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,THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject: "Maytime Thoughts."
Text "A fountain of garden#, a tcell of
'Jiving xralers and streams from Lebanon?
Solomon's Song iv., 15.
I Some of the finest wardens of olden times
were to be found at the foot of Mount Leifcanon.
Snow descended,and winter whitened
"the top of the mountain. Then when the
warm spring weather came the snows melted
and poured down the side of the mountain
and cave great luxuriance to the gardens at
the foot, and you see now the allusion of my
text when it speaks of the fountain of gar dens
and streams from Lebanon.
I Again and again the church is represented
as a garden all up and down the word of God,
and it is a figure specially suggestive at this
season of the year, when the parks and the
, orchards are about to put forth their blossom
and the air is filled with bird voices.
A mother wished to impress her child with
the love of God. and so in the Bpring-time,
after the ground had been prepared in the
garden, she took a handful of flower 6eeds
and scattered these seeds in shape of letters
all across the bed of the garden. Weeks passed
. by, and the rains and the sunshine had done
their work, and one day the child came in
and said, '-Mother, come quickly to the garden?come
now." The mother followed the
' child to the garden, and the little child said .
"Look here, mother. See! It is 3peiled all
over the irroiinii In flnwprq 'Crcui is T,nv? ' "
i Oh, my friends, if we only had faith
enough we could see Gospel lessons all
around and about us?lessons in shells on
the beach, lessons in sparkles on the wave,
'lessons in stars on the sky, lessons in flowers
all over the earth.
> Well, my friends, you know very well that
there have been some beautiful gardens
created. There was the garden of Charlemagne,
and you remember that this king
ordered gardens laid out all through the
realm and decided by decree of government
what kind of flowers should be planted in
those gardens. Kenry IV. at Montpellier
decreed that there should be flowers planted
throughout his realm and gardens laid out,
and he specially decreed that there should be
Alpino pyrana and French plants. Shenstone.
the poet, was more celebrated for his
gardens than for his poetry. His poetry
has faded from the ages for the most part,
but his gardens are immortal. To all the
'beauty of his place he added perfection of
art. Palisade and arch and arbor and
fountain and rustic temple had their
most wonderful specimens, and the oak,
and the hazel, and the richest woods of the
forest were planted in that garden. He had
genius, and he had. industry, and all his genius
and all his industry he applied to the
.beautiflcation of that garden. He gave for
it $1500. and he sold it at last for $85,000, or
what was equal to that number of dollars.
It was an expensive garden, laid out with
great elaboration. And yet I have to tell you
now of a garden of vaster expanse?the garden
spoken of in my text?a fountain of gardens
with the streams from Lebanon.
Walter Scott had the great ambition of his
life to build Abbotsford and lay out extensive
gardens round about it. It broke his heart
that he could not complete the work as he
desirad it. At his last payment of ?100,000,
after laying out these gardens and building
,that palace of Abbotsford, at that time his
heart broke, his health failed, and he died
almost an imbecile.
A few years ago, when I walked througn
those gardens and I thought at what yast expense
they had been laid out?at the expense
rtf that man's lifo if aaomoH T /tmilrl aoa
the crimson flowers the clood of the old
man's broken heart. But I have to tell you
now of a garden laid out at vaster expense.
Who can calculate that vast expense? Tell
me. ye women who watched Him hang; tell
me. ye executioners who lifted and let Him
down ; tell me. thou sun that didst hide and
ye rocks that did fall, what the laying out of
this garden cost. This morning, amid the
aroma and brightness of the springtime, it is
appropriate that I show you now the chu*ch
of Christ is a garden.
I remark llrst it is a garden because of the
rare plants in it. That would be a strange
garden in which there were no flowers. II
you cannot find them anywhere els&, you will
And them along the paths, and you will flnd
them at the gateway.
II there be no especial taste and no especial
means, yo-\ will find there the hollyhock,
and the daffodil, and the dahlia. If
there be no especial taste and no especial
moans, you will find the Mexican cactus, and
the bluebell, and the arbutus, and the clusters
of oleanders.
Flowers there must be in every garden, and
I have to tell you that in rhe garden of the
church are the rarest plants. Sometimes
you will And the violet, inconspicuous, but
awe.?t as heaven?Christian souls with no pretense.
but of vast usefulness, comparatively
unknown on earth, buc to be glorious in
celestial spheres. Violets and violets all the
time. You cannot tell where these Christians
have been save by the brightening face of the
invalid, or the steaming tureen of the stand
near the sick pillow, or the new curtain that
keeps out the glare of the 3un trom the poor
man s cot. Such characters are perhaps better
typilled by the ranunculus which goes
creeping between the thorns and the briers of
this life, giving a kiss for a sting, and many
a man has thought that life before him was a
blacic rock of trouble and found it covered
all over with delightsome jasmine of Christiau
sympathy.
In tnis garden of the Lord I find the Mexican
cactus, loveliness within, thorns without,
meu with great sharpness of behavloi
and manner, but within them the peace ol
God, the love of God, the grace of God,
rhey are hard men to handle, ugly men tc
touch, very apt to strike back when you
?irtK<9 mem, yei wiioui mem au loveiinesf
md attraction, while outside so completely
anfortunate. Mexican cactus all the time.
Said a placid elder to a Christian minister,
"Doctor, you would do better to control youi
( temper." "Ah," said the minister to the
placid elder, "I control more temper in five
ininutes than you do in five years." These
jeople, gifted men, who have great exasperation
of manner and seem to be very different
trom what they should be, really have in
their souls that which commends them to the
Lord. Mexican cactus all the time. So a
nan said to me years ago : "Do you think
t ought to become a member of the church?
i have such a violent temper.
