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FOOT WEAR.
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THE GRE \T STRIDES MADE IX 1
SHOE MAKING.
The Man of the Lapstone Has Be" j
come the Shoemakinff Witch of (
To-day?Greater Cheapness ,
?AKevolutioni/etl Trade. i
If anything is more wonderful in the [ 1
history of shot-making than the rapid ! 1
progress of the art since the adoption of ! Q
the McKay machines, in 1802, it is the "
slow progress made by shoemakers dur- ! j
ing the sixteen centuries that intervened s
between the days of St. Crispin and the "
later date. The old fashioned bench, ^
Still used by cobblers and small work- j
men. and around which, when urchins,
many now living but not old men have I
watched the progress of their new shoes : j,
with the conviction that shoemakers j
were the most untruthful men in existence,
must, from all evidence, have had a . '
Very remote origin. ^
Even yet the old-fashioned shoemaker
lingers, though not by any means superfluous,
on the stage. The sign of the
golden boot has not yet quite vanished. n
Scattered all over this city, and every ?
Other city, may still be found numberless ' t
Small shops which may now be called ;
museums for most of the old-fashioucd I
implements of shoemaking, and where j <
the traditional shoemaker, leather aproned r
and bare armed, still reigns. But the i j
dignity of his calling has departed. He ,
must confine himself mainly to the recon- j
struction of old shoes, practicing his art j
in completeness in the meantime only I ^
during spare hours, when he may prepare j e
for some chance customer, who will be
captivated with the sometimes unhappy
an entirelv hand-made pair of j
shoes. A few large shops also, that pro-1"
duce much of their work in their old *
way, yet remain, but they are crippled 11
by the perpetual avalanche that pours j j
down from the great factories and over- j j,
whelms evervthing in its track. j t
No industrial revolution was ever i
more complete than the revolution which t
has taken place in shoemaking during the ,
last twenty-five years. The cobbler we j
hall always have with us; but the shoemaker
has almost completely changed j
his form. It is to be feared, too, that he
is no longer entitled to claim the protection
of his tutelar St. Crispin, for he
has become the servant of a witch. And
such a witch! Driven to its highest
capacity, a single McKay machine has 8
been known to clap the soles upon 1,200 j c
pairs of new shoes within ten hours, and j
it takes 300 hands, working in great j c
'**- -*1 lohnr.anv. I r
part wim yet uuiti lu^cmuua ^
uig machines, to feed one of these in- s
satiable stitchers, and clear away the j
tables after it has finished. It will be j
seen, therefore, that the McKay machine c
is not only a witch itself, but that it is a .
a boss witch. In the best-provided shops j
the side stitching, heeling and even the j
lasting are done by subsidiary machines, ^
and so also would be the cutting were it g
not for the imperfections of the leather, j
which demand the services of a practised j
eye in selecting the parts that are fit for ^
use. Yet the work is done with so little .
effort that a motor of single horse power ^
would drive a half dozen or more of the (
McKay machines at one and the same <
time. |
Who would believe that within a mile ,
.and a half of the City Hall, mainly, indeed,
within a quarter of a mile of that ,
place, there are almost as many firms of j
shoe manufacturers as are to be found in .
either of the cities of Lynn or Haver- ^
hill! The statement would not be be- ^
lieved were it not possible to furnish the .
figures. But it is quite possible. There (
are 186 firms in Lynn, 178 in Haverhill,
and 172 in New York. In New York (
the factories are massed in Duane, Reade <
and Warren streets, with a skirmish line \
extending northward to some distance ,
beyond Canal street. It should be said, j
however, that about twenty-five of the j
factories owned by New York firms are ,
located outside of the city, though main- '
ly in the vicinity. One is in Haverhill. ,
We have also what Lynn has not yet be- j
come sufficiently aesthetic to appreciate.
There are two factories in New York
that give their attention almost excluflively
to theatrical and operatic togs, and
export to Europe. ]
But Lynn will boast of the size of her ,
factories, and point to the annual value !
of her new shoes as evidence of her gen- !
eral superiority. It is certain that she i
Voo enmn nrntfv larae factories. and can ,
?~ I J O- /
point to one firm that turns out 10,000 \
pairs of shoes each day. But there is a ,
firm in New York that produces shoes to j
the value of about f1,000,000 annually,
and there are others that run well up
among the hundreds of thousands. Esti- ,
mates differ on the comparative value of
the products of the two cities, but in this ,
respect we must concede to Lynn a long ,
lead over the metropolis. Judging from
the report of goods shipped through Boston
between the first of last January and
last of August, and giving to Lynn her
probable proportion of the total, her
annual product cannot amount to much
less than $25,000,000, while the annual
product of New York is not estimated at
more than $10,000,000. But New York,
on the other hand, is the fine art centre.
On the average one pair of tier shoes is
worth two pairs of Lynn shoes, and her
shoemakers are all fat and well-fed. The
New York workmen do not work so fast
as the Lynn workmen. One machine in
Lynn turns out about 000 pairs of shoes
a day, while in New York a single
machine can only be lea up 10 a capacity
of 300 pairs a day, the metropolitan shoemakers,
apparently, being too fat.
It has been said that the capacity of
the shoe manufacturing plant in the
United States is equal in three months to
the market demands of one entire year.
This may be true so far as the shoemaking
machines are concerned, but it is evidently
not true when the question of
skilled workmen for feeding and operating
the machines is involved. Say
that the manufacturers in this city make
4,000,000 pairs o? shoes each year. That
would be about the proper estimate on
a valuation of $10,000,000. But there
are 1,500,000 pairs of feet in New York
city alone, and they would manage to get
through with pretty nearly 4,000,000
pairs of shoes in one year, even were
there no demand from abroad. It is
probably true, however, that the number
of firms engaged in shoemaking has not
increased during the past few years, and
in Lynn it has rather declined.?New
Tork Sun.
A Disappointment.
Bobby (to young Mr. Featherly)?"I
heard Clara tell ma that she was disappointed
because you didn't call last Sunday
night."
"Young Featherly (in a tremulous
whisper)?I say, Bobby, did your sister
cay how disappointed she was's"
Bobby (thoughtfully)?"I'm trying to
think? Yes, she said she was agreeably
disappointed."?New York Sun.
Missiisippi has now seven creameries
in the State. The first one was established
in 1885.
The Czar and His Adviser.
Prince OrlofI was the most trusted adriser
of the Czar, Nicholas I. He owed
iis accession to favor to a blow of his
3st. While he was an aid-de-camp one
)f the regiments had mutinied and the
uzar, feeling that a look would reduce
;he men to obedience, stepped in front
)f them, accompanied only by Orloff,
ind asked: "Have you any complaint,
iiy children? Whosoever has anything
:o say to me, step forward." To his
?reat surprise several soldiers did advance,
and one of them leveled his
veapon at the Emperor. Orloff instantly
itepped forward and struck the man
icad with a blow of his fist. The
iSmperor was gratified and Orloff rose,
tep by step, until he became chief of the
ecret police of the empire, an official be
ore whom all classcs trembled. Yet the
Smperor occasionally treated him like a
choolboy. At one time, some secret
nformation in regard to military affairs
lad become public property. The
Smperor, vexed at this, sent for Orloff
nd received him in the utmost ill tern- ,
ier.
