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\ | REV. DR. TALMAGE.
SUNDAY'S SERMON IN THE NEW
YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Subject: "Easter Jubilee."
Text: "Death is swallowed up in vicj/ory."?I
Corinthians x\\, 54.
About 1SG1 Easter mornings have wakaned
the earth. In France for three centuries the
almanacs made the year begin at Easter until
Charles IX made the year begin at Jan. 1.
In the Tower of London there is a royal pay
roll of Edward I. on which there is an entry
of eighteen pence for 400 colored and pictured
Easter eggs, with which the people
sported. In Russia slaves were fed and alms
yere distributed on Easter.
Ecclesiastical councils met at Pontus. at
Gaul, at Home, at Achaia, to decide the particular
day. and after a controversy more
animated than gracious decided it, and now
^ through all Christendom in some way the
first Sunday after tho full moon which happens
upon or next after March 21 is filled
with Easter rejoicing. The royal court of
the Sabbaths is made up of flfty-two. Fiftyone
are princes in tho royal household, but
Easter is queen. She wears a richer diadem
onH ?r?v? a more i^weled sceoter: and in
her smile nations nro irradiated. We welcome
this queenly day, holding high up in
Iher right hand the wrenched off bolt ol
Christ's sepuleher and holding high up in
her left hand the key to all the cemeteries in
* Christendom.
? My text is an ejaculation. It is spun out
of halleluiahs. Paul wrote right on in his
argument about the resurrection and observed
all the laws of logic, but when he
(Came to write the wordB of the text his
Angers and his pen and the parchment on
which he wrote took lire, and he cried out,
;"Death is swallowed up in victory!" It is n
dreadful Bight to see an army routed and
flying. They scatter everything valuable on
the track. Unwheeled artillery. Hoof 01
horse on breast of wounded and dying
man. You have reatl of the French falling
back from Sedan, or Napoleon's track ol
90,000 corpses in the snowbanks of Russia, or
of the five kings tumbling over the rocks ol
Bethoran with their armies, while the hailstorms
of heaven and the swords of Joshua's
hosts struck them with their fury.
But in my text is a worse discomfiture. It
seems that a black giant proposed to conquer
the earth. He gathered for his host all
the aches and pains and maladies and distempers
and epidemics of the ages. He
marched them down, drilling them in the
northeast wind, amid the slush of tempests.
He threw up barricades of grave mound. He
pitched tent of charnel house. Some of the
troops marched with slow tread, commanded
by consumptions; some in double quick,
commanded by pneumonias. Some he took
by long besiegement of evil habit and some
by one stroke of the battleax of casualty.
"With bony hand he pounded at the doors ol
hospitals and sickrooms and won all the victories
in alt the great battlefields of all the
five continents. Forward, march! the conqueror
of conquerors, and all the generals
and commanders-in-chief, and ;J1 presidents
and kings and sultans and czais drop under
the feet of his war charger.
' But one Christmas night his antagonist was
born. As most of the plagues and sicknesses
and deeDotisms came out of the east it was
appropriate that the new conqueror should
if oome out of the same quarter. Power it
given Him to awaken all the fallen of all the
centuries and of all lands and Marshal them
against the black giant. Fields have already
been won. but the last day will see the decisive
battle. When Christ shall lead forth
His two brigades, the brigade of the risec
dead and the brigade of the celestial host, the
black giant will fall back, and the brigade
from the riven sepulchers will take him frotr
beneath, and the brigade of descending im
mortals will take him from above, and
"death shall be swallowed up in victory.'
The old braggart that threatened the con
quest and demolition of the planet has lost
his throne, has lost his scepter, has lost hi<
palace, has lost his prestige, and the <JB<
word written over all the gatesof mausoleun
and catacomb and necropolis, on cenotapt
and sarcophagus, ont he lonely cairn of th<
Arctic explorer and o* the catafalque o
great cathedral, wrirtea in capitals of azalei
and calla lily, written in musical cadence
written in doxology of great assemblages
written on the sculptured door of the famil;
vault, is "Victory. Coronal word, eniban
nered word, apocalyptic word, chief word o
triumphal arch under which conquerors re
turn. Victory! Word shouted at Cullodei
and Balaklava and Blenheim; a
on/1 finlfarinn. n> Marn+hnn when
iUQ^IUUV OUU wvuvwuv, ?*? j ?
the Athenians drove back the Medea; a
Poictiers, where Charles Martel broke thi
ran^s of the Saracens; at Salamis, when
Themistocles in the great sea figut coufOUH^
ed the Persians, and at the door of the east
era cavern of chiseled rock, where Chris
? came out through a recess and throttled th
king of terrors aud put him back in th
niche from which the celestial conquero
had just emerged. Aha, when the jaws o
the eastern mausoleum took down the blacl
giant, "death was swallowed up in victory!
I proclaim the abolition of death. The ol(
antagonist is driven back into mytholog
with all the lore about Stygian ferry ani
Charon with oar and boat. We shall hav
no more to do with death than we have witl
the cloakroom at a governor's or presidents
levee. We stop at such cloakroom and leavi
In charge of the servant our overcoat, ou
overshoes, our outward apparel that we ma;
not be impeded in the brilliant round of thi
drawing room. Well, my friends, when w<
go out of this world we are going to a king'
banquet, and to a reception of monarchs, an<
at the door of the tomb, wo leave the cloal
of flesh and the wrappings with which w
meet the storms of the world. At the clos
1 of our earthly reception, under the brush an<
broom of the porter, the coat or hat may b
handed to us better than when we resignei
it, and the cloak of humanity will finally b<
returned to us improved and brightened an<
purified and gjoritled. You and I do no
want our bodies returned to us as they ar<
now. We want to get rid of all their weak
nesses, and all their susceptibilities to fa
tigue, and all their slowness of locomotion
They will be put through a chemistry of soi
and "heat and cold and changing seasons ou
of which God will reconstruct them a3 mucl
better than they are now as the body of tht
rosiest and healthiest child that bounds ovei
the lawn is better than the sickest patient ii
the hospital.
