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REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN- j
DAY SERMON.
Subject: " Employments of Heaven.
Text: "Now it came to pass in the thir
tieth yrar, inthe fourth month, in the fifth !
<iay of the month, as I was among the cap tives
by the river of Chebar, that the heavens
were opened."?Ezekiel i.. 1.
Ezekiel, with others, had been expatriated,
and while in foreign slavery was standing on |
the banks of the royal canal which he and j
other serfs had been condemned to dig by the i
order of Nebuchadnezzar?this royal canal, i
in the text, called the river of Chebar; the J
Illustrious exile had visions of Heaven. Indeed,
it is almost always so that the brightest !
visions of heaven come not to those who are |
on mountain tops of prosperity, but to some |
-John on desolate Patmos, or to some Paul in 1
Mamertine dungeon, or to some Ezekiel
tanding on the banks of a ditch he has been
compelled to dig?yea, to the weary, to the
Heart broken, to tnose wnom suxiuw u<u ,
fahed. 1
The text is very particular to give us the
?xact time of the vision. It was in the thir- ,
tieth year, and in the fourth month, and in
the fifth day of the month. So you have had
visions of earth you shall never forget. You '
remember the year,you remember the month, j
Jon remember the day, you remember the
our. Why may not we have some such , 1
vision this morning, and it be in the sixth i
month, and in the fourth day of the month? !
The question is often silently asked, though i
perhaps never audibly propounded: ''What i
-are our departed Christian friends doing 11
now?" The question is more easily answered ! i
than you might perhaps suppose Though ]
there has come no recent intelligence from <
"the heavenly city, and we seem dependent 1
opon the story of eighteen centuries ago, still 1
1 rmnK we may irom ?rui^ravnuoivu?>.v ,,
cide what are the present occupations of our 1
transferred kinsfolk. '
After God ha3 made a nature he never
eradicates the chief characteristics of its
temperament. You never knew a man
phlegmatism temperament to become sanguine
in temperament. You never knew a
man sanguine in temperament to become
phlegmatic in temperament. Conversion
plants new principles in the soul, but Paul
4md John are just as different from each
other after conversion as they were different
from each other before conversion. If conversion
does not eradicate the prominent
characteristics of the temperament neither I
will death eradicate them I
You have, then, only by a sum in subtrac- |
tion and a sum in addition to decide what are j
the employments of your departed friends in I
the better world. You are to subtract from -
them all earthly grossness and add an eartniy t
gcx>dness, and then you are to come to the j *
conclusion that they aire doing now in heaven ?
what in their best moments they did on earth, c
The reason that so many people never start for ?
lieaven is because they could not staud it if they
got there if it should turn out to be the I s
rigid and formal place some people photo
graph it c
We like to come to church, but we would a
not want to stay here till next Christmas, r
We like to hear the Hallelujah Chorus, but J
we would not want to hear it all the time for i
fifty centuries. It might be on some great d
occasion it would be possibly comfortable to c
wear a crown of gold weighing several c
pounds, but it would be an affliction to wear I
uch a crown forever. In other words, we ?
run the descriptions of Heaven into the c
ground while we make that which was in- s
tended as especial and celebrative to be the I
exclusive employment of Heaven. You t
might as well, if asked to describe the habits
of American society, describe a Decoration r
Day, or a Fourth of July, or an autumnal S
Tbankseivine as thousrh it were all the time c
that way. ~ J
I am not going to speculate in regard to the d
future world, but I must by inevitable laws
of inference and deduction and common- t
?ense conclude that in Heaven we will be just v
as different from each other as we are now I
different, and hence, that there will be at i'
least as many different employments in the v
celestial world as there are employments . I:
bere. Christ is to be the great love, the i:
great joy, the great ra pture, the great worsh i p 1
?of Heaven; but will that abolish employment?
No more than loves on earth?paterna1, v
filial, fraternal,conjugal love?abolish earthly J
occupation. >
In the first place, T -remark that all those of t
oar departed Christ.'an friends who on earth a
found great joy in the fine arts are now in- (
dulpine their tastes in the same d'rection. On '
?kHh they had their gladdest pleasures amid (
pictures ana statuary, and in the study of the t
laws of light and "shade and perspective. I
Have you any idea that that affluence of t
faculty at death collapsed and perished? t
Why so, when there is more for them to look e
at, and they have keener appreciation of the 3
beautiful, and they stand amid the very c
looms where the sunsets and the rainbows d
and the spring mornings are woven? o
Are you so obtuse as to suppose that because 1)
the painter drops his easel and the sculptor
his chisel and the engraver his knife, that I
therefore that taste, which he was enlarging 3
and intensifying for forty or fiftv vears^i-. ?
" eiifcipeiy Obliterated? Tilese artists, or these ^
friends of art. on efirth worked in coarse f
material and with imperfect brain and with a
frail band. Now they have carried their art ^
into larger liberties ar.d into wider circum- 8
ferenre. They are at their old business yet, t
but without the fatigues, without th-i limita
tions, without the hindrances 01 uie rerres- ?
trial studio. c
Raphael could now improve upon his ma?- c
terpiece of Michael the Archangel now 2
that he has seen him, and could improve upon *
his masterpiece of the Holy Family now that 8
he has visited them. Michael Angelo could
better present the Last Judgment after he lias ?
seen its flash and heard the rumbling batter- c
Ing rams of its thunder. Exquisite colors <
here, graceful lines here, powerful chiaros- !
euro here; but I am persuaded that the gran- '
der studios and the brighter galleries are '
higher up by the winding marble stairs 1
Of the sepulchre, and that Turner, and Hoi- 1
man, and Hunt, and Rembrandt, and Titian, 1
and Paul Veronese, if they exerciesed saving 1
faith in the Christ whom they portrayed up- <
i?* 1
on tne canvas, are painters .you, uw
strength of faculty multiplied ten-thousand 1
fold. The reason that God took away their 1
eye and their hand, and their brain was that 1
be might give them something more limber, 1
more wieldly, more skilful, more multipli- 1
tank
Do not, therefore, be melancholy among 1
the tapestries, and the bric-a-bric," and the
embroideries, and the water colors, and the
works of art which your departed friends
used to admire. Do not say: "I am sorry
they had to leave all these things." Rather
say: "I am glad they have gone up to higher
artistic opportunity and appreciation." Our
friends who found so much joy in the fine
arts on earth are now luxuriating in Louvres
and Luxembourgs celestial.
I remark again, that all our departed
Christian friends who in this world were
passionately fond of music are still regaling
chat taste in the world celestial. The Bible
? thA music of Heaven
Ottja jjv wuvu mwm- _ _
that it cannot all be figurative. The Bible
over and over again speaks of the songs of
Heaven. If Heaven had no songs of its own.
