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I pEV. DR. TALMGE.";
,THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN- c
DAY SERMON. J
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Subject: "Lesson Learned From the t
Story of Ehud." t
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Text : "But when the children of Israel
k. cried unlo the Lord the Lord raised them up a *
> deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, a Bcnjama
man left handed."?Judges iii., 15. 8
ft Ehud was a ruler in Israel. He was left (
B handed, and what w<is peculiar about tho f
H tribe of Benjamin, to which ho belonged, I
B there were in it 700 left handod men, ?n?l g
B yet so dexterous had they all become in toe t
use of the left hand that the Bible says they z
BV oould sling stones at a hair's breadth and s
not miss. t
g I Well, there was a king of the name of
ggjf UCiglUU W UU OU V^piCOOU4 V/t lOKtui. uv w
29 Imposed upoD fhem a most outrageous tax. t
B Ehud, the man of whom I first spoke, bad a t
R divine commission to destroy that oppressor, t
n He came, pretending that he W3S going to I
pay the tax. and asked tosae King Eglon. He r
Was told he was in the summer house, the d
place to which the king retired when it was e
too hot to sit in the palace. This summer 1)
house was a place surrounded by flowers and ij
trees and springing fountains and warbling a
birds. n
I Ehud entered the sumtnsr house and said I
to King Eglon that he had a secret errand a
With him. Immediately all the attendants L
were waved out of tha royal presence. King ii
Eglon rises up to receivo the messenger.
Ehud, the left handed man. puts his left hand b
to his right side, pulls out a dagger and c)
thrusts Eglon through until the haft went 01
In after the blade. Eglon falls. Ehudcomes a1
forth to blow a trumpet of recruit amid the ii
mountains of Ephraim, and a great host i3 st
marshaled, and proud Moab submits to the Y
eonquoror, and Israel is free. So, O Lord, n
let all Thy enemies perish! So, 0 Lord, let r<
all Thy friends triumph! sc
i I learu first from this subject the power of ci
left handed men. There are some men who b<
physical organization have as much ft
strength in their left hand as in their rig t aj
hand, but there is something in the writing P
of this text which implies that Ehud had qi
some defect in his right hand which com- It
f>eneu aim 10 use me icn. v?u, mo |w?n ul
eft handed men! Geni;is is otten self obser- fi:
rant, careful of itself, not given to much toil, ic
burning incense to its own aggrandizement, g<
jWhilo many a man with no natural endow- gi
ments. actually defective in physical and si:
mental organization, has an earnestness for ht
fcho right, a patient industry, an all consum- "<
Lag perseverance which achieve marveis for m
the kingdom of Christ. Though left handed w
as Ehud, they can strike down a sin as great ry
rid imperialas Eglon. vfi
I have seen men of wealth gathering about si<
them all their treasures, snuflflngat the cause w
of a world lying in wickedness, roughly si!
ordering Lazarus off their doorstep, sending ht
their dogs, not to lick his sores, but to hound nc
him off their premises, catching all the pure F<
rain of God's blessing into the stagnant, ropy, n?
frog-inhabited pool of their own selfishness be
'?right-handed men, worse than useless? be
,While many a man with large heart and little D<
purse has out of his limited means made
poverty leap for joy and started an influence au
that overspans the grave and will swing h*
round and round the throne of God, world of
Without end, amen. dc
| Ah. me, it is high time that you left handed ga
Enen who have been longing for this gift and -pi
that eloquence and the other man's wealth is
should take your left hand out of your pock- | ey
,et. Who made all these railroads? Who set 01
pp all these cities? Who started all these at
Ohurches and schools and asylums? Who p?
has done all the tugging: and running and gi
pulling? Men of no wonderful endowment?, ca
thousands of them acknowledging themseives Sc
to bo left handed, and yet they were earnest, al
and yut they were determined, and yet they bi
were triumphant. si
1 But I do not suppose that Ehud the first hi
time ho took a sling in his hand could throw he
a stone a hair's breadth and not miss. I
suppose it was practice that gave him the ei
sronderful dexterity. Go forth to your pi
spheres of duty and be not discouraged if in w
your first attempts you miss the mark. Ehud st;
missed it. Take another stone, put it care- tii
luUy into the sling, swing It around your hj
bead, take better aim, and the next time yoa w
will strike the center. The first time that a ca
mason rings his trowel upon the brick he "<
does not expect to pnt up a par feet wall, gc
The first time a carpenter sends a plane over lo
- a boar J or drives a bit through a beam he th
does not expect to make perfect execution, th
The first time a boy attempts a rhyme he st
does not expect to chime a "Lalla Rookh"
or a "Lady of the Lake." Do not besur- st
jprised if in your first efforts .at doing good in
you ar9 not very largely successful. Under- ai
Btf.nd that usefulness Is an art, a science, a to
trade. d(
|> TRuro was an oculist perrorming a very n
difflnilt operation on the human eye. A h<
young doctor stood by and said: "How easily ta
you uo that. It doesn't seem to cause you ki
any trouble at all." "Ah," said the old ocu- T
list, "it is very easy now, but L spoiled a hat- w
Jul of eyes tq leafrn that." Be not surprised
If It takes some practice before ws can help m
men to moral eyesight and bring them to a ai
vision of tha cross. Le:t handed men to the ir
work ! Take the gospel for a sling and faith cc
and repentance for the smooth stone from pi
v the brook, take sure aim, God direct tha pi
sreapon. and groat Goliaths will tumble be- if
lore you. ni
j I learn also from this subject the danger w
of worldly elevation. This Eglon was wnat bi
the world called a great man. There were pi
hundreds of men who would have considered tr
It the greatest honor of their life just to have tt
-him speak to them. Yet, although he is sc a<
high up in worldly position, he is not beyond X
ithe reach of Ehud's dagger. I sae a great ti
Z11AUJ klJXUht IV UUIUIJ uy 1U OV(.H I u
[position, having an idea that there is u safe
(place somewhere far above, not knowing that st
the mountain of fame has a top like Mount vi
.Blanc, covered with perpetual snow. a
% We laugh at the children of Shinar for try- a1
ing to build a tower that could reach to the w
heaven?, but I think if our eyesight were "
only good enough we could see a Babel in 9'
many a dooryard. Oh. the struggle is fierce a
lit is store against store, house against ?