But as to our soul, we will cross right over
not waiting for obsequies, independent o1
obituary, into a state in every way better
with wider room and velocities beyond computation;
the dullest of as into companion
ship with the very best spirits in their verj
best moods, in the very best room of the universe,
the four walls furnished and paneleci
and pictured and glorified with all the splendors
that the infinite God in all ages ha3 beer
able to invent. Victory!
This view of course makes it of but littl<
importance whether we are cremated 01
sepultured. If the latter is dust to dust, th<
former is allies to ashes. If any prefer in
cineration, let them have it without carica
ture. The world may become so crowdec
that cremation may bo universally adoptee
by law as well as by general consent. Man;
of the mightiest and l<est of earth have gont
through this process. Thousands aud ten
of thousands of God's children have beei
oremated. P. P. Bliss and wife, the evange
list singers, cremated by accident at Ashta
bula bridge; John Rogers cremated by perse
cution, Latimer and Ridley cremated at Ox
ford, Pothinus and Blondina, a slave, am
Alexander, a physician, and their comrades
cremated at the order of Marcus Aurelius
At least a hundred'thousand of Christ's dis
ciples cremated, and there can b? no doub
about the resurrection of their bodies. If th<
world lasts a? much longer as it has already
been built, there perhaps may be no roon
for tne large acreage set apart for the rent in;
places, but that time has not coine. Plenty
of room yet. and the race need not pass thai
bridge of fire until it comes to it. The mosl
of us prefer the old way. But whether oui
of natural disintegration or cremation \v<
shall get that luminous, buoyant, gladsome
transcendent, magnificent, inexplicable strue
ture called the resurrecetion body you wil
have it, I will have it. 1 say to you to-daj
us FauI said to Agrippa, "Why should it b<
thought a thing incredible with you that Got
Should raise the dead?"
That far up cloud, higher than the hawk
flies, higher than the eagle flies, what is il
made of? Drops of water from the Hudson,
' other drops from the East Uiver, other drop:
from a stagnant pool out on Newark flats,
.Up yonder there, embodied in a cloud, and
the sun kindles it. If God can make such o
lustrous cloud out of water drops, many ol
them soiled and impure and fetched from
miles away, can He not transport the fragments
of a human body from the earth and
lout of them build a radiant body? Cannot
food, who owns all the material out of which
bones and muscle and flesh are made, set
Ibem up again if they hare fallen? If a
manufacturer of telescopes drops a telescope
on the floor, and it breaks, can he not mend
it again so you can see through it? And il
God drops the human oyo into the dust, the
oyo which He originally fashioned, can Ha
not restore it? Aye, if the manufacturer of
the telescope, by a change of the glass and a
change of focus, can make a better glass than
that which was originally constructed and
actually improve it, do you not think the
fashioner of the human eye may improve its
sight and multiply the natural eye by the
thousandfold additional forces of the resurrection
eye?
''Why should it be thought with you an incredible
thing that God should raise the
dead?" Thingsall aroundussuggest it. Out
of what grow all these flowers? Out of the
mold and earth. Resurrected. Resurected.
The radiant butterfly, where did it come
from? The loathsome caterpillar. That albatross
that smites the tempest with its wing,
where did it como from? A senseless shell.
Near Bergeijic, France, in a Celtic tomb, under
a block, were found flower seeds that had
been buried 2000 years. The explorer took
the flower seed and planted it, and it cam?
up. It blomed in bluebell and heliotrope.
1 Two thousand years ago buried, yet resur
i-?3 A aovo bta f/Minsi in ft mil IT*
rtJULCU. XL UUY OICl ."7?J o UV ?u W
; my pit in Egypt garden peas that had been
buried there 3000 years ago. He brought
' them out, and on June 4, 1844, he planted
them, and in thirty days they sprang up.
Buried 3000 years, yet resurrected.
"Why should it be thought a thing incredible
with you that God should raise the
; dead?" Where did all this silk come from?
the silk that adorns your persons and your
1 homes? In the hollow of a staft a Greek
missionary brought from China to Europe
the progenitors of those worms that now
supply the silk markets of many Nations.
1 The pageantry of banuered hosts and the
luxurious articles of commercial emporium
1 blazing out from the silk worms! And who
shall be surprised if, out of this insignificant
earthly life, our bodies unfold into something
worthy of the coming eternities? Put silver
' into diluted niter, and it dissolves. Is the
silver gone forever? No. Put in some pieces
| of copper, and the silver reappears. If one
force dissolves, another force reorganizes.
; "Why should it be thought a thing ini
credible with you that God should raise the
dead?" The "insects flew and the worm?
1 crawled last autumn feebler and feebler and
then stopped. They hive taken no food;
they want none. They lfe dormant and insensible,
but soon the south wind will blow
the resurrection trumpet, and the air and the
earth will be full of them. Do you not think
i that God can do as much for our bodies as Ho
does for the wasps, and the sp ders, and th#
snails? This morning at half past 4 o'clock'
1 there was a resurrection. Out of the night,
1 the day. In a few weeks there will be a re3surrection
in all our gardens. Why not some
| day a resurrection amid all the graves?
" J 4-1 ~ Inofftnoaa r\f man
JEjVCr RI1U ciLlULl tiiorc tiiu iiuinuvw; v* wvm
and women entranced.
A trance is death, followod by resurrection
after a few days?total suspension of mental
power and voluntary' action. Rev. William
Tennent, a great evangelist of the last generation,
of whom Dr. Archibald Alexander, a
man far from being sentimental, wrote in
most eulogistic terms?Rev. William Tennent
seemed to die. His spirit seemed to
have departed. People came in day after
day and said, '"He is dead; he is dead." But
the soul returned, and William Tennent lived
to write out experiences of what he had seen
while his soul was gone. It may be found
some time what is called suspended animation
or comatose state is brief death, giving
the soul an excursion into the next world,
from which it comes back?a furlough of a
fow hours granted from the conflict of life to
which it must return.
Do not this waking up of men from trance
and this waking up of grains buried 3000
years ago make it easier for you to believe
that your body and mine, after the vacation
of the grave, shall rouse and rally, though
there be 3000 years between our last breath
and the sounding of thearchangelic reveille?