"Yesterday I was crossing Jersey City
ferry. It was very early in the morning, and
[ saw a milkman putting a large quantity of
watr" into his can, and I said: 'That is
snoTfgh, sir,' and he got off the cart and intuited
me, and I knocked him down. Well," '
laid he, "do you think I could ever become
? Christian?" That man had in his soul the
grace of the Lord Jesus, but outside he was
Full of thorns, and full of brambles, and full
of exasperations, but he could not hear the
itory of a Saviour s mercy told without having
the tears roll down his cheek. There was
loveliness within, but roughness outside.
Mexican cactus all the time.
But I remember in boyhood that we had in
>ur father's garden what we called the Giant
>f Battle, a peculiar rose, very red and very
lory. Suggestive flower, it was (jailed the
Slant of Battle. And so in the garden of the
U>rd we find that kind of flower?the Pauls
ind Martin Luthere, the Wyclifs, the John
Snoxes?giants of battle. What in other men
s a spark, in them is a conflagration. Whon
ihey pray, their prayers take fire; when they
rafTer, they sweat great drops of blood ; when
ihey preach, it is a pentecost; when they
Ight, it is Thermopylffi; when they die,
t is martyrdom?giants of battle. You say.
'Why have we not more of them in the church
?f Christ at this time?" I answer your question
by asking another, "Why have we not
no re Crom wells and Humboldt's in the world?"
3k>d wants only a few giants of battle. They
lo their work, and they do it well.
jlant that I shall call tho snowdrop, very
>eautiful, but colcL It is very pure?pure as
3ie snowdrop, beautiful as the snowdrop
tnd as cold as tho snowdrop. No special
ympathy. That kind of man cover loses
lis patience; he never weeps, he never
iashes with anger; he never utters a rash
.*ord. Always cold, always precise, always
sassive?beautiful snowdrop, out I don't like
iiim. I would rather have one Giant of Battle
than 5000 snowdrops.
Give mo a man who may make some mis;akes
in his ardor for the Lord's service
rather than that kind of nature which spends
its whole life in doing but one thing, and
that is keeping equilibrium. There are snowdrops
in all the churches?men without any
jympathy. Very good; they are in the
garden of the Lord; therefore I know they
i>ujjht to be there, but always snowdrops.
You have seen in some places perhaps a
sentury plant I do not suppose there is a
person in this house who has ever seen more
I than one century plant in full bloom, and I
when you see the century plant your emo- !
rions are stirred. You look at it and say,
"This flower has been gathering up its beauty
for a whole century, and it will not bloom
again for another hundred years." Well, 1
have to tell you that in this garden of the
ihurch. spoken of in my text, there is a century
plant.
In has gathered up its bloom from all the
ages of eternity, and 19 centuries ago it pul
forth its glory. It is notonly a centuryplant,
but a passion flower?the passion flower ol
Christ, a crimson flower, blood at the root
and blood on the loaves, the passion flower ol
Jesus, the century plant of eternity. Come,
0 winds from the north, and winds from th<
south, and winds from the east, and winds
from the west, and scatter the perfume oi
this flower through all Nations.
His worth, if all the Nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love Bim too.
Thou, the" Christ of all the ages, hast garments
smelling of myrrh and aloes and cassia
out of the ivory palaces.
I go further and say the church of Christ
is appropriately compared to a garden because
of its thorough irrigation. There can
be no luxuriant garden without plenty of
water. I saw a garden in the midst of the
desert amid the Bocky mountains. I said,
"How is it possible you have so many
flowers, so much rich fruit, in a desert for
miles around?" I suppose some of you have
seen those gardens. Well, they told me they ;
on/1 ninao ,-oa r?h incr nn tf\ fhrt I
UttU ftljUOUUUW -1' *v ?? '
hills, and the snows melted on the Sierra i
Nevada and the Bocky mountains and then
poured down in water to those aqueducts,
and it kept the fields in great luxuriance.
And I thought to myself?how like the garden
of Christ! All around it the barrenness
of sin and the barrenness of the world, but
our eyes are unto the hills, from whence
oometh our help. There is a river the
streams whereof shall make glad the city of
our God, the fountain of gardens and streams
from Lebanon. Water to slake the thirst,
water to refresh the fainting, water to wash
the unclean, water to toss up in fountains
under the sun of righteousness until you can
see the rainbow around the throne.
I wandered in a garden of Brazilian cashow
nut. and I saw the luxuriance of those gardens
was helped by the abundant supply of
water. I came to it on a day when strangers
were not admitted, but by a strange coincidence.
at the moment I got in, the king's
chariot passed, and the gardener went up on
the hill and turned on the water, and it came
flashing down the broad stairs of stone until
sunlight and wave in gleesome wrestle tumbled
at my feet. And so it is with this garden
of Christ. Everything comes from above? \
pardon from above, peace from above, comfort
from above, sanctiflcation from above.
Streams from Lebanon. Oh, the consolation
in this thought! Would God that the gardeners
turned on the fountain of salvation until
the place where we sit and stand might
become Elim with twelve wells of
water and threescore and ten palm trees. But
I hear His sound at the garden gate. I hear
the lifting of the latch of the gate, Who
comes there? It is the Gardener, who passes
in through the garden gate. He comes
through this path of the garden, and He
comes to the aged man, and He says: "Old
man, I come to holp thee; I come to
strengthen theo. Down to hoary hairs I will
shelter theo ; I will give thee strength at the
time of old age. I will not leave; I will
never forsake theo. Peace, broken hearted
old man ; I will bo thy consolation forever."
And then Christ, the Gardener, comes up
another path of the garden, and He sees a
soul in great trouble, and He says, "Hush,
troubled spirit; the sun shall not smito thee
L'JT Urtjr, UUC IUO JLUUUU UJ IXl^uif 7 hUO JJViu
shall preserve theo from all evil; the Lord
shall preserve thy soul." And then the Gardener
comes up another path of the garden,
and He cornea where there are some beautiful
buds, and I say, "Stop, O Gardener; do not
break tfcem off. But He breaks them off,
the beautiful buds, and I see a groat flutter
among tho leaves, and I wonder what He is
doing, and He says: "I do not come to
destroy these flowers. I am only going ts.
plant them in a higher terrace and
in the garden around My palace.