"What have I a police for," he exlaimed.
"Your Majesty must know that best.''
"Quite right; only I don't know what
;ood it is. And if you don't give me
o twenty-four hours the name of the
raitor who let out the secret, you are j
ashiered." |
"Oh." replied Orloff, quite calmly, :
'my police is so excellent that I do not [
equire twenty-four hours to give your
Jajesty the name of the traitor."
"You know him, then? You know
rho it is?"
"I know what I know, your Majesty,
>ut I can only tell it at the Emperor's
xpress command."
"Igive you that command."
"The traitor whom your Majesty is
ooking for is Nicholas Paulowich, Em- i
>eror of all the Russias, who always for- j
;ets, when he talks about state business, I
nd especially military measures, in the J
Cmnress's drawing room that all of the |
adies of the court present have not only I
wo ears each, but also brothers> cousins |
nd relations in the army to whom they j
ell everything they have heard. And
very word the Emperor speaks spreads
ike wild fire through the city."
Orloff was not cashiered; doubtless the j
Jmperor admired his courage in speak- i
ng his mind.?YoutfCs Companion.
Dakota's Indian Monnds.
Professor Montgomery, of the Univerity
of North Dakota, has recently disovered
and opened five mounds about
)evil Lake?and from his work in other
ither parts of the United States and
?anada, and his knowledge of the reearch
of others, he concludes he has
lere found relics of the Mound Builder,
ie has excavated thirty skeletons, several
>f these too old and decomposed to be
ireserved in proper shape, more than
hirty implements, trinket and utensils,
ncludiDg shell spoons, urns of earthen
vare, stoues, pipes, bone knives, copper
ockets, evidently for knife handles,
laving several rivet holes, two large and
>eautiful pearl ear-rings ornamented
vith copper, one perforated tooth about
line or ten inches in length, supposed to
ie that of a walrus from the Arctic region,
jne large flat piece of pipestone bearing
;he figure of a turtle cut on one side ana
:he rude outline of a badger on the other,
rarious other shells, charred wood, remains
>f fruit probably intended for food;
ilso of fishes and birds probably intended
for the same use. Perhaps the most incresting
mound found thus far was one
;he Professor calls a sacrificial mound, in
jvhich, seventeen inches from the surface,
ire wells easy found because of a lining
>f lime about the sides and layers of bark
)n the bottom. These are deep enough
;o hold bodies in a sitting posture, whose
skeletons have been taken out, and birch
njuketa with them, nicely stitched (tho
thread gone of course) and containing
hard seeds. The mounds are on undulating
prairie lands, covered at this season
of the year with gay specimens of the
composite family which now blooms in
ill its glory to delight and puzzle the
botanist.?Hartford Courant.
How Coffee Acts.
Coffee act3 upon the brain as a stimulant,
inciting it to increased activity and
producing sleeplessness; hence it is of
jreat value as an antidote to narcotic
poisons. It is also supposed to prevent
too rapid waste in the tissues
sf the body, and in that way enables it
to support life on less food. These
effects are due to the volatile oil and
also to a peculiar crystalizable nitrogenous
principle, termed caffeine. The
leaves of the plant likewise contain the
same principle, and the inhabitants of
the island of Sumatra prefer an infusion
of the leaves to that of the berries. Its
essential qualities are also changed,
the heat causing the development of
the volatile oil and peculiar acid which
gives aroma and flavor.?Scientific American.
Tlie Sense of Temperature.
Dr. Goldschiieider lately presented
and explained to the Berlin Physiological
Society plates illustrating the topography
of the sense of temperature. The
sense of heat and cold was determined
for the whole surface of the body, and
arranged in a series corresponding to
twelve degress of intensity. As a general
result, it was found that the sense of
cold is more extended than that of heat;
that both senses are more developed on
the trunk than on the extremities; that
the sense of temperature is less acute in
the median line of the body; that the
distribution of this sense over the surface
of the body is quite different from that
of the sense of touch; and that the
points of exit of the nerves possess little
or no sense of temperature.
Catching Man Eaters.
This is the season of the year when
the big man-eating sharks of "Dead
Man's Shoals" are caught, says a Cape
Mav (N. J.) letter to the Philadelphia
Times. It takes a fisherman of nerve
and strength to catch them. A large,
stout cord, with a piece of chain extending
up from the hook, is used, that the
monsters may not use their sharp teeth
to regain their liberty when once hooked.
When they are brought to the surface a
well-aimed shot Irom a rifle or a certain
oripjir thrust puts the man eater to sleep,
and then he is taken on shore, his liver
taken out, from which a vitv odorous
oil is extracted. The carcass docs for
fertilizing the saudy soil of the Cape
gardens.
A Use For Fat IJeaux.
Fat beaux are not so stylish
As the dudes of the present day;
And yet they're very useful
In a certain sort of way;
For when the fall is with us
And the summer has gone by,
Ah, 'tis then fat beaux como handy
And as welcome as peach pie.
They're invited in the parlor,
Each one his story weaves,
And they sit upon the lexicons
And press the autumn leaves,
i ?OoodaWs Sun.
POPULAK SCIRKCR j
A Sicilian has invented a method by
which cremation is accomplished by j
j means of electricity. It requires a dyno- |
j mo like those employed for arc fights, j
I It is stated that the effect of the intense
heat is to vaporize the entire body.
The military doctors account for the
prevalence of disease of the heart in the
French amiy as arising from the fatiguing
duties imposed on rccruits at an age
when, generally, the development of the |
body is not in harmony with that of the
heart, but either in advance of it or be- |
hind it. In the latter case, there is i
[ hypertnphy of growth; in the former, i
insufficiency.
Some curious results produced by ex- |
! nlnrlinrr mnrk-pf} lilorks of min-COttOn On I
i flat plates of wrought iron have been de- J
i scribed by Mr. C. E. Monroe. The gun- j
cotton blocks- were placed with the let- (
tered side down, and the letters stamped i
in relief appeared fn relief on the iron | i
after the explosion, while on the other
j hand, the letters depressed in the gun- !
| cotton were also depressed on the iron j
plate. !
