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iREY. DR. TALMAGE.
'THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN\
DAY SERMON.
jl.
[ 'Sharpened Axes" (Preached at Madison,
Wis.)?
Text : "Xmr. there ma* rw smith, found
throughout all itir land of tsraei, erc.?i
Samuel xiii. 19-21.
!> My loving and Kind salutation to this un4
100anted host, Chautauquans, Christian Enideavors,
gospel workers and their friend?
(from all parts of Wisconsin and America,
saints ana sinners! My te.<rt is gloriously
Appropriate. What a Railing subjugation
|the Israelites were suffering ' The Philistines
thad carried off all the blacksmiths aud torn
dow-nll the blacksmiths'shops and abolished
. .the blacksmith's trade in the land of Israel.
! These Philistines had a particular grudge
> against blacksmiths, although I have always
admired them and have sometimes thought
- * , 1 ought to have been one myself. The Philistines
would not even allow these parties to
."Work their valuable mines of brass and iron,
nor might they make any swords or spears.
There were only two swords left in all the
land. Yea. these Philistines went on until
they had taken all th<s grindstones from the
land of Israel, so thai if an Israelitish farmer
.wanted to sharoen his olow or his ax ho had
,to go over to the frarrison of the Philistines
to get it done. There was only one sharpening
instrument left in the land, and that was
a file. The fanners and the mechanics having
nothing to whet up the coulter, and the
, goad. and the piokax save .a simple file, industry
was hindered and work practically
disgraoed.
The great idea of these Philistines was to
keep the Israelites disarmed. They might
got iron out ofthe hills to make swords of,
frut they would not have any blacksmiths to
,weld tide iron. If they got the iron welded,
they would have no grindstones on which to
t>ring the instruments of agriculture or the
military weapons up to an edge. Oh. you
Eoor, weaponless Israelites, reduced to a tile,
ow I pity you! But these Philistines were
not forever to keep their heel on the neck of
God's children. Jonathan, on his hands and
knees, climbs up a great rock beyond which
were the Philistines, and his armor bearer,
on his hands and knees, climbs up the same
rock, and these two men, with their two
swords, hew to pieces the Philistines, the
Lord throwing a great terror upon them. So
It was then; so it ia now. The two men of
nn their knees misrhtier than a Philistine
' host on their feet.
II learn first from this subject how dangerous
it is for the church of God to allow its
weapons to stay in the hands of its enemies.
These Israelites might again and again
have obtained a supply of swords and
weapons, as for instance, when they
took the spoils of the Ammonites, but
these Israelites seemed content to have
no swords, no spears, no blacksmiths,
no grindstones, no active iron mines, until it
was too late for them to make any resistance.
I see the farmers tugging along with their
pickaxes and plows, and I say, "Where are
you going with those things?" They say,
"Oh. we are going over to the garrison of
the Philistines to get these things sharpened."
I say, 4,You foolish men; why don't
you sharpen them at homeV Oh." they
say, "the blacksmiths' shops ire all torn
down, and we have nothing loft us but a
file." ^
So it is in the church of Christ to-day. We
?willlnn rrir-A iin Aiir ITPAtmnQ tft fhrt
FtUU VV/V Tt llliu^ iv &*?V U|/vu* H - ?
enemy. The -world boasts that it has gobbled
up the schools, and the colleges, and
the arts, and the sciences, and the literature,
and the printing press. Infidelity is making
a mighty attempt to get all our weapons in
its hand and then to keep them. You know
it ifl making this boost all the time, and after
a while, when the great battle between sin
and righteousness has opened, if we do not
look out we will be as badly off as these Israelites,
without nny swords to fight with
and without any sharpened instruments.
' I call upon the superintendents of literary
institutions to see to it tbat the man who go
into the classrooms to stand beside the Leyden
jars, and the electric batteries, and the
microscopes or telescopes bo children of
I God, not Philistines. The atheistic thinkers
iuu >fA <?af aJI i ha infol_ I
f ui IUI9 uojr axe ujiEig, w ?.??? tuv ?>?
leotuiil weapons of this century In their own
j grasp. What we want is scientific Christians
to capture the science, and scholastic Christians
to capture the scholarship, and philosophic
Christians to capture the philosophy,
and lecturing Christians to take back the
lecturing platform.
We want to send out against Scheakel
and Strauss and Benan of the past men like
the late Theodore Christlieb of Bonn, and
against the infidel scientists a God worshiping
Siliiman and Hitchcock and Agassiz.
We want to capture all the philosophical
, apparatus and swing around the telescopes
^ on the swivel until through them we can see
the morning star of tho Bedeemer, and with
mineralogical hammer discover the "Bock
of Ages," and amid the flora of the realms
find the "Bose of Sharon and the Lily of
the Valley."
We want a olergy learned enough to discourse
of the human eye, showing it to be a
microscope and telescope in one instrument,
With 800 wonderful contrivances and lids
olosing 80,000 or 40,000 times a day, ail its
muscles and nerves and bones showing the
infinite skill of an infinite God, and then
winding up with the peroration, "He that
. ' formed the eye, shall Ho uot see?" And
ohruih f-h a hiirnnn
' ear, its wonderful integuments, membranes
and vibration, and its chain of small bones,
and its auditory nerves, closing with the
question, "He that planted the ear, 3hall He
not hearV"
And we want some one able to expound
the first chapter of Genesis, bringing to it
the geology and tho astronomy of the world,
until, as Job suggested, "tho stones of the
field shall be in league" with tho truth, and
"the stars in their courses shall tight against
Sisera." Oh, church of God, go out and recapture
these weapons. Let men of God go
out and take possession of the platform. Let
all the printing press of this country speak
out for Christ, and the reporters, and the
typesetters, and tho editors and publishers
Bwear allegiance to the Lord God of truth.
Ah, my friend, that day must come, and if
the great body of Christian men have not the
faitb, or the courage, or too consecration to
do it. then let some Jonathan on his busy
hands and on his praying knees climb up on
tho rock of hindrance, and in the name of
the Lord God of Israel slash to piec&s those
literary Philistines. If these men will
not be'converted to God, then they must be
destroyed.
Again, I learn from this subject what a
larfje amount of the church's resources Is
actually hidden and buried and undeveloped.
The Bible intimates that that was a very
rich land?this land of Israel. It says,
"The stones are iron, and out of the hills
thou shalt di? brass," and yet hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of this metal was
kept under the hills. Well, that is the difficulty
with the church of God at this day. Its
talent is not developed. If one-half of Its
energy could be brought out, it might take
the public iniquities of tho day. by the throat
and make them bite tho dust. If human
eloquence were consecrated to the Lord
Jesus Christ, it could in a few years persuade
this "whol# earth to surrender to God.
