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In W. DR. TAT,MAGE. DTHE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUITDAY J5ERMON. Rnbtect: "Home Rellfflon." I Text : "Return to thine oirn house and fheic hotc great things God hath done untc. thee."?Luke viH.. 39. ' After a fierce nod shipwrecking night Christ and His disciples are climbing up tha slaty shelving of the beacb. How pleasant Jt is to stand on solid ground after having Ibeen tossed so long on the billows! While the disciples are consrratuiatiacr each other on their marine escape out from a dark, deep cavern on the Gadarene hills there is something swiftly and terribly advancing. Is it an apparation? It is a maniac who has (broken away from his keepers, perhaps a few rags on his person and fragments of stout shaakles which he has wrenched off in terrific paroxysm. With wild yell and Weedine wounds of his own laceration he flies down hill. L Back to thejjoat?, ye fishermen, and put oilflb sea"and escape assassination! But Christ stands His ground ?0 do the disciples, and as this flying fury, with gnashing teeth and uplifted fists, dashes at Christ, Christ ?o? "tlonrta nfT' TViTrm nf Mr fftpf. thon IBUJO . ? ? ?J poor sufferer." And the demoniac drops harmless, exhausted, worshipful. ''Away, ye devils!" commanded Christ, and the 2000 fiends which had been tormenting the poor man are transferred to the 2000 swine, which go to sea with their accursed cargo. The restored demoniac sits down at Christ's feet and wants to stay there. Christ says to him practically: "Do not stop. You have a mission to execute. Wash off the filth and the wounds in the sea. Smooth your disheveled locks. Put on decent apparel and go straight to your desolated home and tell your wife and children that you will no more affiight them and no more do them harm; that you are restored to reason, and that I, the omnipotent Son of God, am entitled hereafter to tne worship of your entire household. Return to thine own house and shew how great things God hath done unto thee." Ka V*a flwaf nlo/ia m jlt?, cuo uuu9c, iuo uyuic ioiuc mot. |B Where oar religious gratitude ought to be SH demonstrated. In the outside world we may HBeeem to have religion when we have it not, E^Hbut the hotne tests whether our religion is genuine or a sham. What makes a happy BH some? KB' Well, one would say a house with great ^ wlde halls, and antlered deer heais, and ^ parlors with sculpture, and bric-a-brac, and HH dining hall with easy chair, and plenty of GHlight, and engravings of game on the wall. I^Hand sleeping apartments commodious and gS adorned. No. In such a place as that giHHgantic wretchedness has sometimes dwelt, H while some of you look back to your father's house, wher? they read their Bible by the h light of a tallow candle. There were no car H pets on the floor save those made from the ^Hxags which your mother cut night by night, B^Hyou helping wind them into a ball, and then ^Heent to the weaver, who brought them to I shape under his slow shuttle. Not a luxury in all the house. But you cannot think of if this morning without tearful and grateful emotion. You and I have found out that it is not rich tapestry,or gorgeous architecture, I or rare art mat mnses a uappy aome. The six Arise men of Greece cave prescriptions for a happy home. Solon says a happy home is a place where a man's estate was gotten without injustice, kept without disquietude and spent without repentance. Chilo says that a happy home is the plase where a man rules as a monarch a kingdom. Bias says that a happy home is a place where a man does voluntary what bylaw he Is compelled to do abroad. But you and I under a grander light give a better prescription?a happy home is the place where the kindness otthe gospel of the Son of God has full swing. While I speak this morning there is knocking at your front door, if He be not already admitted, one whose locks are wet with the dews of the night, who would take youi children into His arms and would throw upon your nursery, and your sleeping apartments, and your drawing room, and your entire house a blessing that will make you rict while you Hve and be an inheritance to your children after you have done the last day's fKmV cimnnrf onH mor?a ffti* thorr I the last/prayer. It is the illustrious One whc said to the man of my text, ''Return to thine own bouse and shew how great things God hath done unto thee." Now, in the flrsi place, we want religion in our domestic duties. 'Every housekeeper needs great grace. I Martha had had more religion, she would not hare rushed with such bad temper tc ecold Mary in the presence of Christ. It is no small thing to keep order and secun cleanliness and mend breakages and achieve economy and control all the affairs of th( household advantageously. Expenses will run up, store bills will come in twice as larg* as you think they ought to be, furniture will wear out, carpets will unravel, and the martyrs of the Are are very few in comparisor I with the martyrs of housekeeping. Yet there are hundreds of people In this church this morning who in their homes ur( managing all these affairs with a composure an adroitness, an ingenuity and a faithful ness which they never could have reachec but for the grace of our practical Christian ity. The exasperations which wear out ethers have been to you spiritual develop* ment and sanctiflcation. Employment* which seemed to relate only to an hour have on them all the grandeurs of eternal history. You need the religion of Christ in the discipline of your ohildren. The rod which in other homes may be*the first means used In yours will be the last. There will be nc hard epithets? 'you knave, you villian, you scoundrel, I'll thrash the life out of you you are the worst child I ever knew." Al that kind of chastisement makes thieves pickpockets, murderers and the outlaws o: society. That parent who in anger strikes his child aoross the bead deserves the Dent Itentiary. And yet this work of discipline must be attended to. God's grace can dl rect us. Alas, for those who come to thi work with fierce passion and recklesness o consequences! Between severity and laxa tiveness there is no choice. Both rutnou and both destructive. But there is a health ful medium which thegrace of God will ahov to us. Then we need the religion of Chlrst t< help us in setting a trood example. Cowpe said of the oak: "Time was when settled o: thy leaf a tly could 8 hate thee to the root Time has been when tempest could not" It other words your children are very lmpressl HI ble just now. They are alert; they are gath HHorlng Impressions you have no idea of, H Have you not been surprised sometimes months or yeara after