Physiologists tell us that, while the most of
} our bodies are built with such wonderful
tKut iro mti unnrn nnthincr. and the
" loss of a finger is a hindrance, and the injury
of a toe joint makes lis lame, still we
' have two or three apparently useless physi!
5 cal apparati. and no anatomist or physiolog1
1st has ever been able to tell what they are
| good for. Perhaps they are the foundation
: of the resurrection body, worth nothing to
us in this state, to be indispensibly valuable
1 iu the next state. The Jewish rabbis appear
? to have had a hint of this suggestion when
> they said that in the human frame thore was
^ a small bone which was to bo the basis of the
resurrection body. That may have been a
1 delusion. But this thing is certain, the Christian
scientists of our day have found out
J that there are two or three superfluities of
1 the body that are something gloriously sug?
gestive of another state.
1 I called at my friend's house one summer
? day. I found the yard.fvU.pUeiJJipjijitfc.nit)'Qarpaater's
aiicl masoi'3 work. The
door was off. The plumbers had torn up the
" floor. The roof was being lifted in cupola.
? All the pictures were gone, and the paper
? hangers do^ng their work. All the modern
? improvements wore being introduced into
< that dwelling. There was not a room in the
[ house fit to live in at that time, although a
I; month before, when I visited that house,
, everything was so beautiful I could not have
* suggested an improvement. My friend had
i gone with his family to the Holy Land, ex^
pecting to come back at the end of six months,
when the building was to be done.
And, oh, what was his joy when at the
? end of six months he returned apd the old
r house was enlarged and improved and glo
v rifled! That 13 your boay: it looots wen
^ now. All the rooms filled with health, and
3 we could hardly make a suggestion. But
3 after awhile your soul will go to the Holy
? Land, and while you are gone the old house
of your tabernacle will be entirely reconc
structed from cellar to attic, every nerve,
0 muscle and bone and tissue and artery
? must be hauled over, and the old
1 structure will be burnished and adorned
? and raised and coupolaed and enlarged,
1 and all the improvements of heaven intro?
duced. and you will move into it on resurrec:
tionday. "For we know that, if our earthly
* house of this tabernacle were dissolved, wo
3 have a building of God, a house not made
" with hands, eternal in the heavens." Oh.
what a day when body and soul meet again!
: They are very fond of each other. Did
f your body ever have a pain and your
* soul not re-echo it? Or, changing the
J question, did your soul ever have any
' trouble and your body not sympathize
r with it. growing wan and weak under
1 the depressing influence? Or did your
soul ever have a gladness but your body
celebrated it with kindled eye and cheek and
elastic step. Surely God never intended two
such good friends to be very long separated.
And so when the world's last Easter morning
shall come the soul will descend, crying,
"Where is my body?" And the body will
ascend, saying. "Where is my soul?" And
the Lord of the resurrection will bring them
luxuiiicr* IUIU 11 \>m uu ? sum iu u
1 perfect body, introduced by ft perfect Christ
into a perfect heaven. Victory!
Only the bad disapprove of the resurrec\
tion. A cruel heathen warrior heard Mr.
' Moffat, the missionary, preach about the
resurrection, and he said to the missionary,
j '-Will my father rise in the last day?" "Yes,"
j said the missionary. "Will all the dead in
battle rise?" said the cruel chieftain. "Yes,"
' said the missionary. ' Then." said the war,
rior, "let mo hear no more about the resurrection,
there can be no resurrection,
there shall be no resurrection. I
[ have slain thousands in battle. Will they
* rise?" Ah, there will be more to rise on that
" day than thoso want to see whose crimes
j have never been repented of. But for
all others who allowed Christ to be
* their pardou and life and resurrec*
tion it will bo a day of victory. The
I thunders of the last day will be the salve
that greets you into harbor. The lightnings
. will be only the torches of triumphant pro'
cession inarching down to escort you home.
, The burning worlds flashing through imJ
mensity will be the rockets celebrating your
t coronation on thrones where you will reign
, forever and forever and forever. Where is
, death? What have wo to do with death? As
your reunited body and soul swing oil' from
this planet on the last day you will see deep
' gashes all up and down the hills, deep
j gashes all through the valleys, and they
. will be the emptied graves, they will bo
the abandoned sepulchres, with rough
j ground tossed on either side of them, and
slabs will be uneven on the rent hillocks, and
?il I Me 1 ill I'Ul lUUJiUIUCUlS <1.11 U VV UWtajibs,
and tiieu for the llrst time you will
appreciate the full exhilaration of the text,
' He will swallow up death in victory."
Hall the Lord of earth and heavenl
Praise to Thee by both be given;
Thee we greet triumphant now
Hail the resurrection Thou!
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
31 AY 5. .
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Lesson Text: "The Agony In Geth- ?v?r
hpriq
acmane," Mark xlv., ?'i2-413 crca(
?Golden Text: John xvlll., picki
11?Commentary. tor v
little
said
32. 'And they came to a place which wa% ^esu
named Gethsomane, and Hesaith to Hiadis- *
ciplos. Sit ye here while I shall pray." On
their way to the mount of Olives He told w'101
them that, according to the Scriptures, He Per ?
would be smitten and thoy would forsake ^im.
Him. He said also that Teter would deny tlem;
Him, upon which Teter and all the others wou^
,-ta id that they would never do such a thing
(verses 27 to 31). They then come to Geth- can]
- ? ?*?"? Uvea
.semane, wiucii alanines uu uu prrisa, eugges- ----tive
of the bruising which He was here to un- P0'"
dergo that He might give to us the anointing told
of the Holy Spirit. For the trials of Geth- P"1831
semane special strength was needed, concern- "ow
ing which He must talk with His Father, but ?rou
into this and many other communions His kn0^
disciples cannot eDter, so He Roes alone to caV
pray.
*38. "And He taketh with Him Peter and ? (
James and John and began to be sore amazed ^inc
and to be very heavy." Matthew says i
"sorrowful and very heavy." It could not u _
be anything He did not know about before- u
hand," for He know all things, but the powers h
of darkness were about to do their worst, ...
the great crisis to which. He had looked for- ? d
ward from eternity was at hand, and it ?
might be said that satan was about to en-'
gage Him in a hand to hand conflict. i d
34. *'And sayeth unto them, My soul is ex- [h ?
ceeding sorrowful unto death. Tarry ye miaa
here ami watch." In Math, xxvi., 28, it is,
'Watch .with Me." His humanity craved
their sympathy, but how little He found!