There Is enough undoveloped Christian
enertrv in the United States to brine the
whole world to Christ, but it is buried under
strata of indifference and under whole
mountains of sloth. Now. is it not time for
? the mining to begin, and the pickaxes to
I plunge, and for this buried metal to bo
brought out nnd put into tho furnace* and
be turned into howitzers and carbines for
? the Lord's host? Tho vast majority of
Christians in this day are useless. The
t most of the Lord's battalion belong to the
reserve corps. Tho most of the crew aro
asleep in the hammocks. The mast of the
metal is under the hills.
Oh. is it not time for the church of God to
rouse up and understand that we want all
the energies, all the talents and all the wealth
wmstert for Christ's sake? t like the nickname
that tho English soldiers gave to Biucher.
tho commander, Thoy culled him "Old
Forwards." We have had enough retreats in
the church of Christ; let 113 have a glorious
U.l T r-n? * r. ?ni. or, fkn
uu>auvf. auu x nny iw yun uun uic
general said when his troOps were affrighted.
Rising up in his stirrups, his hair flying in
the wind, he lifted his voice until 20,003
troops heard him, crying out, "Forward, the
whole line!"
Again, I learn from this subject that we
sometimes do well to fako advantage of tho
world's sharpQning instruments. Theso
Israelites were reduced to a .file, and so they
went over to the garrison of the Philistines
to got their axes, and their goads, and their
plo ws sharpened. The Bible distinctly states
in the context that they had no other instruments
now with which to do this work, and
/v '-triv i' ^ * v.- , J*.-.?:!:.'' .
the Israelites did right when they went over
to the Philistines to U9e their grindstones.
My friends, Is it not right for us to employ
the world's grindstones? If there be art. if
there be logic, if there be business faculty on
the other side, let us go over and employ it
for Christ's sake
The fact is we tight with too dull weapons,
and we work with too dull implements. We
hack and we maul when we ought to make a
clean stroke. Let us go over among sharp
business men and among sharp literary men
and find out what their taste is, and then
transfer it to the cause of Christ. If they
have scieni'3 and art. it will do us good to
rub against it. In oth?r words, let us employ
the world's grindstones. We will listen
to their music, and we will watch their a<-umen.
and we will use their grindstones, and
we will borrow their philosophical apparatus
to make our experiments, and we will borrow
their printing presses to publish our
Bibles, and we will borrow their rail trains
to carry our Christian literature, and we
will borrow their ships to transport our
missionaries.
That was what made Paul such a master in
his day. He not only got all the learning he
could get of Dr. Gamaliel, but afterward
standing on Mars hill and In crowded thor
oughfarea quoted their poetry and grasped
their logic and wielded their eloquence and
employed their mythology until Dionyslus,
the Areopagite, learned in the schools ot
Athens and Heliopolls, went down under his
tremendous powers.
That was what gave Thomas Chalmers his
power in his day. He conquered the world's
astronomy and compelled it to ring out the
wisdom and greatness of the Lord, until for
the second time the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted foe
joy. That was what gave to Jonathan Edwards
his influenoo in his day. He conquered
the world's metaphysics and forced it
into the service of God, until not only the
old meeting house in Northampton, Mass.,
but all Christendom, felt thrilled by his
Christian power.
Well, now, my friends, we all have tools of
Christian usefulness. Do not let them lose
their edges. We want no rusty blades in
this flght. We want no colter that cannot
rip up (he glebe. We want no ax that cannot
fell the trees. We want no goad that
cannot start the lazy team. Let us get the
very best grindstones we can find, though
they be in the possession of the Philistines,
compelling them to turn the crank, while we
bear down with all our might on the swift
revolving wheel until all our energies and
faculties shall be brought up to a bright,
keen, sharp, glittering edge.
Again, my subject teaches us on what a
small allowance Philistine iniquity puts a
man. Yes, these Philistines shut up the
mines, and then they took the spears and the
swords, then they took the blacksmiths, then
they took the grindstones, and they took
everytuing due a nie. *jn, inac is iu? wu.v sui
works. It grabs everything. It begins with
robbery, and it ends with robbery. It despoils
this faculty and that faculty and keeps
on until the whole nature is gone. Was the
man eloquent before, it generally thickens
his tongue. Was he fine in personal appear- j
ance, it mars his visage. Was he affluent, it |
sends the sheriff to sell him out. Was he influential,
it destroys his popularity. Was he
placid and genial and loving, it makes him
splenetic and cross, and so utterly is he
changed that you can see he is sarcastic and
rasping and that the Philistines have left him
nothing but a tile.
Oh, "the way of the transgressor is hard.''
His cup is bitter. His night is dark. His
pangs ar9 deep. His end is terrific. Philistine
iniquity says to that man, "Now, surrender
to me, and I will give you all you
want?music for the danoe, swift steeds
for the race, imperial couch to slumber
on, and you shall be refreshed with the
rarest fruit3 in baskets or golden filigree."
He lies. The music turns out to be a groan.
The fruits burst the rind with rank poison.
The filigree is made up of twisted snakes.
The couch is a grave. Small allowance of
rest, small allowanoe of peace, small allowance
of comfort. Cold, hard, rough?noth- i
ing but a file. So it was with Voltaire, the j
m,*st applauded man of his day :
The Scripture vra.* bU Jeutboolc. whence he drew
Boomow to sail the Christian and the Jew;
An tnfldel when wel, but what when lick/
Oh. then a text would touch him to the qnlcic.
Seized with hemorrhage of the lungs in
Paris, where he had gone to be crowned in
the theatea as an idol of all Franoe, he sends j
a messenger to get a priest that he may be
reconciled to the church before he dies. A
great terror falls upon him. He makes the
place all round about him so dismal that the
nurse declares that she would not for all the j
wealth of Europe see another infidel die.
Philistine iniquity had promised him all the |
world's garlands, but in the last hour of his
life, when he needed solacing, sent tearing
across his conscience and his nerves a file, a
file.
So it was with Lord Byron, his uncleanneas
in England only surpassed by his uncleanness
in Venice, then going on to his brilliant
misery at Missolonghi, and fretting at his j
nursa. Fletcher, fretting at himself, fretting j
at the world, fretting at God, and he who |
gave to the world "Childe Harold," aud |
"Sardanapalus," and "The Prisoner of ]
WUiUUU, OUU XUC Vi wiuvu,
dused to nothing but a file!