I have come into My garden to gather
lilies. I must take back a whole cluster of
rosebuds. Peace, troubled soul: all shall be
well. Suffer the little children to come unto
Me and forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven." Oh, glorious Gardener
of the church I Christ coines to it now, and
He has a right, to come. We look into the
face of the Gardener as He breaks off th i bud,
and we say: "Thou art worthy to have them.
Thy will be done." The hardest prayer a
bereaved father or mother ever uttered?
"Thy will be done."
But you have noticed that around every
king's garden there is a high wall. You may
have stood at the wall of a king's court and
thmicht: ''How T would like to aea that par
den!" and while you were watching the
gardener opened the gate, and the royal
equipage swept through it, and you caught
s glimpse of tae garden, but only a glimpse,
for then the gates closed.
I bless God that this garden of Christ haa
gates on all sides; that they are opened b.7
day, opened by night, and whosoever v?Jl
may come in. Oh, how many there are who
die in the desert when thoy might revel
Hi the garden! How many there are who
are seeking in the garden of" this world that
satisfaction which they can never And !
It was so with Theodore Hook, who made
all nations laugh while he way living. And
yet Theodore on a certain day. when in the ,
midst of his revelry he caught a glimpse of
his own face and his own apparel in the
mirror said: ''That is true. I look just as
I am?lost, body, mind, soul and estate, lost!"
And so it was with ShenstoDe about his garden,
of which I spoke in the beginning of my
sermon. He sat down amid all its beauty
and wrung his hands and said, "I have lost
my way to happiness; I am frantic; I hate
everything; I hate myself as a mad man
ought to. Alan, so many in the gardens of
this world are looking for that flower they
never can find except in the garden of Christ!
Substantial comfort will not grow
In nature'* barren ?ou.
All we can boaac till Christ we know
T? - ..A ml I
jo tauti/ auu vuu>
How many have tried all the fountains of
this world's pleasure, but never tasted of the
stream from Lebanon ! How many have reveled
in other gardens to their soul's ruin, but
never plucked one flower from the garden of
our God! I swing open all the gates of the
garden and invite you in. whatever your history.
whatever your sins, whatever yourtemptations,
whatever your trouble. The invitation
comes no more to one than to all,"
"Whosoever will, let him come."
The flowers of earthly gardens soon fade,
but. blessed be God. there ar? garlands that
never wither, and through the grace of Christ
Jesus we may enter into the joys which are
provided for us at God's rig"ht hand. Oh,
come into the garden. And remember, as
the closing thought, that God not only
brings us into a garden here, but it is a garden
all the way wit& those who trust and
love and serve Him, a garden all through the
struggles of this life, a garden all up the
slope of heaven.
There everlasting sprint; ablrtei
Ana never withering flower*.
Death, liUe a narrow stream, divides
That heavenly land from ours.
systematic escalation.
Tho monks of the middle ages
divided the kiss into fifteen distinct
and separate orders?fli-st, the decor
ous, or modest Kiss; second, toe diplomatic,
or kiss of policy; third, the
spying kiss, to ascertain if a woman
has drunk wine; fourth, the slave
kiss; tifth, the kiss infamous, a
church penance; sixth, the slipper
kiss, practiced toward tyrants; seventh,
the judicial kiss; eighth, the
feudal kiss: ninth, the religious kiss,
kissing the cross; tenth, the academical
kiss, ou joining a solemn brotherhood;
eleventh, the hand kiss;
twelfth, the Judas ki6s; thirteenth,
the medical kiss, for the purpose of
healing some sickness; fourteenth,
the kiss of etiquette; flfteeuth, the
kis? of love, the only real kiss.
.Pittsburgh undertakers at a
recent convention took a new cadaver
and transformed It Into a mummy.
The mummy is to be shipped abroad,
but if it does not soon return
swathed in antique rags and claiming
to ante-date the pyramids, the undet.
takers must have endowed it with a
character far above that possessed bj
Dummies in gener&L
RELIGIOUS READING.
BLOSSOMS IN AOE.
You Is an appie-tree.
Joints all shrunk like an old man's knee,
Gaping trunk half eaten away,
Crumbling visibly day by day;
Branches dead, or dying fast,
Topmost limb like a'splintered mast.
Yet behold, in the prime of May,
How it .blooms in the sweet old way !
Heart of it brave and warm,
Spite of many a wintry storm ;
Throbbing still with the deep desire,
Burning still with the'eager fire,
Striving still with the zeal and truth
Of the gladsome niorning-days of youth.
Still to do and to be, forsooth,
Something worthy of him whose care,
Summer or Winter, failed it ne'er?
Tnis is motive for you and me,
When we grow old like the apple-tree.
?By James Buckham, in Christian Union.
A CHIEF CAUSE OF CHIME.
t*?Kor? T Kfttfo hoan oclroH whflf nVP
the causes, or what is the particular cause,
that sends roost men to prison, I have of
late years invariably answered: "The want
of family discipline."
The indulgence of the father and mother,
who allow the child to grow up without
any discipline to form character,
leads almost inevitably to evil ways and consequently
to prison.
The child, even of tender years, who ia indulged
in its natural waywardness, and who
is allowed to say to its father or its mother,
"I will" or "I won't." is in a fair way to be- ,
come an inmate of our penal institutions.
Parents are also responsible for the waywardness
of their children which leads them ,
into crimefrom a practice of deceiving them, j
The intelligent child, when deceived by Us
parent in small things, is likely to form evil !
habits, which in its future life will not be
easily eradicated.
This cannot be better illustrated than by !
the growth of fruit and other trees. If they
are allowed in the first year of their growth !
to become crooked, distorted and out of
shape, it is found nearly or quite impossible, !
in later years, to bring them into symmetry
and to make perfect trees of tuem.
So with the child. Its early training lasts 1
for a lifetime, and unless there are elements j
in its character and will power, to correct its 1
evil bringing up, it naturally grows worse j
and worse as it grows older.?[Ex-Wardeu 1
A. A. Brush of Sing Sing.
I
PERSONAL EFFORT.