Ihouse. street against street. Nation against c'
SNation. The goal for which m:;n are run- ?
ning is chairs and chandeliere and mirrori "
\ ?nd houses and lands and presidential equip- tJ
ments. If they get what they anticipate. P
iWhat have they got? Men are not safe from *J
' calumny while they live, and, worse than ?
.that, they are not safe aftor they are dead, {J
[lor I have seen swine root up graveyards. "
One day a man goes up into publicity, P
And the world does him honor, and *
[people climb up into sycamore tr jes to ^
iwatch him as he passes, and as h?
goes along on the shoulders of the people ^
there is a waving of hats and a wild huzza.
To-morrow the same man is caught between 8'
, the jaws of the printing press and mangled J*
anrl hiniico/1 <1 vwl fK.i i>uoir a>imA a??l- itf^A tJ
japplBuded him before cry . "Down with the u
traitor! Down with him !" '
Boishazzar sits at the feast, the mighty men ?
Of Babylon sitting all around him. Wit ?
sparkles like the wine and the wine like the *
wit. Music rolls up among the chandeliers; *
the chandeliers flash down on the decanters
The breath of hanging irardens ftrvits in oil
the night air; the voice o? revelry llo.;ts out.
Amid wreaths and tapestry and folded banners
a finger writes. The march of a host is
heard on the stairs. Laughter catches lathe _
? ,throat. A thousand hearts stop beating. *
The blow is struck. The blood on tha flo >r r
is richer hued than the wine on tha table. rJ
Tho kingdom has departed. g
Belshazzar was no worse perhaps than hun- t
dreds of people in Babylon; but his position _
slew him. Oh, bo content with just su;?h a
position as God has placed you in! It may
not be said of us. "Ho was a great general." f
or "Ho was an honored chieftain,-' or "He ^
was mighty in worldly attainments." but this
thing may be said of you and me, "He was a
' good citizen, a faithful Christian, a friend of f'
Jesus." And that in the last day will be the u
.highest of all eulogiums. s
i I learn further from this subieet that death
jCOmes to the summer hous*. Eglon did not p
expect to die in that fine plaee. Ami J all the
flower leaves that drifted like snow into the *
window ; in the tinkle and .lash of the I'ouu- 0
tains ; in the sound of a thousand leaves !lut- ii
.tering on one tree branch ; in the cool bre w; ;
ikni .KI,? sxf
^ ^uai uamo up tw ona.vc iovciiou uvuuiu vui vi .
the king's locks, thero was nothing that sp:i'.:n '
of death, but there he died! In the winter,
when the snow is a shroud, and when th'?
Tvind is a dirge. It is easy to think of our
mortallly, but when the weather is pleasant
and all our surroundings are agreeable how
,difficult it is for us to appreciate the truth
that we are mortal! And yet my text teaches
that death does sometimes come to the sumk
oner house.
. He is blind and cannot see the leaves. lie
pp deal and cannot hear the fountains. Oh,
f death would ask us for victims, we could
)oint him to hundreds of people who would
ejoice to have him come. Push back the
loor of th3t hovel. Look at that little child
:old and sick and hungry. It has never
leard the name of God but in blasphemy,
.'arents intoxicated staggering around its
traw bed. Oh, doath, there is a mark for
heo! Up with it into the light! Before
hese littlo feet stumble oniife's pathway give
hem rest.
Here is an aged man. Ho has done his
vork. He has done it gloriously. The com)anions
of his youth are all gone, his chilIren
dead. He longs to be at rest, and
vearily the days and the nights pass. He
iays. "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly."
)h, death, there is a mark for thee! Take
rom him the staff and give him the sceptt-e!
Jp with him into tho light, where eyes never
frow dim, and the hair whitens not through
he long years of eternity. Ah, death will
lot do that. Death turns back from the
traw bed and from tho aged man ready for
he skies and comes to the summer house.
What doest thou here, thou bony, ghastly
aonstar, amid this waving grass and under
his sunlight sifting through" the tree
tranches? Children are at play. How quickly
heir feet go and their locks t03s in the wind"!
'ather and mother stand at the side of the
oom looking on. enjoying their glee. It
loes not soem possible that the wolf should
ver break into that fold and carry off a
imb. Meanwhile an old archer stands lookag
through the thicket. He points his arrow
t the brightest of the group?he is a sure
aarksman?the bow bends, the arrow speeds1
lush, now! The quick feet have stopped,
nd the locks toss no more In the wind,
atighter has gone out of the lialL Death
1 the summer house!