Experiments-are being made at Cap de !
la> Heve, near the mouth of the Seine, on J
the production of electricity for light- i
house purposes- by means of the force ob- '
' tained by windmills. The system, if 1
successful, will, have the advantage of 1 ,
| costing only the puttingr up of the ma- j
chinery. The whole question to be as- :
certained is- whether a sufficient quantity !
of electricity can be stored to provide for
the requirements of any particular sta- ,
tion when there is no- wind to move the t
sails of the mill. >
In a paper on "Indicative Plants," Dr. (
R. "VV. Raymond considers a connection t
which is reported to exist between certain i
plants and the metallic contents of the (
soil on which they grow. Among the J
instances cited are the zinc-violet, of the 3
Calamine Hills of Rhenish Prussia and t
Belgium; the lead-plant, believed by '
the American miners to grow only in '
localities containing galena; and the j
oi'l.mrnlont tvViinh ia rprrnrrlprl fls a Slffn I t
Jinn-fMuui, ? a ?
of silver-ore. The theories on this sub- t
I ject, if there be any, still lack the essen- ?
tial elements of verification. ,
j Lieutenant Hovgaard, the Arctic trav- s L
I eler who made the northeast passage I li
with Nordenskiold, is already preparing *
for his expedition to East Greenland next j
summer. His ambitious purpose is, if t
possible, to complete the exploration of |
the northeast coast, join his discoveries j
with those of Lockwood, and thus finally fl
deteimine the outlines and extent of the (
great island. He also hopes to ascertain t
if there is any truth in the story told f
by East coast natives that far north a [
I strait runs clear across Greenland, cut- J
ting it into two islands. If there is any [
I truth in this report, the western end of 1
the strait must join Melville Bay, whose [
shore line is very imperfectly known. ^
In a paper before a late meeting of the s
, Seismological Society of Japan, Pro- '
lessor Dlimc iuenuooeu me aigus ui aiaim
which the lower animals o;'ten show just
before earthquakes. Ponies were observed
to prance in their stalls half a
minute before a shock last January.
Proof has been found that pheasants
1 scream, and frogs suddenly cease their
croaking, while geese, swine and dogs
! give the clearest indications of an ap1
proaching earthquake. It was suggested
I that the animals are probably very sensiI
tive to slight preliminary tremors,
though in volcanic districts small aniI
mals have been not only alarmed but
I even killed by gases escaping just before
I earthquakes.
| Mr. T. P. White, in a communication
I to the Chemical Society, gives a de!
ciiledly negative answer to the question
I whether the acids of canned fruits may
' not form poisonous salts with the tin.
| He reports, as the result of his experiments,
that "tin is entirely devoid of
j danger when taken internally in any
! form that might arise from being in cont
tact with fruits or vegetables." He bei
lieves that the cases of accidental poisoning
attributed to tin were due to solder
1 or~other impurities?arsenic, copper, or 1
lead. Professor W. Mattieu Williams >
says that there need be no lead in the !
solder?that it is only put in for cheapness
sake, and that tin makes a superior
solder to any alloy. Therefore, all dan- :
ger may be obviated by prohibiting the
j use of any other solder than pure tin.
M I
Fish Preserved in Rock-Salt
At the White Plains salt works, on the ]
line of the Central Pacific railroad, be|
youd Wadsworth, in sinking large pits
or wells, many fish, perfectly preserved, I
j have been found in the strata of rocksait
cut through. The salt-field occupies 1
| what was once the bottom of a large lake. '
The fish found are of the pike or pickerel
I species and from twelve to sixteen inches (
! in length. No such fish are now seen in
' any of our Nevada lakes. The specimens
j are not petrified, but are preserved in perfect
form, flesh and all, as though they
had been frozen up in cakes of ice. The
salt works are located near the center of
a basin, in which was once a lake thirty
miles long by from twelve to fifteen
miles in width, aud over three hundred
feet deep in places, as is shown by the
ancient water-lines on the bordering
hills. The fish found imbedded in the
layers of rock-salt are doubtless thou'
sands of years old. After being exposed
, to the sun and air for a day or two they
become as hard as wood. At the time
Jasoa Baldwin, now watchman at the
Osbiston shaft in this city, was Superintendent
of the White Plains works he
found great numbers of these fish. In a
pit 8 feet square and about 16 feet deep
i dozens of them were found, there being
! sometimes five or six in a bunch. It was
fouud that they could be eaten, but they
were not very palatable, and it was necessary
to soak them in fresh wa'cr for
two or three days before attempting to
cook them. ? Virginia (Xec.) Enterprise.
Where It Originated.
No phrase has been more often quoted
I than the one "We left our country for
: aur country's good," as aplying to erimii
oals. It was only the other day that I
learned the origin of the line. It appears
in a prologue to a play called "The
Ranger." This play was presented at
Sidney, Australia, in 1795, and was the
first theatrical performance c.\er given
there. The parts were all taken by convicts
shipped therefrom England, "and a
convic t was the author. The prologue
is a very clever piece of humoroas versification,
abounding in hits upon the
causes which brought the actors to the
colony. How it ever fouud its way into
general use I have no idea. ? Globe-Democrat.
A Lake Disappears.
At the foot of the mountain Eggishorn
on the southern slope of the Jungfrau in
the canton of Wallis, Switzerland, Lake
Merjclen is located. Last year the people
iutended to drain off its waters and
use the dry land for agricultural pur
poses. One night recently a shock of
earthquake was felt in Wallis, and one
morning the lake had disappeared and
the inhabitants xnay now partition out
the ground given them so very cheap.
REV. I)K, TAIJIAGE.
rHK BKOOKLV* DIVISK'S SUP
DAY SIvK-MON1.
Swba'ect of Dlscotip.ser "Free?race.