soae coaversatiot n|H which you supposed was too profound or In ^^Htricate for them to understand?some ques HHtlon of the ohild demonstrated the fact thai HI he knew ail about it V H Tour children are apt to think that wha 9H you do is right. They have no idea of trutl IHH or righteousness but yourself. Things whicl BH you do knowing at the time to be wronj they take to be right. They rsason this way HH "Father always does right. Father did this 301 Therefore this is right." That is good logic HB but bad premises. No one ever gets ove Ml having had a bad example set him. You conduct more than your teaching mhke III impression. Your laugh, your frown your dress, your wait, your ? greet ings, your goodbys, your comings H your goings, your habits at the table hBH the' tones of your voice, are making an tm ^H| pression which will last a miilioa years aftei HE you are dead, and the sun will be extin guished, and the mountains will crumble and the world will die, and eternity will rol ajH on In perpetual cycles, but there will be n< diminution of the force of your conduc HHj -upon the young eyes that saw it or theyoun ears that heard it. BBS Now I would not have by this the ide |BH given to you that you must be in cold reserv in the presence of your children. You ar H not emperor. You are companion with there As far as you cnn. you must walk with then skate with tbem. fly kite with tberr. play on with them, show them you are interested i HM ail that interests them. Spnnsippus, tt 3B| nephew and successor of Tlato in ti HH academy, had pictures of joy and claane I^H>hung all around the schoolroom. You mu HH.not give your children ttie impression th; ^^Jivheuthey come to you they are playful rij 81es striking against a rock. You must hai iem understand that you were a boy on< |^^| yourself, that you know a boy's hilarities, HH'boy's temptations, a boy's ambition?yei |^H,tEat you are~a~boy yet. You may deceit HH them and try to Rive tbem the idea that yo ^H:are some distant supernatural effulgence I. y0U may s^ove *kem by your risjo bus behavior, but the time will come whe they will find out the deception, and the Will have tor you utter contempt. Aristotle said that a boy should begin t Study at se venteen years of age. Before tha his time thould bo given to recreation. I cannot adopt that theory. But this suggests a truth in the right direction. Childhood is too brief, rjid we have not enough sympathy with its sportfalness. We want divine grace to help us in the adjustment 01 au tnese matters. Besides :hat, how are your children ever to become Christians if you yourself are not a Christian? I have noticed that however I worldly and sinful parents may be they want their children good. When young people have presented themselves for admission into our membership, I have said to them, "Are your father and mother willing you i shall come?" And they have said, "Oh, yes ; they are delighted to nave us come. They have not been in church for ten or fifteen years, but they will be here u: Sabbath to see me baptized," I have noli.ed that parents, however worldly, want their children good. So it was demonstrated In a police court In Canada, where a mother, her little child in her arms, sat by a table on which her own handcuffs lay, and the little babe took up the handcuffs and played with them and had great glee. She knew not the sorrow of the hour. At\d then when the mother was sent to prison the" mother cried out: "0 God, I lot not this baba ero into the jail! Is there not some mother here who "will take this child? It is good enough for heaven. It is pure. I am bad. I am wicked. Is there not some one who will take this child? I cannot have It tainted with the prison." Then a brazen creatare ru9hed up and said, i "Yes, IH1 tate the child." "No. no," said the mother, "not you, not you. Is there not some good mother here who will take this child?" And then when the officer of the law in mercy and pity took the child to carry it away to find a home for it the mother kissed it lovingly goodby and said: "Goodby, my darling. It is better yoa should never see me again." However worldly and sinful people are, they want their children good. How are you going to have them good? Buy them a few good books? Teach them a few excellent catechisms? Brine them to church? That is all very well, but of little final result unless you do it with the grace of God in your heart. Do you not realize that your children are started for eternity? Are they on the right road? Those little forms that are now 60 bright and beautiful?when they have scattered in the dust, there will be an immortal spirit living on in a mighty theatre of action, and your faithfulness or your neglect *rm fKof ^Aoflnr UVW U UCViiiUAg kU(U UWltu; , There is contention already among ministering spirits of salvation and fallen angels as to who shall have the mastery of that immortal spirit. Your children are soon going ont in the world. The temptations of life will rush upon them. The most rigid resolution will bend in the blast ot evil. What will be the rosult? It will require all the restraints of the gospel, all the strength of a father's prayer, all the influence of a Christian mother's example to keep them. You 83y it is too early to brins? them. Too early to bring them to God? Do you know how early children were taken to the ancient passover? The rule was just as soon as they could take hold of the father's hand and walk up Mount Moriah they should be taken to the passover. Your children are not too young to come to Goil, While you sit here and think of them perhaps their forms now so bright and beautifal vanish from you, and their disembodied spirit rises, and you see it afte? the life of virtue or crime is past, and the judgment is gone, and eternity is here. A Christian minister said that in the first year of his pastorate he tried to persuade a I vnnn<- menhnnif* of the imnortance of family I worship. Some time passed, and the mechanic came to the pastor's study and said: "Do you remember that girl? That was my own child. She died this morning very suddenly. She has gone to God, I have no i doubt, but if so she has told Him what I tell you now?that child never heard a prayer in her lather's house, never heard a prayer from her father's lips. Ob, if I only had her ' back again oae day to do my duty! ' It will be a tremendous thing at the last day if some : shall say ot us: "I never heard my father i pray. I never heard my mother prayer." Again, I remark, wo want religion in ail ' our home sorrows. There are 10,000 quesi tions that come up in the best regulated household that must be settled. Perhaps the > tether has one favorite in the family, the i