Here is a father in midlife. His coining
ome at night is the signal for mirth. The
iiidren rush to the door,and there are books
a the evening stand, and the hoars pass
way on glad feet. There is nothing wantig
in that home. Religion is there and
icriflces on the altar morning and night,
ou look in that household and say: "I canot
think of anything happier. I do not
;ally believe the world is so sad a place as
)me people describe it to be." The scene
janges. Father is sick. The doors must
j kept shut. The deathwatch chirp3 doledly
on the hearth. The children whisper
ad walk softly where oace they romped,
assing the house late at night, you seo the
aiok glancing of lights from room to room,
is all over. Death in the summer hoSse.
Here is an aged mother?aged, but not inrm.
You think you will have the joy of carig
for her wants a good while yet. As she
jes from house to house, to children and
vmi1r?hitdren her comincr is a drooDinir Of
mlight in the dwelling. 5four children see
jr coming through the lane, and they cry,
Grandmother's come!" Care for you has"1
arked up her face with many a deep
rinkle, and her back stoops with caring
your burdens. Some days she is
>ry quiet. She says she is not
;k. but something tells you you
ill not much longer have mother. She will
t with you no longer at the table nor at the
sarth. Her soul goes out so gently you do
)t exactly know the moment of its going.
>ld the hands that have done.'O many kindssses
for you right over the heart that has
at with l<Jve for you since before you were
irn. Let the pilgrim rest. She is weary,
eath in the summer house!
Gather about us what we will of comfort
id luxury, when the pale messenger comes
> does not stop to look at the architecture
the house before he comes in, nor entering
>es he wait to examine the pictures we have
ithered on the wall, or bending over your
How he does not stop to see whether there
a color in the cheek, or gentleness in the
e, or intelligence in the brow. But what
that? Must we stand for ever mourning
oong the graves of our dead, No I No! The
sople in Bengal bring cages of birds to the
aves of their dead and then they open the
,ges, and the birds go singing heavenward.
> I would bring to the graves of your dead
1 bright thoughts and congratulations and
d them think of victory and redemption. I
amp on the bottom of the grave, and it
eaks through into the light and glory of
>aven.
The ancients used to think that the straits
itering the Bed sea were very dangerous
aces, as they supposed that every ship that
ent through those straits would be deroyed,
and they were in the habit of putag
on weeds of mourning for those who
id gone on that voyage, as though they
ere actually dead. Doyou know what they
died those straits? They call them the
Gate of Tears." Oh; I stand to-day at the
iteof tears through which many of your
ved ones have gone, and I want to tell you
tat all are not shipwrecked that have gone
trough those straits into the great ocean
retching out beyond.
The sound that comes from that other
lore on still nights when we are wrapped
i prayer makes me think that the departed
e not dead. We are the dead?who
til, we who weep, wo who sin?we are the
;ad. How my heart aches for human sor>w!
This sound of breaking hearts that I
jar all about me! This last look of faces
tat will never brighten again! This last
iss of lips that never will speak again!
his widowhood and orphanage! Oh, when
ill the day of sorrow be gone?
After the sharpest winter the spring disounts
from the shoulder of a southern gale
id puts its warm hand upon the earth, and
i its paim mere comes rne grass, auu suere
>me the flowers, and God reads over the
jetry of bird and brook and bloom and
renounces It very good. What, my friends,
every winter had not its spring, and every
Ight Its day, and every gloom Its glow, and
rery bitter now its sweet hereafter? If you
ive been on the sea, you know, as the ship
issesin the night, there is a phosphorescent
ackleft behind it, and as the waters roll up
ley toss with unimaginable splendor. Well,
;ross this great ocean of human trouble
esus walks. Ob, that in the phosphorescent
ack of His feet we might all foliow and be
lumined!
There was a gentleman in the rail car who
iw in that same car three passengers of
ary different circumstances. The ttrst was
maniac. He wa3 carefully guarded by his
ttendants ; his mind, like a ship dismasted,
as beating against a dark, desolate coast,
om which no help could come. The train
:opped, and the man was taken out into the
5ylum to waste away perhaps through years
f gloom. The second passenger was a
ixlprit. The outraged law had seized on him.
3 the cars jolted the chains rattled. On his
ice were crime, depravity and despair. The
rain halted, and he was taken out to the
enitentiary, to which he had been conemned.
There was the third passengaruner
far different circumstances. She was a
ride. Every hour was gay as a marriage
ell. Jjiie gunerea :mu oousuuou. aww/iuanion
was taking her to his father's house,
'he train baited. The old man was there to
relcome her to her new home, and his white
>oks snowed down upon hor as he seaied his
rord with a father's kiss.
Quickly we fly toward eternity. We will
oon be there. Some leave this life ronemned
culprits. They refused a pardon ,
key carry their chains. Ob, may it be with
s that leaving this fleeting life for the next,
re may tind our Father ready to greet us to
ur new home with Him forever. That will
e a mariage bauquet. Father's wilr.nn!
'ather's bosom1 Father's kiss I Hoaveu!
leaven 1
In a Parit Pawnnhop.
Thtt number of pledged articles at
he Mont <le Pieto, tbe national
lawnshop in Paris, that have been
euewe.'i durinjr tbe year is 307,319.
["he term renewed indicates that a
ruall sum has been paid in order that
he objects may not be sold, but reaain
in pawn for a further term.
There is a timepiece whicb wa?
iled^ed for ?i> in !33.;, and which ha*
ieen paidfuinuailv ever since.
A silver dish-cover has been pledged
or seventy years, and a piece of lace,
;pon which only 12f. was lent lor
c?gii \jj - w ?j v.ifci o.
The fact hardest to explain is the
ircsence of an umbrella?a green
ingham of enormous dimensions, the
rivfinal proprietor of which, ur
ti heritors, have cJuly paid the fee for
^renewal for the last sixty-Uaran
'earu.
