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REV. DR. TAL11AGE.
THE BROOKLYN' DIVINE'S SDNDAY
SERMON.
Ifiubject: '*Our Possessions." Preached
in London.
/ Text: " All are yours."?I Corinthians
ffii., &i.
^ The impression is abroad that religion
(puts a man on short allowance; that when
ithfl SIllp sauing neavenwaru cuun uu mo
shining wharf it will be found out tbat all
;the passengers bad the hardest kind of sea
fare; that the soldiers in Christ's army
(march most of the time with an empty haversack;
in a word, tbat only those peop.e
> Ibave a good time in this world who take
itipon themselves no religious obligation.
J I want to-day to find ouc whether this i s
180, and I am going to take account of stock;
<1 am going to show what are the Christian's
liabilities, and what is bis iDcome.and what
:are his warrantee deeds, and what are his
[bonds and mortgages, and I shall find ouc
[before I finish just how much% he is worth,
and t shall spread before you the balance
sheet in time to warn you all against the religion
of Jesus Christ if indeed it b9 a failure,
and in time for you all to accept it if
Bndeed it be a success. I turn first to the
[assets, and I find there what seems to be a
roll of Government securities?the empire of
heaven promising all things to the possessor.
|The three small words of my text are a warJrantee
deed to the whole universe when it
ttays "All are yours."
t In making an inventory of the Christian's
jpossessions I remark in the first place tbat
ice owns this world. My text implies it and
'the preceding verse asserts it?"whether
jPaul or Apollos or Cephas or the world."
iNow it would b9 an absurd thing to suppose
that God would give to strangers
(privileges and advantages which He would
deny His own children. If you have a largS
- monainn beautiful fountains.
?>, ,
stalking deer and statuary, to whom will
you give the first right to all these possessions?
To outsiders? No, to your own
children. You will say, "It will be very
/well for outsiders to coine in and walk these
paths and enjoy this landscape, but the first
right to my house, and the first right to my
statuary, the first right to my gardens shall
ba in the possession of rav own children,
i Now this world is God s park, and while
Be allows those who are not His children,
land who refuse His authority, the privilege
iwalking through the gardens, the possession
of all this grandeur or park and mansion is
in the right of the Christian?the flowers,
the diamonds, the silver, the gold, the morning
brightness and the evening shadow. The
Christian may not have the title deed to one
ere of land as recorded in the clerk's office,
he may never have paid one dollar of taxes,
but he can go up on a mountain and look off
upon fifty miles of grain field and say, "All
thia is mine; my Father gave it to me." "Ail
re yours."
i A lawyer is sometimes required to search
titles, and the client who tninks he has a
good right to an estate puts the papers in
Eis hands, and the lawyer goes into th9
public records and finds everything right
"? fnur nr fir? v?&r-? back; but
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after awhile be comes to' a break in the
title, to a deficit, to a diversion of the
property; so he finds out that the mm who
supposed he owned it owns not an acre of
the ground, while somebody else has the full
JSght to the entire estate. Now I examine
Se title to all earthly possessions. I go
back a little way, aud I find that men of the
world?bad men, selfish men, wickei menthink
they have a right to all these
possessions; but I go further back, and I
trace the title from year to year and from
century to century, until I find the whole
right vested in God. Now to whom did He
give it? 'lo His own children I "All are
yours."
The simple fact is, that in the last days of
the world all the architecture, all the cities,
all the mountains, all the villages will be in
the possession of the church of Christ. 'The
meek shall inherit the earth." Ships of
Tarshish shall bring presents. "The earth
is the Lord's and the fullness thereof." "All
are yours." "But," you say, "what satisfaction
is there in that when I haven't possession
of them?' These things will come
bet ore the Supremo Judge of the universe
and He will regulate the titl<? and He will
eject these squatters upon the property that
does not belong to them, and it shall be
found that "All are yours."
80, again, the refinements of life are the
Christian's right. He has a right to as good
1 "" oHnrnmonk to as
Bppv Ol,
commodious a residence as the worldling.
Show me any f>assage in the Bible that tells
the people of the world they have privileges,
they have glittering spheres, they have
befitting apparel that are denied the Christian.
1 here is no one who has so much a
right to laugb, none so much a right to
everything that is beautiful and grand and
sublime in life as the Christian. "All are
yours." Can it be possible that one who is
reckless and sinful and has no treasures laid
up ui heaven is to be allowed pleasures which
the sons and daughters of God, the owners
of the whole universe, are denied?
So I remark thaS ail the sweet sounds of
the world are in the Christian's right. There
are people who have an idea that instruments
of music are inappropriate for the
Christian's parlor. When did the houde of
sin or the bacchanal get the right to music?
They have no right to it. God, in my text,
makes over to Christian people all the pianos,
all the harps, all the drums, all the
jcornets, all the flutes, all the organs, reo[ple
of the world may borrow them, but tfa.ey
only borrow them; they hare no right or
ititle to them. God gave them to Christian
people in my text, when He said, "All are
yours,"
David no more certainly owned the harp
with which he thrummed the praise of (rod
tban the church of Christ owns now all
chants, all anthems, all ivory keyboards, all
organ diapasons, and God will gather up
these sweet sounds after awhile, ani He will
> mingle them in one great Harmony, and the
Mendelsshons and the Beethovens and the
k Mozarte of earth will join their voices and
^-*<beir musical instruments, the soft south
wind and the loud-lunged euroclydon will
6weep the great organ pipas, and you shall
see'God's hand striking the keys and Goi's
loot tramping the pedals in thj great oratorio
of the ages!
So all artistic and literary advantages are
in the Christian's right. I do not care on
whose wall the picture hangs, or on whoso
pedestal the sculpture stands, it belongs to
Christians. The Bierstadts an 1 the churches
are all working for us. 4 'All are yours."