Oh. sin has great facility for making prom- j
ises, nut it has just as great facility for
breaking them. A Christian life is the only !
cheerful life, while a life of wicked surrender !
is remorse, ruin and death. Its painted glee j
is sepulchral ghastliness. In tne brightest j
days of the Mexican Empire Montezuma !
said he felt knawing at his heart something i
like a ranker. Sin, like a monster wild j
beast of the forest, sometimes licks ali over I
its victim fi order that the victim may be j
more easily swallowed; but generally sin !
rasps and galls and tears and upbraids and j
flies. Is it not so, Herod? Is it not so. Hil- j
debrand? Is it not so, Robespierre? Aye' i
aye! it is 30: it is so. "The way of the ,
wicked He' turneth upside down."
I
Hiatory tells us that when Home was I
founded, on that day there were 12 vultures j
flying through the air, but when a transpressor
dies the skies is black with whole i
flocks of them. Vultures! When I see siu
robbing so many peopie, and I see them go- J
ing down day by day and week by week, I
must give a plain warning. I dare not keep
it back lest I risk the salvation of my own
soul. Bover. the pirate, pulled down the
warning bell on In'-heaperock, thinkingthat
he would have a c hance to despoil vessels
that were crushed on the rocks, but one
night his own ship crashed down on this
1 n.?n4- /J/MTrn mifh It II hiu
very tuck, ?iiu hc i
cargo. God declares. t'Wlien I say to tho
wicked thou shall surely die, and thou
givest him not warning, that same mau shall
die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require
at thy hands."
I learn from this subject what a sad thing
it ia when the church of God loses its metal.
Theso Philistines saw that if they could only
pet all the metallic* weapons out of the hands
of the Israelites all would be well, an 1 therefore
they took the swords and the spears.
They did not want them to have a single metallic
weapon. When the metal of the Israelites
was gone, their strength was gone.
This is the trouble with the church of God today.
It is surrendering its courage. It has
not got enough metal. How seldom it is that
you see a man taking his position in a pew,
or in pulpit, or in a religious society, and
holding that position against all oppressioo,
andall trial, and all persacutiou, and all criticism
The church of God to-day wants more
backbone, more dellance, more consecrated
bravery, more metal. How often you see a
man start out in some Rood enterprise, and
at the first blast of newspaperdom he has
collapsed, and all his courage gone, forgetful
of tho fact that if a man be right all tho
newspapers of tho earth, with all their columns
pounding away at him, cannot do him
any permanent damage ! It is only when a
man is wrong that he can be damaged. Why,
God is going to vindicate His truth, and H?
is going to stand by, you. my friends, in
every effort you make for Christ's cause and
tho salvation of men.
I sometimes say to my wife: ''There is
.something wrong: the newspapers have uot
assaulted mo !or three months! I have not
don-> my duty against public iniquities, and
I will stir them up noxt Sunday." Then I
our mem uj>, .mu uu me ioiiowiuk wbbs ui"
devil howls imd howls, showing that I have
him very hard. Go forth in the service of
Christ and do your whole duty. You have
one sphere. I have another sphere. "The
Lord of Ho3ts is with us, and the God of
Jacob is our refuse. Selah."
We want more of the determination of
Jonathan. I do not suppose he was a very
wonderful man. but he got on his knees and
clambered up the rook, and with the help of
his armor bearer he hewed down the
Philistines, and a man of very ordinary intellectual
attainments, on his knees, can
storm anything for pod and for the truth.
We want something of the determination of
the general who went into the war, and as
he entered his first battle his knees knocked
together, his physical courage not quite up
to his moral courage, and he looked down at
his knees and said, ,:Ah, if you knew w
I was going to take you, you would si
worse than that
There is only one question for you to
and for me to ask. What does God wanl
to do? Where is the field? Where is
work? Whore is the anvil? Where is
prayer meeting? Where is the pulpit?
j finding out what God wants us to do
ahead and do it?all the energies of ourb
mind and soul enlisted in the undertak
Oh, my brethren, wo have but little tin
which to fight for God, You will be <
soon.
Put In the Christian cause every en<
that God gives you. "What thy hand fin
to do, do it with all thy might, for thei
neither wisdom nor device in the g:
| whither we are all hastening." Oh. is it
I high time that we wake out of sleep ? Chi
! of God lift up your head at the coming
I tory! The Philistines will go down, and
j Israelites will go up. We are on the wini
! side. Hear that?on the winning side!
j I think just now the King's horses are
ing hooked up to the chariot, and when
j does ride down the sky there will be su
' hosanna among His friends and such a \
I ing among His enemies as will make thee
i tremble and the heavens sing. I see now
i ninmoa rtf Mi a T.nrri'a pjia*h.1 rvm ail fnqqin
i the air. The arohangel before the throne
! aiready burnished his trumpet, and thei
i will put its golden lips to his own, on<
' will blow the long, loud blast that will n
I all Nations free. Ciap your hands, al
j d3ople! Hark! I hear the fallingthr<
I and the dashing down of demolished
; iquitles.
PKOMQTENT PEOPLE.
Govebnob Russell, of Massachui
rides a bieyclo.
General Alr-jandbo Rodbiourz a
Governor-General of Cuba, is dead.
Genbbal Mellinet, aged ninety-five,
holds a commission in the French army,
ing stationed at Nantes.
General Edwabd Jabdine, hero of tr
battles and the New York draft riots, dio
u New York hotel a few days since.
Colonel C. C. Jones, Jb., historiai
Georgia, died a few uays ago of Brii
disease at Augusta. He was sixty-two y
old.
Colonel James Clay, of Bourbon Cou
Kentucky, owns more blue grass land I
any man in the world, being assesse*
4295 acres.
The decadence of the popularity of
bull 9ght in Spain is largely responsible
the Duke of Yeragua's threatened bankx
cy. He raises fighting bulls.
Major Elijah W. Halfobd, who was
vate Secretary to President Harrison,has 1
stationed at the Department of the PI
headquarters, Omaha, Neb., as assistant
master.
A botal personage has been added to
list of operatic singers by the debut inFri
of the Princess Ahmadee, who is said to
descendant of the house of Delhi. Ue
the rest of her immediate family, this Im
aristocrat is a Christian.
The inventor of the now important ar
lithography, Alvis Senefelder, was born
Prague in 1771. He died, almost unkm
at Munloh in 1834, having benefited littl
his discovery. A monument has at last 1
erected to lxim at Berlin.
Finding that* Cluny Castle would b
small to accommodate his summer guest
Scotland Andrew Carnegie has rented Ct
-dhu House, two miles distant. This is
place which John Morley once describe
an ideal Highland residence.
The Corean Minister and his wife
members of the Presbyterian Church,
and Mrs. Ye determined to identify tb
selves with Christianity shortly after
death of their first child. Except on a
occasions they wear American clothes.
