vast multitudes are a iunre:cd fre:n day to day or are obliged - Like food not toothsomc or pleasant to he taste! What milliona are in struggle or bread! A Confederate soldier went to he front, and his family were on the. erge of starvation, but they were kept up y the faith of a child of that household, rho, noticing that some supply was sure to nme, cxclazred, "Mother, I think Cod iear3 whicn we ccpe the bottom of the >arrel." Have yon anp-eciated t~he fact that on aost of your tables are luxuries that do tot come to al1? Have you realized what arietics of flavor often touch your tongue and horthe E harina- y what rnuts, ea~regale your appe tite, while many would be glad to get the rnsts and rinds and pecangs that fall from your table. For the fine flavors and the luxurious viands you havecaenjycd for a lifetime per haps you have never expressed to God a word of thanksgiving. That is one of the tea, ztrirgs that you ought to have th " cd in praise to C'-ad, bat you have It put it i-a vioration. you thanked God for eyesight as originally given to you or, after it was dimmed by age, for the glass that brought the page of the book within the compass of the vision? Have you realized the pri vatin those auger to whom the day is as black as the night and who never see the face of iath'er or mother or wife or child or friend? Through what painful surgery rung~ have gone to Let one glimpse of the light! The eye so de'ieate and beautiful and useful that one of tI-em is invaluable! An.d noet of us have two of these won (cr; e-i divine eehanisnm. The man of nilli ena of do'-lars wh~o recently went blind f-om atr-ophy of optic nerve would have h-ca willing to give al! his milliorns and be co-ie a a lahrer if he could have kept ot the~ blindnes: that gradually crept over Ye may have n-ticd how Christ's sym "athics were .tirred for the blind. Oph -'aii'a has ai'.-ays been prevalent in Pal c.:tn. the custonm of aleeping on the house e-ps, exooed to the dlew, and the ,flying dr.: t ccth-e cr, season, inviting this dread 'n! i:.c--der. A large percentage of the in ha'.itarts ec'.d not tell thme difference be tween 12 o'clocke at noon and 12 o'clock at night. We are told of six of Christ's mir acles for thme cure of these sightless ones, ut I suppose they were only specimens of hu-idred: c f restored visions. What a pitiful spectacle Saul of Tarsus, mighty man, three daya led about in phys ical a: well as spiritual darkness. he who afterward made Felix tremble by his elo cue:nce and awed the Athenian philoso iher: on Miars Hill and was the only cool haded mana in the Alexandria corn ship that went to pieces on the rocks of Mile tus, once the mighty persecutor of Saul, afterwrard the glorious evangelist Paul, for th'-ee days not ?al to take a safe step without guidance! Have you ever given thanks for two ceve-media between the soul inside and thme werld outside, thedia that no one but the infinite God could create? The eye. ti.c w'ndowv of our immortal nature, the gate through which all colors march, the picture gallery oi the soul! Without .the cye this world is a big dungeon. 1 fear that :nan7 of us have never given one hearts expression of gratitude for treasure of sighit, the loss of which is the greatest diciaster pos'ible, unless it be the- loss of the mnnd. T'hose wondrous seven muscles that tarn the eye up or down, to right or lef t ce arorad. No one but God could have created the retina. If we have ever appreciated what God did when He gave r-s two eyes it u-as when we saw others with obliterated vision. Ala4. that only through the privation of others we came to a realization of our own blessing! If you had harp in hand and swept 3.11 the strings of gratitude, you would have struci this, which is one of the most anulect of the ten strings. Further, notice how many pass through life in silence because the ear refuses to do it office. They never hear music, vo cal or instrumental. The thunder that rolls its full diapason throngh the -heav ens does not startle the prolonged silence. The air that has for us so many melodies has no sweet sound for them. They live in a quietrde that will not be broken until heaven breaks in upon them with its har monies. The bird voices of the springtime, the chatter of the children, the sublime chant of the sea, the solo of the cantatrice and the melody of the great worshiping as semblies mean nothing to them. Have we devoutly thanked God for these two won ders of our hear-ing, with which we can now put ourselves under the charm of sweet mound and also earryg in our memor iUs tde infantile song with which our mothers put us to sieep and the voices of the Kat prima donnas lio Lind and Patti -nd Neilson, and the sound of instrument. like the violin of the Swedish performer, or the cornet of Arbuckle, or the mgbtiest of all instruments, with the hand of Mor 'gan on the keys and his foot on the peda; or some Sabbath tune like "Coronation, in the acclaim of which you could hear the crowns of- heaven, coming down at the feet of Jesus? 'Many of us have never thanked God for this hearing apparatus. of the soul. That is one of the ten strings of gratitude that we ought always to thrum after hearing the voice of the loved one or the last itrain of an oratorio or the clang of a cathedral tower. Further, there are many who never ree ogrdze how much God gives them when He eves them sleep. Insomnia is a calam ity wider known in our land than in any other. By midlife vast multitudes have their nerves so overwrought that slumber has to be coaxed, and many are the vic tims of chloral and morphine. Slee less ness is an American disorder. If it has not touched you and you can rest for :even or eight hours without waking-if for tI.at length of time in every twenty-four houra you can be free of all care and worriment and your nerves are retuned and your linba escape from all fatigue and the rie ing sun ads you a new man, body, mind and soul-you have an advantage that ought to be put in prayer and song and congratulation. As long Zas you collect vast dividends and have health joennd and popularity un bounded you will have