"'1 T I T ..II t-ho. rrn I _
iuo uuAeiuuum ^3, tuo uvufic, ?.** wuo jcaileries
of Naples and Rome and Venice?they
are all to come into the possession of the
church of Jesus Christ. We may not now
have them on our wall9, but the time will
come when the writ of ejectment will be
served and the church will possess everything.
Ail parks, all fishponds, all colors,
all harvests?all, "all are yours."
Secondly, I remark that the right to full
temporal support is in the Christian's nam?.
It is a great affair to feed the world. J ust
think of the fact that this morning sixteen
hundred millions of our raca breakfasted at
! God's table 1 The commissary department
of a hundred thousand iu?a in any army
will engage scores of people, but just think
of the commissary department of a worldt
Think of the gathering up from the rice
swamps, and the tea fluids,and the orchards,
and the fisheries! No one but God could
tell how many bushels it would take to feed
five continents.
Then, to clothe all these people, how many
furs must be oaptured ana how much flax
broken and how much cotton picked. Just
think of the infinite wardrobe where sixteen
hundred millions of people get their clothes!
God spreads the table first of all for His children.
Of course that wou d be a very sel
11911 man wiiu ivuuiu uui c*?iKjrt utuu pcwjiio
to come and sit at the table somecimss; but
first of all, the right is given to Christian
people, and therefore it is extreme folly for
them ever to fret about food or raiment.
Who fed the whales sporting off Cape
Hatteras this morning? Out of whose hand
did the cormorant pick its food? Whose
loom wove the butterfly's wing? Who hears
the hawk's cry? If God takes care of a walrus,
and a Siberian dog. and a wasp, will He
not take care of you? Will a father have
more regard for reptiles than for his sons
and daughters? If God clothes the grizzly
bear, and the panther, and the hyena, will
He not clothe His own children? Come, then,
t.Viin morning, and get the key of the infinite
storehouse. Come and get the key of the infinite
wardrobe. Here they are?all the
keys. "All are yours."
So all the vicissitudes of this life, so far as
they have any religious profit, are in the
right of the Christian. If you should stand
among the Alleghany Mountains, especially
near what is called tho "Horseshoe," you
would find a train of cars almost doubling
on itseir, and sitting iu one oao* ear you sea
a locomotive coming as you look out of the
window, and you tbialc it is another train
when It is only the front of the train in
which you are riding: and sometimes you
can hardly tell whether tha train is going
toward Pittsburg or toward Philadelphia,
but it is on the track, and it will reach tha
depot for which it started, and all the passengers
will be discharged at the right
place. Now there are a great many sharp
curves in life. Sometimes we seem to be
going this way and sometimes we seem to be
going that way, but if we are Christians we
are on tne ngno irau* mm *? o <uo ^
come out at the right place. Do not get
worried, then, about the sharp curve.
A sailing vessel starts from New York for
Glasgow. Does it go in a straight line?"
Oh, no. It changes its track every little
while. Now you say, "This vessel, instead
of going to Glasgow, must be going to
Havre, or it is going to Hamburg, or it is going
to Marseilles." No, no. It is going to
Glasgow. And in this voyage of life we
often have to change our tack. One storm
blows us this way, and another storn blows
us that way; but He who holds the winds in
His fist will bring us into a haven of everlasting
rest just at the right time. Do not
worry, then, if you have to change tack.
One of the best things that ever happened
to Paul was being thrown off his horse. One
of the best things that ever happened to
Joseph was being thrown into the pit. The
losing of his physical eyesight helped John
Milton to see the battle of the angels. One
of the best things that ever happened to
Ignatius was being thrown to the wild beasts
in the Coliseum, and while eighty thousand
people were jeering at his religion he
walked up to the fiercest of all the lions and
looked him in the eye, as much as to say,
' Here I am. ready to b? devoured for
Christ's sake."
All things work together for your goo 1.
If you walk the desert, the raanna will fall
and the sea will part. If the feverish torch
of sickness is kindled over your pillow, by
its light you can read the promises. If the
waves of trouble dash high above your
girdle, across the blast and across the surge
"An thn nrnmino ?? CVhpn thnn nass
eth through the waters I will be with thee."
You never owned a glove, or a shoe, or a
hat, or a a coat more certainly than you own
all the frets and annoyances and exasperations
of this life, and they are bound to work
out your present and your eternal good.
They are tae nana, the hammers, the files by
which you are to be hewn and cut and
smoothed for your eternal well being.
Here is a vessel that goes along the coast;
it hugs the coast. The captain of that
easel seems chieflr anxious to keen the
paint on his ship from being marred or the
sails from being torn. When that vessel
comes to port, nobody looks on it with any
interest. But here is a vessel that went
across the sea with vast product and comes
in with vast importation?sails patched,
masts splicei, pumps all working to keep
out the water: it has come through the
hurricane which has sunk twenty steamers.
The bronzed men are cheering among the
rigging. Now the men-of-war anchored in
the harbor boom forth their welcome
through the portholes.
So there are some Christians who are having
an easy time. It seems to them smooth
sailing all ths way. When they get into
heaven there will be no excitement, there
will be very few people who will ever find
out they are there; but those Christians who
have gone through a hundred mianignt nurricanes?storm
to the right of them, storm
to the left of them, storm all the way?when
they come up the harbor of heaven, all the
redeamed will turn out to greet them, and
bid them hail and welcome.
I go further, and tell you that the
Christian owns not only this wor.'d, but he
owns the next world. No chasm to be
leaped, no desert to be crossed. There is the
wall; there is the srate of heaven. He owns
all on this side. Now, I am going to show
vou that he owns all on the other sideDeath
is not a ruffian that comes down to
burn us out of house and home, destroying
the house of the tabernacle, so that we
should be homeless forever. Oh, not He is
only a black messenger who comes to tell us
it is time t o move, to tell us to get out of
this hut and go up into the palace.