Text: "Ye know the gre&e of ovrr Lor
Jesns Christ, that, though lis icas rich, yt
for your saJbesHe became pozr.,1-^-H Corii
thiai?, viii., 9,
Thafl all the worlds which oil' a cold; wii
ter's night mal&? the heavens one great gllttc
we inhabitantlwe is an absurdity. Pnilow
jherstell us that many of these WorldStar
;oo hot, or too cold, or of too rarefied attnc
iphere for residence. But, if not fit fo
luman abode, tlkey may be fit for beings dil
Wnf Pfr\ ttrx n^rll +sn A.iiH<A1trA0 W
.WVliU U VIU UUU" OW|^l 1U1 IV UUlOVlf CO. TV
ire told that tlheworld of Jupiter ischangini
mtii it iB- almost fit for creatures like th
luman race, and that Mars would do for th
luman family with a little change in th
tructure of the respiratory organs. But tha
here is a great world swung somewhere, vos
>eyond imagination,, and that it is the head
[uarters of the-univerae and the metropolis o
mmensity, and has a population in number
rast beyond; all' statistics, and appointment
>f splendor beyondthe capacity of canvas, o
loem, or angel to describe, is as certain a
he Bible is authentic; Perhaps some of the
istronomere withi their big telescopes havi
already caught) aglimpse of it, not knowinf
vhat it is. We spell it with six letters an<
>ronounce it) heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nineteei
enturies ago; He was the King's son. It wa
be old homestead of. eternity, and all it
aatles were as old.as God. Not a frost hat
ver chilled.the air. Not a tear had eve:
oiled down the cheek, of one of its inhab
tanta There had: never been in it a head
.che, or a sideache or a heartache. Ther
lad not been a funeral in. the memory of th
ildest inhabitant. There had never in all thi
and been woven a black veil, for there ha<
lever heen anything to mourn over. Th
>assage of millions of years had not wrinklec
ir crippled or bedimmad any of its citizens
Lll the people there weue-in a state of eterna
dolescence. What floral and pomonic bright
less! Gardens of perpetual bloom anc
orchards in unending fruitage. Had som<
pirit from another world entered and asked
Yhat is sin? what is bereavement? what ii
orrow? what is death? the brightest of tin
ntelligences-would.have failed to give defini
ion, though to study, tha question there wen
ileoce in heaven, for kialf an hour. Th<
'?aa aP mltAw T t?naolr V\.?rl V>rtnnro amnln
i lUW UL TTUVfUU JL 0]^aa UUU UV/UVId| v?*>wmva
aents, acclamations, such as no othoi
'rince, celestial or terrestrial, evei
njoyed. As he passed the street, thi
nhabitants to^k off from their brows gar
anils of white lilies and threw them in thi
vay. He never entered any of the temple
eithout all the worshipers rising up and bow
ng in obeisance. In all the processions o
he high days ha was- the one wno evoked thi
oudest welcome. Sometimes on foot, walk
ng in loving talk with the humblest of thi
and, but at other times he took chariot, am
imong the 20,000 that David spoke of hi
vas the swiftest and most (laming; or, a
vhen John described him, he took white pal
rey with what prance of foot, and arch o
leek, and. roll ot mane, and gleam of eye ii
>nly dimly suggested in the Apocalypse. H
vas not like otaer Princes, waiting for thi
ather to die and then take the throne
iVhen a few yea.s ago an artist in German]
nade a picture for the Royal gallery repre
enting Emperor William on the throne, ant
he Crown rrince as having one foot on th
itep of the throne, Emperor William ordere<
he picture changed, and said: "Let th
rrince keep his foot off the throne till
eave it."
Already enthroned was the heavenl;
Prince, side by side with the Father. What i
:ircle of dominion! What myrmidons of ad
nirersl What unending round of glories
Ml the towers chimed the Prince's praises
)f all the inhabitants, from the center of th
;ity, on over the hills and clear dowa to th
)each, against which the ocean of immensit
oils its billows, the Prince was the aeknow]
xlged favorite. No wonder my text say
that "he was rich." Set all the diamonds c
;he earth in one scepter, build all the palade
)f the earth in one Alhambra. gather all th
pearls of the sea in one diadem, put all th
values of the earth in one coin; the aggregat
would not express his affluence. ^ es, Fan
was right. Solomon had in gold ?680,0i 0,00
xnd in silver ?1,039,000,377 sterling. But :
greater than Solomon is here. Not the mil]
onaire, but the quadrillionaire of heaven. T
iescribe his celestial surroundings the Bibl
jses all colors, gathering them in rainbow
Dver the throne and setting them as agate ii
the temple window, and hoisting twelve c
them into a wall from striped jasper at th
trnse to transparent amethyst in the caps torn
while between are green of emerald, an
.now of pearl, and blue of sapphire,and yellow
)f topaz, gray of chrysoprasus, and flame c
jacinth. All the loveliness of landscape ii
foliage, and river, and rill, and allencnanl
ment aquamarine, the sea of glass mingle
with fire as when the sun sinks in the Med
terranean. All the thrill of music, instn
mental and vocal, harps, trumpets, doxc
logies. There stood the Prince, surrounde
by those who had under their wines th
velocity of millions of miles in a second, ric
in love, rich in adoration, rich in power, ric
in worship, rich in holiness, rich as God.
But one day there was a big disaster in
department of God's universe. A race faller
A world in ruins! Our planot the scene c
catastrophe! A globe swinging out into darl
ness, with mountains and seas and island
an awful centrifugal of sin seeming to ovei
power the beautiful centripetal of righteou
nens, and from it a groan reached heavei
J J ??? .? Lun Kan*/) fKan
OUULi a SUUllU uau ucrci uruu ucai u vuv> <
Plenty of sweet sounds, but never an outer
of distress or an echo of agony. At that 01
Croan the Prince rose from all the blissf
L'ircurajacence and started for the outer gai
and descended into the night of this worl
Out of what a bright harbor into what roug
sea! ,;Stay with us," cried angel after ang
and potcnate after potenate. "No," sa
the Prince, '*1 cannot stay; I must I
off for that wreck of a world,
must stop that groan. I must hush thi
distress. I must fathom that way. I mu
redeem those nations. Farewell, thrones ar
temples, companions cherubic, seraphic,arcl
angelic! Excuse this absence, for 1 wi
come back again, carrying on my shoulder
ransomed world. Till this is done I choo
earthly scoff to heavenly acclamation, and
cattle pen to a King's palacet frigid zone i
earth to atmosphere of celestial radiance,
have no time to lose, for hark ye the gros
that grows mightier while I wait. Farewel
farewell!"
"Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesi
Christ, that, though He was rich,yet for yoi
sakes He became poor."
Was thertfever a contrast so overpowerii
as that between the noonday of Christ
celestial departure and the midnight of h
earthly arrival ? Sure enongh, the ange
were out that night in the sky, and a specii
?oo nc/>n>+ hnf. all that was fro:
I11CICU1 a^wu uo bavvtv, w..
other worlds, and not from this world. T1
earth made no demonstration of welcome,
one of the great Princes of the world stej
out at a depot cheers resound, and the bam
play, and the flags wave. But for the arriv
of this missionary Prince of the skies not
torch flared, not a trumpet blew, not a plun
fluttered. All the music and the pomp wer
overhead. Our world opened forhim nothir
better than a barn door. The Rajah <
Cashmere sent to Victoria a bedstead <
carved gold and a canopy that cost $750,00
but the world had for the Prince of Heave
and Earth only a litter of straw. The crow
jewels in tho Tower of London amount I
f15,000,000. but this member of etern
royalty had not where to lay his head. 1
know how poor he was, ask the camel driver
ask the shepherds., ask jtfary, ask the thn
wise meiT ~of the East" who arterwai
came there, young Caspar and middle age
Balhasar and old Melchoir. To know how po<
he was, examine all the records of real esta'
in all that oriental country, and see whi
vineyard, or what house, or what field 1
owned. Not one. Of what mortgage was 1
the mortgagee.' Of what tenement was b
the landlord/ Of what lease was he tl
lessee? Who ever paid him rent.' Not owr
ing tho boat on which he sailed, or the bea?
on which he rodo, or the pillow on whish 1
slept. He had so little estate that in order I
pay his tax he had to perform a miracl
putting the amount of the assessment in
fish's mouth and having it hauled ashor
And alter his death the world rushed in I
take an inventory of his goods, and the entii
aggregate was the garments ho had won
(deeping in them by night and traveling i
thern by day, bearing on them the dust <
the highway and the saturation of the se.