Two or three years ago, against the ad
of all her friends, the wife of Senator SI
art. of Nevada, bought a silver mine
Mexico. Then she went for a trip aro
the world, and recently returned to find
self the owner of a bonanza that aln
equals anything Nevada ever knew. Sh
| now building a large villa near Washing
The late Senator Stanford always woi
I little hutterflv naoktie. one of the kind i
I is fastened on a short ended bow and fas
1 to the collar button with a rubber loep.
many years that wag the only cravat in
Senator's possession. He parted with It c
when it was completely worn out and
wife made him get another. The portrai
j Melssonier, which cost $15,000, has him w
I ing this tie.
S CALIFORNIA'S SENATOR.
George 0. Perkins, Who Succeeds
JjAte Lelund Stanford.
George C. Perkins, appointed Un
States Senator from California to succeed
late Leland Stan for i by Govei
Mack ham, is a representative Araori
merchant. Ho wat born August
188?, in Kennsbunkport, Me. W
twelve years old he ran away to sea. In 1
he went to California ,'is a sailor. He
gaged in farming and mining in J)
County and prospered. In 1870 he
elected State Senator, auti three yi
later became :i member of the lira
Goodall. Nelson A Perkins, which
since become the Pacific Coast riteami
Company. In 1870 Mr. Perkins was olo<
by tbo Republicans Governor oi Cnlifor
Ho is still uu active partner in the stoumf
company.
CLAIMS AGAINST CHILE,
Commission to Adjudicate the Clai
of Americans for Damages.
The commission appointed under the tre
of 1892 to ndjost the claims of the citizens
the United States and Chile against a
other's Governments met at the State :
partment at Washington for organlzati
Tho members are Alfred do Clapare
Minister from Switzerland; Don DomJi
Gana. Minister from Chile, and John Goo
of Virginia, representing tne uniuea oun
The commission Is limited to six month
which to perform Its labors. The com mil
will handle and adjudicate every claim
damages arising from Chilean and Uni
! States citizsns since the foundation of
Chilean Republic in 1818, excepting
Baltimore claims, which have been p:
The amouut of claims presented will
probably into the millions.
EATING OP FORESTS.
! Timber Worms Destroy the Trees
Two Townships,
i Capitalists of Portland, Oregon, owi
timber along the Hoqulatn River, in Chel
| County, Washington, are greatly war
over reports that a small measuring w
i has made its appearance in myriads in
! section and is devastating the forest.
1 great fir. spruce and hemlock trees are a
suffering. J. H. Baker, of llontesano,
oi the most capable and reliable timber
in the State, asserts the worm iy destro;
a tract of timber equal to two whole tv
ships along the Hwquium River.
; Tiik Point of View.?"Tennis
splendid game, don't you think
Miss Highflyer?" "Yes, indeed;
brother Tom. who is great on
K?*?l rrrMi I'piaw aitra fnnnJa ia uirv
I'au, j wu >v uv/ ?? f oujo uv/uuia oni
immense?tet girla and duffers.
Boston Beacon. ^
I''ond llusbanu?"sweetest,
are an angel." Pretty Wife? "I d.
want over to be an angel." F
; Husband?"Why?" Pretty Wil
J "Because I have found that featl
. are not becoming to me."?I'ittsb
Bulletin.
Two brothers* ameu ilail v
to New York to buy counter
money. They did not get any
course, but the trip was not wh
fruitless. They shot a green-g<
man, and this was something.
Some people imagine that they
serve a month's rest every time t
do right.?Galveston News,
S RELIGIOUS READING.
ask
fc ?ie XS OOU BEAUTIFUL?
the
the How great is his beauty?"? Zech. is. 17.
Aud "Mother," said little Fanny to her mamma.
go as she was sitting in her lap one evening,
ody, ''1^ God beautiful?"
ing. "Ves my child," replied tho mother, "God
le in our father is very beautiful."
lead ''How does ho look?" replied Fanny.
The mother drew back the curtain and
srgy told little Fanny to look out at the sky.
deth ''Yes," she said, "those bright colored
e is clouds, and those others that look like bed*
rave of roses, and that shining white one?how
not beautiful and bright they all lie together,
iroh and above them is a great dark purple one
vie- with silverodges. fait not very beautiful?"
I the "Yes. mother."
ling "And what makes them beautiful?"
"I do not know."
s b?- ''It is the brightness of the sun which you
He can not see, because he is sunk down in the
ch a sky: you do not see the sun. but you see how
vail- beautiful ho makes tae clouds, ana you Know
arth that he is brighter than they are. So you
rthe <mn not see God, but you see a great many
g in bright and lovely things that ho has made,
i has and you know that he is more bright and
a he lovely than any of them." Then Fanny's
d he mother's took a fair white lily from the vase
lake and bade her look at the leaves; see how they
1 ye are all made of little bright shining grains,
jnes "Yes," said Fauny, "'they look like little
in- white grains of snow, and how sweet it is.
"Still mother, you do not tell me how he
looks?"
"Do you remember, Fanny, how beautiful
you thought the moon was the other night
when you saw her looking into your window?"
"Oh yes, mamma, but does God look like
jetts tho moon?"
"No, my ehild, God is far more beautiful
lbiz, than the moon!"
' "Does he look like the blue sky when it is
still ^u" of 3tttr9? mother?"
be- '*No. dear child. God is more beautiful than
the clear sky and the stars."
"Oh, mother, I saw a rainbow the other
lany day, it was the most beautiful thing I ever
d at saw. Does God look like the rainbow?"
"No, my dear ehild, God is far more beau tii
0{ ful than the rainbow, a thousand times more
?ht'a beautiful."
earg "Mother, our garden is full of flowers, are
there any of them as beautiful as God is ?
Oh mother, some of our flowers are very
ihZl beautiful."
"No. my ehild, God is more beautiful than
all the flowers you ever saw."
"Mother, I want to net-. God;" said little
the Fanny; "will anybody ever see him?"
> for "See here," replied her mother, opening the
"upt- Testament, "what our dear Saviour says
"Blessed are the pi ire in heart, for they
Pri- shall see (fori."
been ''Mother, am I pure in heart?"
latte '"No." replied her mother, "you are not and
pay- I am not."
"And shall we never see God, then,mother,
?can't we grow to be pure?"
"Dnnp I'hIM " her mother, "our kind
be Saviour left his heavenly home and came to
ilike "ve 'u our wor'd. mak* us pure in hocrt.
illtn that wo might see God, and all those who love
and trust iu him are made pure, so that tliey
can see him."
t p' "How dees he make us pure?"
i in <.jjy Jo^-ing us, and teaching us to love hira,
,w"? till wo learn to love all that he love#, ami to
0 ?y hate all that he hates, and then when we die
been - he takes us to his own beautiful homo, and
there we are never tempted to sin any more."