A brother of the great pre:xchei
ipurgeon has been posing in the manle
of the deceased, and a misfit; deected.
Now a son will try the garnent
on, and if he cannot All it, the
ividence that there is little in a name
rould seem to be complete.
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EDWIN BOOTH DEAD,
' The Great Tragedian Passes Away
Peacefully la Now York City
Edwin Booth, the well-known actor, died
at the Players' Club. New York City, where
he has been ill for many weeks, at 1:15
o*clock a few mornings ago. At Mr. Booth's
bedside when ho died were Mr. and Mrs.
Grass man. his son-in-law and daughter. John
Henry Magonigle and Dr. St. Clair Smith.
The attack which was the beginning of
Mr. Booth's last sickness occurred on
Wednesday, April 19. He had gone to bed
at his usual time on the previous night and
apparently in his usual health. No one went,
into his room till his usual time for ordering
breakfast the next morning, uuu tuuu u. was
found that he could not speak. He had had
a stroke of paralysis which Anally caused his
death.
Edwin Booth was incomparably the finest
tragic actor of our time, and most playgoers
will no doubt agree that they will never
look upon his like again. He combined the
spirit and intelligence of Forrest with the
grace and polish of Edwin Adams. Though
he camo from a long line of play actors,
several of whom were distinguished, he was
accounted a much more finished player
than his father. the great Junius
Brutus Booth. Edwin Booth was born in
Baltimore, Md., on November 13, 1833,
in which town he lived until he was
about seventeen years old. That he was born
to be a play actor was shown at an early day.
Edwin Booth. John Sleeper Clark, John E.
Owen3, Theodore Hamilton, George Kunkle
and half a dozen others formed an amateur
dramatic club. While Edwin Booth and his
playmates were playing at acting, his father'
Junius Brutus, was starring the country.
Edwin went on the stage in 1849. Ho was
then only sixteen years old. In several
years thereafter he was his father's constant
companion. Together they visitod the Paciilc
coast, whence they sailed to Australia.
In ten years he played anythiug and
everything. No youncr actor ever had a hotter
schooling. In 1860 he visited England.
Half a dozen years later he for the first time
tried his hand at managing. Ha took hold of
the Winter u-araen xneater, ihuw iure
in which he played Hamlet for 100 nights.
Mr. Booth had little managerial timber in
his composition. He was toj dreamy and
unpractical for such work. Still, in his
youth he was as gay as most actors.
In 1869 he opened Booth's Theatre. New York
City, managing 1t himself. It was by far
the most complete play house in th> country.
Still it was a failure. Mr. Booth
emerged from its management, some
say. with debts amounting to over
$500,000. He buckled down to acting,
and in a few years had paid off every
penny he owed. His triumphant tour
through the South, which was followed by
a journey to California, yielded him upward
of a quarter of a million of dollars. The
hard work this entailed affected his
healtn. When Lawrence Barrett became
his manager things went well with Mr. Booth.
His health improved. He furnished the
Players' Club and endowed it handsomely.
Sinca Mr. Booth retired from the stage in
Brooklyn, in April, 1891, he has lived at
the Players' Club. It was noticed
that after the death of Mr. Barrett Mr.
Booth became more reserved and retiring
than ever. He cared little for society. Ho
had an almost matchless knowledge of
Shakespeare and the history of the drama.
CONTESTED SEATS.
Ten Cases Before the Next House of
Representatives.
There will be ten contests before the House
of Representatives next winter. In Alabama
the seat of James E. Cobb, re-elected from the
Fifth District as a Democrat, will be contested
by Martin W. Whatley, Populist. In
California the seat of S. G. Hiiborn, re-elected
as a Republican in the Third District, is con
tested by W. B. English, Democrat, the plurality
in this case being only thirty-tnree
votas. In Georgia the seat of J. C. C. Black,
elected as a Democrat in the Tenth District,
is contested by Thomas E. Watson, Populist,
who had the seat in the last' Congress. In
Illinois, the seat of Robert A. Childs, elected
a3 a Republican in the Eighth District,is contested
by Lewis Stewart, Democrat, the plurality
being only thirty-seven votes. In
Kansas, the seat of E. H. Funston, re-eiected
as a Republican in the Second District, is
contested by H. L. Moore, Alliance Democrat,
thoir difference being only eighty-three
votes.
In Michigan is the closest contest. George
P. Richardson holds the seat for the Fitth
District bv just ten votes in a total poll of
about 42,000. The contestant Is the late
member, Charles E. Belknap. In Missouri,
Charles F. Joy, Republican, holds the seat
for the Eleventh District. It is contested by
JO Oil J. \J null, IUO ItlbO icpivocmuuru, TT?v
will have a plurality of sixty-seven votes to
overcome. Ia North Carolina the Fifth District
seated Thomas Settle, Republican. H.
A. Williams, Democrat, contests his claim.
In Tennessee, the seat of B. A- Enloe, Democrat.
from the Eighth District, is contested
by P. H. Thrasher, Populist. In Virginia,
the seat for the Fourth District held by James
F. Epes, Democrat,is contested by J. Thoman
Goode, PoDulist.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
During May a Net Decrease of $739,425.99
is Reported.
The publio debt statement just issued from
Washington, shows that thera was a net docrease
of $733,425.99 during the month of
May. Of this $057,175.50 was in the amount
of the bonded indebtedness of the Government,
and $82,250.49 was in the increase of
the cash in the Treasury.
The interest bearing debt increased $300.CO,
debt on which interest has ceased since maturity
decreased $37,480, and the debt bearing
no interest $819,695.50. The aggregate
interest and non-interest bearing debt May
31 was $9G1,750.965.63; on April 30 it was
$962,407,764.13.