A vast number of those of earth would have
been taken up by the earthly emigrants.
Surely the Christian at death does not lose
bis memory. Then there must be m ill ions of
souls in Heaven who know "Coronation,"
and "Antioch," and "Mount Pisgah," and
"Old Hundred." The leader of the eternal
orchestra need only once tap his baton and
all_Hoaven will be ready for the hallelujah.
uannot trie soui sin^f now vluku no wuiupliment
some exquisite singer by saying:
"'There was so much soul in her music."
In heaven it will be all soul, until the body
After a while comes up in the resurrection,
And then there will be an additional heaven.
Cannot the soul hear? If it can hear then
it can hear music. Do not, therefore, let it
be in your household when some member
leaves for Heaven, as it is In some households,
that you close the piano and unstring the
harp for two years, because the fingers that
-used to play on them are still. You must
remember that they have better instruments
of music wltere they are.
You ask me: "Do they have real harps and
real trumpets and real organs?" I ao not
know. Some wiseacres say positively there
are no such things in Heaven. I do not know,
but I should not be surprised if the God who
oil mAiinfftino all tll0 hills &Tld
ail the forests and all the metals of the earth
and all tho growths of the universe?I should
not be surprised if He could, if He had a
mind to, make a few harps and trumpets and
rpans.
Grand old Haydn, sick and worn out, was
carried for the last time into the music hall
and there he heard his own oratorio of the
"Creation." History says that as the orchestra
came to that famous passage: "Let there
be light!" the whole audience rose and
cheered, and Haydn waved his hand toward
Heaven and said: "It comes from there."
* ~ f
Overwhelmed with his own masic, he was i
carried out in his chair, and as he came to i
the door he spread his hand toward the or- I
chestra as in benediction. i
Haydn was right when he waved his hand ;
tuwaru neaven ana saia: is uumua num i
there." I
Music was born in heaven and it will ever .
have its highest throne in heaven: and I want ' i
you to understand that our departed friends, j i
who were passionately fond of music here, are j I
now at the headquarters of harmony. I J I
think that the grand old church tunes that ! j
died when your grandfathers died have gone I ]
with them to heaven.
Again, I remark that those of our departed
Christian friends who in this world had very | 1
strong military spirit are now in armies Celes- i 1
tial and out on bloodless battle. There are <
hundreds of people lx>rn soldiers. They can- 1
not help it, They belong to regiments in :
time of peace. They cannot hear a drum or
fife without trying to keep step to the music. J
They are Christians, and when they fight they J
fight on the right siae. JNow wncn these, our i :
Christian friends who had natural and pow- '
erful military spirit,entered Heaven, they en- 1
tered the celestial army. '
The door of Heaven hardly opens but you 1
hear a military demonstration. David cried j 1
out: "The chariots of God are twenty thou- | '
sand." Elisha saw the mountains filled with j
celestial cavalry. St. John said: "The !
armies which are in heaven followed him on ]
white horses." Now, when those who had
the militarv snirit on earth sanctified entered 1
glory, I suppose they right away enlisted
in some heavenly campaign, they
volunteered right away. There must
needs be in Heaven soldiers with a
soldierly spirit. There are grand parade
days when the King reviews the troops.
There must be armed escort sent out to bring
up from earth to Heaven those who were
more than conquerors. There must be
crusades ever being fitted out for some part
Df God's dominion?battles, bloodless, groanless,
painless. Angels of evil to be fought .
iown and fought back. Other rebellious I
worlds to be conquered. Worlds to be put
to the torch. Worlds to be saved. Worlds
to be demolished. Worlds to be sunk.
Worlds to be hoisted.
Beside that, in our own world there are battles
for the right and against the wrong where
we must have the heavenly militaiy. That
s what keeps us Christian reformers so buoyin
t. So few good men against so many bad
nen, so few churches against so many grogshops,
so few pure printing presses against so
liany polluted printing presses, and yet we
ire buoyant and courageous, because while we
enow that the armies of evil in the world are
arger in number than the army of the truth,
;here are celestial cohorts in the air fighting
>11 our side.
I have not so much faith in the army on
;he ground as 1 nave in the army in the air. I
j, uoct: open our eyes that we may see them, i 1
Hie military spirits that went up from earth I l,
? join the military spirits before the throne | 1
-Joshua, and Caleb, and Gideon, and David,
ind Samson, and the hundreds of Christian a
varriors who on earth fought witl* fleshly ?
irm, and now having gone up on high are ?
oniing down the hills of Heaven ready to 1
ight among the invisibles. Yonder they are j
-coming, coming. Did yoa not hear them j
ls they swept by* I
But what are our mathematical friends to *
lo in the next world.' They found their joy ;
ind their delight in mathematics. There was :
nore poetry for them in Euclid than in John :
tfiiton. They were as passionately fond of J
nathematics as Plato, who wrote over his *
loor: "Let no one enter here who is not ac- J
luamiea wun geometry." ?? nat are mey ,
toing now? They are busy with figures yet. <
so place in all the universe like Heaven for '
igures. Numbers infinite, distances infinite, ^
filculations infinite. The didatic Dr. Dies .
aid he really thought that the redeemed in J
ieaven spent some of their time with the *
ugher branches of mathematics. *
Some of our transferred and transported
aetaphysicians?what are they doing now? ,
Studying the human mind, only under better
ircumstances than they used to study it. .
?hey used to study the mind sheathed in the :
lull human body. Now the spirit unsheathed *
-now they are studying the sword outside f
he scabbard. Have you any doubt about J
chat Sir William Hamilton is doing in ,
Jeaven, or what Jonathan Edwards is doog
in Heaven, or the multitudes on earth *
eho had a passion for metaphysics sanctified .
ty the grace of Lfod? JNo difficulty in guessng.
Metaphyics, gloriou3 metaphysics, everasting
metaphysics. !
What are our departed Christian friends "
cho are explorers doing now? Exploring *
ret, but with lightning locomotion, with j
ision miscroscopic and telescopic at.thesame j
irae. A continent at a glance. A world in j
i second. A planetary system in a day. j
christian John Franklin no more in disabled J
'Erebus" pushing toward the North Pole, '
christian De Long no u.-ore trying to free
ilockaded "Jeacnette"' from the ice.Christian
jivin?:stoo6 no more amid African malarias J
rying to make revelation of a dark con- ^
inept; but all of them in the twinkling of an *
ye caking in that which was unapproachable,
lont Blanc scaled without alpenstock. The f
oral depths of the ocean explored without a *
living bell. The mountains unbarred and
pened without Sir Humphrey Davy's safety
miD.