The Christian owns all heaven. "All are
yours." Its palacas of b9auty, its towers of
streryjth, its castles of love. He will not
wall; in the eternal city as a foreigner in a
strange city, but as a farmer walla over his
own premises. "All are yours." All the
mansions yours. Angels your companions.
Trees of life your shade, fl ills of glory your
lookout. Thrones of heaven the place
where you will shout the triumph. Jesus is
yours. God is yours. You look up into the
race of God and say, "My Father." You
1 ? Af -Tflono anH aav V
IW& up &UIAS IUO lavo vi. vvvua
brother."
Walk oat upon the battlements of heaven
and look off upon the city of the sun. No
tears. No sorrow No death. No smoke of toiling
warehouse curling on the air. No voice
of blasphemy thrilling through that bright,
clear Sabbath morning. No din of strife jarring
the air. Then take out your deed and
remember that from throne to throne, and
from wall to wall, and from horizon to horison
"All are yours."
Then get up into the temple of the sun,
worshipers in white, each wita a palm
branch, and from hign gallery of that temple
look down the thousands of thousands,
and the ten thousand times ten thousand,
and the one hundred and forty and four
thousand, and the great "multitude that no
man can number," and louder than the rush
of the wheels, louder than the tramp of the
redeemed, hear a voice saying, "All are
yours!"
See the great procession marching around
the throne of God. Martyrs who went up
on wings of flame. Invalids who went up
from couches of distress. Toilers who went
up from the workhouse, and the factory,
and the mine. Ail tbe suffering and the
bruised children of God. See cue caariocs or
salvation: in them those who were mors
than conquerors. See them marching around
about the throne of God forever and for
J * 4i-.ll
ever, auu kuuw tum>
O ye who have pains of body that exhaust
your strength and wear out your patience,
1 hold before you this morning tha latjd of
eternal health and of imparishab'a beauty,
and "all is yours!" O ye who have hard
work to get your daily bread, hard work to
shelter your children from the storm, I lift
before you the vision of that land where they
never hunger, and they never thirst, and
God feeds them, and robes cover them, and
the warmth of eternal love Alls them, and all
that is yours i
Oh. if there be any present who are yet
enemies of the Cross of Christ, I beseech
them at once to be reconciled to God! Remember
if you are not found among that
white robed army who follow the Saviour in
His victorious march, your part must be
with those concerning whom it is said, "Tha
Lord Jesus shah be revealed from heaven in
flaming fire, taking vengeance on those that
know not God and obey not the Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord and from the glory of His
power when He shall come to be glorified in
His saints, and to be admired in all them
that believe."
The Mysterious Doable Cocoanat.
After years of vain negotiations the
Royal Botanical Society of London has
at last obtained a specimen of that rarest
of Oriental rarities, the coco de mer, or
double cocoanut.
ror nunaren3 ot years, ana even in
the year 1S92, the origin of the coco de
rner 13 a mystery that is yet to be explained.
It is unknown to cocoanut
growers and gatherers, and, according to
credible testimony, has never been seen
except when washed upon the shores of
some tropical country by a mighty storm.
Lilly, the famous astrologer, owned a
small one, and Camac, of Paris, another.
To these uncanny nuts the ignorant
masses of the seventeenth century attributed
many of the supernatural feats
said to have been performed by their
owners. They were and are supposed
to have wonderful powers in the way
of curing diseases. At one time it was
reported that there was a soecies of cocoanut
tree growing on the Island of
Sepchelies which grew nothing but these
wonderful nuts. Williams, It. X., exploded
the story, and the coco de mer
is still a mystery.?New Ysrk Journal.
.
The bicycle fever has invaded
Sweden. A club of ladies has been
organized there, and they are reported
is enthusiastic.
ft J f.
RELIGIOUS READING.
I heard an old farmer talk one day!
Telling his listeners how
In the wide, new country far away
The rainfall follows the plow.
''As fast as they break it up, you see,
And turn the heart to the sun.
As they open the furrows deep and free
And the tillage is begun,
The earth grows mellow, and more and
more
It holds and sends to the sky
A moisture it never bad before.
When its face was hard and dry.
''And so wherever the ploughshares run
The clouds run overhead.
And the soil that works and lets in the sun
With water is always fed."
I wonder if that old farmer knew
The half of his simple word,
Or guessed the message thiit heavenly true,
Within it was hidden and heard.
It fell on my ear bv chance that day,
But the gladness lingers now.
To think it is alwavs God's own way
That the ranefall follows the plow.
? [Mrs. A. D. T.Whitney.
_____
SUNDAY IX THE HOME.
In many families the problems of the other
six days in the wee'< sink into utter insignificance
when compared with that ever-recurring
and seldom uuswered question, "What
shall we do with the chi dren on Sunday?"
Perhaps the old wav? of keeping the Sabbath
day were too strict, perhaps the new
ways are too lax?there are any amount of
perhapses, but ,thev don't count for much
beside the undoubted fact that, in most
homes, Sunday is an unsatisfactory day for
both parents Mid children. Some excellent
words by Elizabeth M. Kowland, in the
C'ongregationalist, bear on this subject:
"No child wants to rest on Sunday. By
the time he is through with a late breakfast
he is rested to death, and wants to begin living
again. Now what shall the parent do?
' Take the little ones to church, so young
and so constantly that the habit will be
spmnri nntnpp. StiDnose thev are restless,
there are worse states. Suppose they get
tired ; let them sleep?their fathers often do.
As thry pet older, accept no cxcuse that
would not keep them from a picnic or a
Christmas tree, and encourage them to be
regular at the evening service also. Don't
delay buying the needed boots, and if the
new dress isn't done put on the old one. To
be sure this would oblige the parents themselves
to go in all weathers, whether the
wardrobe pleased or the minister interested,
just as they did when they first joined the
church?which is another way of saying,
'We must be better Christians ourselves.'