?too "Oh Jesus," said the little girl earnestly,
s in "love me too, and make me pure in heart."
aig
the i
d aa are you a woxdeb?
The sweet singer of Israel ?the man so sinijL1"0
gularly exalted by Providence and distinguished
by grace forsaking his palace, fleeing from
the city, ascending Mt. Olivet, weeping as ho
the w?nt, patiently receiving the curses of 8h imitate
ei?says of himself. (Ps. Lxxi, 7) "I am aa a
wonder unto many."
vice The prophots und pious men of old were
:ew- "men wondered at." Men beheld their pa1
in tieuce "under affliction.-!, their perseverance
und amid difficulties, their zeal in seasons of dehor
clenaion, their constancy and fortitude under
Q09t persecution, their blamele^tsness in life, and
e is their holy joy in death, and wondered at
ton. them.
.<* ? .Tolin the Baot?t was wondered at?the
that Lord of life and glory in his walks of humiltens
iation and suffering, and reproach and death.
For was wondered at?the disciple of Gamaliel,
tlio condescending to unite with the followers of
>nly the Nazarene. and devoting hi# talents to the
hia promulgation of the doctrines of ono who
t by suffered an ignominous death in Jerusalem
Bar- was often wondered at.
Such was Henry Martyn, and Harriet Newell,
in modern times have beeu wondered at.
?Any one, indeed, who cordially embraces
the doctrine of the Cross, consecrating his
time, talent and influence to the upbuilding
of a kingdom "which coineth not with obscrvaut
n," is a wonder unto many.
Many who are among the professed follow...
ore of* Jesus, however, are not subjects of
wonder. Their conversation differs little
I the from that of the world; they seem as much
nor engaged in the pursuit of worldly aggrandizement
as any; they are as much devoted to
' vain pleasure as ever?their lives resemble
23. fhat of the multitude around them,
hen Fellow disciple! Do men plainly discern a
[855 distinction between the life which you now
ei- live, and that before you became a Christian?
utto And has the distinction become so marked,
WrtK that yon are wondered at? Are vou living
^" 3 in the midrt of unconverted frienas, exposed
1 daily to annoyances and hindrances, and is
ha* your meek and quiet spirit, your holy, steady,
jhip christian life wondered at? ;
Jted if those who endeavor to live godly in
Christ Jesus, are a -wonder unto many' now,
'"ip it is ouly for a season; a day is corning wheu
'fools for Christ's sake' iprill be accounted the
only wise persons in the world. Rejoice, then,
fhniich vour name bo cast out as evil: for
1 yours is the kingdom of Heaven.
If the eye of an impenitent friend rests on
n?3 these lines, permit me to say that the language
of ihe Psalmist may be employed by you.?
' Well does it become you to say, I am a wonaty
der unto many." The angels wonder at you:
of all holy beings wonder at you; your pious
-gjj friends wonder at you. They wonder that
you choose the way to death; they wondeo
De' that you devote your time and your talents to
on. the acquisition of that which cannot proflt;
de, they wonder to see you living without God,
igo without hope, without prayer, without parde,
ilon, without Christ, without Heaven. Contes.
tinuing in your present course, you will nev8
in or ceaso to be a wonder. The devoted Christitee
lan, it is true, may be a wonder, but only for
for a few days. He is not a wonder in Heaven,
ited Would you not rather, if the choice be such,
the be a wonder for awhile here, and be among
tha the wise, "who shall shin3 as the firmament,
ild, and the stars for over and ever.?[New York
run Presbyterian,
the lips in wtssrsa souls.
Tjo successful" soul winuor must have a
special, quality in his speech, a power of
) lu spiritual impression that no elocutionist or
rhetorician can teach. Jesus had it. While
there was probably nothing specially impressing
sive in His personal appearance it seems that
iall? when He spoke there was that which people
,.inA noticed at once, and at which they marveled
(Luke iv. 22; John viii, 46). A verso of ua
oriu old song which was not understood until Jesoe
that came well describes it "Grace is poured
Tho into thyiips. " Ps. xlv, 2). 1'0U' winner
dike that has grace in his lips is much like bis Maaono
ter.
men He will need the {?race of a gentle speech,
yin;; It is a delicate matter to unveil faults and
>wn- sins. Our sins are our own. They bear ? ur
nersonalitvstami)ed uuon them. If we touch a
[>erson in his fault or siu, we touch him iu his
jg? sense of individual freedom. We 8wai to
, arrest him. Wo do it. however, in order to
free and heal him. It must therefore l>e done
my gently, as a shepherd tenderly and (Irmly puts
foot ''is hands on a lamb in a thorny bush. partly
injf the branches carefully lest he should
,? " wound and tear afresh. Grace in our lips
~~ will cleanse from anger. bitterness, impatience,
latent contempt and from a tone of biting
criticism, --[Itev. S. P. Cook iu Golden Rule.
you ?
jn't When TJTcycles were novelties In
ond Scotland, the question of regulating
>e~~ tteir speed was brought up before
iera the local authorities of a southern
urR town. A learned officer of the town
gravely Informed the court that the
rent Dew mode of rapid transit came un reit
jjcr tll0 traction-engine law, and that
',? every bicycle, unless he showed cony
>I.U.nf<nn ho m n Al 1 P.(\ t.O
jods oiu.ci auiuuj wuiu w ww?r? ?
send a man on ahead, on foot, with a
red flag, to warn pedestrians.
de- Hi
hey a "dsar, swbet thing"?the sugar
4*uat.? Philadelphia Record.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB
AUGUST 13.
Lesson Text: "Paul at Jerusalem,"
Acts xxl., 27-39 ? Golden
Text: Phil, i., 29 ?
Commentary.
27. "And when the sjtvendays worn almost
ended the Jews which were of Asia, when
they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
the people and laid bands on him." After
nip+lnfF nrifh tha alHarvi nT P.nhnHiis PaiiI .inil
his companions continued their voyage and
in due time landed at Tyre in Syria; then on
to Ctesarea, where they tarried some days
with Philip and his daughters, after which
they continued on to Jerusalem and were
gladly received by the brethren. Then that
Paul might not seem to the zealous lawkeepers
to disregard any of the laws and so prevent
their anger he does a questionable
thing, which does not accomplish any good.
Both at Tyre and at Csesarea Paul was
warned by the Holy Spirit not to go to
Jerusalem (verses 4.11), but he would not be
persuaded (verse 14).