The certificates and Treasury notes, offset
by an equal amount of cash In Treasury outstanding
at the end of the montb, was $594,531.017,
an increase of 81,4^5,804.
The total cash in the Treasury was ?7&4,122,934.
the gold reserve $95,048,640, and the
net cash balance $26,516,514.30.
In the month there was a decreaso of $5,764,749.32
In gold coin and bars, the total at
the close being $196,518,609.76. Of silver
there was an increase of $5,173,874.48 Of tho
surplus there was in National bank depositories
$11,649,142.34, against $U,270,696.G9 at
the end of the previous month.
BRIGGS SUSPENDED.
Indefinitely Deposed From the Prasbyterlan
Ministry.
Sitting as the Supreme Court of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States or
America, the General Assembly at Washington
formally suspended Doctor Charles
A Briggs from tho ministry of
the Presbyterian Church until h?
shall give satisfactory evidence of repentance
to the General Assembly. The reason
for this action, as given by the Assembly, is
a violation by him of his ordination vow, -ind
the judgment is based upon the verdict given
the night before as the result of the heresy
trial.
Now it will rest with the New York Synod
to present its case for acquitting the Professor.
If it can justify ita action Brings may m r">instate*!.
If any defect is discovered in its
Hnnin^s thou the itelek'iwit will remain out
lor itood.
A DOCTOR'S SUICIDE.
Ki9 Patient Iia<l !)to<l 01' Heart Failure
in Ii is Ofiicc.
Mrs. Coitoa, a widow, wont to the office of
Doctor Elderkina. af Chautauqua, N. Y.,lo
receive professional treatmeut.
But an hour afterward Mrs. Harwood, who
lives in the house in which the doctor has his
office, found Mrs. Coltou lying on the floor
dcait and the doctor on a loungo in a dying
> condition.
A letter found lying on his table read
:-Mrs. Coiton died of heart failure and I have
taken my own life with mSSpllinc used hyodermically.
No use, can't save mo . r.o neod
of autopsy : must die, but hato to leave my
! friends."
, The doctor has since died. His will was
found in a bundle of papers lying by his side.
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SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOl
JUNE 25.
LflEson Text: Quarterly ~ Review
Psalm 1?Golden Text: Prov.
ill., G?Commentary.
Lf.hbon I.?Tho Resurrection of Chris
(Math, xxviii., 1-10). Qoldon Text (I Coi
xv., 20), "But now is Christ risen from fcb
dead and becomo tho first fruits of them thi
slept." Looking back over the quarter ther
is a remarkable completeness in the first I?
son being a resurrection lesson, and the lasl
one on tho kingdom, while between the tw
we have so much on the practical daily lil
of one associated with Christ In resurrectio
and waiting for the kingdom. Let us emphc
size and if possible embrace more fully th
fact that all believers are looked upon b
God as risen with Christ and seated wit
Him m tne neavenues (_.&pn. u., o. o; uo
iiL, 1, 2), and may our constant prayer b
that of Paul in Phil. iii., 10, 11.
Lesson II.? Afflictions Sanctified (Job v.
17-27). Golden Text (Heb. xfi., 6), "Fo
whom tho Lord loveth He chasteneth." I
our three lessons in this book, or four if w
had taken the first instead of the Easter le?
son. we have a righteous man being mad
meet for his place In the kingdom. Th
principal point in this lesson is that we ar
to accept all chastening with not oniy sut
mission, but even joyfulness, because ou
Heavenly Father is lovingly dealing with u
to make us more confirmed to the image c
His Son (Rom. viii., 28, 29).
Lesson III.?Job's Appeal to God (Jo
xxiii.. 1-10). Golden Text (John xiii., 7]
"What I do Thou knowest not now, bu
Thou shait know hereafter." A centra
thought is In venae 10: "He knoweth thewa
that I take. When He hath tried me, I shai
come forth as gold." A true believer i
God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesu
unto good works which God hath before pre
pared for us to walk in (Eph. ii., 10).
Lesson IV.?Job's Confession and Restora
tion (Job xliiL, 1-10). Golden Text (Jas. v.
11), "Ye have heard of the patience of Jo
and have seen the end of the Lord ; that th
Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.
We now see a man who has been through th
fire come forth as gold. His eyes are n
longer on himself, as in chapter 29, but thi
is his testimony to the Lord, "Mine eye seetJ
Thee, wherefore I abhor myself." To den
self and follow Jesus, to live in the power c
"not I. but Christ" (Math, xvl., 24; Gal. ii.
20). is to manifest something of the resurrec
tion life that looks for the kingdom. Such
one *an pray even for friends like Job's (vers
10) end for enemies (Luke xxiii., 34; Act
If., 60)
Lehhon V.?Wisdom's Warning (Prov. i.,
20-33). Golden Text (Heb. xii., 25), "Se
that ye rejpse not him that speaketh." Thi
and the next four lessons are in the book o
Proverbs and are suggestive of the manifee
tation'in the daily life of Him who is "Th
Wisdom of God" (I Cor. 1., 24). In this sec
tion Wisdom cries unto the simple ones wh
are being led astray that they, may turn an
receive His spirit and thus dwell safeiy an
be quiet from fear of evil.
Lesbos VI.?The Value of Wisdom (Prov
iii., 11-24). Golden Text (Prov. ill., 5]
"Trust in the Lord with all thy heart an
lean not unto thine own understanding.