"The Sabbath seems to be the natural time
for Bible study at home. By this Is not
meant settling a dispute between two
children, sending one upstairs to learn the
fir?t Psalm, and seating the other on a
cricket by your side to a^udy the Beatitudes.
No exact rule will apply, but the broad principle
can be held up tnat God's day is the fitting
day for the study of God's Word.
' Is it behind the times to plead for the oldfashioned
habit 'of committing to memory'?
In the Sunday-schools of thirty and forty
years ago we'said our verses,'and that was all.
Our lessons are more interesting now-a-daya,
our classes better taught, but what do our
scholars carry away? Again, not to know
many of our standard hymns is to be deficient
in religious education. Most children
sing a little, and since 'singing is the only
accomplishment we take to Heaven,' we
ought to encourage it more on earth.
"The children will study every Sunday
more willingly if too much is not required at
a time. They are restless and fond of variety,
and mustn't be expected to be so much
better students than their parents."?[Golden
Rule.
THE ASSURANCE OF THE ASCENSION.
What change took place in tfte body of
Jesus as be ascended through tbe air we may
not be able wholly to tell. That there was
change we know, for flesh and blood cannot
inherit tbe kingdom of God. It assures us
that the putting off of this earthly tabernacle
does not affect the spirit. Tbe real change
from earth to heaven is shown in the ascension.
Jesus talked with bis friends up to
the moment of parting. He was the same in
bis love, bis interest, bis devotion, bis
thought, his words, as he rose out
of sight. They perceived no
change. Had some strong teleseope
been in their hands they might bave pursued
his ascent still further and proved tbat
distance did not change the character of tbe
spirit. He was the same during the first
moment out of sight as before; so the second
And the third; bad he come again into
sight by the scattering of the cloud, he would
have been the same. The height of heaven
does not make one another person nor does
the transit from earth to heaven. And that
which vias true of Christ is true of our
friends and will be true of ourselves. A
living man with all bis characteristics passed
into heaven in sight of mortals. There is then
assured one living porsoniu heaven who is as
when he was on earth. The disciples would
bave been tbe same bad they nscended in a
bcidv. The removal of our spirits from the
earthly to the heavenly body, from earth to
heaven, will be as little shock as is here discerned
and with as little diminution of
power or conscious life. We may all take
sublime satisfaction for ourselves in the as
' - - ? *l?? nnfll ??nln OO w- nf t P
cennion as pvnrai iug Uic naimwiun u>
life in heaven and the fact that we pass the
border line, wherever it is, without jar or
friction or change in the quality of our
babifcs: with the woman who loses her
self-respect and that of others; with a roin
who ends a respectable life with some
deed that is dishonorable; with all who follow
any course that brings its penalty of
shame, suffering, and death. It is the first
little step that does all; and it may not be so
very baa a step in itself?only a little wrong.
It mav be only a mistake, indeed, but the
end comes all the same. Let every boy and
girl remember this. Just as itdesnotdo
to make a mistake at the head of tbe stairs,
so it will not do to make even a mistake in
the beginning of life?especially a mistake of
the sort that leads to evil?for it often brings
oue to the bottom at last.?[The Myrtle.
* GUIDANCE.
We are guided by the Providence of Goa,
6y the Word of God. and by the convictions
of the Holy Spirit. I do not say impressions,
because that does not 1:0 deep enough. I say
convictions. An impression may be upon
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poo os pay *s|nos aj3a Jtio sb da-?p bb aju J
?Bt[j sn uodn suotpuuoo jnd uro isoq;) X|oji J
oqx 'Muarasuoa aqi oj nMop j?d[a saifuis
uotiDiAuoo i! wq 'ajnjuu |?moa||ajut ji'ioX (
inner being. Let us turn from the ascen- '
sion like the earthly disciples and return to |
duty with great joy.?[Dr. S. H. Virgin, in ,
New York Observer. ]
the first kal.se step. (
It is the first false step that tells. You j
know that when yon tumble down stairs, i
Oh. if you only had looked where you set i
your foot, you never would have had all j
that rolling and tumbling, beyond your con- ;
trol. until you found yourself at the bottom. <
So it is with everything else in this world? i
with the man who falls into dissipated i
Legs are appraised higher In Penn- ;
sylvania than heads in Illinois. A (
man lost, liis let; Dy tiie eareiessness or ;
a Pennsylvania railroad company, and
a jury gave hiin $15,000 damages. If
he had lost his head at a grade crossing
in Chicago his heirs would have
got but $5,000. This seems strange.
But it is in accordance with the law,
and as the roads are satisfied there is
no use grumbling.
A friknd In need i9 a friend who
generally strikes you for a Quarter.
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LKSSON FOR
AUGUST 7.
Lesson Text: "The Apostles' Confidence
in God," Acts iv., 10-31 ?
Golden Text: Acts iv., 31?
Commentary.
19. "But Peter and John answered and
said unto them, whether it be right in the
sight of God to hearken unto you more than
unto God. judge ye." Remember that these
are two Galilean fishermen, unlearned and
ignorant men (verse 13), standing in the
Sresence of the greatest dignitaries of the
ews' religion, even in the presence of at
least two of the very men wno had Jesus
put to death (verse 6), but they have no
lear. They are like the friends of Daniel in
the presence of the kioer of Babylon and see
only one thing to do (Dan. iii., 16-18), and
are ready to do it. The preaeuce of Jesus
is more to them than the presence of any or
all of these men, and by His grace they will
do right in His sight.
20. "For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and neard." When
Jeremiah was reproached for the Word of
'Jod he said hastily that he would speak it
no more, but it was a tire in his bone?, and
he could not keep quiet (Jer. ix., 8, 9), So
it was with these men and with Paul (I
Jobni., 1-3; Acts xxii., 15). If then we can
easily keep quiet, the question is have we
seen in Jesus nothing worth mentioning? If
so, how different from that man of Gadera,
who published through the whole city how
great things Jesus had done unto him (Luke
viii., 31).