What are our departed friend3 who found
;heir chief joy in study doing now? Studying
ret, but instead of. tfegusand volumes
:a a f?v? shelves, all tho voIume3~~Qf-~feg'-UOi
rprse onen beforo them?creoloeic. ornitholo
;ic, conchologic, botanic, astronomic, philo- a
ophic. No more need of Leyden-jars, or
roltaic piles, or electric batteries, standing
is they do face to face with the facts of ll
he universe.
What are the historians doing now? Study- T
ng history yet, but not the history of a few
:enturies of our planet only, but the history c
if the eternities?whole milleniums before
ienophon, or Herodotus, or Moses, or Adam a
?as rorn. History of one world, history of _
dl worlds. D
What are our departed astronomers doing? r
Studying astronomy yet, but not through the
lull lens of earthly observatory, but with
jne stroke of wing going right out to Jupiter
ind Mars and Mercury and Saturn and Orion P
md the Pleiades?overtaking and passing s
swiftest comet in their flight. Herschel died
> Plin'otion H?v? vmi nnv floubfc about
what Herschel is doing? Isaac Newton died y
\ Christian Have you any doubt about t
svhat Isaac Newton is doing? Joseph Henry t
3ied a Christian. Have you any doubt about
what Joseph Henry is doing? They were in
iiscussion, all these astronomers of earth, d
about what the aurora borealis was, and a
none of them could guess. They know now; E
they have been out there to see for themselves.
What are our departed Christian chemists p
doing? Following out their own science, c
following out and following out forever. n
Since they died they have solved ten thou- c
Band questions which once puzzled the earthly
laboratory. They stand on the other side of a
the thin wall of electricity, the wall that ?
seems to divide the physical from the spiritual jj
world, the thin wall of electricity, so thin the a
wall that ever and anon it seems to be almost *
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side by telephonic and telegraphic apparatus,
broken through from the other side by
strange influences which men in their ignor- 3
ance call spiritualistic manifestations. All a
that matter cleared. Agassiz standing i
amid his student explorers down in Brazil (
coming across some great novelty in the 1
rocks, taking off his hat and saying: "Gen- 1
tlemen, let us pray; we mast have divine il- c
lumination; we "want wisdom from the f
Creator to study these rocks: He made them: (
let us pray." Agassiz going "Tight ou with i
his studies forever and forever.
But what are the men of the law, who in
this world found their chief joy in the lejjal
profession?what are they doing now? Studying
law in a universe where everything is
controlled by law, from flight of humming c
bird to flight of world?law, not dry and hard I
and dredging, but righteous and magnificent {
law,before which man and cherub and seraph 1 \
and archangel and God himself bow. Tlie )
chain of law long enough to wind around the !
immensities and infinity and eternity. Chain t
of law. What a place to study law, where all I
the links of the chain are in the hand! I
What are our departed Christian friends I
who in this world had their joy in the heal- j
ing art, doing now? Busy at their old bust- 1
ness. No sickness in heaven, but plenty of f
sickness on earth, plenty of wounds m the dif- i
ferent parts of God's dominion to ba healed i
and to be medicated. You cannot understand j
why that patient got well after all the skil- I
ful doctors of New York and Brooklyn had i
said he must die. Perhaps Abeivombie
touched him?Abercombie. who, after many
years' doctoring the boiies and the souls of
people in Scotland went up to God in 1S44. '
Perhaps Abercombie coucneu mm.
I should not wonder if my old friend, Dr. ;
John Brown, who died in fcdinburgh?John
Brown, the author of "Rab and His Friends" :
?John Brown, who was as humble a Christian I
as he was skilful physician and world- j
renowned author?I should not wonder if he
had been back again and again to see some of ,
his old patients. Those who had their joy in 1
healing the sickness and the woes of earth,
Eone up to Heaven, are come forth again for ;
enignant medicament.
But what are our friends who found their
chief joy in conversation and im sociality
ioing now? In brighter conversation there
and in grander sociality.
What a place to visit in, where your nextdoor
neighbors are kings and queens. You
yourselves kingly and queenly. If they want to
know more particularly about the first
Paradise, they have only to go over and ask
Adam. If they want to know how the sun
ind the moon halted, they have only to go
jver and ask Joshua If they want to know
now the storm pelted Sodom, they have only j
to go over and ask Lot If they want to
Itnow more about the arrogance of
Haman, they have only to go over and ask
Mordecai. If they want to know how the
Red Sea boiled when it was cloven, they have
only to go over and ask Moses. If they want
to know the particulars aboat the Bethlehem
advent, teey have only to go over and ask
the serenading angels who stood that Christmas
night in tne balconies of crystal. If they
want to know more of the particulars of the
:ruciflxion, they have only to go over and ask
those who were personal spectators while the
mountains crouched and the heavens got black
in the face at the spectacle. If they want to
know more about tne sufferings of the Scotch
Covenanters, they have only to go over and
isk Andrew Melville. If they want to know
more about the old-time revivals, they have
snly to go over and ask Whitefleld, and Wes- J
ley, and Livingston, and Fletcher and Nettle
Con, anu r limey, uu: ttujil a piato w tuiu
in.
If eternity were one minute shorter it would
not be long enough for such sociality. Think
jf our friends in this world who were passionately
fond of flowers turned into Paradise.
Think of our friends who were very
fond of raising superb fruit turned into the
orchard where each tree has twelve lands of
Jruit at once, and bearing the fruit all the
rear round.
What are our departed Christian friends
ioing in Heaven?those who on earth found
;heir chief joy in the Gospel ministry? They
ire visiting their old congregations.
Most of those ministers nave got their peo
>le around them already. >v hen 1 get to
leaven?as by the grace of God I am des;ined
to go to that place?I will come and see
rou alL Yea, I will come to all the people to
vhom I have ministered in the Gospel, and
o the millions of souls to whom, through the
cindnes3 of the printing press, I am permitted
? preach every week in this land and in
>ther lands?letters coming from New Zeaand
and Au?tralia and uttermost parts of
lie earth, as well as from near nations, telling
ne of the souls I have helped?I will visit
hem all. I give them fair notice. Our de>arted
friends of the ministry engaged in
hat delectable entertainment now.
But what are our departed Christian
'riends, who in all departments of usefulness
(Fere busy, finding their chief joy in doing
jood?what are they doing now? Going
ight on with the work. John Howard visit112
duneeons: the dead women of Northern
md Southern battle-fields still abroad looking
'or the wounded; George Peabody still
matching the poor; Thomas Clarkion
still looking after the enslaved?
ill of those who did good on
>arth busier since death than before. The
ombstone not the terminus but the starting>ost.
What are our departed Christian
riends, who found their chief joy in studyng
God, doing now? Studying God yet.