Here, as in lesson ii.. we learn that only b
loving chastisement can we learn wisdom
8o sinful are we and so loving is our Heaven
ly Father that He speaketh even by chastec
ing if only He may save us from the pit (Jo
xxxiii,, 18, 19, 29. 30) and make us partaxer
of His holiness (Heb. xii., 10). Like chiJ
dren. we are apt to take gilt for gold, bu
our Father would have us possess true riches
The world would have us believe that he
ways are the only happy ones, while th
truth is that it is only wisdom's ways that ar
ways of pleasantness and her paths peac
(verse 17). Every possible attraction, and al
real, is set before us in wisdom that wo as
and receive Civ., 7 ; Jaa. i., 5).
Lesbos Vll.?Fruits of Wisdom (Prov. xii
1-15). Golden Text (Prov. xi., 30), "Th
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and h
that winneth souls is wise." Thirteen out c
the fifteen verses of this lesson contrast th
wise and the foolish, the righteous and th
wicked, reminding us of the Savior's word
concerning the wise and foolish in Math. vii.
24-27 ; xxv., 1-13. Adam and Eve in the gai
den of Eden did not think enough of the tre
of life to prefer it to that of the knowledge o
good and evil, and their descendants hav
all f/v/vUak V?
IUiiCUbOU bliCIl lnniii^n CUiU AXC OU IVVUOU K/
nature. We must be born from above by re
ceiving Him who is the wisdom of God.
Lesson VIII.?Against Intemperance (Pro\
xxiii., 29-So). Golden Text (Prov. xx., 1]
'Wino is a mocker, strong drink is raginf
and whosoover is deceived thereby is nc
wise." In contrast to being filled with wint
the believer is commanded to be filled wit
the spirit (Eph. v., 18), and thus be fllle
with songs of rejoicing instead of the nois
and vaih song of the drunkard.
Lesson IX.?The Excellent Woman (Pro;
xxxi., 10-18). Golden Text (Prov. xxxi., 30]
'Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but
woman that feareth the Lord she shall b
praised." Instead of beholding here merel
the perfect woman, wife and mother, we cor
sidered her as suggestivo of the true churct
the bride of Christ, as to her personal stand
ing and character, and then her relation t
her Husband, to her household and to th
poor and needy.
Lesson X.?Reverence and Fidelity (Eoe.
v., 1-12). Golden Text (Rom. xii.. 11), "Nc
slothful in business, fervent in spirit, servm
the Lord." Two lessons have been given u
from this wonderful book, with its deaerif
tion of things as seen under the sun. Tber
is nothing very comforting or -neouratnnx i
the constant endeavor to do right and not t
do wrong with the thought of a just God eve
before you. Neither is there anything restfi
in a study of tho riches and poverty problenr
but there is real rest of soul in seeing Jesu
as the end of the law for righteousness t
every one that b^lieveth.
Lesson XI.?The Creator Remtjmbere
(Eccl. xii., 1-7,13,14). Golden Text (Eool
xii., 1) "Remember now thy creator in th
A" Ynnt.h in Hnt?hfiforo US a
v"".o W ?
the time waen we are apt to seok our ow
pleasure and forget God, but wo are reininde
that old ago will come when wo may have n
deslro for anytmng,';and that our Crwtor hn
a right to the vigor of our youth. Our eye
turn to Him who bs a young man flnishe
His work on earth, who will in duo time b
our judgo, and who offors ua eternal youth i
we will but wolcomo Him to our hearts.
Leesox XII.?Messiah's Kingdom (Mai. lii.
1-12). Golden Text (Mai lit, 17). "The
shall be mine, saith tho Lord of Hosts, ii
that day wben I make up my jewels." It i
a fitting close to a quarter's lessons to con
template the time of the kingdom when Is
rael, after all her wandering shall be ''holJ
ness unto the Lord." sind when the risei
Christ shall be accepted as her long lookei
for king. All the mom so, us wo seem to b
on the very verge o! tho time of the restora
tion of all things of which the prophets hav<
spoken (Acts iii., 19-21).?Lesson Helper.
Tus man who gesticulates raos
wildly in an argument isn't always th<
man who promulgates the most valu
able ideas. He is very liable to b<
beaten, in the opinion of the crowd
by the quiet man who doesn't movi
a finger, but whose low voice utter
steady common sense.
The jury considering the case c
Anton Woode, Colorado's boy-mui
derer, failed to agree. He had kille
and robbed a man in cold blsod, bi
he is r.nly 11 years old, and the jur
believed evidently that erring chilt
hood should bo gently dealt with.
A r.Aov .says that she could alwaj
Icnuv/ when she had taken just, tc
.iuch wine at dinner?her husband
'ikes began to seem fuuuy.?Sit
i.ijs.
Tiie atmosphere of the America'
continent is death to monarchy. IIj
waii's kingdom might have laste
longer if it was a little farther froi
the United States.
A Bootless Attempt.?To get u]
stairs without being heard by yoi
vMe.?Texas Siftimrs. ......
ft-:. 2. .. . *
TEXTILE EXHIBITS.
R AMERICAN COTTON, SILK AND
WOOL AT THE FAIR.
'? brilliant Contents of Somber Cases in
the Manufactures Building? A
Railroad Train Made of
Silk Spools,
it
'e ^^SmOTTON, Rilk and
it wool enter largely
6 *ja*? ^ex^ile ex'jfflpfBk.
J hibit in the Amerio
can eecti?Q of the
6 !. ?* * J Manufactures
? Building and it now
0 is complete. Itocy
cupies the northeast
1 ft* corner ?f build?
r JL an(* ^een
I ^aaDDea "undertak ?