21. "So when they had further threatened
them they let them go, finding nothing how
they might punish them, because of the people?for
all men glorified God for that
which was done." How often the people
are ready to believe but are kept back by
the rulers. There would be many more believers
in a full Gospel to-dav if they wore
not kept back by the blindness and falsa
teachings of many preachers. As in Jeremiah's
day the prophets lied in the name of
the Lord and perverted His words, so it la
now (Jer. xziii., 16, 21, 25, 26). And like
those rulers they would fain shut up these
who speas the whole truth.
22. "For the man was above forty years
old on whom this miracle oC healing was
shewed." Je9us healed people who had been
afflicted twelve, eighteen and thirty-eight
years (Luke viii., 43; xiii., 16; John v., 5),
but this notable case tie lett for Peter and
John; a handful on purpose for these {cleaners
in His field (Ruth ii., 16). There is nothing
toe hard for the Lord (Jer. xxxii., 17),
and when we meet a special difficulty let us
see in it a great opportunity for God to work
and glorify Himself.
23. "And being let go they went to their
own company, and reported all that the
chief priests and elders had said unto them."
They knew just where to find their friends,
and without hesitation they seek those who
were gathered in Jesus's name, and who were
perhaps praying for the prisoners. Think
of Jesus at the age of twelve, not found
with the other boy9, but with the learned
men in the temple, and probably asking
some wondertu. quiStioni'(Luke ii., 46).
24. "And when they heard that therlifted
up their voice to God with one accord
and said, Lord, Thou art God, which hast
made heaven and earth and the sea, and all
tnat in them is." They think at once of
their $>reat and faithful Creator to whom
Peter in one of his epistles teaches us to
commit our souls (I Peter iv., 19).Compare
Isa. xxxvij., 16: xl., 28; xiii., 5, 6; Jer.
xxxii., J". They evidently believed that
their liod bad power to do as He pleased
both in heaven and on earth (Dan iv., 35).
25. ";Who by the mouth ol thy servant
David hast said, W by did the heathen rage,
and the peoplelmagine vain things?" Observe
that it vras David's mouth bdt
not David's word p. The words were
the words of God. Compare Ex. iv.,
12: II Sam. jxiii..Jer. l, 9* John xii.,
49, and he foolish enough in roe eyes of
earth's wise men to believe in verbal inspiration.
26. "The kings of the earth stood up and
the rulers were gathered together against
the Lord and against His Christ." See in
the third verse of this second psalm from
which we are quoting how He that sitteth
in the heavens laughs at all man's vain and
puny efforts against Him. Compare Isa.
viii. 9. 10, xxxvii., 3SM5: Ex. xiv., ?1.
\\ hen will men learn thai ait thoughts
against God are vain thoughts and must
perish? Surety it is very evident "the
carnal miud is eunnty a^aiust G-aa" (Rom
viii., 7i.
ST. "For a trufh against Thy holy child,
Jesus,whom Thou bast anointed,both Herod
and Pontius Piiate, with theGenciles and the
people o. Israel, were gathered together."
There was a tulallment of part of Ps. ii. in
the treatment or Jesus by Jews and Gentiles
at His crucifixion. So surely shall ver3e 6
be luifilied when Jesus shall sit on David's
throne at Jeriualem (Luke i., 32, 33', and
versi s 8, 9 shall also be lulfllled when He
comes lu glory, t-roiging all nis saints wuu
Him (Rev. 2tf, 27).
28. "For t-j do wuatsoever Thy hand and
Thy counsel uetermioed before to be done."
"God dtciares the end trom the beginning,
ana trom ancient times the things that are
not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand,
and I will do alt my p-easure'^lsa. xlvi., 10).
Ami yet men are <ree to accept or refuse
His gracious invitations of mercy (John v.,
40; Luke xiv., IS; John ill., lGi. As surely as
Christ suffem , to >ureiy suaii He reign but
only j-ucd as suiter with nim shall reigu with
Him (II Tim. u, 1 t.
2!). "And now. Lord, behold their threat
onings, and grant unto Thy servants, that
with all boldness they may speak Thy
word!" It is the Word of the Lord that
shall do the work, for it is the same word
that made the heavens (P?. xxxiii., 6). The
Word of God in the power of the Spirit ia
the Fird and Hammer that breaks the rock
in pieces (Jer. xxiii., .9). As to all threatening
words or letters, we have only to say,
Lord, behold them! Just spread them be
tore Him, and let Him see to it (Isa. xxxvii., I
14; Ps. xxxvii., 5).
30. "By stretching forth Thine hand to
heaJ; and that signs and wonders may be
done by the name of Thy Holy Child Jesus."
They remembered His promise concerning
signs and wonders in Mark xvi., 17, 18.
vx/Kort *har ha.il nrAVft.l thft
place was shaken where th?y were assembled
to^e^ier, and thoy were all tilled with the
Hoiy G Host, and they spake the word of
(ion with boldness." An immediate answer
to their prayer, as in the case of Daniel and
Elijah (Dan. ix., 21; I Kings xviii., 37,38).
The topic upon waich they spake is given
in verse 33, and makes us long to know
Him and the power of His resurrection, but
it cannot be apart from the fellowship of
His sufferings (Phil, iii., 10). Yet tremble
not at the thought, for the glory will far
exceed the sufferiugs (Rom. viii., IS), and
where His love leadetii we surely cannot
fear to follow. ?l^vsou Heloer.
rivals for the bar-rooms.
A glance at the bar-rooms of th? groat
loteis of the city will convince the most
skeptical that the saloon of to-day spares no
jains or ex Dense in catering to the finer
astes of its patrons, says Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., in Frank Leslie's Weekly. Men
become drunkards often under protest.