A Christian who is keen for work will
soon find his right place. If he is "apt to i
tearh." if he has the knack of breaking Bible j
truth into nice morsels for children's mouths, (
then he will soon scent his way into the ,
Sabbath school. I have often watcbed, with :
admiration, the superintendent of the '*in- |
fant department" in the Sabbath school of ,
my late charge as she held hundreds of little
eyes and ears in a way that any pul- (
Eit orator might envy. That skilful teacher ,
ad evidently found her place. Another ,
person had some leisure and a sincere love |
of souls; to such an one personal visitation |
among the poor and among the unevangel- |
ized is a welcome work. It only requires |
health enough to walk, and loving courtesy t
enough to talk to those who are visited. If a j
Bible and a tract go with the visit as well ,
as a loaf for the hungry or a toy ,
for the children, then all the better. The
system of dividing New York into di-tricts,
with a visitor for every district, which was
carried out so efficiently by the City Tract
Society forty years, was an admirable one;
ana it OUgm never 10 nave ueen aouuuoueu.
It wns one of the best methods for bridging
tbe chasm between the Gospel-fed and the
Gospel-starved. Tbe outlying masses never
will be evangelized until tbere is more personal
contact and personal effort.?[Rev. T.
L. Cuyler, in The Evangelist.
THE INEFFICIENCY OF WORDS.
The wife who would depend upon her
words alone to express her love and her allegiance
to her husband, hns a very poor
medium of expression. It is tbe little act,
the constant thoughtfulness, the unselfish
caretaking that shows her real affection.
And so with us. We ought, many of us, to
speak more earnestly in the prayer-meeting,
to take a more active part in the public services.
But tbere is a life tbatspeaks more
distinctly than wordB in a prayir-meeting.
It is tbe DafiKet leic at loe aoor 01 ine poor.
It is tbe kneeling form at the bedside of the
dying. It is the extended hand held out to
tbe stranger. It i9 the beaming face reflecting
the love of Christ. And the cburchmember
who depends entirely upon bis
words for the expression of his Jove for God
or man, or bis allegiance to his church, is a
very shallow church-member, however finely
be may speak, and however beautifully
combined his words and sentences may be.
He is loving God most who acta mos't like
him, does most for him.
MV LAMP.
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet," said
the Psalmist of old. You want your lamp
to burn as brightly as possiblt. You trim
,the wick; you wash, dry and polish the
glass chimney; you keep tbe shade clean.
Let tbe dust gather and the smoke make its
sooty deposit, and ttie wick become crisp
and hard and black, and tbe light upon tbe
open page is flickering ?nd weak. Tbe lamp
is your menu, oui you must ia*e goou care
of it. It will treat you as you treat it. The
figure may be homely.
but it is true: What the Bible brings to you
will depend in large measure upon what you
bring to it. You may have a crumb, or a
loaf, or a granary full to bursting, just as you
choose. There is gold on its surface, there
are jewels in its mines, there are royal pearls
in its depths. All are not equally equipped
for its study; but every one of us can do his
utmost in its patient, loving study, and jo
labors will bring a surer or richer reward.?
[Dr. A. J. F. Behrends.
ANANIAS.
Lying to G&d is dangerous business. The
first mau who'died in the primitive i hurch
was struck dead for lying to the Holy Ghost,
and lying about money! What would be
tbe resuit if the same results followed lying
to-day? Says Bishop Wilson iu the Arkansas
Methodist:
"The man of fifty thousand dollars who
brings five dollars, twenty dollars, or one
hundred dollars to the altar of God and says
"that i.4 all 1 have to spare,'' if he does not
lie to God. Ananias never did. Tens of
thousands are living in luxury, spending
millions for pride, vanity, gluttony and
sensuality. submitting a mere bagatelle to
the uses of the Holy Spirit, and yet flatter
Miomonlfoa that thoir nro nn tha Wflv trv
heaven and sure of glory. Beware, lest a
worse fate than Ananias overtake you."
IF AVE 0X1.Y KNEW.
If only we knew bow much we are surrounded
with the tokens of mercy!
The earth is full of them; grains of wheat,
leaves, flowers, the commonest thing?, have
ill their tales to tell. Our ignorance hinders
our thanksgiving?not that we are as thankful
as we might be tor the mercies that we
io know of; perhaps if we were more would
be revealed to us. Say to yourself: 411 am
surrounded with mercies which I know not
af. Lord, that I may praise Thee, let all
things have their voice for me."?[Quiver.
Christianity is not the religion of any
riven time or p ace. It appeals to the
human soui. not 10 me lar.cie# 01 any scuooi
or period. It doe9 not week its support iu
the prevailing1 ideas of the day, but seeks
and tinds it in the sufferings anil the abiding
aspirations of humanity. Death will ever
be a reality; tbe questions it arouses may
be set aside today, tbey will recur tomorrow.?[Bersier.
Mother?My daughter, I'm astonished
at your conduct with that gentleman.
I distinctly heard you kiss
him twice. Daughter?Nonsense, ma.
You know very well the conservatory
has an echo.?Life.
Cloth that a rifle bullet cannot
penetrate has been invented by a
tailor. The tests have been severe.
It oniy remains to subject the material
to the trial of facing an unloaded
pistoL
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY 28.
Wesson Text: "The Excellent Woman,"
Prov. xxxi., 10-31?
Golden Text: Prov. xxxi.,
30?Commentary.
The chapter opens with wise and loving
oounsel from a mother to her royal son. She
would have him to be a true Nazarite and a
real friend to the desolate and oppressed, the
poor and the needy. Compare Num. vi.,
1-8; Ps. Ixxii., 1-4. And who can help
thinking of Him who is the true brightness
of God, for such, according to Young, is the
meaning of Lemuel?
Then follow these twenty-two verses of
our lesson concerning the model woman,
each verse in the Hebrew commencing'with a
letter of the alphabet in regular order, thus
forming an acrostic.