He was truly the lonely man as weil as the ?
man of sorrows, and even the favored three, _j0
of whom the beloved John was nearest to {ual|
Him, could not enter into His experiences. jac
If ever a sense of heaviness and darkness '
comes over you in your Christian life, when ? t
you know in your heart that you desire d .
abovo all things to serve the Lord and do
only His will, think upon Isa. 1., 10, and y4,,
I RaJ t~- trio 1
piuiao uuu icnywaui^ vvttu Aiia wuu il
Jesus Christ. '
35. "And He went forward a little and v>e
fell on the ground and prayed that if it were mi
possible the hour might pass from Him." w
He seems tc have left eight of the disciples ..
just inside the garden, to have taken the h *
three a little farther, and then to have gone
alone about a stone's cast (Luke xxit., 41), itt
and to have kneeled down, then fallen upon ^ .
His face. He certainly did not shrink from
the cross and the atonement which He came ^
to make, but a careful study of Heb. v., 7. J
will show that the agony was so great that ?
He feared lest He might die under it and not .
reach the cross to finish the great atone- J"?,,
ment. r ,4,
36. "And He said: Abba, Father, all things . ^
are possible unto Thee. Take away this cup !??
from Me. Nevertheless not what I will, but
what Thou wilt." We read elsewhere that
He prayed earnestly, with strong crying and
tears, and sweat as it were drops of blood, .c*r
and that an angel strengthened Him. Ho !v?'
was willing to die in the garden and leave r??His
srreat work unfinished if it should please . *
the Father to have it so, but the passage in S"
Hebrews says that/He was heard, and there- reo
fore delivered from this premature death.
This is the best light I have upon it, and i
present it a3 such, but let each search for jt
himself in reliance upon the Holy Spirit, tito
There are mysteries in the atonement which thei
we cannot comprehend. 8hoi
37. "And He cometh and flndeth them the
sleeping and saith unto Peter: Simon, To ]
sleepest thou? Couldst not thou watch one stjn
hour?" The great glory of the Transflgura- ca9(
tion as well as the great sorrow of Oeth- the
semane was too much for the flesh, for thoy flDcj
seem to have slept in the former (Luke ix., eat
32) as well as in the latter. 31
38. "Watch ye and pray lest ye entor into forc
temptation. The spirit truly is ready, bin the
the flpsh is weak." Like as a father nitictii ki??
his children, so the Lord pitieth them tha gg^
fear Him, for He knoweth our frame (P.:\ Dari
ciii.; 13). What a comfort it is! But let u.<
not pity ourselves as satan through Peter an(j
ad vised" Jesus to do (Math, xvi., 22, margin). tj0E
Though our Lord recognizes and pities our 8t>iv
weakness He Himself has provided that H tjjo
will be our strength so that we may sing, tjj0j
' The Lord Jehovah is my strength and my ^
song" (L*a. xii., 2). Wo are to realizs our brll
weakness and never to rely upon ourselves, tj0E
for His strength is made periect in weak- jjon
ness. fiQd to them that have no might He in- jg n
creaseth strength (II Cor. xii., 9; Isa.
~fini
3D. "And again Me went away and prayed ,en
and spake the same words." We heed not ^uc
fear the repetition of the same words in our stj_
prayers provided they are from the heart, nor uj
need we fear to ask many times for the same
thing, for Paul also besought the Lord thrice
to remove his thorn fin the flesh, and Jesus
Himself has taught us to be importunate in
prayer (II Cor. xii., 8; Luke xi., 8). At the 8
same time Ho has put us on our guard against hea
vain repetitions for the sake of much speak- thei
ing (Math, vJ., 7). Y
40. ''And when He returned He found
them asleep again (for their eyes were Yoi
heavy). Neither wist they what to answer le9S
Him. We think of the ten virgins going so I
out to meet the bridegroom,yet all slumbered he i
and slept. We think of Jonah asleep in Yoi
the storm, while the sailors eallod upon their
gods and put forth every effort. We think Yoi
of the multitudes of Christians who now mal
seem to be asleep through one or other of feri
satan's many soporific doses, and of the loni
preachers who seem te be asleep, too, and His
cry peace to the people when they ought to V
sound an alarm because of thegreat apostasy thai
and the manifest nearness of the end of this woi
age. her
41. "And He cometh the third time and moi
saith unto them: Sleep on now and take your sevi
rest. It is enough. The hour is oome. Be- war
hold the Son of Man Is betrayed into the mig
hands of sinners." He had gone away ttn? a tt
third time and prayed, saying the sam? Yoii
words (Math. xxvi.. 44), aud returning find? so r
them still asleep. Then He says these word?, in c
Contrast the rest which He here calls "you wot
rest," as He thus addresses them, and tl> so 1
rest which He has provided by these vei just
sufferings of His (Math, xi., 28), but to whi< ?A
tho majority of believers are so lndifferen
fortboy seem to know notning 01 n. uu g
will not cease from their own works eithi j,j9
as to salvation or service (Heb. iv., 1.; x.. 11 cor
Rom. iv., 5; Eph. ii., 10),and therefore canno. p
know His rest. porj
42. "Rise up. Let us go. Lo, he that be- an (
traycth Me is at hand." And so, being rajj
strengthened, He Roes forth to meet His ene- jw
miesandto give Himself into their bands, 9t0'(
for His hour to die had come, and He was ceD
ready for thesacriflce. No man took His life u_ ,
from Him. He laid it down of Himself (John a? (1
* ? 18>- run
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IMMIGRANTS FROM CANADA Jhe'
mot
110 Families Leave Quebec in One deli
Week on One Kailroad. ma,
The United States are busy with their annual
annexation of Canadians, the daily ex- pe_
odus from the Province of Quebec alone to jj0,
the New England States being very heavy at '
present. It is not uncommon this spring tc buj!
find two to three car loads of French Caua- nf)t(
dinn peasants aDd workingmen in one train, jllC(
on their way to seek in the United States ne9S
that bread which they find it so difficult to oneobtain
in their own country. The Quebec hip!