I'housands of young men go to tin devil because
there seems to be nowhere else to zo.
Jjuppo.se the ten thousand saloons in New
i'orK were opposed by five thousand coffee
louses on the style of thu I'uglish establishments.
Suppose they were fitted up as
landsomely and situated as well, and filled
ivith good cheer, would not drinking be reduce!
to a minimum;'
I do not mean so many dingy stores where
coffee and other temperance drinks, creams,
**"-1 IfLr/i n ? ,? tamra I Whif I niMnn
r.tiat thsy should be fitted in handsome style
ts social centres, witu fres reading rooms,
lunch rooms, smoking rooms and
issembly rooms. In other words,
>nL}' suppose we snonM put torth
tne same labor and outlay toward saving
and elevating men as is now put forth
to damn them wich alcohol. It would be a
big job, I graut. The decorations aloue in
fitting up of the Vendome barroom cost
about ?40,000. There are siug.e paintings
among the ricli treasures of arc that adorn
She Hoffman House bar valued as high as
$00,000.
1 have yet to hear of the every- lay young
man who buys a keg; of beer or whisky,
takes it up to his cheerless room, sits down
over it, and drinks merely for the sake ot'
drinking. The recent census of the tenement
house population of New York taken
by the Board of Health shows that 1,23'J,000
of our 1,600,000 inhabitants live in second
and third oass tenements?that is, they are
homeless. Is it not time that we recoguizi
the fact that the saloon has built itselt into
tne social structure of modern life, and that
we must seek here for one o? the most important
secrets of Its power?
TEMPERANCE.
it's mt treat.
Three younz men were walking along on th?
street;
'Come, fellows!" said Tom with the best
of intenr,
"Let's all have a drink?it's my pleasure to
treat;"
And into a tiar-room they merrily went?
For sons will treat and mothers mu3t weep
Ind habits be sown that will misery rea^
At the gilded bar a-groaning.
FHrao vniincr mon whnsA f.hiPQtl hflfl hAan
queoched by one glass
And wanted no more lingered still at the
bar:
"Now takfl one with me," exclaimed Dick,
for, alas.
He thought it the way to keep honor at
par? '
For men will treat for no reason at all
Except from a fear to look stingy or small
At the tempting bar a-aioaning.
Three young men who hated the liquor they
quaffed
Stood yet at the bar though they wanted
to go;
"It's my turn to treat," ''fill 'em up," Harry
laughed
And down their throat3 slid the demon of
woe?
For men will treat and be treated until
They love what at first was a nauseating ill
At the deadly bar a-groaning.
If young men would sensibly sit down and
tbink
How foolish this custom of treating becomes
And how it induces the habit of drink
That ruins their lives and destroys their
sweet homes,
Wives, mothers and sisters no longer would
weep.
For those, being tempted, long agonies
reap
At the heartlesf bar a-moaning.
if fpnm crnrvA nutiiro unnnff narvtns miisfc
treat
Then let them give what will be good to
the end;
A book or a paper or something to eat
Will neither be harmful to them or a
friend?
For long as men treat fellow-men to the
worst'
Themselves and their dear ones will ever
be cursed
At the devil's bar a-groaning.
?H. C. Dodge, in Chicago Sun.
oatkial"vs. beer.
Beer as a sustaining beverage for workmen
has received a severe blow Irom oatmeal
water. Five thousand men employed
in reducing 200 miles of English broadguage
track to narrow guaga were given
oatmeal water only to quench their thirst,
and the work was completed in thirty-four
hours. It was thought impossible t.? accomplish
the I oat without giving the men
their regular allowance of beer.
WOMEN WHO DRINK.
It has been pointed out that indulgence in
wine and spirits is lamentably on the increase
among fashioaable women. Many, I
am aware, says a writer in the Gentle
Woman, eschew every other drink for
braDdies and soda?, which they call for at
all hours, and imagine they do no
barm, because they take nothing thAt can
''clash" with au excellent pick me up.
In country houses fagged out hostesses
offer their guests sherry and seJtzar in lieu
of tea. Others, again, pin their faith to
half a bottle of dry champagne as au antitrt
faHmic* Kafnpn nr? off/ar a hflP/i Af ATI
ing's work. Now, too, that there is something
of a reaction against tonics and
medicines of all kinds, women who once contentedly
quailed their iron and quiuine, cry
instead for two glasses of port or Burgundy
at 11 o'clock in the morning. The rate at
which we live, the nervous pressure and excitement
have everything to do with this
unfortunate craving for stimulants, and
though it is a wicked and ungrateful act to
blame tne kind family doctor, still it must
be concede.! that he should ba a little more
chary than he is of recommending half a
wineglass Jul of brandy just when one feels
'that sinking sensation," or of prescribing
Burgundy in its bottles or even half bottles
a day.
FREE TO ABSTAIN.
The Sunday-school Times concludes a recent
valuable article, entitled "A Sensible
View of Total Abstinence," as follows
"To-day it is evident that there is a danger
in wine drinking. Unlike other articles
of food and drink, alcoholic beverages so
invite to excess by their very use that their
user is exposed to a peculiar temptation to
indulge in them more and more freely, until
his appetite is hopelessly subject to their
control. As a matter of prudence, therefore,
it is manifestly safer to abstain from wine
drinking than to run the special risks that it
involves. No man can say that he is above
temptation or beyond peril in this matter;
for if he will but stop and look at the facts
in the case, he will see that men fully his
equal in intellectual power, in personal
character, in strength of will, in social
standing, and in spiritual attainments, I
have already succumbed to the temptation
to drink to excess, while * no
men who was a total abstainer ever became
a drunkard. Moreover, in view of the dangers
to others, who are under tho influence
of his example, in his family or in the outside
community, the man who can abstain
from wine driuking ought to do it for the
sake of those who loos to him for wise leading.