In the study of this lesson many will confine
themselves to the admirable portrait of
(he perfect wife and mother, and thus find a
most profitable study. I will take this woman
as at least suggestive of thetrue church,
the bride of Christ, as to her Dersonal stand
ing and character, her relatione to her husband,
to her household and to the poor and
needy. She is a virtuous woman (verses
10, 29). Young defines virtue as strength of
mind or body. Peter says that if we desire
in adundant entrance into the kingdom we
must add to our faith virtue. Then 9he
walks in the fear of the Lord, which is the
beginning of wisdom and a fountain of life
(II Pet. I.. 5 ; Prov. J., 7; 14-27).
Her clothing is said to be silk and purple,
strength and honor (verses 22, 25), reminding
lis of Ezek. xvt, 13, 14, and the clothing
of fine linen, silk and broidered work, and
the beauty because of the Lord's comeliness.
3ee also Isa. Ixi.. 10. Her loins are also girt
frith strength (verse 17). and what strength
Is there that can'compare with that of truth,
righteousness and faithfulness (Eph. vi., 14;
[sa..xL.5)? Her words are wisdom and
idndness Averse 26), making us think of Him
Who was rail of grace and truth (John i., 14).
There is no slothful*ess nor love of ease in
tier, for she works early and late, before the
iawn and on into the night (verses 15, 18).
Her works are manifoid, she is always
abounding, and it is all willing work (verses
18-19). Compare I Cor. xv.. 58; II Cor.
riii., 12. 8he bringeth her food from afar
[verse 14), suggesting to us the manna from
ieaven in contrast to the leeks and onions of
Egypt. Man's words cannot satisfy; we
nust have the word of God. The Held which
ihe takes in order to work it and the vineyard
which she plants turn our thoughts to
;he field in which Buth gleaned and to the
vineyard yet to prove fruithful (Isa. v.),
while the joy and reward in the time to com?
;verses 16.,25. 81) cannot but point us to the
lime when Ho shall say to the faithful, "Well
ione; enter thou into the joy of the Lord.",
Let the record stand as a description of the
model woman, and may the Lord greatly
multiply such among our daughters! But let
is also consider the true church and the individual
believer, and may these things be
true of us < .*. our daily life! Let us only beleve,
and thus realize what our perfect standing
is in Christ through His finished work,
ind so shall our lives be increasingly conformed
to His image, more perfect reflections
[>f His life which He desires in some measure
to repeat in all His redeemed, even in these
mortal bodies (II Bom. viii., 29; II Cor. iii.,
L8; iv., 10, 11).
Her husband is mentioned In verses 11, 23,
18. It is written of Israel, ''Thy Maker is thy
husband ; the Lord of Hosts is His name"
[Isa. liv., 5). The Lord Jesus is frequently
jpoken of as the Bridegroom (Luke v., 34, 36;
John ill., 29; Bev. xxi., 9), and we know that
A.dam and Eve were a type of Christ and the
shurch (Eph. v., 31, 32). Her husband doth
jafely trust in her, and she is all His desire
(verse 11). Hear Him say of her, "Thou art
all fair, my love; there is nd spot in thee."
"A ear den inclosed Is my sister, my spouse;
% spring shut up, a fountain sealed" (Song
lvM 7.12). She will do him good and not
evil (verse 11). Her husband Is known In the
gates (verse 23).
When we have the spirit of Paul, who determined
to know nothing but OhrlBt and
Him crucified; who said, "Christ shall be
magnified in my body, whether by life or by
deathwho was ready not to be bound only
but to die for Jesus's sake (I Cor. 1L, 2; Phil.
L, 20; ActsxxL, 13), then will we ever do
Him good and give Him pleasure, and He
shall be known and honored through us.
Her husband praiseth her (verse 28).
.Herchildren and her household claim a
share of our attention. In verses 21, 15, 27.
wo learn of their clothing, their food and
their ways, all abundantly provided and well
seen to. Our clothing as children of God is
Christ Himself, for we are commanded to
"Put on the Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. xiii.,
14). He became sin for us that we might be
made the righteousness of Ood In Him (II
Cor. v., 21), and in Rev. xix., 8, the fine
linen garments of the bride represents the
righteousness of the saints which must be
His righteousness Imparted to us and then
wrought out through us. The church may
aaiH fn baa thw matter of clothing by
pointing others to Him who provides it by
His great work.
As to food, the church has an abundant
supply provided for her to dispense in the
wonderful word which contains milk fo?
babes and bread and strong meat for older
children (I Pet. it, 2; I Cor. iii., 2 ; Hpb. v.,
13, 14; John vi., 51, 57). Then, as to her
ways, we have already learned from this
book that Wisdom's ways are ways of plea?antnoas,
and all her paths are paths of peao*
(iii., 17 j. If wo are only willing to be guided,
we will not fail to see the way wherein we
should walk and the thing that we should do
(Jer. tIH., 8). See also Ps. ixrit, 8.
Not only are her own household, the
household of faith (Gal. vi., 10), well seen
to, but "she stretcheth out her hand to the
poor?yea. she reacheth both her hands to
the needy" (verse 20). If the ohurch has the
spirit of her Lord, it will be one of herprominent
characteristics that the poor and needy
are well seen to. When Jesus would prove
to John the Baptist that He was indeed the
Messiah, He told the messengers to say,
among other things, that the poor have the
gospel preached to them (Math, xi., 5). It
will be one of the features of the kingdom
when the church has become the bride ol
Christ that the poor and needy shall have
special care (Ps. lxxii., 2, 4, 12. 18).
In verse 80 we leafn that all else but the
fear of the Lord is only vanity, or, as it is
said in I Cor. xiil, there is a love without
which all else, even the giving of one's bod;
to be burned, is as nothing. Without Me,
says Christ, ye can do nothing (Jolmxv., 6).