S'o need of revelation now, for unblanched
hey are face to face. Now, they can handle
;he omnipotent thunderbolts just as a child
landles the sword of a father come back
rom victorious battle. They have no sin,
ior fear consequently. Studying Christ,
lot through a revelation, save the
wvelation of the scars, that deep
ettering which brings it all up quick enough.
Studying the Christ of the Bethlehem cararansary,
the Christ of the awful massacre,
vith its hemorrhage of head and hand and
oot and side?the Christ of the shattered
nausoleum?Christ the sacrifice, the star, tne
un, the man, the God, the God-man, themaniod.
But hark! the bell of the cathedral ringshe
cathedral bell of heaven.
What i3 the matter now? There is going to
>e a great meeting in the temple. Worshipers
all coming through the aisles. Make
oom for the conqueror. Christ standing in
he temple. All heaven gathering around
iim. Those who loved the Deautiful come to
ook at the Rose of Sharon. Those who loved
ausic come to listen to His voice. Those who
vere mathematicians come to count
he years of His rci i. Those who
vere explorers come to discover the height
md the depth, and the length and
he breadth or His love. Those who bad the
nilitary spirit on earth sanctified, and the
nilitary spirit in Heaven, come to look at
he Captain of their salvation. The astrononera
come to look at the morning star. The
nen of the law come to look at Him who is
;he Jud?e of quick and dead. The men who
lealed the sick come to look at Him who was
rounded for our transgressions.
All different and different forever in many
especta, yet all alike in admiration for
Christ, in worship for Christ, and all alike in
oininzin the doxology: "Unto Him who
vashed us from our sins in His own blood,
.nd made us kings and priests unto God, to
iim be glory in the church throughout all
ees, world without end!" Amen.
THE HOME DOCTOR.
^Ar-putntrcc of - cranberries is said to be
n excellent thing for erysipelas.
For many forms of kidney difficulty, a
ca made of peach leaves is a sure cure.
The juice of half a lemon in a glass of :
rater, without sugar, will frequently
ure a sick headac'n.
Peach leives pounded to a pulp and
pplied to bruise or wound from a rusty
ail or a simple cut will give immediate
tlief.
Turpentine, given in teaspoonful doses \
mrtr nrVif liniiFa in millr r?r rnfTflP ia
* VA VVUVV| * 1
ironounced a cure for diphtheria It s
urely is simple enough.
Speedy relief from nervous headache
rill be found by washing the head ;
boroughly in weak soda water and then 1
horoughly drying the head.
Turpentine, in doses of twenty or thirty
nhiiuis, will not only remove the head>che,
but produce, in a wonderful
aanner, a soothing influence.
Oil of cinnamon will cause the disaplearance
of warts, however hard, large 1
ir dense tney may oe. 1 ne application
fives rise to neither pain nor suppuration.
In toothache if the cavity is so great
ts to allow the air to reach the nerve,
jot some spirits of nitre and mix with
ilum; saturate a little cotton with the
nixture and place it in the cavity. This
3 claimed to be a cure for toothache.
Some patients who have suffered for
rears irom tnat extremely annoying
itTection, "canker," report that, after
ising unsuccessfully numberless remelies,
they have found that it yielded
juickly to teaspoonful doses of the flour
>f sulphur. They took it every morning
or a week, theu omitted it for three
lays, and again went on until a cure was
iffected.
U'ADIIU /kr u'lcnnu
If V it if. J Vi !l loi/v.n.
Experience is the master in the school
>f life.
It is hard to estimate the exact value o
vhat one does one's self.
It is hardly possibly to look at anyLing
with the eyes of another.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the
lassions are the voice of the body.
Never show impatience. Always deend
the absent as far as truth will adnit.
Necessity may render a doubtful act inv_-i_
-*- ???mnlrfl if nraicA. i
lOCCnt, OUt tauuut uiauv xy ?*** *?>*
worthy.
The productive faculty is of Kttle avail
without the divine spark, the flash of tire
which gives it value.
Disappointed.
First Confidence Man?"How did you
nake it down in Kansas?"
Second Ditto?"I lost all the money I
;ook with me."
First Ditto?"How? Policeman grab
pou?"
Second Ditto?"No,a real estate agent j
zot hold of me."?Detroit Free Press. '
I Tinr Trtrnrrn n-n i I
lUiljlttlUUB ULAVUSU.
Toll On. I ,
Go labor on while it is day,
The world'9 dark night is hastening C.i
Speed, speed thy work, cast s>Jth away,
It is not thu3 that souls are won.
Men die in darkness at your side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb;
Take up the torch, and wave it wide,
The torch that lights Time's thickest gloom.
Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray,
Be wise the erring soul to win;
Go forth into the world's highway,
Compel the wanderer to come in.
?[Bonar.
Talklnir For J?snii.
How much we talk! How many hours o lx
the day we are saying something! In all thi3 |
stream of words how few there are that bear j 8
directly on the higher life, on matters that | V
concern the soul, on the home above, how to , I
reach it, and how to help others to reach it, I g
too. I by no means mean to say that there i
is no religious conversation save that on these ~
direct lines I have cited. One may be talk- t
ing for Christ as truly and as effectually on ?
the street as in the church, in the counting- a
room as in a prayer-meeting, while doing c
business as while seeking to win a wandering .
prodigal. But it is of religious conversation, *
as such, either oral or written, that I am t
thinking now. Whv is there so little of it? f
Why, in Christian circles even, does the quiet fi
introduction of a religious topic bring a .
dreaded silence aud a perceptible chill over
the company? Do not people talk about what a
they like? And do not Christians like relig- t
ion? Many times have I asked myself m | j
America, m England, and in India, Why is ' _
it? Muse it be always so? Can it not be
helped?