crowds of seeming friends, but let ba-nkruptcy and invalid ism and cefamation come, and the num ber of your friends will be ninety-five per cent. oC. If you have been through some great crisis and you have one friend left, thank God and celebrate it on the sweet cst harpstring. But we must tighten the cords of our arp and retune it while we celebrate go. pal advantages. The highest style of civ ilization the world baz ever seen is Amer ican civilization, and it is built out of the gospel of pardon and good moraL'. That ospel rocked our cradle, and it will epi taph our grave. It soothes our sorrows, brightens ouz hopes, inspires our courage, forgives our sins and saves our souls. It takez a man ,who is all wrong and makes hin all right. What that gospel has done for you and me is a story that we can aever fu!ly tell. What it has done for t'e world and will ret do for the nations it will take the thou uand years of -.the millennium to celebrate. rhe grandest& ehrches are yet to be built. The mightiest anthems are yet to be boisted. The greatest victories are yet to be gained. The most beautiful Madonna ire yet to be painted. The most trium hant precessions are yet to march. Oh. what a world this will be when it otates in its orbit a redeemed planet. irdled with spontaneous harvests and mriched by orchards whose fruits are peckless and redundaqt, and the last pain Aill have been baniahed and the last tear rept and the lt.st groan uttered. and there :hall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all lod'z holy mountain! All that and more vill come to pass, for "the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." So far I have mentioned nine of the ten :tringsi of the instrument of gratitude. I iow come to the tenth and the last. I nention it last that it may be the more nenorable-heavenly anticipation. By the race of God ue are going to more into a Alace so much better than this that on ar iving we will wonder that we were for so nany years so loath to make the transfer. fter we have seen Christ face to face and. ejoiced over our departed kindred there nr some mighty spirits we -wkll neet coon after we pass thr We want to see and will nightier kin in heaveni we will W an tly what he met when he tal'aed about the inistra ment ten strings. We will eonfront Moses, ijo will tell of the law giving on rocking Sl * and of his mysterious burial, with no one but God present. We will see Joshua, and he wiRl tell usa of the coming down of the walls of .Jeri eho at the blast of the ram's horn and ex- . plain to us that miracle--how the sun and moon could standastill without demolition of the planetary syagen. We will see Ruth and have her tell of the harvest field of Boaz, in which she gleaned for af~icted Naomi. We will see Vashti and hear from lhe own lips the story of her banishment from the Persian palace by infamous Ahasuerus. We will see and talk with Daniel, and ne will tell us how he saw Eelshazzar's bancueting hall turned into a slaughter house, and how the lions greeted him with loviig fawn instead of stroke of cruel paw. We will see and talk with Solomon, whoie palaces are gone, but whose inspired epi grams stand out stronger and stronger as the centuries pass. We will see Paul and hear from hint how Felix trembled before him and the audience of skentics on Mars Hill were con.iounded by his sermon on the brother hood of Dan, what he saw at Ephesus and Syracuse and Philippi and Rome and how dark was the Mamertine dungeon and how sharp the axe that beheaded him on the road to Ostia. Yea, we will see all the martyr,, the victims of axe and swordand fire and billow. What a thrill of excite rrent for us when we gaze upon the heroes and heroines who gave their lives for the truth. We will see- the gospel proclaimets Chry sostom and Bourdalous and Whitefield, and the Wesleys and John Knox. We will see the great Christian poets. Milton and Dante and Watts and Mrs.'Hemnana and Frances Havergal. Yea, all the de parted Christian men and women of what ever age or nation. B it there will be one focus toward which all eyes will be directed. His in fancy having slept on pillow of straw; all the hates of the Herodie Government plan ning for His assassination; in after time whipped as though He were a criminal; :sleep> on the cold mountains because no one offered THin a lodging; though the greatest being who ever touched our earth, derisively called "this fellow;" His ai hours writhing on spikes of infinite tor turer His lacerated form put in sepuleler. then reanimated and ascended to be the centre of all heavenly admiration-upon that greatest martyr and mightiest hero of all the centaries we will be permitted to look. Put that among your heavenly antie ipations. Now take down your harp. of ten strings and sweep all the chords, making. all of them tremble with a geat gladness. I have mentioned just ten-elightsome food, eye sight, hearing, healthful sleep,. power ot physical locomotion, illumine d nmghts, men tal faculties in equipoise, friendships of life, gospel advantages and heavenly an ticipations. Let us make less complaint and offer more thanks.. render less dirge and more cantata. Take paper and pen and write down in long columns your bless ings. I have recited only ten. To exprese all the mercies God has bestowed you would have to use at least three, and I think five, numerals, for surely they would run up into the hundreds and the thou. sands. "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord,. for He is good, for His mercy endureth forever." Get into the habit of rehearsal of the briahtnesses of life. Notice how many more fair days there are than fool, how many more good people than bad you meet. Set your miafortunee to music, as David opened his "dark say ings on a harp." If it has been low tide heretofore, let the surges of mercy that, are yet to roil in upon you reach higk water mark.. All things will work to. gether for your good, ad heaven is pot far ahead. Wake up all the ten etrina. Blessing and honor and glory and be unto.Him that sitteth upor. the and unto the Lamb forever. Ammant WewpreM.r, I le 3gh.