mother another favorite in the family, and ? there are many questions that need delicate > treatment. : Tyranny and arbitrary decision have no ; place in a household. If the parents love : God, there will be a spirit 01 sen sacnnce ana , a spirit of forgiveness, and a kindness which wili throw its charm over the entire household. Christ will come into that household and will say: "Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter against them. Wives, see | that you reverence your husbands. Children, ; obey your parents In the Lord. Servants, j be obedient to your masters." And the family will be like a garden on a summer morning?the grass plot, and the flowers, and the 1 vines, and the arch of honeysuckle standing . in the sunlight glittering with dew. But then there will be sorrows that will come to the household. There aro but few ' families that escape the stroke of financial * misfortune. Financial misfortune comes to ' a house where there is no religion. They j kick against divine allotments, they curse God for the incoming calamity, they withdraw from the world because they cannot hold as high a position in society as they once did, and they frer, and they scowl, and ' they sorrow, and they die. During the past few years there hav<? been tens of thousands' of men destroyed by their financial dis' tresse3. i But misfortune comes to tho Christian household. If religion has full sw.iy in that home, thev stoop gracefullv Tney say. . "This is right." The father says: "Perhaps j money was getting to be my idol. Perhaps God is going to make me a better Christian [ by putting me through the furnace of trlbu, lation. Beside that, why should I fret anyhow? He who owneth the cattle on a thou, sand hills and out of whose hands all the fowl3 of heaven peck their food Is my 9 Father. He clotheth the lilies of the field, f He will olothe me. If He takes care of the r raven, and the hawk, and the vulture, most , certainly He will take care of me, His ! child." ? Sorer troubles come?3lckness and death. Loved ones sleep the last sleep. A child is 3 buried out of sigit. You say: "Alas, fot r this bitter day! God has dealt very severely i with me. I can never look up. O Go?, I cannot Dear rc. uunsi cumub m, iiuu mi says: "Hush, O troubled 30ul! It la well with the child. I will strengthen thee In all thy troubles. My grace is sufficient. When thou passeth through the waters, I will be with tnee." Wbe i throujh the deep watars I call thee to so The rlv.-rs or sorrow aja'l not overflow. For I will b?with thee thy troubles t > bless, . And sanctify to thea thy deepeit distress. But there are hundreds of families repret sented here this morning where religion has i Been a great comfort. There are in your 1 homes tne pictures of your departed anj ; things that have no won ierful valueotthsmselves, but you keep them preciously ani > carefully because hands now still once i touched them. A father has gone out of this r household, a mother has gone out of this, a t daughter just after her gradu-ition day, a a son just as he was entering on the duties ol i, life. > And to other homes trouble will come. 1 i. 6ay it not that you may be foreboding, not >i that yon may do the unwise thing of taking trouble by the forelock, but that you may be r ready. We must go one by one. There will be partings in all our households. We must 't say farewell. We must die. And yet there I are triumphant. strains that drown thesu 5 tremulous accents, there are anthems that * whelm the dirge. Heaven is full of the shout S of delivered captives, and to the great wide field of human sorrow there come now the a reaper angels with keen sickles to harvest 0 the sheaves of heaven. ? Saints will to t'nn end endur?: L. Ra ely wl 1 the S'ne"her>l e -n t, Those He purchase! fcr His phe'p. ;H Go home this day and ask the blesslnsr on iu your noonday meal. To-night set up the ie family altar. Do not wait until you become if a Christian yourself. This day unite Christ ss to your household, for the Bible distinctly s] says tnat (ioi will pour out His fury upon a* the families that call not upon His name. P* Open the Bible and read a chapter; that will re make you strong. Kneel down and offer -e the first prayer in your household. It may a be a broken petition ; it may be only ''God a- be merciful to me, a sinner." But God will re stoop, and spirits will listen, and angels will >u chant, "Behold, he prays!" e, Do not retire from this house this morning r- until you have resolved upon the matter, in You will be gone. I will be gone. Many sy years will pass, and perhaps your younger children may forget almost everything about o you, but forty years from now in some Sabit bath twilight your daughter will be sitting with the family Bible on her lap reading to her children when she will stop, and peculiar solemnity will come to her face, and a tear will start, and the children will say, ".Mother, what makes you cry?" And she will say, "Nothinsr, only I was thinking that this is the verr Bible out of which my father and mother used to read at morning and evening prayer." All other things about you they may forget, but train them up for God and heaven. They will not forget that. When a queen died, her three sons brought an offering to the grave. One son brought gold, another brought silver, but the third son came and stood over the grave and opened ono of his veins and let the blood drop upon his mother's tomb, and all who saw it said it was the greatest demonstration of affection. My friend3, what is the grandest gift we can bring to the sepulchers of a Christian ancestry? It is a life all consecrated to the God who made us and the Christ who redeemed us. I cannot but b?lleve there are hundreds of parents in this house who have resolved to do their whole duty and that at this moment they are passing into a better life, and having seen the grace of the gospel in this place to-day you are now fully ready to return to your own house and show what great thing3 God has done unto you. Tboneh parents may In covenant bs Ana bavi their heaven In view, They are not happy till they see . Their children happy too. May the Lord God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, be our God and the God of our children forever. VICTORY FOE WAITE. The Supreme Court Gives the Governor the Power He Wants. G0VEBS0B WAITE. The Supreme Court of Colorado . hns granted the writ of ouster in the Denve: Fire and Police Board controversy, and ortha old board to turn over the offices at once. This is a compete victory for Governor' I Waite. The opinion reviewB the history of the case, and declares that the defendants could not legally show that they had been removed