A blessed mother in Israel, whom I met
when last in New England, but whom the
heavenly mansions have since received, taught
me how naturally,and effectively too, I
a Christian can talk for his Master. In her ?
quiet and modest way she talked much and li
to many of the Saviour's love, and her words ii
were always like a balm and a blessing. <3
Many will cherish her gentle words, so fitly
spoken, now that she is with us no more, for
they carried counsel and comfort to worn and y
weary pilgrims. One of our Santal Chris- v
tians is another illustration of the right sort a
of religious conversation. He, too, has g
Eassed over to the other side, but all the time .
e was here all who knew him marked the 11
ready l/.ood for talking for his Lord that this g
converted jungle-man so admirably pre- d
served. a
An Englishman high up in Her Majesty's .
service comes to me as still another case in
point, so naturally does he talk, and so win- a
ningly, too, of sacred things. But I have not t'
known many such. On the other hand, I a
have beard men, bold enough elsewhere,
speaK oi ieeiing mmia wnen ine conversation
took a religious turn, and I have seen ?
women, free to a fault in all worldly talk, a
grow suddenly dumb when approached upon si
a religious theme. p
There must be a lack somewhere, and every *
true Christian should seek to supply it. If ?
we love the kingdom of our Lora, we shall *<
have more to say about it. A devoted bride n
talks freely, confidently, cordially, of him t,
she is soon to marry. So should the Church +1
speak often with genuine love, admiration,
and delight of her Bridegroom and Lord. If
the love t>e true and tender, the language for o
telling it will not be lacking. Every natural a
defect or drawback must give way to the g|
promptings of gratitude. Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth will speak of }
God's grace and guidance, and such words o
always telL ' C<
In these days of fashion and frivolity fi
every disciple of Christ needs to pray very _
often that plain and practical prayer, "Let . '
the words of my mouth and the meditation of a
my heart be acceptablo in Thy sight,0 Lord, h
my strength and my redeemer." There should v,
be far more of religious solemnity and sweetnes3
in our common talk, and who can doubt '
that the more of Christ we have in our hearts
the more of Him there will be on our lips?
And the more of Him, too, will there appear
in our letters. I wonder every day that j
Christians put so little of their holy religion
in til thpir lotfora A mill t.hn niW rrf lftt.tflrs I
am receiving from men and women of all ei
classes and many lands, I am finding little, 88
very little indeed, by which I can pick out a gj
believer's letter from those written by the 0
careless, the ungodly. Should not the savor
of the glorious gospel be found in every let- ^
ter written by a Christian, distinguishing it B
from the mass of our letters that are merely ei
friendly or kinO or polite or pleasant or in- c]
teresting? I get letters that have this
genuine savor of the gospel, and how they
help and lift met God bless the dear friends "
on both sides of the world who write them! e:
Let ns give Christ a better chance in all our f<
talk, and in our letters too, and so help one w
another on the journey home.?[Rev. J. L.
Philips, M. D., of India.
? K
The Postscript. S?
An incident related by a mother a few days ?
since, caused us many serious thoughts about
our intercourse as members of the family
when we are absent from one another^....??E
"I should never have_knewfl^~said the t(
Blotter, Anything about my son's feelings, c,
if he hadn't written that postscript. When
he went into the army, ho did not profess to
be a Christian. He" did not allude to the tl
subject of religion either, in any of his let- a]
ters, until just before the last battle. He 0
wrote all about himself, his companions, his ,f
surroundings, etc.. and then closed the letter
with love for us all. But after he had written 61
his name, he added: 'P. S.?I expect to go oi
into battle to-monxw. mother, but have no ! f r
fears. I have given niyself to the Lord, and
whatever comes will be all right/ The following
day after the letter was received, the ei
telegram came that he had been killed in battie.
If that postscript hadn't been added, I ir
shouldn't have had one assurance to comfort j-j
me."
That mother is silver-haired and wot a with
the pilgrimage. Over twenty years had ni
passed since her boy died, but nearlyevery ei
3ay she thooght of that postscript. The let- (J,
ter was sonea ana creas?u ?uu unjunnu j_
handling, she had read it over so many times.
She felt at rest about her boy; she knew he
was with the Lord; those few words told her
ho had consecrated himself to Him.
It is necessary for parents and children, ^
brothers and sisters, after they have grown
up, to be separated from one another. One
son goes to the far West, another South, and a'
a daughter, perhaps, crosses the ocean. Years a;
Cass without any personal intercourse, only
y the interchange of letters. We give our
children to God, and with the seal of the ,.
covenant upon their foreheads, they go out ' 11
into the world to take their place among its En
workers. w
Fathers and mothers, never neglect in your c,
letters to have something among the written
words that will lead your children to look
above the things of earth. Oh, how many
boys have been kept from evil by the moth- j m
er's letters, so full of loving counsel and as- : tl
surances of faith! | ai
Sometimes the children of the covenant !
get a great ways from the Father, but the ' 111
nraver of faith will brine them back. Re- I K
member tbe promises to" the households of j tl
faitli. Write the kindly pleading letters, and ' f(
pray morning, noon and night for the boy
who is in a far country. u
And you, children, who are away f rom the r(
dear ola Home, do not engage in anything tl
that you are ashamed to write about in your H
letters to father and mother. Have a few 8,
words on each sheet of naper that will cheer J
the dear old hearts who love you so well, and y1
whose welfare is ever in their thoughts, fi
And with brothers and sisters, how precious a
are the loving letters that come and ero. r\
>? ?~<> ???i_ .
unugillg liuuius yjL iuc naciuow vi uttuu
other, although so far divided. Bring up
the pleasant childhood remembrances in your P
letters, and assure one another that the love tl
is the same as when you knelt together fi
around the mother's knee to say your even* e,
ing prayers. Write often to the loved ones,
encouragingly and sympathetically. A good, j '
kind letter is always a treasure "to the one ?
who receives it.?[Evangelist. si
. is
81
Tcmperance News and Notes. i g!
itwh Pnnntv. Ga.. recently voted for pro- j n
hibition by StiOniajority. " | f
I .
The second international temperance Con- j h
ference will be held at Zurich, Switzerland, f<
September 9 and 10. ! 0
The Rev. Dr. W. R. Huntinton prescribes w
the three T's?Toil, Thrift, and Temparance a
?as the best antidote for poverty. I g
Rev. Henry Varley says there are 1TO men ri
in the present House of Commons who are a
one way or another connected with the liquor ?
traffic, ' g
The National Temperance Hospital in p
Chicago has treated successfully over two a
hundred cases, some of them of a serious i
character, without recourse to alQQtwl _ ' V
>
AGRICULTURAL \
f
rOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE {
TO FARM AND GARDEN. c
i
s
Care of Calving Cows. _
A x 1 1 _# x 1 1 _ 3
a. great aeai 01 irouoie is expenencea a
with, cows when calving because of sheer D
:arelessness. This is a process of nature. 0
ind there should be no trouble; but if p
ye antagonize nature in other directions
we cripple her all round. Many a cow a
las no special attention paid to her either c
vhile she is carrying her calf or at calv- g
ng time. She is permitted to get along a
he best she can; and not infrequently
he system is in such a weakened condiion
that to expect her to calve with
afety is foolish. But ?he should not be t]
ailed -with kindness. She should not ?
>e fattened, for instance. She should
imply be kept in good condition, and aj
ivery one's judgment will suggest what
hat is. Milk secretion should not be
greatly encouraged before calving. The
mimal'a food should consist principally ?