Central Railway in one week took out of the 0~"
Country no fewer than 110 full families,
averaging five persons each, besides seventj
unmarried men and women. Some of the
unmarried may work in the summer seasoc .?
abroad and return to! Canada in the winter, crf1.,t
but of the families, almost all will bo pertnanent
settlers, many of them having either P "
sold or deserted their farms. In some parti '*V
of the rural districts of Quebec there ard ' '
quite a number of these deserted farms. '.
whose former occupants are now citizens of ..
the United States. Many of the present ira- ~ l
migrants from Canada are ?;oing to join
| friends who are already established in the
Eastern States and doinn well, but some are r
simply in search of employment in factories ,1
| and brick yards. The Grand Trunk Kail way ,
carries away even more immigrants than the
Quebec Central, especially of thoso bound
for the manufacturing districts of New Hamj)- _
shire, and it is estimated that the exodus
from the Montreal and Throe Rivers districts .
this spring is even larger than that from :ere
Quebec and the East. It very rarely hap- Uvo
pensthat any of those immigrants return to
Canada to settle.
Unique Feature Dropped.
The New York Mail and Express appeared .
: without its biblical text, which was iaaugu- f
' rated bv Elliott F. SheDard. tak
5LIGI0US READING.
PERFECT FAITH. TH1
1
jtory is told of u street boy In London fin(
had both legs broken by n dray passing cot
them. He was laid away in one of the 80U
of the hospital to die, and another little ta|(
ture of tho samo class was laid near by fr0
jd up sick with famine fever. The lati
as allowed to lie down by the side of the 0U1
crushed boy. He crept up to liim aud vat
: "Bobby, "did you ever he;ir about tj0]
s?" "No I never heard of him." "Bobwent
to mission school once, and they g0i;
us thnt Jesus would take you to heaven soc
l you died, and you'd never have hun- ^
my more, and no more pain if you axed eat
" "I couldn't ask such a great big gen- wh
an as ho is to do anything for me. He for
Idn't stop to speak to a boy like me. cjp
t he'll do all that if you nx him." "How bai
[ ax him if I don't know where he jjj,
, and how could I got there when 0jf
my legs is broke?" "Bobby, they wj,
me at the mission school as how Jesus an,
3s by. Teacher says he goes around, by
do you know but what ho might come CO(
nd to this hospital this very night? You'd mi]
v him if you was to see him." "But I bit
: keep my eyes open. My legs feel so t,qj
il bad. Doctor says I will die." "Bobby, j
up your hand, and he'll know what you p6!
t when he passes by." They got the 0f
lup. It dropped. Tried again. It siowly afr
jack. Three times he got up the little
i, only to let it fall. Bursting into tears, pe]
lid: I give Hup. ' Bobby, lendmeyer the
I; put yer elbow on my pillew; I can do rer
out it."' So one hand was propped up. go,
when they came in the morning the boy
lead, his hand still held up for Jesus. c0|
may search tho world and you cannot bai
a grander illustration of simple trust ]or
i that of the little boy who had been to an<
Ion school but once. blc
THE KINO AND THE BABBI.
great and wealthy king once said to a _'
s Jew, named liabbi Jeshu : "Do you acly
ask me to believe that God is in all K
es at the same moment, and that he is
in this place?in this very hall? lean- ?
believe it to be true, I must continue to
bt it, until I have seen bim with my own rLr
.) ' J ew
L'e.?, God is everywhere present," replied Jjj]
rabbi, "but he is invisible: no one has ^
anan Vilm nn hnmnn evfl TVOlllrJ fiver be
to bear the sight of such dazzling glory." jD
le king smiled, as if stiil unable to be3
this, and Joshua went on to say: '-Well, jr'
>u do not believe this, try and look the
ild and ambassador of this great God in J
face." He then asked the monarch to go
i him to the large window of the hall. It *1
:ed towards the south, over an open
ire.
Look out from this window great king,"
the rabbi, "upon the sun now shining at , *
uday in all the fulness of his strength; ?
gaze for one single moment into his ??
ant face."
t cannot," replied the king; "if I were to Jj"
: on anything so dazzling I should run
risk of losing my sight."
How," exclaimed the other, "your eyes not
endure even the brightness of the ,
iture, and yet you think yourself able to
old tne Creator face to face. Surely we
uld both of us be destroyed at once by the
htness of his presence, if we saw him
1 the mortal eyes we have now."?Young
pie's Paper.
JESIRE FOR WORK BORN OF COMMUNION. j?j
is profltle g to attempt to force an appe- yc
when natural conditions are wanting. If
e is not a healthy desire to eat, the body ^
uld be regaled with air and exercise, and Cn
regimen adapted to its abnormal state, pi
prepare dainty dishes, and to administer th
iulants, are methods only fit for extreme tb
?8, and in those they generally fail. To to
invalid loathing food, we say, You will to
. an appetite best by doing anything but be
against your inclinnation.
!any Christians are unwise enough to th
o themselves to work, when they have not th
spiritual desire which makes work palata- di
They are driven by conscience to attempt be
lething, but the soul revolts. They pre- It
b for themselves some sphere of effort h<
ch has a spice of worldly attraction in it, "|
drink of the stimulus of personal ambi- "]
i, if. perchance, they may cheat them- bi
es by some kind of religious activity. But sa
work does not agree with them, and L
Ir efforts soon cease.
he only help for this state of thing3 is to
>g the soul into healthy spiritual condii.
No man is fit to do work who is not at ij<
ao with the Great Worker. The soul that ^
Qt exercised in prayer cannot partake ol ja
food which sustained the Master, cannot p,
in doing the will of Hiin that ta
tit. The fre|^ipQf communion pro- 3?
es^real bung-J^ tt
rt answered, "0, how many ^3
re are." w
our hard bargain with that foreigner, the tt
9r day, was a thing not fit for God to see. r(
i got him to saw your wood for a shilling qi
than the regular price, because he was tt
>oor, and could And so little work, that fr
>vas glad of the job at the smallest pay. qi
i had no pity for him in his misfortune.