for political reasons when the cause alleged was given in writing, and was upon its face a just cause for removal. The answer made by them was hela to be insufficient in law. Adjutant-General Tarsney issued orders for the dismissal of all State troops held under arms at the various armories since the beginning of this trouble. DEATH OF SLOCUM. It Followed a Severe Attack of Pneumonia in Brooklyn. General Henrv W. Slojum died at his home, 456 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, a few mornings ago, at 2 o'clock of pneumonia. He had contracted a cold two weeks befora am A Tne??r-+/\T*rn *s\ Trial* o /.nnn. try place where he thought of spending the summer with his family. His ailment was complicated by a kidney trouble and a weak heart. General Henry W. Slocum was born at Delphi, Onondaga County, New York, September 24, 1827. He had a brilliant war career, and was numbered among tho famous "fighting Generals." Of late years he has been identified with many Brooklyn enterprises, more particularly trolley street car lines, in which he has made a fortune. He began his education at the Cazenovla Academy, and at the age of twenty-one entered West Point Military Academy, where he was graduated. He was appointed Second Lieutenant, United States Army. He was promoted First Lieutenant ofthe First Artillery inl85G. In the same tear he resigned from the army and began the practice of law at Syracuse. In 1359 General Slocum was elected to tho Legislature and as Treasurer of Onondaga County, in which capacities he was serving when the war broke out. During the month pf May, 1861, the Twenty-seventh New York Volunteers was organized and General Slocum was placed in command. His first battle traa at Bull Run, where he was severely Funded in the thigh. When he recovered , was made Brigadier-General. He served 1 the Army of the Potpmac under McClflllan, ind on July 4, 1862, was made Major-General. At the head of the Twelfth Army Corps he distinguished himsef in the (hree great battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. After the fall of Kichmond, General Slocum resigned his commission. He then made his home in Brooklyn, and resumed the practiced of law. In 1865 he was defeated as a candidate for Secretary of State on the Democratic lioket. In 1863 he was chosen as Presidential Elector, and elected to Conpress. He was re-elected Congressman in 1868, and in 1884 he was chosen as Congressman for the third time. He was one of the Commissioners of the Brooklyn Bridge and was in favor of opening It free to the public. SOUTHERN TBADE. Business Is Better in That Section Than Elsewhere. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record In Its weekly review of business conditions in the South, says: "The two things that are now attracting most notice in Southern business affairs are the great attention that is being given to attracting settlers to the South, already resulting in bringing to this section many Northern and Western families, and In the sales of extensive tracts of Southern agricultural lands and the tendency ot Western trade to seek a foreign outlet through Southern ports. "On the latter subject the entire West Beemsto be aroused. Many of th? new railroad combinations and projected lines that are now before the country seem to be based on the idea that there will be a heavy increase in the shipments of Western products through Southern ports, instead of through North Atlantic ports. The effect of this is already seen in the increase in the total value of foreign exports from Southern ports from 8202.COO,000 tor tho eight months ending with February, 1893, to $230,200,000 for the eljjht months endini* with February, 1894. the gain being 827.300,000. the total increase for the entire country having been 852,000,000. more than onu-hnlf of the whole gain being from the South. ' The steady improvement in the business interests of the South is shown in tho total bank clearings of the ilrst three months of 1894, as compared with tho same period oi 1(j93. The decrease for seventy-one cities ol the country was nearly thirty-three pei cent., tut sixteen Southern cities, including Bultimore, show a decrease of only fifteen per cent. Out of seventy-seven cities reported only five had an increase in clearings, and of these three were ?a the South." VIKING- SHIP'S HOME. The Scandinavians in Chicago Buy the Norsemen's Intrepid Croft. The famous Viking ship, now at New Orleans, has been purchased by an association In Chicago, of which e?-Sheriff Matson, Editor Anderson, of the Scandinavian, and Captain Magnus Anderson are prominent members. The ship will be kept in that city. SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR MAY 6. Lesson Text: "Joseph's Last Days," Genesis 1., 14-26 ? Golden Text: Prov. iv., 18? Commentary. 14. "And Joseph returned into Egypt, h* and his brerhren and ^all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father." For seventeen years did Jacob enjoy Joseph's presence and care in Egypt Cchapter xlvii., 28.) and died at the age of 147. having first blessed all his sons and charged them to bury him beside Leah in the cave of Machpelah. where Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, had already been laid. When Jacob was dying he, with confidence in the promises of God. blessed the sons of Joseph, and assured Joseph that God would bring them all out of Egypt (Heb. xi.. 21: Gen. xlviii.. 21). 15. "And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead they said, Joseph will peradventure hate as and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him." That looks like a very mean estimate of their brother, who had 60 freely and fully forgiven them and had so abundantly cared for them for so many year3. One cannot read chapter xlv., 1-15, without seeing that it was pure unbelief and actually made Joseph a liar. But it is just the way that many Christians treat the Lord. They cannot believe that He has nothing against them and that He will never mention their sins, and so they make Him a liar (I John v., 10). 16. "And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying. Thy father did command before ne died, saying," A messenger's only responsibility is to receive and deliver his message correctly and promptly. Haggai was the Lord's messenger with the Lord's message (Hag. i.. 13), and the message accomplished the work. It is a pleasure to be tne Lord's messenger and is the highest honor a mortal can here enjoy. But this messenger was in poor employ and on a very poor errand. 17. "So shall ye say unto Joseph. Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren and their sin.1' This was no new sin they were asking forgiveness for, but the old wrong of thirty-seven years before which had been fully forgiven for over seventeen years. We have no record that Jacob ever nIH hla cnne Mind to nrtnftfl.1 to Josenb. If he did, he was as bad as they. Yet there are Christians who, being assured of forgiveness (Eph. i., 7 ; I John ii., 12), are all the time asking forgiveness for tfee same old sins. No wonderJcsaph wept It is enough to make Jesus weep to be so unbelievingly regarded. 18. "And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and thoy said, Behold, we be thy servants." It was in fear they came, begging for that which Lad long ago been given them. This is not the kind of sen-ant Jesus expects to find in those who have been made nigh by His precious blood (Eph. i., 13). Not serving to obtain forgiveness, but serving because forgiven, is the right way. Serve the Lord with gladness. 19. "And Joseph said unto them. Fear not, for am I in the place of God?" It was against God they had sinned, and from Him first they should have sought forgiveness. David recognized this when he said, "Against TJhee. Theo only, have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight (Ps. 11., 4). We must seek forgiveness from God, for all sin is against Him ' (I Cor. viii., 12), and then from those against whom we have offended. 20. "But as for you, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good to bring it to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." In almost the very same words hAH hn snoirpn to them of this matter seven teen years before. He reminds us of Jesus, who is the same Yesterday, to-day and forever (Heb. xiii., 8). of Jehovah, who says, "I am the Lord, I change not" (5Ial. ill., 6). 21. "Now therefore fear ye not. I will nourish you and your little ones. And He comforted them and spoke kindly unto them." This is at least the fourth "fear not" In this story (xliii., 23 ; xlvi.. 3; 1,19). The first in the Bible is in Gen. xv.. 1, and the last is Rev. i., 17, or ii.. 10. but how many heart comforting ones there are throughout the book! I find constant comfort and strength in such as I Sam. xxii., 23 ; Isa. xli., 10, 13 ; Joel ii.. 21; Mark v., 36. We are to comfort others with the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God (II Cor. i., 4); therefore I pas3 them on. 22. "And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house, and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years." He was thirty when he first stood before Pharoah (xli., 46), so that he had eighty years of prosperity and honor in Egypt. He would be about fifty-six when his father died , therefore he lived to make good his word to his brethren for at least fifty years. 23. "And Joseph sawEphraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir. theson of Manasseh. were brought nn nnon .Tncnnh's IrnRPS-' After Job's afStC tion fie saw his son's sons, oven foiir generations ("Job xlii, 16). It is one of the blessings of the righteous to see children's children and peace therewith (Ps. cxxviil., 6). 24. "And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die, and God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land unto the land which He eware to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." This was confidence in God. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones (Heb. xi., 22). 25. "And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall cany up my bones from hence." So when Mo*?>s led Israel out of Egypt he took the houses of Joseph, and when their wanderings all had ceased they were burled in Sbechom (Ex. xlii., 19; Joshua xxiv., 32). Joseph might have de? sired such a funeral as he gave his father and bad his body at once buried in the land of promise, but hfc was so suro of thsir going up in due time that he was content to wait and let his body remain among tbiim as a token of their coming deliverance. 26. "So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten yeare old, and they embalmed hira, and he was put In a coffin in Egypt." Gathered unto his people (slix., 33), his body still awaits the jesurrgctioa of the just i\itho coming of ChrlsT (I C?or. sr., 23; I T.'iess, iv.. 16). These atl died to faith, not having received the promises. These all having obtained a good report thrcngli faith received not the promise, God haviug provided some better thiag for lis, that tiny without us should not be made perfect (Heb. xl., 13, 39, 40). That unbttried body was ^ constant sermon to tho believing remnant tsMizn ua ALuruui uuu iiuuumrcuj jjtircuus \j\ Moses, nor to be discouraged by trials, but to wait for the deliverance, whlrh vs,i sure to come.?Lesson Helper. Rain Making Not a Big Success. Secretary Morton has received a large number of inquiries from all parts of the country as to tne results of the department's rain-fall experiments and the feasibility of controlling precipitation by means of explosions. Tne following circular is being sent by the department to all inquiries: "Replying to your letter as to rain-mating experiments I have to inform you that in no case did they pass the merely expsrimental stage and that the prospect of ultimate success is not such ns to justify farmers or other citizens in rain-making experimentation. In this determination, judgment and opinion I am supported by the scientists and other alleged experts in meteorgogy connected with the United States Weather Bureau. The bombardment of the skies for water, ns carried on by this department, did not produce results calculated "to inspire the hope that any metbod of concussion can be made commercially successful in precipitating the moisture tromtbe clouds." A Tragic Chapter. When jealous Herbert L. Parlin learned th?;t he couldn't marry the sixteen-year-old daughter of R. G. " Howard, none Lako Charles, La., he shot her mother dead, fatally wounded the girl, wounded her sister and was mortally shot himself before his capture. . Bennett Buys ^jho Vigilant. The Vigilant has been sold to James Gordon Bennett. It is Mr. Bennett's intention, it is believed, to race tho Vigilant against Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie and the Prince of Wales's Britannia. The races will take place in English waters. __ A Novel Election: Atthe coming session of the Louisiana Legislature three United States Senators are to be elected for tho first time in tho history of the United States. i RELIGIOUS READING, i WOBKIXO CHBISTtASS. 