T ii^*n ers' row?" because
r ^e number of
B "M ^lack cafle9- Howh
I ! I ever somber the
0 cases are the contents are brilliant
? jnough and attract crowds of people.
? Che space, which is one of the largest
r n the building, is divided into three i
s actions, wool, silk and cotton. The
yool and silk exhibits are made by the
b issociation, the members of which are
>,
I
r- HATLROAD TP. .US X.V
Ji
? wholesale dealers. The cotton exhibits
y are made by individual firms.
t. One does not expect, as a rule, to sie
l" a lot of pieces of cloth piled up in a
? picturesque way, but that is just what
3 the woolen exhibitors have done. In
I- one case is shown a lot of blankets made
^ entirely of American wool. They are
r ?
y DISPLAY OP PASTOONABIJS FABBICS.
I
'? light and soft, and suggestive of warm
? comfort in cold weather. In thfe overa
joat materials the goods are graded
from the very heavy shaggy cloths
L down to the very finest. There are
* thirty-four of these cases representing
is 115 mills oxtending from Milwaukee to
>
e
f ' ' ~ I B"
I gj jl JJ
* SC33N75 IN THE 1
k ..
^ Maine. The progression of the wor!:
j is shown by a flirty ile.-cc just ebon,
e and this beinaj the tirat step o;ich 3acr
ceediDg proccBs is exhibited, 1hn carding,
spinning, weaving, and finally th->
completed cloth. All the grades cud
styles known to woolen manufacture ere
shown. Several cases aro filled with
a bright colored yarn p.*.id tJio finer
thread used in making; cloth.
3 Th^; silk department is 1h" mo*t pie,
tnreaqe, as the soft quality oi the goods
3 admits of full scope lr. ?Le window
a dresser's art. One of ?he TCi?t intrvesting
and at the same time inefrucfcive
exhibit? is at the north erd of the
f space. There is a long show cw; with
' ?i row of bottles. la the fir.?t is the
'* moth, then in succ^lou are shown the
d motli eggs, the h?uchin^ proj-vjs, with j
it the worm :-nn day old and su on up to |
y the age of four weeks, whori it begins j
j? to make silk. Keeping t.p tha ] ?o-;
grcasion the cocoon is o JiiKtod iii its '
various HtMges from the time it cov-j
rs ?red with the shell that looks like a j
peanut ti> the t'nie when it is uncoviied,
reeled and ready for the loon).
^ The silk has three natural color?,
white, cream and yellow, and 10!) j
nmu.r.a lira ronnirpii fcn m:>!:0 .int, cLein !
of the delicate silk. This i.<> reeled by 1
Q a machine in charge of a girl. The >
l- cocoon is put iu a large msehiur, aiuf j
d jnc end of the silk tni'r.d ia fo:u;d. j
n The mot'on, although rapid, is very I
*entle and not unhlic the process
i;nown to rnauy a small boy who bns j
listened to fairy stories from bis grand-;
P- mother while he held hi r :ik'.?in of j
II yarn. la the sarny ease are shown'
?ome very pretty designs made of silk
skeins and braids.' One is a large fan
A JAPANESE GARDENER.
I ehatie with a fountain ?f?pn#> nn the
J side, all worked out with bunches of
bright colored silks. They are not
sewed together, but simply placed in
bunches, and are very artistic.
The most elaborate of all the dis.
plays is made by a silk thte&d firm.
It is an engine and car made of spools
Eight thousand spools of silk are used'
Each piece is ten feet long. The
DE OF SILK SPOOLS.
wheels are made of large spools and
the spokes of smaller ones. They are
all of black. The panels of the car are:
worked out in different colors. The
engine is the most wonderful piece of
work. Every detail has been worked
out in a marvelous way, even to the
counter-weights on the side of the.
driv-wheels. From the smokestack
flies backward a lot of silk floss, very
black at first and ending in thin steam.
The bell is made of gold-colored silk
and the reversing lever is made of tin
spools put end to end. The only material
not made of spools is the headlight,
which is a reflector with an electric
light.
Another case shows a life-size figure
of a Chinaman watching a big silk
worm at work. All of the products of
the silk worm are shown and they take
many forms. There is a collection of
hosiery fit for a princess and beautiful
silks for gowns. Many of the articles
are made expressly for this exhibit,
while others are just the stock of the
linns.
The cotton exhibit is extensive and
includes all branches of the trade. One
of the prettiest exhibits is made of
bath towels, which have been ingeniously
worked into theshaoe of a Turk
ish bower. The many cases include all
of the different cotton fabrics made in
the country.?Chicago News.
"Strip, the Electrician."
A Brighton correspondent of the
London Graphic sends the accompanying
sketch of "Strip, the Electrician,"
the clever fox terrier belonging to '
Messrs. Crompton, the electrical engineers,
preparing to go to work underground.
Strip's business is to carry
TTTTT.T: nx.TTprr.
ee^h electric light wire through the
pipe to the workmen waiting at the
other end, who disengage it from her
collnr, to which the wire is fastened
before sho starts. The dog then
scrambles through the pipe with the
! ill most vigor, and seems to understand
} perfectly what her business is, and
does it without nny delay. Before
going to Brighton Strip'did good work
1'STT.rr," Tit?. EMTiTRICAL TERRIER.
for lior ??m up I overs in Lomlou, where
s:H' Jairl clown vinay miles of electric
light wire.
A resident of Butler County, Kansas,
is sui?l to have ir.kon the Keelcy cure
for .the fishing habit.
Cadets at West Point receive a salary
oi $540 a year.