28. ''Crying out. Men of Israel, help! This
is the man that teacheth all men everywhere
against the people, and the law, and this
place." Not a word of truth in either of
these charges or in the one following. So
that Paul could truly say, "Thfcy laid to my
charge things that I knew not."
29. "For they had seen beforb with him in
the city Trophisms and Ephesian whom they
supposed that Paul had brought into the
temple." Their last charge, therefore, was
grounded on mere supposition. In their
fancied zeal for God they were disobeying
the very commands of Gods. for it is written,
"Let none of you imagine evil against his
brother in your heart" (Zech. vii., 10; viil.,
17). They knew nothing of the love which
thinketh no evil, is not easily provoked, rejoioeth
in the truth, hopeth all things (I Cor.'
sill., 5-7).
30. ''Anu all the city was moved, and the
people ran together, and they took Paul and
drew him out of the temple, and forthwith
the doors were shut." How much of the
devil there may be under the cloak religion
and apparent zeal for God! What righteous
indignation (?) and the whole city moved,
huf it- la all thft wrnrlr nf t.h? winkerl one. Be
calm, Paul, for the unseen Almighty One
careth, and legions of angels are ready to do
His bidding. See II 'Sings vi, 16, 17, Pa.
xxxiv., 7 , Math. xxvi.. 53.
81. "And as they went about to kill him
tidings came unto the chief captain of the
band that all Jerusalem Was in an uproar."
Death is the devil's last and worst that be
can do to a child of God, but even then he
is only a black servant to usher us into the
presence of our Lord, who has taught us not
to fear them which kill the body (Math, x.,
28). He has taught us not to be ofTended if
we are put out of the company of religious
people, and even if they kill us (John xvi.,
1,2.)
32. ''And when they saw the chief captain
and the soldiers thoy left beating of Paul. '
This was probably one of the three beatings
which he speaks of in II Oor. xi., 25. His
back had many a scar ere this, but he took
pleasure in all distresses for Christ's sake if
only the power of Christ might rest upon
him (II Cor. xii., 9, 10). We do well always
to consider Him that endured such contradiction
of sinners against Himself lest we.
be wearied and faint in our minds, for not
many of us have, like Paul, resisted unto
blood (Heb. xiii.. 3. 4).
33. "Then the chief captain came near and
took him and commanded him to be bound
with two chains and demanded who he was
and what he had done." Of these bonds
also ho had been forewarned (veree 11 ana
chapter xx.. 23), but these were neither his
first nor his last chains for Jesus's sako
(chapter xxviii., 20 ; II Tim. i., 16). These
chains were but /or a time and for the glory
of God, but we read of everlasting chains for
lost spirits (Jude 0; II Pet. li., 4). Not
present suffering, but the eternal is to be
feared (Math. x:. 28 ; xxv., 30, 41; Rev. xiv.,
10, 11; XX., 15 ; xxi.. 8)
34. "And some cried one thing, some another.
among the multitude, and when he
could not know the certainty for the tumult
he commanded him to be carried into the
castle." This is very suggestive of the tumult
of to-day among religious people. There
is such a orying of one thing and another by
higher and lqwor and no critics, by the different
denominations and by the posts and
press that it would almost seem impossible to
know the certainty of anything, but those
who cling to tlie book may know and will
know if they only take God at His word flsa.
viii., 20 It. V.).
35. "And wtton he came upon the stairs so !
it was that he was borne of the soldiers for
the violence of the people." Violence and
strife in the city, sure enough (Ps. Iv.,9). I
But the day will come when Jerusalem shall :
be called a city of truth ; when her walls shall I
be salvation and her gates praise; when the
work of righteousness shall be peace, and the
effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance
forever (Zech. viii., 3; Isa. ix., 131
xxxii., 17).
36. 4-For the multitude of the people followed
after, crying, Away with Mm !" So ,
they cried out concerning his Master (Luke
xxiii. 18, John xix., 19), and He taught us
that we must expect His treatment It faithful
unto Him (John xv., 20). How few of
us in these days seem to be counted worthy
of this honor! , Is it because we are so little
like Him. so unfaithful to testimony, so
mixed up with t he world, or is it because we
fear suffering for His sake?
37. "And as Paul was to be led into the
castle h.e snid unto the chief captain, May I
speak unto tnee? Who said, Canst thou
speak Greek?" During this uproar and I
tumult Paul was doubtless communing with i
his unseen Friend and Master. His heart |
would be saying "I am Thine, O Lord, Tot j
Thy service. What wilt Thou have me to do? .
(chapter xxviL, 23; ix., 6)? Captain and
soldiers and anijry mob were nothing to him I
as oompared with his own Captain.
38. "Art not thou that Egyptian which before
these days madest an uproar and leddest
out into the wilderness 4000 men that
were murderers?" Here is a compliment for
a faithjftil follower of the meek and lowiy
Jesus. A' man who preached peace and
went about rescuing people from the hands
of the fattier of all liars and murderers
(John viii., 44) to be accused of being the
leader of 4000 murderers?that is a feather
for your cap, Paul, more fellowship with
your Master. Blessed privilege to be misunderstood
and falsely accused if only for
His sake.
39. "But Paul said, I am a man which am
o Tiar nf Tarsus r citv in Cllicia. a citizen of i
no meau city, and I beseech thee suffer me I
to apeak unto the people " Though suffering
in body from the beating and the rough
handling, his heart longed to tell if possible
once more the story of Jesus. The false accusation
was not worth noticing, but it was
worth while to get another opportunity to
apeak of Jesus. Fellow believer we are oitiMna
of no mean city Compare Phil, iii., 20,
with Rev xxi.. 2. Is your heart so stirred by
this heavenly citizenship that you long
above all things to speak of Him??Lesson
Helper.
A Day in Bed.
A French mother has hit upon a plan
I */Y iwoanrm flin hfiftlth and btJftlltV of
,u I"?'?
her daughter, and has given it to her j
friends, with the strength of her endorsement
as to its efficacy. She declares
that "the young lady went to a
party six days a week, but on Sundays
stayed in bed, rising only for flvo
o'clock lea and retiring again at an
early hour. The results of this system
ivere very happy. When the timo
camo for going to tho seaside, sho was
the only one of her companions who
did not peed its benefits. Sho was like
a country girl, as fresh as a rose.
This ftvueriinont. bv the wav. has been
? L * ?, tried
elsewhere, but uot in the unchristian
Gallic manner, and has beeu
found efficacious; two sisters, with
arduous household duties, made a
practice of spending one day each
week- say Tuesday or Thursday?in
bed, with the result that they were
never ill, and for that matter, never
tired, never requiring a vacation or u
change.?New York Dispatch.