Grantad, for example, in another
spnere, cnac mere oe no sm in lue imm,
in the making of one's home, with one's family,
in a house where poisonous sewer gases
find their way through the drain pipes into
the living rooms; granted, also, that some
dwellers in that house have remained alive,
while others had died from the poisonousladen
atmosphere, would it be wise or right
to seek a home there for one's self or one's
loved one'?, with the ris? involved, while
another house, of lilce advantage?, aud of no
higher cost, that is wholly free irom suca
perils, is open to his caoice?
"In short, even though the Bioie does not
explicitly command total abstinence as the
duty of every child of God, the Bible evidently
leaves it free to every child of God
to be a total abstainer if he wishes to be;
and therefore it is for tha Christian believer
to do, and to deem it his duty to do, that
which, In the lijrht of all that he sees and
knows, is the best and safest thing to do.
Looking around him everv man sees that
better men than himself have become
drunkards through attempting to be moderate
drinkers; and he knows that there is
I no certainty t .at he will not drink to excess
it tie drinks at an, wnne oe is peneutijr ?io
so long as he remains a total abstainer?as
he is privileged to reaiaio. Every man sees,
moreover, that his example in this matter
is sure to influence some who are obviously
weaker than himself, therefore that, if be
I drinks at all, he may lead these persons to
drink to excess. Having the choice between
ariuking and abstaining, and knowing that
by drinking ha imperils himself and imperils
others, while by abstaining he secure safety
for himself and for others, how can b?
choose drinking without sinning?"
TEMPSl'.ANCa NEW.* A.NO VOTES.
Nine counties of California are successfully
enforcing prohibitory and restrictive
ordinances against the liquor traffic.
The Joliet (III.) Woman's Christian Temperance
Union distributed 15.'K) bouquets at
the penitentiary on flower mission day.
The trust distilleries of Illinois are shortening
their output of whisky, but they say
it is not to shorten the supply, and that
prices will not be allected.
John E. Thornton, sixty-flva yeirs old,
was hanged at Fort Smitb, Ark., recently
for the murder of his daughter, wuile drunk.
Before bis execution he appealed to the
spectators to abstain from the use of liquor.
The Louisiana Women's Christian Temper
ance Union has had a successful year and is
Anlrnvrini? its borders in every direction.
strong ami earnest workers have been enBused
an i will spare no pains to advance
white-ribbon interests in New Orleans and
the State generally.
Tiie Secretary of the Navy has approved
the finding of the court martini, which recently
tried Chiflf Engineer Bur.lette C.
Go wing, at Now York, up-jii tue charge of
drunkness while on duty. The court found
him guilty anil imposed a sentence of two
years' suspension irom duty.
A beer sa'oon on wheels is the latest invention
in Portland, Me. A hack stands by
the curb, as if waiting for a passenger. A
ma" who is in the secret, gets m, and the
hack starts on a trip around the block. Theoccupant
lifts the front seat, finds a bottle
and a glass, takes a drink, and puts the
money in a box ami closes the trap. When
th9 vehicle gets back at the starting place
the men gets out, and the hack is ready for
the next customer.
THE REALM OF FASHION
WHAT TO WEAB AND HOW TO
MAXE IT.
Striped Wool Crepe. In Steel and Gray
With Chenille Trlmmlngi ? A
Lawn Tennis Costume.
A J* VERY stylish gown
is dei icted in the inY_r
itial illustration. It is
^ ^ made of striped wool
crepe in steel and sill
ver erav. with silk.
UlimM the yoke and sleeves
being finished with a
/? chenille netting and
11 WrraLS bodice being edgII
lllnl1^ ed with ribbon,which
k\ l\l\\| passes quite arot'nd
unl ll \\\ 11 the back; also a ril>y%Hl\\ll\\I
Ribbon garniture
/7?iAil\I\\l\ maititaiu its popna//jlnl\\
lWll ulanty throughout
J//V? U\H1* the summer, at times
(IIIlkjLUiXllij' plain,at others rever\UJ'
tfv sibie> in two colors,
a stylish gown*, moire ,and satin for
edging purposes. Equally popular are embroideries
laid on Hat. The mossaic yokes
either in black or in color are often seen.
The large jet nail head has completely disappeared.
Later we shall have the small oblong
jet plaques. One of the crazes of the
moment is the multicolored pearl ornament,
emerald, sapphires, rubies, opals, turquoise,
gold, silver, steel, catseyes?you see them
all in this passementerie. Much of the
embroidery is laid on over a lace foundation.
*
j TWO PRETTY COROXtt FOT HOT-WEATHER
WEAR.
The illustration presents a charming picture
of the young matron and h er younger,
self. The mother wears a green foulard
dotted with white, the skirt being set off
with a deep flounce, the head of which is
held by a ribbon. The jacket corsage has
a fiJhu of muslin chiffon made as indicated,
one end of which extends in a ruffle to
the lower edge of the jacket. The . little
daughter is dressed in a Scottish plaid, red
LAWK TBKKIS COSTUME.
and blue on ivory ground. The skirt has a
ruffle on the bottom. The color of the
corselet and braces should be in harmony
with one of the colors of the plaid. The
yoke and the puffed sleeves are cut straight.
The puffs.and lower corsage are bias.
In the illustration you find the red-cheek
6a, rOUUSL gin at a iabci nuui 111 tuc uaj,
rigged for a game of tennis. She looks even
flJSgl
TWO PRETTY COSTUMES.
prettier than she did in her neat and natty
promenade costume. In fact, she is the verj
personification of feminine vigor and grace
Her features may not be classic, and her
nose may be tip-tilted, but when she laughs
there is such a deep, round, hearty, musicai
outburst of spirits and vitality that all eje.*
look upon the white teeth and cherry lip?
with mingled envy and admiration. Attired
as she is, her dress is made up of plaid
and striped woolen stuff, the stripe being i
blue on a white ground. The skirt is a blm
serge, but in some cases she wears a red
skirt. The skirt revers are edged with silk
and held back by a button simulating a
ball. The collar of the blouse is of the same
stuff as the skirt, and is tied with a silk cord.