Paul in my text did not go far from hittin
the mark, did he, when he said of the inissio
ary Prince: "For your sakeshe became poor
The world could have treated him better
it had chosen. It had all the meaus for mal
ing his earthly condition comfortable. Onl
a few years beforo when Pompey, the Gei
eral, arrived at Brindisi he was greeted wit
arches and a costly column, which celebrate
the 12,000,000 people whom he had killed <
conquered, and be was allowed to wear b
?
trltttnpbai rotresintbe Senate TJw world? %
applause for imperial butchetSy but buffet?
for the Prince of Peace. Pknfcy of gold*
chalice* for the favored to drinte otft of, b
t our Prisce must pwt his lips to tb# backet
he well by the roadside lifter lie hrnd begg<
lor a drink. Poor# Bom in another mac
: barn and eating at another man's tafcle, ar
I crsiaing tlw lake in another man's fisbii
" i smack, and buried in> another man's n?u?
icuD* Four inspired' authors wrote of h
I biography, ami innunwrable lives of Ch*i
j have been published, but he composed h
'' j autobisgraphy hi a most compressed vrfv
1_ I He saikl: "I have trodden the wit
press alone." Poor in the estimatic
| of nearly all the prosperous classe
r : They called him Sabbath breaker, wii
>. j bibber, tmitor, blaspheme*, and ransackf
e the dictionary of opprobrium from lid to li
y- to express flbeir detesShtton; JJ canthtntc no1
r , of only two well to do men1 wlw> espoused h
i- | cause?Niccdemus and Joseph of Arimathei
e- | His friends for the moatpartt were peopl
g: : who, in that climate where ophthalnsy or ii
e-; flammation of the eyeball sweep# ever an
e anon as a scourge, had become1 blind, sic
v ; people who were anxious- to- get well, an
t l troubled people in whose - family Store wj
4* aArmo Ann /Inarl nr riving Tf' ha tinri on twiTN
i at all it was empty, or we -would have- Sear
?.'j what was done with the content*at the pa
3 I mortem. Poor? Thepigeouan the dove-cot*
s< Che rabbit in its burrow, the- silk wnrm in il
r i cocoon, the bee in its hive, is'better provide
i-1 tor, better off, better sheltered. Ay^ tl
> ! brute creation has a home' ob> earthy wttt
&-: Christ has not.
jj- ! If on windy days the rtrttr
j ' Gambol like a dancing ski?
Not tbe lefts he lores his haror
l.' On Ibe bosom of the cliff.
3 i
s it almost witn eagle pinton
O'er the Alps the chamois roam,.
_ Yet he has some small doml'iion
Which no doubt tie calls*hia home:
B\it the Crown Prince of all heavenly dt
g minion bad less than the raven, loss-thanitft
9 chamois, for he was homeless. Aye, in. tti
a history-of the universe thereis no other ii
1 stanae of such coming down.* Whocamcour
0 the miles from the top of the- throne to tii
1 I bottom, of the cross? Cleopatra,, giving.
banquet to Antony, took a pearl wort
1 ! $100,000 and dissolved it in vinegar an
swallowed it. But when our Prince,, accorc
j I ing to tbe evangelist, in his last hours- too
> ! the vineear. in it had been dissolvod all tli
j pearls of his heavenly royalty. Down unt
j j thero was no other depth for him to toucl
j J troubled until there was no other harass
. I ment to suffer, poor until there was no otlie
3 i pauperism to torture. Billions of dollai
3 spent in wars to destroy men, whowill fui
_ nish the statistics of the value of that pr<
r cious blood that was shed to save us? "Y
P Know rae grace or our Liorct Jesus unrlst
3 I thatir fcbougn he was rich, yet for your sate
. ! be became poor."
B I Only those who study this text in> trw
s J places can fully reach its power-?the Hoi
. . Land of Asia Minor and the holy land c
f j heaven. How I should like some day to tak
3 a. drink out of Jacob's well, and take a sa
. j on Galilee, and read the sermon on the Moui
0 j while standing on Olivet, and see the wild?)
j ; nese where Christ was tempted, and be- som
s ! afternoon on Calvary at about 3 olclocfc, tfc
s j hoar at which closed the crucifixion, an
_ j sit under the sycamores and by the side <
f the brooks, ana think and dreamt and pra
I about the poverty of Him. who came ou
e" j souls to save. But you and I will probabl
8 be denied that, and so here, in, another coot
sent and in another hemisphere-, and in scene
u'. as different a# possible, we recount as we
; as we may how poor our heavenly Prince b<
1 came. And in the other holy land above v
may all study the riches that He left behin
j when He started for His-earthly expeditioi
& Come, let us bargain to meet each other 1
j the door of the father's mansion, or on tt
bank of the river just where it rolls froi
- J under the throne, or at the outside gat
? i Jesus got the contrast by exchangiug th<
[. world for this; we will get it by exchangin
t. j this world for that. There aad then you wi
, | understand more of the wonders of the grac
I T ahH Taaiia Phmof opKa 4 *frVimiorVi V
e | wa3 rich, yet for your sakes became poor."
? I Yes grace, free grace, sovereign gracx
[. ! omnipotent grace. Among the thousands c
3 j words of the language there is no more queei
ly word. It means free and unmerited kind
3 J ness. My text has no. monopoly of the wore
e One hundred and twenty-nine times does tb
e Bible eulogize grace. It is a door swung wid
e J open to let into the pardon of God all tt
j | millions who choose to enter it.
q | John Newton sang of it when he wrote:
^ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
o Philip Doddridge put it into hymnolog
e when he wrote:
v ! Grace! 'tis & charming soand,
a Harmonious to the ear;
,f Heaven with the erhoshill resound
e And all the world shall hear.
>, One of John Bunyan's great books is et
d ! titled "Abounding Grace." "It is all of gra<
v j that I am saved" has been on the lips of hui
if ! dreds of dying Christians. The boy Samm
a | was right when, being examined for admi
tr ' sion into church membership, he was askec
d | "Whose work was your salvation?" and 1
i- j answered: "Part mine and part God's." The
i- the examiner asked: "What part did you di
>- | Sammy?" and the answer was: "I oppose
d God all I could, and he did tne rest!" 0;
ie the height of it, the depth of it, the length <
h it, the breadth of it?tne grace of God! M
h i Fletcher having written a pamphlet thi
! nlnncn/l t-ha TTinor f>ia TTi'tict offered to com Dei
I piccuou VUW ra
j sate him, and Fletcher answered: "There
i! j only one thing I want, and that is mei
>? ; grace." Yes, my blood bought hearers, gra
?- ! to live by, grace to die by. Grace th,
s, | saved the publican, that saved Lydia, th;
r- j saved the dying thief, that saved the jaile
s- . that saved me. But the riches of that gra
i. j will not be fully understood until heave
?. | breaks in upon the soul An old Scotcl
y man, who had been a soldier in one of tl
ie I European wars, was sick and dying in oi
ml of our American hospitals. His one desii
te was to see Scotland and his old hom
a. and once again walk the heather <
h the Highlands, and hear the bagpip
'el of the Scotch regiments. The night that tl
id old Scotch soldier died a youn^ man, souii
te I what reckless but kind-hearted, got a cor
j pany of musicians to come and play undi
at the old soldier's window, and among the i
' struments there was a bagpipe. The instai
,d that the musicians began~the dying old ma
h- J in delirium said: "What's that? what's tha
ill ! why, it's the regiments coming home. Thai
a j the tune; yes, that's the tune. Thank God,
so , have got home once more!" "Bonny Scotlar
a | and Bonny Doon" were the last words he u
of tered as he passed up to the highlands of tl
I better country. And there are hero to-ds
m hundreds homesick for heaven; somebecau
HI [ you havo so many bereavements, some b
i cause you have so many temptations, son
L13 because you have so many ailments; hom
ir sick, very homesick, for the fatherland <
, heaven, and the music that you want to he:
jg now is the song of free grace, and the musi
i'8 yon want to hear when you die is free grac
jg and forever before the throne of God y<
ils will sing of the "grace of our Lord Jes1
al ' Christ, who, though he was rich, for yoi
m | sak^s became^ poor."