; oven took advantage of his necessity,
i would have blushed for it, had a brother
l been a witness to your unworthy chaf- ft
ng for a few moments which rightly be- 0,
;ed to the needy laborer. God suw it b]
generous eye beheld it aj
'hen you, prosperous business inan, gave U;
t large bundle of work to the sickly, care- a]
n, and broken-hearted widow and told si
that you copld not afford to give any ol
re tbnh eight cents for the shirts, and tc
sn for the overalls, because so many
ited employment that you thought you
;ht get them done for even less?was that
ling for a bountiful-giving God by behold? V)
t would be ashamed of it if there"were not
cany others who do the like to keep you ^
ountenance. I heard the noor needle
nan fay, that when she did so much for
ittle money, she felt that you were un- pi
. Her heart went up to God against you.
merican Messenger. _
[on. Chauncey M. Dcpew tells the story oi
visit to the mechanical department of
nell University. He found at the head of .,
rofeFSor Morris, who claimed him as a su- .1
lor officer giving as u reason that bad was
>ld time worker on the New York Central w
road. "How did you get here?" asked
>ew. ,-I fired on the New York Central. I j
>d on the footboard as an engineer on the 1*
itral. While a locomotive engineer I made
my mind to get an education. I studied ?
ight and fitted myself for Union College
ning all the time with tny locomotive. 1
jured books and attended as far as pose
the lectures and recitation. I kept up
class and at graduation I left my loco- *11
ive, washed up, put on thegown and cap, a
vered my thesis, and recoived my dlplo- <*<
put the gown and cap in the closet, put r-'
ny working shirt, got on my engiue, and &
le my usual run tbatday." "Then," says "
lew, "I knew how he became Professor J*
ri8." That spirit willcause a man to rise J*
where and in any calling. It is ambition, jj
it is ambition wisely directed, aiming, "
at the goal?for such an ambition proes
envy, scheming, discontent, and weak1?but
bravely and cheerily aim ng at
s self, seeking to mnkeone's self flited for
icr work. When this is accomplshed the 31
Drtunity for higher work is sure to como w
JU V nilVf7lOi^ll <.11 eiu IliSl^llllK-aUl
j of aborigines every morning stalks out j>'
is hovel, bids tlio sun good-morrow, and if
its out to him with bis linger the path he
take for the day. Is this arrogance sa
i> contemptible than ours when wo would of
ite to God the course of his providence di
question the wisdom of his dealings with tli
.M
in
few Hampshire Legislators Angry. 111
he adjournment of the New Hampshire
fislature was accompanied by many ex- Jo
ng incidents. The Governor drove iegis- "
>rs wild by vetoing all extraordinary sa
isures carrying heavy appropriations.
> Itepublican leader of the House en- tli
?d the Senate Chamber and declared thai ta
-th-r&s of the Senators r.re liars. The
use passed a resolution calling the Sen* ol
the "House of " y.
ti<
Tl
ord Brougham was called Blunder- th
Brougham, from a political mis- lo
e. . . , . 3t!
TEMPERANCE.
E 80CBCE OF POVEBTY AND rAUrEBISM.
'he mystery is solved, how It is that we
1 in America pauperism and want. No
intry on tho glotie is as rich as ours in reirces
and rewards so liberally toil and
snt. There should be no poor, except
m unforeseen accidents, in America. Yet
i plague of pauperism has broken out in
r cities past seeming cure; waifs and
grants line streets and highways; instituds
rear In all directions their massive
ea; economists are alarmed. Tho prime
irce of pauperism and of all its attendant
ial ovils is the saloon. Thither the
orer and the mechanic bring their hardTied
dimes, to be afterwards penniless
en demand for work slackens; their
tunes are wrecked, the ruin of which preitates
embezzlements and fraudulent
lkruptcies, their energy is paralyzed and
eness is consecrated. In a saloon men toss
their money to purchase shume, while
res and children at home cry for bread^
I when tho wretches have been murdered
the poisonous draughts, the doors of the
infw nnnrhniiw or of the orDhan asvlum
ist open to shelter their familios from the
ing'blast of winter, to save them from the
ngs of <?ruel hanger. *
Jishop Ht'ndrickson, of Providence, apilinc
for chal.'-ity in favor of the hundreds
Inmates of RlS^orphan asylum, was not
aid to say that thfiSf-helpless children, in
s far greater number-of cases, are deident
upon alms beoause^^aloons murder.<
sir parents." A similar verdict will
idered by those who examine JntoJjjgjT;.
irces of all forms of poverty in AinMm}
re-sixths of the poverty in this cotatfOEj
nes from intemperance, and mere i?^
bblo are all discussions of social reform s&l
ig as alcohol retains its present sovereignty
d despotically exacts in tribute the life>od
of the people.?Archbishop Ireland.
FACTS AND FIOUBES.
rudge Kimball, of the Washington (D. C.)
lice Court, in a recent temperance address,
ve some suggestive facts and figures, as
lows:
For the fiscal year 1894, the United States
iMmmnnt laauad 228 000 liouor licenses.
lich is equivalent to one licensed saloon for
ch 298 people, not to mention the unlicensed
tUor sellers. In Washington there are 605
ensed barrooms, one for each 445 people,
(ducting women and children and temperce
people, and there are leas than 100
inkers to. support each saloon. The estixted
annual consumption of intoxicating
[nor in the United States is per capita:
lisky, four gallons; wine, one gallon, and
er forty-six gallons. This at the lowest
lolesale price amounts to 8833,000,000,
ent directly, but the indirect oost by loss of
iges, loss of health, position and life, is far
eater. ''We are all, said Judge Kimball,
ndividually and collectively responsible
r this state of affairs, and we must not
irk the responsibility, but fight the battle
temperance until we win, always rememrin>?
that we have God on our side, and
at God and one is a large majority in any
rht. The temperance organizations ore
?ing a great work and will be victorious in
e end. I may not be here to see it, but I
ill wait for the glad tidings at the gates
to ve,"
A WIFE'S SAX) MISTAKE.