- oL-irf
The culls arc-in narmony ?im i?*v
revere and so is the collar of the blouse.
The very picturesque hat is of straw, embroidered
with a peacock feather. On some
of her hats the embroidered ornament is a
racquet. A leather belt and low tennis
shoes, displaying stockings in harmonious
tone, complete this outing costume.
In the picture the figure on the right
shows a very charming out-door costume
for the tiny miss. The materials necessary
to fashion it are two kinds of woolen stuff,
one plain and?the other lozenge-dotted. The
plastron, which is the same back and front,
' > |
and the epaulets and cuffs are of the plain
material. The ribbon belt is tied on one
side. The hat which goes with this costume
is a red straw, trimmed with white
crepe in a band around the crown, and also
set crestwise on top of the the crown. The
figure on the left is clad in a gray princess
walking dress, trimmed with galloon, aa
indicated. The hat worn with this dress is
an opeir-work straw, bise brown, garnitured
with a garland of mauve flowrets. At the
front there are jet wings and lace aigrette;
at the back a bow of mauve velvet and
strings of same material. >
You will find a specimen of still life at a
summer resort pictured in the il ustration.
Tee mother in this case is clad in a very
pretty morning dress of striped muslin
delaine, garnitured with ribbons. The scalloped
and toothed effects mu?t be kept in
the perfect harmony here indicated, and
MORNING DRE3SES FOB MOTHEB AND CHILD.
care must also be taken to carry oat th?
smallest detail the application of the ribbon
garniture, me cuuureu wear a cnarming
little dress of white crepe with embroidered
yoke and cuffs. The draped effects of the
corsage need to be done upon a dress form,
and then sewed to the yoke. They should*
drape over the waist line somewhat. The
plastron is laid upon the corsage. The skirt
has three tucks.
Cleopatra'* Statue.
About two miles east of Alexandria,
Egypt, is the plain of Eleusis, now a saltjnarsh
and shallow lake, the result of
/subsidence of the soil, which at some remote
period is believed to have occurred
over a large area in tne neighborhood of
Alexandria. In old times there stood on
this plain a temple to Ceres Proserpine,'
in front of which was placed, as described
by ancient writers, colossal statnes of
Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the former
represented as the god Osiris and the
'latter as the goddess Isis. These statues
are described by Mahmud Falaky, an
Egyptian astronomer and savant, in hit
book, published twenty yean ago, on
ji(Ancient Alexandria." He had seen . <
thorn ten years previously when making
researches to find the Oanopic road and
to get material to be used by the late
Emperor Napoleon in his "Viede Cesar."
Since that time they had disappeared,
iprobably covered over again during tbe
leveling of the ground for cultivation.
Daninos Pasha, an energetic local
archaeologist, lately began excavations,
and at a spot strewn with large numbers
of granite blocks and columns found, as '
he believes, the remains of the temple.
Close by he dug out a much-mutilated
colossal statue in gray granite, repre- \
senting the head and torso of a woman
wearing tbe insignia and coiffure of Isia.;
iThe nose is mutilated, but the prominent
eyes, the contour of the cheek, and the
firm rounded chin show the characteristic
traits of the Ptolemies. The head
alone is more* than a metre high. The
sculpture is of high order and finish,
probably the work of an able Greek artist.
A large detached fragment represents
a portion of a man's right haudthe
thumb grasping the fingers of a female
hand, which are of proportions
corresponding to those of the statue.
Daninos Pasha identifies his find as cer
tainly the statue of Cleopatra, and considers
it to be probably a portrait statue
of the famous Queen. If so, it is unique
and of very great interest. He is continuing
the search for tho companion
statue of Mark Antony, which is believed
to have been moved to a considerable
distance, thrown into a hole, and covered
up. If the search should be successful,
these two statues wilt be among the most
valuable and interesting relics of ancient
Alexandria.?London Times. r
A Daring Escape.
"It has been calculated that for every
800 bullets fired during the Civil War a
{man was killed, but I saw a regiment* of
Mississippians who prided themselves on
'their marksmanship* send that many
I bullets after one man and fail to get
him," said Major Jame3 Huxley to the
writer. "We were at Corinth, aad had
captured a smooth-faced young Yankee,
convicted him of being a spy, and sen- ,
tenced him to be hanged. He was
marched out of camp to where a rude
gallows had been hastily erected, and
the regiment detailed to see him into the
next world formed a hollow square.
The prisoner was a slight, girlish-looking
fellow with a babyish face, and I felt
that he should be spared and sent home
Co his mother instead of being strung up
as a spy. I expected to see him break
down and beg for his life, and was
nerving myself for it, when we were
treated to a spectacle of quite a different
kind. Just as he mounted the gallows
with a guard on either side of him and
two behind him, he slipped his small
nands through his jewelry and let out
right and left, knocking the first two
guards sprawling. The iwo behind him
stood two steps below him. He turned,
......itoH nver their he?dq_ and before the
square could come to a charge-bayonet3
had Oroken through it and was running
like a scared wolf. The regiment broke
into an impulsive cheer, and it was
nearly a minute before the order to fire
upon him was obeyed. Then a scattering
volley was sent after him. I don't
know how the others aimed, but I can
make oath that my bullet did not come
within a dozen rods of him. We gave
chase, but it was like trying to ruu dowa
a streak of lightning. Once the young
daredevil turned and waved his handkerchief,
then ded onwards towards the
Federal lines.'"?St. Louis Globe-Democroc.
Don't induce any one to tell you
his secrets. You will be very much
better off without them.
Wiiex a man longs ror some one to
anderstand him, he means some one
who will say his faults are virtues.