le ; Yes, yes; for your sakes! It was not on
If : pleasure excursion that ho came, for it w
)s j all pain. It was not on astronomical explc
is I ation; for he knew this world as well befo
al | he alighted as afterward. It was not becau
a ' he was compelled to come,for he volunteere
le It was not because it was easy, for he kne
e that it would be thorn, and spike, and hu
ig ger, and thirst, and vociferation of angi
of moos. For your sake3! Wipe away yo
of | tears. To foreive vour wrons-aoine.io coi
0, j pantonsbip your loneliness, to soot tie yo
:n j sorrows, to'sit with you by the new-ma
rn grave, to bind up your wounds in the ug
to battle with the world anil bring you home
al last, kindling up the mists that fall on yo
To dying vision with the sunlight of a glorio
s, morn. For your sakes! No, I will chan
ee that. Paul will not care, and Christ will n
-j | care if I change it, for I must get into t
>d i blessedness of the text myself, and so I sa
jr | " For our sakes !" For we all have our tem
te tatious, and bereavements, and conflici
| For our sakes ! We, who deserve for our si
10 to be expatriated into a workl as much poor
j0 than this earth as this earth is poorer lhi
t0 | heaven. For our sakes !
ie j But what a fruitful coming down to tal
us gloriously up. When Artaxerxes w
5t i hunting, Tirebazus, who was attending hii
ie showed the King a rent in his garment. T
to ' King said: "How shall I mend it?'' "Bygi
e> ing it to me," said Tirebazus. Then the Kji
u:?Knf i>nmm?nrW him nnv
a ' gavi' Ullll lUO i VUV, U.... ..v.
e. to wear it, as it would be inappropriate. S
to the startling and comforting fact, while o
ro Prince throws off the habit no not only i
rj lows us to wear it. but commands us to we
in it, and it will become us well, and tor the po
3f erties of our spiritual state wo may put <
a. the splendors of heavenly regalement F
ig our sakes! Oh, the personality of this i
a- j ligion! Not an abstraction, not i
f 1 arch under which we walk to behold elali
If rate masonry, not an ice castle like th
ic- ; which Empress Elizabeth, of Russia, ov
ly j 100 years ago ordered constructed, wint
i- with its trowol of crystal cementing the hu
h blocks that had been quarried from t
>d frozen rivers of the north, but a fathe;
>r house with a wide hearth crackling a hear
jj) welcome. A region of warmth, and inspir
#d ttoU, Had lignt, ?otf cneer, attoef&lng we T
S? can t^ke intoour hearts', and hoi"*es, atod busi5rt
ness, Recreations, a*d Joys aiSi; sorrows,
ut Not sA Onmanageabte' girt like Ihe galley
o? presented to Ptolemy, wbich required 4,000
k1 iben to iXAt; and its draflg&t of water was so Oi
i's tftcat thaff it could not cote? near the1 shore,
id Mt something you can run up auy streata of A
lg arcoyanee. however shallow. Enricbiaent
o- now, enricnment forever.
ill Right aboafcface! for you going in fllie T1
wrorig direction. While you are in a favoria
able ^iood for it, enter into life; Here and1 "
y just llow dedd'* everything tha? makes for ;
i9 peace ctnd heareit. Aeassiz says that he has .
)D. stood at one place irr the Alps where he could i Al
a:, throw dchip into the water in one-cHrection,
w and it wsuld roll on> into the German ocean,
id! or he coiitd throw a chip into the water in
Id ii another direction, and it would raach the ^
_ ; Black sea by the Danube, or he couldJ throw
jg a chip in' another direction, and it? would -r.
x enter the Alediterranean by the Rhone: How ,
Jbr apart t?te Mediterranean, and the Black
j. ofca, and the German ocean! Standing tcPday <t?j
j o? the Alps af Gospel privilege, you can'pro- <
oAnl mirronta anil ft
,j? JC J UU1 OVIU iliW I'l^uv vun?mO| wuu *?
(j w.1] roll on into the ocean of life, or project >
? it in the wrong.directloiK and it will roll into
^ the sea of deatne. But how far apart the two
^ distances! May- God' helpo> to appreciate <
jt mor? and more- the momentous meaning of T1
9 of our text! The seven w?e men of Greece <
J were chiefly known each for one apothegm;
j Solon lor the sayi*g4 "Kne<w thyselfPer- Ai
ianderfor the saying: "Nothing b impossible
i, to industry;" ChHo" for the saying: "Con- N(
aider tlte end;" Thalesfbr the'wyfng: "8ure- '
tyship is the precursor of ruinv" And Paul,
distinguished for an thousand utterances, H<
might well afford to be memorable for the 1
saying: "You know the grace of our Lord lie
Jesus Christ, that; thtongh He vom rich, yet
for your sakes became-poor, that ye through
His poverty might benohi'* Ai
j TEMPERANCE. *
ia- Ot
if The Last Gr1ass? '
lb A. merry crowd, a careless throngs .
101 j Where foaming glasses, jesttand songf J
81 1 Filled up the hours
i There gathered rough and bearded men.
ft' 1 And fair faced boys, within, that den.
I- f Of Satan's-powers
k I _
10 l One came as often as the rest, .
11 jj To share the flowing wine-and jeat,. ,bU31j
>, | With reckless ajic.
s? As if pursued by fiendi-within,
r >j He sought the place where drink and <Es
s- b Soon banished, care; ,
r- | UP 1
i- ,j One night the usual gliss was- pouredy thus
e Amid tne revel songs encored I do
r,. !; By those who heard.
>9. J The poison almost finds his lips?