Of all the different varieties cf bees
the most profitable and the beat all
round bee is the Italian. ,
TEMPERANCE
A LITTLE TEM?E2AJfCE MAHT.
Yes. I'm a little temperance man,
Not very big or old":
But mamma says she wouldn't sell
Me for Australia's gold.
Yet. dear and precious though I am,
I might be mined quite
If I should let old satan tempt
Me from the path of right
If I should smell, or touch or taste
His wickod, siniul bowl,
Which spoils the body, we can see.
And, God's Word savs, the soul!
5>0 CONSOLATION" FOB THE*.
"Let liquor alone and it won't hurt you,"
says the wise fool. But the sailors who had
formed a Good Templar lodge on board the
Victoria were sent to a watery death by the
reckless act of a drinking commander, and
their Brothers, wives and children will derive
very little consolation out of the wlso fool's
saying,?The Voice,
TEMPEBAXCE PBOOBESS IK IXDIA.
There are over twantv thousand members
in the Army Temperance Association of
India. This is nearly one-third ot the
whole strength of the British forces serving
Jn India. At Singapore, where intoxicating
drinks are chenn and particularly injurious,
there are odo hundred artillerymen out of a I
total strength of two hundred. Such signs
of progress in the temperance cause among
soldiers must be gratifying to the more farseeing
of English statesmen.?New ibrk Observer.
a "temptbaxce" oMrrznsrnr.
A novel educational movement has been
begun at Harrimau, Tenn. Under the leadership
of Dr. J. F. Spenee, late Chancellor of
Grant University, at Athens and Chattanooga,
in that State, and with the co-operation
of other weil known educators, the
''American Temperance University" haabeeD
chartered.
A site and building materials have been donated
to the value of $50,000. several thou
.sand dollare have been subscribed towards
the support of the school the first year and
the new university will open its doors on the
12th of September next.
It is believed that the various temperance
organizations of the South and North will
gve to this new non-sectariau. non-3ectional
stitution their support, and that its growth
will moan great things for the promotion of
education, morality and fraternity in the
land.
Temporary buildings have been secured for
use until the first permanent university hall
shall be complete, some time next year, and
Dr. Spence and his coadjutors look,to the
erection there, at an early day, of a magnificent
group of college edifices dedicated to
science, literature, liberal art, law, medicine,
technology, etc , with temperance the corner-stone
of each and all comprising one
grand university that shall be well equipped
ouu uucion; cuuu ivcu.
SAVE THE YOCXa^
The Journal of Hygiene publishes a suggestive
article, entitled ''The Greater Temperance/'
by Charles H. Shepard, M. D., in
which the writer says : "Judging from past
experience, there seems but little hope for
the adult inebriate, but we may at least save
some of the younger generation." He adds:
' When children shall have been taught and
thoroughly indoctrinated with right principles
on this subject there will be a regenerated
mankind.' Dr. Shepard thus indicates
what should impress more tullythe
friends of temperance everywhere, the
fundamental importance of juvenile temperance
work.
In the same article Dr. Shepard takes occasion
to say 'The drink curse is not an accident
or theory, but a condition?the direct
result of cause and effect, and can be successfully
grappled with only by the application
of physiological laws and foroes." These
laws and forces the consumer of intoxicants
defies, and though heredity fastens the unhappy
consequences of his self indulgent
conduct upon succeeding generations. Illustrating
this vital point, Dr. Shepard cites
the remark of an eminent physician who
once said "The proper way to treat such
cases is to begin with the grandparents."
The children ot to-day are the grandparents
of the future.?National Temperance Advocate.
ENGLAND'S URVXKAnDS.
The British Parliament Las lefore it the
report of a committer recommending a much
more drastic methocLof dealing tvith drunkards
than British law uow permits. This
committee was appointed under the Salisbury
Government and has among it members
several eminent physicians and the
Superintendent of the Broadmore Criminal
Lunatic Asylum Under an act passed in
1879 there were established some retreats* or
reformatories for the treatment and cure of
drunkards who chose to go to them volun,
tarily. This committeo finds that a considerable
part of the drunkards who enter these
reformatories are cured and that more
would be if they remained longer : therefore,
they recommend that Parliament giva magistrates
the power to send these dlassmaniacs
to these retreats for a period not exceeding
two years.
This commitment may be made on petition
of the relatives of the inebriate or at the
Hiaf>rptir>n nf magistrate, and it subjects
the drunkard to a rigorous discipline and
close confinement if necessary. A drunkard
may still be admitted to these retreats
on his own petition. but once in ho
must stay there until discharged .'is cured.
He may select his own retreat, whether sentenced
or voluntarily going there, and such
property as he has would be liable for his an.l
his family's maintenance during his confinement.
This poorer clusses are to be provided
for out of the public treasury or in public
asylums.
The semi-criminal class of habitual drunkards
with wiiom the police have to deal are
to be subject to an indeterminate sentoaj?,
which shall not be les3 than a year, upon
their third conviction for drunkenness or
being proved guilty of ill treatment or neglect
of their families. It is also proposed
to glvethe police in the large towns and citie?
the powar to arrest without a warrant all
persons found drunk on the public streets nt
in public places and lock them up uutil they
can be tried before a magistrate.
These last suggestions of the committee are
regarded <is bold and almost revolutionary,
for the right of the Britou to be drunk on tne
3treets has been regarded as an inalienable
one. Public sentiment is said, however, to
approve the recommendations of this committee,
which are largely based on the legislation
in force in several of our States, and
they are likely to be enacted by the (lorn- J
mons, and probably by the LoriLs also.?New
York Advertiser.
iC.JIt'r,UA.ltL i>i#na AOf Gia.
More people die of alcoholism in Stockholm
than in any other city in the world.
The s .'orpion is a total abstainor. If a
drop of whisky be placed on one's back it
will'immediately sting itself to death.
It is noteworthy that in a !ong obituary
list of foreign brewers, given in the Brewers"
Journal of the 1st ult., nearly all whose ages
were given were in the forties or younger.
Hon. Carroll T). Wright, the well-known
statistician, ret eJtly stated that facts show
that -for every dollar the people receive
from the saloon they pay out twenty-one. '
A correspondent of the Christian World,
who has made a study of the subject, says
thers are 51.000 breweries in the world,
and that Germany heads the list with 2C.240.
The production of whisky in the Stat<> o!
Keutr.i-ky for the seasoa ending Juue ;>0,
18'J2, was C-J.ail.^'J galions. Up to April
IS'.'J, tue production was
gallons.