31 Strange there should be found any other kind of Christians. The whole creation of God is incessantly restless with activity, and how unnatural, then, that Christians, his g, noblest, holiest work on earth, should ever be found idie. Fellow-disciple, let me speak to thee a kind word of admonition. Thou art poor, unlearned and obscure; or thou art entrusted with wealth, hast knowledge, or, dost occupy a station of influence,?whosoever thou art, if a disciple of Jesus, thou art God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus ^ unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. The P1 transforming power of the Holy Ghost has th freed the faculties of thy soul from. the con- gt trol of Satan and the paralyzing influence of a; depravity. Thy spirit, united to Christ, can , draw from him sustenance and divine energy. ' From the desolating corse of sin, the precious sst Tmmnn.iAl U rx c wrxA nnrv> n.\ TT uiuuu yji luiuiauuct uao icucoiucu IUCU. ? Thus related to the Redeemer, with whal si emphasis does he say to thee, Without me ^ thou canst do nothing: if I strengthen thee, ? thou canst do all tl ingsmy grace is sufficient for thee! How true in every respect, thou art not thine own! And how we felt this, while our hearts glowed in the ecstacies of "first love." We longed to give some substantial proof of our gratitude to Christ and earnestly asked, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" Christians, that feeling becomes us,?belongs to our renewed nature. It is the will of our Master written in our hearts. He says to all, to thee, Go work?occupy, glorify God with your bodies and spirits which are God's. These commands call for a holy and constant activities. The Christian idler cumbers the ground, the unfaithful steward squanders his Master's wealth. Dare you say, you can do nothing! It is not, cannot be true. God has made nothing useless. Christ has not ransomed a worthless thing. He sustains you for a purpose. To ascertain what that purpose is. and how you may fulfil it, is your solemn duty. There is work for thee to do, however lowly is thy condition, however humble are thy powers. For us all there is a sphere of influence, a field of usefulness, a post of responsibility, vastly important in the estimation of God. 0, that Christians were as kean-sichted to discover the 0DD0rtunities of doing good, as they are often to And excuses for the neglect of their work! Your work may be found all about you. A willing heart and strong hand will never be at a loss to ascertain what Is to be done, and how to do it The Christian's nature, hi3 obligations, his providence of God, the conduct of the world bid him be active. Nay, thou art active in the a Fairs of. this life. How ofton is thy head distracted by cares, thy body wearied by incessant toil. and thy bosom excited by conflicting emotions! How unwearied aod pa- __ tient are the exertions of the worldling! ^ And shall the people of God spend none of their strength in his service, never cherish " any anxiety for the interests of his cause and 8< never initiate the industry of the world, while , e< in the pursuit of objects of infinite and un- j a failing value? The time is short?what we do must be done quickly. Oh, let us not be weary In well-doing. The eye of our Saviour " is upon us, and soon we must give an ac- P* count of our stewardship.?[Christian Ro- w Hector. d b) THE INFLUENCES OF THE HOLY SPIBIT. Christians need divine influences to pro 0) mote their growth in piety, and preserve in vigorous exercise their gracious affections. 01 This must be their earnest desire, as is beaut- v< n-n-rtooA/l l?i? fhfleortro/1 trrltor 'Thflt ft 41U1XJ U.\j;iWOUU J J kUVOUV.iUU If k>*V4 f | n the spices thereof may flow out;' in other ^ words, that the hearts of believers may be I , tender, may glow and burn with divine love, j r" and that devout affections may spread around ? them a sacred atmosphere, like the delightful a perfumes from a garden of spices. It is only <y by the exercise of that sweet and amiable tj temper which grace imparts, and by a cor- u. responding deportment, that the Christian ^ character appears lovely and attractive. ? There must be a spiritual discernment of the tl invisible things of God, to impress and tl affect the mind with a sense of the excellency and offices of Christ, his life, death, resurrection, ascension and intercession with ? the Father. Others, as well as the Jews, may a] have the agonies of the cross and the bleed- d ing love of Christ set before them, without a relenting for sin, or feeling any glow of affec- ^ tion for the glorious sufferer. They may , have no true humiliation , no mean and low ? thoughts of themselves to abase them before 151 the King of Kings. They may have no ex- n alted sense of his perfections, such as awes Je the seraphim and leads them to veil their 8) faces in his presence. They may possess no . emotion of wonder, grief and joy, while con- j* templating the mysteries of redemption, no b ardent longings to be more holy and more si conformed to God. These enlivening views si and holy affections proceed from the fountain ^ of life. They are the effects of his spirit . breathing his own divine nature into the " haar+a nf hia nhiMpon nroducincr a life of " faith and holiness, and thus preparing them li for the presence and enjoyment of Christ. n Nor will a few transient emotions ever ^ ripen them for the joys of the blessed. They . need continual supplies of grace, that they J* may be ever tending towards the felicity of ~ the heavenly state. Every day brings its duties and trials, its conflicts and dangers, and shows us our dependence and wants. A.re Christians to resemble the tree, 'planted by the rivers of water, whose leaf doth not wither?' Are they to be ever pressing forward towards the prize of their high calling? Are they to be instant in season and out of season, aspiring to know more of the divine character and word, to rise higher and make greater attainments in the divine life? They must be continually supplied with the Spirit They must rely upon his power and influence to renew their strength to enlighften their minds, to deliver them from sin and unbelief, and enable them to endure unto the end. Left to themselves, their hopes will perish, they will piue away and die in their sins. Much as they value their present peace and comfort, the prosperity of the church and the joys of immortality, they are urged to plead for the presence and influences of the Holy Spirit. This is the greatest blessing which Christ promised his disciples, when his visible presence was withdrawn: "I will send ' you another Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost?who shall abide with you forever. i "He giveth his Holy Spirit to them who ask him. "?Recorder. HCSXBLE SUBMISSION. Regard not much who is with thee, or who is against thee, but let this be thy study and care, that God may be with thee in every