?? --- ?- * nr n T rr
irirs. L/QapiD, OllOUl IUO 11. \J. A. v. .TUin.s,
was once entertained in Mississippi at
e homo of a young married couple, and
e wife said to her: "Now, Mrs. Chapin,
3i willing to entertain you, but I don't'want
>u to talk temperance, for if you should
invert my husband then Fd have to banish
ine from our tr.ble. and all my friends would
,11 me a crank." Mrs. Chapin spoke at the
lblic meeting and then made her way
rough the audience trying togot signers to
e pledge. She begged the young husband
sign, and he was reaching for the pencil
do so when his wife objected, and with a
ailo he shook his head and said, "No."
8ix years afterward Mrs. Chapin passed
irough tho same place. She was the" guest
lis time of another family, but arterher ad:ess
was over a weeping woman and a gibjring
drunkon man came up to greet her.
was the same couple who had entertained
ir six years before. "Oh," said tho wife,
;ry to get my husband to sign the pledge."
kT- " '? ~ -a T ho ootraH nnno
.to, lit) CI1UU, i nnuicu uu .jt. .
it you wouldn't let me. Now no one can
,ve me, not even God in heaven!"?St.
ouis Globe-Democrat.
WOMEN ARE MORE INTEMPEBATE.
Intemperance among women is increasing,
he metropolitan police returns show that
lere has been a decided advance during the
st two years in the number of women aprehended
Tor drunkenness. In 1889 the to,1
was less than 3000. In 1891 it was nearly
00. There was a corresponding growth in
le number of "drunk and disorderly" cases
iring the same period. Last year 8373
iruea wae 'take^ i^to custody on this
rateSj clerks, joiners, misora
the bench are corroborated,
iiarters.? London Telegraph.
NOTHINO BEMARRABLE.
An item is going the rounds of the press to
te effect that whisky is now manufactured
it .of old rags. We see nothing remarkale
about this. Every one knows that nearly
1 the old rags now in this country are man(actured
out of whisky, and there is no
sparent reason why the process of converon
may not work as well one way ns an:her;
from whisky to rags, and from rags
' whisky. What a beautiful business it is.
A REACTION AOAIN8T ALCOHOL.
otoHatina rtf Inqfc fr.hirfcv.f-wn
vuuipuililg Okuviduivg v. -J . ...
jars, the London Lancet cornea to the conuaion
that there appears to bo "a distinct
ad steady reaction setting in against gen:al
alcoholic imbibition?a fact which lends
ipport to the view that the evil of intem9rato
drinking, as its wretched consequences
jcome more aud more painfully manifest,
ill finally work out its own remedy."
VBZ Ttffria ABUSE.
A man can not use what is called the best
! wino doily for ten years and be free from
Iseaso. Whatever is In the least harmful to
le human economy, when taken internally,
hether it irritates'the nerves, or only rend s
them more sensitive to external lmpresons,
or accelerates the degeneration of cellssue,
is incompatible with healthy growth,
id therefore its use is abuse.?Journal of
ygiene.
ALL THRODOH DRINK.
At Liverpool lately a young man drowned
imsolf, and in one of his pockets was found
paper on which he had written: "I have
ane this myself. Don't tell my name tr
iy one. It is nil through drink." Within
short time, on the matter becoming put'
cly known, the coroner received lettori
O Art niranta n f vmllin" mHIl who llllt I
jen lost, ntiil who thought that possibly
vis young man might be their son.?Chrisan
Standard.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AXT) NOTES.
Sirs. Henerietta Skeleton has organized
ght new \V. C. T. Unions in Ohio, when*
10 has been for several weeks engaged in
ork.
A peculiarity of all good machines is that
iey can not bo managed by drunken men.'
y a process of artificial selection, all tlnj
v)d places in tiiu world are naturally passg
into tlie litiuds or the sober m m. J
The .-.ale of drink is the sale of disas); the |
,!e of drink is the sale of poverty; the sale
drink is thesah of insanity; the sale ot
ink is 1 ho sale of crime: til:1 sal" of drink i.i
e sih of death.?Sir 15. W. Biehardson,
. P.
Five fllstingi'.isiieil physiologists of Gov
any. ;>rs. Bunge, Gaiile, HolYman, Forel,
id Fiek, are total abstainers.
The home salon" started by Bishop Falws.
in Chicago, is succeeding so well that
is the iutontion to open three others on the
me plan.
Omaha, Neb., is i>eing supplied ?y
? W. C. T. U. with ilfteen automatic founins
for penny temperance urinks.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union sent
it during the Lsnten .season nearly 500,000
icred Thirst cards, to encourage the {inicjc
of total abstinence during Lent.
Saloons are the devil's toboggan slidos.
ley start on earth and land in hell; and all
e way down their speed Increases, and' the
nger the slide the less the possibility of
opping.?Chrisiian Nation.
IS COLONIAL STYLE. ,
(
The Picturesque Houses of Our An- ]
cestors Again In Vogue. I
(Copyright 1895.) J
In building to-day the wise home :
seekers consult the best architects, not
only as to the bare plans for their '
houses, but to learn what kind of
structures will look best in different '
localities. It is a hopeful sign that
taste is running largely toward Co- '
lonial hou3ep, the most artistic style of
building that has ever found a lodg- 1
meut in this country. There are three J
main variations in Colonial designs*?
t.hfl FntriiRh. the Dutch and the Snan:
ish, although the first two are the only
kind built to any extent in the United
States. The English Colonial house
is dignified, large and commodious, as
the illustration in this article will give
some faint idea. It has a substantial
lo<Jk, which fits it admirably for a city
house?its stately pcrtioo opening
into a broad and hospitable hall, that
is not u mere entrance place crampcd
ap with steep aDd forbid(^^^SS^J
The rooms are all square, roomy aa*&3
light; the generul design of the
house, in fact, making a most impoPl
ing appearance.
The Dutch style of Colonial architecture
gives as a more qnaint and
picturesque appearance, befitting the
suburb or the quiet, rioh, rural country.
Its broad and airy porohes are always
inviting, and there is no sacrifice
of comfort forahowinesa.
A brief description of the English
Colonial house is as follows:
Width, 32 feet 6 inches; depth, including
portico, 38 feet 6 inches.
Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
first story, 9 feet; second story, 8
feet; attic, 8 feet.