Paul said concerning His lifeand His works,
"Not I, but Christ," "Not I, but the grace ol
God" (Gal. li., 20; I Cor. xv., 10). When It
It Is so with every believer and the church as
a whole, then will this excellent woman be
folly manifested.? Lesson Helper.
Edison's Latest Invention.
Thomas Edison's exhibit at Chicago
is the kinetograpn, the last of his wonderful
inventions displayed in connection
with the most versatile group
of phonographs ever brought together.
It is to the eye what the phonograph
is to the ear, a mechanical retina,
which stores away a living picture, to
be reproduced in all its actions, every
movement faithfully shown at any
time and in any placc. With the
kinetograph it is possible to show in
Chicago Chauncey Depew delivering a
speech aboard the flagship Chicago in
New York Harbor. Not a photograph
- C nlirincf mHD
UI uxicaicu nuuuu, isuu buw ^
his every gesture, the play of expression
ou his face anil the movements of
his lips. It will transmit and reproduce
motion of any kind for any distance.
?Atlanta Constitution.
Bosom Friends.?"What do you
say to the young barrister making ine
an offer of marriage?" ".Just as I
expected! When I jilted him he swore
ne would do himself an injury!"?
Plauderecke.
Siie?You are always sneering at
women who talk too much. Are you
hitting at me? He?Not at all.
There are lots of women besides you
who talk too much.?Texas Siftlcgs.
TEMPERANCE.
WHAT DO TOU CABE ?
Strong men are falling on every hand,
Havoc appalling is wrought in the land;
Pestilence, famine and war are outdone?
Never more damning ill under the sun?
Highest and lowest aro caught in the snar
Statesmen and patriots, what do you care'i
Women are weeping worn hearts away,
Fasting and watch keeping day after day;
Tremblingly waiting steps that were dear,
Love soured to hating, hope chilled to fea
Weak beneath more than the strongest ci
bear?
Chivalrous husbands, what do you care?
Children are crying for love and for bread,
Needlessly dying, happy when dead;
Carrying friendless hearts made for fun
Through shadows endless, life just begun.
Aimlessly wandering, hungry and bare;
Fathers and mothers, what do you care ?
Babes are polluted. curs9d from their birt
Parents embruted fixing their worth,
Infancy prized by the Spirit of Wine?
The modern Moloch?is burnt at his shrin
Daily his priests for their altars prepare ;
Champions of Christendom, what do y
care?
Daily the weak to slavery sink,
Vainly they seek escape from the drink ;
Household and neighbor, involved in th<
thrall,
Fruitlessly iabor to break the fall;
Piteously rises the victim's prayer;
Lovers of freedom, what do you care?
Jesus by dying liberty gave,
Love self-denying only can save,
Light to its strength is the temperance croi
Glorious at length the gain of its loss;
Passion and triumph Love asks us to shai
Friends of the Saviour, what do you car*?
?L F. B. Tinling, in the Voice,
OBOG ON BRITISH WAB SHIPS.
Visitors to the British flagship Blake not*
with some surprise that regularly every dj
at noon a ration of 4 'grog" is served out toh
500 sailors. This ancient custom, it seems,
still maintained in the British navy, thouj
it was abolished in the American servi
many years ago. Yankee man-o'-waram
do not seem to have suffered by it either,
the result of the series of international be
races count for anything. Tbey have w<
every conteet in which they have entere
and once ortwice their grog-drinking Briti
cousins have brought up the rear of the pi
cession.?Boston Journal.
PUBLIC SAFETY.
The general public is entitled to the maa
mum or security for property and person,
pays for tkat. It wants sober conductoi
engineers, firemen, brakemen and swltc
tenders. As a rule its wants in this respe
are gratified. No railroad company wou
dare to employ an Inebriate in any one
these positions. But the tendehcy is to i
further, and to' refuse to employ any drin
lng man, whether a drunkard or not. ]
rational man will employ a drinking coac
man. No factory will employ a drinki
engineer, supposing the business to be w
managed. Few will employ a doctor who
know to drink habitually, and to an exte
to cause remark. These consequences m
deter some from evil living.?Philadelpl
North American.
SATAN'S 8HABE.
There is an ancient fable which tell us tl
while Noah was planting the vineyard, 1
devil approached him and inquired what
was doing. "Planting a vineyard;" repli
Noah. Hum!" grunted Satan, "what's t
use of a vineyard?" To which Noah gt
answer that ''its fruit is sweet and good, a
its wine gladdens the taste." Whereup
Satan, seeing here a good chance for spec
lation, proposed that they work it on shar
which was agreed upon, and Immediately 1
devil brought a lion, a hog and a monk
and mingled their- blood with the s<
Therefore, if a man eats only of the fruit
the vineyard, he Is as Innocent as a lan
if he drinks wine, he imagines himself a li<
and falls into mischief; if he drinks habi
ally, he becomes as selfish and unmanne
as a hog; if he gets drank, he jabbers a
jumps about, and is silly and nasty, lik<
monkey.?Sacred Heart Beview.
DBINKINO SEEK AND ABBOAD.
In spite of the widespread impression t!
the United States are a Nation of dninkar
its people are in reality the soberest and m
temperate in the world, according to 1
Troy (N. Y.) Times. Whatever drunlcenn
we have to endure comes chiefly from abro;
brought here by people who retain their i
world habits, or transmitted by them in I
nature of appetite to their children born he
Except for this constant accession to <
drunkard list by importation not more tb
one man in 10,000 among us would b<
drunkard.
Our best and most temperate foreign pi
ulation comes from the United Kingdo
But in that country the drink bill for 1891
placed by Dr. Dawson Burns, of the Unit
Kingdom alliance, at $706,000,000. In 1
United States in 1890. according to Wilbur
Copeland, of the Voice, the drink bill v
$1,131,000,000, or about sixty per cent lar(
than in the United Kingdom, though the p<
ulation is eighty per cent, larger, the wea
a quarter larger, and the average drink tw
as high in price. Taking into considerati
All these facta, our liauor consumption is I
more than one-half that of the next sober
country In the world.