thing thou dost. Have a Rood conscience and God will defend thee. For whom God will help, no man's malloo can hurt If thoi/ t' hr>i(] thv neace and suffer, without r doubt thou shalt see the help of the Lord. " He knoweth the time and manner how to deliver thee, and therefore thou ou^htest to re- 0 sign thyself unto him. It belongs to God to a help, and to deliver from all confusion, a Oftentimes it is very profitable for keeping us p more humble, that others know and repre- zj hend our faults. " When a man humbles himself for his faults ^ then ho easily pacifieth others, and quickly t] satisfleth thoso that are offended with him. tl God protecteth and deliverth th? humble; he ^ lovetn and eomforteth the humble; unto the . humble nian he incUneth himself; unto the a humble he giveth graco; and after his hurr.il- ? iation, he raiseth him up unto glory. Unto the humble man he revealeth his seerets, and sweetly draweth and inviteth him unto him- 8,5 self. The humble person, though he receives bi affronts, c<"'itinues nevertheless peaceable bj enough, because he is established on God, ^ and not on the world. Do net reckon that thou hast profited anything, unless thou es- n teem thyself inferior to all. T r< Those who give to God only the shadow of 01 duty can Lever expect from hiinareal reward. ^ a Tho devil runs from the man he can't a oire with a ilery furnace or a lion's , don. rc ti I'rontaoie Prisoners. Apropos of the movement recently1 started to have a Federal prison erected in the South, " it is said that the penitentiary of Ohio makes P a very considerable revenue from the con- t< victs from tho Southern States confined p there. It has 123 such prisoners, and the a United States pays twenty-five cents apieoa . a day for their maintenance. The Stato -1 leases them out. and as most of them are ti long-timers, they are mostly skilled work- q men, and tho State gets well paid for their t< services. Last year the State eleared $'24,-- a, 000 from its contra?t with the Government, nearly $200 on caoh convict. j Well-Paid Officials. c The 500 railroad Presida*la in this country * receive^abott $22,000,OOC saL>ry aanualiy. ^ ?RQM HEAD TO FOOT. ; tl EWEST DESIGNS IN DRESSES, v HATS AND SHOES. b V g tannins; Specimens of the Dresft- j, makers' Art?Jackets and Trimmings?Beauties in Millinery? b Fashionable Foot Wear. b Who would have thought a few years ago, B tat blue and light green would ever form a 6 easing contrast, and yet it Is so. One of 8 ie prettiest carriage dresses I have had the ? >od fortune to see this season was made by A I Loauuig mvucaic, ttuu tuu wuiuiuuuvu| wuiau iry odd, was extremely stikring and piciresque. The skirt was made of grey lighteighted cloth, quite plain and full, being lghtly gored and the fullness drawn back om the front into a narrow space at the ick; on each side and falling down from le belt were two pleated short panniers, Iffly lined, made of fine white flannel and Iged with a narrow band of the grey cloth. white flannel two-inch belt, edged with rey cloth, finished the skirt. The waist hich [accompanied this costume was of ale blue thin silk, tight-fitting and trimmed 1th cream-colored lace embroidery, jabeaued own the side fronts and around the ick of the neck, .falling down from the eck into two long points, and the two ! Iges of these separated by folds of the [ue silk; soft folded collar of pale greeh , alvet; short elbow sleeves of blue silk, very I . ill and finished with a pointed cuff, wired ad faced with the green velvet A grey oth short cape came with this, and could 3 worn if desired, although it was so slashed p that it afforded but little protection. The . ipe was lined with white silk, and split up le back the full length; this was surmounted ! j a shorter cape unlink and slashed up on ich side, revers of the cloth extended from ! nfifJr to bottom. cTaduallv widening at is bottom of the cape. 1 Among the handsome deml-season toilets re some shinning French ones by Doacet j ad Felix, just Imported. An odd and . lio dress that I saw was lor street wear and Lade of tan colored bison cloth. The front , t the plain skirt was split open in the center , f the front breadth and the two edges laid : ack in double jabeaued pleats, the edge of hich was finished with fine black silk and | )t embroidery, appliqued on OTer a narroT Sip of pink silk. This opening showed a ! andsome petticoat of pink taffeta silk, with ( air lines of white running crosswise. Tbe [da breadths were slightly drawn up into . mall pleats near the back of the belt and the ottom of the petticoat was finished with an nmense bow of black satin ribbon, fully six ' iches wide, belt of black satin ribbon tying 1 large bow in the back. The waist was j lade of the tan cloth and finished plain and ight fitting in the back. The front was in icket shape, opening over a fulled front of. | he striped pink silk; the Jacket bad two large avers turning back faced with the pink cllk - nd edged witn tne duick sujs. jut ayyuquou n, Wack satin ribbon collar and large black 1 atin bow on the front of the pink vest; leeve plain from waist to elbow, and upper art of sleeve in butterfly shape. The fulless is laid in eight small pleats, extending < com the front of the armhole to the inside of < tie elbow where the fullness is fastened to tie sleeve in three flat tucks; black satin ribon extends from a bow on the shoulder own through the-center of the butterfly and nds^n a bow at the elbow. The other dress shown here was of black ad white summer silk, front and side ' readths cut straight, and the back ending I ' las, like the old bell skirt. The bottom of , le skirt was finished with a very full double i iffle and just gracefully touched the carpet. ( he waist was quite full and laid in fine nar- 1 )w pleats at the belts. It was trimmed with 1 ream colored baptiste-appliqued lace fully { velve inches wide and used very full. It j j _as drawn over the bust and around the e rm-hole in zouave fashion, double, leaving ; < a edge of the lace turning each way and a j J )ld of rose satin running through the cen- j ( :e and ending on the breast, and felling | own in graceful folds. It is finished at the j reast with a rose satin rosette. The lower i 1 art of the bodice is trimmed with a flat j lain piece of the lace put on crosswise and >n inches in width, headed with a folded ] icce of the rose satin. The belt and collar < ie folds of rose satin and both fastened with < cautiful rhine-stone buckles sot in the cen- ' :e of a lace butterfly. The sleeves are mus- j uetaire In shape, and quite plain from wrist ] ) elbow, and exceeding full and sloping bove. This is a Dcucet costume. A cloth suit of navy blue