It is jaiil th.it we pay twice as much Tor
drink as for the support of the < lovernm ?nt.
seven times as mi; -a for the saloon as lor
education; lliicen :irti.-s ? ? mueit '"or th?
ilram shciTi as 1br r 'ligio.i with all its missions.
Wii: :< ftdwiu Ji ootit n*ati'.? ?;< 'irsi .-:i '" s?
in Boston. nrorn thtiu thirty years a^?. William
W-irreu. . *.vn then a vwrau. said to
him !? !? iD. remomb-r, hot. with >\>u it
is either lame ant! fortune, or. a bottle 01"
brandy: th? ehoiee r>sts with y.>i;rsdl' " The
same may l<e saitl to-day to any young man
01 Ability an I energy.
The teniperau movsm-mt.' says the
Glasgow Herald, "is spreading rapidly
anion? railroad m *n. Already 10.00 > w.'iito
buttons stamped with initials siKuifyisg tho
Kail road Tern per.i ace Asso dation havo be:a
distributed among engineers and trainmen,
and thy demttn 1 lor iheoi has been so grea:
jUat CO.CCa more have baea orier JJL"
0
WORDS OF WI8DOM.
A mercy counted ia a trouble rubbed
out.
A lazy man's clock always runs too*
fast.
Small fish will nibble at any kind of
bait.
No rice has any more ugly face thaar
self conceit.
Many people think nothing Can b6l
wrong that pays well. ( >.%j
The man who lives a lie, does it with,
a sword over his head.
Only those can sing in the darj^.
who have light in the heart.
The favorite employment of a con?ceited
man is to brag himself.'
A wise man can see more with oatt
eye than a fool can with two.
The fish that get away are the one# ji
that always look the biggest.
Some people are always resolving to '
do good who never go and do it.
Don't go security for the man who /;
lets his gate swing on one hinge.
Look your troubles squarSly in th?
fsce, and tliey will eoou scatter and
run.
Wherever you find a doubt you may
be sure there is some kind of a sin - . r^fj
sticking to it.
Seme men are always asleep when a *;.
golden opportunity knocks at tka ''
door of their house.
People are not made rich by any- .%
thing the world can give, nor poor by
anything it can take away.?Bam'* M
Horn.
A Long-Lived Toad.
Among all the stories that are told
of toads, none is more remarkably
perhaps, than that related of * toad'
which lived for more than thirty-sic
years in a hole beneath the doorstep
of a French farm-house. How old it
was when first noticed no one could''
say, but it had probably lived a long
time before familiarity with the sight
-' 1?IJ 1 it. 1
UL XI1UU WUIUUIUOUOU AW XU loon bl.auquillv
on the doorstep over which per- 'J
sons were constantly passing. '
The step became the batrachian*#
"hnnting ground," where, with little
trouble, it might captnre the ante . jS
which persisted in crossing and recrossing
the step. The toad "hunting >
for the supper" came to be regarded
as one of the sights of the neighbor- ' . >,? 1
hood, and certainly the skilful manner r
in which it used its wonderfully f ormed : $j
tongue entitled it to be ranked as aa ffl
expert.
For one thing, it showed wonderful -i'M,
skill in judging distances; the tongue ; . g
was never darted out until the insect ' '7:$j
came within a certain range. The ao? M
curacy of the creature's aim was an- ,
other matter of surprise. The insect*
were generally in motion when the '-.}M
tongue was darted out against; them, '?
and the arrow never failed to hit
The toad was so tame that it might
justly be called "domesticated." It
would remain quietly in one hand and
tane its iooa irom tne oiner, pronuwr v< sg
a leaf were placed on the hand whicfc
held it. Without this precaution tfca M
warmth of the human hand was eri- $8
dently annoying.. Few things seemed
to please it more than-to be placed one
a table in the evening when the lamp
was lighted. It would look around ^
with the greatest confidence in its 5':?j
gleaming eyes, and when insects were
placed on the table it snapped them up
even with greater rapidity than i&.
its daily huntings. In this way the
toad lived for thirty-six years, the pot ?
of the neighborhood
It might have lived many years fi
more had not a tame but spiteful raven /
pecked out one of its eyes. The bird
brought upon himself universal hatred
for this assault, but sympathy was no A
profit to the poor toad. He could no . ;l."
longer measure distance** accurately
nor aim with certainty, and he died in ;
abj?ut a year after his injury, apparently
from starvation.?New York
Journal. t
Biding in the Ferris Wheel.
The statement that there is nothing ' '
new under the suu appears to be dis- ]'<
countenanced by the Ferris wheel at - ty
the World's Fair, which, apparently,
produces a sensation entirely new. It .)
has a motion that has been felt, as s
reporter graphically says, neither on
land nor sea. And the added sensation
of being lifted 250 feet into the
air, in safety and comfort, certainly is
not old. The Ferris wheel appears to
be a tremendous triumph of engineer
ing ingenuity, as much so, according
to the Omaha World-Herald as the
Eiffel tower. It is by such arrangements
that engineering ability must
exploit itself at the Exposition. Bat
it has not been engineering alone which
this has called attention to. There hM
been demonstrated every day sinpe
that astonishing structure has been in,
process of cousfcruction the courage of ' 'vis
men who work for wages?the personal,
physical courage of them. Looking
up any time in the air, among the
delicate, intricate, countless bars and
shafts, irons and braces of that famous
construction,onecouldsee the figures of
men, small in the height, walking
carefully to and fro along those begins.
No tight rope walkers ever risked hid
life so. No vaulter in the circus requires
more precision, more clearne?r ,
of head or more determination and
self-control. This magnificent oontrotof
nerve and exhibition of courage haa
?i -i it "Et. 4 r-iH
been a daily entertainment at sue r?*tr
since its opening. And one may well
be glad that it is over with and that if
there is further risk of life on the Ferris
wheel that it will be incurred bJ
those who do it voluntarily, and not
by those who must do it in the earning
of their daily bread. Probably the <
Ferris wheel is not dangerous any
more than anything is that takes a
man 250 feet above ground. It will be
perfectly safe as long as nothing
breaks, a'H. it goes without saying
that gr^at precaution has been exercised
and that the builders have felttheir
responsibility. And the experience
will be a new one?no gainsaying
that.
The Water Clock.
The principle of the water clock was
discovered, according to ancient records
o* the Chinese Empire, by a Chinese
nearly 5000 years ago. The inventor's
name was Hwang Ti. His apparatus
consisted of two copper vessels, one
above the other. The upj>er vessel had
a hole in the bottom through which
the water percolated inti the lower
-
vessel, 111 WU1UU mere Wits ? uw.-?v, VIAO
gradual ripe of which-iniicatsJ perii>J*
of time.