( When from his hands the goblet slips
o- ( Withoat.a word; prof
Y f feesi
,f A muttered oath?a dOggei air? set s
a. A sudden lull?a general stare? ' wish
y. Then loua and clear Z "I a
? He spoke: "Fill me an other glass; , shou
> My nerves are shaky^-let it pass? t. ha3 i
& Here's to all her?.'r **' with
? He lifted up the gloss-again^ bare
j. But set it down and faced the mea bus*
Who sat. around. whic
J " Boys," and his voice was hoarse with dread, c]ert
" I cannot drink that glassy" he said? way
? A sudden,sound. Chri
* Like smothered laughtei>-tben his face, ^eiv<
u All stern and white,.subdued the place, ij_ic
* All silence fell. * iE-n
r? " I cannot drink it, fontbere lies
a Within its depths a pair of eyes, < ^
^ Like Heaven in helL *
ie ?j cannot drink, itv tor there swims
31 A face above the foam that brims?
B- The face of one 7 th
"Whoseheart would ache to see me here; r,
isi WhnoA hftart would break. I am so deal':
I BojSy I am done?
:e t whi<
ie " Done with the-poison; here's my band;
With God's help! mean to stand
'? By all I say;
>f And stand by her whose dear face lies rt
} Between me and the revelries
I leave to-day."
L ?Emma Lyudau, in Detroit Free Prest.
ie _ 8el''
ie grar
ie A Fraud, Delusion, and Snare. a coi
The liquor traffic stands as a confessed gp00
criminal before the great world. Its only
apologists are the brewers, the saloon keep- ???l
ere, and the daily newspapers. It fears Pro- rhe.'
y hibition on the one hand and restrictive high are 1
license on the other. At least it pretends to ever
fear the latter, raises a howl of agony that 8X0 1
the licenses should be placed at fl,000, in ?an
Minnesota, for instance. The great dailies 01
Eoint to the howl, and say: "See what high T*"o<
cense is doing; it is just the thing to gradu- ?* "
^ ally bring about the annihilation of the sa- c?48
j. loon, and any idiot that can't see it is a (
y wretched, meddlesome Prohibitionist, whose 80")
g. opinions are not worth listening to." Thus onc
1. the matter is quiety and easily disposed of? ,ess>
jq by the newspapers. However, they do have 0386
,n to print news items, and here is one that ap- 501'
3 peared in the Chicago Tribune, an item that stop
xj would not ba permitted on the editorial page, safe
h by any means: P61"*
"The big brewers of Winona, having
r learned that only about twenty saloon-keepers To*
aj would be able to take the new $1,000 license, "n18
1 u:t- """" ? na-ar nion to hfilo retail ven- not
Q? lla*C U1V U|A>U U UW ? I - _
ijj ders ci liquors, and at the same time increase t
re their own business. They propose that each Gra
ce brewer shall take out licenses for four or fire and
saloons, and as a result nearly all the present are i
at saloon-keepers have made applications for
r licenses nnder the new law, all expecting that
^ they will be among those favored by the
>n brewers."
jj. All temperance workers now agree that Quit
30 high license is a fraud, delusion, and snare. ^is .
ie Now that science has removed the fallacies of *1.-1
.e the deceiver who so long has taught men that ?g jr
0 there is nutriment and strength in alcohol, he
3f has been compelled to take a new way to be- wa3
es numb consciences. A good name for hisplan ftii .
ie would be 11 High Lie"?no "sense" about it, j0W(
3- and a great deal of lie 1 In Chicago, the nj,r
n. friends of the Lie say that there would be can
?r double as many saloons were it not that it
[j. costs $500 yearly to sell liquon Well, if the Dra,
[it saloons could be any thicker than they are !i"
in (over eighteen solid miles of them in Chicago), uaV(
t J the schools and churches would have to move
's out to make room for them I Great is High stan
j Lie, and the newspapers are its prophets, j:
1C1 You see what the Winona brewers are g
t. doing to keep the saloons where they are in '
1Q numbers I That is the method used in Chi- 1}
tV cago. It's very simple; it is also a simple
- - ,zo.
eg matter to sumuieunj auUl^, ?
0. get back the money, and the miserable Lie a n(i
ie on- Capital is the arch enemy here, and . d
q. when one stands before the mighty buildings
0f called breweries, it is no wonder that the ?
jj magnitude of the battle which must be .
[c fought seems overwhelming. Capital is said ,
,e to be timid; we wish beer capital was; its
timidity is not apparent I Rather do we see ^ j
03 fear in the columns of the great dalies, that
dare not attack evac'ons of the law practiced
by the brewery capital. All advocates of the
High Lie will tell you the object to be gained
is the regulation of the liquor traffic; but if azjn
the breweries combine to regulate the nura- ~ro^
" ber of saloons, and keep them running in the Jjot
old numbers,what then? What other Business jjos
is capable of such purchasing power? What wjj0
other business would think of thus setting was
1 men up in business?? Union Signal. ecj[y
Drugged Beer.
ur _ ceiv
n. In a recent number of the Sanitarium, in hyp
.. an article on "Drugged L'eer," E. H. Bartley, enoi
M. D., Chief Chemist of the Health Depart- th0
rvf Ri-nnL-ivn invites attention to the ex- win
^ tensive and dangerous use of salicylic acid by teac
brewers to prevent fermentation in their jty <
Vf beer. He says: "Unless it be thoroughly wjtl
cured and well cleared the beer will often not
spoil, before it is consumed, by a process of nost
v' fermentation or putrefaction. To avoid the ours
necessary care in the manufacture, and the and
keeping of the beer for a longer time, it has 0Vei
P" become a practice among brewei's to add Veni
salicylic acid to prevent this fermentation Gf ti
J*3 after the beer is sent out." He says that I ijev<
? there can be no doubt that in large quantities | men
it acts very injuriously both upon the digest- j j3 j
ive processes and the kidneys, and adds: "In j piac
V* its elimination the kidneys not rarely become j had
acutely congested, or even inflamed, piving will
I1' rise to acute Bright's disease." In the pres- ^ nc
ence of such a danger, even if the alcohol mill
' also were not an irritant poison, the wise and
safe thing to do is to let the beer alone.? ?
^ Rational Advocate.
u.r Temperance In Finland.
*" It is only three years since the first tem- . Gl
perance society was formed in Finland, and Juve
v" so rapidly has the cause progressed that al- grc8
511 ready in several towns the sale of spirituous Be
or i liquors has been wholly discontinued. In some of h
*e' ! distric ts the manufacture of brandy has been s qt
111 ! forbidden. In others it may be sold at whole- busi
?* I sale, but not at retail. The number of drink and
a j shops has been so reduced that now there is H
er j only one for every 570 of the inhabitants. No
cr | liquor is allowed to be sold at the markets, H f
pe : fairs, barracks, or in the neighborhood of 5
, schools orchurches.Theseresults.it is claimed,
fj i have been attained, not by public meetings, ?
y ( or blue ribbons, but simply by the moral a!*,
a* 1 power of the associations, '
lEUGIOTTS BEADING.