serge is made bj )oucet The jacket is short, not extending var six inches below the belt It Is lined 1 rith Louis XYI. brocaded satin and la j 'ery foil below the waist line. The revera i re faced back with black moire silk. There i one pocket with flap on each hip, each Ide back seam is laid in two small pleats and tie lower end of sleeve finished the same ray; skirt quite plain and with stitching and lilor finish. This is worn with a low cot est of plaid duck with cream colored round. It is made double-breasted and flnjhed in every way like a gentleman's vest. All the new spring and summer jackets are eing made short, only coming about six aches below the belt line and very full. Among the different trimmings for the half eason are the vertical silks, but short, tout women should beware of them. Some ilk skirts have wide guipure insertions nd others galoon placed down on each side, hrerskirts and peplum drapings are sure or tnis summer's use, and plain red is one of he favored colors. As the season advances millinery becomes nore and more beautiful. A French hat of >lack chip was made with broad brim and lad a general appearance of flatness. The >rim was slightly crinkled all around. The lat crown was completely covered with a jold-spangled tan-colored silk crown, and the >nly other trimming on this very charming iat were three quite long and very beautiful ellow plumes. Two fell over in front and >ne backwards, the end slightly drooping >ver the edge of the brim. Nest to that came another of whita Legion:, with two long black moire strings. The lat crown was trimmed with black satin and noire rosettes, frosted with jets, and the Thole was surmounted with three fluffy yelow plumes and two white, one standing quite llgh. The new capes are becoming shorter and lander. The most of them have very long ab-like ends in front, but they scarcely come X3 the waist line in the back. There are japes with collars, bows and hoods, and capes )f velvet, silk and lace, and the variety is too ;reat for lengthy description. The high collar is seen on every costumeu No matter how beautiful a dress is, It will je completely spoiled if good taste l? not shown in the selection of the foot wear. Dne of the new house-slippers comes la J9" . -:"J black and colored satin like Illustration No. L. It Is high French heel and has three buttoned jetted straps covering the instep, and letted tips. No. 2 is a black and white tie, the vamp and heel are of patent leather with i fancy tip, the upper part of the tie is of trhite and black striped silk, tied with white silk strings. No. 3, is one of the new Ave buttoned walking shoes, most suitable for :ountry wear and long tramps. It comes In both tan and black sealskin leather. It Is antirely new, most comfortable and quickly buttoned, and the buttons used are about twice the usual size. No. 4 is the new fall slipper that has seen the light for the first time this season. It [s made in French kid, black satin and patent leather; the strap is in a single piece and batons with a button on each side; medium high heel, very pretty and neat loosing. No, 5 is one of the new and soon to be popular three-buttoned low walking shoes. It is entirely of patent leather, and the vamp and tongue are all in one piece, and are bottoned on the side with a continuous loop, as shown In the illustration. Medium high heel. No. B, last, bat by no means least, is & low cot tie, with vamp and heel of black patent leather, the npper part of white bedford cord duck, Mack silk laces and high heel. The same shoe Is also to be seen in black and white check nppers, and the effect is very neat and chic, while they are quite nr~. The newest leather is called sealskin, and, while rough looking, It is really very soft and pliable. A Borneo shoe is shown in Bpeckled calfskin with the hairy side outward and is very warm, soft and unique looking. It is cut low on the sides, with no fastening whatever, and trimmed about the edge with narrow fur. It is most suitable for house wear with a fancy dresa. J. Floeevce Wnsow. The Largest Map In the Worm. The giant of the map family is now in course of preparation and construction at Washington, D. C. It was begun over twelve years ago under the supervision of the United States Geological Survey Corps, and it will not' be more tlian hall completed ai tne end of the present century. Some idea of the gigantic plans tipon which this map is being constructed antf of the magnitude of such an undertaking may be formed by considering the fact that the portion which delineates the little State of Connecticut and the northern tip of Long Island is six feet in length and nearly five feet wide. When this wonderful map is finished it will indicate the exact location of every brook, creek, river, hillock, mountain, valley, farm, village, school-house and city in the land, and will show every pubiic an<l privato road and highway as perfectly as the surveyor's map given them in the townships. When completed the map will cover almost an acre in superficial area. This being the case, it cannot be either hung up or spread out, and in order to make the information it contains available it will be issued on the sectional plan.?St. Louis Republic. Louisi&na Sugar Crop. Tbe Sugar Bureau of the United States Treasury lias finally heard from all the plaalations, and now srlves the suirar crop of Louisiana for 1893-94 at 602,353,087 pounds. This is less than the estimate for the Sta?? Agriculture Bureau, which estimated tha ?rop at 626.250,000 pounds. The McKLnley 3ill gives a bounty of two cents on sugar )ver ninety per cent, strong, on saccharine )ne and u half cents between eighty and linety per cent., and nothing below that Igure. The crop is above ninety per cent, saccharins, 519,893.301 pounds; between ;lghty aud ninety per ceut. 84,191,672 rounds ; below eighty per cent., and receivng no bounty, only 592,109 pounds, or less :han one-tenth of one per cent, of the total product. Planters producing 40.260,163 )Ound? have not as yet presented anv claim, 'or it, but will undoubtedly do so, making Iho total amount due Louisiana in bounties $11,334,461. Iieou Godchaux, the largest planter in Louisiana, will receive 646S,900 in bounties; General W. Porcher Miies, 6392,200; thr** 5thcr p'anters will receive in excess of $200.)00, seven between ?109,000 and $200,000, ind tortv-three between 850,000 and 6100.300. Only a small portion of the bounty, however, has yet been paid. Corn Beer. John Hattes. representing the Agricultural Department in Europe, reports that the German Browing School at Worms has espsrimented with corn and that experts pronounc? the beer made with it to be of the best quality. *