?f the bone and muscle forming varieties. "
Lnd after calving great care should be n
aken that she does not get cold, and her
ood for a few days should be of a non- 1<
timulating character. The system for a g
ime needs opportunity to recuperate, fi
.nd until it has had a chance to do that
to additional strain should be put upon tl
t; for a time the machinery should be u
un at a low speed. q
Care in Feeding Horses. e,
The study or the subject ot looa eie- ^
nents, and their relation to the animal f(
ystem has been greatly neglected. Of
ite years science has been doing much
a this line of work, but there is a great r
leal to be done yet. Although the ?
nimal body is so complex in structure,
et chemistry has divided it in a general
ray into nitrogenous, non-nitrogenous, 91
nd mineral matters. Since these sub- w
tances are continually being destroyed 01
n the body in forming materials for
rowth. in generating heat, and in pro- tl
ucing force, it is necessary that the pi
nimal should receive substances similar li
o those destroyed, so that these may be
ssirailated by the tissues and fluids of a,
lie body to replace those lost and to en- C(
ble the vital actions to continue. C{
Relatively to size, the horse has a
mailer stomach than any other of our
omestic animals. This makes it neces- ai
ary that he must feed frequently, digest
romptly, and have a rich material in a
mall bulk, thus adapting bim especially
o perform rapid work. In a state of 111
ature he is under no necessity of eating &
jo much at any one time, but replenishes tT
tie stomach lightly and at frequent injrvals
throughout the day. There is no si
verloading nor overtaking the organ, al
nd no extreme exertion upon a full sc
tomach, which so often takes place in
tie domesticated condition. Even in ai
omestication, a horse will maintain ex- ?]
ellent health on the natural grasses, Qj
resh or made into hay; but when he is
laced under the saddle or in harness,
nd subjected to work, we take him from [c
is natural state, and the same feeding t
?* * 1 A. A J J- &
fill noi longer meet lue uciuuuus ui me
jrstem.?American Agriculturist.
Feather-Eating Fowls. 11
0. 8. Bliss says in the New York 01
yibune: Many think hens pluck feathers 113
om their mates to get the liquid in the ni
ads of the quills, which they say has a
ilty taste, indicating an appetite for w
?lt. That may be so; and so far as my w
bservation extends the evil is prevalent T
illy in flocks which are given salted food. c<
;ut evil habits once acquired are not
isily mastered, and prevention is always cs
heapcr and safer than the first step to- ai
ard an uncertain cure. If I had fowls fc
hich I could not replace at a reasonable g]
icpense I should hone to busy them by
ieding only dry, fine-ground feed in y(
jratching boxes, carefully withholding
rerything which has been salted, until fa
le unnatural craving wears off. But if jf
ly flock was not too valuable for the c(
icrifice, I should watch for such as did
ot readily yield to that rational treat- .
tent and use the hatcLet.yusp^iiij^.---.
Salt i_s_ce?tttin1y unnecessary, and in m
rf opinion always injurious to "fowls. To ar
jst anew the question" of their unedu- m
> ^1 fnr it T nlnfPfl ?i hnr nf ou.lt. ^
here my flock of forty hens have had
ie freest access to it They have not in Pc
II their lives been given a single morsel tr
f salted food, unless by somebody's care- r0
asness they may have got it from some t>(
nail table scraps. They have been much f?
[ the time in close confinement, and
om the shell have been fed on dry, ov
ne feed, and yet not one of them has ta
rcr been known to taste of this salt If ar
jybody's fowls need salt I cannot D
oagine why mine should not, and yet ar
ley say they do not. If healthy hens
avc it I do not know why mine should ar
at, for no man ever saw a more robust, ca
lergetic flock together, but they evi- th
entlv know better than to eat it when it to
offered them. n(
~mmm si
Setting out Strawberry Plants. ^
When the same can be properly done, ci
ugust is a very good time to set out a
aod strawberry bed. Of course, gener- rc
ly, the conditions for growing are ^
jainst the plants, but by taking pains J
i the work there need be but little if
ly loss. The worst item against set- ^
ng out plants at this time is lack of j
oisture. The soil is generally dry, jj(
hich with the hot, dry weather, in- UJ
*eases the risk. So, to insure a sure and
Dod growth, considerable pains must lie
i-~- n-nrl.- in tkft. rirrhf: m:in- *
IM'U LU UU tuv/ "V?*m ?
sr. My plan is to thoroughly prepare
le bed by ploughing deep and
loroughly. If the soil is naturally rich,
D manure will be necessary; if not, a Is
ood dressing of well-rotten manure ar
loroughly worked into the soil will be te
>und very beneficial. Harrow the soil cc
atil in a good condition. Make long he
>ws; better tive or six long rows than ar
iree or four times as many short ones, til
, will pay every man that can spare the cc
>ace to plant a good large plot. On the
inn or in the village there is scarcely a I
uit that will be better appreciated than
good strawberry bed, and to raise aud h(
iltivate them to the best advantage, as w
ell as economically, they should be
lanted in long rows. Mark off about
iree feet apart. I like to make shallow Jlr
irrows in which to set the plants, as it w
icpedites the work. Do not mark off s']
)o many furrows at once, as w
le soil should be as moist as pos- er
ble. Of course when the soil
i moist and in the best condition to in- ir
ire a good start, no watering is necesiry:
but if not, and the sail is dry, I di
refer water. In setting out or rather bi
ansplanting any kind of plants, either S1
1 the spring or fall, I prefer to take up a d;
jw plants at a time, have a shallow pan ai
rdish, mix in it good rich soil and
- - i..
rater to the consistency ot tnicK cream,
ud into this dip the roots, working to la
et as much of the soil to adhere to the la
30ts as possible. Take pains not to g
How the stem or foliage of the plants to g!
et covered with it, as it will bakQ and cj
arden in the hot sun and injure the b
lants, SDread out the roots carefully
nd then cover with soil, tj&ing pains to
i-oss the soil firmly about the roots. This c:
a a very important part of fke work and
leglecting to do this properly i?the most
requent cause of failure. If the weather
s very hot and dry, I prefer to water for
hree or four days afterwards. If well or
:istern water is used, it should be drawn
ip in the morning and be allowed to
tand in the sun all day. I prefer to
eater at evening. If the soil is moist
nd the weather showery, no water is
lecessary. The advantage of setting
ut the plants in August is that the
ilantsmake a better, stronger growth
before cold weather set3 in,and are better
ble to stand the winter, and on that acount
will produce a partial crop the
rst year after setting out.?Fruit Render.
Farm and Garden Notes.
At least one poultry ration a day?in
he morning?should be soft food?
round grain mixed with water or milk.
The views of experts?scientists, phyicians,
etc.?are decidedly against the
se of fermented slops as food for cows.
A farmer in Kentucky keeps the worms
ff cabbage by sprinkling with two gal>ns
water mixed with one gallon butterlilk.