The Last Journey.
rW otLer journey, oh my love I
Otee more for us to share;
gaiff across the blooming laud
Together we shall fare. ^
le happ# days come back to me
When tin* we went away; ^
re two, we only, side by side,
That blessed wedding day.
h me! how rapid were the wheels;
How swift the radiant hours;
ow dear thy shy and tender looks;
How sweet the bridal flowers.
ear after year we went again,
But never more alone;
'ith little links of childish life
That bound us to cmr own.
? dinging hands, the baby words,
Uh? losses and the gain,
le amxious, faithful mother heart
ITm* solaced every pain. /
) mw? alone, yet dearer far
T)iby* tonHfifost. solitude:
le gathering of that flock beloved,
The mother with her brood.
id now'. How silent are thy lipe;
How still without their smile:
) wordi of mine, no thought or thin* '
That silence shall beguile.
)w close- those serious eyes are shot;
The'white lids lift no more;
> living look of love or peace,
No glance at sea or shore.
-t thon not here? Bo near, so far,
rhy face I cannot see.
ire, and yet hidden from my sight?
DhGodl'hjow can it be?
it long last Journey. She and I
rogether, yet apart
)meward and graveward; she at rest;
[ with my breaking heart 1
?[Rose-Terry Cook in Independent.
Pray* Without Ceasing.
le beautiful' balance between diligence in
ness and fervency in spirit^ while^ serv
,ne JjOru, is IXl'UH miutiainu jju HHP juar
from the Boek of Proverbs by Biabop
y, of Iowa;:
here Indeed' naav not the Christian lift
lis heart to> Sod? Where ought he not
to seek the strengthening from above!
not necessarily mean in outward mani?
ition, but in inward communion. For
aple, a merchant once said to a faithful
jyman, "Sir, I dont like your religious
assors who come into my office with proons
of godliness on their lips; I alwayl
uch men down' as rogues. I suspect they
to cheat mo." The clergyman replied,
zree with you. Were I in your place I
Id feel the same suspicion; for a man
10 business to come into your warehouse
the language of godliness on his tongue
i he comes to> purchase your silks and
lain for your calicoes. He came on
ness. Let him attend to the business on
:h he came. But," continued the
jyman; "let me remind you there is a
in which his religion will actuate the
stian in your counting housa You may
liscern the principle, But you will per9
the result, not by his talking about rein,
out of place,, but by his acting in con?
litv with its precepts, neither seeking to
advantage of you nor allowing you to
advantage of mm; thus making It manithat
while grace has sharpened nis judg?
t it has subdued his selfishness; constraintiim
in all his dealings with you to do to
as he would have you do to nim. There
e power of faith displaying itself in its
timate influence, not in righteous profes*
out of place, bat in righteous practice,
:h is everywhere in place."
Half Werk, Poor Work.
is half-following Christ that is so difflA
great danger will stimulate to
ter courage than a slight one. You can
S spirit enocgh to carry you through a
j heroic deed more easily than throogb
mmonplaoe one. Some people might oe
I Christians if they set out to be better than
are. They fail because they only hover
it the'virtues instead of plunging right in.
j would make good martyrs; but they
poor confessors. They would be faithful
i unto death in a persecution; but they
not proof against sneers and grins. They
bear a heavy cross manfully; out when ft
ily a little one they want to fling it down.
lbles. to them are like the deafening roar
-affic- in a city office, which goes on uningly,
and yet never disturbs tne clerk at
leek: while if a boy began to whistle
Ly at his side he would be distracted at
? The greater is easier to bear than the
because they make preparations in one
' and not in the other. The whole is not
roablesome as the part. It is not easy to
half-way. They say that it is perfectly
to carry a gun at half-cock, which u
ectly true only when you have a perfect
, Half-measures are dangerous measures,
talf-promise is not to promise. To halfh
is not to finish. Sins must be slain,
wounded ; and they are not dead
liey have only one foot in the grave,
res must bloom as well as bud;
virtues, like fruit, must be ripe, or they
not worth keeping.?{Rev. C. T. Prioe.
Paul and Prayer.
ith Paul his prayers were themselvei
e as mutni a part of his work for God as
^reaching the gospel or his suffering for
truth'3 sake. And though in this as well
1 everv other part of his work, he?or ai
ays. ,rNbt I, but the grace of God that
in me"?labored more abundantly than
vho either went before him or have fol?
-.1 ?.. ? TT//ir>lr nf wifnoarinc fciT
*1 II1 111 III IUO ....
1st, yet this, at least, is certain: that I
only follow his example in his work for
in proportion as I follow it in regard to
fer. It is very profitable to consider how
rh preparatory thought the Apostle must
a given to his work before praying; how
oust have considered the various circumces
in regard to which the assistance and
ction of God were needed for it; tha
ial aid that he and others required: tha
ial dangers and temptations and difflculto
which it was liable. Thus I shall realbetter
how truly prayer is itself work,
only for God, but with God and in God.
[ if I need a general rule for my continu*
irection in "my work for Goa," let ma
ember that the most general and tha
t practical of all is that which St. Paul
given us and exemplified in his own life:
ntinue steadfastly in prayer, watching
ein with thanksgiving. "-4EL Cotterili,
Spnrgeon'a 111 nit ration.
r. Spurgeon. in the July issue of his mag*
e, the Sword and Trowel, hits well tha
it faith required to accept some modern
ons inplace of simple Scripture truth,
ays: There is a quaint story of a giant,
i had long fed upon windmills, and at iasi
choked by a pat of butter; and, assur',
his counterpart may be seen in the evo?
mists of our day, who are unable to ren
e the Bible account of the creation. Th4
othesis of our present philosophers art
igh to tax the credulity of a monk of
middle ages, yet many take down thee*
i mil Is as pigeons swallow peas. Tha
hing of revelation is fitted for the capao>
a child, but our wise men are choked
l such simple fare. IVe confess wo have
enough faith to be an infidel, or an ag?
ric, or even an evolutionist. We find
ielves for once standing up for reason,
demanding that our faith should not be
-strained. We can believe what is r??
ed; for, sublime as it is, there is a kind
uth-likeness about it; but we cannot be?
3 what we are now taught with such tredous
authority; for, in the first place, it
lot worth believing, and, in the next
e, it looks so dreadfully like a lie that we
rather not. No, thank you, dear sir, we
keep to our bread and butter; our throat
t yet adapted to the disposal of wind
3.
Temperance News and Notes.
it of 8,034 saloon keepers in the city of
idelpkia there are only 470 Americans,
eat Britain has 13,000 bands ci hope and
nile Temperance societies, with an agate
membership of 1,600,000.
er-brewers in America employ an army
alf a million of men; they nave inv sted
iarter of a billion of dollars in their
ness, and they sell about one hundred
eighty million gallons of beer a year.
jv. Howard Crosby says: It Is safe to es,te
the receipts of the New York saloons
SO,000,000 a year, one-half of which, at
comes from the 150,000 men known as
oring men." The destruction of the
Dr-saloous alone would cute four-fifths of
poverty In the country,