. -rf-'
HOUSEHOLD MATTEBS. Z
TRIED CUCUMBEEC. '
Peel three good-aixed cncnmben^l
slice them half an inch t.aick and lay]
in cold, salted -water for an hour, then!
dry* on a toweL Put a large frying-;
pan over the fire, with drippings or!
lard half an inch deep in it, and wheal
th? fat begins to smoke put in the en-.
cumbers, only so many at once as will'
lie on the bottom of the pan, dust with- 1
pepper and quickly fry them brown on
both sides. ' Serve hot. These are
very nice served with toast.?Boston.
Cultivator.
HOW TO COOK JTUSHBOOMR. ,,
Peel the mushrooms, wash them is
cold water and cut off the bottom e?
the stalks. Then put them into ft
porcelain-lined kettle. To every pint
of mushrooms add a tablespoonful' of
butter divided into four bits and rolled
in flour. Let the mushrooms cook in
their own liquor with the butter and
flour for fifteen minutes, then add two
tablespoonfuls of thick cream, salt and
pepper to taste. Take from the fire,
add the well beaten yolk of one egg,
and, if you use it, one tablespoonfnl
of sherry. Serve immediately.?New
York Mail and Express.
FIG FECIT CAKE.
One cup of butter, two. cups of
sugar, three cups of flour, si# eggs, one
pound of figs, teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in one cup of cold water. First
open the figs and spread them upon s
dish and put them in the oven a few
moments to soften. Mix as you would
fruit cake, without the figs. Ptit h'alf
the batter in a square pan, such as is
used for rolls. Spread the figs and
add the rest of the batter. Bake in ft
moderate oven to pretent drying.
When nearly cold slice once lengthwise
and spread with a thick layer of
boiling icing. Put back the top fitted
nicely and ice the whole cake.?New " * t
Xork World.
OX EYE3. I
These daxnties are very innocent.
and are made, of rings of stale bread
soaked in milk. Cut slices rather
more thao half an inch thick, and cut
in ro?mdf with the top of a tumbler,
taking: smaller rounds from the centre'
of each with the top of a small wineglass.
Lay in a buttered tin and
cover with milk, and when they have
absorbed it, break an egg into the
centre of each ring, pepper and salt
them, and put a teaspoonful of milk (
on ths top of each egg. Bake in a hot
oven till the whites are set, but not
brown. When ready, lay the ox eyes
on a hot dish, garnish with watercreaa
and send to table.?St. Louia B^ 48
public.
PERFECT CREAM BU3C0TE.
There have been several calls for
recipes for food for invalids. For s
timo a momW nf ffllT family
iuJJK ' - ? ?
could not eat yeast-raised bread, and
this biscuit, invented then from
necessity, has proved so palatable and ?
wholesome, and so useful for the children,
that it has come to b? a stand-by.
Four quarts of flour, one cup of white
sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, ona
tablespoonful of soda, two tablespoonhils
of cream of tartar. Mix well and
wet with pare cream, mating only
moist enough to roll; if too wet they
will not be crisp. Roll rather thin,
and cut in squares the size of sod*
crackers, and bake. We often on
white flour and sifted graham, equal
parts, and they closely resemble thy
graham wafers we buy. City folks
can order them from their country
friends, who have pure cream.?New
York Recorder.
HOUSEHOLD HXNT3.
Rice flour wafers, slightly sweetened,
are a nice dainty for afternoon teas.
Oil cloth or linoleum will be bright*
ened by a thin coat of copal varnish..
Dampen a cloth and dip in soda and
rub tinware briskly, after which wipe
dry.
Tea trays and all japanned goods
should be cleaned with a sponge wet
with warm water and a little soap.
A large piece of charcoal put in a refrigerator
will help to keep it sweet.
It should be renewed every week.Kerosene
applied with a rag when*
you are about to put your stoves away
for the summer will prevent them
from rusting.
Sunning clothes and carpets and curtains
ought to b# as important a part
- " ' 1 1 :? ?,?
OX cne iwice-jearij cicuuiu^ ?? n.iuubing
and washing.
Skimmed milk makes hardwood
floors, stained ones and oilcloth ls^k *
shiny. A woolen cloth should be used
to wipe up the floor.
In bottling pickles or catsup, boil
the corks, and while hot you can pre?
them in the bottles, and when cold
they are sealed tightly.
To clean woodwork which is painted,
wring a soft cloth out of warm water,
dip in whiting and rub off the whiting
and rub with a dry cloth. , it
A great convenience when cleaning
house is a stick with a notch in the end
that will lift the picture cords off from
the hooks without so much stepping up
" and down.
For starching muslins, ginghams 3nd
/liaaolvA & meco of alum the sizo
of a hickorv nut for every pint of
starch. This will keep the colors bright
for a long time.
If you have lace for muslin curtains
to be washed there is no better time .
than now. Tbey will dry beautifully
out of doors these suuny days. Wash
them carefully iu tepid water. Use
castile soap, if any be necessary, and
dry in the sunshine upon frames.
No fruit loses flavor from being carelessly
handled more quickly than apples.
Apples which have been well
stored retain their flavor throughout
the winter, but those which have been
allowed to lie about with d- caying
specimens or are stored loosely in barrels
either lose their flavor or acquire
a rank taste from the conditions around
them.
Pillows, blankets and bods should
hang in the suu all day, or for two
days, if possible, on frames which allow
air to circulate freely under them.
And they must be turned from time to
time so that every part on the surface
may get the sun. A two-days' airing
and sunning in a warm spring sun ia
the nest best thing to a bteam cleanings
better in some ways. j