The droppings of sheep are an excelint
fertilizer for apple trees, their use
reatly stimulating the production of
ruit.
Carrots are among the best vegetables
tiat can be raised for cow feed, increas]g
the milk flow and enriching its
uality.
Keep the hens that moult their feathers
arly, as they will begin to lay before
'inter. It requires about three months
jr hens to moult.
The market grower is liable to make a
reat mistake who overlooks the neighoring
home market, trusting to the
irge towns only.
Plants may be grown in comparatively
nail pots if watered occasionally with a j
solnfinn of oniftno_ hen's dronniners.
? o ~1 i A O /
r sulphate of ammonia.
Sulphur and tobacco leaves burned in
ic poultry house, the house being closed
erfectly tight, will clean out the red
ce, says a contemyorary.
A fine cow, if treated with indifference
id neglect, will yield less profit than a
>mmon cow which is well fed and well
ired for in every respect.
Salt is certain death to slugs, which
e sometimes so troublesome on the open
rounds and in the green-house. A very
ight sprinkling if sufficient.
Fruit to bring good prices nowadays
iust be fair and 'ar^e, while small, inirior
fruit of any kind is not worth the
oublc of sending to market.
A contemporary advises to give the
leep all the clover hay they will eat
:ter lambing, with meal (a quarter linied),
and benefit them greatly.
Ducks are not subject to many diseases
id usually thrive well if they can have
ienty to eat, and a clean place to stay in
ights, with a little water for bathing.
Somebody warns against expensive
Dultry houses. They ought, however,
> be warm and sunny in winter, and
ept clean and well ventilated in sumier.
Where young trees are not kept well
mlched, it will pay to ke&p the surface
F the soil stixred, making it fine and
lellow. This applies especially to the
jxt two months.
One of the most potent factors in the
inter-killing of grain i3 too much hot
ater on or in the surface of the soil,
his fact should be borne in mind the
>ming autumn.
Some of the best fruit-growers always
irry pruning-knives when working
nong trees and plants, to be prepared
ir lopping off limbs or branches seen
nrrn.nfT r>r in fllP WrOnC nl;iCG.
"-"fj "*""5r "" - o f a
The three hundred pounds of butter a
?r cow is a possibility, and every good I
iiryman can and ought to realize the
ct. She can be kept with very little,
any more, thar the one hundred pounds
>w.
A large amount of the fertility of the
rm. goes out- rath milk. If the skim
iticcan be brought back_ to the farmer
id fed to the hogs, then "there.
uch to offset the loss by the sale oT
Ilk.
Mules are becoming more and more
>pular for working teams in this couny.
They do better than horses on hard
ads, are more sure-footed and have
itter wind. Horses do better, however,
r plowing and cultivation.
It is suggested that dragging harrows
'er plowed ground is one of the hardest
sks horses have to do in farm work
id ought to be made as easy as possible:
on't ride on the horse or on the harrow,
id rest in the heat of the day.
Cabbage plants grow best when they
e frequently hoed. Too much manure I
mnot be applied to cabbage, nor can I
ie ground be loosened around the.plants
10 much. Late crops may be put out
)w, if a shower occurs, but the ground
lould be well prepared if a good crop
; expected. The cabbage grows on all
asses of soils if well cultivated.
However busy farmers and suburban
sidents may be nowadays, they can
irdly afford to neglect the garden. It
lys to raise plenty of good vegetables
id small fruits, and people who regard
ie health and comfort of their families
tould not fail to cultivate choice variehi.
_
es for home consumption, xnose n ao
ie inferior garden products, oronly such
they can neither sell nor give away,
actise false economy.
Under a Palm Tree.
In a desert on one of the South Pacific
lands are about a dozen cocoanut trees,
id five miles distant is the ocean. Afr
a hot ride through the blazing sun a
iol breeze from the oceaa set iu, and I
gan to feel the soft touch of slumber,
id all at once I heard a faint musical
akling as if troops of fairies were
uning to greet us as. they used to do.
1?;n olden days*
ie unuiuiuLcu i IJUWU. ?x __
tried to locate the melodious sounds,
i all directions there- was nothing but
)t, glowing sand. 1, looked up?there
as nothing but ths- beautiful tropical
;y and the tremulous atmosphere. Still
uder sounded tine music; it was. all
ound us; it filled, the air. I gazsd to- ,
ard the ocean. a?nd there, apparently a
lort distance away,,was a beautiful lake,
ith its waves, dashing upou moss-coved
stones. Ka, Pule had fallea asleep,
td, gazing at the lake and listening to
ie music in the air. I rested my head
,'ainst the- rough bark of a tree. As I
id so I fc?a?d the distinct gurgle of a
ook. I could plainly hear the water
tlasluug over the glistening stones anu
ying away in quiet eddies. I wassiore
id more bewildered, aud at length
voke Ka Pule. I told &jm what I had
t>ard, and directed his attention to the
ke. He explained that the seeming
,ke was a mirage; that the sounds of
urgling waters came from an underround
stream, and that the music was
msed bv the stirring of the flinty sand.3
v the wind.? Stockton (Cat.) Mail.
The gain inafloefc of sheep juay bi;
ilied a wether profit.
TEMPERANCE. jj
Who'll Buy?
[Saggteted on seeing the adrertlsemefli 0t ft
wholesale liquor dealer.]
Forty casks of liquid woe?
Who'll buy?
Murder by th9 gallon. Oh!
Who'll buyf
Larceny and theft made thin.
Beggary and death thrown in
Packages of liquid sin?
Who'll buy?
Foreign death imported pure?
Who'll buy?
Warranted, not slow, but sure?
Who'll buyi
Empty pockets uy the cask,
Tanglea brains by pint or flask,
Vice of any kind you ask?
Who'll buy?
Competition we defy? ?%&
Who'll buy?
Dye, to make the soul jet black;
Dye. to make the conscience slack;
Nothing vile do our casks lack? '
Who'll buy?
?R. Ready, in Amendment Herald.
Powderly on Intemperance.
The following strong words are taken from
an interview with Terence V. Powderly published
in the New York Herald:
"Should I leave the office of Master Workman
today I would devote myself to literary
work in the interest of at least two great
questions in the Order?education and temperance.
I would require every num. woman
and cnild to learn to read, write ana cipher.