The accommodations for getting drank i
also greater in the "mother country" th
here. In England and Wales, with less tfc
half the population of the United Stat
crowded into an area about equal to N
York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, thi
are 128,000 public houses or drinking plac
while in this entire country there are oi
141,000, or ten per cent. more. The compi
population of England and Wales has a pi
lie house for every 202 persons, while I
United 8tates has one for every 460. 1
average English city has a public house
every 173 persons; in this country the avers
proportion is considerably less. Even in N
York, the essentially foreign city, there
only one licensed saloon for every 200 inha
tanta, while in Philadelphia the proporti
is about one per thousand. In most of 1
cities of the country the saloons are clos
by law on Sunday; in all of the United Kii
dom the law permits them to remain opi
The difference in the habits of the people
the two Nations is due mainly to the agi
tion of the question that has been going
here for seventy years and the legislatl
has hflfln thfl friHt thereof. In Enela
there has never been any such temperai
agitation or any restrictive act passed by P
[lament.
TEMPERAXCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Of the 51,000 breweries estimated to be
the world 26,000 are in Germany.
In Christian.!, with its 160,000 inhabitaj
there are only twanty-saven plases whe
liquor is retailed.
It is estimated that of every hundred d<
lars paid out for drji1:, s x:y dollars ar<) Ire
the pockets of wording men.
The Alli?emeina Z^itung, of Munich, saj
"Experience tn Germany. as e.s iwa>?re, t
proved that the dangerous au'oao! pest ca
not be fought detei'JiiU'iJiy tx :epc by radi<
methods."
The number o! suirldes in Par's lost yc
was 1020, two huuirr) I an 1 for:y-;uree bei
by hanging. The grv>?r:a o.' sjirit-d-lnki
Is credited with being an important factor
the remarkable in *r jas-.\
As the Catholic goes to its readers to-d
an unfortunate man iu tais city pays t
penalty of his misdeeds ou ttie gallows,
one end was whisky, than the murier. nc
the hangman's rope. They all fit. ?Pitts'ou
Catholic.
What is the good of "moderate drinkin
any way you pioase to iook at it.' can t m
manage to b'j social without sticking thi
noses in the same beer bottle or pouring soi
of the same fiery fluid into their stomach
Out upon such social customs which requi
men to run the risk of being sots in order
be "dooial. '
Coffson?I don t see why we cat
find a policeman occasionally in tt
neighborhood when we want hii
Coles?Hum; are you bothered by ti
saloons? "Saloons? There isn't o
within a mile of us." "Well, thai
why."?Chicago Tribune.
Tiie bite of a dog bestowed upon
book agent has been assessed by
Jury at $5,000. A dog like tb
should not be kept by a man of c
dlnary means. Better even subscril
for the book.
FAIR EXHIBITS.
THE RESOURCES OF THE LATINAMERICAN
COUNTRIES.
e; Models and Pictures Relating to
Central and South America and
the West Indies?Gallery in
the Government Building.
15 ~
m OUBTLESS a good
I jj deal of interest
J J J will center about
/I i vi/ the Columbian cral
V^'-lcry intheGovern>2
y J ment Building,
V-.-ff 41 ^8 the Chicago
TkJjjf Herald. It is there
h, -^^SSfcfe^L Proiect?rB of
closer relations
with the Latin-American countries will
6' make their chiefest exhibit. They
ou have been accorded excellent space,
and enough of it, and there they have
placed the exhibits they have for the
past three years been collecting all the
Jlr way from the Rio Grande to Cape
Horn. ?
The exhibit from the Southern
countries is very interesting, indeed.
It is devoted to an exposition of the
present conditions and resources of
ss, the Central and South American countries
aad the West Indies, the articles
10? of general import into the LatinAmerican
countries, their prices, popular
patterns of goods in demand there,
samples of inplements desirable and
jd methods of transportation both to the
er ~ ~ ~
1> ' NATIVES OP CUBA.
seaport and to the interior regions,
ell In this last item is embraced many of
is the most curious devices. Our
>nt American manufacturers as a rule like
^ to send their goods to the eonsignee
in packing cases. They have done
I fViat wav fnr a lone time, and thev know
" "J O ' m
iat of no better way to send articles in good
he shape. Bat yon can't ship goods in
he that way into the interior of South
America.
lv? Shipments across the mountains
nd there are made as a general thing by
on pack mule. And one of the aims of
the commercial exhibit is to tell Amar:he
ican shippers how to pack goods so aa
ey, to enable freighters to take them to
)U- distant destinations. There is no use
sending goods to west Brazilian pointe
3ii,' in packing cases. They will never reach
tu- the consignee, and all the possibilities
of trade are ruined for the simple rea3
a son that the Beller does not use the
judgment an intelligent understanding
of the case will give him. European merchants
understand - this and send theii
- ? . i i S
goods to tne juatin-American owm
05t all ready for packing on mules or or
the the backs of men if they be consigned
5?? to a place where that is the accepted
ol(j mode of transportation.
the The lesson is taught by a profusion
re. of pictures, whioh will be interesting
^ to all classes as well as the special one
3 a of commercial tendencies, articles oi
trade, models of implements, effigies oi
>P- animals and materials used generally
in the country designated. A prom;ed
inent place is given to articles of food
:he supply, with the methods of preparaF
tion and use. Under this head comet
^ the indigenous cereals, fruits and vegjp
etables, their cultivation, irrigation and
itb harvesting and storing. The processes
[on of raising coffee are shown, togethei
iot with pictures of machinery used foi
est pulping, drying and cleaning the berries.
rTT1? ?'?? io nUnirad in rplfttinn
jl uc oamc w ? ?,?
ao to sugar. The ancient and modern Byees,
??
lg- CABBYTNO TOBACCO IK SAN DOMINGO.
an.