Exterior material: Foundation,
stone; first and second stories, clapboards;
balcony floor covered with
canvas; deck and extension roofs,
tin; main roof, shingles.
Tnton'nr finish ; The entrance hall
and living room finished in oak; the
rest of the house hard whit? plaster,
colored to sait owner's taste; oak
floor in the living room, and staircase.
Booms throughout are trimmed
with soft wood finished in natural
colors. An open timber ceiling in
the hall, living room and dining room,
with the dining room wainscotted, at
a cost of about $500, would much improve
appearance, as would also finishing
the parlor and one or more of the
main rooms upstairs in white enamel
and gold, at an average expense of
?150 a room. ,
The first floor contains large hall
and living room thrown in one. 13x
19:8, with dining room in the oack
connected by sliding doors. On the
left, parlor opening into the hali?
sliding doors or portiere. Kitchen in
the back. Open firep laces in all these
rooms, feeding into two chimneys*as
shown in the perspective view. Four
large rooms with bath ?n the second
floor; open fireplaces in the two front
CoWBU/ 'LO/N$ J
S/Pcsr/ recrs /V?
A DESIGN IN DUTCH COLONIAL STYLE.
chambers. Two rooms may be finish'ed
off in the attic, or the attic may be
finished off handsomely in hard wood
as a billiard room. Fall set of plumbing
throughout.
In the vicinity of New York this design,
well built, without extravagance
ir> details, wouH cost $5000. Much;
1 smaller than this example as illuatrat
I ed would not look well, but enlarging
the design enhances its appearance.
A feasible modification would be to
throw the kitchen in a two-story extension
in tbe back, with up-stairs divided
into two servants' bedrooms.
Additional cost would not be more
than $400.
Regarded as a pure example of the
best Colonial style, the exterior characteristics
of which are a iarge square
structure, with a portico having fluted
columns with carved caps, a belvidere
on the roof, circular head windows
and delicate details of classic origin.
The Dutch design as illustrated is
' aiva Iiaiioo imi f fVtA rlo.
UUUUl l/HO oniuc DI/iU uiruov., uuv WUW v.?
sign itself admits of a much smailer
dwelling without destroying the artistic
appearance-. We give a brief description
:
Depth, including veranda, 40 feet;
width, not including side porch, 34
feet.
Height of stories: Cellar, 7 feet;
first story, 9 feet G inches; second
story 8 feet G inches.
Foundation, stone; first story, clap1
1 Tr?tfh
ooaras; games uiunmsuiwi
papier-mache and shingles; pediments
of dormers and frieze of large dormer
ornamented with papier-mache. Main
roof, shingles; balcony floor, tin.
Interior finish: Hard white plaster
throughout, colored to suit owner's
taste; softwood flooring and trim;
main staircase ash ; kitchen and bathroom
wainscotted. All interior woodwork
grain-tilled, stained to suit owner
and finished in hard oil.
Colore: All clapboards, Colonial
yellow; trim, white; all shingles left
natural for weather stain; veranda and
porch floors and ceiliug oiled.
The accommodations on the first
floor give a dining and sittiug room
oc the right, with open fireplaces;
large hall, 7x18:6; parlor and kitchen
on the left, separated by side hall and
x
I V * V# '.'i 5AS!
v
jntry; fonr large rooms on the sec*
3ud floor, besides servants rooms and?
t>ath, with full set of plumbing. Opett ,,
Sreplaces may be introduced ini k; . ^
two of y?e upstairs bedroom*^
Double sliding or folding doors may
be used between parlor and hall and
sitting room and hall instead of por- " <v'
tiere openings. Bay winflow may
planned at side of dining room andfc ^ ^
the side porch may be entireijj" V.
omitted.' . .
This design is capable of various '
modifications, but as described would}
oost about 84500, not including mantels,
range and heater, this estimate
being babed on New York prices for
materials and labor. In many eec- ' >$
tions of the country the cost shouldl - : 1 > ' f
be less. , I
In conclusion it may be said thai
our ancestors of the Colonial period} ' *
cftvft architecture. as they gave state*
craft and the general affairs of life ai
wise direction that was in every wayf
admirable. It is fitting indeed that '
we should keep them in grateful remembrance.
. *
Bark a Fael iu the Northwest
I >./ I jgBl
Bark is a favorite fuel in the North- ? |
west. The evergreens of the regionj
consume quickly in the open fireplaeel
and leave nothing but light ashes, but \j
the bark of these same trees, very- ;
thick and heavy, burns more slowly} .
and falls into embers that give out at '
satisfying heat for many honrs.?Chi-' ... .
cago Times-Herald.
* Making Shot.
In the shot tower of the present day, ,
the molten lead, with a slight addition
of arsenic for hardening purposes, is
allowed to fall through a colander '>>|j
from a consid^rable^height into a tank} j
fa. The lead, in falling , forms it.Wointo
globules which are partially ^
Mttin rushing through the air,.
jBHHk hardened by entering thai
^^^Rk^^^^the size shot,^
feet. The are wrought-'
iron bowlspBj^H^MHth smooth/
holes varying i^HBMfl^Abe desired! /%??
description of from! 'y
the water bath are
on a hot metal plate,
feet ones are sorted
shaking the whole lot oi^NPughtlyj ( . 1 V
inclined plate, when only xhfcl per-t '
IN A SHOT TOWKB. * v. T"|!
fectly spherical ones roll down, the
others remaining, being what are ... >. -K
termed "lazy." Polishing in revolv- .*> .^3
ing cylinders, sorting as to size, and ' t ^
packing in bags for the market finish
up the history of manufaotare.?
Cassier's Magazine.
^
A Peculiar Fruit Tree,
The papaw tree. an illustration or :
jjjtfcgh is given, is known also as >the
tree- ^ attains a growth
wMNHnfeet in height and yields a
! w -< m
j ' ^
' ;^|f
. v??
- ^4^5,
BREAD FRUIT TREE.
? ? -'fit
netual and prolific fruit bearer and
one of its remarkable qualities is that
the toughest meat miy be made perfectly
tender by steeping it in the
milky juice of the papaw. The scientilic
name of the fruit is carica papaya,
?Florida Monthly.
What "Lile" Considers "Something
(Jiu'iirious."
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