That so many working people do not understand
even these three rudimentary, branches
of learning is a shame and a disgrace. But
tbira is no disgrace deeper and more "
mnrkfvl t.hnn thn rli?crr?/** thjit hovflPS around
the drunkard. They impose upon u? in the
Order. They bring on trouble Detween employers
and honest workingmen. They go to
work drunk, are discharged, and sobering up,
they appear before their assemblies and present
their grievances. But one side is heard,
and the complainant seems to be a- much*
abused man. Are we justified in keeping
such impostors with us? Can we excuse men
who wilfully neglect their duty aii employe*
and as wilfully delude their brother workmen'
Yet I myself am called upon frequently
to take a hand in the settlement of labor
WOUDies ttuu iuuuiuic i/v tma uauso. xvcwutajr T* . 2
I bad occasion to interfere in a dispute of
large proportions, wherein the hands sought
to sustain one of their nomber who had been .
discharged. He had represented himself as a
badly-treated man, ana had so worked upon
the feelings of his fellows that they supported:
him at a sacrifice of work and pay. What
did he do to cause a discharge? He went to- >
the workshop drunk. He hung his hat np in
a strange place, and it fell down into a tub
of valuable liquid, spoiling it Was that ?
good case to make a fight on? I think not."
While Mr. Powderly was speaking *
drunken man tottered down on the other
side of the street and passed by the door of (k
bouse in which a small watch dog sat upright
"Look," said he. "there is a good case
in point A strong, able bodied man, with
Goa-given senses, and a dog, with brute instincts.
Which is the more valuable at thiS'
time? I say the dog. Lacking human intelligence.
he sits there guarding the house. He
is watchful of his own safety and of the safety
of much valuable property. He is alert and
ready to protect both. *Tne man is not only
berert of his senses, but he could not watch
anything; he could not even protect himself
if he tried. His intellectual or physical attainments
would not at this time avail him
anything against the dog. ? *4
"As I have said before, the rum habit is
oue of our greatest enemies, and until we get
it under control we will have an uphill struggle
to sustain our principles. I deny that I
am an autocrat, but in one thing I wish to
be If my word should be law there would
be no more intemperance, and with no intemperance
there would soon be fewer labor
troubled."
Ram's Now Mission.
Some heartlees writer once commended the
policy which consisted in clearing the earth
of "lumpish savages," in order to make room
for advancing civilization. Granted that he
wa? right, the rum bottle overtops the mis- .
sionary importance, and St. Johnism is an
impertinence. Archbishop Farrar, in the
Contemporary Review, says that civilized
Europe is flooding Africa with rum; and
Joseph Thomson, the African traveler, asserts*
that evil results of the rum traffic in the
dark continent are tar greater man were
those of the slave trade. In a South African
report it was stated that 101 natives were
destroyed by rum drinking in two months
in>l883?an easy and expeditious way of carry- >
ing out the policy recommended by the writer
heretofore citad. A trustworthy authority
says that in. 1831 Great Britain sent to
Africa 602,32$ gallons of spirits, Germany
7,136,26%and America 921,41:3, to help on the
work of extermination. The profits of this
business are said to be 700 per cent annually.
The'greed for gold must, of course, be some- ? .
how glutted. In the face of that fact, it count3
for nothing that the natives on the seaboard
of Africa are being rapidly decimated as the
, result of the< rum traffic. Archbishop Farrar
uEf**- tJieJBritish parliament to interfere, but
probably thai bsay.will do nothing whatever
to stop the th? alconcrflC -tide tiowin* into
Africa. The "iiimpiah savages" ~mu86-ga.
The less- there-sire of them, the Jess missionai^V^-~?
worn will D&ve so oe aone, ia? iwwr opportunity
the rum-selling Caucasian will tajor
to march up and take possession of the dark
continent. If this is the proper view to take,
modern civilization should adopt a flag with
a rum bottle emblazoned upon it, and end by
calling, tha missionaries home.?Troy Timet.
Beer and Belligerency.
During the mob-like ovation which was;
tendered General Boulanger at the station,
on his departure from Paris to assume the
command of the Thirteenth Army Corps, a
band.of students bearing large glass pitchers,
of beer made their way through the crowd
to General Boulanger's carriage. The General.
may be supposed to appreciate the force of
American slang since ne is reported to have"smiled"
when the beer reached him That;
the smile- was- a brood one is testified by thefact
that the General quaffed the contents -oI
one pitcher at a draught, while his staff disposed
of the remainder. Boulanger, Beer
and Belligerency make a suggestive alliteration.
It would be interesting to know just
what part beer has bojrne in the various re
visions of the map or jeurope. .eater au, xviiig
Alcohol is the most potent sovereign the
world has ever known. All others pay to
hiim allegiance. No standing army equals his
in numbers* or in the tribute which ft levies
on the nations which support it. The heroes
of many ware are in its ranks; the armies of
all countries contribute to its strength) the
whole civilised world stands horror-stricken
Hfc ravage^ uuuwuu uuo viu v.
imposes, the weight of woe which it. inflicts.
But a nsw era dawns, Kings are toppling on.
their thrones and time-worn systems trembling
at the shock of moral earthquakes^ thoohief
mititaiy hero of the age cries: "Let:us
have peace!" and the world responds with
joyous acclaim: "Peace on earth, good will to.
men!" Surely now, if ever, is the time for
humanity to rally at the call. Down withi
King Alcohol and his standing army;!?Xfi&
Pioneer.
Significant..
A r ery significant sign of the timis is th?
emphatic condemnation of bser which las recently
come to us from a distinguish?; Gejs
mpn professor?Professor Bwc^e, of the Unk
v<>psjtv of Basle?from whast able lecture,.
lately published in parapliift form, we present
deeply interesting ax tracts elsewhere.
He says: "Peopleare horrified if a mania
made into a thief or a murderer by bcandydrinking;
but they are.- completely cold, and
indifferent to the fact tijaA thousands, become
stupefied, imbecile, and ragged by beeivdrink- ?
ing. That does not, afc ail disturb o*r Philistine
in hi3 selfish qomplacency." He adds,
speaking of Germanjtaad Switzerland.' "Beer
is really the most misciiievous a?ong alcorholic
beverages, Qpr thie very reason that) na
-it? ;?? ?xj^on^w^vinkins? is a
ULUtl 19 SU 3CU'4^lilTJdi ami 1^11 *1' v disgrace
in all. olassus of society;. the intellectual
elite o$our nation glory in tb?ir immoderate
bjer-drinking." T*> fiave beer thus
denounced^ fitjoni the German point of view
and by a Earned professor so. eminently well
qualified as a distinguished scientist to
speak intelligently, as "the most mischievous
amonv>- nioaholic "beverages," is indeed very
l?Rational Advocate,
Says the Voice: What an inspiring sight
it is to see the thousands of men and women
all over the land who are putting in day* and
nights of labor for this Prohibition cause,
with no prospect or thought of reaping any
personal or political profit from it! It quickens
t,n/s faith in humanity and in the future.
The salt <?? the earth has not yet lost its
savor,