?! tems are fully illustrated from the primon
itive "bull mills" in use by the naon
tives to the great establishment on the
^ island of Cuba. Chocolate and its prep
*tio nnnan hoftn with
ftp. ttiaUULl iXUUX IIUU vmvmv
processes and means of preparing it for
shipment, are illustrated. The curious
coca found in the Peruvian Andes conies
in for description; its manner and use,
lts with the various preparations, as wines,
!re cordials and the materials used with it
by the natives who sustain the fatigues
ol- of the long journeys by its use alone.
)m There we can learn how oinchona and
other medicinal plants are collected,
iaa' dried and prepared for export, with
m- their uses as remedies and the legends
and traditions relating to them.
Fibre and fibrous plants, rubber and
j" rubber gathering, and so far as posDg
sible all the factors in the great natural
in wealth of those countries are illustrated
in a manner that will throw a flood
?? of light on lands almost unknown to
At the people of the United States. It is
>w well known that these countries are
rS very deficient in the mechanical arts
aud their application, and in order to
|n show what they need and what can be
sir supplied by the United States the
ne various trades and professions are prea*
sented, illustrating the proficiency of
^ the natives.
"Raw materials and finished products,
with information where the former is
l't obtained ; metal and metal work : texlis
tiles and fabrics from native materials;
11. pottery, ancient and modern, with the j
he uses to which it may be applied ; ar- j
DC tides used in hunting and fishing; |
t'9 native musical instruments used by the j
Indians, National songs, war songs, j
anthems and chants of the, aborigines; j
a literature, art. music; lace making,
a artistic engraving?in fact everything J
lis relating to the condition of the various i
ir- peoples are fully shown, and iu a man-1
L,0 ner that will be as interesting to the
merely thoughtful as to the student of
?
.." m
.
conditions
and the prospective maker
of laws.
LOADED WITH CHARCOAL.
1
Incidentally the histories of those
countries are illustrated by photo- ' '
graphs of their noted men?piesidente,
governors, revolutionary leaders,
ancient viceroys and leaders of more
than local prominence. Fac similies
of their declarations of independence,
constitutions and famous State papers
?all extremely valuable?are for the
first time presented. Together they
will tell the story of the two great
epochs, the viceroyalties and the revo- '
lutions.
The theory of the pan-American advocates
is that a great and growing
market for American goods lies close to
the south of us, and that it should be
controlled Dy tne mercnanwj anu manufacturers
of the United States instead
of those of Europe. For this purpose - )
the various articles of import into the
Latin-American countries are shown
and enumerated, representing the
various classes of goods best adapted
to the uses of the people in* every district.
For instance, the most popular
styles of dress goods and other fabrics
for wearing apparel, bpots, sho^s, l&il-'
linery and hosiery, and articles of
adornment are shown, that our people
may know what things will meet the
readiest sale in the south lands. J
The markets of Europe have been
ransacked to find samples of the goods
most in demand in the South American
countries, and these also are here exhibited
that Americans may know
against what they are compelled to ,
compete. Prices at factories, cost of i
transportation and selling rates, both
r\t flinoo fynm TilnrnnR And from thfl
GIRL ONBULLOGK'fl BACK IK SAN DOICNGO.
, factories of the United States, are
, plainly indicated. To make this object
[ lesson perfect the chief oz tne ijoiin[
American department has prepared
complete models of carriers, and Btuffefl : <
t specimens of those animals employed
, as beasts of burden, each one equipped
\ with its proper accoutrement of pack
I saddles, and carrying an exact counter* f
f part of the load expected of it These
. samples show how goods may be
. packed to insure safe and proper tran[
sit over the roads and trails of each
. country, giving also weights and maxii
mpm weights permissible, so as to suit
. all methods of local transportation.
[ The necessary material for the pack*
, ing is also given?whether in cases of
. bags, bales or barrels, and whether the
. same should be tin lined or hermeti.
cally sealed. Where the same articles
themselves could not be shown as earnt
pies they are illustrated by photo*
. graphs showing perfectly their uset
and functions.
Big Trees.
One hears a good deal of the big ? .
trees of the Northwest, but the fact ii
that all the vegetation there is luxori<
ant beyond the belief of the Eastern
man. There are Douglas firs in Wash'
ington and for some distance north oi
that which are honestly said to be as tall
as the ErooklynBridge towers. Planki
from these trees sixteen feet wide have
been exhibited, and a straight mast 125
feet long, unmarked by branches, wai
cut on the shores of Puget Sound.
Common roadside weeds and buahet
have a proportionate largeness, theii
leaves being twice as large and theii
stems twice as long as in the East, and
the ordinary fern that in this State
grows knee high is found there with ^
stalks seven feet long.?Cleveland ^
Leader.
Treading the Water.
The Indians on the Mississippi Riv?r
tread water just as the dog treads it.
Amnnc the natives* of Joanna, an isl
Q ?- .
and on the coast of Madagascar, young
persons walk the water, carrying fruit
and vegetables to ships becalmed or,
it may be, lying in the offing miles
away. At Madras, watching their opportunity,
messengers, with letters secured
in an oilskin cap, plunge into4
the boiling surf and make their way to
the vessels outside, treading the water
through a sea in which uo ordinary
boat could live. At the Cape of Good
Hope men used to proceed to the vessel
in the offing through mountain
billows, treacling water as they went
with the utino3t security. ?New York
A/lvarfiQAr I
A Fonr-Year Old Gcnlns.
Marguerite "Treasure" BiUlantyue,
! ihe four-year old daughter of T. C. Bal!
iantyue, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is going
j to the World's Fair. Sbt: is a linguis'
tirrtl riiJ musical wondt-r. She socaks
j English, German and French, and plays
i on the piano anything she hears. Men|
tally she is as bright as can be, and iu
all but her musical and linguistic talents
[ is like any other child of four.?NewYork
Press.
The upper classes of the .Tapancso
are well educated, and while they read
such heavyworks as Spencer. Carlyle,
Kant, Darwin and Huxley, thoy huvo
j no practical knowledge of politics and
I of other matters as have the youth of
i this country.